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Post by Michael O'Brien on Sept 2, 2019 16:26:46 GMT
I am on holidays next week so a slight adjustment to the schedule is required. Chris however has not been able to inform me of the list so I went ahead and complied it. If he vetos an idea then I will exlude that from the 2nd round if required. Its not perfect but thats life.
Remember to comment on your favourite idea. If you can sway others to your view then you can seriously improve the odds that your favourite will win.
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Post by Halbarad II. on Sept 3, 2019 6:27:48 GMT
Now it's your turn, ladder-climber and torch-bearer and others  all support. I just watch and vote this month. (only put something in - later - if there are not enough other suggestions) |
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Post by barliman on Sept 3, 2019 7:59:12 GMT
ELLADAN HOLDING TWO TORCHES ALOFT: PATHS OF THE DEAD
OK, second attempt to get this project moving:
For those of you who weren't able to get involved last month, my hope and desire is to get Mithril's Baldur figure redesigned and re-released, but this time as part of a "three-piece" vignette" (i.e., a vignette entailing three stand-alone Fellowship figures voted for and produced individually in due course..... I hope). These will comprise a crouching Aragorn examining Baldor's remains, Elladan with two torches held aloft, and - though I'm sure the "powers that be" understandably won't be keen about this bit, since some 90-plus MS586 figs are still languishing in stock - a CORRECTLY posed Baldor, i.e. face-down with his hands scrabbling forwards and upwards towards a sealed door (no door actually required, though it would be a nice finishing touch, and would save collectors having to find their own!).
As I said last month, it seems very likely that the "current" Baldor's poor sales are a direct consequence of his inaccurate pose (it's certainly the reason why I never bought him). I think Chris's concern at the time was that a face-down pose would be unpopular, but there may have been other reasons too. It's certainly a nice figure; but alas, it isn't how Baldur is described in the book.
Please also note that I forgot last month that, at this point, Elladan held two torches - his own and Aragorn's. Mea culpa.
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Post by Axel on Sept 3, 2019 15:23:34 GMT
Well, once again into the ring: Gandalf pondering before the Gates of MoriaI suggest a Gandalf version of Rodins Thinker.  |
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Post by Halbarad II. on Sept 3, 2019 17:22:28 GMT
I always thought, Gandalf was naked after the battle with the Balrog.....   (not serious and no offense about Rodin !) |
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Post by olivier on Sept 3, 2019 21:36:36 GMT
Yes, I agree. We can see that his clothes have burned and that he himself has been vitrified by the fire of the Balrog!
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Post by ddaines on Sept 5, 2019 20:28:37 GMT
Statue of a King Long Dead “….but between the pillars there stood a silent company of tall images graven in cold stone. Suddenly Pippin was reminded of the hewn rocks of the Argonath, and awe fell on him as he looked down that avenue of kings long dead.” This is the passage where Gandalf and Pippin are bought before Denethor.Idea is for a figure, larger in size than a Mithril human, stood upon a carved pillar. The figure could be from any period of Gondor’s history while Kings still ruled so style of helm, armour etc. is open to interpretation. Not a ‘figure’ as such…. |
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Post by erchamion on Sept 6, 2019 11:52:04 GMT
I try my luck again with a previous suggestion  Celebrimbor with the Rings of PowerThis scene represents the moment when Celebrimbor has finished forging the Rings of Power just before handing them over to their future owners. For that reason he wears clothes of high elf (no blacksmith clothes) and pensively observes his finished work in a tray that he holds with his hands or on a small pedestal. |
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Post by Axel on Sept 9, 2019 20:40:43 GMT
Well, I assume that Chris is able to give Gandalf some clothes while he (Gandalf) ponders the password. I could put a nosy Merry in front of him, too... (I am sure we do have a suitable mini without making this a double figure suggestion).
That said... a naked Gandalf lying on the broken Mountain slope would be a suggestion that certainly is fresh...
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Post by Michael O'Brien on Sept 10, 2019 11:57:25 GMT
Please note that I am on holidays next week so if seven ideas are not available by Thursday at 4pm GMT+1 then there is a risk I will leave it run until I return on the 23rd.
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Post by Gerold on Sept 10, 2019 12:11:05 GMT
I would like to resuggest this character:
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."
So it should be a young guy, maybe in a mailcoat a bit too long for him.
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Post by hsf62 on Sept 10, 2019 18:27:28 GMT
Half-Orc of Isengard
climbing a ladder, holding in his left hand his shield over his head for protection. He is wearing chain mail and a helmet. His sword is still in the sheath. There is single handed axe on a rope, hanging off his right wrist.
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Post by olivier on Sept 11, 2019 7:19:31 GMT
For the seventh idea of this month, I'm trying my luck again....
Wainrider man with whip
The appendices mentioned incursions of the Wainriders in Gondor from 1851 TA, for almost a century.
The appendices A mentionned that the Wainriders were a people, or confederacy, of Men from the East. They journeyed in great wagons, and their chieftains rode chariots in battle.
In the Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", it states that they camped in fortified camps of wagons. Their young women were also trained in arms, and they, along with old men and youths, stayed behind, able to defend their homes from attackers.
The MZ670 Wainrider girl is the very first miniature representing this people (2018 December votes).
To complete, I propose another Gypsy member : a man this time.
He is bearded and has long hair. His head is covered with a bandana tied behind and he wears a thick leather bolero, a wide fabric belt and boots. He is armed with a whip that he wields in front of him and a short scimitar is passed through the belt.
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Post by gilgaladtolkien on Sept 12, 2019 17:41:15 GMT
Bilbo finds the One Ring
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Post by barliman on Sept 14, 2019 17:02:14 GMT
Shotgun voting pattern so far!
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Post by Halbarad II. on Sept 15, 2019 21:25:49 GMT
Half-Orc with ladder for me. because he was suggested and resuggested so many times and this scene is missing at Helm's Deep so far. but no elf-killing please! |
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Post by olivier on Sept 16, 2019 7:21:32 GMT
Half-Orc with ladder for me. because he was suggested and resuggested so many times Yes, there's really enough !!! |
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Post by hsf62 on Sept 18, 2019 14:19:22 GMT
Half-Orc with ladder for me. because he was suggested and resuggested so many times Yes, there's really enough !!!  |
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Post by barliman on Sept 23, 2019 9:04:45 GMT
Wow, you and your vertically challenged orc have won at last, Master Holger! Everything comes to he who waits (and waits, and waits, and waits....). As I've found myself many times, perseverance does pay!
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