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#1076 Mon, Dec29 2008 6:15pm

Wendy
Slowest Painter Ever
From: Michigan, USA
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 365
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Re: The Taproom

Barliman wrote:

By the way, is anyone going to tell us what they got from the jovial fat fellow with the big sack?

Well, that jovial fellow just gives me permission to pick out what I'd like for myself and I ran across a site that had a good number of clearance (non Mithril) figures and other items for crazy cheap.  So I bought four foot 54mm guys (all 14-15 cent. knights except for a Napoleon in Egypt), one mounted 54mm guy (all the figs are Seil and Pegaso), two packs of Pegaso heads, a pack of Roman camp and weapons parts (I have a specific project for this), and four colors of Andrea paint.  The foot guys were between $10-15 and the mounted guy was around $30.  So a lot of stuff for the money.

My Mithrils came:  three Knights of Dol Amroth (Imrahil and two others, which I haven't had time to even open yet), four Corsairs, and the Haradrian Chieftain.

I'm trying to decide if I should paint Imrahil and company separately and leave them on their bases or make a little charge scene with the three...

I hope everyone's Christmas was pleasant and the New Year brings many blessings.  smile

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#1077 Mon, Dec29 2008 11:28pm

Theobald
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From: the Osning in Germany
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 5724
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Re: The Taproom

Huoommmm .... I wish the same to you and your beloved, Mistress Wendy.
well, to be honest in time for Christmas I was delivered by Mithril with the last figures for 2008 (some auto-shipment still does work well) ... rhuoomm ... you know,it's an old habit of mine to buy things for yourself to find under that tree ... it simply keeps you from frustration ... hooom
nay,not that I received anything I didn't want ... rhuoomm ....
well, yes,today I received some nice castings. Two of them are a replacement of the Mw347 archer and the Angrenost guardsman. One more is a Half-orc ready to throw a grappling hook somewhere above ... two more Rohirrim-variants.
So what else can you get?
...... huoommm ... Christmas trees don't speak .....

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#1078 Tue, Dec30 2008 1:09am

jdbrown55
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From: Texas
Registered: Thu, Jan31 2008
Posts: 488

Re: The Taproom

Master Tree, I really would like to see those variants! Please!big_smile

Last edited by jdbrown55 (Tue, Dec30 2008 1:10am)


These are indeed strange days, dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass! - Eomer

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#1079 Tue, Dec30 2008 11:22am

Theobald
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Re: The Taproom

Yes, of course you can, Master Jdbrown55. But please mind that I need some time time to take pics and for that I need better weather. Some day I will display my collection of variants (conversions might be a better word). I won't forget.

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#1080 Tue, Dec30 2008 1:57pm

Theobald
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Re: The Taproom

Huooommmm .... hom .... you see, Master Jdbrown, it's not that I have become too lazy in my days of old .... rhuoommmm ... today I was quite busy with hanging some pictures in a new gallery in The Mathom House of Michel Delving ... huoommm ... still I'm not sure if I should keep them there .... rhuoommm ... these  twigs cannot cope well enough with all those buttons at that camera-thing .... rhuooommmm ....

No, Master Barliman, I didn't say anything ... still standing still, you know .... huooommm

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#1081 Tue, Dec30 2008 2:31pm

Theobald
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Re: The Taproom

rhuooommmm .... sorry ... being too talkative again, but I'm a bit angry .... hom ... as there's not much around here to do I had a look on that Ebay-thing ..... rhuooommmm .... did you see what that Master driztdourden is doing? .... rhuooommm ... offering them dwarven bodyguards as single pieces for 45€ each .... gruuooohhhmmm ... that is about 64 USD ... hom ... same price for some of them Half-orcs (again) and .... rrrrrhhhhhuoooooooooommm ... for my standard-bearing Imrahil .... huommm ... no further comment from me tree ..... hom

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#1082 Tue, Dec30 2008 5:20pm

Gavin
Skilled Artisan
From: Canada
Registered: Wed, Jan30 2008
Posts: 936

Re: The Taproom

Yes, I saw Mr. Dourden's auctions. Even things that are more reasonably priced, he gouges you with shipping - 17 euro to Canada? I know for a fact shipping one or two figures from France to Canada costs maybe 5 euro.

I am a little confused how he makes any money from this arrangement...

