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(11) Peoples & Creatures of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth (Easterlings)
I had such an interesting reaction to my various posts on Lord of the Rings, Tolkien and The Hobbit (reposted below), such as the series 7Best (Tolkien’s Art 7/7), that I thought I might start a new...
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Tolkien’s Birthday. Hundred & Twenty Ones’es
Order cakes and ale! Filed under: Tolkien, Uncategorized
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(12) Peoples & Creatures of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth (Variags)
(12) Variags of Khand (Southrons) Variags of Khand were a race of men, an obscure tribe of Southrons (Haradrim) from the extreme south-east fringes of known Middle-Earth in the Haradwaith (thus...
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(13) Peoples & Creatures of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth (Corsairs of Umbar)
Sir Peter Jackson nailed amidships as an Umbar Corsair. Umbar was an old Numenorean state of men that rebelled against the authority of the divine Valar. After the collapse of Numenor (in the age...
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(14) Sauron Paper Cut
Bilbo Martin Freeman straddles both: The Office (UK) The Hobbit (NZ). Beware Xerox, Scan Lord of Death, paper cuts, sales spiels by beige sales-reps and Unexpected Office parties. One Ring to Bindery...
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(14) (The Illustrators) Peoples & Creatures of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth
The greatest sustained illustrators of Tolkien that really brought Middle-Earth to life, are Alan Lee and John Howe. Their numerous oil paintings, drawings and water colours substantially fleshed out...
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(15) (John Howe) Peoples & Creatures of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth
As mentioned yesterday, John Howe is one of the top two Tolkien visual iconographers. He is Canadian but lives in Switzerland and studied art in France. Howe was already well-known for his Tolkien...
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(16) (Alan Lee) Peoples & Creatures of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth
Gandalf, and the party of Thorin Oakenshield in the forest, with Bilbo. The Hobbit. © Alan Lee. Alan Lee is a Brit. from Middlsex and attended the Ealing School of Art. He is perhaps one of the best...
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(17) Peoples & Creatures of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth
Nooooooooooooooo….Oh the humanity! Filed under: Tolkien
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(18) Peoples & Creatures of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth (Lego II)
Oh Nooooooooooooooo…the humanity! II Filed under: Tolkien
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