Gandalf brings fireworks to the Shire

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October 20, 2019 at 2:03 pm #955
ddaines
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My take on Gandalf brings fireworks to the Shire Fellowship figure (Part 1).
I’ve concentrated on presenting the release (in these images) as near to ‘Out of the box’ as possible, but the final version will include some extras, hence Part 1.

I incorporated the kit base which was slightly raised at one end to give the impression that the cart is approaching The Hill although the mile-stone has the numerals 3 (over) 1 scribed so maybe Hobbiton is a few more miles away (any theories?).
The Gallery section is messing with me so I am posting here, I will hopefully post images of the final version over the next day or two .

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I still think the (kit) base adds too much to the price :rolleyes:
October 20, 2019 at 2:03 pm #38031
ddaines
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My take on Gandalf brings fireworks to the Shire Fellowship figure (Part 1).
I’ve concentrated on presenting the release (in these images) as near to ‘Out of the box’ as possible, but the final version will include some extras, hence Part 1.

I incorporated the kit base which was slightly raised at one end to give the impression that the cart is approaching The Hill although the mile-stone has the numerals 3 (over) 1 scribed so maybe Hobbiton is a few more miles away (any theories?).
The Gallery section is messing with me so I am posting here, I will hopefully post images of the final version over the next day or two .

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/11_gandalf_comes_to_the_shire_5.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/11_gandalf_comes_to_the_shire_5.jpg[/imgz]

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I still think the (kit) base adds too much to the price :rolleyes:
October 20, 2019 at 4:05 pm #38032
Thingol
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This is as usual beautiful work Master David…. I really like colors you used and the choice of the decorations… I still didi not buy this vignette but now I think I will buy it soon… It’s a real pleasure to watch this work…
October 20, 2019 at 4:13 pm #38034
hsf62
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Awesome work Master ddaines. Very impressive! You are a real Mithril artist!:cool:
October 20, 2019 at 9:16 pm #38037
ddaines
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Thingol wrote:

This is as usual beautiful work Master David…. I really like colors you used and the choice of the decorations… I still didi not buy this vignette but now I think I will buy it soon… It’s a real pleasure to watch this work…

Thank you Nino, look forward to seeing your take on it .
October 20, 2019 at 9:25 pm #38038
ddaines
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hsf62 wrote:

Awesome work Master ddaines. Very impressive! You are a real Mithril artist!:cool:

Thank you Master Caster A few more fireworks to add methinks
October 21, 2019 at 7:41 am #38039
hsf62
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About 20 more rockets will do…:lol::lol:
October 21, 2019 at 8:48 am #38040
Thingol
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ddaines wrote:

Thingol wrote:

This is as usual beautiful work Master David…. I really like colors you used and the choice of the decorations… I still didi not buy this vignette but now I think I will buy it soon… It’s a real pleasure to watch this work…

Thank you Nino, look forward to seeing your take on it .

I presume that would be in January, after the first sales with any kind of discount included
October 21, 2019 at 12:09 pm #38042
Theobald
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Congrats to your perfect conversion of that cart and your ideas how to improve that flat base, Master Ddaines. For that you have all of my respect. When I first saw a tiny pic of that piece in a newsletter I did not like that “empty cart” at all. There was an obvious lack of nice details for all the space provided on the four-weeled wagon. So it is much better to think of the cart we all have in mind based on the Jackson-film. Master David, take your time to consider about further details to finally complete the content of the cart. The idea of adding a milestone next to the road is brilliant. Thank you for sharing this.
April 29, 2020 at 12:28 pm #38686
Sam Wise
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I’ve just seen this work, Master David and I like it a lot !
Great improvement to the too basic base !
(That’s something I don’t like a lot with the vignettes: all the scenery job is almost done )
Honesty, even if I think that it’s a very nice model (and with some Hobbits Children who I would like to have), the price is too high for me.
And I confess that I’ve bought the “old” and “movish” model from GW (resin ) . I just hope that I can use it with the Mithril Hobbits. :rolleyes:
My cart is ready to paint…
April 29, 2020 at 1:41 pm #38687
Milo
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I missed it too. Excellent diorama indeed David. I still have mine in its box, notvery usefull isn’t it ?
Did you add more pics in your gallery ?
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