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Post by Gildor on Dec 16, 2017 21:44:24 GMT
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Post by Gildor on Nov 20, 2017 22:43:54 GMT
well we are far from the highest voting scores master barliman, back in the days we were reaching 65 votes... and quite often above 60
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Post by Gildor on Nov 20, 2017 19:06:10 GMT
Your suggestion did not follow the rules for posting suggestions so it was overlooked. Hi Chris Which rule? To be sure I will not mistake again well alas master Mornedhel the rule is to put the suggestion in VERY visible manner (bold, color, big font) so that it is clearly retrieved when compiling the suggestions. This has been a rule for quite some time now and frankly I understand the necessity (as I am trying to compile very old years that's a mess to look at all posts to "find" out the suggestions itself over all the posts
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Post by Gildor on Nov 17, 2017 20:27:05 GMT
this is great to hear ! please let us know if things happen to become possible in the future that would be wonderful and open lots of ideas (both for GF suggestions but certainly for regular releases too) I'd even eventually end up submitting a MX of very famous scene from silm.
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Post by Gildor on Nov 17, 2017 14:18:09 GMT
well then ok but it would then seem fair to have a month allowing us to submit such ideas, and if they are considered vignette categories.... it's been years since we got a vignette right ? and in the past Chris took the liberty to transform into vignettes what was suggested as dual (beregond vs troll for example)
maybe one day we'll have the possibility to submit such suggestions again...
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Post by Gildor on Nov 17, 2017 13:09:58 GMT
Tolkien Enterprises (now named MEE : Middle Earth Enterprises) only owns licences for Lord of the Rings and Hobbit... they can't provide licencing for other material because there is no such licencing and because Tolkien Estates has always been strict on not letting anything else getting produced.
But with this new deal made between Amazon, Harper Collins, Tolkien Estates and New Line, at the initiative of the Tolkien Estates, cards are on the table. Until now, Tolkien Estates have never issued "production rights" for anything, that was not their job... but they just did for the TV shows which makes a precedent for "licencing" such stuff...
Now Only the Tolkien Estates could legitimate any production made from other written sources. MEE can't say anything in this case
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Post by Gildor on Nov 17, 2017 0:07:35 GMT
Axel, the problem would be, who to send it for approvment? the MEE (those who provide licencing for LOTR and Hobbit) have no ruling about other works...and the tolkien estates has not yet built up into a licencing industry...
it's hard to send anything for licence approvment when no licencing yet exists, the only thing that could be done at the moment is discussing possibilities...
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Post by Gildor on Nov 16, 2017 17:47:11 GMT
As some of you may have seen, Christopher Tolkien has resigned and stepped down from Tolkien Estates. the other officers settled down the sue between Warner Bros and the Estate about matters of copyrights and going beyond MEE licence...
Now, in the last days we heard that Amazon signed with Tolkien Estates and Harper Collins for TV series rights to produce material prior to LotR which means that someday, eventually we'll see the contect of the Silmarillion and the Unfinished tales (if not more) release on screen (tv or more). Actually it was the Estates themselves who contacted HBO, Netflix and Amazon in order to offer TV rights... not the other way around (which is quite surprising) and the deal seems to have been won by Amazon for nearly $500 Millions oO
Now I ask myself... For years, Mithril has been unable to produce ANY figurine related to characters or Events from the Silm. or the Unfinished Tales. Though that has not always been the case (see the Turin and Black Sword series in the past)
I was just wondering (and I would like to ask Mithril) if now is not the time to enter in discussion with the Estates to check with them if they would be ok to let Mithril produce figurines from the old books? that would be Awesome I think, and now that Christopher Tolkien has no more say in it, I'm sure they would not have anything against it... most of all considering how Mithril figurines are true to the books.
Michaël, could you pass along this idea to Lars and Chris to see what they think about that? that'd be a great opportunity. Providing Mithril is willing to go there, of course, assuming such a "new licence" would not cost millions of course but we can't compare tv shoes, and small business collector figurines...
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Post by Gildor on Nov 16, 2017 17:39:18 GMT
well it seems mine with Dernhelm and Merry mounted was also considered too exotic... though the scale remains of a mounted figure and not a vignette , odd...
nevermind, an easterling or dunadan rider will have my vote, i still have to ponder which one? :/ not decided yet
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Post by Gildor on Nov 9, 2017 13:15:52 GMT
I'd like to know if one of those who submitted the easterling mounted captain (in its many forms) from the months before would suggest it. As I said, it's not my suggestion and I would not take credit for it but will follow it if it is suggested.
In the meantime if I had to suggest something myself, I'd go for something else which has been suggested back in 2005 and some times since then:
Merry riding with Dernhelm (Eowyn in disguise) to the Pelennor battlefield.
