Brian Weaver
brianitguy.bsky.social
Brian Weaver
@brianitguy.bsky.social
Chief dog walker, IT Tutor & CWGC volunteer. Former cyclist & rugby fan. Much geekiness in Tolkien, Dad's Army, Sherlock Holmes, aircraft & WW1 history
Happy Birthday Galadriel. Annette Crosbie is 92 today. Great that the Lady of Lothlorien is Scottish as well as Victor Meldrew's wife πŸ˜€ The voice of the Noldor in @ralphbakshi.bsky.social Lord of The Rings #Tolkien #LOTR
February 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Nice
February 12, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Felicitations
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Dusting the shelves. What's the collective noun for Gollums? A gaggle of Gollums, a flock of Smeagols? #Tolkien #LOTR #TheHobbit
February 11, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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🌟News to share! My publisher, Uppsala Books, has just shared a first announcement of my second book. Please join me on an immersive hobbit walking-party through their history, culture, and homelands later this year. Please, help me share this news. Thank you for all the encouragement!

#Tolkien
February 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Brilliant (not for my piggy bankπŸ˜€) Looking forward to it. Does it come with a free bookcase?
February 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
But they were, all of them, deceived, for it I with a prop helmet in New Zealand. Second Age 2003 #TolkienTrewsday #LOTR
February 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Cat reliefs "Tisya" and "Pusya" on Borobudur Temple and a relief of a cat with prayer beads on Mendut Temple (both in Central Java) share the theme of deception in their roles; similar to Tevildo, a fay-cat and the early version of Sauron. 🧡1/3

#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday

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February 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Sauron Forging the One Ring by #AlanLee β€œAll of them, deceived” #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien @timbolton.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 7:33 AM
February 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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Bag End #conceptart by Joseph Zucker for #LOTR (1978) from the Bakshi archives
February 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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A journey that began with one hobbit dreaming of an adventure has now grown into a Fellowship of 10,000 editors. A huge thank you to all our dedicated volunteers!
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Not seen this for a while
πŸ₯•πŸ§΅ 10/ One of my favourite Middle-earth inspired cameos comes not from the films themselves but an advert referencing the films: the Air New Zealand safety videos from the time of the Hobbit films. β€œAn Unexpected Briefing” (31 October 2012) was the first. ✈️🦺 1/

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An Unexpected Briefing #AirNZSafetyVideo
YouTube video by Air New Zealand
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February 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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#TolkienTrewsday Week 154: The carrot & the cameo

Albert Dreary bonds with Bill the Pony over a shared love of their favorite food: carrots!
February 3, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Calenhad the Carrot was a stunt vegetable who made a number of cameo appearances in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. Most notably in Shorcut to Mushrooms & Bree scenes. Later immortalised in Lego he showed up in various in sets #TolkienTrewsday #LOTR #Tolkien @timbolton.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 7:25 AM
New (old) arrival. Missed this when it came out in 2003. Hobbit Roverandom Tales from The Perilous Realm paperback box set #Tolkien
February 2, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Thank you all for the contributions to #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday this week, your support and love for #Tolkien is much appreciated!

Coming next Tuesday…
February 1, 2026 at 9:35 PM
February. The Valinorean Month of Tree Sucking. Morgoth & sap sucking friend at Ezellohar. The Killing of The Trees by #AlanLee #Silmarillion #Tolkien
February 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
On my wall
February 1, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Yup. Stopped buying WD around then
January 31, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Gandalf vs. Saruman -> now at the shop
#LOTR

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January 31, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Here's one I've been writing about this week, from the heady fantasy days of 1986 it's John Sibbick's iconic old school cover pic for #Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st edition. Depicting a gang of adventurers storming the Temple of Khorne it's chock full of in-jokes, including Sibbick's severed head πŸ’€
January 31, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I think by that point I was drifting away from GW/Citadel stuff. I preferred the more "traditional" look of fantasy figures. That and they were getting ridiculously big for 25mm miniatures
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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1. Weekend #Tolkien thread as the Fellowship rests in #Lothlorien. Frodo has been traveling side-by-side with lovely Legolas, but he is only one Wood-elf, far from home. Climbing this flet, the hobbit enters a realm where the folk are so different that even time is not the same there. Astonishing.
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Another great image from your book. Don't often see this depicted
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM