October 2020 1st Round Vote is CLOSED.

[Michael O'Brien]

Thanks for all the current list of ideas. Chris approved of all the suggestions so everyone should be happy. This is a blind vote so you will only see the result after voting. This vote ends next Friday. The new vote begins then.
Please remember to comment on why you support an idea, or why an idea is not ideal for this round compared to another. A civil discussion is always welcome.

[olivier]

Wainrider man with whip

The appendices mentioned incursions of the Wainriders in Gondor from 1851 TA, for almost a century.
The appendices A mentionned that the Wainriders were a people, or confederacy, of Men from the East. They journeyed in great wagons, and their chieftains rode chariots in battle.
In the Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", it states that they camped in fortified camps of wagons. Their young women were also trained in arms, and they, along with old men and youths, stayed behind, able to defend their homes from attackers.
The MZ670 Wainrider girl mounted is the very first miniature representing this people (2018 December votes).
To complete, I propose another Gypsy member : an on foot man this time.

He is bearded and has long hair. His head is covered with a bandana tied behind and he wears a thick leather bolero, a wide fabric belt and boots. He is armed with a whip that he wields in front of him and a short scimitar is passed through the belt.

Here's a picture that might give you an idea...

[gilgaladtolkien]

Annatar forging the One Ring

Sauron forged the One Ring in his fair appearance.
I like Chris` interpretation of Annatar (Annatar fighting Celebrimbor).
A "Lord of the Rings"-collection needs a forging Annatar.

[Shadyt]

Military Musician of Harad
Wearing a "corslet of overlapping brazen plates" as described in the two towers p. 340

Here are some additional quotes about the forces of Harad from the LOTR:
"They have black eyes, and long black hair, and gold rings in their ears. And some have red paint on their cheeks, and red cloaks; and their flags are red, and the tips of their spears; and they have round shields, yellow and black with big spikes. Not nice; very cruel wicked Men they look. Almost as bad as Orcs, and much bigger." The Two Towers p. 321
"Displaying his standard, black serpent upon scarlet, he came against the white horse and the green with great press of men; and the drawing of the scimitars of the Southrons was like a glitter of stars." ROTK p. 139
"Out swept his sword and he spurred to the standard, hewed staff and bearer; and the black serpent foundered." ROTK p. 140
"And from the southward fields came footmen of Harad with horsemen before them, and behind them rose the huge backs of the Mumakil with war-towers upon them." ROTK p.144

[Axel]

Gandalf, in deep thought before the Gate of Moria

I imagine him sitting on a boulder in something akin to Rodins Thinker-pose.

[ddaines]

Dúnedain Ranger at Rest

The idea for this one was to depict a Ranger at rest cooking his supper (a Coney or a wild bird) over a small fire. The meat is skewered on his sword as he holds it in the flames.

I see the Ranger sat on a small rock or maybe part of a fallen tree, his bow and other equipment close to hand, his cloak pulled up about him and hood up.

This could be either a Ranger of the North, or of Ithilien. 

[Halbarad II.]

Samwise at the Three-Farthing Stone with Galadriel’s gift


'For you little gardener and lover of trees,' she (Galadriel) said to Sam,
'I have only a small gift.' She put into his hand a little box of plain grey wood,
unadorned save for a single silver rune upon the lid. ’Here is set G for Galadriel,'
she said; ‚but also it may stand for garden in your tongue.
In this box there is earth from my orchard,
and such blessing as Galadriel has still to bestow is upon it.
...
Though you should find all barren and laid waste, there will be few gardens
in Middle-earth that will bloom like your garden, if you sprinkle this earth there.
...

J.R.R.Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring
Chapter VIII
Farewell to Lórien


Then suddenly one day, for he had been too busy for weeks to give a thought to his adventures,
he remembered the gift of Galadriel. He brought the box out and showed it to the other Travellers
(for so they were now called by everyone) and asked their advice.
'I wondered when you would think of it,’ said Frodo. 'Open it!'
Inside it was filled with a grey dust, soft and fine, in the middle of which was a seed,
like a small nut with a silver shale. 'What can I do with this?' said Sam.
'Throw it in the air on a breezy day and let it do its work!' said Pippin. 
'On what?' said Sam.
'Choose one spot as a nursery, and see what happens to the plants there;' said Merry.
'But I’m sure the Lady would not like me to keep it all for my own garden, now so many folk have suffered,' said Sam.
'Use all the wits and knowledge you have of your own, Sam,' said Frodo,
and then use the gift to help your work and better it. And use it sparingly.
There is not much here, and I expect every grain has a value.'
So Sam planted saplings in all the places where specially beautiful or beloved trees had been destroyed,
and he put a grain of the precious dust in the soil at the root of each.
...
And at the end he found that he still had a little of the dust left; so he went to the Three-Farthing Stone,
which is as near the centre of the Shire as no matter, and cast it in the air with his blessing.
The little silver nut he planted in the Party Field where the tree had once been; and he wondered what would come of it.
(The only Mallorn tree west of the Mountains and east of the sea - the wonder of the neighbourhood.)


J.R.R.Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
The Return of the King
Chapter IX
The Grey Havens

[Gerold]

I would like to resuggest this character:

Gamling's grandson at Helm's Deep

I don't think his name is mentioned, but Gamling himself was in charge of the forces defending Helm's Dike, and his own grandson was one of the defenders. Gamling's words were: "Maybe we have a thousand fit to fight on foot, but most of them have seen too many winters, as I have, or too few, as my son's son here."

So it should be a young guy, maybe in a mailcoat a bit too long for him.

[Thingol]

Oct 6, 2020 12:14:15 GMT ddaines said:

Dúnedain Ranger at Rest

The idea for this one was to depict a Ranger at rest cooking his supper (a Coney or a wild bird) over a small fire. The meat is skewered on his sword as he holds it in the flames.

I see the Ranger sat on a small rock or maybe part of a fallen tree, his bow and other equipment close to hand, his cloak pulled up about him and hood up.

This could be either a Ranger of the North, or of Ithilien. 

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ooooh.... my long forgotten idea.... and my vote this time will go to.... the the ranger near the campfire...

[Thingol]

I hope the main fight will be this month, fight between ranger and Harrad musician

[ddaines]

Oct 9, 2020 19:34:18 GMT Thingol said:

Oct 6, 2020 12:14:15 GMT ddaines said:

Dúnedain Ranger at Rest

The idea for this one was to depict a Ranger at rest cooking his supper (a Coney or a wild bird) over a small fire. The meat is skewered on his sword as he holds it in the flames.

I see the Ranger sat on a small rock or maybe part of a fallen tree, his bow and other equipment close to hand, his cloak pulled up about him and hood up.

This could be either a Ranger of the North, or of Ithilien. 

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ooooh.... my long forgotten idea.... and my vote this time will go to.... the the ranger near the campfire...

I hadn't realised (or remembered) you had made this suggestion before Nino, if it wins we can share the glory

[barliman]

All nice ideas worthy of winning, but after a lot of ruminating I've finally opted for the Wainrider.

[hsf62]

Still need some more add on for Helms Deep! 😃