Lotr harbor and other projects (update 25.2.2014)

Drumstick · **Joined:** Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:57 am **Posts:** 1223

Stunning work yet again. Good luck with the roof tiles.. they do take some time.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:59 pm

Taking shape very nicely. I am one for making suggestions where I can but you seem to have all bases covered. The only thing is the sloping roof above the door. The section of roof doesn't touch the chimney. Will the tiles cover this ? If so no problem
It's only a small point but it would mean rain falling on you as you stand at the door...only if it was raining though...

JCoo · **Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:21 pm

Yep, the tiles will cover all the holes, tapes and mistakes..i know that there should be one pilar at the center of the stairs and also at the right side of the lower door. I didnt but pilars there because my friends who play with me are known to have glumsy fingers so i tried to minimalize everything that will easily break off..=)

Playability is the key thing in my projects...

JCoo · **Posted:** Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:50 pm

Somebody asked me about the hinges and i decided to work on those..

I sketched the tree of Minas Tirith to the front door..i was cut out on thin plasticard..

An this is where i am at the moment..

garmenhord · **Posted:** Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:00 pm

Great job on those doors

fantastique - u deserve an award for this :yay:

hero of gondor · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:05 pm

:OYou eye for detail is so good this looks as good as Weta stuff. It would be so cool to play on a table like this.

Keep it up

garmenhord · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:20 pm

hero of gondor wrote:

It would be so cool to play on a table like this.

Then u know what u should start building :lol:

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2010 3:47 pm

Your work is detailed and full of interesting nooks and crannies. The 'boring' bits are just a simple consequence of construction - there is no way around it.

Elros of Numenor · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:52 am

Wow. that's simply awesome.

They'll look heaps better than they already do once they're painted...

JCoo · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:07 pm

Decided to add curved tiles on the rooftop:

What say you, should i make somekind of shutters to the windows?

JCoo · **Posted:** Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:51 pm

Well well, back on track...i started working on the harbor...here are the plans for the docks (sorry for the bad quality):

..and here we go!!

..there will be 21 hexes on my board and numerous halfhexes to the sides..darn =)

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:56 pm

The roof and doors on that building are absolutely amazing, brilliant work JCoo. Very detailed. I look forward to seeing more.

TheBucklandBrewer · **Posted:** Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:30 pm

So much eye for detail, lovely!
Any plans when you will start painting? I can't wait to see it all in it's full glory!
I'm already sure I would wanna live in that scenery!

Great job!

JCoo · **Posted:** Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:56 pm

Im currently finishing the interiors of the houses and i ques that after that the painting starts. There is also few details i have to work on before i even start to think about paints...im also quite enthusiastic about the start of the board itself so that could slow down the paintjob...

Im not quit sure how im going to paint those houses. Theres a lot of balsa and i think that the key to success is to get those balsas right...have to think about it and try different methods..i open to all suggestions concerning the paintjob!!

I will post new pictures on sunday...

hero of gondor · **Posted:** Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:34 pm

Can't wait for sunday

Your work is so good and inspiring.

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:36 pm

Awesome stuff. The attention to detail no matter how small is astounding. I am very impressed.

JCoo · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:07 pm

Ok, i promised some updates so here it goes!!!

Started the interior work, here is some balsa work on the upper and lower levels of the bar:

Here is merchants house and its new stonetile floor. I think that the paintjob will make the floor even better looking:

I also added stonetiles on the stairs, some poles for the future railing and bars underneath the stairs. Now the merchant can store stuff under the stairs without worrying about thieves.

I think that at the moment i have enought hexes so i can start building the harbor..

Thats all folks, critics and suggestions are welcome!!!

Cyndra the Grey · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:13 pm

The interior looks great. Well done. I love the little extra bits you do to make it special like the bars. It might have been asked before but will it be getting a sea part on the hexes?

Cyndra the Grey

garmenhord · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:19 pm

Wow stunning work! (when do u sleep? :lol:

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JCoo · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:18 pm

Garmenhord: I sleep at work!

Started to cut foam to the board:

Theres going to be 6 cm of foam on top of the hardboard. I want to have variation as much as i can between the high and the low points (i hope that you understand what i mean). The cutting itself succeeded pretty well and i think that the caps between the hexes will be quite small...

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