Sentences with phrase «of woad»

As a matter of fact, King Arthur reminded me of a somewhat more simplistic version of Braveheart (And that's not just because of the Woad warriors who are painted blue.)

What may have aspired to be an intelligent action flick is instead a standard chase flick with interesting observations on the use of woad by the ancient Britons, and far too few philosophical interludes of any substance.

Economically the town depended much on the marketing of woad, the famous dye grown in the surrounding district, used for dyeing textiles and marketed to merchants who travelled through Erfurt to pick it up.

Merlin (played by Stephen Dillane) is here as well, but he's the leader of the Woads and has no mystical powers whatsoever.

Not exact matches

Senua, Celtic warrior extraordinaire, her face and arms slathered in cerulean woad matching the color of her eyes, slices through the hordes of the Viking undead with the severed head of her dead boyfriend strapped to her belt.

The Cuban artist Ana Mendieta's use of red paint as a kind of atavistic woad is also properly disturbing.