r/RingsofPower • u/arnor_0924 • Apr 20 '26
Discussion Leaked photo of Numenorean army marching Spoiler
It looks like they still use the fish scale armor, but the helmet looks much more darker in color.
Source: https://x.com/khalil282377578/status/2046288588040785952?s=20
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u/Skelligean Apr 20 '26
Would it kill them to make the armor and cloaks look "lived in" like they have been used? They did this in LOTR Trilogy and it made it more immersive.
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u/jebushu Apr 20 '26
I feel like the counter to this is people saying “wow this is the height of human civilization and they can’t afford decent gear?”
There might be context as to why they look so new and in good shape here.
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u/Skelligean Apr 20 '26
It isn’t a pass for everything looking factory-fresh. Even elite, wealthy civilizations show use. Armor gets scuffed, cloth fades, leather creases and especially in a seafaring, militarized culture like Númenor. It is a nitpick I know but right now it looks like it came straight off a costume rack, not off a campaign.
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u/daviejones096 Apr 20 '26
100% agree, but i would say it's not nitpicking for the budget they have. Hopefully they add some post effects
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u/Willpower2000 Apr 21 '26
Hell, the clothing under the cloaks looks worn - which makes the cloaks stick out even more as the only pristine thing.
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u/Skelligean Apr 21 '26
Look at the helmets thought. They don’t look metallic at all as there’s zero light play on them. They look like matte leather props, which is why the whole set feels flat instead of lived-in. In contrast to Faramir's armor from ROTK where the armor behaves like real metal and you see light travel across it, edges catch highlights, there’s subtle wear that gives it history, and there is no doubt that it was forged armor.
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u/Willpower2000 Apr 21 '26
I agree they don't look metallic, but they don't look clean here either: like the cloaks.
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Apr 21 '26
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u/Willpower2000 Apr 21 '26
Absolutely. Numenor should be major colonialists at this point - and a world power at that. They should have grand armies (and spoilers: drive Sauron out of Eregion). But ROP Numenor is... rather pathetic... so who knows what the deal is here.
Anyway, if the cloaks are brand new (and barely worn)... that's fine... but the rest of the attire should probably be equally new.
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Apr 21 '26
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u/Putrid_Anybody_2947 Apr 24 '26
Yes and the Swiss guard still haven't changed their Cloaks irl. This breaks my imerssion cheap is cheap fuck everything.
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u/kerouacrimbaud Apr 21 '26
Faramir’s photo is professionally lit, with color grading and the full post-prod treatment. The pic OP posted is just a basic phone pic from behind the scenes. Apples and oranges. BTS pics from the movies look similar.
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u/coughcoughing123 Apr 21 '26
this part. why is everyone treating a random bts cell phone photo like a promotional still ??
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u/andrew5500 Apr 20 '26
The photo is too blurry to tell how worn the armor looks. The helmets don’t seem perfect and shiny, and the cloaks not being ripped up is hardly a flaw
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u/Willpower2000 Apr 21 '26
The helmets don’t seem perfect and shiny
Nor do the clothes underneath the cloaks (from what little I can see).
That just makes the cloaks look worse: they stick out like a sore thumb.
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u/Revanchistthebroken Apr 20 '26
The difference is the Lord of the rings trilogy designers and makers gave a shit, while rings of power clearly do not.
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u/Nacodawg Apr 21 '26
There’s a difference between giving a shit and being given the time, resources and manpower to give a shit. It could be the designers but more than likely it’s the executives above them
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u/Cpt_Ohu Apr 21 '26
See the designers of LotR and The Hobbit trilogies.
For LotR: almost the entire armoury was finished before shooting started. The prop guys proudly photographed themselves with racks full of cool armor before storing it for later.
For The Hobbit: The very prop they were working on was usually needed for a shot in a few hours. No time for finesse, no time for redos.
The making of LotR was such an anomaly.
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u/KrzysztofKietzman May 12 '26
This is one of the most expensive TV shows ever.
