Looking for a Tolkien Balrog Illustration

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Kane
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Looking for a Tolkien Balrog Illustration

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For a particular setting's devil, I am trying to find a picture of a Tolkien Balrog that I once had, and I am uncertain of the artist. As opposed to the lava dinosaur of Howe and Jackson, this was a black, almost angelic man of significant size (but not T-Rex sized) with a sword that was red hot (as opposed to wreathed in flames) and had shadows that looked like wings. This is 110% my preferred version of the Balrog, and I think it fits the Tolkien description better (not only the words in the book, but the idea of a fallen angel), but I cannot recall the artist or where it appeared. Can anyone help me track this illustration down?

It's not this one: https://www.deviantart.com/farflinger/a ... -872798308
But that is closer to the illustration I'm thinking of than the Howe/Jackson version.
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This one? It doesn’t fit your description exactly, but it’s as close as I can find. There’s a lot more flame in this one.
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Indeed, this forum is for sharing art that can be used with BFRPG. However, this kind of discussion is okay in General Discussion, so I'll kick it over there.
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