Welcome to this weeks episodes of the Oakentoons đ Donât forget to check out the Oakenstills and Oakencrossovers…
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Welcome to this weeks episodes of the Oakentoons đ
Donât forget to check out the Oakenstills and Oakencrossovers while youâre there and to say hi to Peckish Owl.
As always, just click the images to go to Peckish Owls site to see the full size images (youâll also need to click on the longer ones once youâre on her site to see them in full size).
With a poster signed by Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Martin Freeman and Evangeline Lilly up for grabs as the prize, many of you were eager to show us your The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug DVDs and Blu-rays, in photos submitted for our #wheresbilbo competition. We loved looking at all the entries, and as usual, it was hard to pick a winner! Lots of people sent in images showing their extensive collections of Middle-earth collectibles, whilst many others took snaps showing their adorable pets taking care of their DVDs. A group of staff from TORn all voted, and our final overall winner was @WadeAcuff, with his ‘sketchy’ entry:
The staffers were impressed by the beautiful artwork shown in Wade’s photo – he’s clearly a talented fellow!
Other images we loved included @LapisLizuli’s dragon eating her DVD:
And @TolkienistView’s clever set of ‘polaroids’:
@crazysirius clearly ‘treasures’ her DVD:
@RSinsir’s dogs are doing a great job of guarding her ‘precious’:
@EmmersChau found her DVD taking a bath – complete with bearded rubber duck! Check out the details on those bottles – the body wash is ‘Elf-repelling’!
Finally, @I_Christina_I was lucky enough to be able to take Bilbo back to his own front door:
There were many more great entries, including some of folks in costume. Many thanks to all of you who sent in fab photos and entertained us with your creativity (and with much cuteness from various pets!) We wish we could have had more than one winner! Congratulations to Wade – the signed poster will be on its way to him very soon.
Welcome to this weeks episodes of the Oakentoons đ
Donât forget to check out the Oakenstills and Oakencrossovers while youâre there and to say hi to Peckish Owl.
As always, just click the images to go to Peckish Owls site to see the full size images (youâll also need to click on the longer ones once youâre on her site to see them in full size).
Welcome to this weeks episodes of the Oakentoons 
Donât forget to check out the Oakenstills and Oakencrossovers while youâre there and to say hi to Peckish Owl.
As always, just click the images to go to Peckish Owls site to see the full size images (youâll also need to click on the longer ones once youâre on her site to see them in full size).
Middle-earth fan Kieran contacted us recently to say:
“I’m an animation student at Dundee University, and we’ve just finished a 12 week project which I think you guys will appreciate! We’re massive fans of Tolkien, and we’re really pleased with our short animation… ”
So of course we went over to vimeo to check it out – and we were impressed! The vimeo page tells us, ‘An MSc Animation class project, in association with Axis Animation, to provide an unofficial short animation to tie in with the release of The Hobbit: Desolation Of Smaug. The project took 13 weeks and explores the mysterious origins of the dragons of Middle Earth. ‘
We thought our readers would enjoy it too – so here it is!
Concerning Dragons from Kieran Duncan on Vimeo.
Thanks also to Lilly for letting us know about this.
Talented artist Kathy Morawski has created this beautiful carved tribute to Shadowfax/Blanco for Cynthia Royal. Â After requests from fans on Cynthia’s tribute site she is now making a special Limited Edition series for fans to own, with a portion of the proceeds going to help Cynthia.
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