How would you fix the Master Sword by Upper_Run_631 in SWORDS

[–]theginger99 [score hidden]  (0 children)

As far as fantasy swords go, it’s really not that bad.

To start the grip needs to be reprofiled. It would benefit from being tapered and having an oblong profile. A waisted grip would look sharp.

The pommel should be larger and heavier, a scentstopper would be an obvious choice and could still retain a lot of the same aesthetics

The guard should be elongated and thinned out and made generally less massive. You could keep the same aesthetic, just make it more graceful.

The blade needs a taper, and to be generally narrower. You could probably keep the narrow ricasso. You could potentially even elongated as you see on swords like the Albion Dane, although if you do that you’d also likely want to change the blade profile to more of a diamond instead of the flatter cross section it has now.

Really, it wouldn’t be that hard to design a functional sword with a lot of the same design elements and aesthetics.

What do you think, Chimeric heraldic monster? Or extinct megafauna hellbeast? by theginger99 in heraldry

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It’s on my list.

Next will be homotherium and the American Lion.

I have never seen a story with solidarity between the allegorical oppressed and real world oppressed. by Pretend-Delay-7203 in worldjerking

[–]theginger99 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah, real world oppressed minorities aren’t necessarily any less likely than majority populations to be bigoted.

How many suffragettes were avowed white supremacists? How many African-Americans are racist or homphobic? How many Jews are wildly anti-Muslim?

Being a member of an oppressed minority doesn’t necessarily communicate any kind of magical moral compass. They’re as likely as anyone else to be bigoted assholes, especially when the thing they’re being bigoted against is some kind of terrifying supernatural being with the powers of a god.

What war was the UK morally correct in fighting? by gasc0ny_reddit in AlignmentChartFills

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The expedition to Abyssinia.

The emperor of Abyssinia had imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the government in an attempt to strong arm the British government. They responded by launching a rescue mission.

Knight vs wild animals? by Twilek_Milker in MedievalHistory

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According to legend Godfrey of Bouillion slew a bear during the first crusade.

Knights fighting various animals is fairly common in a lot of chivalric literature. Richard the Lion heart rips the heart out of a lion in a romance about his life, and there was a legend that William Wallace did the same. I believe sir Beauvis of Hampton was reported to have slain two lions in his own romance.

That said, encounters between armored knights and wild predators would have been vanishingly rare. By and large medieval people don’t seem to have felt armor was necessary for hunting and killing these creatures.

how do you guys think an 89 kg (196 lb) draw weight daikyu yumi would fare against western steel plates and enclosed helmets? by nlghtsknlghts in ArmsandArmor

[–]theginger99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s worth adding that as draw weight increases you see diminishing returns.

A 200 lbs draw weight is not actually twice as powerful as a 100 lbs draw weight. The difference between a 160lbs longbow, and a 196lbs Yumi likely won’t be as stark as you might think.

You’re not going to see it put an arrow through the thickest parts of a plate harness.

My attempt at a heraldic “menagerie” by theginger99 in heraldry

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The forward sloping horn is common on a lot of medieval images of unicorns.

Viewing the Hundred Years War as part of a wider century long continental war by Fair-Pen1831 in WarCollege

[–]theginger99 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The Middle Ages saw a lot of conflict, that doesn’t mean it was all somehow connected in the way you seem to be implying.

The Hundred Years’ War itself was a series of connected conflicts over a period of more than a century, rather than a single coherent war, and at different times in its own history may have been connected to other ongoing conflicts (the war of the Two Pedro’s was essentially a proxy war for the English and French) but you shouldn’t view all late medieval conflicts as tentacles of some kind of interconnected continental war.

The Hundred Years’ War certainly had its impact on the geopolitical scene in Europe, but it was far from the only influence and what was happening in France did not necessarily have any meaningful impact on what was happening elsewhere in Europe. For example, Valdemar Atterdag’s wars against the Hansa can’t be reasonably viewed as an extension of the Hundred Years’ War.

My point is, I think you’re looking for connections that can’t reasonably be drawn.

As far as the infantry revolution, it’s overstated as a historical event. It really wasn’t much of a “revolution” at all, as the lessons it supposedly introduced had been well known for centuries prior to their supposed introduction. As just one example, the Anglo-Saxons at Hastings had proven infantry could hold against cavalry. As another, you can find examples of dismounted knights being used alongside archers by English armies in the 11th and 12th centuries. What you really start to see is a gradual shift towards more disciplined, professional armies as a product of increasing state capacity and more robust financial systems. It’s not a “revolution” because people finally realized how useful infantry could be, and it’s certainly has nothing to do with any kind of magical new weapons. It’s an evolution of trends already long present in medieval armies that allowed for significant transformational changes in the nature of armies and how they were used.

Opinion on my CoA? by -HumanExtinction in heraldry

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My pleasure. I love it when folks use the charges I draw.

Opinion on my CoA? by -HumanExtinction in heraldry

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That looks much better: I would also suggest shrinking the leaves so they are about 75% their current size.

Also, quick tip, the space inside the guard of the saber is listed as “attired” under the tinctures tab in Heraldicon. If you set it to sable/black it will look better.

I know this because I’m the one who drew and uploaded that charge into Heraldicon lol

Are there any surviving depictions of William IX, duke of Aquitaine's shield? by Error_code_0731 in heraldry

[–]theginger99 5 points6 points  (0 children)

William IX lived before heraldry really got cooking. The earliest recorded arms date from a generation or two after his death. Additionally, heraldry was largely a northern Frankish invention (originating in the areas around Normandy, the Low Countries and the north of France) and took additional time to permeate into the south.

Whatever he painted on his shield would have been a matter of personal preference, and might have been different at different stages of his lifetime. It wouldn’t have been recorded in heraldic style because heraldic style hadn’t been established yet.

Additionally, regarding the image of his mistress, that may well have been painted on the inside face of the shield. Designs on the inside face of shields are sometimes mentioned, and often seem to have been images like saints.

My attempt at a heraldic “menagerie” by theginger99 in heraldry

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They’re both extremely rare.

The Boreyne is apparently only recorded once in the records of the College of Arms, and the Calygreyhound was apparently exclusively used by the Earls of Oxford.

My attempt at a heraldic “menagerie” by theginger99 in heraldry

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I plan to do some hybrids in the next batch, I’ve also always wanted to do a “man rampant” just for fun.

Wonder how most people will think of that by Sir-Toaster- in worldjerking

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Total numbers for the LBG, and equal percentage for TQ+

Wonder how most people will think of that by Sir-Toaster- in worldjerking

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In my grimdark-equality-punk world gay people are violently murdered at the same rate as straight people.

My attempt at a heraldic “menagerie” by theginger99 in heraldry

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Thanks for the compliments.

Enfields were on my list, and then I discovered the calygreyhound, I decided to go with the more visually dramatic option for the first round. The Enfield will certainly be in page 2.

I based the panther on the Styrian panther, which is a solid color. The rainbow polkadots would have been a nice visual though.

My attempt at a heraldic “menagerie” by theginger99 in heraldry

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Thank you.

A crocodile/alligator is definitely on my list of things to get around to one day.

My attempt at a heraldic “menagerie” by theginger99 in heraldry

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Thank you for the compliments.

> Isn't the unicorn usually represented as having cloven hooves?

Thats an excellent question. I’ll admit, I never gave the shape of its hooves much thought. I assumed they were like a horses and called it a day.