Wow. So is de Sable a historic figure? And did your dad's surgery go okay?

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The painting looks pretty good to me but then I don't know what the original effect looks like. The blue and orange looks good. I probably would have changed the gloves though, because they almost look like bandaged stumps at first blush because of the hand position.

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"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." -Oscar Wilde

I've heard that a lot... I dunno why I wanted to go for chainmail mitts rather than just some sweet leather gloves...

Robert de Sable was the grand master of the Templar Knights from 1191-1193. I chose the name arbitrarily lol. I bet the real Robert would look a bit more extravagant than this. Either way, my dad's surgery went just fine. It was a bit worrisome at the time though.

I though it was the plate mits on account of the horizontal stripes. I guess the lines didn't quite give the impression you were hoping for. Oh well, it was a learning piece, at least you didn't do something stupid like putting the thumb on the wrong side (which I did one one of mine for the first time in years). Maybe if the fingers were more open it would have been more apparent what you were going for. Anyhow, it's still a good picture.

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"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." -Oscar Wilde

As ever, you kick @$$. How's your dad holding up?

I see the Advanced Critique thing marked off here, so I'll try to be critical.

You did some awesome things with Chainmail in some of your earlier pictures, but the chainmail here looks like the wool cloth they used to replicate chainmail in Monty Python. the problem seems to be that you've indicated the rows the rings fall in, but there's no indication of individual rings. I'd suggest going in and adding highlights every now and then in random places on each row to give the idea that the hauberk is made up of a lot of individual rings instead of a ribbed surface.

The shading on the figure is remarkable, as usual, but it puts the clouds to shame. The clouds and figure would work well on their own, but put together, the contrast is a little jarring. I'd suggest adding a little bit of detail in the clouds using some of the same kind of lines you use on Roger to integrate the clouds into the picture better. This is also just an odd-ball idea, but consider it for a second - would adding a bird to the sky above/behind him add anything to the picture? That's a lot of negative space towards the top of the picture.

Anyways, keep rocking (in the Free World) and here's to your father's recovery.

Best/Dan

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Your father had surgery?

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What a coincidence I'm playing Assassin's Creed.

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Awesome colour choice !

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wooow, it´s fantastic! The colors are awasone.
I love the crusaders jejeje, and this have a spanish surname .
I love this piece. My congratulations.