Most every state, and many regional library associations have such archives. There are a number of digital photo archives available on line that do not seem to be referenced by Google, or other data aggregators. And military subjects-battles and warriors-are commonly the basis for paintings and sculptures, so these can be sources of material for modeling.Īs far as reference images for for other types of modeling, again, the internet is your friend. But I've also seen books containing images of swords and other medieval weapons, from which you could get at least one view. I have a copy of a book on the art of Heironymous Bosch, a Fifteenth century painter, many of whose surviving paintings are in Spanish museums, and I recall that his paintings include paintings of weapons, which even though they're small, show proportions of the weapon to the size of the person wielding it. In the US, even if you live in a small town, and your local library does not have much that is useful in its collection, I expect that there is likely facility to allow you to borrow books (and magazines) from the State Library, or from the libraries of some of the larger cities in the state, or the libraries from the State Universities through inter-library loan, though these days this might cost a nominal fee.ĭon't overlook fine arts books, either. I know I've seen books on military history that I'm sure contain images that you would find useful. Some of these might have useful images.ĭead Tree books and magazines on the your subject are also a good source.
Many older books, including (I expect) those on military history are uploaded in full, and can be freely downloaded.
Wikimedia commons is a good place to look, too, Whether or not an internet search yields useful results, one can also try the Google books site. If you are interested in modeling weapons from a particular area, for example, the island of Malta, do an online search for a museum or art museum in that area using search parameters like weapons medieval Malta museum. A small person probably carried a smaller shield than a large one. The exact size of a particular shield was probably keyed to some extent to the size of the warrior carrying it. Small shields will be somewhat bigger than the length of the forearm, so about 18 inches or larger. So, for example, if you're modeling this battle axe,Ī reasonable assumption is that the handle is about an inch and a half in diameter, and if the handle is an inch and a half in diameter, then the head is 10 to 12 inches across from one edge to the other, and about six inches in the dimension parallel to the length of the handle. While these are not plans or dimensioned drawings for the most part, a valuable skill for a modeler is the ability to determine reasonable dimensions from the image. A Google image search on the keyword phrase "medieval weapons" brings up a large number of internet images of pikes, bow, battle axes, and others.
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