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As I’ve written on the Early Middle Earth Online Screens and Renders page, Middle Earth Online was the game that essentially led into The Lord of the Rings Online as we know it today. Turbine handled both projects and you can see that in their image of the Forest Troll below that this was in the works by 2002 at the latest.
There seems to be a pretty significant shift in styles between this and the end-game we play today. The full-color Elf pieces, in particular, show a look that arguably has a more anime-esque slant to it.
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Massively got their hands on some new Mines of Moria related artwork today. While some of it has been made available at the typical press points, I’ve not actually been able to find these elsewhere yet. Maybe you need to be on Turbine’s press list, but unfortunately they’ve yet to get back to me about that one haha.
Anyway, two images released are of special note as they’re the first glimpses we’ve gotten of the concept art for both the Rune-keeper and the Warden.
First, the Rune-keeper:
Then the Warden:
Be sure to click each image for a larger version. I’m especially liking the look of the Rune-keeper.
I’m working on a better plan for galleries at MMeOw so that I have a repository of these images. I’ll be sure to post when I’ve settled on something that works well. Stay tuned!
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