Lúthien Confronting Morgoth

"Then they came to the seat of Morgoth in his nethermost hall that was upheld by horror, lit by fire, and filled with weapons of death and torment. There Beren slunk in wolf's form beneath his throne; but Luthien was stripped of her disguise by the will of Morgoth, and he bent his gaze upon her."

 

I was reading the story of Beren and Lúthien in the Silmarillion for the first time as I built this, fittingly, and I’m really excited with the way my unlightbox worked in the photography session. Basically I made a dark box with light only coming in through a thick blanket on top, and from the front, but I also put a light in the back to make Melkor stand out against the light grey because otherwise he would get lost; and this way he stands out as the only thing in shadows.

 

This is my entry to the Semifinals of MELO, and an entry to the Summer Joust. The category was Evil, and for the Summer Joust I had to build a Scene of Light and Shadows, contrasting the lives of two beings in a single scene. What could be more evil than the thought of the fallen Vala, a design more dark than any that had yet come into his heart since he fled from Valinor? And what better contrast than that of the fairest of all the Children of Ilúvatar, with the very form of Evil, the author of discord and darkness?

 

I hope you like it! The picture was a lot of work, I stayed up all night working on this, haha. To God be the glory!

 

Done