Newly Hammered in
the Glittering Caves
Back
2024
Dec. 8, 2024
Letter from The Bohemian Weasel-(T):
- "... As you're probably aware, in the last year there's been a terrible rise of 'AI' bots scraping every image they can get their hands on. To this end I've removed a lot of my work from online sources and will later replace it with protected work that can safely be put back up online. But for now I'm afraid I'll have to ask if you can remove my work from your websites, the sooner the better please. Generative AI is ruining all our nice things.
- Hopefully I should have some protected versions (treated with 'Glaze' software) which will be safe for you to reinstate, but it'll take a while to 'Glaze' all that work...."
- As per this letter, Varda has deleted the folder for The Bohemian Weasel-(T) from our website today 12/8/2024. This was a very large amount of material. We remain hopeful that some images will return in the future.
Oct. 4, 2024
Sept. 22, 2024
2020
Oct. 4, 2020
Cave
of Irmo-(Valar) New cave.
"carrock"
ship of Black Desert Online screenshot. Took 8 months for him to
build his ship.
Oct. 3, 2020
Cave
of Ar-Pharazon-(V) New cave.
"Alcarondas,
Castle of the Sea". Art made in Paint 3D for the 23rd
Anniversary of the Valar Guild.
July 18, 2020
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"It
must stop". Painting. Placed under her section for Fangorn.
Feb. 2, 2020
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Thorin".
Model added to and painted.
top
2019
Oct. 25, 2019
Cave
of Elwing-(V):
"Bizarro
Arda". Pencil and paper for the "scary" theme for the 22nd
Anniversary of the Valar Guild.
top
2018:
July 3, 2018
Cave
of Marigold-(V):
"Ai
Lintulinda Lasselanta": "A Lilypad Autumn". New painting
acrylic on canvas, put up for July 4th.
June 25, 2018
Cave
of Arien-(Valar): (new)
Photos:
The Brill Mill and
min-Shire landscape only knee-high near it.
June 17, 2018
Cave
of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"The
Elvenking in Winter". Painting posted on Thranduil
page
"It
is Precious to Me". Painting posted on Isildur
page
June 12, 2018
Cave
of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"The
Grief Was Still too Near". Full image of the sketch below.
June 3, 2018
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Legolas
during the lament for Gandalf in Lorien" sketch.
April 10, 2018
Cave
of Doc Mortand-(T): new cave and art
"Red Dragon" model.
April 8, 2018
Cave
of Rob Roy's Girl-(T): new cave and art
"Green Dragon" model.
top
2017:
August 13, 2017
Cave of the
Bohemian Weasel-(T) new paintings shared today:
*Elf of the House of Gil-galad; face detail (under the Gil-galad section)
*original sepia version of Fëanor; face detail (under the Fëanor section)
*Nienor Níniel; face detail (new section for Nienor
Níniel)
Cave of
DeepGroover-(T) new model shared today:
*Beginning a new model project
showing us a sneak preview of what he's about to paint: Baerkrom.
July 20, 2017
Cave of the
Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Fëanor,
light
of creation and fire of destruction" and animated
version, by the Bohemian
Weasel-(T).
July 19, 2017
Cave
of Miriel-(V): new cave and art
Image made in Paint program: Star of Varda
July 16, 2017
Cave
of Elwing-(V):
"Dragon
and Hoard" model assembled and painted by Elwing-(V).
Jan. 29, 2017
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Image
link: Words of comfort by Gandalf to Frodo. Extra info on
pages for Frodo
or for Gandalf.
Put online today.
top
2016:
April 24, 2016
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Conan"
model. Page
for the model including more detail and the work while in progress.
Jan. 9, 2016
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Farewell
to L�rien". The Fellowship
leaves L�thlorien.
Jan. 5, 2016
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Thranduil"
The art challenge from Jan 3 depicting Thranduil
as shown full on.
Jan. 3, 2016
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Arwen"
Arwen
riding
"Gandalf"
Gandalf
smoking
"Thranduil"
Art challenge to draw in a cartoon fashion, more comments by the
artist on the page for Thranduil.
top
2015:
Dec. 27, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"�owyn
decapitates the Fellbeast" Witch-king
Dec. 20, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Paths"
�omer - �The horses grow nervous in the shadow of the mountain.
'None who venture there ever return.'
"The
way is shut." Legolas
- �The way is shut. It was made by those who were dead, and the dead
keep it��
Dec. 14, 2015
New artist!:
Cave
of Marigold-(V):
"Frodo
- The Moment of Truth"
"Fire
Drake" sneak peek of a work in progress
Dec. 13, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Grond"
- the battering ram of Mordor,
named after Morgoth's mace.
"Let
him go, you filth!" Sam
using the phial of Galadriel.
"Warning"
Pippin to Gandalf:
"Gandalf! Denethor has lost his mind! He�s burning Faramir alive!�
Dec. 6, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Aiya
E�rendil" Frodo
using the phial of Galadriel in Shelob's lair, saying "Aiya E�rendil
Elenion Ancalima!" "Hail E�rendil brightest of stars!"
Nov. 29, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"A
mortal life" Aragorn sees Arwen
in the palantir, an attempt by Sauron to demoralize him.
"Aragorn
surveys the battlefield" Aragorn
surveys the battlefield at the Pelennor Fields.
"Mumak"
Oliphaunt aka mumak in the the Battle of Pelennor Fields in Gondor.
��owyn!�
�omer
finds his sister, �owyn,
by the fallen body of his uncle Th�oden.
"Sam
carries Frodo" Sam
"Glad
to be with you" Sam
and Frodo
"At
the end of all things" Sam
and Frodo
Nov. 22, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"The
Ring is taken to Rivendell" reworked version. Rivendell,
Frodo
"The
Ring is taken to Rivendell" framed version. Rivendell,
Frodo
"Shire
Bridge" framed version. The
Shire, Frodo, Sam
"Treebeard
sketch". Fangorn
"You
bow to no-one". at Aragorn's
coronation. Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Arwen, Gondor.
Nov. 8, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"A
vision of Barad-d�r" in Mordor.
"Is
there any hope?" Pippin
asks Gandalf while looking towards Mordor.
Oct. 25, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Arwen
at Aragorn's Tomb"
Oct. 18, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Gondor's
finest" Boromir,
as remembered by Denethor
New page for Denethor
with new art:
"Denethor
grieves for Boromir"
"Denethor's
wish"
Oct. 4, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"The
Burden Grows" Frodo:
"I'm sorry, Sam. I don't know why I said that."
"A
Gardener's Concern" Sam:
"It's the Ring."
"Aragorn
Entombed" Aragorn:
�..an image of the splendour of the kings of men, in glory undimmed
before the breaking of the world.�
"A
Vision of Barad-d�r" in Mordor
"Gollum
Takes the Ring" Smeagol on his way to becoming Gollum
after killing Deagol for the One Ring. ��My Prrrreciousss�!�
"Minas
Tirith, City of Kings" in Gondor
"The
White Tree" withered in the courtyard of Minas Tirith of Gondor.
Sept. 27, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
New page with new art: Easterlings:
"Easterling"
Portrait of an Easterling. Easterlings march into Mordor. The Black
Gate is shut.
New page with new art: Elf-lord:
"Elf-lord" Removed by
artist's requests as it was not intended to go with the Tolkien
elves.
