[*] Weathertop - by Dagorlad

The One Ring Community · **Joined:** Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 am **Posts:** 154

Category: Constructions
Type: Project

Article Name: Weathertop
Author: Dagorlad
Description: An overview of my approach to making Amon Sul

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Nygyll of Wyvernhole · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:07 am

The big daddy project has finally arrived

I look on this with pure awe, got part way down and saw that not only is the finished piece beautiful the damn plans are out of this world as well.
I would bow very low but I feel that would not be enough.

Ok enough sucking up now...

I hope that these plans help some of the other members in attempting this terrain feature, To Dagorlad and all others who have attempted (and suceeded) in creating this piece I salute you.

It almost, makes me want to move to Australia just so I could play a game on this terrain.

TheBucklandBrewer · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:09 pm

Glad this is finally finished!
What an awesome result, best Weathertop I've seen so far I think (appart from the one in the movie...)
Excellend guide Alan, thanks a lot for sharing this!

Faramir · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:30 pm

Yeah, Great work Alan. Awesome work there mate!

10/10

TonyB · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:11 pm

Absolutley brilliant project Alan, well done indeed.

MacGothmog · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:23 pm

Naaa Bart... this one is even better than the movie one! :wink:

Amazing work, the final piece is outstandig and far better than most of the other Weathertops around.

The article itself is most excellent., easy to follow and full of step-by-step piccies.

TEN! TEN! :wink:

Cheers for sharing Alan!

Tobold Hornblower · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:42 pm

An amazing article, that reflects the same effort and attention that went into the project itself. When I read the line "If you'd rather paint the latest Legolas...." I felt my stomach sink. I am currently painting a Legolas model (though not the latest one, whew!), and I certainly am daunted by the sort of task described here.

I did, however, read the entire article. Nay, "devoured" it, more like. What a mammoth achievement! I purchased the Forgeworld "half-weathertop", and haven't even had the guts to paint it. To actually build one is incredible. What's more, I think this looks better than the "off the shelf" varieties. It's unique, for one thing, and that's always nice.

I stand in awe of this piece, and cannot understand how it has a rating of only 8.75 as I type this. Somebody surely made a mistake. It's 1 = worst, 10 = best, people!

Morgul_King · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:03 pm

That was increadible!

Nice job with the rubber molds, that worked very nice!!

My Congrat's that was fantastic

legolastheone · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:16 pm **Posts:** 1

congratulations for the details of explanations of your amazing weathertop ...

A master of diorama but also a master of articles

thanks for informations and congratulations for your work

bombadil · **Joined:** Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:34 pm **Posts:** 11

Fantastic article dagorlad, i'm even thinking of mbuilding my own weathertop thanks to you.some questions though: Where are the plans? And what exactly is CorelDraw?

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:57 pm

I said it before and I will say it again: fantastic piece, with all kinds of fine details that add to the whole atmosphere. Like a good painting, you look at it and every time you see something you had not noticed before.

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:30 pm

Thank you all for the praise, I am glad you enjoyed reading it. I started writing the article in August, before I finished the model, and it has taken me months to actually complete it. So its very welcome to hear that people think it is good.

@bombadil - CorelDraw is a drawing program for computers - I use it a lot when designing models, but there are many other programs that are just as good (or better), such as Illustrator, AutoCAD etc.

The plans are included in the article as illustrations. They are all to scale and measurements are given either on the diagrams or in the text itself. As it happens, I did intend providing a series of templates that you could download, but I had a problem with the file three days ago and lost almost everything, so scratch that idea.

GuardianofLothlorien · **Posted:** Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:53 pm

Now that is a great piece of work.

Absolutely amazing detail.

'Nuff said by the others really, it's fantastic.

Are you submitting this elsewhere (TLA specially, I heard you were going for Captain)?

DurinsBane · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:38 am

The one thing (not one ring), about this hobby is the amount of rubbish articles dotted all around various sites.
However, if you bide your time, eventually, one comes around that just blows the socks off all the others.

Still waiting !

LMAO.
Well, what can I say. I had many discussions with Alan as he was making this beauty and was privvy to the updates and pictures as the whole thing was being built.
But to see the whole thing in one amazing article is just a pleasure to the eyes and will make enjoyable reading on those boring days.

In typical 'Dagorlad' fashion, you have gone that extra yard by ensuring that everything is as detailed as it can be Alan.

Truly the 'Lord of the Terrain'

noraab_lotr · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:19 am

it is an excellent article and i love the vallego colour list.
it's funny when you see how others have done things, the pillar is sure alot simpler to build than i thought.

A great article that will surely help produce some more stunning weathertops!

Viruk · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:04 pm

Well, what can I say/write...

This article is simply fantastic. I enjoyed reading it thoroughly. Great description and excellent pictures of the whole process of creating this masterpiece!

Olofér · **Posted:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:15 pm

Well, as said, it's the best Wheatertop, definitely. I't almost up to the quality of the miniature they build for the movies, without any flaws!

I like how you painted it with khaksi and brown instead of the usual grey, that's how it should look. I can imagen it would be great fun gaming in it, with all the stairs and pillars so detailed.
I could sure use some of those leafs, not avaliable in Sweden, for my own dioramas!

Perfection, as Brian said, the Dagorlad touch.

Son of Rohan · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:39 pm

I can only say WWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!
Thats really the best weathertop guide I've ever seen. The guide is very highly detailed. And the endprodukt looks so fantastic. Very good work. Very good!

gondorian_knight · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:43 pm

Well I guess its ok, I mean it does look a bit rough in places.....

:roll:

He he, fantastic guide - what I am using to base mine off (although havent got further than a floor so far).

How articles should be written. Take note people.

Miniman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2022 1:57 pm

I really need this article.
Where it is? Can anybody help me?

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