Iconic scene. I enjoyed the new movie, and in some ways it was "lore friendly" to Conan's original background story (he was never enslaved as a boy for example) but I grew up with the Arnie flick and it is my favorite by far because of the low fantasy art direction cinematography and musical score. I see it as an "alternate timeline" for Conan.
Here are a couple of pics of my Oblivion character who was heavily based on R.E.H.'sConan (at least from my imagination and the Conan Comics, etc.) Pay close attention to the sword he's using.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/Elricwolf/Oblivion%20screens/ScreenShot65-1.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/Elricwolf/Oblivion%20screens/ScreenShot57.jpg
I also had the Atlantean sword but I've always liked the "Father" sword because of the skull on the hilt. I didn't have any shots with the Atlantean sword, unfortunately.
Agreed! The soundtrack and visual aspects of the original Conan the Barbarian have always made it one of my favourite classic fantasy films. The soundtrack is simply superb and fits the scenes so well. "The Orgy" just fits so well with the, um, orgy scene

. "Civilisation" when Subotai comes to the aid of Conan...always raise the hair on the back of my neck. "Atlantean sword" is plain eerie yet mystical...so many superb pieces of music composed by Basil Poledouris

Nice Char images from Oblivion btw. I had the Atlantean sword in the game but not the Father sword. Good find

I have to admit that I chose the Arnie nord face, tweaked it a bit and took the black warpaint. He looks so much like his film counterpart, it`s uncanny. Wearing the fur armor, hide bracers, fur boots and a steel sword completes the image lol.
I haven`t watched the new Conan film with that "Khal Drogo" chap yet but must get round to viewing it.
Although Arnie`s Conan is little like the REH character, I just find the original film so enjoyable and considering the age of the movie, thats still surprising. I also enjoyed "Hawk the Slayer" in it`s time, but when watching it a couple of years ago, I cringed.
Mind you, I still love "Dragonslayer" by Walt Disney from the eighties

I`m guessing your also a fan of Moorcock and a certain doomed albino prince...
Elric, another fantasy legend
