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A Silmarillion piece...
In case you've forgotten who Bór was:
A chieftain of Men from the east of Middle-earth, who entered Beleriand late in the First Age. He secretly allied himself with Morgoth, and then entered the service of Maedhros and Maglor holding the northeastern passes. He renounced his alliance with the Dark Lord, though, and served the Sons of Fëanor faithfully.
One of those many things I've always kinda liked about Fëanorians - their willingness to ally with Easterlings. I've always perceived it as a commendable lack of prejudice.
In any case - I suppose my current obsession with HK movies shows in this one...:-)
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Mood: Love ~amlugwen Sep 10, 2012
his sons are rather good looking

he too, never mind

awesome!
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~absolutangel04 Mar 27, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Fantastic! This is superb. :)
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~NonieR Mar 25, 2012
Wonderful! (Both the picture and your commentary.)
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~Zireael07 Mar 25, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Love the ancient Middle Eastern (Babylonian, Egyptian) look of their helmets and armor...
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~Andreth Aug 8, 2010  Student Traditional Artist
I love the details on the robes. So rich! I had never seen a drawing of the Easterlings. When someone draws those characters nobody draws it really makes my day :)
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~jmsnooks Jan 19, 2009  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Wow dude, that's pretty rockin. And I have to say I think this is the first time I have ever seen anyone try to draw the easterlings. I always pictured them as somewhat Asian looking myself. Great job.
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~DrDeath153 Aug 29, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
A fine rendition of a criminally under-illustrated group of characters in Tolkien's universe. The attention to detail is superb, i only feel that they lack a distinctively middle-earth touch to raise them out of the kind of 'mongol/slavic' image.
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~Meisiluosi Aug 31, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
You're right. Fact is - being a Slav and a fan of anything eastern, I didn't even try...:-) But, hopefully, I am not done with Easterlings yet - I may try to add some middle-earth touches next time, if just for the heck of it...;-) Thanks for the pointer.
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~marmota-b Jul 19, 2008
This is so lively... They look very real, real characters. And the shading and costume details are awesome!
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Mood: Astonished *Maitia May 30, 2008  Hobbyist General Artist
I really like the way you've given them slightly Asian features so as to underline that they're from the east. Great work on the shadows, especially the ones on Bór's face (I assume Bór is the one in the foreground, as he seems to be the eldest). Also, I really admire you for the amount of details you've put into their clothes and armour. I guess I'm just not as patient.
:clap: All hail! :clap:
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