Four seasons chibis

[scarletmorning]

Hm, decided to draw something. Also, I'm ill. I hate it.

Here, take this pic:



I think Summer looks pretty cute. And he wears pants! They have only a very light colour. Spring is... uhm, not so good. And maybe it's not easy to discern, but she has light green hair. I think Autumn looks a bit like Kyle, doesn't he? But I love how Winter turned out 8D

On another note; I will eventually update my essay on medieval strategy. I noticed that the book I was using was written in 1901 - and while it is still good and recommended - I thought that I should look for some more recent works. I already found a few books that seem good and interesting. Though I have to say that I haven't found anything that contradicts my earlier statements yet, only a few additions. I admit that maybe I kept it all too general and I will correct that as well. But don't expect it in the near future. University is eating my time. :(

Comments

[wolfraven80.livejournal.com]

I suspect that the fact that the book was written in 1901 is rather telling. There used to be a huge bias that medieval battles had no strategy and that knights ran helter skelter over the battlefield and that no planning was involved.

After reading your article, I started going back over the piles of notes I had amassed. I've got lots more to go through, but I did find one article that had a nice summary of tactics and the types of units used. His focus was later, I think, than the book you read as he was talking more about the 12-15th centuries. The article also includes a really nifty schema of a battle plan for a battle fought by Charles the Bold in 1476. It features a central core of infantry flanked on either side by lines of archers. Perpendicular to the archers are, on one side, lines of cavalry, 100-long and a dozen lines deep, and on the other side a group pf fortified artillery.

Not all battles were like that maybe, but certainly that was one where a lot of planning went into the formations and into making adjustments based on the terrain.

Anyway, I'll stop rambling now. ;)

[crimsonmorgan.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have nothing against rambling. Feel free to ramble as much as you like.

Somehow, that sounds familiar. Do you know the name of the author?
I've found a book that has a more detailed view and more pictures, so that I don't have to interpret some text that is written confusingly :( (I blame the time it was written in). Also, an other book, but I don't really have the time to read it now. But! It also has some chapters about armour and weapons which I find highly interesting. I already made some sketches and stuff. So I will make an update on the strategy "essay" and one "essay" about the armour and weapons. :D

[wolfraven80.livejournal.com]

It was called War in the Middle Ages, an English translation of a book by Philippe Contamine and it dates back to the 1980s.

If you're curious, it's this one, though the section I had photocopied and was referring to (p228-237) isn't online.

[crimsonmorgan.livejournal.com]

Mm, no, I don't know this one. And my university doesn't have it. Well, it has the French original, but since I can't speak nor read French... But it has a handful of others :D And on my search just now I found an interesting looking article about women and war. It's pretty long, but I will read it eventually. It's just too tempting.