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Swordpony - The Ambush

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From the journal of Sworn Shield:

    “I must say, the Tinkers were right. These Equestrian tournaments are more enthralling than I had anticipated! The exhilaration of the crowd, the fanfare of trumpets, the exaggerated crash of one armored knight against another... it puts fire in a pony's blood. Your Grace, that much is certain.
    By far the greatest part of the tourney was the jousting. My King, how you would have pranced to see it! The pegasi proved especially adept at this game and played it on the wing some twenty yards above our heads. One successfully struck five others from the air and splintered every lance; a marvelous display, to judge by the reaction of the crowd. My ears still ring.
    Unfortunately, the Equestrians are obsessed with some form of faux combat they call 'the melee',’ which is exactly as barbaric as it sounds. I did not stay to watch, as the screams and clatter of the fighting resembled too closely the real ordeals of the past. I am told, however,  that the melee did end on a duel between a lowborn hedge knight and a unicorn of noble standing. In three thrusts of their swords it was concluded, and the winner was the earth pony. ‘Yield!’ was the cry of the day, and even now peasants and knights alike are breathless to speak of it. They say he fights alike to the fabled Dusky Oatis, though as Dusky possessed magic and a horn, I am afraid I do not see the possibility. Nonetheless, I hope to see a display of this earth pony's bladework in the future."
   



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This is it. This is the scene that started Swordpony. One wild Shetlander versus one desperate Equestrian. Just "hey what would a pony sword fight look like" and one short story later I was sitting on one hell of a fight scene. And it only grew from there.

I was stuck on this drawing for two months. Went through three different increasingly crappy versions of it until I settled on this super comic-book-y perspective inspired by the works of :iconlatecustomer: and some comic artists I've been following. This is probably the most difficult piece of art I've ever smeared onto paper.
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MX410 series
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DoughnutJoe's avatar
I'm really liking your Swordpony series. It has a lot of emotion and character.

Also, in case you haven't seen it, it is hard to beat Disney's Tangled for an excellent display of swordhorseship. :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opj8ja…