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Loxley · Jan 21, 2020

I completely forgot to make a post about this, but last November I visited Cape Town, South Africa for my sister's wedding (she's been living there for a few years). While I was there I was determined to find a copy of LOTR translated into Afrikaans, though I had no idea if a translation actually existed. It took some searching through multiple bookstores, but luckily I finally did!

That's Fellowship and The Two Towers, according to the manager at the shop where I found TTT, The Return of the King is still in the process of being translated. Apparently there is an Afrikaans translation of The Hobbit, but none of the shops had it unfortunately. Oh well, I'm considering this a win :)

Deleted member 16516 · Jan 22, 2020

Loxley said:
I completely forgot to make a post about this, but last November I visited Cape Town, South Africa for my sister's wedding (she's been living there for a few years). While I was there I was determined to find a copy of LOTR translated into Afrikaans, though I had no idea if a translation actually existed. It took some searching through multiple bookstores, but luckily I finally did!

That's Fellowship and The Two Towers, according to the manager at the shop where I found TTT, The Return of the King is still in the process of being translated. Apparently there is an Afrikaans translation of The Hobbit, but none of the shops had it unfortunately. Oh well, I'm considering this a win :)

That's a lovely find. I can image the poems been the most difficult to translate to Afrikaans.

Deleted member 16516 · Mar 13, 2020

Looks like a nice little package:

The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set by J. R. R. Tolkien - | HarperCollins

Boxed gift set of Tolkien’s classic masterpieces, fully illustrated throughout in watercolour by the acclaimed and award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptu...

www.harpercollins.co.uk

EvilRedEye · Mar 13, 2020

I can see an illustrated version of Unfinished Tales coming out in October as well - wonder if it will be in series with these...

Loxley · Mar 13, 2020

(I decided to change my avatar again, missed having Robin Hood. But it's from a painting and not related to Errol Flynn, so I feel better about it)

I'm really curious of this COVID-19 nightmare will affect the production of Amazon's LOTR show.

Edmond Dantès said:
Looks like a nice little package:

The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set by J. R. R. Tolkien - | HarperCollins

Boxed gift set of Tolkien’s classic masterpieces, fully illustrated throughout in watercolour by the acclaimed and award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptu...

www.harpercollins.co.uk

What a beautiful set. Hopefully it'll come to the US.

Deleted member 16516 · Mar 15, 2020

Loxley said:
(I decided to change my avatar again, missed having Robin Hood. But it's from a painting and not related to Errol Flynn, so I feel better about it)

I'm really curious of this COVID-19 nightmare will affect the production of Amazon's LOTR show.

What a beautiful set. Hopefully it'll come to the US.

Production has been shut down for the forseeable future. It's the right decision considering the situation around the world.

Coronavirus: Amazon's Lord of the Rings production shut down

Covid-19 outbreak hits the $1b shoot, which involves about 800 cast and crew.

www.nzherald.co.nz

DrForester · Mar 16, 2020

Civ mods are fun!

Spectromixer · Mar 25, 2020

Today is Tolkien Reading day! Stay safe, everyone.

Deleted member 16516 · Mar 25, 2020

Spectromixer said:
Today is Tolkien Reading day! Stay safe, everyone.

In times like these, immersing yourself in Middle-earth seems like the right thing to do.

Spectromixer · Mar 30, 2020

Some wonderful art being created in this time

Loxley · Mar 30, 2020

Spectromixer said:
Some wonderful art being created in this time

Wow those look fantastic!

Deleted member 16516 · Mar 30, 2020

Spectromixer said:
Some wonderful art being created in this time

Those are great! Particularly like the Theoden one.

Spectromixer · Apr 8, 2020

I had to post more because I love Jenny's art. Maedhros!

Deleted member 16516 · Apr 8, 2020

Really is lovely artwork.

Speaking of Maedhros, here's Nazanin Boniadi doing some homework for the LOTR TV show.

Loxley · Apr 10, 2020

Edmond Dantès said:
Really is lovely artwork.

Speaking of Maedhros, here's Nazanin Boniadi doing some homework for the LOTR TV show.

It was driving me nuts because I couldn't figure out where I recognized her from, and I realized a few days ago she played Nora on How I Met Your Mother.

