#historical weapons

[officialleehadan]

This is one of the most useful shows I've ever seen for how historical weapons really do perform in action. Doug is an expert martial artist, the dummies are all designed to be human-analogues.

I highly suggest looking up Forged in Fire kill tests when you're writing about a specific weapon. Very often, you can get a great idea of a blade just by watching how they perform. (Plus, it's a great show!)

They do sometimes use animal carcasses to demo. I believe that the ones they use are ethically sourced, but I'm not sure. If that bothers you, maybe don't watch.

#tw dead animal #tw violence #violence #dead animal #weapons #historical weapons #forged in fire #Youtube

[theoldcode]

Mutuals do this

#Thegncore #Art #historical weapons #History #Anglo-Saxon #Aesthetic #Armour #weapons #swords

[ettawritesnstudies]

this is my new favorite website <3

#historical weapons #polearms #writing research

[stwur]

#another one cause i cant choosr #dagger #stiletto dagger #historical weapons #gothic

[cybiluncivilised]

Painting a Roundshield

With Abergwili show approaching I need to sort out a Welsh military impression. I am a crys and a non nasal helm short, but we'll see as things come along.

I bought myself a rounshield a little while ago, at the Pembroke Show where I debuted my Welsh civilian impression as a wool spinner. This means it was time to paint my shield. Saturating the canvas somewhat with paint and varnishing it adds a layer of protection to the shield so it can last longer.

It looked a bit mucky and yucky because I'd taken it camping with me and handled it a whole bunch. I wiped it down with a damp cloth to get the worst off but largely I should worry more about getting it damp or soapy than dirty.

I found the cardinal points and drew lines to the edges, using a piece of paper to judge whether they're at true right angles from each other. It took a little bit of fudging around.

I folded the paper to a 45° angle to make new lines coming from the centre and drew lines 45° from those lines from the edges of the boss. Seems convoluted but that's the way I used so as to make the lines even. I made sure they were 90° from each other again with the paper and used marks on the paper to judge the width of the lines.

Mask it (including the boss and the leather but if you get paint on the steal it should come off easily) and paint it. Can you tell by how little I have to say that painting just ain't my jam as much as geometry? I studied art FFS.

I did two layers of red, even though just one was a pretty solid colour. Adding the white is complicated. These paints are water based so mix together enthusiastically. If I got a tiny bit of white in the red or a tiny bit of red in the white it was time for the pink rebellion. I protected myself from this by spraying a nice coat of varnish over the red after taking up the masking tape and before adding the white.

This was bastard masking tape. It simultaneously was not sticky enough and also sticky enough to pull up the paint despite me waiting for the paint to get nice and dry and crackly. I ended up freehanding the white.

Hot chocolate to wait for the paint to dry before pulling up the last of the masking tape. Look at this lil' guy!

Turned out a little rough but I was given the feedback afterwards that painting with a sponge might help get better lines. Since it's a little late for me I'll leave that one as a free tip for you!

#historical reenactment #historia normannis #medieval #medieval reenactment #reenactment #craft #roundshield #shield wrighting #recreating history #historical weapons #medieval weapons

[th3p0rtalmaker]

This guy's does some really cool stuff with bows!

#historical facts #historical weapons #youtube links #youtube shorts

[s3znl-gr3znl]

I love that almost all civilizations have a weapon thats basically "if i cant cut through or penetrate my enemy's armor i will turn whatevers beneath it into juice."

#ah i see you are armed with a bludgeon capable of disintegrating any bone in the body #consider my pants pissed #bludgeon #kanabo #bludgeoning weapon #bludgeon attack #historical weapons #weapons

[er-cryptid]

Wall exhibit of various two-handed broadswords

Danish Middle Ages and Renaissance Exhibit

Danish History Museum

Copenhagen, Denmark

#history #historyblr #history museum #history museums #museum #museums #broadswords #history of weapons #weapons history #two-handed broadswords #historical swords #historical broadswords #swords #copenhagen #denmark #danish history museum #danish middle ages #middle ages

[woahcoolbear]

misc ttrpg things + hats😁

#ttrpg art #dnd #posting bc i need alazais on my blog...shes my girl!!!! #and her halberd is there in silhouette but i wonder if i should change her signature weapon. but i shouldnt #she's a major historical figure in my setting🤍and very dead #art

[bowtiepastabitch]

Let's talk costuming: Avaunt!

