Missing Mordor Siege Tower (Mark 1) template

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:32 pm

Are you adding the big spikes onto the bottom of the ramp that you see in the movie? The ones that come crashing down showering the defenders in rock bits and making the tower immovable?

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:21 pm

There will be spikes - it's getting the armour to fit both when the ramp is up and when dropped that is proving a tad irritating. But we shall oversome! Resistance is futile!
There are other bits of armour to be added but the beast is shaping up quite well.

Nurin · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:23 pm

Once you're finnished with that monster piece... ... ... Make Grond, that would be awsome! =P

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:27 pm

I have Grond :lol:

Well, the Thomarillion version - http://www.thomarillion.de/index.php?se ... 9f03666663
Alright, it's a bit small, well, short, to be accurate, but this is the only one on the market at the moment.

Nurin · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:29 pm

Cool..... Someone run warn Minas Tirith!

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:26 pm

Pretty cool Grond, Dorth! but it is pretty small

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:35 pm

An update on progress: I have added the base portions of most of the armour. There is more to come at the top and on the front of the tower, and then there will be layering of smaller individual pieces on top of those you can see at present.
I have also added the spiked beans either side of the ramp - there will be armour on the underside of the ramp.
I have included a small section of the First Wall for comparison.

Sorry about the slow progress but I am no even getting an hour of hobby time most days at the moment :sad:

Nurin · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:39 pm

Looks awsome! =) Keep up the good work!

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:10 pm

It's really coming together, great work Chris! :yay:

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:11 pm

great work indeed!

much better then mine xD keep up the good work!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:23 pm

The armour is going on: lots and lots of small pieces of card, layered with an overlap a bit like roof tiles or slates.

Roll on painting... :roll:

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:34 pm

That looks great, Dorth. How long have you spent on that project?

theavenger001 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:51 pm

The armor is making it look all the more orkish.

El Rabbito · **Posted:** Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:34 am

Brilliant...almost good enough to make me want to redo mine..almost.

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:22 pm

It's looking really good.

The amount of detail is amazing and as I said before you've obviously put a lot of thought into this project, which is why it's looking so great.

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:05 pm

It's looking awesome Dorth! it's really coming together nicely, I really like how you have used the skewers at the bottom

IanPlant · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:13 am

It's really comin together now keep up the great work

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:16 pm

I have been very busy for over a week now - almost nothing done on the tower, though it is a lot further along than that last picture. I tried to get on the site a few days ago and could not make any postings... even after about 5 login attempts

Hopefully back in business by Sunday... no promises though - I have a very long 'to do' list outside the hobby at present.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:07 pm

A little update - and yes, the tower is lying on its back. The thing about all those armour scales/sheets is, you need to let one line dry somewhat before applying the layer that overlaps it. And no, I have not been counting them.

Still more to do before the blessed painting sequence starts... :roll:

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:53 pm

Almost finished the build - there are a couple of things to add to the top of the tower - I have not settled on exactly how I am going to execute these but for the sake of accuracy they have to be there.

So here is the latest WIP.

Painting time is coming... soon!

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