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  • #362
    OriginalAragorn
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      Hi there, I’m new to this forum and very excited to get registered. I also recently introduced myself over in the Mithril website forum. For anyone who missed that, here is an exact duplicate of what I posted over there:

      Hello, I’m new to Mithril Miniatures but knowledgeable of miniatures painting and Tolkien. I just love the Mithril range, and equally love Tolkien, so I’m posting to say HELLO and to ask you kind folks about some collecting tips!

      Briefly about myself:
      1) Live in California – wife, two kids
      2) Aragorn is my actual middle name (my father was a Tolkien fanatic who read us the trilogy every night as bedtime reading when I was 8-10 years old. He cried the night he finished ROTK)
      3) I play the LOTR miniature game put out by the “Other” company! But my primary joy comes in painting and collecting. Frankly, I find many gamers are into “win at all costs” and care nothing for Tolkien thematics, nor do they care for the artistic side of the hobby; of course, there are MANY exceptions to this.

      By the way, I just finished painting my 54mm Aragorn (my only Mithril-ish figure). I say “ish” because it’s actually Prince August/Rawcliffe. But the sculpt is pretty much the same as the 54mm Strider from Mithril.

      I will post it when I get around to taking a picture (hopefully tomorrow).

      Thanks,
      George “Aragorn”

      #4779
      OriginalAragorn
      Participant

        Hi there, I’m new to this forum and very excited to get registered. I also recently introduced myself over in the Mithril website forum. For anyone who missed that, here is an exact duplicate of what I posted over there:

        Hello, I’m new to Mithril Miniatures but knowledgeable of miniatures painting and Tolkien. I just love the Mithril range, and equally love Tolkien, so I’m posting to say HELLO and to ask you kind folks about some collecting tips!

        Briefly about myself:
        1) Live in California – wife, two kids
        2) Aragorn is my actual middle name (my father was a Tolkien fanatic who read us the trilogy every night as bedtime reading when I was 8-10 years old. He cried the night he finished ROTK)
        3) I play the LOTR miniature game put out by the “Other” company! But my primary joy comes in painting and collecting. Frankly, I find many gamers are into “win at all costs” and care nothing for Tolkien thematics, nor do they care for the artistic side of the hobby; of course, there are MANY exceptions to this.

        By the way, I just finished painting my 54mm Aragorn (my only Mithril-ish figure). I say “ish” because it’s actually Prince August/Rawcliffe. But the sculpt is pretty much the same as the 54mm Strider from Mithril.

        I will post it when I get around to taking a picture (hopefully tomorrow).

        Thanks,
        George “Aragorn”

        #4780
        hsf62
        Participant

          Welcome Master Aragorn!
          It’s always great to get a add on to this “Forum” who actually takes part within this “Forum”!;)
          I’m sure it will take you a while to find your way through all this information and serious talk!
          Enjoy!
          Any question? Just spit them on the table, but watch out for Master Barliman, he doesn’t like spitting.

          #4781
          hsf62
          Participant

            Also, if you got some spare money € 300.- – 400.-, and want to invest it in some Mithrils, then you might have a look under “The crossroads of Esgaroth”, where Master Bikini sells his collection!

            second from the top:
            My old collection to sell : 100 réferences from M64 to M385 as a lot by Bikini

            That would be a good start!

            #4782
            jdbrown55
            Participant

              Welcome! I have briefly talked to you on the Mithril website, but we can get to know each other on a more personal level here on MMP. Like the Master Caster said, please take part in the forum as you can have a lot of fun here. 😆

              #4786
              Gavin
              Participant

                Bienvenue and Failte :)

                #4788
                Theobald
                Participant

                  Huooommmmmrhuoooommmm … so OriginalAragorn you are …. huoommm … welcome indeed … hom … yes …. now you might consider visiting that tabroom in the Prancing Pony … huoommm … that’s the room for ‘facts and rumours’ … huoomm … of course it’s also a place to relax …. homrhuooommm …

                  #4795
                  hsf62
                  Participant
                    Theobald wrote:
                    Huooommmmmrhuoooommmm … so OriginalAragorn you are …. huoommm … welcome indeed … hom … yes …. now you might consider visiting that tabroom in the Prancing Pony … huoommm … that’s the room for ‘facts and rumours’ … huoomm … of course it’s also a place to relax …. homrhuooommm …

                    But remember, the new visitors in the Pony are the ones to pay for the first round!:)

                    #4796
                    OriginalAragorn
                    Participant

                      Keep drawing attention to me and the only payment you’ll receive is the end of my blade!

