#the italian wars

[beyondmistland]

Like Bjorn Ironside pretending to be dead and getting his coffin only to suppress attack, what’s the coolest battle/fight tactics in history?

I'm going to preface this with the fact that 1) There are too many to list here (or anywhere really) and 2) I'm limited to what I personally know.

That said, here are a few that spring to mind:

Richard III's last charge at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Not only did he get within a sword's length of killing Henry Tudor himself but Richard also killed Henry's standard-bearer, Sir William Brandon, AND unhorsed burly John Cheyne, his older brother's former standard-bearer. Not bad for a guy who would today qualify for the Special Olympics. (The Japanese equivalent would be Sanada Yukimura.)

Harold Godwinson marching his army 185 miles (or 298 km) in just four days to take the Norwegians by surprise at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. (Honorable mention goes to the soldier who got in a barrel and floated under the bridge to spear the Viking holding off the entire English army. Chevalier de Bayard, a real life knight in shining armor, later replicated this feat by holding off 200 Spanish knights single-handedly at the Battle of Garigliano.)

When the rebels started chanting "Henry Percy King" at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry IV shouted back "Henry Percy is dead." Needless to say, Henry Percy did not respond. (His eldest son, the future Henry V (or as Shakespeare names him in his youth, Prince Hal), took an arrow to the face in this same battle, which is why Henry V's portraits always depict him from his uninjured side.)

Hannibal crossing the Alps and whooping Rome's ass multiple times on its own turf. (There's a reason "Hannibal ad portas" became a saying. Also, Napoleon I later replicated this feat.)

At the Battle of Bremule, a Norman knight seized the reins of Louis the Fat's horse, shouting "the king is taken!" Louis' response? Hitting the guy with his mace and shouting "the king is not taken, neither at war, nor at chess!"

Alexander the Great turning the island city of Tyre into a peninsula.

Alexander Buchanan killing Thomas, Duke of Clarence at the Battle of Bauge and holding the dead duke's coronet aloft on his lance.

Thanks for the question, anon

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This WOTFI is my first ever WOTFI in the fandom and it was a great one =3

Even if people have different opinions, I find this year's WOTFI to be my favourite ❤

No it's not because of a certain handsome tv man

And with that, I hope you eat well chat, because I think I accidentally cooked y'all a huge ass looking buffet.

Shoutout to @livzees for the amazing Mr Puzzles form ref / inspiration, your ver of Mr Puzzles looks amazing and you deserve the shoutout ❤ =3

[ominus-potato]

I finally draw SMG3's wotfi 2024 design!!! Safe to say he once again had the best look this year. This man is too pretty istg...

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redraw of that one shot from the new episode I CANT WAIT FOR WOTFI ‼️

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[blamin8r]

So WOTFI 2024 was really cool and my main takeaway was SMG3's sick ass outfit so I knew I had to draw it immediately but I didn't have time to fully finish it until today because I had class and work ;-;

This year's WOTFI was honestly pretty solid, I liked the concept, the challenges, and the song it fucking AMAZING, but the climax kinda fell flat. However, I do like just throwing Mr. Puzzles into an insane asylum purely because we all know it's just going to make him even worse and more deranged so we can still have him again as a villain later on, which I am very excited for because I love my angst.

About the art, I didn't change too much about SMG3's Puzzle Park outfit, I basically just gave him the Puzzle Piece logo on his overalls since it's clear he's not wearing his normal clothes, and I added his skull logo to his bombs since they were probably already his before he was put under Mr. Puzzles' control.

It felt really good to do a fully finished drawing again, which I haven't been able to do for well over a month, so I'm hoping that once I'm not falling behind in my classes that I can draw again more frequently.

[billygoat26]

Chat he’s losing it again

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You guys are NOT READY for what I have planned :))

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[sforzesco]

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[coralnotcotton]

did a thing based off of a scene from smg4 (mr. puzzles my beloved)

plus the original screenshot:

was going to include meggy's hand in it but i couldn't quite figure out the colors

[illustratus]

The Battle of Marignano by Albert Landerer

[tiredsmashbros]

my sister coughed at me and i think she got me sick my throat is aching help

anyways um um um you guys are so awesome and kind the comments and reblogs i got from last post made me so giddy, kicking my feet, clapping, and bursting in laughter <333 plans for the continuation is still happening dw!!

just been doing side personal things and getting out of burn out. currently planning out my schedule to finish up side stuff before june hits so i can feed into my time getting some quick cash and drawing gAY THINGS >:))))))c

in the meantime, enjoy this piece that was just going to be a sketched and i went... a little overboard. hopefully i can do a more rendered piece i can't stop thinking of him i need help

edit ; oh right have the sketch too btw vghbjknlm

[romatito]

i pulled myself up by my bootstraps and drew a little venezia

[verysillycreator]

WOTFI WAS GREAT CHAT!!