Balrog Statuette?
Timbeaux
statuette from WETA/Sideshow?
T
Henriette
> Has anyone heard anything regarding the imminent release of a Balrog
> statuette from WETA/Sideshow?
Sssssssssssssssssh! I hope Pseudo the Anonymous Roghater does not read
this. He'll be angry for days, and act out his rage by chasing after
humans in the North Sea, as is his wont.
Henriette
Timbeaux
"Henriette" <ch.f...@chello.nl> wrote in message
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Count Tildanor the Balrog
His agents miss nothing.
Henriette
I am sorry Timbeaux. I immediately took the opportunity of your post to
annoy the afore mentioned Pseudo.(We have a longstanding flamewar going as
he once attacked me in the North Sea).
I wasn't thinking this is rather impolite towards you, because I thought
someone who could answer your question would do so anyway and that way you
would not mind my post. As obviously no one does, I suppose people are not
sure what you are talking about. I don't even know what WETA/Sideshow is.
But I would love to have a statuette like that (if only to send to a certain
jellyrog called Pseudo).
Keep on posting! But preferably not on top of someone else's message, as
that bothers some posters. Are you French? We could do with a French poster,
not having any as yet that I know. Even if you are not, you are very welcome
to!
Cheers,
Henriette
Donald Shepherd
T...@badeggstudios.com says...
Teehee :)
Timbeaux
>I don't even know what WETA/Sideshow is.
> But I would love to have a statuette like that (if only to send to a
certain
> jellyrog called Pseudo).
>
> not having any as yet that I know. Even if you are not, you are very
welcome
> to!
No harm no foul! I've actually gotten a good laugh out of it now, but at
the time, I was simply confused. WETA is the NZ based fx company that did
most of the effects work for Jackson's LOTR, and Sideshow is the CA partner
putting out all of the statuettes from the film. If you enjoyed the movie,
I'd suggest taking a look at the website
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/lotr_home.html as they have some really cool
stuff, and most actually sculpted by the fx artists that worked on the film.
Pretty neat in my book. At any rate, they will be producing a Balrog
statuette, based on the design used in the film, in the near future, but
little word is out on when said piece will be available. I'm just digging.
Am I French? Alas, no. I am a Californian. I was born and raised in
California, and here I have lived most of my life up to this point. I
currently reside 20 miles east of San Francisco, where I also have my own
studio, as I am a commercial sculptor. Sorry to disappoint all of those
hoping for a French contributor here, but hopefully I'll be able to make up
the deficit in other ways. Where are you from, Henriette?
Regards,
Tim
Henriette
> No harm no foul! I've actually gotten a good laugh out of it now, but at
> the time, I was simply confused.
Thank you for being a good sport.
[zneeep]
> At any rate, they will be producing a Balrog
> statuette, based on the design used in the film, in the near future, but
> little word is out on when said piece will be available. I'm just digging.
That is great! Without doubt it will stir up the wings-vs. no wings debate,
which gives most of us a lot of pleasure and some of us some annoyance.
> Am I French? Alas, no. I am a Californian. I was born and raised in
> California, and here I have lived most of my life up to this point. I
> currently reside 20 miles east of San Francisco, where I also have my own
> studio, as I am a commercial sculptor. Sorry to disappoint all of those
> hoping for a French contributor here, but hopefully I'll be able to make up
> the deficit in other ways. Where are you from, Henriette?
But then you do have a French nickname! I don't know about "all of those hoping
for a French contributor", it is just something I would like for balance,
someone from the south of Europe. But it will not be held against you in any
way:) Aren't you lucky to live near San Francisco, except for the likelihood of
earthquakes. I have a good friend in Bolinas, CA who is also an artist(painter).
I went to see her 3 years ago. Never having been outside of Europe (I am from
The Netherlands), I could not believe my eyes. I could get very lyrical here
about the surroundings of S. Francisco, but I will only mention the free flying
wild pelicans and kolibri's and vultures which I *loved*. And we had a
shark-warning. Having only fishess, jellyfish and a nasty jellyrog called Pseudo
in the North Sea:) (apart from Ulmo and radio-active waste), this was ofcourse
exciting.
Henriette
Timbeaux
> Timbeaux wrote:
>
> > At any rate, they will be producing a Balrog
> > statuette, based on the design used in the film, in the near future, but
> > little word is out on when said piece will be available. I'm just
digging.
