Styles of the Iron Empires

[Trithemius]

@cmoeller

The banners in my sketchbook were inspired by the same thing that 40K was inspired by, I imagine: the war films of Kurosawa. What’s cooler than 2000 samurai charging over a hill with those bamboo back-banners waving? I tend to visualize my armor the same way I do everything else in the Iron Empires… it’s culturally back-engineered: The Karsan are “samurai” influenced. So their helmets are vaguely samurai-ish. They have loose-fitting pants and their leg armor is “bound” on with bands. The Darikahn are medieval France, with lots of decorative heraldry and a serious cult of the aristocracy. The Dunedin are a blend of Vikings and Tolkien-Dwarves (oops, the secret’s out!). If you look through the sketches in the brick, the Dunedin Iron has beard-icons moulded onto the front, their anvil has a “draped” chin covering that is vaguely beard-like, the Dunedin being into facial hair. It’s all like that.

So what are the Gonzagin influences? I find this sort of commentary very useful in constructing my “character-image”. The trait “Austere” suggests a lot of things to me though - from monochromatic military or Starfleet uniforms, to toga praetexta.

I’m very curious about the Casigurans too.

I’m actually fine with raw realism. The Iron Empires (and beyond them, the endless Void) has room for it all. The Iron Empires themselves are going to follow canon more or less. Outside of them, the sky’s the limit.

For some reason I am reminded of Against A Dark Background and The Algebraist, both by Iain M. Banks.

[luke (Luke Wheel)]

Necromancer! Rebuke thee!

-L

[Trithemius]

@luke

Necromancer! Rebuke thee!

-L

Klaatu barada nikto?

Sorry, I just got my rulebook.

[luke (Luke Wheel)]

Sorry. Try not to be a thread necromancer. It helps with the discussions if you post new topics for threads that are cold or old.

Thanks!