                      Give a ranger a little peace.. there are enemies of good who would love to know my location..

                      In case you’re wondering, here I am – the Original Aragorn:

                      DSCN1297.jpg

                      DSCN1299.jpg

                      PS: Rangers have crappy digital cameras that take fuzzy pictures! Aye, or perhaps the Unblinking Eye has distorted my lenses! Bah!

                      #4797
                      OriginalAragorn
                      Participant

                        OK, that was my “crabby ranger” routine.

                        Now for my real question: what camera setting will take clearer pictures on a digital camera?

                        Thanks!
                        George
                        :)

                        #4798
                        hsf62
                        Participant

                          Not bad painted, not bad at all!
                          If I look at your boots, I know why Master Barliman put the wargskins at the entry.
                          Make sure to wipe your boots before entering!:)

                          #4799
                          hsf62
                          Participant

                            Ahem, in regards to taken pics, there are others, more competent people around to give advise then I’m. Sorry I can’t assist
                            with this question….:( I’m quit happy to be able to operate my wife’s camera on easy mode…

                            #4800
                            Gildor
                            MMP Elder

                              quite a good painting :)

                              May I ask one question though… Where did you get the base for this Aragorn.. This looks like the Saruman 54mm prototype applied to an [mith]LO4[/mith] ?
                              I’m curious :)

                              #4802
                              OriginalAragorn
                              Participant

                                Gildor –

                                I got this as a gift for Christmas, probably around 2002 or so, from my wife. This was before I was into painting miniatures, but she knew that I loved LOTR and with my actual middle name being Aragorn she picked this one.

                                The bottom of the base says “Lord of the Rings” and “Prince August/Rawcliffe.”

                                Here is a link to the whole series of them that I happened to find on the LOTR Fanatics site in the Products section. You have to scroll down the page to find all of them:
                                http://www.lotrfanshop.com/lotrshop/pewterfigures.asp

                                I doubt this is where my wife ordered them. I think she got it for me back when the LOTR films were huge, so everyone and their grandmother was selling LOTR products.

                                Hope this helps.

                                George

                                #4803
                                hsf62
                                Participant

                                  And this is the pic from the website:
                                  [imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/6_edlo4s-aragorn.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/6_edlo4s-aragorn.jpg[/imgz]

                                  #4807
                                  Kenakko
                                  Participant

                                    Hello OA, Here’s a collaborative effort of your namesake by our famous in house painter Wendy and myself done some time ago. And Gildor, I believe most of those Rawcliffe/PA castings have this base (name plate and runes) as well as being cast in one piece.[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/21_pict1167.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/21_pict1167.jpg[/imgz]

                                    #4808
                                    OriginalAragorn
                                    Participant

                                      Really nice painting! Cool face. If you live in CA and Wendy lives in MI, how did you collaborate?

                                      By the way, since my pics came out obnoxiously large – what are the right dimensions for an appropriately sized picture?

                                      By the way, I like his leather wrist-guards (whatever you call that item.. can’t remember). I was going to make mine leather since it seems more in keeping with an outdoorsman. At the end I went with metal – and regret my decision. :/

                                      George

                                      #4809
                                      Kenakko
                                      Participant

                                        Thanks OA, As I recall Wendy painted most of the basic colors and I finished him up. And of course, we used the Hobbit post! As far as regrets go in painting, well, one can often repaint,even years later…;)

                                        #4810
                                        Wendy
                                        Participant

                                          Heh, I’d forgotten about that one. Ken did all the work. :) It was part of a trade or something wasn’t it?

                                          #4823
                                          jdbrown55
                                          Participant

                                            Nice job on that figure! I sometimes think that I can nowhere near paint as good as the others on MMP, but then I realize that I paint my figures the way I do because I like the way they look.

                                            I hope to see some more of your work in the future.

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