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Dagorlad
 Post subject: A Rohan Village
PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:25 am 
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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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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. :D
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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I'm very excited about this project, as your terrain is always fantastic. I will definitely be following this thread!

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Your plans look really great. Would like to do something similar one day. Can't wait to see your progress.

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Thanks guys. Hopefully I'll be writing this up as an article too

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Very nice Dagorlad... :yay:
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Dagorlad wrote:
Thanks guys. Hopefully I'll be writing this up as an article too


Hell yeah!! :D ...sorry, I mean, I guess that sounds okay... :mrgreen:

Looking forward intently to seeing more progress!! :yay:

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your work is always top notch so we are all very much looking forward to this!

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Dagorlad wrote:
(...)The attachment is a picture of my first draft of the Village Hall(...)


What did you just say?! A Thatchment?! :lol: Good luck with that.... :lol:

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Yes, you're right Mac - thatching. Again. Why do I torture myself?

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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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im looking forward to this as your terrain is always superb :)

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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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:D I look forward to some more awesome terrrain. For the thatching you go with un-curled natural rope strands, right?
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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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:D 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 :twisted: , 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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I would love to design that in Google sketch and have it laser cut. Would be nice!
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Started cutting balsa wood today - here are some pics of the facade.

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very neat work , nicely done. I like the details so far.

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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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