Classify Robert E Howard and Conan

[Lábaru]

The creator of Conan and Solomon Kane, whose original stories probably very few people know really. The fucking L Sprague de camp destroys most of his stories, editing, and re typing, violating the character with bad stories and without genio.

As an anecdote, was always very interested in races and anthropology, according to his words he considered himself "a Celtic Gaelic man although darkened by the blood of the dark races, who retain the blue eyes of a Aryan Lord." (mixed with amerindian?) of course he lived the time of the 19th century and the outcrop of the Aryan racism and pseudoscience.

Anyway, respect him, is my favorite writer by far.

[GeistFaust]

Looks like some sort of Robust Alpinoid Mediterranid/Strongly Alpinized Cro-Magnon type with an Atlantid influence.

My guesses would be he comes from somewhere either in Southern Europe like Spain or Italy or he comes from the British Isles.

My last guess would be just based off the things you said about him, and he could be an exotic type there.

[Richard]

Paleoatlantid,seems Scottish.

[Aviane]

Paleoatlantid,seems Scottish.

Very much.

He could fit as Dutch, Belgian and Northern French apart from British.

[askra]

i see similarities with Al Capone in that photo (they wear the same hat, too )

[CelticViking]

Paul Telfer (born 30 October 1979 in Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish-born actor. 6 ft 1 in (185 cm). Robert E. Howard said Conan was like a Celtic with Dark hair and blue eyes. Paul Telfer is Celtic, eye coloir is blue. His hair colour is black, his height is 6' 1" (185 cm).His build is athletic/body builder. My visions of the Conan would be someone like Paul Telfer but because he played Hercules, he was perhaps not allowed to play Conan. Arnold was a Faelid and not really Celtic enough to be Conan but he was still cool back then when the movies were made, however I think the movies were based more on the later comic books.

I think I classified him as Atlantid/Atlanto-Med with Nordish CM admixture, which is by definition North Atlantid. The term North Atlantid is a bit confusing at times, as it's used to describe any Med + Nordish (from CM to Nordid) blend. This is why I tend not to use it

http://forums.skadi.net/showthread.php?t=143556

[Lábaru]

Paul Telfer (born 30 October 1979 in Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish-born actor. 6 ft 1 in (185 cm). Robert E. Howard said Conan was like a Celtic with Dark hair and blue eyes. Paul Telfer is Celtic, eye coloir is blue.

Well, all that Robert E Howard says about Conan is "a highlander from Cimmeria with ancestors from Atlantis, taller than most men, hair straight and black, as black as the plumage of a crow, bronze-colored skin, eyes the color of steel (Grey) and two hundred pounds of weight (around 90-91 kg). Robert specifies that Conan and the Atlanteans are not Hyborian (hiboryans = indoeuropeans, can relate in fantasy) Atlanteans are former inhabitants of a lost island in the West, Hiboryans are curly blond hair people, who are the invaders from the East.

[Ugo Tognazzi]

Conan is PaleoAtlantid :-D