I wish I had the entire library. What you see in the DVD appendices is only a fraction of the prop and costume photography. New Line only sent me what they thought we needed or what I requested. It's mostly weapons and armor in my photo library, but I did luck out when they accidentally sent me some complete disks of photos for a few dozen characters. It was meant to go to one of the toy companies, and included all their clothing, weapons, armor, and miscellaneous props.N2darkness wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 9:54 am I assume that New line/Warner Bros sent you all the DVD appendices photos in full resolution for reference and promotional use as part of the licensing process?
It would be wonderful if those were all released someday for fans and prop makers to have access to. I've asked Daniel Falconer at Weta about a book with all the high-res props and armor a couple of times. But nothing is in the works.
John Mayo at the old New Line did an excellent job of putting all that material together for licensees, but when the transition to WB happened, a lot of that stuff was either packed away or lost. Unfortunately, other than the Wingnut/Weta production archives, there are only a few of us out here that have these hi-res photos. I usually only post images that I know are already out there on the DVDs or are already in print in the various LOTR books that have come out over the years.
Maybe one day someone will put a book or two together of just those photos, but a lot of it is not very good photography. It was just quick photos shot for reference by the production or New Line. I know the die hard collectors would love it, but I'm not sure a book company would see the appeal without making all new photography. But that opens a whole other can of worms.