#shield oils

[shieldlubes]

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[monsterhunterthings]

Open question: What Monster Hunter memes/in-jokes do you still remember/use?

Why do I ask? Well, because I'm listening to Monster Music on shuffle, and at some point, I tune back to the BGM and my brain went "oh, this is Steve's theme." it took me a moment to remember this creature's real name was Seregios.

[evany-star]

whatever. go my oil pastels

[royalty-nobility]

Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland (ca 1641-1709)

Artist: Sir Peter Lely (Dutch, 1618-80)

Date: c. 1663-1665

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, United Kingdom

Description

This picture forms one of the ‘Windsor Beauties’ series, a set of eleven portraits of celebrated women at the Restoration court painted by Sir Peter Lely. The series was commissioned by Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, probably around 1662-5.

Pepys recorded on 21 August 1668 that he ‘did first see the Duke of York’s room of pictures of some Maids of Honour, done by Lilly: Good, but not like.’ By describing the pictures as ‘not like’ Pepys is alluding to the often noted opinion that Lely flattered his subjects, and gave each portrait a similar languorous and ‘sleepy eyed’ air, said to have been influenced by the features of the noted court beauty Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. Contrary to Pepys’s assertion, only one of the sitters, Frances Teresa Stuart, actually held the position of Maid of Honour in the Royal Household. Some of the others were noted courtesans, while others were respected members of the nobility.

Barbara Villiers was Charles II’s principal mistress between 1660 and 1670 and the most powerful woman at court until she was supplanted by Louise de Kéroualle.

[allegorypaintings]

Allegory of Virtue Triumphing over Vice

Artist: Filippo Pedrini (Italian, 1763-1856)

Date: 1794

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Private Collection

[portrait-paintings]

John Eardley Wilmot

Artist: Benjamin West (British-American, 1738–1820)

Date: 1812

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

John Eardley Wilmot

Sir John Eardley Wilmot PC SL (16 August 1709 – 5 February 1792), was an English judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1766 to 1771.

[mythologypaintings]

The Education of Achilles

Artist: James Barry (Irish, 1741–1806)

Date: c. 1772

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States

[tchaikovsgay]

me, knowing full well i live in an urban apartment with street parking and no garage: i should buy a lift for my car

[giorgiaink]

Happy birthday to Adrianne Palicki!

This is a mixed media portrait. I used mostly oil pastels but her eyes are colored with pencils and there are some white acrylic touch ups.

[Don't repost please, I'm on other socials too you can reshare my own post if you want, that'd be appreciated giorgiaink]

[zantedeschia-praesul]

"CAN YOU STOP POPPING FOR FIVE FUCKIN SECONDS WE'RE TRYING TO COOK DINNER HERE!"

Yells Izuminokami, holding a huge metal lid like a shield, at the pot of boiling oil frying some of their batter-coated squids for dinner.

[caestusvulpes]

did i tell yall abt how hikari brute forced the pillar climb. how this fucking moron watched caesar cleave through the oil, said 'fuck that shit', and instead coated her entire body in oil by pressing her head against the pillar to let it cascade over her body, hung on one hand at a time to cover her hands equally, charged her 'oil armor' for like two hours, and fucking climbed through it. Hikari 'Path of Most Resistance' Nakama.

[thelastspeecher]

Pollution Powers AU, what would be the moment where Stan and Angie tell each other how they love one another when their relationship goes to the next level?

Like, when they officially get together?

Hmm.

Well, I'm a sucker for a romantic moment under the stars and that was my first thought...

But then I remembered how Angie tells Stan his oil form is beautiful in the sun and that kickstarts his crush on her. So I think that their romantic, officially getting together moment happens in like, the middle of the day.

Angie's family wants her to spend the summer at the school because a) she's still struggling to control her powers and b) it hasn't been long enough for people back home to forget the height she was when she left, which would cause problems if she returned her actual height. Angie misses her family and misses her horse Daisy, but agrees to stay behind. Fiddleford, however, is given clearance to go home.

Fiddleford and the rest of the students who won't stay year-round leave the school for the summer. Stan, noticing Angie seeming blue, sneaks her off-campus, aka into the woods surrounding the school. They traipse through the woods, giggling to each other about how they're breaking the rules, and then they find a sunny clearing with like, a waterfall or something in it. They decide to take a break and sit by the waterfall. Angie asks Stan to change to his oil form, and when he does, she repeats that she thinks he's beautiful. Stan blurts out that he thinks she's beautiful. Angie blushes and goes to give Stan a peck on the cheek. But Stan turns to face her and they accidentally kiss...on the lips!

Angie's so shocked that she stumbles back into the waterfall. Stan rescues her and before he can get out an excuse or something vaguely resembling an apology, Angie leans in...and they kiss on the lips on purpose! They return to the school holding hands and their clothes soaking wet and Ford just rolls his eyes, glad that those two finally got their act together. He was getting sick of Stan moping around trying to impress Angie, and also sick of Angie's constant puppy dog eyes in Stan's general direction.

(When Ford asks how things went with Angie, Stan suddenly remembers that Angie's power grants her a poisonous saliva and starts freaking out.)

[luckycloverfield]

i hate them with a passion

[ryanoprice]

Aegis 

[royalty-nobility]

Charles I (1600-1649) with M. de St Antoine

Artist: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)

Date: 1633

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: The Royal Collection Trust, United Kingdom

Description

On his appointment as Principal Painter to Charles I in 1632, the Flemish artist Van Dyck - Ruben's most gifted follower - was required to specialise in portraiture. This is one of the chief paintings to result from his appointment, which revolutionised British painting and provided us with the enduring image of the Stuart court. With great fluency Van Dyck here portrays Charles I on horseback on an unprecedented scale, as ruler, warrior and knight, in the long tradition of antique and Renaissance equestrian monuments. The prominent display of the crowned royal arms and the triumphal arch framing the armed King reinforce his image as ruler of Great Britain, while the King's refined features, loose hair and the sash of the Order of the Garter worn over his armour convey the impression of a chivalrous knight. Van Dyck may have designed the painting for its first position at the end of the Gallery at St James's Palace, where its theatrical effect impressed visitors. Both artist and patron admired and collected works by Titian, but a more direct influence was Rubens's 1603 portrait of the Duke of Lerma (Madrid, Prado) which Charles I would have seen on his visit to Spain as Prince of Wales in 1623.

Skilled horsemanship was regarded as the epitome of virtu and here Pierre Antoine Bourdin, Seigneur de St Antoine, a master in the art of horsemanship, carries the King's helmet. Sent by Henry IV of France to James I with a present of six horses for Henry, Prince of Wales, in 1603, he remained in the service of the Prince and later of Charles I, as riding master and equerry. He looks up at the King, whose poise stabilises a scene filled with baroque movement.

[grymmdark]

its thundering so loud i can feel the vibrations gotdamn