When Doom Came To Minas Tirith
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About the Project
This is a project I have wanted to do for a few months now. I have taken so long to start because I wanted to finish a couple of projects before starting this one. This is essentially an exercise in basic 'forced perspective'. The idea was actually placed in my mind by our own @sundancer! There was a review of some 10mm miniatures and Sundancer could not help himself and cracked a silly joke about how far away the miniatures were - I know, I know! Nonetheless, I immediately thought of an old idiom my grandpa used to say, 'there’s a pony under that pile of shit.' And that is how the seed of an idea was planted in my mind. The scene depicts the day before 'The Battle of the Pelennor Fields,' as the orcs finally see their coveted prize - the splendid White City of Gondor. This will be the biggest diorama I have ever made in size and number of miniatures involved. Hopefully it wont be the worst.
Related Game: Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game
Related Company: North Star Military Figures
Related Genre: Fantasy
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The Project Begins
Hi everyone,
This is a new diorama that I am starting, where I try my hand at forced (or false) perspective. This is also the biggest diorama I have ever done in size and number of miniatures involved. As I have written in the brief to the side, the idea for this project was actually planted in my head by @sundancer when he made a wisecrack about 10mm miniatures being far away.
Before I even started working on the diorama, I looked for the models to use. I strictly wanted to use miniatures and models that are not made by Games Workshop. The miniatures are from Northstar, Grenadier, Lucid Eye and a few 3D printed miniatures (including the city of Minas Tirith).
In this first post, I built up the basic structure of the layout with polystyrene, air-dry clay and some actual rocks. I then add some figures to show what I am trying to achieve.
I will let the pictures tell the rest.
A selection of non-GW miniatures.
A mock-up of what I am trying to achieve. There will be more miniatures and probably in differnt places.That is all for now. With my next post, I will try to finish the modelling of the mountains behind the city of Minas Tirith.
Until then, stay safe and have fun,
NR.
