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Monster-Man-08 — Too Greedily and Too Deep
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Published: 2020-04-21 23:09:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 6261; Favourites: 208; Downloads: 15
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Re-watched the LotR movies (they're how old now?!), felt like drawing one of my favorite bits that didn't appear in them: the Balrog's "thing of slime" form it takes after its fall off the bridge. A captivating idea, a creature of fire and shadow transforming into sludge when it hits water, instead of just being snuffed out.
And while I'm looking to the book for inspiration: wings made of shadow-stuff. The original novel is famously unclear just what's going on there....
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I remember seeing the concept art for this slimy balrog in a LotR movie book before and totally forgot about it! Such a cool concept and you have made it wonderfully gooey and swampy!
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Nice work there interpreting the way it could have looked if they'd brought the Slime Balrog into The Two Towers. It would have been nice to see the attempt made there...
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They were going for the Slime Balrog originally, but they didn't have enough of a budget.
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I got all 3 of the artbooks across 3 Christmases, and I also liked the idea of a "Slime Balrog".
I like how some of the bubbles look like skulls.
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"How old now?"
They still don't feel old. They were so fresh and inspiring all those years ago, and they haven't lost that vitality since. Practically perennial, and it's great to see you expand on what only got as far as Weta Workshop.
- take care, beennacht de duit
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