Another update
So, cleaning my room the other day I stumbled upon some old sprues, noticeably my mines of moria pillar sprues and some goblin town goblin sprues.
Not wanting t waste such fine plastic and always thinking I need a second catapult but not having an income currently It tilted anyway I expect you would like to see some pictures then.

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Excellent use for sprues, Grungehog!

Now make an entire fortress out of sprues for the catapult to attack!

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that last suggestion sounds like a hell 'o' lot sprues man

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THat's so cool!

As a way to crunch down on my elven backlog I've been casting more shields

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That catapult is a great idea!

The catapult looks great but I would beef the frame up - double the sprues in some cases, maybe even deviate slightly from the basic design to give it a bit more character. The brackets and fixings done in greenstuff are very neat.
And it is a Hell of a lot cheaper that the original

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I shall finish off the catapult, it does look a wee thin compared to gw one but then maybe this catapult had the short end of the stick

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Great idea for the catapult, how did you make the elf shield?

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years ago I made a press mould from the high elf shield and spear models using green stuff and I have just cast 4 shields there.

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Quick little teaser update of things to come
the start of my jungle modular terrain pieces and other projects

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What axe did you use for Gothmog?

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The axe is a sushi board bamboo stick cut to size and greenstuffed over, have to seen my feanor? i think he's on page 2

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Thank you. Yes I did see your feanor and he looks good better than anything I could do..... do you know of any axes that would be the right size for gothmog...

I was thinking of this guys...

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catal ... od1600100a

http://hoardobits.com/cgi/hob/shop.pl?c ... 2012-1-112

is it big enough you think?

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If you have access to green stuff i would go for that, because it's very easy to make axes, the trick is to make sure when its curing having the axe facing down so it keeps it's shape.
and as far flames go would you want any, or just want an axe without flames?

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Yes I would add flames to the axe I used.... I would prefer to go with an already made axe....

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So everybody I have received My 4'by6' (122/183cm) Zuzzy battle mat
This has been a long time coming and a lot of the scenery I've made over the last year two have been knowing I would buy one, being the most money I've ever spent on a singular piece for this hobby any way preview pics here you go


note the mumak for scale



this thing is packed with detail, and fortunately I'm not allergic to latex

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Wow that's big.....

I have been looking at one with flagstones for the role playing games.Are you going to paint it soon? I an curious how it will turn out.

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Cool battle matt! Really want to see it painted. Is it going to be grass land of more rock like?

How did you make those elven shields? I would like to make some my self but don't have a methode of molding them with green stuff. good idead to use an old dvd. smooth surface

I really love your catapult! As I have some old sprues as well I'm thinking about doing the same if you don't mind? Are those rohan shield in the wheels?
How did you make the plastic look like wood? Did you use a carving knife?

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