r/aihistoricalart

Uh, am I in trouble?

I recently made a video in Spanish about the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, one of the most feared warrior societies of the Great Plains. What caught my attention most was the tradition that some of them would stake themselves to the ground during battle, as a vow not to retreat unless another warrior released them.

The Dog Soldiers were more than fighters — they became one of the strongest indigenous resistance groups against U.S. expansion after events like Sand Creek. Leaders like Roman Nose turned into almost legendary figures, combining warfare with spiritual beliefs.

I added English subtitles for anyone interested. I’d also like to know: how much of the Dog Soldiers’ reputation comes from documented history, and how much from later myth-making?

Base image by Nano Banana 2. An additional 8 layers added in post with FLUX.2 Klein 9B. Link to original uncropped image.

Nano Banana 2 prompt: A low detail oil painting showing a Mississippi 1850's landscape. The scene is a historically accurate oblique aerial battlefield of the siege of Vicksburg shadowed in early morning light. The scene is realistic with wood and dirt fortification, a canon on the right, canon balls in a small pyramid like pile beside it. Two union soldiers stand side by side leaning on rifles and observing. In the distance is a low detail 1850's city.

FLUX.2 Klein 9b inpainting prompts are not recoverable as I didn't save the notes, sorry.

The German Werner von Braun created this weapon of terror.

After the war he went to America to work on the space program.