09-13-2010, 07:52 PM
Very nice Frater.
It's nice to see the accurate decoration on the tunic too. I am well aware of the swastika's connotations for many people but I think it is high time its long non-nazi history was again recognised, before we start to lose the last people who can actually remember its pre-nazi use. My parents had an Edwardian tablecloth with rows of brocaded swastikas along its edges and my great uncle was awarded a Scouting medal in the early 1930s in the form of a swastika. Both of these items predated the nazis theft and perversion of the symbol.
Using it on a tunic like this allows us to point out to those who might comment that it is copied directly from a picture painted 1700 years before the Nazi party was even thought of. How are the decorations applied, incidently?
Who made the sword and scabbard by the way? Am I right in thinking it is not a Deepeeka one? I seem to remember Aitor posting up a tutorial a few years ago on making scabbards of that type. Can we have a close up of it?
You have also done a very nice paint job on the shield, as always. Well done! Your standard of paintwork has certainly not diminished since your 'Golden Demon' days.
Crispvs
It's nice to see the accurate decoration on the tunic too. I am well aware of the swastika's connotations for many people but I think it is high time its long non-nazi history was again recognised, before we start to lose the last people who can actually remember its pre-nazi use. My parents had an Edwardian tablecloth with rows of brocaded swastikas along its edges and my great uncle was awarded a Scouting medal in the early 1930s in the form of a swastika. Both of these items predated the nazis theft and perversion of the symbol.
Using it on a tunic like this allows us to point out to those who might comment that it is copied directly from a picture painted 1700 years before the Nazi party was even thought of. How are the decorations applied, incidently?
Who made the sword and scabbard by the way? Am I right in thinking it is not a Deepeeka one? I seem to remember Aitor posting up a tutorial a few years ago on making scabbards of that type. Can we have a close up of it?
You have also done a very nice paint job on the shield, as always. Well done! Your standard of paintwork has certainly not diminished since your 'Golden Demon' days.
Crispvs
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