The Lord of the Rings tarot deck by Scieth Ailm is rather good. The Russian artist is generous with her work, giving goodies like geeky calendars away for free on her Deviant Art page. This collection of Middle Earth art in the form of tarot cards is popular. The major arcana are drawn as characters […]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies trailer
It’s been a great few days for trailers. Here’s another and it is all the way from Middle Earth. Thorin wrestles with friendship, honour and great big piles of loot while Sauron smuggles hordes of orcs over to the Lonely Mountain. If you’ve not see Lord of the Rings then just assume it all works […]
15 dragons and you – a size comparison
Okay, tiny but predictable spoilers for Game of Thrones fans, which you can avoid by not looking at the names of the dragons in the bottom left of the chart. Click the image to enlarge. Then spy the square in the top right corner of the image to enlarge again. It’s worth the wrestling. Hit […]
Detailed little Gandalf amigurumi
It feels like a little while since Geek Native has featured any of the crochet wonders of amigurumi. To fix that let’s take a minute to marvel at the stitching wonder of Sammi’s grey wizard. This Gandalf is superb.
Cubicle 7 reveal new cover design for The One Ring RPG
Cubicle 7 have a revised edition of their Lord of the Rings roleplaying game on the way. The new cover, designed by Jon Hodgson, was revealed today. The One Ring RPG, designed by the award winning Francesco Nepitello, has been received well by gamers. The new edition is a single 320-paged hardback with art from […]
Short film: Concerning Dragons
A short animation by Kieran Duncan that’s part MSc project and done in association with Axis Animation. It’s an unofficial tie in with the release of The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. It feels brief but took 13 weeks to make and has a simply wonderful papercraft effect. Time to dare some short film roulette. Click […]
Lord of the Rings chess posters
These Lord of the Rings chess posters are the work of Patrick Connan. He delivers geek and chic.
Bluff your Tolkien knowledge: The Silmarillion in three minutes
Think you aught to know what happens in Tolkien’s The Silmarillion in order to protect your geek cred? Don’t fancy reading the book? This video might help – although, yeah, you really should give it a read. Creating by John Kloess the YouTube animation rushes through the events in the book, paying special attention to […]
Middle-Earth remade 1:1 in impressive Outerra
Outerra is very impressive 3D planetary engine. It uses fractals, algorithms and a whole lot of maths to let you create everything from an orbital view of a virtual planet down to a blade of grass. It has an integrated vehicle physics engine too. So, what would happen is someone used it to recreate Middle-Earth? […]
Be surprised: Labradors can dress as dwarves
As it turns out Labradors can dress as dwarves. All it takes is a cleverly knitted Tolkien style hat that comes complete with lengthy beard and you have a winner! Okay, you might also need a cute and patient Labrador too. Via Reddit and Imgur.
