Location: Minas Tirith "Big-Ature"
Many of the most memorable locations of Peter Jackson’s cinematic adaptations of The Lord of the Rings were not actual locations at all, but rather miniature models produced at various scales to represent different places and structures. These models allowed Jackson to get the shots and details he wanted while limiting the CGI needed.
Perhaps the most impressive of these miniatures was that of Minas Tirith. At 7 meters tall, it was referred to as a “big-ature” and had to live in its own warehouse because it was too tall for the building that housed the other miniatures. For this challenge, I have reproduced this model at minifigure scale (assuming that minifigures are between 5’10” and 6’). I have added crew members to represent the talented artists who produced these structures, and a scene compositing the model as would have been done for the films. The composite photo uses stock images from www.pexels.com.
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