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Post by Gildor on Nov 4, 2017 9:26:31 GMT
the idea of a new Mouth of Sauron is interesting, most of all if it is depicted holding the mithril coat brandished in front of him. as for the horse, it should be an undead horse, somewhat like the "army of the dead rider" but maybe more hideous.
there are examples out there in mmorpg or rpg books of cadaverous horses with parts of skeletons , ghoulish, that could be used .
the problem I see though is that it would somehow go against some of Mithril politics to "render" differently something that already exists, that would break continuity with the former version of the Mouth. Would they accept to do it ? (not the figurine if it wins, but doing it differently than the original ? )
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Post by Gildor on Nov 3, 2017 13:31:33 GMT
Well I suppose the idea of a mounted eagle does not match the requirements, too big so I won't suggest it... I think it's time for this long awaited Easterling mounted captain (be it from the Wainriders people or general easterling...) We all know (well most of us) there is an unreleased mounted Easterling army sleeping somehwere which were never casted for production... but definitly at least ONE easterling army captain mounted is lacking bad in the mitrhil range... I won't take credit for this suggestion because numerous people suggested it before but I will support the idea. So let the original suggesters come forth and put it in bold letters and big font I will follow it (well and if it can lead to finally release the whole easterling army, all the better ! )
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Post by Gildor on Oct 31, 2017 11:00:04 GMT
I have to agree with luthien here there are actually 21 trolls in the Mithril range (19 if we exclude the 3 "Hobbit Troll brothers") M295 is already a "Black Troll" and ms602, even though this last one is a troll-man, so not completly a troll (not counting towards the 21) that would be slightly redundant as opposed to lossoth for which we have two only (ms469 and chr2014), only male. Undead though, would be more than welcome
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Post by Gildor on Sept 7, 2017 17:49:57 GMT
well figurines being "materials" those dead can't be ghosts but "solid" Now that the "Army of the Dead" has three references in the mithril range, Chris would be obliged to respect a certain "canon" for others units of the same theme...and these are related to the last MZ638 or the King of the Dead.... As for Undead, it is more generic : a nazgul is undead, a barrow-wight is undead, a mewlip, a corpse candle, a swamp star, a ghoul, a lesinas.... all are undead too but not fitting the "army of the Dead" style/type which are "conscious yet feral and lethal undead warriors"
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Post by Gildor on Sept 7, 2017 11:51:38 GMT
actually we had something similar when it came to submit the three troll brothers... as for an "army", it could be the most expensive (not unreleased...) army of the mithril range if it comes to that... 21€ (or 30€+ ) for each figurine of the army... usually a mithril "army range" tends to have between 8 and 11€ each fig.... Of course that's less expensive than a Half-Orc army or a Iron Hill dwarf army
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Post by Gildor on Sept 6, 2017 20:30:36 GMT
well i agree with you gentlemen but... the army of the dead is a pivotal army in a major event leading to the winning of the war. I agree for the battle of Bywater... but there are dozens of Hobbits (and several fitting adventurous type) in the regular range with a "regular price".... Orcs on warg I agree but these area a kind of unit among an army they are not the army itself, just the cavalry of it. Cardolan, Arthedain, Rhudaur armies....... these are men... ok they are not made but well these are men.. and we don't lack men in the Mithril range...
How many "undead warriors" do we have among the 600+ references? Seven all in all... 4 of them are discontinued, 3 of them are Gold Fellowship only (one of them actually discontinued too) and not all army corps are present.
if someone wants to build an undead army how can he do ? (an army being comprise of officers, horsemen, footmen, range weapons and contact weapons, standard bearer, and musician (in the case of the dead, horn blower)
Same can be said about easterling cavalry but as i said earlier I don't want to reopen this "scar"... and well, infantry is easier to produce (and sell...) than a cavalry...
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Post by Gildor on Sept 5, 2017 22:52:20 GMT
Still, I really think a regular Army of the Dead full range of 10 figs would be a great addition to mithril range. this idea should be considered by Mithril could you pass the idea along to Lars and Chris, Michael?
as far as i know, this is the only "army" that is missing in the regular ranges... we have orcs, trolls, men of all ethnical origin except easterling cavalry (no comment), dwarves, elves of lorien/mirkwood.... but not the "famous" army of the dead... and building an army from "singles" from the GF suggestion might be 1) very expensive 2) restrictive/elitist 3) very long to achieve in order to have all kinds of army unit...
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Post by Gildor on Sept 2, 2017 11:15:23 GMT
Though I like the oathbreaker banner man idea a lot, with the idea of creating an undead army I thing there is another priority actually Deadmen of Dunharrow - Undead Archer (we have an officer (the king), we have a rider, we have an infantry man but we don't have archers... as far as I know we don't have any undead archers in the mithril range.... it could be a great addition for an army, but standard bearer and spearmen too will be useful .... the best would be a full range of 10 undeads.... could it be possible to submit a range of undead it has never been done before maybe we could submit it as a whole REGULAR range to Michael and Chris ? if we exclude barrow-wights and nazguls, or mewlips and corpse-candles & swamp stars or lesinas (desert ghouls) the only undead that could be used for deadmen of dunharrow army, at the moment are : from the "ghost warriors" range : M167 "walking dead" (sword foortman) M168 "ghoul" (sword foortman) M173 "skeleton of the underdeep" (sword foortman) from the "ancient folk" range : M251 "undead warrior" (sword foortman) from the "gold fellowship" : MS439 "king of the dead" (officer with spear) MS498 "dead rider of dunharrow" (mounted spearman) MZ638 "deadman of dunharrow" (sword foortman) that's a beginning, but lacking archers.... unless we consider undead do not have archers (they do not need to fight from afar... in which case my suggestion is not needed
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Post by Gildor on Aug 25, 2017 0:22:48 GMT
Hello there Gabi (sorry a bit slow to react I had not seen the topic) welcome among mithril fans and collectors if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask
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Post by Gildor on Jul 31, 2017 20:47:44 GMT
well, july 2016 same time around we had 35 votes for the second turn.... now 28. If Khamul wins, we'll need to know quite fast if it is a valid option because of the name though...
