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Post by Michael O'Brien on Sept 1, 2016 15:53:47 GMT
You are spoiled for choice this month with ten great options to choose from. This vote is blind so you will only see the current status after you submit your vote. This allows every idea to have an equal chance. The 2nd vote begins on the 23rd and will be open at that stage. The top 3 ideas usually get into that round.
You can continue to comment on ideas, even if you did not originally submit them, to persuade people to support an idea. Photos or illustrations are very welcome.
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Post by barliman on Sept 4, 2016 14:37:06 GMT
I've had no success with this one so far, but my few victories over the years have all resulted from me suggesting the same things so many times that people have voted for them just to stop me! So, here goes again.....:
ISENGARD WAYMARK PILLAR
The Mithril range has included some "architectural" pieces in the past, such as the Chamber of Mazarbul doorway and Balin's tomb in Moria, and it seems to me that Saruman's way-post at Isengard would make an equally unusual piece that would be an interesting addition to the range, especially for diorama modellers. Tolkien describes it thus:
"Suddenly a tall pillar loomed up before them. It was black; and set upon it was a great stone, carved and painted in the likeness of a long White Hand. Its finger pointed north."
He even provides us with an appropriate drawing of a pointing, long-fingernailed, hand that could be utilised as a guideline for the possible appearance of Saruman's hand alongside the road in Isengard – the pointing hand in the margin of "Thror's Map" reproduced in The Hobbit.
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Post by Milo on Sept 5, 2016 9:10:08 GMT
Nice suggestion Barli !
Paladin II Took
Another famous Took, Paladin II was the 19th head of the Took clan,and the 31st Thain, the title of the military leader of the Shire. When Saruman began taking over the Shire during the events of the Lord of the Rings by using fellow hobbit Lotho Sackville-Baggins, Paladin II stood up to Lotho by resisting his authority and calling upon the military power of his position as Thain. As a result, the Tooks’ resistance force became central to the power struggle between Saruman’s men and the Shire. In addition, Paladin II granted 100 hobbit troops to the final battle of the War of the Ring, the Battle of Bywater, wherein Saruman’s forces were defeated and run out of the Shire.
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Post by maenas on Sept 5, 2016 12:58:04 GMT
The fight for the ring between Smeagol and Deagol
I imagine a scene of a close fight between them, wheter one punching the other in a nice "action shot" figure or both on the ground one on top of the other i let it to decide to the sculptor as I think hobbits are tiny and the indepth details of the scene could be more a decision of sculpt than other things.
Although being a single month, I think hobbits are tiny enough so as I have thought that this could be a nice addition to our collection. And I think this will be my first "genuine" suggestion as other times I have suggested older ones from other mates.
Also this fight appears in the novels so I won't think there could be any issue with copyrights. (hoping so)
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Post by Halbarad II. on Sept 6, 2016 16:38:14 GMT
Treebeard at Isengard, Rise of the Ents
I'd like to suggest wise old Treebeard as single figure, without the Hobbits Merry and Pippin. in the scene when he and the other Ents set things right at Isengard.
Maybe the different posture of a single Treebeard has one arm outstretched and the head turned left or right, as he is the commanding leader
Or he eventually takes part in the destruction of Isengard's evil machinery and he is hurling a big boulder or something like that.
(I whould rather let another generic Ent hurl a boulder (rock) But - that whould show definetely the strength of the Ents!)
"Buraroom, Huuuuuooom!"
Lord of the Rings The two Towers Chapter IV "Treebeard"
They found that they were looking at a most extraordinary face. It belonged to a large Man-like, almost Troll-like, figure, at least fourteen foot high, very sturdy, with a tall head, and hardly any neck. Whether it was clad in stuff like green and grey bark, or whether that was its hide, was difficult to say. At any rate the arms, a short distance from the trunk, were not wrinkled, but covered with a brown smooth skin. The large feet had seven toes each. The lower part of the long face was covered with a sweeping grey beard, bushy, almost twiggy at the roots, thin and mossy at the ends. But at the moment the Hobbits noted little but the eyes. These deep eyes were now surveying them, slow and solemn, but very penetrating. They were brown, shot with a green light.
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Post by Gildor on Sept 6, 2016 17:27:33 GMT
Treebeard at Isengard, Rise of the EntsI'd like to suggest wise old Treebeard as single figure, without the Hobbits Merry and Pippin. in the scene when he and the other Ents set things right at Isengard. "Buraroom, Huuuuuooom!" Hasn't this figurine been made already ? you have MS467 (trumpeting ent, which used the concept art of Treebeard so I assume it IS Treebard) and also MS571 (ent fighting half-orc commander) which also represents Treebeard well, since we have Leaflock, and Quickbeam in the range, with other aspects but that the original Treebeard 'bearded ent' concept was reused in those two afore mentionned references I considered it was him... how would your suggestion differ from those two ones ?
