MSN Exclusive: New photo from "The Hobbit"

To everyone complaining about their lack of beards and whatnot, the Dwarves of the Tolkien-universe were never really described in detail, and the ones who were (other than Gimli) were described as having multi-coloured beards. It is described in The Silmarillion that Dwarves grew thick luxuriant beards in which they took great pride, and often forked or braided them and tucked them into their belts, but this could quite easily happen as they age, and as Dwarvesof the Tolkien-universe have much longer lifespans than that of humans, it is reasonable to assume that they age physically in a slower manner. Their original creation was, in fact, based on the First Born (though Aule only had a vague idea of what the First Born would look like), so it is also reasonable to assume that they could be similar in appearance to the Elves, though shorter and stockier, again, something that could develop with age.

Personally, I think these Dwarves are excellent interpretations, given as how Dwarves with blue, yellow and other-brightly-colou​red beards wouldn't fit into Jackson's darker Middle Earth, and I assume he's trying to fit the two works (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) together as seamlessly as possible.

It's also given that Kili and Fili are the youngest of the thirteen Dwarves who take on the adventure with Bilbo, so it is reasonable (I use that word a lot, don't I? o.o) to assume that they would not have developed physically as other Dwarves have, in the manner of beards and whatnot.

13 individual dwarves would look silly if they all looked like Gimli. I am a huge dwarf fan btw. Dwarf books and all dwarf wow toons, you name it. The lack of beards was disturbing, but they still look great and it sets them apart by age. I might have given Fili at least a dwarven soul patch, but eh, I am just glad this movie is actually going to happen.

Fili and Kili look more like Elves. Oh the shame of it all. Other than that looks good so far.

@Toad Girl, given that Gimli was the only dwarf in LOTR to do anything of note and that he only wielded axes then how can we be sure at all what Dwarf swords "should" look like. I think the swords look very fitting of Dwarves, a bit jagged and unrefined. Remember Elven swords look very different to those of men as well I think PJ is attempting to give them their own style and as far as I can see it is working very well, can't wait for this film.

This will probably get me gunned down in flames by the Hobbit purists but I'm glad Kili doesn't look like Gimli but that could be because Aidan Turner gives me heart failure just looking at him!  These photos have been Photoshopped to within an inch of their lives but he does in fact have a full beard, but it's actually grown on his face rather than a fake one.  In the initial cast photos he had a massive thick beard.

He does look like he's ready to tear someones head off with his bare hands too but then again in one of the interviews he did on Being Human he said friends would ask him what was wrong and he said nothing it's just his face!  He just has intense eyebrows :)

I like that the axe Glóin is wielding is similar or identical to the one found by Gimli in Moria in LotR. Maybe Glóin gave Balin a farewell gift when he departed to reclaim Khazad-dum? :)

did turin help androg? or was mim the master?Khim! Khim!Khim!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first couple do not look life a dwarf at all.

Say what? Fili and Kili both had yellow beards. What's with one of them having dark hair, taller and not looking remotely related to the other? I love Fili and Kili, so this is a little weird. Though, I'm not complaining about their looks or any of their looks. This is is a great improvement. They butchered Gimli in LotR by trying to make him look excessively ugly. Yes, Elves thought they were unlovely, but come on, that's elves for you. That doesn't mean they literally were ugly.