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Forum: The Books 07-05-2007, 07:48 AM
Replies: 65
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Posted By sallkid
I'm sure that gollum would have eaten hobbit, if...

I'm sure that gollum would have eaten hobbit, if he could get it.

I apologise, it seems i have read, watched and listened to too many adaptions of LOTR.
In the book, aragorn's device is a white...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-04-2007, 12:08 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 9,352
Posted By sallkid
Here's Eol

Admittedly this is just a test model, I hope to return to this project at a later date and make it better.

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs16/i/2007/185/d/2/Eol_by_cybernix.jpg

please tell me what...
Forum: The Books 07-04-2007, 07:22 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 21,485
Posted By sallkid
What about Smaug the Golden? Or the "Black Arrow"...

What about Smaug the Golden? Or the "Black Arrow" of Bard the Bowman?
Saruman the white has already been mentioned as has Sauron the Fair.

I believe aragorn's black banner was described as having...
Forum: The Books 07-02-2007, 04:23 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 21,485
Posted By sallkid
If there were any "true" vampires in tolkien i...

If there were any "true" vampires in tolkien i strongly doubt that they'd look like this.
It brings to mind more the image of the Balrog, or one of the Nameless (Fell) Beasts.
Forum: The Books 07-01-2007, 03:10 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 21,485
Posted By sallkid
Quite so, but seeing as Luthien wore the skin of...

Quite so, but seeing as Luthien wore the skin of Thuringwethil to take the form of a vampire i'd say it's accurate.
Forum: The Movies 07-01-2007, 01:01 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,194
Posted By sallkid
The point of the lawsuit is the merchandise...

The point of the lawsuit is the merchandise though, and gil-galad has been merchandised. There was an action figure, i believe he was in the card sets and he was in the GW game.
Forum: The Books 07-01-2007, 12:06 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,062
Posted By sallkid
I think an underestimated tactical move in the...

I think an underestimated tactical move in the lord of the rings was the Goblin people of Moria. When the dwarves came to reclaim there realm they met limited resistance, then pressing on until they...
Forum: Quiz Room 07-01-2007, 11:38 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 9,379
Posted By sallkid
[/B][/B] L Is for Lomelendi, favoured bird...

[/B][/B]

L Is for Lomelendi, favoured bird of elves.

M Is for Melkor, enemy dark...
Forum: The Books 07-01-2007, 11:32 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 21,485
Posted By sallkid
"...in The First Age Of Sun in the Wars of...

"...in The First Age Of Sun in the Wars of Beleriand it is told how, in this winged form made large and armed with talons and steel, Vampire spirits came into the service of Melkor, the dark enemy....
Forum: Quotable Quotes 06-30-2007, 01:55 PM
Replies: 211
Views: 110,827
Posted By sallkid
D'oh But if there's no objection.... "I...

D'oh

But if there's no objection....

"I liked white better"
Forum: Quiz Room 06-30-2007, 01:52 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 9,379
Posted By sallkid
F is for Forodwaith, men of the frost. G is...

F is for Forodwaith, men of the frost.

G is for Glamdring, "Beater" to Orcs...
Forum: Quiz Room 06-30-2007, 09:52 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 9,379
Posted By sallkid
The A to Z of middle earth.

Ok,this is how it works, like a childrens rhyming A-Z, but all the word used must be things from middle-earth, the undying lands or numenor.

One person gives the first line. fort example. "A is...
Forum: The Books 06-29-2007, 04:00 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,795
Posted By sallkid
I believe (but don't quote me on this) that the...

I believe (but don't quote me on this) that the mountain erupted after the ring was destroyed (the single justifiable case of "base blows up when bad guy dies" in fiction) if the fire was hot eough...
Forum: The Books 06-29-2007, 01:33 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 21,485
Posted By sallkid
I believe she transformed into a vampire, not a...

I believe she transformed into a vampire, not a bat.

For my part i pictured them as being another perversion of morgoth, something fell and dark, but not this thing which looks more demonic than...
Forum: The Books 06-28-2007, 03:28 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 21,485
Posted By sallkid
Is THIS how you imagined the vampires?

http://www.thepalantir.org/photopost/data/583/image21.jpg
This is Games Workshop's "Terror of Arnor" which has been officially confirmed to represent a vampire.

What i'd like to ask is this:
...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-28-2007, 03:11 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 9,352
Posted By sallkid
Finished prelim

I've finished the first build (plastic) version of my Eol the dark elf for the games workshop lotr miniatures range. It's the first time i've really worked with a model of the 20mm scale (i usually...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 06-28-2007, 11:59 AM
Replies: 211
Views: 110,827
Posted By sallkid
False?

False?
Forum: Quotable Quotes 06-28-2007, 11:20 AM
Replies: 1,328
Views: 310,136
Posted By sallkid
Gandalf: Bilbo... The ring is still in your...

Gandalf: Bilbo... The ring is still in your pocket.

I know that one's expired but i'm still trying my hand ;)
Forum: Quiz Room 06-28-2007, 11:07 AM
Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,280,535
Posted By sallkid
actually if slightly twisted it would fit in with...

actually if slightly twisted it would fit in with isildur's losing the ring, although gollum never saw this it's still linked with his story.
Forum: Quiz Room 06-28-2007, 04:08 AM
Replies: 4,146
Views: 1,280,535
Posted By sallkid
Just a shot in the dark.... Gollum? Above...

Just a shot in the dark.... Gollum?

Above the trees and above the valleys
ִ̣̣̣̣̣̣̣ ִ ִ around the world I'm looking from high. - (Searching for frodo?)
Before the darkness I found my friends...
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 06-27-2007, 12:32 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 10,953
Posted By sallkid
Ok, here goes... For The Hobbit: Bard The...

Ok, here goes...

For The Hobbit:
Bard The Bowman, or how i came to stop worrying and shoot a dragon.

How Smaug was horribly murdered.

Gollums' tale (with what happened before and after)
...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-27-2007, 11:06 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,377
Posted By sallkid
i was intending to use the armoured celeborn...

i was intending to use the armoured celeborn model as a base.

I like the idea of a stooped elf and had always imagined him belieng darker of complexion than most elves.

The idea of him being...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-27-2007, 10:18 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,377
Posted By sallkid
Advice

I am a collector and modeller of the games workshop lord of the rings hobby games. I find the series' main weakness is it's basis in the films, and localisation around the war of the ring.

I...
Forum: The Books 06-27-2007, 10:08 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 12,608
Posted By sallkid
don't mean to flog a dead horse, but on the...

don't mean to flog a dead horse, but on the subject of gandalf's fireworks.

It's concievable (though would be almost completely anathemic) that gandalf supplemented his fireworks with his own...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-27-2007, 09:32 AM
Replies: 4,197
Views: 1,418,668
Posted By sallkid
Hi, I just joined this site to discuss tolkien...

Hi, I just joined this site to discuss tolkien and his works, and also to get verification on certain holes in my knowledge. (it seems that a lot of tolkien lore has been diluted since the films)
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