Frontroom Gallery

[Kraellin]

sorry bubba, but i'm using borrowed hosting as it is. just find a free site that allows remote linking/viewing.

K.

[_Martyr_]

Make it a little smaller, and send it to me, Ill host it for ya http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

chris@metw.net

[Hosakawa Tito]

Quote[/b] (KukriKhan @ Aug. 10 2003,07:52)]OK, that tears it: with around 100 candidates running for Cali governor (including this candidate):
https://jimcee.homestead.com/files/mCarey.jpg

I'm gonna need to get that trial version of MM Flash mx...just to keep track of who's who. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
I hear that if she wins, her first act as governor is to make lap dances tax deductible.

[_Martyr_]

From her official site...
Quote[/b] ]My Gubernatorial Platform

The most important issue facing California right now is our $38 billion deficit and 6.7% unemployment rate. California needs a governor who will get our finances in order As a ?political outsider,? I have fresh, original ideas for helping the state generate revenue and reduce its deficit. Here are just some of them:

1. Legalize gay marriage in California. This will generate a tremendous amount of revenue for the state as a honeymoon destination.

2. Tax breast implants. From Beverly Hills alone, we should bring in millions in tax revenue. (Note: I am all-natural and I personally discourage the use of implants&#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

3. Make lap dances a tax deductible business expense. This will help grease the wheels of business in California and stimulate our economy.

4. If I?m elected Governor, I will wire the Governor?s Mansion with live web cams in every room. We will create a pay site, and all money collected will go toward reducing the deficit. Californians will get to see their government in action - literally (Also, we will have people from around the globe helping to pay off our debt, so it doesn?t all fall on the shoulders of Californians.)

5. I will create a ?Porn for Pistols? program to take handguns off the streets. Dealing with the violence and injuries associated with handguns is a huge drain on our state's resources.

6. As Governor, I will recruit fellow performers from the adult video industry as ambassadors of good will. These ambassadors will be a great help to California when it comes to such things as negotiating rates for buying electricity from neighboring states.

7. I will coordinate the state?s unemployment and jury systems, so that anyone who applies for unemployment will instantly be called for jury duty. This will save California state and local governments millions of dollars, because we won?t have to pay for jury duty. It will also relieve those with jobs from the stress of serving on lengthy juries.

8. I will fight the federal government's attempts to harass the adult video industry. Adult video is an $11 billion industry that creates more than $23 million in taxes each year for the state of California. We can't afford to lose this tax base http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[plzhelp]

Quote[/b] (_Martyr_ @ Aug. 15 2003,17:46)]Make it a little smaller, and send it to me, Ill host it for ya http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

chris@metw.net
Thanks for the offer bud http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gif , but I don't have it cause it was Cat's. Maybe he can send it to you?

[plzhelp]

Quote[/b] (Hosakawa Tito @ Aug. 15 2003,18:00)]
Quote[/b] (KukriKhan @ Aug. 10 2003,07:52)]OK, that tears it: with around 100 candidates running for Cali governor (including this candidate):
https://jimcee.homestead.com/files/mCarey.jpg

I'm gonna need to get that trial version of MM Flash mx...just to keep track of who's who. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
I hear that if she wins, her first act as governor is to make lap dances tax deductible.
Nope, sorry Tito, it's gonna be her fourth. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[solypsist]

Quote[/b] (Kraellin @ Aug. 14 2003,13:56)]yup. very true. i'd been wondering, since getting into p-shoppping, what the courts were doing as far as admitting pictures as evidence now. one can take an analog picture, convert it to digital, p-shop it and convert it back to analog and some are VERY hard to tell they've been doctored.

K.
there's always a way.

and cops always prefer to catch criminals red-handed.

besides, while photoshop may seem like common knowledge to us here, to about 99.9% of the world it's an unknown alien tool. the average citizen has no concept of photoshop or where to begin at digital altering in a real-life situation.

[solypsist]

oh, and some Team-Maxim photoshops.

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/genius01.jpg

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/genius02.jpg


um, we had a spider scare. Thankfully, it wasn't a brown recluse.

[solypsist]

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/Unkempt_ewok.jpg


and an oldie from a "confused actors" series a while back.

[Kraellin]

hehe, spider pong and the running of the spiders. good ones :) you could pretty much put anything in that last one, a teletubbie, a mouseketeer...anything :)

K.

[plzhelp]

Quote[/b] (Kraellin @ Aug. 17 2003,10:42)]hehe, spider pong and the running of the spiders. good ones http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif you could pretty much put anything in that last one, a teletubbie, a mouseketeer...anything http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

K.
Put one of your babes in the cart next to Gandalf, Soly. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif
(Not that he would care, because he's gay http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif )

[solypsist]

Quote[/b] (plzhelp @ Aug. 17 2003,09:50)]Put one of your babes in the cart next to Gandalf, Soly.
i would if there were room.

[Dîn-Heru]

Quote[/b] (plzhelp @ Aug. 17 2003,15:50)]Put one of your babes in the cart next to Gandalf, Soly. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif
(Not that he would care, because he's gay http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif )
Watch your tonque Before you lose it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/angry.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pissed.gif

[Kraellin]

din-heru,

he wasnt being insulting. ian mclellan (sp?) is gay and openly so. he hosted saturday night live not too long ago and made quite a few remarks and jokes about it himself. 'gandalf' the character isnt, but ian is.

K.

[Dîn-Heru]

It says Gandalf. But not to worry I was not and am not angry with plzhelp. In fact you will have to work very hard to actually get me angry.

So an edit to my post: http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[plzhelp]

Ill try harder next time Din. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

WAHOO MY SIG IS BACK

(Thanks to Cat for sending me the pic and Martyr for hosting it) http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Dîn-Heru]

Quote[/b] (plzhelp @ Aug. 17 2003,19:26)]WAHOO MY SIG IS BACK
Are you sure about that?

[_Martyr_]

look at the link m8, you have it wrong, remove all reference to totalwar.org in front of it.

It should read: http://www.metw.net/various/hoplit.jpg
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Then it will work.

[plzhelp]

Oops, that's what I get for cut and pastin'. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif
NOW IT WORKS http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/dizzy.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif
Thanks again. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gif

[Kraellin]

i've been doing these up in my spare time but hadnt posted them yet, so... these shld be suitable for custom avatars with the custom avatar skin. you'll have to find your own server to put them on, however. if i've borrowed anyone's pic and they dont want it used, please just post a note here or private message me and i'll remove it.

http://mizus.com/kraellin/arnoldwiz1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/bedouin1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/camelrider1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/cheetah1-k-1.gif

http://mizus.com/kraellin/eagle1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/elephant1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/freak1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/gentleman1-k-1.gif

http://mizus.com/kraellin/gunmonk1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/hulk1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/hulk2-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/legion1-k-1.gif

http://mizus.com/kraellin/legionaire1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/marilyn1-k-a.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/romesoldier1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/sheik1-k-1.gif

http://mizus.com/kraellin/tiger1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/turk1-k-1.gif http://mizus.com/kraellin/warelephant1-k-1.gif

K.

[plzhelp]

http://mizus.com/kraellin/freak1-k-1.gif
How on Earth did you get my picture?? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif Take it down before somebody sees it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif

[solypsist]

a pretty useful link on where every major magazine publication photo/graphics dept. is going, on the use of photoshop.

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/index.html

start with the above link and then go to the main page.
i have a crew of three guys who do nothing but sit around and do this all day (okay, they tell a lot of dirty jokes, too.) they get really good and then move on to advert jobs where the real money is - they also constantly complain that they're not happy and wish they had different jobs.

