November 2020 1st Round vote is CLOSED

[Michael O'Brien]

I hope everyone is keeping safe and staying sane under the current crisis. Mithril forges ahead and the first vote has now started and will run until next Monday (23rd). We appreciate all the new ideas and supportive texts and, as always, thank all members who take time to participate in our polls. Every vote counts so do not become apathetic in your involvement.
The 2nd vote will begin on the 23rd and run until the end of the month.
Please continue to support your favourite ideas in the comments section, even if you did not originally submit the idea yourself.

[olivier]

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 mounted 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 (like the man on the right in the first photo). His head is covered with a bandana tied behind and he wears a thick leather bolero (like in the second photo), 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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[Gildor]

Smeagol becoming Gollum

I had this idea pop up in my head, and I was thinking it has never been submitted before I think:
After being chased by his own River tribe of hobbits, adter lurking in the dark because Light was beginning to hurt him, and just when he crawled and finally entered and lurked in the goblin caves and below to hide from the surface... Smeagol, still with some ragged clothes, and some samples of hair, half bent, hiding from the sun with one arm and grasping firmly "His Precious" on his chest (ragged shirt) in his other hand.
The figurine would be a mix of the actual Gollum, and the only representation of Smeagol we have in the range on his boat: M83

I hope it finds some supporters, and that Chris likes the challenge, as it would really be a special one, even if quite small. (If it wins I leave Chris deciding how the base or surrounding could fit the drama of the scene)

[Halbarad II.]

Elf Guardian of Lorien  holding up a small elven lamp

When Frodo came at last up on the flet he found Legolas seated with three other Elves.
They were clad in shadowy-grey, and could not be seen among the tree-stems,
unless they moved suddenly. They stood up, and one of them uncovered
a small lamp that gave out a slender silver beam.
He held it up, looking at Frodo’s face, and Sam’s.
Then he shut off the light again, and spoke words of welcome
in his elven tongue. Frodo spoke haltingly in return.

J.R.R.Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring
Chapter VI
Lothlorien

[Mornedhel]

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

[Milo]

Gríma throwing the palantír of Orthanc

Following the confrontation between Saruman and Gandalf at Orthanc. , Gríma mistakenly threw the palantír of Orthanc at the Rohirrim accompanying Gandalf, or possibly at Saruman himself, and so permitted its capture by Peregrin Took.

[Gerold]

I would like to see an ordinary

Gundabad Orc Warrior

in a fighting pose, in the old M94 and M98 style.

[gilgaladtolkien]

Bolg, Orc-chief of Gundabad
I see him in no fighting pose and without a helmet but holding a great mace.

[ddaines]

The Necromancer’s Servant

Now that the Necromancer of Mirkwood has been released, perhaps, given the pose, a companion-piece in the form of a servant kneeling or bowing before him receiving orders maybe, or even awaiting a judgement of doom to be made for some failure....

What form the servant would take I would leave up to Chris Tubb, but it could be of human form, or an unknown creature that haunts the deepest and darkest places of Mirkwood that surround Dul Guldur, maybe a werewolf, or a vampire-like creature in part bat-form.

Size-wise the servant would be similar to a standard human figure.

[eleamar]

Thorin alert with bow ready.

"In this way they were soon all safely on the opposite shore, at the edge of the
Arroy or delighted. Dwalin had just hurried out, the rope wrapped around his
arm, and Bombur (still grumbling) was about to follow him when something
Ahead came a noise like hooves. Suddenly, from the
twilight, a flying deer came out. He charged at the dwarves and struck them down, and
He immediately ducked to jump. He passed over the water with a big
leap, but did not reach the shore unscathed Thorin had been the only one still
kept alert and as soon as they reached land he had prepared the
bow and had put an arrow, in case the guardian of the boat suddenly appeared.
He quickly fired at the beast, which collapsed on reaching the other shore. The
shadows devoured her, but they heard a muffled sound of hooves finally
extinguished. "

The Hobbit.
Chapter 8 Flies and Spiders.


I don't recall there being a mithril miniature of an archer dwarf, not even in MW347 Iron-Hill Dwarves Warband. That is why I propose Thorin, in traveler's clothing, alert and with his bow at the ready, as described by Tolkien.

[eleamar]

Nov 14, 2020 15:22:53 GMT ddaines said:

The Necromancer’s Servant

Now that the Necromancer of Mirkwood has been released, perhaps, given the pose, a companion-piece in the form of a servant kneeling or bowing before him receiving orders maybe, or even awaiting a judgement of doom to be made for some failure....

What form the servant would take I would leave up to Chris Tubb, but it could be of human form, or an unknown creature that haunts the deepest and darkest places of Mirkwood that surround Dul Guldur, maybe a werewolf, or a vampire-like creature in part bat-form.

Size-wise the servant would be similar to a standard human figure.

If it were a vampire in its bat form it would make an interesting miniature, there is no such vampire in the Mithril collection either. In a submissive attitude, well kneeling before the nicromancer as you say or as warning him and signaling the arrival of the hosts of the White Council.

[Gildor]

about the Necromancer servant, in the MERP RPG and CODA, there was a man, name the Grimburgoth, who was serving the Necromancer (or Khamul, the second Nazgul "easterling king", who was ruling in Dol Guldur later when Sauron was in Mordor)
you can have the link there : notionclubarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Grimburgoth

[barliman]

It continues to astonish me how many figures people can come up with that have yet to be represented by Mithril (or, come to that, anyone else). This month's list is another very original collection. Nearly all are highly original and extremely worthy candidates.

The decision regarding which one to support wasn't easy, since there are several in particular that I'd love to see realised, but the Necromancer's servant sounds the most interesting.

[ddaines]

Nov 17, 2020 18:07:30 GMT Gildor said:

about the Necromancer servant, in the MERP RPG and CODA, there was a man, name the Grimburgoth, who was serving the Necromancer (or Khamul, the second Nazgul "easterling king", who was ruling in Dol Guldur later when Sauron was in Mordor)
you can have the link there : notionclubarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Grimburgoth

Thanks for that Gildor, I hadn't realised that there was a specifically named character (albeit non-canonical) although I have heard of Khamul.

[maxtarna]

Arrived too late this time :-(

[barliman]

Looks like a three-horse race!