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Main => The Round Table => Topic started by: Mike W. on 2014-03-12, 23:13:55
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I've always found these forensic reconstructions to be both amazing, and yet slightly creepy
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279306/Face-mystery-medieval-knight-finally-revealed-modern-day-CSI-skills.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279306/Face-mystery-medieval-knight-finally-revealed-modern-day-CSI-skills.html)
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You should check out the book Blood Red Roses (http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Red-Roses-Archaeology-Battle/dp/1842172891/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394669498&sr=8-1&keywords=blood+red+roses). It's got more of that in it, all based on the grave finds from the Battle of Towton.
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I love this kind of discovery and research, thanks for posting it!
This line did raise my blood pressure a bit (emphasis mine).
'He was a very strong and fit nobleman, with the physique of a professional rugby player, who would have been trained since boyhood to handle heavy swords and other weapons and who would have spent a great deal of time on horseback.'
But enough nit-picking, this is really cool. :)
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Awesome, amazing what technology can do these days. The future is key to the past.
Makes me think of braveheart. Yet people forget that men like wallace would have been fully armored.
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This line did raise my blood pressure a bit (emphasis mine).
'He was a very strong and fit nobleman, with the physique of a professional rugby player, who would have been trained since boyhood to handle heavy swords and other weapons and who would have spent a great deal of time on horseback.'
What? They didn't weigh 20 lbs? :)
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This line did raise my blood pressure a bit (emphasis mine).
'He was a very strong and fit nobleman, with the physique of a professional rugby player, who would have been trained since boyhood to handle heavy swords and other weapons and who would have spent a great deal of time on horseback.'
What? They didn't weigh 20 lbs? :)
If they weren't heavy enough they could never cut through 12" doors with steel braces, or cut through tanks with them. Something like that.
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Almost looks like Sir Ian! lol
I find 'heavy' to be relative...to a 'daily mail reporter' 4lbs could be considered heavy. Early 14th C would have seen the bigger war swords on the field, so it wouldn't be off the wall. Of course, they probably meant 20 lbs...lol
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Always love forensic reconstruction of historic individuals. In a way, it's also a little spooky, especially the exceptionally life-like ones.
Also, leave it to us to immediately notice the "heavy sword" faux pas. ;D
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Almost looks like Sir Ian! lol
I find 'heavy' to be relative...to a 'daily mail reporter' 4lbs could be considered heavy. Early 14th C would have seen the bigger war swords on the field, so it wouldn't be off the wall. Of course, they probably meant 20 lbs...lol
Fact: with the scabbard, the sword that was Excalibur in "Camelot" 1967 weighed in at 22 lbs.
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Wasn't this the same Knight who was killed with a Mace and they discovered his Knight status due to his back injury?
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Almost looks like Sir Ian! lol
I find 'heavy' to be relative...to a 'daily mail reporter' 4lbs could be considered heavy. Early 14th C would have seen the bigger war swords on the field, so it wouldn't be off the wall. Of course, they probably meant 20 lbs...lol
Fact: with the scabbard, the sword that was Excalibur in "Camelot" 1967 weighed in at 22 lbs.
Could you cite that reference, Nate? I'm not disbelieving, I'd just like to read it. It is comical to us who know better but the unwashed masses had to get that idea from somewhere and it wasn't from us.
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Almost looks like Sir Ian! lol
I find 'heavy' to be relative...to a 'daily mail reporter' 4lbs could be considered heavy. Early 14th C would have seen the bigger war swords on the field, so it wouldn't be off the wall. Of course, they probably meant 20 lbs...lol
Fact: with the scabbard, the sword that was Excalibur in "Camelot" 1967 weighed in at 22 lbs.
Could you cite that reference, Nate? I'm not disbelieving, I'd just like to read it. It is comical to us who know better but the unwashed masses had to get that idea from somewhere and it wasn't from us.
On my Camelot dvd the extras says it. I can find Nowhere online stating it.
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I feel like stuff like this should be done more often. It would be excellent to incorporate the research for facial features in games set in a specific time period, as well as other computer-generated images.
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I found one for Richard III. It was made shortly after they dug him out of the parking lot.
(http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_640x430/public/richard_iii_face.jpg)
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Facial reconstructions have a way of making the subjects feel more human and less like a name on a page. It makes it a lot easier to connect with the history.
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Facial reconstructions have a way of making the subjects feel more human and less like a name on a page. It makes it a lot easier to connect with the history.
Absolutely this. That's why I say it's also a little spooky.
I mean, take Richard III. That's as close as we'll ever get to seeing him in person. Take everything you've read about him, heard about him, seen about him and suddenly: there he is. He steps out of legend so to speak and becomes a real man, just like you or me (well, if you or I were the King of England, I suppose :P). It's like you're face-to-face with him. It's a surreal feeling. At least for me it is.
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Facial reconstructions have a way of making the subjects feel more human and less like a name on a page. It makes it a lot easier to connect with the history.
Absolutely this. That's why I say it's also a little spooky.
I mean, take Richard III. That's as close as we'll ever get to seeing him in person. Take everything you've read about him, heard about him, seen about him and suddenly: there he is. He steps out of legend so to speak and becomes a real man, just like you or me (well, if you or I were the King of England, I suppose :P). It's like you're face-to-face with him. It's a surreal feeling. At least for me it is.
Imagine if someday they can figure out what you would have sounded like, now that would be spooky.
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There is a hour long episode of "History Cold Case" about the this fellow called "Stirling Man." You can watch in ont Youtube here: [BBC - HISTORY COLD CASE] Stirling Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHz3TEbRJM#ws)