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Ah yes, amidst everything else I'd completely forgotten about the "missing" Easterlings....

Indeed, Master Tree, there have been several other "rumoured" sets of figures - The Man himself once mentioned to me two more Helm's Deep sets he had either designed or sculpted (that at the time I wasn't to broadcast at large, but such caution seems irrelevant now), including an Orc assault gang complete with bombs. And wasn't there a Rangers of the North set too?

It's very sad that none of them have appeared.

And Phaeton - well, I can't help but voice my opinion that the figures released thus far have been far, far too esoteric to appeal to a wider audience. If he'd released the unreleased Helm's Deep figures and others of that ilk, with suitably camouflaged names to distance them from Tolkien Enterprise's copyright claims, then they'd have sold to the general military/fantasy figure collectors and wargaming community at large. A lost opportunity. Great shame.

And what has happened to the ancient Irish range that he was working on?  - Cu Chulainn etc? Must be five years since I last heard anything about them.

EXACTLY!
Master Barliman, may I add that "Wilderland" range. Not to be forgotton!
A great shame you said. Yes it is. A real great shame.
To help you to remind, I add a picture of that mentioned irish hero:



The Tree also mentioned the "fallen Balrog". A great sculp that was.
Well- I can not explain my disappointment to all this. Being refreshed last weekend in the Tree´s garden.
And since the "POLL" concerning all matters about "Necromancer´s Tower" range lead into NOTHING I gave up spending energy in anything, like Master Gildor pointed out also.
Or was it after my "FIFTH" not answered question to - you call him the Man- having some pictures of my so adored Easterlings throughout four years?
Who knows . . .

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Nothing more to say... about long expecting Chris new(old) figures..... I only hope Chris is well... and his small figures.... he's made more than 1000 diferent figures and perhaps he thinks......this was enough.... and he had not have enough money to invest into a some dreams of other people... even if they call himself "customers". Talkink about PD figures.... factory policy.... again... nothing more to say... and those stories about abandoned figures.... hm... pity but time goes on... ... all of us, including him ...
sooner or later there will be nothing new. Time passes with or without us. With figures or without them.
For me is a important to be patient and see what happens ...

Huooommm .... wise words, dear MasterThingol ... huom ... all that's left is to say cheers from time to time and see what might happen ... or not ...rhûooommmm ...

well Chris founded Mithril with Lars, so it's part of his life that would be hard for him to change company for THIS kind of sculpting he does. I know he already works for other companies on small contracts and actually it seems to be his best source of income at the moment because mithril and phaeton do not produce a lot...

Chris is special and not very talktative that's hard to know what he'll do next...  Even polls, open letters or petitions don't seem to move things positively alas ;(  Maybe because it would require a certain quota for things to be taken seriously, and with all of what is left of the MMP active members, this quota is not reached.. and thus considered not significant enough. That's the only thing I can imagine

Just ordered some MMs including Forlong - must be getting my MoJo back

Haven't bought him yet, but I shall certainly keep your experiences in mind when I do!

I guess I must have been mistaken, as Master O'Brien suggests, but I'd have put money on the fact that the page stated that the poll was closed when I looked at it. Still, no harm done - it didn't affect the result at all.

I have a question for you, folks.

One of my favourire miniature brands has announced it's going to move into plastic and it will re-release some of its current metals in plastic assuring there will be no loss of detail.

Now, thinking about Mithril style I think it would translate fairly well into plastic. Would you get Mithril miniatures if they were plastic?

It depends what you mean by "plastic". The brittle stuff that GW use seems to hold a lot of detail, but the castings are often "warped", and the stuff is so brittle there's no way they can be twisted back into shape without something breaking; also, two (or more) part figures very rarely fit together well. Soft plastic, of course, is utterly useless. So all in all I think I'd be very reluctant to spend a lot of money of a plastic model!

Metal is definitely best - just look at the eBay prices people are prepared to pay for GW metal figures, even when the same figures are available in resin.

when I see that GW plastic "finecast" are AS expensive (if not more) than their metal counterparts but with "bugs" in the castings, (warps, not fitting parts, bent or breakable parts, holes or bubbles in the cast) I definitly prefer metal

I'd tolerate RESIN for BIG parts that would cost too much to make in metal for big vignettes or boxed sets, but not for figurines themselves, not in 32mm, nor in 54mm... "The Destroyer" was fine but would have been better in metal..., on the other hand a mumak would have been better in resin, not in metal...

Plastic does not necessarily means less expensive, and does not guarantee quality.... the conclusion is that whatever the medium, the quality must be there, and if for single figurines, I doubt resin/plastic casting would be better or easier to cast... for Prince August who specialise and are equipped in their factory, for METAL casting.....   plastic casting would require an investment for them which does not guarantee income/success and would mean more expensive costs for us at the beginning...

ad thus would be at best "the same price" for us customers, at worst, MORE expensive...

Mithril is a METAL....   casting mithril figurines in plastic would be an antithesis of its original meaning