Baldwin Iv - Blog Posts
"To be deprived of the use of one's limbs is of little help to one in carrying out the work of government. If I could be cured of the disease of Naaman, I would wash seven times in Jordan, but I have found in the present age no Elisha who can heal me. It is not fitting that a hand so weak as mine should hold power when fear of Arab agression daily presses upon the Holy City and when my sickness increases the enemy's daring... I therefore beg you that, having called together the barons of the kingdom of France, you immediately choose one of them to take charge of this Holy Kingdom. For We are prepared to receive with affection whomever you send Us, and We will hand over the kingdom to a suitable successor." - King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
regardless of how the poll turns out i will still be doing the main *whatever* i do, im mostly curious and will do more of what the poll suggests because either way its game
currently trying to figure out how i could digitalize the mask to be a 3d print/render so it makes cosplaying him a fuck ton easier lmao
at first i was gonna buy a mask and maybe do a repaint of it but the ones i found online, the absolute cheapest and closest to the movie mask was 60$ CAD.. and im a cheap bastard
there where also ones where they where 200$ CAD, and they where super accurate and cool i will admit but like, 200$ is insane, so out of spite i spent months on the one i have lmao
if i am able to digitalize it so anyone who has access to a 3d printer is able to have a cheaper alternative, would you be interested? i cant promise anything as im completely out of my depth here but im stubborn and dont want people to have to spend money on something that doesnt bring the satisfaction it should
sorry for the rant ♛
i think baldwins mask may have been inspired by a few things, my two guesses are ancient sumerian sculptures, and greek/roman sculptures, the shape of his mask reminds me particularly of the lifelikeness of greek/roman sculptures, but something about it also seems ancient sumerian as well, like the eye hole shape and brow ridge
worked on this all afternoon to get it ready to post, some more changes to the weathering may be needed but, what do you guys think?
average text between me and my bf
Im seeing Baldwin IV is in trend again, how are we feeling about this?
(feel free to comment as well plspls)
“The general approach to the treatment of those with leprosy complex disease in the crusader period was by modification of diet, bathing in hot springs, the use of drugs, bloodletting, avoidance of sexual activity and segregation in leprosaria.” (Mitchell, in Hamilton, pg. 254)
@michaelcycael got me thinking about if someone touched baldwin when he was blind would be be able to comprehend if someone was there
i want you guys to guess why i have this image in my phone
Can I please ask you a question? Why did king Baldwin IV of Jerusalem threatened to destroy mosque?
im not entirely sure but researching a bit it looks like he intended to do so because of a talk with his council on the next course of action, after saladin had abandoned an ongoing seige but provided no truce which was.. suspicious.
before the threat on the mosque baldwin was already making his way through Saladins territories, and eventually capturing (?) Cave de sueth.
after the capturing, he had made the threat.
can someone explain baldwins headdress to me like how tf does it sit on him (this is for cosplay purposes)
i do not have a great track record rn for historical knowledge but doing some research on this specific art of King Baldwin IV on his deathbed, passing on the crown, i have reason to believe he was still alive when this was created?
Here hes depicted with a halo which can mean many of things, but concidering its square is a big factor here as a square halo often signifies the person was still alive when the art work was being made.
(as shown in this)
Which is wild in a way because imagine being drawn while you are going through the worst fever of your goddamn life??
tmw you find out Baldwin IV was an actual war criminal 🥰🥰
managed to work on the mask a bit more as im feeling better, thank you to everyone who was concerned about my wellbeing, it means alot to have such a supportive group of people! :)
i know the mask is looking bumpy, with the materials i am working with its quite difficult to get an exactly perfect finish, but i promise with weathering itll look just as good as the movie! :)
(btw theres no filter on this, my room was very pink at the time of taking this lol)
the patterns im using for my baldwin cosplay are both from vogue this should be fun
For the KOH fans:
if anyone is curious on the supplies im using im very big on being affordable and cheap and depending on the project i will use "plaster of paris" and gauze/cheese cloth and dollarstore paint
for my current project, the king baldwin mask, i was lucky enough to find a very odd 3d render of the mask to get printed, i am now sculpting over that base layer with crayola air-dry clay
i hope this inspires some to start creating with the materials they have on hand or can buy cheaply :)
Your favorite KoH character besides Baldwin? 😁
Short answer, Sybilla, long answer, Sybilla and/or Guy.
I know Guy is a bad.. guy, HOWEVER i absolutely love how they played so much into how *evil* he could be and made him look so comically villianous which managed to make me laugh with how well they played it up, they gave him one of the only french accents in the film and made him talk all smug-like in contrast to more of the normal acting characters, (besides Balian, who is a complete stereotype while also having the personality equivalent of flour).
Sybilla, shes pretty and a somewhat complex female character and one of the only women characters we see who pull the plot forward, while she is widely inaccurate in terms of sleeping with balian and going against Guy and them having this weird conflict which is far from the historical reality, i absolutely love her outfits and i could fix her indefinitely
appears to be his now.
when you boop me this is who you are booping
mask update!
i am too tired to write what needs to be done next but im sure you all can guess lol
what about King Baldwin IV that attracts everyone in some way?
is it the fact he never married and died (relatively) young? That he was supposedly very handsome, charasmatic and talkitive? His willpower? etc?
i hope this isnt sounding judgmental, i am very much the same in that way im just curious as to everyone else here