The Depths of Moria, Sunday, October 24th - Mines of Moria Options

[MidwestBoyInLA View Member Profile]

My apologies for the delays, but I lost the scenario I was working on on Friday and it took most of the weekend to rebuild. -Brad

Moria was the name of the ancient dwarven mine of Khazad-dûm (so called after the Third Age 1980) . It means 'The Black Chasm', but is sometimes translated as 'The Black Pit'.

Although in the Third Age the names Moria and Khazad-dûm seemed to be interchangable, the name Moria only truly applied to the mine after it was deserted by the Dwarves. After the Dwarves left, the mine became dark and evil. There were orcs, trolls and one of the balrogs. The balrog was Durins Bane, who killed Durin and drove the dwarves out in the first place.

The Fellowship passed through Moria on their Quest for the Ring, and they all came through to the other side except Gandalf the Grey who battled the balrog and fell into the chasm.

Enter if you dare...

The release this weekend includes two new scenery packs, two new paths, two custom rides and a custom entrance. As the mines are underground some areas have been opened up and exposed to show you the world that lies below the surface.

DOWNLOAD THE MINES OF MORIA SCENARIO HERE (1.87Mb)





Special thanks to Council Of Elrond.com for background information.

[jadedrac View Member Profile]

Brad, OMG!
It was well worth the wait.
Marco and yourself are absolutely incredible for designing such WONDERFUL objects for us to work with! I give it ten dancing bananas!

My thanks to both of you!


Don

[Neeltje View Member Profile]

Real spooky! Great work Brad and Marco, thanks a lot.

[Lord Dreamer View Member Profile]

wow !! .. The delay was worth it . I looks fabulastical great !!

[Flap View Member Profile]

This is absolutely fabulous, keep up the good working !!

[MidwestBoyInLA View Member Profile]

Glad you guys like it so far.

A few things to point out...

Many of the objects in the new tabs were not used in the scenario. There's a set of 1x1 tile walls that run down the center of the tile (1/2 tile walls, but they take up the full tile due to alignment), but I found the full blocks much easier to work with.

There's also two sets of gates - one closed and one opened (allowing you to put a path down the center). The gates used in the scenario is the new custom park entrance (does not have a scrolling marquee). With some creative rock wall placement you can fill in around them... like this...

(Note: use the 1 clearance rock piece to fill in the gap at the top of the gates... which I forgot to do in the screenshot.)

The rock wall blocks have 4 unique sides to each rock block, and there are 10 blocks. If you place 1 side of the first rock, then rotate the same block a 1/4 turn and stack it on the first block you placed the next side of the rock should align to the pattern of the first. They can stack 4 high in this manner using only 1 block to achieve a smooth rock pattern. Also, the 2nd block (in order, left to right, top to bottom) should align so that the pattern creates a smooth transition from the first stack of rocks to the 2nd... like this...


Using this method using only 5 objects can cover quite a bit of area with a non-repeating pattern.

There's also 8 wedge-shaped large rock walls, 4 angled to each direction. These help cover more distance with less stacking. These were originally developed for Minas Tirith (those who are familiar with the layout of the city may be able to guess at their intended use) but I included versions for Moria to allow for faster building of large areas.


Have fun!

[guitarzan985 View Member Profile]

Excellent, it was well worth the wait. Thank you. Keep up the great work.

[ekimmel View Member Profile]

Hot!

[TheVelvetFoxx View Member Profile]

Absolutely excellent!!!! Fabulous work! You guys are spooktacular!!!!

[Frozen Sky View Member Profile]

This is really great. There seems to be no limit to what you two can make.