I like his shoe (http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/shoe/index.html) and if you roll over the menu bar you can see his method.

have fun especially, you, Krae

[Ser Clegane]

Quote[/b] (solypsist @ Aug. 18 2003,21:53)]a pretty useful link on where every major magazine publication photo/graphics dept. is going, on the use of photoshop.

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/index.html

start with the above link and then go to the main page.
i have a crew of three guys who do nothing but sit around and do this all day (okay, they tell a lot of dirty jokes, too.) they get really good and then move on to advert jobs where the real money is - they also constantly complain that they're not happy and wish they had different jobs.

I like his shoe (http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/shoe/index.html) and if you roll over the menu bar you can see his method.

have fun especially, you, Krae
Now that was an eye opener (you just destroyed my shiny, happy dreamworld) http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[Kraellin]

yup. that's the sort of thing i'm talking about, soly. good site. that says it pretty well. i was thinking more along the lines of con artists and criminal evidence where apparencies become reality because of a doctored photo, but i guess advertising falls into a similar category.

back in the 8 bit days we began to see these emerge as a sort of fantasy thing. i remember chops of markie post made nude by some clever p-shopper. and if you take it back a bit further we've had airbrushing of models almost as long as we've had photography. playboy magazine was famous for this. it's an interesting subject.

take it a bit further and you've got images made entirely from scratch in 3d modeling programs that are getting quite real looking. we are so visually oriented and so used to what you see is what you get, and the technology is evolving so fast, that 'models' may become a thing of the past. imagine sports illustrated swim suit issue as nothing but cgi :)

K.

[solypsist]

recently some of the staff and i were talking about making movies less violent

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/01Nondo.jpg

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/01Phenylketonuric.jpg

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/01Washuu-Chan.jpg

[Gregoshi]

soly, those are fantastic I'm still crackin' up http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[plzhelp]

GO MACE WINDU He looks like he's about to smack Yoda's little baseball-sized head. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[solypsist]

...and which famous Org member is this?

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/stormtrooper.jpg


this photo was shot using a Nikon XCR400, with Fujicolor 200, and Yashika telephoto lens.

[solypsist]

it looks like Krae and Catiline have decided to have the first Caged Death Match without telling us

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/p_lahey_randy_1_.jpg


[edit] oops wrong thread.... oh well, so be it.

[Kraellin]

hey, if i looked as good as either one of them, i'd take credit for it ;)

K.

[Kraellin]

looks like cat got up off his throne.

K.

[solypsist]

This looks like Mith in the Chinese ROTC

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/rotc.jpg

[plzhelp]

Which target are they trying to hit? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[Gregoshi]

Probably the target they Mithed. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/idea.gif

[Kraellin]

lol.

K.

[plzhelp]

Oh, I get it now... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/dizzy.gif

[Gregoshi]

See plzhelp, your shield has more powers that you imagined... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[FesterShinetop]

I have been playing Grand Prix 4 a bit lately and it looks great. Took some screenshots and retouched them a bit:

http://home.planet.nl/~bruin504/GP4Jos1.jpg

And a big one... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

http://home.planet.nl/~bruin504/gp4sauber5.jpg

[FesterShinetop]

Just two more, one for the Schumi fans:

http://home.planet.nl/~bruin504/GP4ferrari2.jpg

And another Sauber:

http://home.planet.nl/~bruin504/gp4sauber.jpg

Hope you like m? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[plzhelp]

Alright, now I'm like Captain America(Or in this case, Captain Rome Or is it Greece?)

*chucks his supershield at the nearest commy*
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif

[Kraellin]

that's out of a game? if so, that's impressive.

K.

[Gregoshi]

He calls this move the "Chuck and Di". http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shock.gif

[FesterShinetop]

Yes they are. All I did was apply some filters to make it look less smooth. You know, rough it up a bit so it looks a bit more natural.

[Kraellin]

well, that's pretty darn good. i particularly like that red one with the marlboro logo on it. i've saved a copy of that one. would you mind if i used it somehow later on?

K.

[FesterShinetop]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif Can tell you definatelty are NOT a Formula 1 fan Hehehe, the red one with the Marlboro logo on it LOL It's the Ferrari of Michael Schumacher, the F1 World champion http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

No problem if you want to use it I've got a few more if people are interested?

[Kraellin]

*groans* go to your room, greg. ;)

K.

[plzhelp]

Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ Aug. 23 2003,01:21)]He calls this move the "Chuck and Di". http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shock.gif
Then what do I call my spear? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[Gregoshi]

Ineffective. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif (rimshot)

[plzhelp]

Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ Aug. 23 2003,15:51)]Ineffective. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif (rimshot)
*watches as the angry mob throws tomatoes at Gregoshi for his humor, or lack thereof*
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[Lord De Moray]

This is me

http://www.peterwills.demon.co.uk/Resources/lorddemoray.jpeg

[plzhelp]

Looks just like your avatar.

[FesterShinetop]

Quote[/b] (De Moray @ Aug. 26 2003,18:28)]This is me

http://www.peterwills.demon.co.uk/Resources/lorddemoray.jpeg
You got a big head http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[Mithrandir]

...I won that battle...

[FesterShinetop]

Quote[/b] (Mithrandir @ Sep. 01 2003,23:49)]...I won that battle...
No wonder... with Apache on your side http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[Oaty]

Just watch out for those SAM's hidden in the desert http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[Kraellin]

lol. nice one, mith :)

K.

[solypsist]

Quote[/b] (Mithrandir @ Sep. 01 2003,17:49)]...I won that battle...
Now you have to hold it - can you handle the attrition?

[plzhelp]

What do you do when you discover your medieval stable boys don't have the ability to rearm your Hellfires?

[Jacque Schtrapp]

Here is a really neat satellite pic of a mostly cloudless Europe. Picture is too large to post.

Cloudless Europe (http://www.rednova.com/news/images/1/2003/08/27/msg-1_image_1big_europe_esa.jpg)

[Ser Clegane]

Quote[/b] (Jacque Schtrapp @ Sep. 02 2003,15:45)]Here is a really neat satellite pic of a mostly cloudless Europe. Picture is too large to post.

Cloudless Europe (http://www.rednova.com/news/images/1/2003/08/27/msg-1_image_1big_europe_esa.jpg)
That's a nice one, Jacque

[Mithrandir]

cant help but wonder why there are no stars in the background and how come all of europe is green...

[Jacque Schtrapp]

Quote[/b] (Mithrandir @ Sep. 03 2003,10:42)]cant help but wonder why there are no stars in the background and how come all of europe is green...
Satellite was focused on a near object (earth), I don't think far objects (stars) would show up.

Not a lot of desert in Europe.


You did notice the one area that actually did have cloud concentration: Merry olde .....

[A.Saturnus]

Quote[/b] (Jacque Schtrapp @ Sep. 02 2003,22:45)]Here is a really neat satellite pic of a mostly cloudless Europe. Picture is too large to post.

Cloudless Europe (http://www.rednova.com/news/images/1/2003/08/27/msg-1_image_1big_europe_esa.jpg)
Isn`t it beautiful? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Knight_Yellow]

Since i cant host pics ill just post a link to a forum where you can see my actual desktop.

KY's Desktop (http://www.bf42.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=544482#post544482) scroll down a bit.

[FesterShinetop]

Quote[/b] (Mithrandir @ Sep. 03 2003,16:42)]cant help but wonder why there are no stars in the background and how come all of europe is green...
It's taken 100 years ago http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[Gregoshi]

Quote[/b] (Mithrandir @ Sep. 03 2003,10:42)]cant help but wonder why there are no stars in the background and how come all of europe is green...
There is too much of a brightness difference between the Earth and the stars. To adjust the exposure enough to pick up the stars, the Earth would be so over-exposed that it would be unrecognizable white blob - in fact I'd be willing to bet the Earth light would bleed to cover the whole picture.

