Completed: Gern's new dio - and how they can so easily get out of control!

[monica]

looking great,very nice work with the bits and bob,s ,and skeleton,


are they meant to be the dead dwarfs or ores,

[Gern]

Thanks for the nice comments folks.


Dave: Here you go: http://www.bing.com/search?q=Skeleton+for+Sale&FORM=R5FD6


Brett: I'm already looking for figures to represent Jason & his crew. If I find any, that will go on my 'to do' list!


Moni: A skeleton is a skeleton is a skeleton ...... from the size I'd have to say they're more likely to be orcs, but as they're the only ones I've got, they'll have to do for both.

[Bigfoot57]

Now there's an idea might just have to try that sometime in the future

[Gern]

Now there's an idea might just have to try that sometime in the future

Which one? The dio or a full-size skeleton?

[Bigfoot57]

Be the dio haven't got room for a full sized skeleton plus the fact it would freak me out at nights imagine waking up and seeing one of those life size

[Gern]

Be the dio haven't got room for a full sized skeleton plus the fact it would freak me out at nights imagine waking up and seeing one of those life size

Got to agree there Colin. I live on my own so if I got one I'd probably end up talking to it, making meals for it or even calling it 'Wilson' .....

[spanner570]

Putting your excellent dio. to one side for a minute, what on earth were you doing up and about at 3:12 AM?

[Gern]

Working on the bit of my dio I nearly forgot to do (pics soon) - what else?


PS My body clock seems to have a natural 27 hour cycle, so without having set times imposed on me by external events, such as work, I find myself getting up and going to bed at some really strange times. C'est la vie!

[Gern]

So now comes the clever bit.


Have a look at these two images from the film;


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Notice there is a line of relief carving in sort of diamond shapes that runs all round the chamber.


The guy who did the original build that mine is based on ( http://www.one-ring.co.uk/kb.php?a=42) worked out a nice way to represent these carvings. I take absolutely no credit for this - it was all his idea.


He used some pinking shears to cut lines of diamond shapes from thin card which he then stuck to the walls and columns around his chamber. I couldn't do that as the only set of pinking shears I was able to get hold of are rather old and battered.


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That gap between the blades is best part of 1mm wide - which is wider than the thickness of the card I'm using. And besides which, as I've already mentioned I can't cut straight, so I couldn't get the diagonal cuts to line up to produce diamonds. Most of the time I ended up with zig-zag shapes.


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Of course, if I wanted zig-zags, I'd end up with diamonds!


However, I marked out and cut two strips of triangles. I can now match these together to form the diamond shapes I need once I've straightened out the pieces.


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The gap will be closed up and hidden with either filler or paint when I get them fixed in place.


I've done these so far - which is about half what I need


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Before anyone asks. No, I won't be doing the Runic inscriptions which cover the rest of the walls. It's only going to be a history about Moria and Dwarfs (Dwarves?). If anyone wants the details - read the books!!!

[Gern]

I forgot to mention. I found and ordered some figures for Jason & The Argonauts so it looks like that will be my next dio. I'll do a brief in-box review when I get them.


I also looked at a video clip from the film and Jason and the skeletons are all right-handed. I guess someone got a transparency from the original film for Tony's picture and filmed it from the wrong side.

[Gern]

Balin's coffin.


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I copied the text from a picture I found and reduced it to suit.

[monica]

do real like Balin's,tome,


and the other idea for the breading on the columns,will add some shadow as well,


I must say I do think that you should real get 1 or 2 cave trolls,will just make it look whole,

[Gern]

I've done a little more to the skeletons.


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Just a heavy black wash to highlight features.


I also thought I'd add a little more murder and mayhem to my original lot.


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I've also made some progress with the frieze


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Still a way to go but I'm getting there. Now if only the rest of the family can stop asking me for little favours - like installing a whole new set of patio doors and assembling four lots of flat pack furniture .......

[monica]

real liking this one Gern,the boney men look great,


like the 2 who died in combat,


the edging looks good as well,brakes up the wall,and can get some more tone of darker,under it,


real liking this ,keep up the good work,

[Gern]

I'm calling this one done. Lots of pictures - some a little blurry I'm afraid.


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