Challenge issues resolved here.

#1

:slight_smile:

#2

What about ents? they werent listed in the banned races but i think you probably meant for them to be.

#3

Equinoxx pushed me, with whip and drugs, and the promise of many months sex to ask this question.

Does a race include one of the ancient ones, not that I am thinking about modeling either the balrog or lurker in the water (cause Im not even participating). But another ancient, one of your own design, does that count as a race ?

#4

no ents, they played an important part of the movie, sorry, tito forgot to add those to the list.

soeren, ancients are ok i guess, as long as they’re original and didn’t play a part in the movie, so a watercreature is cool, as long as it’s different from the one in the movie, same for the balrog.

#5

That’s really a CHALLENGE! … hard one. I still have no clue :surprised I need some time… must read LOTR once again, carefully!
Ila

#6

so you say balrog-like creature is ok?! :wink: I like this kinda stuff…

#7

Before I get all crazy…cause I have like 3 ideas…

My 1st, which I’d like to do is another Elvish race…but Winged…

I’ve always liked this image by Larry Elmore…

http://www.larryelmore.com/ArtGallery/AGB_W/AGB_WFiles/OnceWhileWalking.html

if thats not changed enough…

would a Minotaur be ok…or a Centaur? or are we to realy make up a totaly unheard of race…?

#8

What about 2D animation entries? Has this been dropped or can we enter with under the animation forum?

#9

The 2D animation has been dropped due to lack of entries, but you can post them under the general animation forum :slight_smile:

salud

#10

Just to be on the safe side;

Originally posted by lildragon
[B]When you begin a new thread please use the following syntax

Races of Middle Earth - character/Object/Environment - [your name] [/B]

So that means that even though the challenge is called races of middle earth, we can also model just objects, or environments from middle earth, without breaking any rules? :deal:

#11

Doh Projectkmo already mentioned the minotaur, sigh, hmm :slight_smile:

So, I’ll mention again, are the races supposed to be entirely new races from our minds or can we do minotaurs, trolls, umber hulks, faeries, etc. etc.

Tellerve

#12

oh ya, that’d be cool if we could do an Enviroment too… can we?

#13

Yes I was wondering if we can introduce races from other worlds… such as minotaurs, griffins etc. I mean, do we have to make it up completely?

#14

There are a few races within the Silmarillion that aren’t on that list. Can you do one of those? Also a few mentioned in the LOTR series that didn’t make that list?

I suppose I am asking, are all creatures not on the lsit also excluded.

Along that vein, would something like the Illuvatar be excluded? Melkor the Morgoth? Or any of the Vala? or any of the other Istari (not gandalf or sarumon) like Radgast?

Think someone asked about Balroggs? I take it no Gothmog :slight_smile:

Environments? Say something along the lines of Mandos?

#15

What about classes?

For example, classes such as Wizard, Ranger, etc are used, all be it sparingly, in the books and films…

would doing something like a Merchant or Slaver or something of that nature be along with the criteria, or purely races as in “creatures”?

Thanks! :slight_smile:

#16

ummm… Ring Wraiths a race??

:rolleyes:

#17

I’m probably going to have to turn in my geek card for asking this question … but … well, be nice to me :wink:

I’ve never read the L.O.T.R … I’ve read the first half of F.O.T.R, but when it got to Tom Bombadil I just couldn’t keep reading … but I don’t want to start a flame war here, so we’ll skip that.

Now, I love the movies, and I love this idea for a challenge, so I’d like to participate, but I’m not sure how I can make something like this fit in with the L.O.T.R universe. I don’t really have a good feel for the universe.

So, my question: Is there a resource online where I could go to get a feel for the overall universe, and perhaps read up on some of the (abridged) history of Middle Earth? Or would I be best to just try and fit something into the world of the first two movies?

Thanks in advance,
Aaron

#18

I shall take my idea from the unreleased first draft of the series… namely The Chicken Of The Rings… :wink:

Or not… :smiley:

#19

Aaron, maybe look here…read up…and look at the links to the left…about characters, timeline etc… it might help you out.

http://fin.go.wifl.at.org/tables/html/historylotr.htm

#20

Originally posted by Talos
[B]ummm… Ring Wraiths a race??

:rolleyes: [/B]

Well no, but they’re very dominant in the film, we’re trying to bring new “characters” into the mix

salud