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Recently, I've been trying to think of cool ideas for an Early Medieval timeline. I started messing around with the Portrait Maker for Crusader Kings II (HIP mod) trying to come up with interesting characters just as a creative project to pass the time. It's actually entertaining, and I saved a few that I made so far and figured I would share.
Bashīr al-Dīn al-Saqlabi, ʾAmīr of Ṣiqilliya
Bashir the Slav, a renowned Umayyad soldier and the Governor of Sicily
for the Caliphate
Hróðgeirr Hóskuldson, Ourghos tōn Varángōn
Hrothgeir Hoskuldson, a lieutenant of the Varangian Guard mentioned in Byzantine sources
in 1023 for attempting to murder the Emperor Stephanos Tzykandeles, allegedly
at the behest of agents of the Pope in Rome.
Ibrāhīm Sayf al-Dawla, ʾAmīr of Frangistan
Ibrahim of Andalus, a key figure in the Muslim conquest of Occitania in the
11th century, victory of the Battle of the Aveyron, and later the Governor of the
conquered territories on behalf of the Umayyad Caliph
Konstantinos Arbantenos, Stratēgos tōn Anatolikon
Constantine Arbantenus, Commander of the Anatolian territories, kingmaker in Byzantine
politics during the turbulent period of the Italian Wars, and eventually murdered after
his failed bid to ascend to the Imperial throne after the death of Basileus Tzykandeles in 1029
Stephanos Tzykandeles, Basileus Rhomaíōn
Byzantine Emperor in the early 11th century, oversaw the culmination of the ecclesiastical
and theological disputes between the Eastern and Western Churches afterthe Ravenna Conference
in 1020, was severely disfigured in an attack in 1023 allegedly ordered by the Roman Pope, and
then kicked off the Italian Wars in order to both forcefully realign the Church and as a broader
project of shoring up Byzantine power on the Italian peninsula. He died from chronic illness in
1029
Bashir the Slav, a renowned Umayyad soldier and the Governor of Sicily
for the Caliphate
Hróðgeirr Hóskuldson, Ourghos tōn Varángōn
Hrothgeir Hoskuldson, a lieutenant of the Varangian Guard mentioned in Byzantine sources
in 1023 for attempting to murder the Emperor Stephanos Tzykandeles, allegedly
at the behest of agents of the Pope in Rome.
Ibrāhīm Sayf al-Dawla, ʾAmīr of Frangistan
Ibrahim of Andalus, a key figure in the Muslim conquest of Occitania in the
11th century, victory of the Battle of the Aveyron, and later the Governor of the
conquered territories on behalf of the Umayyad Caliph
Konstantinos Arbantenos, Stratēgos tōn Anatolikon
Constantine Arbantenus, Commander of the Anatolian territories, kingmaker in Byzantine
politics during the turbulent period of the Italian Wars, and eventually murdered after
his failed bid to ascend to the Imperial throne after the death of Basileus Tzykandeles in 1029
Stephanos Tzykandeles, Basileus Rhomaíōn
Byzantine Emperor in the early 11th century, oversaw the culmination of the ecclesiastical
and theological disputes between the Eastern and Western Churches afterthe Ravenna Conference
in 1020, was severely disfigured in an attack in 1023 allegedly ordered by the Roman Pope, and
then kicked off the Italian Wars in order to both forcefully realign the Church and as a broader
project of shoring up Byzantine power on the Italian peninsula. He died from chronic illness in
1029
Not going to pretend that this is accurate Greek or Egyptian (doubtful that I could find anything online) or good but it's more on me deciding to finish up something that I did for myself. It's supposed to be my attempt at a stele of Queen Zenobia of Palmyra commemorating her conquest of Egypt.
"I am the glorious Septimia Zenobia, the Queen Mother, the Great Lady of Protection and the daughter of Antiochus. All that I have achieved so far and yet to achieve is done in the name of my son Vaballathus and according to the will of Isis and Serapis. I am Syrian but my primordial roots called on me to return to my ancestral city and assume my natural birthright. On the twenty-fifth day of Phaōphí which corresponds to the seventh day of Gorpiaios, the Year of Alexander 582, I set out from the east to restore order to Egypt. My enemies were numerous but I emerged triumphant. Upon my arrival at Memphis, I assumed my destiny as protector of the Upper and Lower Countries."
