The Leper King - Tumblr Posts
you are alway be my beautiful boy your majesty
Semi-finished products,,,🎄🥳🎉🍰
In case someone didn’t know - I do love history and sometimes draw historically inspired things. I don’t usually post it here because who cares about historical fanart on tumblr, but I also love these pieces, so let it be here.
I don’t know if I want to do the whole pack of crusader major arcana, but I really enjoyed doing these two.
Baldwin IV as “Strength” card and Salah ad-Din as “the Emperor” card.
In KoH and in history too. 😂
Baldwin IV, the... Gamer King?
Something I've found interesting - and rather surprising, tbh - is the increasing number of games and game concepts in which Baldwin IV features, and not simply as inspiration for the characters' designs, but as himself.
Here's how many places I've found him and the accompanying artwork of him (all very obviously inspired by - you guessed it - Kingdom of Heaven)
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First, the actual games...
1) Evony: The King's Return
This article from One Chilled Gamer gives the details on his statistics.
2) Blood of Steel
You can find the details in this news announcement on the game's Steam hub.
3) European War 7: Medieval
It's a little harder to find information on this one, but there's a discussion thread here on him.
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Baldwin also makes an appearance in the mods for several games, including...
Sid Meier's Civilization V
This mod adds the Kingdom of Jerusalem as a civilization to the game, with Baldwin IV as its leader. There's info on him on this wiki page, including his war and peace themes ("The Holy Land" and "Siege of Kerak" from Crusader Kings 2, respectively.)
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
This mod also adds the Kingdom of Jerusalem into the next game of the series, again with Baldwin IV as its leader.
Crusader Kings III
This mod overhauls CK3 to allow the player to assume the role of any leader present in Kingdom of Heaven (as well as their contemporaries around Europe and Asia), including Baldwin IV - although you won't get to play as him for very long before his death.
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Finally, I've found some concept-style art of Baldwin floating around out there, too, although I'm not certain they are for an actual game or simply intended for a potential game if they happen to grab a developer's interest.
This one is by ShawnFox on Artstation:
And this one is by XuanHan Chen, also on Artstation:
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This is all I've personally been able to find so far, but there's probably more out there I've missed. If anyone has run across any other game-related art of Baldwin IV, please share!
A few of my screenshots from Sands of Faith, a Kingdom of Heaven-inspired total conversion mod for Mount&Blade: Warband. Currently playing as King Baldwin IV in the Kingdom of Jerusalem faction and totally ignoring the fact there's no possible way he could have engaged in physical battle in 1185 (when the mod is set), but that's part of what makes it so much fun. You can customize his appearance in chargen, but, due to the game's graphics, even with texture enhancements and my best efforts he kinda looks like a potato. So we're keeping the mask on, lol.
(Work in progress)!!
⚠️ help me with the coloring and lighting in this please! what can I do to make it better? 🥺
clothing (including veil) is not yet finished so ignore that please lol
I was surprised by the support that the previous drawing about Baldwin IV had. Thank you ♡
I have like a thousand versions but imma post these for now
I referenced the tiles from the Andalusian ones in my house bc they look similar to the ones in the movie!
Hurray, I finished it!
For better quality please click on the image
😂😂
smooch the "silence pothead an alcoholic is speaking" king
Charles-Philippe Larivière's Baldwin IV
I absolutely ADORE the painting depicting the battle of Montgisard that I HAD TO DRAW BALDWIN THERE
This painting WOO beautiful! I love LOVE the dramatics on this one.
THE COLORS, THE POSES AND THE SENSE OF URGENCY AND CHAOS FELT THAT REALLY CAPTURES THE BATTLE AHHHH Arches are readying their bows, Smoke coming from nearby villages that've been sacked and Saladin's army struggling to calm their horses as they're being overrun by crusaders! Such an iconic painting!
Baldwin is paler than the rest, making him standout along with the litter he's on that really adds to how unique it is compared to other paintings of kings
You can kinda imagine what he's saying. like praying to God, Saints, and Angels as he looks at the heavens for guidance thinking that he could possibly die or lose the battle!
Overall 10/10. I wish his helmet was in KoH though
⚠️Help! Art thief alert
This person on the first pic stole my art and I’m afraid of them using it for merch. I don’t have Facebook so how can I report this post? And also how can I prevent them from using it for their “store”? The person in the second pic sent me a warning and thanks for that if you’re here too!
Have they stolen from you too? I checked their page and saw some art on T-shirts and did not know what to think of it. I assumed they asked permission and offered collaboration like with me, but I never gave them permission!
Reblog so others beware!
Their web page: baldwin-iv.com
Facebook: Unique UX
Pinterest they used to contact me: @ kranta0163 “We Are Muse”. Presented himself as Kyle.
A King Baldwin IV drawing from earlier.
The Leper Saint
another art that I abandoned (June) and just finished up. the little face veil was supposed to be more opaque so that it would actually serve its purpose (lol) but I spent too much time on the face to just cover it up so much ❤️🩹
reblogs very welcome but no reposts without permission please!
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