What a way to finish off 2024, and what a mental year. Thank you so much much for all your support, and I'm just thrilled by how much you guys have enjoyed this last big block of Middle Earth madness. What would be your dream Zorpazorp video to see in 2025? 🏆 Check out The Magnet Baron for all your wargaming supermagnet needs!! themagnetbaron.com/pages/warhammer?RUclips&Influencer&ZorpaZorp&Minas+Tirith 🏆 To help keep Zorpazorp going support me on patreon: patreon.com/Zorpazorp ruclips.net/user/sgaming/emoji/7ff574f2/emoji_u1f3c6.png
@@bluebubbadog2080 Would he even have enough room for that or would he need a bigger shed for this? I remember some of his older boards, still in his storage locker, across that little lake. If those get added, then he would be running out of room, quite fast. Still, looking good, it's coming together.
November 2025: "To make room for the ninth part of our Dagorlad / Dead Marshes mega board and the water supply, we actually had to evict the neighbors and smash some trailer park sets to build us this basic storage structure, based on the original Hindenburg hangar..."
The tug of war between screen accuracy and making the table good for gaming would drive me crazy. Glad you can carry on and knock these projects out for our viewing pleasure
Games Workshop repeatedly sending mountains of plastic is a nice problem to have! Loving the build so far and I feel like the integration of the 3D prints, plastic kits and some peak Zorpazorp crafting is just *chefs kiss*.
Thank you Nigey!! Yeah I can't wait to add even more plastic to the lower slopes and kitbash a bunch of barracks and staables into the outer ring wall like garrison structures!
You know what would be freaking awesome? A bunch of short videos of alternative builds of the GW Houses! There isn’t much content out there for these and I think that they’d be popular especially with the new box set out. I know you have done some different builds within large videos and kind of skimmed through them, some more detailed user friendly alternatives builds would be fantastic. Your how to vids are what got me into watching your content, kind of miss them. Yeah granted you are doing all these mega boards but sometimes simpler, easy to follow along builds can be more accessible to viewers rather than unattainable mega builds.
This is a great idea. You already have a bunch of very nice, varied house designs, but it would be lovely to have some more step-by step guidance and an indication of how many kits each of your designs requires, so that people who only have a few kits can plan out some nice varied designs.
Also the shipping from NZ to the UK would be insane so they won't want to pay that much for the actual display, if you where in a position to part with them you'd probably get more from canvassing friendly local game stores in NZ and AUS or putting on an ebay auction
Can we just take a minute to appreciate this mans drive and determination? I remember that announcement at the start of the year and it was looking bad. And now here we are with some of the most epic zorpazorp content to date. I hope this channel sees so much more success in the months and years to come. As always you are an inspiration to us all from moving to middle earth to teaching us all how to bring it to our table tops. My friend you bow to no one.
Started following your channel at the beginning of last year, when I re-ignited my passion for Warhammer/miniature painting after about a 20 some odd year hiatus. Your channel inspired me immensely; not just for miniature painting but it also got me into building/crafting dioramas... which is the main aspect of the hobby for me now. Using your techniques on terrain building and scenery as a guide, I submitted my first competition piece last month. I'm working on many more projects in the upcoming year and this channel is a huge source of information and motivation. It's been awesome following your crafting journey and I'm glad the channel is going strong. Thanks for the content, I know its not easy running your own business. I hope 2025 is another successful year for you.
the push and pull between "Those walls look so good, I could use a nice palisade" and "Wait did he say eight thousand dollars" is wild! Looking great Lachie, keep on keeping on! Also, for real, if any GW reps or whatever see this comment, I don't play LotR, and I've never been especially tempted to get in on it, but I keep looking at buying some of the new Hill Tribes and maybe even a whole set or two for kitbashing cultists and militia for 40k, and if I do, it is entirely because of the love and enthusiasm shown here.
