Continuing with the Gondor theme for Update 14, this week’s outfit is for a Swan-knight in-training! Not a whole lot to say about this outfit that isn’t included in the video. I really wanted to make a swan-knight inspired outfit but I don’t have the full heavy Dol Amroth armour that looks like the swan-knight outfits. So instead I opted for...

In this series I will be looking at the various dresses available to cosmetically wear in LOTRO. I will be assisted by Lizzy and Alesel. This first offering, the Common Long-Sleeved Dress available in the low level vendor Outfitters. It’s very inexpensive so a great first dip into cosmetic outfitting. Here is the dress with the default colouring, in this case...

This week’s video highlight is a parody of the Disney film Tangled.  “When Real Life Begins (MMO Parody)” was released in 2014 on Tymmy Dangerously’s YouTube channel. Do you know of a good LOTRO video and want it to be featured in this series? Send an email to lotroplayers.mymiddleearth@gmail.com with a link to the video and it might end...

On YouTube it was requested that I make a non-combat kind of outfit and this is the result! I decided to make an outfit for someone who has been doing a lot of traveling and sight-seeing throughout Middle-earth. The clothes are a bit ragged and the colors are all muted greys and browns. In the video I also mention that you can change out the backpack. I...

Hail and well met friends!  Andang here excited about finally finishing my commentary series of the Volume 1 Epic Story.  I started this series in November of 2012.  At the time I just had the microphone inside my laptop and no idea all the work that goes into making videos for YouTube.   Sometime in the early episodes I decided to start to read and eventually...

Way back when the game had only recently gone Free to Play, Turbine started introducing meta-deeds to the game. These meta-deeds came with some pretty awesome titles and steeds and I was really into getting all of them. One of these meta-deeds was for Elf reputation. If you reached kindred with the Elves of Rivendell, Galledhrim and Malledhrim you would get the...

On twitter I was asked to put together an outfit for a Ranger with a guard focus. Besides the iconic ranger shoulder wrap I didn’t use any Ranger/Grey Company pieces to make it more unique. The shoulder wrap though has that distinguished texture and star emblem, so I felt I had to include it to really give it authenticity as a Ranger outfit. Let me know...

The BBB is at it once again with another high quality LOTRO video. This time however there is a bit of a twist as it is actually a music video of one of Tolkien’s...

This week’s video highlight takes us all the way back to the Shadows of Angmar release on Tuesday April 24th, 2007.  The launch event for the game was held at an EB Games inside Universal Citywalk Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.  The following two videos were released within a few days after the release. GameTrailers LOTRO Launch Event...

This week’s video highlight features a funny story with a lot of cowbell.  “The Bluebonnett Blues” was released in 2011 on Bards, Beers, & Longbeards’ YouTube channel. Do you know of a good LOTRO video and want it to be featured in this series? Send an email to lotroplayers.mymiddleearth@gmail.com with a link to the video and it...

I know there are quite a few people out there who roleplay their characters as rogues or ruffians or brigands. I’m definitely not one of them. The closest I’ve come to that is my hunter from Bree who can be a bit rough around the edges but is good at heart. However if you are one of those people who likes to have your characters cast on the darker...

Last week I posted my ‘trailer’ style video of the Beta 1 version of Dol Amroth on Bullroarer. Now I have one for another of the regions in Update 14: Lamedon! The focus of this video is the aesthetics and style of the country side, towns, and beacons of Lamedon. There’s a vignette filter added to make the video more ‘cinematic’. Let me know what...

After posting my View of Dol Amroth video, it was suggested that I make a swan-knight outfit. I had every intention of doing so for this week’s outfit too, but I just could not get it the way I wanted. It’s hard to find good looking plate-type armour in this game, and on top of that it’s hard to find good-looking plate type armour that...

This week’s video highlight takes us behind the thought process of creating The Witch-king.  This week’s highlight originally comes from behind the scenes disk included with the Special Edition of the base game.  “The Witch-king (Beyond the Shadows)” was released in 2009 on Turbine’s official YouTube channel.  Do you know of a good LOTRO...

This is a look around the city of Dol Amroth in Western Gondor. The focus of this video is the aesthetics and style of the city of Dol Amroth. There’s a vignette filter added to make the video more ‘cinematic’. I plan on doing videos like this for other areas of interest in Western Gondor as the beta continues. Let me know what you think! If...

Today Turbine released the first build of the Update 14 Beta.  Andang and Ethelros journeyed through the new zones, providing commentary on the zones. Belfalas Part 1 Belfalas Part 2 Inside Paths of the Dead The Sea Blackroot Vale...

This week’s video highlight is easily the most beautiful looking piece of cinematography for LOTRO I have seen. Each and every shot is nothing less than breathtaking and it is to the fantastic song “Still Alive” by Lisa Miskovsky.  This song created for use in Mirror’s Edge but seems to work perfectly with this video. “Lord of the...

Weatherstock is almost upon us and LOTRO Players is proud to announce that we will be live streaming all 5+ hours of Weatherstock VI. The stream will be hosted by the LOTRO Players News team. LOTRO Players will be having several guests throughout the concert including Harperella, one of the key organizers of past Weatherstocks. All the fun will start at 11:30...

I received a request to make an outfit based on the Noldor elves, Feanor and/or the Silmarils. At first when putting together the outfit on that theme I was trying to think of all the star-based cosmetics I could. Unfortunately most of the cosmetics with star motifs are squarely on the Man side of cosmetic styling because of their Dunedain ties. I wound up idly...

I was planning to do a hobbit outfit for this week but I wasn’t sure what kind of outfit to make. Everything I seemed to try was too similar to the Mathom Society Record-keeper’s outfit I made. While trying to get some more ideas I was aimlessly looking through the outfits my hobbit already had in her character journal and found the jacket from this...