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#1083 Tue, Dec30 2008 6:03pm

Theobald
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From: the Osning in Germany
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 5724
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Re: The Taproom

Rhuoommm ... let's say 8 or 6 € from Germany to Canada ... rhuoomm ... but that is not included in the price for the figures .... rhuoommm ... I'm afraid he still keeps a lot of the 'spare ones' ... gruooohhoommm ... he bought six sets of the dwarves ... as far as I can remember ... then he tries to sell ... hom ... see, that is 4 times  for a single dwarf ... makes 180€ for that set.
right then,
let's put another 5€ on each posting ... makes ... some 200€ for those dwarves ... alas ...rhuomm
I hope he cannot sell them for such a price .... hom

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#1084 Tue, Dec30 2008 11:59pm

Turambar
Archer of Mirkwood
From: Germany
Registered: Sun, Apr27 2008
Posts: 2724

Re: The Taproom

Well, this seems to be a further reason, that people from Germany are a little bit stupid. On German ebay you can find a lot of things,which makes you a little upset.
Like paying the double prize for a regular mithril-mini you can normally received over mithril itself. That happens not only once . . .
I have mentioned before, that I have to collect most of the minis over ebay. That is really a pity !sad
I can´t tell you how often I have " correct" the postal price. Thought very often to convert my job in becoming a postman . . .
As a seller myself it is very easy to inform myself in shipping prices. No problem at all !
Also...the difference concerning the box-size of shipping ONE SINGLE miniature- not blistered-   again: NOT BLISTERED ( remember: mithril scale is 32mm !!! ) is fantastic.
I have received boxes with one single mini of that size, if Master David daines wants to sell the whole Dol Amroth range. No kidding!
That ebay stuff is sometimes breaking balls . . . sorry, but it seems that not only Master Theobald is a little angry . . .
I have received quiet a lot minis before Christmas and I have to say: congratulaiton to the MMP-members: they did it right ! No doubt about it !
And there are Germans too----there is hope wink

Have a peaceful New Year- everybody !

Last edited by rita.de (Wed, Dec31 2008 12:06am)


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The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.

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#1085 Wed, Dec31 2008 6:40pm

Axel
Collector
From: Norden
Registered: Sat, Feb2 2008
Posts: 107

Re: The Taproom

Well, I am still wondering wether to accept the eBay offer. 180€ are quite some money, but it seems this is the only way to get the dwarves. On the other hand, 180€ are today 175£, and looking towards some Forgeworld items I think I rather go there then thus. If the money would go to Chris I would have no moralic problems shelling them out (just monetary), but I am unwilling to give somebody 200% earnings on items that Chris sells extra cheap so that collectors can get them.

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#1086 Thu, Jan1 2009 8:08am

Barliman
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From: Bree
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 4331

Re: The Taproom

Buying at high prices also encourages profiteers such as dritz to keep hiking their artificially high prices ever higher. As far as I'm concerned the guy is a bandit, but like Master Gavin, I don't see how he makes any money. His stuff on eBay never seems to sell, so the logic of his sales policy is entirely lost on me.

As for the conversions mentioned by the talking Christmas Tree, Master Jason, from the description given I think they're conversions and castings produced by an American enthusiast many years ago, for a LOTR campaign he ran with some friends. I have some of them too, though not many. They've not been available for many years (they were never available commercially), but occasionally a few emerge from private collections.


"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."

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#1087 Thu, Jan1 2009 1:23pm

jdbrown55
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From: Texas
Registered: Thu, Jan31 2008
Posts: 488

Re: The Taproom

Oh. Ok. I have a few conversions that were sent to me awhile back. I just wanted to see some pictures of them. Pictures can say a lot! big_smile


These are indeed strange days, dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass! - Eomer

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#1088 Thu, Jan1 2009 1:54pm

Theobald
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From: the Osning in Germany
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 5724
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Re: The Taproom

Huooommmm .... first of all I would like to wish everybody here a very and indeed Happy New Year ... huommm ...
Well, trying to calm down your impatience a bit, Master Jdbrown, I already said that I need some better weather to take photographs ... huoommm ... ~grafs ... or ~graphth ... sorry ... You'll see them one day, but ... alas ... you know I really cannot haste everything (including the weather) .... huommmm .... wink

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#1089 Thu, Jan1 2009 5:44pm

Barliman
The famous Innkeeper
From: Bree
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 4331

Re: The Taproom

Yes, as the talking Christmas Tree says (I've given up trying to keep him quiet), a Happy New Year indeed to all of the Pony's patrons.


