This is gonna be SO COOL!!! nice cat cameo :-)

One of the things I love about these kinds of videos about creating something is the moment when the thing that is being made looks really wrong and maybe failed, but then it turns out that it was actually all going according to plan and the finished result is perfect

You released templates, you the real mvp of this how to stuff

As someone that doesn't have a hot wire cutter I now feel I can make this. My only suggestion would be right at the base have the bottom half inch or so stained a little more than everywhere else to simulate the ground being wetter and rain and water collecting at the bottomed of the wall. Immense piece of terrain through, really awesome!!

Been watching you from the start. Really glad your growing your channel as it’s so refreshing to see such user friendly guides and someone who is so professional with there tutorials. Keep smashing it!

Once again Zorpazorp delivers on a thing I needed help with! Totally using this tutorial on walls and towers for my Frostgrave setting!

I watch, I learn! Great videos mate, really explains it clearly and shows well the procedures done. 😍

This is amazing and its like the first time i've seen a tutorial where I thought "yeah, I would nail that with your method". I don't even want a MT board but after this i'm syked to make some walls!!!

This is so seriously awesome! I can't wait to try building stuff like this. Well done!

Very impressive! I've only just bought a hotwire cutter and had been hunting down the old gw templates for Minas Tirith, but your stuff is far superior. I'll be glad to follow along and then dive in myself!

Top notch work as always Lachlan! The amount of money being saved by building through these templates is a real game changer. Simple products that can be found at any hardware store. Excited to see the rest of the project! Stay safe and happy gaming from New York State!

This is awesome and super useful! It has inspired me to build a 40k diorama using this method as the primary surface of the Imperial Palace wall. Looking forward to seeing the other parts and the additional paint schemes!!

this thing is going to be MASSIVE - can't wait to see it and all the tutorial vids that follow

You are a saving grace, recently got back into this game due to quarantine and my gf loves LOTR and wanted to get Into this game as well. She wanted to makes fortresses but didn’t know where to start and this channel totally helps, so thank you!

Youre video's are realy the best. When playing a battle always a good combination of close up and complete view. When you make things its the same and always a good and cleare explanation of wat you do and how to do it and jou always show it. Very nice work and youre video's keep me and my girlfriend motivated to keep painting, playing and building things for or own LOTR mini's sinds oure club is closed to do the same things.

Wonderful stone work 👍 Thank you for sharing this video and for the templates 😉

Great work. Love watching your videos. Thanks for putting this together!

man! you put some awesome and practical terrain tips for us mortals looks like pro´s!!! Keep going!!!!!!

I loved the blunt blade Merry clip reference 😂😂 that was brilliant

Most useful! Thanks for sharing your expertise (and templates)! 😀👍

Even tho i dont play the middle earth game, i realy enjoy watching youre build video's. Cant wait to see it all in the end.

Youre video's are so clean! You desribe every single detail you must now for the project en show Nice smooth shots! Keep going the good work 👌 awesome channel

I like the idea of using rocks to vary the heights of the trees.

Absolutely fantastic! I'm really curious to see how you're going to achieve the curvature of the walls when they are all put together. I'd love to see a video on how you did that too!

You are amazing! Thank you so much for your hard work! Hope to show one day my Minas Tirith to my future kids hahaha

Can i just say, i love videos, but its not often it impacts me so much that i press the like button, this is amazing and made me want to hit the like button more :) p.s finding this video and your channel has made me very curious about the lotr game, enough to make me try it out :D

Hi, i started a very similar project 2 years ago. I built the complete gatehouse (14 cm wide gate) with the four towers (48cm high) and the two walls protecting the area in front off the entrance. For the crenalation i used two laser-cutted mdf stencil with the Proxon hotwire table (which i used for the whole project). I’ve texturized the walls with your same metod. Now i need to build the rest of the modular walls and towers for a total of 2 meters long. I also have ti paint them ofc. Keep up the good work and regards from Italy

Outstanding work Lachy.

Wow mate bravo! Awesome realistic work there!

O. M. G. I am so excited to see this. I am so excited to make it.

Absolutely brilliant, as ever You're an inspiration!

This is amazing :) thank you so much for putting this out there!!!!!!!

As always, another glorious video of your GOD terrain making skills. I enjoyed it a lot, man. Keep on with the good work! Huges from Spain.

