These images were taken at the “Battle For Middle Earth”. While it shares a name, I can assure you this is at least 100x cooler than EA’s middling Lord of the Rings strategy series.
Taking place in the Czech Republic, it was an enormous LARP (Live-Action Role-Playing) event, mixed with more than a little cosplay, which saw participants assume the role of a character from Middle Earth, join up with their faction (I can see Mordor, Easterlings, Rohan and Elves… along with a certain wizard), do a little role-playing then smash each other around for a bit in giant pitched battles.
They really went all out. Not only are some of the costumes great work, but they even built a wee castle so they could have a siege.
The event took place last year, but the images were shared with LARPING.org only last week. You can check out the full gallery at the link below.
Pán Prstenů – Bitva o Středozem [2012] by Stano Buštor [Facebook]
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9 responses to “Mad Europeans Re-Enact Lord Of The Rings Battles In Full Armour”
Hey now!
The battle of middle earth games are some of the solidest RTS games out there.
BFME 2 has a special place in the hearts of me and my friends.
Mine too, I’ll always love those men of dale wielding plasma guns-I mean fire arrows. Get a few blocks of pike men and turtling castles as well and it’s good times. Of course I haven’t had a chance to play human players so it’s probably the least effective strategy in the world but I like it 🙂
They all look pretty amazing … but Gandalf has some problems …
hahaha, he’s the best bit! :p
He reminds me of Murray (present) from Flight of the Conchords from their LOTR film clip from the short lived tv series
Why haven’t I seen that yet!?
You really should. It’s a hilarious, though way too short, series, only 10 or 12 eps I think.
About FOTC trying to make it in new york.
I’ve seen some of them, just not the LOTR one.
everyone but Gandalf were bloody awesome