Lighting is one of the surest ways to elevate any diorama imo. Same thing applies video games, just look at minecraft with a ray tracing mod and you'll see what I mean.
The darkness with the torchlight, the layered way you did the pillars, the layout of the miniatures. Just truly incredible. I would love to see more of this in the future :)
Love hearing you talk about your “roots”. I’m sure “Boylei” as a boy would be unbelievably excited to know where this passion would take him as an adult! And I love anything LOTRs that you do! Great build Boylei!
Gandalf reading the last words of the dwarf- colony's record is one of the most ominous, tragic scenes in the first book. This diorama is a great tribute to that; you captured the desperate rage of the dwarves, the malevolent triumph of the orcs and the brooding majesty of Moria very well. For further use of this setting, you might try a scene showing whatever it was that Pippin's dropped stone disturbed, or even Gandalf pursuing the Balrog through the burrows of the Nameless Things...
Man what a cool and immersive build. It reminds me of the book nook that you made with the lions years ago. And I loved hearing your touching tale about your earlier LotR days.
You can pay no higher compliment to your younger self than to respectfully upglow older models. You unlocked a handful of core memories for me over the course of this one - no need AT ALL to apologize to us for "getting sentimental." What a beautiful video. Thank you for it.
Lord of the Rings is what also brought me into the hobby world, which makes this diorama one of my favorites over the past few years. Especially love the lighting. Superbly done!
Can you please do another Yellowstone diorama with an erupting geyser? I want to do one, but have no idea how to do it. Love your modeling skills and the Wild Imaginary West!
I have an idea you might really like; layer the pillars in a mirror "sandwich" (like those infinite corridor illusions) to get the endless effect of moria.
Excellent diorama! I would love to see more LOTR builds in future, I’ve always been a fan of all of your LOTR dioramas, they’re fantastic! Have a great week Boylei!
You are very talented. I get tons of inspiration from you videos. No need to apologize for your narratives, it's one reason I keep coming back to watch you.
"Drums, drums in the deeps.... They are coming." Loved this diorama and the story. I love Lord of the Rings and I got some goblin minis myself, as well as a cave drake. I am eager to see more stuff like this.
LotR and Star Wars are two of the great loves of my life, and I am always willing to see more of them! Your Old West stuff is amazing, too! Thanks for being an inspiration.
This is so cool. The way the torches flicker adds so much atmosphere to the scene than it would if you'd just had static lights. I love LOTR and would love to see more content like this.
Hear me out. Do a canyon diorama with bandits and a wagon train and Maybe another mech to protect the train like you did in the river crossing. Love your work man. Keep it up. LJ
My wife bought me a map of Moria while we were dating! That's how I knew she was the one. Lord of the Rings is my favorite story, and A Journey in the Dark is my favorite chapter! Always love seeing LotR content from you! Thank you!
I like the way the tunnel was built up in layers. I've used tea lights before, but I never thought about removing the LED and using it separately. Great diorama!
While my friends were painting space marines I was obsessed with the lord of the rings models. I even made my own “Balin’s tomb”. This was super nostalgic, thanks!
My favorite movie, then when I saw my favorite diorama youtuber make this video I got so excited. Just watched the second movie last night, I’m rewatching the series for the gazillionth time lol
Love the details in these fantasy dioramas. It would be cool if there were board games out there like this. Even cooler if somehow could play a board game like this online
Lord of the Rings is always a great subject for dioramas and, once again, you did an incredible job of creating a memorable scene. Your techniques are amazing and, coupled with your imagination, always make for some compelling dioramas. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to more Lord of the Rings based dioramas.
I'm currently struggling to create some layered depth in a diorama. My brain has a very hard time with the whole 3D layers thing and I have started over more times than I care to mention. This video was perfectly timed for me, and now I'm headed back to the workshop with new ideas and techniques. Wish me luck!
I love your work. I would love to see more Moria or LOTR stuff in general! I was just getting into minis and table top games when the movies came out. This definitely took me back.
I've started my hobby journey when the first set of GW's Lord of the Rings miniatures came out after the first movie and goblins were among the first things I painted with my brother when I was 11, since then I've been in love with Lotr and the hobby. This brought back memories and a sweet nostalgic feeling. Thank you Boylei and as always fantastic job on the diorama and minis!
This looks really cool, I'm sure it's been done to death, but one of those infinite mirror setups would work very well for the sprawling caverns of Moria
Love it. No apology is necessary for the shout out to your gaming friends and family. Without them you may not have started this channel for us to watch.
This gave me an idea. To make an entire diorama like this one with a network of tunnels on a part of the wall in my room or EVEN BETTER, to insert this diorama into an IKEA bookshelf. I'll just need to 3D print lots of orcs and paint them and figure a way to connect all those torch LED but honestly it's worth the patience, this is so great!
The flickering light is what truly make this Diorama. It's so cool.
Totally agree!! The flickering LEDs do a lot to sell the idea of torchlight.
Lighting is one of the surest ways to elevate any diorama imo. Same thing applies video games, just look at minecraft with a ray tracing mod and you'll see what I mean.
