Helms Deep model finished

Rubberchickenknight · Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:48 am

no offence, but i saw that animated film and it made me laugh REALLY hard

but back to lego I like th e helm's deep and the minifigs. i especially like the custom uruk swords. nice elves! you do them like i do (sort of

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and by the way, in the book glorfindel meets them at the ford, not legolas OR arwen

Post by **Bruce N H** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:55 am

Umm, perhaps I didn't use enough smileys to indicate sarcasm. I know it was Glorfindel. Another problem in the cartoons (I think it was Bakshi but it might have been the made-for-TV Rankin/Bass RotK) was that they changed the name Saruman to Aruman, presumably because they were afraid viewers would confuse Saruman with Sauron, but they still accidently called him Saruman a couple of times.

Bruce

The Tennis Ball Kid · Post by **The Tennis Ball Kid** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:56 am

Really? Bruce based his on the book?

I always thought he based it on the E-text.

P.S. Check the names of the people who prepared it. One is strangely familiar.....

Post by **Formendacil** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:06 pm

The Tennis Ball Kid wrote:Really? Bruce based his on the book? I always thought he based it on the E-text.

P.S. Check the names of the people who prepared it. One is strangely familiar.....

Oh that is funny!!!!!!

That is hilarious!!!

I'd never seen that before. Thanks for sharing!!!

(Oh that made me laugh. Until I checked out the map, I actually thought it was serious.....

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Post by **JoshWedin** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 4:13 pm

Bruce N H wrote:Umm, perhaps I didn't use enough smileys to indicate sarcasm. I know it was Glorfindel. Another problem in the cartoons (I think it was Bakshi but it might have been the made-for-TV Rankin/Bass RotK) was that they changed the name Saruman to Aruman, presumably because they were afraid viewers would confuse Saruman with Sauron, but they still accidently called him Saruman a couple of times.

Bruce

Sorry Bruce. I didn't do my research

. That is just one of my peeves about both the movies and I jumped to correct it without noticing the sarcasm. My apologies.

Josh

The Blue Knight · Post by **The Blue Knight** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 8:42 pm

Back on topic!

Very nice work Jon. I like the details in the wall and such other goodies as the statue. This does have Peter Jackson's version written all over it. I am a long time admirer of Tolkien's work but I do not look on the movies with haughty scorn. They are just another in a long line of interpretations of his works. That said, Jackson's Helm's Deep was somewhat lacking in design. The keep stood independent of the Deeping Coomb that ran back into the Glittering Caves (now whose gonna build those?).

This is a great rendition Jon. Can't wait to see the battle pics.
Richard

Post by **Bruce N H** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 6:39 am

The Blue Knight wrote: the Glittering Caves (now whose gonna build those?).

http://www.ozbricks.com/bricktales/lotr ... 07-06.html

Bruce

Rubberchickenknight · Post by **Rubberchickenknight** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:25 am

there should be a sarcasm smilie so everyone can know when someone's being sarcastic!

p.s. i never noticed them calling saruman aruman in the animated film. weird!

The Blue Knight · Post by **The Blue Knight** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:39 am

I do like your version Bruce, but its too small to capture the grandeur. I love the painting by Ted Naismith for example. The gems are a nice touch.