Yes, I’ve managed to use my keen Ninja Vision and discover something you may have all missed in the past, Elven Warriors…
…Yes it’s true, in the internet preview you TORNadoes seem to cherish so much, there is a shot of two opposing armies clashing together much like a scene from ‘Braveheart’. Those armies are are Uruk Hai and Elven army warriors.
The Elves are the ones heading for the spikes: in this picture here you can see them fairly easily.
Notice the Kantana style swords, sharkfin helmets, Elven skirt armor and breast plates. The Elves are modelled after Samurai Warriors, and the Uruk Hai even more so.
All these are designed by Alan Lee, and WETA worked on them.
Here is an isolated picture of one of the Elven warriors, alongside a picture of a traditional Samurai, thanks to Corbis.com.
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This is Galadriel,
For many days I have been occupied collecting information on the recent talk about Rohan.
My story starts in a land far away… I had just returned home when I noticed my Ninja Spy phone flashing. “This must be important,” I thought. Picking up the phone quickly and raising it to my ear, I listened. A husky voice echoed through the receiver.
“There is more to this Rohan story than you think…”
And then I heard no sound…
It was time to investigate, so I picked up my trusty Katana and made my way to Stone Street Studios. Reaching the gates I decided to play my chances with the Security Guard and walked straight past him. Obviously my silky cotton Komono of Invisibility was doing the trick and I slipped past without disturbing the peace.
Today I decided my target would be a script writer for the movie, a tall balding man and carrying a briefcase with all the information I needed. Grabbing him while he walked past the shadow in which I lurked, I dragged him towards me. At that moment his briefcase went flying open and all the information I needed went off in the Wellington wind. It was time to act drastically! Scattering my genetically altered bamboo shoots on the ground I tied the script writer over them and submitted him to Bamboo Torture.
“Tell me everything Oldman, or in twenty minutes I will be using you as a garden display for my Japanese bamboo thickets!” I screamed.
The man started blurting out everything, maybe these plot details were too much:
The Rohirrim, frightened by the current war situation that Saruman is forcing upon the people of the Land, decide as a last effort in keeping the helpless safe to send them to the abandoned keep of Helms Deep. Unfortunately Wormtounge informs Saruman of this and the duplicitous wizard takes this as an opportunity to feed his newly born and hungry specialised army of Uruk Hai, thinking, “What better than a bunch of Rohan refugees made up of women and children!”
Meanwhile the two Elven settlements, Rivendell and Lorien, hear of this Uruk Hai invasion and decide to send a small force of warriors in aid. Led by Arwen and Haldir, they move quickly to fortify the Keep of Helms Deep while the Fellowship make their way through Rohan to inform the king that his people are in danger. At this time Saruman is mustering his Wildmen who are angry at the Rohirrim for stealing their land and driving them into the hills; driven by hate they slowly assemble and prepare to march towards the land of Rohan.
Elves hold back the Uruk Hai battalion on the battle field, long enough for the King of Rohan, his Royal Guards, the Riders of Rohan and the Fellowship to secure the keep!!
That is all I will say about the Helms Deep saga. But this brings me to the the filming in Methven (NZ), which is the attack on the Castle of King Theoden. Saruman’s army of Orcs and Wildmen march to the castle, Saruman in rage that his Uruk Hai army had been wiped out. Filming in Methven will include such scenes, including the scenes of Merry and Pippin taken prisoner by Orcs and running in the feilds of Rohan.
Now for the bombshell… and this indeed shocked even me…
Arwen will be helping at the Battle of Minas Tirith!!
Now I have said too much… there will be more in other reports.
The rest is for me and my Gods…
As for the script writer, I will only say that my that my Bonzai tree has never grown better.
Always look behind your back twice…
Galadriel
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Well it has come to this…
My Ninja skills have gotten the best of me and I had to give you all some details on those armor pics!
Well here we go.
The two helmets are taken from Rohirim armor:
This shows the the helmet of a Rohirim Royal Guard of the King; the costume consists of a red tweed shirt and some fine leather plate armor. They wear a green woolen cloak, shoulder caps with horse head engravings, and it seems that Celtic designs border all of the leather armor. The pants are brown but hardly seen because a red tweed tunic extends to the top of their boots. They use broad swords which you will see Legolas wielding on horseback -if you check back on the trailer the sword he is using on horseback is indeed a sword from Rohan.
This is a helmet worn by a standard Rohan horseman which also can double as a footman, spearman or axeman. They also wear a green woolen cloak with a white gown that is stained grey with wear. Horseman armor is scale mail which reaches to the knees where the leather boots meet the gown. You will also notice that all the blonde hair in the movie is indeed fake and connected to the back of the helmets. Some of these units have strap on wooden shields with a metal horse head emblem.
All races have different infantry unit styles…
Uruk Hai
Pikesmen
Sheildsman
Short Swordmen
Crossbowmen
Long Swordmen
Beserker (usually kamikaze style bomber)
They also use ballistas to breach the wall at Helms Deep.
Rohan
Spearmen
Axemen
Bowmen
Swordmen
Royal Guards
Rohan Horsemen
Elves
Elves are masters of all weapons and carry all their weapons with them which include:
Long Bow
Fire Arrows
Arrows
Sword
Men of Gondor
Swordmen
Spearmen with Sheild
Long Bowmen
Axe Handlers
Wildmen
Spears, farming tools, sickles, daggers, etc.
Olog Hai
Brute force, berserk’s rage
Orcs & Goblins
Short swords (very rusty)
Spearmen
Dagger Handlers
Short Bowmen
Crossbowmen
All units depending on type have different styled armor, so each weapon type has different armor according to what it is carrying….
The rest is for me and my gods.
Galadriel
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Some great spoiler pics for you to enjoy on this Christmas Day!!
The first is a great pic of Aragorn and what could be a stone troll! [More]
The next is a much smaller pic of Frodo, with the Ring letters glowing on his face! What an amazing pic!
Thanks to Leonides and Tulkas for the pics!
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Well, I woke up this Christmas morning to find something quite pleasant in our email box. I haven’t had a chance to run out to the store and pick up the latest edition of USAToday, but this picture is supposedly in it! It’s amazing! It’s the first real CGI effect we see… or I think it’s CGI. Needless to say, I’m as happy as a 5 year old on Christmas morning, literally! [See it!]
!!! SPOILERS !!!
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Harry’s last and final report of his adventures in Middle-earth. Check it out! [More]
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