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Oh I didn't know the Variags where imported from Russia....

Huoooommmm ... why discuss the choice The Man made ... huom ... concerning this matter, as for me, it is important to know that what he chose might cover his interest in sculpting a certain figure once he had the choice ... rhuoommm ... I do remember well his interest and enthusiasm that in the end lead to the UP as it is now ... hom ...
Besides, I just received the Hurín-figure ... huoommm ... I always thought "Ah, another Gondorian officer" ... huom ... now I have to witness that the figure is excellent ... rhuoommm ...
same with that carynx-blowing-Dunlending fellow ... huomrhuooommmm ...
As for the vote on the GF board again, some days ago I tried to point out what will happen as there are some rules about that voting ... hoommm ... why that Variag? you ask? ... rhuom ... I dare to guess that for The Man it might be more interesting to sculpt a "new" figure which means more of a challenge than just to vary one of hundreds of orc-poses existing and adding different details ... rhuoommm ... just my thoughts ... hom

I thought he might be frustrated with Easterling types, what with the long-delayed Easterling M series, but perhaps he sees the GF figure as an opportunity to enable us to see at least something of the sttyle he has developed for them.

Clearly he must prefer the Variag to Mauhur, or he wouldn't have chosen him. Still, I'd still have preferred to see an actual named character from the book rather than another generic jobbie.

Huooommmm ... Master Barliman, that's for sure ... huom ... I also would rather have welcomed some Variag army instead of having just one bowman who obviously lost his mount ... rhuom ...
we know that Tolkien's imaginations and thoughts about "Easterlings" might cover a wide range of peoples and their different origins ... rhuoom ... but this was discussed around here several times ... huoommm ...
hoommm ... I doubt that this coming MS-figure will reveil anything of that "forgotten" M-Easterling series ... rhuoommm ... just a guess, of course ... hoooooommmm ...

Rhhuuuooommm ... hom ... as for the discussion (again) whether to have only named actual characters from the book as suggestions on that goldie-board, rather than have more of them what you called, 'generic jobbies' ... huommmm ... I cannot completely agree ... huom ... if that were a restriction to suggestions on the goldie-board, we would not have a Lossoth hunter or a camel-rider attacking a Gondorian ... huoommm ... etc. ... hom ... you know what I mean ...

Master Tree, I didn't say we shouldn't have suggestions for generics - I just personally will always favour a named character when it comes to voting (so long as he isn't yet another Witchking, of course, or Gandalf brushing his teeth or something...).

And yes, Master Gavin, I do seem to remember the Pechenegs/Patzinaks coming up in an earlier chat, now that you mention it, I just don't always remember these things, alas (memory like a lumber room, etc). One oddity of it all, though, so far as JRRT and Variags/Varangians go, is that in LOTR he doesn't join the dots as regards the Variags of Khand mentioned at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and the "Men of a new sort...broad and grim, bearded like Dwarves, wielding great axes" (as good a description of Varangians as any Saga might muster) that are reported by Ingold. Do you think he might have believed the link to be implicit?

Bloody Normans (sorry, slipped into a bit of Bree dialect there).

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Bloody Normans (sorry, slipped into a bit of Bree dialect there).

Been watching the Beeb's Norman series, have we?

Have you noticed the similarity of the new M released dunnish warrior and the M008 ?!
I think this is con-genious!

I have also notice this Christoph... this is the proof that master Man still have saved all memories deep into his mind drawers... like a Napoleon....

and about HD2 soon we would see another part of this release.... strawheads ! I'm really curious....

Saves having to remember, which becomes steadily more difficult as the years go by. Why, I often get down into the cellar and can't remember why I've gone down there. So I just pop a couple more dead rats in the scrumpy vat and come back up here until I remember. That's why the scrumpy has more body these days. Literally.

Huoommm ... alas, might better keep from trying to write one-act plays, meseems ...

Huoommmm ... just a lack of rehearsal meseems, Master Barliman ... anyway, I'll try to improve ... rhuoommm ... not wooden ... more energy, enthusiasm ... better poses and gestures ...
huoommm ... that's what you mean ... but ... give me time, please, as I cannot haste all this - as you might know ... rhuuooommmmmmmmmmm ...