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Girls With Swords!, For Erin

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Coifs (that's what the mail over the head on under the helmet is called) just play hell with your hair (unless you wearing an arming cap) Sword girl (20).jpg

I think I'd do without leg armor and take the cape off and use it in my left hand as part of my defense (yes there are techniques for that) Sword girl (21).jpg

Terrible sword and honestly when I break this girl down she just isn't that pretty but I find her very sexy, what can I say? Sword girl (22).jpg

This pole arm (I love pole arms - DON'T GO THERE GUYS) is roughly 10,000 from home and the boots and cape would make her an easy targetSword Girl 01 (1).jpg

Rule #1 with pole arms, don't try fighting with the cape on, besides she'd be more distracting without the cape (and she'll need it because that weapon is way too front end heavy) Sword Girl 01 (2).jpeg

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willowfall
 
Spartan women: one is pure fantasy, the second hasa somehow correct sword but I doubt about the shield&helmet, last... she looks tiny enough considering the siza of sword...
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Actually the helmet is correct (for at least part of Sparta's dominance) for #2. The crest side to side was one of the styles that did exist.

The Hoplite shield (correct name is aspis although it is sometimes referred to as a hoplon) measured in the range of 36+/- inches (90+/- cm). So assuming the sword is correctly proportioned (generally just under 30 inches tip to hilt) that shield seems about the same diameter and it appears too heavy to be a light infantry shield so I agree with you on the shield.

However is we assume the sword is accurately proportioned the nicely built young lady is overly tall (not tiny) for a woman. There are studies that indicate the "mean" height for Greek males during the classical period was 5' 7". Also studies of Roman soldiers for the Empire period (several hundred years after classical Greece) put them between 5' 4" and 5' 7". Assuming men accepted for military service during Rome's dominance were generally larger and more fit than the average male they'd push those numbers a bit too high for the general population. But let's call the average male height in Classical\Empire time period 5' 5" - 5' 6".

Being women normally she'd be shorter (for example in America today the average male height is 5' 9" while a woman is 5'4"). And the sword\shield look to be about 40% of her height so she's pushing 5' 7"+ herself, Amazon material.

And I know a couple of inches doesn't sound like much but it really is. At 5' 10" I am something of a giant among my female friends. And my brother who was 6' 9" looks enormous in family photos compared to my other brothers (range 6' 4" to 6' 6").

So any of you classical warrior types who ran into this chick on the battlefield probably wouldn't even notice her other attributes as she would awe you with her height alone (of course the breasts moving underneath her skimpy tunic as she came at you would be a further distraction).

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willowfall
 
A wonderful picture, "Girl with Katana". Unfortunately I could not decipher the name on the signature.
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If the Amazons really came from the Amazon rainforest, they probably used such weapons.
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Lol, the rain forest is named after them, not the other way around.

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Francisco de Orellana was the first European to sail the length of the river in 1542. during the journey, he was attacked by members of the Tapuya tribe. The women of the tribe fought alongside the men and it reminded de Orellana of the Amazons of myth. From this, the Spaniards named the river Rio Amazonas (river of the Amazons).
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