Custom Aedirnian Soldier (The Witcher II)
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:43 am
Hi all! This is a custom minifigure I made based on troops from the fictional country of Aedirn from The Witcher II: Assassins of Kings.
[url=http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/u ... 83066190A/]Ingame Reference[/url]
This technically makes it fantasy, but this armor from the game is remarkably realistic to late - 15th century Western European man-at-arms garb. The coif and haubergion sleeves are padded, a gambeson is worn over the haubergion, and the helmet is [url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/04.3.228/]directly based on a Burgundian helmet c. 1475.[/url]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/CMfUGr][img]https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1537/241409948 ... 8c2402.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/CMfUGr]Aedirnian Soldier[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/59500654@N07/]Tanner Jon A.[/url], on Flickr
The clothwork and sculpting is full-figure, and the legs maintain a good degree of rotation. (Since this figure, I've developed cuisse + jambe + poleyn sculpting which better cooperates with the Lego legs.)
Check the Flickr description for a link to an entertaining video about the gauntlets' origin!
[url=http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/u ... 83066190A/]Ingame Reference[/url]
This technically makes it fantasy, but this armor from the game is remarkably realistic to late - 15th century Western European man-at-arms garb. The coif and haubergion sleeves are padded, a gambeson is worn over the haubergion, and the helmet is [url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/04.3.228/]directly based on a Burgundian helmet c. 1475.[/url]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/CMfUGr][img]https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1537/241409948 ... 8c2402.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/CMfUGr]Aedirnian Soldier[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/59500654@N07/]Tanner Jon A.[/url], on Flickr
The clothwork and sculpting is full-figure, and the legs maintain a good degree of rotation. (Since this figure, I've developed cuisse + jambe + poleyn sculpting which better cooperates with the Lego legs.)
Check the Flickr description for a link to an entertaining video about the gauntlets' origin!