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Vilu Daskar

#15
September 09, 2015, 02:32:24 PM
I'm to lazy to do that.
Never trust a smiling pirate.  :D

I can do that because I'm awesome.

"It really gets up my nose when publishers call my book another Lord of the Rings. It's my bloody book! I wrote it. And another thing, I didn't have to plunder Norse and European mythology to do it!" - Brian Jacques.

Lady Ashenwyte

#16
September 09, 2015, 02:45:02 PM
Quote from: Vilu Daskar on September 09, 2015, 02:32:24 PM
I'm to lazy to do that.

It takes a few clicks if you're buying online.
The fastest way to a man's heart- Or anyone's, in fact- Is to tear a hole through their chest.

Indeed. You are as ancient as the soot that choked Pompeii into oblivion, though not quite as uncaring. - Rusvul

Just a butterfly struggling through my chrysalis.

Vilu Daskar

#17
September 09, 2015, 08:01:34 PM
My sister owns it why would I buy it?
Never trust a smiling pirate.  :D

I can do that because I'm awesome.

"It really gets up my nose when publishers call my book another Lord of the Rings. It's my bloody book! I wrote it. And another thing, I didn't have to plunder Norse and European mythology to do it!" - Brian Jacques.

Jukka the Sling

#18
September 09, 2015, 08:52:15 PM
Quote from: Vilu Daskar on September 09, 2015, 08:01:34 PM
My sister owns it why would I buy it?
Why don't you tell her you want to read it, then?  If she's anything like me, she would be more than happy to have you read it so she'll have someone to obsess over it with.
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." ~J.R.R. Tolkien

Vilu Daskar

#19
September 09, 2015, 08:55:59 PM
She knows I want to read it and she already obsesses over it with anyone who will listen.
Never trust a smiling pirate.  :D

I can do that because I'm awesome.

"It really gets up my nose when publishers call my book another Lord of the Rings. It's my bloody book! I wrote it. And another thing, I didn't have to plunder Norse and European mythology to do it!" - Brian Jacques.

Jukka the Sling

#20
September 11, 2015, 12:49:35 AM
Quote from: Vilu Daskar on September 09, 2015, 08:55:59 PM
She knows I want to read it and she already obsesses over it with anyone who will listen.
I think your sister and I would get along beautifully. ;D  I'm always going on about some small and probably-inconsequential Silmarillion fact.

But seriously, tell her you really wanna read it.  Not sure what other advice I can give...


Anyway, I found some Silmarillion art!

Art



It's Aiwendil, the Maia who was sent to Middle-earth as Radagast the Brown!  He's actually really cute... and so is the little hedgehog in the corner.  *Dies of awesomeness overload*



Beren and Luthien!  I don't care for the way Beren looks, but it's an awesome picture nonetheless.  Luthien looks kind of like Susan Pevensie...

More art by the same person.
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"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." ~J.R.R. Tolkien

Vilu Daskar

#21
September 11, 2015, 12:50:53 AM
I don't think she has ever finished it.
Never trust a smiling pirate.  :D

I can do that because I'm awesome.

"It really gets up my nose when publishers call my book another Lord of the Rings. It's my bloody book! I wrote it. And another thing, I didn't have to plunder Norse and European mythology to do it!" - Brian Jacques.

Jukka the Sling

#22
October 04, 2015, 04:36:32 PM
^ Really?  Hmm...

Anyway, I found another great Tolkien artist! http://steamey.deviantart.com/gallery/41578982/Tolkien

And then, of course, there's the fantastic Jenny Dolfen, whom I've known about for a while: http://gold-seven.deviantart.com/gallery
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." ~J.R.R. Tolkien

Lady Ashenwyte

#23
October 06, 2015, 10:35:57 AM


Sauron and Melkor.
The fastest way to a man's heart- Or anyone's, in fact- Is to tear a hole through their chest.

Indeed. You are as ancient as the soot that choked Pompeii into oblivion, though not quite as uncaring. - Rusvul

Just a butterfly struggling through my chrysalis.

Jukka the Sling

#24
October 06, 2015, 06:41:53 PM
Interesting.  I'm not sure I like the style, though - it's rather chaotic, and the picture itself is kind of creepy.
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." ~J.R.R. Tolkien

Cornflower MM

#25
October 06, 2015, 07:21:18 PM
But the chaoticness makes you closer, and what's creepy about it?

Jukka the Sling

#26
October 06, 2015, 07:34:02 PM
Do you mean the chaoticness makes you LOOK closer?  I'm assuming you meant that. :P

I don't know... it's something about the color choices, particularly, and Sauron's face and the chaos.  A combination of things.
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." ~J.R.R. Tolkien

Cornflower MM

#27
October 06, 2015, 07:39:10 PM
*Facepalm* Yes. That's what I meant.

Lady Ashenwyte

#28
October 06, 2015, 11:59:03 PM
I think the chaos fits perfectly. I can't get over the ridiculousness of Morgoth's shoulder pauldron or whatever it is. It's ridiculous.
The fastest way to a man's heart- Or anyone's, in fact- Is to tear a hole through their chest.

Indeed. You are as ancient as the soot that choked Pompeii into oblivion, though not quite as uncaring. - Rusvul

Just a butterfly struggling through my chrysalis.

Jukka the Sling

#29
November 04, 2015, 07:56:15 PM
Bump!

My copy of the Silmarillion (which I ordered with a gift card I've had for over THREE YEARS) arrived today!  It's the hardcover second edition (I think), illustrated by Ted Nasmith.  (Does anyone else have this edition?)  Anyway, I'm super happy. ;D

Also, I'm in the process of writing an angsty AU oneshot featuring Maedhros and Maglor.  (Aren't the sons of Fëanor such interesting characters?)
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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