Tomsche Posted October 9, 2015 Posted October 9, 2015 We were leaderless, defeat and death were upon us. That is when I saw him; the young dwarf prince facing down the Pale Orc. He stood alone against this terrible foe, his armour rent, wielding nothing but an oaken branch as a shield... I always liked the tale of how Thorin became known as the Oakenshield, and in the first The Hobbit movie this is detailed rather beautiful, so I sat down to make a small vignette to represent the scene. In it, Azog pounds on him, Thorin defending himself with an oaken branch as a shield before picking up a sword and severing the hand of the large pale orc. To that end, I tried to pay attention to the small detail of not using Azog as he comes in the sets, but to make sure he has his left hand still. I tried to have the branch look as in the movie for Thorin, looking more like a piece of bark then an actual branch there, and to represent `armoured but not king yet` Thorin, I went for his Battle of the Five Armies body with the hair from the The Hobbit wave 1 series instead of the crowned one, giving him a more armoured look. Hope you like it :-) it was a nice break from a lot of sorting and `plate preparing` I seem to have been doing recently... Quote
Russ424 Posted October 9, 2015 Posted October 9, 2015 How Thorin became known as the Oakenshield is also one of my favorite stories. I was Sooooo disappointed when Lego didn't make a mold for the wooded branch/shield. PS: Great vignette however you stopped to soon. You have to show the part where Thorin severed the hand. Quote
TitusV Posted October 9, 2015 Posted October 9, 2015 Wow, that brach is really cool, and IT does look like in the movie. Congratulations! Quote
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