"I am the glorious Septimia Zenobia, the Queen Mother, the Great Lady of Protection and the daughter of Antiochus. All that I have achieved so far and yet to achieve is done in the name of my son Vaballathus and according to the will of Isis and Serapis. I am Syrian but my primordial roots called on me to return to my ancestral city and assume my natural birthright. On the twenty-fifth day of Phaōphí which corresponds to the seventh day of Gorpiaios, the Year of Alexander 582, I set out from the east to restore order to Egypt. My enemies were numerous but I emerged triumphant. Upon my arrival at Memphis, I assumed my destiny as protector of the Upper and Lower Countries."
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Posters that I used in my map of post-Oceanian Great Britain.
This one is based on a Nazi poster.
This one is Soviet.
And this one on is American.
The book constantly mentions the Mongolian faces of the Eurasians. It would be convenient to use the same posters for Eurasians and Eastasians.
Actually, there should be three-year plans in Oceania, not five. But in the USSR, the five-year plan was once replaced by a seven-year plan (1959-1965), so it will do.
I wanted it to sound a little less like an open threat and more like an encouragement.
And a bonus - The Junior Anti-Sex League poster. The problem is that the red ribbons for AIDS awareness only appeared in 1991, so the League's scarlets sashes can't symbolize it.
This one is based on a Nazi poster.
This one is Soviet.
And this one on is American.
The book constantly mentions the Mongolian faces of the Eurasians. It would be convenient to use the same posters for Eurasians and Eastasians.
Actually, there should be three-year plans in Oceania, not five. But in the USSR, the five-year plan was once replaced by a seven-year plan (1959-1965), so it will do.
I wanted it to sound a little less like an open threat and more like an encouragement.
And a bonus - The Junior Anti-Sex League poster. The problem is that the red ribbons for AIDS awareness only appeared in 1991, so the League's scarlets sashes can't symbolize it.
Techno Angel
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That's really coolPosters that I used in my map of post-Oceanian Great Britain.
This one is based on a Nazi poster.
This one is Soviet.
And this one on is American.
The book constantly mentions the Mongolian faces of the Eurasians. It would be convenient to use the same posters for Eurasians and Eastasians.
Actually, there should be three-year plans in Oceania, not five. But in the USSR, the five-year plan was once replaced by a seven-year plan (1959-1965), so it will do.
I wanted it to sound a little less like an open threat and more like an encouragement.
And a bonus - The Junior Anti-Sex League poster. The problem is that the red ribbons for AIDS awareness only appeared in 1991, so the League's scarlets sashes can't symbolize it.
Techno Angel
Banned
What does E stand for?
EBC News title card, 1988-93 (plain version)
PS: Thanks to @MatthewFirth for his rendition of the transmitter logo.
I feel like the eagle might be styled differently but that is just a nitpick I guess.
It's a 1990s made simplified version of the ones that already existed during Weimar.
Oh I didn't do much.
Just changed the url, some words and changed the flag colours a bit.
But otherwise that's exactly how the actual website for the federal government looks like.
U.S. President Douglas MacArthur and German Reichspresident Hermann Goering photographed together at the Geneva Peace Summit (June 1959), the first time a German and American head of state met since the Great War. The summit marked the thawing of German-American relations and Germany's gradual turn away from Hitlerist foreign policy.
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You're an amazing illustrator and designer, i hope you work with it bcs u should, all your work is clean an amazing, and i've worked with a very significant number of digital artists throught the years haha
This is the second installment of my little side project: "What if post-antiquity Egypt's ruler continued the tradition of making stelae?"
"I am Galerius Valerius Maximinus, successor to the divine Galerius. As Caesar, I administered Egypt and led her legions to victory against Persia. Upon returning to Alexandria on the seventh day of Thot, which corresponds to the sixth day of Hyperberataios in the Year 622, Alexandria’s citizenry saluted me with adultation. I was led to the Caesareum where the army and priests hailed me as pharaoh, the son of Jupiter-Ammon, the living image of Serapis and beloved of Isis. I am tasked to save Egypt from the sway of false prophets and restore true religion and peace. Rome will again rule the world, revived by Egyptian vigor."
"I am Galerius Valerius Maximinus, successor to the divine Galerius. As Caesar, I administered Egypt and led her legions to victory against Persia. Upon returning to Alexandria on the seventh day of Thot, which corresponds to the sixth day of Hyperberataios in the Year 622, Alexandria’s citizenry saluted me with adultation. I was led to the Caesareum where the army and priests hailed me as pharaoh, the son of Jupiter-Ammon, the living image of Serapis and beloved of Isis. I am tasked to save Egypt from the sway of false prophets and restore true religion and peace. Rome will again rule the world, revived by Egyptian vigor."
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