위치킹 프로도 웨더탑 반지의제왕 웨타 WETA - Witch-King and Frodo at Weathertop

THE WITCH-KING & FRODO AT WEATHERTOP

- Price : $699.00

- Limited Edition of 700

- Dimensions : (W x H x D) 36 cm x 41 cm x 24 cm
- Weight : 6.162 kg

- Features

 : Captures a critical moment in Tolkien’s story, where we almost lose our hero;
 : Elements whipped & distorted by Wraith-world effects create the sense the Witch-King is in a different elemental space, distanced from the Hobbit;
 : Made from high-quality polystone with environmental resin;

 

Hunted by Sauron’s Ringwraiths, Frodo and his Hobbit companions flee into the wilderness, led by the mysterious Strider. By secret ways, the ranger guides them across country to Amon Sûl, a lonely hill east of Bree where long ago his Númenórean ancestors built a watchtower. Known as Weathertop, the bare, ruin-studded hill affords a wide view of the lands about, and the companions had hoped to find sign of the missing Wizard Gandalf.

 

Any hope of rest is soon shattered when a Nazgûl scream pierces the air: the enemy has found them! Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin are surrounded by five black-cowled Ringwraiths as they huddle amid the broken stones, swords drawn. But the Halflings are no match for the Wraiths, who bat Frodo’s companions aside with disinterest as the Witch-king, their lord, advances on the stumbling Ringbearer.

Unable to resist, Frodo thrusts the One Ring onto his finger and is plunged into the grey spirit world of Ring-sight. No longer an empty black robe, the Witch-king is revealed to Frodo in his true form, fell and terrible to behold. Beneath a bladed crown he glows with an unearthly light; a tall white being of ghostly skin drawn about sunken features, wispy hair whipped by an ethereal tempest, and a long, jagged blade in his luminous hand as he reaches for the Ring.

As a sculptor this piece was really interesting to work on. There’s so many elements that you have to think about: the flowing of the fabric, the otherworldly mist, Frodo’s intense expression on his face and the tension between him and the Witch-king. It made it a really great challenge and also stretched me as an artist.

Jane Wenley - Sculptor, Weta Workshop

CREATING THE WITCH-KING & FRODO AT WEATHERTOP
Packing an armature into her San Diego Comic-Con suitcase, Wētā Workshop sculptor Jane Wenley began the piece in the thick of the action in 2018. The sculpture evolved over a period of two years, with the statue’s composition and detail undergoing an evolution driven by co-founder and creative director, Richard Taylor. Watch our creative journey unfold in our two-part series on the making of this collectible.

 

Witch-King & Frodo at Weathertop: The Making of a Collectible, Part 1:

Witch-King & Frodo at Weathertop: The Making of a Collectible, Part 2:

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To mark the upcoming release of the Witch-king and Frodo at Weathertop, we had Daniel Falconer put pencil to paper and sketch his interpretation of the scene. In thinking about the Witch-king and Frodo at Weathertop, I wanted to emphasize the disparity in size and power between the two characters. This is a pivotal moment in our story, when the true danger of the Ring is driven home and we almost lose our hero. I wanted Frodo to seem tiny and completely outmatched by the towering Wraith. 

Having Frodo already knocked to the ground and the Wraith leaning over him really emphasized the peril. This statue has given us the chance to do something no one has done in previous collectible depictions of this scene or its characters, which has been to include some of the environment, whipped and distorted by Wraith-world effects. Peter Jackson crafted the Wraith-world to have a kind of tumultuous atmosphere, with a whipping spiritual wind that seemed to tug at the edges of everything in that space. This is great because it has afforded us the opportunity to imbue the statue with a sense of movement and energy. It’s exciting to know that soon we’ll be able to reveal how sculptor Jane Wenley and the team recreated this incredible scene as a piece of collectible art.