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March of Robots Day 5: Equinox

Their name is Equinox, that's all I know. Pretty fun to draw tho :)

Hans Talhoffer Chinchillas

Harnisfechten Chinchillas

Joachim Meyer Longsword Chinchillas

Fantastical Snail Marginalia Chinchillas

Olympic Epee Chinchillas

Salvator Fabris Rapier-in-the-Nude Chinchillas

Napoleonic Saber Chinchillas

Arabic Shamshir Chinchillas

18th Century Smallsword Chinchillas

They’re not just impressive drawings because Paweł Ponichtera is an enviably good artist…

…they’re accurate drawings because - as mentioned on his Facebook page - Paweł Ponichtera is a HEMA practitioner and contestant as well.

Look at the Halbschwert (blade-gripping) and Mordschlag (reversed sword) in the Talhoffer pic, the supinated (knuckles-down) hand position in the I.33 pic, and similar details in all the others.

Here’s the finished version of that WIP sketch: Hans Lecküchner Messer Chinchillas.

At first I thought, “Why chinchillas?”

Then I thought, “Why NOT chinchillas?”