I think the biggest thing you could do for your channel in 2025 would be to rename all your videos in a way that makes some actual legible sense for those following along in future. Then obviously adopt that moving forward also.
I second this. A reference to a mountain of plastic gives no indication of which video in the Edoras series this is. I'd love them to be numbered, especially when I'm sharing them with my nephew, who recently got the new boxed set for Christmas.
That was a rollercoaster of a year for Zorpazorp. Happy to see you went through it. Can't wait to see what's in store for 2025. And now I am impatient for next week and the end of Helm's Deep. Happy New Year to you and your family, may 2025 be the best year for you all.
so i started working on a table for me local gaming store/club, and man, the way you made those GW legions Imperialis buildings go together easy, you're an absolute legend! (hopefully these kits are still super modular, but not quite as prone to being a pain in the arse to keep square when you try to build big!) Edoras is looking magnificent!
What you are doing is so amazing! It's hard to believe such an endeavor is being untaken! Zorpazorp, you are a massive source of my inspiration in making wargaming terrain and the hobby of wargaming as a whole. Thank you for your perseverance and expression of your skills and creativity. The Horse Stables in Edoras has always been my favorite building from the movies and you have done it an incredible justice!!
Idea, the next time you do so many thatched roofs and must put a strip of thatched green stuff over it, prepare a positive and negative 3D print already in a corner, a long thing, probably best in resin, thick enough so it doesn't snap as easily, long strip on green stuff, cut to pieces as needed, you need minor clean up and detailing instead of doing the whole thing all the way many times.
This just gives me vibes from a favourite LOTR game of mine. There’s a level on the “the third age” PS2 game where you get to see Edoras in such lovely detail
That’s just blown me away. The level of thought you have given to this and the detail is beyond amazing. It’s by far way better than your Osgiliath bird and that was proper awesome back then. Look forward to seeing your 2025 content. Great work once again. You sir are a genius and a credit to this hobby. I salute you.
This is incredible. Favourite location in life and now my favourite board you have made. I really can’t wait to see this with ground texture and grasses 😍
Wow Lachie, this feels like you got the Zorp magic back. Love the consistency and sticking with one big project, the combo of kitbashing and classic crafting, and the energy!!!
2:55 quote of the year... Z: I think I'm gonna do something crazy... Me: is that something new??? Hahaha... Man, the day you say I'm gonna do something sane, I'll be leaving you... Just for you to know... Greetings, Z! This is the year you must conquer! Happy new year!!
*Happy New Year🎉🥳🎊* *I'm favoured only God knows how much I praise Him,* $230k every 4weeks! | now have a big mansion and can now afford anything and also support God's work and the church.
Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!
I started pretty low, though, $5000 thereabouts. The return came massive. Joey is in school doing well, telling me of new friends he's meeting in school. Thank you Evelyn Vera, you're a miracle.
Wow...I know her too she is a licensed broker and a FINRA agent she is popular in US and Canada she is really amazing woman with good skills and experience.
The games on these boards are going to be awesome. It inspired me to start 3d printing an awesome board for my games. It's probably going to take me 6 months to print everything, but I couldn't afford GW kits.
Another great build! My Uruk Hai scouts mouths are watering wanting to lay siege to this masterpiece. I swear one just said “looks like meats back on the menu boys!”
Man with all the mountains of plastic you've been sent over the last year or so, you have your own plastic mountain range. ( its at least three mountains at this point! :P)
Excited to see the end result of this, recently got back into mesbg after around 15 years, used to build sets with my dad as a kid(nothing near this quality of course!😂) so its very nostalgic to watch!
One of my pet hates about diorama builders... the way they slam tools, plastic, materials in an aggressive way just to make it look cool. Other than that, good video.
“Who now has the strength to stand against Zorpazorp and Weta? To stand against the might of Taylor and Linton-Keane, and the union of The Two Crafters!”