So I think we can all agree that Aziraphale looks his most traditionally angelic in the Job minisode, no? In fact, all of the angels' costuming increases in drama for this particular episode. This is, obviously, a very deliberate choice on the part of wardrobe, so let's discuss.

On a technical level, the biggest thing that stands out to me about this fabulous robe is the draping. Oh, the draping. It feels like a classic angel 'fit because on a very fundamental level, it is. A lot of what we think of as angelic draws on Renaissance artists' depictions, with flowing robes, fluffy wings, and glimmering halos. In art from this era, there is a strong attention to detail on the natural flow of fabrics that makes Renaissance sculpture so breathtaking, such as here: (The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Bernini, 17th century CE)

It's this ability to make solid marble look like fine silk rippling with movement that leaves such a strong impression in my mind when I look at these kinds of works.

In painting, too, there is a similar effect. Something about the material culture of the Renaissance really lent itself to this style, perhaps fueled by the rise in new textile luxuries that occurred in vaguely the same period. This is seen especially strongly for angels, such as in the sculpture above, and in this painting: (The Annunciation to the Virgin, Botticelli, 15th century CE)

There's a stark contrast between the dress of the two figures. The virgin Mary is no less ornamentally or expensively dressed, but her style is rather minimalistic next to the angel's voluminous robing. It paints a very clear impression of angelic dress, and the designers for Good Omens would have been aware, in at least a small way, of the art history precedence for such a thing.

The poof of the sleeves, the tucks down the front, the little belt with the train tucked in, the gathers, the weight of the fabric, everything about this robe is constructed to carefully recreate the rather fantastical imagery of renaissance art. It's not necessarily an easy texture to nail down, given that the artists themselves had no concerns of gravity, comfort, or the way it would look in actual 3d motion, while our brave costumers were dealing with all three as well as a budget, time constraints, and the constant consideration that white fabric just gets dirty so easy.

Here's some of the other angels as well, so you can see how theirs reflect those same dramatic themes.

And then, of course, when costuming a show you have a second question: What does this mean for our character? Or rather, we know how, but WHY did they make him look so traditionally angelic?

Well, thematically, the Job minisode centers around Aziraphale's struggle with being a good angel and Crowley's struggle with being a good demon. Aziraphale is learning how to be an angel that follows along with heaven as far as we can, and he's so terribly torn up about it. He spends a lot of his time fretting about doing what's expected demanded of him, even if perhaps he doesn't believe it to be the right choice. Natural, then, that he should look the part of the perfect angel whilst sorting out these ethereal woes.

Crowley even draws attention to it himself, giggling a bit at the suggestion that Aziraphale, with his fluffy hair and flowing angelic garb, could possibly become a demon. And it is a rather silly mental image; the garment itself would be comically silly in really ANY other context at all. In the same manner, his performance of angelic archetype borders on excessive:

He's trying so desperately hard here to be the angel he wants to and is supposed to be. He's dressed the part, he's using his big scary angel voice, but deep down he's clinging to an identity that doesn't quite fit.

(You'll notice in this shot the distinct difference between his and Crowley's dress on the level of silhouette as well as color. We see this a lot from the two of them, but with the points I made above it felt worth pointing out in this particular scene)

Here at the end, as he's coming to terms with the cracks in his heaven-given identity, his robe is largely in shadow, blurring out its startling whiteness. We do not see him dressed this way again. (He continues to wear white, obviously, but from here on out his style of dress mimics the human trends of the time rather than that classical angelic imagery)

