March 2024 1st Round is CLOSED

[Michael O'Brien]

Due to internet issues I was not able to start the vote on time. Sorry about that. We have a very short vote so please act immediately.
Stonefoots were ommitted as its not canon. All the others were accepted. Some later ideas were too late for submission.

[Axel]

Well, in a double month Narvi and Celebrimbor would nicely complement the Westgate. I could suggest them piecemeal, if not for the fact that we already have a nice Narvi (if from 2010, thanks to Bombadil63) and Celebrimbor got voted upon just two months ago. And there always is the chance that Chris will just put out these two instead of a gate when he lacks a good idea to represent it.

That said, with plenty of room around, there are still many ideas not made. If you need inspiration, just look at the list here: mithrilfigures.proboards.com/thread/159/fellowship-suggestion-list-miniatures-overview
Not updated since 2009, but still shockful of good minis not yet made. Somehow when I abandoned the list it was Narvi who had the most unsuccessfull suggestions - with a happy end some months later.

Anyway, I feel dwavish today, so I suggest an
Ælderman of the Stonefoots
One of the seven tribes of dwarve, one that went into the East and encountered the evil long before the others - it is not clear wether they made pacts with Morgoth and later Sauron or suffered in defiance. Legends tell us that parts of them just went underground when they were about to be enslaved, not to surface in this world again.

I imagine just a grizzled old dwarve that ousts authority in a slightly different cultural context then the usual dwarven folks.

And no, it is NOT "stonefeet". Hobbits MAY take take offense on that, but Dwarves WILL.

[Thingol]

15 votes from the final last month is not a basis for pessimism... so this month I am repeating the suggestion!

Déorwine the Chief of the King's Riders during the War of the Ring

Déorwine was the Chief of the Theoden King's Riders during the War of the Ring. He was slain along with six of his knights at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in Gondor. He was buried in the Mounds of Mundburg and memorialized in the Song of the Mounds of Mundburg.

We haven't had a single Rohan warrior among the proposals for a long time. A good Nordic style miniature would fit well into the MZ series......

[Halbarad II.]

King Elessar ( Aragorn) in royal garments
holding up his infant son Eldarion (2 - 4 years old)

suggestion is a single figure of the returned King with his little firstborn son,
holding the child on his arms or with both hands over his head, face to face, both laughing
Connection of the figures almost like MS459 his mother Gilraen fleeing to Imladris with infant Aragorn, which counted as a single piece.

[Gildor]

I'd like to resubmit my idea of "Glorfindel at the council of Elrond" from last month... He is the only missing named character from this council, and besides we don't have any Glorfindel on foot in noble garb.

[khador]

Bard, Lord of Dale

[olivier]

Try and try again...

Wainrider man with whip

The appendices mentioned incursions of the Wainriders in Gondor from 1851 TA, for almost a century.
The appendices A mentionned that the Wainriders were a people, or confederacy, of Men from the East. They journeyed in great wagons, and their chieftains rode chariots in battle.
In the Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", it states that they camped in fortified camps of wagons. Their young women were also trained in arms, and they, along with old men and youths, stayed behind, able to defend their homes from attackers.
The MZ670 Wainrider girl mounted is the very first miniature representing this people (2018 December votes).
To complete, I propose another Gypsy member : a man this time.
He is bearded and has long hair. His head could be covered with a bandana tied behind and he could wear a thick leather bolero, a wide fabric belt and boots. He could be armed with a whip that he wields in front of him and have a short scimitar passed through the belt.

[vanca29]

Hi! I would like to propose the idea Mithrandir, as just a single standing figure. I think although there are a lot of different renditions of Gandalf in the Mithril line, there are not so many of Mithrandir; I know one was produced not so long ago but it was on a horse, and there's also LT01 "Gandalf on Shadowfax" that could count as one but it's also on a horse. 

Maybe a good idea for the statue itself would be the moment when Mithrandir reveals himself to Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli; with a staff in the hand and his hood pulled back. 

[yavanna]

Greetings, my first suggestion is for Luthien dancing, but I don't think that is allowed?

So I would like to suggest


Elf Maiden Dancing

The maiden with long hair entwined with flowers and a flowy dress would be in a twirling position on a base of flowers.  Visions of the tale of Tinúviel should come to mind when viewing the figure.

Not to sway anyone but this figure would make my fiance very happy on our wedding day!

[ddaines]

Haradhrim/Easterling Soldier at Osgiliath
(as described by Boromir at The Council of Elrond)

I see this as a complimentary figure to the recent Boromir at Osgiliath figure.

At the Council of Elrond, Boromir recounted this battle as a sudden attack in which the men of Gondor were outnumbered by the forces of Mordor with their allies, the Easterlings and Haradrim. However, he attributed Gondor's defeat to a power that had not been felt before, issuing from a great black horseman.

The figure would be in an attacking or parrying pose so that it could be set against Boromir, armed with a scimitar or an axe, possibly with one foot on a stairway giving the impression that Boromir is above.

[gondolin]

If the window for suggestions is still open...

Beacon Warden of Gondor