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Old September 11th, 2008, 07:40 PM
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Default Re: Aksum -Glory of Kings.

Here's the Opaani Fortressbeast. The baluchitherium himself is just a modified picture I found on the web (it's hard for me to draw something realistically, that actually existed, that I've never actually seen walking around--dragons are easier, because I don't have to keep to a strict form), but as he's mostly covered in armour, and topped with a howdah, and all of that's original, I don't feel too lazy.

The bitmap file is too big to post to the forum (almost 80 units). Is there any possible way we could get this limit raised to 80?

Translation of the picture (in case it's hard to tell what you're looking at):

His armour is iron links (and an iron plate protecting his head) and partially brass-studded leather, with heavy bronze plates protecting the main howdah strap. The howdah itself is made of woven straw over hardwood. The horn on the front is from a cape buffalo, held in place by bronze, gilded at the tips, and the symbol on the side is from the actual modern Ethiopian flag:
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Last edited by HoneyBadger; September 11th, 2008 at 08:02 PM..