Thanks very much. Yeah I totally agree maybe because it was never explored in the movies it feels like it could have so many different angles to explore.
I would love to build an ancient fort in Ithilien, maybe to guard the road to Minas Morgul or Harondor ! Thanks for everything mate, amazing work as always !
Setting up all the individual pieces of ruined buildings in the same table just makes it absolutely satisfying. This hard work is not only raisnig up to another level any Arnor campain game but any other wargame yo wanna play. Really nice job!!
Thanks mate! The moment I started laying everything out on the board, all that hard work felt totally worth it. This will definitely get used for my rangers of shadow deep campaign (whenever I get to that)🤣
You should do basing for the trees that matches the terrain bases. The realism of what you built really clashes with the round plastic tree bases, meaning yours is better.
just found your channel, and holy crap i am impressed! Even though i'm not really set up to do hobby-work myself, and havent done so in many years, i love watching out for good stuff that gets me excited enough to get back into the hobby. And these fortifications are genuinely the best i've ever seen. I love the paintjob on those walls especially, extremely realistic, but still pretty to the eye AND attainable for semi-beginners. Also the modularity you showed at the end just makes me drool. But its not just the stuff you make which is amazing, also the camera work, editing, sound, and equally entertaining and informative storyline and script - all is of the highest quality really. Instant subscribe from me, thanks for this! Also, I'd love to see you expand on these fortifications. The potential just seems so great, it'd be a 'waste' to end it here. It really reminds me of this modular terrain: "Weta Workshop Sculptor's Tabletop Miniature World!" (video) from Adam Savage Tested. Perhaps you could see if you can create different 'tops' for square towers: a ruined top of the tower, an intact top of the tower, one with a tiled roof or without roof. A drawbridge as well, there has to be a drawbridge somewhere! anyway, thanks and keep it up!
Well thanks very much for the kind words. The comparison to the Weta workshop guys hagglethorn hollow pieces is a very flattering comparison. Don’t worry I will definitely continue on with the series and no doubt come back to it and add to it as time goes by. Hopefully I can get the next video out a bit faster!
@@microforgeminis awesome, looking forward to it! And i wouldn't worry too much about the speed at which you produce content, the viewers will come for quality more than they will for quantity, at least that's my experience as a fellow youtuber, ad it's certainly the right way to keep it fun for yourself. And your stuff oozes quality, so just keep it up and perhaps try some other types of videos now and then, to keep things 'new and exciting'. Perhaps some trees and rocky outcrops in a similar style to create a coherent gaming table with. Just a random idea though.
@@gekalskip thanks for the kind words and I totally agree. After I get this next video done I think I need to do a pallet cleanser that isn’t slice and slot related!
This was really inspiring to watch. I built some castle walls years ago for am Asoiaf scenario but lost them when i moved. Now i have a big hobby space I’ve tackled many builds but never really knew what to do with some simple walls! This solves it for me, keeping the pieces in separate and modular sections!
Glad you enjoyed it. For me a lot of decisions start from ‘where am I going to store this’ which is why I favour a battle mat over a built board. I hope you remake your old walls and can enjoy them on the tabletop!
One issue with PVA glue over large sections is the areas around the edge will fully dry/set, but the interiors will remain wet. Even months later you can break two glued pieces apart and find wet glue. Anyway thats enough rambling. Great build, you gained another subscriber. 💜
That's an outstanding build. Well done. One minor thing I would do is to drybrush the clump foliage a little once it hardens up. It really adds life and depth, and more importantly scale.
Between the two, Arnor. However, I think I would be trying to use it to build out dwarf stonework for the Dwarven Mountain Holds, as I'm on a big Old World kick at the moment.
Fantastic work, I also loved that old supplement and would stare at the buildings longingly. So good to see someone’s made them! For me it’s Arnor all the way
It really was the best supplement in my opinion. I was always a die hard movie fan in terms of the aesthetics but I feel like they nailed the feel for all of the non screen models in this supplement as well and that’s before you even get to the terrain. What has been interesting is looking at all the subsequent supplements where they reused the terrain for the photo shoots. I might feature that in the next video
Awesome models thank you. I think these projects must be on the top of my ME break-in. I'll primarily use for Gondor to start with as that is what I have but then the ruins of Arnor wold be great, also Rhudaur. has potential.
