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Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

OMG!!! and that´s the dream of many of us since the movies came out... I would love to be able to see that armour, but honestly, I would be afraid to put it on and ruin it... If it were a replica, I would love to put it on undoubtedly, but the original would be more worried than enjoying the experi...

Aragorn's Coronation Crown Construction Techniques REVEALED

New, very interesting video about some behind-the-scenes/making-off stories of Elessar's Crown in the original trilogy. From the channel's description: I’m Dallas Poll and I’ve spent many years being lucky enough to make the originals of some very iconic movies pieces (Aragorn’s Coronation Crown, G...

Re: The Rings Of Power

You can nitpick fantasy vs reality vs this vs that. That's the whole idea beyond suspending disbelief. If everything were down to 100% realism, you'd never have an explosion in Star Wars/Star Trek, the universal translators in Star Trek would work, but a Klingon's lips wouldn't magically start movi...

Re: The Rings of Power

Even the few minutes we had of the forging of the elven rings were not free from inconsistencies and cringe moments... I mean, how would Celembrimbor not have been aware of the possibility of joining metals? Or how to do it? And how exactly do you get the 'pure gold and silver from Valinor' out of ...

Re: The Rings of Power

I wish they hadn't spent so much time with crap stories like the sword hilt key to mt doom and had spent much more time on things like the forging of the rings. That felt like a throwaway moment at the end of the series, rather than the culmination of years of ringcraft and learning. Bish bash bosh...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

I will order, but I am not happy about the price, I don't see any logical reason for Elendil to be priced 150$ more than the most recent CS GtW. Thankfully the pre order window is open for 4 weeks and I will use some WB from the Argonath to pay for a good chunk of the deposit. Price difference is b...

Re: The Rings Of Power

And sorry everyone for my slowness and backlog of responses...I want to join the debate, it's very interesting, but my English writing is so slow and I fall behind all the time.. :oops: I quote you on this and make your words my own. You all definitely write much better English than I do, and have ...

Re: The Rings Of Power

Following your comments, I found this article that pretty much sums up what I feel as I watch the show: https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2022/09/17/the-rings-of-power-has-inexplicably-terrible-writing/ Oh how I would love if the folks at FoU that seem to lack any capacity for critical thinking...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

Nasnandos wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:11 am The prologue scabbard prop does not have the inscription. It does not even have that metal plate in the middle. I'm surprised that slipped by the Weta folks.

Kit, do you happen to have any pictures of that prop? I'm curious to see Narsil's scabbard now that you mention that difference.

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

I briefly toyed with enlarging the statue to match the scale of the sword, but that would nearly double the size. That was another hope of mine. What if the sword is reduced to match the scale of the statue, is that a possibility? I have hopes that Weta will one day do something like a 1/12 scale M...

Re: United Cutlery's - LOTR & The Hobbit - Movie Props!

United's factory was working on reissuing the old miniature Shards of Narsil, the one with the little statue and steel shards. Speaking of this Kit, are there any sculpt changes or improvements lined up for this re-issue? I'm thinking if perhaps there's a chance to design something different and go...

Re: Advice to bring up the colour of SSW mini helmets

Have you tried dusting them Leo? When I got my Numenorean helmet, and others I had to give them a really good dusting, a make-up brush works well. I have indeed; the bases were full of dust too. But now I was looking for some more lasting changes. I'll probably try using steel wool to polish out th...

Advice to bring up the colour of SSW mini helmets

I recently got a bunch of old SSW mini helmets (my firsts) and was immediately impressed by their weight! Are these iron? They're surely metal. Unfortunately, I was also a bit disappointed by their lack of colour... All in general, but especially the orc ones, look like they've rusted all the metal...

Re: User Group Colors

One suggestion that I might add is with the forum user group colors, general members names who are in white are nearly impossible to read, it would be great if their color was changed so when reading through threads and posts I can see who wrote them, or the ability to turn the forum to a "dar...

Re: The Rings Of Power

Well, I really want to like this show, but they're making absolutely everything they can to ruin it... And they're succeeding. Apparently Amazon Prime Video UK uploaded this cringeworty video with random people acting as 'LOTR superfans' and asked them to comment on the teaser trailer. It's so awfu...

Re: The War of the Rohirrim

I was reading exactly about that in here: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-warner-bros-zaentz-rights-1235184414/ Strange times we live in... I'm in no way defending WB, since they have done nothing too relevant with their license leasing so far (specially concerning the multiple...

The War of the Rohirrim

war.jpg Thought of giving this show its own thread, since we now even have a confirmed release date: April 12, 2024 As I said before, I'm currently much anticipating this movie, not only because it's focused solely on Rohan and Helm Hammerhand, but also (and most importantly) because it is being ma...

Re: The Rings Of Power

Apparently the so-called Tolkien 'scholar' that was hired to replace Tom Shippey is an unapologetic social activist firebrand who stated Tolkien's works are problematic and adored by neo-fascists, and that so-called 'fans' that dare criticize any modernizing of this outdated tale are nothing but di...

Re: The Rings Of Power

Not sure how you attached those, but all I see are the file names, not images. As for a good story? No hope of that for me. Now that it's revealed this show is only loosely borrowing the names of Tolkien characters to tell a completely fictional tale that Tolkien never wrote but apparently should h...

Re: The Rings Of Power

Found these online. I would definitely feel more hyped if they were the actual official releases :roll: Anyway, I think we're all over it now; let's hope for at least a good script/story! 274074859_479913240347419_6311144580326139007_n.jpg 274086957_479913280347415_2808242758120554033_n.jpg 2740801...

Re: The Rings Of Power

Well, thanks everyone for commenting! To be honest, I feel much more relieved now that I saw some opinions similar to my own... I was starting to believe that nobody was seeing what I saw :shock: You have expressed my thoughts better than I could have done. I like to remain cautiously optimistic ab...

Re: The Rings Of Power

So, this insider's article came out on Vanity Fair! It has lots of new production photos, comments and interviews... Have you read it yet? https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/amazon-the-rings-of-power-series-first-look?utm_campaign=likeshopme&client_service_id=31204&utm_social_type...

Re: United Cutlery's - The Hobbit - Movie Props!

I think I already answered that in my reply to your post above. If the next helm UC does after Theoden's is something that cannot be made properly in metal, it will be resin. If they decide to make something that can be made in metal, like another Gondor helm, it will be metal. Same with weapon rep...

Re: United Cutlery's - The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Am I making any sense?[/color] Sorry, not really. Maybe you are not aware, but UC has been making resin and resin+wood LOTR prop replicas since the early days of the license, going back 17 or 18 years now. If there is no way using production methods to make a replica in metal - or whatever the real...

Re: United Cutlery's - The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Could that mean we are to expect Théoden's scabbard in the near future, as we're expecting Éomer's? :) And possibly Éowyn's next? Or is it UC's interest for scabbards not really there?...[/color] We won't know that until we see how Eomer's scabbard sells first. They are expensive, and with manufact...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

But... technically this is just the tree that grows on top of his house, it's not the actual PT...that is much bigger and grows down the way. (You see it when looking out from the front door.) I was just going to refer that, thinking I've missed a proper Party Tree release somewhere! I really like ...

Re: United Cutlery's - The Hobbit - Movie Props!

It has more to do with them wanting to complete collections while there is interest. They did Eomer's sword, helm, and now his spear. Theoden's sword was done and still sells steady. His helm is coming and the response is looking good, so his spear would be next. Could that mean we are to expect Th...

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