purely awesome

Thank you very much. ^^*.

dude not bad at all

Thank you for the comment. ^|^.

Man, he is well dressed and he knows it.

Indeed. Plus it is really expensive. LOL. ^\/^.

Nicely done on this one Duphasdan

Thank you very much. You flatter me. ^^*!

Oh yeah a warrior Bull, nice idea man and very good design =)

Thank you very much. ^|^.

Why on earth would a Byzantine warrior have the SPQR emblem? Do you even know what it means?

Nevermind the fact that you have a byzantine warrior dressed up as a vague mish-mash between the auxiliary and triarii... Complete with the world's tiniest banner?

First off, the Byzantine Empire was the last remnants of the Roman empire while it was split between the west and east sides. While the west one fell to the barbarians the western one prevailed until the Turks conquered it centuries later.

Secondly the banners during the time were puny looking as the kind used these days and since this guy is a fantasy period type character then it fits. Lastly what do you know of fighting styles?

All you really know, besides necromancy and sorcery, are pecking beaks and a flock of birds.

Please think before speaking, aye. (sarcastic face with face palm) -\/-.

You're lecturing on the basics, dear Duphas. High schoolers know about the fracturing of the empire and the conditions behind it. Do you know what else high schoolers learn? That Byzantium was a greek city! Sure it had been latinized, at the early part of the empire but after the early 7th century the official language was greek. Even during the time of two empires there was a minor linguistic and cultural barrier. SPQR was the motto of the Roman legion and the city of Rome based during the time of the Roman Republic. It should be obvious, really: Senatus Populusque Romanus, the Senate and People of Rome, the motto of the Roman Republic. After the fall of the Republic the motto was basically only used on legion banners and fell out of use altogether soon after.

Do you by chance know of the notitia dignitatum? Does your wikipedia knowledge cover it? You'd better hurry and do a wiki search on it if it doesn't. It's the official document recovered about the byzantine military structure. It makes interesting references to the fact that Byzantine legions only used legion numbers and the eagle insignia despite preserving the format of the old western roman legions even before the reform.

What do I know of fighting styles? Certainly enough to know that our poor mixed up soldier would be able to stand with that toothpick thigh of his, let alone do any effective fighting. As for the banners, I know that the empire's banners were small. But that's like smaller than his head. It would probably be more appropriate as a napkin.

Speaking of Greek, that makes the INRI on his shield a little strange, since INRI was also a latin acronym. Strange that the eastern orthodoxy would use a western orthodox phrase.

They also use western saints as well. In addition the city that was the capital of the new Rome was none existent until the new Christian emperor made it. Also the Romans used a good portion of Greek and many other ideas from all parts of the known world at the time. The Persians did the same thing and is one reason for their rapid rise to power. And speaking of the wikipedia, which you have likely went to yourself to get the translation and is not even close to a viably trusted source of information due to many inaccuracies and the ability to edit the pages, I did not go to to learn of this. I went to college for a reason. By the way, S.P.Q.R. stands for Senatus Populusque Quintas Romanus dumbass. Know your Latin and history. LOL. ^\/^.

oh....dude, que means 'and' in latin
....and Qutintas is a feminization of quintus, which means 'fifth' in latin
but that's okay, it's fine to admit you're wrong, everybody makes mistakes
...though not everybody makes college educated mistakes

but oh well, you only wasted thousands of dollars learning things wrong

no big deal really

I said 'Quintas' not 'Quintus' or 'Qutintas'. Big difference. Together, in the phrase, it means 'Senate And People Of Rome' or 'Senate And People From Rome'. The 'Quintas' part means 'From' or 'Of' in differing circumstances dependent on how it is used in the sentence in Latin. Please pay attention. LOL. ^\/^.

Hey, lame as it is to argue about this stuff they're right. Que means of, quintas means five. There aren't any other circumstances to the word. Trust me on this one.

But I said 'Quintas' not Que. I even looked it up in the Latin Dictionary in my room. If this is truly not the case then what does the 'Q' stand for in 'SPQR' in the four word phrase? ^\/^.

Populusque is a compound word so it stands for both letters. I know it sounds lame, but they broke the word into two for the acronym to make it sound better. SPR just doesn't have the same ring to it, I guess. It's funny how the pioneers of the acronym cheated just as badly with it as modern people do.

LOL, I need a good talk with that professor then. Professors at my school have been known to goof. Guess another one is added to the roster. LOLOL. ^\/^.

It's lame to call out professors during class, but they can still be wrong quite often, especially if they aren't extremely experienced. That's why I like to think of them more as guides to personal study rather than masters of knowledge.

It is a students right to question their professors on a variety of things. The university is a haven of inquiry after all. LOL. ^\/^.

Yay!

I am glad you agree master. LOL. ^\/^.

Cool design and detail.

Thank you very much. I spent a great deal on this one with experiments in new filters. LOL. ^\/^.

The armor is really good.

Thank you very much Master Yinhou. I like it very much myself. LOL. ^\/^.

*Bows*
Your welcome.

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This guy looks like he could really lay the beatdown. I mean, look at those muscles, damn.

Plus he is wearing some serious Bling' son! I mean just look at his cape and armor. They are made from sapphire and diamonds for cryin' out loud. LOLOLOLOLOL. ^\/^.

How Strong

Thank you very much. It makes sense to make him strong being a bull and all. LOL. ^\/^.

You are really good at making the outfits :3 I have seen some of your egyptian drawings too ^^

I am glad that you like them. As hard as it sounds, it takes longer to make the layers on my art then it does to edit them on my program. The reasoning is the amount of memory that process eats up. LOL. ^\/^.