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Originally Posted by Longstaff Sixpenny
Anyone have a count of what creatures and landscapes in PJ's LoTR came from Howe or Lee? The Stone Trolls were essentially lifted from an illustration done by Lee, as was Orthanc. Howe's design for the Winged Beasts/Nazgul Steeds was also adopted pretty much wholesale. I wonder if the "camouflaging" Smaug will be closer to Lee's design? Here's a link to the two side-by-side:
http://fan.theonering.net/middleearthtours/dragons.html |
I think the dragon will look more like the one in the movie "Sword of Xanten", but that's just me.