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This is actually a pet peeve of mine: The Vikings did NOT wear horned helmets. What kinda idiot would go into battle wearing easily grabbed handles on his head? The horned helmet was invented by some victorian-era illustrator who wanted to make the "Viking raiders" he was drawing look extra fierce. I appreciate that drawings have power, but this one was WRONG, dammit!
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A case of, "So Olaf, you have put the horns on your helmet, why so?"
Olaf grins, "So I don't have to go a viking."
"Why so?"
"Because nobody wants me on the ship with these. They say that it is dangerous. Eyes, free ropes and it make the rowing of the long ship harder." Olaf grins.
"So you do this because..."
Olaf smiles, "Because actually the horns that some person in the future find are my prized drinking horns but they are so dumb they think they helmet decoration."
"Har...Yes Olaf so take them off and come a viking."
"Sure...sure I will..."
BTW Viking is not their name either Viking is the word for exploring in Old Norse. So they werent't Vikings that was what they were doing viking (exploring)
Olaf grins, "So I don't have to go a viking."
"Why so?"
"Because nobody wants me on the ship with these. They say that it is dangerous. Eyes, free ropes and it make the rowing of the long ship harder." Olaf grins.
"So you do this because..."
Olaf smiles, "Because actually the horns that some person in the future find are my prized drinking horns but they are so dumb they think they helmet decoration."
"Har...Yes Olaf so take them off and come a viking."
"Sure...sure I will..."
BTW Viking is not their name either Viking is the word for exploring in Old Norse. So they werent't Vikings that was what they were doing viking (exploring)
I could imagine that if it was for show, and there where some ceremonial helmets that had horn-like thingies on their tops, but no horns on actual battle helms as I know.
I think he would be better off with a item called 'the helm of courage', which is essentialy a full helm with no visor, so you cannot see your enemy, so no matter how big or bad they are, you wont be scared... good luck! *Shove!*
I think he would be better off with a item called 'the helm of courage', which is essentialy a full helm with no visor, so you cannot see your enemy, so no matter how big or bad they are, you wont be scared... good luck! *Shove!*
I will now use the power of google.com to find out more about this historic fact.
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking
"The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne warriors and traders of Norsemen (literally, men from the north) who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles and mainland Europe as far east as the Volga River in Russia from the late 8th–11th century. This period (generally dated 793–1066) is often referred to as the Viking Age. The term Viking has also denoted entire populations of Viking Age Scandinavia and their settlements, as an expanded meaning."
Now that we know the official web definition...
check out this 'reinactment'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:.....ings_fight.JPG
Now as to the helmets:
"Horned helmets
Main article: Horned helmet
Apart from two or three representations of (ritual) helmets – with protrusions that may be either stylized ravens, snakes or horns – no depiction of Viking Age warriors' helmets, and no actually preserved helmet, has horns. In fact, the formal close-quarters style of Viking combat (either in shield walls or aboard "ship islands") would have made horned helmets cumbersome and hazardous to the warrior's own side.
Therefore it can be ruled out that Viking warriors had horned helmets, but whether or not they were used in Scandinavian culture for other, ritual purposes remains unproven. The general misconception that Viking warriors wore horned helmets was partly promulgated by the 19th century enthusiasts of Götiska Förbundet, founded in 1811 in Stockholm, with the aim of promoting the suitability of Norse mythology as subjects of high art and other ethnological and moral aims.
The Vikings were also often depicted with winged-helmets and in other clothing taken from Classical antiquity, especially in depictions of Norse gods. This was done in order to legitimize the Vikings and their mythology, by associating it with the Classical world which has always been idealized in European culture.
The latter-day mythos created by national romantic ideas blended the Viking Age with glimpses of the Nordic Bronze Age some 2,000 years earlier, for which actual horned helmets, probably for ceremonial purposes, are attested both in petroglyphs and by actual finds (See Bohuslän and Vikso helmets[13]).
The cliché was perpetuated by cartoons like Hägar the Horrible and Vicky the Viking, and the uniforms of the Minnesota Vikings football team. Another way that this was increased was that in the opera, they would wear horned helments, probably for decoration.
The regular Viking helmets were conical, made from hard leather with wood and metallic reinforcement for the regular troops and the iron helmet with mask and chain mail for the chieftains, based on the previous Vendel age helmets from central Sweden. The only true Viking helmet found, is that from Gjermundbu in Norway. This helmet is made of iron and has been dated to the 10th century."
