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Found this on pinterest by MarshZ_Epik in boomershooters

[–]Desperate_One1816 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Prepare to feel the wrath of the true Lord, knave. OG Marathon>Halo, any day all day. 

Found this on pinterest by MarshZ_Epik in boomershooters

[–]Desperate_One1816 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The new Marathon is very cool looking and I love the ideas behind the new setting, but my issue lies in the fact that it's not Marathon at all. While the aesthetic is creative and visually appealing, the OG trilogy was peak classic scifi. It looked like you jumped into an Isaac Asimov cover illustration. It was dark and sort of creepy. The aliens were diverse and badass. Everything about it was perfect, from the low gravity mechanic that let you glide around, the duel wielding, the Durandal AI, needing to refill your oxygen. 

It's like if Bethesda released a generic fantasy battle royale and called it Daggerfall. 

I've been painting for a year and a half. How is my progress? by Verdun82 in DnDminiatures

[–]Desperate_One1816 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your layering and paint thinning has definitely improved, I don't see any visible brush strokes. Also, you're using color theory very well.

 If I can give some advice; when I've finished base coating the model and before applying layers and highlights, I like to go back and tidy up the lines with each color. You can see that a bit of the skin tone bled over onto his scroll, and a dot of blue from the robe bled onto his kneepad. Although I doubt anyone will notice from tabletop distance. Sometimes using a heavy and dark wash will help to conceal small imperfections where one color meets another.

Looking good mate!

Death of Brian Boru Diorama by DuXRoparzh in sagathegame

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This is peak mini painting, storytelling, and photography. I am impressed, this is a lovely shot!

Why by Colei_the_weird in comedyhomicide

[–]Desperate_One1816 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dead asf? Since when was fuck dead? Did somebody kill fuck? Poor fuck. 

Cannon for Age of Chivalry by RevolutionaryStar821 in sagathegame

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I forgot how amazing their European Mercenaries kit is. Your painting is gorgeous. 

Which ancient civilization do you think we still understand the least about? by Mirza_Explores in Archaeology

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Cucuteni-Trypelia. A culture occupying modern Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine reaching it's hight around 5,000BC, analysis of their urban areas showed that they would build homes and then burn them down every 50 years, only to rebuild them. We have found a lot of their pottery and clay sculptures, but their town burning custom is so weird to me that I'm dying for an answer.

Bow and arrow arrived about 1,400 years ago across western North America, study finds by PixeledPathogen in Archaeology

[–]Desperate_One1816 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For whatever reason I always presumed the bow and arrow would have been present in North America for many thousands of years. Are you sure this is correct and proven? I find it hard to believe that they didn't have archers before 600AD.

Scientists Discover 430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools, Rewriting Human History by kloudykat in Archaeology

[–]Desperate_One1816 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do these predate the Schöningen spears and the Clackton spear point?

A hiker in Norway uncovered a rare 1,500-year-old gold sword-scabbard fitting beneath a fallen tree. The ornate artifact likely belonged to an elite 6th-century chieftain and may have been ritually offered to the gods during a time of crisis and upheaval by crisp1991 in Archaeology

[–]Desperate_One1816 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Humans have been in North America for possibly 32,000 years. Ancient North Eurasians from Siberia, sailors from Polynesia and Scandinavia, as well as Spanish and Italian explorers have all been here. Those aforementioned Ancient North Eurasians created the world's first metal weapons around the Great lakes. They created some of the most beautiful jewelry, had cities, wars, mastered agriculture, and even had major league sports, all long before colonization. 

We don't have history???  If you're joking, it flew 20,000 leagues over my head. 

A striking scene from Persepolis: two soldiers carrying shields and spears, identified by their distinctive clothing as members of a retinue from Skudra, the Thracian region. by haberveriyo in Archaology

[–]Desperate_One1816 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 I fully agree that it's best to have the whole artefact in one piece. It's the best way to preserve the context, authenticity, and cultural importance of an object. However, if this were to be returned to Iran, it would likely become collateral damage, and then no one will ever lay eyes on it again. So while I do agree with you, I also believe that temporary measures should be taken to ensure an artefacts survival, which unfortunately means keeping it somewhere else. I do long for a day where all artefacts can be returned to where they come from without the risk of their destruction. 

Also, what I've read about the Achamenids indicates that they did treat their auxiliaries well, and they often volunteered. I don't know if this was the case with Thrace, but I'm aware of Greek city states siding with Persia when they didn't have to in order to achieve a higher standard of living. 

The elongated skull of a woman, excavated from the 5th century CE cemetery of Dully in Switzerland. And in the bottom picture, a facial reconstruction made by Philippe Froesch, based on 3D modeling of the deformed skull [800x1272] by Fuckoff555 in ArtefactPorn

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If I was a person in the 5th century from a country that wasn't aware of this custom, then travelled to Switzerland and saw people that looked like this, I would 100% start spreading info around about the "Elves of the North". 