Sept. 13, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Annatar
and Celebrimbor at the forge" Sauron
in his fair form as Annatar, giver of gifts, teaching Celebrimbor to
make Rings of Power.
New page made for Celebrimbor
including the above art.
Sept. 6, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Arwen
on Arwen's
page
Melkor
new page:
"The
Face of Melkor" aka Morgoth
"The
Seduction of Sauron" Melkor and Sauron's pages
"Melkor
and Sauron" Melkor and Sauron's pages
Aug. 30, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Haldir:
"Allegiance"
�Men and Elves once fought and died together�
"No
mercy" 'Show them no mercy, for you shall receive none.'
Aug. 23, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Arwen:
"Take
her to the Grey Havens" (movie)
"Arwen's
Choice" (movie)
"Foresight"
(movie). Arwen suspects Elrond of not telling her the whole vision.
"A
long-awaited reunion". Arwen
and Aragorn.
�owyn:
"The
men have found their Captain" �The men have found their
Captain� ..they will follow you into battle, even to death.�
"Courage,
Merry" "Courage, Merry. Courage for our friends."
Galadriel:
"Nam�ri�"
This artwork was not yet uploaded by error from July, now up.
Faramir:
"My
son!" Denethor laments the loss of his first son, and
the failings of the second. Boromir and Faramir
"In
his stead" �Since you are robbed of Boromir, I will do what I
can in his stead.�
"Already
burning" �The house of his spirit crumbles.. He is burning.
Already burning!�
"Under
shadow" �You and I have both passed under the wings of the
Shadow..� Faramir
and �owyn
at the Houses of Healing.
Gandalf
: "�As
poison is drawn from a wound.�"
Th�oden:
new page. The new art placed here is:
"The
sickness of Th�oden" "You have no power here, Gandalf
the Grey!"
"�Your
fingers would remember their old strength better if they grasped
your sword..�"
"�Hail
the victorious dead!�"
"The
mustering of Rohan" �Summon every able-bodied man to
Dunharrow�
Aug. 16, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Hall
of Meduseld" �owyn
at Meduseld in Rohan.
"The
White Lady of Rohan" "Like a morning of pale Spring still
clinging to Winter's chill" �owyn
"I
told you to take the wizard's staff!" Grima
"Your
friend took a little tumble..." Orc brags to Legolas
"These
are no soldiers." Aragorn
hears Legolas' warning at Helm's Deep and takes offense.
"�There
is nothing for you here, only death.�" Arwen
hears Elrond's warning about marrying Aragorn.
"Arwen's
farewell" Arwen
"Rivendell"
"Our people are leaving these shores..." Rivendell
Aug. 2, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Ent
Waters" Pippin
in Fangorn's
"house".
"Hobbits
in Fangorn" Merry
and Pippin
in Fangorn Forest with Treebeard aka Fangorn.
July 25, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Plains
of Rohan" Legolas.
�omer asks, �What business does an Elf, a Dwarf, and a Man have in
the Riddermark?�
July 18, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"�omer
bears Th�odred before him" �omer
"�omer
and �owyn, brother and sister" �omer
and �owyn
"�Everywhere
his spies slip past our nets..�" �omer
"Hope
has abandoned these lands." �omer
"�omer
and �owyn before Th�oden" �omer
and �owyn
before Th�oden
July 5, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"The
Pillars of the Kings" The Argonath, river entrance to Gondor.
"I
would have gone with you to the end" Aragorn
says goodbye to Frodo.
"Be
at peace, son of Gondor" Aragorn
says goodbye to Boromir.
"Alas"
Legolas
sees that Boromir has died. �We came when we heard the horn, but too
late it seems.� �Alas,� said Legolas. �We should have been of more
use here.�
"The
bracers of Boromir" Aragorn
wears Boromir's bracers. �Leave all that can be spared behind. We
travel light.�
June 28, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Lothlorien
- tree city of the elves" L�rien
"The
mirror of Galadriel - will you look?" Galadriel
"The
parting gifts of Galadriel" Galadriel
"Galadriel
- �Nam�ri�.�" Galadriel
June 21, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"The
loss of Gandalf the Grey" Merry
and Pippin grieve for Gandalf outside Moria.
"Their
friend and guide" Boromir
and Gimli grieve for Gandalf outside Moria
"who
fell in fire and shadow" Frodo
grieves for Gandalf outside Moria
"You
bring great evil" Legolas
in Lorien looks back at Frodo after they are stopped for bringing
great evil.
"Caras
Galadhon, Realm of the Lord Celeborn" In Loth�rien.
June 14, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"The
Pass of Caradhras" The Fellowship
"Fool
of a Took" Pippin.
"You
cannot pass!" Gandalf
confronts the Balrog. New page for the Balrog.
"Wielder
of the Flame of Anor!" Gandalf
"�The
dark fire will not avail you..Flame of Ud�n!�" Balrog.
June 7, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"The
Ring..." movie-only: Frodo
realizes the Ring is missing while they're in the snow. It's
retrieved by Boromir. Not book canon, but the picture could also
illustrate Frodo showing the mithril shirt after Moria.
"Give
the Ring to Frodo." movie-only: Aragorn
warns Boromir.
"So
small a thing..." movie-only. Boromir
considers the Ring: �It is a strange fate we should suffer so much
fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing.�
"Come
and help an old man..." Gandalf
stopping a blaming argument between dwarf and elf in front of Moria.
"The
water stirs..." Boromir
outside Moria.
May 31, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"This
is no mine. It is a tomb." Boromir
May 24, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"The
Ring will be safe in Rivendell." Frodo and Sam in Rivendell.
May 17, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"The
House of Elrond" Frodo looks out over Rivendell
"Do
you remember when we first met?" Aragorn and Arwen
in Rivendell
"You
said you'd bind yourself to me." Aragorn and Arwen
in Rivendell
"And
to that I hold." Arwen
May 10, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"In
Weathertop's Shadow". Aragorn
with the four hobbits.
"Arwen,
Evenstar of her people". Arwen
"The
Nine cross the Ford". Nazgul
April 29, 2015
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Orc
riding a wolf" aka "Warg Rider". Check the extra image
links at the bottom for in-progress as well as more angles of the
finished project.
April 12, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"To
Rivendell, Master Gamgee" - Aragorn
March 29, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Two sketches of Elrond
strongly reminding Isildur, even commanding him, to throw the One
Ring into the fires of Mt. Doom:
"Cast
it into the fire!"
"Isildur!
Cast it into the fire!"
March 22, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"How
about very old friends?" Gandalf
"Bag
End: �No visitors, well-wishers, or distant relations!� The
Shire
"Bilbo's
111th Birthday Cake" Bilbo
"Ferret
in Bree" Bree. A WEASEL (ferret) in Bree!
"Strider"
The man in the corner of the Prancing Pony, known as Strider. Aragorn
March 15, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"What
service could a Hobbit offer such a great lord of men?" Pippin
speaking with Denethor in Minas Tirith, Gondor. Made for the 2014
Calgary Expo. See the Pippin
page for more info.
"Chances
of turning back" Sam "". Made for the 2014 Calgary Expo. Sam
page for more info.
Added actor-autographed copy links
for Haldir,
Pippin,
and Sam
under the main picture.
"Dori"
for new page for Dori.
