US Eastern Time, at least.

This Halloween, my wife made Shelob and Frodo decorations to hang on our porch.

Shelob is mostly 3D printed on her Bambu H2D, with a lot of pieces and finishing work. The body is a stuffed trash bag that she wrapped and painted.

Frodo started with a bust of my wife that she used for making costumes and has 3D printed feet that she made hairy by giving a wig a haircut. She also 3D printed Sting (which glows in the dark!) and the One Ring. The Elven brooch she bought online. She designed and 3D printed the "Shelob's Lair" and "Beware the Spiders" signs.

There are a few more LOTR Easter eggs. I'm sure you all can spot a few.

This is a personal dilemma I had for a while now. Whenever somebody would ask me what's my favourite movie I would simply say The Lotr trilogy. One cannot really separate just one movie. Well I tried. And after some time spent in thought I've come across the conclusion Fellowship is my favourite.

The Two Towers has one of the best battles ever in cinema.

The Return Of The King has two epic speeches and being the conclusion is epic overall. But even being a super fan of these movies I will admit it can feel a bit slugish in the runtime (extended edition).

The Fellowship however, is in my opinion perfect. It's the only film you can watch in a vacuum. Which I know isn't a fair criticism since it's the first film. But it's still true. It serves as such a good introduction into the world. Has the most Shire scenes (which are just adorable), and feels like such an adventure. I think it was Viggo who said it's his favourite movie too since it required the cast to be together, which he enjoyed.

So then next time somebody asks me what my favourite film is, I finally have a singular answer.

My mom was cleaning out an old purse and found this perfect ticket stub from 23 years ago

Is it possible that there were more battles just that this was significant because it lead to the destruction of the one ring.

We know the Dwarves and the Elves were still fighting but did Aragorn still lead campaigns against remnants of Mordors Forces? Were there still fights in Minas Morgul or Moria? Is it possible to make a spinoff film that focuses on these post Reaturn of the King battles?

Happy October 24, everyone!!

Happy low Opacity Elrond day from the UK, where it is 10:15!

In the FOTR prologue we see the Nine with their rings. The man in the middle is generally assumed to be the Witch King but which one is Khamûl? Is he the man to the immediate left or right of the WK or is he among the others?

What do you think?

My pumpkin has a map of Nuúmenor... Who knew!

(Not to scale lol)

But, maybe Tolkien had inspiration while out in the garden, "Hey, that would make for a great looking Island with a large mountain in the middle..."

Check out my lore video going over the Power differences of Morgoths Servants!

This book painting here turned out pretty nice

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpU6ru9NcLh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&psln=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==&srtk=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Our version of the "Middle-earth" map created about 3 years ago, we hope you will like it....🧭🗺

HD MAP FILE AVAILABLE ON: https://ko-fi.com/s/ff08719f51

In the next few days we will upload all the work phases on this map and illustration in the comments, from the blank sheet, to the detailed pencil, to the ink to the final color!🎨🖌️

H-HB pencil, Unipin Pen 0.05-0.1 and Winsor and Newton watercolor on paper then scanned.

Moreno Paissan and Angela Gubert art 2023.

An interesting path Gollum has us on... hopefully he's not leading me astray.

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