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Post by Halbarad II. on Sept 7, 2016 19:46:46 GMT
...seems you are missing my elaborate descriptions? Just look at your M185 dear Gildor and you will notice that the 2 Fellowship Ents are not especially named Treebeard. M185 looks much older and has a much bigger beard... regarding to the text. If you assume them to represent Treebeard, that's fine also, of course. There is no "Treebeard" in the title of both MS467 and MS571, is there? and there was no specific name for the Ents in the original suggestions: mithrilfigures.proboards.com/post/3753mithrilfigures.proboards.com/post/8519Reflecting all those points I just tought it would be nice to have wise old Treebeard in a different posture without the Hobbits in his arms after so long a time without an Ent suggestion. There are so many great diorama-builders among us and scenes with the Ents are a worthy subject I think, so the more Ents available the merrier Maybe Treebeard can hold a watering-can to tend the other, younger trees... just kidding!
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Post by barliman on Sept 7, 2016 20:12:46 GMT
Certainly when I suggested the trumpeting Ent I didn't specifically intend it to be Treebeard - when I communicated with The Man at the time, the intention was that it should be a "generic" Ent. The description on which the figure was "based" was that of the Ents seen by Gandalf, Legolas and co as they departed from Helm's Deep, and the final pose was influenced by a Ted Nasmith picture (Chris accurately observing at the time that Nasmith's Ents seem to have been based on the Mithril figures! - take a look at them and you'll see that it's true): www.tednasmith.com/tolkien/the-tree-shepherds/So, not actually intended as a Treebeard figure.
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Post by Halbarad II. on Sept 7, 2016 20:16:16 GMT
Yeah that is such an awesome painting of Mr. Nasmith! - and also a very awesome Mithril Ent, of course!
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Post by mindx2 on Sept 7, 2016 22:44:35 GMT
All this talk of horn blowing makes me think about a neat hobbit figure:
Brandybucks blowing the Horn-call of Buckland as described in Chapter 11 of FotR: I can see Chris being quite inventive on what the Horn-call of Buckland actually looks like.
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Post by Gerold on Sept 9, 2016 9:06:45 GMT
No no no Half-orc Hornblower of Saruman's Army
to complement the Half-orcs in the normal Mithril range.
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Post by Gildor on Sept 9, 2016 16:02:24 GMT
well I did not know that about MERP and Mithril ents... for me those two GF figurines were Treebeard (and actually back at that time I was a bit sad to see it was "yet another Treebeard" because they almost all look the same... Ents are not all supposed to have beards and the other ones in the range do not have one. but seen in this way that would be indeed great as an Ent army could be very original but we definitly would need more generic ents else we'll have a clone war, and this is not star wars
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Post by Halbarad II. on Sept 9, 2016 18:33:46 GMT
I am a bit confused, at this moment I'm looking at the whole Fangorn-Series (9 differEnt) The Ent-wife has no beard and the Enting has no beard, logically but ALL others, Treebeard, Quickbeam and Skinbark, the 2 Fellowship ones and the Huorns (including my little Fellowship Huorning ) have a beard.
Do you have differEnt figures?
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Post by Gildor on Sept 9, 2016 22:02:00 GMT
well it definitly seems you are right but why did I look at those differently is a mystery, I was looking at skinbark and quickbeam of course but I did not remember them this way....but more like enting
then definitly this is a great thing to add !
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Post by Axel on Sept 11, 2016 7:45:42 GMT
I am quite sure that the "horn call" is a tune, not an instrument, blown on a normal horn - well, started by Merry on his Horn of Rohan.
With Hobbit hornblowers and Paladin already in the ring, I will postpone my suggestion of Pippin as leader of the Hobbit forces for the time being.
To forward something completely different, I suggest a: Haradrim Mumakil officer
The leader of a Mumakil unit, as standing in the war council and debating (or taking orders) on how to use his Mumakil in the coming battles. As the Mumakil are likely not desert animals, he probably comes from the fertile areas of Far-Harad, and does not wear desert garb. He wears the armour and trappings of both an officer and Mumakil rider (though he is most likely not the rider himself, but commands a platform). He could be depicted in a relaxed position, with his helm in hand or lazily on his weapon grip, in the other hand his staff of command or pointing out some aspect...
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Post by barliman on Sept 11, 2016 12:19:41 GMT
A very interesting suggestion, Master Axel.
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Post by Axel on Sept 11, 2016 15:39:11 GMT
Thanks :-) Actually I was going to propose "Pippin leading the forces of the Auenland in the name of the King" again, but then read the other stuff and reconsidered. As it happens, I do have a "Princeps" of a Titan from ForgeWorld (40k) standing in sight of my desktop, and realized that this should be possible for out Mithril, too :-) Link: www.brueckenkopf-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/rprinceps4.jpg
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Post by Halbarad II. on Sept 11, 2016 16:39:44 GMT
"Auenland" is german translation, dear Axel original it is "The Shire" – for all who do not have read the german "Der Herr der Ringe" , and that's many of us I think
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Post by stephenjcorcoran on Sept 12, 2016 13:06:47 GMT
Sorry, should have read post a bit more closely, so deleted suggestion for "beast of everholt" - will think of something else🤔
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Post by Halbarad II. on Sept 13, 2016 7:17:12 GMT
I already have suggested the Boar-hunt in the past, that is a Vignette theme, not a single figure, for the boar is huge, not a piglet just to mention... please read the first post from Michael
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Post by Axel on Sept 13, 2016 19:06:32 GMT
Perhaps a "Piglet of Everholt?" Any beast has to start small...
