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#1 MattTheLegoman

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 03:17 AM

My other hobbies on and off the internet to do with Lord of the Rings

LEGO Digital Designer, where I design modules of Middle-earth. Currently I have a few Rivendell things and Minas Tirith walls with attachments. As you may know LEGO will be producing Lord of the Rings sets and I will be buying Helms Deep, can't wait.
Note: to bad I cant export the LXF files to BFME. I use Worldbuilder models as reference to the LEGO ones.
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I bought a few Games Workshop miniatures. 'Converted' Numenorean Warriors into my own Soldiers of Minas Ithil, and I've also painted Elendil to match the army renaming my miniature to Earnur. But my best work is the Guard of the Fountain Court of the Shining City, Minas Ithil.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 11:03 AM

I used to collect LotR warhammer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee.

It's been a few years since the last buy, so there's a ton of new stuff that's come out after I was collecting.

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 07:46 PM

Haha... The Skyrim reference... of the arrow in the knee :p
It's been quite a while since i played with lego :xd:
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 10:04 PM

I used to take arrows in the knee, but then I got the Deflect Arrows perk.

Oh Skyrim....

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I have a lot more than just this but posting it would take ages and getting pics takes too much time. Dúnedain (Surprise, Surprise... :thumbsupxd: ) Gondor and Mordor are my Main Armies but i have a collection of every Race.

#5 MattTheLegoman

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 12:12 AM

Awesome stuff there Dunedain Ranger76!

I like especially your Evendim Dunedain Rangers, with the blue on the cloaks, I might use something like that on my Aragorn.

But what I find of most interest is the similar dark theme of your miniatures and your Battle for Middle Earth skins.

Edited by MattTheLegoman, 02 February 2012 - 12:17 AM.

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 09:56 PM

Thanks!

Yes I know, a lot of my works are pretty dark. The reason being is that I'm tired of seeing bright and shiny Fantasy stuff that some people make Lord of the Rings. But I mean no offense to those people since a lot of people's work is fantastic, but for me, Lord of the Rings felt darker than other fantasies. With the Dúnedain Rangers, I was able to test different paint styles and hues of Middle Earth since the Dúnedain patrolled all over Eriador, and made me able to paint different colors based on the region where they are based (The Shire, Fornost, Amon Sul, ect.) Using imagery from the movies, Games Workshop, and Lord of the Rings Online, I was able to differentiate the Rangers between their separate companies.

Now that was a mouthful. :facepalm:

I still got a load of other stuff that needs pictures taken along with much of what you've seen is out of date. (not to mention the new stuff being released that brought me back into the hobby)

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 10:30 PM

Ah, how I loved to sometimes go a bit off the supposedly "correct" paint job... Or even the minor modeling stuff I did. Loved it!
I used to pick out the most awesome guy in a bunch, and paint his cape or cloak (or make one and then paint it) a different colour (mainly red) to make him a captain. So little work, but looked so much cooler all of a sudden!

Rohan Soldiers got a worse treatment though, barely have any left.. Was meddeling around with chopping their hands\arms off and exchanging them around, just to make Rohan as random as in the movies! And them models are among the coolest one by default! So that's sad.. In it's own way :p Still, got a badass Rohan Captain, with a red cape, a bow and quiver on his back, and sword and shield in his hands!

Any real make-over wasn't really done, only the Haldir's Elves got silver armour once, instead of golden. Looked pretty neat

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#8 MattTheLegoman

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 12:02 AM

I would love to experiment with the Morgul Knights and make them 'good' so they look neither good or evil but the grey inbetween.

As I have made my Soldiers of Minas Ithil slightly evil by enclosing their helmets and the Fountain Guard gets a Witch-king flail without the spikes. But also I modelled a Dark Dunedain Death-mask for Aragorn, like the Angmar Rangers in RotWK.

But I think I might wait until The Hobbit miniatures are out, the new ones now are okay but I think I might pass on the Baby Balrog, ... Oh no wait...

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 02:49 AM

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Another few pics of some of my Minis.

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 04:39 AM

Yay!

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 12:31 AM

I am the one who gets to choose four creepy goblins.
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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:26 AM

This is quite insane if i do say so my self.

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 03:47 AM

Wait, what the Darth Vader clones doing there?

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 05:22 AM

They have come to turn the Rohirrim to the Dark Side.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 12:54 PM

Same model as up the top but I built it out of real LEGO. Do you really think so?
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Posted 25 September 2012 - 05:16 PM

Nice! I took a particular interest in the LotR 'Warhammer' bits here, having a massive Harad army myself. Not collecting LotR any more, changed to Tyranids, but I still love having a look at the odd paintjob/conversion.

And, that Lego helms deep film - awesome.

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 06:33 PM

I love the Haradrim forces (well, the ones that are clearly inspired by the movies), but quite before they were really produced. I still use pictures of them as inspiration when making my haradrim forces in T4A :)

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#18 MattTheLegoman

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 09:10 AM

Helm's Deep expansion [MOC] - LEGO Historic Themes - Eurobricks Forums

Pretty good build of Helm's Deep based from the official LEGO Helm's Deep and wall sets.


Remember that all worlds draw to an end and that noble death is a treasure which no one is too poor to buy. - C.S. Lewis

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. - Louis L'Amour

What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now? - Max Lucado





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