This little Smaug is a dragon made from marzipan and who has made his home an small hill of chocolate soufflé. I love the little on candles. This is a marzipan dragon that breathes fire. Via Caracal Feathers.
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? […]
Smaug the Tremendous in LEGO
This Smaug is a dragon made from LEGO by Fat Tony. The design uses gold foil bought from a craft store which has had real LEGO coins pressed into to make imprints. I think the effect works wonderfully well and LEGO Smaug looks quite happy on his gold heap. Via Fat Tony’s Flickr and Geek […]
8 types of Tolkien fans and how to spot them
Tolkien fan? Do you prefer the books or the movies? Perhaps the old rotoscope animation that was sadly never finished? It’s dangerous asking these questions. It’s a bit like asking which is better; Firefly or Serenity? Or which is your favourite Doctor? The team at Dorkly have put together another guide to help you identify […]
Middle-Earth movie posters
These posters are the work of graphic designer and illustrator Nicolas Alejandro Barbera from Buenos Aires. His Behance page is worth watching and geeky updates are always possible.
Face capture that orc
Have you seen any of The Hobbit movies? You might recognise this animation… and I think it’s nice to peer behind the face capture. WHat do you think? Pretty impressive? Will films of the future do without actors all together? We’ll have captured their likeness and will be able to animate them like puppets. Who […]
3 card preview: Hobbit Tales
Hobbit Tales is a storytelling card game due out early 2014 from Sophisticated Games and Cubicle 7. The game has been designed by Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello, the creators of The One Ring RPG and the Tolkien-themed strategy game War of the Ring. In the game players take turns being Narrator and make-up a […]
The One gaming table to RULE them all
How’s this for a dining room set? Not something you’d find in either Argos or John Lewis, I’d imagine. Scratch that. How’s this for a table for a little D&D or Pathfinder on? Perhaps it’s more suited to a bit of dice rolling at MERP or the current LoTR RPG franchise – Cubicle 7’s The […]
3 reasons to Honeymoon at Mount Doom
You might well wonder why you would want to Honeymoon at Mount Doom in Mordor but there are some. At least, according to this resorts in Middle Earth guide from luxury travel specialist Kuoni. Private rooftop sun-deck Beautifully maintained Cracks of Doom Complimentary Wi-Fi The dangerous Mount Doom isn’t the only Middle Earth destination Kuoni […]
Tour the Abandoned Kingdom of the Dwarves: Erebor
Google has a site called Chrome Experiments which showcases what is possible with creative code. The goal is to demonstrate open web tech like Canvas, WebGL and WebRTC. The latest such showcase is a project done in conjunction with The Hobbit film. It is the Abandoned Kingdom of the Dwarves: Erebor. Swipe your way through […]
