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ddaines wrote:

Was his 'victim' the next winning suggestion or was that not suggested? That may explain the pose being slightly less dramatic than the Angus McB illustration if there is no 'victim'.

Nice Orc or Troll, no matter the race
"King Ostoher in fighting pose" is october 2012 winning suggestion. so, next release will come in front of Rogrog.

Last edited by Milo (Sat, Feb23 2013 10:00am)

ddaines wrote:

Was his 'victim' the next winning suggestion or was that not suggested? That may explain the pose being slightly less dramatic than the Angus McB illustration if there is no 'victim'.

Static? Surely not! I'd call his pose "threatening".

While you're all here, there are a few bar tabs that need settling......

... I'm not here ... huoomm ...

Croissants? I prefer "pain au chocolat" !

Pay?! I pay everything Master Barliman . . .  I receive my tax-information. It seems that I pay everything generally . . .

I think this is where the new figure comes from:
http://www.collecttolkien.com/images/Ga … People.jpg

Huoommm ... I clearly dislike them figures ... rhuûomm ... seems that the "****" company intends to sell army-sets of the "Battle of the five armies" beforehand ... huooommm.. not even 12th-14th century Russians they are and once again seem to lack in correct human proportions, not to mention that fantasy-armour ... rhûom ... methinks

Indeed, Master Theobald, I myself put the picture on the suggestion post. The pose of the figure finally result is quite similar to the picture of Mr. Angus McBride. I love it

Virtual coiny things for virtual beer seems a fair transaction, Master Tree.

... er, I just understood what I read ... huoomm ... you really said "fair transaction", Master Barliman? ... huom ... nothing to gain some profit from? ... huommm ... yes, indeed, though this place is full of noises, it's a brave new world that has such people in it,  in case I got Miranda right ... huoommm ....

I don't like some of them either - indeed, I don't like these Dale types - but I have to respect the talent of some of the GW figure sculptors (though not the company's demented visualisers!). I don't think it's possible to tar all GW figures with the same brush (as we say here in Bree), any more than it's possible to claim that every Mithril figure is perfect. There are naff GW figures, and there are also naff Mithril figures. There are also excellent GW figures and excellent Mithrils. Everyone has their good days and bad days.

Very subjective, as you say Master Elf - beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And of course, the whole issue pivots anyway on the visualisation of the figures - The Man's designs are ultimately the product of ICE/MERP's visualisation of Middle-earth, whereas GW's are derived either from the Weta designs or GW's own visualisers, who are (to put it politely) fairly definitely insane.

I personally dislike a great deal of the ICE/MERP version of Middle-earth, which has at least as many flaws as the Weta/Peter Jackson version. Consequently many of the faults of such figures as these companies produce are the fault of the original visualisers, not the sculptors. This is why I prefer to consider each figure on its own merits, whether Mithril or GW.

...And therein lies the "eye of the beholder" element of the equation. For myself, I default to what I've already said - I prefer to remain open-minded and not condemn an entire company's output wholesale.

Their marketing policy is bizarre. Have you seen the price of their Hobbit-based releases? £30 for a box of six PLASTIC cavalry, £12 for a single RESIN figure, and £25 for a foot and mounted figure combo? Who are they expecting to buy them at those sorts of prices? In addition the quality of their resin castings is questionable, though I'm told they're gradually improving.

I think they may have shot themselves in the foot with these greedy prices, since they must surely have alienated their traditional teenage market. If so, I've little sympathy.