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Thu, 19 Dec 2002 02:37:54 GMT
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I just had to go back and look at this again after seeing the film, The Two
Towers. Wonderful work, Jon. My son leaned over to me during the film and
said how much it looked like the one I showed him on the internet! Hey, if
an 11 year old can tie the two together, you must have gotten close to the
ridder-mark! :-)
Bruce
In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman writes:
> Hey all, here is another of my interpretations of a classic Tolkien
> location. There are photos of the structure itself, and a small recreation
> of the Hornburg Battle.
> As with most Epic Literary Interpretations, scale has been sacrificed for
> detail and a limited supply of bricks. I did my best to stick with the
> "Feel" of Tolkien’s work and give the tower an otherworldly feel. Not
> included in the location’s fortifications is the Dike which runs parallel to
> the wall. Since the dike would be over a quarter of a mile in distance from
> the wall, it was not included for the sake of keeping the model on my work
> table. I’m mentioning this because I’ve realized from numerous E-mails
> about Bag End that many Tolkien fans are quite biblical in their quest for
> “accuracy”. As a disclaimer, any change from the book generally has to do
> with a limited number of bricks and the subjective nature of imagination. I
> of course enjoy any discourse on the works of Tolkien, and as always I
> welcome any and all feedback. I hope you enjoy!
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=9222
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> Helms Deep
> From JRR Tolkiens Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.
> Constructed by the men of Gondor and ceeded to the men of Rohan, the refuge
> of Helms Deep was the site of the Battle of the Hornburg during the War of
> the Ring.
> Like many of Tolkien's locations, the description of Helms Deep's
> fortifications is finely detailed in function but deceptively vague in form.
> Found in Vol. II Book I -The Two Towers, the description allows almost every
> reader to imagine their own vision of the location.
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> …"..At Helm's Gate, before the mouth of the Deep, there was a heel of rock
> thrust outward by the northern cliff. There upon its spur stood high walls
> of ancient stone, and within them was a lofty tower….The Hornburg it was
> called, for a trumpet sounded upon the tower echoed in the Deep behind...A
> wall, too, the men of old had made from the Hornburg to the southern cliff,
> barring the entrance to the gorge. Beneath it by a culvert the Deeping
> Stream passed out. About the feet of the Hornrock it wound....The Deeping
> Wall was twenty feet high, and so thick that four men could walk abreast
> along the top, sheltered by a parapet over which only a tall man could look.
> Here and there were clefts in the stone through which men could shoot. This
> battlement could be reached by a stair running down from a door in the outer
> court of the Hornburg…"
>
> The Battle of the Hornburg
> As they rode to defend the city of Minas Tirith, the soldiers of Rohan were
> waylaid by the forces of the brigand wizard Saruman. Orcs, half orcs, Uruk
> Hai, and fierce men from Dunland drove the men into the ancient mountain
> fortress of Helms Deep.
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> In the canyon's deeping coomb the men of Rohan defended the deeping wall
> which stretched from the cliff face to the Hornburg tower fortress.
> Defending the deeping wall and the fortress itself proved to be a difficult
> challenge but the Rohirrim found themselves up to the task.
>
> PS. If this piques your interest, Please go read the Books!
>
> Jon Furman
> Lugnet #1123
> “Juniorisation is as the sin of divination.” Hesitations 4:17
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| Like Bruce's son, I thought the movie did a good job of adapting Jon's Lego models to the screen. The movie's Meduseld was closer than their Helm's Deep and is still my favorite. It's a good lookin' wooden hall either way. for reference... (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| Hey all, here is another of my interpretations of a classic Tolkien location. There are photos of the structure itself, and a small recreation of the Hornburg Battle. As with most Epic Literary Interpretations, scale has been sacrificed for detail (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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