Mithril Miniatures

Mithril LotR Newsletter - November 2009.

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OFFERS

Lord of the Rings Box Set Sale for November.

November Box Sets sale. Save 25% off all our Dragons, Shelob, Balrog, Mumukil, Fellowship and Hobbit sets.

SALE EXPIRED.

With Christmas just around the corner (less than a month away) you probably are wondering what to get for your friends and family. Well why not share the enjoyment you get from Mithril with them. Our box sets contain all sorts of exciting creatures that can be assembled easily and do not require batteries or make loud and annoying noises.

For the rest of November we have dropped the cost of all our box sets by 25%.


2009 LAST POSTAL DATES

Final Postal Dates for 2009.

Time slips by so fast these days that it is easy to forget that we are fast approaching Christmas, so fast that you could get a speeding ticket.

We have gotten the notice from An Post about the last dates for posting. Please take a minute to read them or you may find yourself under pressure during December.


NEW LOTR FELLOWSHIP RELEASES:

MS531 - Lord of the Nazgul at Pelennor Field miniature.

'Lord of the Nazgul at Pelennor field'. (January '09 winner).

MS533 - Black Numenorean Captain of Minas Morgul

'Black Numenorean Captain of Minas Morgul '. (March '09 winner).

These miniatures were selected by Gold Status Fellowship members, and only 150 are going to be produced. This is your opportunity to take part in future releases, you too can be responsible for these custom figurines. Join the Fellowship club today for just 20.90 Euro and gain a free miniature 'Aragorn and the Palantir' and 5 Magazines edited by our sculptor.

 

Upcoming Fellowship Releases Previews.

MS534 Isildur and the One Ring miniature

MS534 'Isildur™ and the One Ring' bonus figure (FREE) due out in December '09.

MS536 Half-troll Angmar Standard Bearer

MS536 'Half-troll Angmar'Standard bearer' due out in December '09
Approved by Tolkien Enterprise.

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.


HUGE ACRYLIC PAINT SALE on PRINCE AUGUST

SALE EXPIRED

50% off Acrylic paints on Prince August.

While the sale may not be directly Mithril, Paint is Paint, whether it be on a Troll or a British Soldier miniature and you can save 50% on the majority of our stock for a little while longer.

Sale expires on November 30th. So you do not have long to get your order in.

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.

NEXT MX (DESIGNER) SERIES RELEASE:

The Unexpected Party, Click for larger image.

The next Mx offering from Mithril in conjunction with a Fellowship member will be the most ambitious project yet that we have undertaken in this series. The Mx release is not just a single figure but an entire vignette - " The un-expected party". It will comprise a series of small vignettes which will build into a complete scene of the great party at Bag-end.
Also, at last, Bombur will make an appearance in the Mithril range!

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.

This release will be available to all Mithril customers in January 2010.

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.

More images can be found here:

Bifur, Bofur and Bombur | Fili, Kili and Dwalin | Gandalf, Thorin and Balin


50% off Painted and Antique Finished LOTR Miniatures.

50% off Hand Painted 54mm Lord of the Rings miniatures for November.

SALE EXPIRED


Submitted Photos by Collectors.

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

'Roast Mutton' (Fellowship release). Photo by David Daines. (above)

Thorin and the Arkenstone Fellowship miniature painted by Ninoslav Luk.

Thorin and the Arkenstone painted by Ninoslav Luk (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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