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Ed Mack

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I don't have a picture right now, but changed my ToO into Barad Dur by altering the top and adding the "eye".  I blatantly copied Missing Brick on Eurobricks that did the same thing by using the little flames with base pins and making arcing flames all around the eye that I made.  Then using light bricks to light it up in the dark, it looks pretty cool.  We have a LotR mockup on a table in the basement that has Helm's Deep at one end, Rivendell in the middle, and Black Gate/ Barad Dur on the other with random stuff in between.  I can't fit every scene, but it looks pretty good for what it is.  I'll try to get a picture in but here's a link to get the idea of it.

 

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=84159&hl=barad

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I don't have a picture right now, but changed my ToO into Barad Dur by altering the top and adding the "eye".  I blatantly copied Missing Brick on Eurobricks that did the same thing by using the little flames with base pins and making arcing flames all around the eye that I made.  Then using light bricks to light it up in the dark, it looks pretty cool.  We have a LotR mockup on a table in the basement that has Helm's Deep at one end, Rivendell in the middle, and Black Gate/ Barad Dur on the other with random stuff in between.  I can't fit every scene, but it looks pretty good for what it is.  I'll try to get a picture in but here's a link to get the idea of it.

 

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=84159&hl=barad

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Here's some quick pictures, it's a work in progress.  A mixture of our own stuff with Lego models because, frankly, I'm not very good at doing my own thing. 

Woah that's cool! I especially like how everything looks so tiny compared to the tower (due to the perspective from which you've taken the shot ^.^).

Also the Barby (or something like it) house is perfectly situated for Sauron to peep through the window.

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I finished doing the Tower of Orthanc today, let's just say I won't be buying any sets larger than 600 pieces in the future. It looks good once it's built, but building it was just very tedious, I did not enjoy the experience at all, as opposed to building a smaller piece like the council of elrond which I love and have it displayed in my living room. This one, I just don't think I will be displaying.

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6987 Message Intercept Base - pieced together from a bulk lot I bought.  Saw the big trans-yellow piece and took a chance that the rest of the set was in there.  Only missing a few common parts that I easily found in my collection.  It was also missing the crater baseplate, but I had a stack of those on hand.  The trans-yellow pieces are in great shape, very clear.

 

This is the only Blacktron I set I needed to complete my collection, very happy to finally have this.  It's sooo cool.

 

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I finished doing the Tower of Orthanc today, let's just say I won't be buying any sets larger than 600 pieces in the future. It looks good once it's built, but building it was just very tedious, I did not enjoy the experience at all, as opposed to building a smaller piece like the council of elrond which I love and have it displayed in my living room. This one, I just don't think I will be displaying.

I too seem to enjoy the experience of small builds a little better than the large sized ones which do tend to feel more tedious over time although there is a nice sense in accomplishment when a really big model is completed. I remember constructing the Haunted House was starting to become a chore before finishing up the first floor but I pressed on and it is way past wicked cool standing there on my desk overlooking everything in the room.
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