[Ser Clegane]

As promised on a previous thread some pics from the week end in Barcelona (hope the link works)

Some nuns on sightseeing in Parc Güell

http://db1.fotocommunity.de/neu/pic/7/711507.jpg

http://home.fotocommunity.de/tt/index.php?id=36791&d=711507

Edit: It seems the link does not work ... bugger http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif (or can anybody see a picture?)

[Shahed]

Negative. Cant see it unless I copy paste the link location into my address bar. then it becomes available.

Looks nice.

[Shahed]

Errr which one of the nuns is you ? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[Ser Clegane]

Quote[/b] (SeljukSinan @ Sep. 07 2003,13:42)]Errr which one of the nuns is you ? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

Actually that's me (the lady wife was struggling with the camera, that's why my facial expression looks slightly pinched - I could not maintain a happy face for more than 30 seconds):

http://home.fotocommunity.de/tt/index.php?id=36791&d=711632

The nuns were actually quite funny - they asked a guy to take a group picture, but at least half of them had a camera and each wanted a separate picture with her own camera, so the guy took about 5-6 pictures with different cameras


And as a last one for today of course the Sagrada Familia - the cathedral is really impressive (and it is not even halfway finished, yet).


http://home.fotocommunity.de/tt/index.php?id=36791&d=711610


BTW, thanks Sinan for confirming that the picture could not be seen - as long as I am not able to figure out what the problem is I post just the links (hoping that these work)

EDIT: Funny - it seems it is not possible to get the pictures by clicking on the link - the URL has to be copied and pasted http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

EDIT #2: The new links should work...

[Knight_Yellow]

this is in glasgow




http://www.funprox.com/log/cheerup2.jpg

http://www.funprox.com/log/cheerup1.jpg

[solypsist]

too bad about those sig rules

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/Alizee_dance.gif

[Mithrandir]

Sweet http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif.

[Ser Clegane]

Just as an addendum to the picture of the Sagrada Familia in a previous post, I found a picture of how the cathedral is supposed to look like when it is finished:

http://members.lycos.nl/gaudiworks/images/sagrad2.jpg

So far two of the facades, each with four of the "smaller" spires are finished - and these are already very impressing. The huge spires in the center are still missing - I wonder if I will live to see this monument finished...

[Sigurd]

Quote[/b] (Knight_Yellow @ Sep. 08 2003,06:24)]this is in glasgow




http://www.funprox.com/log/cheerup2.jpg
Is this taken from the American corner?... I remember spending some time there in 92-93.
Wow, that's 10 years ago...

[Jacque Schtrapp]

Try posting that twice, side by side, and stare at it without blinking for.... about.... thirty..... seconds...... or soooooo..........





http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (Ser Clegane @ Sep. 08 2003,08:46)]Just as an addendum to the picture of the Sagrada Familia in a previous post, I found a picture of how the cathedral is supposed to look like when it is finished:

http://members.lycos.nl/gaudiworks/images/sagrad2.jpg

So far two of the facades, each with four of the "smaller" spires are finished - and these are already very impressing. The huge spires in the center are still missing - I wonder if I will see to see this monument finished...
WOW That's going to be incredible when it's finished http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[Major Robert Dump]

Whats she saying?

[Jacque Schtrapp]

http://www.space.com/images/030909_hubble_saturn_3_02.jpg

[Mamushi]

Quote[/b] (Major Robert Dump @ Sep. 09 2003,05:04)]Whats she saying?
My name over and over and.... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Jacque Schtrapp]

http://boortz.com/images/funny/free_cat.jpg

[_Martyr_]

Here Cat, take a look...

Click here (http://martyr.leftzed.com/others/cat.txt)

PS, stand a little back from the screen... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Shiro]

Creepy. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[_Martyr_]

Quote[/b] (Major Robert Dump @ Sep. 08 2003,19:04)]Whats she saying?
"Ive got a big brown stain on my back" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Mithrandir]

How'd ya do that ? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[ShinKamiizumi]

testing my poor flash and the limits of the board - gah wont fit - whats this about replacing an avatar with a .swf file? In the control panel it says 160x240 but the avatars arent nearly that size and the limit for a post flash movie is 500x150...what gives?

BTW isnt there centering tag for iB code?

[ShinKamiizumi]

will it work?

[Mithrandir]

It works, looks nice http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif.

[solypsist]

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/crunchy10.jpg

[solypsist]

i finally got my camcorder working, too

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/hitlerbar.jpg

[MonkeyMan]

Quote[/b] (Knight_Yellow @ Sep. 07 2003,21:24)]this is in glasgow




http://www.funprox.com/log/cheerup2.jpg

http://www.funprox.com/log/cheerup1.jpg
I was working just to the left of there and up a bit not so long ago. West Nile Street to be precise, nice city centre in Glasgow http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Forward Observer]

Here's a shot I took day before yesterday with my new digital. This place is only a few blocks from where I live, and is aptly named "The Old Mill"

ftp://robertwhite29:12345678@upload.comcast.net/old_mill_030a.jpg


You may not know it, but many of you have seen this mill before. It was built as a focal point for a early sub-division built around a lake in the 1930's. It is full size, and the water wheel turns, but it was never a real working mill. The North Little Rock parks commission keeps it in repair and the local botanical association plants flowers and does all the landscaping

Anyway, it is a very famous (local) landmark since it was used in the opening scenes of the movie Gone With the Wind. Check it out next time you happen to watch the movie.

Cheers

[Kraellin]

nice, and good picture taking. what kind of digital?

K.

[Kraellin]

found this one on the web ;)

http://mizus.com/kraellin/mexicantanlines1.gif

K.

[Forward Observer]

Quote[/b] (Kraellin @ Sep. 27 2003,14:22)]nice, and good picture taking. what kind of digital?

K.
Krae:

Thanks. I am still experimenting, since digitals have a few more things to remember than 35mm's do. Stuff like white balance, compression, and resolution.

The camera is a Canon Powershot G3 digital. My old 18 year old Canon 35mm SLR finally gave up the ghost after being refurbished twice. I just couldn' justify putting anymore money in it, so I decided to go digital.

Canon has just discontinued the G3's this year in favor of newer model called the G5. The newer G5 is 5 megapixels while the G3's are 4 megs. The newer camera comes in black while the older one comes in silver. Otherwise the cameras are identical. Here's what my camera looks like. The little black card is a wireless remote.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/G3/ZREMOTE.JPG

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/G3/ZLCDOPENBACK.JPG

The G3 actually got slightly better reviews than the G5, so it seemed like a good buy. Camera shops are closing out the G3's to stock the newer model, so the G3's are bargain priced right now. You can find a G3 on line in the $350 price range as opposed to the $800 price tag on the newer G5.

I guess these cameras would be considered one step below a digital SLR. I would have much preferred a digital SLR, but I couldn't justify the 4 digit price tags.

By the way, Canon is just hitting the market with the first digital SLR priced just under $1,000 that includes a lens.
Still too much money for my photographic needs, but maybe someday.

Cheers

[Kraellin]

nice.

yeah, i saw a thing on tech tv about the new slr digitals. looked good.

i bought a digital when they first came out, so mine is only a 640 x 480 type. i hardly use it cause of the low quality. i've still got my old 35mm canon F1 when i really want to get a decent pic, but it's been a while since i used that also.

any more, i seem to be on the editing side of photography :) care to post a picture of yourself? ;)

K.

[Mithrandir]

wow, love the picture F.O http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[Jacque Schtrapp]

http://www.jokeornot.com/gallery/trespassers_shot_mini.jpg

[FesterShinetop]

http://home.planet.nl/~bruin504/Discreet.jpg

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[FesterShinetop]

I bumped into this (http://www.worth1000.com/) site this evening and it might be interesting to some of you It has a lot of Photoshop contests and thus also a lot of pictures
Also there are some very nice tutorials for Photoshop Check it out http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[Dîn-Heru]

Catiline and a friend...

http://www.binnes.com/t1_ff15.jpg

[Kraellin]

lol, din :)

K.

