Fantasy maps and illustration inspired by The Silmarillion.
Color · Mono · Ink · Gondolin · XII
Defenders of Gondolin
Glorfindel, Tuor & Ecthelion armor color test (Photoshop, 2022)
Glorfindel of the Golden Flower
Glorfindel wore a green mantle embroidered in threads of gold and armor damascened with gold.
Ecthelion of the Fountain
Ecthelion was clad in armor overlaid with silver and had a shining helmet adorned with a spike of steel pointed with a diamond and a shield shimmering with a studs of crystal.
Tuor of the Wing
Tuor wore armor overlaid with silver and had helmet adorned with two swan-wings built of metal and jewels. A white swan’s wing on blue field, his houses device, was wrought on his shield. Instead of a sword he prefered to wield a great battle axe named Dramborleg.
Glorfindel, Tuor & Ecthelion armor color WiP (Photoshop, 2023) :: Enlarge ::
Defenders of Gondolin in rusty hues :: Enlarge ::
The Fall of Gondolin / The Silmarillion: Tuor, Ecthelion & Glorfindel (Photoshop, 2022)
Illustration with 2 ideas for Glorfindel's armor "damascened with cunning gold": plate cuirass and scales:
Defenders of Gondolin, plate cuirass variant (Photoshop, 2022):: Enlarge ::
The scale armor variant (Photoshop, 2022), done for "Aiglos" #25 :: Enlarge ::
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See also:
The XII Houses of Gondolin on the city map
:: The Gondolin city map ::
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- works in progress, sketches & older illustrations.