#good omens analysis #art history #sometimes I am an academic weapon but only when it doesn't count #aziraphale good omens #job minisode #costume design #good omens #good omens costumes #aziraphale #michael sheen #historical clothing #good omens 2 #neil gaiman #also I love the little human touch of that little bend in his fucking sleeve cuff when he says avaunt #like that's a fully real piece of clothing that he's wearing not something animated and sometimes you just have to sit and appreciate it #it just makes me laugh a little #I'm sure someone somewhere agonized over it and wishes they'd fixed it but it just feels so human to me

[starwikia]

suicide cw

look i have been in this area before mentally. it sucks and i wouldn’t wish this on anyone. but, and this is going to sound callous, but i don’t feel any sympathy for james somerton. even if i hope he’s like. not dead. But thats all the amount of goodwill im willing to give him. The more i think about this really, the more angry i am. 

ngl this entire situation is another example of how white people weaponize their mental illness to avoid consequences. Im seeing it in real time.

this man has a continuous habit of using self-harm as a get-out-of-jail-for-free card. in both of his apologies, he has worded his supposed attempts in ways that were clearly meant to guilt people who displayed his plagiarism and overall horrendous history of racism and misogyny. i say supposed because, while i’m not saying those are lies and this would he such a fucked up thing to lie about that i don’t want to think he has, unfortunately, it’s been proven again and again that his word can’t be trusted, as he’s known to lie to try get out of consequences. Hes a proven liar. him lying about this is actually the best case scenario, because no one should go through this entire situation, wouldnt wish this on anyone, but you can only do this so often before people stop sympathizing with you. is this callous? Yeah, but like. I’m actually fucking angry he cant straight up take no as an answer. that this is how he reacts realizing he cant be one of the Cool Kidz™️ on youtube anymore. he acts like he DESERVES a career, like its not a privilege hes lost due to his own actions.

He lied about apologizing and forgiving people, he lied about giving the money to hbomberguy to give to ppl he ripped off (yknow, instead of doing it himself), he lied about the jessie gender situation and rewrote the narrative to make it so he isnt the bad guy, and hes the victim all along actually!

you can’t tell me that supposed last message of his isn’t meant to be a 13 reasons why esq attempt to deflect the blame “look i’m going to kill myself and it’s all YOUR PEOPLES FAULT for not letting me achieve my DREAM of being filmmaker IN PEACE!!! I just wanted Nick’s (the guy who I have thrown under the bus again and again) portfolio up!! Im just being a good friend dont you all FEEL BAD” he refuses to take ANY ACCOUNTABILITY of any of his actions and he IS STILL trying to shove the blame over to other people again.

it’s also pretty ironic people are like “uhhh well hbomber’s fans harassed him!!!” like hbomber outright told people NOT to HARASS JAMES!!! ALSO acting as if james doesn’t have a very real documented history of STRAIGHT UP sending his fans to harass and threaten smaller creators, more notably women, trans, and bipoc creators. especially after he’s stolen typically very personal anecdotes so he could profit from them. so why can he do it but the second people are like “hey this guys an actual piece of shit.” and he can’t handle it suddenly people are trying to white knight his shit? like no he doesn’t get that. he doesn’t get that at all just because he couldn’t handle the consequences of his actions. 

what? were supposed to stay quiet about a man profiting off of other minorities because he wanted to be the spokesman for all gay people? people tried to solve this on a smaller, more private scales for YEARS and he kept doing it. it was clear that the giant public video was the ONLY way to get people to notice. HE WOULDVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH STEALING 87 FUCKING THOUSANDS WORTH OF DOLLARS. HE CANT HANDLE THE FACT HE CANT GET AWAY WITH IT. 

