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Elaitea β€” Ulmo

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Published: 2009-09-12 21:46:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 1918; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 38
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Description Last year I started with a Valar series. However, when I got to Ulmo, I was forced to quit it as he didn't work out at all. A few weeks ago, I got a better vision of him in doll form, so I did a bit of research and tried again. He's based of some descriptions I found in Tolkien's works and I tried to stay clear from the Poseidon look. I never imagined Ulmo having a beard, nor holding a trident. So I gave him one of his UlumΓΊri instead.

I'm still not too happy with the result, but he isn't too bad. I liked the hair, but unfortunately the new pose covers it and now it looks pretty weird XD The waves around him are probably the best I've ever done though ^^
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Comments: 15

LadyAnutar [2009-12-25 15:45:05 +0000 UTC]

Hi, this is a copypasted message to say that this has been featured in my journal: [link]

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Dolaria [2009-09-15 05:28:17 +0000 UTC]

great work sis
must have took a while to finish this
great waves!
really lovely colors you used

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Elaitea In reply to Dolaria [2009-09-15 20:01:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you It didn't take as long as some of my other dolls, just the regular amount of time I spend on a doll XD The colours were inspired by the sea and descriptions of him, it took me a while to get them to work ^^

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coldbritto [2009-09-14 00:11:59 +0000 UTC]


This is amazing!
And I loooove the waves! You did this so wonderfully!

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Elaitea In reply to coldbritto [2009-09-14 10:56:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much (for the fav and comment)
I'm glad you like the waves, they were quite tedious to pixel

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coldbritto In reply to Elaitea [2009-09-14 15:06:45 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome
I bet they were!

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RoboElfSuperLee [2009-09-13 18:53:54 +0000 UTC]

.... wows!!!

He's really dramatic, and I think, looking at the other dolls in your valar series he's my fav The waves are so brilliantly done & what you can see of his hair is really good to!!! I never saw him with a beard either, the whole "Tritan" image never seemed to make much sense to me

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Elaitea In reply to RoboElfSuperLee [2009-09-14 10:53:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you (for the fav and comment)

He's my current fav of that series too (especially since the others are over a year old XD). I guess the Triton image doesn't seem to fit because it's often directly taken from Greek mythology, while I don't remember Tolkien taking something from those myths without making big changes to it

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RoboElfSuperLee In reply to Elaitea [2009-09-14 11:00:15 +0000 UTC]

Yeah thats what always confused me a bit, Tolkien liked his Nordic myths and Triton/.posiedon/ Neptune all seemed too obvious and cliche.

oh and I forgot to mention I love the Blue colour of his tunic

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Elaitea In reply to RoboElfSuperLee [2009-09-14 21:12:40 +0000 UTC]

I guess some people choose to work with that stereotype because that's the image they know best, even though it doesn't always work together with Tolkien's mythology :/

Thank you ^^ It was inspired by a picture of the sea, though I messed around with it quite a lot XD

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LadyAnutar [2009-09-12 23:38:56 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome XD

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Elaitea In reply to LadyAnutar [2009-09-13 12:19:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks sis

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LadyAnutar In reply to Elaitea [2009-09-13 13:51:19 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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tata-s-z [2009-09-12 22:28:53 +0000 UTC]

I wish I could fave it twice

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Elaitea In reply to tata-s-z [2009-09-13 11:50:38 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thank you (both for the fav and comment)

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