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But you made an "historical mistake" :
"The bodyguard could fight both on foot and on horseback with the spear or use the sidearm - eket in extreme close quarters fights."
In fact Numenroreans didn't really use horses in battle : Tolkien said in the Unfinished Tales that if they were really found of horses they didn't use them in battle. They took this behaviour from their early days, when they were fighting overseas, a travel that their horses were not able to handle.
(and excuse my english, not my english language and I'm not practicing that much usually).
By the way I want to precise that a common critique on your Dunedain (I saw that on your battle ready Dunadan and on numerous other drawings from other artists) is wrong : Dunedain do have beards. Tolkien only wrote that the men of Elvish descent don't have beards and all Dunedain are not concerned. Furthermore we know two examples of "persons" with elvish blood how have beards :
- Théoden have a long white beard and is of Imrahil kindred by his mother.
- The statue of the Gondorian King on the Road Crossing do have a beard.
Now Tolkien made this notes about Imrahil lineage but didn't say anything about Boromir or Aragorn, so everyone can still depict them the way he wants.
So keep going with bearded Dunedain
This parade dress would be awesome to see. Everytime when i look at this artwork, i think this guy is a Man of Dale. No idea why. Awesome work.