Elrond's breastplate, built by Jason Bradley.

Council Scene.

Inventing elven costumes.

Army assembling.

Elrond (Luther Lown) in chain maille of his own design.

Last-minute touches (Jacob, Mark, Luther, & Newlin)

Filming an elvish army (Tim, Mark, & Jordan)

Getting all gussied up for the ladies (Camren Cheline)

Assembling the elves

Luther's Dream Fulfilled (Luther Lown and elvish company)

Sword Elf (D'Anna Stidham)

Murray's Ring of Engagement (Mark, Tim, and Kris)

Series 1: Becoming an orc (Nathan & Laurie)

Series 2: Becoming an orc (Laurie Kennedy)

Series 3: Becoming an orc (Laurie Kennedy)

Principal photography wraps! (Willy, Nic, Nathan, Mark, Cam, Doug, & Laurie)

Rehearsing the death scene (Dan Vance & Curtis Entrekin)

The essence of creativity - the eyes of a child! (Andrew Crutchfield)

Gandalf and the hobbits (Willy Peters, Mark Mahaffey, Tim Jackson, Kris Foster, Kevin Flickner)

Aragorn prepares for battle (Dan Vance)

The hobbits dance the night away.

Shooting the Council of Elrond.

Saruman assists Gandalf With his robes (Mark & John)

Gandalf loves on the camera in the Manhouse.

Screenwriter Ken Johnson tries out Bilbo's pipe

Bilbo & Gandalf discuss the Ring.

Frodo Baggins (Willy Peters)

Saruman & orc. (John Lyle & Andrew Merritt)

Tim Wilson directs Mark and Willy.

Frodo & Gandalf at the tree.

AD Nic Pfost at work

Samwise snags some zzz's.

Galadriel (Katie Clinebelle)

Frodo helps Boromir (Curtis Entrekin) look deathly.

Practicing for the party scene

Merry & Pippin. (Kevin Flickner & Kris Foster)

Rosie dancing at Bilbo's Graduation Party (Meredith Pritchett)

AD Camren Cheline consults with Frodo (Willy Peters)

Samwise Gamgee (Tim Jackson).

A sacrifice to be a hobbit.

Sound guy as head double for Elrond. (Andy Shire)

Blocking out a scene, very late at night. (Mark, Nic, Tim, Tara, and Willy)

Aragorn (Dan Vance) addresses the council.

Double-checking (or is it first-checking?) lines. (Willy, Mark, Ken, and Tara)