Hobbit Day is the birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. Both Bilbo and Frodo were said to be born on September 22, but of different years. Tolkien fans around the world celebrate Hobbit Day in some form or another, and the internet is buzzing with Hobbit activity. You can follow the online celebrations brought to you by Middle-earth Network with lots of readings, live streams and information. Yesterday was an important marker as it was the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit. A special 75th Anniversary edition has been published for this occasion. The second trailer of the upcoming The Hobbit movie was released this week, which is awesome to watch as it is, but on The Hobbit website you can even create your own version of the trailer! My favourite blog to keep up with all Hobbit news is Heirs of Durin (ok it’s really about dwarves, but hey, they were in that book too so we’re stuck with them). If you enjoy LARP and parody, don’t miss the Hobbit Day episode from The Troubadoors. Lotro has us celebrating along by offering a double bonus point and double XP weekend all at once, and if that wasn’t enough the Treasure Hunt event and the Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner are still active. My little blog is joining in the fun of online festivities with a Hobbit outfit! Yeah, big surprise there, I know. 😀
For those of you who don’t follow my tweets or haven’t heard from other sources yet: the Lotro Community Team has kindly opened a forum dedicated to Outfits and Cosmetics! The long standing and ever popular thread “Show us your Favorite Cosmetic Outfit” has finally found a fixed home as it has been stickied on top. I will be visiting the forum regularly and hope to find lots of inspiring ideas and outfits there, as well as help players that have questions.
Happy Hobbit Day!
Head: Mariner’s Hat and Eye-patch, red dye (Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner event, cosmetic)
Chest: Tunic of Harmony, crimson dye (Vol.II Book 7 quest reward, light armour or Lotro store cosmetic)
Hands: Durn-durnvol, black dye (boe drop from Isengard instances, light)
Shoulders: Noriel’s Folly, black dye (Great River quest reward, light)
Legs: (Ceremonial) Silver-voice Leggings, black dye (Helegrod raid minstrel armour or cosmetic)
Back: Treasure Hunter’s Satchel, crimson dye (Treasure Hunt reward, cosmetic)
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This is a perfect piratey outfit! I love it 🙂 And I like the dancing that your precious hobbit is doing. BTW, where did you take this screenshot? Cause I haven’t seen this scene yet, so I’m guessing it’s not in any of the starter zones? (Somehow I’m still having too much fun leveling my alts to lvl 20 int he starter zones 😀 )
This color combination is very nice. I noticed you’ve used the same combination on your minstrel with the Third Spring contest and there too it’s a great combination! It’s…. chic (not sure if that’s the word I’m looking for) and still so much different for the two characters. One a pirate and the a minstrel preparing for a concert. incredible that such a color combination can have so much of a difference depending on which outfit you choose. That’s something I never expected! I had been thinking about a “uniform” for my crafters in my Cfratoholics kin, but now perhaps I’m going for colors instead of a set “uniform”. I see that it can work greatly now 🙂
Thank you Choco! I think the colour scheme for the pirate came out naturally because the leggings already have the undyeable crimson part to it. I always complement the undyeable colours to make the entire outfit match. The dancing comes from the emote /toast that dropped from the Lost Envelopes quest during the 5th Anniversary. It’s among the best emotes in the game (though the Treasure Hunt emotes are of that same level). The screenshots were taken in front of the Floating Log Inn in Frogmorton, the Shire. In fact the “hobbit hole” that you see in the background picture is a close shot from the Inn as well. So it’s not as far away as you think! Sometimes an angle just makes a location look differently.
You give so many tips in your responses to our comments 🙂 Match the undyeable colors, got it.
Emotes are always fun to see. There are so many I haven’t seen yet ( I think) and so many to learn. Maybe I’ll get one of those plugins where I can have more slotbars than 5, so that I can have the dance emotes (and others) slotted as well. They might come in very handy.
Oh, I’ve been at the Floating Log Inn a long time ago. I guess I should take a look there again! Angles do indeed make a (big) difference!