GOOD lord will you people stop saying the flames are backwards! they are correct. Look at a ligher.. candle etc. brighter where hotter people.
Don't listen to those people ELEX you have it right!
GREAT job!
I like the gray, it's different and adds something to the Balrog. Maybe I've just seen too many black ones already that look the same. The base is well done, less is more in this case. I disagree with NVstudios, their balrog is good, but it's pretty boring in general. Also, I don't think this one is only 1/3 or 1/2 done, I think it's finished as is apparent from the highlighting of the wings and such. Quite good. I would like to see a little more contrast in the darker clefts of the cracks and folds though, somehow the body isn't quite a 9 or a 10 in my eyes yet.