So THIS is why the sets are more expensive and out of stock. They gave them to him free, well, the hobiest paid for them. Great build though! One love from Scotland. 💙 🦁 🏴
Any timber structures built in such an area would need fixing and replacing over the years, so it's likely those palisades and the gatehouse would have been replaced and altered during Theoden's lifetime.
What a way to finish off 2024, and what a mental year. Thank you so much much for all your support, and I'm just thrilled by how much you guys have enjoyed this last big block of Middle Earth madness. What would be your dream Zorpazorp video to see in 2025?
🏆 Check out The Magnet Baron for all your wargaming supermagnet needs!! themagnetbaron.com/pages/warhammer?RUclips&Influencer&ZorpaZorp&Minas+Tirith
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To see all of your Middle Earth game boards in one room and you spend an entire episode just talking about them
@@bluebubbadog2080 Would he even have enough room for that or would he need a bigger shed for this?
I remember some of his older boards, still in his storage locker, across that little lake.
If those get added, then he would be running out of room, quite fast.
Still, looking good, it's coming together.
I want some plastic crap….
November 2025: "To make room for the ninth part of our Dagorlad / Dead Marshes mega board and the water supply, we actually had to evict the neighbors and smash some trailer park sets to build us this basic storage structure, based on the original Hindenburg hangar..."
Hahahahahahaha it is all getting a bit big
@@Zorpazorp “a bit” 😂
Just a smidge, maybe a smidge and a half.
The tug of war between screen accuracy and making the table good for gaming would drive me crazy. Glad you can carry on and knock these projects out for our viewing pleasure
Games Workshop repeatedly sending mountains of plastic is a nice problem to have!
Loving the build so far and I feel like the integration of the 3D prints, plastic kits and some peak Zorpazorp crafting is just *chefs kiss*.
Thank you Nigey!! Yeah I can't wait to add even more plastic to the lower slopes and kitbash a bunch of barracks and staables into the outer ring wall like garrison structures!
You know what would be freaking awesome? A bunch of short videos of alternative builds of the GW Houses! There isn’t much content out there for these and I think that they’d be popular especially with the new box set out. I know you have done some different builds within large videos and kind of skimmed through them, some more detailed user friendly alternatives builds would be fantastic. Your how to vids are what got me into watching your content, kind of miss them. Yeah granted you are doing all these mega boards but sometimes simpler, easy to follow along builds can be more accessible to viewers rather than unattainable mega builds.
This man is allergic to success, i'm not sure why he even has a channel
I second this. Would love to see some shorts breaking down some of the single building ways to go about the kit.
This is a great idea. You already have a bunch of very nice, varied house designs, but it would be lovely to have some more step-by step guidance and an indication of how many kits each of your designs requires, so that people who only have a few kits can plan out some nice varied designs.
So you'll basically need an indoor school gym type room for the whole layout eventually😂
Hahaha yeah essentially!
Games Workshop needs to buy these off you for a fair (large) price for whatever Lord of the Rings display they eventually make in their GW HQ.
I'd find it very hard to part with any of them to be honest haha! Need them for the big campaign!
@@Zorpazorp Fair! I totally get that. Do your campaign first, THEN milk GW for all they're worth for your terrain! lmao
Also the shipping from NZ to the UK would be insane so they won't want to pay that much for the actual display, if you where in a position to part with them you'd probably get more from canvassing friendly local game stores in NZ and AUS or putting on an ebay auction
@@gunslingerspartancargo plane. The entire (once finished) board (all 5,000 sft) can be placed on board and flown to its destination.
@@jc7997aj brother cargo planes are expensive to run
Can we just take a minute to appreciate this mans drive and determination? I remember that announcement at the start of the year and it was looking bad. And now here we are with some of the most epic zorpazorp content to date. I hope this channel sees so much more success in the months and years to come. As always you are an inspiration to us all from moving to middle earth to teaching us all how to bring it to our table tops. My friend you bow to no one.
