Vikings and Artists

[Michael A. Chance]

Svavadis writes:

> The boss (Steve Jackson) just came to me on an artist's behalf: Bruce
> Marshal, an artist here in Austin, has been commissioned to do a painting
> of a Viking and a Celt fighting. He's looking for an SCA Viking to pose for
> him; he'd like to find someone with a coat of chain and a helmet with
> nasal. (Steve thinks he wants to see how the chain drapes, and so on.)

Damn the luck!  If you'd needed it six years ago, I'd have been up to
Bryn Gwlad in a heartbeat (OK, a couple of hours - Bjornsborg to Brwn
Gwlad is a 90 minute drive).

At the time, I was about the only person in the area that regularly
fought in maille, and most folks thought I was crazy.  Had a real
spiff Sutton Hoo style helm, too, with an etched brass nasal.  I could
have been immortalized forever!  Sigh.  Don't suppose Steve is willing
to pay travel expenses from St. Louis?

'Course, the artist would have had to probably fudge a bit on the
height, seeing as I'm only 5'6".  There's another Norse type here in
Three Rivers that's about the same size as me.  One of the local
pundits has tagged us as the "Pygmy Vikings from Hell".

Mikjal Annarbjorn
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Michael A. Chance          St. Louis, Missouri, USA    "At play in the fields
Work: mc307a at sw1stc.sbc.com                             of St. Vidicon"
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