Menu
What's new

  • Welcome to MCME!

    Minecraft Middle Earth is a Minecraft community that recreates the world described by JRR Tolkien and his writings. Everyone can participate in organized events in which we collaborate to create major landmarks, terrain, caves, castles, towns, farms and more.

    To get started, visit The New Player Guide

    Joining the server

    Joining the server can be done straight away, but you will have to pass the New Player Quiz. Use the The New Player Guide to get acquainted with our community.

    IP: build.mcmiddleearth.com

Finished Mt. Gram

Thijs1801

Thijs1801

Moria Hall Professional
Commoner
Credits
0
XP
0
Mt. Gram

How long have you been on the server?: Almost a year
What is your current rank?: Artist
Who have you contacted to help you out with this project?: Thomasd12, Nic1337, _Luk
Have you been part in any projects before? If yes elaborate what you did: I was reserve Leader at Tarnost.
Is the project on the list of available projects? yes
In what amount of time do you think this project will get done (rough guess)? 2 months

Project Leader: _Thijs1801
Reserve leader: Nic1337
Designer: _Luk, Mandos

Background lore:
The mountain was long inhabited by a group of Orcs led by their chief (until the year 2747 of the Third age),Golfimbul. They terrorized some of the inhabitants of eastern Eriador which included the Shire.

In TA 2747, the growing troops of Goblins from Mount Gram attacked the Shire and so caused the Battle of the Greenfields. Those orcs fell in battle against Bandobras Took and their leader Golfimbul was killed by him.

Short introduction:
Its a mountain leaning against the realm of angmar with an orc fortress inside and looks like goblin town, but smaller.

The Plan:
Gd8R9iU.png


Concept art
mountain_fortress_with_glacial_lake_by_jjpeabody-d5s8ym3.jpg

something like that, but with small ruins of old strongholds
JA1YQis.png

VUnUTHn.png
A concept for houses with walkways

oGBm7mI.png

a bridge concept

BWuiGbk.png

a secret entrance concept

jqrs28h.jpg

concept for main gate
Stage 1:Terrain, Complete
-Voxel the mountain (Complete)
-Voxel the terrain around (Complete)

Stage 2: Goblin Tribe, Complete
-Plan the platforms for the goblin huts (Complete)
-Make the Goblin huts (Complete)
-Finish up caverns with details (Complete)

Stage 3: (early stages) Uruk Ruins/ Uruk camps, Complete
-Build the first cavern with houses and bridges (Complete)
-Ruin the houses and bridges, and build supports and camps (Complete)
-Finish up cavern with details (Complete)

Stage 4: (middle stages) Uruk Ruins/Uruk camps, Complete
-Plan Chieftain's Fortress and Warg Pen (Complete)
-Build Chieftain's Fortress (Complete)
-Build Warg Pen (Complete)

Stage 5: (Final Stages) Uruk Ruins/Uruk camps, Complete
- Plan military district (Barracks, Prison, Command center, etc...) (Complete)
- Build the stuff (Complete)
- Finish off caverns with details (Complete)

Possible Adventurer jobs that can be run:
-Roads
-hangbridges
 

Attachments

  • Gd8R9iU.png
    Gd8R9iU.png
    1 MB · Views: 510
  • mountain_fortress_with_glacial_lake_by_jjpeabody-d5s8ym3.jpg
    mountain_fortress_with_glacial_lake_by_jjpeabody-d5s8ym3.jpg
    76.8 KB · Views: 985
  • JA1YQis.png
    JA1YQis.png
    334.1 KB · Views: 939
  • oGBm7mI.png
    oGBm7mI.png
    623.6 KB · Views: 644
  • VUnUTHn.png
    VUnUTHn.png
    228.9 KB · Views: 463
  • BWuiGbk.png
    BWuiGbk.png
    966.4 KB · Views: 478
  • jqrs28h.jpg
    jqrs28h.jpg
    227.6 KB · Views: 3,388
Last edited:
Well, Orcs have an incredible population growth; they managed to repopulate the Mount Gundabad and the Moria when Azanulbizar happens 50 years after the Greenfields. So why not the Mount Gram? It's also in the Misties after all.
 
Bombur8 said:
Well, Orcs have an incredible population growth; they managed to repopulate the Mount Gundabad and the Moria when Azanulbizar happens 50 years after the Greenfields. So why not the Mount Gram? It's also in the Misties after all.
Click to expand...
Wouldn't there have been a few more attacks on the Shire if the orc population had fully recovered by the time of the War of the Ring?
 
Portalrules333 said:
Wouldn't there have been a few more attacks on the Shire if the orc population had fully recovered by the time of the War of the Ring?
Click to expand...
We do not know what the motivation of Golfimbul was that he attacked the Shire, but after it many things may have happened, maybe the orcs thought hobbits would be less dangerous, and from there on the Mt. Gram orcs thought all Hobbits are so strong as Bandobras Took and then rather headed towards other regions. I think if there would have been more notable organised orc attacks, Tolkien would have wrote about it.
 
DSESGH said:
I would assume, after the Battle of Greenfields, the number of inhabitants decreased significantly. You could have some abandoned houses or areas of the city, for some variety.
Click to expand...
Maybe not even that significantly, not too many orcs were killed it seems, they just fled after Golfimbul was beheaded.
 
Finrod_Amandil said:
We do not know what the motivation of Golfimbul was that he attacked the Shire, but after it many things may have happened, maybe the orcs thought hobbits would be less dangerous, and from there on the Mt. Gram orcs thought all Hobbits are so strong as Bandobras Took and then rather headed towards other regions. I think if there would have been more notable organised orc attacks, Tolkien would have wrote about it.
Click to expand...
And there are also the Rangers ;) .
 
Portalrules333 said:
Well, in that case maybe some primitive paths leading eastwards could be made, as that would be the direction that the Gram orcs would attack in.
Click to expand...

On the map we plan to have 2 roads, one coming in North from Angmar and the other will head eastwards into Eriador for a few miles, however we don't want it going to far out so that rangers can easily find and follow the paths leading to Mt Gram.
 
thomasd16 said:
On the map we plan to have 2 roads, one coming in North from Angmar and the other will head eastwards into Eriador for a few miles, however we don't want it going to far out so that rangers can easily find and follow the paths leading to Mt Gram.
Click to expand...
After Arnor split itself into Arthedain, Cardolan and Rhudaur, the latter one was quite quickly conquered by Angamarien forces, and (according to very authentic MERP interpretation) most cities in Northern Rhudaur controlled by Angmar for some decades. So a road may well be possible (However, same note as on the Ranger Camps application, don't work in Rhudaur, there may be some MERP locations ;-)
Camethbrin2.jpg
 
I don't think we will be building the road any further than the mountain valleys exit so no need to worry about it getting in the way of Rhudaur
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top