It's fantastic - the flickering lights really help to highlight the highly evocative sensation of depth and darkness. It's a masterpiece.
The darkness with the torchlight, the layered way you did the pillars, the layout of the miniatures. Just truly incredible. I would love to see more of this in the future :)
Love hearing you talk about your “roots”. I’m sure “Boylei” as a boy would be unbelievably excited to know where this passion would take him as an adult! And I love anything LOTRs that you do! Great build Boylei!
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This looks like an actual movie set! That’s wild!!
Ayoo its the Ants guy
I would love to see more Lord of The Rings dioramas as a collector myself I love to see these.
...yessss preciousssss!
something like a Helms Deep diorama would be amazing
Ur shoutout to ur table top gaming peeps made my heart smile.
Gandalf reading the last words of the dwarf- colony's record is one of the most ominous, tragic scenes in the first book. This diorama is a great tribute to that; you captured the desperate rage of the dwarves, the malevolent triumph of the orcs and the brooding majesty of Moria very well. For further use of this setting, you might try a scene showing whatever it was that Pippin's dropped stone disturbed, or even Gandalf pursuing the Balrog through the burrows of the Nameless Things...
Pippin's stone disturbed a cave troll.
I love it when you do Lord of the Rings stuff! So inspiring!
The atmosphere that the flickering torches provide is just the icing on the cake for your diorama
That is an intense diorama, lots of action and the details are first class.
Man what a cool and immersive build. It reminds me of the book nook that you made with the lions years ago. And I loved hearing your touching tale about your earlier LotR days.
Absolutely awesome I hope you named each one of those dwarf heroes. Their tale deserves to be told.
You can pay no higher compliment to your younger self than to respectfully upglow older models. You unlocked a handful of core memories for me over the course of this one - no need AT ALL to apologize to us for "getting sentimental." What a beautiful video. Thank you for it.
Tips and tricks. My respects!
Awesome!
yes please! More LOTR-stuff! would love to see a lit up Balrog diorama.
He did one a few years ago.
That's sooo cool. I could cry, rembering the pain Gimli must have felt when finding them
Lord of the Rings is what also brought me into the hobby world, which makes this diorama one of my favorites over the past few years. Especially love the lighting. Superbly done!
The depth is fabulous!
I love this stuff beats the heck out of 1970’s model kits I grew up up with. Great job!
Can you please do another Yellowstone diorama with an erupting geyser? I want to do one, but have no idea how to do it. Love your modeling skills and the Wild Imaginary West!
This is beautiful. You captured the emotion of a moment like this perfectly! Dwarven content is always a welcome sight!
I always watch these video's on my TV! The size makes it so much better!
I love the little bit of Boylie Story Time about you playing the game with friends and family!
That looks spectacular, a LOTR diorama is always great.
"let me know in the comments if you would like to see more LOTR" YES DUDE PLEASE I love lotr so much
I have an idea you might really like; layer the pillars in a mirror "sandwich" (like those infinite corridor illusions) to get the endless effect of moria.
Excellent diorama! I would love to see more LOTR builds in future, I’ve always been a fan of all of your LOTR dioramas, they’re fantastic! Have a great week Boylei!
You are very talented. I get tons of inspiration from you videos. No need to apologize for your narratives, it's one reason I keep coming back to watch you.
"Drums, drums in the deeps.... They are coming."
Loved this diorama and the story. I love Lord of the Rings and I got some goblin minis myself, as well as a cave drake. I am eager to see more stuff like this.
The depth and llighhting of this diorama made it reallly stand out. I love Lord of the Rings, this was badass.
the music with the way the diorama is just is amazing.
LotR and Star Wars are two of the great loves of my life, and I am always willing to see more of them! Your Old West stuff is amazing, too! Thanks for being an inspiration.
Definitely one of my favorite designs. The cave/castle type diorama, very cool
The flickering lights on the pillars beautiful touch definitely do more like these.
Love the Darkness lit up by the Flickering Torches ...Very Effective.
Love it! That old Lotr miniatures game is what got me into miniatures and the model making hobby.
I love watching these videos while I try to sleep, I just wish they were longer and showed more of the process
LOTR is the best. If you make more I’ll watch every video.. twice.
Super cool nostalgia build...
It brings LotR and the lighting from the final season of GoT together... 😂
This is so cool. The way the torches flicker adds so much atmosphere to the scene than it would if you'd just had static lights. I love LOTR and would love to see more content like this.
Dude. When the music came on and you switched on the LEDs at the end. Chills.
Very impressive! I have a collection of D&D figures from when I was a kid. Brought me back.
Wonderful. Yes, absolutely more. Of this an everything!!
I love the layered depth to this build. Thanks for the channel recommendation, too!
YES! Please do more Mines of Moria, and any LoTR content. This turned out so great.
Would LOVE to see more! I also think the protective mixture you used on the diorama as a base made the whole thing look weathered which is awesome
I like that you can immediately recognize his style by the thumbnail. Then you click and enjoy. 😊
Hear me out. Do a canyon diorama with bandits and a wagon train and Maybe another mech to protect the train like you did in the river crossing. Love your work man. Keep it up. LJ
NICE!
