The Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein is best known to most people for his film 'The Battleship Potemkin' and its widely copied scene known as 'The Odessa Steps sequence' during which a baby in a carriage rolls down a set of stairs as troops march to crush a rebellion. My personal favorite Eisenstein film is 'Alexander Nevsky' in which Russian forces must repel the invasion of Novgorod by Tuetonic Knights.
This sketch in progress is influenced by the scene entitled 'The Battle of the Ice'. Here is a clip with very dramatic music by Prokofiev. It is an epic film and I highly recommend it for its visual grandeur and powerful musical score.
ps I realize it's not practical having large horns or antlers on a helmet but sometimes it's more about what looks good. Here is the original thumbnail from a previous sketchbook saturday.
Tell the deer, moose or elk that.. the bigger antlers the better the chance of winning the battle.
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