M Helsdon Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) Dagger-axe added, and sagaris altered per comments from Jan Pospíšil. Edited October 17, 2017 by M Helsdon 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) A: Rapiers – both duelist weapons. B: Daggers - from top to bottom: two Sartarite daggers (second inlaid with a hunting scene); two Esrolian daggers; a Western style dagger. C: Daggers – from top to bottom: Dara Happan; two Lunar daggers; Sairdite Solar dagger; Grazelander dagger (with an Orlanthi style blade). Edited October 17, 2017 by M Helsdon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) Some armour this time... Body Armor A: Plate armor 1. Dara Happan muscle cuirass with plate shoulder-flaps and gorget. 2. Holy Country muscle cuirass. 3. Pelorian Barbarian Belt cuirass with fixed gorget. 4. Orlanthi cuirass with gorget and hinged groin-flap. 5-6. Orlanthi articulated cuirasses with spaulders and gorgets. 7. Orlanthi cuirass with articulated plates and pauldrons, and a tall gorget to protect the throat and lower face. B: Scale armor 1. Light scale hauberk with reinforced shoulder-flaps and leather pteruges. 2. Praxian lamellar hauberk, made of plates of horn on a leather backing with a leather fringe. 3. Orlanthi heavy scale hauberk with leather pteruges. 4. Grazelander or Pentan scale hauberk with sleeves, worn with a war belt of metal plates. 5. Grazelander scale coat with a war belt decorated with two Sun Horses. 6. Orlanthi long scale hauberk with a metal and leather war belt. 7. Darjiini long scale hauberk worn with a small pectoral bearing the symbol of Alkoth. C: Triple-disk cuirasses and Pectorals 1. Pelorian triple-disk cuirass. 2. Ornate Lunar triple-disk cuirass depicting the head of the Red Goddess. 3. Lasadag Lions officer’s pectoral depicting Karndasal. 4. Lunar officer’s ‘undress’ Polaris pectoral. 5. Holy Country militia plate pectoral. D: Composite armor 1. Linothorax of linen and tooled leather from Mo Baustra, with decorated pteruges. 2. Lunar Linothorax of linen and scale, with an embroidered design of the Red Emperor in the guise of Yelm the Archer. 3. Ring mail hauberk with leather pteruges. 4. Tarsh Exiles hauberk fashioned from plates of cuir boilli with heavy leather pteruges. 5. Yeloranan hemithorakion half-cuirass worn over a scale hauberk with leather shoulder-flaps and pteruges skirt. 6. Turtle-shell cuirass – used in the Holy Country and by initiates of Hiia Swordsman. 7. A rare and expensive chain mail hauberk probably manufactured by dwarves, with short leather pteruges. Edited October 17, 2017 by M Helsdon 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkokko Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Are you considering any Pamaltelan weapons - for example Fonritan area. Quote My Glorantha/Mythras blog with Glorantha Cult One-pagers and Mythras Encounter Tool updates and Mythras GM Charts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 2 hours ago, hkokko said: Are you considering any Pamaltelan weapons - for example Fonritan area. Not at the moment. Due to events, I've been working on this illustration since January... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 18 minutes ago, M Helsdon said: Not at the moment. Due to events, I've been working on this illustration since January... Well, it's extraordinary! Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 (edited) Maces... Edited October 17, 2017 by M Helsdon 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeblogger Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I love it. Quote Read my Runeblog about RuneQuest and Glorantha at: http://elruneblog.blogspot.com.es/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Great work, Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Good Humakti everywhere will be in uproar over the inclusion of maces in an article about swords. 1 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 1 hour ago, soltakss said: Good Humakti everywhere will be in uproar over the inclusion of maces in an article about swords. It seemed unreasonable to start a new topic for armor, axes and maces.... 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Is there any way the thread could just be re-titled to be 'Weapons of Glorantha"? 1 Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanPospisil Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) Nice, love the maces. Can say these seem to be very persistent designs in those parts of Glorantha (period-wise). (Grazelands and Zarkosites especially) Now, I realize I'm responding to old posts, but still: 1) Loskalmi swords in the Guide were indeed based on Chinese warring states period swords. (more amusingly - also on some fakes from that period, the perforated ornate scabbards I think were fake pieces I downloaded off eBay) 2) The longsword carried by the Western peacock warrior is an embellished version of what some experts call the Sarmatian type A sword. These things originally spread from China westwards, coinciding with the spread of the scabbard slide into the steppes. You can see