2014 Calgary Expo.
"Fili"
for new page for Fili.
2014 Calgary Expo.
"Nori"
for new page for Nori.
2014 Calgary Expo.
Thorin's
Company page now links to the new dwarf pages, and now shows
the company's image enlarged since it's alone and nearly
disappeared.
March 10, 2015
The Bohemian
Weasel-(T) kindly sent us a special scan for a larger
version of "They will never stop hunting you". Thank you! It's
now clickable from the thumbnail versions on her pages for Frodo and
for Sam.
March 8, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"They
will never stop hunting you." Found under Frodo,
Sam.
March 1, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"�owyn
�icon� style painting" found under �owyn.
"Frodo
icon style painting" found under Frodo.
Feb. 8, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"I
think we should get off the road." The Ring makes Frodo
senstive to the approach of the Nazgul.
Feb. 1, 2015
Cave
of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
New section: Eagles,
with new art
"Eagles
carrying Thorin's Company". Done for Cryptozoic EntertainmentTM
's Hobbit trading cards.
Jan. 25, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Three paintings of Sam:
"Weep"
after the fall of Gandalf
"Phial"
Sam uses a weapon: the phial of Galadriel
"Sting"
Sam uses Sting vs Shelob
Five paintings of Frodo:
"Remembering"
after the fall of Gandalf
"Osgiliath"
movie only
"Claim"
claiming the One Ring
"Rewarded"
going to Valinor
"Sailing"
ship goes to Valinor
Paintings of both Frodo and Sam, on their
respective pages:
"Leaving
the Shire" walking in the field past comfort represented in
the background by a house.
"Campfire"
Sam and Frodo camping on the way out of the Shire.
"Dealing"
Sam and Frodo dealing with the loss of Gandalf.
"Into
Mordor" Sam and Frodo entering the Emym Muil bordering Mordor.
"Passing
By" Frodo, Sam, and Gollum
try to go past the Watching Stones.
"Exhausted"
On the slope of Mt. Doom, Frodo is exhausted from lack of sleep,
food, water, and the weight of the One Ring.
"Carry"
Sam can't carry the Ring, so he carries Frodo.
"Eye
and Mt. Doom" The One Ring is destroyed in Mt. Doom and the
effect travels to Sauron and his works, destroying them (movie
version). Mordor.
"Goodbye"
Frodo and Sam can't make it back from Mt. Doom on their own.
"A
ride home". Eagles.
"A
happier goodbye". Frodo and Sam at the docks.
"Goodbye
to Frodo". At the docks: Pippin,
Merry,
and Sam say goodbye to Frodo. Sam will not have to ride home alone.
Jan. 18, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Isildur"
new section:
"No"
Jan. 7, 2015
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Melian",
the Maia who married an elf-king and protected his kingdom. In new
section for Melian.
"King
of Angmar". The Witch-king as a human before he became
leader of the Nazgul. Under Witch-king.
"�omer,
Horse Lord". Under �omer.
"Rosie
Cotton with ribbons in her hair". In new section for Rosie.
Jan. 4, 2015
Cave
of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
New in the Gil-galad
section:
"Gil-galad"
at the Battle of the Last Alliance
New artwork in the Sauron
section:
"Sauron
was defeated". Sauron was defeated in the Battle of the Last
Alliance.
New artwork in the �owyn
section:
"�owyn,
Shield-maiden"
top
2014:
Dec. 29, 2014
Cave of the Bohemia Weasel-(T):
New artwork in the Haldir
section:
"Haldir"
"We live now amid many perils,
and our hands are more often upon the bowstring than the harp"
Shown at the 2014 Calgary Expo, now on the Valar Guild's rotating
images on the index page.
Dec. 28, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Bard:
new section with new art:
"Bard
the Bowman"
New thumbnails have been going up off and on for a while now and
will continue. Be sure to click to enlarge the thumbnails.
Dec. 6, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Umbar
(new section and art):
"The
Ships of Umbar"
Weathertop
(new section and art):
"This
was once the Watch-tower of Amon S�l".
Nov. 23, 2014
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Werewolf
2014" full figure werewolf model.
Nov. 16, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Paths
of the Dead (new section with new art):
"Door"
�He shall pass the door to the Paths of the Dead.�
Oct. 28, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Bree
(new section with new art):
"The
Town of Bree"
"At
the Sign of the Prancing Pony"
Oct. 18, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Witch-king:
"Citadel
of the Witch-king". Gollum, Frodo,
Watching-stones. New art.
Gollum:
new section
Mordor:
"Signal
of Mordor" new art
Arwen:
"Ford
of Rivendell" crossing (movie). Frodo, nazgul
"Bruinen"
defiance. (movie). Frodo, nazgul.
Meduseld:
"Meduseld"
"�omer
and �owyn before Th�oden". �omer, �owyn, Th�oden, and Grima
"The
Golden Hall of Meduseld"
"The
Standard of Rohan"
Sept. 29, 2014
Cave
of Aerandir-(V):
His personal site has been frozen.
This quick site is now up by Varda to preserve the photos of his
crafted work, to be improved upon later with thumbnails linking to
the large shots.
Sept. 26, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Fangorn":
"The
Ents flood Isengard". Also under Isengard.
"Isengard":
"Feed
the engines night and day".
"Witch-king":
"Citadel
of the Witch-king"
Sept. 10, 2014
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Dorf"
Made and given back in May as a Mother's Day present. Please click
to enlarge.
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
"Gandalf":
"Gandalf
Rides" Gandalf the White rides Shadowfax to Minas Tirith. Also
under Gondor.
"Gondor":
"Hope
is rekindled" Beacon lit.
"On
the wall" Faramir
and Eowyn
on the wall as the One Ring is destroyed.
"Oathbreakers":
"Army
of the Dead in Minas Tirith". The army of the dead comes to
Minas Tirith with Aragorn.
(Movie only)
"Trolls":
(new) section with new art. Please click the image of the trolls to
enlarge.
"Any
more?" Trolls campfire - "Are there any more of you
little fellas 'iding where you shouldn't?' From The Hobbit. Also under Bilbo.
Sept. 9, 2014
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Heavy
is the crown..." Please click the images to see the full
model.
Sept. 3, 2014
Cave
of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Some thumbnailing started.
Pippin:
(new section)
"Lost
in Gondor"
Oathbreakers:
new art added:
"King
of the Dead" green sketch card with thumbnail. Previously only
had the thumbnail and wasn't put online.
"King
of the Dead" black and white sketch card
"Sword
of the King" Aragorn with Anduril. Also under Aragorn.
Witch-king:
new art added:
"The
Witch-king of Angmar leads Sauron's army to war." Also placed
on the Valar Guild's rotating images on the opening page.
"Challenge
of the Witch-king"
Mordor:
new art:
"When
the One Ring is destroyed."
"The
Fall of Barad-dur"
Aug. 31, 2014
Cave
of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
Update: Some art with more than one
character is now also listed under the other characters as well for
ease of finding for the reader, and for illustrating articles about
that character Also true for places. Some are mentioned under Aug.
22, 2014.
"Fangorn":
New art section with new art, including both the character aka
"Treebeard" and the forest named after Fangorn.
"Safe"
"I told Gandalf I would keep you safe, and safe is where I�ll keep
you.". Treebeard, Merry, and Pippin
"Friends"
"Many of these trees were my friends, gentle creatures that I knew
from nut and acorn�� Treebeard, Merry, and Pippin.
