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meluseena — Guardsman of the Queen
Published: 2009-11-22 01:16:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 5036; Favourites: 189; Downloads: 0
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Yes! A member of the light court of the sidhe, this one is one of the personal ceremonial guardsman of the Light fairy court, sworn to guarding the queen! That is a tacking pin he bears as a weapon.. for steel is rather hard to find in nature, and the guards appropriate human cast-offs and nicked-items as their weapons.----
Been working on this 'old-school-style' painting for a while. It's digital, airbrushed in photoshop. I wanted to create a Bouguereau-esque fairy painting.
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Gorgeous. I love those moth wings he has! The pin as a makeshift sword is a great idea too 83
Does he tip his acorn hat to the Queen while in her presence? ;D lol
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Haha how sweet! Well it's strapped on so maybe a little hard to tip but probably, if in audience, he would take it off for sure!
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lol I just had to wonder about that seeing as how he's serving royalty ;D
^w^)
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How I missed this one I'll never know it's wonderful!!!
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I love the lighting in this. It's all very evocative of the Victorian era... very cool.
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I had in mind victorian fairy art as I made this
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*is awesome*
I love the helmet the best. For some reason, it totally sells the whole thing. Such attention to wearability and detail. I love you.
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Well if I had to look at it and redo it, I wouldn't do the walnut shield the way I did because it's an illogical way to slice a walnut.. though it makes it obvious that it's a walnut this way, it also makes for a weak shield with that splice line running through it! It should've been the other way eeek!
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Well, I think it's lovely, and that the splice line in the walnut gives the shield some character.
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Is that a walnut shell shield? I love it. That's totally something I'd give one of my sculptures.
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Your image has been featured in my journal this week. 
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awww, how cute ^^ I'm strongly reminded of the Borrowers ^^
*hides from guardsman's wrath*
I like this style
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Wow, very outstanding work; very fresh vision and created with much skill!
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i eally like this one ! very well painted and lots of character !
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This is beautiful, you have wonderful ideas
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I love it, it looks like he should be hanging out in 'The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke'.
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Hahaha!!!
He looks altogether too bright, but that was the 'tradition' vibe I was going for
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He's very sweet.. even if I know he's meant to look tough
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I think in the end, he's more like the swiss guard is to the pope, like a fancy intelligence, rather than brute force.
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