am i supposed to feel bad for the guy who basically threatened a trans woman with the police? i don’t care what anyone says, it’s so fucking obvious that he threatened jessie by implying he was getting the police involved in their conflict. what am i supposed to act like that didn’t happen? are we supposed to pretend like he didn’t glorify nazi’s and outright said that gay people made up a good chunk of the nazis? That he didnt say america joined ww2 bc they were jealous of the NAZIS. WHAT WOULD POSSESS YOU TO FUCKING SAY THAT. but then? He gives women (not even women most of the time, he misgenders nonbinary ppl constantly) shit for writing mlm. are we supposed to act like he doesn’t straight-up sees himself superior and better than people of color and steals their works to put himself on a pedestal? Are we supposed to act like he didnt spit on our elders by saying “only the boring gays survived aids” like man! Fuck you! He BLANTANTLY MAKES UP HISTORY TO PUT HIMSELF ON A PEDESTAL!! HE ACTIVELY TRIED TO REWRITE LGBT HISTORY TO SUIT HIS FUCKED UP NARRATIVES!

yes this sucks ! no one deserves this but no one should be making him a martyr. Thats what he fucking WANTS! He wants to be immortalized as a victim!! (again, supposedly, it was reported hes alive but its not confirmed).

The shit he got isnt near the amount of fucking callous behavior hes done again and again. Again, to drill this point, EVEN IF HE DIDNT CALL THE POLICE HE THREATENED A TRANS WOMAN INTO THINKING HE DID!!! The fact he tried to use a head injury to justify years of the outright ghoulish shit fucking astounds me. Why the fuck did anyone in his life thought it was a good idea to let him TRY to come back. in the end, he had options. he didn’t need to try to make a comeback. HE DIDNT NEED TO FUCKING LIE OR IGNORE THE SHIT HE WAS CALLED OUT ON the reality is, he wanted to come back thinking he could shove it under the rug, was told that no dude, you’re not allowed to be a youtuber anymore. you’re done. you need to move on and went full nuclear. it’s not on anyone’s hands but his own. HES BEEN DOING THIS TO HIMSELF!! But nah man we cant call his shit out bc hell may or may not kill himself. Fuck the other minorities who have the same issues but worse and sometimes BECAUSE of him. This is going to SUCKKKK so bad when other ppl, specifically white gays, are going to weaponize this shit to get away with their stuff.

#warning: do not read this post if you want me to be nice to james somerton. i am extremely mean in this post. #before anyone accuses me of shit i legit never contacted him myself or anyone involved. i am someone who witnessed this behavior repeatedly #again. i hope hes alive and well. the fact is him lying about this WOULD BE THE IDEAL SITUATION. BC NO ONE SHOULD GO THROUGH THAT. but. #he HAS to forever be the victim in his eyes. attempting doesnt automatically mean youre free of sin. #its just terrible to see that regardless whether or not he did do it #its very clear his attempts to run away from his consequences are working on some people #we need to acknowledge that if your shitty ex friend can weaponize a threat to kill themselves #so can this internet person after being called out for horrendous shit #like what was the alterative? what were people supposed to fucking do? be nice about it? #yeah as if poc and trans women arent historically given shit for being 'too mean' about wanting justice. #this isnt just the plagiarism this is the fact a white dude has been parading himself as THE speaker for the gays(tm) but has been using hi #gayness to shield himself from his misogyny racism transphobia and antisemitism #its very clear regardless this means that ppl r going to side with him and then give him benefit of doubt #if you cant handle the heat stay out of the fucking kitchen dude. this is the consequences of your fucking actions. #hes a disgusting person who cant handle being told no so hes going to drag everyone down with him #like. idk this entire situation is frustrating to me. #its also frustrating ppl trying to be moral abt it like 'see! i knew this was bad all along!' no you didnt. shut it. #for the record im like mainly talking abt twit watching those spineless uwu cutesy ppl basically saying hes done noting wrong #oh and also alt righters who are clearly weaponinizing this where u know they wouldnt give a shit if a right ytber did this. #james somerton #idk might delete this later its just. ugh...

[ifindus]

can I ask for some söta bror angst/drama? (it could be about any historical event)

You know I'm weak for historical shit 😩 How about the Siege of Fredriksten in 1718?