Thinking of that - how would a small young dragon or balrog look like? :-)
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Post by Mornedhel on Sept 13, 2016 20:06:54 GMT
Gildor Inglorion at Lindon
Dress in Noble robe. Inglorion appears only in travel gears in Mithril range.
Son of InglaurÎ, the daughter of Finrod and Amarie, and her Telerin husband Elphin; born in Aman. He came with Glorfindel to Endor in the Dark Year. His wife is Falvereth, a Falathren noble.
"Gildor's ancestry appears to be a loose thread that Tolkien never properly tied up. Gildor calls himself "Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod". At the time Tolkien was writing this, the name Finrod referred to the third son of Finwë, and this Finrod had a son, Inglor Felagund. Since Inglorion means "son of Inglor", the straightforward reading is that "Gildor Inglorion" was the son of Inglor, son of Finrod, son of Finwë king of the Noldor – an elf of very high lineage, cousin to Elrond and Galadriel."
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Post by stephenjcorcoran on Sept 14, 2016 14:31:09 GMT
The Banner-bearer of Esgaroth
A northman warrior of Esgaroth (Lake-town), finely dresses in full armour, with cloak and shield, and bearing the banner of Esgaroth. His shield is held upright in front of him within an arrow in it.
With the death of Smaug, the armies of Esgaroth and the Elvenking marched on the Lonely Mountain, thinking it empty and Thorin's party dead. The banner-bearer of Esgaroth stood before the gates to the mountain demanding from Thorin a twelfth share of the dragon's treasure in Recompense for the destruction of Esgaroth. Thorin shot an arrow are the banner-bearer, hitting his shield and the banner-bearer declared the Mountain under siege.
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Post by picard on Sept 14, 2016 16:44:24 GMT
Frerin, brother of Thorin and Dis, The second son of King Thráin II. With the rest of his family he was driven into exile from the Lonely Mountain when the Dragon Smaug attacked their home. He later took part in the bloody War of the Dwarves and Orcs, even though he was still very young at the time.In the final conflict of the war, the Battle of Azanulbizar, he was in the first assault of the vanguard that was led by his father, which was thrown back with loss. Frerin and the rest of the vanguard were driven into a wood of great trees near lake Mirrormere. It was there Frerin met his end, along with his kinsman Fundin, and many others.
After the battle, the Dwarves that were left built pyres, and burned the bodies of the their dead, Frerin being among them
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Post by Halbarad II. on Sept 14, 2016 17:50:20 GMT
The Banner-bearer of EsgarothA northman warrior of Esgaroth (Lake-town), finely dresses in full armour, with cloak and shield, and bearing the banner of Esgaroth. His shield is held upright in front of him within an arrow in it. With the death of Smaug, the armies of Esgaroth and the Elvenking marched on the Lonely Mountain, thinking it empty and Thorin's party dead. The banner-bearer of Esgaroth stood before the gates to the mountain demanding from Thorin a twelfth share of the dragon's treasure in Recompense for the destruction of Esgaroth. Thorin shot an arrow are the banner-bearer, hitting his shield and the banner-bearer declared the Mountain under siege. That is a very good change of suggestion, thank you and good luck!
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Post by stephenjcorcoran on Sept 14, 2016 20:30:17 GMT
Thanks Halbarad II, just joined fellowship and have lots of ideas. Passionate about Mithril figures and have a large collection just a shame I can't manage to paint them all!
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Post by picard on Sept 14, 2016 22:02:59 GMT
Frerin (Third Age 2751 – 2799, aged 48 years). The second son of King Thráin II. His older brother was the Dwarven hero and future king Thorin II Oakenshield, and his younger sister was With the rest of his family he was driven into exile from the Lonely Mountain when the Dragon Smaug attacked their home. He later took part in the bloody War of the Dwarves and Orcs, even though he was still very young at the time.
In the final conflict of the war, the Battle of Azanulbizar, he was in the first assault of the vanguard that was led by his father, which was thrown back with loss. Frerin and the rest of the vanguard were driven into a wood of great trees near lake Mirrormere. It was there Frerin met his end, along with his kinsman Fundin, and many others.
After the battle, the Dwarves that were left built pyres, and burned the bodies of the their dead, Frerin being among them.
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Post by Luthien Tinuviel on Sept 15, 2016 18:58:53 GMT
Already a long list of good ideas.
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Post by twrich on Sept 16, 2016 4:51:18 GMT
Beggar of Laketown
We have Commoners as generic characters, but I don't recall a specific Beggar as a figure. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
I envision a street beggar, but one that is standing with a cup, thrust forward in the right hand. There would be no weapons, just ragged garb with perhaps a hemp rope for a belt.
He would have long hair with a scraggly beard.
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Post by gandalf1977 on Sept 16, 2016 13:27:54 GMT
It's a tight race so far. 50/50 split between 2 votes! lol Good luck to all the submissions!
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