Posted by sberry on 03 Dec 2019, 17:15
When I heard about Leonardo’s death, I immediately had the feeling of a tremendous loss for all of us: Talent and creativity do not always go hand in hand with a kind and warm personality, but in Leo’s case they definitely did. So I really liked the proposal when Aaron invited me to do a duel with him in honor of Leo. Therefore, many thanks again to Aaron for this wonderful idea!
Second, my thanks go to all who participated and voted. This being my first duel ever, I have to admit it was great fun.
And last, not least, I also would like to thank Massimo/daikaigan who, as Aaron already said, supported each of us with a free set of Phersu Etruscan Warriors.
So we had a duel to honor a deceased member of our community – the idea to mirror this in my entry, showing two warriors dueling at the funeral of a member of their community, came somehow automatically, it was just there.
The Phersu figures themselves probably had a part here: There is one pose in the set, that kneeling guy, which did not really make sense to me for closed-order combat, like phalanx vs. phalanx. For a duel one-on-one, on the other hand, it seemed just perfect…