Also, a little Samwise helps the medicine go down:

Reddit - Dive into anything

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Loxley · Apr 17, 2020

Here's some pretty sick Nazgûl artwork I came across on Reddit:

Link to the artist's DeviantArt page. They've got a lot of pretty stunning Tolkien work.

Deleted member 16516 · Apr 17, 2020

Loxley said:
Here's some pretty sick Nazgûl artwork I came across on Reddit:

Link to the artist's DeviantArt page. They've got a lot of pretty stunning Tolkien work.

Those are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

Loxley · Apr 22, 2020

After over a year of buying them one-by-one, because these suckers are $30 a piece, my Epic Mini-Fig vinyl figure collection of the Fellowship is now complete :D

The quality of the sculpt work on the faces depends on the figure. The newer releases - Bilbo, Merry and Pippin - look awesome. Especially Compared to Frodo, who was one of the first figures they released in the line. He looks like a haunted animatronic from the It's a Small World ride at Disneyland. I'm kinda hoping they update his sculpt at some point to match the quality of the other hobbits. Sam also kinda suffers from a case of dead-eyes.

Deleted member 16516 · Apr 22, 2020

Loxley said:
After over a year of buying them one-by-one, because these suckers are $30 a piece, my Epic Mini-Fig vinyl figure collection of the Fellowship is now complete :D

The quality of the sculpt work on the faces depends on the figure. The newer releases - Bilbo, Merry and Pippin - look awesome. Especially Compared to Frodo, who was one of the first figures they released in the line. He looks like a haunted animatronic from the It's a Small World ride at Disneyland. I'm kinda hoping they update his sculpt at some point to match the quality of the other hobbits. Sam also kinda suffers from a case of dead-eyes.

Nine companions. So be it. You shall be the fellowship of the ring... plus a suave and scary looking Bilbo.

That's a lovely looking collection Loxley. Next up, the villains. :)

Deleted member 16516 · Apr 22, 2020

Some of the most unique Tolkien illustrations I've ever come across:

Peter Klúcik - Illustrations for unpublished version of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" 1990

Peter Klúcik - Illustrations for unpublished version of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" 1990

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Eldy · Apr 22, 2020

what the fuck

Loxley · Apr 23, 2020

Those illustrations certainly are...something o.O It's kinda nuts just how many different interpretations there are of Tolkien's characters.

Edmond Dantès said:
Nine companions. So be it. You shall be the fellowship of the ring... plus a suave and scary looking Bilbo.

That's a lovely looking collection Loxley. Next up, the villains. :)

Ha, yep. The Witch King, Gollum, Balrog, and Saruman are next on my list.

On a side note, good grief, I swear I learn something new and interesting about these movies every year:

r/lotr - In The Fellowship of the Ring, Aragorn swears an oath to protect Frodo. Later, in Return of the King, as they charge into the Black Gate, the chorus sings the same words in sindarin.

14,936 votes and 347 comments so far on Reddit

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Indy in the Fridge · Apr 24, 2020

Loxley said:
Those illustrations certainly are...something o.O It's kinda nuts just how many different interpretations there are of Tolkien's characters.

Ha, yep. The Witch King, Gollum, Balrog, and Saruman are next on my list.

I love the villain figurines. My wife spent multiple birthdays and Christmases gifting me my set.

Anoregon · Apr 24, 2020

I've been spending a good amount of corona quarantine time in Middle Earth. I was recently given a lifetime VIP subscription account to the now 13 year old Lord of the Rings Online game and I've been making good use of it. The geography is obviously quite truncated for usability, but it's still pretty cool coming across all sorts of familiar landmarks. Weathertop towers over the zone it's in, Rivendell is pretty stunning, and I even found myself doing a sort of "visions of the past" type dungeon in Goblin Town and found Gollum's underground lake island.

One of the favorite things I've found so far is this painting on the wall not far from Gollum's island:

Deleted member 16516 · Apr 24, 2020

Anoregon said:
I've been spending a good amount of corona quarantine time in Middle Earth. I was recently given a lifetime VIP subscription account to the now 13 year old Lord of the Rings Online game and I've been making good use of it. The geography is obviously quite truncated for usability, but it's still pretty cool coming across all sorts of familiar landmarks. Weathertop towers over the zone it's in, Rivendell is pretty stunning, and I even found myself doing a sort of "visions of the past" type dungeon in Goblin Town and found Gollum's underground lake island.

