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| Author: | Dagorlad [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | A Rohan Village |
I am just starting to get fired up again for all things LOTR - spending my evenings painting Lurtz and listening to the movie soundtracks has been very inspiring. Something I've wanted to do since I first started with this hobby was do a Rohirrim village to go with my Edoras Gatehouse model. And so I have started planning out what models I would need to do it justice. I am aiming at doing a village in the Westfold that I can use for various scenarios, so obviously I'll need a few thatched houses. I expect there would be a blacksmith and a stable (at least one) in the village, a watch tower and a palisade wall, and a village hall as a centrepiece. I am using Google Sketchup to design the buildings first because it can be very precise and help to resolve some construction issues early in the piece. The attachment is a picture of my first draft of the Village Hall - it's based on a Viking Longhouse primarily, with a bit of Alan Lee thrown in for good measure. This is pretty much all I'll do in Sketchup, the rest I'll draw on paper. |
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| Author: | BilboOfTheWhiteTower [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
It's 'Little Church on the Westfold', kiddin', kiddin'...it's the white walls of the mockup that make it look like that to me.  Seriously though, I am really digging the design of the building and those crossed trusses will look really cool with horse heads on them. Cannot wait to see more!! |
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| Author: | Erunion [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
I'm very excited about this project, as your terrain is always fantastic. I will definitely be following this thread! |
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| Author: | edge67 [ Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
Your plans look really great. Would like to do something similar one day. Can't wait to see your progress. |
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| Author: | Dagorlad [ Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
Thanks guys. Hopefully I'll be writing this up as an article too |
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| Author: | Hilbert [ Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
Very nice Dagorlad... 
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| Author: | Elros of Numenor [ Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
Dagorlad wrote: Thanks guys. Hopefully I'll be writing this up as an article too Hell yeah!! ...sorry, I mean, I guess that sounds okay...  Looking forward intently to seeing more progress!!
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| Author: | Gondor's Finest [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
your work is always top notch so we are all very much looking forward to this! |
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| Author: | MacGothmog [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
Dagorlad wrote: (...)The attachment is a picture of my first draft of the Village Hall(...) What did you just say?! A Thatchment?!  Good luck with that....
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| Author: | Dagorlad [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
Yes, you're right Mac - thatching. Again. Why do I torture myself? |
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| Author: | BilboOfTheWhiteTower [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
Dagorlad wrote: Yes, you're right Mac - thatching. Again. Why do I torture myself? It may be torture Alan, but your results are out of this world!! I'm so lookin' to this! 
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| Author: | king elessar 2615 [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
im looking forward to this as your terrain is always superb
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| Author: | Red Corsairs [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
The sketch alone is already beyond my talents. Can't wait to see how you go about making this Alan, should be nice to follow. |
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| Author: | theavenger001 [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
| I look forward to some more awesome terrrain. For the thatching you go with un-curled natural rope strands, right?
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| Author: | Dagorlad [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
Yep, it's 'jute' twine, untwisted and straightened. Looks brilliant, but takes an Age to do (and makes a lot of mess too). |
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| Author: | aqan [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
| It's great to see you working on a large(ish) scale project again. I'll be following this thread with a lot of interest. Oh, and good luck with the thatching  , I'll just stay with the teddy bear fur despite the inferior quality.Ps: Do you have some progress on your son's moria board. |
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| Author: | Songfist [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
I would love to design that in Google sketch and have it laser cut. Would be nice! |
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| Author: | Dagorlad [ Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
Started cutting balsa wood today - here are some pics of the facade.     Click the thumbnails to biggerize. |
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| Author: | garmenhord [ Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
very neat work , nicely done. I like the details so far. |
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| Author: | TheBucklandBrewer [ Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Rohan Village |
very neat indeed! Looking brilliant! Are the grains in the wood (balsa?) like that, or have you manipulated them a litte? Looking wonderfull so far! Well done! |
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