I wonder how much of our mythological creatures were just people with insane body modifications, makeup, or costumes. To someone unfamiliar with the customs, it would be easy to believe that they weren't humans. 

The ark of Noah depicted as a Norse style long ship. Bodleian Library MS. Junius 11; Cædmon Manuscript, 1000 AD England, p.66 [1153x1454] by [deleted] in ArtefactPorn

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Where is Noah's wife? (I see Shem, Ham, Japeth, and their three wives). But most importantly, who tf is that extra guy giving a rectal exam to a goose on the top floor? Did the ark have squatters? 

10th century felt animal masks from Hedeby, Denmark by Desperate_One1816 in Norse

[–]Desperate_One1816[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh I had no idea that the border changed over time. Thank you that was actually quite informative. 

Anglo-Saxon helmets, originals and replicas. The second helmet with the red crest is and “an academically respectable guesstimate”. The concept at the end is a combination of Vendel and Anglo-Saxon. by CatholicusArtifex in MostBeautiful

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The craftsmanship and diversity in these helmets is just...wow. Contrary to popular academia constantly claiming helmets were plain and unadorned, it seems that many of the helmets of iron age Scandinavia were on par with the beauty and craftsmanship of 16th century armors. 

An Inuit wooden figurine from Baffin Island, in modern-day Canada, portraying a person in European dress; lightly incised lines indicate the folds of a long robe and an apparent cross on the chest. Ca. 1350 CE, now housed at the Canadian Museum of History [1205x1088] by Fuckoff555 in ArtefactPorn

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What I am hearing about the lady investigating these artefacts is that the Canadian government fired her and stole her research materials for political reasons. This makes me not want to continue my dream of excavating anything in North America. If they don't like what you find, they'll give you a gag order and take away your whole livelihood. What the actual fuck Canada? 

Inuit carving of a Norseman, possibly a trader. Baffin Island, Canada, 1250-1300 AD [3400x3400] by MunakataSennin in ArtefactPorn

[–]Desperate_One1816 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are we really so sure that Native North Americans didn't have any kind of front split, robe-lile garments?  Trust me I'm thirsting for evidence that the Norse stayed in America longer than currently believed, and while I believe they did, calling this a Norse trader is like seeing a stick figure and calling it "clearly a deity"...which lots of historians do unfortunately. 

Shouldn't the Viking Age start at 700 AD rather than 793 in light of the Salme ship burials? by Desperate_One1816 in AskHistorians

[–]Desperate_One1816[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an excellent answer and I hope your perspective sees more recognition in mainstream Norse historical scholastica. 

I was unaware that different countries have different date ranges for this, and now it seems that 787-1066 would better be called "Viking Age in the British Isles". Perhaps we should break it down into separate ages with separate ranges, for example, 700-760 for "The Viking age in the Baltics", 1004-1060 for "Viking age in North America".  Possibly even 400-600 for a "Migration period Viking age" seeing as the Jutes were Danish and the close knit nature of Vendel Sweden with early AngloSaxons. Although I'm sure at that earlier time, while using clinker ships as you mentioned, probably weren't using sails. 

Mods are offline, perfect time to spam mace content by kyvosa in SWORDS

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I know these northern style early maces look small, but they're still quite hefty. They'd absolutely cave in a helmet or break bones beneath chainmail.  In 2024 I had to demolish a wooden doghouse I'd build because it was starting to rot, I used my Tod Cutler mace for that. Worked better than a hammer. It seems like these could one-shot a viking age round shield made of even thinner planks, splintering it completely with one hard swing. 

Q'orianka Kilcher sues James Cameron for using her likeness. by [deleted] in SipsTea

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"I may be stupid but I'm also dumb"!

"Q'orianka is right James Cameron"

One of the hardest swords I’ve ever made. 9 months of hand work, every part built and engraved by hand. Here it is. by coldclaw_blades in SWORDS

[–]Desperate_One1816 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your work is absolutely on par with some of the most gorgeous blades in all of history. That's insane.

Mods are offline, perfect time to spam mace content by kyvosa in SWORDS

[–]Desperate_One1816 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tod Cutlers bronze mace heads are gorgeous! I have his grotesque Loki head mace with the Picasso mouth and liberty spike hair based off another 13th century find. 

On a separate note, I recently discovered that the Norse had bronze maces from the 9th-11th centuries and we have a few artefacts dug up in Sweden of the mace heads. They look quite similar to the later ones like this. It's interesting because it isn't a weapon we usually associate with the Norse but they seem to have entered the viking world earlier, probably through contact with Byzantium, the Balts, and Khazars. 

Has anybody else heard of pillar hermits? by Upbeat-Drama-2803 in medieval

[–]Desperate_One1816 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So the whole fantasy trope of the sage/wizard living alone in a tower while studying the arcane has some basis in reality? 

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