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Offline joroas

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2010, 01:24:45 PM »


Cute kid...........
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Offline sukhe_bator

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2010, 10:37:05 AM »
And an implaccable foe... calmly took out 2 dragons and loads of elvish cavalry with his Orc Hordes on the day!
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Offline Saya

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2010, 02:49:48 PM »
Amazinggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o
Top game table, and very huge!!!!

Offline leadfool

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #18 on: April 29, 2010, 06:33:49 AM »
Check out Skrapwelders take on this idea from the work in progress section
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Offline sukhe_bator

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2010, 01:30:54 PM »
Lotb, I Like the Mithril Mumak and I like what you've done with the 1/32nd Carthaginian elephant. I'd never thought of doing that!
Four more sculpts are rolling off the production line.

These are a mixture of Schliech African elephants and a resin model I picked up at a zoo recently. None cost more than £5 each, and several were found in charity shops for under £1. Once you cost the 6 man crew, the milliput, green stuff and balsa used, each Mumak cost on average £10 to make.


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Offline rob_alderman

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2010, 03:44:47 PM »
Nice work there!!!  :)

Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2010, 08:00:16 AM »
These are far more in line with my idea of how Mumakil should look after reading the books. The film versions were just too big to be believable. The GW model isn't too bad, as it's considerably caled-down from the movie version, but really still too big (and expensive).

Yours are superb and really look the part. I also think you've made a great job of using proxy figures to give a very original and refreshingly different version of LOTR armies.

Please post more pics of the battle  :D

Offline mondria

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2010, 12:02:46 PM »
great job on the scales and  fine idea to

Offline sukhe_bator

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2010, 12:16:38 PM »
For the benefit of Gluteus Maximus and others who may have missed them, some pics of the London Gamers Armies of Arcana game at Salute 2010...
The fortress, defended by Dwarves and Humans dominates one end of the battlefield

The siege lines, Ocs on the left, Haradrim on the Right. The Dwarves and Humans seeing signs of a relief force of Elves etc. in the distance, sally forth to do battle

The Orcs are attacked by one of the Dwarves' monster allies but they fend it off with volleys of arrows

A large flying column of Elvish cavalry attempts to break through the siege lines

But is headed off by the second wave of baddies...undead with titanic undead giants and halflings!

The game develops into two separate rucks as the relief force marches across the river into the fray

The defenders look on helplessly as the Relief force is thwarted. Despite the savage onslaught by the knights and dwarves the siege lines buckle but still hold

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Offline rob_alderman

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2010, 12:39:44 PM »
That was a stunning game and I really wish I took some pictures.

Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2010, 07:49:45 PM »
For the benefit of Gluteus Maximus and others who may have missed them, some pics of the London Gamers Armies of Arcana game at Salute 2010...


Fantastic! Thanks very much for posting those. I haven't made Salute for many years, so it's always nice to see what goes on there.

I love those giants  :-*  They are truly impressive chaps and the fortress is also marvellous.

The sort of game I wish I could take part in!

Offline MerlintheMad

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #26 on: June 03, 2010, 12:59:04 AM »
Truly a Ragnarok-scale fracas! Love the fort especially.

Many years ago I did some simple Mumakil conversions using toys I bought from the zoo gift shop (some of you have probably seen this page already)....

http://larsen-family.us/~1066/pelennor.html
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Offline sukhe_bator

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2010, 01:44:30 PM »
I know those well Merlin. They inspired me many years ago, along with John Treadaway's ideas
http://www.salute.co.uk/warlords/fantasy_gallery/images/mumak.jpg
Dr Haidar's work features some interesting reconstructions of elephant armour
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL2013939M/Islamic_arms_and_armour_of_Muslim_India
and more recently
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/War-Elephants_9781846032684
The eye defences were based on a rather fanciful illustration from David Day's Tolkein Bestiary. I've adapted the idea extensively

as well as incorporated several other features such as Mughal 'rabbit ear' defensive shields to screen the mahout
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Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #28 on: June 03, 2010, 07:20:03 PM »
I know those well Merlin. They inspired me many years ago, along with John Treadaway's ideas
http://www.salute.co.uk/warlords/fantasy_gallery/images/mumak.jpg

He did an article on his Mumak in either Military Modelling or Battle For Wargamers magazine years ago. I've still got it somewhere.

The eye defences were based on a rather fanciful illustration from David Day's Tolkein Bestiary. I've adapted the idea extensively

I thought I'd seen them somewhere before. It's still a book that's worth looking at   :)

Offline MerlintheMad

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Re: Make your own Mumakil
« Reply #29 on: June 04, 2010, 12:34:05 AM »
Armored Mumakil, especially eye defenses, are cool looking but definitely NOT Middle-earth (Tolkien). Remember that the Rohirrim went around and finished off the Mumakil after the battle by shooting them in the eyes. There isn't any description in the book of armor. Apparently there was little need of it because of their thick hides. Only the eyes were immediately vulnerable.

But don't let my pedantry dissuade you! As I said, armored "elephants" look tons more cool than "nekked" ones....

 

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