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The dark tide · Post by **The dark tide** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:42 am

Took me about 6 months to gather enough brick for this. Its not accurate to the movie and is nothing compared to Ricks version but its relatively accurate to the book. Sorry about how "shiney" some of the pics are, I am not a camera expert. I would have done more scenery about it but I dont have the green brick to do it seeing as I had spent all my money on black lego

Here it is.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=214671

Post by **Bruce N H** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:53 am

Hey,

It looks really nice. Are you going to enter this in the CCC?

Bruce

DARKspawn · Post by **DARKspawn** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:22 am

I saw this a little while ago on Brickshelf - Well done

The size is very impressive & I like the way you have done the stairs at the front entrance too

frco · Post by **frco** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:04 am

yes, the stairs are really great.

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:39 pm

It might not be totally accurate to the movie, but it still looks like Orthanc, at least the Orthanc I had in my mind from readnig the book. I like the stairs, and your use of the really steep slopes looks great. Thanks for sharing it.

Kelderic

Post by **JoshWedin** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:01 pm

It looks really good! And it does look book-accurate. I love the is pic with Gandalf looking over the edge, made me laugh.

The dark tide wrote:Sorry about how "shiney" some of the pics are, I am not a camera expert.

Mind if I make a suggestion? MOCs always look better against a neutral background. So, if you are going to take pics in that room, use the corner. Most of your pics have that hutch in the background and it distracts. Don't worry your picture-taking skills will increase with practice!

Josh

supernova · Post by **supernova** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:53 pm

I like it alot

while not a big fan of LOTR (can't get past the two towers!), i watched the movies and i think this is a pretty good replica of what it should be

looks very menacing indeed
good work

Maedhros · Post by **Maedhros** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:36 pm

The dark tide wrote:Its not accurate to the movie

Thank you very much!

Not that the Orthanc of the movies looks bad but I love it when people use their own imagination instead of just copying what the movies gives us.

I really like this, and I would love to see some landscaping around it in the future.

The dark tide · Post by **The dark tide** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:14 pm

Thanks guys. My original plan was to wreck it and begin making one that is more "to scale" for a minifig but im not sure how large it would have to be in comparison. I dont believe I will be entering it into CCC. If I did I would have to retake the pics

The Blue Knight · Post by **The Blue Knight** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:37 pm

I don't mind that this isn't a movie version, in fact more power to you. However, it does not appear to be book inspired either. Tolkien describes it as (I'm paraphrasing here) "four vast peirs of rock joined and rising to a point with four spires keen egded as knives," something like that. This lacks the "four piers of rock." It looks more like a modern skyscraper.

That said, I like this interpretation. It captures the scale of this extremely tall tower. I am considering having a go at Orthanc, and I think that I figured at minifig scale it would be 21 feet tall if at the right scale! I like the steps uo to the door and the interiors. Well done!

The dark tide · Post by **The dark tide** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:23 pm

21 FEET! Well I dont think ill be making one that big

My max height would be something like 10 feet. I did go back and look at the book description and it appears that you are correct. Sorry I havent read the book in a while

General Frostfire · Post by **General Frostfire** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:53 pm

ya the steps are great, and with regards to it being "from the movie" versus "the book", the tower u see is only a representation of a graffic teams version of the tower described in the book... as long as it follows the description in the novel... then all the power to you...

Prince Imdol · Post by **Prince Imdol** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:00 pm

Well it irtainly high enough. But it really does not look much like orthance the way tolkien wanted it or in the movie.

Lord Nev · Post by **Lord Nev** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:40 am

Nice. I myself have been contemplating an Orthanc buildage. My only snag is-of course-lack of bricks.

Norro · Post by **Norro** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:20 pm

Very nice, I like your interpretation a lot. It suits the figs a lot for some reason. Good work!

God Bless,

Nathan (who has pic problems too)

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