June 2017 1st Round Vote is CLOSED

[Michael O'Brien]

Thanks to all members who took part in the suggestions in June. Chris kindly sent the list to me and there are eight contenders. This is, as we traditionally do, a blind vote. This vote ends at midnight on the 21st of June and we will have the 2nd round on the 22nd.

Don't forget you can add comments about any idea, whether you submitted it originally or not.

[hsf62]

With that many voters last month, I have to put him up again...

Bilbo discovers the Arkenstone in the treasure hoard

Bilbo kneeling on a tresure pile in his left hand holding a small torch and in his right hand he is holding up the Arkenstone he just found, gazing at it!

[barliman]

I shall now revert to my old trusted, tactic of suggesting the same thing repeatedly until people get so fed up seeing it listed that they vote for it to win simply so that I stop! So —

FRECA
Lord of lands either side of the source of the Adorn

Freca was a fat, arrogant, dark-haired descendant of King Freawine who appears to have had "much Dunlendish blood" in his veins, and probably considered himself more Dunlending than Rohirrim. Certainly he held King Helm Hammerhand in sufficient contempt that he demanded the king's daughter as a bride for his son Wulf (Mithril figure MS280). His main claim to fame in Rohan history is that he was killed by a single blow from Helm's mighty fists.

It's hard to be certain of much else, but when he turned up for Helm's council he brought many men with him, so it seems likely he intended to start trouble, and would therefore have been dressed ready for battle, albeit probably over his finest clothes. His hair, arms and clothes are likely to have been an exotic mix of Dunlendish and Rohirrim styles.

Read more: www.mithril.ie/wulf-of-edoras-ms280-fellowship-metal-miniature-c2x11377763

[Theobald]

That so-called "tactic" of resuggesting suggestions over and over again seems to have unfortunately become a widespread practice here by now.

[mindx2]

Jun 2, 2017 22:31:49 GMT Theobald said:

That so-called "tactic" of resuggesting suggestions over and over again seems to have unfortunately become a widespread practice here by now.

In the case of Bilbo and the Arkenstone I think it's justified by last month's vote totals!

[barliman]

Indeed. Perhaps it should be called a strategy rather than a tactic (though I've never understood the difference...).

[Halbarad II.]

With many good suggestions that show favorites,
– and cause ties –
it's only reasonable to resuggest, isn't it?

Sam with Baby will also be resuggested – later this year...

Resuggestion of a really bad guy:

Azog the Orc leader with the head of Thrór


There is one vignette in the mithril range that shows the fight between Azog and Dain II. (M164)

I'd like suggest the monstrous creature as the leader, champion or "King"
of the Moria Orcs or Goblins doing his cruel deeds to the Dwarven King Thrór.
Azog stands upright in triumph holding up the dwarfs head, on the latters forehead the bloody runes AZOG carved in.

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Whould be a horrible, but interresting miniature, showing the cruelty of the orcish race.

Suggestion is meant according to the novel
please don't expect a oversized, pale, mutilated monster-thing with scars and with superhero powers...
Azog was killed – dead ! – a long time before Thorin & Co. started their Quest to the Lonely Mountain.

Azog was a powerful Orc who claimed rulership over the
abandoned Dwarvish mines of Moria (Khazad-dûm).

He initiated the War of the Dwarves and Orcs in TA 2790 by beheading King Thrór,
who had come to revisit the ruins of the ancient dwarven kingdom of Moria.
Azog called out that he had killed Thrór ,
and that he now ruled Moria as king.
His name in runes was carved onto the brow of Thrór,
forever branding it into the hearts of the dwarves.
Nár (the companion of Thrór) was barred from retrieving the head of Thrór,
and the orcs threw him a small pouch of coins of little worth
as a final gesture of scorn. Nár took the pouch, turned, and fled.
When he looked back, orcs had emerged from the gate and
were hacking apart Thrór's body
and flinging the pieces as carrion for the ravens.

Read more: mithrilfigures.proboards.com/thread/1490/july-round-single-figure-closed#ixzz4iyYeC7WH

[barliman]

I was never keen on the earlier Mithril Azog (M164), so it would be nice to see a new, fresher rendition of him - hopefully without the impractical helmet this time.

