The 17th century is the most aesthetic period in military history.

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I disagree and think the 1800s looked fantastic

Also since the other thread on paintings died, I'd like to post the old OP picture and ask if anyone knew what the name of this painting is. It's a Napoleonic Cuirassier as far as I can tell, but reverse image search and googling have led me nowhere.

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>>2358663
Lol what is this, the three musketeers? Lame.

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> No fluting
> No astetic

>>2358732
From what I can find it's a pretty recent painting by a guy called Keith Rocco, he does quite a lot of 19th century stuff. The painting is simply titled "French Cuirassier".

>>2358754
Thank you

>>2358750
>whole fucking leopard skin on his horse
>gigantic fluffy hat
>aesthetic

trying too hard: the painting

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Thorax uleg

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>>2358750

> No fluting

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>>2358754
>He does 50 signed prints of each
>They already sold

FUCK

>any period of military history that isn't the bronze age
>aesthetic

Pick one.

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>>2358663
Can't argue with that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQmZ7iRh1DA

>>2358794
Show me one soldier from the bronze age that doesn't look fucking dumb

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>>2358807

After the ridiculous laces and before the wigs maybe.

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>>2358807
Leather, steel cuirasses, half armours, burgonets, feathered hats, pike& shot
Perfect.

>>2358832
>tfw born too late to wear a feathered hat without it being gay

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>>2358663
Agreed

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1 Musket.
3 pistols.
1 dagger.
1 longsword.
1 fluffy stuff on helmet
1 mustache

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>>2358813

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>>2358929

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feel it.

That's not the 16th century.

>>2358815
He left his benis unprotected

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>>2358966
U
WOT
MEJT

>>2358979
They usually had some wooden or metal piece under the cloth.

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Three quarter armors

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>>2359003

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>>2359005

>>2358663
Firearms stopped traditional man evolution, therefore we don't see giants among us. Stupid bullet don't care about quality of target.

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Say hello to my little friend

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Not enough fluff

>>2358663
that painting is awful it looks like the artwork from a Dominion card

>>2359337
no u

>>2359704
Shooting from the guns on the galloping should be very ineffectively

>>2359748
But has anyone really been far as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

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1900 siege of Peking best day of my life

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>>2358732
>>2358754
>>2358763
>>2358789
Ah shit, okay, it's definitely not Keith Rocco, he just told me so himself.

If anyone has the slightest idea who made >>2358732 I would be very appreciative.

Winged hussars

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>>2360175
In scale armour.

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>>2358663
15th century.

>>2360309
What is this?

>>2360369
Nipples omitted to conserve paint.

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>>2360381
http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/isis-latest-killing-machine-10-foot-long-sniper-rifle/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3099425/Here-s-one-earlier-ISIS-unveils-Blue-Peter-style-homemade-sniper-appears-completely-impractical-battlefield-conditions-Syria.html

>>2360455
>>>/tv/

>>2358897
How can you not be sexually attracted to this

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>>2358663
It does have a certain aesthetic to it, particularly the Glorious Revolution.

ISIS murdering people is really not aesthetic, not entirely sure what you're getting at with those pictures.

>>2360882
>>2360884
>>2360892
>>2360895
>>2360982
>>2360985
>>2360990
>>2360992
Stop randomly dumping pictures you fucking nigger

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19th century's cooler

>>2358853
Second that

>>2358832
I think the blind guy is the Capitan Alatriste in his last fight at the battle of Rocroi.

Btw the movie is pretty entertaining

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=herbXyBQqNg

>>2360990
What happened here?

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best

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>>2361048
Shakos are a weird choice for a standard military hat.
Tricornes or 17th century hats seem better in looks and functionality.

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>>2361799
http://magyarorszag.ucoz.hu/index/az_1956_os_forradalom/0-29

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>>2358663
Really op? Everyone knows the Napoleonic Era had the most aesthetics. I mean it wasn't just about how you won or if you won, but how good you looked while doing it. The pinnacle of civilized warfare.

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>>2364039

>>2363365
Shakos were used to make soldiers appear taller, thus much more fierce and scarier since everything was about making your enemy run away.

>>2358663
I love pikeman so much

>>2364067
Did anybody actually believe this?
Even if that was true to some extent, enemy soldiers would just get used to it anyway and the "scary" effect will wear off.