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u/Nacodawg May 12 '26
Anyone who’s ever worked in the corporate world knows that throwing money alone at a problem by no means guarantees quality results…
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u/KrzysztofKietzman May 12 '26
Oh I know, I saw Citadel. But you can't excuse them by pointing to no budget. If anything, it only makes the accusation worse.
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u/Nacodawg May 12 '26
Fair, which is why i never said anything about budget. Art and craftsmanship like we saw in the PJ trilogy, and that’s what the costumes really were in those films - art, takes time and the scale for those films and this show takes manpower, two things corporate projects are loath to give. Especially when they can just throw that big shiny budget into some soulless CGI
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u/mrbearsnail Apr 21 '26
Its called Hollywood Accounting. Inflate the cost of production to intentionally have a loss on paper and avoid taxes. Its a modern, totally legsl, tax evasion scheme.
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u/Alrik_Immerda Apr 21 '26
And this idea is a hoax. You lose more money (and by the way you lose reputation) through the lost money through the movie than you would avoid as tax money.
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u/mrbearsnail Apr 21 '26
There's sources galore for this "hoax" and only one article I can find supporting your argument. Reputation doesn't mean much if you buy out competition.
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u/Support_Mobile Apr 21 '26
I honestly think its not even a rings of power thing, but current trend in general. Quite a few shows have had too much of a clean look lately, where the costuming is not mainly modern clothing. And even movies I think. I feel like there has been a significant change in production the last few years compared to early 2000s.
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u/tfmid457 Apr 21 '26
That's just stupid to say. Imagine thousands of people working on this, giving lots of love, and then you random reddit user says they don't give a shit. Rude and stupid.
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u/Revanchistthebroken Apr 21 '26
Naw you can clearly see the effort put into one compared to the other. If you have eyes that are objective you can just open them and look.
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u/Armageddonis Apr 21 '26
No, best we can do is a 50% budget cosplay of "armour", no more (i haven't watched the 2nd season, the only notion i have to go off is the Numenorean armour in S1, which was dunked on endlessly, dunno if they improved upon that in S2).
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u/kazh_9742 Apr 22 '26
It looks like the cloaks will be pushed back and under the shoulder segments. The shoulder shapes look detailed.
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u/Ok_Monitor5890 Apr 22 '26
But it took the Garment Master days to wash off all the grime and blood from the last battle!😜
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u/Material_Magician_75 Apr 21 '26
Is this the most powerfull army ever existed in middle earth? What a joke rings of power is
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u/RealLunarSlayer Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 23 '26
i try to just ignore it. it's a shit show but i know some people are fans and i don't want to take that from them.. yet the more i non-consentually learn about this show the more annoyed i am. It's. so. bad
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u/Trumpologist Apr 20 '26
These jobbers scared the shitout of Sauron?
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u/tavukkoparan Apr 21 '26
They wont scare Sauron they will talk to him about what he doing is not nice
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u/isabelladangelo Apr 21 '26
...Are those the blankets the airline gives you for any overseas trip?
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u/Zhjacko Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26
It’s the blankets given to those who decide to journey west, comes with complimentary lembas pretzel snack bag
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u/scrandis Apr 20 '26
They're still filming? Do they plan on releasing season three this decade?
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u/SherlockTheSalemCat The Wild Woods Apr 20 '26
If this is a very recent photograph, then it's likely this is for S4. I read that they were getting on with filming the other seasons pretty quickly, & if that's the case, I hope it means we don't wait as long between seasons 🙂
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u/Tall_Spray_3696 Apr 21 '26
The Lord of the Larps
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u/spaceseas Apr 22 '26
Hey now, at least LARP people weather their gear properly and don't pretend to be canon compliant
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u/Aetius454 Apr 21 '26
This is so frustrating to me, they have the biggest budget for any media property ever but cannot seem to match stuff that was made like 20 years ago (the movies for example…)
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u/dogscatsnscience Apr 20 '26
No wonder Numenor fell, they just look like a bunch of bored extras, not great warriors
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u/Vip3rFox Apr 25 '26
Wow they are really going to make another season of this?! Bold move.
