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JonHodgson โ Vlad the Impaler
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(C)2006 Games Workshop Ltd t/a Warhammer Historical. All Rights Reserved.An older cover piece from me, but posted in celebration of the book winning a prestigious Origins award. [link] for historical miniatures game of the year.
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(at a battle between vlad the impaler's forces and the turks , a single man stands on a hill watching as the fight goes on)
man : there's only 1 solution to end this carnage (walks down to where the battle is , pulls out a jukebox , plays the song "surfin' bird" and dances , with the romanians and turks soon joining in)
man : (lip synching)ย A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird!
Bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, bird is the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, well-a bird is the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, well-a bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, well-a bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a don't you know, about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the bird
A-well-a
A-well-a everybody's heard, about the bird!
Bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird bird bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a don't you know, about the bird?
Well! Everybody's talking about the bird!
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the bird
A-well-a bird!
Surfin' bird
man , romanians , and turks : (lip synching) Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa paย
Oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Pa pa pa oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Oom m-oom m-oom m-oomย
M-oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-oom m-oom m-oomย
M-oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-mow mow
Oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-mow mow
Oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-oom m-oom m-oomย
M-oom m-mow mow
Oom m-oom m-oom m-oomย
M-oom m-mow mow
Oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-mow mow
Oom mow m-mow
Well-a don't you know, about the bird?
Well! Everybody knows that the bird is the word!
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the bird
A-well-a oom m-mow mow
Pa pa oom mow m-mow
Ba pa oom m-mow mow
Oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-mow mow
Oom mow m-mow
Pa pa oom m-mow mow
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is this Vlad Tepes against the Turks?
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I'm good lol. I see a piece of art depicting a period of history and I'm able to nail it down.
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The flag is a bit strange. As far as I remember from my own Romanian history, the Valahia's flag was representing a black bird (I don't know the species - an eagle perhaps), holding the cross. the coat of arms was almost identically, but there was the star you have respresented in your paint.
Still, this is a very good composition. I really like it 
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my only gripe is the flag. didn't he fight for Christendom since the Ottoman Turks were Muslim?
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The symbols for the various religions were not as clear cut then as they are now. That's the flag of Wallacia at the time. Pretty much all the flags in the region featured a crescent in some form.
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I just love the fearful looks in the eyes of the Turks!
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Your paintings have the feeling of classical painting, very beautiful!
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My ex plays Warhammer... and he never told me Vlad had any part in it! Bad ex!
I LOVE this image. Very, very well done!
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There's no way I'd mess with old Vlad, legendary. Awesome painting too - one of the best battle compositions I've seen for ages
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Vlad ลขepeล - an icon of romanian history. Nice work!
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-Turk captain: "Alright, now try not to end up like those guys on the stakes over there..."
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Cool to see some artwork that isn't portraying Vlad as a ruthless, emotionless depot. (Don't get me wrong, the guy was cruel beyond measure, but not half as evil as pop culture makes him out to be.) Most of the stories about him were propagana spread by the Hungarians to justify their arresting him, when, at the time, he was adored throughout Europe for holding the Ottomans at bay.
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FINALLY! Someone who sees him the way I do!!
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Ahhhh MAGNIFICENT! A true Medieval work of Art! i do drawings like these ones usually. I love that Vlad's original face is captured in this.
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Hell yes!
Good to see that not all foreigners think of hollywoodian myths when the name Vlad Tepes is mentioned
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great job! but I don't understand why Wallachia soldiers have crescent and star flag?
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It was a long time since I did this one, and I recall the banner designs were detailed by the author of the book - an expert in the period.
However doing a little research into the books I used for reference - especially the excellent Armies of the Middle Ages Vol2 by the redoubtable Ian Heath, that design was used quite widely by the various sides in the Balkans at the time, not just the Ottomans. Wallachia and Moldavia specifically made wide use of the star and crescent. The star and crescent had seen a lot of use by the Byzantines, before the Ottomans ever used it. There's even a few fellows in the Holy Roman Empire using stars and crescents as their heraldic symbols at the time. Saxony in particular.
Fascinating stuff though, eh?
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Interesting reading these comments about the crescent flag in a Christian army. There is a similar star and crescent on the arms of the city of Portsmouth. I used to wonder whether this was derived from the Ottoman order of the Crescent (which had been awarded to Admiral Nelson) but it could be much older. Some crusader coins (including those minted by Bohemond) and Knights Templar seals (including the seal of the Templars used in England) also featured crescents and stars.
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One suspects that often "we" get this stuff back to front. A symbol like the crescent is almost elemental, but becomes co-opted by it's largest user. So the cross, the swatika, the crescent all become attached to the most famous user, but as symbols they have far far older heritages.
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This conversation is most interesting. Gerayel-Eternal says "Cool to see some artwork that isn't portraying Vlad as a ruthless, emotionless depot. (Don't get me wrong, the guy was cruel beyond measure, but not half as evil as pop culture makes him out to be.) Most of the stories about him were propagana spread by the Hungarians to justify their arresting him, when, at the time, he was adored throughout Europe for holding the Ottomans at bay." And I agree.
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Fantastic piece of historical illustration, love the sweep of the figures as it leads your eye to Vlad.
great stuff
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Ah, there's the "fog of war", I see. 
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wow, it's amazing to actually find a work on devi that portrays Vlad's true value! And what a picture! Incredible job! My enthusiasm is at the maximum! (romanian here
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Have I told you lately that your work is awesome?
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Wow really awesome.......It looks like Kingdom of Heaven!!!!! Very great job!!!
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lol, and he also looks like he's telling his men not to run away.
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Great illustration. Like the scared look of the Turk coward at the front. heheeh!
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Nice work. My hero! No chance of a bigger image I don't suppose?
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I love the guy in the foregrounds expression- looks like he's brickin it.
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Yup the intention was to get a bit of "oh cr*p its Vlad Tepes!" in there. Glad it works!
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