Many Mithril Pages @ Faerylands

Nice job, Master Hobbit!

I guess it would be very hard to find everything as not so many PA appear on Ebay and some ref are unknown...
As a start, PA is still selling remaining stock:

Characters:
http://www.princeaugust.ie/ch/

Friends & Foes:
http://www.princeaugust.ie/ff/

Fantasy armies moulds:
http://www.princeaugust.ie/Fa32mm/indexMain.html

Last edited by Milo (Thu, Sep15 2011 7:18am)

twrich wrote:

Nice!!! I'm afraid I may have to start collecting them now that I know these exist.

Having collected a lot of them, I would offer a word of caution:

Most of them are stylistically somewhat similar to Mithrils, but are not that similar. The figures are generally fatter and rounder in appearance, and the detailing is a lot cruder.  I bought a bunch to use as backup Middle-earth figures, but they've all been repurposed to play Dungeons and Dragons with. The D&D minis collection on my shelf is an odd collection of slightly peculiar looking figures from different manufacturers. They're all happier that way!

But the point being they don't really look much like Mithrils standing beside Mithrils. A lot of the visual flourishes belong to 1980s D&D type fantasy art, not the various MERP illustrations (obviously). The difference is somewhat telling.

That is deeply impressive work, Master Milo.

I would also agree that the Viking berserkir has a good chance of being a CH - it was included in the "fighters" mould set, too.

I love the sense of nostalgia. However, I have a question!
What number Manual is it? Is it one of the ones on the PA website?

Those NE miniatures were almost certainly the pre-casts of the older (now-called) "Classic" fantasy army moulds.

we all become better with years, in sculpting for Chris, in painting for us I suppose:)

as I possess quite a lot of those CH and F&F figurines... when you compare them with the forthcoming Beregond vignette... it almost seems it is not the same sculptor!

even the style, Until quite recently, Chris has reproduced many "concept art" for his figurine... it was quite often repetitive (arms crossed, bending over, cloaks in the wind) but it seems there has been quite a renewal in the sculpting since the beginning of 2011!

I have done mapping between PA moulds, Character and Friend&Foes collections.

All information is here:
http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lost … _august%29

Regarding CH11 I think I have found the real answer.

'CH9 Vicking Bersceker ' being BA2, it might have been totaly removed from CH range.
Then all reference after CH8 mini shifting by -1, "CH11 & CH12 would be "CH11-Halfling" & "CH12-Halfing female".

Then halfings were later grouped as "CH12 Halfings"       
                               
In any case, that means no need to search for CH11 anymore !

Thingol wrote:

I sincerely hope that Chris will make new copies of some of these figures in its new design... (like PCH1 & 2) since these old figures look awful in comparison with what this he works today... at least it can be concluded on the basis of these images...
This pictures shows how much has spread after all these years. He became a true (best) master (for me)....

I don't know what the references above refer to Master Thingol, but the elf adventurer and elf archer just released by Phaeton resemble closely two figures on the link posted by Milo.

I cannot zoom in close enough to see the references on the poster, but the figures are almost identical. I hope this gives you some comfort that the quality has improved and that The Man IS making new copies

David

I just realised that the reference numbers refer to two of the new Phaeton releases (I didn't check all the way down the list ), but nonetheless thay are re-sculpts of those two figures by the look of it .

Agreed - lets keep the new stuff to Shhhh, you know what...... figures

(I have not yet made entries in the database for PM3 and PCH1 and PCH2 damn! will take care of that asap

Here are pictures:

PCH1 vs CH2:
     
Regarding assembling: Sword on CH2, none on PCH2

PCH2 vs CH3:
   
Regarding assembling: Bow on CH3, Arm with Bow on PCH2

Main improvement is arms, legs, head proportions.
Old PA faces look like roman statues, Phaeton faces have Chris' style.

Last edited by Milo (Fri, Nov11 2011 11:02am)