#gokstad

[valkyrjacom]

🐉🍃✨ I finally had the chance to put up my historical tent again. The poles are reconstructions of the tent from the Gokstad ship burial, and the canvas is thick waterproof linen. The original animal heads were decorated with black and yellow paint, and the same colors were used to paint the shields along the side of the ship. The grave also contained six simple beds and parts of two large beds. The bedpoles had the same carved animal heads, indicating that the tent and beds might have been a set. So, whoever the Gokstad man was, he seems to have been into "glamping"! 🏕✨ #gokstad #gokstadtent #osebergtent #historicalcamping #glamping #vikingmarket #viking #vikings #norse #vikinglife #vikingblog #valkyrja https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ8Tt2XL5wT/?utm_medium=tumblr

[artofbigham]

The last thing I got to design while working on Warframe: the Grineer Gokstad Crewship.  This was meant to be a gunship/Troop Transport that would harass the player in Railjack missions and could even be hijacked!  This particular design went through a loottttt of iterations as can be seen here.  I only got about 1/2 way through the final design after blocking it out in Zbrush but it wasn’t a problem for them to finish it off and take it to final!

[paladinadventures]

Gokstad is a boat builder so he was all for upgrading the dinghy. But the Navy went a direction where there is only one island, Bubops. So it was easier for everyone to go to Pirate Island together.

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[ltwilliammowett]

The Gokstad ship 890 AD

It could be sailed as well as rowed, and the ship was suited to voyages of discovery, trading and Viking raids. On each side of the ship there are 16 oar holes. Altogether the crew consisted of 34 men, including oarsmen, the helmsman and the lookout. There are no signs of thwarts. The oarsmen probably sat on chests, which could also contain their personal equipment.

It was built around 890 AD, at the height of the Viking period. It was a fast and flexible ship that was suitable for voyages on the high seas.

The ship is made of oak, and is 5.18 m wide and 23.22 m long. It is clinker built with 16 rows of strakes. The nine strakes below the waterline are only two to three centimetres thick, making the sides of the ship light and flexible. The keel is made of one straight piece of oak. The deck consists of planks of pine that could be lifted so that the crew could easily bale out water if necessary. This also provided storage capacity for a little cargo.

When the ship was excavated, 32 shields were fixed to each side of the boat, painted alternately in yellow and black. White woollen material with red cloth strips sewn on were found in the forepart of the boat, perhaps remnants of the sail. The ends of the bow and stern posts had rotted away so it is not clear how they were finished, but there is nothing to indicate that they were ever fitted with dragon heads. Even without dragon heads, the Gokstad ship must have been an impressive sight when appearing on the ocean horizon with full sails set.

[paladinadventures]

This session started a boss fight. Gokstad tried casting touch of idiocy. Unfortunately it had no affect on the boss.

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[paladinadventures]

There were more than the normal amount of storms randomly generated.

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[clancarruthers]

1,100-YEAR OLD CEREMONIAL CIKING SHIELD - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

1,100-year-old ‘ceremonial’ Viking shields were actually used in battle, study suggests Dozens of Viking round shields from a famous ship burial unearthed in Norway were not strictly ceremonial as long thought; instead they may have protected warriors in battle, a new study finds. 1000 YEAR OLD SHIELD FOUND IN DENMARK.   CARRUTHERS ANCESTORS WERE MAINLY DANISH VIKINGS. A reanalysis of the wooden…

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[clancarruthers]

CLAN CARRUTHERS - VIKING SHIPBUILDING

CLAN CARRUTHERS – VIKING SHIPBUILDING

CLAN CARRUTHERS INT SOCIETY CCIS                                      PROMPTUS ET FIDELIS

  VIKING SHIPBUILDING CARRUTHERS / ASHMEN WHERE VIKING SHIPBUILDERS

  Boats and ships were a major importance in everyday Viking life and they were a symbol of wealth and power.  Vikings were advanced in wood carpentry and it is mentioned often that Viking ships were lighter, slimmer and faster.  However,…

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