- Joar's King Arthur Collection -

[Joar]

A small and long overdue update is here…

Hopefully, I will have time to finish the rest of the characters, but in the meantime, here's Arthur himself. Download the attachement at the bottom of this post.

- Old stuff -

I've started this mini project where I intend to release a planned set of five "historical" characters from the so-called Arthurian age. Some of them will be more fantasy inspired than others. To download the portraits, go to the bottom of this post. I start off with none other than the man himself, King Arthur. --- The next man out is Mordred. I've made three sets for him as well, starting with a portrait without any helmets. On the second one he wears a late Roman helmet, and for the third one I've made a helmet that I've always found highly spectacular, especially combined with blonde hair. I'm certain some recognises where I've found the inspiration for it. --- The third character out is Vortigern. He comes in two versions, with and without armour. --- The fourth and the fifth characters are the two brothers, Hengist and Horsa. Hengist wears a helmet, while Horsa comes in two versions, with and without a helmet. --- I decided to make one final character, namely Lancelot. An Arthurian set of portraits wouldn't be complete without him, I think. I've also made two "bonus ancillaries", namely Merlin and Morgana. Enjoy. - The Faces of Arthur - - The Portraits - - CONQVESTVS BRITANNIAE logo - This is a logo I've made for IB2:CB. - The Faces of Mordred - - The Portraits - - The Faces of Vortigern - - The Portraits - - The Faces of Hengist & Horsa - - The Portraits - - The Face of Lancelot - - The Portraits - - Bonus Ancillaries - Please note that these portraits are free to use for everyone, and if you wish to use them in your own mod, you have permission to do so, providing that proper credit is given. Download the sets of portraits below:

[Constantius]

Joar, I often say how good your work is... but these are truely great! I never expected to see you over here in MIITW land

[Riothamus]

Joar, I often say how good your work is... but these are truely great! I never expected to see you over here in MIITW land

What a wonderful pleasure! Thank You Joar

[Joar]

Thanks, boys. Glad you like it.

I never expected to see you over here in MIITW land

Well, I'm full of surprises!

[Vannius]

Awesome work, just awesome!

+ rep

[Joar]

Awesome work, just awesome!

+ rep

Thanks!

I've just updated the first post with the next character. Hope you like it!

[Magister Militum Flavius Aetius]

Great job man!!!

can't rep you though

[Deutschland]

Amazing level of detail! If only there would be such a portrait for Justinian too..

[Joar]

Amazing level of detail! If only there would be such a portrait for Justinian too..

There are, but I haven't shown him publicly yet. I will soon.

[midnite]

beautiful work

[Reno Melitensis]

Great work Joar , are you planning to do a portrait of Valentinian III and Aetius, we need a good one for Vandalorum .

Cheers.

[Deutschland]

@Joar: awesome! But i wonder why IB2 needs a portrait of Justinian? Or is it for AoD II?

[Joar]

@Joar: awesome! But i wonder why IB2 needs a portrait of Justinian? Or is it for AoD II?

No, here's the thing: I actually started making these types of portraits a couple of years ago, without any of them being made for a specific mod. I just did it for fun. But I'm one of those who have a real hard time letting go, 'cause I constantly keep going back to re-work it, never being quite happy with the result.

Anyways, among the first portraits I made was that of Julian the Apostate ( used in IB:SAI ), Justinian, Phocas, Heraclius etc. Then julianus heraclius wanted a set of historical characters for SAI, and then I continued to make characters from basically the 3rd century AD and forward. I honestly don't know how many I've made today, but I got a "small library" of them. I plan to organize them somehow, and eventually release them for everyone to use.

[Joar]

The first post is updated with the third character.

[Reno Melitensis]

Another great portrait Joar, great work +rep.

Cheers.

[ArtoriusRex]

Just a guess, but did you base Mordred wearing the mask-like helm off of Vortigern's mask from 'The Last Legion'? Also I love the slightly off kilter slightly paranoid look created by Mordred glancing slightly down.

[Joar]

Just a guess, but did you base Mordred wearing the mask-like helm off of Vortigern's mask from 'The Last Legion'? Also I love the slightly off kilter slightly paranoid look created by Mordred glancing slightly down.

No, it's actually from the flamboyant movie Excalibur by John Boorman from 1981. Here's a trailer in which you see glimpses of Mordred and his golden mask helmet: link.

[Joar]

OK, I've updated the first post again. This time with the final (?) two characters, along with a small "bonus".

[Riothamus]

No, it's actually from the flamboyant movie Excalibur by John Boorman from 1981. Here's a trailer in which you see glimpses of Mordred and his golden mask helmet: link.

In terms of King Arthur as in the legendary story, the best movie ever portrayed in that way. Brilliantly done!. The only movie of Arthur as in the legend I've been able to stomach
Loved how he combined the enchanted era to of the time and place to life, mixed in with the brutality of the the times bringing it all to life
..an absolute treat by John Boorman

[MorganH.]

Wow,very,very nice and especially the Morgana portrait (i named my daughter after her and adopted the name as my TWC profile name!)

Thanks a lot for this +rep