"Soon he came out alone on the summit of Amon Hen, and halted, gasping for breath. He saw as through a mist a wide flat circle, paved with mighty flags, and surrounded with a crumbling battlement; and in the middle, set upon four carven pillars, was a high seat, reached by a stair of many steps." J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Rings.
Re-reading the Lord of the Rings this summer and upon reading the above passage I had a view of what I thought Amon Hen would look like. As a LOTR buff and wargamer, I thought that it would make a great set scene for a board - a seat of power on a hill surrounded by battlements. Think I would build it as what it looked like new, could imagine several scenarios using it.
Thought I would see if I could quickly build what I had in my mind with what I had in my different molds bit boxes. Had to cast a few more pieces but this is I envision when I read about Amon Hen.
Four pillars set at the cardinal direction points with a set of stairs going up to a platform with a compass rose in the middle with a seat at the center. Not a chair where you couldn't look all around without getting up.
Didn't have carven pillars or a flag stone mat so I printed off some Numenor banners to wrap around the pillars and put it on a stone mat I had.
I doubt I will ever get around to building this with better columns, more creative compass rose, battlements, support for the stairs, etc., as I have several other terrain pieces I wish to build first.
It is hard to read the Lord of the Rings now without having the movie version of characters, locations etc. in my mind so I have to make a conscious effort to read the books a little more carefully and try not to have the movie version be the only version.
