#i just didn't want to introduce a bunch of random colors to the palette

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using my fantasy au as an excuse for some fantasy faction uniform concept art:

Knights of Hawkins

The Enchanter’s Tower

variants, details, and notes under the cut

seasonal uniforms and layers of the average knight:

The pavise in the bottom left is far more accurate of a shield, because the heater shield would be worthless against a demodog (but I put too much work into it to scrap it entirely). By and large the Hawkins knights rely on polearms and shields-- standard knights use wood shields and simple spears, higher ranking knights may train in and utilize more complex polearms, and swords are a status symbol that are generally only wielded by nobility. The marshal has a metal shield with the full Hawkins crest on it as a symbol of rank that gets passed down.

Knights are provided a tabard according to their rank, and two gambesons (a sleeveless one for summer patrols, and a longer one for cooler seasons and hunts). The mail, spear, and shield are standard equipment that are on loan through the duration of a knight’s service. Any additional armor or weaponry they have to acquire themselves.

Court sorcerers don’t strictly have a uniform, but they do have a curated and themed wardrobe. Senior enchanter robes aren’t gendered-- some enchanters stick to one as a matter of preference, some swap them according to mood or circumstance. Alchemists, record-keepers/scribes, and most herbalists/apothecaries fall into the hierarchy of the enchanter’s tower, even though they aren’t enchanters themselves.

#concept art #worldbuilding #stranger things au #fantasy #fantasy au #not gonna put this in main tags because it's too niche I think #fic art #(sorry fred for using you in concept art when I killed you off off-screen before the story even started) #also the daily wear knights and squires have underneath wouldn't actually all be in browns and beiges #i just didn't want to introduce a bunch of random colors to the palette #also higher ranking knights would generally have helmets or get help acquiring a helmet #I just hate drawing armor enough that a handful of dumb-looking attempts at helmets with enough peripheral vision was enough for me #lmk if anyone would like alt text because tumblr will not let me add them directly to these images