Mithril Miniatures

Mithril LotR Newsletter - June 2010.

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OFFERS

DESTRESS THIS SUMMER.

Destress after Exams, 15% Off All Lord of the Rings figures

ONE WEEK ONLY: Ends June 24th.

Whether you were a student, teacher or parent you can finally relax after the pressure of the last few weeks (months?) of exams and look forward to the long summer days ahead.

But what will fill those many hours of free time, well how about getting your collection back in shape and getting creative and brushing up on your painting skills.

We have a 15% off EVERYTHING for a limited period. The discount is applied to the basket. Minimum order is 35 Euro before discount is applied (excluding postage).

CURRENT GSF VOTE

Gold Status Fellowship Forum is now voting on the new ideas for June

June has been inspiration for the GSF members as they have brain stormed and submitted 17 ideas that include concepts that in 5 YEARS of the club were not thought of before. If you want to take part then take advantage of our Mithril Sale (above) and join the fellowship today. These are June's list of candidates.

1. Gollum biting off Frodo's finger
2.White hand orc wolf-rider
3.Zalg of Gundabad fighting Arnorian nobleman
4.The crowning of Elessar
5.Troll holding up the body of Celebrimbor
6.A wight with an orc bowing before him
7.Dunhere,lord of Harrowdale, mounted
8.Elfhelm,Marshal of the Mark
9.Boy and girl from Rohan
10 Mounted Rohir warrior striking with sword
11.Hirgon- messenger of Gondor
12.Easterling king on royal horse
13.Angbor of Lamedon, mounted
14.Bandobras Took armed with club, mounted on pony
15 Elladan and Elrohir at the black gate
16. Bilbo giving the Mithril-shirt and Sting to Frodo
17.Folca and the boar of Everholt

NEW LOTR FELLOWSHIP RELEASES:

Half-Troll Angmar Standard Bearer

'MS536 'Half-troll Angmar'™ Standard bearer'

Female Assassin of Dol Amroth

MS537 'Female Assassin of Dol Amroth'™

Bombur

MS538 'Bombur™ the Dwarf'

Radagast

MS539 'Radagast™ mounted'

Arvedui

MS540 'Arvedui™ Last King of Arnor'

Haldir

MS551 'Haldir'™

Bolgs Standard Bearer

MS552 'Bolg's'™ Standard bearer'

Gandalf and Gwaihir

MS553 'Gandalf & Gwaihir'™

These miniatures were selected by Gold Status Fellowship members, and only 150 are going to be produced. Mithril has been busy this year catching up on the ideas suggested in 2009, and is nearly back on track.

If you are interested in getting your hands on any of these limited edition miniatures then join the fellowship club today and gain the benefit of the current 15% off everything..

 

Upcoming Fellowship Releases Previews.

MS554 Eowyn in the Golden Hall miniature

MS554 'Eowyn™ in the Golden Hall' is due out next week (24th of June).

MS536 Half-troll Angmar Standard Bearer

MS555 'Hirluin'™ is due out next week (24th of June).
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Join the Fellowship club today and get active by submitting your favourite ideas.

The above photos were taken by the sculptor, Chris Tubb, of the master clay figures and some alterations may be necessary before they are put into final production.

 
PAINTING HINTS AND TIPS.
Painting Tips: - by Michael Bunn (miniature painter)

Michael Bunn has many years of experience painting miniatures, and creating dioramas, and he has agreed to provide a series of tutorials that covers all the basics and then moves on to advanced painting tips, which will include Oil, Enamel and Acrylic paint pros and cons. Please contact him if you have any comments on his tutorials.

These are downloadable PDF files. You need a PDF reader, normally available with Acrobat Reader for FREE.

OTHER TUTORIALS: 2003 + 2004 Casting Tutorials, Filing Tutorials, Painting Tutorials.

If you have any painting, diorama or gaming suggestions please send them to me and I will give you credit for your tips on the next Tutorial. Add a small image to illustrate your point if you like. (Jpeg format - no larger than 50KB - one image per tip) Share and share alike - your advice could aid someone else and visa versa.
MICHAEL'S LAST WORD.

MX (DESIGNER) SERIES RELEASE:

An Unexpected Party, Click for larger image.

One of the most exciting releases in Mithril's 20+ year production history occurred earlier this year with the long awaited An Unexpected Party. It has proven very popular and there is now a VERY small stock remaining. If you have not acquired this jewel of a vignette then you might wish to make it a priority as it will NOT be available shortly.

An Unexpected Party - close up.

Mx535 The Unexpected party

  • Thorin Oakenshield seated with map,
  • Gandalf seated and smoking pipe,
  • Balin standing,
  • Dwalin carrying plates,
  • Dori carrying plates,
  • Bilbo Baggins,
  • Fili seated with fiddle,
  • Kili standing with fiddle,
  • Nori seated with flute,
  • Ori standing with flute,
  • Bifur standing with tankard,
  • Bofur seated,
  • Bombur seated with food,
  • Oin seated with food,
  • Gloin taking food from table,
  • additional furniture set,
  • large diorama base.

There will be three options for payment due to the scale of the release.

  • Immediate payment for the entire set is 180 Euro (+postage).
  • 5 Month payment plan via Credit Card for 40 Euro per month. (postage extra)
  • 11 Month payment plan via Credit Card for 20 Euro per month.(postage extra).

This will be limited to 100 sets through Mithril.

This set requires assembly and painting. It is NOT primed. All parts are pewter.

Submitted Photos by Collectors.

These photos are just a small sample of all the photos submitted to us since the last newsletter. Please take a few minutes to click on them and view all the submissions by the artist in his collector's gallery.

'Thorin scene by David Daines, using our three trolls from our Fellowship series.

'Thorin' (Fellowship release). Photo by David Daines. (above)

Chamber of Marzarbul Fellowship miniature painted by Yves Boussin

Chamber of Marzarbul Fellowship miniature painted by Yves Boussin

Chamber of Marzarbul painted by Yves Boussin (above) Click for more photos.

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Mithril Miniatures, Kilnamartyra, Macroom, Co.Cork , Ireland.
Tel: +353 (0)26 40222, Fax: +353 (0)26 40004

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