One of the favorite things I've found so far is this painting on the wall not far from Gollum's island:

Gollum as the Dark Lord, nice.

Spectromixer · Apr 24, 2020

something to make you smile on this Friday 😊

Deleted member 16516 · Apr 24, 2020

Spectromixer said:
something to make you smile on this Friday 😊

That's a classic prank. Love it.

Spectromixer · May 6, 2020

Where are all the idyllic Lord of the Rings games?

How game designers are missing the point with all these grimdark Lord of the Rings adaptations

medium.com

Very good article from our own, aidan

Give me a farming and friendship sim set in The Shire. Give me a 4X game where I get to trade iron with the dwarves in the Blue Mountains and cotton with the traders of Dol Amroth. Give me a walking sim set in Lorien. Give me a Tapper clone where I get to sling beer at The Prancing Pony (avoiding Bill Ferny, of course.) Give me a rhythm game set during a Rivendell poetry jam session. Give me a point-and-click adventure game where I have to utilize the unique abilities of 13 dwarves and a hobbit with a magic ring to escape the Elven dungeons in Mirkwood.

Loxley · May 6, 2020

Spectromixer said:
Where are all the idyllic Lord of the Rings games?

How game designers are missing the point with all these grimdark Lord of the Rings adaptations

medium.com

Very good article from our own, aidan

Yep. the license is criminally under-utlized when it comes to video games. This is why LEGO Lord of the Rings and LOTRO remain the two best games in the setting imo. They show more than just the grimdark side of Middle-earth.

Anoregon · May 6, 2020

How about one of those lawyer games set in the shire. Let me dive into hobbit legal statutes

Deleted member 16516 · May 6, 2020

I'd like an Elvish crafting game.

Anoregon · May 6, 2020

Also animal crossing is pretty much already a hobbit simulator

Vashetti · May 6, 2020

What's going on with LOTRO? Last I heard some other company had taken it over.

Loxley · May 8, 2020

Andy Serkis is doing a live read-through of The Hobbit for charity today:

Deleted member 16516 · May 8, 2020

Loxley said:
Andy Serkis is doing a live read-through of The Hobbit today for charity today:

Less than 25k away from the target now. Great to see.

Loxley · May 9, 2020

Ha, this whole quarantine thing has me just kinda farting around one of my old external hard drives and I found some of the banners I created back in 2014 for our (ultimately abandoned) Silmarillion read-through.

Deleted member 16516 · May 12, 2020

Loxley said:
Ha, this whole quarantine thing has me just kinda farting around one of my old external hard drives and I found some of the banners I created back in 2014 for our (ultimately abandoned) Silmarillion read-through.

Those are some lovely banners. Shame they were never used.

Loxley · May 27, 2020

Josh Gad hosted a Zoom LOTR cast reunion and will be posting it his YouTube channel this Sunday!

Dom Monaghan posted a screenshot with the whole crew:

Deleted member 16516 · May 28, 2020

Loxley said:
Josh Gad hosted a Zoom LOTR cast reunion and will be posting it his YouTube channel this Sunday!

Dom Monaghan posted a screenshot with the whole crew:

Going to be nice to them altogether again. Imagine if Peter drops the LOTR 4K bombshell, I'll be even happier.

Bombadil · Jun 11, 2020

Vashetti said:
What's going on with LOTRO? Last I heard some other company had taken it over.

Late reply, but it's still around. The latest expansion, Minas Morgul, came out last year. Turbine is now gone, and the team moved over to Standing Stone Games for development, while Daybreak is handling publishing. No news on Amazon's LotR MMO.

Deleted member 16516 · Jun 17, 2020

New book by John Garth:

This book takes you to the places that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien to create his fictional locations in The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and other classic works. Written by renowned Tolkien expert John Garth, The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien features a wealth of breathtaking illustrations, including Tolkien's own drawings, contributions from other artists, rare archival images, and spectacular color photos of contemporary locations across Britain and beyond, from the battlefields of World War I to Africa.

