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ereniongilgalad [2014-11-13 10:18:12 +0000 UTC]
"athletic broad-shouldered body type" was common among the Noldor and their average height is 7' so Fingolfin is definitely taller than that:
“…and they were tall and dark-haired and strong like fir-trees, and from them most of the Noldor later were sprung."
“…The Noldor, outnumbered and taken at unawares, were yet swiftly victorious; for the light of Aman was not yet dimmed in their eyes, and they were strong and swift, and deadly in anger, and their swords were long and terrible." –So here the Noldor have two different kinds of strength one is physical and the other is related to their spirits."
"In general the Sindar appear to have very closely resembled the Exiles, being dark-haired, strong and tall, but lithe." The History of Middle-earth, vol. XI, The War of the Jewels: "Quendi and Eldar,"
They were called “halflings”; but this refers to the normal height of men of Númenórean descent and of the Eldar (especially those of Ñoldorin descent), which appears to have been about seven of our feet.’- Noldor and Numenoreans about the same height.
'' But in the dim dusk of a winter's day there appeared suddenly among them a man, as it seemed, of great bulk and girth, cloaked and hooded in white...'' - This is a physical description of Beleg in comparison to the men that were following Túrin Turambar. Keep in mind that he’s one of the Sindar the Noldor were in general larger.
"The Númenóreans ... are in constant communication with their ancient friends and allies, either in the bliss of Eressea, or in the kingdom of Gilgalad on the shores of Middle-earth. They became thus in appearance and even in powers of mind, hardly distinguishable from the Elves..." - If you read about Numenoreans you would see that they were very tall and strong but still it was quite hard to distinguish a Numenorean from an Eldar.
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SadisticMasochistic [2009-05-15 01:22:49 +0000 UTC]
i'd love to make my own version of the characters but the book gives very little physical description... DD8
very nice though 8D
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Zephyr-Zucchini [2007-09-06 23:33:52 +0000 UTC]
your art is amazing, but I find myself not liking it as a rendition of Fingolfin..he looks like he's the type who does all the paperwork....
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Zephyr-Zucchini In reply to aautio [2007-09-08 18:09:55 +0000 UTC]
he looks VERY muscular ect. but the look in his eyes...-puts on glasses- ooops, never mind....
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Succubus1982 [2007-08-28 12:53:40 +0000 UTC]
Smexay! Looking forward to seeing Finarfin next. He's seldom drawn so will be nice to see how he comes out. Not that he's a patch on the other two studs of the family.
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Toradh [2007-08-27 15:51:44 +0000 UTC]
*applauds*
Fits and looks great.
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Annaksunamoon [2007-08-27 09:45:06 +0000 UTC]
Great Fingolfin draw.. I love him!!
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SeekHim [2007-08-24 23:45:49 +0000 UTC]
I love it.
Most pictures I've seen of Fingolfin are of him fighting Morgoth.
There's not to many of him out there showing him as a noble/king
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