New travel app, Ireland: Are We There Yet?

Packed with places to go and things to do with kids on holiday in Ireland available on iTunes App Store today.

• Ireland: Are We There Yet? by Galway-based, mother-of-two, Ann Brehony; a former tour-bus guide with years of experience in dealing with difficult audiences. This app is written with genuine insight, humour and charm.

• Featuring over 130 entries of places to visit in Ireland with kids, this app provides families with an invaluable tool that will keep everyone happy on daytrips or holidays. Covering the country both North and South with new ways of seeing old favourites like the Rock of Cashel and The Giant’s Causeway plus a host of new attractions as diverse as Aunt Sandra’s Candy Factory in Belfast or a Toy Soldier Factory in Cork.

• County-by-county listings of family-friendly attractions complete with car games and scavenger hunts to keep the kids amused on the go.

• A full nationwide listing of free outdoor play areas.

• Filled with wonderful photography, each entry has links to websites and YouTube clips giving background information on all the local colour needed to plan a successful stress-free visit.

• The app links you into a whole community of other app users who can share their tips and experiences.

• A treasure-trove of quirky hints on how to find a song for every county, the best local sweets to try and handy pit stops for long journeys.

• Perfect for keeping the kids amused without breaking the bank during the mid-term break.

• This is a must-have holiday helper, constantly updated and available on the go on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch – you’d be mad to leave home without it!

• Price: €2.39, £1.79, $2.99. Published by Sutro Media

For further information about Ireland: Are We There Yet? see preview: http://sutromedia.com/apps/Ireland_Are_We_There_Yet
or to request a download

New LOTR Mithril Release: Ent fighting half-Orc Commander.

Mithril Miniatures released this miniature in September 2011 as the winning idea in April 2011.

Brief Story about this figure.
During ‘The War of the Ring’ Saruman’s Orcs began to destroy the forest around Isengard. This destruction of trees caused great anger in the Ents as they considered themselves tree shephards.

Merry and Pippin helped encourage action during the Entmoot.

This resulted in a massive assault on Isengard by the Ents and they destroyed any half-Orcs they could find.

Eventually they took control of Isengard and held Saruman hostage.

Price is 32.95 Euro for the 1st item, however additional items have a 5 Euro discount (27.95 Euro).

Released Female Dorwinrim Wine Merchant LOTR Mithril miniature.

Mithril Miniatures released in September 2011 the May 2011 winning Fellowship idea that won that month's vote.

Brief story about this figure.
Lying on the north-western shores of the sea of Rhun, the land of Dorwinion forms the eastern marches of the great plain of Rhovanion. It is a country famous for its wines, which are traded far and wide across the region. Much of its produce is shipped to Esgaroth and is also highly prized by the Elves of Mirkwood. Dorwinion's Sagathic neighbours must also appreciate its wines and they are doubtless enjoyed in many a chieftain's hall.

This figure represents one of those Dorwinrim merchants who ply their wares across Rhun and Rhovanion. This woman has a small pony which is laden with jars which contain samples of her wine varieties. She is dressed in a style which is an amalgam of the Northmen costume style of Esgaroth, and that of the Easterling peoples of the Rhun are.

The price is 32.95 Euro for the first one, but you gain a 5 Euro discount on duplicates (27.95 Euro).

Get 20 Euro voucher per 100 Euro order unti Sept 9th 2011

Get a 20 Euro voucher per 100 Euro spent between August 31st to September 9th on any Warzone Mutant chronicles and Chronopia War of the Eternal Realm products.
http://www.warzone-chronopia.com

These vouchers can be used in future orders until November 1st.

End of Summer Sale: Save 20% on Casting Metal until Sept 2nd 2011.

This month of August draws to a close, school term is already starting and 4 long months still loom on the horizon before 2012. So what does one do on cold, wet afternoons and evenings? Well one solution is to break out those moulds you stored away in April and get cracking making new armies, chess sets or dioramas. With a wide range of themes to choose from, you will never be bored.

To help you in this noble venture we have dropped the prices on ALL our metal by an astounding twenty percent (20%) , but only until next Friday (Sept 2nd). The more you buy the cheaper the metal per bar is. Metal bars are now available as low as 2.24 Euro each.*

*based on purchase of 100 bars of Standard Casting metal.

2 New LOTR Mithril Releases in August 2011

MS569 Hirgon, Bearer of the Red Arrow.

MS570 Sam with the cooking apparatus.

Mithril Miniatures has released two more 32mm scale metal miniatures in August 2011. These are pre-primed.

http://www.mithril.ie

The MS570 Figure is the Hobbit Samwise Gamgee. During his adventure with Frodo and Gollum towards Mordor to destroy the One Ring they rested in a glen near a river.

As Frodo rests, exhausted by the drain created by wearing the One Ring, Sam employs Gollum in gathering food (rabbits) and then herbs. Sam then cooked a meal.

MS569 Hirgon, Bearer of the Red Arrow.
Hirgon is an emissary of Gondor, who brought the Red Arrow to Théoden at Harrowdale, in token of Gondor's desperate need for help from its old allies. Its flights were black and its barbs were made of steel, and it took its name from a mark of red painted on the arrow's tip.
Riding back eastward to his Lord, Denethor, Hirgon and his companion encountered Sauron's forces on the Rammas Echor, and were cut down as they tried to escape.