Yes please, would like to see more LotR in your style !
LOTR is such a classic Trilogy.. great diorama!
As a long time LOTR fan, from the times when it was only known from the books, I find this diarama to be totally badass. Keep up the excellent work.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Hats off to you sir.
those minis were my first step into the hobby! I had no clue what I was doing and had noone to play with but I still loved them so much :)
I’ll never forget seeing lotr in theaters and being absolutely stunned by the size of Moria
I love this, a series of LOTR diorama's would be awesome.
LotR ignited creativity in several generations of people-- I love how powerful a fantasy story can be when created with heart and adapted with love.
My wife bought me a map of Moria while we were dating! That's how I knew she was the one. Lord of the Rings is my favorite story, and A Journey in the Dark is my favorite chapter! Always love seeing LotR content from you! Thank you!
I definitely would love to see more LOTR stuff
Such simple techniques yield such an amazing atmosphere and finish, well done!!! More people need to bond through these kinds of hobbies.
I like the way the tunnel was built up in layers. I've used tea lights before, but I never thought about removing the LED and using it separately. Great diorama!
While my friends were painting space marines I was obsessed with the lord of the rings models. I even made my own “Balin’s tomb”. This was super nostalgic, thanks!
Yes, I want to see more stuff like this! Along with your wild imaginary west you will be unstoppable!
you have the best hooby and skill 100%
That diorama impress me as deep in my heart as deep halls of the Moria...
Yes, to seeing more LotR's in the future. Great diorama!
My favorite movie, then when I saw my favorite diorama youtuber make this video I got so excited. Just watched the second movie last night, I’m rewatching the series for the gazillionth time lol
Love the details in these fantasy dioramas. It would be cool if there were board games out there like this. Even cooler if somehow could play a board game like this online
Lord of the Rings is always a great subject for dioramas and, once again, you did an incredible job of creating a memorable scene. Your techniques are amazing and, coupled with your imagination, always make for some compelling dioramas. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to more Lord of the Rings based dioramas.
I personally can never get enough of the Lord of the rings. I'll watch every video you make on the topic.
Once again you have blown my mind. thank you.
This looks amazing. Flicking touch lights make it look alive!!
I'm currently struggling to create some layered depth in a diorama. My brain has a very hard time with the whole 3D layers thing and I have started over more times than I care to mention. This video was perfectly timed for me, and now I'm headed back to the workshop with new ideas and techniques. Wish me luck!
Check out Light Box Life, her work is very well represents the idea of depth and how to create layers. Sometimes you have to think inside the box. 😉
@@DesertOwlForge Thank you, I'll go check out her feed!
Fantastic work. The miniature wargame that these figures are from is one of the best rulesets around too!
Having just re-watch the original trilogy I greatly enjoyed watching this build and the excellent final result. Thanks!
This is fuc*ing awesome! And the deepts and blackness, only the torches light in the dark. Fantastic idea and outstanding job!
Excellent work! I especially like the doorway and the goblins coming down the stairs through it.
MORE (ia) Great job as always. What an age we live in where I can watch you perfect your craft. Great work and please continue.
This is so utterly freaking amazing, goodness gracious
Any middle earth content is fantastic content in my book
Brilliant build. I Love all the details of this diorama.....Epic Looking Battle...❤
The depth and use of light are fantastic, please do more LOTR!
This, this is incredible. Wow, would love to see more LOTR inspired dioramas.
Yes! I for one will take all the LotR videos you can possibly give us.
I love your work. I would love to see more Moria or LOTR stuff in general! I was just getting into minis and table top games when the movies came out. This definitely took me back.
I've started my hobby journey when the first set of GW's Lord of the Rings miniatures came out after the first movie and goblins were among the first things I painted with my brother when I was 11, since then I've been in love with Lotr and the hobby. This brought back memories and a sweet nostalgic feeling. Thank you Boylei and as always fantastic job on the diorama and minis!
Very atmospheric, and yes, I would like to see more-ia!
This looks really cool, I'm sure it's been done to death, but one of those infinite mirror setups would work very well for the sprawling caverns of Moria
Love it.
No apology is necessary for the shout out to your gaming friends and family. Without them you may not have started this channel for us to watch.
AMAZING! absolutely more LOTR please!
I watch your channel for ideas in terrain building for my D&D campaigns, and the witty commentary of course. This was great, love the shadow box idea.
Mines of Moria are PERFECT for dioramas! More of this!
I would LOVE to see more LotR stuff on here! This was so cool!
This is awesome!!! LOTR is the best saga
Love the diroama and the flickering torches! And YES, please make more LOTR content!!!
Excellent!! I would very much like to see more LOTR/LOTR- inspired projects! 😁
This gave me an idea. To make an entire diorama like this one with a network of tunnels on a part of the wall in my room or EVEN BETTER, to insert this diorama into an IKEA bookshelf. I'll just need to 3D print lots of orcs and paint them and figure a way to connect all those torch LED but honestly it's worth the patience, this is so great!
Wow - this really evokes emotion, I might have to watch the film series again!
Definitely would love to see more LOTRs stuff alongside your Imaginary West