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Post by Axe99 on Feb 18, 2006 0:08:33 GMT
That King of the Dead figure looks mighty nice . Congrats (and thanks!) to Chris and all involved ;D.
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Post by barliman on Feb 18, 2006 11:58:25 GMT
Another absolutely superb figure...
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Post by Zoetrop on Feb 18, 2006 13:46:22 GMT
I´m absolutely impressed! Many thanks to Chris and Mithril.
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Post by Stift on Feb 18, 2006 15:00:47 GMT
GREAT! I'm very impressed by this miniature! Normally I do not use the MS for MERP, but I'm sure that in one of the next adventures some undead will appear. I have to surprise my adventures with this beautiful miniature!
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Post by twrich on Feb 18, 2006 20:33:38 GMT
Stift, I too use Mithrils in my MERP adventures! We are currently restoring a young noble-woman to her rightful position as the head of Dol Calantir, in north-east Cardolan. Her nefarious uncle has usurped her title, and put her under house-arrest. The year is 1641 of the Third Age.
I agree that the King of the Dead is fabulous, and must make an appearance at some point in the RPG adventures I run, but during a different time frame, and with my players using different characters than the have now.
Perhaps a new thread could be started for those who still role-play with Mithrils to talk about their adventures.
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Post by Will the Fey on Feb 18, 2006 23:01:23 GMT
Stift, I too use Mithrils in my MERP adventures! We are currently restoring a young noble-woman to her rightful position as the head of Dol Calantir, in north-east Cardolan. Her nefarious uncle has usurped her title, and put her under house-arrest. The year is 1641 of the Third Age. This sounds so familiar, and brings up some distant memories... I think that I have played the same adventure, but we were at Sarn Ereh in Morthondost. (If I remember the names correctly, I'm not sure..) My character Minian of Morthondost is still in the middle of fight vs. dunlendings, our Merp campaign ended abruptly. And yes, the King of the Dead is really great figure!
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Post by Ori on Feb 19, 2006 21:33:00 GMT
In my opinion this is the best MS so far, despite being the smallest one.
I also used to play MERP, but now it is harder to find enough time to gather some players. It is not like when we had 15 years and plenty of time and no responsabilities. Now we have the money to buy the minis and the books, but not the time.
Anyone has tried to play merp via e-mail? That would be nice.
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Post by khador on Feb 21, 2006 16:07:30 GMT
Yes, This MS is very "beautiful" (if I can use this term to describe an undead leader...). This figure give me appetite for others undead... and a Mortal leader in the Third Age (our favorite Numenorean heir, I name Aragorn). What do you think about a M-set about Army of the dead from Dunharrow with Aragorn (exhorting them to serve Gondor a last time), several undeads (in many different postures)... and the door of the "Closed path" (as this one of Chamber of Mazarbul) ? Michael, it is possible to plan this set (perhaps for the next one) ;D Khador
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Post by Axel on Mar 5, 2006 19:42:44 GMT
I must admit that the undead of the regular M-series are pretty unpopular with me, and that I was highly sceptical when the "King of the Dead" won the vote. But the mini is great. I can almost see the King, turning from Aragorn to hist host and showing off his spear, the very moment before he breaks it and finds his final rest.
Of course he could also giving the signal to attack the corsairs, but for me the pose is already fixed to the other scene...
Great work, Chris. I would, however, prefer some Knigths of Dol Amroth or the Armies of Dale to more undead.
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Post by Gildor on Mar 6, 2006 14:09:47 GMT
I just received the MX436 Troll and the MS439 King of the Dead, these are really superbly crafter but I also was gladly surprised to see the "come back" of the old-fashionned blister sheets (the red ones with middle-earth map on background) . Actually I have always liked this blister design rather than the new "Lord of the Rings" green ones, which let us think that Mithril is but a sub-brand of "Lord of the Rings"... I don't know what you think about it, but the red blisters are great, and make me feel nostalgic
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Post by Ori on Mar 6, 2006 14:27:24 GMT
Sure. And the orange ones are even better
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Post by Gildor on Mar 6, 2006 15:51:18 GMT
actually orange and red ones are quite similar, but indeed orange looks "antique" and directly imported from Middle-earth himself (Mithril Factory, 54th dwarf Avenue, third floor, 9731 Khazad-dhum, Middle-Earth LOL)
Seriously they are far more "fitting" for Mithril than the "Lord of the Rings" green ones which look like games workshop blisters actually (not exactly the same green, but it is sometimes hard to make the difference from afar
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Post by mshartmann on Mar 12, 2006 5:17:13 GMT
Yes, I just got my King of the Dead and mx troll (also picked up an old Elendil the tall) - very nice all - now I just need to figure out how to paint the dead king - I don't think I want him to glow (no offense to Peter Jackson). Cheers!
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Post by ddaines on Mar 12, 2006 13:38:48 GMT
Definately no glowing KotD PLEASE!! In the film that really looked awful. Nice decayed colours of clothing once rich perhaps?
David.
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Post by Gildor on Mar 13, 2006 8:11:29 GMT
It seems that in the movie, the army of the deads was an army of ghost skeleton-warriors . It is not necessarily the case in the book. The glowing being the only way, I think, to represent them as "ghosts" rather than simple "undead corpses". Maybe adding some glow in the eyes or slightly on the thorax could be better, and leave the clothes and armour not glowing at all bt decayed. What do you think?
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Post by ddaines on Mar 13, 2006 21:37:54 GMT
:DI think something like that - the secret of the painting effect may be in the eyes try to make them stand out but as I haven't got the figure yet I'm guessing at the moment as to what detail there is, the photo looks good.
I agree about PJ's interpretation - under the green glow the figure designs look good, I just personally think the green was a bit too strong, but that's the movies for you!
David.
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Post by mshartmann on Mar 14, 2006 1:43:05 GMT
Yes, I think that's the way to go - perhaps something otherworldly in his eyes with a nice rotten fleshtone and decay on the clothes and perhaps just a bit of rust on the chainmail!
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Post by Gildor on Mar 14, 2006 9:07:55 GMT
using tarnished copper or bronze metal colors for the armor would fit well I think, as for the eyes well they are deep really deep, maybe you could imagine having them black with a flashy yellow or greenish spot in the bottom of eye socket... I would not use Redish glow for eyes, as... unlike many undead creatures... these ones are on the side of Good, not Evil... (even if they are rather neutral but bound to an oath... but using red would make them too evil oriented I think...
Besides this character was a real king in his life... He was the King of the White Mountains (Ered Nimrais) . These people lived there in the Second Age, they were not related to Numenorean civilization. So his clothes should show some remains of regal purple or blue but decayed, and some tarnished gold parts...
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