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kultofathena · 1 month

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Tod Cutler – Italian 14th to 15th Century War Hammer – Dragon Hammer

This Italian medieval war hammer is based on a piece from the Venice Museum dated 1380. Housed at The Museo Civico Correr in Venice, Italy. Francesco II da Carrara. The original was a staff weapon at 20cm wide and this has been scaled down to be a hammer. War hammers generally had a faceted hammer for powerful concussive blows and a sharper pointed side which could be used for piercing and puncturing. Based on a piece from Venice Museum and dated 1380 . The head is cast bronze and steel and matched with a bronze end cap and all the components are securely fitted to a stout and robust ash hardwood haft.

War hammers generally had a faceted hammer for blows and a sharper pointed side which could be used for piercing/ripping.

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saint--claire · 3 months

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When I was a little child, there was a particular library book I checked out week after week, endlessly renewing it as much as I was able. The book, How to Raise and Keep a Dragon by John Topsell was a quasi-nonfiction guide to, as you guessed, rearing different species of dragons. I loved it. Tiny-me had plans.

As an adult, I tried to buy it a few times. No dice. The book was so old that no mainstream bookseller stocked it. Even when I tried niche websites recommended by various booksellers and librarians, I still couldn't find it. It was sadly lost to time, apparently not popular enough to make it into the archives.

But.

My best friend had a copy of that book. We're going to call her G, for several reasons not relevant at the moment. I was discussing my search with G one day, for some reason I can't remember now. She got a funny look on her face, asked me a few questions about the cover, listened to me do a very poor job of explaining with my hands how the hardcover copy had included a real gemstone in the dragon's forehead, and then went off to fish it out of her bookcase.

I was Gobsmacked.

I should not have been, given that the history of shared childhood books between us both would have made a circle with ragged edges, more so than a venn diagram, but I digress. The book came home to live in my house for a few months, and I was delighted by the chance to read it again.

Do people remember those type of books? Dragonology, Egyptology, The Stone Age - a way of introducing children to non fiction. They very earnestly spoke about the responsibilities needed to raise dragons, the practicalities involved. There was a record of registration you could fill out, if you had carefully considered the information to your self and felt you were responsible enough to to go through with adopting a dragon.

I vaguely remember filling out some of the riddle and puzzle questions in the Dragonology books. I would never have written in John Topsell's book, it was a library book.

But.

When I re-read G's copy at home, smiling over the familiar artwork, I was surprised to turn the page and find the painstaking, somewhat-wonky handwriting staring back at at me. Baby G, with her name spelled out in freshly-joined but still-not-quite-got-the-hang-of-this-yet cursive lettering. Baby G had filled the registration out in her best handwriting, in glittery green gel pen to denote the importance of the document. This was compared to the earlier, less important checklists done in plain black ink.

I read the registration certificate. Smiled. Smiled some more at the names listed for G's dragon, her dam, and her sire - Eragon was also a great book. Go off, Christopher Paolini.

Breed; standard Western Dragon. The box 'miniture' was ticked, to show that G's dragon was of the minature specic variety, rather than a full size dragon. This was, as she would later explain to me, chosen on the basis that baby-G felt it was the more financially responsible choice. Also so she could keep her dragon in her house with her, but we're not there yet.

I looked at that certificate. Looked at it again. Looked at the calendar, and then looked at the sewing machine I had just been given for Christmas.

G celebrates her birthday in January.

The template came first. I studied the different images of the standard western dragon through the book, picked my favourite, and re-drew it to a significantly larger scale.

Inking the design to the fabric, four times over probably took the longest.

I very subtly asked G the next time she was over (after hurling all dragon-related materials in a panic into the depths of my wardrobe) what type of colour dragon she would have, should it come up. As G later said, that type of question from me truly did not register as anything other than a question asked from theoretical interest. I transitioned the topic as discreetly as I could after she answered, and delightfully, my sneakiness went in one ear, out the other, and she forgot I had ever asked until several weeks later.

I enjoyed painting them.

Don't ask me how many mistakes I made through this process. So many. I do already know how to sew, but it's been a long time. I'd been meaning to get back into it for a while.

Given that various aunts and grandmothers and my mother had a knack for calling when I was up to my elbows in either paint or pins, it became a family affair. Each of them peered at the project through face time and offered their advice.

Some of the advice I took, some I didn't. No regrets about sewing it in pink thread. Considerable regrets about accidentally slicing one of the feet in half and having to fix that.

In the end though, she was finished.

I carefully pinned on her name tag, with the name baby-G had chosen with a little blue ribbon. A collar was unacceptable, this is a dragon, people, come on. Dragon's don't wear collars.

