The big dude on the cover...

[Conan]

He looks a lot like Conan but he appears to be living his life using a different combat system. Anyone with his IQ and living his life using this one would definately stop and strip on of the dead bodies of it's mail shirt and helm. 8)

 

[Johannixx]

Heh. Yeah, Conan tended to wear a byrnie at least, whenever he could. There are many instances in the REH stories where 'knives broke upon the links of his mail' or 'spears bent on his armor', and in particular, Beyond Black River has Conan saying something akin to "If more borderers would wear harness, there wouldn't be so many skulls adorning Gullah's altar."

However, in true pulp fiction fashion, Conan is often depicted as being bare-chested for cinematic effect. I can live with it

 

[Jason Durall]

He looks a lot like Conan but he appears to be living his life using a different combat system. Anyone with his IQ and living his life using this one would definately stop and strip on of the dead bodies of it's mail shirt and helm. 8)

Maybe they just swam to that rocky outcropping...