News: Another "new" German company Thomarillion

[cdukino]

Another German company i met the guys from last saturday. I knew this company a bit longer already as i had seen some of their diorama stuff. They have a lot of it. A lot of ceramic (which binds paint to it apparently so it doesn't rub off, looks a bit like resin) (some resin?) and metal bits. Generally the bigger stuff (but in god's own scale).

The company is called thomarillion, as it's been run by well, 3 Thomas' and a lot of their stuff is heavily LoTR's inspired or usable for it.

Their site has an english version as well: http://www.thomarillion.de/index.php?seite=home&unterseite=&modell=&pos=&sprache=gb_&PHPSESSID=4a0fc1f9a5c4ce10df4d2203a25d75ee

Some examples:

Big and smaller terrein:
http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/altvorderenABC_/altvorderenABC_1.jpg

http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/khazad/khazad1.jpg

http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/steintrolle/steintrolle1.jpg

http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/moriator/moriator1.jpg

http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/klbrunnen/klbrunnen1.jpg

http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/saeulenruinen/saeulenruinen1.jpg

Figures:

My favorite of the 3 ents (truely treesized compared to 28mm)
http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/entC_/entC_1.jpg

http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/daemon/daemon1.jpg

Small bits and bobs for diorama's:

http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/wandaltar/wandaltar1.jpg

http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/labor/labor1.jpg

http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/kamin/kamin1.jpg

http://www.thomarillion.de/bilder/seher/seher1.jpg

They also had stuff with them from this other German company, which does diorama and terrein stuff like them: http://www.ziterdes.de/

[vincegamer]

looks like they've based it on a lot of the original art for the Tolkein books.
I really like the trolls.

[Malebolgia]

Yeah, that company rocks. I have seriuously doubted about ordering several times, but every time I didn't (why buy terrain if there are so many cool miniatures to own!?). But eventually I will do it. Good stuff and not too expensive on shipping (but then again, they are my 'neighbours' ;)).

And regarding Ziterdes, I own a piece of their their terrain. Although the painting is quite bad, the terrain itself looks good. I own the Weathertop copy which was 28 euros. So the pricing is quite good. A couple of washes and drybrushes really help them and then you have excellent and durable terrain (it is made from that hard yet flexible foam).

[minimaker]

To add. Ziterdes seems to be a brand of NOCH which is best known for their terrainbuilding materials for train hobbyists: http://www.noch.de/. It's nice to see them taking an intrest in fantasy too.

At the Thomarillion stand we also saw an dwarf inn (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v490/minimaker/temp/?action=view&current=inn.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1) with miniatures which will be released some time in the future. It's a complete set and the figures have been made so their are interacting. Dwarfs are a little smaller than the Reaper ones.

Bye, Ming-Hua

[JonasD]

Yes, they are really good. I once did a dwarf for them, but it didn't really suit their style, so it was never really published.