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  		   Posted 7/9/2008 6:11 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks, Mikos! That's sweet. :)

 

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  		   Posted 7/9/2008 1:50 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks Rachel.  I am impressed by your art myself 

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  		   Posted 7/7/2008 9:54 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
These are awesome! I especially love the first one! Very good character work.

 

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  		   Posted 6/18/2008 12:08 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Mikos said...
Thanks Rob... I really appreciate you taking the time to help me make the subjects in my art more authentic.  It's a huge help and I want you to know that.  Reference is a huge part of doing good art.  And the better the reference the better the art is.  Please never hesitate to point out something or to offer help. 
 
Thanks again,
Miko

The drape of mail and men in shield-walls courtesy of Regia Anglorium (Viking/Norman re-enactors):

 

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/67972241zOICaG?start=12  

 

These guys have tons of pictures on their site.  Lots of shots that would make good refrence of men with weapons & armor. 

Have fun. 

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  		   Posted 6/18/2008 11:38 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Mikos said...
Thanks Rob... I really appreciate you taking the time to help me make the subjects in my art more authentic.  It's a huge help and I want you to know that.  Reference is a huge part of doing good art.  And the better the reference the better the art is.  Please never hesitate to point out something or to offer help. 
 
Thanks again,
Miko
No problem, Miko, 
I do the same thing in writing.  I like to get the feeling and impressions of guns, swords, knives, fabrics, animals, and equipment.  Have to hang around Ren fairs and re-enactors camps. 
 
I grew up with Conan illustrations.  From Frazetta first, but then scads of others, of course.  Despite what the publishers claimed, those great action covers with slashing monsters, fur-clad females, and bloody barbarians certainly did add to the experience of the stories.  They also sold a lot of books--at least to me tongue  .

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  		   Posted 6/18/2008 2:19 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks Rob... I really appreciate you taking the time to help me make the subjects in my art more authentic.  It's a huge help and I want you to know that.  Reference is a huge part of doing good art.  And the better the reference the better the art is.  Please never hesitate to point out something or to offer help. 
 
Thanks again,
Miko

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  		   Posted 6/18/2008 1:37 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Mikos said...
Thanks for the comments Nick, Rob and Charles.  I thought the "Tower of the Elephant" came together well.  My style is developing each time I do a piece of art.  I hope the next one will continue with what I have done on that piece.

Excellent.  That's what we all strive for. 
 
Here's a site for views of archaic belts, brooches, and buckles: http://www.quietpress.com/ 
 
Celt, Norse, Roman, Saxon, they all have the wild, earthy flavor of ancient times and these are mostly copied after actual artifacts.  He also has fantasy SCA stuff (But that's pretty too)

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  		   Posted 6/18/2008 12:06 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks for the comments Nick, Rob and Charles.  I thought the "Tower of the Elephant" came together well.  My style is developing each time I do a piece of art.  I hope the next one will continue with what I have done on that piece.

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  		   Posted 6/16/2008 1:50 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Excellent stuff. I particularly like the Tower of the Elephant one. Excellent detail on the form itself.

Charles Gramlich
 

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  		   Posted 6/16/2008 12:54 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Mikos said...
Here are a couple of illustrations of REH's Conan I have done recently.
-  To continue (since I have some time now) These first two pieces have a real detraction for me, the geometric designs on the swords.  You've got him dressed in a rough, barbaric fashion and then--wham!--here's these swords that have a space-age look to them.  It just kills the iron-age mood.  Sorry. 
 
You might want to pull up "Myarmory.com" to get a variety of historical swords to get a look at the spine and fullers of actual weapons of the iron age.(You don't have to be a member to see the overviews or look at people's collections.)  I think that would remove a big distraction from the rest of your work. 
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  		   Posted 6/14/2008 9:11 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

Mikos,

the Tower of the Elephant illustration is fantastic.  Love it.

 

Nick Logan

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  		   Posted 6/13/2008 8:58 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
 
Mikos said...
Here is a new Conan illo I have done for REH Days that I am going to this weekend and wanted to share it with all of you.  Let me know what you think... If you like, hate it, or whatever. 
 
I like it.  This one has a good feeling about it.

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  		   Posted 6/12/2008 8:31 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Here is a new Conan illo I have done for REH Days that I am going to this weekend and wanted to share it with all of you.  Let me know what you think... If you like, hate it, or whatever.
 
 
 

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  		   Posted 6/9/2008 11:39 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Here are a couple of illustrations of REH's Conan I have done recently.
 
 
 
 

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