Battle of the Pelennor fields

[Duke of wellington]

I have 2 Uruk hai sets and 1 helms deep 1 mines of moria and 1 gandalf arrives.

I am thinking of having 3 oliphaunts and having the first level of Minas tirith and the battle. Then I will eventually extend it.

21/4/13 UPDATE

Here is Gondor!

EDIT 4/4/13

I have obviously come a long way since then and here is the video!!

We plan on doing a major expansion in June once LUGBULK​ we get extra pieces!

This is just the start we also have another 30 GOndorians and about another 20 Mordor orcs but we got them a few days ago.Please tell us what you think, what needs more work what needs less. ANd how many cave trolls do I need I have 4.

The total minifig count is at about 170 figs for the layout and counting!

update .Watch this too see gondor in its glory!!!

Edited April 21, 2013 by Duke of wellington

[Legonardo]

well that's one wide question. so what is it exactly that you want help with?

[TheDarkness]

And what scale are you trying to make it?

[Jimbobulus]

Will you be using additional bricks other than the sets you have mentioned?

[Nightshroud99]

How will you make the Oliphants?

[Duke of wellington]

well that's one wide question. so what is it exactly that you want help with?

Basically how should I portray it.

I hope to display this at an upcoming convention.

And what scale are you trying to make it?

Big over 150 minifigs+

Will you be using additional bricks other than the sets you have mentioned?

Of course I will.

How will you make the Oliphants?

I plan to BL some Elephants and then turn them into Oliphaunts

[Captain Settle]

Those Oliphant's will be rather small though. Maybe you should attempt to build one first, before you BL.

[purpleparadox]

I'd start by doing some sort of rough draft. Maybe design a layout diagram...or even better; design an olliphant in LDD, post it here, and then we can go from there! It's easier to help when you have something to work with. Sounds like a fun project, and I can't wait to see how it goes.

[HawkLord]

Start small and then add brick by brick. This is a project that could be overwhelming before it even starts. I'd also suggest building the Oliphants - in the movie they're huge and if they're not scaled well, they could look very out-of-place (like the upcoming Rancor).

[deskp]

If we are talking movie universe here there shouldnt be a great amount of uruks. Certainly not anyone in armor.

I think the lego elephants will be fine as mumakil, lego scale isnt that specific, and you don't want the mumakil that much bigger than the structures.

[Calanon]

Don't use Uruk-hai in it. That's my advice.

[Pate-keetongu]

Nice project. I think using Uruk-Hai parts is fine, as longer as they don't look exactly like Saruman's Uruks. Try mixing heads and armours with other minifig pieces from older Castle set.

When it comes to Mumakil, I'd prefer building your own in bigger scale. It isn't much more expensive than bricklinkin elephants, because those are quite pricy nowadays. Brick-built mumakil also look a lot more interesting and bigger scale makes them look more intimidating. I built this mumak in January 2011 and I'm quite happy with it.

Edited July 18, 2012 by pig

[purpleparadox]

Pig, that's an awesome mumak! I hope TLG's version is half as good as that. Great work. Thanks for giving us the link!

[Watchman]

you mean like these ?

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=124155

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=311727

[Duke of wellington]

I'd start by doing some sort of rough draft. Maybe design a layout diagram...or even better; design an olliphant in LDD, post it here, and then we can go from there! It's easier to help when you have something to work with. Sounds like a fun project, and I can't wait to see how it goes.

Me either I will start soon

Start small and then add brick by brick. This is a project that could be overwhelming before it even starts. I'd also suggest building the Oliphants - in the movie they're huge and if they're not scaled well, they could look very out-of-place (like the upcoming Rancor).

I am thinking of making level 1 of Minas Tirith

If we are talking movie universe here there shouldnt be a great amount of uruks. Certainly not anyone in armor.

What will be my other evil infantry? i cannot get 10 orc forges

I think the lego elephants will be fine as mumakil, lego scale isnt that specific, and you don't want the mumakil that much bigger than the structures.

I will build one then maybe BL a elephant .

I will make the side bits of helms deep larger! To make it like the city and the Uruk armour for Gondor soldiers

Edited July 18, 2012 by Duke of wellington

[Falconer]

If we are talking movie universe here

Oh God, no. There is no “movie universe.” It’s just art imitating art imitating art.

[Duke of wellington]

I will definitely build 1 Mumakil of HARAD.

[Duke of wellington]

BUMP well after a few months of work we have made a short movie on gondor.

Here's my cousin's Gondor(I did help a bit.)

Edited April 4, 2013 by Duke of wellington

[Balin]

Wow this is so cool. Do you plan on expanding it?

[Duke of wellington]

Hopefully i plan first to build a few buildings and the then may start a second level!

Do you think a second level or more figs or an osgiliath add on?

[Balin]

Second level is a great idea!!!! can't wait to see it!

[Deathleech]

It looks like from the video there were three of you that contributed to this? How old are you guys? For younger members(?) this looks really good. My only suggestion on the Minas Tirith would of been to add some light gray bricks to the lower part to give it some detail and break up the pure white, but it's probably a little late for that now. At any rate, I can't wait to see how this turns out!

[Duke of wellington]

Well thanks to BL we will probably hope to have 60-76 Gondorians.

[Balin]

Good luck with that check this out!

[Duke of wellington]

That's cool!