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Knights Group (Medieval Fantasy)

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July 9, 2009
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watercolour on 300 lb hp paper.
second version of this piece. I wasn't very happy with the first.
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~Gypsyworld Apr 4, 2012
Gothmog looks a bit like a Minotaur. Good job anyway :)
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*AbePapakhian Apr 15, 2012
You mean the minotaur was modeled on Gothmog.
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~monchiken Nov 25, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
wow, wow ! that's amazing :)
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*avi17 Aug 28, 2011
Wonderful. :)
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~GamgeeFest Jul 5, 2011
Absolutely stunning!
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~VanwaLullaby May 2, 2010
I love your design for the Balrog.
I would love to see you do a sketch, or a painting if you could ever find time, of Glorfindel and the Balrog.
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*AinuLaire Mar 29, 2010
I love how he is basically tackling a Balrog. That's so epic.
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*AbePapakhian Mar 29, 2010
This was a tough scene to visualize. You know when I read Tolkien's description of this battle, he described Ecthelion wrestling Gothmog into the pool and held him there until he died, which throws a whole different light on the scale of Balrogs. Now try imagining that wrestling scene being done with a balrog on a massive scale. I think what I like most about this piece were the flames around and reflecting off Tuor's armour.
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~V-for-Vienna Nov 1, 2010
Well, you have to take into account the scale of the Children of Illuvatar of the 1st Age. Elu Thingol, the tallest of all the Elves, was apparently somewhere in the neighbourhood of eight feet tall, and it seems unlikely that a great Elven Lord such as Glorfindel would have been much shorter.
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*AbePapakhian Nov 2, 2010
Or that Balrogs are on a much more human scale than how they are depicted. An eight foot Balrog can be wrestled by a seven foot elven lord, but we like seeing our villains as larger than life. Embellishing increases the heroic aspect of the struggle. There was a Gustave Dore wrestling scene that I was envisioning when I did this.

As a side note, I believe Sauron was also described as being wrestled by Gil-Galad and Elendil before they were both killed, maybe giving Isildur the advantage of standing over a downed Sauron. Just a thought.
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