I put the book in the box, open to the registration certificate, and put the dragon on top. Wrapped the whole thing up with a bow and then refused to touch it before I sent myself mad trying to fix details that didn't really need to be fixed.

A bit late for her birthday, sure, but there we are. We'd gone for a trip off to nowhere for a weekend, to go try wine made out of blueberries and hike up a waterfall. (And climb on it. And swim in it. It was a very good waterfall).

I gave her the box, informed her she wasn't allowed to keep the box, just the contents (it was the only thing I had that was big enough for me to keep all of my A3 portfolios in, it had only been temporarily-repurposed as dragon housing), and then left the next bit up to the gods.

A surprise, sitting un-awaited for some 15 years in amber, to catch up to baby G and adult G together.

Happy Birthday, baby and adult G.

#StClaire speaks #How to Raise & Keep A Dragon #John Topsell #Joe Nigg #the thing about problems hammers and nails #except in this case it was childhood wishes and sewing machines #and as someone said #you were relearning to sew and you started with THAT?#well no #I started with a scrub hat #which kept the hair out of my face while I painted this #and then also that apron my aunt gave me the pieces to years ago that I refused point blank to do by hand #but yeah #101 mistakes later #and one re-attached foot #pretty happy with her #dragons

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vcreatures · 9 months

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Sirenia Sphyrnidae, better known as the Hammerhead Maid, is one of the apex predators found within the Sirenia class. Yet despite this, their interaction with man is quite limited. Unlike many other mermaid species that can be found in coastal seas the Hammerhead maid has no interest in interacting with humans. You will not find this species luring sailors, quite the opposite actually. Living mostly solitary lives the Hammerhead Maid is quite content not interacting with species outside their own. Having taken an extreme approach to their camouflage many times humans might not even be able to distinguish between actual shark and maid.

While humans are relatively safe around this apex predator other marine life, including smaller mermaid species, better steer clear. Using their serrated “toothed” arms, coined “mandible arms” they can quickly strike and cutch fast moving prey.

As with many Mermaid species, males and females are nearly identical. The only obvious dimorphism found are on males who possess “claspers” used in mating.

#concept art #creature design #fantasy art #creature concept #concept design #fairy #speculative evolution #speculative biology #mermaid #the little mermaid #sharks #hammer head #world building #dungeons and dragons #magical creatures #magic the gathering

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ride-thedragon · 1 month

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Baela Jace, Rhaenyra, Addam, Ulf and Hugh.

Don't play in my face like this.

FREE NETTLES.

(Baela and Jace, Prince and Lady of Dragonstone, ik that's right.)

#hotd #house of the dragon #nettles #netty #a song of ice and fire #rhaenyra targaryen #house targaryen #jacerys velaryon #baela targaryen #ulf the white #hugh hammer #addam of hull #addam velaryon

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harrenhalyuri · 2 months

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AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?

the godfather part II (1974) / house of the dragon (2022) / the godfather part I (1972) / fire & blood: 300 years before a game of thrones (2018) / the godfather part III (1990) / the rise of the dragon: an illustrated history of the targaryen dynasty (2022) / a song of ice and fire calendar (2021) / the godfather part II (1974)

#aemond targaryen #aegon ii targaryen #aegon the elder #aemond one eye #house of the dragon #hotdedit #webweaving #web weaving #team green #targaryensource #hotd #ewan mitchell #tom glynn carney #the godfather #this is my roman empire btw #love their dynamic. hope they beat each other to death with hammers next season #one art tag to rule them all

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vanillayoteart · 5 months

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Hammerspacehammer

Not so long ago... In the mysterious land... Of Buffalo, New York... Something for rey-skye from my weekly streams!

#furry #furry art #rey #rey skye #manadragon #flammie #dragon #fluff #fluff dragon #scott pilgrim #hammer #wings #attacking

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leafspiritz · 15 hours

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happy lesbian day of visibility to imogen temult 🧡🤍🩷

#my fav cowboy lesbian #if anyone mentions sam the stable boy i will hit you with hammers #imogen temult #cr imogen #imogen temult fanart #critical role #critical role fanart #cr #cr fanart #cr c3 #campaign 3 #bells hells #laura bailey #dungeons and dragons #d&d #fanart #digital art #procreate

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parachutingkitten · 23 days

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Oh, they really wanted that kung fu panda 2 moment, didn't they?

#the forbidden five?#I think i spot an inspiration source...#down to the hammer and everything #ninjago #dragons rising #ninjago spoilers #dr spoilers #drs2 #kfp2

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orykorioart · 8 months

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TAZ SAPPHIC WEEK DAY 1: Dragon + Sword

Teaser for tomorrow: Cowboys!

