Some Sméagol Sketches! They're From While He's Still In His Cave But After BAGGINSS Stole His PRECIOUS!!

Spring in full swing

- The Fellowship of The Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien, Book 2, Chapter VIII, "Farewell to Lórien"

"Fair lady!" said Frodo again after a while. "Tell me, if my asking does not seem foolish, who is Tom Bombadil?" "He is," said Goldberry, staying her swift movements and smiling. Frodo looked at her questioningly. "He is, as you have seen him," she said in answer to his look. "He is the Master of wood, water, and hill." "Then all this strange land belongs to him?" "No indeed!" she answered, and her smile faded. "That would indeed be a burden," she added in a low voice, as if to herself. "The trees and the grasses and all things growing or living in the land belong each to themselves. Tom Bombadil is the Master. No one has ever caught old Tom walking in the forest, wading in the water, leaping on the hill-tops under light and shadow. He has no fear. Tom Bombadil is master."

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

@tolkienweek day 2 ~ favourite location

"I'm glad to be with you Samwise Gamgee."

Gandalf’s costume

Actor: Ian McKellen

Designer: Ngila Dickson

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept., Sword by Weta Workshop

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Post 18/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

my heart melts when I think of ori knitting mittens/blankets and bofur making wooden toys for little frodo

Legolas’s costume

Actor: Orlando Bloom

Designer: Lesley Burkes-Harding

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept., Knives and Back rig by Weta Workshop

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Post 19/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. This one was impossible to get good photos of. Just way too much glare. Message me if you’d like higher resolution shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Ori

Nori’s costume

Actor: Jed Brophy

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 7/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Another very reflective display case. :/ Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.