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File: 1663705199681.jpg (67.79 KB, 545x1043, cea38e2023c4e7db61a0f577200a1c…)

No. 240697

post artowrk or recreations of historical warrior groups or specific individuals

No. 240698

File: 1663705224527.jpg (109.93 KB, 643x1024, Eff0I0oXgAAlZ0M.jpg)

Lacedaemonian hoplite

No. 240699

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Spartan Hoplite

No. 240701

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No. 240704

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Recreation of a mounted warrior from the Mongol Empire.

No. 240705

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No. 240706

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No. 240709

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No. 240711

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Evolution of the armor of Henry VIII(the six wives guy)

No. 240723

>>240711
The first one is so cute! Also lel at his armor getting fatter over time

No. 240810

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>>240723
He was considered quite the champion when he was young, he was 6'2(at a time when the average man was 5 inches shorter then today) and excellent at jousting and close combat

No. 241833

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ancient celt
fun fact the ancient celts invented chainmail

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No. 241837

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early hallstatt celts

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No. 241839

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ancient brittonic celts

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No. 241842

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>>241840
Boudicca
pronunced Bow-di-Ca
bow as in bow and arrow/ribbon bow
Ca with a hard C/k sound

No. 241844

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>>241842
she was queen of the iceni tribe
prounced eye-kay-nigh

No. 241846

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historically accurate welsh king arthur

No. 241848

File: 1664008789486.jpg (90.08 KB, 800x731, flap flap.jpg)

final celt post
this is a eastern celtic helmet that is in the shape of a crow/raven (celtic bird of war)
its wings would have flapped as the wearer moved
it would have been more ornate and had gemstones as the eyes when it was new

No. 241860

>>241848
Its kinda funny thinking about ancient warriors customize their armor and weapons to seem more badass, where'd you get these pics from btw ?

No. 241869

>>241860
part of it was prestiege by showing something that took a long time to craft showed how important you were
i get them mainly from pintrest and google searches and only save ones that are historically accurate

No. 241900

>>240810
Wow, who would've thought he'd turn out to be a horrible man probably upset at life because he got fat. That is such cute armor though
>>241844
I love her clashing gingham garments

No. 241901

File: 1664034354205.jpg (82.22 KB, 500x741, DirsXOYXcAAHHYE.jpg)

>>241869
I assumed it was only nobles who had customized stuff as well, still I am oddly fascinated with customized armor, I have been saw since I first saw Bram Stoker's Dracula, sage for not being thread related

No. 241902

File: 1664034380665.png (76.83 KB, 500x667, boys armor.png)

Child armor

No. 241910

File: 1664036812820.jpg (284.51 KB, 800x920, Geschichte_des_Kostüms_(1905)_…)

>>241901
It'd be anyone with enough money to order it, which would be well in their interest as someone with an intricate armor would be assumed to be rich, which means he'd be much more likely to be ransomed on the battlefield rather than straight up slayed. There's a lot of customized armors that are however just ceremonial, in that case the focus is entirely on it looking good
On the other hand you've got the Landsknechts, usually low-born mercenaries who all had customized costumes in part because it made each of them more recognizable during a battle, but also because the german emperor Maximilian granted them the privilege of looking as good as they wanted as the lives they had were "short and brutish"

No. 241914

>>241902
>Drakengard intensifies

No. 242153

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Savoyard helmets (from the region of Savoy) are notable by the way they tried to be as close as possible to the shape of a human head while still being mass produced. A lot of them had "smiles", but the nose on this one was rather uncommon

No. 242154

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>>242153
One of the cutest designs

No. 242155

>>242153
>>242154
I would be fucking terrified If I saw this approaching me

No. 242166

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>>242155
They were mostly used by heavy cavalry, which means the wearer would be approaching you very fast

No. 242167

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>>242153
so that's where these cuties got their inspo from

No. 242169

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there are some funky helmets out there

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No. 242242

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>>242169
>>242170
These are endearingly goody. I also can't imagine what the vision is out of these. Who says you can't look, um, fancy while going to battle?

Also the first one reminds me of another dark souls dude.

No. 242256

>>242242
The first one is the medieval equivalent of a very expensive propeller cap, it was designed to look goofy and make people laugh during tournament parades

No. 242614

File: 1664216934187.png (2.39 MB, 1352x1018, aztec1.png)

I'll post some precolumbian mesoamerican (not all of them are aztec but I'll use "aztec" for short) warriors, pics are taken from Osprey's Men-at-Arms books
You'll notice in all of these pictures a great abundance of feathers, which aztecs loved as much as they loved flowers, and a complete absence of iron, as aztecs never discovered how to melt it, since it requires a much higher temperature than other metals. The black parts on the weapons are very sharp obsidian (volcanic glass), the green parts on the cotton costumes are quetzal feathers