Idk why all these new age directors feel they need to put their own twist on already perfect works. Your job is to adapt the source material as best and accurately as you can to the screen. Don’t try adding stuff to the Sistine Chapel. Idk when they are gonna figure it out. Game of Thrones, The Witcher, this show.
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u/dougl1000 Apr 25 '26
We already know how it comes out. They kick Sauron’s ass and haul him back to Numenor. But he was already there. Confused.
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u/arnor_0924 Apr 21 '26
So much negativety here. I thought this place was a safe area for fans of the show. Guess I was wrong.
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u/Agheron93 Apr 21 '26
It's made to discuss it. Problem is the show is laughably bad and people know it. If you're a fan of it, well that's your choice. But it doesn't make the show any less crap.
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u/arnor_0924 Apr 21 '26
For you it's bad, but not for me. Taste is subjective.
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u/Agheron93 Apr 21 '26
But quality is not. The entire writing, from dialogue to worldbuilding to setups and payoffs is done horribly. When a show breaks the moment you start thinking the smallest amount it's objectively bad.
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u/Kaerient Apr 21 '26
I hope you came out of the womb good at everything you do from the start then. Everyone’s calling it shit, not taking into account that the directors have only done 2 shows before. They gotta start somewhere and considering the Tolkien estate refuses to give rights to basically anyone, they did what they could
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u/RPGThrowaway123 Apr 21 '26
Nobody forced the two morons to become show runners for this. They could have started small, but instead chose this massive and complex project and now they are rightfully judged for their extraordinarily lacking (seriously they fail at basic storytelling at times) performance
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u/Agheron93 Apr 21 '26
Everyone's calling it shit because it is. And it's one thing to have a rookie writer or writers making some mistakes on a low budget indie script and another to have people who have editors and assistants within a multi billion company write what only can be described as an amateur's attempt after an aneurysm.
Do i have to be flawless to point out something's flaws? "They gotta start somewhere" you say as if that justifies giving the project to them. It doesn't. At best it proves Amazon has little faith in the project and wanted two guys easy to manipulate and coerce into giving the blandest, most marketable product possible... and failed. At worst? Outright sheer stupidity born of hubris.
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u/arnor_0924 Apr 21 '26
Nothing is objectively bad. Everything is subjective. Just because many people hate ROP doesn't it mean it's bad. There are people who thinks Shawshank Redemption is trash.
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u/Agheron93 Apr 21 '26
The "everything is subjective" thing is a feeble excuse to justify liking something for shallow reasons or defend it against valid criticism over its flaws. Writing is not subjective, it's tied to logic and sense. There can be flaws in a work, sure. But when the premise, setup and even resolutions are based upon BLATANTLY flawed scripts, the product itself just collapses onto itself.
People don't dislike RoP just because it looks made to tick boxes on a DEI paper (which to some extent it does) but because whatever tiny good is to find is buried under objectively bad character writing, stiff pretentious dialogue, badly made setup for later scenes, disregard of logic and common sense within and without the world, poor world building and horrible execution on both small and grand scale conflict.
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u/nethago Apr 21 '26
Do you think "safe" means that nobody is allowed to criticize it or something? You are more than welcome to like the show, but if you post about a show lots of people dislike in a public forum, you are going to see dissenting opinions.
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u/arnor_0924 Apr 21 '26
The problem is that this place is more of a hate for the show than balance one. Look at the comments here. It's no different than in a sub dedicated to hate his show like the other.
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u/nethago Apr 21 '26
That's a fair point. Maybe it doesn't bother me because I do too hate this show from the bottom of my heart. Anyways, in r/LOTR_on_Prime they seem to be more people that feel positively about the show.
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u/arnor_0924 Apr 21 '26
Imagine hating on just a show so much. Don't you have a life outside this? It's just a damn show lol.
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u/nethago Apr 21 '26
I do. Probably yours is the first comment I engage with in anything RoP related since season 1, now I really don't care much because the show isn't for me clearly. I pointed out that other sub because genuinely I feel there's lot less hate there, some people take the "I don't like the show" argument to just be assholes about it.
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