Bank of Ireland Enterprise Exhibition in Macroom Cork with Dr Eva Orsmond & Lars Edman

With a history of growing up in Scandinavia and sharing the nordic tradition of casting in white metal, Lars Edman helps Dr Eva Orsmond cast little witches from Prince August moulds (Halloween Decorations) at the recent Bank of Ireland Enterprise Exhibition in Macroom, County Cork.

There are also other Halloween decorations available too, including a Spooky Ghost, Scary Black Cat and a Jack O' Lantern Pumpkin. Each mould can be reused hundreds of times and the figures have little loops to hang them from ribbons or chains if desired.

The Toy Soldier Factory is now the oldest factory in the area, allowing customers to cast their own Halloween figures when they visit (via seasonal workshops).

Lord of the Rings December 2016 releases: Ohtar and Gollum miniatures.

Ohtar with the shards of Narsil

Mithril Miniatures has released two more long awaited Fellowship miniatures this week. The first one was 'Ohtar with the shards of Narsil' (MS626), the winning idea from August / September 2015. Ohtar was Isildur's squire, who carried the shards of Narsil, the broken sword that cut the One Ring off Sauron's finger, to the house of Elrond. Eventually the shards were reforged and renamed as Anduril and given to Aragorn to aid him in the War of the Ring.

The second figure was Gollum (MS631), who needs no introduction to any fan of Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit books. Here he is following the Fellowship as they leave Lorien by river, on small boats. He improvised and used an old log to float after them, forever keeping his huge eyes fixed on his ultimate goal, to reclaim the One Ring.

Both these figures are limited to only 100 and are primed with grey undercoat. These are 32mm scale metal figures sculpted by Chris Tubb. Originally they were to be made using the new 3D printing process but delays meant they were remade using the traditional methods instead.

Gollum - the log with eyes

Time to give fairies the home they deserve. Introducing our Fairies & Fairy Door craft kit

Prince August has a wonderful new craft kit that is perfect for a gift to children 6 or over. Cast, with your Mum or Dad, little fairies and then give them a home in your home. Inspire a child's compassion and imagination as well as their artistic creativity this season. This kit contains a surprising large amount of contents, including casting equipment, 11 acrylic paint tubs, a primer tub, 2 different paint brushes, a Fairy mould that casts two different fairies, a wooden engraved detail fairy door and a pack of self adhesive decorations. 

Adult supervision is required for casting with small children but that is part of the fun, getting some quality time with your kids. The metal used is pewter so it is safe to handle.

There are options to add more metal and fairy door packs too, to extend the fun to friends as well.

Mithril Miniatures Christmas 2016 | Dunlending High-chief miniature - 2 versions available.

Mithril Miniatures has restored the long cherished tradition of manufacturing a special Christmas figure annually. 2015 did not have one, but 2016 does. The tradition also calls that the figure be a leader or king and this year it is the Dunlendings High-chief we honour. 

Dunlendings were driven into the hills by the Rohirrim and this seeded deep animosity between the two peoples. During the War of the Ring, Saruman profited from that anger and used them to bolster his armies as well as have raiding parties harrass Rohan villages.

A high-chief to such hardy folk needs to be both strong in leadership and skill in battle. They would never tolerate a weak man in such a role.

Mithril Miniatures produced 100 of these 32mm scale metal figures. 25 are primed in Mithril's grey undercoat and 75 are antique finished, which involves dipping the metal figure into a mix of black gloss and thinner and allowing it to soak into all the details, then wipe off the surfaces, resulting in better contrast.

New Release | Seven Years War French Infantry Moulds in December 2016.

Prince August has previously released Prussian, Austrian, Hungarian Regiments in the Austrian army and finally Russian army moulds. Overdue but finally released, the French army is a welcome addition to this expanding 40mm scale range that focuses on the mid-eighteenth century international war that swept the known world.
These French moulds can cast fusiliers and grenadiers with and without turnbacks on their coats, as well as drummers, NCOs, standard bearers and officers.
As expected these moulds have interchangeable parts so there is more flexibility than first meets the eye.
As a bonus Prince August is offering all four moulds in a bundle with 10% discount on R.R.P.

The previous release (Russians) are also now available as an 100+ Army Pack deal, which includes 20 bars of metal so you can cast up to 100 soldiers for as little as 1.21 Euro (ex. tax) per soldier.
Pretty amazing value.

Clearance Sale + Black Friday Sale 2016

Clearance Sale on Mithril Miniatures.

