Hi all

So, I sat down this morning and looked at my mines of moria Aragorn. The hidious pose motivated me to do a conversion, so a few moments later he was one arm down and without a base. In hindsight now I see that I may have been (in the style of the ents) 'a bit too hasty'. He seems a very hard model to convert and I'm not really sure what to do

Has anyone got any suggestions for doing the conversion? I was planning to make him mounted BTW


Sid

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I hate that pose too.

You could add a sheild arm or bow arm from the rangers set(or any Other) then chop of the hand and rotate it and glue it back on.

This is without looking at the model again so I could be completely wrong
Posts pic when you finish it

The head and torso are OK, and the lower legs are OK, but you've got to be good with the GS to make all the flowing cloak and breeches and stirrups, and find the right arms for the job, particularly the left, if you see what I mean. Not an easy job at all.

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Not a great conversion (you're still stuck with his straight, unlikely arms, though they look a little less unconvincing like this) is to convert him to a ranger banner bearer/Halbarad.

You cut the two arms apart (through the sword hilt), drill a hole through the left hand, cut it off, and glue it on again with a quarter turn (so that he has his thumb up). Then you glue the arm back on in near-horizontal position, and put a straightened paper clip (or another metal rod) through the hole. Create a banner in your favourite method (mine is wrapping Aluminium foil around it), glue the other arm on so that he lifts the sword in the air, and voilà.

For an advanced version, I would suggest cutting the arms at the elbows and bending them a bit, but I havent tried that myself.

And you're right, that pose is .

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If you want the arms bent, cut a small v shape on the inside of the elbow. This will allow you to bend the arm and close the gap you just created

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But then the folds of the cloth don't match anymore .

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"... Telchar wrought it in the deeps of time."
-On Andùril, The Lord of the Rings

thanks for the advice everyone

I'll give it a go

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-John Newton

Seems like such a simple trick, yet I've never thought of doing it! Thanks.