My Salgant isn't alone anymore
For a long while I owned an orginal Tolkien elf exclusively, artwise at least: Salgant, Lord of the Harp, an elf from Gondolin.
http://www.elfwood.com/art/d/a/dagmarjung/salgant_k.jpg.html
In every Google picture search, my little portrait of him was the only one that appeared. In a fandom where every elf that was ever mentioned in Tolkien's works (and some that weren't) has multiple fanclubs, I always felt that was a rare privilege. The fact that Salgant is the only elf with canonically proven overweight has probably much more to do with his unpopularity than his doubtful morale. Being a traitor or villain has never stopped Maeglin or others from being fangirl dream material.
However, those days of exclusive ownership are over: here, at last, is Salgant #2 on the internet:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/waraizizou/cgi_sunclip/img/107.jpg
Although I'm not sure where his canonical pudgyness has gone. Either he has been living on a strict diet for years now, or Glorfindel has finally managed to cut off his sweatmeat supply, or (I tend to believe in this last theory) this is a picture of Salgant's long gone youth before he ever set on weight.
http://www.elfwood.com/art/d/a/dagmarjung/salgant_k.jpg.html
In every Google picture search, my little portrait of him was the only one that appeared. In a fandom where every elf that was ever mentioned in Tolkien's works (and some that weren't) has multiple fanclubs, I always felt that was a rare privilege. The fact that Salgant is the only elf with canonically proven overweight has probably much more to do with his unpopularity than his doubtful morale. Being a traitor or villain has never stopped Maeglin or others from being fangirl dream material.
However, those days of exclusive ownership are over: here, at last, is Salgant #2 on the internet:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/waraizizou/cgi_sunclip/img/107.jpg
Although I'm not sure where his canonical pudgyness has gone. Either he has been living on a strict diet for years now, or Glorfindel has finally managed to cut off his sweatmeat supply, or (I tend to believe in this last theory) this is a picture of Salgant's long gone youth before he ever set on weight.