A few weeks back we asked Ringers to submit designs to skin TheOneRing.net. Since then we’ve had received a lot of wonderful artwork from all parts of the world. We plan on featuring one design every few weeks, so if you submitted something, please be patient! Our first skin comes from Phil Dragash. Among the many designs Phil submitted, this ‘Aragorn’ skin based on stills from The Lord of the Rings films, really stood out. (We’ll be seeing more of Phil’s skins in the coming weeks as there are many great ones) If you like this theme, please click on the ‘discuss’ link below to leave your feedback. If you are interested in submitting your own design for TORn, please check out our original request by clicking on the following link. Thanks! [Submitting Designs]
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TORn board member, Maria_Campos, has posted some amazing pictures of a cake in the shape of The Witch-king! Yes, we said a cake! You have to see the pics to truly experience it. “I used black paste food coloring from Wilton to get the black color of the cloak, also silver food color and brass luster dust and more black paste food coloring for the mask, the metallic food coloring are edilble and can be found at any cake decorating supply store…” Read the full story of the Witch-King cake at our forums! [Description] [More Photos]
The Misty Mountains Smial Tolkien Society group is gathering Thursday evening, January 3rd, for our annual Tolkien Toast. We’ll be meeting at The Celtic Tavern, 1801 Blake St. in downtown Dever at 6:30 p.m. As always, we’ll be reading our favorite Tolkien passages and drawing for prizes. We also sing “Happy Birthday” in elvish, and toast “The Professor!” both in English and in Mandarin Chinese to honor our ‘sister smial,’ Tol Eressea, in Taiwan. $3.00 per adult (over 18) will help pay for the room. Food and drink can be ordered from the menu. Children are welcome! See you there!
File this under ‘we really don’t want to toot our own horn, but a lot of people are emailing about it.’ Entertainment Weekly has named TheOneRing.net among the top fansites in their yearly ‘Best and Worst of 2007’ edition, on newsstands now. TheOneRing.net is deeply and humbly honored to be among those listed. We know, as I’m sure you do, that the success of TheOneRing.net is built on the passion and persistence of the entirety of Tolkien fandom. We owe everything that we’ve done, are doing, and will do to the genius of J.R.R. Tolkien and his devoted readers. So thank you (yes, you reading this!) for your support through the years, and we hope that you will continue along this journey with us as we move into a new ‘age.’ [Top 20 Fansites] [TORn’s Listing]
The Tolkien community is in hysterics today as we finally get the ‘official’ announcement concerning ‘The Hobbit.’ (Full Release) Now what? What can we expect? Well, first off, join the Tolkien community discussion in our forums and in Barlimans (IRC Chat). Then, strap on those seatbelts as we gear up for a wild ride! Director speculation, casting speculation, and don’t forget the infamous SPY REPORTS! Woo! We can’t wait! [Forums] [Java IRC Chat] [Digg It!] [Official Hobbit Blog] [Official Community Site]
And don’t forget to check out the TORn presentation on ‘Making the Hobbit Happen’ from DragonCon 2007. In the presentation TORn staffers reveal how we believe the films will play out – including casting, locations and more! [Hobbit Presentation]
After the ‘Great TORn Crash’ of a few weeks ago, many of the TORn staff were extremely worried about the possibility of having lost 18,000+ images and photos that comprise our Scrapbook section. After all, this area contains nearly 10 years of Tolkien fandom history represented in visual form. (Just think of all those fan events and Ringer submitted photos!!!) Thankfully, through the hard work of Arathorn and Corvar, the Scrapbook was completely recovered and is now revitalized in our brand new design. When you are bored at work today, take a moment to browse Tolkien history. [TORn’s Scrapbook]