art-of-swords:

Swords

In order from top to bottom: 

1. Thrusting Sword, German ca. 1550, pommel and quillon with burled decor. 

2. Hand and a Half Sword, German ca. 1520, with blade inscription and crucifix. 

3. Hand and a Half Sword, German ca. 1530, flower-bud shaped pommel and quillon ends, the blade with smith’s markings of JOHANNES HOPPE, Solingen. 

4. Battle Sword, German ca. 1600, the blade with imperial orb marks. 

5. Hand and a Half Sword, German ca. 1580, the blade with smith’s marks 

Source: Image and description Copyright Fricker Historical Weapons 

Damn, that’s useful.

(via sometimecynic)

Yay, archers in my unfinished tower! Man, that thing took quite a bit of effort to stick together.

Favourite piece of Bretonnian artwork I’ve ever found, possibly. 

(Source: fuckyeahbretonnia, via sometimecynic)

(Source: jadordedior)

Also: HOLY FUCKING CUTOUT BANNERS. I have just the model I can slap these on, too… More to come soon!

inmaledress:

shieldmaiden aka lady mariette by LHG Creative Photography on Flickr.

thestonecuttersguild:

I built a tower like this once.

One of te comments I got was to build it with the stairs going the other direction, to favor the sword arm of the defender, not the attacker.

Cool tower though.

Huh, never considered doing that, actually, though I remember learning about it in middle school history class. Good idea.

(Source: fuckyeahbretonnia, via thestonecuttersguild)