[FesterShinetop]

Krae, do you know of any other sites with photoshop tutorials? I am also experimenting with it. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Kraellin]

apache,

actually, no. well, maybe... i work with paint shop pro, the cheap man's photoshop, so the tutorial site i know is for that and that's just JASC's site, the maker of paint shop pro.

however, i do know that tech tv has p-shop artists on from time to time and there are some good p-shop folks on there and they always link to their sites. so, try www.thescreensavers.com and look for articles on p-shop and then the links to the p-shop sites from there. and of course our own soly is pretty damn handy with p-shop; you could always ask him.

K.

[Dîn-Heru]

Cataline and his friends having a BBQ...

bbq (http://www.tk861.com/bbq/bbq2001.html)

[Jacque Schtrapp]

I found a good sight for those interested in seeing the capabilities of air brushing. Just move your cursor over the picture to see the original. There are arrows over the picture that allow you to progress through more images from the same set or return to the main page and choose from other selections. I started with the most... appropriate image. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Greg's Digital Archive (http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/index.html)

[solypsist]

Quote[/b] (Jacque Schtrapp @ Oct. 03 2003,11:48)]I found a good sight for those interested in seeing the capabilities of air brushing. Just move your cursor over the picture to see the original. There are arrows over the picture that allow you to progress through more images from the same set or return to the main page and choose from other selections. I started with the most... appropriate image. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif


Teh Old

I posted this way back on page 14 (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=6;t=3354;st=325)


http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[Dîn-Heru]

Quote[/b] (Dîn-Heru @ Aug. 14 2003,19:03)]
Quote[/b] (Catiline @ Aug. 14 2003,18:47)]Never trust a picture...
For more evidence towards this Greg's Digital Archive (http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/digital.html)
And I posted it on page 13.

[Dîn-Heru]

At times it seems as though the world dislike America, atleast the aliens making crop circles don't... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

http://www.binnes.com/t6_f20.jpg

[MrWhipple]

The sig here is a photoshoped digital photo of mysesf that I first used in Baulders Gate and now us as my sig.

[Kraellin]

btw, i saw a preview of photoshop 8.0. lots of new stuff. or is it out already? might have been a re-run show. i could sure use some of those features though.

K.

[Mr Durian]

Quote[/b] (solypsist @ Sep. 25 2003,16:16)]i finally got my camcorder working, too

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/hitlerbar.jpg
omg http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif .....

[Forward Observer]

On another forum, we were talking about Civil War infantry battles recently

Later, it got me to thinking about an old tintype I have of one of my ancestors who fought for the CSA., so I dug it up an took a shot of it with my digital.

Here's a picture of my great, great uncle--Robert F. White.

ftp://robertwhite29:12345678@upload.comcast.net/myfilelocker/great_uncle_002a.jpg

Robert and two other of my great grandfather's brothers all fought at Shiloh. (My great grandpa was too young to go at the time) Robert was the only brother to survive the battle, and died shortly after the war.

He is wearing a Mexican War type forage cap, but I have no information about whether he fought in the Mexican War or not. Actually he appears to be a naval officer, but according to family history this was not the case.

You can't see it very well in the my photo, but there are two revolvers (probably Colt Navies) tucked into his belt although one could be large enough to be a Colt dragoon.

Also the double button jacket would seem to indicate that he was an officer, and I seem to remember my grandpa saying he was a captain. My grandpa (paternal) died in 1957 so it's been a long time since I last heard all of the stories.


l won't bother you with the cock and bull story about Robert's and his brother's exploits at Shiloh because it sounds like the kind of bogus family legends that develop after a story gets retold so many times over the years.

Just thought it might be of interest.

Cheers

[Kraellin]

cool. thanks f.o.

my dad's into geneaology a bit and has family tree maker on his computer. interesting stuff, and my mother has a bunch of old photos she got from her mother. also kind of interesting. i'm not into it a lot, but fun finding out you had relatives in the civil war or revolutionary war and even going back to the 'old' countries.

K.

[Gregoshi]

Very nice picture FO. Your great, great uncle looks familiar (and young). Are there other pictures of him you know of that might have been used in Civil War shows?

Thanks for sharing a bit of your family history.

[MrWhipple]

Observer, The revolver looks like a Colt Walker. It was a Mexican war era weapon and would go with the uniform. If you had one today it would be worth a LOT of money. I do a lot of family research and I personally like to find the horse thieves and bandits in my genealogy. They are harder to find because they didn't want to be found even when they were alive.

[Forward Observer]

Quote[/b] (MrWhipple @ Nov. 04 2003,07:59)]Observer, The revolver looks like a Colt Walker. It was a Mexican war era weapon and would go with the uniform. If you had one today it would be worth a LOT of money.-----------
I have studied that photo quite a bit, but really haven't taken the time to show it to any knowledgeable experts.

The enlarged photo I took with my digital camera kind of washed some of the detail, and it makes the pistol appear ro be larger than it is.

I am pretty sure that the gun is not a Walker for a couple of reasons. Walkers had huge elongated cylinders to take a heavy powder charge. They are reputed to be one of the most powerful hand guns ever made including Dirty Harry's 44 magnum.

They also had square back trigger guards and the loading lever handle flared out slightly to a bulbous end. Since there was no lever catch on the barrel, a common fault of the Walker was that the spring held loading lever would flop when the gun was fired. This was later corrected in the Dragoon models.

Anyhow, the gun in the picture has a round trigger guard, a normally proportioned cylinder, and the loading lever does not appear to flare.

I think some of the later improved Dragoons also had round trigger guards, so a Dragoon is not out of the question. It all a matter of scale. If the gun is a Colt Navy then my great, great uncle was a bit of a shrimp.

One other thing. I was wrong in stating that this is a tintype. I finally had the nerve to take the frame apart, and discovered that this picture is actually an ambrotype. Ambrotypes were done on glass instead of metal plates as tintypes were. Tintypes were more common since they were less fragile to deal with, especially for the itinerant traveling photographers of the day.

Still, Walker or not, I wish at least one of those weapons had survived, and been passed down in the family. Even though not as rare as the Walkers, the Dragoons are pretty scarce.

The last couple of Dragoons I saw at a gun show were each priced in the $15,000 range, and that was several years ago. You could probably retire on sale of a previously undiscovered Walker.

Cheers

P.S. I did inherit my grandpa's 1873 Winchester rifle. It's in a 38-40 caliber with an octagon barrel, and is still in shooting condition today. The serial number places it in the early 1880's production. I bagged my first deer with it in the 1960's. I was about 16 years old at the time and the gun was about 80 Man, that old rifle put a lot food on my family's table over the years.

The horse thieves were all on my grandma's side of the family. She was 1/4 Cherokee by the way.

[solypsist]

Some men like a lot (http://www.digital-hair-extension.com/).

[solypsist]

okay here's my choice for animated gif avatar if they were standard for this forum:

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/keyboardcat_eng.gif

[Kraellin]

hehehe, good one :)

K.

[solypsist]

figure out which of these is me

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/storm_troopers.jpg

[Scipio]

The one on the right the other one looks dead(just look at his legs who can stand like that?) http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Jacque Schtrapp]

Eskimo Nebula photographed from the Hubble:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0312/eskimo2_hst.jpg

[Kongamato]

Today I just felt the urge to post some Toothpaste for Dinner comics. Please find a way to forgive me.

