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queensthief2010-03-18 06:21 pm
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Attolia's Guard
The perks of study abroad include being able to visit really cool museums that don't exist in your itty bitty home town. Even better perks include finding little bits of Attolia, Eddis, and Sounis as I travel (especially since I've always associated the three more with Spain than anywhere else). This week I went to the Museo Naval (Navy Museum) in Madrid. It mostly had models of famous Spanish ships, but one really cool section included old weapons. Including these really cool muskets from 1600, 1525, and 1630 (top to bottom). They made me really excited since I can defintely see this being the type of gun issued to Attolia's guard. They're functional but ornate at the same time.
Pictures below cut. I have more if anyone's as interested in 17th century Spanish weaponry as I am.
Okay, I added a powder horn from the same time period as the muskets, the stock of the 1600 musket, a pair of firing mechanisms shaped like snakes/dragons, and Sounis' fleet right before Eugenides' plan gets to it.
Pictures below cut. I have more if anyone's as interested in 17th century Spanish weaponry as I am.
Okay, I added a powder horn from the same time period as the muskets, the stock of the 1600 musket, a pair of firing mechanisms shaped like snakes/dragons, and Sounis' fleet right before Eugenides' plan gets to it.