Really impressive work! I may have to start my own project after seeing this! Never made any scenery myself though so I'll probably start small, maybe not go for Minas Tirith quite yet haha

The gates of Minas Tirith will be a great build to do now for 2022

Love it! Just might have to give it a shot this summer :)

If you have the spare change a Dremel can really speed up the carving time! The slopes especially! A sander tip clears through foam fast and leaves a smooth surface. Make sure to wear a mask though. Don’t want to breathe in foam

This looks like it is going to be so awesome, can’t wait to see the next episode, but in the meantime I will need to do some testing to see what foam is best to use in the UK. Not sure if my train set foam will work on Minas Tirith.

Outstanding! I am lost for words

Are you going to connect the Minas Tirith board, the pelennor fiels board and the Osgiliath board for on huge Gondor board?

And there it is! Just like you promised on Facebook! Love it mate. Especially how you give that extra bit of depth. Two questions: Have you considered buying a Proxxon hot wire cutter? It really speeds up your process and gives beautiful cuts. You could cut 5 crenellations sections from 1 5cm block of foam and slice it down. Other question: does your foam also have that smooth silky layer/finish on the outer sides of the board? Gerard Boom from Shiftinglands advices to thinly slice that off because it doesn’t take glue and textures well. Thanks a lot mate!

I got the like nr 1000! Incredible work, i'm gonna use this for sure!

Superb Sir I was dubious with the paint but it really really came together and looks fantastic! i think you could always add a little weathering using wethering powders. Keep it up man!

I've never built terrain before. I'm going to follow this for a custom castle.

Your videos are awesome. Can you start putting the materials used and the sizing info under your videos so we know what to use when making this?

best modelist and all around advisor in Games Workshop lord of the rings community i think

Hi ! Fantastic videos, really cool of you to have released the templates for free ! In a few weeks i'm going to make some little walls, I have big thicc piece of foam in my garage, I tried undercoating them with a Chaos Black primer from GW, but it melt the foam. You talked about this issue in ur video. Are GW spray primer too strong, or is my foam not a good one ?

Hi, Loved the quiet before the storm.... I mean the rave lol This looks great, I just bought battle of pelennor field... So this will look good in the background... Got 2 walls glued and will do the stone effects tomorrow. Can I ask will you be doing the gatehouse and towers...How about seige towers Anyway brilliant video and thank you For your time

YES cant wait

Really nice job!

As always, really great work - I assume this method could also be used for the Rammos Echor wall as well (dimension change, perhaps)? That one was all individually-cast plaster bricks, right?

Love ya Zorp!

I am gonna try to make this today.

Love this!! Cannot wait to make my own! Will you do one for the main gate??

Awesome work!

Awesome material. Thanks for this and all the other content. I'm actually making a lot of stuff for the incoming quest of the ringbrearer and this really helps! There is any clue on the release date of the quest of the ring bearer?

Great video, thanks! Is there a coverage / protective step at the end? What product would you recommend to protect the paintwork?

If you are priming by hand, I would mix some Mod Podge into your base paint. This will harden the foam a bit and doesnt obscure detail.

OMG. So nice to see you're in my area, and everything. Next pay means a big shop with you kids. Bit of a rando question, though. What knife are you using to cut the foam? Mine isn't really doing the job and I need to upgrade. Recommend? Ta, bro. Edit: Duh. Paid more attention and read the logo on the knife. All is well. Bunnings run!

Speaking of rocks: Lachie you rock! 😝

FIRST! Love it already, Lachie

Watching you cut this out by hand got me thinking that one could save a lot of time on the battlements using something like a Silhouette or Circut to cut the foam - this might require multiple sheets of styrene glued together after cutting, but it has the advantage of being a largely hands off/can run in parallel while you are prepping and finishing other walls. Anyway looking forward to the templates, will try them on a Glowforge after some modification with MDF.

Wow, I wanna play on tha table!

This is absolutely amazing! Would you be doing the mordor siege towers as well?

Yes brother!!!

I Love this !!! What product did you used for the wash? Any links for it ?

Just started with this hobby and LOVE your videos! what kind of glue do you use to add 2 pieces of foam together? looks like wood glue?

Waouuu juste ouf j'adore ^^ ^^ !! !!

amazing work! but I can't find anywhere a spray that doesn't melt the foam... where could I buy it?

What would you use as a primer through an Airbrush?