"Merry, lost in Fangorn
Forest". Also previously under "Merry", so it's not new to the site.
"HoomHoom"
Pippin and Treebeard.
"Ent
waters" Pippin in Fangorn forest by the water with an
ent-draught.
Merry:
"Saruman's
Storeroom" with Pippin.
Hobbits:
"Weep"
I will not say 'do not weep'.
Pippin: (section not yet made)
"Fool
of a Took!" with Gandalf in Moria
"Looking
Towards Mordor"
Aug. 22, 2014
Cave
of the Bohemian Weasel-(T):
New art added:
Boromir:
"Hobbit
Attack" also for Merry and Pippin.
"Hold
on, Hobbits!" also for Merry and Pippin.
"Wandering"
"Bravery"
"Boromir
in Gondor"
"Horn
of Gondor"
Elrond:
"Elrond,
Last Alliance of Men and Elves"
"Council
of Elrond"
�owyn:
"�owyn
in Simbelmyn�" 2014
Fellowship:
Image of the blessing
is now here as well as in the Frodo
section.
"EnteringCarasGaladhon"
Aug. 31, 2014 added to Places/Lothlorien.
Thranduil:
"Thranduil
the Elvenking"
Galadriel:
"Galadriel
in Rivendell" The vision of Galdriel in Rivendell, during the
Hobbit. (Movie). Aug. 31, 2014 added to Places/Rivendell.
Gandalf:
"Dawn
leave-taking" Dawn ends the White Council, Galadriel takes
leave of Gandalf. Also in the Galadriel
section. Aug. 31, 2014 Rivendell.
"Gandalf
the wanderer"
"Farewell,
Dear Bilbo"
"Which
way?" Mordor, is it right or left? Added here, already
in the Frodo
section.
"A
light in the dark"
"SpeaksInRiddles"
Gandalf the White listens to Aragorn's comment. Aug. 31, 2014 added
to Aragorn.
Gimli:
"DrinkingGame"
in Rohan
"Oops".
Gimli "accidentally" kills a Corsair.
Grima
Wormtongue:
"Troubled
mind"
"LateIsTheHour"
"NoDawn"
Haldir:
"Debt"
"Fire"
Frodo
and Sam:
"Frodo
and Sam leaving the Shire"
"Into
Mordor" Sam and Frodo looking out over the Emyn Muil.
"We may."
Merry and Pippin:
"Get
the big one!"
"I
don't think he knows about second breakfast"
Aug. 21, 2014
At the request of the Bohemian
Weasel-(T), a large number of art pieces are being removed and
replaced with newer pieces. If you're seeing weirdness in the links,
that's what's happening.
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T) paintings:
"The
wanderer in the wilderness" Gandalf in the LotR.
"At
the end of all things" Frodo and Sam
"Gil-galad"
"Haldir"
"Sam"
after the fall of Gandalf
"Arwen"
"Bilbo"
bewildered and bewuthered
"Bilbo"
going on an adventure
"Bilbo"
arrives in Rivendell.
"Bibo"
What has it got in its pocketses?"
"Bilbo"
LotR: pocketed Ring.
Aug. 17, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T): paintings
"Dawn
take you all!". Gandalf.
Cave of DeepGroover-(T): models
"Wild
man with orc's head".
Aug. 2, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T): paintings
"The
pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many." Gandalf.
"Boromir's
last stand" Boromir,
Merry, Pippin
"Boromir's
fall" Boromir,
Merry, Pippin.
July 27, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T): paintings
"Sam,
Wood Elves!" (Frodo,
Sam).
July 10, 2014
Cave of DeepGroover-(T): model
'Dwarf"
July 5, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T): paintings
"Frodo"
section: new art:
"Blessings"
from Elrond as they set out on their journey. (also to go on
Aragorn, Pippin)
"Which
way?" Frodo asking Gandalf which way to go outside of
Rivendell. (Also to go on Gandalf)
"Mithril
shirt" Frodo reveals the mithril shirt that saved him in
Moria.
"Decision"
Frodo decides to leave the Fellowship. Topps sketch card.
June 15, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T): paintings
"Bilbo"
new section, three new pieces of art:
"�Good
Morning!� said Bilbo"
"Meeting
Elrond Half-elven" (also on Elrond)
"Bilbo�s
storytelling"
"Gimli"
new section, two new pieces of art:
"�Here
lies Balin, son of Fundin, Lord of Moria�"
"�All
who look upon her fall under her spell��" (to be added to
Frodo, Sam)
"Smaug"
new section, new piece of art:
"Smaug
the Magnificent, and the Arkenstone"
June 5, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T): paintings
New art::
"The
Ford of Rivendell". Arwen, Frodo, and Asfaloth lure the Nne
into the Ford of Bruinen. In section Rivendell.
June 4, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T): paintings
New art::
"Thranduil's
History" . In secton Thranduil.
"The
way to the Last Homely House". In section Rivendell.
"Rivendell"
looking down into the valley. In section Rivendell.
"Bilbo
meets Elrond Helf-elven" in Rivendell. In section Rivendell.
(to be added to Bilbo, Elrond)
"Moon
runes". Elrond, Gandalf, Bilbo, Thorin, Balin. In section
Rivendell. (to be added to those character sections)
"The
parting of father and daughter". Elrond and Arwen. In section
Rivendell. (to be added to Elrond, Arwen)
June 3, 2014
Cave of the Bohemian Weasel-(T): paintings
New art:
Dwalin:
new section with new art "Hobbit Illumination - Dwalin", detail from
that painting.
"Frodo
and Sam in the Shire", pulling a bucket up onto a bridge. In
sections for Frodo,
Sam, and The Shire.
"Gil-galad
was an Elven-king" finished version; and an early
sketch of this signed by Mark Ferguson who played Gil-galad in
the LotR movie. In section Gil-galad.
"Legolas
and the cave troll", in section Legolas.
Thorin:
new section with three new pieces of art: "Hobbit Illumination -
Thorin Oakenshield", detail from that painting, "Thorin with Thror's
map telling of the dragon" including Bilbo.
Thorin's
Company: new section with new art "An Unexpected Party".
Thranduil:
new section with "Hobbit Illumination - Thranduil", work in progress
sketches.
Hobbit �Illuminations�: with
European medieval illuminations and bookplates as an inspiration,
this was an experiment to create illustrations that might look like
they came from the books of Middle-earth itself.
April 19, 2014
Cave of DeepGroover-(T): model
New model: "Dwarf
with
mohawk,aka Gort the Red"
top
2013
Aug. 28, 2013
Congratulations to DeepGroover-(T) for his model
wins at the Nationals in Colorado! We had both on this site, but had
the good fortune to add a new view of the knight after the contest:
He won first place in the large field of Fantasy
Busts with his life-sized zombie head: Bust
of
the Living Dead.
He took second place in the huge category of
small figures with his Knight,
a 28 mm war game figure (that's about an inch and a quarter high).
April 20, 2013
Cave of Luthien-(T):
New paintings: "Nienna",
hi-res
"Sunrise
at
Mount Taniquetil".
