A scratch built Mumakil



The Lord of the Rings TMG by Sabertooth is one of my favourite miniature wargames. But I always thought it was missing something: A Mumakil! Since the company is not planning to make one, I decided to make it myself. I used as a base a rubber Mammoth, bought at a toy store. I covered this Mammoth with Plaster of Paris, and then added extra tusks, corrected the ears and the tail with the help of Milliput (epoxy putty). The "tower" on top of the Mumak is made of pencils, paper, carton, thin rope and epoxy putty. Here are the results!
(Please note that the pictures were taken using a flash, so the whole thing looks to have brighter colours than it's true ones. I'm not a good photographer, you see!)

Shots with crew:
Right side of the beast
Left side of the beast
Upper - left view
Upper - right view
Front view (oh, my God! It's coming towards me!!!)
Left side of the head
Back side
Front side of the tower
Front right leg close up
Tower close up (looks like a still from the movie, no? NO!)
Right side of the tower

Shots without crew:
Upper - front view
Upper - right view
Upper - right view of the tower
Upper - front view of the beast's head
Another front view of the head. Scary, no?
Left side of head (to show the tusks)
Tail detail (hey, that rhymes!)
Close up of head (showing the angry look)
Front left leg close up (to showe the new nails)
The original mammoth - side view
The original Mammoth - front view




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