+extra sketch. Check under the cut to see my idea notes for what I imagined the story of this AU would be ;-)

Idea: Killian is tasked with rescuing princess Carey from the clutches of a dragon. But when she gets to the castle, she realizes that princess Carey IS the dragon, and that she is happier in this form. In the end they run away together!

Tried something different with the main piece because I wanted it to feel like a ‘cover’ of the story. Inspired by medieval style tapestries and illuminated manuscripts, but slightly stylized.

#taz sapphic week #taz #the adventure zone #taz balance #tazb #carey fangbattle #taz killian #team sweet flips #the dragons in medieval art are so. varied and a little fucked up lol #i referenced a couple but ended up stylizing it #for Killian I also wanted to follow the style of illuminated manuscripts and make it super detail and funky #but then I decided to lowkey reference the tapestry arts that you can see in po/kemon s/wsh. like in hammer/locke vault.#cuz theyre pretty simplistic but evocative.#sometimes ya gotta trim down your ideas cuz you simply won’t have the time to fully execute everything

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dramadred · 7 months

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“i will let a thousand innocent people die if there’s even a chance he will live.”

yep. that’s my moiraine “nothing and no one can be more important than that” damodred

#wot on prime #the wheel of time #moiraine damodred #wheel of time #wot show #wot #wot book spoilers #wot show spoilers #wot s2 spoilers #rand al'thor #moiraine sedai #i love that they really hammered in that point that she will do anything for the dragon reborn.#ik i’m still mourning over the last episode but that quote explains why she left.#because she has devoted her life to the dragon.#and no one better question it. miss girl has ruined her life for him and will sacrifice her life for him #she is mama bear through and through #a single (?) mom who works two jobs who loves her kid(s) and never stops.

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kultofathena · 30 days

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✨New from Tod Cutler✨

This Italian medieval war hammer is based on a piece from the Venice Museum dated 1380. Housed at The Museo Civico Correr in Venice, Italy. Francesco II da Carrara. The original was a staff weapon at 20cm wide and this has been scaled down to be a hammer. War hammers generally had a faceted hammer for powerful concussive blows and a sharper pointed side which could be used for piercing and puncturing. Based on a piece from Venice Museum and dated 1380 . The head is cast bronze and steel and matched with a bronze end cap and all the components are securely fitted to a stout and robust ash hardwood haft.

In stock and available to order

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vaard · 1 month

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Vaard's curse is to always be too big to fit in cutscenes to the point the top of his head is lost to the void.

#dragon's dogma 2 #dragon's dogma #dd2 #vaard #screenshots #I'm having a LOT of fun regardless of performance issues #I fully intended to go warrior for the war shouts and hammer #but I'm honestly enjoying early game fighter so much I'm torn now

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vcreatures · 10 months

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The class of Sirenia is a vast and wide net of varying aquatic humanoids. Highly dimorphic and adaptable, mermaids (or merfolk) can be found in nearly every aquatic body, be it oceans, which has the largest number of species, to ponds and lakes. This adaptability and dimorphic nature of the species has allowed them to thrive across the globe. Despite their vast differences in appearances, one thing you’ll see consistently across the various species of Merfolk is the unique “false face” adaptation.This illusionary facial feature is believed to have evolved as a defense mechanism. The “true eyes” are typically located on the far side of their heads. While it’s “false eyes” are situated at the front, like that of a human’s. These false eyes are highly sensitive receptors.

Noted species in the attached diagram

A. Sirenia Atlanticus

B. Sirenia Sphyrnidae

C. Sirenia Tetraodontidae

D. Sirenia Decapodiformes

E. Sirenia Pterois

F. Sirenia Eurypharynx

#concept art #creature design #fantasy art #creature concept #monster #speculative evolution #dragons #speculative biology #bestiary #mythological creatures #mythology #fantasy illustration #mermaid #merfolk #mermay #kraken #squid #octopus #hammer head

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muddiedempress · 6 months

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what's wrong with him?

#ninjago #lego ninjago #lord ras #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago fanart #dragons rising #muddiedempress art #could you tell I traced the hammer?#i wanted to draw his top scars but his huge arms are in the way #ninjago jordana

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gavamont · 11 months

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A wizard that that uses a hammer for a wand. She is casting Smash Your Fucking Skull.

#wizard #wizardposting #wizard shit #wizardblogging #wizardblr #dnd #D&D #dungeons and dragons #hammer #magic items

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nyaskitten · 4 months

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Crazy I and I alone have solely been DOMINATING the Dragons Rising tag with my awwtysm powers. Fools! You've given me all too much power!!! GRRRRRAUGH

#ninjago dragons rising #raine's shitposting #ninjago #i wish nya would be dominating m-#is killed with hammers

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