The Taproom

I am not sure, but I was being proper on this wonderful site.

Huooommmm … rhuoomhom …. well, yes … first of all I have to admit that I really do like the LT-series (not only the Helm’s Deep ones) … these releases seem to continue what was cut short in those days … rhuoommm … and, mind, there are many more to come … huoomm …
excellent work methings … I simply enjoy just seeing minor parts of it … rhuoommhom …

Gildor, if you get the newsletter each time in your email, this one has the numbers for the first series. It starts with M509 Gamling the Old.

Check it out.

George: you have to be part of the Gold Fellowship to buy any of those figures, as far as I know.

And in other news…

I’ve started a new section in the Court of Ardor:

MERP Sample Characters

This will be a small database of sample MERP characters based on or inspired by Mithril figures.

I rewrote the MERP character generation rules slightly for a future article for the Guild Companion. The idea was to make the horribly scattered rules in the MERP 2nd Ed corebook a bit simpler and more coherent. The eagle eyed will note two minor changes. The first is that Intuition is now Wits. Why? Removes the annoying problem of confusing Intelligence and Intuition in short form. The second is that power points are now called Will. The idea is that instead of everyone getting some spells, everyone gets a Will score, which works as Fate Points ala Rolemaster 2.

Of course none of this will make the faintest bit of sense to someone whose never played MERP, so you lot just not and smile

The first up is M447

Master Gavin, I have to say you are doing a great job!

Thank you all.

Hope to get another two done today.

well yes master jdbrown..; but I was talking about the number and kinds of parts for EACH figurine (I mean, weapons, shields, arms… all the separate parts for a given reference, in quantity and kind)

Huoommm … thank you very much indeed, Master Gavin … rhuomhomhom? … respect … you’re the first artisan I know of who can ‘sniffle’ clear clean water … rhuoommm … must be the reason why you’re called “skilled” artisan …

well, i wouldn’t say the LT series is terrible, just a bit, thin. Like too little butter stretched over too much bread, as the hobbits say. From first glance, these figs look like they uphold the fine work that Chris is capable of and I have come to enjoy and, dare I say, expect, from Mithril releases.

you will notice that the pose of one of the rohirim (i don’t know if that’s the proper word in english.. their physical behavior let’s say) is copied from the Aragorn fighting orcs in the Chamber of Mazarbul series ([mith]M281[/mith]) (except for an axe) and the half-orcs are directly inspired from the unreleased [mith]MW346[/mith] (which means that those among us who are lucky enough to have those half-orcs will be able to create really great armies or dioramas