Today I have discovered that the 2014 Russian Zong is
great background music for copy-editing German technical manuals. Really makes the time fly by!
Also, I am now the proud owner of the direct inspiration for the portrait+heraldry style of the animations:
This is
Jenny Dolfen / Gold Seven's Finarfin badge. She has matching ones for Fingolfin and Feanor, but, like... who cares about
them? 
I did, however, buy the Luthien & Beren paired set; they're currently hanging out together on my coat.
hS