"...but they were all of them deceived, for another jig was made..." Both, Albert! Both! Always both! How could we possibly just do one of the great kingdoms of men? Haha. I'm thinking some cheeky magnets in the walls, that will allow me to have some hanging banners for either kingdom that I can switch out. Another awesome build, so much fun to watch. Slice+Slot for the win!
Terrain is sickkk as always. For the jig. I'd think they could've pulled the pallacades inspiration from their home in numenor. Maybe do something like Armenelos stuff.
Nice work, was looking to make the Kingdom of Arthedain, which includes the old capital of Arnor. You have a nice start on Fornost Erain. I have already started on some of the sights of Rhudaur. Love weathering technique.
Bloody beautiful video mate, I love seeing fellow Aussie hobbyists making amazing stuff. I'd definitely want to go for Gondor for this piece, but I do have a namesake in Rohan so maybe a Rohirrim army could do battle through some 2nd Age Ruins as well hahaha
I’d probably use it to create the Gondorian fortress of Glamorgath in occupied Harad. It’s an evocative location that I’ve been keen to explore for a long time, and would be a great opportunity to really make use of the Slice & Slot system. Absolutely loving to see the time and dedication you’re putting into your foam crafting, especially with something as nostalgic as the old Ruin of Arnor book. With having a 3D printer now I don’t craft as much as I used to, but still happy it’s something I learned for creating unique pieces like the Isengard Dam.
I would love to see your take on Glamorgath Evie! I love how good FDM prints are getting these days in terms of quality and the stuff that you have painted has really impressed me. Having said that I’m in the hobby for the nostalgia vibes so I don’t think I could ever hang up the foam crafting altogether.
@@microforgeminis Oh likewise! It’s just nice to be able to focus on putting the time and passion into centrepieces rather than having to build whole tables by hand ☺️.
Great build, I really like it. Will try something similar for my Arnor build. I can i agine epic ruins of Fornost. Looking forward to your next videos.👍👍👍
I would actually be more likely to use the jig for Gondor but there is a good chance that someday in the future Ill get to make an arnor board as well.
Supper appreciate these videos!! The quality is so high and the pieces you make are incredible. Please keep making these forever. Are you excited about the Arnor Cavalry coming from GW?
Thanks for the kind words mate! There are now words in elvish, entish or the many tongues of men to describe how excited I am for the new Arnor cavalry
Fantastic build. I love the ruins and making ruins to play old fantasy type TTRPGs. It’s hard to find players where I live. I would like to play the ruins of Arnor.
Thanks very much. If you don’t have many players near you I would check out rangers of shadow deep. It’s a great single player game that has some rpg elements
Amazing stuff as always mate, your techniques have been a real inspiration for some of my terrain projects, so big thanks for the in depth showcases 🙌🏻
As Always, this is amazing. Still loving building ruins with the slice and slot. Arnor is absolutely at the top of my list (and I already made a full table of Osgiliath).
Choosing between one or the other. I would choose Gondor. That said, I’ve been wanting to use these to make stuff for Frostgrave since I was thinking of building a version of Dale.
Fornost for starters 😀 Obviously for MESBG where i really need to bulk out my terrain collection.. But literally just played the first session of a new Rolemaster Middle-earth roleplaying campaign 👍 So very much dual purpose terrain.. And if we go south from Bree, it would become Tharbad instead 😉
I’m loving your arnour stuff mate. I think the jigs are perfect for either realm. Love to get my hands on some for a display board I want to make for my Gondor army. Specific scene is where Gandalf explains that death isn’t the end to pippin. I wonder if there’s an application in Dale 🤔? Keep up the good work
That is legitimately one of my favourite scenes from the trilogy. Would love to see / make that diorama. In terms of Dale stuff there might be more Slice and Slot they would fit that region in future… but that is a tale for another day!
@@stalkunseenterrain also keep the momentum up on the dale board! By the time I get around to dale you will be able to expand the board with new groovy details!
I would use it for Arnor. I've been interested in building one or two of the three 'princedoms' with sort of a Hadrian's Wall with mile forts. That came from looking at the original FotR 'L' shaped ruin with the gate and wondering what it must have looked like when originally built. I took measurements of it and extrapolated a fort out of hard styrene about the size of a shoebox. Now that I have a hot wire cutter it would certainly be quicker and easier to do it out of foam.
