I did right-click all the pictures I could find both of the Meduseld set with the banners and the banner bookmarks, with an eye towards making a set, realscale, for myself.

Ooh, sounds great, Beverly! At the exhibit here of TTT props and sets in 2002, they had a lot of the great Rohan stuff. The banners looked really good. The attention to detail on the Rohan-themed gear was just exquisite, particularly for movie stuff. I think I gushed here before about the backs of things that wouldn't show on camera being complete and lovely. So many of those things were created, not like props, but like things that would be part of someone's life. They looked like historical artifacts. in many cases.

Because they haven't squeezed all the discretionary income out of Beverly, Jeff Mejia, Sumi and Kathy Astrom yet?

t hides all his LOTR stuff

Like Kathy, I was mostly fortunate in that my family seized on the movie memorabilia as stuff they could relate to (finally) and that I would love as gifts. I say mostly, because I did some of the damage myself. I didn't buy a sword, but oh man, it was close a few times.

I didn't buy a sword, but oh man, it was close a few times.

Dude, ita's already got Legolas' knives hanging over her door. Get on it.

I got Sting for Christmas two years ago. Damned sweet blade for killing snowmen with.

I still want to get Aragorn's knife (the one he got from Celeborn). It's pretty, and curvy, and lethal.

And now I sound like ita.

I think one of my favorite Weta-geek-out stories I heard on the commentaries was from Bernard Hill on the TTTEE, when he told about getting a couple of old walking-sticks-with-leather-seats-on-top at a garage sale in NZ so he would have something to lean on while wearing the full set of armor that made it impossible for him to properly sit down. A Weta leather worker told him that he could fix up the tears in the seats if Bernard wanted him to, so he took the guy up on the offer. When he got the seats back, they were elaborately decorated in hand-tooled leather, with Rohirric royal emblems covering the seats. Bernard was in awe.

I'm still blown away by the waka (sp?) that the stunt team did for Bernard and Viggo on their last day on set.

They were obviously quite moved by it too, but it definitely made me all misty and choked up, watching the supplimental stuff.

Awww, that's lovely.

Why don't we all have Weta staff at our disposal?

When he got the seats back, they were elaborately decorated in hand-tooled leather, with Rohirric royal emblems covering the seats.

You never know when you'll need a new prop, you know.

Bernard also said that the interior of his breastplate was tooled, and said in Rohirric, "made for Theoden, King of the Rohan", and it really helped to put him in character.

Hakka, Sean. Yes, it was ostensibly for both "kings," as Hill and Viggo were both present. But it became obvious the stunties were "presenting" to Viggo.

I didn't buy a sword, but oh man, it was close a few times.

Dude, ita's already got Legolas' knives hanging over her door. Get on it.

I got Sting for Christmas two years ago. Damned sweet blade for killing snowmen with.

I still want to get Aragorn's knife (the one he got from Celeborn). It's pretty, and curvy, and lethal.

Guys, Blades by Brown is right here in town. I walk in the door, they put steel in my hand. StY bought his GF Hadhafang for Christmas two years ago.

StY bought his GF Hadhafang for Christmas two years ago

You've got to love a man who know his woman wants steel.

Bernard also said that the interior of his breastplate was tooled, and said in Rohirric, "made for Theoden, King of the Rohan", and it really helped to put him in character.

Didn't Karl Urban say the inner rim of his helmet (where no camera would ever possibly see it) was tooled in Rohirric with, "this helmet is the property of Eomer, third marshall of the Riddermark."