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/020603/fish-wake-up.gif http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/033003/paint.gif

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/012803/i-must-test-the-mouse.gif

[Jacque Schtrapp]

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/196000-196999/196261_1_full.jpg

[solypsist]

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/28323-2-mmmmmmgood_g5.jpeg

[solypsist]

postwhore time

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/bicycle.jpg

[solypsist]

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/stalker.jpg

[solypsist]

okay and finally two pics of the Story/PBM moderators club.

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/yellowbird.jpg

http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/yellowbird2.jpg

[TheSilverKnight]

Quote[/b] (solypsist @ June 15 2003,14:51)]missing from the picture:
solypsist - was behind the camera snapping this photo.
rath - was in the bathroom.
monkeyman - he never did anything to me.
ithaskar - showed up the wrong day.
jaguara - was packing up his suitcase and about to walk out the door
http://solypsist.homestead.com/files/orgmodcrew2003.jpg
some comments on this:
Kukri Khan looks like a Hapsburg
Catiline looks like a constipated guy
Rob the Bastard actually looks normal http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif
Hosakawa looks like a girl staring at Kukri's big Hapsburg jaw.
Is that a unibrow on Mithrandir?
Why doesn't Kraellin have any teeth??
Shiro looks... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shock.gif
Gregoshi is smiling..*shudders*
Erado looks sad about something http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif
Tosa looks like he's going to throw up http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif
Barocca said something witty and Lord Krazy is laughing it up
Tootee looks normal too

I do know these are not the real mod crew http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

..........or are they?? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/santa.gif

[Dhepee]

I like that the lawnmower has a stereo system.

[solypsist]

what do you mean it was photoshopped (http://www.adobe.com/misc/trade.html#photoshop) ???

[Somebody Else]

I of course would always refer to manipulating a picture using Adobe® Photoshop® software.

Actually. Someone in their legal department had to be having a laugh.

[SPQR Caligula]

http://www.rome-total-war.com/JOIN%20SPQR%202.JPG . http://www.rome-total-war.com/JOIN%20SPQR%203.JPG

http://www.rome-total-war.com/JOIN%20SPQR%204.JPG . http://www.rome-total-war.com/JOIN%20SPQR%205.JPG

http://www.rome-total-war.com/JOIN%20SPQR%207.JPG . http://www.rome-total-war.com/JOIN%20SPQR%206.JPG

[RisingSun]

I see. So the mods all go to the same international school for slow children then? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

You're lucky if that doesn't get this thread closed. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Kraellin]

it's been a while since i've posted anything in here, but i found this cute little program for doing this stuff and thought i'd do a simple one and post it here. if this works right, just click on the link and it shld be played by windows media player.

http://mizus.com/kraellin/tosa_croc1.avi

ok, let's see if this works :)

it's a big file, so it may take a while to load. 56k'ers beware

K.

[Kraellin]

here's another one. it's a simple morph and looks more like a standard .gif animation, but the morph program just makes things easier because it does all the intermediary frames.

this is from one of Dimeolas's art works. i altered his original to give me the darker one and then applied both to the morph program. fun stuff.

Dimeolas is a patron here on the .org and has a nice site up with some of his art work. i forget the url for it, so if someone knows it, why feel free to post it.

and dimeolas, if you object to my use of your work, please, just pm me and i'll take the thing down.

http://mizus.com/kraellin/dimeolasmorph1a.gif

K.

edit: the best way to run this is, prolly to click on the link once and let it load all the way through. then kill that page and click it again so you're running from the cached version you now have. this one is only 3.7 megs or so, so not nearly as long as that last one.

K.

[Ser Clegane]

Quote[/b] (Kraellin @ Feb. 14 2004,18:22)]ok, let's see if this works :)
Works fine http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

Didn't know that Tosa had a shapeshifter as pet, though ...

[Gregoshi]

For Jacque and the rest of you space/astronomy fans, NASA just released the "Hubble Ultra Deep Field" image. This image contains over 10,000 galaxies. It is a 1 million second exposure collected over a 4 month period of time and 400 orbits. You've probably seen the teeny picture release to the web news services. However, you can view the picture in all its glory - that would be a 6200x6200 image available in an 80mb jpg or a 100mb tiff.

Go to this page (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2004/07/) and select one of the mirrors - demand has been high for the image.

I'm in the middle of downloading it right now. It has been downloading for about 30 minutes now and I only have half the image, and this is on a cablemodem. It is taking a long time but the image is spectacular so far http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[Kraellin]

wow. that was pretty amazing.

K.

[Gregoshi]

Yeah, the picture is large enough that you actually can explore it. Galaxies of all colours, shapes and sizes. Some pretty groupings too. I even saw several galaxies distorted into ( shapes due to gravitational lensing (yes, gravity does affect lightwaves).

[Kraellin]

yeah, i downloaded the .jpg version. got it on my drive now. loaded it up in paint shop pro. pretty cool. you can also get the smaller versions and even versions set for wallpaper on a desktop. kinda cool. but i keep looking for a little 'kilroy was here' message. havent found it yet ;)

K.

[Gregoshi]

Krae, I didn't find Kilroy, but I did find something...else. It is rather disturbing. Below is small section of the Hubble image:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/HUDFwave.jpg

The poor thing must be distorted by a strong gravitational field like that of a black hole. Nature can be cruel.

[Gregoshi]

I was scanning some of my Civil War reenactment pictures tonight and thought I'd share a few.

First, a couple of pictures of some Confederate Cavalry. It amazes me how some of these folks really look the part. In the second picture, the second cavalryman from the right looks to be a rare female soldier reenactor.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/ConfederateCavalryman.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/ConfederateCavalry.jpg


Last up is a picture from a "live fire" mortar competition. Note the cannonball just above the column of smoke.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/MortarFire.jpg

Maybe more to follow of some "action" next time.

[JAG]

I have been to a number of re enactments in the UK, but it isn't as big over here - the ACW period - for obvious reasons, which is a shame. I always meant to get involved but never got round to it. I would really like to go to Gettysburg one year on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of July to see the big re enactment I am told happens every year, something I have penciled in, in the very near future.

[Gregoshi]

JAG, the big reenactments are the 5 year ones. They just had the 140th last year, so you have 4 years to plan your visit for the next big one. On off years, they have about 3,000 reenactors. I was at the 135th anniversay reenactment in 1998 for the Pickett's Charge battle. They estimated about 16,000 reenactors participated and I personally counted over 90 cannons.

Wanna see some of those pictures? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wideeyed.gif That was what I was mostly scanning last night. I'll have to compress them a bit first.

[JAG]

Yes please, I would love to see more pictures, I am not only interested in your civil war period but totally in awe of it. I still wonder not only about the different outcome but about which side I really would have stood for on principle, it is a tough one. I of course see the validaty of the union position in keeping the United states together and abolishing slavery but I just as much - fif not more - see the position of the CSA. States rights was meant to - and still meant to be - such an integeral part of the way of life. Anyway I could ramble for ages, and I thoroughly enjoy talking about the period, though normally over here it is educating people to the real position of the CSA rather than prejudice and disgust normally aimed at them.

I was even planning a trip for this year - if I took another gap year - where I would go over there for about 2 months and just visit all of the major east coast battlefields in order, I still very much hope and wish I get round to it in the future, I will somehow not feel happy until I have.

Thank you also about the info on Gettysburg re enactment, I would love to see pickett's charge re enacted, to see the terrain they marched over and the distance, to see if it was really impossible like so many say - and was proved to a large extent. Yes, I need to stop typing I could go on for days.