I love this approach to terrain making. I’m always trying to start with what this building would have looked like when it was complete before it became ruined. I think it creates a really believable way of building terrain.
Thanks very much and I totally agree. They do make for a versatile set. They could even be used for the pelennor fields as the walls of the rammas echor
This sounds awesome. I also really want to do an Orcs-giliath army around the nautical assault like we see in the movies. Would love to see your display board sounds awesome!
I stumbled across this video and was pleasantly surprised at the fit and finish of everting your working on. So I figured I’d give a crack at that mdf jig give away. I’m not a big lotr fan so if I got my hands on a jig I’d use it to build a ruined fortress for my age of sigmar Kruleboys to inhabit. Thank mate and cheers
No one plays Middle Earth around where I live, it is Star Wars Legion or 40k. Personally, I am an old Mordheim player. I love building ruins! I love how modular this is. Based I think I would use it for whatever I am playing at time.
@@microforgeminis Defo worth looking into to see the playability of the pieces and put them through there paces on the table top. Totaly going to try build some myself once i finish this bloody masters 😅
What temperature setting do you set your Proxon too when you cut through the XPS foam? I had mine on just under 2 and the wire kept snapping when I was using the MDF battlement template thing you offer for free? Also, I’m not sure if I’m being a newb with it burn the r template has a front and back marked section, the back is lower than the front (or the other way round, I can’t remember!😂) which means my jig stops at the higher part. So doesn’t create much of a sloped section. Is it meant too?
So the front is intended to be lower than the back so you can angle the stone work between the merlons. In terms of having wire snaps, they will happen eventually but to mininmise them make sure you aren’t pressing the wire too hard up against the mdf. You can drop the temp even lower than 2 (I tend to do 1-1.5) but then you really have to take it slow. Remember when I am showing the technique in my video it is often sped up by 500-800% so that you don’t all fall asleep by the time I’ve cut one piece 🤣
Most of my maps miss some kind of Background Elements. I would use the jig for creating Background walls for many maps I use and stream over discord to my players :D
I think I would use the jig for modular City Walls for my Dungeons and Dragons Game :D love the optic and they would bring a lot of verticality in my games :)
Usually there is a difference in density between the colours. I haven’t used the pink stuff but the yellow is more dense than the blue stuff. Generally speaking foam that is 300kpa/m2 is a good level of density. If the foam is too soft it won’t hold the detail very well
You can laser cut them yourself as the files are free for anyone to use or you can buy a set of the MDF jigs from us directly. Send us an email to microforgeminiatures@gmail.com
Personally, I'd love to see how these could be used to differentiate stylistically between the shattered realms of Arnor, since it *seems* like our clearest picture of "Arnorian" style always seems to be that of Arthedain. What of Cardolan, or Rhudaur, I say!
I say this is a fantastic idea. I have explored this with my Arnor army converting some models to represent a detachment from Cardolan. But I have never explored it with terrain… yet
Hmmm unfortunately I don’t know the local market over there very well. I would reach out to MTG terrain (uk based) they stock slice and slot as well as foam I believe.
Hi I purchased your slice and slot set from myminifactory but cant find the laser cutter files for making the mdf jigs. I have sent you a message through myminifactory but had no response. Could you please help me as trying to make some of this awesome looking terrain for my gaming table, thanks Darren
So sorry Darren I have been rather incognito over the past month or so. The fastest way to get the mdf jigs is by joining our Facebook group where you can download the files there. facebook.com/share/KYJTLbmT7uobgQtV/?mibextid=K35XfP
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Wonderful build!!! Ruin of Arnor just beats out an Osgiliath build in my mind. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!!
Thanks very much. Yeah I totally agree maybe because it was never explored in the movies it feels like it could have so many different angles to explore.
I will definitely be using this video as inspiration to build terrain for Gondor. I look forward to seeing your next video.
Glad it provided you with some inspiration!
I would love to build an ancient fort in Ithilien, maybe to guard the road to Minas Morgul or Harondor !
Thanks for everything mate, amazing work as always !
Thanks very much mate and all very worthy and interesting settings to explore!
Setting up all the individual pieces of ruined buildings in the same table just makes it absolutely satisfying. This hard work is not only raisnig up to another level any Arnor campain game but any other wargame yo wanna play. Really nice job!!
