MODELLING A HELM'S DEEP TERRAIN PIECE
In this article Jake Landis takes a look at building a terrain piece
based around the Fortress of Helm's Deep boxed set.
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There have been many The Lord of The Rings terrain projects over
the last few years to help spread the word about this great strategy battle
game. As a part of the US Hobby Team, I was asked to make a The Lord of The
Rings diorama for conventions across the United States. Being a huge fan of
Tolkien's books, the amazing films, and the games themselves, I viewed this
project as more fun than work!
I sat down and started thinking about what exactly to do. There
were so many memorable scenes from Tolkien's tales that I could make into a
Games Workshop diorama. I finally settled on using the Fortress of Helm's Deep
boxed set to make an action-packed diorama. The resin fortress looked cool
and would make for a great visual foundation for the diorama, especially when
complemented by Citadel Miniatures from The Two Towers range.
Check out the images below to see how I went about modelling
and painting the diorama. Also be sure to look for this piece at GW events – you
may get a chance to see this project up close and personal. However, if you
can't make it to one of the events, you can get a sense of the diorama by clicking
on the images below to bring up an enlarged image.
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an 18"x18" piece of plywood
for a base, I glued down foam 'rocks,'
natural rocks, and some wood chips
to form the
cliff face. I then added the Fortress
at Helm's Deep resin walls.
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primed the entire piece with Chaos Black
(making sure to seal the foam parts by hand
before spraying). Then, I dusted the diorama
with Shadow Grey and Blood Red to give it
a weathered basecoat.
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drybrushed the stones with Fortress Grey
and gave the sand a Scorched Brown basecoat.
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I drybrushed the stones again with a very
light coat of Skull White.
Then,
I drybrushed the sand with Bubonic Brown.
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used green washes where the rocks would
be weathered and on the riverbed to create
a mossy look. To finish painting, I lightly
drybrushed the sand with Bleached Bone.
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poured the resin "water" and
glued static grass in place. Finally,
I added
some painted Citadel Miniatures to
show the battle of Helm's Deep
in full
swing.
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