Mithril Miniatures is planning to produce a lot more miniatures in 2017. We had run into technical snags with the changeover to 3D printing that slowed us down in 2016, but we are overcoming these challenges one by one.
However we need room, so we ran a poll on 100 miniatures we currently still manufacture and asked which we should keep and which should be retired. We selected from that list those most popular to retire from ongoing manufacture and have marked them down by up to 60% off.
Once they clear they will never be available on our website again so if you are a collector of LOTR miniatures you might wish to grab these excellent bargains before they are gone for good.

Also since Black Friday is fast approaching we have marked down all our miniatures in the following ranges or categories by 50%. All of these are limited and when sold out will not be produced anymore.
The categories are:

• The LT series of 32mm Helms Deep miniatures.
• The LR category with about 40 pewter miniatures including Nazguls and Hobbits.
• All our rare stock. These are remaining stock that are out of production. Once sold, they are never made again.

The Black Friday sale ends at midnight Cyber Monday (Nov 28th) 2016 GMT.

Mithril Miniatures releases three new figures in October '16.

UPDATE Jan 1st 2017: These three figures have been redone using traditional methods and thus will not have the 'MZ' prefix but default to the 'MS' only.
The first figure is a toy peddler from the town of Dale, before Smaug redecorated it with flame. We have named it MS625 Erebor Dwarven Merchant with toys.

The next figure, November 2015 winning idea, is the Easterling Champion MS627. Easterlings are allied to Mordor but fight in the old fashioned but honorable style of Champion vs Champion.

The final figure for September is King Dain Ironfoot MS628, a warrior without peer that aided Thorin Oakenshield during the Battle of the Five Armies. 

There are 100 of each of these in production at present. Each are primed and MS627 does require a little assembly (shield and arm). They are all 32mm scale metal miniatures.

Helm's Deep 3 | The fire of Orthanc released June 2nd.

Mithril Miniatures has released five new 32mm scale metal miniatures based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. This is the third part themed around the siege of Helm's Deep. All five figures are primed and will require a little assembly. Duplicate discounts exist, up to 30% off, when purchasing these figures.

In his attempt to seize Helm’s deep, the strategically vital stronghold which lay at Rohan’s western end, Saruman launched all of his strength. His forces were far superior  numerically to those of his foes, but the Rohirrim had the  protection of the great fortress of the Hornburg, and the mighty Deeping wall which ran north-east from the fortress, and which protected the Aglarond caves, in which the peoples of the Westfold had taken shelter.

Many assaults were launched upon the wall by the forces of Saruman: forces which included Half-orcs, Dunlendings and Uruks. Finally when all else had failed, the forces of Isengard sent a party of Orcs into a small blocked culvert with a terrible new substance that the wizard had created.  There was a great explosion  of light and heat and a great breach was made in the wall enabling the hosts of Isengard to pour through and forcing the defenders back to the Hornburg. The “Devilry of Saruman” as Aragorn described it, had done its work.

Click on any picture to go to The fire of Orthanc page.

Helm's Deep III | The fire of Orthanc - five new 32mm scale metal figures

The walls of Helm's Deep had stood the test of time and the heat of battle, at least until the wicked inventiveness of Saruman was pitted against it. Orcs sacrifice themselves to blow open a pathway to the inner keep, allowing them to storm the once impregnable fortress that protects the most vulnerable of Rohan's population.

This new release from Mithril Miniatures will have five new figures and they will be numbered M541 to M545. They were designed using the traditional method of clay sculpting. They will be primed 32mm scale metal miniatures.

Currently they are pending approval by Middle-earth Enterprises.

Mithril Miniatures | Half Price Coupon for Mid May Sale.

Mithril Miniatures is providing a coupon code that will automatically discount a huge array of their miniatures by 50% until noon on Tuesday May 17th 2016 (GMT+1).

Just add the coupon code MITHRILHALFPRICE into your account when you login and all the relevant products will show a strikethrough price and a new price underneath it, with the percentage saved in brackets. Pretty straight forward.

The ranges that are affected are the following:

• 54mm scale 'LO' Mithril Miniatures.
• 32mm scale Helms Deep 'LT' Miniatures.
• 32mm scale Limited Edition 'LR' Miniatures.
• All rare stock miniatures that are out of production.

This deal even affects bundle offers for the LR series with box sets of 10 miniatures now selling for just 4.25 Euro per pewter figure. Outstanding value to be sure.

If you love Lord of the Rings and enjoy collecting miniatures then don't miss out on this great deal.