Aldhelm's Brooch
Handmade by me, from Super Sculpey polymer clay, and painted with acrylic paints to resemble antique bronze. It measures 3 inches (10cm) in diameter. I sculpted onto a watchglass so I could get a curvature. The watchglass was removed after baking. It took me approximately 25 hours from start to finish.
A lot of fans talk about wanting a replica of Uhtred's sword. However, I wanted something more personal and meaningful to me. I had been planning to make this brooch for over a year now, and finally had the time and motivation to do so.
Progress photos and reference screenshots below the Keep Reading.
Progress photos. I rolled out the clay and molded it onto a watchglass. Then I printed out my sketch and used a pin to pinpoint the locations of the main features (the little spheres). Afterwards, it was just a lot of fiddly sculpting work to create the details. This was 100% done by hand; I did not use any molds or pre-created forms for this.
Painted version in indoor lighting.
Screencaps of the brooch. And you can see what I had to work with here, lol. Weird fact: his brooch changed color over the seasons! It was shiny gold colored in season 3, silver in season 4, and antique bronze in season 5. Don't know why it changed so much. Aldhelm's brooch is very unique and particular to him. He had a standard large bronze Mercian boar brooch in season 2, just like Aethelred, but for some reason that was changed to this one in season 3. It seemed to coincide with the change in his apparent personality, so I wonder if it was intentional or not?
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Sihtric | The Last Kingdom
Sihtric from The Last Kingdom.
Graphite pencils on 8x10 inch (20x25 cm) drawing paper.
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Another day, another beauty and today's is Hild😇
[see hq on portfolio]
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My three favorite rats.
Typing this as I'm bawling, so I hope it comes out fine. My friend @synindoodles just shared this drawing she made for me of my fave Sihtric pic, and she included our beloved rats, Thor and Salem, who unfortunately passed away recently. I'm just in absolute tears right now. This means the world and it's so special to me. It's the detail of Thor's little crinkle ears that made me bawl, and it's so insane to me that someone is this talented. A blessing, truly 🖤
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Eadith & Young Aethelstan
"My arms will hold you
Keep you safe and warm
This bond between us
Can't be broken
I will be here don't you cry"
—Phil Collins.
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Honorary Gremlinsson badge for @lord-aldhelm , who puts up with our daily Gremlinsson feralness, laughs with our shameles h*rninnsess (who said that) and all in all joins us in this funny little journey that is, well...this feral community.
I think Aldhelm is way past going into feral gremlin mode, because if he did everytime something upsets him, poor thing would never be out of that mode. So he's above it. But he is still the King of Eyerolls.
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New Fic (and some steamy art which you have to read the story to see!)
Title: Bound by Godly Chains
Fandom: The Last Kingdom
Pairing: Sihtric/Uhtred/Finan
Rating: E
Ive been bitten by the bug and Its nice to be writing again. I have 4 other WIPs started for this fandom as well.
Sorry my Dune folks LOL
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« The Mercian Commander » | Aldhelm
Graphite pencil drawing by Elena H (@elenah63_art on Instagram)
Reposted with permission
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Lord Aldhelm | The Last Kingdom
Derwent Pastel pencils on 30x40 cm dark grey pastelmat. Photo reference from episode 3.07.
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hey you can't just go and say "the theme of totk is hands" and expect me to have a normal reaction
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