The Orcs of The Rings of Power Are Worse Than You've Ever Seen Them

The new Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power shows off the new and unimproved Orcs. For the first time, worse is better here.

In an interview with Jamie Wilson, head of the prosthetics department on The Rings of Power, and Lindsey Weber, an executive producer for the series, we get more details on how the forces of evil will operate. We talked about what it would mean to be an Orc in the second age. It made sense that their look would be different, part of a wilder, more raw, Second Age, Middle-earth, closer to where the First Age ends. The orcs that we see in the preview images are more desiccated and haunted. They are a little more scattered and have been scavengers as we meet them. It is a different time in their tale.

Wilson is a sevener on the set. He has worked on all of the Lord of the Rings films, including The Rings of Power. He has spent a lot of time thinking about how orcs look on screen and how to make them look like that.

Wilson said that time has changed. We used to use foam latex, which is a porous-y kind of rubbery, squishy material with a smooth or textured surface. At the time, it was wonderful.

During the original trilogy, they were able to make some pieces for Gimli, and he mentioned that Silicon was only used during that time. He said that the times have changed a lot. The ears, noses, Orcs pieces are all made in encapsulated Silicon, which is two layers ofSilicon with a piece ofSilicon in the middle, so when it's applied to the actor's face, they can move. They get the same temperature as it. You can see the translucency and then you gently paint on the top of it, a bit like doing makeup on a human, rather than having to seal and heavily paint like we did in the past.

There is still a lot of computer generated imagery in Rings of Power. Weber says that the show isn't reliant on it to make the orcs look good. You will be able to see the orcs in all their glory.

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