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#1176 Sun, Jan25 2009 7:44pm

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

Rhuoommm ... incomplete, yes and many of the pics are not of the quality you provide in your gallery, Master Gildor .... huooommm ... all in all quite useful they are I thought ... rhuoommm ... hom ... do you have contact to good old Hammarskiold by the way? ... rhuoommm  ... might read 'Hammer-shield' in the language you prefer to use ... hom ... n'est pas? ...

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#1177 Sun, Jan25 2009 9:38pm

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

Re: The Taproom

. . .you all talk about the orclord-site, fellows. You forget to praise the material of Mr. Hammerskiold. Certainly, I will do this ! You have to know that the magnificent Moria diorama is the reason, why I decide to paint and build dioramas, not collecting anymore . . . somwhere- more than a decade ago . . . in the mists of time . . . when I was young . . . and my hair was black  roll I think, I have to told him this.
But serious speeking: I have been waited for years concerning opening this webside of Peder Hammarskjöld.
Thank you Gavin for this information, and fellows: have a closer look at the Moria scene . . .


Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.

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#1178 Sun, Jan25 2009 9:47pm

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

Re: The Taproom

Oh by the way . . . did you recognized a little detail ? On Peders webside you find the scene: "Alatar among the Easterling". Is anybody able to put the two wolves in the right context? I suppose they are from thunderboltmountain, but they aren´t. I think.


Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.

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#1179 Sun, Jan25 2009 11:08pm

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

Rhuoommm ... good old Hammer-shield has always been someone to produce perfect dioramas ... huooommm ... I especially like the "Raft-elves" and the "Alatar"-diorama. The last one still keeps me breathless, as I've never seen it before .... rhuooommm ... well, about those wolves you might  have a look at Pedder's 'Winter Scenario' .... rhuoommhom there are more wolves .... hom

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#1180 Mon, Jan26 2009 11:14am

ddaines
Skilled Artisan
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 1958

Re: The Taproom

Very inspirational, some I have seen before, but not all. It is saved on my 'Favourites' now.

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#1181 Mon, Jan26 2009 11:02pm

Kenakko
Dude of Westernesse
From: California
Registered: Fri, Feb8 2008
Posts: 171

Re: The Taproom

Both of these sites have been in my bookmarks for some time.  Peder used to live in the US, but is back in Sweden from what I understand.  He used to attend the "Mithril Gatherings" in the Eastern USA.  These happened in the mid to late ninties at the HMGS events.  Does anyone remember ever seeing a diorama by a fellow named Richard Poisson?  This was a fantastic Village of Bree, but it seems to have disappeared.

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#1182 Tue, Jan27 2009 10:21am

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

Re: The Taproom

I DO !!!! Serious speeking . . . Unbelievable that you know it. It is point one on the list of lost dioramas of mine . . . I didn´t remember that name ( could it be that the man is french  . . . ?) , but the Bree-diorama is pretty present in the back of my mind , still ! Would be nice to find out more . . .

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Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.

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#1183 Tue, Jan27 2009 2:59pm

Wendy
Slowest Painter Ever
From: Michigan, USA
Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
Posts: 365
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#1184 Tue, Jan27 2009 3:07pm

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

Re: The Taproom

The Bree street-scene is just like stepping outside my front door! But I wish I knew who the young lady was - I don't recall her at all. But I'd guess I know now why that rascal Nob wanted to borrow a wood-drill a while back...


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

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#1185 Tue, Jan27 2009 4:05pm

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

Huooommm .... very nice indeed in Bree .... huommm ... I still remember another diorama set in Bree (but not that complex, so to say) ... huommm ... anyway ...
By now we have the two winners of the GF-voting ... hom ... well, then ... ok

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#1186 Tue, Jan27 2009 5:46pm

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

Re: The Taproom

Thanks Wendy, and yes: He is french. I remember many pics to be published in the old french figurines-magazin ! Absolutely great stuff.


Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.

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#1187 Tue, Jan27 2009 5:50pm

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

Re: The Taproom

Oh, concerning GF. I give everybody a drink for free, because there is a new goldfellowship member: it´s me !!!! big_smile
Salut !


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Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.

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#1188 Wed, Jan28 2009 7:48am

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

Re: The Taproom

Many congratulations on signing up. But I'm adraid I don't allow customers to bring their own drinks into the Pony - they have to be purchased on the premises.

Now that we have to make figure suggestions for another month I guess I shall revive old Fatty Bombur again...


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

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#1189 Wed, Jan28 2009 11:02am

erchamion
Adventurer
From: Granada, Spain
Registered: Tue, Apr1 2008
Posts: 825

Re: The Taproom

I don´t know if you said something about it, but we can see GRISHNAKH .... big_smile

Indeed, have you come Newsletter of Michael? I have not received anything in relation to the winners of Dec-Jan, but in the forum can see who won ....smile


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¡Fuera, viejo Tumulario! ¡Desaparece a la luz! ¡Encógete como la niebla fría, llora como el viento en las tierra estériles, más allá de los montes! ¡No regreses aquí! ¡Deja vacío el túmulo! Perdido y olvidado, más sombrío que la sombra, quédate donde las puertas están cerradas para siempre, hasta los tiempos de un mundo mejor. Tom Bombadil LOTR1

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#1190 Wed, Jan28 2009 11:39am

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

Re: The Taproom

No, I haven't seen a newsletter either - yet.