[Oaty]

Hey JAG if you are interested in seeing the reenactments it is best to visit that site of the battle the day of the year the battle was fought and for Gettysburg the dates are from July 1st to the 3rd from a quick look on the internet but I could have sworn it was a four day battle. This was a major battle due to the fact this was the first and only time the confederates had marched into northern territory taking the war to them. Also for major events like that you need to get hotel reservation 1 year in advance or you are SOL

[JAG]

Well you history of the era seems a little hazy - NO disrespect meant. It was a 3 day battle, it should not even have been a 3 day battle it should have been a major Confederate victory single day battle, but there you go. Waiting until 2063 might be somewhat of a wait, think I would have felt condemned to go before then :p

The confederates previously marched into Northern territory, and there was many battles in northern territory. When the CSA first invaded the north in '62 the bloodiest day of America's history was the result. The battle of Antietam. A HUGELY outnumbered Confederate force manage to cling on and withdraw back to southern territory through a mixture of inspired generalship - as ever - from Lee and poor generalship from McClellan.

[RisingSun]

If ever there was a poorer general than Mclellan, I should like to know his name. Of course, there is that NTW guy named McClelland, but I daresay he is pretty talented. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[JAG]

McClellan was very good at building up and army, keeping high moral and getting into threatening positions, but he was TERRIBLE as a commander and actually advancing into combat. He had multiple oppourtunities to end the war but failed to do so, which is a shame think of all the lives. Anyway this probably shouldn't turn into a n ACW thread should it, probably should start a new one for that :p

[Gregoshi]

As promised, what follows is a series of 7 pictures from the 135th Anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1998.
There were about 16,000 reenactors and over 90 cannons. The reenactment field was about 2-3 miles (3-5km) from the actual battlefield.
The field dimensions were about 3/4 of a mile between the Union and Confederate lines and 1/3 of a mile across. From my vantage point,
the Confederates are advancing from the right to the distant Union lines on my left. Except for the panorama picture,
all were taken with a 300mm telephoto lense to get closer to the action. The panorama was taken with a standard 55mm lense.
Without further ado...

When the cannonade finally subsided, out from the trees that lined Seminary Ridge, came the men of Pickett's,
Pettigrew's and Trimble's divisions.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/PC135Advance1.jpg



"When aligned to their places solid march was made down the slope and past our batteries of position." - General James Longstreet

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/PC135Advance3.jpg



"Never upon any stricken field...was a more imposing spectacle than that now presented to friend and foe, watching
from opposite crests, as this great column pressed on." - Harper's Magazine

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/PC135Advance5.jpg



"Here Doubleday was posted...They were in lines five deep and well strengthened by hasty intrenchments of
rails and stones." - Harper's Magazine

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/PC135Attack3.jpg



"...Pickett's division was left alone, but undaunted. Their fierce onset struck first upon Webb's brigade..." - Harper's Magazine
(Note: the fence posts mark the Emmitsburg Road)

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/PC135Attack6.jpg



"They broke this, and charged right among the batteries, where a fierce hand-to-hand struggle took place." - Harper's Magazine

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/PC135Attack7.jpg



"General Pickett, finding the battle broken, while the enemy was still reinforcing, called the troops off. There was no indication
of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made, and failed from blows that could not
be fended." - General James Longstreet

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/PC135RetreatPanorama.jpg



Apologies for the width of this last picture, but its effect was lost when reduced down to 700 pixels wide.

[JAG]

Great pictures Greg, thank you. I am sure the artillery barrage which I assume happened true to historical form, was a site to see.

[Gregoshi]

Yeah, artillery barrage was awesome. The problem with taking pictures of the artillery barrage is that unless you time it well, you just get a bunch of smoke. I have a few pictures that are okay, but it took me a couple of hours just to get the 7 above in shape to post.

I love the cannons because you can feel the concussion when they fire. In fact, at reenactments they usually tell you to turn off your car alarm as a cannon firing can set them off. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ April 30 2004,20:02)]Yeah, artillery barrage was awesome. The problem with taking pictures of the artillery barrage is that unless you time it well, you just get a bunch of smoke. I have a few pictures that are okay, but it took me a couple of hours just to get the 7 above in shape to post.

I love the cannons because you can feel the concussion when they fire. In fact, at reenactments they usually tell you to turn off your car alarm as a cannon firing can set them off. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif
how do they handle artillery at re-enactments? Do they not load the cannon? Or do they aim it away from people?

[Gregoshi]

BKS, see questions 7-9 here (http://www.cwartillery.org/primer.html).

The quick answer is, like the musket, gunpowder is loaded into the guns, but they omit putting projectiles into the barrel. I also think they use something less than a historically correct amount of gunpowder in the guns.

Here is an example of an okay picture of cannons firing:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/PC135Cannonade1.jpg



And here's what it looks like if you are a little slow on the shutter button:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/PC135Cannonade2.jpg

The above picture is 3 or 4 Union cannons firing simultaneously. They are behind the smoke...honest

[JAG]

To see - you said 90 yes? - Go off across the Battlefield must be great. I have been to a re enactment where they had 2 Rifled Cannons, and yes the shudder you can definitely feel, it is great. I can only imagine what the battlefields would have really been like with hundreds going off.

[affa]

This is me:

http://www.061066066061.com/bilder/gal/dado.gif

[Kraellin]

ammunition

K.

[Kraellin]

great pics, greg

there's a local civ war re-enactment here every year. never been, but might now.

K.

[affa]

Quote[/b] (Kraellin @ May 01 2004,14:18)]ammunition

K.
Go ahead, do your photoshop thing.

[solypsist]

[is reminded why i haven't posted my pic yet]

[Oaty]

Quote[/b] (affa @ May 01 2004,15:47)]
Quote[/b] (Kraellin @ May 01 2004,14:18)]ammunition

K.
Go ahead, do your photoshop thing.
that 1 doesnt need photoshop for a goog laugh http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[solypsist]

that was awesome Gregoshi. truly.

[Malcolm Big Head]

Went to Gettysburg in High School. You could still see some bullet damage on the rocks at Devils Den. Looked to be a great defensive position to me. Nice cannon pics.

[Ser Clegane]

Yesterday my my wife and I have been at a small medieval festival near Frankfurt (at Königstein).

Following are some pics of a group called "Württemberger Ritter"

(I hope the pics show up - this is the first time I try to host some pics http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif )


The knights are entering the grounds
http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein1.jpg

The jousting (obviously the lances had a lot of "predetermined breaking points" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif )

http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein3.jpg

I guess the guy in green has been chosen for this job because he had some natural safety padding...
http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein6.jpg

[Ser Clegane]

Some more...

The guy behind the shield has another job I would rather not have
http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein5.jpg

After several rounds the shield of one of the "holders" got so torn apart that the spears actually peirced it and about 1 foot of the tip went out at the other side - the guy behind it nearly got hit in his leg http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif
http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein4.jpg

Every now and then there was some quarrel between the knights and the lower ranks
http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein2.jpg

[Axeknight]

Cool pics Ser Cleg - what did the "holder" guy do to deserve that job? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-stunned.gif

[JAG]

Very, very cool pics Ser. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[Ser Clegane]

Some last ones for today:

http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein7.jpg


Quote[/b] ]
what did the "holder" guy do to deserve that job?


I'm not sure what the first guy did but this one here must have done something worse, since he had to hold the battered shield http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif

http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein11.jpg

http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein10.jpg

http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein8.jpg

http://ttkd.privat.t-online.de/Koenigstein9.jpg

[Gregoshi]

Excellent Ser That guy in the yellow looks like someone not to be messed with. Kingly in appearance, but in a slightly barbaric sense.

BTW, I couldn't help but notice the stone wall overgrown with vegetation in the background. Is there some historical significance to the location of this event?

[Ser Clegane]

Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ May 10 2004,23:51)]BTW, I couldn't help but notice the stone wall overgrown with vegetation in the background. Is there some historical significance to the location of this event?
The festival took place at the ruins of the "Burg (=castle) Königstein"

There are actually quite a lot of these little castles (sometimes ruins, sometimes still habitable) in the area around Frankfurt - and during spring and summer a lot of these have nice little festivals like the one at Königstein.

