Showing posts with label centaurs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label centaurs. Show all posts

Friday, 7 January 2011

Charge of the fright brigade

More of Martin's fabulous concept art for Mirabilis that doesn't get seen nearly enough. When the hardback editions come out in the spring, you'll get to see some of his paintings in all their mouth-wateringly brilliant glory. Meanwhile here's another look at a few of his centaur images. See more Edwardian London fantasy by the talented Mr McKenna here on the Mirabilis website.

Saturday, 18 April 2009

Horse de combat

Having had a centaur rear up, so to speak, on the RMS Notes and Queries page, this seems like a good time to show off a couple of pics of the beasties by Leo and Martin.

Why the military angle? Here's the snippet from the Gazetteer:
"Thank heavens for these centaurs we were issued with in the spring," said the brigade's commanding officer today. "They're the bee's knees, I can tell you. Much nippier than our horses used to be. Which is just as well when some damned fool tells you to charge a Russian artillery emplacement. Er, don’t print that."
That's one of our fake news reports, obviously. And why is the Crimean War going on when the setting is supposed to be 1901? Fantasy, you see. The unreal. Breakdown in the natural fabric of things. Logic has gone on holiday and didn't leave a forwarding address. Trust me, it all gets stranger and stranger from here on.