>>2364039
The Napoleonic era is the epitome of trying too hard.

>>2358663
>half knight half cowboy with stockings
>aesthetic
No really I fapped to Duma my whole childhood but truth must be told

>>2364115
this desu

>>2358897
Crushing evil, human sacrificing natives and taking all of their gold: Priceless

>>2358663
well.......that Polish cavalry charge was certainly aesthetic

aes·thet·ic
esˈTHedik/
adjective
1.
concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
"the pictures give great aesthetic pleasure"
noun
1.
a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.
"the Cubist aesthetic"

>>2360884
wew
e
w

>>2365392
I think it's mostly used as the vapor wave meme definition in this thread

A E S T E T I C and all

>>2360864
>consider the following

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r8

>>2359755
lol and you got digits
all around a pretty successful post I'd say
congrats

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some peredvizhniki

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this is now an art thread

>>2365632
>>having a pistol attached to the front of your body armor
What is this froggish sorcery?

>>2358663
It was the odd transition between medieval warfare and Napoleonic warfare.

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>tfw no massive historical epic series with game of thrones budget about the English Civil Wars with Tim Roth as Cromwell and Alan Cumming as Charles Stuart, that Man of Blood

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More English Civil War

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>>2364098

>>2360884
Was Hitler really wrong?

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You hold me down in the best way
No quarter from these chains that I've
Slapped on my heart for a feeling
Why can't I let my demons lie?

Keep screaming into the pillow
Cause your touch still gets me stupid high
Oh, glory, I'm a believer
Oh, glory, I'mma try, but

Wild horses, wild horses
Wild horses run faster, run faster
Run faster

Wild horses run faster, run faster
Run faster

You call my truth in the worst way
Through the dirty lens of a broken smile
And I swear I'm not a pretender
Sometimes it's love who's the biggest liar

So, I keep on damning the devil
And you keep on saying it's alright
Oh, glory, I'm a believer
Oh, Lord, I'm holding tight, but

Wild horses, wild horses
Wild horses run faster, run faster
Run faster

Wild horses run faster, run faster
Run faster

So, I keep on damning the devil
And you keep on saying it's alright
Oh, glory, I'm a believer
Oh, Lord, I'm holding tight, but

Wild horses, wild horses
Wild horses run faster, run faster
Run faster

Wild horses run faster, run faster
Run faster

Wild horses run faster, run faster
Run faster

>>2367303
That's the appeal to some. It was the era were you could both shoot enemies or stab them with a huge pike, wear plate armour or more colorful fancy uniforms, all at the same time.

>>2360284
ugly boys

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Also the most aesthetic military tactics

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Papua New Guinea late XIXth -early XXth centuries.

Sticks and stones will break your bones because bone marrow is quite nutritious.

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>>2367756

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>>2367767

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Also the most aesthetic forts

>>2358955
ow.

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>>2367901
FUCKING THIS

>>2358663
perfect mix between enlightenment era memeage and medieval shit

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>>2368606
COMFY

>>2368634
10/10 would live in

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>>2368635
So fucking comfy

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>>2368634

THERE IS A FUCKING WINDMILL HOW CUTE

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Most aesthetic warrior coming through

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>>2368635
>>2368644

>ywn life in a cute comfy and absolutely AESTHETIC town ever

>>2368652
>penis helmet
>silly little red dress
>socks and sandals

>aesthetic

>>2360284
Get that shit out of my face.

>>2358663
Probably not my favorite but it is severely underrated

>>2358663
Rhodesia only existed in the 20th century

>>2367767
I like how the PLC forces didn't even bother to equip their infantry with pikes. Just ten ranks of shot and nothing else.

>>2361054
Wonder what the fuck she is thinking.

>>2366949
It's for tacticool indoor operating, city fightan and house clearan, regular outside fightan where you will expect to go prone is hip holster territory.

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>>2358663
>blocks your path

>>2371519
>*walks around silly bronze cockroach faster than he can move in that dumb armour*

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>>2371553
>*teleports behind you*
nothing personnel, barbarian.

>>2371577
>*it's a hologram*

>>2371577
>>2371553
>>2371519

This guy would not have fought on foot, he was a chariot archer.

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>>2371582
>"N-NANI?!?"

>>2371553
H-He's fast!!

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>>2368652
mudhut savage in his bathrobe