Burg Königstein
http://www.burgenwelt.de/koenig2/bild1.jpg

[Gregoshi]

Cool. I have an eye for old stone. We have stuff like your castles around where I live too. In my township, there are the remains of 4 kilns that are darn near 300 years old. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif Sigh. One of the cool things about Europe is that you have buildings that are really old.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Off to the front room.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Front room material.

[Lord Ovaat]

Quote[/b] ]If ever there was a poorer general than Mclellan, I should like to know his name. Of course, there is that NTW guy named McClelland, but I daresay he is pretty talented.


Quote[/b] ]McClellan was very good at building up and army, keeping high moral and getting into threatening positions, but he was TERRIBLE as a commander and actually advancing into combat. He had multiple oppourtunities to end the war but failed to do so, which is a shame think of all the lives. Anyway this probably shouldn't turn into a n ACW thread should it, probably should start a new one for that :p

You are both treading on some very thin ice. Let us not banter that illustrious name around.

BTW, GREGOSHI, I assume from the angle of most of your pics from G'burg '98, you were a Pennsylvanian serving in a rebel unit? Pox upon thee, I say Had I known then, what I know now, I would have taken much better aim. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[octavian]

do i hear two civil war reenactors talking, w00t greetings http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif neither of you guys were at the 140th antietam were you?

[JAG]

Quote[/b] (Lord Ovaat @ May 12 2004,01:13)]
Quote[/b] ]If ever there was a poorer general than Mclellan, I should like to know his name. Of course, there is that NTW guy named McClelland, but I daresay he is pretty talented.


Quote[/b] ]McClellan was very good at building up and army, keeping high moral and getting into threatening positions, but he was TERRIBLE as a commander and actually advancing into combat. He had multiple oppourtunities to end the war but failed to do so, which is a shame think of all the lives. Anyway this probably shouldn't turn into a n ACW thread should it, probably should start a new one for that :p

You are both treading on some very thin ice. Let us not banter that illustrious name around.

BTW, GREGOSHI, I assume from the angle of most of your pics from G'burg '98, you were a Pennsylvanian serving in a rebel unit? Pox upon thee, I say Had I known then, what I know now, I would have taken much better aim. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Illustrious name? He was the single reason the war lasted as long as it did, if he had pushed home his advantage numerous times, it would not have been the 5 year war it was.

[octavian]

sounds like you have a pretty good grasp of the ACW, JAG, good for you. yea, at antietam (to name one) he could have won the war.

[octavian]

Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ April 30 2004,20:32)]I also think they use something less than a historically correct amount of gunpowder in the guns.
they actually load a fair bit into each, 50 to 60 grains iirc more than enough to shoot a minie ball if it was loaded. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

edit the flame that comes out of these muskets can actually fry a water bottle placed in front a whole foot away.

[RZST]

w00t w00t. made new sig n avatar http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[Lord Ovaat]

Quote[/b] ]Illustrious name? He was the single reason the war lasted as long as it did, if he had pushed home his advantage numerous times, it would not have been the 5 year war it was.

Please read my profile. I shall demand satisfaction at a time and place of my choosing. You shall be informed by my second. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

All kidding aside, GB McClellan was the reason the US finally won the war. He built the Army of the Potomac. Tremendous job. His problem was he loved the Army too much. In order to win, one must be willing to risk the destruction of your own people. Not sure I would have the stomach for that either.

I am not defending McClellan, just being pragmatic. He has been accused of not acting on the lost orders. In reality, no one thought they were legit; it was too easy. He was also accused of not engaging the 5th Corps--probably the best in the Army. There were numerous reasons for that, not the least of which being they were the only reserve standing between Lee and Washington DC. Why didn't he aggressive pursue Lee after the battle? Glance at the casualty figures. The Army had been decimated. You need a little time to regroup, refit, take care of the thousands of wounded--US and rebel--and bury the dead. All that, and no one knew if or how badly Lee had been hurt.

In order to make a judgement on what I would do in a specific situation, I try to limit my knowledge to what any commander would have definately know at a given time. Then put that into context of the period in question, logistics, political & public opinion, chances of success or failure, and possible gains or consequences of any action taken. In this particular situation, the best possible gain would have been another engagement, again on the attack, where the rebel army could have been defeated--but not destroyed. That's important. They would have fought another day. The complete destruction of an army is very rare, and that early in the war, the US wasn't in a position to capitalize on just a win. It's always far more complicated than it looks to us today. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif


Edit: OCATAVIAN, that was my last event. Gettin' too old for that crap. Fifty year old soldiers don't last long in the field. Besides, after twenty some odd years, I figured I'd accomplished all I had needed and seen all that I had wanted. In the early days we used to wonder what it would be like to field full regiments, brigades, mounted batteries, cavalry troops, etc. Well, been there done that. There were more troops in the reenactment of Picket's Charge than were engaged during the actual battle. What else do I need to do?

Also, the Ord Manual specifies 60 grains of musket powder (2F) as the propellent, pushing a 550 gr. conical lead ball (Minie`). That does do the job.

[Gregoshi]

Quote[/b] ]BTW, GREGOSHI, I assume from the angle of most of your pics from G'burg '98, you were a Pennsylvanian serving in a rebel unit? Pox upon thee, I say Had I known then, what I know now, I would have taken much better aim.

Alas, I am not a reenactor, though I've thought about it. The pictures were taken from the grandstands. We saw some open seats and took them. Unfortunately they were nearer the Confederate end of the field - away from the major action. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif


Quote[/b] ]neither of you guys were at the 140th antietam were you?

Yes I was octavian. And the 135th Antietam was my very first and is responsible for me getting the bug. I'll have to scan and post some pictures from those two events. The Antietam location is difficult for picture taking because it lacks elevation in some of the fields. Gettysburg puts up bleachers which helps get better pictures and there is a little elevation in the view areas.

BTW, at the 140th Antietam, I met an English couple who were reenactment fans. In fact, the husband was a Confederate reenactor who came over to participate. I had a very nice chat with them over lunch.

Perhaps we should take the non-picture related Civil War discussion to a new thread and let the pictures do the talking here.

[octavian]

yea, 140th was nice, although i was not in any shape to enjoy it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif. i got in a frikking car accident as we were turning into our hotel. another nice small reenactment takes place at cedar creek, donno if you've been there, i like that one simply cause it takes place on the actual site. not nearly as large as gettysburg or antietam of course.

[octavian]

Quote[/b] (Ky Kiske @ May 12 2004,01:38)]w00t w00t. made new sig n avatar http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif
very nice http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Lord Ovaat]

Quote[/b] ]Alas, I am not a reenactor, though I've thought about it.

What a relief. I'm starting to like you. Didn't want to have to hunt you down. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smash.gif

[octavian]

you might have to hunt me down Ovaat, when im 15 im probably going to join a nearby confederate unit that drills in toronto. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Lord Ovaat]

Quote[/b] ]you might have to hunt me down Ovaat, when im 15 im probably going to join a nearby confederate unit that drills in toronto.

Hey, no problem. You're not a Pennsylvanian. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Oaty]

I grew up in Pennsylvania but I now live in Virginia, so wich side should I join for a reenactment. I guess either way I'd be a traitor.

