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Saruman's Stronghold

The Making of Orthanc

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There wasn't much variation in our work: either a strip was glued in a horizontal position or in a vertical position. But that suited us fine. On the Black Gate, producing the individual decorations had been much more demanding. In comparison, Orthanc was just a collection of 2mm cardboard strips, held together by a few panels of MDF.

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A smaller window was cut into the corner-strip.

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Ready-made canopies crowned the window's arches.

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And still no pinnacle within sight.

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We ended up with a kind of chimney shaft, with a beautiful geometrical pattern of lines and stripes on the one side and a smooth red emptiness on the other. It had taken us many hours to come this far. Now we had to produce a twin tower.

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"Is this it? Is this all you can conjure, Saruman?"

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