Angmar Lore and Terrain - The Angmar Project 

Thanks so much!

Thanks! And yah it was fun to just stick with really accessible material as it's a fun reminder how much you can do with relatively little

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Well thank you and thank you :P And yah, the combination of imagination and "hard lore" has really been my favorite part of the hobby lately. I'm not one for "true lore accuracy" like some are, as I more like to start with what's given, and then just explore on from there!

Absolutely there's lots of bits out there like that with lesser kingdoms of men or dwarves, or honestly alot of the 2nd age stuff that ROP is touching out now fits that imo. One dream project I've been thinking of is a 4th age Gondor army as that's a whole other time to explore

@@AndurzTalksHobbies that would be a cool project! I love the aesthetic of the movie armies but I'm also very drawn to a dark age esque look. So I keep scratching my head how to reconcile these two styles.

Thanks! And yah the spawn is pretty great

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It's 100% happening.... eventually :P

Thanks so much! And yah it was fun to come back to Angmar, been distracted with other stuff for a while now :P

And there you are! I think it was on FB that i heard someone talking about the dwarven stuff (may have been jn one of the role playing of mmo style games). I do like the idea of carn dum maybe being somewhat subterrainian though like Angband was. Maybe built right into the mountain with the intériorité continuing deep underground.

@@AndurzTalksHobbies I think you might have Heard about dwarven stuff because of the name it self Carn Dûm, it is a name originated probably from the mixed of Sindarin (elvish culture) and Khûzdul (dwarven culture) With Carn meaning red in Sindarin And Dûm meaning hall in Khûzdul Overall it translates to something like "Red Halls"

Heya Andurz, you probably got the dwarf thing from myself and Albert (two towers podcast). So here's my little spiel about it being a dwarf settlement that was resettled some time later. Firstly; the name, nice and easy there's a heavy allusion with the dwarven naming convention. Secondly the dwarves were actually awoken at Mount Gundabad (which is incredibly close to angmar ofc). So the mountains of Angmar would have been settled by the stout folk very early on in their migrations. The third and biggest influence on that though is the idea that evil cannot create only corrupt. Sans saurons construction of Mordor all of the current orc strongholds are usurped eg Minas Morgul, Cirith Ungol, Dol Guldur etc. I think given that Carn Dum was settled third age I find it far more likely to have just been a resettlement of an old dilapidated Fortress.

@@jordymoss1662 It might be the stone fortress in the icy wastelands in the Rings of Power show (love it or hate it, it has some awesome sets), or at least similar in style. I always theorise it's a bit like Minas Morgul, but with a further accentuation on sharper edges, triangular architecture like here, and metal plated areas dispersed here and there at its jagged tower tops. It would have an aura of frost and decay, in a land where many would have met their icy grave, with the fortress itself cast in an eerie light similar to Minas Morgul itself. If Minas Morgul is the Witch King's lair, as Gandalf says, then Carn Dum would be his open seat of power...his court and throne...where he threatened the Northern Realms of Middle Earth as a mysterious sorcerer tyrant for centuries after the first war of the ring. Later, when the Gondorian city of Minas Morgul fell and it became the central "headquarters" of the Nazgûl, he twisted the Gondorian architecture into a mockery of its former self, resembling his own kingdom of Angmar in appearance, down to the ghostly glow of his well of foul magic. I love the Witch King, hahaha But I admire your interpretation Andurz, and I think it looks awesome and a great representation of an orc "maintained" fortress, regardless of region into the North. I hope you keep up the excellent work, I look forward to seeing where you take the project next!

@@somerton4383 yeah, altough I don't like the show I think the Fortress in the North was an Interesting idea and I quite like it

Bahahaha it's all about getting that feeling across rather than being realistic :P

Thanks! And yah definitely can see the cirith ungol feel

Do they come either agitations in them? Honestly couldn't tell, but yah they do get real stuck.

@@AndurzTalksHobbies the instant colour line does, don't know about the inks. But it does look like that's what happened to you, the way there was still ink coming out, just struggling. A nozzle blocked by dry paint would probably issue nothing, then explode.

@@samsowden yah it was weird, I even poked all the way through the nozel with a bit of paper clip and it was still stuck... oh well, need to just get the liquitex with their little eyedropper things.

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Oh man, thanks! Never heard of these... what is ICE?

I remember giving that game a shot ages ago, but I tend to bounce off of MMORPGs, but it may be worth trying again as more of a research tool!

@@AndurzTalksHobbies There's also a lot of things with the art for it that you can find, such as if you ever decide for some Rohan terrain, they had a LONG video about how they designed everything for it. Also, other than the player housing (Which is more limits of the customizable parts with limited floorplans), almost every structure, at least in later points is individually done.

Lol, and the hair matched up pretty well too :P

Lol, dont have enough storage to go full zorp :P

@@AndurzTalksHobbies Thank god! I almost had a heart attack when he went "well, that's a few hundred dollars in silicone, so here goes nothing." The "I used a dozen 60$ terrain sets for a quarter of this tower build" was also a banger. You'll need your money for the baby!

Oh absolutely, have had some ideas for Men of Carn dum for a while that would fit into that nicely

Thats awesome, and yah stuff like this would be perfect for the black gates, happy to have helped!