Slitherine

Oh, to have a camera in those Ancient days! Let us have a little competition between our "war artists" to see who can provide the most beautiful scene.

RULES

1) Format for Entries

• Inline Screenshot

• Title of "Painting"

• Name the Troops

2) One entry per member (per week)
3) Submit entries as a reply to this post.
4) Winner decided by me, this time round. If the "Exhibition" is popular, next time round I shall ask a (non-participating) Slitherine to decide.
5) Prize: Glory!

We all look forward to seeing your "paintings". (Pro Tip: Shift+3 Provides a beautiful, closeup zoom)

"The Flying Carpets"

Achaemenid Persian (545-481 BC)

"The Vulture Roadside Picnic"

Remains of Cyrus's and Artaxerxes's troops on the battlefield of Cunaxa, Mesopotamia in 401 BC.
From the epic battle of the Immortal Fire DLC.

"Sharp Like An Eagle's Eye"

Emperor Theodosius spottes his enemy Comes Arbogast during battle, 394 AD.

(Stilicho campaign)

pinwolf wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:12 am 20180807092800_1.jpg
"The Vulture Roadside Picnic"

Remains of Cyrus's and Artaxerxes's troops on the battlefield of Cunaxa, Mesopotamia in 401 BC.
From the epic battle of the Immortal Fire DLC.

Amazing one, pinwolf! Amazing! I think we shall struggle to beat that.

Thanks for your entry, Adebar! Could you please edit your submission so that the text appears under the painting? (Cut the text, and paste it under the painting.) We want to see the painting study it and then later read. The competition is for viewing, not reading.

uneducated wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 12:02 pm Thanks for your entry, Adebar! Could you please edit your submission so that the text appears under the painting? (Cut the text, and paste it under the painting.) We want to see the painting study it and then later read. The competition is for viewing, not reading.

Done.

"Death of a Warrior"

Bulgar Armored Noble Lancers (680-851 AD)
vs.
Byzantine Tagmatic Lancers (740-903 AD)

kilroy

kilroy1 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 4:41 pm Death of a Warrior

Great one, kilroy1, poignant. You somehow captured the care of the fallen warrior's comrades as they rally round their stricken friend.

Thank you everybody for participating! There were some surprisingly good entries (and titles!).

The winner is pinwolf with "The Vulture Roadside Picnic".

This depiction of the Battle of Cunaxa through its aftermath was chosen for its profundity. The picture's focus is on the foreground, where there is only a void, emptiness and stillness. The absence is formed by the lifeless bodies in the midground, all reason for their being there now departed. The only context is the Euphrates in the background.

I preferred this to another painting of the battle here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cunaxa


Well done to pinwolf and everybody who took part!