The Wicked Knight

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Fallout Week 2017: Day 7  — Brains or brawn?

Weapons that I find aesthetically pleasing

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Pistols - a goodbye gift from Napoleon Bonaparte to his son. 24th of January 1814, few days before the battle of Brienne

Read the story

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Remaking of Mingguangkai明光铠(famous type of ancient chinese armor) in Tang dynasty according to archaeological records.

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Paladin,   Gareth Dragonsbane

Concept art, character design

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The two swords at the top right are classic examples of modern tourist market swords made in India. That being said, there is something very satisfying in seeing an assemblage of swords and other edged weapons, even when some of them are, well, junk.

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Indian arms & armour.

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Six Indian swords.

[victoriansword]

I’ve never seen a tulwar like this. I like it!

Object Title

Sword (talwar)

Date

1601-1630

Object Number

XXVIS.294

Provenance

Purchased 1 April 1991

Physical Description

The blade is slightly curved and single-edged, with a group of three fullers towards the back. The ivory hilt is of waisted form, with a bulbous, reeded pommel. The waisted section and the bottom of the grip are carved with bands of leaves. The guard is of iron, with short quillons terminating in petalled domes, and with long langets terminating in onion-shaped finials. The guard is decorated in gold koftgari with foliate borders.

© Royal Armouries

[victoriansword]

Draw me like one of your French girls, @qsy-complains-a-lot.

An infantry officer’s sabre briquet dating: second quarter of the 19th Century provenance: France Curved, single-edged blade; solid brass one-quillon hilt, quillon marked “LIBERTE”, smooth guard, cap shaped as a rooster head. Leather scabbard with brass mounts.dimensions: length 73,5 cm.

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Indian Tulwar

Indian tulwar hilted sword, wootz steel kilij type blade with a yelman and gold koftgari hilt, cartouche and inscription. 

Length: 79 cm 

Length of blade: 67 cm 

Ricasso: 5.2 cm 

Hilt: 16 cm

 Disc diameter: 6 cm 

Width of quillons: 8.5 cm 

Length of langet: 5.4 cm.

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Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today - Robert McKee

[museum-of-artifacts]

Swords used in the coronation of Frederick the Great, recovered by American forces from the German bunker at the end of World War II.

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Sir Lancelot crossing the Sword Bridge

Lancelot du Lac, Hainaut 1344

BnF, Français 122, fol. 1r

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! :)

All the best! ^^

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Swords

Concept art

lineart

2015

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Amulet

concept art

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