Thanks mate! The moment I started laying everything out on the board, all that hard work felt totally worth it. This will definitely get used for my rangers of shadow deep campaign (whenever I get to that)🤣
You should do basing for the trees that matches the terrain bases. The realism of what you built really clashes with the round plastic tree bases, meaning yours is better.
yeah in fact some of the flock on the trees were still wet in these shots hahaha. Definitely need to finish them off.
just found your channel, and holy crap i am impressed! Even though i'm not really set up to do hobby-work myself, and havent done so in many years, i love watching out for good stuff that gets me excited enough to get back into the hobby. And these fortifications are genuinely the best i've ever seen. I love the paintjob on those walls especially, extremely realistic, but still pretty to the eye AND attainable for semi-beginners. Also the modularity you showed at the end just makes me drool. But its not just the stuff you make which is amazing, also the camera work, editing, sound, and equally entertaining and informative storyline and script - all is of the highest quality really. Instant subscribe from me, thanks for this!
Also, I'd love to see you expand on these fortifications. The potential just seems so great, it'd be a 'waste' to end it here. It really reminds me of this modular terrain: "Weta Workshop Sculptor's Tabletop Miniature World!" (video) from Adam Savage Tested. Perhaps you could see if you can create different 'tops' for square towers: a ruined top of the tower, an intact top of the tower, one with a tiled roof or without roof. A drawbridge as well, there has to be a drawbridge somewhere!
anyway, thanks and keep it up!
Well thanks very much for the kind words. The comparison to the Weta workshop guys hagglethorn hollow pieces is a very flattering comparison. Don’t worry I will definitely continue on with the series and no doubt come back to it and add to it as time goes by. Hopefully I can get the next video out a bit faster!
@@microforgeminis awesome, looking forward to it! And i wouldn't worry too much about the speed at which you produce content, the viewers will come for quality more than they will for quantity, at least that's my experience as a fellow youtuber, ad it's certainly the right way to keep it fun for yourself. And your stuff oozes quality, so just keep it up and perhaps try some other types of videos now and then, to keep things 'new and exciting'. Perhaps some trees and rocky outcrops in a similar style to create a coherent gaming table with. Just a random idea though.
@@gekalskip thanks for the kind words and I totally agree. After I get this next video done I think I need to do a pallet cleanser that isn’t slice and slot related!
This was really inspiring to watch. I built some castle walls years ago for am Asoiaf scenario but lost them when i moved. Now i have a big hobby space I’ve tackled many builds but never really knew what to do with some simple walls! This solves it for me, keeping the pieces in separate and modular sections!
Glad you enjoyed it. For me a lot of decisions start from ‘where am I going to store this’ which is why I favour a battle mat over a built board. I hope you remake your old walls and can enjoy them on the tabletop!
Such a great video, the building and painting tutorial is ace! but the end result is FIRE!🔥🔥🔥
Cheers Peachy you are too kind!
One issue with PVA glue over large sections is the areas around the edge will fully dry/set, but the interiors will remain wet. Even months later you can break two glued pieces apart and find wet glue. Anyway thats enough rambling. Great build, you gained another subscriber. 💜
Thanks for subscribing and yeah PVA certainly has its limitations especially when dealing with non porous materials like xps foam.
Great session. Now have more to work with in ideas with Slice and Slots
Always happy when my videos give people more inspiration! Thanks for watching
Arnor for sure. The weather techniques you show in this video give me a lot of ideas! Keep up the good work.
Glad you liked the weathering techniques!
Awesome work as always Albert!!
Thanks Michael!
That's an outstanding build. Well done.
One minor thing I would do is to drybrush the clump foliage a little once it hardens up. It really adds life and depth, and more importantly scale.
Ooooo that’s a great idea! I can’t believe I never thought of doing that. Definitely going to give that a try next time round!
Another great build. They look fantastic. My vote goes to Arnor.
Thanks mate and a very sound vote!
Excellent build! I gotta go with Gondor
Good choice!
Between the two, Arnor. However, I think I would be trying to use it to build out dwarf stonework for the Dwarven Mountain Holds, as I'm on a big Old World kick at the moment.
I’ll allow old world too. Anything to get those old school nostalgia vibes flowing!
This look AMAZING! I would go with Arnor.
Thanks very much!