High-resolution
versions added for "West
of
West", "Elbereth",
Yavanna"
April 12, 2013
Cave of Luthien-(T):
New paintings from 2012 done with
chalk pencils and water on paper:
"Alqualonde",
"West
of
West", "Elbereth"
final version, "Yavanna",
"Luthien
at
Tol Galen" final version.
March 2, 2013
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Wolfman,
life-sized" model.
Jan. 15, 2013
Cave of Elatan-(T):
"V�antur
and
Entulass� coming to Mithlond with the tower of the Palantiri
behind." mosaic
Jan. 7, 2013
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Vampire"
model.
Jan. 6, 2013
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Teenaged
Werewolf" model, not from the movie.
top
2012
Nov. 6, 2012
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Higher
Intelligence" model. A Nameless Evil.
Oct. 31, 2012
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Brute"
model. A Nameless Evil.
Oct. 21, 2012
Cave of DeepGroover-(T):
"Bust
of
the Living Dead" model
Sept. 23, 2012, online Oct. 21, 2012
Cave of Deepgroover-(T):
"Werewolf"
werewolf bust, four views of the model.
Aug. 5, 2012
Cave of Deepgroover-(T):
"Wolfman"
life-sized model head and how-to.
July, 12, 2012
Cave of Maedhros-(V):
"Maedhroc
and
the Troll"
Cave of Deepgroover-(T):
"The
Crusader" bust that could be of one of the weary human
warriors in Middle-earth
top
2011
Aug. 9, 2011
Cave of Deepgroover-(T):
"The
Confrontation" group model fight
Oct. 4, 2011
Cave
of
Nerdanel-(V):
New cave!
"Nerdanel":
The
new cave shows a painting of Nerdanel sculpting. This work was done
for the Valar
Guild's
14th Anniversary
and also illustrates the article "Nerdanel"
in the Valar Guild's Tolkien Encyclopedia.
July 16, 2011
Cave
of
Rombadillo:
Link name change. Anonymous
Belgian Fan is now Rombadillo.
July 14, 2011
Cave of Anonymous Belgian Fan: new cave,
lots of new drawings. See July 16 for link
change.
June 27, 2011
Cave of Deepgroover-(T): new model:
"King
of
Dwarves" bust of a dwarf king.
May 1, 2011
Cave of Deepgroover-(T): new models:
"Crusader"
full figure and setting
"Goblin
Bust" bust of a goblin
April 2, 2011
Cave of Deepgroover-(T): new models
"Cedric
of
Wessex" full figure
"Medieval
Knight" bust
March 12, 2011
Cave of Deepgroover-(T): new models
"The
Dwarf
King" a bust of a dwarf king
"The
Guardian" a complete scene of a human guarding an interior
castle door.
Feb. 7, 2011
Cave
of
Elatan-(T) : new mosaics
Three
new mosaics by Elatan-(T) are now online at his cave in our
art site. They are "Ulmo at Vinyamar", "Breaking of Spring", and
"Smaug and the Lonely Mountain". Enjoy!
Feb. 6, 2011
Cave
of
Elatan-(T) rearranged by type of media.
Jan. 23, 2011
Cave
of
Luthien-(T): new art
"Luthien
in
Tol Galen". Her painting illustrates her poem, "Song
of
the Moon and Melian".
top
2010
Aug. 30, 2010
Cave
of
Luthien-(T): new art, revamped area.
Menel
Forodhren section added with art done in watercolor and crayon
of subjects mostly found in the Silmarillion
and Histories of Middle-earth.
New art there:
"Aule's Dwellings"
"Elbereth, lady of the
stars"
"The elves are
concerned about Telperion."
" Pond in a forest
under rising full moon"
" Company walking
up a hill outside Alqualond�"
"Nost-na-Lothian in
Gondolin"
Feb. 20, 2010
Cave
of
the Bohemian Weasel: new art
"A
Weasel's LotR Guide to Receiving Unwanted Christmas Presents
Politely"
"LotR
-
sketchcard - Aragorn03a"
"lotr-arwen-face01"
"Lotr-sketchcard-Frodo-face2"
"Lotr-sketchcard-Haldir02-1"
"Lotr-sketchcard-Haldir-Legolas01"
"Lotr-sketchcard-Lorien-flets"
"Lotr-sketchcard-Coronation"
"Boromir"
"x-sketchcard-Holly-Celeborn.jpg"
In new section Celeborn.
"lotr-eowyn-face01"
"Lotr-sketchcard-Lorien-boat.jpg"
"Galadriel"
Feb. 15, 2010
Cave
of
Turgon-(V) should now load all sections much faster.
Cave
of
Ulmo-(Valar)
should load much faster now.
Jan. 18, 2010
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(T):
"Dwarf:
Drunegar
Runekeeper" model from Andreas; put together, modified and
painted by DeepGroover-(T).
Jan. 7, 2010
Cave
of
Maedhros-(V):
Black and white sketch of Maedhroc,
a hobbit warden character played by the artist in the Lord of the
Rings Online game.
top
2009:
Dec. 19, 2009
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(T): models put together with his own
modifications and painted by DeepGroover-(T):
Viking
model from Young Miniatures.
Nov. 15, 2009
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(T): models put together with his own
modifications and painted by DeepGroover:
Knight
model from Dark Swords
Creature
model from Dark Swords
Oct. 31, 2009
Menelvagor-(Valar)'s
and
Turgon-(V)'s
Caves
should be displaying properly now.
August 5, 2009
The entire art collection is moving off the old
server, with which we are again having problems, and on to the same
server as the main text of the Tolkien Site. Bookmarks may be
changed by going through normal navigation to the desired artist and
picture, eventually again to the article and associated pictures.
Thank you to AuSteinM-(T) for going to all the trouble he's had to
bear with on the old server, and thank you to Alatar-(Valar) for the
very generous amount of both web space and bandwidth added today on
the text site.
July 20, 2009
Cave
of
Hansen:
Dragon head trophy made by Hansen. A
similar one may be bought from his site, listed at the bottom of the
page.
July 15, 2009
The art server changed its policy and now
requires payment for any forwarding between http://www and a domain
name. This required most of the art site's links to change. Please
let Varda know if any of those pages are still showing problems.
April 30, 2009
Cave
of
Luthien-(T):
Added table of contents.
Updates now showing the most recent
at the top.
Mixed
Media: new section to hold YouTube movies put together by
Luthien-(T).
Beren and
Luthien - high definition version added
Song of Earendil
added
March 6, 2009
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(TV):
"Fighter"
model
"Wizard"
model
"Spearman"
model
March 4, 2009
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(TV):
"Maximus"
model.
"Knight
of
the Holy Grail" model.
"Waterfalls
in
the Smoky Mountains" photos
"Dragon
Fight" model
Repaired the link to the "Spanish
Knight".
Feb. 17, 2009
Cave
of
Maedhros-(V):
"Unimpressed". LotRO humor,
free-hand.
Feb. 6, 2009
Cave
of
Turgon-(V):
On the side of the Valar:
Aule
Fingolfin
vs
Morgoth
On the side of Morgoth:
Drake
Objects:
"Shield"
Jan. 31, 2009
Cave
of
the Bohemian Weasel:
Added sections for Gondor
, Moria,
Osgiliath,
and Topps
Cards.
Added pictures from a Jan. 14, 2009 email.:
Arwen
in Rivendell
The fading of Arwen
and Rivendell.
