STARTING SOON!! Warrior of the week.

[Dark Luther]

I've decided even if there isn't too large of a following,
I'd still like to start another one of these weekly threads.

I have thus decided to soon begin a weekly thread similar to the weapons one - only showing the differant types of combat soldiers or fighters out there...
Things like knights, samurai, ninja, privateers, desert raiders...
all will be seen in depth and with historical accuracy - with their weapons, fighting styles, tactics, ways of life, historical records, and even mythology...


I really hope this will attract some to the forum, and at least be a regular thing for those who come here to the battlefield every week...

Tell me what you guys think, the more support I have for this the better...

I plan to start this after the next few shows,
and would love some reccomendations and suggestions...
( perhaps every month everyone picks two and has them fight in a deathmatch ).

[Zelphiel]

make the first one Musashi. :cool

and if he has to be in a deathmatch it'll be...

Musashi vs Hector (assuming that Hector was a real person)

[Kaffee]

cool, more research, yeah, I like it, ya got my support. :D

[Dark Luther]

No...no, I'm sorry - but the thread will not be individuals.
It will involve categories of warriors.
Not to say that the followers of his style wouldn't be considered a category - Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu itself created a breed of fighting men quite particular in Japanese culture,
and I would love to compare them to Gendai Budo arts -
like Aikido and Kendo...


Common ones will be like,
Doppelsoldier, Stradiot, Hoplite ( region specific ), Yamabushi,
Hospitaler Knight, Marmaluke, Samurai ( by style, region, time period ), Schiavoni, Kern, Hussar, Huskarl, Janissary, Mangudai...

It will also go into combat techniques and styles ( basing of practicioners of said styles ).

This will involve styles of fencing ( florentine for instance ),
style of martial arts ( particular to budo or modern ) but only in conjunction to similar periods,
and other combat styles.

[Nickelback]

Sounds excellent, can't wait.

...Doppelsoldier...O.O

[Rainbow Dash]

Doesnt mean you can't include those famous individuals in your description. Honestly this interests me ALOT more than weapon of the week, as I'm more of a general-type than a soldier-type.

[Dark Luther]

Quite so - doppelsoldier where a type of german infantry I'm unfortunately all too familiar with.

My best friend along with many fellow swordsmen I've known run this category and fight as them. ( and it's annoying because their all over 6 feet and I'm 5' 6''...)

Like all my friends, they were massive men who used large german swords, and were used as shock infantry - mostly to cut the heads of pikes...

Wait until the thread and I'll tell you how they got their name...



And i do agree, I'll post some examples of the types such as famous figures and leaders...

[Kaffee]

Cool, are you gonna do Amazonian Warriors as well, or are they a myth?

[Dark Luther]

Amazonians were fictional greek warriors, and would thus not count. There were clans though that held female cadre separate from male warriors found in the Amazon basin - by which it was named after - and they would be interesting to speak of...