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Ἀθηνᾶ / Of Pallas Athena, guardian of the city, I begin to sing. Dread is she, and with Ares she loves deeds of war, the sack of cities and the shouting and the battle. It is she who saves the people as they go out to war and come back. / Homeric Hymn to Athena 11.1–5 More Olympians / / / /
Samurai armour.
TOPKAPI MUSEUM, ISTANBUL
First in a series of women in history
In 16th century war time armour maketh the man… it glorified his position in battle – but if you strip away the armour, then the man, you may only find a distant landscape bearing his soul.
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I went to the Medieval Fair at Gumeracha today & met no less than four fellow bubblers! Peter Ryan AKA Furious Ennui & the lovely Sadandal, who were kind enough to let me come into the arena during Peter’s battle to take some photographs : ) The armour that Peter is wearing weighs no less than 34kg! While at the festival I also bumped into another couple of bubblers, Pat Tapping and her husband. The bubble is getting bigger : )
Created from a picture taken at a Year Six Prom night, where we had a visit from a Stormtrooper and a Jedi, from Knights of the Empire, a Star Wars costume group.
rats of the sky with parachutes and body armour
Meerkat upgrade he likes his weapons / ! / /
Another armoured aquatic beast to match this one. He is hard of herring :) Watercolour, chalk pastel, ink, conte, metallic pigment and leaf on canvas.
Special DEmo unit
demo operator geting ready for lunch
The Black King’s Knight / Artist: Simon Sherry / Biography: Danny Excellence in military studies and on the battlefield gives the ordinary soldier a chance to become a Knight for the King the Black Spear. Generations ago it was discovered “breeding and class” had no place in determining one’s fitness to lead on the battle field. / Those chosen as the best are sent to be “improved” by the Shaman. These Centaur type warriors can leap over the dead and the fighting and have two hearts to steer their massive frames. / Selection is considered a great honour and a privileged life greets those that achieve this lofty acclaim.
The Black King-Knight’s Pawn / Artist: Simon Sherry / Biography: Danny Leapers. or Spring Booted Knaves, are notorious for their quick starts into battle. / Like all pawns they are soon abandoned to look after themselves on the field of battle thus giving them firm grounding on the rules of battlefield survival and the road to being a General Knight.
The Black Queen-Rook’s Pawn / Artist: Simon Sherry / Biography: Danny Due to enormous size of the Black Queens Basilisk flank creature, they are able to support parasitical minions that sweep before them in a wave not unlike locust on the wing. / Combined they make a formidable force as they stream across the battlefield, but will often separate when the fight is underway. Due to their fast swarming movements they are often referred to as “The Stain” /
Submerged Sherman tank off Saipan’s Garapan Beach, Northern Mariana Islands, USA The Battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 June 1944 to 9 July 1944. The invasion fleet embarking the expeditionary forces left Pearl Harbor on June 5, 1944, the same day Operation Overlord was launched with the invasion of Normandy. The Normandy landings were the larger amphibious landing, but the Marianas invasion fielded the larger fleet. By July 7, the Japanese had nowhere to retreat. Saito made plans for a final suicidal banzai charge. On the fate of the remaining civilians on the island, Saito said, “There is no longer any distinction between civilians and troops. It would be better for them to join in the attack with bamboo spears than be captured.” At dawn, with a group of a dozen men carrying a great red flag in the lead, the remaining able-bodied troops — about 3,000 men — charged forward in the final attack. Amazingly, behind them came the wounded, with bandaged heads, crutches, and barely armed. The Japanese surged over the American front lines, engaging both Army and Marine units. The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 105th U.S. Infantry were almost destroyed, losing 650 killed and wounded. However, the fierce resistance of these two battalions, as well as that of Headquarters Company, 105th Infantry, and elements of 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines (an artillery unit) resulted in over 4,300 Japanese killed. For their actions during the 15-hour Japanese attack, three men of the 105th Infantry were awarded the Medal of Honor – all posthumously. Numerous others fought the Japanese until they were overwhelmed by the largest Japanese Banzai attack in the Pacific War . Many hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide in the last days of the battle, some jumping from “Suicide Cliff” and “Banzai Cliff”. Efforts by U.S. troops to persuade them to surrender instead were mostly futile. Widespread propaganda in Japan portraying Americans and British as “devils” who would treat POWs barbarically, deterred surrender (see Japanese Military Propaganda (WWII)). In the end, about 22,000 Japanese civilians died. Almost the entire garrison of troops on the island — at least 30,000 — died. For the Americans, the victory was the most costly to date in the Pacific War. 2,949 Americans were killed and 10,364 wounded, out of 71,000 who landed. – Wikipedia WARNING / ©2009/2010 Globalphotos All rights reserved. / All photographs, text and images by Globalphotos are the exclusive property of Globalphotos – protected under Australian and international copyright laws. / These images may not be reproduced, copied or manipulated without written permission. / No use for Public Domain. / Use of any image for another photographic concept or illustration is a violation of copyright.
