The Swan Ship of Dol Amroth

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November 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm #658
ddaines
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Just launched, 98% complete a Swan-Ship of Dol Amroth, may Eru Ilúvatar bless her and all that sail in her .

I will try to get some better photos when I have some natural light about.

Need to add some shields and a pennant, but delayed due to technical difficulties .

i hope you enjoy.

David

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November 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm #21728
ddaines
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Just launched, 98% complete a Swan-Ship of Dol Amroth, may Eru Ilúvatar bless her and all that sail in her .

I will try to get some better photos when I have some natural light about.

Need to add some shields and a pennant, but delayed due to technical difficulties .

i hope you enjoy.

David

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November 17, 2011 at 5:20 pm #21730
Turambar
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Very nice.
November 17, 2011 at 5:23 pm #21731
Turambar
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Oh, I forget that I am NOT Master Troy . . . (sorry Troy :lol:)

Huiiiiiiiiii!!!!! This is extraordinary! Very well done Master David, as far as I can see with my magnifiers . . .
Please, show us a larger pic. And take some detail-photos as well. I know you are about to prepare this already . . .
I like that very much, also the waves are fantastic.
November 17, 2011 at 5:23 pm #21732
Barliman
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Whose is the ship? Or is it a scratch-built job? Lookes very good either way.
November 17, 2011 at 5:58 pm #21737
Milo
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As a hobbit, I just find this too close to water.
Please show higher details as I cannot see the smashed Champagne bottle 😆 sorry, being a hobbit again…

Brilliant scene really. must be quite big also?
November 17, 2011 at 6:33 pm #21738
ddaines
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Barliman wrote:

Whose is the ship? Or is it a scratch-built job? Lookes very good either way.

It’s by zvezda Barli, and a very nice model it is too. It’s actually a Crusader cog and the scale was just about right for Mithril figures.

Once i get some daylight i will take some more detailed images.
November 17, 2011 at 7:43 pm #21742
Thingol
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Once again beautiful ( this time not small ) diorama…. You should provide us images with better zoom… This project deserves more images and place in your gallery section here on MMP

p.s. which materials you are used for sea….
November 17, 2011 at 8:48 pm #21743
ddaines
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Thingol wrote:

Once again beautiful ( this time not small ) diorama…. You should provide us images with better zoom… This project deserves more images and place in your gallery section here on MMP

p.s. which materials you are used for sea….

Thank you Nino, unfortunately with the British clock system it is now dark by the time i get home from work, and I don’t have time in the morning , so I must wait for a weekend so I can set up the camera tripod to get the better pictures.

I am away this weekend but hopefully if i get back early enough on Sunday I will be able to take some.

And yes, it is my biggest Mithril diorama to date :lol:.

For the sea I used small bits of packing foam to give the bigger wave effects and covered the whole lot with some casting plaster which was given swirls etc. as it dried. Once dry a sealant of PVA glue was applied, blue paint applied and allowed to dry.

Crests of waves were dry-brushed with white and to give the impression of swirling water I used a tip I picked up from a TV programme on painting (Bob Ross), and that is to use a very fine liner brush – these have a long bristle, but it is very fine. I then apply thin lines of watered down white paint using a very ‘loose’ grip on the handle. it is something I have never done before, but is a very effective step. I then sealed the sea with gloss varnish, but as the sea looked a little too blue with all the other blues of the sail etc. I gave the sea a wash of ‘sea-green’ paint and when dry I re-varnished.
November 17, 2011 at 10:49 pm #21746
Arthadan
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That’s great! And you know what? I’m going to tell you a little secret about Tolkien and ships of Middle.earth…

While translating and doing the review of Isildur novel (a fan book by Brian Crawford), I wasn’t comfortable with his description of the Círdan’s fleet. So I made a research in all Tolkien writtings, but I found no clear description of them.

But then I remembered the Pauline Baynes map of north-western Middle-earth which Tolkien himself approved… Guess what? There are ships in that map in all Belgaer! Elven, Gondorian, from Umbar…

And the ships in the Bay of Belfalas look quite close to yours!

You can check the map here.

By the way, would you mind if I post the image in a Spanish forum devoted to wargaming in Middle-earth?
November 17, 2011 at 11:33 pm #21748
jdbrown55
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That is excellent, David! You just keep amazing us with your masterpieces!
November 18, 2011 at 8:39 am #21749
Thingol
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Thanks David… I will translate your text and try to find ingredients
November 18, 2011 at 8:41 am #21750
Thingol
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What a wonderful map ! Thanks for the link Arthadan !
November 18, 2011 at 9:27 am #21756
Milo
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Yes great map. I will add it in my ME illustrations !
November 19, 2011 at 12:16 am #21764
Gavin
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That is a truly amazing piece of work.

Meanwhile I am painting five figures in little spurts of five minutes of painting. It’s pretty sad.
November 20, 2011 at 10:49 am #21773
elroi
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Amazing work, Maese Daines, absolutely amazing.

Please, give us bigger and closer pics, to admire the all the details

The sea and waves are so realistic…
November 20, 2011 at 11:12 am #21775
Theobald
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He’ll do so, Master Elroi … just don’t haste him …
November 20, 2011 at 12:10 pm #21778
Turambar
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I think everybody asked him so far . . . 😎
Sometimes it helps reading the older posts . . . believe me!
November 20, 2011 at 9:30 pm #21789
ddaines
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Arthadan wrote:

That’s great! And you know what? I’m going to tell you a little secret about Tolkien and ships of Middle.earth…

While translating and doing the review of Isildur novel (a fan book by Brian Crawford), I wasn’t comfortable with his description of the Círdan’s fleet. So I made a research in all Tolkien writtings, but I found no clear description of them.

But then I remembered the Pauline Baynes map of north-western Middle-earth which Tolkien himself approved… Guess what? There are ships in that map in all Belgaer! Elven, Gondorian, from Umbar…

And the ships in the Bay of Belfalas look quite close to yours!

You can check the map here.

By the way, would you mind if I post the image in a Spanish forum devoted to wargaming in Middle-earth?

Thank you all for the comments, sorry this is a brief reply, we have just brought in a new member of the family who has sharp teeth and likes to chew everything including my mouse cable . Please feel free to post any images you wish Arthedan – the More we show what can be done with mithril the better .

David
November 20, 2011 at 10:19 pm #21790
ddaines
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These are not the intended final images as I got back too late, but hopefully a bit more detail is shown. Once I have natural light I will try again for the Gallery section. Thanks to all for the kind comments.

David

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p.s. a conversion of the Entombed Balrog is on the work-bench

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