The Fall of Arthedain - Environment
At the end of the Second Age, Elendil the Tall arrived in Middle Earth and founded the kingdom in exile of Arnor, which lasted almost a thousand years, and then because of kin strife between the royal heirs, it was divided in three petty kingdoms and among them, only in Arthedain, Elendil’s Dúnedain dynasty survived. More than a thousand years later after the division of Arnor, Arthedain’s capital Fornost Erain was invaded, captured and ruined by a large army from Angmar, led by the Witch-king. This is a project about concepts for a fictitious film or TV series based on books by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, specially The Lord of the Rings’ appendices.
Witch-king and troll designs by John Howe and Weta Workshop.
Environment and keyframe concept, the Witch-king and Angmar's army ready to storm Fornost's castle
Work progress, environment main concept
Environment concept thumbnails
Keyframe unfinished illustration sequence A
Keyframe unfinished illustration sequence B
Keyframe unfinished illustration sequence C
Fornost's castle design
Fornost's castle final base 3D model
Fornost's castle layout thumbnails
Fornost's castle detail sketches
Fornost's castle detail sketches
Fornost's castle detail sketches
Fornost's castle detail sketches
Fornost's castle detail sketches
Fornost's castle detail sketches
Throne of Arnor and Arthedain design
Throne detail closeup
Throne color options
Fornost's castle interior arch design
Fornost's castle exterior arch design
Arnor and Arthedain sigil design
Arnor and Arthedain sigil thumbnails