New Lord of the Rings Metal Mithril Miniature: Easterling Emissary

This LOTR miniature is 32mm scale and was released in August 2012.

“Easterling” was a general name given by the settled peoples of Gondor and Rohan to those nomadic tribes who inhabited the lands of eastern Rhovanion and those vast steppes beyond the sea of Rhun. Divided into many clans and tribes the Easterling peoples were pastoralists who lived in temporary tented encampments and who moved according to the pasturage available to their great herds of horses. Famed for their skill as horsemen and for their dexterity with the composite bow, the Easterlings were fearsome warriors, and on many occasions have raided and invaded the western lands. Two significant invasions into the western lands took place in the Third-age.

NEW Lord of the Rings Metal Mithril Miniature: Halbarad with unfurled standard

NEW 32mm scale metal miniature released in August 2012.

Halbarad brought Aragorn a message from Arwen as well as a standard made by her, which Aragorn asked Halbarad to keep for him for a while.

Halbarad accompanied Aragorn to a chamber high in the Hornburg where Aragorn looked into the palantir and revealed himself to Sauron. That morning Aragorn decided to take the Paths of the Dead under the White Mountains and Halbarad and Grey Company went with him along with Legolas and Gimli. When they reached the entrance, Halbarad said, "This is an evil door, and my death lies beyond it. I will dare to pass it nonetheless..."

At midnight at the Stone of Erech, Aragorn summoned the Dead to fulfill their oaths and Halbarad unfurled Aragorn's standard, which appeared black with no device in the darkness. The Grey Company and the Army of the Dead passed through the lands of the South to Pelargir, where they captured the fleet of the Corsairs. Aragorn dismissed the Dead, and the Grey Company sailed up the Anduin.

When they arrived at the Pelennor Fields in the midst of the battle, Aragorn's standard was once again unfurled but now it was seen to bear the emblem of the White Tree of Gondor and the Seven Stars and Crown of Elendil. Halbarad carried the standard onto the battlefield, where he was killed.

More Warzone Troops Deployed. Collect them today.

Capitol is the most democratic, egalitarian and open of all the mega-corps. It encourages all its people to be the best they can be, and to cherish diversity. This is carried over to its military, where they have many specialists that focus on specific tasks better than anyone else.

So today we have added more capitol miniatures to the mix, including Free Marines and Heavy Infantry. If you share their ideals then you need to acquire these troops to defend them today.

Bauhaus is the ultimate model of efficiency and have a reputation for quality engineering. There is no second rate weapons, there is no compromise. This too is an outlook carried across in the battlefield where no excuses are allowed, where the best is the only option and failure is not tolerated.

We have added one more miniature to this faction today. If you want the best, get it.

Hot Postal Offer: Get FREE postage to many destinations PLUS 30% off Rare LOTR stock.

Until July 30th Mithril Miniatures has reduced the prices of all the 'Rare Stock' Lord of the Rings miniatures by a staggering thirty percent. In addition to this amazing discount we also offer FREE postage to many destinations, including all European Union countries, USA, Canada and Australia. The only requirement, apart from the destinations themselves is that the order exceed 50 Euro in value excluding postage.

Please choose the Free Postage Offer in the 'POST TO' dropdown list in our Shopping Basket. We manually check all orders so if your order does not qualify we will cancel your order.

The Battle of the Boyne 54mm Scale Metal Figures

Prince August has released four figures based on the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 A.D this month.

These require a little assembly and are available unpainted on princeaugust.ie or handpainted and assembled on the gift site The Edman Collection.

The Battle of the Boyne was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish, and Irish thrones – the Catholic King James and the Protestant King William (who had deposed James in 1688) – across the River Boyne near Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland.

The battle, won by William, was a turning point in James' unsuccessful attempt to regain the crown and ultimately helped ensure the continuation of Protestant supremacy in Ireland.
Ironically, some contemporary historians have speculated that William's campaign may have been funded, at least in part, by Pope Alexander VIII as part of a shared hostility with William to Louis XIV of France, who at the time was attempting to establish dominance in Europe and to whom James was an ally.
William's forces defeated James' army of mostly raw recruits. The symbolic importance of this battle has made it one of the best-known battles in British–Irish history and it is a key part of the folklore for the Orange Order.
The Williamite side comprised of 36,000 troops made up of 12 nationalities, among then, Dutch, Danes, Germans, French Huguenots, English, Scottish, Irish, Swiss, Italians, Norwegians and Poles. The Jacobites numbered 24,000 men of five nationalities, Irish, English, Scottish, French and German.
Its commemoration today is principally by the Orange Institution.

