07-10-2011, 01:36 PM
Hey! I just discovered something. Vambraces didn't originate in the movies, like most of us think. They show up first in nineteenth century operas. Even Valkyries wore them, along with the heavy-damage breast plates and winged helmets.
I figure if we attach wings to vambraces we could fly like Mercury.
Whoosh!
"Hey, Mercury!"
"What?" (looking down from 2000 metres above Olympus)
"where d'ya get the wing-tip shoes?"
"At Selfridges. On sale. How you like the vambraces? I'm gaining more altitude."
I figure if we attach wings to vambraces we could fly like Mercury.
Whoosh!
"Hey, Mercury!"
"What?" (looking down from 2000 metres above Olympus)
"where d'ya get the wing-tip shoes?"
"At Selfridges. On sale. How you like the vambraces? I'm gaining more altitude."
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb