Graphic Stuff a la Spyderco knives

[willhunt]

Outstanding, as usual. Great to see you posting again. :D

[Simona]

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[Yojimbo]

ah sweet Simona, still love your work, you are turning into the more "arty"pictures. Very nice and subtle. Please continue and get someone who can make you a decent portfolio, and go proffesional. I know you like modern designers, this one looks like from a Starck catalogue!

:)

[Senate]

turning your back on Photoshop Sia? :rolleyes:
3D stuff is nice but nothing beats a good old pictures embellished by your talent

[sal]

Hi Simona. Great stuff, as usual.

I spent some time with Eduard Bradichansky's family several weeks ago (in Israel). I mentioned your photos of the Shabaria at the cemetary. I would like your permission to reproduce them for the family.

sal

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[Simona]

[quote="sal"]Hi Simona. Great stuff, as usual.

I spent some time with Eduard Bradichansky's family several weeks ago (in Israel). I mentioned your photos of the Shabaria at the cemetary. I would like your permission to reproduce them for the family.

sal

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Hello Mr.Glesser,
LOL .. thats great! Sure yes, please you do with these photos what you will want ...

Thats really honour and very magic for me, that Edouard Bradichansky family will see these photos, thats awesome, really thanks!!!

[Simona]

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Thats statue,this is Jan Zizka from Trocnov, i found some infos about him in english, si im posting:::

Jan Zizka was a tough, war-bitten general. He didn't start out with just one eye - he was born with the requisite two. But the most famous portraits of him depict him after he lost one eye in one battle, and before he lost the other one in another battle, and so one-eyed is the way that most Czechs think of him.
His was a ragtag force of mostly peasant farmers, and they had more experience weilding farm implements than weapons. That isn't to mention the fact that they had little money with which to buy weapons. Zizka turned this loss into an advantage, having his men fight with the tools they were most used to using. Hoes and rakes can be as deadly as pikes when used with conviction in battle.

The Hussites also used countless tricks - like putting their horses' horseshoes on backwards so that their enemies could not track them. They travelled to battle in farm wagons - with the Hussite women fighting alongside the men - and when they were engaged in battle, they arranged the wagons in a circle, as a sort of temporary (and portable) fortress.

Zizka was also the first to use artillery in battle (it had theretofore only been used to beseige castles), and was a master at keeping up morale. His Hussite forces liked nothing better than belting out a rousing rendition of their favorite song, "Ye Warriors of God" while preparing to meet the enemy in battle :

"Ye who are God's warriors and of his law, pray to God for help and have faith in Him; that finally with him you will be victorious!

Christ is worthy of damages/losses, he promises hundred times more; if anybody puts down a life for Him, he will get an everlasting one: blessed are those, who dies for the Truth!

This Lord commands not to fear destructors of body, he commands to put down a life for love of their neighbors."


By the time the fifth wave of crusaders got to the Czech lands to fight the Hussites, their reputation had spread all over Europe. The crusaders had been shaking in their boots even before reaching Czech soil -- but when they heard those scary farm wagons creaking, and those terrible Hussites singing -- they just couldn't take it. To a man, they turned tail and fled as far and as fast as they could from Zizka and his men.


They developed and they used in the fight really very creative sharp weapons, i think, their creativity was really unlimited :D , dont forget, its year 1420-1500 ...
So, imagine...30-40k peoples armed with (see below) and singing their song "Ye who are God's warriors and of his law....", thats nothing good meet these warriors .. Pope and Sigmund "The Rust Fox" have had very big problems :D
Especially in huge battle near Sudomer, where was their thousands of crusaders killed..very bloody battle ...what i have read, they used special fight tactics under Zizkas leadership against crusaders, with special chariots, interesting...see pics below..
It will interesting, how they sharpen these horrible blades, Sharpmaker doesnt exist in this time, so i dont know how...but i have had in my hands, in one castle, one from these assault blades (circa 500 years old) and i can tell you -got over head with this..****, you are in two pieces :cool:

[Simona]

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Have a fun

[Stuart Ackerman]

For a moment there, I thought I was looking at Spyderco's catalogue for 1464 :)

[Simona]

For a moment there, I thought I was looking at Spyderco's catalogue for 1464 :)

:D ...aaaaahehe,funny
....noooo - thats 2200 catalog - when modern civilization will fail in the short future and will start new again... these blades will be popular again ....
Peoples will appreciate this, without doubt :D

S3000V
Earth Reloaded.

[rastus]

Now I want a :spyder: mace.
Tom

[Simona]

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[Senate]

that would make a cool ad! :)

[Zeppelin]

Simona, where are those pictures of medieval weapons from? I believe I've seen that somewhere before, but I can't think of were.

[Simona]

Simona, where are those pictures of medieval weapons from? I believe I've seen that somewhere before, but I can't think of were.

Hi, I found it here.. : http://kazi.webz.cz/wagner/zbrane.html

[thenick]

links are no longer working :'(

[Simona]

links are no longer working :'(

Yee, it seem, works ok ...

[Simona]

...Something for your PDA "Today screen" :

[Simona]

[Burnett]

[quote="Simona"] ]

Thanks Simona, these will look great on my PDA! It's a Palm Tungsten, but that doesn't matter.