Video on Mithril LOTR painting competition: Beregond fighting Troll at the Black Gate

Mithril Miniatures released a new vignette called Beregond fighting Troll at the Black Gate in March 2012.
Our collectors often love to paint up their collectables and submit gallery photos, and we encourage this.
So we started a competition to see who could paint up this new vignette the 'best', at least from the viewpoint of our two judges, Lars Edman (Mithril founder) and Chris Tubb (Mithril's sculptor).

The rules were fairly standard, avoid digital painting, text and modifications that would change the appearance of the vignette. It was allowed to make a diorama, and some entries took full advantage of that option but it was in no way a requirement.

We should have a list of the winners next week.
I made a little video of the entries on my YT channel. Check it out and post a comment about the entries. They did great work,  considering they did not have a huge window of opportunity to paint the vignette (max of 2 months).

New Mithril LOTR release: MS578 The Passing of Elessar.

King Elessar was crowned in the momentous year 3019 T.A and ruled the united kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor until year 120 in the Fourth age. His queen, Arwen, although of Elven stock, had chosen the fate of men rather than of Elves and remained always in Middle-earth, never seeking passage to the West.
In this vignette both Arwen and her son Eldarion, stand before the tomb of Elessar, which is flanked by Minas Tirith guardsmen. At the foot of the tomb rests the winged crown of Gondor, which Eldarion will inherit. After this Arwen also bade farewell to her son and departed the city forever and passed out of all knowledge into the fading land of Lorien.

This new vignette will be shipped after June 18th. This is unprimed and not assembled.

Mithril Releases: MS576 Junast & MS577 Huorn metal figures.

Mithril Miniatures has released two new 32mm scale metal miniatures in April 2012. These won September and October 2012 votes in the Mithril Fellowship club.



Huorns are some of the oldest creatures on Middle-earth. According to Treebeard, they are wild and dangerous, but the Ents take care of them. They may have been Ents that became tree-ish or Trees that became Ent-ish. Or both.They can only communicate with Ents, not other creatures. They have the ability to create darkness to cover their movements, which can be quick and quite, despite their size and shape. Here you see a Huorn dismember an Isengard Orc that was fleeing from the broken siege of Helm’s Deep.


Junast is an ICE generated character, who appears in the LotR RPG module FAR HARAD (p.17). He was a simple goatherder who undertook a dangerous quest to destroy the body that Vatra (an avatar of Sauron) was creating for himself in the Land of the Sun. He partially succeeded in his quest and at least delayed the return of Vatra.

New Mithril Vignette: 'Beregond fighting troll at the black gate'.

Mithril Miniatures has finally released one of the most exciting vignettes in years. MS574 contains 4 separate figures plus a large and very detailed base (with 2 dead soldiers on it) and plenty of accessories. It is 32mm scale metal miniature that is NOT primed and does require assembly.

This vignette depicts the opening scene of the battle of the black gate.

The black Trolls of Mordor are unleashed upon the armies of Gondor, and serve as shock troops, cutting swathes through the Gondorian ranks. Armed with war-hammers they strike down all before them. Lying dead on the ground are two Gondorian city spearmen, the Troll’s first victims.

A Dol Amroth infantryman, whose own unit stands with Beregond and his men at this part of the battle front, is kneeling, also wounded by the great Troll. The awful creature itself has just struck at Beregond, shattering his shield.

Beregond, attired in the splendid garb of the Minas Tirith guards staggers back under the impact while a fearful yet determined Pippin, also attired as a Minas Tirith guard, attempts to stand his ground.

This was June 2011's winning Fellowship Club entry. It was released in April 2012.
This has already raised a lot of comments on Mithril's forum. Here are some of them:

"wow!!! what a vignette!!! this is absolutly stunning!"
"ohmygosh! There's no words than can make justice to this."

"Incredible !!!!"

"Brilliant! absolutely brilliant. This is once more Chris Tubb at his very best!!!!!"

"unbelievable .... awesome ..."

"Best vignette since MB279! "

"Like finding the Arkenstone among a pile of other treasures , What a piece of outstanding craftmanship."

"Truly sensational work.....One of the best Mithrils ever.."

St. Patricks Day parade 2012 in Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland.

I took these photos during the parade on Saturday March 17th 2012 in Macroom.
Just thought it might be fun to make a little video about it.