Then Fingon rode against him

"Again after a hundred years Glaurung, the first of the Urulóki, the fire-drakes of the North, issued from Angband's gates by night. He was yet young and scarce half-grown, for long and slow is the life of the dragons, but the Elves fled before him to Ered Wethrin and Dorthonion in dismay; and he defiled the fields of Ard-galen. Then Fingon prince of Hithlum rode against him with archers on horseback, and hemmed him round with a ring of swift riders; and Glaurung could not endure their darts, being not yet come to his full armoury, and he fled back to Angband, and came not forth again for many years. Fingon won great praise, and the Noldor rejoiced; for few foresaw the full meaning and threat of this new thing."

As you can see, I went for Fingon in the title - he's so much more prominent than Glaurung! 

I can't express how much I love this combination of dull greenish-blue with ochre. It ticks off all my personal taste boxes. 

Prints are in my shop! Use the link to have your discount code applied automatically. 

Original is sold! <3 Here's a reminder that you can ask me about an original painting at any point while it's on the easel. 

I was glad yesterday to have this little beauty on my workbench to take my mind off the pin disaster. At times, it almost felt as though someone had died. Over the last month, I'd continuously think about pins, which ones to make, how to bundle them, how to run a preorder, and yesterday, whenever my mind went along those tangents, I'd stop short. 

I won't say I'm not a quitter. I've quit a lot of things in my life (and regretted few). But in this case, I told myself pretty quickly that I wasn't going to quit pins. There's all the packaging stuff and backing cards, not just for the 170 Patreon-only ones, but also for the ones I'm still hoping to do, and I love those little things so much that I'm going to make them happen. 

The kingfisher and open edition Maedhros pins I already ordered are set to arrive in about two weeks. I'm going to have the others made next month, too. I'm currently looking at Pantone books in Ebay; this is the most failsafe way to communicate the exact colour you want to the manufacturer, and I want to communicate exact colours, by jolly! (You see I'm still listening to Bill Bryson.) So yes, pins are happening, and preorders will happen as soon as I have confirmation that it is possible to do pins that don't look like zombie smurfs. I'm fairly confident in that regard. ;)