them in various steppe depictions, also in older Parthian and Kushan art. As in the illustration, these would've been made of iron. The fittings could be bronze, gold, ivory, or maybe even jade. (this was the case in China, maybe they could be Kralorelan imports?) Examples: the Kanishka statue: (Kushans are a good visual reference point for the West, what with being a whole hodgepodge of cultures. (near-Chinese steppe people, North Indian and Greek and Scythian) And this relief of Nergal from Hatra: 3) Some new material - this could be a sword of a powerful Vingkotling Orlanthi. (notice the thunderbolt forming the handle) Edited July 29, 2017 by JanPospisil 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, JanPospisil said: Examples: the Kanishka statue: (Kushans are a good visual reference point for the West, what with being a whole hodgepodge of cultures. (near-Chinese steppe people, North Indian and Greek and Scythian) And this relief of Nergal from Hatra: I love the photos, thanks for sharing them. Edited July 29, 2017 by soltakss Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I'm still pondering the inherent contradiction of a horse-headed mace. The Alkothi with their underworld origin are fine equipped with maces, but why would a pure sky culture like the Grazers make a weapon of Darkness, and couple it with the head of their treasured sky-descended horse (which they have been breeding back to more celestial features for ages)? Who among the Grazers would wield a mace? They have a shamanic brotherhood around Golden Bow. Bow and lance are their weapons of choice. A purely ceremonial staff with a horse-headed knob on the end doesn't have to be a mace, or a weapon at all. Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Joerg said: Who among the Grazers would wield a mace? Maces are highly effective against a foe lacking a helmet (especially a cavalryman bashing a non-mounted adversary on the head), or a foe wearing heavy armor. Whilst weapons in Glorantha have Elemental associations, I doubt this limits their use (cf Shargashi and maces when Shargash's Runes are Disorder, Sky/Fire, Death and his own Rune). And of course, an individual can have Runes that aren't common in their culture. The reason for the inclusion, out-of-world, is that maces were popular with cataphracti. Edited July 29, 2017 by M Helsdon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanPospisil Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Maces like these were fairly popular in the inspiration cultures - various steppe people and I also think the Hittites. I suspect they don't think of them as maces, but rather as blunt axes, since their piercing axe is quite close in shape. Some Sun riders also use horse-shaped whooping sticks for ritualized mock battles supposed to intimidate your enemy (or neighbour), displays of might by the warriors. The maces could be a battle version of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 2 hours ago, Joerg said: I'm still pondering the inherent contradiction of a horse-headed mace. The Alkothi with their underworld origin are fine equipped with maces, but why would a pure sky culture like the Grazers make a weapon of Darkness, and couple it with the head of their treasured sky-descended horse (which they have been breeding back to more celestial features for ages)? Who among the Grazers would wield a mace? They have a shamanic brotherhood around Golden Bow. Bow and lance are their weapons of choice. A purely ceremonial staff with a horse-headed knob on the end doesn't have to be a mace, or a weapon at all. Because one of their Gods stole the mace from a darkness foe? Maran Gor uses maces for that exact reason. Lances are fine for distance but useless up close, whereas a mace is perfect for hitting footsoldiers on the head while sitting on a horse. In any case, some weapons are culturally good or bad, regardless of how useful they are. Maces for solar cultists seem to fit in that category, so we need a mythical explanation as to why they are used. 1 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I am not at all sure about the ears on the phallic lodrili mace. Maybe they have different shaped phalluses ... Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 1 hour ago, JanPospisil said: I suspect they don't think of them as maces, but rather as blunt axes They are clearly Scepters of Order and Command, used to teach the denizens of the lower realms their proper place (as when Murharzarm broke the teeth of the water serpent with one in GRoY). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, soltakss said: I am not at all sure about the ears on the phallic lodrili mace. Maybe they have different shaped phalluses ... Almost all the maces illustrated are based on real ones, including this one... I admit I looked at it, and thought: hmm, this looks Lodrilli... Edited July 29, 2017 by M Helsdon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Helsdon Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 It might be worth considering the use of weapons by different Gloranthan cultures, where some aren't connected with the Runes of the relevant religion... 