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Thanks! If you see any mistakes let me know. 😊

If I turn it into VR you can get a little closer still. VR walkthroughs of all these places is something I’d like to do. 😊

@@PlacesofMiddleEarth that would be awesome. Keep doing what you do. The algorithm will bless you one day and you'll get the following you deserve.

Then again the Shire theme from the movies was too Disney. LOTRO seems to strike a good balance musically. More rustic I guess.

The Shire never forgot...

Shhhhhh, don’t say the “A” word around here. I don’t need a naughty letter from the Tolkien estate. 😂😂😂 In 20 years the copyright runs out, and you’ll have more adaptations than you know what to do with. 😀

Thanks! Neat project you have too!

I know! I really considered it! I’m a little scared to go too far and fall into adaptation territory and find myself getting a letter from the Tolkien society for being naughty. 😅

Thanks! Also, thanks for teaching me a new word! 😀 I am trying to figure out how to create a kind of liminal or otherworldly vibe since these stories take place in faerie.

Thanks! I get them from Epidemic Sound.

Brilliant minds think alike! 😀

Yep, it’s on my list!

Thanks! I’m so glad you get something out of these!!!

That's why I'm here: to help you all to never forget. 🤣

Hooray! 😁

Thanks! I appreciate it!

No, I haven’t set up anything like that yet. Are you looking to discuss Tolkien/Middle Earth in general or the environments I’m making? I actually would really like lots of community feedback about any changes that could be made to make the environments more accurate and immersive. TH-cam is going to start rolling out some kind of community message board feature to more channels early 2025 so if that works well that would probably be the easiest place to do it. Let me know what you think!

@@PlacesofMiddleEarth It would be interesting to discuss your environments and approach as someone who has been working on something similar for a few years. I use Discord for almost all my Tolkien-related chats as do a lot of people so that might be the best place.

@@_Fornad Yeah, I can give that a try. I’m on discord already (I don’t use it much) but I’ve never made a channel. It probably isn’t too hard, I imagine. If you want to shoot me a message in the meantime my handle is storyknow.

@@PlacesofMiddleEarth Nice, I've sent you a friend request :)

Thanks! In Unreal Engine.

No, thank YOU for watching! 😊

Same here. It was quite atmospheric. And it was there most hobbits of the Fellowship had their Numenorean daggers, handed way down the line of short-lived Cardolan, one of the few things the Witch-King was vulnerable to, as Merry found out.

I made it myself. 😊

@@PlacesofMiddleEarth you need to make a game

Thanks! And they’ll keeping getting better as I improve! Let me know of there anything you want to see.

@@PlacesofMiddleEarth Not so much a particular location, but if you could add some more variation to the plant life in your landscapes it would do a lot to improve verisimilitude. Look up pictures of real-world heaths and grasslands for reference. There are usually a variety of plant heights, clumps of scrub, and often some isolate trees.

​@@Directrix_Gazer I hear you! I had a lot of trouble getting this one to look visually interesting because the text says, specifically, that there were no trees. That just left grass, flowers, and perhaps some small shrubs that I could put in. I looked at a lot of references of downs in the UK and you see lots a trees scattered around that help to break up the landscape. I told myself that for some reason these downs were "different" for Tolkien. It also says the grass is short so I kept it shorter but you are right that I could have had some scattered areas of taller grass! If I get around to re-doing this one hopefully my skills will be leveled up. Anyways, always feel free to leave any comments you have, I want this channel to be community driven and improved!

For sure! What were you thinking?

... If it wasn't for the Numenorean daggers they found there (which brought down the first of the Nine), I guess most hobbits would have think of this episode as a fading dream. If they came to forget it, it shows how much hobbits were mentally resilient.

I want to but got to get the views up!

I created this. All the stuff on the channel is my own creation.

Yes, would be a nice vacation spot! 😂

Thanks! Will do!

Thanks! If you have a moment, let me what you liked about it. It will help me understand what people enjoy!

⁠@@PlacesofMiddleEarthThe format is very good. The visuals with the quotes from the book work well to see how exactly you are processing Tolkien’s work to create the images.

@@PlacesofMiddleEarthI also think the pacing is good. Don’t try to make them too long, and if there are certain details we need to appreciate, let us linger a bit longer. In this one, sometimes it’s more arid landscape, so we don’t need extra time.

So glad you liked it! If there’s anything specific about the video that you found valuable let me know. It will help me understand what people want out of the channel.

⁠@@PlacesofMiddleEarthI like how you are using Tolkien’s own art as reference. The movies (which we all love) really cemented one version of how stuff looks so anything likes this that helps bring us back to the days when there were many wildly different interpretations is great. Hmm 🤔 Orthanc!

Yes, it’s kind of funny to think about for someone of a regal stature.

Thanks!

Doh! I just had to check and see if I made that typo in my Prancing Pony video and luckily I did not. 😂