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Post by Gildor on Jun 13, 2014 12:55:46 GMT
mmhh if I may, Gandalf never arrived "younger", as his "fana" as an Istari (like all the others) was to appear like an old wise man straight from his arrival... Istari do not "age", they are spirits and live eternally, it's only a matter of appearance... that's why I think this suggestion is a bit odd but indeed everybody is free to suggest what he wants Younger is not young, so I think his appearence was rather different (dress not worn, hat not bent, shorter beard...) because I think people of middle-earth saw, during centuries, Gandalf as a man (thus not unchanging) and not as an immortal Maiar I tend to disagree but that's my opinion, "wizards" on Middle Earth since their appearance at the Grey Havens in TA1000 always appeared as very old wandering men. Gandalf came last of the 5 at Mithlond and seemed like the least "imposing" one, only Cirdan foresaw his "greatness" and gave him Narya.
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Post by Gildor on Jun 12, 2014 19:06:45 GMT
mmhh if I may, Gandalf never arrived "younger", as his "fana" as an Istari (like all the others) was to appear like an old wise man straight from his arrival... Istari do not "age", they are spirits and live eternally, it's only a matter of appearance... that's why I think this suggestion is a bit odd but indeed everybody is free to suggest what he wants as for my suggestion of a single piece.......... I don't have a lot of ideas I admit, most of all when it comes to "singles"... but Spawn of Ungoliant (or Spider of Mirkwood (Attercop) (if there is a licence problem with the name Ungoliant) there are many spiders in Mirkwood, and well in the whole mithril range there is only one representation M103 Assuming people want a scene with spiders, it would be cool to have at least a second "model".... (a bit like the lack of warg riders some time ago) This could be a great addition for dioramas, for wargaming too (though well, only one spider won't help a lot indeed) and also for originality (I must be sick... I suggest a "common" thing, not a personnality.... that's so odd , from me oO.... )
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Post by Gildor on Apr 6, 2014 18:08:01 GMT
I'd like to suggest something to be released this month :
The releases from the last 12 months
not that this suggestion is ironic, sarcastic or humoristic (however it may be) , but it would provide some "temporisation" for mithril to get back on their late releases. Even by releasing TWO suggestions EVERY month from now, it would take almost ONE YEAR to get back on schedule with the suggestions...
there really needs to be a little break I think...
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Post by Gildor on Mar 15, 2014 1:05:40 GMT
Just a little note here...
I won't suggest anything anymore until some suggestions at least from past months are released
Mithril has reached such a level in being late in releasing old suggestions that its even beginning useless to carry on suggesting, we are not even sure that past suggestions will be made. There has been STRICTLY no release since december, which means three months of "nothingness"
As a reminder, Mithril is ONE FULL YEAR late in releasing GF figurines , we are still waiting for March 2013 suggestion and even November 2012 suggestions
and even if there was a release of 6 of them in a row, that's not financially bearable for us collector that would mean we'd have to spend more than 120€ one shot....... no way
Release some figurines, or put a Standby to the GF program please... that's becoming ridiculous
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Post by Gildor on Nov 13, 2013 22:38:28 GMT
lol Milo... I don't need to submit anything this month with your suggestion around
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Post by Gildor on Aug 16, 2013 13:48:33 GMT
well, I know it sounds like defending my own suggestion a bit, but having two baby children in your arms while in armor is also quite a challenge to paint
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Post by Gildor on Aug 10, 2013 9:38:44 GMT
a little addendum to my suggestion : Though the suggestion cannot be a personnality and won't be named (thus no copyright issue), there are some famous twins in Tolkien universe that could be used as exemples for sculpting (besides the face) as inspiration if the suggestion wins : - Dior (half-elven son of Beren & Luthien) had twins : Elured & Elurin - Earendil the Mariner had twins : Elrond & Elros - Folcwine of Rohan had twins : Folcred and Fastred - Haldad, one of the three fathers of the Edain, had twins : Haleth & Haldar
I think Dior or Earendil may have had too much elven blood to have a "goatee" so this might not do, but since it is not supposed to be "them", and since the final figurine is anonymous, depending on the sculpting Chris chooses it could be "used" to depict at least one of those personnalities "unofficially"
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Post by Gildor on Aug 8, 2013 13:14:59 GMT
ddaines, well because the suggestion has to NOT be a personnality because for continuity, personnalities are always depicted the same way... and honestly I am not bald, nor have a mustache
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Post by Gildor on Aug 7, 2013 21:44:06 GMT
well I'll wait and see, that's but one suggestion
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Post by Gildor on Aug 7, 2013 20:15:35 GMT
Numenorean (or Dunadan) lord with his two twin babies in his arms
(sorry i could not resist as my twin babies were just born one week ago...maybe it's lacking neutrality too much ...and i have a goatee so can't be depicted as an elf...bu a noble human lord returning from war, clad in armor who greets and meets his newborn twin children would be cool)
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Post by Gildor on Jul 17, 2013 9:31:45 GMT
I know I've talked about this quite some time ago already but as I see more holes I want to ask the question : - I know there is a "gap" in the references from M541 to M550 (meant for a future regular release set) but providing we are now almost reaching M600 maybe it would be time to fill this gap ? - the last Arkenstone vignette is MV592 but there is still nothing between MS588 and MV592? are those numbers meant for the "soon to be released" GF winning suggestions? (there is currently 9 winning suggestions waiting to be released, from October 2012 King Ostoher, to June 2013 Black Troll-man of Far Harad) it's quite rare that GF figurines are so late in releasing. and I fear it means several released at the same time which is never a happy thing for our budget indeed :/ , virtually we are currently reaching MS598. Does Mithril plan to release something "special" for the M600? like you did for M500 ? (I hope not a Gandalf or Elrond or Witch King or Isildur please )
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Post by Gildor on May 20, 2013 13:23:53 GMT
@michael : THAT would be awesome indeed!
