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Very nice.

Whose is the ship? Or is it a scratch-built job? Lookes very good either way.

Barliman wrote:

Whose is the ship? Or is it a scratch-built job? Lookes very good either way.

It's by zvezda Barli, and a very nice model it is too. It's actually a Crusader cog and the scale was just about right for Mithril figures.

Once i get some daylight i will take some more detailed images.

Thingol wrote:

Once again beautiful ( this time not small ) diorama.... You should provide us images with better zoom... This project deserves more images and place in your gallery section here on MMP

p.s. which materials you are used for sea....

Thank you Nino, unfortunately with the British clock system it is now dark by the time i get home from work, and I don't have time in the morning , so I must wait for a weekend so I can set up the camera tripod to get the better pictures.

I am away this weekend but hopefully if i get back early enough on Sunday I will be able to take some.

And yes, it is my biggest Mithril diorama to date .

For the sea I used small bits of packing foam to give the bigger wave effects and covered the whole lot with some casting plaster which was given swirls etc. as it dried. Once dry a sealant of PVA glue was applied, blue paint applied and allowed to dry.

Crests of waves were dry-brushed with white and to give the impression of swirling water I used a tip I picked up from a TV programme on painting (Bob Ross), and that is to use a very fine liner brush - these have a long bristle, but it is very fine. I then apply thin lines of watered down white paint using a very 'loose' grip on the handle. it is something I have never done before, but is a very effective step. I then sealed the sea with gloss varnish, but as the sea looked a little too blue with all the other blues of the sail etc. I gave the sea a wash of 'sea-green' paint and when dry I re-varnished.

That is excellent, David! You just keep amazing us with your masterpieces!

What a wonderful map ! Thanks for the link Arthadan !

That is a truly amazing piece of work.

Meanwhile I am painting five figures in little spurts of five minutes of painting. It's pretty sad.

He'll do so, Master Elroi ... just don't haste him ...

Arthadan wrote:

That's great! And you know what? I'm going to tell you a little secret about Tolkien and ships of Middle.earth...

While translating and doing the review of Isildur novel (a fan book by Brian Crawford), I wasn't comfortable with his description of the Círdan's fleet. So I made a research in all Tolkien writtings, but I found no clear description of them.

But then I remembered the Pauline Baynes map of north-western Middle-earth which Tolkien himself approved... Guess what? There are ships in that map in all Belgaer! Elven, Gondorian, from Umbar...

And the ships in the Bay of Belfalas look quite close to yours!



You can check the map here.

By the way, would you mind if I post the image in a Spanish forum devoted to wargaming in Middle-earth?

Thank you all for the comments, sorry this is a brief reply, we have just brought in a new member of the family who has sharp teeth and likes to chew everything including my mouse cable . Please feel free to post any images you wish Arthedan - the More we show what can be done with mithril the better .

David

Very impressive, Master D.

Now we see how much details which were put on this ship ! great and massive work David.
And this running Balrog sounds great also.

Last edited by Milo (Mon, Nov21 2011 7:18am)

... and yes Balrog looks great... too !!!