MB560 Contest !
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It has also arrived here as well
so I can get cracking on it. I am going for Orthanc (I think 
) as a setting because I had already pre-formed an idea in my mind about how I wanted the base design to look, although it does look quite Elvish to me as well.If I can afford a second set before they sell out, it may make a good starting point for another scene that needs doing
P.s. has anyone else noticed that Mithril made a boo-boo regarding the scale of their figures on the box art work? A small strip of paper stating 32mm scale stuck over 28mm scale – you would have thought that they would have known by now what scale their figures are 😆
It’s not only pulling off that small strip, Master Ddaines.
In case you dare to pull off further you’ll see the golden inscription reading “the Edman – collection” imprinted on the blue box. 😆
That box was first used for Mithril with the release of the MX-UP.
I think the box is very nice and and gives it some exclusiveness, which is topped by the content.As for the pattern of the floor and the table, you’re guessing right, Master Ddaines. It’s not only that it looks like Elvish. It definitely is.
It could be based on “Melian”. Have a look at p.196 in J.R.R. Tolkien “Artist and Illustrator” by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull.
Anyway, it’s good old Elvish design.Today I received a package from the Ireland…. next week I’m going to buy new colors and during the Christmas and New Year holidays I will try to paint this beautiful piece of Mithril…. on the papers on the table would be written part of middle earth history… for me…
but we can imagine a handful of secret thoughts from kingdom of Valar….A map was also my intention, Master Arthadan. The right choice in this case.
Somekind of a elvish edition of Midle-Earth. Or a closer look to Rhovanion. Or in fact Thror´s map! As you pointed out.Well, are there really eight chairs o paint . . . uff.
A kind of boring . . .Turambar wrote:To prevent that every contest-partner will show a Orthanc base . . .Could it be imaginable that the White Council took place at different places? Maybe at Rivendell. Maybe at Lothlorien . . . Maybe elsewhere . . .
What do you think?I may just go for a combination Master Turambar
for a bit of contrast.Theobald wrote:See, you don’t need a tree for Christmas-riddles …., I want the best of both worlds Master Tree, hopefully all will become clear. While we’re here, I recall that a map of Middle-earth was posted that showed an ‘extension’ of ME. Are you able to recall where this map was posted please?Yes, I have that one Master Tree, but I thought I saw posted somewhere an extended ‘interpretation’ of what ME may have looked like, but since asking I may have found this image anyway.
As you say, KWF’s book may be best for what I need it for, many thanks
ddaines wrote:Theobald wrote:See, you don’t need a tree for Christmas-riddles …., I want the best of both worlds Master Tree, hopefully all will become clear. While we’re here, I recall that a map of Middle-earth was posted that showed an ‘extension’ of ME. Are you able to recall where this map was posted please?Excuse me for jumping in. The map you are refering to is the Ambarkanta (meaning “Shape of the World”). It’s a chapter in The Shaping of Middle-earth, the fourth volume of The History of Middle-earth series, which includes an sketch by Tolkien himself:
[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/551_ambarkanta2.gif]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/551_ambarkanta2.gif[/imgz]
For a detalied well-thought map based on this one and its evolution through the Ages of Arda, I recommend the articles in issues number 1 and 2 of Other Minds Magazine.
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