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Post by Michael O'Brien on Feb 2, 2018 14:35:08 GMT
Thanks to all members who submitted ideas. Chris has selected 11 of them to go forward for the vote. He left out Elrond as Mithril is planning on releasing the figure in this form in a vignette later this year. He also left out Isildur on Throne as it is two figures rather than one.
Please note that this is a blind vote so you will see the current status of the vote after you have submitted your vote. We will have the 2nd round on the 23rd. You have until midnight on the 22nd to take part.
Don't forget you can comment on any idea, even if you did not submit it. This is the perfect time to gather support for the prospective winning idea.
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Post by mindx2 on Feb 3, 2018 19:18:48 GMT
Elrond holding up the Map of Thror to the moonlight
“A wish that is likely to be granted soon enough in the mountains!” said Elrond. “But show me now your map!”
[...] The moon was shining in a broad silver crescent. He held up the map and the white light shone through it. “What is this?” he said. “There are moon-letters here, beside the plain runes which say ‘five feet high the door and three may walk abreast.’” -The Hobbit, Chapter 3
I've always loved maps myself so the thought of secret "moon letters" on an adventure map just gets the heart racing!
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Post by Halbarad II. on Feb 4, 2018 13:06:25 GMT
another missing "Middle earth musician":
Wild Men (Wose) drummer
The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King BOOK FIVE Chapter V - The Ride of the Rohirrim
... He (Merry) lifted his head. Then he heard it again: a sound like faint drums in the wooded hills and mountain steps. The throb would cease suddenly and then be taken up again at some other point, now nearer now further of, he wondered if the watchmen had heard it. ...
... 'Is the enemy coming then?' asked Merry anxiously. ‚Are those their drums? I began to think I was imagining them, as no one else seemed to take any notice of them.' 'Nay, nay,' said Elfhelm, 'the enemy in on the road not in the hills. You hear the Woses, the Wild Men of the Woods: thus they talk together from afar. They still haunt Drúadan Forest, it is said. Remnants of an older time they be, living few and secretly, wild and wary as the beasts. They go not to war with Gondor or the Mark; but now they are troubled by the darkness and the coming of the orcs: they fear lest the Dark Years be returning, as seems likely enough. Let us be thankful that they are not hating us; for they use poisoned arrows, it is said, and they are woodcrafty beyond compare. But they have offered their services to Théoden.' ...
...Not long after far away eastward the faint drums throbbed again. Yet to no heart in all the host came any fear that the Wild Men were unfaithful, strange and unlovely though they might appear.
The Woses helped the Rohirrim to ride on a forgotten road behind their Forest to the aid of Gondor, avoiding the superior number of Orcs on the regular road
Later after the War of the Ring as the Men of the West escorted Theoden’s body back to Edoras.
BOOK SiX Chapter VI - Many partings
Without haste and at peace they passed into Anórien, and they came to the Grey Wood under Amon Dín; and there they heard a sound as of drums beating in the hills, though no living thing could be seen. Then Aragorn let the trumpets be blown; and heralds cried: 'Behold the King Elessar is come! The Forest of Drúadan he gives to Ghán-buri-ghán and to his folk, to be their own for ever; and hereafter let no man enter it without their leave!’ Then the drums rolled loudly, and were silent.
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Post by ddaines on Feb 4, 2018 23:32:48 GMT
ERKENBRAND OF WESTFOLD
A resubmission of Erkenwald (sketch to follow) leaping down to attack the Uruk Hai at Helm's Deep. I envisage this to be an 'action' figure with one foot on a rock, the other raised as he launches himself into a leap upon his enemies. His sword and Red shield are raised ready to slash and parry his foes, and his cloak billows out behind him. P.s. I should add (following a very pertinent question from Halbarad II), that I hadn't realised that I still had a copy of the sketch available when I re-suggested Erkenbrand, so please imagine a cloak 'billowing' out behind, LOL .
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Post by khador on Feb 5, 2018 22:21:09 GMT
Isildur on the Throne of Minas Ithil
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Post by gilgaladtolkien on Feb 6, 2018 21:12:08 GMT
Sauron's throne
Our MS568 needs a throne.
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Post by Happy Ent on Feb 8, 2018 9:02:15 GMT
Nár, Companion of Thrór, waiting outside of Moria
When Thrór went on his last journey to Moria, he just took one companion with him – Nár. But he entered Moria alone and had Nár to wait for him outside.
So I would like to have a miniature of Nár sitting in a long hooded cloak in front of a small campfire or standing, leaning on some kind of staff (spear/axe) and looking towards the entrance where Thrór disappeared…
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Post by Mornedhel on Feb 11, 2018 15:05:59 GMT
Gondorian infantry man wounded
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields is just over and the Haradrim are running away. His right flank is pierced by a spear he brokes at the middle. His helmet in hand and his sword is nowhere to be seen
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Post by Luthien Tinuviel on Feb 11, 2018 19:43:12 GMT
Bilbo’s mother Belladonna Took"As I was saying, the mother of this hobbit - of Bilbo Baggins, that is - was the fabulous Belladonna Took ... It was often said (in other families) that long ago one of the Took ancestors must have taken a fairy wife." With Bilbo as a children in arms
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Post by stephenjcorcoran on Feb 12, 2018 12:54:01 GMT
Balchoth WarriorThe Balchoth were a fierce Eastering tribe under the sway of Dol Guldur. They lived in the lands to the east of Mirkwood and were possible related to the Wainriders. They attacked Gondor in TA 2510 and overran the plains of Calenardhon and almost destroyed the army of the Ruling Steward Cirion. It was only with the coming of the Eotheod under Eorl the Young at the Battle of the Field of Celebrant that they were defeated and Gondor was saved. Attachments:
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Post by Gerold on Feb 12, 2018 14:15:51 GMT
I have been reading the 3th book again and a personality came by that has not been made by Mithril yet:
Gamling's grandson at Helm's Deep
I don't think his name is mentioned, but Gamling himself was in charge of the forces defending Helm's Dike, and his own grandson was one of the defenders. Gamling's words were: "Maybe we have a thousand fit to fight on foot, but most of them have seen too many winters, as I have, or too few, as my son's son here."