Really awesome build. I'm not that familiar with Arnor, so I would go with Gondor. Thanks
Thanks very much mate. I might sneak in a bit more lore on Arnor in the next video
Fantastic work, I also loved that old supplement and would stare at the buildings longingly. So good to see someone’s made them! For me it’s Arnor all the way
It really was the best supplement in my opinion. I was always a die hard movie fan in terms of the aesthetics but I feel like they nailed the feel for all of the non screen models in this supplement as well and that’s before you even get to the terrain. What has been interesting is looking at all the subsequent supplements where they reused the terrain for the photo shoots. I might feature that in the next video
I would use them for a Minas Morghul build. Great video and nice to see the face behind the voice.
Ooooo that’s a great suggestion! I might have a think about that for a later build….
Amazing work and I always learn something new from watching your videos.
Thank you!
Thanks! Glad I can provide some tips and tricks along the way
Looks great, man! Can't wait to build some walls for my forces of the Iron Crown to break through! Arnor shall fall!
Ooooo how controversial! You do have history on your side though!
I really love your video’s. It gives me so much inspiration to start building myself! Arnor it is!!
Thanks very much mate glad it’s provided you with some inspiration!
Absolute legend. The build looks so good, can't wait till it's done!
Cheers lads - you and me both!
Gondor for sure. Great build!!!
Cheers! FOR GONDOR!!!
Man these look AMAZING!!!
Thanks mate!
Awesome models thank you. I think these projects must be on the top of my ME break-in. I'll primarily use for Gondor to start with as that is what I have but then the ruins of Arnor wold be great, also Rhudaur. has potential.
Thanks very much! Rhudaur definitely has potential! Would love to explore how they might differ from the rest of Arnor.
"...but they were all of them deceived, for another jig was made..."
Both, Albert! Both! Always both! How could we possibly just do one of the great kingdoms of men? Haha. I'm thinking some cheeky magnets in the walls, that will allow me to have some hanging banners for either kingdom that I can switch out.
Another awesome build, so much fun to watch. Slice+Slot for the win!
Oooooo magnetic banners I love this idea! I might have to explore that myself! And also thanks for the kind words mate!
Terrain is sickkk as always. For the jig. I'd think they could've pulled the pallacades inspiration from their home in numenor. Maybe do something like Armenelos stuff.
Oooo going straight to the source of all the architecture. I can respect that! And thanks for the kind words!
Nice work, was looking to make the Kingdom of Arthedain, which includes the old capital of Arnor. You have a nice start on Fornost Erain. I have already started on some of the sights of Rhudaur. Love weathering technique.
Thanks very much glad you like the weathering. It really is my favourite part of the process.
Bloody beautiful video mate, I love seeing fellow Aussie hobbyists making amazing stuff. I'd definitely want to go for Gondor for this piece, but I do have a namesake in Rohan so maybe a Rohirrim army could do battle through some 2nd Age Ruins as well hahaha
Cheers mate!! The possibilities are endless. Sounds like a good plan. I mean Rohan is always bailing Gondor out of trouble right!?😉
I’d probably use it to create the Gondorian fortress of Glamorgath in occupied Harad. It’s an evocative location that I’ve been keen to explore for a long time, and would be a great opportunity to really make use of the Slice & Slot system.
Absolutely loving to see the time and dedication you’re putting into your foam crafting, especially with something as nostalgic as the old Ruin of Arnor book. With having a 3D printer now I don’t craft as much as I used to, but still happy it’s something I learned for creating unique pieces like the Isengard Dam.
I would love to see your take on Glamorgath Evie! I love how good FDM prints are getting these days in terms of quality and the stuff that you have painted has really impressed me. Having said that I’m in the hobby for the nostalgia vibes so I don’t think I could ever hang up the foam crafting altogether.
@@microforgeminis Oh likewise! It’s just nice to be able to focus on putting the time and passion into centrepieces rather than having to build whole tables by hand ☺️.
@@AvalonSteelsheen building whole tables by hand takes….. a long long time. But as Treebeard would say ‘don’t be hasty!’
Looks amazing - really fantastic paint and flock treatment also
Cheers glad you like the painting and flocking!
Awesome build! Go Team Gondor
Thanks a bunch! FOR GONDOR!!
First time on your channel. This is amazing!!! As far as the kingdom I would use it for both. Probably more Arnor but no reason to be picky.
