The second coffee painting I ever did was of Nori the Dwarf. I loved painting the intricate hair, and the contrasting leather and suede of the clothes, but I had yet to find the method I now use with light and contrast.
I gifted the original painting to Jed Brophy, who played Nori in the hobbit trilogy. A year later, we met again at another convention, and ended up on the same plane from Sweden to London for the red carpet premiere of Battle of the Five Armies. Afterwards, I went straight to New Zealand for a few weeks of Hobbity goodness, and managed to run into him again by chance while in Wellington 😅
He sure seems to be a big Beecake fan, but who can blame him? 😂
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Jed Brophy back at it again
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Morning Hate is a short film written and directed by Dean O'Gorman, about stretcher-bearers in the first world war.
They are crowdfunding to help complete the project, and the the Boosted campaign has hit its initial goal of $15,000 NZD!
They're working toward their stretch goal to try to hit $25,000 NZD, so if you were hoping to support the project, they could very much use the support!
Dean posted on his Instagram that they actually needed $25,000 but because Boosted is an all-or-nothing platform, they set the goal to $15,000 because they thought they might be able to get that.
If you can donate, any amount helps!
Sharing is also very helpful! 💛
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Jed Brophy (who played Vrath the Uruk) on JMawle’s departure from the show:
from Jed’s son:
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October 29, its Jed Brophy's birthday! Doodled this Nori for it!
Nori is such a fun character, I love him so much! Whenever I'm sad I find myself watching con panel recordings with Jed in them. He's such funny guy and never fails to make me laugh!
I've watched quite a lot of movies and shows with him in, he's such an amazing actor! Happy birthday Jed Brophy!
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seeing an orc in lotr or rings of power like [narrows eyes] is that jed brophy
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I am sooooo happy to say that with less than 2 days to go, the Morning Hate Boosted campaign has surpassed its stretch goal of $25,000 NZD!!
Well done and thank you so much to everyone who supported by sharing the link, donating, etc. 💛💛💛💛
I'm so excited for Dean and the rest of the team, and look forward to the finished film. All that extra funding means they can put the finishing touches on it that they'd hoped for.
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In Rings of Power, there's an uruk that we call "Fabio." That's because Jed Brophy, who played him, gave the character that nickname based on his long wig for the role.
This is Fabio in Episode 6: "Udûn." Isn't he sweet? And look at that fabulous hair.
Anyhow, "Fabio" is a great name but it doesn't fit super well as an uruk name. So, I naturally tried to translate it into Black Speech.
According to almost all sources that I could find, the name Fabio is a modern Italian name that can be traced back to a Roman patrician family by the name of "Fabius." Allegedly, their name is derived from the Latin word "faba", which means "1) bean (from a plant); 2) a bead which resembles a bean or seed."
Fabio is most commonly translated to mean "bean farmer," but fan-constructed Black Speech does not have a word for farmer and the original meaning is just "bean." So, I have decided to call this uruk "Grosh" in my fic, which literally means "bean" in the Land of Shadow (LOS) dictionary.
TLDR: 'Fabio' can be translated to 'Grosh,' if you want a more Black Speech sounding name.
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