New Era for Mithril ?

At least some real news.
It seems the Man is now mastering Zbrush (maybe the Z of the new mithril range? )

I like these, certainly at first glance, and Gollum on a log is done already!!!!

… should they be spurt with a gray primer…. Thus for me still does not give the impression of mithril miniatures… perhaps because of the way shooting pictures … but figures at first look, looks great…. especially dwarves…. but about price…. I think still will be to high… and news about new mithril lines… houm let’s wait…. I hope on a good surprise…

Clearly they are, 3d renderings.
So- as far as I am concerned- I can not believe my eyes. I see an Easterling!!!!!!!!
I suppose that will leave me sleepless for tonight.
I want to add, that I see only fine miniatures- or renderings, or whatever . . .

Mornedhel wrote:

Thingol wrote:

… should they be spurt with a gray primer…. Thus for me still does not give the impression of mithril miniatures… perhaps because of the way shooting pictures

Matser Thingol,I do not think these are pictures but computer 3D rendering. It explains the glassy “look”

I would agree 100% that these are pictures of the 3D ‘sculpts’ -I often see these same type of preview on another forum which deals with the larger stuff I collect where some artists (not sure if you can call them sculptors anymore) show previews of their work.

I guess the real ‘proof of the pudding’ will be the final ‘print’ of the figure to see how they look. I believe that some figures produced this way can suffer badly from lines if the printer is not of sufficient quality.

well, those 3D renderings (definitly scrrenshots from Zbrush 3D models, no doubt about that) are very well made. I think that Ohtar is lacking details though compared to others like Easterling champion.
About 3d printing, as we discussed already in another thread, it mainly depends on what kind of 3D printing they are using. the figurines are small, so it would not take a lot of time/matter to craft them (as opposed to big mechanical pieces) BUT they require very high detail.

If they go for extrusion deposition (the cheapest)… I fear the result may be catastrophic, with layers of matters, holes, lack of detail for such small things which are meant to be used as “master” for casting metal….

If they go for photopolymerisation or CLIP based on liquid stuff (high quality but more expensive) not only it is fast, but it is like magic ! and smooth and great

Added to their new white metal based on gallium and bismuth it could work miracles !

Oh, now I have read thenews and I am happy and curious.
I wonder if MS range will last or will lead to MZS range?

That’s some interesting news! Care to upload the pictures of the 3D sculpts here, please?

Thanks, Master Caster!

They look good, I’m wondering if this will have any impact on pricing.