Prop What other environment would you like to see?

[The Josh]

It could come to that but would probably be worth it.

 

[FrodoEyes]

It can be taken the wrong way and stir up a SS vs Weta debate. Which we don't need. That was my point.

Edit: Just want to keep this section as stress free as possible. Thats all.

ok i take your point but i'd say the same on the Weta forum if the top 4 threads were about SS. Trust me the last person who wants to start a SS vs Weta debate is me!

As to the enviros, yeah i'd love Barad-Dur next followed by Minas Morgul. And the black gates. And Cirith Ungol. And the Hobbiton mill with bridge and Green Dragon. And the Hobbiton Factory. And Lothlorien. And.......

 

[The Josh]

Its all good.

I could pass on all of those outside of Barad-Dur and Minas Morgul of the ones you listed. I have no doubts at all they would look amazing but I'm not itching to own them either.

 

[Indiana Fett]

...As to the enviros, yeah i'd love Barad-Dur next followed by Minas Morgul. And the black gates. And Cirith Ungol. And the Hobbiton mill with bridge and Green Dragon. And the Hobbiton Factory. And Lothlorien. And.......

Oooh, I really like where that list is headed!

 

[Radagaster]

I don't want to stir the pot, but I wish Mary MacLachlan was still doing these enviros for Weta. The level of realism and detail is unmatched. You could spot a Mary sculpt a mile away. If anything, the quality of the ones being made recently look like they're just model kits (Bag End, Rivendell and (gasp) new Orthanc), and not like film miniatures. I guess I got spoiled by Mary . . .

She would do proper justice to Caras Galadhon, and Cirith Ungol. I betcha Hobbiton Mill was hers . . .

 

[The Josh]

Would have to totally disagree with you. The enviros now are better than what we used to get I think. Those were good mind you but the level of detail and sheer awesomeness of these pieces has only gone up.

 

[Radagaster]

The biggest detractors from the new sculpts are those darned lollipop-looking trees.

 

[The Josh]

Trees look fine to me. Like the way the tree on Bag End looks and didn't have a problem with Rivendell or Orthanc at Comic-Con.

 

[Jack0]

When I look at Orthanc I look at Orthanc. Not the trees. The trees don't bother me at all, it's the tower I like to look at.
And it's not like it would be easy to make moulds of if the trees were any more detailed.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I'd like to see both Grey Havens and Lothlorien.

 

[FrodoEyes]

I'm not gonna moan about the trees until i see them in person. The new ones they're making are bigger but i agree the ones done by Mary had something special about them. She made alot of the models for the film so perhaps that's why.
Not all of the enviros were sculpted by her though - Tim Wigmore made Amon Hen, Rebecca Asquith done Bucklebury Ferry, John Baster the Moria Cemetary and Helms Deep, and Steve Unwin sculpted the Stone Trolls.

 

[DaveMac]

I'm not gonna moan about the trees until i see them in person. The new ones they're making are bigger but i agree the ones done by Mary had something special about them. She made alot of the models for the film so perhaps that's why.
Not all of the enviros were sculpted by her though - Tim Wigmore made Amon Hen, Rebecca Asquith done Bucklebury Ferry, John Baster the Moria Cemetary and Helms Deep, and Steve Unwin sculpted the Stone Trolls.

Are the Stone Trolls an enviro again?

 

[FrodoEyes]

They always have been!!!

 

[DaveMac]

They always have been!!!

Not until the sun rose

 

[Radagaster]

Not until the sun rose

The fact that they're called the Stone Trolls means they are now an environment.

FE, to add to your point, the ones that Mary touched were definitely a class on their own. The fact that she worked on the bigatures makes it that more special. That's why the original Orthanc has a special place!

 

[Jack0]

Grond would be more of a weapon/tool. Could be displayed much like how Sauron's mace was displayed, on the black base.