The Black King-Rook’s Pawn (The Spawn) / Artist: Simon Sherry / Biography: Danny You will find them stationed around the pens of the monolith and they are used to maintain the health and well being of the King’s favourite beast. Crab-like creatures, they are used during times of inactivity as cleaning device for the Monolith, keeping it free of fleas and other parasites. Initially able to launch a longer-range assault by hurling highly-volatile Monolith dung from their excretion glands, their effectiveness is soon reduced to that of foot soldiers and cannon fodder during battle. /
This image came to me the other day while listening to Battlefield on the radio in the car. I’ve been working on it ever since. There was only one model that fit the scene, so I’ve had to bring back Manny the mannequin. Might have to do another series…......? Battlefield Don’t try to explain your mind / I know what’s happening here / One minute it’s love / And suddenly it’s like a battlefield One word turns into a war / Why is it the smallest things that tear us down? / My world’s nothing when you don’t / I’m not here without a shield / Can’t go back now Both hands, tied behind my back with nothing / Oh no, these times when we climb so fast to fall again / Why we gotta fall for it now I never meant to start a war / You know I never wanna hurt you / Don’t even know what we’re fighting for Why does love always feel like a battlefield / A battlefield, a battlefield? / Why does love always feel like a battlefield / A battlefield, a battlefield? / Why does love always feel like Can’t swallow our pride / Neither of us wanna raise that flag / If we can’t surrender then we both gonna lose / What we had, oh no Both hands tied behind my back with nothing / Oh no, these times when we climb so fast to fall again / I don’t wanna fall for it now I never meant to start a war / You know I never wanna hurt you / Don’t even know what we’re fighting for Why does love always feel like a battlefield / A battlefield, a battlefield? / Why does love always feel like a battlefield / A battlefield, a battlefield? I guess you better go and get your armor / (Get your armor) / Get your armor / I guess you better go and get your armor / (Get your armor) / Get your armor / I guess you better go and get your We could pretend that we are friends tonight / (Oh, oh, oh) / And in the morning we’ll wake up and we’ll be alright / ‘Cause baby, we don’t have to fight / And I don’t want this love to feel like A battlefield, a battlefield, a battlefield / Why does love always feel like a battlefield / A battlefield, a battlefield I guess you better go and get your armor I never meant to start a war / You know I never wanna hurt you / Don’t even know what we’re fighting for / (Fighting, fighting for) Why does love always feel like a battlefield / A battlefield, a battlefield? / Why does love always feel like a battlefield / A battlefield, a battlefield? I guess you better go and get your armor / (Get your armor) / Get your armor / I guess you better go and get your armor / (Get your armor) / Get your armor Why does love always feel like? / Why does love always feel like? / A battlefield, a battlefield I never meant to start a war / Don’t even know what we’re fighting for / I never meant to start a war / Don’t even know what we’re fighting for Jordin Sparks
The Black Queen’s Pawn / Artist: Simon Sherry / Biography: Danny These young girls do their early army service under the Queen’s tutorage and as the reach a certain age or in the some cases a certain blood lust they are transferred to the ranks of the Amazonias
The Black King / Artist: Simon Sherry / Biography: Danny The culture of the Army of the Black Spear since time immemorial has been that of the warrior. Descendant of a hundred Kings, he holds the collective memory of all those that led before him. He knows the secrets of the Shaman and will settle for nothing less than total obedience from all that he controls. Ironically, though he is a warrior King he has never seen face to face battle with an enemy due to his abilities as extreme commander, and the fact that Tribal Army law forbids him from entering any fray that could endanger his rule or life no matter how small the odds. Continually frustrated by this, he takes what small satisfaction he can from adding another notch to his throne as each opposing army falls.
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