ELVES - Long wigs, fake pointy ears, the works. They too will be required to remain clean shaven.
WIZARDS - Wigs and fake beards.
DWARVES - Wigs and fake beards as well. Costume is iffy at this point, and it may be required to split away from the movies on this point.
MEN - Real beards, but wigs might be necessary.
GOLLUM - Thomas in tattered pants, simple as that. Maybe with a bald cap.
SETTINGS - See WHERE.
WEAPONS - Thomas is our weapons-smith. His skills are impressive. Some weapons will also be bought, these to be used in the 'hero' shots.
ARMOR - Thomas and Bruce are considering making actual chain mail.
ARMIES - We'll have various ways of getting around this, but it wouldn't do to give away all of the surprises.
ENTS - Most Ents will just be trees. Treebeard will be a costume / big rig.
We won't say more until we're sure. But rest assured we're giving thought to it.
So look for more
coming soon...