Sam, Reading Bilbo’s Book: “well Now, I’m Sure He Had A Very Nice Voice, But That’s Hardly A

Thorin watching Thrór fall to gold-sickness vs. Fíli watching Thorin fall to gold-sickness

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey // The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Dwalin’s Regal Armour by Edward Denton

“With the green theme in his armour Peter looked at Dwalin’s battle axe and suggested that we should give it blades that were made out of greenstone, or jade. In New Zealand it is called pounamu and it has cultural significance and value. The Maori people, native to New Zealand, carve it into jewellery and also make weapons out of it. It’s a beautiful stone, translucent and with flecks and veins of colour through it, so it made for a very eye-catching weapon. People from outside New Zealand probably wouldn’t catch the reference, and the films are fantasy after all, but for those of us who know what greenstone is and its specialness here it was cool to see Dwalin wielding an axe made of it.

A dagger for Dwalin came through as a fairly late request, but having just designed his greenstone axe it made sense to have it match“.

- Nick Keller, Weta Workshop Designer (The Battle of the Five Armies Chronicles: Art & Design)

No, indeed it is hardly possible to separate you even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not.

SAM & FRODO IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS

can i be so for real. i don't care for the hobbit movies at all. BUT. the behind the scenes for them are so interesting. watching one three-hour-long movie is unbearable to me. watching the nine-hour behind the scenes videos for this movie though? one of my favorite watches of the last few years. kinda considering buying the dvd so i'll have it in case it gets removed from youtube.

@tolkienweek day 2 ~ favourite location

Saw a lotr movie marathon in theaters. Am obsessed now. Anyway here:

Expect samfrodo content soon

What if I was going on a midlife crisis journey with you and we both couldn’t sleep so I forced you to stargaze with me and bond with me. And we were both boys

Bifur’s costume

Actor: William Kircher

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 2/21 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.

1 min sketches of the fellowship !