Welcome to the channel and glad you enjoyed it! You’re right of course we don’t have to pick either one when you can have both!
really nice job!
definitely looks like arnor ruins to me!
Thank you - a wise choice!
Great build, I really like it. Will try something similar for my Arnor build. I can i agine epic ruins of Fornost. Looking forward to your next videos.👍👍👍
Thanks very much! Fornost is such a great location to explore with terrain building!
Would use them for the Rammas Echor and some gondorian Outposts. Maybe Pelagir or Harlond. Also want to add: Very nice terrain you've built!
Why thank you and those are all very valid ideas and great locations to explore
I would probably be using it to make some norman style scenery for saga , or a hadrian's wall type ruins
Saga is a game that has always intrigued me. Need to get around to properly checking it out one of these days!
Beautiful terrain!
Thanks very much!
I would actually be more likely to use the jig for Gondor but there is a good chance that someday in the future Ill get to make an arnor board as well.
There is always a chance! But Gondor works for now.
Supper appreciate these videos!! The quality is so high and the pieces you make are incredible. Please keep making these forever. Are you excited about the Arnor Cavalry coming from GW?
Thanks for the kind words mate! There are now words in elvish, entish or the many tongues of men to describe how excited I am for the new Arnor cavalry
Gondor 😊
Wow!!! So much texture and character!!!! Made an incredible build!! ❤😊❤
Glad you liked it!
@@microforgeminis definitely!
Fantastic build. I love the ruins and making ruins to play old fantasy type TTRPGs. It’s hard to find players where I live. I would like to play the ruins of Arnor.
Thanks very much. If you don’t have many players near you I would check out rangers of shadow deep. It’s a great single player game that has some rpg elements
Amazing stuff as always mate, your techniques have been a real inspiration for some of my terrain projects, so big thanks for the in depth showcases 🙌🏻
Glad you’re enjoying the videos. I can’t wait to see your Cirith Ungol display piece finished up!
Arnor no doubt!
A wise choice!
Loving all the builds! I'd have to go with Arnor.
Thanks very much mate! A sound choice!
As Always, this is amazing. Still loving building ruins with the slice and slot. Arnor is absolutely at the top of my list (and I already made a full table of Osgiliath).
Thanks mate. Glad you’re liking crafting with Slice and Slot. Would love to see your Osgiliath build. Do you have any pictures up on your socials?
@@microforgeminis I do. This is @n8paints.
@@Del_Scorcho ahhh awesome I love your stuff over on insta!
Choosing between one or the other. I would choose Gondor.
That said, I’ve been wanting to use these to make stuff for Frostgrave since I was thinking of building a version of Dale.
Yeah frostgrave has also been on my mind…
Fornost for starters 😀
Obviously for MESBG where i really need to bulk out my terrain collection.. But literally just played the first session of a new Rolemaster Middle-earth roleplaying campaign 👍
So very much dual purpose terrain.. And if we go south from Bree, it would become Tharbad instead 😉
Ooooooo that sounds very cool!
really impressive! it really is worth the time to make terrain for yourself :D
Thanks very much and I totally agree it’s a labour of love for me!
Go Gondor of course!
FOR GONDOR!! For the white city!
Gandor for sure ! I just discover your channel and it’s awesome
Welcome aboard! FOR GONDOR!
Gotta vote Ruins of Arnor over Gondor!
Well obviously I agree
This video is so informative, love it!
Glad you enjoyed it! I sometimes wonder if anyone is actually interested in the techniques or if they just want some entertainment
Great video and jigs. Gondor for sure!
Cheers mate! FOR GONDOR!!!
Ruins of Arnor, can make Shire explorers adventuring through it.
Oooo I love this idea!
I’m loving your arnour stuff mate. I think the jigs are perfect for either realm. Love to get my hands on some for a display board I want to make for my Gondor army. Specific scene is where Gandalf explains that death isn’t the end to pippin.
I wonder if there’s an application in Dale 🤔?
Keep up the good work
That is legitimately one of my favourite scenes from the trilogy. Would love to see / make that diorama.
In terms of Dale stuff there might be more Slice and Slot they would fit that region in future… but that is a tale for another day!
@@microforgeminis I wait with baited breath.
I might have to park Dale and get on that display board.
