richchie Posted April 4, 2019 (edited) Siege of Tharbad after nearly 4 years since I start to thinking about this project and 2 years of building , I am finaly in the end. This creation is a part of castle commpetition on www.kostky.org (local czech and slovak LEGO fan forum) So, let me introduce my largest MOC - city of Tharbad. Fans of LOTR know this city probably... and because I am a big fan of LOTR and also of Castle, I decided to make my own small fiction to LOTR world and put this fiction in timeline between events from Hobbit and war of the ring. Tharbad was founded by Numenor colonists in 2nd age. After fall of Numenor it becomes part of Northen kingdom of men - Arnor. When Arnor broke in 861 TA , tharbad belongs to Cardolan. In 1409 TA, Witchking of angmar destroy Cardolan, but Tharbad survive. In tolkiens books, tharbad was destroyd by Great flood in 2912 TA. In my fiction Tharbad after fall of kingdom of arnor in 1974 TA still exists as independent city state and great flood in 2912 TA destroy only eastern part of the city. I decide to take my fiction to year 3008 TA when armies of Sauron from Mount Gundabad start siege of city of Tharbad as a last kingdom of men from numenor on the West of misty mountains. To help for besieged city of tharbad come elves from lindon, gondor and also rohan (all armies i have in my collection). Army of orcs was defeated and that was the reason why sauron was not abble to open western front in war of the ring 10 years later after events of my fiction. more pictures here :https://www.flickr.com/photos/91849803@N02/albums/72157706346200871 1 by richchie, on Flickr 3 by richchie, on Flickr 9 by richchie, on Flickr 12 by richchie, on Flickr 15 by richchie, on Flickr 17 by richchie, on Flickr and some pictures from castle : 18 by richchie, on Flickr 19 by richchie, on Flickr 18 by richchie, on Flickr 24 by richchie, on Flickr 25 by richchie, on Flickr 27 by richchie, on Flickr 26 by richchie, on Flickr 14 by richchie, on Flickr Edited April 5, 2019 by richchie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aine Posted April 4, 2019 Wonderful MOC! Huge and well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProvenceTristram Posted April 4, 2019 Really impressive. Was Tharbad the eastern one or the southern one? Which city was situated in the Barrow Downs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Servertijd Posted April 4, 2019 Impressive moc! Lots of details and nice tudoring! Thats a big army they have to face. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoth33 Posted April 5, 2019 Great Moc. Castle is really nice, I like the vines on the walls. I also like the rockwork around the castle. The fountain and horse stable are a nice touch. The houses all look good with the different colors. I really like the stone barn for the cows and pigs. The landscaping is good, my only criticism is all the 1x2 tan plates seem a little out off place maybe some more tan plates of different sizes to fill in would look better. The snot river looks good. The wall is built well. Those are some nice armies you have also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Minifigure Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) 美丽...... Edited April 5, 2019 by Crazy Minifigure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richchie Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) many thanks for all comments, I am really happy that you like my creation :-) About that dark tan plates... I want in future put more plates and tiles of different colours to the ground to village, but right now I do not have them so first i have to order them on bricklink. Tristram ask about location of the city... Barrow downs are hills east of the shire and there is located small trade city of Bree. Tharbad is located to the south, on borders between Minhiriath an Enedwaith, on river Gwathló (or Greyflood). In the times when Arnor exists, was Tharbad immportant trade city situated on the trading route between Arnor and gondor. and if anybody wants, here is link to full size map of middleearth : http://soileiragusgonta.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/full-size-map-of-middle-earth-12-download-large-major-tourist-attractions-maps.jpg and about armies I have.... In this creation , there are around 220 Orcs and to fight them , there are on city walls around 60 deffenders, In this creation are also around 30 civilians, so total nummber of minifigs used in the creation is more than 300 :-) Edited April 5, 2019 by richchie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sander1992 Posted April 5, 2019 That is a nice landscape. I really like your Castle and the wall. The village has a dynamic setup, well done. About the Dark tan plates, I think if Dark Tan would be on the same level as reddish brown, that it would have a totally different look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Witold Posted May 1, 2019 The castle looks very good in terms of what the castle should really have. Do you have more pictures from the point of view of the attackers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richchie Posted May 2, 2019 23 hours ago, Witold said: The castle looks very good in terms of what the castle should really have. Do you have more pictures from the point of view of the attackers? all pictures what I have right now are on flick , maybe in future I will make more and put them on Flickr too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunter003 Posted May 4, 2019 This is amazing! I particularly like the grape vines Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richchie Posted May 6, 2019 vines are very important to morale of the deffenders on the wall :-) By the way... right now I am repairing the attacking army and making some changes, I was not satisfied with those wargs attacking the city walls, so I decide to replace them by more infantry, I save only few wargs riders as scouts... when I will finish the army I will put here new pictures Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richchie Posted September 18, 2020 finaly I had time to repair terain near the river and the bridge. there will be 2 statute in front of main gate, but I do not have them yet. In future I have plans to add more village buildings such a medieval mill, storehouse... I put here actual picture of the city and to compare the size also one picture where are all my castles . castle dioram by richchie, on Flickr and all my castles : my castles by richchie, on Flickr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richchie Posted October 2, 2020 i decide to expand mydiorama. I add tower to the city wall, add forest road in the back of the castle, i have plans to add 2 more buildings - mill and butchery these buildings are still not finish, also i must finish terain in the village. Till then here are some pictures IMG_20201001_132314 by richchie, on Flickr IMG_20201001_132344 by richchie, on Flickr IMG_20201001_132423 by richchie, on Flickr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pisces no Aphrodite Posted October 2, 2020 I'm afraid to imagine how much detail it took. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boindil Lego Posted October 3, 2020 This looks great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