Grishnakh is looking good, though.


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

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#1191 Wed, Jan28 2009 11:54am

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

Re: The Taproom

. . . good ?! Grishnakh is looking f a n t a s t i c  !
I was a little bit critical about another orc-charakter. I thought the topic "orcs" was checked off. There are enough and the last ones looks similar and , well a little bit harmless (  the LT-orcs for example ) !
BUT: The Man has surpassing himself ! Once again ! This orc looks evil and a kind of shifty . . .
This orc makes me shiver . . . Let´s paint orcs again . . .

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Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.

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#1192 Wed, Jan28 2009 2:17pm

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

there may be orcs to come again though if what I understood in the man's last email was correct  but well, there are plenty of orcs on middle-earth after all smile


"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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#1193 Wed, Jan28 2009 2:20pm

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

Re: The Taproom

Start painting orcs again?

I spend my life painting orcs big_smile

Nice figure though. I suspect I'll be getting this one!

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#1194 Wed, Jan28 2009 3:01pm

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

Re: The Taproom

Out of curiosity, what colours do my patrons paint their orcs? I know that a popular 'Fantasy' colour for their flesh is green (though I have absolutely no idea why...), but I paint mine grey (or gray, if you happen to be of a transatlantic disposition), on the principle that since we have red blood and consequently pink flesh it stands to reason that if orcs have black blood then their skin would logically look grey.

Any thoughts, anyone?


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

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#1195 Wed, Jan28 2009 3:33pm

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

Huuoommmm ... when I started to paint some Mithrils in the early 90s, orcs were some of the first figures to be painted ... huom ... right, Master Barliman, then I stuck to that strange idea that their colour of skin should be green .... rhuooommmm ... I chose the dirty, muddy green you find in ponds .... none of these light or even shiny green colours ....huomrhuooommm ... then, later, I decided to distinguish between the Uruk-hai and Mordor orcs (which I painted in a very dark grey with a slight dark-blueish tone) in contrast to the greenish common orcs you find everywhere .... huooommmm .... as for the blood I did not stick to Tolkien's writings ... hom ... the only time a had to paint orc-blood was with the small M326 Schagrat & Gorbag vignette where I used red because to me it produced a better contrast to the rest of the figures ... rhuoom ... had I used black for the blood there, one would not have noticed the wound in the lying figure's back .... rhuooooommmmm

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#1196 Wed, Jan28 2009 3:44pm

erchamion
Adventurer
From: Granada, Spain
Registered: Tue, Apr1 2008
Posts: 825

Re: The Taproom

I am many years without painting orcs, in fact I haven´t painted Mithril on my return to this collection (I have painted hoplites Spartans or New Kingdom Egyptians, but both have skin color "normal"...big_smile).
However, all my previous orcs are very dark brown, some with watery black. I never imagined that Tolkien's orcs were green. Orc green I see more like world Warhammer or similar roll


¡Fuera, viejo Tumulario! ¡Desaparece a la luz! ¡Encógete como la niebla fría, llora como el viento en las tierra estériles, más allá de los montes! ¡No regreses aquí! ¡Deja vacío el túmulo! Perdido y olvidado, más sombrío que la sombra, quédate donde las puertas están cerradas para siempre, hasta los tiempos de un mundo mejor. Tom Bombadil LOTR1

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#1197 Wed, Jan28 2009 3:44pm

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

Re: The Taproom

Huuoooomrhuoommm ... I nearly forgot about the newsletter ... I also did not receive one, but you can find it on the Mithril homepage where also pics of King Brand and Ingold can be seen .... hom

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#1198 Wed, Jan28 2009 5:47pm

ESTEL
The Lord of the Paints
Registered: Thu, Jan31 2008
Posts: 497

Re: The Taproom

Gildor Inglorion wrote:

there may be orcs to come again though if what I understood in the man's last email was correct  but well, there are plenty of orcs on middle-earth after all smile

Not enough, Gildor, not enough wink


"From the ashes a fire shall be woken, 
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken:
The crownless again shall be king".

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#1199 Wed, Jan28 2009 5:58pm

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

Re: The Taproom

Oh, I have to hurry. I would like to say that I agree totally to Theobald concerning the orcish colour of skinn. I also prefer that kind of gray tones, but I mix also a little bit of "Bohemian green earth ". I you like, please have a look at my works in the "gallery of Mayor Samweis".

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Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.

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#1200 Wed, Jan28 2009 6:17pm

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

about orcs.... the very first orcs I painted, from Mithril range (since I never painted anything else)... were the nude morgoth orcs of turin series... it was 15years ago... according to me, orcs are not "goblins" but rather dark and shadowy evil creatures so I chose a gray... since then i have always painted them in gray but the main reason i don't like painting orcs is because I try to "stick" to a color schema... for all my orcs and I have, in recent years, found a superb mixing of gray + black + green + human flesh... which makes , an odd colour which is "gray-green" mostly dark with a touch of "flesh"... a very very very hard mixing of color to recreate... (most of all if you use drybrush, washing etc..) and each times it dries up, you need to remix.... which can become exasperating very fast smile


"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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