I was having a conversation with @ardelenia the other day on the server that spurred this on; we were talking about a few places in currently-built-up areas that aren't really represented in any form. Some of these are from regions that are maybe less-complete than others, so they may be planned already, in which case feel free to point and laugh.
--Farmer Cotton's house: Kind of a small thing, but we know from "The Scouring of the Shire" that the Cotton family lived on a farm in Bywater. However, we don't really have a specific house labeled as theirs, like we do for most of the Hobbiton families and a few others. This one might be as simple as just putting up a sign, unless one wanted to get more in-depth and have beds for all the family members, like for the Gamgee residence.
--The Old Forest: The hobbits are mentioned as having to clamber through a bunch of small gullies or ravines across their intended path, until they wind up going down into a large one they can't climb out of, which eventually leads them to the Withywindle. Honestly this would be ridiculously impractical to tweak at this point, since it'd involve redoing chunks of the Old Forest, and it's definitely not worth it.
--Barrow-downs features: This is probably my biggest personal wish. When the hobbits travel through the Barrow-downs, they rest on top of a hill with a shallow depression on top, with a big white rock in the center. Afterwards, when the fog rolls in, Frodo heads towards a pair of pillars in a valley that seems to head towards the Great Road, but it winds up dead-ending, and that's when he's grabbed by the wight. There are one or two hills that almost fit the first description, but nothing that matches the second, which was always a really memorable scene for me. Also I think the Great Road north of there was described as having a line of trees along it, since that's what the hobbits saw in the distance.
--Ettenmoors/Ettendales: Kind of a rugged hilly region to the north of Rivendell in the foothills of the mountains, where trolls hung out and did bad things to people. I know there's a lot of northern Eriador still left to do, so that's probably something for later.
--Naith of Lothlorien: Right near the confluence with the Anduin, there was a lawn where the Fellowship received gifts from Galadriel and said goodbye to her. This probably wouldn't involve more than taking out a few trees to make a clearing.
--Sarn Gebir: This one's kind of a biggie. They were a series of strong rapids in the Anduin in Emyn Muil, above the Argonath, with a portage-way along the western bank to bypass them. The Fellowship was attacked by orc archers at night here, and narrowly missed hitting the rapids. I know it's come up in the past that we couldn't really do anything to make the Anduin descend there, because of the surrounding terrain, but something I think could work is building the rocks in the river, then adding/removing water source blocks to simulate the water flowing around them. (Interestingly enough, this location was supposed to be in the film as well, but a severe flash-flood wiped out the constructed sets at the filming location, so it was never shot.)
That's about all I can think of off the top of my head. If anyone has other little spots they miss having on the server, post away!
--Farmer Cotton's house: Kind of a small thing, but we know from "The Scouring of the Shire" that the Cotton family lived on a farm in Bywater. However, we don't really have a specific house labeled as theirs, like we do for most of the Hobbiton families and a few others. This one might be as simple as just putting up a sign, unless one wanted to get more in-depth and have beds for all the family members, like for the Gamgee residence.
--The Old Forest: The hobbits are mentioned as having to clamber through a bunch of small gullies or ravines across their intended path, until they wind up going down into a large one they can't climb out of, which eventually leads them to the Withywindle. Honestly this would be ridiculously impractical to tweak at this point, since it'd involve redoing chunks of the Old Forest, and it's definitely not worth it.
--Barrow-downs features: This is probably my biggest personal wish. When the hobbits travel through the Barrow-downs, they rest on top of a hill with a shallow depression on top, with a big white rock in the center. Afterwards, when the fog rolls in, Frodo heads towards a pair of pillars in a valley that seems to head towards the Great Road, but it winds up dead-ending, and that's when he's grabbed by the wight. There are one or two hills that almost fit the first description, but nothing that matches the second, which was always a really memorable scene for me. Also I think the Great Road north of there was described as having a line of trees along it, since that's what the hobbits saw in the distance.
--Ettenmoors/Ettendales: Kind of a rugged hilly region to the north of Rivendell in the foothills of the mountains, where trolls hung out and did bad things to people. I know there's a lot of northern Eriador still left to do, so that's probably something for later.
--Naith of Lothlorien: Right near the confluence with the Anduin, there was a lawn where the Fellowship received gifts from Galadriel and said goodbye to her. This probably wouldn't involve more than taking out a few trees to make a clearing.
--Sarn Gebir: This one's kind of a biggie. They were a series of strong rapids in the Anduin in Emyn Muil, above the Argonath, with a portage-way along the western bank to bypass them. The Fellowship was attacked by orc archers at night here, and narrowly missed hitting the rapids. I know it's come up in the past that we couldn't really do anything to make the Anduin descend there, because of the surrounding terrain, but something I think could work is building the rocks in the river, then adding/removing water source blocks to simulate the water flowing around them. (Interestingly enough, this location was supposed to be in the film as well, but a severe flash-flood wiped out the constructed sets at the filming location, so it was never shot.)
That's about all I can think of off the top of my head. If anyone has other little spots they miss having on the server, post away!
