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Huoommmm ... so here they are, the last three figures in 2009 ... huoommm ... Broggha has some nice details and the sub-reference design below the base has been changed ... huom ...
the pose of the Half-Troll is nice ... rhuoommmm ... Isildur is just another Isildur, nothing spectacular, I think, very much the same as the old Christmas figure but less details, of course, as this one is smaller.... gruooohuuommhom ... the primer ... huoommm ... sorry to mention that problem again ... but .... alas .... rhuoommmmmm ...

time to warn mister Tubb again about the primer maybe?

I think the primer is worthless!  I've received figures with two kinds of primers from Mithril:
1)  Dark grey, glossy primer - which makes the paint too shiny when applied
2)  Light grey, "powdery" primer - which gives the figure a gritty texture

They are both terrible!

I agree that it's odd to get the figure primed and the appendages unprimed.  Other mini companies seem to use no primer at all.  This gives collectors and painters the option of whether to prime at all.  Also, many painters use black or white primer.

Anyway - I saw this thread and wanted to add my 2 cents!

Well, my Broggah edition also arrived today and the detailed qualitay mentioned by Master Theobald filled my heart with joy! Fantastic.
And the base: fantastic, too!
Concerning the primer: I didn´t order a new figure so I also can believe what you are saying. But if that´s true what you mentioned,
this is an unbelievable fact . . .
Why does the company make such mistakes . . .

Oh, I have to edit: thank god the Christmas figure is unprimed, so you can see all the magnificent details manufacted by The Man!
And there are A LOT.
And it will be a great pleasure for me priming the figure for myself, as thin as possible- for painting the miniature as good as possible!

Last edited by rita.de (Mon, Dec14 2009 10:48pm)

received them today

well indeed the primer has once again a problem... I informed the Man, who took good notice about the problem and will once again report it...

Fact is, with the "born of hope" figurine, I can assure you that primer DO and STILL exit that can achieve a wonderfull smooth and very mithril-of-the-old-days-like primer... it's just that Mithril does not use it, but Chris himself does.... and now I suppose that is very upsetting... there is no excuse about the availability of the primer... only about not being able to do it right at the factory...

I really hope there won't be any primer problem with the MX-UP or it could be disastrous with all the details to be shown on this masterpiece!

You shouldn´t do the same mistake twice !
Or even three times--thinking about the "party".
Then the Tree becomes angry again, and in this case I suppose very much.
But somewhere he mentioned no problems are there to be expected . . . Why should I NOT trust him!

Huooommm ... right you are, Master Rita.de, once I said that no problems with the primer will be expected .... huoommm ... then I was quoting The Man ... that was after the first primer-desaster ....rhuoommm ... some time ago by now ... huoomm ... now I'm worried again, as you might understand ... huoommm ... I will contact The Man immediately about this matter as I really do not want the MX-UP being smeared with some ugly-grey-glossy-slimy stuff that might even cover details .... rhuoommmm .... I'll do what I can, believe me ... huoom .... hom!

I´ll take your apologies, Master Barliman. And no worry, I prefer a black coffee. Hot´n ´black !!!
There are more things these times which need an apology . . .
Master Theoblad, maybe the company should make their mind up to give an "undercoat" edition of the glorious MX-project.
The current Christams-figure is produced undercoated as everybody knows, and this is not a negative point . . .

Huoommmm ... this year's Christmas figure omly is available with antique finish .... huooommm ... though that finish sometimes was a bit darker in years before ... huom

Well, Master Gavin, I never tried to get the stuff of a Christmas figure, as I'm a collector. But of course it can be done. That "antique finish" is just put on the figures to point out details you wouldn't be aware of if the figures were kept without any finish. So you have the shiny silvery appearance but the "antique finish" gives the figures more volume and reveils details better ...rhuooommm ... as for painting over an "antiqued" finish ... huoommm ... I would not recommend ... huoommm ...

Ah yes, I am late in here.
I just have got my last order of Mithril figures today and was disgusted to have got minis with the new ähmm thick stuff or primer on them. Tried to get rid of this juic, but it did only work for the MS-Isildur . Has anyone experience with the  new ähm undercoat and how to get the figure "naked"/blank?

I have to say, that I did not understand the debate about the primer-thing some time ago, as my figures always were in the best condition. But that thick juice on Gamlings rally is horrible.....

Last edited by ESTEL (Sun, Dec20 2009 10:06am)

Thank you very much Gavin for the idea.

I tried it with some kind of  dissolvent, but as I said it only worked for the Isildur figure, but not for the Rohirrim, or for the Half Orc. It seems to me the Company has tried another new primer for the MS-figures than for the normal M-version being older. Damn stupid as the mail is almost plain now. I hope I can get the best with a nice paint job out of them.