Gosh, he looks so trustworthy and wise! I’m absolutely going to trust him with all my dark secrets and the greatest power known to elves and men!
(Turns out I suck real bad at drawing plants, so for reference, he’s surrounded by branches of holly– because Eregion– and branches of a yew tree, which traditionally represents death and has deceptively similar looking berries.)
The Laughter reached out, her hands grasping at empty air. She looked like she wanted to run towards Nemesis but was too afraid to move. “You’re… you’re back, you’re alive. Love, is that really you?”
“If you have half the sense I credit you with, you’ll abandon this project here and now. Blame me, if you like! Tell them I tricked you! I’ll make the pillars into ice that will melt and fracture! Anything would be better than this, even darkness.”
oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy I FINALLY GET TO WRITE MELKOR AND MAIRON MEETING this is going to be epic:
I derive too much enjoyment from this script
In the process of working through my Aulendur head-ornamentation dilemma…
crappy sketches are crappy; this is the visual development equivalent to thinking out loud.
(Aw jeez that’s me blood on the page…. WHOOPS 😬 this is what happens when i leave the coast: dry nose problems)
Progress~! 🙂
Guess who can’t let go the idea of cats in Mordor
More lineart previews for my Beleriand Numismatics project! This time, Khazad coins from Belegost and Nogrod, featuring a grimacing battle mask and a profile of Azaghal.
Okay, so my first model was looking a bit bland and symmetrical for Melkor’s tastes, and too sparse in defenses for Sauron’s. XD
From the front we have a draw bridge defended by two sealable mountain tunnels, a lava moat, three struts for archers and ballistae to defend the pass, spouts for pouring molten lead or hot oil, and plenty of spooky statues and gargoyles.
Up one side of the left peak of Thangorodrim, we have the dragon nursery, which extends inside the mountain.
Around the back of the third peak, we have the main secret back exit.
And of course, the central fortress spire is where Hurin’s Chair is located, with a nice view of both the dragon hatchery and the front gate.
Of course, this is just the tip of the Angband Iceberg, as most of the fortress is actually underground. There we’d have the forges, the orc quarters, the extensive thrall pits, the mines, the storehouses, the mushroom farms, the five-star thermal hot springs and lava baths, and finally, the throne room for the Mighty Arising.
Bonus round: Maedhros’s shackle! 🙂
((This is really just a model for my own drawing reference, it’s not meant to be a final product. My 3D rendering skills are too derptastic XD )
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