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FritzVicari
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[2012-07-23 22:29:46 +0000 UTC]
(Italy)
# Statistics
Favourites: 803; Deviations: 196; Watchers: 595
Watching: 142; Pageviews: 92376; Comments Made: 878; Friends: 142
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Hyeronimus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, Andrea Pazienza, Sergio Toppi, Carlos Gomez, Angus McBride, Jacques Tardi, Dino Battaglia, Gianni De Luca, Frank MillerFavorite movies: Kubrick, Tarantino, Kurosawa, Leone, early Argento, Come and See, The Last Valley, Henry V, L'Armata Brancaleone, The Thin Red Line, La ciociara, Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Il mestiere delle armi, Kelly's Heroes and several others!
Favorite TV shows: Game of Thrones, Spartacus, Dexter, Breaking Bad, The Pacific, Band of Brothers, Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park
Favorite bands / musical artists: Metal music - Heavy, Power, Thrash, Death, Doom, Viking/Folk -, Classical music, Soundtracks, Folk mostly.
Favorite books: Both novels and historical essays. Differently from what it may seems, I'm not the historical fiction or fantasy guy, with few exceptions.
Favorite games: Mount and Blade, Mount and Blade Warband and all their mods; World War 2 FPS (they don't use to make them anymore, sadly). And many others, old and new.
Favorite gaming platform: Windows PC and Sony PS. (1,2,3)
Tools of the Trade: Pencils, mainly, with little ink. Sometimes, watercolours.
Other Interests: History, particularly the Middle Ages (all ten the centuries (476-1492), with a passion for the Baltic area), the Thirty Years War and the World Wars.
# Comments
Comments: 183
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Beautiful and realistic drawings ! Love your work
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forum.deviantart.com/community⦠please read and reply thanks!!!
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Β Happy Tomorrow Master Vicari - I hope you shall thoroughly enjoy your latest birthday when it comes!Β
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Thank you for the watch and helping my profile grow! I really appreciate it!
I hope you'll continue to enjoy and support my art! <3
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I just want you to know that I really love all of your drawings of stuff relating to the 30 Years War (you seem to be incredibly knowledgeable about it), and I would be very happy if you were willing to contribute any of them to the group galleries. You have lots of amazing content.
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Of course, feel free to request whatever you prefer, I'll gladly accept!Β
And last but not least, thank you very much.
One day I'll return to the Thirty Years' War, eventually
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Grazie mille per il watch.
fai parte di qualche associazione rievocativa?
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Scusa l'estremo ritardo!
Beh, no. Nel senso che di mio non ho nulla. Però ci ho collaborato, per così dire
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bè un'ottimo risultato
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Happy Birthday! Hope to see something of you again
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I've just posted new stuff few days ago. I'll try to keep up this time. Thanks a lot
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Ah yes, the Banzai-Charge drawing! Totally forgot that, I'm sorry
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Β Many Happy Returns of the Day Master Fritz! (or should that be Meister Fritz?). Β
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Thank you! Master's ok (if not too much of a compliment for me eheh)
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Β Many thanks for your gallery of continuing Fine Works!Β
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Happy Birthday, Fritz. May you have a year of health, happiness, love and laughter.
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Thanks, and an happy new year to you, too!
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Β Many Thanks and Best Wishes!Β
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Thank you! Merry Christmas to you, too!
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I'm extremely curious as to where you get your information on the Balts. More specifically, the Baltic Crusades and the equipment used by the Balts during that time. As well as the various Baltic tribes. I haven't had a lot of luck in finding information on the topic.
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Thank for all the favourites.
My main sources of information for Balts' history are secondary sources (history books) and sometimes even actual primary sources (like a critical edition of the "Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae"). I always quote this material at the very beginning of each drawing description, so you just check out those. I tend to use material published in italian, which is really few, with the noticeable exception of the aforementioned critical edition of the Chronicle (one the most recent edition published, apparently) and of course, material published in English. Eric Christiansen's "The Northern Crusades" is a great introduction to the subject and William Urban different publications are also a great reading.Β
The equipment is a different story tough. While the most generic and general information - i.e. how the war was waged, technological difference between west and east - can still be found and studied in the books above, it's far harder to find out visual content. Visual sources of the era are few and in between, so for the most one has to rely on archeology and more often then not a bit of approximation - i.e. considering the main influences and external contact of a given area: russians, lithuanians, etc. I was greatly helped while doing the artworks for 1257 by a lithuanian reenactor, that also provided me with several links - many expired, now, sadly. Reenactment groups are still one of my main sources, even if it requires a bit to discern which are good and which are not. I'd suggest everyone Utgardas and Vilkatlakai mostly, which are both Lithuanians. The most noticeable thing, to be taken with a grain of salt, of course, since I'm simplifying a bit, as far as the XIII century is concerned, is that not much seems to be changed since the viking era.Β
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Thank you very much. And you're welcome for the faves! I remember seeing your work in 1257 Anno Domini and really enjoying it!
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Hey Fritz remember me? a friend of mine saw ur art and asked me to suggest you something
Praven from Mount and Blade Warband.
a suggestion not a request since those usualy cost money
bai
*walks out and slams door*
WHY CANT I GRAMMAR!!!???
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Mhh, help me out, I actually cannot remember.Β
Actually I'm not really thinking about Praven, but should I ever do artworks referred to the Native world of Warband, know that I've always fought by King Harlaus the Fat side, so Swadia would be a priority
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