THE TAPROOM 2

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January 29, 2012 at 9:29 pm #22905
Thingol
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…why not… I had a “hard” day in the garden today…
January 29, 2012 at 9:30 pm #22906
Thingol
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…. many half orcs were around….. and I’m thirsty this evening… one cold black beer before sleep will be very welcome
January 29, 2012 at 9:32 pm #22907
Turambar
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. . yes, absolutely! Cheers my friend!

Oh- I have had a hard day in the garden too: having a nice hot tea, some left-christmas cookies, a nice warm hug from my wife . . .
There are already those snowdrops coming out of the earth . . .
January 29, 2012 at 9:34 pm #22908
Thingol
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Cheers !!!! See you soon…
January 30, 2012 at 6:57 am #22909
twrich
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Ahh my good friend, Master Tree; I meant no offense . . . about the “good thing I’m not an Ent” comment. It was a joke going back in conversation to the comment by the Master Archer about being asleep and drunk under my table in the corner. If I were a larger entity, like an Ent, Master Archer would not have had room to sleep at my feet . . . that is all.
January 30, 2012 at 4:52 pm #22914
Barliman
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Take a look at the latest LOTR crud coming from the dread GW:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat750002a&rootCatGameStyle=

I’m not damning the quality of the modelling work, most of which is to a high standard no doubt, but the concepts themselves. I mean, where are their visualisers coming from with these ideas?

Sorry, but I have to leave now or I wont reach the lavatory before I throw up…..
January 30, 2012 at 4:53 pm #22915
Barliman
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Oh, and have a shudder at the prices while you’re at it. They make Mithrils and PA figures look cheap.
January 30, 2012 at 4:58 pm #22916
Gildor
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I just received today at last the first five HD2 figurines! I could not believe it, HD2 in my hands at last!

no Sauron yet though…
Well those figurines could be celtic warriors actually I’m certain you can boost up this army with the celtic warriors range from PA

I will add them to database soon
January 30, 2012 at 7:14 pm #22919
cameosis
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Barliman wrote:

Oh, and have a shudder at the prices while you’re at it. They make Mithrils and PA figures look cheap.

this. the great beast and the dweller in the dark are added to my wishlist, though.
January 30, 2012 at 7:20 pm #22920
Barliman
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“this” what……?
January 30, 2012 at 7:21 pm #22921
Gildor
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yes actually i was about to say the same… compared to GW… Mithril is less expensive now !! Ironic isn’t it?
January 30, 2012 at 7:25 pm #22923
Barliman
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The odd thing is that GW changed ro resin because metal was becoming too expensive….and instantly increased all their prices!
January 30, 2012 at 8:25 pm #22924
Gildor
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my doctor , who is a tolkien figurine collector&painter too (if you can believe that!) showed me one of the last olog hai troll in resin from GW…. supposedly of high quality and better than metal… we both agreed that it was very poor… bad assembly, bent parts due to “plastic” resin… and the whole thing for 25€ !!!!

definitly Mithril is a better “affair” than GW at the moment!!! even with their high price, HD2 is better quality and less expensive than GW!!
January 30, 2012 at 8:58 pm #22925
Barliman
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I whole-heartedly agree. I’ve not heard a kind word from anyone yet about GW’s resin casting – and of course, unlike metal the “bent” parts can’t simply be straightened out!

Meanwhile, on the subject of this latest batch of GW/LOTR travesties, I’m simply amazed that MEE are permitting such abominations – or is the liecnsing of the movie-based figures entirely in Newline’s hands? I’ve never quite understood where one set of rights ends and the next begins…
January 30, 2012 at 11:50 pm #22927
cameosis
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Barliman wrote:

“this” what……?

online lingo for agreeing completely with something someone wrote earlier.

Gildor Inglorion wrote:

my doctor , who is a tolkien figurine collector&painter too (if you can believe that!) showed me one of the last olog hai troll in resin from GW

that’s why i bought mine cast in metal — some of the best troll sculpts around!
January 30, 2012 at 11:55 pm #22928
Gildor
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well we may not speak about the same thing cameo… it is a brand new troll and it seems that now GW promoted plasti/resin and will cease or totally reduce their metal production…

this guy is a collector of metal miniatures (all kinds of armies, and cars) and would never have bought a plastic thing if there was a metal alternative…
January 31, 2012 at 3:07 am #22931
cameosis
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they have switched most of the more popular models to finecrap, you can only get the metal versions on ebay or from stores which have remaining stock, second hand is an option as well. games workshop sells resin exclusively of these updated models.

i’ve got all their trolls except the mines of moria troll, which is only included in the box and is cast in plastic, and the half-trolls.

these are or were all metal, originally:

this one is plastic and you can effectively make five different troll models out of it:
January 31, 2012 at 8:21 am #22933
Barliman
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cameosis wrote:

Barliman wrote:

“this” what……?

online lingo for agreeing completely with something someone wrote earlier.

Sorry, that’s me being old-fashioned I guess – I only speak English, not txt or computer patois! – I suspect my preference for genuine English makes me a bit of a dinosaur these days (but at least a dinosaur that anyone can understand).

(Exits stage left, grumbling loudly.)
January 31, 2012 at 9:06 am #22934
Gildor
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if you want I can teach you some of those odd online and MMO languages barliman being a hardcore practicioner myself even if I am french

though this vocabulary would not be fitting in such a board… and is more intended for live chat and “fighting strategies” or network behaviors.

(brb asap, afk, rofl, afaik, iirc, ld, gg, aoe, dot, dps, hps, buffwhore, fyi and sooo many others
January 31, 2012 at 9:15 am #22936
Barliman
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Er, no thanks. I have difficulty enough coping with English, and like Gaffer Gamgee I don’t like change….
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