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.…
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?…
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?…
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.…
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?…
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.…
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.…
3 new pictures of Smaug – The Hobbit finally shows us dragon
We’ve been teased with bits of Smaug in various Hobbit trailers but now we get to see him. There’s a catch. He’s turned up in an unexpected place – New Zealand.…
You’ll never guess where The Hobbit was filmed
Did I say “You’ll never guess where The Hobbit was filmed”? – if that’s true the marketing agency for Air New Zealand is weeping. Last year we had Peter Jackson and the WETA Workshop crew give an unexpected briefing for for the airline.…