'Favored Weapon' does not indicate these are the only weapons used by that group, just the most likely. So many groups use spears or swords, even if their religion isn't a Sky or Air cult (though of course there may be a mythological rationale that the god stole it from another). There's some Runic correspondence, but it is far from absolute. Favored Weapons Group Primary Secondary Tertiary Black Horse Troop Ridderan Kontos Sword Dagger Grazelanders Golden Bow Composite Bow Kontos Broadsword Grazelander Kontos Composite Bow Broadsword Hsunchen Basmoli Bow Spear Dagger Telmori Javelin Spear Short Sword Orlanthi Dark Orlanthi Club or Mace Sling Javelin Earth Tarsh Spear Axe Bow Light Orlanthi Bow Sword Spear Old Hendriki Spear Sword Javelin or Sling Sword Orlanthi Spear Sword Javelin Tarshite Spear Short Sword Bow Yelmalion Bow Long Spear Javelin Praxians Bison Lance Sword Javelin Bolo-Lizard Bolas Spear Dagger High Llama Lance Javelin Broadsword Impala Composite bow Darts Short sword Ostrich Boomerang Javelin/ Spear Short sword Pol-Joni Lance Sword Bow Rhino Lance Axe Mace Sable Any Any Any Unicorn Composite bow Sword Lance Zebra Composite bow Lance Sword Sun Dome Temple Militia Spear Bow Short sword Templar Sarissa Bow Short sword 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) 14 hours ago, JanPospisil said: Now, I realize I'm responding to old posts, but still: 1) Loskalmi swords in the Guide were indeed based on Chinese warring states period swords. (more amusingly - also on some fakes from that period, the perforated ornate scabbards I think were fake pieces I downloaded off eBay) 2) The longsword carried by the Western peacock warrior is an embellished version of what some experts call the Sarmatian type A sword. These things originally spread from China westwards, coinciding with the spread of the scabbard slide into the steppes. You can see them in various steppe depictions, also in older Parthian and Kushan art. As in the illustration, these would've been made of iron. The fittings could be bronze, gold, ivory, or maybe even jade. (this was the case in China, maybe they could be Kralorelan imports?) Examples: the Kanishka statue: (Kushans are a good visual reference point for the West, what with being a whole hodgepodge of cultures. (near-Chinese steppe people, North Indian and Greek and Scythian) I really like the ancient-world flavour that is presented for the Malkioni these days, it feels so much more consistent with the rest of Glorantha than the earlier medieval-styled Malkioni. I have been looking for visual analogies to present the Malkioni to my players, and have tended to mix a hodgepodge of pics from early Byzantine Empire through to Indo-Asian cultures like The Kushan Empire. I'm glad you cemented the Kushans as a good reference, as I have been leaning more in that direction recently, trying to work out what cultures may have influenced your depictions in the G2G. Edited July 30, 2017 by Mankcam 1 Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jon Hunter Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 29/07/2017 at 7:38 PM, M Helsdon said: It might be worth considering the use of weapons by different Gloranthan cultures, where some aren't connected with the Runes of the relevant religion... 'Favored Weapon' does not indicate these are the only weapons used by that group, just the most likely. So many groups use spears or swords, even if their religion isn't a Sky or Air cult (though of course there may be a mythological rationale that the god stole it from another). There's some Runic correspondence, but it is far from absolute. Favored Weapons Group Primary Secondary Tertiary Black Horse Troop Ridderan Kontos Sword Dagger Grazelanders Golden Bow Composite Bow Kontos Broadsword Grazelander Kontos Composite Bow Broadsword Hsunchen Basmoli Bow Spear Dagger Telmori Javelin Spear Short Sword Orlanthi Dark Orlanthi Club or Mace Sling Javelin Earth Tarsh Spear Axe Bow Light Orlanthi Bow Sword Spear Old Hendriki Spear Sword Javelin or Sling Sword Orlanthi Spear Sword Javelin Tarshite Spear Short Sword Bow Yelmalion Bow Long Spear Javelin Praxians Bison Lance Sword Javelin Bolo-Lizard Bolas Spear Dagger High Llama Lance Javelin Broadsword Impala Composite bow Darts Short sword Ostrich Boomerang Javelin/ Spear Short sword Pol-Joni Lance Sword Bow Rhino Lance Axe Mace Sable Any Any Any Unicorn Composite bow Sword Lance Zebra Composite bow Lance Sword Sun Dome Temple Militia Spear Bow Short sword Templar Sarissa Bow Short sword Not sure if you were looking for feedback/polite disagreement; but a couple of points. 1) Light Orlanthi would probably use a spear more commonly than a sword due to cost and expense of a sword. 2) Sword Orlanthi probably would use the sword before spear due to the prestige of the expensive sword that they have, and as its a warriors weapon rather than a common weapon. Quote www.backtobalazar.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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