Arwen, "There
is
always hope".
Arwen with the banner.
Arwen
mourns Aragorn's
death.
Eomer
Searching in the rain for
Prince Theodred or his body.
During the drinking game.
At the coronation.
Eowyn
In autumnal Rohan.
Eowyn, the White Lady of Rohan.
�owyn at Th�odred's bedside.
Haldir's
last
moments.
Moria's doors.
Rohan's
Meduseld.
Sam
Gamgee, the contented gardener in the Shire.
Sam
and Frodo
passing through the Shire
in September.
Shire:
View of the Party Field in the Shire.
Rivendell
, the golden twilight.
Jan. 16, 2009
Boromir:
"For Gondor!"
Elrond:
"looking thoughtful during the Council of Elrond."
Eowyn
vs the Nazgul
Witch-king.
Jan. 16, 2009
Cave
of
the Bohemian Weasel:
Boromir:
"For Gondor!"
Elrond:
"looking thoughtful during the Council of Elrond."
Eowyn vs the Witch-king: under Eowyn,
Nazgul,
Witch-king
Jan. 15, 2008
Cave
of
the Bohemian Weasel:
New portal entrances to the
Character and Places sections were made by The Bohemian Weasel
especially for us! Thank you very much!
Jan. 14, 2009
Cave
of
the Bohemian Weasel:
New pictures! Many are not even up
on her own site yet! More are coming, but your webmaster tuckered
out. Enjoy the pictures under these character sections:
Aragorn:
Aragorn as Strider. Aragorn at Bree. Leading the Hobbits into the
wild. Aragorn and Legolas fleeing the Paths of the Dead.
Faramir:
Faramir in plate armor (magnificent oil painting, added to the Valar
Guild index page). Faramir in Ithilien in Autumn. Spying Gollum.
Frodo:
Frodo feels the influence of the Ring. Sam and Frodo upon the slopes
of Mt. Doom.
Galadriel:
2nd Age and detail. Celeborn and Galadriel
Hobbits:
Aragorn leading the Hobbits "into the wild". Sam and Frodo upon the
slopes of Mt. Doom.
Legolas:
Seeing the Crebain from Dunland. Aragorn and Legolas fleeing the
Paths of the Dead. Inspecting arrow fletching.
Merry:
new section. Merry lost in Fangorn Forest.
Sam:
Sam and Frodo upon the slopes of Mt. Doom. Sam vs Shelob
Sauron
new section: Annatar in the 2nd Age and detail.
Jan. 13, 2009
Cave
of
The Bohemian Weasel
No longer a straight link into
The Bohemian Weasels' site, these pictures are on the Valar Guild's
site and include only those related to Middle-earth, organized by
Characters and by Places. A link back is still provided in order to
enjoy the rest of her work and to buy her originals and prnits, and
to read her blog. She (Soni Alcorn-Hender) has allowed us to host
these pictures with credit and no change in resolution, and with a
link back, to grace the Caves and the Encyclopedia.
2008:
Dec. 29, 2008
Cave
of
Maedhros-(TV) (new!)
"Legolas
does
a little pest control" free-hand art, colored.
Dec. 25, 2008
Cave of DeepGroover-(TV)
"Knight
Hospitaller" model
"Spanish
Knight" model
Oct. 4, 2008 (11th Anniversary of the Valar Guild)
Cave
of
Luthien-(TV) (new):
"Botanic
Gardens" photos.
"Beren and
Luthien" video.
"Netherlands"
photos.
"Canada"
photos.
"Valinor"
art.
August 17, 2008
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(TV):
"Templar
Sergeant" model
July 31, 2008
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(TV):
"Monk
Warrior" model
July 21, 2008
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(TV):
"Wounded
Knight:
Agincourt". Model assembled and painted by
DeepGroover-(TV).
April 29, 2008
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(TV):
"Viking
Warlord". Model assembled and painted by
DeepGroover-(TV). The warlord is from 10 A.D. and includes his axe
and dog.
March 12, 2008
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(TV):
"Germanic
Warrior". Model assembled and painted by
DeepGroover-(TV). As always, click the thumbnail picture to see the
enlarged version.
Feb. 21, 2008
Cave of Elwing-(V):
"Gift of the Evenstar". Young Arwen with her mother,
Celebrian.
This cave has been re-done by Varda,
all thumbs. :)
2007:
Dec. 30, 2007
Cave
of
Siobhan-(TV):
"Small Ketral". New cave!
Original drawing by Siobhan of a young ketral, a pet kept by young
Legolas in the stories for the Mellon Chronicles.
Dec. 16, 2007
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(TV):
"Cave
Troll". 3 photos of different views of a model of a
cave troll fighting with humans (Saxons, like the Rohirrim).
DeepGroover describes how he came up with this model by modifying
parts of several kits and painting it.
Nov. 3, 2007
Cave
of
Turgon-(V):
"Ulmo in the Waterfall of a Lake"
Oct. 27, 2007
Cave
of
Turgon-(V):
"The Captivity of Morgoth in Mandos". Turgon-(V): "I tried to do
something new, not like the ugly-armour-red-flaming-eyes variety,
especially since he still could assume a fair form after he was
released. That's why only his cowl is "radiating" with darkness.
That is, with the darkness of his thought and hate."
Oct. 3, 2007
New cave and new art from
Fladrif-(V)!
Cave
of
Fladrif-(V):
"A
Song of the World"
Aug. 8, 2007
Cave
of
The Bohemian Weasel-(TV):
New cave!
New art for the Cave:
Elrond:
"Elrond
Half-elven"
"Elrond,
Lord
of Rivendell"
"I
was there the day the strength of Men failed."
(Below links are now incorrect for those
articles, still up to allow the editor to keep track to
make corrections. Links will be from the cave instead of
her personal site.)
Elrond:
"The
Day
the Strength of Men Failed" (new)
Eomer:
"A
Drinking Game"
"Eomer,
Horse-lord" Sam's picture is at the top of the
page, Eomer's at the bottom.
Eowyn:
"In
Search
of Glory"
Haldir:
"Haldir,
Warden
of the Golden Wood"
"Proud
to
Fight Alongside Men Once More", also called
"Haldir at Helm's Deep"
The Shire:
"The
Party
Field", "Frodo Reading in the Shire" on the same
page.
Faramir:
"A
Gentle Man"
"Faramir
of
Ithilien"
"If
I
Should Return"
Boromir:
"A
Mighty Gift"
"The
Clear
Ringing of Silver Trumpets"
Arwen:
"As
Dark
as Twilight"
"Arwen";
"Rivendell
Scene with Arwen and Aragorn"
"A
Long-awaited Day"
Galadriel:
"Galadriel,
Lady
of Light"
June 26, 2007
Cave
of
Lindir-(V):
New cave!
"The Adventures of Tom
Bombadil" photo. Lindir-(V)
is
sharing a photograph of himself in Tom Bombadil garb and his wife as
Goldberry, while he tells a tale as Tom to the Bay Area Hobbit
Picnic.
May
5,
2007
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(TV).:
New
medieval and fantasy models!
"Sanctuary Defiled"
"Field of Carnage"
"Blue Knights"
"Death of a Warrior"
updated showing the completed, award-winning model.
May 3, 2007
Cave
of
Varda-(Valar):
New cave!
"Legolas Portrait"
pencil sketch.