[ddaines]

The Fallen Balrog

In the same scale as the 'Balrog Entombed' (which in my opinion reflects a more realistic size comparison) the fallen Balrog laying amongst the rock of the broken mountain-side where it perished......

‘There upon Celebdil was a lonely window in the snow, and before it lay a narrow space, a dizzy eyrie above the mists of the world. The sun shone fiercely there, but all below was wrapped in cloud. Out he sprang, and even as I came behind, he burst into new flame. There was none to see, or perhaps in after ages songs would still be sung of the Battle of the Peak.’ Suddenly Gandalf laughed. ‘But what would they say in song? Those that looked up from afar thought that the mountain was crowned with storm. Thunder they heard, and lightning, they said, smote upon Celebdil, and leaped back broken into tongues of fire. Is not that enough? A great smoke rose about us, vapour and steam. Ice fell like rain. I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin. Then darkness took me; and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell.'

[twrich]

Here is another re-suggestion! A few months ago Female Lossoth won the first round of voting, but fell in the 2nd round to Barli's suggestion.

So am am putting her out there again! I envision her on bone-skates (per the Red Book of Westmarch) with a hooded warm fur cloak fastened with a rope-belt and fur boots. She would be carrying a satchel and have a long knife tucked in her belt.

At well over 600 32mm figures produced, re-suggestions are inevitable. Perhaps some future month Michael could request only new ideas?

In the mean time, lets give the Lossoth Hunter a mate!!

[barliman]

If re-suggestions are for figures that didn't win, and therefore haven't yet been produced, I really don't see the problem in them making as many attempts to win as they like. Indeed, the majority of my wins (in fact all of them, I think) have only won at their second or subsequent attempts.

[hsf62]

And if they then won at the time they must have had more votes then the others! So oviously they where more wanted then the other suggestions!(call me a smartass!)

[Axel]

Bombur - asleep...

Depicted during his "travels" after falling into the Mirkwood river.

[hsf62]

Would be good without a base, so you can put him into a bed if you want to...

[Axel]

Indeed - though in full clothing, spread out all fours to make him as unwieldy to carry as possible would be my preference. Perhaps with a smile on his face. Complementing that we could have some headscratching fellow dwarfs (and master thiefs) in the years to come...

[Halbarad II.]

Funny: 46 voters last month
– but only 6 new / re- suggestions...

Come on dear fellow-ladies and fellows!

[picard]

Thorin playing the harp at Bilbo's house

[hsf62]

Master picard you should highlight at least the name, so your suggestion isn't overlooked and mistaken for a comment!

[hsf62]

Jun 12, 2017 20:10:00 GMT Halbarad II. said:

Funny: 46 voters last month
– but only 6 new / re- suggestions...

Come on dear fellow-ladies and fellows!

Maybee every member should be allowed to make 2 suggestions!

[Gerold]

My suggestion :

Ori at the last stand in the Chamber of Mazarbul

Ori was one of the dwarves of Thorin's expedition, and he followed Balin in his attempt to reclaim the Realm of Moria. He wrote the last pages in the Book of Mazarbul before he and the last few remaining Dwarves perished during a final stand. Ori did not appear in the Mithril range as a stand-alone figure, I think.

[imisel]

Thorin playing harp looks great to me. A nice addition with a diferent pose to those so usual with dwarfs.

[Milo]

Bombur has my vote this time.

[spickering]

Hope to see all of these resubmitted. I want them all. Greedy I know.

[hsf62]

32 votes! A few more votes to come... I hope!

[barliman]

There's time yet, Master Holger!

[mindx2]

It's another close vote which always makes these fun! I like all three front runners and think Chris would make any one interesting and unique. Would love for us to break over 40 votes again.

[barliman]

Likewise. The current "winner" appeals to me immensely. (Always pleased to see someone get ahead...)

[ddaines]

Jun 21, 2017 12:36:26 GMT barliman said:

Likewise. The current "winner" appeals to me immensely. (Always pleased to see someone get ahead...)

"Groan!!!! "

[barliman]

Ah, nice to see that Bree humour remains good for a groan or two.