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a fine digital painting I find but I can't find who made this
Jun 12, 2020 9:51 AM
DMKMax
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a fine digital painting I find but I can't find who made this
OttoZeimer
Definitely not viking. Ships are from renesainse era, thus armor is only needed for an honor guard duty, not battles.
Blightlance
Dear diary. Ragnar smiled at me in holmgang today. He's so dreamy! I split his skull with my sword.
aenoa
artist is songyueran - https://www.artstation.com/songyueran
foolishutopia1
All these armor experts & I’m over here like *Girl so shiny! Pretty! Go kick boy butt! Yaaaassss!!!!*
gadgetneo
Looks like Xena to me.
AleekaHawke
Correct viking helmet for once!! It’s lovely! Snatching it — på tid å komme hjem jenta mi ?
psuedon
As someone has pointed out, Body armor is wrong century though. Anachronistic ;-)
No1KnuckleHeadNinjaOfTheLeaf
Looks very GOT
Alittledistantshiningstar
It’s a really nice painting OP! Good find, if you locate the artists name I’d love to see more of their work
GargoyleGarglinOil
Strongly influenced by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Still cool though.
Flarf308
That’s no Viking. She’s clearly reading something. Reading is for nerds, not Vikings.
erikleorga
Whatever it is, I want a backstory.
WoTLert
Not viking, just fantasy. Still quite good.
Mayyybe
Shield maiden
Frostbreaker1
Definitely fantasy. Plate is way after Viking time, ships look European, structure looks Mediterranean
Lichelf
Other than the helm her armor is clearly not Viking armor. But ironically it is closer to a Viking than those in the new Assassin's Creed :(
smallboulder
Looks like a shot from Like Crazy https://i.pinimg.com/564x/96/c8/6e/96c86ee914a8b7944eb3f95733352e26.jpg
tgeliot
How much of a grown-ass powerful adult does a female person have to be before we stop calling her a "girl"?
Tsamane
Needs to be an AC painting
Zerotalentz
When your a house maid in the 14th century and you get raided every other day..
xenorac
Looks Greek to me, but what I know could be written on a postage stamp.
vstubbs42
The helmet definitely looks Norse, but everything else strikes me as being from later periods.
Sauroctonus
Makes me think she's a very fanciful Varangian.
Spaghettip
The Stalwart Defender reflects on the life of an invader slain. What twist of fate brought them to bear arms against one another.
vonBoomslang
gotta have bare arms and thighs
dessertcake
Can always search Reddit find me or something people can find things online for you
UserNameSayWhaaat
Erza Scarlet... first thing that came to mind
psychologisttheologist
That unknown guy or gal sure wrote lot of songs, poems, books, and apparently was an artist too. Someday I hope to be as famous as unknown.
AssGrapez
Where's that macho man picture? You all know the one
TheDayTheBrainStoodStill
It's like that saying 'if you ask for Linux help on a forum, you might get it - but if you say Windows is better because it doesn't have...
TheDayTheBrainStoodStill
..., people will *definitely* tell you how you can easily do it in Linux'. Fantasy pics are sort of like that for historians ?
Inkfinger
Doesn't look viking era. Plate Armour didn't start til the 14ish century. And the earliest known use of rigged ships was the 15th century
MouthyLurker
It's a painting, not a photograph.
Inkfinger
The "?" In the title implied having a question. Not sure why.
tinyCabbage
Look at the masonry work, I would estimate this was set sometime in the post jurrasic era
permissiontolosedenied
Nerd.
NotifweJammit
Come on man! Just go with it!
Inkfinger
Oh no don't get me wrong its beautiful. Fav'd and everything. But also fun to pick the different sources of inspiration
PelegRed
I like you, lets time travel together sometimes
goatamon
Pretty clearly fantasy, with all the anachronistic elements.
Isthataspooniseebeforeme
Achthually
Inkfinger
You might want this for later.
BarbedWireCatheter
Isnt “rigging” like the ropes n’ stuff? How do you have a non-rigged sailing vessel
Inkfinger
to be honest I don't know a LOT about sailing, but I know that square sails with independent gallants and top sails we're not in (1)
Inkfinger
use in that fashion until around the 15th century. It sort of marked the beggining of the Age of Sail
snarflex
That explains the laser raptors.
Goldenfoxengraving
I was hoping someone would make this refence
datguyjay
However the helmet does seem to be based on Viking, or that era.
Inkfinger
Its an interesting mix. Really very pretty
Affray
I recognised the general design immediately.
tchoukiwalimou
Its ROHAN ! the rohan helmet !
Hiboredimdad
I bet you guys are fun at parties.
TheDayTheBrainStoodStill
They're fun from where I'm standing.
Inkfinger
We don't get invited to parties:(
bsmithwins
The only kind on party we generally go to is as meme era of a role playing group. And none of that LARP shite, either.
TheCartoonWatcher
Kinda looks like a take on Ottoman Empire Armor
Inkfinger
examples?
TheCartoonWatcher
The shoulder armor is very similar in design to ancient Ottoman, as well as the ocean view, leads me to believe maybe a Mediterranean vista
TheCartoonWatcher
The sword is a bit confusing, the hilt is similar to Celtic and ancient English designs, that would not be part of this, and the helmet,
TheCartoonWatcher
Well the helmet looks like a take on Germanian design, maybe even northern Scandinavian.
TheCartoonWatcher
Along with my knowledge that ancient Ottomans were a sea fairing people, and the colors also gave me the impression of Ottomans.
TheCartoonWatcher
The blues are very familiar with Ottoman culture.
Cowfister
What? Plate armor, technically, dates back to before Christ. Like. Way fuckin before Christ.
Inkfinger
Yes but not in Western Europe. And not the vikings. The closet they would have had would be lamellar
Cowfister
The Norse had armor from all over the world.
Inkfinger
Cowfister
The Norse didn't stop being merchants and traders that traveled all over the world.
thisguey
Technically, but not THAT style of plate armor--the segmentation and fluting is well after Christ. Like 1500 years after.
Ikwilstroopwaffels
Plate armour + spectacle helm + ship-rigged vessels + some kind of sword = fantasy setting is my guess.
Leucienweaver
Honestly, it looks like Lady Sif from Thor 1/2, but the background doesn't match up thematically.
Inkfinger
oh yeah i totally see that now
Blackrain39
Especially when it's plate armour with exposed thighs.
Inkfinger
ssshhhhh! thats my favorite part >.>
undungubungu
Are we sure he wasnt there to paint it?
agonarch
Greeks and Gladiators? (not the right era of plate I know)
Inkfinger
by plate, I mean the heavy articulating steel plate associated with knights. But there is something Mediterranean about the painting imo
derwulf
Upper legs are mostly meat, there's lots of medieval art showing knee/shin coverage and bare thighs.
IUpvoteArt
While you are right that upper leg armor wasnt always used its not due to "mostly meat" you have a major artery there which will make you
IUpvoteArt
Blead out if it gets cut.
Kbantar
Also I think it's less necessary to heavily armor the thigh when using a proper big shield or needing to march places.
Kbantar
Leg armor slows down distance marching.
derwulf
Yeah, if you have a shield the lower leg is vulnerable but the top is not.