@@stalkunseenterrain nah dude breath… BREATHE! The time scales we are talking are Entish! Don’t be hasty booooraahroooom!
@@stalkunseenterrain also keep the momentum up on the dale board! By the time I get around to dale you will be able to expand the board with new groovy details!
Great stuff! I'd probably use the jigs for both Arnor and Gondor I think
Why not both! Thanks for watching
I would use it for Arnor. I've been interested in building one or two of the three 'princedoms' with sort of a Hadrian's Wall with mile forts. That came from looking at the original FotR 'L' shaped ruin with the gate and wondering what it must have looked like when originally built. I took measurements of it and extrapolated a fort out of hard styrene about the size of a shoebox. Now that I have a hot wire cutter it would certainly be quicker and easier to do it out of foam.
I love this approach to terrain making. I’m always trying to start with what this building would have looked like when it was complete before it became ruined. I think it creates a really believable way of building terrain.
@@microforgeminis I really prefer the combatants to be at their zenith, not their decline.
Top notch! These are just perfect ❤
Thanks so much!
Excellent video. I would use it for Arnor and Osgiliath
Both! The correct answer
I would use it for Arnor since that's what's coming up. You could use it for many locations in middle earth though, well done!
Thanks very much and I totally agree. They do make for a versatile set. They could even be used for the pelennor fields as the walls of the rammas echor
For Gondor !! Long live the steward !
FOR GONDOR!
Nice looks incredible!
Thanks very much!
Brilliant
Recently acquired Mordor walls (formally osligiath) for my Army of Gothmog display board =)
This sounds awesome. I also really want to do an Orcs-giliath army around the nautical assault like we see in the movies. Would love to see your display board sounds awesome!
I stumbled across this video and was pleasantly surprised at the fit and finish of everting your working on. So I figured I’d give a crack at that mdf jig give away. I’m not a big lotr fan so if I got my hands on a jig I’d use it to build a ruined fortress for my age of sigmar Kruleboys to inhabit. Thank mate and cheers
Thanks for the kind words mate, glad you enjoyed it. And who says they just have to be for LOTR they would fit in any setting I reckon.
Mate your a star ! Fantastic work and an amazing video!
Cheers legend!
Gondor for sure !
Give me Arnor, or maybe Númenor 🧐 great video!
Thank you and great choice!
I would definitely use it for Gondor, but at the same time there is an Old World Empire box coming soon....
I’m sure it would work for both!
No one plays Middle Earth around where I live, it is Star Wars Legion or 40k. Personally, I am an old Mordheim player. I love building ruins! I love how modular this is.
Based I think I would use it for whatever I am playing at time.
Man I love mordheim. Never played it but the aesthetic is just so on point! I might have to do some mordheim style terrain pieces in future!
I'd use the jig for some black numenorian fortifications along the coast of harad
Yeah this is a sick idea!
I would use them for D&D!
Love it! Great choice
Btw, where do you buy the material you use for the base here in Victoria?
I haven’t found anywhere locally that sells it unfortunately. I get mine from Ali express where it’s relatively cheap. Just search ‘pvc foam board’
I just found your channel, this looks amazing. My vote is definitely arnor. Can't wait to catch up on all your videos I haven't seen yet.
Welcome welcome welcome! Thanks very much and a great choice too!
Gondor defo
So curious where you can find the yellow foam in Aus
There is one warehouse in the arse end of Geelong that has a bunch still in stock although sadly I think business has just folded 😭
@@microforgeminis Oh no :( :(
More arnor and fornost terrain.When fornost battle report? Loving these videos going binge watch them all tonight
Battle reports are out of my wheelhouse but maybe I need to talk to conquest creations about getting the terrain on one of his bat reps!
@@microforgeminis Defo worth looking into to see the playability of the pieces and put them through there paces on the table top. Totaly going to try build some myself once i finish this bloody masters 😅
@@Jodneah keep on fighting the good fight with the masters mate. You will get there soon enough and then - FREEDOM!!
I would use the jig for both Gondor and Arnor. I'm in the planning stages of making a Cair Andros table.
