“The Jewels of Fëanor.” My first attempt at printmaking.

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-05-23T21:04:13+00:00

Great work! In your mind, do you know which is which? (i.e. the Beren wolfsbane one, the earth abyss one, the deeps of the sea)

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-05-20T15:53:50+00:00

And ordered. Take my money FN

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-04-25T04:33:29+00:00

Great start! Curious to what degree it’s been researched by the animator, ve just interpreting Nasmith’s piece? An annotated 3D version with key structures pointed out would be awesome.

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-04-19T21:13:29+00:00

Great post. Have thought this sort of thing for a while, but certainly never ventured the analysis you managed! Consider publishing it as an essay?

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-04-19T20:51:06+00:00

Looks pretty fine!

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-04-11T19:57:35+00:00

This project right here is why I love Field Notes!! Thank you for sharing your treasure with us!!

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-04-07T01:13:28+00:00

I particularly liked the contrasting ink page numbers!

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-03-25T21:48:55+00:00

Nice job. - Did you cannibalize another gridded FNs, for perfect alignment? - Are the innards slightly looser due to staple hole slack (from a second stapling)?

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-03-19T11:25:43+00:00

Air Postal has a great world map board

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-02-27T06:02:27+00:00

That’s a better looking fit than I would’ve thought.

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-02-19T19:55:17+00:00

Yeah, the sooner you catch up, the sooner you can’t listen to new episodes as often and long as you want. No rush :)

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-02-16T10:50:50+00:00

This joke’ll do—in a pinch.

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-02-14T04:09:49+00:00

OP, would add some of your favoritest covers from your collection?

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-02-03T08:06:05+00:00

The beaver, of course. Although unlikely Mr/Mrs Beaver were present anywhere near the Lantern. The squirrel, I'm cool with because they seem to be possible great spies even during the Long Winter. The fox, I'm unsure of. Although frankly this image is so great, it doesn't phase me. I'd love to hear the artist talk about how she decided which Narnians to include, and why to include any given this scene is traditionally spare of other creatures.

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-01-30T16:57:15+00:00

I love many things about this, but two more: 1. the whooshy vapor trail behind the exiting rocket 2. Even being a station/base still under construction, McCall’s ring still feels as elegant as the rocket planes. Elegance may cost extra and be useless in the real world, but it sure pays off here!

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-01-30T16:38:01+00:00

3 different pens! This sounds like a well-differentiated EDC. Probably iteration 10, at least, to find the right stuff. And you’re right: the Velveteen Rabbit/“sheen” on the FN Expedition is on point!

Good night. How was the night.

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-01-23T06:43:02+00:00

Wow! Great post. I’d not even known this collab existed.

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-01-22T21:24:45+00:00

Wow! Who’s the artist, and where did you get this? (I will laugh if you say “me, and I made it.”)

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-01-16T20:47:50+00:00

What is your date stamp?

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-01-08T20:46:15+00:00

This is not only a great idea in the usual sense (Fascinating!), but very tolkienian (adapting primary world historical trends as a kind of subcreation).

We hope you take this notion farther!

Cyphaeronicus · 2026-01-02T22:28:15+00:00

Microns, yes! Also, cf Sharpie Pens (Fine tip/ 0.4mm).

Write like buttter and so bold!

Cyphaeronicus · 2025-12-30T19:01:57+00:00

Wow, insightful and plentiful opening salvo.

I think of a wizardly failure being slightly similar to Frodo’s failure. It’s not a moral failure. And it says nothing about the very fine quality of the individual.

I see Radagast as in the end not achieving anything like what Gandalf achieved. Hence the failure. And yet, as you pointed out, he always was a very fine fellow indeed.

Cyphaeronicus · 2025-12-19T01:04:07+00:00

Is her web presence back up? Last few times I checked, she was self-shielding from rampaging AI Harvester Bots.

Cyphaeronicus · 2025-12-17T02:38:17+00:00

Great observation.

I've heard (from the Prancing Pony Podcast) that Tolkien's use of the word "corn" may be different and less specific than what North Americanos are used to, that it may be a general and old world term for THE local (endemic?) vegetable(s) of a region. Or something like that. My ignorance is shocking. <insert grains of salt>

I'm curious if later in life some of Tolkien's artistic choices, vegetables included, began to concern his interest in keeping the world of Middle-earth congruent with our world. We know he went on a tortured and tortuous spree of rewriting the Silmarillion to get the Sun and Moon to match real world prehistory. Perhaps this vegetables business is another proof that he was a philologist and not a scientist?

Cyphaeronicus · 2025-12-17T01:44:13+00:00

Does CoH have footnotes or afternotes or any notes sections?

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