Like I don't have enough projects pending....OK, I know that projects come knocking at the mental door. But what law says that I have to open that door? What perverse sense of humor of the ONE caused me to open this latest door? Well....I did, and it resulted in a deep dive for the past three months and another major project on my burner.
It started with a hunt for a sigil. Bear with me - we'll come up for air eventually. I wanted a closer look at the sigil of Gil-Galad (yes...we're dealing with Lord of the Rings again) that both Gil-Galad and Elrond wear at the shots of the Last Alliance in the film version. Peter Jackson and his staff did their research and many of the details that they had in the film were "canon", i.e., they were straight from the descriptions laid out in many of Tolkien's writings. A search for Gil-Galad's sigil led to several websites, including the fan fiction websites that I've been involved in ever since. But in this search for the sigil, I also found many more sigils and heraldic devices that were carried by characters of LOTR. So......
I have an item I purchased several years ago that I wanted to enamel. I have decided that I want to put some of these sigils onto the item in enamel. The sigils are very detailed, so doing the enamel will be a challenge. But I think I'll enjoy the challenge, so I spent two hours last night resizing 30+ sigils to the size that I will need. Now I can start drawing the final versions to-size, do the color plates, and try and figure out the best ways to make this happen....all I needed - ONE MORE PROJECT - OI VEH !
(Sigils pictured are Luthien, Finrod and Earendil, from top to bottom.)
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