The Hobbit- Orc Warg Riders(summary taken from http://lotr.wikia.com/)Warg riders first appeared dur
The Hobbit- Orc Warg Riders(summary taken from http://lotr.wikia.com/)Warg riders first appeared during the Battle of the Five Armies, where they killed many Men and Dwarves before being defeated on the slopes of the Lonely Mountain. Based on descriptions in The Hobbit, the Orcs of the Misty Mountains had some control over the Wargs living there. However, most Warg riders were loyal to the evil leaders of Mordor.Their cuirass was often made from the bones of a horse’s rib cage, to which was stitched pieces of hide and fur; during centuries of wear — if the Orc survived his close contact with the Wargs, living with and feeding them as they did — the Warg-rider’s armor would go from foul-smelling to rotten, and so would need to be constantly repaired and replaced.Fresh hide would be stitched on top of old, and bones would be replaced as they disintegrated. Other parts of the orc’s body would be wrapped in hide that had been reinforced with bone, and adorned with Warg fangs and spikes made from sharpened bone, to protect it from both enemy and ally.All these designs were created by artist Nick Keller for Weta -- source link
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