The siege was carried out by Swedish forces at a fortress in the south of Norway, in a city bordering Sweden. It took place during the Great Northern War where Denmark-Norway and Sweden fought against each other and Sweden made many plays at Norwegian territory. Norwegian forces held a stand at Fredriksten fortress and resisted several Swedish attacks and an army of 40.000 men through 24 days when the siege was called off after the Swedish King was killed by a shot to the head while inspecting his troops. This event was also the cause of huge Swedish losses in central Norway where another invading army was forced to turn around after the death of the King, freezing to death in the Norwegian mountains.

#hetalia #historical hetalia #sunor #söta bror #aph norway #aph sweden #hws norway #hws sweden #thank you so much for the historical ask 🥺💖💖💖 #also another excuse to draw uniforms!! #tbh my norwegian military uniform project has been such a great reference for these historical pieces #I could go into length about the symbolism I put into the uniforms as well 😩 #I usually put Norway in low-ranking gear and Sweden and Denmark in more high-ranking outfits #this is because Norway does not really have the same status as them at this point and is def treated differently #and on the same thread I like to give Norway older clothes and uniforms as well as weapons and other gear

[swarmofcliffracers]

I had 15 mental breakdowns drawing this but it was worth it because whenever I'm done I imagine releasing all the Rumarins into the wild from my pocket like I'm trying to restore the natural balance

#rumarin #rumarin 3dnpc #interesting npcs #3dnpc #skyrim #my art #a lot of small text but i still enjoy being literate #my dragonborn was smuggled in oops dont mind them #imagine drawing a slutty fit from an oldass polish historical fiction book adaptation movie what #i rose from the dead again to bless yall with this beautiful fruit #the bound weapons are still very gender to me #dont ask about the geese

[meerawrites]

But I’ll be first in line if they’ll let me ride, by god, you’ll see my starch, lope back o’er the heath with the laurel wreath underneath that vict’ry arch!

#meeracosplays #if properly officered #personal #benjamin tallmadge #ben tallmadge #bluecoatposting #american revolution #18th century #18th century fashion #history #historical reenactment #reenactment #my cosplay #historical costuming #cosplayers of tumblr #turn: washington's spies #turn washington's spies #mine #cosplay #turn amc #amc turn #philadelphia #weapons cw #fire cw

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

What’s your favorite bit of lore? Or favorite holiday/festival in genshin they’re pretty neat

i'm absolutely biased towards lantern rite tbh

as for bit of lore, i'm not really sure. i feel like 'bit of lore' is really weird to define, bc ultimately most lore is all connected into bigger pictures. obviously i'm partial towards liyue lore in general, but as for a specific little bit...

probably still the possibility that zhongli is partial to archery.

#thank you <3 <3 #i know his passive talent is for crafting spears but like #the only reason why that talent is for spears specifically is bc he is a polearm user. nowhere in the talent itself nor other related media #do we get a mention of zhongli being particularly good at crafting polearms over other weapon types #we know he made the pwjs and the jade cutter. he didn't make jadefall but he did wield it. he also made summit shaper #we can assume he made vortex vanquisher n the unforged but there's no real confirmation on either. we do know he didn't make memory of dust #assuming he did make those last two that's still an equal number of polearms and swords he made. more swords if you wanna count the unforge #ofc he could've made countless op polearms off-camera. but we're never told that #dainsleif's factoid abt the talent is more about zhongli knowing his rocks than zhongli being a good polearm maker in specific #and the skill's name in chinese is more about astrology and divination than anything else. again more on zhongli knows his rocks #so like- we don't know that he had a mastery over crafting polearms in specific #and we know he wielded catalysts and polearms and likely swords as well #and still #the only real imagery on his design on what weapon he uses #is a fucking archery ring. nowhere is it mentioned that zhongli uses bows (that we know of) #yet he wears that thing on the daily. like he still uses it. like he needs to literally keep it on hand. why #why would he do that if he apparently does not historically use bows. #only thing i can think of is that he still practices archery. over any other weapon type. which is a hilarious thought tbh #but more crack theory than anything

[victusinveritas]

Accurate about my dagger and smallsword collection. Also my emotional support buckler.

#tumblr screenshot #swords #hema #historical fencing #longsword #weapons #arms and armor #sword lesbian #daggers