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Re: What Vikings really looked like. (Spoiler: They looked like women)
« Reply #30 on: July 14, 2014, 10:59:17 pm »
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no non retarded fighter would put horns on a helmet :D way to catch the sword blow and lose vision at least rather than make it glance ^^
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Re: What Vikings really looked like. (Spoiler: They looked like women)
« Reply #31 on: July 15, 2014, 11:51:07 am »
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Yeah, i guess horns and wings were more a sign of status and wealth and i suppose it could be used by chieftains and other important characters as part of the "official" wardrobe. If i were some badass guy who fought many battles and survived and was leading an entire village (back then it was alot!!), i wouldnt mind having some horns on my chief-crown  :mrgreen:


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Re: What Vikings really looked like. (Spoiler: They looked like women)
« Reply #33 on: July 19, 2014, 03:14:19 pm »
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no non retarded fighter would put horns on a helmet :D way to catch the sword blow and lose vision at least rather than make it glance ^^
There are many examples of impractical gear being worn into battle throughout history. Historical warriors weren't always minmaxing, so in itself this is hardly a decisive argument.

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Re: What Vikings really looked like. (Spoiler: They looked like women)
« Reply #34 on: July 19, 2014, 04:59:43 pm »
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Your opponent's sword getting stuck against a horn momentarily isn't necessarily a bad thing, either...
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Re: What Vikings really looked like. (Spoiler: They looked like women)
« Reply #36 on: July 22, 2014, 01:14:54 pm »
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Your opponent's sword getting stuck against a horn momentarily isn't necessarily a bad thing, either...

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« Reply #37 on: July 22, 2014, 01:27:17 pm »
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Re: What Vikings really looked like. (Spoiler: They looked like women)
« Reply #38 on: July 22, 2014, 01:43:32 pm »
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Re: What Vikings really looked like. (Spoiler: They looked like women)
« Reply #39 on: July 22, 2014, 01:51:49 pm »
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Sooo we have necroed a thread from years ago that basically points out that despite what holywood and others have done, the norse ppl who went raiding from the pretty inhospitable lands in scand-fjords to softer lands in Brit-isles and northern side of EU mainland, were, infact, human beings, and like all human beings they liked to be:
comfy, attractive to opposite sex, decent at fighting when they had to

and they strove for:

land to live and grow food on, social security, as few hardships as possible.


Good, good, turns out those humans were humans after all. Great work. Investigative prowess.
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Re: What Vikings really looked like. (Spoiler: They looked like women)
« Reply #40 on: July 22, 2014, 02:11:55 pm »
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what horns have so much practical use, you can fucking headbutt people... well if they dont grab your horns pull your head down and puncture a vessel in your neck first.


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