u/IPoweRa_GER

I'm preparing some stuff for the MOC I'm finishing the work on and decided to go with last years approach.

A very important part of my Uruk army expansion in the works just came in.

We are looking at €19 in halberds 😅

(by customfigs)

The only thing missing are the gold accents, also the fit in the hand could be a bit tighter, maybe this is designed like that on purpose though.

Other than that this piece is the pinnacle of the custom stuff I got so far.

This model was quite affordable at only 664 pcs and is part of my extensive 1:1000 model range in the making.

So this version stands at around 17cm (6,7") or roughly 17 bricks tall!

I tried to approximate the look of a slight and consistent yellowing effect here, using the test posted here earlier.

I'm starting to really think about not buying the set at release and spending more time on thinking about this issue. I mean, I'll definitely build and display this set one day and/or a similarly sized MOC, so I think I'll address the issue with an UV protected case, but still, with a set consisting of that much white, it is a very unfortunate thing in general and frankly somewhat questionable if Lego could, even if they cared, do something about it.

test source: https://ramblingbrick.com/2026/05/17/whats-up-with-white-part-2-comparing-the-effects-of-twelve-months-of-environmental-exposure-on-pigment-426-white-and-1-white/

I started experimenting with some Minas Tirith ideas to go with my other minifig compatible stuff.

Obviously scaling is a factor here and for an example the Hall of Kings/tower hall is massive in comparison to both Helms Deep and Meduseld and also the tower of Ecthelion would have to be similar in size to Orthanc - which I was planning on making higher than the official set for my "ultimate MOD" of it I'll do in the future.

So the big question is just what to do with Minas Tirith to be cohesive with the rest of the models because the thing is that even if one does only do the most important 7th level of the city it will still be quite large for what ("minifig level") movie scenes it represents.

An impression of the smaller Helm's Deep MOC versions I'm currently working on in comparison to the already finished large MOC.

These will make up a range of versions for a lot of different space / budget requirements.

The three smallest versions (upgrade modules) are designed to not alter the original set, but to be simply added to it.