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Post by fatforlong on Feb 14, 2018 1:16:33 GMT
Nar companion of Thror responding in horror to Azog raising Thror's head (MZ 649) ...it's a natural
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Post by Halbarad II. on Feb 14, 2018 9:22:16 GMT
Nár, Companion of Thrór, waiting outside of Moria
When Thrór went on his last journey to Moria, he just took one companion with him – Nár. But he entered Moria alone and had Nár to wait for him outside. So I would like to have a miniature of Nár sitting in a long hooded cloak in front of a small campfire or standing, leaning on some kind of staff (spear/axe) and looking towards the entrance where Thrór disappeared… Nar companion of Thror responding in horror to Azog raising Thror's head (MZ 649) ...it's a natural Dwarven twins ?
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Post by olivier on Feb 14, 2018 13:55:42 GMT
FírielFíriel was a Queen of Arnor and the wife of Arvedui, the last King of Arthedain. read more about her
I imagine this queen in exile, accompanying her son Aranarth to the Lindon, first Ranger of the North, with a certain nobility in her way of being and face but she wears the clothes so characteristic of the Rangers, both discreet and comfortable. Only a few details in her outfit betray her high bloodline. source : The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: The Númenórean Kings, (iii): "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur" ; (iv): "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
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Post by barliman on Feb 14, 2018 21:48:22 GMT
Once more unto the breach etc (I'm nothing if not persistent).... FRECALord of lands at 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: mithrilfigures.proboards.com/thread/1533/2017-single-figure-suggestions-welcome#ixzz4hsxJj4OW
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Post by Halbarad II. on Feb 16, 2018 13:07:27 GMT
ooo ooooooo ooooooooo o
Three Rings for the Elven-Kings under the Sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-Lords in their Halls of Stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his Dark Throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
– J.R.R. Tolkien's epigraph to The Lord of the Rings
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Post by Gildor on Feb 16, 2018 20:17:06 GMT
I must admit i am astonished to see the Sauron's Throne got Chris approval as a suggestion, he has always refused to represent him this way. Maybe things have changed thanks to 3D sculpting?
but it's really a must have I think !!
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Post by Halbarad II. on Feb 17, 2018 11:31:43 GMT
let's wait and see what happens...
and Yes me too: it's really a chance to get a very,very interesting piece of "furniture" ;o)
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Post by Gildor on Feb 17, 2018 14:53:57 GMT
the problem is that MS568 is at Sammath-Naur, which are the forges of Doom, at mount Orodruin... it is not Barad-Dur.. An anvil would have been more fitting than a throne . I doubt there is a throne at Mount Doom
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Post by Shadyt on Feb 17, 2018 20:02:03 GMT
Just so everyone is clear, it is just a throne, no Sauron figure included.
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Post by barliman on Feb 18, 2018 8:25:59 GMT
Yes, that's what I thought too. People would have to await another suggestion victory in another month to get a seated Sauron to go with it, and because of Chris' objections (see Master Gildor's comments above) I can't see that ever happening. Consequently I haven't voted for the throne.
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Post by Gildor on Feb 18, 2018 11:10:49 GMT
Though I like the idea of a throne, it has never even been said there was a throne at all at Bard Dur (or Dol Guldur), what need of a physical throne for an entity that is immaterial, has no "court", nor any physical need to "sit" Melkor did have a throne in Angband has he had a court (see the passage of Luthien dancing before him) and also because he had been cursed to keep a physical form, Sauron had the opposite curse
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Post by Halbarad II. on Feb 18, 2018 21:28:10 GMT
and what about that verse in the rhyme?
One for the dark lord on his dark throne, in the land of Mordor...
Do you think if there is a throne, it stands there somewhere between the rocks?
As I see it, at the time of Frodo's Quest Sauron had no corporal form anymore because of his fall or loss of the One Ring at the Battle of the last Alliance. So if there is a throne from previous time – it will be empty. Sauron's form is descibed as a great burning eye, as you know.
Liking the suggestion, in my opinion there is no reason against placing the big cloaked Sauron figure before a throne in a awesome diorama with some Orcs etc., for he did not stay at Sammath Naur forever, don't you think?
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Post by Gildor on Feb 18, 2018 23:07:42 GMT
well that's also why I voted for it but still this throne may be a vestige from the Second Age... any way I am voting for it as I'd really be curious to see an evil majestic throne...
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Post by maenas on Feb 19, 2018 10:19:46 GMT
well that's also why I voted for it but still this throne may be a vestige from the Second Age... any way I am voting for it as I'd really be curious to see an evil majestic throne... I also voted for this. Although I like some others suggestions, this seems quite original... and can be displayed in some dioramas... I at least imagine it quite big. Bigger than the one on wich Galadriel is seated or the one that comes with the Great goblin miniatures..
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Post by maenas on Feb 19, 2018 10:21:18 GMT
.../ Mithril is planning on releasing the figure in this form in a vignette later this year./... Awesome news!!!!
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Post by Gildor on Feb 19, 2018 17:30:16 GMT
well, assuming Maiar are (at least) the size of trolls in the mithril range (see Balrog, Razarak and Sauron in his two versions) I assume the throne would be troll sized too... else it would be odd... But then it means it could be considered vignette and not single?
Well only Michaël, Chris and Mithril can say... if it is "human size" it would really be odd
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