{"id":68055,"date":"2013-01-14T11:29:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T16:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=68055"},"modified":"2013-01-14T15:26:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T20:26:56","slug":"an-unexpected-art-show-featuring-lego-tower-of-orthanc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/01\/14\/68055-an-unexpected-art-show-featuring-lego-tower-of-orthanc\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Tower of Orthanc at &#8216;An Unexpected Art Show&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/01\/14\/68055-an-unexpected-art-show-featuring-lego-tower-of-orthanc\/6191547080_02fff2b40f_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68062\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-68062 no-lazyload\" title=\"LEGO Orthanc\" alt=\"LEGO Orthanc\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6191547080_02fff2b40f_b-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6191547080_02fff2b40f_b-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6191547080_02fff2b40f_b-600x896.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6191547080_02fff2b40f_b.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Remember this stunning 7 and a half foot tall <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onelug\/sets\/72157627770924700\/with\/6191033855\/\">Tower of Orthanc<\/a> built entirely out of LEGO bricks? Featured on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/geekmom\/2011\/10\/check-out-the-onelugs-lego-battle-of-isengard-featured-at-brickcon\/\">Wired<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geekout.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/10\/07\/classic-lord-of-the-rings-battle-captured-in-legos\/\">CNN<\/a> and countless other websites including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/10\/06\/48766-lego-orthanc-group-keeps-surprising-how-did-we-miss-this\/\">TheOneRing.net<\/a>, this LEGO creation premiered at <a href=\"http:\/\/brickcon.org\/\">BrickCon<\/a> in Seattle back in November 2011.\u00a0Complete with an 8 foot diameter base consisting of over 25 Ents and 100 Orcs battling, &#8216;The Last March of the Ents&#8217; by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onelug\/\">OneLug<\/a> will be on display at TheOneRing.net&#8217;s \u2018An Unexpected Art Show\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Last March of the Ents&#8217; LEGO model recreates the epic storming of Saruman&#8217;s stronghold depicted in <em>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers<\/em> and directly inspired by the artwork of <a title=\"Orthanc by Alan Lee\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dana-mad.ru\/gal\/images\/Alan%20Lee\/The%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings%20Sketchbook\/alan_lee_the%20lord%20of%20the%20rings_sketchbook_11_orthanc_color.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Alan Lee<\/a>. The base of the model contains many details familiar to fans of the movie including an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onelug\/6191030767\/in\/photostream\">ent on fire<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onelug\/6191033205\/in\/set-72157627770924700\">water flooding Isengard<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onelug\/6191029367\/in\/set-72157627770924700\">Treebeard<\/a>\u00a0leading the charge with Merry and Pippin holding on tight.<\/p>\n<p>This is likely to be the last time this creation will be on display publicly. There will also be some new original LEGO creations on display from the members of OneLug, in addition to &#8216;The Last March of the Ents&#8217;.\u00a0If you don&#8217;t want to miss seeing this incredible work of art in person or any of the other wonderful artwork that will be on display, <a href=\"http:\/\/unexpectedartshow.eventbrite.com\/\">buy a ticket to the art show today!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/01\/14\/68055-an-unexpected-art-show-featuring-lego-tower-of-orthanc\/6191549162_c7d006a202_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68057\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-68057 no-lazyload\" title=\"LEGO Quickbeam\" alt=\"Don't be hasty!\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6191549162_c7d006a202_b-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6191549162_c7d006a202_b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6191549162_c7d006a202_b-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6191549162_c7d006a202_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Join TheOneRing.net for \u2018An Unexpected Art Show\u2019 in Los Angeles, California on Friday, February 22, from 7 PM to 1 AM. All ages are welcome to attend. Celebrating<em>\u00a0The Hobbit<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0and J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s Middle-earth, \u2018An Unexpected Art Show\u2019 will feature inspired art pieces \u2014 from paintings, drawings, and illustrations to prints \u2014 from a variety of artists.\u00a0A limited number of tickets are available for $15 online and $20 at the door. \u2018An Unexpected Art Show\u2019 will be held at Lot 613, a blank-canvas special events space in the Historic Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles, located at 613 Imperial Street.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all part of our Oscar Celebration weekend culminating with &#8216;The One Expected Party&#8217;! <a href=\"http:\/\/oneparty.eventbrite.com\">Tickets to &#8216;The One Expected Party&#8217; are still available!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember this stunning 7 and a half foot tall Tower of Orthanc built entirely out of LEGO bricks?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":485,"featured_media":68056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"\u2018An Unexpected Art Show\u2019 Featuring LEGO Tower of Orthanc http:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-hHF","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1378,198,14,17,197,1624],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artwork-shop","category-fans-creations","category-events","category-events-exhibits","category-fans","category-lego-merchandise-toys"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/6191540570_572b63281d_b.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-hHF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/485"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68055"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68065,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68055\/revisions\/68065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}