The Taproom

fact is , faramir or not, a “kneeled archer” ready to fire his arrow would be original , if sculpted like in the picture!

I may support this indeed

Happy birthday, Master Caster! But, err, where are the free drinks? Also to celebrate the named characters, of course.

I will support Hirgon… that was my idea… too…. few months ago and I would like to see it… and archers could be part of some regular M releases… Sam cooking coneys… good for vignette… with Frodo and some other animals around… looking at their destiny… in Sam’s eyes ….

Just listening to “Into the wild ” performed by Master Eddi Vedder and thnkinf´g, that he is better with Pearl Jam!
I have a couple o drinks too much meseems, but it is Master Csster´s brthday still . . ..
Wishing you a pieceful night, fellows . . . skol

m m m mh – after ” The Trees” there comes “Ticket to Ride” perfornmed by the Carpenters. Have you ever listened to ” ticket to ride” performed by the Carpenters ?
Don´t do that!!! You start to produce tears . . . she is dead , isn´t she . . . Oh my goodness, time to have contact with the bed . . . and close this i-tunes . . .

And an odd little aside.

After going to the post office to send Master Holger I model I promised him, I went to the rather nice game store near my new apartment. The store has a nice selection of Vallejo paints, a lot of GW stuff, and various Flames of War products and so on. I bought some paint brushes.

What are you painting, the guy behind the counter asked.

Mithril figures, I said.

“Those old things?”
“Yeah, they are still being made.”
“Seriously?”
“They have a website and everything.”
“They still have the cool pre-undercoats? I used to collect them as a kid.”
“Check out the website. Seriously.”

So we have:

– Someone who knows miniatures.
– Someone who knows Lord of the Rings miniatures.
– Someone who knows Mithril. Someone who may have collected them.
– Someone who might be in a position to order some for their shop.

Who didn’t know anything about Mithril still existing.

I doubt he’s the only one.

I experienced exactly the same here in Toulouse with a shop selling Prince-August only.
The guy told me he thought mithril was dead…:mad:

Thank you guys for the birthday wishes! Very much appreciated
Happy to be here!
Master Barliman could you bring another round with something strong, so I can digest that large ammount of food I thought I had to eat :rolleyes: (burpppp) Sorry, can’t help it 😆

Hey, which shop have you visited in Beornlin (which is actually near my cave)? Perhaps I should investigate and demand (while casually shaking my axe) that they should carry Mithril now …

That cannot be, it must have been the shop in the “Zeil-Galerie”, which also had GW stuff but also Black Tree and Mithril figures. It is closed now or dead as you can call it.

So why a post after I said, I will not post anything anywhere? Because I am damn frustrated about Mithril and this could just be expressed here. No M-miniatures to come, high priced MS-figures which are not always worth being MS’ and a voting I cannot understand. Sometimes the suggestions are fabulous, but the first and second round are mostly frustrating not to say that some suggestions coming from some GF-members are some I made myself- which is acceptable and nice so I can in a way suggest more than one mini per month, but this also causes a split of votings.
Sometimes I am thinking about suggesting another Witch King just to show how absurd this thing is [be aware: this is just a JOKE]. This figure would surely get enough votings, like this Faramir in ranger garb- BY THE VALAR!!!!! We have a complete M-series with a lot of rangers still available for an acceptable price so who needs this??????????

– Are this ideas great for collectors? No, a miniature needs to be collectible, because it is rare or because it is great in design. [MS are not really rare not all are great designs, e.g. the personal banner bearers (like Bolg’s) have ridiculously small banners!]
– Are this ideas great for wargamers? No, minis are to expensive to build large armies or some minis are still available via ebay or Mithril and cheaper minis could be used for conversions- e.g. standard bearers.
– Are this ideas great for diorama builders? No as several minis of some kind are needed and diorama builders are not a species vast in numbers.
– Are this ideas great for Tolkien enthusiasts? Not at all, because MERP is not liked by them all. Tolkien enthusiasts like things derived directly from Tolkiens work [Lossoth for example are nice because mentioned by Tolkien, but a Northman lady?????].

I think my frustration goes deep and beyond and I have a certain feeling, that there are some others feeling like this. This month was the very first month I have not voted and I did not feel bad doing this, which is surprising me.

P.S.: If I am misunderstood again and someone things I hate Mtihril or wish it would die or anything else, I will delete this post like I did before.