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"The battle of Nanduhirion started on a dark day of cold winter with no sun to bother the orcs. Enemy had the high ground at the head of the valley, and greater numbers, reinforced by Azog's troops from Moria; battle initially went against dwarves.

The first vanguard led by King Thraín assaulted the slopes but were driven back with loss, into a forest near the Mirrormere. In the forest dwarves fought desperately against orcs, and many dwarven lords were slain and Thraín himself was wounded. Elsewhere, the battle swayed to and fro, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

The tide was only turned when a last contingent of fresh warriors from the Iron Hills, led by Náin son of Grór, arrived to reinforce the wavering Dwarves."
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Drawing ink & graphite pencil work. "Prelude" to the arrival of Náin and his troops from Iron Hills. Fourth illustration to my "war of the dwarves and orcs" - serie.
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~JamesCloudy Nov 24, 2011
You have a really unique illustrative style that really really works
nice one on the picture
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~Tulikoura Nov 25, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
:bow: Thank you very much for this comment.

This style of mine might be all about detailing things so overall picture might look too "heavy", as I think it can be seen here. One can't say where one line ends and another starts; too low contrast between objects. It's damn fun to draw this way but it requires more planning to succeed...
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~JamesCloudy Nov 25, 2011
Yeah I imagine the planning stage could take forever on a piece like this, all paid off in the end though.
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~ivoignob May 22, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
What can I say? Amazing job!
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~Tulikoura May 24, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you very much, that's what I say! Glad that you like this!
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~Killy-ad Mar 22, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
It's really a nice work man!
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~Tulikoura Mar 22, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you, I'm glad you like this :)
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~Jack-O-Lantern Feb 28, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
I can't help but to compare Your art to Burzum's music.

I wouldn't believe if You told me that no one used that comparison before me.

Exactly the same feel behind the work. Sort of.

As far as I can tell, there is little difference between Burzum's albums artwork and Your drawings. Well, apart from technical and style details - still, that makes 'little difference'.
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~Tulikoura Mar 22, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Hard to say, as this is unknown subject to me - but I can say that this is the first time I hear about this kind of reference ;)

But it's true that familiar aspects can be found from strange places.
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~Jack-O-Lantern Mar 22, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Not really 'strange' it has to be noticed that the word 'Burzum' comes from the black speech (means 'darkness') and Varg Vickernes' (the artist behind Burzum) pseudonym is Count Grischnakh (I am to lazy to check how is it spelled, but it is the name of one of the orks).
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