A way tp save time during the battlements section is to use the template against the foam and use a polystyrene cutter. Its a heated wire that cuts through the foam. The template held in place will keep you from cutting to far and it saves an ass load of time and blades. The thicker the foam, the slower you will go but it is still way quicker than cutting. I actually prefer the polystyrene cutter because if done right the cuts will be close to perfect. They range in price and some expensive ones are pretty cool, but the cheap ones can be bought at a hobby shop like Micheal's.

Yes please on the siege towers!!

Hey mate, I’ve tried the Bunnings near me for foam but they’ve only got the bastion green stuff which is pretty shocking. Whereabouts did you source the yellow stuff, and is it more dense?

This paintjob is f*ck*ng Amazing dude !!! 😍😍😍

damn i would love to help with this build but saldy no work since covid hit and cant get a hot wire cutter or i would have sent like 8 meters of walls and towers for ya as i have nothing but TIME FOR FUN! . cheers Zorpa cant wait for the epic battle in the future , cant wait for the army of the dead and the easterners (pirates)

When will your master class on painting stone be coming out, will be working on ruins from your Amon Hen video but am stumped as to how I should paint it? Thank you and keep up the good work, the streams and videos are getting me through the lockdown

Dose any one know of a good foam board to be purchased in the UK. I've been looking for a few weeks and cannot find anything that looks like the foam board used in here?

how do u plant it on your mat / playfield? One of my fav painting vids of yours, i will use it in a slightly custimized kind for the elder scrolls tabletop

One little question. Do you know if there is a way to make the cranelation pins more stronger? I mean adding pva glue to the paint for the base coat by hand or airbrush. I ask becuase I'm making my walls and tis part seems to be very soft, and very easy to damage or broken in the normal use or wearing.

do you have any templates/instructions for the gates? wanting to make that portion for the official pelennor fields scenario (gondor at war version) before i move on to the rest of it

Haha ffs heres me wondering why my osgiliath ruins are still bright orange with puddles of paint on the floor .......i was just at Officeworks aswell :/ .. hahaha cheers mate top job as always

Do you have a link to the spray from Office Works? Can't seem to find it, thanks

what type's of paint did you use for the undertones and drybrushing?

How many fingers do you think the battle will have when you and your friends are done with the product

Where can I get a scalpel like the one you are using?

Muy bueno

Since the walls are circular, how do you plan to connect the walls?

What you you say is the most cost-effective material for “stone-wall effects”?

Do you know where can I find this foam? I search for polystyrene foam on Amazon US and the results are a lot of Styrofoam. And Styrofoam is awful to shape, paint and make any kind of terrain (I tried before) :s

Anyone know where I can get some of that foam in the uk

In another video, as I recall, you indicated that someone 3d printed the battlements for you. Who printed those battlements for you, and are they available for sale? Also making the walls themselves might be something that Knights of Dice could make out of MDF. After the walls are basically a box of 280mm (11 inches) x 300mm (12 inches) x 100mm (4 inches). I don't know how well the laser milling could make the stone blocks and texturing) The laser milling could make battlements much easier to make Similar kits could be made for towers, landings, wedges and related structures. This could then become a project for one modeler and would be profitable for you and some of your friends. A customer could buy multiple kits. But for those wanting to make projects similar to your Minas Tirith wall, this would make the project much easier.

What are the dimensions of the 2 first piece please ?

Can i use Bluefoam. Can i use games workshop paint and sprays

xHARBYNGERx I was looking forward to downloading these templates so I can give it a try but was saddened to see that I have to give you all my personal info. Thank you but I think I'll pass. This won't stop me from watching your videos, tho, there's just too much good stuff.

This is gonna be HUUUUUUUGE

Great work as always, Lachlan - and such an easy way to build this stunning city of Middle Earth. Congrats! I would like to make a suggestion, because I used similar techniques when I did build my Gondor walls (inspired by your work as your surely remember): If you own a Proxxon Thermocut or similar cutter just pin the template onto the foam board and then use the Thermocut to cut the components out (low heat recommened). If you use a thicker piece of foam board you can cut slices / sheets instead of cutting seperate wall pieces - see: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZycrKh8zJrPkY0.html This safes a lot of time and it's easy to do.

but there is no curvature on the walls they won't be able to be the semicircle shape of minas tirith

I came here for the terrain, but I stayed for the rave...

You're a patriot.

What is this chonky knife?