Garth identifies the locales that served as the basis for Hobbiton, the elven valley of Rivendell, the Glittering Caves of Helm's Deep, and many other settings in Middle-earth, from mountains and forests to rivers, lakes, and shorelands. He reveals the rich interplay between Tolkien's personal travels, his wide reading, and his deep scholarship as an Oxford don. Garth draws on his profound knowledge of Tolkien's life and work to shed light on the extraordinary processes of invention behind Tolkien's works of fantasy. He also debunks popular misconceptions about the inspirations for Middle-earth and puts forward strong new claims of his own.

An illustrated journey into the life and imagination of one of the world's best-loved authors, The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien provides a unique exploration of the relationship between the real and the fantastical and is an essential companion for anyone who wants to follow in Tolkien's footsteps.

Amazon.co.uk

Eldy · Jun 17, 2020

I haven't read this yet myself, but I've heard nothing but good things about it from friends and acquaintances who have. John Garth tends to have really accessible prose for someone working at such a high level of Tolkien studies, so hopefully this will be successful. :)

Deleted member 16516 · Jun 22, 2020

Pretty big news in the Tolkien community.

Eldy · Jun 22, 2020

Oh shit.

For those who don't know, Carl Hostetter has for decades been involved in the editing and publication (through the periodicals Vinyar Tengwar and Parma Eldalamberon) of Tolkien material that didn't make it into the History of Middle-earth series. Most of this material is primarily about Tolkien's languages, but as with various texts found in HoMe, it frequently shades over into the history, philosophy, etc of Arda.

Apparently this page was accidentally leaked on Houghton Mifflin's website, though it's since been taken down and it doesn't like anyone saved it in the Wayback Machine or Archive.today. Thanks for posting the screencap, Edmond Dantès!

This is pretty huge, especially for me as a Númenor fan. :) Now to settle down for the ten month wait...

ETA: Looking through the same catalogue posted in the TCG comments, there's apparently also going to be an illustrated edition of Unfinished Tales to mark the book's 40th anniversary this October, featuring illustrations by Alan Lee, John Howe, and Ted Nasmith.

captive · Jul 8, 2020

hey all, a while back maybe early on this thread (though i went through the first 3 pages) or on the old forum Edmond Dantès or someone else linked to someones artwork that was like paintings of Lord of the Rings locations. Does anyone remember this? If so can you link me to their work.

Deleted member 16516 · Jul 8, 2020

captive said:
hey all, a while back maybe early on this thread (though i went through the first 3 pages) or on the old forum Edmond Dantès or someone else linked to someones artwork that was like paintings of Lord of the Rings locations. Does anyone remember this? If so can you link me to their work.

Was it this?

TolkienERA |OT| Renewed shall be the blade that was broken

Some Tolkien art by Raffaela C (AronjaArt) which is available to buy as prints. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AronjaArt?ref=shop_sugg

www.resetera.com

If so, she still sells her art on Esty.

AronjaArtShop - Etsy UK

Shop Fantasy / Landscape Paintings and Prints by AronjaArtShop located in Salzburg, Austria. Rave reviews! Average review rating is 4.8 or higher

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captive · Jul 8, 2020

Edmond Dantès said:
Was it this?

TolkienERA |OT| Renewed shall be the blade that was broken

Some Tolkien art by Raffaela C (AronjaArt) which is available to buy as prints. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AronjaArt?ref=shop_sugg

www.resetera.com

If so, she still sells her art on Esty.

AronjaArtShop - Etsy UK

Shop Fantasy / Landscape Paintings and Prints by AronjaArtShop located in Salzburg, Austria. Rave reviews! Average review rating is 4.8 or higher

www.etsy.com

yes! you're the man.

we're building out our home theater and need sound treatments and i mentioned to my wife we could get some of these printed and put sound proofing behind them and she loved that idea.

Deleted member 16516 · Jul 8, 2020

captive said:
yes! you're the man.

we're building out our home theater and need sound treatments and i mentioned to my wife we could get some of these printed and put sound proofing behind them and she loved that idea.

You're welcome. The art's gorgeous. I'm sure your home theater set-up is going to be amazing when finished and a perfect way to watch the 4K edition of the trilogy whenever it comes out.

Deleted member 16516 · Jul 11, 2020

Gandalf Takes on the Balrog in New LOTR Prime 1 Studio Statue

Gandalf stands his ground against the mighty Balrog in the newest Lord of the Rings statue coming to us from Prime 1 Studio.

bleedingcool.com

The LEDs are nice touch.

DrForester · Jul 16, 2020

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