tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73891981622686478402012-03-16T12:19:39.472-07:00Odin's Lost Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099251704903067894noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389198162268647840.post-57918564698101703752010-08-10T21:29:00.000-07:002010-08-10T21:49:18.033-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGIoGmQb_6I/AAAAAAAAAA0/TlA3FRQwGWM/s1600/Odin+and+Hrolf.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGIoGmQb_6I/AAAAAAAAAA0/TlA3FRQwGWM/s320/Odin+and+Hrolf.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br />And so a sliver of sly Odin's wisdom has helped me enter realm of Blog. <br /><br /><br />SO what are we doing here and where will this Long Boat of a Blog take us?<br /><br />Well, hopefully we'll explore those times that are commonly referred to as the Dark Ages, but to me they are a colourful blaze of activity.<br /><br />Viking traders, raiders, explorers, Frankish feudal tyrants, Byzantine's wealth and intrigue, a Spain split between Visigoths and the Moors, everywhere tribes and peoples still not shackled by nationhood, a Church carving chunks of Pagan faith away, much adventure, new smells, foreign sights, and no doubt a big bucketload of despair too. I love this time!<br /><br />Some of the books that inspire this devotion:<br /><br />The Last English King by Julian Rathbone<br />The Oathsworn Series by Robert Low<br />The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell<br />1066: The year of three battles by F J McLynn <br />Websites:<br /><br />www.godchecker.com/pantheon/norse-mythology.php?deity=ODIN<br /><br />www.robert-low.com<br /><a class="l" href="http://www.robert-low.com/" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','1','AFQjCNFLjTLqpy9WluLp9zpO8tMObI5EvA','vxz0jtwMOU_JYADn0amy7Q','0CBoQFjAA')"><i></i><i></i></a><br /><button class="ws" title=""></button><span class="f"></span><br /><span class="f"></span><br /><span class="f"><cite></cite></span><br /><br />Much more to come, but first some pictures of my growing 28mm warband. For miniature wargamers, it is based for Impetus.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGIlHH3NyZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WOO_4RVbuiQ/s1600/Odin+and+Hrolf.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGIlHH3NyZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WOO_4RVbuiQ/s320/Odin+and+Hrolf.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vik Oathsworn get down to business</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGIlN_p7smI/AAAAAAAAAAU/HtqSZAhS8gQ/s1600/Horse+steak+and+steel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGIlN_p7smI/AAAAAAAAAAU/HtqSZAhS8gQ/s320/Horse+steak+and+steel.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horse flesh and steel</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGIllY1PbfI/AAAAAAAAAAc/GwWsZ_r58Dk/s1600/Camels.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGIllY1PbfI/AAAAAAAAAAc/GwWsZ_r58Dk/s320/Camels.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roberto Red Sword, his horsemen, and Berber dogs of war</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGIm0mD7k6I/AAAAAAAAAAk/Om6A82L8QKo/s1600/Lord+of+War.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGIm0mD7k6I/AAAAAAAAAAk/Om6A82L8QKo/s320/Lord+of+War.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Sword </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGInA3QFxcI/AAAAAAAAAAs/jJMrgnsaZZs/s1600/Fooorwaaaard%21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A4XLMjfgbzE/TGInA3QFxcI/AAAAAAAAAAs/jJMrgnsaZZs/s320/Fooorwaaaard%21.JPG" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7389198162268647840-5791856469810170375?l=odinslosteye.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Odin's Lost Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18099251704903067894noreply@blogger.com2