April 7, 2007
Cave
of
DeepGroover-(TV).:
New
cave!
New art:
photos of medieval and fantasy art built and painted by
DeepGroover.
"Death of a Warrior"
"Barbarian with Trophy"
"Mounted Knight"
"Eastern European Viking 12th Century"
Cave
of
Elwing-(V):
"Braiding
Session", illustration for the artist's story,
"Midnight Musings".
March 4, 2007
Cave of Turgon-(V) / Places:
"Dol Amroth"
Feb. 27, 2007
Cave of Turgon-(V) / Places:
" Tol Sirion" kep012
Feb. 24, 2007
Turgon-(V)'s cave is
re-done, separating topics into pages for quicker
loading.
Feb. 23, 2007
Cave of Beorn-(V)
New cave!
New art: a photo of
Beorn-(V) in armor that he made himself.
Navigational improvement: back link
to Caves at the top of each individual cave instead of
just at the bottom.
2006:
Nov. 3, 2006
Cave
of
Turgon-(V)
"Book of Lore" A book that
may have been found in either Minas Tirith or Imladris.
"Elwe Singollo"
"Green Dragon" A mug from
the Green Dragon.
"Gates of Nargothrond"
"Ring of the Nine" One of
the nine rings.
"Morgoth and Manwe"
Morgoth is brought before Manwe.
Oct. 12, 2006
Cave
of
Turgon-(V): original sent in Sept. 3, 2006, re-done
and posted Oct. 12
"Beleriand" An elf of
Beleriand looks out at the dawn.
Sept. 22, 2006
Cave
of
Turgon-(V): sent in Sept. 20, 2006 posted Sept 22
"Winged Beast" Fell
beast, the mount of a Nazgul
"Feanor"
"Gorthaur the Abhorred"
Sauron on the Battlefield
"Sauron" Inspired by the Silmarillion's line:
"Sauron stood in his upmost tower, wrapped in his dark thoughts"
Sept. 5, 2006
Cave
of
Turgon-(V): new drawing of the dragon "Ancalagon".
Aug. 5, 2006
Cave
of
Cassia-(TV): not
yet
thumb-nailed but still fun art for the Mellon Chronicles stories
series!:
"Betrayal", "Priceless Treasure", "The Stars of Harad", "Dark
Visions", "Traitor", "Escape from Mordor", "Curse of Angmar", "Siege
of Dread", "Between Darkness & Dawn", "Never Cold in Your
Shadow", "Trouble Follows", "Cave Story 1: It Had to Be Caves",
"Cave Story 2" It Had to Be Stairs", "Cave Story 3: Down and Up
Again: The Elves and Ranger's Holiday" story by Katie, "Cell Number
Eight", "And So the End", "Remember How to Smile".
July 31, 2006
Cave
of
Ulmo-(Valar): New cave! Photos of the sailing
vessel, Hirilond�, refitted and sailed by Ulmo himself.
Cave
of
Cassia-(TV): "To
the
Ends of Middle-earth". Art by Cassia for a story by Jay of Lasgalen.
June 21, 2006
Cave
of
Cassia-(TV): "Seventh Stone"
June 13, 2006
New art: Cave
of
Cassia-(TV): "Sickness"
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V): "Ancalagon
the
Black", "Dol
Guldur".
June 12, 2006
Membership News:
Excerpt from a letter by
Siobhan-(TV) concerning Cassia-(TV):
Isn't photomanip
hard! I leave that all to Cassia, she is the expert in that
area. She's even been taking classes to get better at it and
now has a paying job creating images for a tv station! I
thought that was really cool. Who knew you could actually get a job
doing something like that that you enjoyed.
June 9, 2006
New art: Cave
of
Cassia-(TV): "Black
Breath"
illustrating the linked story of the same name.
New art: Cave
of
Turgon-(V): "Manwe's Halls", "Earendil's Ship".
May 25, 2006
New art: Cave
of
Elwing-(V): "Halbarad". Used as an illustration for
the article on Halbarad and as this week's header.
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V): "Faramir", "Minas
Tirith", Silmaril" (silmari.jpg). The Cave has been separated into
still more Rooms (tables).
May 18, 2006
New art: Cave
of
Cassia-(TV):
"Black Breath". Illustration for the linked story of the same name
by Cassia and Siobhan.
May 17, 2006
New art: Cave of Elatan-(Valar): New photos from Elatan-(Valar)
of the bows, which he made, in use. He also has a new photo of the
mosaic of a tree done by his brother and himself on the side of
Elatan's brother's house.
May 15, 2006
Arwen-(V) kindly aided the page by making the
Cave of Turgon load far faster. She cropped and resized the large
amount of work, then made thumbnails.
May 11, 2006
New art: Cave
of
Elwing-(V): "Elleth Muse". Received and copyrighted May
5, 2006.
May 5, 2006
New art: Cave
of
Cassia-(TV): "Vilya", illustration for the story of the
same name.
May 2, 2006
New art: Cave
of
Cassia-(TV): "Mistaken Identity", illustration for the
story of the same name.
May 1, 2006
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V) "Ringil".
Actually received and copyrighted April 29, 2006. Posted May 1,
sorry for the delay.
April 28, 2006
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V) "A Silmaril"
colored, ivy-wrapped.
April 23, 2006
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V) "The
Silmaril of Maedhros""
April 2, 2006
New cave with new art: Cave of TJ-(TV) :
Map of Middle-earth at the time of the War of the Ring. A series of
photos showing part of his archetype table-top game set on this map.
Changed Cassia's
Cave to show the titles at the top, to make it neater.
March 28, 2006
New art: Cave
of
Cassia-(TV): "Father's Love", "You Make Me Home", "Never
Alone"
March 23, 2006
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V): "Makar"
March 22, 2006
New art: Cave
of
Cassia-(TV): "Change of Heart, Change of Mind", "Exile",
"Return"
March 21, 2006
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V): "Iron
Crown"
March 20, 2006
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V) : "Silmarilli",
"Mandos"
March 12, 2006
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V) second version of the Necromancer: "Necromancer_II".
March 10, 2006
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V):
"Gimli"
March 9, 2006
New art! Cave of Turgon-(V):
"Feanor", "Elrond with Thror's Map", "Eonwe_II"
March 8,
2006
New
art! See a "Musical Ringwraith" in the Cave of Turgon-(V).
New art! See "First Meetings", "Change of
Heart, Change of Mind" in the Cave of Cassia-(TV)
March 7, 2006
New art! See "Hope" in the Cave of Cassia-(TV).
March 5, 2006
New art! See "Gorthaur" in the Cave
of
Turgon-(V).
New cave! See the Cave
of
Cassia-(TV). It already shows two illustrations for a series
in our story section, for stories by the same names. Cassia and
Siobhan co-wrote this series, called The Mellon Chronicles. The
illustrations are "Tears Like Rain" and "Captive of Darkness".
March 2, 2006
New art! See the Cave
of
Elatan-(Valar). It's been redone into multiple tables linked
from a menu at the top. The new art is in photos of bows and
arrows he made, the sculpted skeletal heads of two Orcs who may
have been victims of his archery, the process of his making a bust
of Aragorn, busts he made of Arwen, adn two castles which don't
look as if they were made of paper but were.