NEW LOTR M-SERIES PROJECT

Mithril has manufactured over 600 miniatures over 20 years and we now are giving our customers the opportunity to decide what we make next.
Go to the forum and register for FREE today.

http://mithrilfigures.proboards.com/index.cgi?#community

Contact info@princeaugust.ie and tell them your username so they can upgrade it to Bronze Level. This is required to take part. This is free too.
The only requirement for membership is that you ordered from Prince August or Mithril sometime in the last 3 years (approximately). If you are new to the company then order something and then join. This project is for customers after all, not random strangers.

We have had numerous enquiries and requests from members about the regular M series and whether we are planning to release further figures in this format.

We realize that there is a significant number of collectors who wish to see more M figures released, and so, after much consultation and discussion we have decided to attempt a rather new and novel experiment with the M series. This new approach not only allows members to choose which M range they would like to see, but also the price will depend on how many orders we receive.

We have carefully considered the pricing structure for the range which will be as follows:
If we sell 100 sets then the price / figure will be €22.50. If we sell 400 sets then the price will be €7.50. We will use a sliding scale of prices to exactly work out the costs of any number of sets between 100 and 400 (thus 120 sets will be a little cheaper than 100 sets). We will also offer a discount on multiples of the same figure which are bought ( €19.95 for 3 figures)

1. Fellowship members and Bronze Level members will decide which range they would like to see produced. We will open a suggestion list for an M range similar to that for the Ms figures, and hold a vote on which suggestion would be most popular. Members can choose anything they wish, as long as it falls within the constraints of the Tolkien licence, and as long as the 10 releases are 10 single figures, or 9 single figures and 1 cavalryman ( or equivalent).*

2. Suggestions can be as simple or as complex as you wish, ranging from a simple title for the range such as “ The men of Dale” to a detailed list of every figure that might be included in the set, with sketches if so desired. **

3. We will open the suggestion page for 2 weeks and keep the poll open for a further 2 weeks. After the winning suggestion has been decided we will publish the complete list of 10 releases.

4. After the range has been announced we will start taking pre-orders for the series. Those members who would be interested in the series can let us know. We will take no payment at this time – we just want collectors to tell us their intent to buy. Anyone can buy this range . It is open to all and not just Fellowship members.

5. If 100 pre-orders have been received at the end of the month we will make the range, put them up on site and advertise them. We will wait a further month for extra orders which would make the range less expensive.

6. We will release the range in 2 parts, the first part as soon as the second month is elapsed and the second part, one month later.

7. Figures will be released in the usual Mithril blister packs

* - There will be some leeway in deciding the contents of the range. While we want to avoid large numbers of double blisters ( cavalrymen and Razaraks!) I will try and be flexible as possible to accommodate essential figures which are a bit more than human sized.

** - members can vote for Helm’s deep 2 ( Death to the Strawheads!) if they so wish but both HD3 and easterlings are too large for this release

Mithril LOTR miniatures: 15% off everything until July 1st.

Mithril Miniatures, the oldest officially licensed manufacturer of metal miniatures based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit books written by J.R.R. Tolkien have a special one week sale now on.

This sale will deduct 15% off EVERYTHING you place in their shopping basket as long as the total value is at least 35 Euro (ex. P&p). Check it out today. http://www.mithril.ie/

This may be a good opportunity to try out Mithril's realistic style of 32mm and 54mm scale collectables.

They have produced 600+ different miniatures over the last 20+ years, including any main character you can concieve of.

And if you DO find that Mithril has missed an important character from those famous books you can join their Fellowship club (now also discounted) and suggest your idea and it may be produced if other members support it.

Mithril's New LOTR Release: The Horn of Helm miniature MS567

The great horn of Helm was housed in one of the towers comprising the great defensive complex of Helm’s Deep. Named in honour of the great Helm Hammerhand, the horn itself was strategically placed so as to echo through the gorge of Aglarond, so as to hugely amplify its sound. It was used both as a warning signal and as a rallying cry, notably during the Battle of Helm’s Deep to signal Theoden’s mounted attack on the forces of Saruman.

The newest Fellowship club miniature was suggested in December 2010. It retails at 24.95 Euro, but duplicates are only 20.95 Euro (available for limited time period). http://www.mithril.ie

Soldering a metal Toy Soldier together with a soldering iron.

Sometimes glue is just not your cup of tea, you want firmer hold, perhaps for more demanding wargaming or for your children to be able to be more aggressive when playing with their castings.
In a previous video I showed how to use a gas tank and welding/soldering torch, but most people will not be able to afford such equipment, so today I show how to use a little soldering iron, easily available from any hardware store. We are using soldering wire with a composite of 63% Tin and 37% Lead.

Follow this link if the video above is not working: http://youtu.be/2Wf3ZmhXuOc

This video covers all the important steps to soldering and all in about a 3 minute video. Key to a good solder project is taking the time to clean the metal of all dirt and greese, otherwise the solder will not adhere properly.

The figure we are demonstrating with is the 54mm scale Napoleonic French Artilleryman (PA80-12). He has a ramrod in his hand used for loading the cannon.
http://www.princeaugust.ie