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King Kong ship to be sunkFebruary 8th, 2010 by xoanon ( Read more... )

Jerry Vanderstelt (of the FotR, TTT and RotK lithographs) has put two new lithographs on his eBay shop: one of the Witch King on his fellbeast, and - possibly of more interest to my flist ;) - one of Frodo and Galadriel. He's also sent out this message, which you should have received if you have pre-purchased his RotK lithograph:

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You can find the limited (signed & numbered - US$95) and collector's (signed & numbered, with a remarque - US$150) editions available for pre-ordering at his eBay shop: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Vanderstelt-Studio__W0QQ_armrsZ1Read more... )

Just a quick post before work. I have other stuff I want to post links to in my Firefox tabs - so much stuff that it's slowing down Firefox, in fact - but just didn't have the time or energy lately. I hope this weekend though. Don't want Firefox to crash on me ( Read more... )

I now (since getting a Permanent account) have the maximum of available icon spaces (197) and only had 118 filled so far. Today I finally spent some time on filling a few of these additional spaces. I've recently discovered Spanish artist Victoria Frances, and turned a few of her gorgeous pictures into icons. One of which being *points to icon*. ( Read more... )

Check out first pics of Jerry Vanderstelt's RotK lithograph here. Here's hoping we'll see more soon! No release date yet.

Also, documentary Reclaiming the Blade, narrated by John Rhys-Davies and various people involved with LotR like Viggo Mortensen, Karl Urban, and Richard Taylor, can now be pre-ordered on DVD, featuring lots of extras.

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Eeeeeeh! Jerry Vanderstelt posted a preview of the sketch/layout for his TTT lithograph, which he says should be completed in a few months:

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The Fellowship of the Ring lithograph by Jerry Vanderstelt is now available for purchase in its Standard and Collectors Editions. Right now there are still *checks* 191 of the Standard and 55 of the Collectors Edition available.

TORn has a cute little story of how Mr. Vanderstelt came to get the commission for these lithographs. It seems a certain ( Read more... )

Obviously I'd absolutely love to get this amazing FotR litograph and the two that will follow for TTT and RotK... but I doubt I'll be able to afford even the standard edition! Still, I'll keep an eye on Mr. Vanderstelt's website...

ETA: I sent a mail to be added to the newsletter, and Mr. Vanderstelt just replied. Here's what he had to add, ( including prices for the Standard and Collectors Editions: )