Azincourt

I've just finished reading "Azincourt" a novel by Bernard Cornwell. He's my favorite writer of the historical novel genre. So far I've read the Grail Quest (Harlequin, Vagabond and Heretic) and the Saxon Stories (The Last Kingdom, The Pale Horseman, The Lords of the North and Sword Song) series. Now I'm waiting to get my hands on "The Burning Land", the last one published (but hopefully not the last to be written) of the Saxon serie. Cornwell masterfully entwines a fictional storyline with historical facts to create a literary masterpiece. All the research made by the author is evident in every detail described and one feels transported to the time depicted. A book worth reading.

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This one's inspired in the old Dragon magazine. I don't remember clearly, but I think it was drawn sometime during a gaming session. I miss that magazine...

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This is a quick scketch that I called "Champion" and it portraits an old character that one of my actual players used in another campaign. The character's name is Elthanas, an elven cavalier and Prince of the Gamboge Forest, which I mentioned in an old post here. The visor of the helmet is the beak and wings of a raven (or at least that was the intention) which was his coat of arms that can be partially seen on his shield. He's weilding a flaming sword.

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Here goes another one. This was inspired by the ranger in the Unearthed Arcana and it was the portrait for one of my characters (Finloss).

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Continunig with the serie of "artistic" posts, here goes another one. This one is called "Knight in dungeon" and, as yesterday's, are inspired in the books of "Prince Valiant" which belonged to my father and I literaly devoured as a kid. More to come soon.