>
> That is great! Without doubt it will stir up the wings-vs. no wings
debate,
> which gives most of us a lot of pleasure and some of us some annoyance.
Forgive me,but what's the wings-vs.-no-wings debate?
Timbeaux--- huh?
Bad Egg Studios-Building a better work-aholic.
Pradera
>>
>> That is great! Without doubt it will stir up the wings-vs. no wings
>debate,
>> which gives most of us a lot of pleasure and some of us some annoyance.
>
>Forgive me,but what's the wings-vs.-no-wings debate?
>
An infidel!
--
Pradera
'Naze dare mo kesenakatta no
kono ude toorinuketa natsu no hi wo'
Akino Arai
---
the softrat
wrote:
>
>Forgive me,but what's the wings-vs.-no-wings debate?
>
I suggest that you get your FAQs straight first, Mister!
In FAQ: http://tolkien.slimy.com/ might even do it for you.
the softrat "He who rubs owls"
the Zulu Princess
mailto:sof...@pobox.com
--
The beatings will cease when morale improves.
Donald Shepherd
pra...@pradera.prv.pl says...
> Nasta? dzie? 22 lip 2002, gdy Timbeaux by? ?askaw napisa?:
>
> >>
> >> That is great! Without doubt it will stir up the wings-vs. no wings
> >debate,
> >> which gives most of us a lot of pleasure and some of us some annoyance.
> >
> >Forgive me,but what's the wings-vs.-no-wings debate?
> >
>
> An infidel!
No, merely unenlightened.
Do Balrogs have wings?
Now he's an infidel to about half of us. :)
Timbeaux
"Donald Shepherd" <donald_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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the great og of the Balrog's wings. Henceforth, my infidelitiness is all
the more in question.
Timbeaux---huh?
put-the-no-mail-...@mail.ru
<...>
>> Do Balrogs have wings?
>>
>> Now he's an infidel to about half of us. :)
>Aha! Since my unenlightened post, I have taken it upon myself to investigate
>the great og of the Balrog's wings. Henceforth, my infidelitiness is all
>the more in question.
>
>Timbeaux---huh?
I plead on the part of all citizens of Russia and
denizens of Moscow in particular.
Have you ever heard of a giant ugly statue of
Peter the Great by one Tsereteli right in the heart
of Moscow? No? Then it's OK, you'll still have
the joy of fainting.
WE NEED A GIANT STATUE OF A BALROG to pit
him against Tsereteli!!!
Any low-cost suggestions?
Archie
Pradera
>I plead on the part of all citizens of Russia and
> denizens of Moscow in particular.
>
>Have you ever heard of a giant ugly statue of
>Peter the Great by one Tsereteli right in the heart
>of Moscow? No? Then it's OK, you'll still have
>the joy of fainting.
>
>WE NEED A GIANT STATUE OF A BALROG to pit
>him against Tsereteli!!!
>
>Any low-cost suggestions?
>
Pin wings on Lomonosov's University (if it's still called that)
Timbeaux
<put-the-no-mail-...@mail.ru> wrote in message
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I could sculpt such a thang, perhaps out of bead styrofoam, or even balsa
foam and cover it in urethane, but how do we convey the winglike shadow, or
shadowlike wings?
Timbeaux--- huh?
put-the-no-mail-...@mail.ru
>Nasta? dzie? 23 lip 2002, gdy by? ?askaw napisa?:
>
>>I plead on the part of all citizens of Russia and
>> denizens of Moscow in particular.
>>
>>Have you ever heard of a giant ugly statue of
>>Peter the Great by one Tsereteli right in the heart
>>of Moscow? No? Then it's OK, you'll still have
>>the joy of fainting.
>>
>>WE NEED A GIANT STATUE OF A BALROG to pit
>>him against Tsereteli!!!
>>
>>Any low-cost suggestions?
>>
>
>Pin wings on Lomonosov's University (if it's still called that)
And take them off if wingophobes come?
Archie
put-the-no-mail-...@mail.ru
Lasers and a cloud of carbon dust? (uhh-messy it is!)
Archie
Donald Shepherd
archim...@mail.ru says...
Just point them to the shadows that the wings cast on the ground
instead,.