LOTR diorama attempts - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sauron the White · 06-25-2007, 10:42 AM

I do not know of any contests in which to enter them. But I just do them for myself - my own satisfaction and expression.

There was/is a person who uses the same screen name ALATAR on other Tolkien sites - board77 for one and Hall of Fire for another. I was just asking if you are that same individual.

Sauron the White · 06-25-2007, 10:50 AM

Bethberry ... thank you for the nice words. Yes, I do have a great deal of time on my hands these days - retirement does that for you. The Games Workshop figures are a bit smaller scale than the AOME that I use. GW also has the huge liability of having thick bases that are part of the figures while AOME can be removed so that the effect is much more realistic in that you do not have figures posed among landscape standing on bases made of other materials. Also GW figures are not articulated like the AOME ones are.

alatar · 06-25-2007, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Sauron the White

I do not know of any contests in which to enter them. But I just do them for myself - my own satisfaction and expression.

Just wondered. Sorry, but at my age I'm always looking for a reason to do anything ("Sorry, dear, can't help with the kids right now...gotta finish this SbS post or the world will be thrown into chaos.")

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There was/is a person who uses the same screen name ALATAR on other Tolkien sites - board77 for one and Hall of Fire for another. I was just asking if you are that same individual.

Not me. Post here and no where else (Just how did the Downs get so lucky...

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Rumil · 06-25-2007, 02:35 PM

Hi Sauron the White

Fantastic work !

These are really brilliant, I especially like the water at the Bruinen.

Quempel · 06-25-2007, 04:40 PM

Those are really nice. What a collection you have there maybe you could open up your own ME museum or store.

Lalwendë · 06-26-2007, 04:13 AM

I like these! I've a fair few of these AOME figures myself, the horseback ones I like in particular, but they're just in the cabinet with all the 6" action figures I've collected. Think I got almost a hundred of the big 'uns in the end - I'm now onto Doctor Who figures (after a brief affair with Pirates figures) which are displayed in a Tardis playset

. Of course, I get my action figures out and play with them now and then.

davem did a fair few of the GW figures, just for display, and ended up using cat litter (clean and unused, natch) for the bases to produce a very realistic effect of gravel. The range of those was quite impressive, including characters such as Lobelia with her umbrella!

I'd have no room in the house for big dioramas alas.

Sauron the White · 06-26-2007, 06:46 AM

Thanks to all for the kind words. I also have shrinking room to display these things. Off and on for a while now I have been working on Helms Deep. I began with the Play Along set which only has the upper half of the main building and a short causeway ramp. I now have the lower half to match, a three foot causeway, a four feet Deeping Wall with blown up opening and the tower that Gimli blows the horn on. I have over 550 figures for it including 300 Uruk hai. But all this stuff sits in various boxes since I will need a space at least six feet by eight feet to build it cokplete with mountains in the appropriate spots.

My goal was to do something that you would see in a museum as a centerpiece in a large room. Problems is I do not have the large room. I feel a bit like the Wright Brothers who built a plane in their small bicycle shop only to have to remove a wall to get it out.

Maybe those one foot square ones are the ticket. With or without the kitty litter

06-25-2007, 02:35 PM	#4
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Hi Sauron the White Fantastic work ! These are really brilliant, I especially like the water at the Bruinen. __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

06-25-2007, 04:40 PM	#5
Quempel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In a flower Posts: 97	Those are really nice. What a collection you have there maybe you could open up your own ME museum or store. __________________ Lurking behind Uncle Fester

06-26-2007, 04:13 AM	#6
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I like these! I've a fair few of these AOME figures myself, the horseback ones I like in particular, but they're just in the cabinet with all the 6" action figures I've collected. Think I got almost a hundred of the big 'uns in the end - I'm now onto Doctor Who figures (after a brief affair with Pirates figures) which are displayed in a Tardis playset . Of course, I get my action figures out and play with them now and then. davem did a fair few of the GW figures, just for display, and ended up using cat litter (clean and unused, natch) for the bases to produce a very realistic effect of gravel. The range of those was quite impressive, including characters such as Lobelia with her umbrella! I'd have no room in the house for big dioramas alas. __________________ Gordon's alive!

06-25-2007, 10:42 AM	#1
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	I do not know of any contests in which to enter them. But I just do them for myself - my own satisfaction and expression. There was/is a person who uses the same screen name ALATAR on other Tolkien sites - board77 for one and Hall of Fire for another. I was just asking if you are that same individual.

06-25-2007, 10:50 AM	#2
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	Bethberry ... thank you for the nice words. Yes, I do have a great deal of time on my hands these days - retirement does that for you. The Games Workshop figures are a bit smaller scale than the AOME that I use. GW also has the huge liability of having thick bases that are part of the figures while AOME can be removed so that the effect is much more realistic in that you do not have figures posed among landscape standing on bases made of other materials. Also GW figures are not articulated like the AOME ones are.

06-26-2007, 06:46 AM	#7
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	Thanks to all for the kind words. I also have shrinking room to display these things. Off and on for a while now I have been working on Helms Deep. I began with the Play Along set which only has the upper half of the main building and a short causeway ramp. I now have the lower half to match, a three foot causeway, a four feet Deeping Wall with blown up opening and the tower that Gimli blows the horn on. I have over 550 figures for it including 300 Uruk hai. But all this stuff sits in various boxes since I will need a space at least six feet by eight feet to build it cokplete with mountains in the appropriate spots. My goal was to do something that you would see in a museum as a centerpiece in a large room. Problems is I do not have the large room. I feel a bit like the Wright Brothers who built a plane in their small bicycle shop only to have to remove a wall to get it out. Maybe those one foot square ones are the ticket. With or without the kitty litter