#dadao

Swordtember 2024 day 28-Monstrous. Inspired by the Dadao.

drew some poses that I’d like to draw outfits over later. I’m not designing this character efficiently, but I don’t care, she’s fun to draw also, added abs

This is a Chinese weapon, and a variant of the dao, or saber. As such, it is a single-edged weapon primarily used for slashing, and this variant in particular features a very broad blade and significant size that allows it to be a formidable chopping sword. It was a peasant’s weapon, and also a relatively recent development; it saw notable use at the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937, an altercation between Chinese and Japanese forces that could be argued as the start of World War II. The loose fabric tassel is a feature common on Chinese weapons, and serves a mainly decorative function. Some sources I found claim that it also functioned as a distraction to opponents in combat, but personally I have doubts about its effectiveness in that capacity.

Swordsman wielding a Dadao Beijing circa 1930s Photo by Hedda Morrison

Soldat chinois avec un dadao – Guerre sino-japonaise – Chine – 1930's

Happy October to everybody.!

Close up of the two aircraft from my previous post. The one on the top is Lufthansa's first Boeing 707-320B, D-ABOV, that was delivered to the airline in February 1963. The -320B version of the Boeing 707 was one of its longest range versions.⁣ ⁣ The lower one is Lufthansa's first McDonnell Douglas DC-10, a long range Series 30 variant, D-ADAO, delivered to the airline in November 1973. Lufthansa named it's large passenger jets after locations in Germany, so the 707 is named "Duisburg" along with the coat of arms and the DC-10 is named "Leverkusen" along with its coat of arms.⁣ ⁣ #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn ⁣ ⁣ #thechickenworks (follow this tag to see more of my artwork) #Boeing #McDonnellDouglas #707 #DC10 #Lufthansa #Airlines #DABOV #DADAO #Duisburg #Leverkusen⁣ ⁣ #instaaviation #aviationlovers #flight #Adobe #Illustrator #aviationart #aviationillustration #IllustratorCC ⁣ ⁣ #Avgeekschoolofknowledge #AvGeekNation #TeamAvGeek https://www.instagram.com/p/CKRKpVAhVZh/?igshid=1coyd9jyxsgfb

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