BenA

This actually makes a lot of sense. It's obvious now - the price includes another four or five imaginary Gondor soldiers and a couple of imaginary orcs as well. When you think of it that way, it's actually a bargain!

You remember correctly! There's a quote from Gandalf that goes: "I do not ride elf-fashion, except on Shadowfax. But Shadowfax will have no harness. You do not ride Shadowfax: he is willing to carry you, or not. If he is willing, that is enough. It is then his business to see that you remain on his back, unless you jump off into the air" So no saddle in the set. Phew, that's saved my wallet about £0.35...

I like it! I'll wait and see what it looks like in hand, but I might be tempted to replace the cat statue with a tree... perhaps a tall, slender Birch like the one in front of the bookstore. I know that would obscure some of the architectural detail, but from the pics at least I think a natural element could boost the cosy feel. Also, delighted to see the sand green bricks with groove included. It would be amazing if they appeared on pick-a-brick...

They all look great! You've got a good knack for capturing their likenesses - especially the heads/faces.

Nice! I especially like his head, although the whole thing is very cleanly done. Wondering how easy/difficult it would be to incorporate Blaster's carrying handle into the legs somehow? I feel like that would really set his alt mode apart

Can't believe I missed this earlier in the year, Mr H. He's coming along very nicely indeed!

I shall not pass! (Sorry, somebody had to say it ) I think it looks great - although the price is questionable. Are they the same wings as on the fell beast?

I know it was a typo, but "Bad End" made me smile - especially in the context of what you were saying!

I didn't really mind the lack of detail on the Fell Beast head, but it did inspire me to have a go at modding it. I reworked the head almost entirely, and while I was at it added reigns, modded the saddle and put the wings on ball joints. It has pretty much the same range of articulation as the original, although I had to sacrifice the tongue. I think I'm going to leave it like this, what do you reckon? Suggestions welcome! Wing mod instuctions here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C763T25o_4m/?igsh=MTN6Zzg2eXhta2V0ZA== Head mod instructions here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C763jGmIVcU/?igsh=a2NkZGJsaXNlcG04

Love the seamlessly angled joins between the walls. The floor and rockwork are also top notch. Yep, would be happy if this was next year's official LOTR set, great job!

@RichardGoring

I read somewhere that if they were real, Barad Dûr would be around 1500ft tall, and Orthanc would be around 150ft. That got me thinking, could the GWP could be an 'architecture-style' version of Orthanc - miniature, but still roughly in scale with Barad Dûr? That way they could be displayed together, and Lego could claim to have given us "the Two Towers" . In support of my - admittedly highly unlikely - theory, I think BrickClicker did describe the GWP as 'an 18+ display set' - key word 'display', not 'play'. And even more tenuously, if I remember right, didn't one of the maps in Rivendell incorrectly show both towers - could that have been a hint!??? If the GWP did turn out to be a mini-Orthanc, it would be great if it came with another minifig. Maybe not Saruman due to needing a new hair/beard mold, but perhaps another Orc... Or Grima, just to really annoy the resellers To be clear, I don't think any of the above is likely, but it's fun to speculate! Final edit, I think the heights I quoted were based on the movie versions. Not sure if they'd apply to the book versions or not. But the sets are based on the movies so

Haha, thanks. There are some amazing ones out there so that's high praise indeed! Thanks! I think it can be improved - I had a play around last night and added some tan underneath a section of the water to simulate the stream bed. You can see it on the bottom left of the waterfall in the pic below. I think it also helps the water stand out more, although it might be too bright now! I've got some dark tan parts on order so will see if that hits the sweet spot...

Thanks both! And yep, good idea about adding some blue for contrast - might give that a go!

Pippin is trying to explain that they're lost but Merry's not listening - he's just found a biscuit in his pocket! Just playing around with a few ideas ahead of a much bigger moc I'm planning. This is one is a test of a waterfall/stream technique I wanted to try. I got hold of about 30 this part and figured it might make a decent flowing water effect. But in the end it was a lot more difficult than I anticipated because there's not much back/forward rotation in the clips. I ended up with quite a few 'illegal' connections, although I think they could be designed out with a bit of planning. I quite like the end result - I think I got some of the flowing movement I was after, although I next time I'm going to try adding some tan/dark tan under the water pieces to simulate the stream bed. Hopefully it will help emphasise the effect more. Anyway, hope you enjoy the pics - comments/suggestions welcome! Edit: Thanks for the frontpage!