SciFi and Fantasy Art: A Rohirrim knight

This picture is awesome, I really like the shading, it's looks so real.

I think the picture is cool and all put the head doesn't really match. IT looks like the head is just to small. But other than that it is and awesome picture. Great Job (.
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I'd personally believe that Rohan is more like some eastern european people like sarmatians or hungarians, because these were real-live horse people.

This picture is awesome. The Rohirrim people remind me much of the Normans, or perhaps the other warriors of the norman time. The sword skills used by Eowyn in The Two Towers seem similar to Tai-Chi, perhaps, as does her sword. The Rohirrim have tactics similar to those of the Franks, I believe, however, I am not a Frank, a historian, or a tactician. Anyway, that horse looks great, as does the warrior.

The shading on this is lovely, good job!

An outstanding picture! I wish i could draw as amazingly as you do. In my opinion, the spear is a bit slim though, try making it, in scale with the character, about 2 inches in circumference. Otherwise, great job!

There is just one funny thingie on that drawing - if you want to have the feet in that position then you would better erase the stirrups cause the heel should be bellow the toes (I would really love it without them even though the Rohirrim had them, it would just seem better - if you know what I mean.)

Good artwork, but it is an awkward foot position for a rider using stirrups. Weight should be balanced evenly between seat and feet. An observer from the side should be able to barely see the bottom of the rider's foot, and an observer from the front should have the toe pointed straight at him -not down, as here, turned out, or thrust forward.
Yes it would be a nod to their horsemanship for them to ride without saddle and bridle like an elf, but in battle, warriors need to be able to brace themselves. I'm sure in times of peace their saddlery was minimal.
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He does have his feet "home in the stirups" and his heels arn't down. That's bad if you have stirrups, throws you off ballance, very easy to mess up your horses stride and/or fall off *agrees with the above poster... sorta* I persionaly wouldn't want stirups on a war saddle but thats just me, some thing leather and a bit "built up" like a jousting saddle was, but still thin enough leahter on the sides that you can give leg pressure ques if you need to slack the reins whilst killing some one.

..and Horse-schmores, thats a pony mate! A full grown man's feet don't dangle that far down below the girth of a horse. Pony power for teh win! \0/ Mongle hordes rode ponies, and they sweapt europ faster than the germans blitz creed.

The rider may be protected, but if the horse is wearing no armour at all, it’s quite vulnerable. I think it needs some platemail armour. Or at least some head protection. A horse’s nose is very, very vulnerable and when it gets stabbed in the nose it will freak out. So horses ought to be wearing at least some head armour.