Started following your channel at the beginning of last year, when I re-ignited my passion for Warhammer/miniature painting after about a 20 some odd year hiatus. Your channel inspired me immensely; not just for miniature painting but it also got me into building/crafting dioramas... which is the main aspect of the hobby for me now. Using your techniques on terrain building and scenery as a guide, I submitted my first competition piece last month. I'm working on many more projects in the upcoming year and this channel is a huge source of information and motivation. It's been awesome following your crafting journey and I'm glad the channel is going strong. Thanks for the content, I know its not easy running your own business. I hope 2025 is another successful year for you.
The destructible wall idea was genius. Nicely done!
the push and pull between "Those walls look so good, I could use a nice palisade" and "Wait did he say eight thousand dollars" is wild!
Looking great Lachie, keep on keeping on!
Also, for real, if any GW reps or whatever see this comment, I don't play LotR, and I've never been especially tempted to get in on it, but I keep looking at buying some of the new Hill Tribes and maybe even a whole set or two for kitbashing cultists and militia for 40k, and if I do, it is entirely because of the love and enthusiasm shown here.
I think the biggest thing you could do for your channel in 2025 would be to rename all your videos in a way that makes some actual legible sense for those following along in future. Then obviously adopt that moving forward also.
I second this. A reference to a mountain of plastic gives no indication of which video in the Edoras series this is. I'd love them to be numbered, especially when I'm sharing them with my nephew, who recently got the new boxed set for Christmas.
That was a rollercoaster of a year for Zorpazorp. Happy to see you went through it. Can't wait to see what's in store for 2025.
And now I am impatient for next week and the end of Helm's Deep.
Happy New Year to you and your family, may 2025 be the best year for you all.
so i started working on a table for me local gaming store/club, and man, the way you made those GW legions Imperialis buildings go together easy, you're an absolute legend! (hopefully these kits are still super modular, but not quite as prone to being a pain in the arse to keep square when you try to build big!) Edoras is looking magnificent!
What you are doing is so amazing! It's hard to believe such an endeavor is being untaken! Zorpazorp, you are a massive source of my inspiration in making wargaming terrain and the hobby of wargaming as a whole. Thank you for your perseverance and expression of your skills and creativity. The Horse Stables in Edoras has always been my favorite building from the movies and you have done it an incredible justice!!
Oh man when the models are down, you can really appreciate the beauty of the landscape! Props as always Zorp!
Wow all those angles for the intro!!!! Love to see you making progress on this board! Keep up the Stupendous job!
Really coming together! Thanks for taking us on the Epic journey dude!
You are most welcome Eli!
@@ZorpazorpMORE VIDEO PLZ!!! 😁😁
How many mountains of plastic are you at by this point?
Correct 😂
Idea, the next time you do so many thatched roofs and must put a strip of thatched green stuff over it, prepare a positive and negative 3D print already in a corner, a long thing, probably best in resin, thick enough so it doesn't snap as easily, long strip on green stuff, cut to pieces as needed, you need minor clean up and detailing instead of doing the whole thing all the way many times.
This just gives me vibes from a favourite LOTR game of mine. There’s a level on the “the third age” PS2 game where you get to see Edoras in such lovely detail
Oh I remember that!!!!! Crickey I haven't thought about TTA in aaaaaages!!!
cant wait for zorpazorp 2030: "Building a new shed out of 8000 terain sprues GW sent me!"
Can't wait to see some BR with these beautiful pieces of Terrain.
This stuff is going to be epic I'm so excited!
Looking incredible, the angled palisade wall to match the sloping cliff looks brilliant.
Thank you mate, I was really thrilled with that
That’s just blown me away. The level of thought you have given to this and the detail is beyond amazing. It’s by far way better than your Osgiliath bird and that was proper awesome back then. Look forward to seeing your 2025 content. Great work once again. You sir are a genius and a credit to this hobby. I salute you.
first 2025 video, yay! :) Happy New Year btw
Happy new year Sahidko!!! Thank you so much for the super chat as always mate
Love this build, looking forward to Helm's Deep next time. And ha Happy New Year to you too, man!
