#Isengard Orcs

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"...AND BY SLOW ARTS OF CRUELTY WERE CORRUPTED AND ENSLAVED; AND THUS DID MELKOR BREED THE HIDEOUS RACE OF THE ORCS..."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the many different types of orcs and orc makeup effects by Weta Workshop, all orc makeup iterations featured here can be found in Peter Jackson's first installment of the "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, "The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001). New Line Cinema.

"But of those unhappy ones who were ensnared by Melkor little is known of a certainty... Yet this is held true by the wise of Eressëa, that all those of the Quendi who came into the hands of Melkor, ere Utumno was broken, were put there in prison, and by slow arts of cruelty were corrupted and enslaved; and thus did Melkor breed the hideous race of the Orcs in eny and mockery of the Elves, of whom they were afterwards the bitterest foes. For the Orcs had life and multiplied after the manner of the Children of Ilúvatar... And deep in their dark hearts the Orcs loathed the Master whom they served in fear, the maker only of their misery..."

-- "The Silmarillion," "Quenta Silmarillion, III -- Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor," written by J.R.R. Tolkien

Sources: www.henneth-annun.net/bios_view.cfm?scid=126, Pinterest, Twitter, IMDb, Reddit, various, etc...

[black-sapphire57]

Saruman sending his entire legion to helms deep and leaving Isengard unprotected-

An angry tree whose upset cause he cut down his homies:

[gandalf-the-fool]

[vertigoartgore]

The Lord Of The Rings's Lurtz (leader of the Uruk Hai) by Ihsahnity.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, Peter Jackson)

05/07/2024

[thranduilofsmirkwood]

OLDIES BUT GOODIES

LORD OF THE RINGS MEMES

[baheuldey]

Uruk-hai (Tolktober, 16), 2023, encre de Chine sur papier, 21,5 x 14 cm

[its-stuffimadeinphotoshop]

Do you know how the Orcs first came into being? They were elves once, taken by the dark powers, tortured and mutilated. A ruined and terrible form of life. And now... perfected. Motherfucking Uruk-Hai.

Whom do you serve?

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE TERRIFYINGLY IMPRESSIVE MAKEUP/CREATURE FX WIZARDRY OF WETA WORKSHOP.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1280x1600 -- Spotlight on a behind-the-scenes closeup of New Zealand actor (and Peter Jackson regular) Jed Brophy, in his exquisitely revolting role as the Isengard orc Snaga, from "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002), co-written & directed by Peter Jackson. New Line Cinema.

Makeup/creature FX by Weta Workshop, with voicework being provided by Andy Serkis, who went uncredited for the role.

Source: www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/cfi8b1.

[orkishereemily]

These are all very old, but they still hold up pretty well, unlike most of my older stuff

The Witch-King, Durin (maybe VI), and a captain of Isengard

The WK's helmet/crown is sort of based off Tolkien's sketch of the crown of Gondor and some designs I drew up for some regular Gondorian helms He's dressed in a full-body outfit that's held to his body by leather straps, it's hard to make well-fitting clothes for him since his measurements are a biiiiit tricky to take Neither of his hands are good, his left especially (which is why it's subtly cropped out of frame), otherwise there's nothing here that I think is tooo clumsy Designwise there's not much I'd change, I'd just remove the spike from his helmet (I remembered immediately after I drew it that he wears his hood over it), add some more weapons and stuff to his belt, and decorate his armour a bit (i have a different design for him as the ruler of angmar that's much fancier and i reeeeeally wanna draw that again now, so stay tuned for that)

Durin's crown is based on the design on the West-gate of Moria, just fancied up a bit His shield is based on one from Tolkien's drawing of Smaug, but he really deserves a prettier one :P I thought a hammer would be a cool, it's ceremonial and made of gold, silver, and pearl I think his design and the drawing holds up basically to how I'd do it today, though the mail's a little too dark (oh and I wouldn't give him the chausses, since I mostly tie those to Dáin and the dwarves of the Iron Hills)

The Uruk is still really really good from every aspect to me The feathers in his helmet mark him as a captain, worn in a plume like Men wear them, and they're eagle feathers that he bullied out of some mountain Orcs for some extra flair The cape is just for decoration, unlike in Mordor where it denotes status Same goes for the fur over his shoulders He could use a shield and some other equipment I guess, but otherwise there's not really anything I'd change about him!!

(yeah pretty much every single one of my older drawings is in the same pose from the exact same angle, it was a hard habit to break XP)

[i-dont-know-maybe-cake]

Stumbled into Isengard’s ruins today and found this old chalk board…

[inthecityofgoodabode]

September 2022: On A Sunday Walk

Seen while walking...

Seriously? More wasted food rotting in the sun. For all the Fallout 4 fans, one of them was Salisbury steak and, based off the smell, you’d be lucky if 9 rads was all you got if you ate it: 

The guy behind the camera: 

I don’t know how long this area stays filled with water. I know after a rain that the excess water from here trickles across the footpath before heading downhill towards the interstate: 

Caution - nature reclaiming in progress: 

The hand symbol suggest these strange glyphs were left by Orcs from Isengard. Of course, it could just have been kids doodling in the concrete but how likely is that?:

It may sound odd but bagworms remind me of my paternal grandparents. When I was a kid, every Autumn, when the bagworms were infesting their pecan tree, they’d cut out the webbed branches & burn them in a bonfire. There is arguably no more satisfying sound than hearing a garden pest go snap, crackle & pop: 

Seen in the yard of another member of the resistance. I don’t hold out much hope that Governor Lee will get ousted in the upcoming election as love of ignorance & a voucher system supporting it run deep in my home state but it won’t be because those of us who believe in good public education didn’t try: 

I’ve seen a lot of flyers in my time but this is the first want ad I’ve seen for someone looking for GTA5 RP players for their Discord server: 

[yeoldegent]

The Vision

Saruman is actually a good boss, I promise.

[tenth-sentence]

But they were clear at any rate that Uglúk and his troop came from Isengard, and spoke of Saruman as their master.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - J.R.R. Tolkien

[cobalt-owl]

So let's say I theoretically accidentally got my friend into the Middle-Earth table top game, do I choose Mordor or Isengard?

Like I want trolls but apparently you can't run them with the Uruk-hai but the Uruk-hai look SOOOO much cooler