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Fingolfin vs. Morgoth’s Boot

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Come to think of it, that boot might actually belong to an actual body... which is bigger than I thought...!!?!

Come to think of it, that boot might actually belong to an actual body… which is bigger than I thought…!!?!

I love this picture! Oh, wow, a Middle Earth picture! It’s of Fingolfin (again) and he is fighting Morgoth, and this is the best picture of Morgoth I’ve ever done, either. But Fingolfin! The tragic eyes, the flowing shiny hair… The angle of the sword and shield, the strange ripples of the cloak (?)… His arm’s a bit skinny… But otherwise he looks pretty realistic!

Why, yes, this is the King of the Noldor take 3! And, yes, he is an angsty heroic idiot, and thus we all love him.

Glorfindel, shaded, again

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Is there something over there, like a Nazgul or anything?

Is there something over there, like a Nazgul or anything?

Glorfindel returns. With bad shading… I was trying to recreate my oddly successful picture here, just with the face looking more like Glorfindel. Well, he looks more like Glorfindel… in anime land. Blah. And the shading looks like he got his face dirty. But, this picture marks the point where I first began to be interested in clothes as a part of a picture!

Glorfindel, shaded

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Where's the hobbit?

Where’s the hobbit?

And, of course, Glorfindel follows Legolas. It seems like they have a partnership or a deal or something. Except this doesn’t really look like Glorfindel, but it’s supposed to be him. Huh.

So, I was going to draw Glorfindel with Frodo in his arms, but Frodo didn’t co-operate. I also tried to exaggerate the shading, and I think that helped somewhat. This was another turning point in my drawing. I still don’t know how to draw ears. When I figure that out, that will be the next turning point. The turning point after that will be when I figure out how to draw hands. So far I have probably one pair that I’m really happy with. However, I’m proud of the way the hair turned out in this picture. It’s great. The rest of this picture is dumb, but the hair is not.

Legolas

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Father?

Father?

This picture is my best so far. As in, up until Dec 23 ’05. It’s even shaded, so it looks a little 3D! This day, according to my sketchbook, was the day on which we did a Lord of the Rings marathon. We watched 5 discs.

I still didn’t have the hang of shading faces yet, and I still don’t know how to do clothes. I like the cloak very much, though! But the hands need to be bigger. At least they look like hands!

Golden-haired Elf coloured

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Can someone fix my spooky eyes? Anyone?

Can someone fix my spooky eyes? Anyone?

Ah, now this is a Photoshop picture. I didn’t know much about using Photoshop as a paint program, but I did my best. I also didn’t know much about shading anatomy. >_<7 The lips are good, if nothing else. The eyes are also just how I imagined them. I rather like the hair, which was done by drawing different coloured streaks of yellowy-brown – must be easier with a tablet – and using the smudge tool. It’s the coloured version of this picture.

Pillar of Ivory

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A pillar made of ivory would be awfully difficult to make

A pillar made of ivory would be awfully difficult to make

These guys are the Pillar of Ivory, which Penlod has command over, also the Tower of Snow or something. So Penlod is the shaggy-headed guy in front with a double shield. I hollowed out a helmet for him. I put too much green stuff on his head for his hair. His face is the Silver Helm unhelmeted head; I had a spare, and that face is the most handsome that I have. The shields are all decals done in Photoshop and printed on decal paper, with a bit of Dad’s help. The banner, though, was painted by hand.

I also put hair on all the other guys, as well. Hopefully it looks better than all those scraggly Minas Tirith warriors in the movie. I always thought the Warhammer High Elf Spearmen looked like dressed up apes, but I managed to paint them to downsize this aspect – unlike their professional ‘Eavy Metal team, which painted it professional style, which made them uglier.

I’ll just point out that Penlod died in the story. Darn.

I really like this unit. I’ll have to get another for the Tower of Snow guys now.