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Re: Helms Deep
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Thu, 14 Mar 2002 00:08:21 GMT
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Totally agree with you on this one.... I think that I'll put up a shot of
Gimli Blocking up that Culvert! Hildebrandts more "Fairy Tale" Style does
lend a lot of Whimsy that I appreciate. Jon
In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jon Furman writes:
> > Thank you Bruce. I did check out the Brothers Hildebrandt and Lee and
> > Howe's illustration when I was trying to come up with my design! I really
> > loved Hildebrandts scene, but I think Lee's structure is more Hardy, do I
> > leaned that way when It came time for construction. That sally port was a
> > little confusing, I dodn't know where it led to and where it would come out,
> > I think behind the tower,= maybe, so I left it out! Thanks again, Jon
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> Half a dozen Alan Lee books, but none with any depiction of Helm's Deep. Sigh.
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> But then again, it becomes an excuse to expand my collection. :-)
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> Generally, I like Lee's structures: they have a greater air of reality to
> them, and his limited earth-tone palette works well in that environment.
> Makes me want to get out the Winsor & Newton and paint away!
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> What makes your Helm's Deep wonderful is that it is so easily recognizable
> to anyone familiar with Tolkien. There's the Hornburg, with the ramp to the
> gate, hard against the stone outcropping, with the Deeping Wall blocking the
> valley and it's poorly defended culvert. Ah, if only a dwarf such as Gimli
> had a hand in the design!
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> Bruce
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| (...) Half a dozen Alan Lee books, but none with any depiction of Helm's Deep. Sigh. But then again, it becomes an excuse to expand my collection. :-) Generally, I like Lee's structures: they have a greater air of reality to them, and his limited (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.castle)
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