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Author:  The One Ring Community [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:42 am ]
Post subject:  [*] Building Balrog's Doom - by Dorthonion
Category: Dioramas
Article Type: Project

Article Title: Building Balrog's Doom
Author: Dorthonion
Article Description: A diorama based on the epic Battle of the Peak shown in ‘The Two Towers’

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Author:  Joansean [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:06 am ]
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An excellent article , worthy to a great Diorama!

"A meeting of Olde Fiends" :lol: Brilliant !
Author:  BilboOfTheWhiteTower [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:56 pm ]
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Utterly astounding Chris...just an amazing piece of work and a wonderful article explaining just how you achieved perfection! :D
Author:  Captain Ingold [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:41 pm ]
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:shock: Another great article from Dorthonion. One question though... where's the speech bubble saying "Ba zoo ka?"
Author:  DurinsBane [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:54 pm ]
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I went through 3 dictionary's proofreading this monstrosity ! :wink:

Brilliant article, would have liked to see it even longer with step-by-step photographs depicting each stage and text to follow.
The overall finished item is simply brilliant and well executed.
Look forward to seeing future projects Chris...nice one !!!
Author:  Amarthadan [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:48 pm ]
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Great diorama!

Just one question, are the balrog and Gandalf glued to the ruined tower?

Otherwise it would be a great gaming board! :)

Rueben
Author:  Dorthonion [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:55 pm ]
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@ (the Late) DurinsBane - I would have liked to have taken more pics but this piece has been worked at on and off for well over a year, dragged back and forth between 3 rooms in this house more often than lost luggage in Heathrow terminal 5 (now there's a thought, if The Luggage (Discworld) turned up there, what havoc!) And I was more or less making it up as I went along a lot of the time, so I was unsure when to take a picture as the method might have failed and been scrapped for some alternative.

I am being more diligent for the next one (actually make that 3.. maybe 4) which is underway even as I type...

@ Amarthadan - yes of course thay are detachable, for reasons of ease of transport and because I intend to do some painting tidyups on Gandalf and the Balrog.
Author:  Red Corsairs [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:48 pm ]
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Fantastic! Brilliant article in itself and wonderful diorama! Absolutely wonderful!
Author:  El Rabbito [ Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:47 pm ]
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Outstanding, I have seen a few pieces that are of the tower top with some craggy rocks to suggest the mountain below but not the entire tower... and what a tower, a stirling job of recreating it, as you say the frame cap library is a tad short on some scenes.

Great work, it must have been a relief to put the article together.
My main issue when it comes to any terrain project is...where can I store it ?
Author:  Natarn [ Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:58 pm ]
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A meeting of old fiends?

Dorthonion, I must congratulate you on the length of the article. It really is an epic! :D I found it very interesting to see the different stages in the construction of this excellent model. Well done.



HeWhoMustNotBeNamed wrote:
I went through 3 dictionary's proofreading this monstrosity !


I think it should be 'dictionaries'. :wink: Seriously, if you'd like some help with proofreading from time to time, then I'm willing to help. :D

Yours sincerely,
His Royal Smugness aka The Upstart. :wink:
Author:  Dorthonion [ Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:19 pm ]
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Natarn Ulka inscribed (with a elegant sufficiency of lexicographical smugness):
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A meeting of old fiends?

I hate explaining jokes, puns, satire... oh here goes:
Gandalf and the Balrog are both demigods - Maiar. Demons are simply the more wicked side of the demigodding business, and fiend is yet another name for demon.

The 'Meeting of' portion comes from the chapter and scene in The Fellowship of the Ring where Gandalf returns to Hobbiton for Bilbo's Eleventy-first birthday - 'A Meeting of Old friends'.

HeWhoShallNotBeNamed aka TheEyeRollerSupremeMC built a fabulous diorama of the scene - http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php ... icle&k=198

So, now you know.

(Dorth goes back to building something even bigger...)
Author:  Natarn [ Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:44 pm ]
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Thanks, Dorth.

I did get the joke. Honest! I just can't read! My dim and slow-working brain put an 'r' in your fiend when I read the phrase...
and then I made up a fabulous joke all of my own...
which happened to be the one you had already made. :oops:

I think I'll go and get some sleep and leave humour to those with sharper wits. :wink:
Author:  The_Rhinosaurous [ Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:30 pm ]
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HOLY F$(#$%)(g $h*(&#$!!!!!!!

From the pictures i have scene the tower looks like a mirror image of the one Weta created! Any thoughts on working on the hobbit films?

Have you tried playing any games on it? It would make a great last stand sort of thing. Jeez that is well done.
Author:  theOneRider [ Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:18 pm ]
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Magnificent! What else is there to say?
Author:  Ukfreddybear [ Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:00 pm ]
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Woah! Totally awesome, dude!

An excellent insight into that piece of creative delight.
Thanks for sharing it with us Dorth.

Inspirational stuff!
Author:  Tobold Hornblower [ Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:12 pm ]
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I want to launch into superlatives but that would make it seem like I'm just spewing them out, whereas this deserves more consideration, something new and worthy of the time and trouble you put into both the product and the article.

Ah, what the heck.

That's some incredible building and painting! It looks fantastic! The article is almost as impressive as the work itself. Magnificent!
Author:  GamEorling of Meduseld [ Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:49 pm ]
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Wow! :o The moment I saw this tower, I was impressed by its beauty. And a very enjoyable article to read! I do like the painting of Gandalf, it makes him look battered and weary!

I like to see more of this, Dorthonion!
Author:  Diablik [ Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:03 pm ]
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I just haven't got any words to describe this masterpiece :D
Author:  lotrscenerybuilder [ Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:03 pm ]
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The more you look at it, the more you start understand about the scale of such an undertaking (and I’ve looked a few times at this tower). I’m impressed by the paintwork & the snow effects, but it’s the methods that you used for imitating the architectural embellishments on the Tower of Zirak-zigil that I admire most (notably those of the lower & central ring of the Tower and the top section). As for the closing picture, I just love it. The way the Balrog is caught in a whirl of black smoke… It’s an effect I haven’t mastered yet! (A pity you didn’t use this one as icon for your article – this being my only critical remark).
Author:  lorderkenbrand [ Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:41 pm ]
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the poor man who had to proof this wrote:
I went through 3 dictionary's proofreading this monstrosity!


I pity you Brian, no wonder you've run away!

Dorth this is one of the longest articles I've ever read, however the sheer scale, detail and overall finish made it an enjoyable one. The work on the Balrog alone could have easily produced an article. I'm still trying to understand how you did this single-handedly! If I would change anything for future projects, I would make you cut down on those ridiculously long words! :wink:

Looking forward to the next one Dorth
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