(Re)Creating Tolkien's Middle-Earth - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Banthro · 06-14-2011, 08:45 AM

Hey everyone, I am new to the Barrows, but I wanted to inform everyone here about a project me and several other people are involved in. This project is recreating Tolkien's Middle-Earth in Minecraft, which is (as you can imagine) a large project. Before you get me wrong, I am not here to just advertise and try and get people for this project. I wanted to know if you at the Barrows could assist us in lore and anything that we may have missed. We like to think we have an extensive collection and a large atlas, but experts such as you may be able to help us out. We have done most of Moria, which has taken us about three months. We are also pretty much finished with the Shire and are moving north to build Arnor (we are currently building Annuminas). If there is anything you guys can do to help us, we would be grateful. Or, if you wish to visit our Minecraft server, if you have Minecraft, then you are welcome to come and see what we have done. Thank you for reading this

alatar · 06-14-2011, 10:07 AM

Banthro, Welcome to the Downs!

For those of us who don't play Minecraft (like I need another timehole

), would you be able to provide some screenshots of your work?

Banthro · 06-14-2011, 10:53 AM

Well, here is one I took myself of Rivendell. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...429124026.png/
We have a lot of screenshots of our server already on our website, so you can see them all here (http://www.minecraftmiddleearth.com/screenshots). We also have a youtube video out advertising the project which shows many of our creations too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HdKXlN_gB0). Also, if there is anything you wanted to see which we have made, then I can screenshot it, provided we built it. Also we have also built certain buildings not in the areas currently done in a freebuilding area. For example, I think we have an Orthanc, but I am not sure if it is fully built yet. I hope you liked these and found them worthy of Tolkien. Also, I take no full credit for any of these things, as I have not built any of these things solely, nor did I create the trailer or take any of the screenshots seen apart from the one of Rivendell at the top.

Kitanna · 06-14-2011, 10:59 AM

I never did like Minecraft, but people make some awesome stuff. These are pretty cool. There's plenty of references here if you just browse, but is there anything specific you're looking for?

Galadriel55 · 06-14-2011, 11:07 AM

The mountains are very impressive!

Banthro · 06-14-2011, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitanna

I never did like Minecraft, but people make some awesome stuff. These are pretty cool. There's plenty of references here if you just browse, but is there anything specific you're looking for?

Well, we do have quite an in-depth atlas and we know most of the lore. However, there are bits we forget or get wrong. For example, we built the palace in Annuminas as a massive building with a large triangular roof. Turns out that it was meant to have a domed roof, so we had to change it. The problem is, that we have no real way of looking for these things, so it's a bit hard to look for specific things. However, if, during our project, we hit any walls, which I believe we will when dealing with more of the North and the more obscure areas, we should be able to know what we want to know. But, as I said, at the moment it's just a case of searching sources for anything we have missed. Also, thanks for liking the work we have done so far.

alatar · 06-14-2011, 02:12 PM

Wow!

06-14-2011, 08:45 AM	#1
Banthro Newly Deceased Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 5	(Re)Creating Tolkien's Middle-Earth Hey everyone, I am new to the Barrows, but I wanted to inform everyone here about a project me and several other people are involved in. This project is recreating Tolkien's Middle-Earth in Minecraft, which is (as you can imagine) a large project. Before you get me wrong, I am not here to just advertise and try and get people for this project. I wanted to know if you at the Barrows could assist us in lore and anything that we may have missed. We like to think we have an extensive collection and a large atlas, but experts such as you may be able to help us out. We have done most of Moria, which has taken us about three months. We are also pretty much finished with the Shire and are moving north to build Arnor (we are currently building Annuminas). If there is anything you guys can do to help us, we would be grateful. Or, if you wish to visit our Minecraft server, if you have Minecraft, then you are welcome to come and see what we have done. Thank you for reading this

06-14-2011, 10:07 AM	#2
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Banthro, Welcome to the Downs! For those of us who don't play Minecraft (like I need another timehole ), would you be able to provide some screenshots of your work? __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.

06-14-2011, 10:53 AM	#3
Banthro Newly Deceased Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 5	Well, here is one I took myself of Rivendell. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...429124026.png/ We have a lot of screenshots of our server already on our website, so you can see them all here (http://www.minecraftmiddleearth.com/screenshots). We also have a youtube video out advertising the project which shows many of our creations too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HdKXlN_gB0). Also, if there is anything you wanted to see which we have made, then I can screenshot it, provided we built it. Also we have also built certain buildings not in the areas currently done in a freebuilding area. For example, I think we have an Orthanc, but I am not sure if it is fully built yet. I hope you liked these and found them worthy of Tolkien. Also, I take no full credit for any of these things, as I have not built any of these things solely, nor did I create the trailer or take any of the screenshots seen apart from the one of Rivendell at the top. Last edited by Banthro; 06-14-2011 at 10:56 AM. Reason: Image wouldn't appear, needed to change image hosting site.

06-14-2011, 10:59 AM	#4
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	I never did like Minecraft, but people make some awesome stuff. These are pretty cool. There's plenty of references here if you just browse, but is there anything specific you're looking for? __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

06-14-2011, 11:07 AM	#5
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,408	The mountains are very impressive! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

06-14-2011, 02:12 PM	#7
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Wow! __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.