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Fern - she/they - 24 - hobby artist that loves warriors and her ocs!

[fad3d-f3rn]

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Welcome to my humble abode! ♥ Fern - 24 - She/They - Genderfluid - Girl Lover - Hobby Artist 【ＣＡＲＲＤ】 【Ｍａｉｎ　ＯＣ　Ｐｒｏｊｅｃｔ】 Whispers of Ruin - a post-apocalyptic fantasy story made alongside my partner @salted-siren , a lot of my ocs that I post come from this universe! If you wanna know more feel free to check out the WEBSITE! *(its still a lil bit of a wip but we're working hard on it) 【Ｍａｉｎ　Ｆａｎｄｏｍｓ】 Warriors Wings of Fire Transformers Creepypasta Minecraft 【Ｔａｇｇｉｎｇ　Ｓｙｓｔｅｍ】 #whispersofruin

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[perplexingly]

There’s always space for yet another armor tutorial, right? (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Note that the armor I drew would be worn around 15th century, the more into the future the less and less components knight’s armor had (i. e. in early 14th century instead of greaves a knight would wear long boots only; in 12th century knights didn’t wear plate breastplates and instead a chain mail only). Also the design of armor pattern changed by year and was different in every country (i.e. in eastern Europe armors, while still looking European, were heavily influenced by Turkey). so just make sure you always do research whenever drawing an armor. And one more thing to keep in mind is that armors were expensive, knights wearing a full plate armor weren’t an often sight.

Some links that may be useful:

Armour Archive (I strongly suggest to browse its forum, there is no country or period of which armor wouldn’t be discussed)

Therion Arms (armorer’s page; each accessory is photographed in big resolution and several time so it’s a nice page to use as reference for drawing)

Revival Clothing (another store, but both with medieval clothing and armors; I suggest to read the articles, they’re often supported with pictures)

Basic Armouring:A Practical Introduction to Armour Making (pdf)

Educational Charts (pdf, shows how armors and weapons changed over the years)

Medieval & Renaissance Material Culture (actual medieval resources, mostly paintings. And my favourite subpage - women in armor)

Dressing in Steel (youtube; a demonstration how to dress in armor)

How shall a man be armed? (youtube; another demonstration but with 4 different knights from different periods)

[petermorwood]

There’s always room for another armour tutorial!

The links are excellent, but watch out for the Educational Charts, which are from 1917. Much of the information and terminology is outdated, and there are a couple of out-and-out mistakes: e.g. a ballista is shown on the crossbow page as being current 1400-500 AD.

This is incorrect. The true ballista as shown in the drawing is a Classical Greek / Roman twin-spring torsion weapon that went out of use about a thousand years before. Its medieval equivalent was either a Great Crossbow which looked similar but had a different method of operation (tension, not torsion) or a springald which looked very different indeed. The word “ballista” still turns up in books and websites even though it shouldn’t be used for medieval weapons. Calling a cow a horse won’t make it into something that can win the Derby.

There’s also a drawing of a Norman wearing the “mail bib-and-breeches” interpretation of a hauberk which had been discredited by most military historians even when the charts were being produced. It was based on the Bayeux Tapestry…

…where the art probably represents needlewomen trying to show how something much heavier than cloth clung so closely to to its wearer’s legs.

They got the hauberk design much clearer in the little margin illustrations of mail-shirts being stripped off corpses by being pulled over the head like, well, shirts, but by then I suspect some historians had got their names and reputations associated with the bib-and-breeches design and were reluctant to admit the error.

Moral: look at more than one source of reference. Google is your friend.

[transgendad]

periods are medieval honestly. like sorry I got suicidal last night turns out I had too much blood in me. yeah no some of it fell out and I'm fine now.

[okieduckie]

[riverc1an]

i love them so much <3

[porcelain-rob0t]

i know this is themed after the taylor swift but there is something so deeply funny about getting a cutesy wootsy beaded bracelet at claires that says "tortured". who else is being tortured in this claires⁉️ if you're being tortured in claires make some noise ‼️💯

[televisionenjoyer]

i post for me and like four of my mutuals and the rest is just collateral damage

[geeses]

reblog to diminish the horrors from the person you reblogged from

[smileyfaces]

i saw this video elsewhere and wanted to post it here —

wind turbine that got struck by lightning near Cromwell, TX

[sacred-portal]

[thehappysmiler]

im your lame ass mutual and you love me

[caats]

[atalienart]

Project Soulmate!

[toadtype]

artfight attack on alitoons!

[umaia3aurart]

Have y'all read the TF/MLP crossover comic yet? If not, YOU SHOULD!

This is fan art of "the Magic of Cybertron," with Rarity and Fluttershy inviting KOBD over for a tea party afterward!

In this comic, Knock Out expresses his feelings of friendship to Breakdown to help remove his brainwashing. My headcanon is that it was the first time he opened up about his feelings toward Breakdown and called him "My better half," not just a partner! So he asks Rarity for love advice on how he should approach BD next (They become "girl-talk friends" lol) I'd say she would definitely be their matchmaker!

And also, somehow I felt BD and Fluttershy would get along well when I saw them chatting on the last page of the comic! 🦋

[kaikyonojinbe]

i meant to be a casual fan but it ended up ruining my life

[feliz-navidad]

"What if my friends secretly hate me?" What if they pray for you before bed? What if they hear a song come on and it makes them immediately think of you? What if when times are hard for them, they close their eyes and think of the memories they've shared with you? What if they study your face closely to see how you're feeling? What if they listen to your stories? What if they smile when you text them first? What if