"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."

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#1090 Fri, Jan2 2009 1:19am

jdbrown55
Marshal of the Mark
From: Texas
Registered: Thu, Jan31 2008
Posts: 488

Re: The Taproom

Sorry, Master Tree. I seem to have missed your reply regarding pictures of your conversions. Their is a lot to read here on MMP sometimes and I seem to miss or forget things that I have read. sad


These are indeed strange days, dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass! - Eomer

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#1091 Tue, Jan6 2009 6:08am

twrich
The Man in the Dark
From: Minneapolis, MN USA
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 752

Re: The Taproom

"Well, Nob, it sure is quite in here. One could almost hear an Orc sneaking up to the gatehouse. Now for a little more light; yes, this candle will do. Be a good lad and bring me another ale; I still have some correspondence to read through--interesting news, it is. Here's a silver piece--be sure that Barli gets it, I don't beleive in running tabs. Oh; and I'm sure that also buys me a little of his South Farthing Leaf--hurry now, my pipe is near empty!"


"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those that wander are lost." (Strider, The Fellowship of the Ring)

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#1092 Tue, Jan6 2009 7:52am

Barliman
The famous Innkeeper
From: Bree
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 4331

Re: The Taproom

Ah, it may be quiet but I'm still tiptoeing about the place. Mind you, it's a lot less cheerful now that most of the decorations are down. Wake the tree up and tell him he can move, will you?

A silver piece, eh? Come into some money have you? That'll clear just about every tab in the place for a week.

While it's been quiet I've got some painting done - figures, not walls (that's Nob's job - I knew that woolly head was good for something). In fact I've just started on the Theodred figure and some Corsairs (who are going to serve as generic Southron artillerists).


"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."

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#1093 Tue, Jan6 2009 2:38pm

Gavin
Skilled Artisan
From: Canada
Registered: Wed, Jan30 2008
Posts: 936

Re: The Taproom

I am going to get some Corsairs as Haradrim infantry, eventually, too.

So, ranger bloke, what are these tidings?

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#1094 Tue, Jan6 2009 3:03pm

Barliman
The famous Innkeeper
From: Bree
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 4331

Re: The Taproom

Yes, I was wondering that too, but as someone who can't report the news that I have I didn't really think I was in a position to ask...


"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."

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#1095 Tue, Jan6 2009 3:35pm

Gavin
Skilled Artisan
From: Canada
Registered: Wed, Jan30 2008
Posts: 936

Re: The Taproom

Indeed.

I should go finish my warband of woodmen. It's several days behind schedule at this point. The damn things are heinously detailed. And I messed up with undercoats, so they won't be my best figures ever. Still, I'd kinda like them off my desk and onto the display board sooner rather than later.

Then on to do the little Knights of Dol Amroth scene.

Gavin

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#1096 Tue, Jan6 2009 4:16pm

Theobald
Wisest of Ents
From: the Osning in Germany
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 5724
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Re: The Taproom

Huooooommmm ... so, that's better without all those shiny things hanging and dangling from mine twigs ... huoomm ... so, I see that some of you people call in by now .... hooom ... right, that's fine ... hom ... nice to have at least some of you around here again ...... huom

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#1097 Wed, Jan7 2009 12:21am

preto247365
Guest

Re: The Taproom

Whew, spent some time lost in the .net world before finding my way back to the .eu world.  Maybe if I came around more often, I wouldn't be so clueless.  But I doubt it.  Now for a pint...or four.

 

#1098 Wed, Jan7 2009 12:22am

presto247365
Adventurer
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 94

Re: The Taproom

Now that's better, officially here and all.

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#1099 Wed, Jan7 2009 1:05am

Gildor Inglorion
Wandering Elf
From: Montpellier, France
Registered: Fri, Jan25 2008
Posts: 4098
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Re: The Taproom

mmhh welcome back master preSto... and happy new year to you smile May I ask something..
you post here with an odd nickname... preto (without s) , as a guest, did you loose your login / password?


"Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill." (Gildor Inglorion, LOTR1)

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#1100 Wed, Jan7 2009 1:59am

presto247365
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Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 94

Re: The Taproom

Yes, I forgot to login and fat-fingered my moniker.  Like I said, too much time away!

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