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Erik-Blackboar [2014-09-25 12:30:07 +0000 UTC]
This looks awesome! I myself treat boars as my spirit animals, I've been thinking about boar tatoo for quite a while, too. I must confess that I didn't even think about this being indonesian thing. It looks to me like sort of celtic (hence the spirals) motive, this would very well fit into some fantasy setting, high or low. Great work!
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k-hots In reply to Erik-Blackboar [2014-09-29 02:27:26 +0000 UTC]
Hopefully i can get it done quickly enough...
Just post more stuff on dA, sooner or later, you'll get noticed.
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Erik-Blackboar In reply to k-hots [2014-09-30 11:53:49 +0000 UTC]
I hope so. Thing is, I can't currently forge anything new, as I don't have access to smithy now. But I have loads of ideas for new stuff. Pendants, leather crafts, armour, axes, knives, "hunting" "swords" (Basicaly oversized singleedged knives)... I wonder, does "your culture" have such a thing? In europe, pretty much every culture in europe since iron age had something like that. Germanic saex, celtic falcata, western european falchion, middle-european "tesák/dussack/hunting swords", jatagan in the balkans... But I don't know much of weapons/tools outside of europe, and hefty singleedged blades were always of my interest.
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k-hots In reply to Erik-Blackboar [2014-09-30 13:57:44 +0000 UTC]
whenever i don't have a tool to make what i'm most used to, i try to use something native to do something crazy. that's why i post a lot of stupid artwork using my cellphone... it's always around, and i can just do whatever when i have a pinch of time. maybe you can play with some leather while you don't have a smithy...
actually, my 'race' is chinese. but malaysia is a multi-cultural country. so we know a little bit of everything...
since you mentioned, googled a bit on native malaysians' weapons... but some of them are a bit primitive because native cultures here are not as well developed as the more known cultures... still, i think a few of the might be of interest for you...
this is the malay keris. it's the weapon that symbols the royals and high positions. but i don't know how they forged to get the shape. sorry. haha... www.google.com.my/search?q=KER…
malays also use bigger weapons... they still do nowadays... lol... www.google.com.sg/search?q=par…
the royal staff might be of interest to you? www.thestar.com.my/~/media/ima…
bidayuh swords: www.google.com.my/search?q=bid…
iban swords : www.google.com.my/search?q=iba…
bidayuh and ibans are very similar cultures. so their items are a bit similar. but you can notice that the ornaments on the weapons and the shapes of the weapons are a bit different
oh, and native bidayuh and ibans like to roost fight. so they make sickles for their roosters to make it more brutal : www.google.com.my/search?q=roo…
this website should be of interest to you : www.ashokaarts.com/shop/antiqu…
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k-hots In reply to Erik-Blackboar [2014-10-02 09:05:03 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome, erik. If you want to build a keris, you might be able to find something on youtube...
I think the civilizations here did not evolve to crossguards, hence they don't make them. Nowadays, they live quite peacefully. And the parangs are mostly for cutting wood... haha.
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