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Offline cowabounga

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Polish Winged Hussar (WIP)
« on: March 15, 2015, 10:30:17 »
And now, for something completely different....

The Polish Winged Hussar, as requested a lont time ago by my friend, Master Javi-Malone:



It still needs some painting, and a leopard skin across his chest, but I was eager to show it anyway!
The saddle is a 3D design by Neo.
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Re: Polish Winged Hussar (WIP)
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2015, 13:05:48 »
holy cow :love: (I thought saw a mounted samurai  ;D )
....your feathers might last longer than those Red Indian chief's headress (mine has been disintegrating everytime I touch them :'( ) ...there's so many possibilities once you have mastered this skill Arnaud ;)
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Re: Polish Winged Hussar (WIP)
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2015, 17:17:30 »
Funny war outfit, it looks great. I guess it supposed to scare the enemy??
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Re: Polish Winged Hussar (WIP)
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2015, 10:37:23 »
@Walter: I guess it was to scare the enemy, though it might just have been for ...style!
@Cheng: I saw some samurai riders with some kind of big paper "balloon" in their back, do you know what those were called?


***edit: found it! It's a horo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horo_(cloak)***
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Re: Polish Winged Hussar (WIP)
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2015, 16:48:46 »
According to this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_hussars ; the explanation is following :
The most common theory is that the hussars wore the wings because they made a loud, clattering noise which made it seem like the cavalry was much larger than in reality and frightened the enemy's horses. Other possibilities included the wings being made to defend the backs of the men against swords and lassos, or that they were worn to make their own horses deaf to the wooden noise-makers used by the Ottoman and the Crimean Tatars.
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Re: Polish Winged Hussar (WIP)
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2015, 19:21:19 »
^ That's really interesting.  Thank you.
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Re: Polish Winged Hussar (WIP)
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2015, 00:43:28 »
Some of the coolest looking warriors in history. Excellent custom, cowabounga!
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Re: Polish Winged Hussar (WIP)
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2015, 14:30:19 »
I could see it now. "oh my....here comes the infamous winged men....everyone for themselves...ahhhhhhhhh" I guess times have not changed much....just the gadgets
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Re: Polish Winged Hussar (WIP)
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2015, 20:57:53 »
Beautiful soldier that armour with those rather impressive wings is a great combination looks really good

Quote from: Hallensis on March 17, 2015, 16:48:46
According to this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_hussars ; the explanation is following :
The most common theory is that the hussars wore the wings because they made a loud, clattering noise which made it seem like the cavalry was much larger than in reality and frightened the enemy's horses. Other possibilities included the wings being made to defend the backs of the men against swords and lassos, or that they were worn to make their own horses deaf to the wooden noise-makers used by the Ottoman and the Crimean Tatars.

Interesting explanations suppose it makes a sort of sense when you see the reasons they're suggesting although it's still very unusual
 
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Re: Polish Winged Hussar (WIP)
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2015, 20:36:12 »
Didnt many Aztec warriors and warriors of similar tribes often have similar wings on their back? though they seemed to portray specific animals, predators.
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