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Old 06-15-2014, 01:02 AM   #25
Zigūr
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55 View Post
But Hurin is a nightmare!
Yes he's really rather bizarre looking in my opinion. I'm always in two minds about Nasmith's artwork. Some of it I find utterly inspired and some of it I find rather lacking.

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55 View Post
Link is brokey.
How silly of me, I seem to have included a duplicate of the link on the end of the link. Here's the correct one (and I shall edit my original post):
http://robanes.deviantart.com/art/Th...rogs-441388773

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Originally Posted by Belegorn View Post
Melkor was grandiose.
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He is also said to have walked around in various "shapes of power and fear" [p. 34] I'd say he was more of an intimidating figure than an ugly one.
I think this gets to the heart of the matter in my view at least.

Also regarding the description you quoted Belegorn, I find this artwork I once discovered approaches to a limited extent how I imagine it:
http://sarumanka.deviantart.com/art/...ival-351142288
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