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As we approach the finale its a McBride #Tolkien mayhem quartet! From 1990 we have Caerlinc the Dúnadan vs Udûn Orcs - 1950s screen siren Lothuial of Dol Amroth - Bloody Skulls out of Mirkwood and bare-thighed King Ostoher about to be crushed by RogRog the Uruk! #AngusMcBride

Ok, its not #Tolkien but it is McBride doing what he does best: warriors and warlords! Roll call as follows - Gauls attack Romans, Irish Gaels attack Viking raiders, King Theodoric the Visigoth dies at Chalons, wild and crazy Landsknechts glory in the Sack of Rome! #AngusMcBride!

This time McBride fans we're showcasing our man's beautifully composed #Tolkien cover illustration for the (wildly uncanonical) 1987 MERP module Woses of the Black Wood. Observe the scene as two elegantly attired mounted dandies fall foul of the Woses' blowpipes...#AngusMcBride

Next up we have double-header of pure McBride narrative illustration. First up is a beautifully lit depiction of Treebeard sharing a draught with Merry and Pippin (c.1990). Second, we have a trademark McBride smash-and-grab rumble from Treason at Helm's Deep (1988) #Tolkien

Tonight - from Igor Kordej (1995) we have one of the most hellish Storms of Mordor ever to grace the annals of #Tolkien illustration. Across a Pelennor Fields saturated blood-red stride über grim Aragorn and Gimli, minstrel-trousered Legolas plus one very angry Rohirrim #LOTR

Did you live through or are inspired by '80s #Tolkien fandom? Were you/are you an artist/writer/ gamer/#LOTR geek with a cool story to tell? If so, I may need you for a feature-length doc on '80s Tolkien illustration. Stay tuned for more info and a trailer...
Art: Angus McBride

Up one to No.4 is Bilbo's touching last farewell to Thorin Oakenshield by Olga Ionajtis (2005). Rarely has there been such a finely composed, poignant #Hobbit scene as this one. Every detail is beautifully rendered, right down to the blood-stained axe #Tolkien

And hovering at No.6 - well, the story says he used to be a #Hobbit so that's good enough for me. Yes, it's Gollum by Inger Edelfeldt (1983). Pictured here in his old Misty Mountain home, his staring eyes and haunted expression hint at the imminent loss of the Precious #Tolkien

Happy #HobbitDay! To celebrate this auspicious occasion I present my Top 10 Favourite Illustrated Hobbits in a Mega Thread style. First up and holding fast at 10 is the Hobbit that inspired my first oil painting - Michael Hague's Bilbo from Riddles in the Dark (1984) #Tolkien

Olga Ionajtis' illustrations for the 2005 Russian #Hobbit are a treasure trove of jewel-like imagery. Here's four gems: super cool Elrond translates the moon-letters; Bombur portage; Thorin and Co experience gold fever and greedy Sackville-Bagginses plunder Bilbo's stuff #Tolkien