Gondor's Finest WIP: The City of Kings, as well as minis

Gondor's Finest · **Posted:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:00 pm

Minas Tirith, City of Kings.

Well, inspired by Billy's (Gorgoroth) great work and before that the beautiful
scenery created by paul (paulf), I have decided to also undertake this
fantastic challenge.

The white, circular walls, the forever winding streets, the iron gates...

the imagery from the movies was stunning. And i hope to be able to create this. And I hope to be able to create even half against such predecessors of beautiful work.

I will warn you know, this will be a LONG undertaking, even though i only plan on building a sliver of the full city, it will none the less take a poor college study a very long time indeed.

But as first order of business. One of the Gates of minas tirith:

and i decided Id try my had at making them lock as they did in the movie:

the fronts of the gate still needs alot of work, 15mm statues for the smaller recesses and bolts here and there.

comments are welcome!

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:13 pm

Good work! It's going to look great when it's finished.

Nurin · **Posted:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:12 pm

Looks cool, I like the locks. =)

Longbottom Leaf · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:49 am

Very nice work, Gondor's Finest. I'm sure this will look fantastic when finished. Out of curiosity, what is the model you used for the statue?

Keep up the great work, and don't let the length of the project daunt you, I'm sure it'll turn out great.

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:42 pm

Great work so far Gondor's Finest; a lot of detail! :yay:

Looking forward to seeing more.

Longbottom Leaf wrote:

Out of curiosity, what is the model you used for the statue?

I'm pretty sure it's a Numenorian Warrior.

Gondor's Finest · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:08 pm

thanks, sorry about the pics, its my phone camera. Ive built most of the gate house and am applying the bricks, should have some pics soon!

oh and yes a converted numenorian. wanted to do something different from the basic kings of men models...

Gondor's Finest · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:01 pm

the project continues:

Still a long way to go but im happy with how is has been turning out so far

anyone know how i can cut the bricks above the gate to make a perfect curve with the arch? I have ideas but they all make it hard

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:31 pm

It looks very grand! Nice work.

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:08 pm

Great work so far! your already past me... although I spend heaps of time planning. :roll:

Gondor's Finest wrote:

anyone know how i can cut the bricks above the gate to make a perfect curve with the arch? I have ideas but they all make it hard

Well, I just got whole sections of card and glue it on, then draw the bricks on, then cut along the lines with a knife, so it was easy for me.

Also, how tall is it, and how wide will the walls be?

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:30 pm

Gorgoroth wrote:

Quote:

Also, how tall is it, and how wide will the walls be?

It looks about 8-9" high.

Wow, Gondor's Finest, it looks great! Stones are all perfectly square and the same size, it's also nicely uniform.

(Kind of redundant, aren't I?)

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:47 pm

Anduril Blade of Kings wrote:

Stones are all perfectly square and the same size

Except for the bottom line. :roll:

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:51 pm

I don't get you. :dizzy:

Captain Ingold · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:54 pm

Anduril Blade of Kings wrote:

I don't get you. :dizzy:

I think he means they're too small. To be honest, I agree. The base of a wall usually has the thickest stones, as they have to support the wight of the rest of the wall.

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:02 pm

Captain Ingold wrote:

Quote:

I think he means they're too small. To be honest, I agree. The base of a wall usually has the thickest stones, as they have to support the wight of the rest of the wall.

Oh.....

I personally think they look fine, but yes, it is a tad structurally flawed....

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:17 am

I ment that the bottom-most layer of bricks are considerably smaller than the others

Gondor's Finest · **Posted:** Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:19 am

dang overly critical of the bricks are we? :-D

the thought i was having was the bottom most bricks would serve as the foundation. being set into the earth. so they would be the same size as the rest or larger, just in the ground...

and I noticed one of the bricks was out of place and fixed it since the pics were posted...

oh and gorgoroth, I actually started before you, just didnt have much incentive until now. :-D

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:12 am

oh, ok thats why they're smaller.

Gondor's Finest · **Posted:** Sat May 15, 2010 9:48 am

well it took me a while to find this in the archives seeing as i haven't posted in quite some time... but i thought i would post the update of how far i have gotten...

the whole city...

closeup of the "closer to being finished" gates... notice that i redid the bricks. the narrower ones will be black marble stripes as shown in the movie...

as always praise and criticism is always welcome...

Queen Berúthiel · **Posted:** Sat May 15, 2010 9:54 am

Amazing!!! I ting like thareally like it especially the gate wish i could make someth :sad:

Dain Ironfoot · **Joined:** Thu May 17, 2007 5:23 am **Posts:** 45

one word... WOW

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