Oooooooh Cair Andre’s has always been on my list of locations to build
@@microforgeminis a few nice r2sin pours, 4 bridges and a mahoosive castle. What could go wrong! 😆
@@WrathRuin if RUclips has taught me anything it’s that resin pours are really easy and end in disaster… best of luck 😬
@@microforgeminis 🤣🤣
What temperature setting do you set your Proxon too when you cut through the XPS foam? I had mine on just under 2 and the wire kept snapping when I was using the MDF battlement template thing you offer for free? Also, I’m not sure if I’m being a newb with it burn the r template has a front and back marked section, the back is lower than the front (or the other way round, I can’t remember!😂) which means my jig stops at the higher part. So doesn’t create much of a sloped section. Is it meant too?
So the front is intended to be lower than the back so you can angle the stone work between the merlons. In terms of having wire snaps, they will happen eventually but to mininmise them make sure you aren’t pressing the wire too hard up against the mdf. You can drop the temp even lower than 2 (I tend to do 1-1.5) but then you really have to take it slow. Remember when I am showing the technique in my video it is often sped up by 500-800% so that you don’t all fall asleep by the time I’ve cut one piece 🤣
Thanks so much for the reply and dude, how could anyone fall asleep watching your videos. They are super F cool!
Can you post a pdf printable version of the template?
Ooooo this is a great idea. I will add this on to my to do list!
Most of my maps miss some kind of Background Elements. I would use the jig for creating Background walls for many maps I use and stream over discord to my players :D
Not sure which kingdom probably Gondor. There are plenty of locations in my homebrew world that those jigs would be great for
No need to limit yourself to one setting! These are definitely going to double for when I play some rangers of shadow deep too so go nuts!
Hmm. Gondor or Arnor… I’m going with Arnor! 😊
Very good! A wise choice indeed
Just incredible man. Sooooo goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood
lol RUclips asked me if I wanted to translate this comment into English. Your accent isn’t that strong hahaha, glad you liked it mate.
@@microforgeminis xD
I think I would use the jig for modular City Walls for my Dungeons and Dragons Game :D love the optic and they would bring a lot of verticality in my games :)
That’s a great idea! These are definitely going to be the backdrop for a lot of my mini photography
Advice-question: What is the difference between the pink, blue and yellow foams? Also, love your videos.
Usually there is a difference in density between the colours. I haven’t used the pink stuff but the yellow is more dense than the blue stuff. Generally speaking foam that is 300kpa/m2 is a good level of density. If the foam is too soft it won’t hold the detail very well
How do I get those MDF boards?!
You can laser cut them yourself as the files are free for anyone to use or you can buy a set of the MDF jigs from us directly. Send us an email to microforgeminiatures@gmail.com
@@microforgeminis thanks!
Personally, I'd love to see how these could be used to differentiate stylistically between the shattered realms of Arnor, since it *seems* like our clearest picture of "Arnorian" style always seems to be that of Arthedain. What of Cardolan, or Rhudaur, I say!
I say this is a fantastic idea. I have explored this with my Arnor army converting some models to represent a detachment from Cardolan. But I have never explored it with terrain… yet
@@microforgeminis Well, I can't wait to see what you come up with, should you decide to explore such things further!
I would use it for Gondor, it would be ideal for the walls of Pellanor.
That’s where the inspiration began
nice, where do you recommend buying affordable xps foam in uk/eu region?
Hmmm unfortunately I don’t know the local market over there very well. I would reach out to MTG terrain (uk based) they stock slice and slot as well as foam I believe.
@@microforgeminis thanks
Always enjoy your videos. Great inspiration Your jig would be a great help for a Battle of Arnor table. It is unlikely to be a GW game😢
There never was much hope, only a fools hope…
Why not both ?
Touché my friend touché
I'd use them for Arnor.
Hi I purchased your slice and slot set from myminifactory but cant find the laser cutter files for making the mdf jigs. I have sent you a message through myminifactory but had no response. Could you please help me as trying to make some of this awesome looking terrain for my gaming table, thanks Darren
So sorry Darren I have been rather incognito over the past month or so. The fastest way to get the mdf jigs is by joining our Facebook group where you can download the files there. facebook.com/share/KYJTLbmT7uobgQtV/?mibextid=K35XfP
Just discovered your channel, and Wow you made the techniques look so easy. it would have to be Arnor,
Thanks and welcome! All the techniques just take a bit of practice. Like all things after a while they become easier and easier!
Look great! Thanks for sharing. Ps I'm sub here❤
Thanks for subbing!
For Gondor !!!
FOR GONDOR!!