Advice

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by sallkid

I am a collector and modeller of the games workshop lord of the rings hobby games. I find the series' main weakness is it's basis in the films, and localisation around the war of the ring.

I intend to build a figure representing Eöl the "Dark Elf" but i can't find much aesthetic information about him other than the fact he wears black armour and carries a black sword. could anyone who has any idea on this character tell me how they imagine him looking, for me to get ideas for the sculpt.

I will be very very grateful to anyone willing to help.

*The Dark Elf bows*

Ah, good ol' cousin Eol! He wasn't really evil, you know, just misunderstood. Actually, it was a smear campaign by those haughtily effete Noldor.

A kinsman of Thingol, Eol would appear 'stooped by his smithwork', yet he was no dwarf, 'but a tall Elf of a high kin of the Teleri, noble though grim of face; and his eyes could see deep into shadows and dark places' (per the Silmarillion).

I would cast him with dark hair and a scowl, and tall but slightly hunched (a rather Richard III characterization). I am not sure the scale of your miniature, but I don't think you could epitomize his eyes, which would be dark and penetrating.