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Post by Gildor on May 11, 2013 10:38:56 GMT
I tend to disagree with David about the scale, but it is a matter of point of view I suppose. Originally, from the Book of Lost Tales, Balrogs were supposed to be twice the size of an elf and were riding dragons, that was before JRRT changes his conceptions and makes them "maiar" instead of just creatures of Melkor. From Morgoth's Ring, it seems only Seven Balrogs did exist at all... of which three are named : Gothmog, Lungorthin (possibly Gothmog's original name though this theory is discarded by Christopher Tolkien) , and Durin 's Bane (more a title than a name)
the real size is subjet to debate as always because we don't know the size of the shadow shrouding the balrog as opposed to its physical body beneath the shadow. the "shadow wings" are extremely wide though as they reach from one side of the wall to the other... but these are shadow wings, are they real or not ...
Now the problem is : Chris Tubb sculpts Balrog WITH wings, that means that he gives body to the wings, and we know the wings are EXTREMELY wide and huge, so as to fit with the rest of the body... in THIS kind of representation, the body must be huge too, like the MB300.
It could be 'small as a troll' or even smaller only if represented as a wingless humanoid, with a cloak of big shadows...
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Post by Gildor on May 8, 2013 8:41:41 GMT
well as I understand it Theobald, the picture you have is the default picture if you do not set any avatar. If you want "no avatar" at all, you'd have to upload a "blank" avatar to replace this one, else it will remain...
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Post by Gildor on May 2, 2013 10:38:32 GMT
well though a Dragon Hatchling would be original (though not depicted in any tolkien work)
i think that we only have ONE version of a spider (Mirkwood big sized spiders) in the whole mithril range and it is VERY OLD... (M103, reedited as MC30)
Though this idea could very well fit as a vignette (but it would require some Chris desire and overall desire from the GF) i could imagine the scene when Bilbo fights and frighten a spider, thus naming his dagger "Sting"...
to sum up my idea:
Spider of Mirkwood(in fight)
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Post by Gildor on Apr 30, 2013 14:13:59 GMT
Ddaines, I fear you may be quite disapointed about this :/
I wrote to Chris about the general disapointment and explained what was said here... For him this set is really meant for new audience, not existing one as it would be unecessary duplicates... I told him that a choice of Thorin and Co. with the dwarves altogether could have been perfect for both newcomers and collector veterans but now the figurines are made I assume there is nothing to be done... but I just HOPE the price will be fair and not more than the Hobbit set at 30€ else it'll be a failure even before its release... considering there won't be any promotion outside the internet social possibilities. (no retail)
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Post by Gildor on Apr 27, 2013 20:59:07 GMT
if they wanted to make a promo they could have made a new MB with a different set of figurines from the old Hobbit range... no need to create any new ones, AND the set itself is "new" and exclusive...
and it costs far less to produce....
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Post by Gildor on Apr 26, 2013 18:27:19 GMT
as was posted in the last newsletter with the forthcoming mithril releases I admit I am quite perplex : it is - I quote - "an entry level introduction to collecting Mithril Miniatures" but all the figurines already exist in a way or another especially in the MB236 boxed set for 30€ at the moment for 9 figurines. the new set is to includes 1. Gandalf (already in the old one) 2. Bilbo, (already in the old one) 3. Elrond, (already in the old one) 4 Thorin, (already in the old one) 5. Bard, (already in the old one) 6. The Great Goblin, (already in the old one) 7. Gollum, (already in the old one) 8. Dain (not included in the old one, although the Elven-King is) 9. Beorn, (already in the old one) Nothing new except the art and design of the figurine I do hope there is quite a difference for those figurines and that there will be a special offer for them making them as interesting for a starting set, than the MB236... at 30€ else I don't see the point
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Post by Gildor on Jan 29, 2013 21:53:57 GMT
Do you mean that ALL the MX Unexpected Party were sold out?
