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Post by kemp on Jan 9, 2020 9:03:05 GMT -5
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Post by kemp on Jan 9, 2020 9:11:30 GMT -5
I always imagined that a Hyborian Age equivalent of feudal Japan would lie somewhere northeast of Khitai except that it would be semi barbaric and have a partly arctic topography like northern Japan’s Hokkaido island in winter with hot springs and snow apes. I think that concept might have worked although non Howardian.  |
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Post by Char-Vell on Jan 9, 2020 13:06:30 GMT -5
I also wanted to showcase some of the brilliant art by Gary Kwapisz and Ernie Chan, one of my favourite artist collaborations of the original SSOC era Ah yes! the Itai Daggers!
Abayo!
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Post by Char-Vell on Jan 9, 2020 13:07:55 GMT -5
I always imagined that a Hyborian Age equivalent of feudal Japan would lie somewhere northeast of Khitai except that it would be semi barbaric and have a partly arctic topography like northern Japan’s Hokkaido island in winter with hot springs and snow apes. I think that concept might have worked although non Howardian. Barbaric proto-Japanese -vs- flesh eating snow-apes!
Yes, please!
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Post by zarono on Jan 9, 2020 13:39:56 GMT -5
I always imagined that a Hyborian Age equivalent of feudal Japan would lie somewhere northeast of Khitai except that it would be semi barbaric and have a partly arctic topography like northern Japan’s Hokkaido island in winter with hot springs and snow apes. I think that concept might have worked although non Howardian. Barbaric proto-Japanese -vs- flesh eating snow-apes!
Yes, please!
The primeval Ainu would have dealt harshly with man eating snow apes!   |
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Post by Char-Vell on Jan 9, 2020 16:30:30 GMT -5
that's a damn resplendent beard!
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Post by kemp on Jan 10, 2020 10:24:49 GMT -5
I always imagined that a Hyborian Age equivalent of feudal Japan would lie somewhere northeast of Khitai except that it would be semi barbaric and have a partly arctic topography like northern Japan’s Hokkaido island in winter with hot springs and snow apes. I think that concept might have worked although non Howardian. Barbaric proto-Japanese -vs- flesh eating snow-apes!
Yes, please!
Yeah, forgot to mention that I pictured the Hyborian snow apes as large and ferocious flesh eating carnivores. |
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Post by kemp on Jan 10, 2020 10:27:41 GMT -5
Barbaric proto-Japanese -vs- flesh eating snow-apes!
Yes, please!
The primeval Ainu would have dealt harshly with man eating snow apes! It’s interesting to note that Conan was tracking a Khitan bear, and that many of the Ainu actually had bear cults, and this includes other North Eurasian ethnic religions such as those of the Sami, Nivkh, eastern Slavs and the Finns.  The Ainu natives undoubtedly had some influence on Japanese culture.  Ainu warriors. |
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Post by kemp on Jan 10, 2020 10:43:35 GMT -5
Proncess Mononoke was a Japanese animated fantasy film produced back in 1997 which included Ainu looking characters.   |
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Post by kemp on Mar 9, 2020 7:25:20 GMT -5
Brian LeBlanc art.  |
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Post by paulliddle on Mar 9, 2020 12:53:58 GMT -5
Nice. Very Frazetta.
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Post by kemp on May 13, 2020 8:35:29 GMT -5
Planet Adventure type of fantasy art and heroic fantasy art, always associated it with the 70's/80's for some reason.  Maybe it was cause of all those airbrush murals on the side of vans.  |
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Post by Char-Vell on May 13, 2020 9:07:02 GMT -5
Van murals may be the pinnacle of humanity's artistic achievement.
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Post by garbanzo on May 13, 2020 17:18:11 GMT -5
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Post by kemp on May 21, 2020 3:09:58 GMT -5
I wonder who the artist was behind this one used for the movie.  |
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