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Post by Gildor on Jul 28, 2017 20:57:36 GMT
yeah that's what I was meaning, what better way to have him with face visible and clearly human and alive, but with his very specific armor LR12 armor (and dragonhelm under his arm?) this way we know it's khamul for sure AND we know he's alive because we see his human mortal head I really like this idea.... (not to mention it's the only genuine Nazgul name , even if the armor regalia is invention from ICE... but with continuity in mithril range) one of the best Nazgul armors according to me... Here is the famous picture by Liz Danforth for MECCG card game and how Khamul is represented in LR12 (though under the name Nazgul Lieutenant) I'm just a bit afraid though that Mithril may not be able to release it as "Khamul", as it was the case for LR12 which was renamed "Nazgul Lieutenant", unlike the other Nazgul names which were the property of ICE and now MEE (tolkien enterprise), Khamul is a genuine Nazgul name appearing in the Unfinished Tales and is not covered by the licence... belonging to the Tolkien Estate (same as all The Simlarillion names...) It means that if it wins (and I really would like it to win, it's release name may not actually be Khamul but something to "mean it's him")
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Post by Gildor on Jul 28, 2017 11:01:55 GMT
I'd be interested to know how Khador intends his "Khamul alive" to be depicted by Chris. In armor or in "regalia" ? If in armor, it would be consistent to use the same armor used by Liz Danforth for ICE and Chris Tubb for Mithril to depict him, but to distinguish him from his "nazgul version" maybe having his helm in his hands or under his arm and a normal human head would make the big difference
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Post by Gildor on Jun 23, 2017 15:50:24 GMT
as a side note a 'never released" sculpture of the fallen balrog do exist... it was never released and abandonned before "master" step, but it exists I like the idea of Azog, provided he has the same scale and design as he had in M164
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Post by Gildor on Mar 29, 2017 23:15:04 GMT
Statues in the mithril range are quite a rare thing , the Watcher could really make a great "exclusive" figurine ! I have nothing against lossoth it may actually be very interesting ! but well... how can a mere regular human compete with an impressive statue full of awe in terms of sculpting design
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Post by Gildor on Jan 20, 2017 0:28:45 GMT
I must admit i'd be glad to "see myself in robes" this time. I've been a supporter of the Gildor suggestions for quite some times and this is indeed original. Frodo looking at the mirror is also very very original ! I hope the mirror itself , if it wins, will match the one in M136/MC16. It's quite an old figurine but nevertheless
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Post by Gildor on Dec 4, 2016 13:28:31 GMT
well maybe master Halbarad maybe .... I like the concept of a map maker... I like female characters and I like elves i am just sad, as always, to have "commoners" in the fellowship range... I still can't cope with THIS concept...
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Post by Gildor on Oct 17, 2016 9:23:48 GMT
well if I remember well, during ent moots, there is something Fangorn says to Merry and Pippin about Ents never sitting and always standing ? not a lot is known of the Onodrim way of live
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Post by Gildor on Oct 15, 2016 12:22:12 GMT
all tolkien names are trademarked, one by one , property of MEE (middle Earth Enterprise, formerly Tolkien Enterprises) to be used and licenced...
Elros may not be part of the trademarks and if not... it means it remains the sole intellectual property of the Tolkien Estate which means it can't be used for ANY derived products... except on some occasion for illustrators who work for the Tolkien Estate for the book illustrations (Nasmith, Howe, Lee... etc)
It is a pity because Tar-Minyatur may be available to be licenced... but Elros is not... even if it is the same person...
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Post by Gildor on Oct 12, 2016 7:25:31 GMT
I admit your idea is very interesting Gondolin, and I would gladly vote for it if it is allowed by the tolkien Licence... Elros is mentionned quite clearly in the LOTR appendices, he is not a Silmarillion only character.
Maybe calling him "Elros Tar-Minyatur" without mentionning Numenor in the title would make it more legit when it comes to licencing?
Can you tell us Michael is this suggestion is legit? It would be a GREAT idea !!
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Post by Gildor on Sept 12, 2016 17:06:42 GMT
welcome here gandalf If you are interested in trading, finding rares, check all references don't hesite to visit the MMP website too the website is here : mithril.faerylands.eu, and the MMP forum for traders and collectors is here : mmp.faerylands.euHappy Mithril-ing
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