Tolkien Artwork

[Annatar]

OK, I have one too:

I like the menacing and spooky atmosphere. Even if it is too much HDR.

 

[Annatar]

Even if it is too much HDR.

I've corrected this:

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

You'll find more of his in the Book Covers thread.

 

[Annatar]

Although I already despise the upcoming series, I still have to admit, as mentioned elsewhere, that the graphics department has done some good work so far. I feel the design of some locations is pretty good:

Tirion:

I think this looks fantastic.

A haven city of Numenor, probably Romenna, or perhaps Andunie or Eldalonde. If it is indeed Romenna, I'm quite happy with that.
It reminds me slightly of Minoan haven cities or ancient Greek island fortresses.

What I don't quite like is the middle aqueduct on the left. That's a bit too much.

Some (obviously important) place in Lindon:

Although I like the setting itself very much here, I also see it critically at the same time. It looks too much like Lorien. The capital of Lindon is Mithlond, a High Elven port city, so it's a completely different category and doesn't really have that much to do with golden forests...
If the context fits, it could still be coherent.

 

[Annatar]

I consider Nasmith to be one of the best Middle-earth artists ever. What he doesn't do so well, unfortunately, are character drawings. But his places, landscapes and castles look incredibly good. 👍

 

[ZehnWaters]

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Why does Tuor look like he's in his 60s?

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

He's had a rough life.

 

[ZehnWaters]

A couple of pictures by artist ElfinFen:
A rare picture of Rôg:

A lovely picture of Amdír:

 

[Peter86]

I have always liked this drawing a lot (which apparently was drawn by someone called "Sergio2099", which shows the Vanyar arriving in Beleriand during the War Of Wrath.
They look terrifying - I can imagine them being a very powerful addition, maybe even comparable to the Noldor in terms of strength.

 

[Olorgando]

I have always liked this drawing a lot (which apparently was drawn by someone called "Sergio2099", which shows the Vanyar arriving in Beleriand during the War Of Wrath.
They look terrifying - I can imagine them being a very powerful addition, maybe even comparable to the Noldor in terms of strength.

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Well, yes, but I must nag at some details (ask members who have suffered through my posts in the last two-and-a-half years: I'm an incurable nag ).
It does go into more arcane parts of the legendarium, specifically volume 5 of Christopher Tolkien's "History of Middle-earth", "The Lost Road". It's in the largest chunk, starting about in the middle of the book, "Quenta Silmarillion". In my 1989 paperback reprint of the 1987 original, it's on page 215, or what may be easier to find, §29. And actually a footnote to the text - not by Christopher, but by JRRT himself.
The footnote starts "Other names in song and tale are given to these folk." The Three Kindred of the Elves. Plenty of names for each kindred. What is relevant for the above picture is the weaponry:

the Vanyar (here still called Lindar) are called the "Spear-elves";
the Noldor are called the "Sword-elves";
the Teleri are called the "Arrow-elves", just to be complete.

Just nagging.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I think I see some spears back there. . .but maybe they adopted swords recently; it might explain why the guy in the foreground is holding his a bit awkwardly. 😄

 

[Olorgando]

I think I see some spears back there. . .but maybe they adopted swords recently; it might explain why the guy in the foreground is holding his a bit awkwardly. 😄

No question; by my count, five. But perhaps I'm expecting something like the Macedonian phalanx - something that the Romans later improved on.

But I've found another nag point: the guy in the foreground has a (slightly) curved sword - though in contrast to "true" scimitars, it might actually have cutting edges at top and bottom. Scimitars were definitely the weapons of the Orcs. IIRC, JRRT envisaged the swords of his heroes to invariably (?) be of the straight-bladed, double-edged kind. nag nag nag ...

 

[Aldarion]

Random stuff from Pinterest:

A couple of pictures by artist ElfinFen:
A rare picture of Rôg:
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Uh, that looks like a 15th century warhammer...

 

[ZehnWaters]

Uh, that looks like a 15th century warhammer...

Probably. If memory serves he used a hammer in battle. They likely were just trying to give him an authentic war-hammer (if anachronistic).

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

More travel posters.

 

[Starbrow]

So how do I book a trip?

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Via palantir. 😄

 

[ArnorianRanger]

Take Gandalf Airlines though, I hear you don't need a boarding pass with them.

Thanks,

AR

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Pretty lame -- sorry. I couldn't find a real one, so was reduced to attempting something on my own. 🙄

To atone, a few more genuine examples:

And for the especially adventurous:

 

[HALETH✒🗡]