KING ARTHUR - THE REALITY BEHIND THE LEGEND 3D print model

King Arthur of Britain, the leader of the Knights Of The Round Table and wielder of the magnificent sword Excalibur, is a legend. Like all legends, there is a source to his character that is grounded in reality. Many theories about this source exist. For my version of the legendary king I decided to stay on British soil and adopted the theory that Arthur's real life counterpart was an Anglo-Saxon noble from around the 6th century AD. My figure is therefore dressed like a wealthy Anglo-Saxon warrior.My sculpting leans heavily on the archeological finds of Sutton Hoo and Staffordshire, in some cases using existing licence-free scans of the findings, but mostly creating the clothes and accessories anew from their historical examples. In the Anglo-Saxon culture there was no romanticising the weapons like we find it in medieval knights' tales and poems, so my Arthur's Excalibur is just a typical Anglo-Saxon sax, albeit expensively made. As the legendary Arthur is inseperable from his sword, though, I depicted the figure with the sword dran and laid over the shoulder in a mixture of pride and nonchalance. I have sculpted the model as detailled as I could with Nomad Sculpt, so that is should be able to be printed up to a size of 40 cm in height without losing the texture.