Jej Milosc Panna Eufrozyna Jerzywoska of Mazovia

A(nother) quick sketch for the Polish Woman Warrior Eufrozyna Jerzywoska from the Historically Wrong Sketch Series Project Blood and Steel, based on the Late 16th-17th Century Era Warfare.

Now, originally she's drawn with the stylized Polish Winged Hussar armor, and the stylized helmet with fins and a face cover . However, after much readin and discussions, the depiction of "Winged" Hussar is most likely to be romanticized, as the use of such large wings would deter decrease the effectiveness and/or practicality in field combat. Regardless of what opinions and historical research done on the polish hussar, in my opinion, having wings attached the armor is quite cool, and the moral shock effect of having to face charging armored cavalry with large wings would probably be terrifying indeed

So, i wanted to see if i can re-design the armor with less wing and more face exposure to give a much more feminine image...and came up with this one. I decided to keep the armor and used the polish fur hat (used mostly by the Polish Szlacht) and fur coat instead of the leopard skin. In my opinion, she looks less like warrior, but more like filed commander. Perhaps it can be justified, as walking around the camps with wings on your back and helmet that covers most of your face (not to mention the hindrance it gives for breathing)...can be quite uncomfortable indeed.

As for her full title, i think it goes something like "Jej Milosc Panna Eufrozyna Jerzywoska herbu Czyrniech". Please pardon any error, as I'm really really bad at polish language.....the only words i know so far are Golabki, Kielbasa and Jestem glodny

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Eufrozyna in Court Dress:



Eufrozyna fast forward 4 centuries to the future: