OK.. I am still not to sure about how to get the Link to a URL to work, but I will give it a try...
Try looking at
Thunderbolt Mountain Miniatures' site.
http://www.thunderboltmountain.com/
Thunderbolt Mountain Miniatures is owned by who is possibly the greatest sculptor to have lived since Michaelangelo or Raphael...
That would be one Tom Meier.
He makes some Orcs who I am going to be using as First Age Morgoth Orcs, along with some Elves that will be the Elves of Doriath and possibly Gondolin or Nargothrond...
His Elves and Orcs are spot-on scale with the
LotR minis. THe Aurthurians may be a touch smaller, as they were begun when he still worked for
Ral Partha. I will have to ask him about it.
He does not produce quite the extent of poses that
GW does for their lines, but there do exist other miniatures with which to complement his lines. Many were produced by
Ral Partha back in the 1980s. Tom did a line of Orcs back then that are a slight bit smaller than the Orcs of
TBM, but they still could be used as smaller Orcs of Morgoth (They are not significantly smaller than the
TBM Orcs. At
Ral Partha he also produced a large line of Goblins, which are just a slight bit smaller than the
GW Golbins. These Goblins also come in many more poses than do the Orcs. The only problem:
Iron Wind Metals (The successor to
Ral Partha) no longer makes most of these minis. I am sure that they would see to their production again if they had enough people asking for them.
All of them would mix excellently with Tom's
TBM Orcs to produce a 1st Age Morgoth army. He even had produced miniatures of Balrog Warriors (Smaller than the Balrog of Moria, but they were armored in various armors, and carried a variety of weapons from spears, swords, maces and hammers) and Balrog Commanders (anatomically correct too.. Same with the Orcs/Goblins).
Among the Orc/Goblins that Tom has done were some that I am still looking for to this day. The Goblin Imps. The make
perfect Wolf Riders for the armies of Moria...
But, back to the Heroic figure:
HIs current best-bet for the figure that you are looking for is his recently completed "Human Knight". At one point he also produced a semi-Byzantine Warrior who would have been a good figure for what you are looking for, but I am not sure what happened with this figure.
Sorry for going on so long here. I have been after him to produce more figures that will be useful to those of us who want more minis to use with
LotR. I am sure that the lure of the dollars to be made on such a goal will lure him to do something.
Matthew
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. so, the miniatures im looking for is your general everyday guy who goes off adventuring... i need a big heroic guy with a shield, a good sword (preferably straight!) and some armour. i am looking for my perfect model at the moment.
