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Published: 2012-06-21 02:04:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 2037; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 10
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Mechanical pencil on 50lbs multimedia paper.Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, in the armor he would die in. I find it funny how I've been consumed by a character who's dead at the start of a Game of Thrones.
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I had the exact same problem you're having.Still have it.He's just so...interesting.and his story makes me tear up.He isn't the sort of person who'd forCE Lyanna to come with him meaning she also loved him and ran away with him to avoid her marriage to Robert and abandon Elia/
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I think what I like about the character is that I DON'T know for certain why he did what he did. There are so many questions, so many inconsistencies and with GRRM you just know that it will be anything but simple!
I don't buy into Elia being a sick victim.Β I have a feeling that there's more to the Princess of Dorne than Martin is currently letting on.
And I do feel bad for his children. Reading about Rhaenys hiding under his bed, hoping that he would save her, just broke my heart.
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You're probably right.He is a master of surprises.It's hard trying to predict what'll happen next.We're dealing with a man whose only dream is crushing the souls of his readers and ruining their lives.HAHAHA.If only he didn't make you want it and wasn't so good at it.
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He is good at it, isn't he?
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How the heck did you find this piece by the way? I thought I had buried it in my scraps!
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This piece is out in the open on your profile...duh!And that's where it should be.
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But what I mean is that it's not IN my gallery proper, it's in my scraps. It's hard to find unless you go in my scraps or do a search under my name.
It's old. I did it over a year ago, and have since messed with how I draw his helm and armour. I have one in the works right now that I'm super excited about. And yes... I spell armour with a U.
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After seeing your piece on Rhaegar and Lyanna I did search under your name and practically looked at everything you've made.You're really talented, may I say once more.
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Great, now you have me blushing.
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Truly beautiful work.
If I may ask, how did you come to decide on the design of Rhaegar's armor? You truly did such a wonderful job of sketching it out.
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Thanks. This was my first honest attempt at plate. I've never been a fan of drawing armor. Even when my friends begged me to sketch out their characters for various stories and games. I realize now it's because I was lazy and shied away from the patience that such detail demands. I decided to step out of my comfort zone and was rewarded with fair product. Practice will only make perfect, I hope.
The design came to me from what Martin has described in his writing, and my own imagination. The people of Westros take their House colours and sigils to heart, especially the houses with an animal or mythical creature, and I imagined that Rhaegar would not be so different in this respect. Which is why his house sigil is moulded into the breastplate, where Robert ultimatly caves in his chest and why I tried to give the plate a layered look, similar to scales. I know that Rhaegar took up the sword out of duty rather than a quest for glory, so I didn't think that anything too gaudy would appeal to his quiet nature. Even the rubies encrusted in the breast plate seem a bit much for him. Then again it seems that everyone and their dog has embellished armor, so I suppose it would have been expected of him as the crown prince.
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'I know that Rhaegar took up the sword out of duty rather than a quest for glory, so I didn't think that anything too gaudy would appeal to his quiet nature. Even the rubies encrusted in the breast plate seem a bit much for him. Then again it seems that everyone and their dog has embellished armor, so I suppose it would have been expected of him as the crown prince.'
Exactly. It's so good to know that I am not the only one who has read ASoIaF and ponders on such things.
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gorgeous job on the armour! I like the detail of the Targaryen sigil in the middle of the chest, and the helmet is awesome too
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Thank you!
Looking at it now I see dysfunction in the symmetry and it irks me. Anyways, I wanted to give him something that looked unique without being too ostentatious what with all the descriptions of the rubies, rubies, RUBIES!
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oh yes, the rubies! as if Rhaegar weren't cool enough already, he also had to wear an armour with rubies....agh, we don't know much about him, but i like him!. Martin, you'd better not make him a douche in the end!
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