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"Spirits."

This soft-spoken exclamation was cause for concern. Darrier never swore by the beliefs of his homeland unless deeply bothered. And Mat was no less unnerved – a silent prayer was on her lips as she turned in a full circle, surveying the terrain. In the distance green lighting wracked the landscape and turned the ground into a dusty haze. Or perhaps that was where reality hadn't healed. Either way, both the Guardians turned away from there, shuddering at the prospect of approaching any closer than they already were. Behind them was what might have been a forest, before everything tore apart. Now, the bark had fused into one s

Silence

The sailors see only the waters. In the vastness of all this blue the eddying currents have no meaning, the whitecaps around my feet bear no significance. Besides, by then they've seen her, alone under the sun, and it is far too late.

She's beautiful in a way God never intended. Golden hued skin and hair as pale as the eyeless fish that haunt the ocean depths, their luminescent scales giving fire to her eyes. Seaweed twined about an ankle, wrapping around the bony limb and dangling from clawed toes. Unearthly, the angel fallen from grace, and so very beautiful.

The sailors cannot see what lies under the waves. This is their mystery –

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This will eventually be taken down and replaced with a much, much better photo as soon as I can get this shield in the hands of someone with a real camera and knows how to take photos. This is a project I've been working on for... yanno, I'm gonna plead the 5th on that one. I should have had it done a lot sooner but I procrastinated like hell. It's a shield a local knight in the SCA commissioned. The front is his heraldry, which you'll see later when I have good photography, and the back is miniatures of Saint Hubert and the 14 holy helpers. I had a lot of fun researching the saints and how they were supposed to be painted.

Yes, this shield will actually be used in combat. He plans to use it only for very special occasions and I'm going to coat the entire thing with something to seal and protect it.

~Lorien077 Feb 4, 2013

Wow nice work, know this isn't a great photo but it still looks good. Hope it holds up to the occasional fight!

Also is there a meaning to the way Saint Hubert and his 14 helpers are placed on the shield? (Sorry know nothing about heraldry)

~fainting-goat Feb 4, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

There is a meaning to their placement! Specifically "the knight's arm goes here". I actually get that question from a LOT of people who look at this shield, it's always kind of fun to answer it.

~Lorien077 Feb 4, 2013

*facepalm* You know looking at it I should have realized that. Thanks for giving me the answer. XD

~Valkeus Jan 29, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Now that is a rare and cool skill! Well, both are - shield-making and medieval-style combat. It looks great!

~fainting-goat Jan 29, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Oh, I didn't make the shield. I'm only painting it.

~Valkeus Jan 29, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Still awesome!

I like the tiny icons, too.

~Merwenna Jan 27, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

this is SO AWESOME

~KibaPandaRo Jan 27, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

local knight in sca? whats sca? do knights still exist?<3 you should make a photo of him in his full armor and shield and sword

that would be epic<3

~fainting-goat Jan 27, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

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Go check it out, it is the coolest thing I've ever gotten involved in. And I'm sure we'll get photos of him in his full kit. He's got really spiffy armor and I can't wait to see him carrying this shield. Just... might take a while. It's really cold where I'm at right now and I'm a bit afraid of coating this thing when its below freezing, so I might wait until it warms up. And he's got to put the strapping on it, I think he's thinking about going full period materials on that, so that'll take a while too.

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