Dorth Minis WIP

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:46 pm

Now, here is a disclaimer: I am not a great painter by any means, but feel free to laugh at my efforts. I had pictures on Imageshack but they have disappeared so a bit of hasty photography (baaahrooom!) and we have, in no particular order, the following:

Old Red Eye is back -

Old Painless (the proper scratchbuilt trebuchet) is back:

Horsies!

Horsies and Siege tower WIP:

Halloween is just around the corner...

Balrog about to be defenestrated:

The balrog defenestrator:

And what the last two plus Durin's Tower look like assembled:

I need to lie down for a minute or two... :wink:

PowerofWill · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:32 pm

That's some great work! :yay:

The siege tower is looking good, and the trebuchet looks good too. Durins Tower is SO cool, the tower is just amazing, and I like what you did with the wings on the balrog, very creative. How long did it take you to make the tower?

-PoW

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:30 am

PowerofWill - the construction and conversions are described in this article: kb.php?a=157
It took weeks but that was largely because I had maybe just an hour or half an hour to spare on most days, and there was a lot of time spent on research and figuring out scale, dimensions, how I could do it without spending a ridiculous amount of money. To do it at full 28mm scale would have made it more than twice as high plus the GW balrog is too small (not joking!).

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:45 am

Very very impressive tower you have there :yay:

lorderkenbrand · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2012 3:40 pm

Orcs... lots of orcs! Great to see your other constructions Dorth, the trebuchet looks spendid! :yay:

SidTheSloth · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:41 pm

Agreed. Superb work! :yay:

The trebuchet is exellent but the tower diomama is outstanding! :yay:

CyberAlien312 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:46 pm

Indeed, Durins tower is fantastic! I really like the other things too.

wowbagger · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:35 pm

Dorthonion wrote:

There are 734 of them... in that picture. I believe there are hundred(s) more still on sprues...

What on earth do you need that many for! I guess you just caught a bit to much of playing with the enemy... He is always looking for more slaves to do his bidding as well....

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:59 pm

I don't need them, I just like a target-rich environment for Messrs Gimli, Legolas and the Minas Tirith Heavy Trebuchet Regiment (Send them back to the Abyss).
When people talk about BIG battles, in my case, they really are big. I must have the Cecil B DeMille affliction: when making a biblical epic, he was told there were 12 disciples. His response was along the lines of 'Twelve! I don't want twelve! I want thousands!'

edge67 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 4:06 am

Love the scratch built trebby! Keep the progress going!

drougole · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:17 pm

That trebuchet and siege tower are just amazing! Love how many orcs you have, soon you can do a true replica of the battle for Minis tirith

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:41 pm

I am about 249,000 orcs short of that target

John Wayne · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:53 pm

Love everything. Most impressive diorama with the tower. Love the slogan above the dead warriors. Awesome work

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:27 pm

Hoking about on the computers I found pictures of Minas Tirith from a few years back - it is still in progress. Just for comparisons sake, I have included the GW resin Minas Tirith, and a metre ruler for scale. There is also an unpainted WoMT on one of the Gate towers. And the trebuchet on its emplacement.

And you wonder why I have no space at home...

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 4:32 pm

Now that, that is Minas Tirith :yay:

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:23 pm

WOW Fantastic Mins Tirith Dorth. Out of interest what is it made from?

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:03 pm

Foamcore, cardboard - lots of both. I used empty cardboard packaging to add strength inside (and it keeps the shape while all the glue is setting). All the stone blocks are just rectangles of card stuck on to the foamcore.
I have not built the gates yet - PaulF made a fantastic version with gates that open and have that clever locking system you see in RotK.
Wall 2 is partly built along with some other structures like the colonnaded builting immediately behind the gate and the belltower beside it.
I wrote an article on this for TheWhiteCity and might still have the making of it somewhere on these computers.

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:05 pm

Have a look for the making of if you get chance Dorth. I would be interested intaking a look. A fantstic piece mate!!!!

edge67 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:08 am

Holy gaucamole that MT is awesome!

Telchar · **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:45 am

Very nice tower, and on your collection,well: Give it to ussssss, Precioussssss! :-D

. How the hell does one collect such a huge amount of mini's?

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