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-Concept for Glaurung. It‘s still bugging me that the Silmarillion demands ugly dragons. Drawing something ugly freaks me out. And I don‘t even think of „ugly“ when I think of dragons. I‘m eager to find a solution someday, though. I used a crocodile reference for this one because I thought there are so many dinosaur dragons and snake dragons around that I might need a new reptile for a change. So have a crocodile. Don‘t get me wrong, I like snake dragons. And I like crocodiles, crocodile lovers please don't feel offended.

-Gudrun. I sneaked into a Nibelungenlied seminar this semester, where I‘m the only one who never learned Middle High German before (poor English medievalist in training that I am), but hey, it‘s fun. I adore the Norse saga versions of the material, though, so have fantasy-ish-germaniac-ish designs and Norse names.

-Thus: Sigurd. Hell I‘m fond of my Sigurd, I just realized. Real men don‘t shave any part of their body except the face, dammit!

-Brynhildr. Who else. And she‘s a fucking valkyrie, you hear me, Nibelungenlied poet(s)?

-Ragnelle. Back to my own cup of tea. I mean, medieval ENGLISH literature, even though I bet she‘s of French origin. I LOVE the story of Gawain and Ragnelle, though, so let‘s just adopt her into cool 5th century Wales.

-Owein. Rocks because he‘s Welsh.

-Gruoch and McBeth from Gargoyles. Yay for Saturday morning cartoons! (in fact, I think it influenced me so much that I still don‘t think of Shakespeare‘s hero and heroine as evil… so Disney makes you see the good inside people!)

-Merlin. Actually ought to be Christian, not a druid. Yep, Geoffrey of Monmouth and Malory say so. Look it up. Now you know.

~haius Feb 15, 2012

Your Glaurung is effing awesome. Seriously. And your Brynhild is a complete badass, I love her.

~Toradh Feb 16, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

My claim is that Siggy should have taken the valkyrie, he would have been so much better off with her. Like, survive a bit longer, for instance.

~haius Feb 16, 2012

I don't think Sig is know for his great decision-making skills...

~Toradh Feb 17, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Obviously not. I’ve just realized that heroes seldomly are.

~haius Feb 17, 2012

This is true.

I guess if everyone made good decisions, there'd be no conflict?

~Toradh Feb 18, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I suppose the story would be boring then.

*Dulliros Dec 14, 2011

Glaurung gefällt mir sehr gut! Ich hab vor einiger Zeit mit Drachen experimentiert, aber die Ergebnisse waren nicht vorzeigenswert

Der hier ist es definitiv wert, "in groß" umgesetzt zu werden.
Ist Sigurd die Selbstenthauptung gelungen? Ziemlich gefährliche Körperhaltung

~Toradh Dec 14, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Öhm… Er testet, wo die verwundbare Stelle ist.

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