The Taproom

well that’s all too true barliman… Fact is that people submit – what should otherwise be considered common – figurines because the regulard range is too… slow to be released and satisfy people. So if people have some figurines they’d like to see released, they use the GF system to accelerate the process of release… but in the end, that’s not really satisfying for anybody… Either the diorama maker who needs variants, the army make who’d require several types of a same “theme”, and the collector, who will anyway buy a figurine for his collection to keep it complete though he does not like it.

Let’s look at the lossoth example : some people would gladly like a full range of lossoth, the same way some wanted a range of corsairs. It happens that the corsairs were soon to be released (which was unknown at the time of the vote) and so, it could have been a regular release. So people tend to suggest and vote for things they’d like to see released, no matter if it is special or not….
Maybe We should suggest to Mithril that future M series be announced quite some time before (providing TE accepts it) and that would help us choose wether or not to suggest something in the GF system…
Or maybe extend GF power to vote which future release we would like to see released, among a list of choices Mithril would give us. That would be a good idea.
I doubt there are any GW spies around here that would inform GW about what Mithril plans to do in order to counter Mithril and create problems with TE licensing… that would really be … childish and unproductive , as for sure all of you will agree.
Maybe this “vote” could only be accessed via the GF boards so that it is not public and require some seriousness as well as not to risk a leak towards GW.

thinking about MX… i have some questions for master Ent

The official page mentions 30 high quality figures + broken mould to be sent to sponsor. Actually that’s quite different from what has been done so far (100+30 and only picture of mould) I was wondering if the Price the sponsor had to pay for this “difference” was significant? Actually, ~2500€ was for 30 figurines or for 100+30 with 100 being sold by Mithril for their income only? Or is the price less expensive, if you choose to have those 100 made and sold with 100% benefits for Mithril, as it is certain to sold out…Could you please give me some info about it master ent? (if you prefer to answer privately I’ll understand of course)

Holger, once the database is complete… and damn i am overwhelmed at trying to complete it… and the gallery a bit more furnished… I will advertise a lot for this site… and add its link for mithril official website, that may result in a lot of people coming here… out of curiosity at first… And I found several people who were interested, not knowing about this community, and who should appear any time soon on the mailboard.

Also, please note that in the links section of mithril.ie, mmp.perilousrealm.com still appears there, and is referenced though it does not exist anymore. Maybe we should contact mithril telling them to switch the description and the link to this site instead, and cancel the old link….

then you mean that the 100 more that Mithril is selling for collectors… do exist courtesy of the funds of the sponsor? If a sponsor would or could not afford to pay the “surplus” for these 100 there would not be any of them?
which means that in the end, it cost far much more than 2500€ ?

Welcome to my life, master Gildor.

However, I really did want to see a Knight of Arthedain fighting a Hillman Chieftain for my own nefarious purposes.

I am sad to hear that Frumgar hasn’t sold. Oddly, I wrote up Frumgar as a player character in the MERP adventure. I still haven’t finished it (because I’ve been busy, because I suck, and because I still need a camera tripod to take pictures of the figures I want to use to illustrate it).
One of the silly conceits of the adventure is to allow players to play Gildor or Anarath or Frumgar as well as nine other non-canon PCs during the last years of the wars between Arthedain and Angmar. The idea is that players are encouraged to buy miniatures (because I am sneaky). Weirdly I was worried that there would not be enough Frumgar models about.

It might be worth asking Mithril to list the Frumgar miniature in their “ebay items” section.

Gavin

and well sorry to say but, like all the former months until now I won’t cast my vote to any anonymous figurine so well if you want my vote it rather has a name hehe, and even better, an existing name from an existing event
(As I said in my previous post…. I can’t help thinking MS figurines are special and for me special means personnality lesser or greater, no matter the importance of the personnality itself providing it is a name from Tolkien

Meanwhile, talking about personnalities…. I am still in need of some help on my database

You are not only paying for the additional 100 minis, you are also paying for the listing on the Mithril site….Nothing is for free in this life!
Yep, not everyone has 2500€ floating around in a shoebox. Join the club!

[large]But what about a new MX anyhow?[/large]

A simple calculation.
2500€ divided by 31 (30 minis 1 master) = 80.65€ each mini
Starting from here everyone interested could buy as many shares (mins) as he/she would like to 80.65€ each. By the time all 31 shares are sold we could pay Mithril and start with a new MX previosly decided upon what to produce.
This MX would really be rare and could achieve a nice attention if sold.

What about MX Gandalf flying?
[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/6_eagel1.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/6_eagel1.jpg[/imgz]
Can you see Gandalf between the wings the hair in the wind.

Who wants to wait for the next voting and still to be unsure if the figure wins?

I everyone choining in buys two shares for 162.00€, we only need 14 people. I believe it is easier to find enough people to choin a MX project like this, then selling 200 Frumgars.
If you don’t try you’ll never find out!

I’m not sure I understood well… the 100 public releases + advertisement is included in the 2500€ if not, how much more does it cost.
Your idea of 31 sponsors for 30+1 figurines is ok… providing we have NO MORE than 31 persons around for this project … that’s quite instable…

Anyhow, would it come for a “parallel” MMP voting for MX figurines, with one of us submitting the project and gathering funds to pay Mithril each time… why not, but if it is only for 30 and no more that’s not possible

As for parallel voting (and thus a second GF opportunity ) this forum has the Polling functionnalities perfectly operational for such kind of votes, and the forum in which the polling would be hosted can be locked via password… actually quite the same as Mithril official board… with even better possibilities. Still that requires sponsors, not everybody can affor 80 or so € for a figurine… Maybe it could be a three or four month project, with a long voting time.

by the way, I remind all of you that Landpruneir had the idea to resubmit the Moria gate as a MX vignette…as a community idea for all who would accept to participate.

As for gandalf eagle rider… maybe it is wiser to have it resubmitted next vignette month.. maybe not…. I still have this crowing of Elessar I’d like to see realised.

By the way, I’m sure you bought 3 small dwarfs for approx 75€ aswell. There where a lot of people around who couldn’t afford this eighter and therefor didn’t buy them. I can’t afford to buy a Porsche. Well, then I don’t buy one! Easy!
But what we could do to give more people the oppotunity to choin in with a MX is to promote a MX we decided for for example on the GM board. Just an Idea.

A thought :rolleyes: I haven’t yet painted any Mithril eagles although they are all waiting, but recently there have been posts about converting oarsmen for the Corsairs, what about converting one of the Eagles and a Gandalf, and……………………………………. Master Caster?

Not a true Mithril, but