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John Breed - ”God’s Intention”

Mirrored Polished Stainless Steel, Silverplated Animal

Skeletons, Wooden Construction

260 cm x 240 cm x 90cm

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A couple of cushions in the middle and wow, that would be an awesome reading place.

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So it REALLY annoys me to see such fine craftsmanship go uncredited. This is a blade done by Antonio Montejano and you can find his entire gallery on his website here

I would hope that if people ever reblog my works that they either add the credit in or never remove the credit. This is an extremely skilled man. apparently he “perforated” the blade (meaning he saw pierced those designs) and you get only one chance to do that sort of thing or you have to start all over again (or alternatively, solder a new piece in but I highly doubt that’s an actual option even with a decorative blade piece.)

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Oh bless

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Woodland Realm attire fit for a warrior queen #2.

(Picture 1 designer credit: Aldafea - Deviant Art.)

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umm fuckyeahanalfisting

#Freya Trevelyan

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Hearst Castle. For the next several weeks I will be showing my pics of Hearst Castle. Art Deco: Not really, with the expception of a period sculpture here & there. Most of the castle was certainly built during the period, but Mr. Hearst was personally drawn more to the classical stuff. Do yourself & make a pilgrimmage here at least once in your life. The place is 100x more magical than my pictures can convey. If you get impatient, you can see them all here: http://bit.ly/1ELhBP4

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#Freya Trevelyan #Cerys Hawke

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Ceremonial Bichwa Dagger

Dated: 17th century

Geography: Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Culture: Indian, Thanjavur

Medium: steel, gold

Dimensions: overall length 8⅛ inches (20.6 cm)

This intricately crafted dagger is among the best examples of ornamental steel chiseling from southeastern India, an area renowned for that art in the past. It may belong to a group of ornately decorated weapons that was preserved in the palace armory of Tanjore (present-day Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu) until the 1850s. The dagger is particularly noteworthy for the fineness of its workmanship, including complete figures in the round, and for retaining areas of original gilding, which is entirely missing on most surviving pieces of this type.

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1 | 2 | 3 instagram | flickr | facebook

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shinypixiedust

Deep within the rainforests of Mexico, seven hours outside of Mexico City, lies a magical hidden gem that very few have had the pleasure of stumbling across. It’s called Las Pozas and it is a sculpture garden, tucked away from prying eyes and at one with nature. It was created by a man named Edward James, an eccentric man who spent millions to create this magical wonderland that’s comprised of 20 acres of natural waterfalls and mountain springs.

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I will visit this place and it will be majestic.

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How the hell did you and your companions manage not to slip around on the ice when closing the rifts on the frozen river? Because all I can picture is Solas trying to cast this really awesome spell but slipping and falling on his ass or Cassandra trying to shield bash a demon but it jumps out of the way and she just…keeps going.

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I’m generous today! Better reblog them together!

Bucharest by DincoloDeFatade

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http://the-8-elements.deviantart.com/art/Common-Sword-Types-290730689

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And this whole time i’d been picturing a longsword whenever I read broadsword.

foxyfandoms

That’s because this isn’t completey accurate, at all. According to a quick glance at Wikipedia broadsword is a sort of vague term that mean anything from a Scottish Broadsword/Baskethilt (image is actually one I took of a wallhanger I have)

To wide-bladed Dao (commonly called Chinese Broadswords)

In the terminology of a medieval broadsword, it just means anything with long and somewhat thin cutting and stabbing blade (though that’s nitpicking because the term has sort of slipped into common usage as medieval style longsword)

Side note: is that Kodachi don’t have a set size (generally 30-60cm is the norm) so it’s a bit misleading to have it next to the Katana to imply a standard size.

I also can’t seem to find any real Cutlasses that shape, this was the closest I could locate:

and stuff like the top two here seem to be closer to the common shape

That also looks more like a butter than any machete I’ve ever seen.

Gladius swords are also not long and thin like that, they tend to be pretty thick and some even sort have curved edges.

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“Shortsword” is not a specific historical weapon, it’s a category which includes everything from long, curved hunting knives to the solid, stocky gladius and basically everything in between. “Broadsword” has likewise referred to everything from almost a gladius to almost a claymore; the only commonalities are that it’s a solid, chopping weapon. “Longsword” ranges from arming sword to zweihander to rapier depending on the era and purpose (the one pictured here is the the late medieval to renaissance Bastard Sword, a multipurpose weapon between true one-handed and true two-handed styles). Hell, “Katana” is just Japanese for longsword.

But really every culture and every era has had different styles of sword, and descriptive terms like ‘short’ ‘long’ and ‘broad’ are more common than technical terminology in historical accounts, so if you’re working in a fictional setting just use all the words in a way that make sense to you and your characters. And if you’re writing in a historical setting, you really need to look at the specific swords of that time and place instead of trying to rely on a single generic classification like this.

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My favourite Origin interaction is when Sten and Dog are growling at each other and Sten is like “you are a formidable warrior worthy of my respect”

#DA:O #Sten

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First day, they come and catch everyone. Second day, they beat us and eat some for meat. Third day, the men are all gnawed on again. Fourth day, we wait and fear for our fate. Fifth day, they return and it’s another girl’s turn. Sixth day, her screams we hear in our dreams. Seventh day, she grew as in her mouth they spew. Eighth day, we hated as she is violated. Ninth day, she grins and devours her kin. Now she does feast, as she’s become the beast. Now you lay and wait, for their screams will haunt you in your dreams.

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