The goal of warfare was either to add more cities to the empire or to capture prisoners (especially during the religious Flower Wars), and a warrior rose in ranks as he captured more and more opponents. Once he captured 4, he became a jaguar warrior

No. 242619

File: 1664217902348.png (2.77 MB, 1043x1460, aztec2.png)

>>242614
The goggly mask this priest wears represents the Mixtec rain god Dzahui, which is about the same as the Aztec rain god Tlaloc. The goggles are so significant as a religious symbol that even in the 50s the anthropologist Levi-Strauss was able to use lensless glasses as a trading commodity with amazonian tribes
The warlord is holding an atlatl and darts. Contrary to popular belief the Aztecs weren't in fact defenseless at long distances, and their defeat against conquistadores were caused mostly by opposing superior forces (sacrificing and enslaving the neighboring tribes made them a LOT of enemies) and the same western diseases outbreaks that decimated the tribes of North America
Aztec heraldry was very developed, but used neither painted shields nor western-style flag. The standard bearer is wielding the symbol of the city of Tilantongo

No. 242624

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>>242619
This priest is wearing human skin, a byproduct of intense flaying activity during human sacrifices (after cutting the heart out, they weren't monsters). I remember a story of a princess that got married to a noble of another city state to create an alliance, said princess ended up being sacrificed and a priest wore her flayed skin in front of her father, all this done in fact to honor her (her city didn't have the same interpretation of the events so they went to war). Sacrifices were honored while they were alive, their remains were venerated as relics and they were said to go directly to one of the greatest heavens, same as the braves who died in combat and the women in childbirth. If that part about women in childbirth sounds familiar, yes, that's how the spartans thought too, and they also had regular "artificial" wars like the Flower Wars (they just killed defenseless helots though). I guess war-based societies end up following the same lines of thought

Sacrifices that showed fear of death were shouted at and admonished

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Too many scrotes, not enough amazons

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No. 282023

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lovely thread anon! here are some gladiators i saved a while back.

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No. 282040

>>282026
……I would be whipped if I was in Rome but damn what would I give to touch those muscles..

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Tomyris of the Massagetae

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>>282040
gladiators were said to sometimes be hired as personal bodyguards for the right sum, nona, often by noble women. i think you can guess why.

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>>282949
their blood (among other bodily fluids) was also harvested to sell as an aphrodisiac.

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The Legendary Shieldmaiden Lathgertha

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non-spoilered version

No. 286141

>>285993
>>285994
sandahl is so gorgeous

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>>309325
>>309326
>>309327
Medieval knights are cool and 12-13th century armor is the best looking IMHO. Aesthetically speaking, I loose interest at late 13th and after armors.
Modern moids would never dress this fashionably.
BTW, the artist you posted is Graham Turner and he makes really great art. I gonna spam a few of my fav pieces.

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how come men used to have all this fun? :((newfag)

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>>310799
I don't think having head concussions or broken bones would be considered fun but at least you get to die in fashion kek.

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>Libyan warrior, c. 800BCE

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Joan of Arc Dump

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>Sikelgaita (also Sichelgaita or Sigelgaita) (1040 – 16 April 1090) was a Lombard princess, the daughter of Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno and second wife of Duke Robert Guiscard of Apulia. She commanded troops in her own right.[1] Robert Guiscard wrote that she stood six feet tall
>in 1081 she was on the field in full armour, rallying her and Robert's troops when they were initially repulsed by the Byzantine army and were in danger of losing cohesion. According to the Byzantine historian Anna Comnena, she was "like another Pallas, if not a second Athena,"
>"in her we come face to face with the closest approximation in history to a Valkyrie. A woman of immense build and herculean physical strength, she hardly ever left her husband's side – least of all in battle, one of her favourite occupations. At such moments, charging magnificently into the fray, her long blond hair streaming out from beneath her helmet, deafening friend and foe alike with huge shouts of encouragement or imprecation, she must have looked – even if she did not altogether sound – worthy to take her place among the daughters of Wotan."

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>Inés Suárez was a female conquistador who took part in the Araucanian war against Mapuches in Chile. During an attack on the Mapuches, she beheaded the chief and took his head as a war trophy.

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>Maria Pita was a Galician woman who, during an invasion by the English, led local militiamen against them after wounding her husband (an army captain) and even allegedly killed the brother of the invading commander (Sir Francis drake).

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>Born in Dinan into a soldier family, Duchemin married a soldier named Brûlon and served from 1792 to 1799 in the defence of Corsica. She initially fought disguised as a man along with her husband, but was eventually discovered to be a woman. Despite this, she had shown such valour in battle that she was allowed to remain in service. She survived her husband and was proficient with sword and dagger in hand-to-hand combat. In 1797, she asked to be allowed into Les Invalides after she received severe wounds in the siege of Calvi, but was denied seven years. When she received the pension in 1804, she was also promoted to the rank of lieutenant.



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