More new art! See the Cave
of
Turgon-(V). It's been re-done into tables for the Side of
the Valar and the Side of Morgoth, with Silmarillion subjects on
the top, and LotR on the bottom, for a semblance of chronology.
Seven new pictures!
Feb. 22, 2006
New art! The Cave
of
Turgon-(V) added the exhibits of "Illuin", "Ranger", and
"Mouth of Sauron".
These were first sent Dec. 13, 2005 in a format unreadable by the
webmaster. Then Turgon's internet connection and computer had
woes. He returned and sent the files as .jpg's, so Turgon has
conquered all and you may enjoy his work. The art will also be
linked in the future as illustrations for the Valar Guild's
Tolkien Encyclopedia plus.
Feb. 20, 2006
New art: Cave of Turgon-(V): "Northern Ranger"
2005:
Dec. 13, 2005
Turgon-(TV)'s cave is now Turgon-(V),
as he has become a Full Member. Congrats! His file names have also
changed. He has more art coming, but the current file is not
readable by me, as it is in a compressed .rar which I cannot open.
Everyone!
Please send files as jpg. I prefer them on separate emails but
together can be handled at need. If they must be compressed,
please use WinZip as I have that program.
Dec. 11, 2005
New "cave". Aerandir-(V) made his own personal
page with scan of what he's made including armor, trebuchets, and
a sand version of Minas Tirith.
Dec. 2, 2005
New cave and art: "Tengwar text of the One
Ring", transparent background, gold letters, in Thorondor-(Valar)'s
Cave.
Nov. 29, 2005
New cave and art: "Ungoliant vs Morgoth", in
Turgon-(TV)'s Cave. This cave name and URL may change in the
future, as he wishes to become a Full Member, but will still be
available from the Caverns.
Oct. 20, 2005
Added frames linking the Art section to the
rest of the Encyclopedia, with internal frames as well.
August 25, 2005
Added the new drawing: "Elf Twins", in Elwing-(V)'s
Cave.
August 7, 2005
Added Elwing-(V)'s
Cave, new drawing.
July 31, 2005
Added Arathorn-(Valar)'s
Cave. Drawings. He kindly re-sent the pictures. Thanks,
Arathorn!
July 27, 2005
"About" Page :
- added directions on
enlarging images a second time after clicking the thumbnail. Also
added below Elatan's Starmap, most in need of it.
- added JRR Tolkien's
information on his Glittering Caves.
July 26, 2005
Added Hansen's
Cave: sculptures
Added Eowyn-(V)'s
Cave banners, graphic titles
Added Elatan-(Valar)'s
Cave paintings, graphic art
Updated Dwalin-(TV)'s
Cave painting
July 23, 2005
Vinicius is now the illustrious
Dwalin-(TV). File and link names have been changed and are
now working.
July 21, 2005
Opening page/index: Trying to find the best
links to put in, plus arranging them in the most helpful way while
retaining aesthetics, if any.
Collected Orc heads for Ronnie Hansen's Cave.
Tried to locate if he had a special guild name in TV archives,
need to check Forum.
Trying to locate Arathorn's funnies. Two of our
current picture servers changed to other uses with no warning.
The entire Valar and Varda sections were wiped
from Farmer Maggot's server. Dug through Forum and emails, no
success yet. Contacted him in-game about the problem in case he
still has any files.
July 20, 2005
Completed
caves: Menelvagor-(Valar)-ex, Tuvo-(V)-ex. Might put the
sculptures on html, as the paintings are, later on. Let's get the
caves operational!
Started cave: Arathorn-(Valar)
Completed name figuring, except for Vinicius'
Cave since he hasn't picked a name yet.
Pictures loaded into all current cave areas
except Arathorn's, Book, TwoRings.
Uncaved: Book, TwoRings
Text files
on the valarguild.org server, images on the game-host server.
Links changing.
July 19, 2005
Building
new front page, which goes on Alatar's server. The other parts are
better served if they all sit on the same server, using
AuSteinM's.
Figuring
out the current guild names of people who have been listed for
years in the caves.
Adding
caves for old and new folk, some from this week, as the names
straighten out.
Eowyn-(V)
agreed to make a graphic for the Glittering Caves title, to match
the ones she did for the Valar Guild index and Tolkien
Encyclopedia.
Considered
using frames, but they seem to distract from the pictures.
Sticking with Elatan's system for the most part.
Caverns
being kept: Elatan-(Valar)'s many original works, Menelvagor's are
all original
Caves
being made new: Arthorn-(Valar), Elatan-(Valar), Eowyn-(V),
Vinicius (became Dwalin-TV).
Caves
being dropped: Ghan-buri-ghan-(V)'s (page was named Turin) as it
contained no original work, although some beautiful links, and he
is no longer active in the guild. Durin's, same comments.
As this
art gallery is part of the Valar Guild Tolkien Encyclopedia, we
already have sections there for articles, poetry, stories, book
reviews, etc. They will have links to relevant parts of this art
page. Link backs to the articles may be provided from the art's
page.
July 18, 2005
Tried
using Elatan's old set-up, but I don't have the same software.
Re-building, but still going with a number of Elatan's great
ideas, such as the name, the idea of caves, and the thumbnails for
each cave that lead to the full-sized versions. I have a
collection of pictures sent directly to me that never made it into
the original caves, since GeoCities could not let Elatan back in
to work on it after their merger with Yahoo.
top
July 17, 2005: AuSteinM,
creator of DoorMan Bot, donated space for the images. The starting
page and text portion server space was donated by Alatar-(Valar).
Varda (me) tried out the new server and it's ftp and was pleased.
It also has no ads!
Glittering Cave management passed from Amillo-(Valar) aka
Elatan-(Valar) to Varda-(Valar). The site now takes only original
work for that person's cave, and is therefore sure to give credit.
Contact information is also intended.
GeoCities, which hosted Amillo's Glittering Caves, merged with Yahoo
and, despite much email, could not help Amillo reach the page
anymore as they could not recover the password. He was therefore
unable to put the proper credits on the page, or do anything else
with it. He has since become very interested in making his own bows
and other hobbies, with a little World of WarCraft gaming.
Dec. 9, 1998: Amillo-(Valar) created the original Glittering Caves
of Aglarond for Valar Guild members to post favorite links and
original work on GeoCities.
Already available due to over seven years of existence:
Server space: Alatar-(Valar) donated space
heavily used by the various Valar Guild pages including the Tolkien
Encyclopedia text, Gaming pages, and guild business pages. Farmer
Maggot-(V) has also donated server space and very helpful programs
that he made himself, including channel greeter/info/botmail bots
and bridges between our meeting areas so that all can be heard and
be heard at the same time from AIM, IRC, SigmaChat, and Battle.net.
He created a search program for the Encyc, but it had problems,
including requiring each article to be entered into the program.
Forum: to discuss Tolkien, other authors, gaming,
business, to greet, to type our LotR role-play text game, and to
generally chit-chat.
Meetings: every Sunday AIM meeting at 5pm EST for
business and then Tolkien chat, often breaking afterwards into
gaming.
Gaming: where a lot of our discussions also
occur. Currently World of WarCraft is the most popular, with an
official branch in the Alliance, Lothar server, Americas run by
Eonwe-(Valar) and an unofficial shadow guild on Argent Dawn, Europe
in a more general guild run by Menelvagor-(Valar).
top
Back
