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daverapoza:

Steve Lichman - Volume 1 - First Edition is live right now on Kickstarter!

Click here to check it out!

Thank you!

Dave Rapoza & Dan Warren

art-of-swords:

Two-handed Sword

• Dated: 1689 
  
• Culture: German
  
• Medium: bone, steel, wood, leather
  

Made from a swordfish’s bone nose, the sword apparently belonged to the Prince of Bavaria.

Source: Copyright © 2015 Arsenal Russe

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doubleicebackfire:

Random sketchbook doodles before leaving on holidays.

Wish you a great summer dear Tumblr people.

geek-art:

Misha Petrick & Mazok Pixels – Mad Max Fury Road Animated Pixels

Génial travail d’équipe entre Misha Petrick (illustration) et Mazok Pixels (animation), pour cette merveilleuse série de gifs animés des véhicules de Mad Max Fury Road pixelisés ! Gardez un oeil sur leur Behance, 3 véhicules sont encore à pixeliser…

Awesome team work between Misha Petrick (illustration) and Mazok Pixels (animation) on this glorious series of Mad Max Fury Road pixelized vehicles. Stay tuned for more vehicles to come on their Behance page !

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art-of-swords:

Katar Dagger

• Dated: 1852
  
• Geography: Bundi, Rajasthan
  
• Culture: Indian, Rajasthan
  
• Medium: steel, gold
  
• Measurements: L. 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm); W. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 4.4 oz. (578.3 g)
  
• Inscription: The inscription is Sanskrit but written in local Bundi dialect. One side: “Bundijaram, Lord of Bundi, is protected with this dagger which, when pierced, is like the tongue of death.” Other side: “Vikram Samvat 1909”
  

Unique to South Asia, the katar is a dagger that is gripped at the crossbars in a clenched fist. The weapon was meant to be thrust into an opponent or prey from a close range. Rajput and Mughal royalty used this weapon to hunt tigers and even crocodile to demonstrate their bravery and martial skill.

This example bears an inscription in localized Sanskrit, which states, “Bundijaram, Lord of Bundi, will protect with this dagger, [for], when it pierces, is like the tongue of death.” The other side has a Vikram Samvat date of 1909, which converts to 1852 A.D.

Source: Copyright © 2015 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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alexandrediboine:

i’m gonna take a break from doing these becuse i have some freelance to focus on, so here’s all the one i did so far, and a recap of all the characters

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thehornydovahkiin:

The Elder Scrolls lore: the Nords building a Nordic barrow.

Sketches by Adam Adamowicz

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Cremation

Art by waxcake

blackyjunkgallery:

Some samurais

terhodes:

An inebriated fighter

terhodes:

A weary one-armed cleric

art-of-swords:

3D printing produces a perfect replica of a sixth-century sword

• by Michelle Starr
  

A damaged sixth-century sword in a museum in Norway has been perfectly reproduced as new through 3D printing.

After hundreds of years as a great power, the Roman Empire finally crumbled, seeing its final days in the fifth century. Of course, the destruction of something so vast could only be achieved by a perfect storm of exacerbating factors — but one of the largest was the Germanic unrest. For centuries, the Germanic people had been revolting against Rome, and the pressure finally proved too much to bear.

During the final years and after the fall of Rome followed a period of migration across Europe, as first the Germanic and then the Slavic tribes packed up and made homes in new lands. It is during this Migration Period that a new type of sword emerged — a sort of halfway point between the Roman spatha, from which it had evolved, and the Viking sword, into which it would evolve.

Museums, of course, have some of these swords: greatly dilapidated, in many cases, but valuable artefacts of the time. However, the age and fragility means that although visitors can see the swords, they cannot touch them — cannot feel how the swords weighed and moved.

It is for this reason that the National Museum of Art in Norway approached Nils Anderssen, a game developer and school teacher with a passion for re-creating historical artefacts in his spare time. The museum is in possession of a particularly fine sword — a golden-hilted ring-sword, probably used only by kings and nobles. The ring affixed to the hilt is believed to be the symbol of an oath.

The instruction that the museum gave Anderssen was that the sword should look and feel exactly like the original would have done when it was new. This would allow museum visitors to have hands-on time with the sword, as a complement to admiring the relic safe in its glass case.

Anderssen has no experience in blacksmithing or goldsmithing, but he does know his way around 3D-modelling software — namely 3D Studio Max.

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Source: Copyright © 2015 CNet

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