Mystery case

Thanks for your comments, fellows.

Personally I think it is a shame that Mithril does not sell a range of Hithaeglir orcs anymore in a range we were used to. The last new ones were those included in the MZ673 ‘Ori in the Chamber of Mazarbul’ vignette. I was excited to see two orcs included in a release that originally was supposed to be just Ori. But when I had the orcs on my table, I was rather disapointed with the poses. They are supposed to be attacking, so why do they look like if they are doing some kind of dance ? Why is one almost falling forward and the other is running with both arms stretched, not looking where he is going to? I don’t understand. Not to mention Ori himself, who is looking so far to his left in a way that is anatomical impossible. I would like to hear your thoughts about this one.

That’s why I still prefer the old Mithril orc figures, that are in my eyes very nice, even now that there are so many choices from other brands!

Oh yes there is a new project in the making. It is announced on the back of the last box, but maybe to small on the pictures to be read.
The next boxes will be: Army of Minas Tirith and Army of Harad!

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It depends…
I liked some of the recent releases: the Harad camel, the Elven flautist, the 3 wargs, the half-orc on the ladder, Tom Bombadil and Merry.
I did not like the Cardolan ragger (poor pose), Frodo at Amon Hen (too much furniture), Gollum (in his boat, just sitting there), Elladan & Aragorn (sorry, no interest), but it all depends on personal taste and interest.

I also was surprised by the remake of ‘The Hobbit’ box. But did anyone need exactly the same characters, again, with the exception of the Master of Laketown ? The old ones were perfect to me. I would have preferred the release of the numbers M546-550, still missing… We shall have to wait and see… Being a Mithril collector, I am used to be patient 😎

Well, I didn’t find any other terrain piece that could serve better as Minas Tirith than this one, and the Mithril minis stand out with it as well. The terrain piece is not included in the box of course, only the miniatures, and they are all Mithril :cool:.
Thank you all for your comments!

Thanks Milo,

There are some Warband types I would like to make some day, but for which there are not enough different minis at the moment, for example Isengard Orcs and Orc cavalry (on wargs). If I count right, only 5 orcs on wargs have been produced in the whole Mithril range, during 30 years! Including the first one (M51 Angmar orc hornblower) and the Salute 2008 Orc Chieftain on warg. Can you imagine?

But never mind, I still have other ideas for more Warbands I can make