Turin Turambar, mightiest mortal warrior of the First Age and probably my favorite Tolkien character. Aside from maybe Beren and his lineage, no human ever caused as much trouble for the forces of evil as Turin in those days (though admittedly he caused a lot of trouble for his allies). I’ve got a soft spot for those tragic cursed warriors just trying to make things right.
Depictions of Turin and the dragon Glaurung are common in Tolkien art, and it’s hard to do something new, especially with his famed helmet, the Dragon-helm of Dor-lomin. It’s usually depicted in a Hellenistic style with a little dragon on top, but in the text it’s said the helmet was supposed to be terrifying, especially to orcs and the like. With this in mind I went with something more fearsome, along with some armor to match.
This image is actually for a project I can’t quite talk about yet, but you’ll hear more about it soon!
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