These are superb pieces of work. They should be shown in a venue, like a museum, where people can appreciate them.
This is incredible. Favourite location in life and now my favourite board you have made. I really can’t wait to see this with ground texture and grasses 😍
Wow Lachie, this feels like you got the Zorp magic back. Love the consistency and sticking with one big project, the combo of kitbashing and classic crafting, and the energy!!!
Thank you so much mate!! Waiut till you see the next video hehehehehe shouyld be out next week!
@@Zorpazorpwe are waiting patiently!
This is the fifth time games workshop has sent you a “mountain of plastic” Bart Simpson
Nice for some isn't it?
2:55 quote of the year...
Z: I think I'm gonna do something crazy...
Me: is that something new???
Hahaha... Man, the day you say I'm gonna do something sane, I'll be leaving you... Just for you to know...
Greetings, Z! This is the year you must conquer! Happy new year!!
Got a LOT of plastic crack for Christmas… can’t wait to get cracking on my own middle earth alongside you.
I recently just got to play the LoTR tabletop game, I have to admit....I love the mechanics. This is exciting to watch you build!
It's been an absolute pleasure following your work over the last year - may you continue to work your wonders for many years to come!
Totally awesome! I used magnets in my ongoing Tatooine board to make display easier and transport of the models on the board safer.
*Happy New Year🎉🥳🎊* *I'm favoured only God knows how much I praise Him,* $230k every 4weeks! | now have a big mansion and can now afford anything and also support God's work and the church.
Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!
Wow that's huge, how do you make that much monthly?.. I have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??
It's Ms. Evelyn Vera doing, she's changed my life.
I started pretty low, though, $5000 thereabouts. The return came massive. Joey is in school doing well, telling me of new friends he's meeting in school. Thank you Evelyn Vera, you're a miracle.
Wow...I know her too she is a licensed broker and a FINRA agent she is popular in
US and Canada she is really amazing woman with good skills and experience.
Tack!
Thank YOU mate!!! Very kind :)
The games on these boards are going to be awesome. It inspired me to start 3d printing an awesome board for my games. It's probably going to take me 6 months to print everything, but I couldn't afford GW kits.
Another great build! My Uruk Hai scouts mouths are watering wanting to lay siege to this masterpiece. I swear one just said “looks like meats back on the menu boys!”
Epic!
As always.
Great to see the family helping out.
Happy New Year.
Let's hope 2025 is a better year for all of us.
Happy modelling.
Mon
So awesome!! That wood tone is just *chef’s kiss* and PML at the Uruk siege weapon 😝
Man with all the mountains of plastic you've been sent over the last year or so, you have your own plastic mountain range. ( its at least three mountains at this point! :P)
Happy New Year! Loving the journey. Learning a thing or two along the way. CHEERS!
I dont want to be that guy but please rethink your thumbnails. I wish all the best thank you for your work and dedication
Excited to see the end result of this, recently got back into mesbg after around 15 years, used to build sets with my dad as a kid(nothing near this quality of course!😂) so its very nostalgic to watch!
awesome start to the new year!
I love this build but I also love how you’re honouring your patreons ❤❤❤
Happy new year! Thanks for always putting out awsome content!
My favorite RUclips channel at the moment. Especially after watching the War of the Rohirrim movie. Great content, keep it up!
One of my pet hates about diorama builders... the way they slam tools, plastic, materials in an aggressive way just to make it look cool.
Other than that, good video.
Awesome work great build😊 can't wait to see them finished
Very cool build. I'm looking forward to seeing it whole. Keep up the good work mate
I find your work inspiring my friend. I am also a little jealous of the amount of hobby space you have. Keep up the great work, love it.
