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The detail decorative blocks are for Moria. I would like to find some nice looking Dwarf statues to use instead of the Knights.

I am planing something for Dor Guldur with the larger statues I knocked the wall over trying to figure out an overgrown look. I will need to study the drawings in Chronicles III to work out the odd doors and windows. I have an idea for the iron work. If I get time I will try it.

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Very cool creepy looking statues!

Brilliant work Charlie. I can't help but liking the statues that fell over, are you planning on incorporating something like this into the finished piece ? After all, for Moria, it would be very fitting.

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Haha, that was an accident? I thought you'd carefully arranged it in to a "fallen" pose!

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Okay, that sounds great!
Thomarillion used to sell some fantastic Dwarf statues, but they've been out of production for a years, unfortunately. I was happy to find some on ebay, but I don't they can be found nowadays. Anyway, you could try to use some larger scale plastic Dwarf minis/toys. Or, you could maybe find some 54mm minis, like this one from Gimli: http://www.mithril.ie/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=11596717

Finally, I also know about these Dwarven statues. I quite like these, and plan to buy them at some point:
http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=1379
http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=1312
Their design is slightly different from the LotR Dwarves, but they fit well enough, I think.

Hope that'll be of some use.

I did adjust it for the photo

Fëanor, the mighty elf, The links are very useful.



The blocks are like Legos. They are very useful for planing. I am going to need a custom mold to make enough of the angle parts for the Hill of Sorcery.


I had this in mind http://www.lotrscenerybuilder.org/parth_galen.php
when I purchased the statues. I have enough stairs cast now.





I intend to make a table for this model I finished up a while back.





I think this table was a GW display in Germany. I have wanted to do one for several years.

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Wow, that is very well done! Would be great to play on.

Really excited to see everything completed. You do such beautiful work

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Thanks, but that table was done by some one else. I am in the planing process for making one like it.

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Strangely enough, I have been thinking about that table layout for years but this is the first one I have actually seen in a completed state - I would modularise it for storage and the actual layout is a bit different to what they have shown - I would want the archways where Legolas and Gimli assisted Aragorn when he was delayed by the Uruk-hai. The best way to understand the layout is watch the scenes at the end of FotR - the overhead shot of the uruks running down the steps toward the sound of the Horn of Gondor is an excellent reference.

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The old Two Tower video game, from about ten years ago now, gives a pretty decent layout of Amon Hen, if you need a decent reference.

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good point I will look for it I have most of the detail parts cast.



I have begun to plan out what I need for the Mirkwood terrain I am going to build.



The thorn vines will obscure some of the details. I should be able to make a convincing Necromancers hall way.



When I figure out some of the details I will make a new mold. Casting often takes the most time.

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Those sinister vines with the big thorns - I have been wondering about how to approach those. A few ideas - green stuff or similar rolled out very thin, with the tips of cocktail sticks stuck in before the resin sets; probably expensive and slow/fiddley.
Electrical cable - maybe 2.0-2.5mm overall thickness, with the tips of cocktail sticks glued on to represent the thorns: the cable can be quite malleable and the thorns are added only after the 'vine' itself in in the final position.

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As usual I can't wait to see how this turns out.

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I am most likely have to file down some bricks to get this right. The angled elements are repeated so often It will call for custom molds. I am using blocks from Hirst Arts Prison tower and Octagon tower.



I found the plastic pick at the Dollar Store. I think the round wood picks will work best for thorns.



I have an Idea for the thorns. If it works or not I will post it. I will have to get some wood picks before I try it.

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Just how many projects have you got on the go at this moment ?

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I am casting one big one. I am trying to make a new mold so that I will be able to cast parts for Mirkwood. I am going to include elements so that I can make some of the odd shapes and some of the very common parts that I need hundreds of.
Mike is casting common blocks so that we can make a dungeon and a Inn for the store. We are going to use the Moria columns and stair parts for that too.
I need to make about 20 more cast of the column/stair mold to finish the Moria Halls. I will have enough parts to glue up several different projects.
Doing some of the casting at the store has generated a lot of interest. I have more help than I am used to. The blocks are like legos except I can make more.

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The elements are not all glued together. I still need to attach the spiky iron work and thorn vines. It will be best to do that wile the elements are separate parts. I thought a curved stair would look good but I don't have parts for a left and right.



I am going to make thorn vines. Army Painter makes a product called Poison Ivy. I thought some of you might like to see it. It comes in a small package but looks like it will go a very long way.

This is going to be a free standing ruin with a few twisted trees. I based it on Radagast's encounter in Mirkwood with the Witch King. I added details from Alan Lees drawings.
I used 20 of the 1/2 triangle blocks for this model so I will add them to the custom mold

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Excellent once again Charlie. Hirst moles are something I may loom at in the future and I certainly know where to go for advice.

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Oldman Willow, you truly are the greatest terrain maker i have ever seen. Keep up the good work!