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"Excalibur:Sword in the stone" by Aleister Lam

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The famous sword that had led King Arthur through to various victories in his life-time, and probably the sword itself would have spawned several stories. One of the few pics that I try to use Photoshop to coloured and I think I've failed miserably. Oh,well, decided to put this picture up anyway!


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28 Apr 2004:-) Jasmin Islam
Love the design! Very creative. And *LOL* at all the people who were looking for the "real" Excalibur.
26 Jun 200445 Anonymous
Why should anyone know what the real Excalibur look like? We don't even know that Arthur existed (Though I belive he did)
26 Jun 200445 Anonymous
It's Brilliant! I love the cross peice, really effective. There is a bit too much gold. If the blade was silver, it would be better, but I doubt anything else would improve it Excellent work =D
24 Jul 200445 The Artful Spire
who cares what the 'real' excalibur is supposed to look like? this is ART, people! you're supposed to stretch the bounds a little!
I like it. I think it is a beautiful peice, with some cool colors.
17 Aug 200445 Carlee
I think that this is a great picture and the sword handle is so creative. This Anonymous person obviously has a problem!
11 Oct 200445 Wolf
Good artist. As for the Excalibur sword. Well it was about as plain as a sword can get. No graphics...no fancy designs. Very clean and to the point. No pun intended. Id draw you a picture but I am terrible at it. What was always said is that while the sword itself was plain if you looked at it people describe it as “alive”. Not in the way that you or I are alive but in the way that one might consider fire to be alive. It remained the same sword but seemed to “shift” its perspective. Some believed that the metal was not off this world (elves had created it) which is why it could not break and remained razor sharp. They may have actually been right..thought the stories they tell of Elves fashioning it are obviously far fetched. What IS interesting is that it may have been fashion from a meteorite which had fallen to earth. Which is how the sword could have taken on mythical dimensions of that time. They knew nothing of alloys and a metal that fell from the sky may have had properties that none had seen at that time. The point is no one really new. Now the stranger part of it is ..who could have fashioned a sword from said material? Who could have created a fire strong enough to melt the material and then known enough how to work that material into a sword shape. It must have been very difficult. And may lend reason as to why the sword was kept to such a simple shape. All legends are based on some fact and sometimes the fact is of greater scale then a legend itself. Sometimes fact is harder to believe then a legend because no one could believe it without actually seeing it for themselves.
20 Feb 200645 Anonymous
Crapy crapy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :<
6 Apr 200645 Anonymous
live in the now and the real. stop the fantasy bull crap and grow up FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!!
15 Nov 200645 Anonymous
Tis kk cos u used ur imagination thats wots counts in art,
u mak it ur own.!4
17 Jul 201145 Quester 12
Wolf,that was an extremely long comment. You are quite obviously a brilliant person,cuz if I tried to say all that my tongue would more twisted than a pretzel. Anyway,the sword is amazing. I LOVE!1
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'Excalibur:Sword in the stone':
 • Created by: :-) Aleister Lam
 • Copyright: ©Aleister Lam. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Arthur, Excalibur, In, King, Stone, Sword, The
 • Categories: Weapons, Bows, Swords, Blades, Rapiers...
 • Techniques: Computer-coloured Picture
 • Views: 4643
 • Resolution: 508x700

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