I'm really looking forward to the video where you install the ceiling cranes for people to Mission Impossible Dangle to play
That's look's brilliant game board fantastic way to finish the year off with that and I hope you and your family have a great New year 🎉🎊🎉🎊🤠🤠👍👍
Cute buddy ❤
It's coming togeeether! Love the idea of merging the different sets from the anime and movies!
This behemoth of a board is looking crisp. As always great work❤
It's looking amazing. Happy New Year ♥
This is just off the hook! Much respect for your dedication and love for LOTR. I am beyond excited to see your Meduseld.
This is absolute Amazing !!! What a Beast !!! Cant wait to see that thing finished!
You're the kind of OG nerd madmen that make youtube so enjoyable! Thanks for those crazy videos
I'm so happy for another video in this series. Amazing!
One day there shall be Zorpland and I can feel like a giant striding through the landscapes of middle earth and the horus heresy.
Just awesome - inspiring me to get started on the new starter set!
ah yes back to the crazy terrain goodness. BTW you need to paint all those kitbash armies at one point again and make it epic too.
Yeah Cult of the Fang especially is crying out for paint!!!
Well. I guess I'm not going to bed.
Hehehe thanks Tom! Appreciate it mate and sorry for the sleep disruption :)
Happy new year!
Brilliant, great progress, thanks Zorpazorp!
Merry Xmas and Happy Newyears Zorpa Zorp!
Bold move to show clips from such a new movie😁
I drop by everyday to check for updates :)
Love this channel!!.
Video about to go live mate!
For the algorithm. Great work, as always. Taking on projects at this scale is insane.
I’m slightly worried for you when it comes to eventually tackling Isengard. I reckon you might have to move to a lighthouse.
2:56 That's crazy!!
I'm going ROGUE hehehehehehe
Excellent video! Excites to see Helms Deep finished!
Nice video!!! Can't wait for the huge battles on the full edoras board!!!
NEW YEAR NEW ZORP LETS GOOOO
Amazing work Zorplord! All hail!
“Who now has the strength to stand against Zorpazorp and Weta? To stand against the might of Taylor and Linton-Keane, and the union of The Two Crafters!”
God damn dude, keep up the good work. its looking amazing! I cant wait to see the final finished! Hope 2025 goes well for you!
So THIS is why the sets are more expensive and out of stock. They gave them to him free, well, the hobiest paid for them. Great build though! One love from Scotland. 💙 🦁 🏴
Getting home from holiday, and a new Zorp video to watch! The perfect way to settle into being home
Yeiiiii 20 mins break from work!! This build is so incredible!!! Keep up the amazing work!!
Perfect timing Yannick hasha, hope you enjoy it and have a nice day at work!
Lessss goooo new vid droped
Yussssssssssssssssss
Amazing stuff, man. im loving this middle earth train we're on 🔥🔥
Fantastic stuff, loving your middle earth content!
Can't wait to see the MESBG Campaign being played out on these AMAZING gaming boards 🤩
Just staggeringly good as always man, I run out of words for how impressive and unachievably inspirational all of this stuff is :-) Damian
Any timber structures built in such an area would need fixing and replacing over the years, so it's likely those palisades and the gatehouse would have been replaced and altered during Theoden's lifetime.
Though I know feelings are mixed, its nice to hear you reference War of the Rohirrim! Animated or not, its canon to the movies either way!
Great stuff. Loved the videos all year. Can't wait for helms deep and more lotr!!!
You, sir are killing it with this Games Workshop Lord of the Rings build
If you can't tell I'm using key words for the algorithm
I'll have to watch that as soon as possible. I've been impatiently waiting for your video.
Love the expanded layout! Batreps are going to be sick🎉
Man that board is getting mental! 🔥 amazing 👏
Lovely board, can’t wait to see it in play.
Fantastic, a little bit over the top with the tank, but that gave me the best laugh so far in 2025. Loving this.
Once you play the inevitable 100,000 point game across all these boards I will eagerly watch the 26 hour battle report!
[Huffing into a paper bag at the news Lachie's abandoning screen accuracy.]