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking
"The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne warriors and traders of Norsemen (literally, men from the north) who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles and mainland Europe as far east as the Volga River in Russia from the late 8th–11th century. This period (generally dated 793–1066) is often referred to as the Viking Age. The term Viking has also denoted entire populations of Viking Age Scandinavia and their settlements, as an expanded meaning."
Now that we know the official web definition...
check out this 'reinactment'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:.....ings_fight.JPG
Now as to the helmets:
"Horned helmets
Main article: Horned helmet
Apart from two or three representations of (ritual) helmets – with protrusions that may be either stylized ravens, snakes or horns – no depiction of Viking Age warriors' helmets, and no actually preserved helmet, has horns. In fact, the formal close-quarters style of Viking combat (either in shield walls or aboard "ship islands") would have made horned helmets cumbersome and hazardous to the warrior's own side.
Therefore it can be ruled out that Viking warriors had horned helmets, but whether or not they were used in Scandinavian culture for other, ritual purposes remains unproven. The general misconception that Viking warriors wore horned helmets was partly promulgated by the 19th century enthusiasts of Götiska Förbundet, founded in 1811 in Stockholm, with the aim of promoting the suitability of Norse mythology as subjects of high art and other ethnological and moral aims.
The Vikings were also often depicted with winged-helmets and in other clothing taken from Classical antiquity, especially in depictions of Norse gods. This was done in order to legitimize the Vikings and their mythology, by associating it with the Classical world which has always been idealized in European culture.
The latter-day mythos created by national romantic ideas blended the Viking Age with glimpses of the Nordic Bronze Age some 2,000 years earlier, for which actual horned helmets, probably for ceremonial purposes, are attested both in petroglyphs and by actual finds (See Bohuslän and Vikso helmets[13]).
The cliché was perpetuated by cartoons like Hägar the Horrible and Vicky the Viking, and the uniforms of the Minnesota Vikings football team. Another way that this was increased was that in the opera, they would wear horned helments, probably for decoration.
The regular Viking helmets were conical, made from hard leather with wood and metallic reinforcement for the regular troops and the iron helmet with mask and chain mail for the chieftains, based on the previous Vendel age helmets from central Sweden. The only true Viking helmet found, is that from Gjermundbu in Norway. This helmet is made of iron and has been dated to the 10th century."
Here's a link to the pic of the "only true Viking helmet found":
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vik.....pt/helmet2.jpg
some interesting facts from the site I found this pic on: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vikings/fact.html
"Viking Facts vs. Fiction
Aware that fleas always hop or crawl toward the north, the Vikings often observed them on voyages to help determine the direction in which to sail their ships.
A Viking ship's steering oar, or styribord, was mounted on the right-hand side, hence the modern nautical term, "starboard."
The word "berserk" comes from Berserkers the name (referring to bear shirts) of the most feared Vikings. Berserkers worked themselves into a frenzy before battle and fought fiercely, heedless of pain.
Saturday was bath day for the Vikings.
Only a few Vikings lived in towns. Most of them lived in the country in longhouses with usually one large room.
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vik.....pt/helmet2.jpg
some interesting facts from the site I found this pic on: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vikings/fact.html
"Viking Facts vs. Fiction
Aware that fleas always hop or crawl toward the north, the Vikings often observed them on voyages to help determine the direction in which to sail their ships.
A Viking ship's steering oar, or styribord, was mounted on the right-hand side, hence the modern nautical term, "starboard."
The word "berserk" comes from Berserkers the name (referring to bear shirts) of the most feared Vikings. Berserkers worked themselves into a frenzy before battle and fought fiercely, heedless of pain.
Saturday was bath day for the Vikings.
Only a few Vikings lived in towns. Most of them lived in the country in longhouses with usually one large room.
ah. remind me to introduce you to the supervillian Blunt Trauma
http://img54.imageshack.us/my.php?image=114yw5.jpg
empowered is an absolute hoot :)
http://community.livejournal.com/sc.....y/3732248.html
http://img54.imageshack.us/my.php?image=114yw5.jpg
empowered is an absolute hoot :)
http://community.livejournal.com/sc.....y/3732248.html
the start of the game is objective based - survive against other microscopic beasties. But as you evolve things become more complicated,until you have the oppurtunity to deploy "Negotiation Devices" such as planet-crackers, against competing species, or just abduct them in your UFO, dump them on airless moons, and watch them explode :)
from what we're seen so far, brilliant - including the 3D layout of the galaxy, at the end. world maps are not overly complex, but the scale is flexible - zoom out, everything is exaggerated for you, zoom in, everything seems more realistically scaled.
i'm sure YouTube or google will bring up some examples
i'm sure YouTube or google will bring up some examples
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