I thought it had problems selling ?
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Post by Gildor on Jan 26, 2013 22:46:57 GMT
nope not all of them are sat, though I think Gloin did sat, as well as Bilbo but all attendees were not necessarily sat
I re-read the chapter this afternoon and we know that Boromir was alone to represent Men, along with Aragorn. Bilbo and Frodo for the Hobbits Gloin was sent with his son Gimli by Kind Daïn to warn about Sauron's emissary at Erebor Legolas went alone from Mirkwood to warn about the escape of Gollum Gandalf was alone as Istari Of Elves, besides Legolas, we know little alas
There are Elrond, Glorfindel, Erestor and Galdor. But it is said that there were councilors among which Erestor was chief among them... that may mean there were others as well
with all of these we have quite a precise accounting of all the characters attending the council.
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Post by Gildor on Jan 26, 2013 16:01:10 GMT
well david we could begin a topic somewhere else about WHO was attending the Council of Elrond (precisely, not the main protagonist) in order to make a big diorama... attendees do include people who were emissaries sent along with Boromir for Gondor, or along Legolas from Mirkwood, or along Gimli and Gloin from Erebor.
we know about Erestor, Glorfindel, Galdor... but what about others un-named?
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Post by Gildor on Jan 25, 2013 21:48:34 GMT
well if those two win, and if those who submitted them agree (for Galdor, I do agree) we could contact Chris and make him know it would be a good idea to have them sat down.
But if I remember well, the suggestion for Gloin explicitly said it would be better to have him stand, because we had so many sitting dwarves already with the Unexpected Party...
Still a richly clothed , not in battle garb, dwarf, sat down, we don't have any...
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Post by Gildor on Jan 22, 2013 22:04:24 GMT
well I don't see where the mistake is actually I rechecked the results of 1st vote and if you want to be faire and allow two suggestions for each theme (two for east and two for west) the best scores for west and for east are those you provided the lossoth woman was only the third winning suggestion of first vote for WEST theme (after Galdor and the Gondorian Herald) , while Gloin and the Troll were the first winning suggestion for the EAST theme
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Post by Gildor on Jan 19, 2013 22:54:56 GMT
yup that must be that quendil, the votes were separate between east and west
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Post by Gildor on Jan 18, 2013 19:39:49 GMT
Well, I'm glad to see Galdor reach the second turn and also glad and surprised to see Gloin for the Council of Elrond too! Now is a great time (with the recent release of Erestor) to have other personnalities from the council to be able to make a thematic council of Elrond Vignette! (using some of the White Council material if need be!)
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Post by Gildor on Jan 9, 2013 20:12:29 GMT
well the background picture may be fine, but the flashy gold/yellow orange color, spread all over the page is quite irritating for the eyes. I don't know if Chris aknowledged this color spread in entire page or just the color itself to be used. but I would have suggested something less bright. more soft to the eyes, even if it remains yellowish, but not as "bright"
besides, the color of Mithril blisters is mainly red, and old blister cards were green. well I'll try to find what could be more suitable to make sugestions. Actually you see, the goldish color of the "separator" bars of this forum, or the quick reply title bar would be really fine, goldish, but tarnished... better for the eye I think
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Post by Gildor on Dec 23, 2012 9:04:06 GMT
I perfectly agree this site is far better it's just about the color, and some missing community info
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Post by Gildor on Dec 22, 2012 17:49:28 GMT
you said the words master Thingol this one seems "sterile" and lacks a lot of "feeding" about links (external or internal) outside of the mere catalog and buying options. there is no hint at any community except the newsletter. But I really think this is explaiend by the fact it is brand new and we'll see the additions quite soon, I hope
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Post by Gildor on Dec 21, 2012 16:41:38 GMT
Hello there everybody, well I noticed, like many of you I suppose that Mithril site has completly changed to a new version.
the template may be cool and fast and better than the old ones
but the flashy yellow color... well I don't know what you think about that but this color is quite harmful to the eyes too flashy, to strong. Maybe it would be better to choose a softer tone or a different color but not so strong as it makes the site very painful to look at!!
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Post by Gildor on Dec 17, 2012 20:21:42 GMT
the MS423A was offered by Chris at some point as gifts to collectors. and well, it has appeared once on ebay too... and was subject to many debates... as a gift should not be sold... but well it definitly exist yes. Just that it was not the final choice for the Gold Fellowship launch
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