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Weathertop
Well, another huge LOTR diorama for me. Stands about 18" from base to the tip of the ruin. Built the mountain out of foam, used the cool Hirst Arts ruined tower mold for the ruin, and GWs Attack on Weathertop boxed set for the figs |
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The fight
Aragorn uses his torch to fend off the ringwraiths ... I think the GW guys did a great job sculpting Aragorn |
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The fight
You can also see some of the cool detail on the pillars ... Bruce Hirst really did an outstanding job on these molds |
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The ringbearer
Finally, a pic where you can see Frodo ... sorry this thing is so big, it's tough to get everything in the close-up shots |
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The battle
More shots of the battle w/ "mood lighting" ... btw, I found that the local Michael's has a lot of cool shrubbery and what-not that are more commonly used for flower arrangement. |
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More Mood ...
Sorry ... just really liked these dark shots |
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More Mood ...
Ditto |
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More Mood ...
Ok ... this is the last one ... |
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Architecture of the ruined tower
Now you can see some shots of the tower. Took about 8 hours to cast the blocks necessary to build this piece. Tried some new colors for painting the stone and I really like it ... |
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More architecture
Liquitex Unbleached Titanium followed by Black/Neutral Gray 50/50 mix wash finally a Unbleached Titanium / White 50/50 mix drybrush |
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More architecture
After the building was dry, I used a paper towel to wet the stones and cut grooves so that the figs could be placed more seemlessly in the diorama |
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More architecture
The tower is 8" diameter |
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The hobbits
Wanted to get a least one shot that showed these guys w/ a little more detail |
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