[octavian]

heck, it doesn't make a difference (except to Ovaat) most of the 50,000 canadians who fought fought for the north, but that doesn't stop me. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Lord Ovaat]

Quote[/b] ]heck, it doesn't make a difference (except to Ovaat)

Actually, I really don't care one way or the other. Just joking. But having been in the hobby for well over twenty years, I think you will be amazed at the amount of animosity that still exists out there in the rank & file. It is still a very touchy subject, and the opinions can become quite heated. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[octavian]

i've witnessed a few arguements, sometimes they are almost funny http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif reenacting for 20 years, impressive http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[octavian]

http://totalrome.com/loreboard/attachments/canadian_roman_small.jpg

here is a very simple one i did in my spare time, unfortunately i dont have photoshop yet, so it isn't great

[Gregoshi]

Well octavian, for not having photoshop, that is a fantastic job. I like http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-thumbsup.gif

[octavian]

and an american version

http://totalrome.com/loreboard/attachments/american_rider_small.jpg

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I like the black outline around the general. Makes it look cel-shaded.

[Fanty]

Here is a spacemarines Landraider I modelled 10 years ago, rerendered it 2 years ago:

http://images.deviantart.com/i/2002/33/8/6/Landraider_revisited.jpg

[octavian]

looks like a little red X to me

[Fanty]

*cries*

damm its not allowed...

maybe if you try to cppy paste the url or so:

http://images.deviantart.com/i/2002/33/8/6/Landraider_revisited.jpg

[octavian]

looks sweet d00de

[Gregoshi]

And now for something completely different...

A picture of the famous Grave Digger monster truck I took at a Monster Truck Jam in Philadelphia back in 2001. Check out the tire compression - she's bottomed out on the rim.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/MonsterJam1f.jpg

Look Ma - one wheel

[octavian]

WoW i haven't seen something like that for a long time, thx for the metal crunching memories greg http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Gregoshi]

More randomness:

First up is a picture of Comet Hale-Bopp from 1997 taken in the morning twilight. Note the two tails of the comet. The bright, slightly curved tail is the dust tail. The fainter, straight, bluish ion tail points towards the 11 o'clock position. Surprisingly, it shows up better on the scan than it does on the print. Interesting. BTW, the picture is a 15 second exposure taken with a standard 55mm lens mounted on a tripod. You don't need a telescope to take decent night sky pictures.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/HaleBopp1f.jpg



Next is a picture taken at a Civil War reenactment. For this one I took my son and a couple of his friends. After the day's battle, we heard children's voices coming from a wooded area. The boys grabbed their toy muskets and headed into the woods. I followed, playing the role of war photographer. Inside the woods, at least 20 kids were having their own re-enactment. It seems the Confederates had control of a huge rock in the woods and the Union army was ordered to take that rock. The picture below shows the strong Confederate position in the background and the boys in blue, armed with everything from muskets to light sabres(kids' imginations), prepare their assault.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/RockAttackf.jpg



The last picture was taken at the same children's reenactment above. As we looped around the Confederate Rock, I got close to it. A young girl (in the picture) came up to me and in the sweetest voice said Please, you must come and take a picture of James. So I did. This picture of James captivates me. There is something about the expression on his face that I find totally engaging. I give you James:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gbresslr/images/Jamesf.jpg

[Kraellin]

greg,

i too found something a bit 'haunting' about that boy, so i thought i'd do something with your pic to bring this out a bit more.

http://mizus.com/kraellin/rebelboy1-k-1.gif

i reduced the red and added some lighting and a bit of tweaking on the face to 'clean it up'. other than that, there ya go.

K.

[octavian]

kool stuff Kraellin http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Kraellin]

thanks octavian :)

K.

[Major Robert Dump]

HE'S THE GHOST KID FROM THE CURTIANS IN THE MOVIE THREE MEN AND A BABY.

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (Major Robert Dump @ June 01 2004,16:35)]HE'S THE GHOST KID FROM THE CURTIANS IN THE MOVIE THREE MEN AND A BABY.
That's exactly what I thought


( http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-stunned.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-anxious.gif )

[Monk]

Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ May 21 2004,01:56)]And now for something completely different...

A picture of the famous Grave Digger monster truck I took at a Monster Truck Jam in Philadelphia back in 2001. Check out the tire compression - she's bottomed out on the rim.
Wow that pic brings back memories of my childhood...

good stuff greg http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 01 2004,20:29)]
Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ May 21 2004,01:56)]And now for something completely different...

A picture of the famous Grave Digger monster truck I took at a Monster Truck Jam in Philadelphia back in 2001. Check out the tire compression - she's bottomed out on the rim.
Wow that pic brings back memories of my childhood...

good stuff greg http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif
it....does?

sorry, that just seems out of character for you Monk... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif

[Monk]

Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ June 02 2004,10:39)]
Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 01 2004,20:29)]
Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ May 21 2004,01:56)]And now for something completely different...

A picture of the famous Grave Digger monster truck I took at a Monster Truck Jam in Philadelphia back in 2001. Check out the tire compression - she's bottomed out on the rim.
Wow that pic brings back memories of my childhood...

good stuff greg http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif
it....does?

sorry, that just seems out of character for you Monk... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif
When i was a kid i was big into those kinda things...And now you know http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-book2.gif

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 02 2004,10:44)]
Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ June 02 2004,10:39)]
Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 01 2004,20:29)]
Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ May 21 2004,01:56)]And now for something completely different...

A picture of the famous Grave Digger monster truck I took at a Monster Truck Jam in Philadelphia back in 2001. Check out the tire compression - she's bottomed out on the rim.
Wow that pic brings back memories of my childhood...

good stuff greg http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif
it....does?

sorry, that just seems out of character for you Monk... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif
When i was a kid i was big into those kinda things...And now you know http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-book2.gif
and you're not now?

[Monk]

Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ June 02 2004,11:37)]
Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 02 2004,10:44)]
Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ June 02 2004,10:39)]
Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 01 2004,20:29)]
Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ May 21 2004,01:56)]And now for something completely different...

A picture of the famous Grave Digger monster truck I took at a Monster Truck Jam in Philadelphia back in 2001. Check out the tire compression - she's bottomed out on the rim.
Wow that pic brings back memories of my childhood...

good stuff greg http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif
it....does?

sorry, that just seems out of character for you Monk... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif
When i was a kid i was big into those kinda things...And now you know http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-book2.gif
and you're not now?
No i'm not. I sort of lost interest when i was around 12 or 13, turned my attention to other things.

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 02 2004,11:42)]
Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ June 02 2004,11:37)]
Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 02 2004,10:44)]
Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ June 02 2004,10:39)]
Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 01 2004,20:29)]
Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ May 21 2004,01:56)]And now for something completely different...

A picture of the famous Grave Digger monster truck I took at a Monster Truck Jam in Philadelphia back in 2001. Check out the tire compression - she's bottomed out on the rim.
Wow that pic brings back memories of my childhood...

good stuff greg http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif
it....does?

sorry, that just seems out of character for you Monk... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif
When i was a kid i was big into those kinda things...And now you know http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-book2.gif
and you're not now?
No i'm not. I sort of lost interest when i was around 12 or 13, turned my attention to other things.
girls, and/or books? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Monk]

Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ June 02 2004,16:48)]
Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 02 2004,11:42)]
Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ June 02 2004,11:37)]
Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 02 2004,10:44)]
Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ June 02 2004,10:39)]
Quote[/b] (Monk @ June 01 2004,20:29)]
Quote[/b] (Gregoshi @ May 21 2004,01:56)]And now for something completely different...

A picture of the famous Grave Digger monster truck I took at a Monster Truck Jam in Philadelphia back in 2001. Check out the tire compression - she's bottomed out on the rim.
Wow that pic brings back memories of my childhood...

good stuff greg http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif
it....does?

sorry, that just seems out of character for you Monk... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif
When i was a kid i was big into those kinda things...And now you know http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-book2.gif
and you're not now?
No i'm not. I sort of lost interest when i was around 12 or 13, turned my attention to other things.
girls, and/or books? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
that would be correct http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-yes.gif

[Sasaki Kojiro]

http://www.legiontotalwar.com/forums/uploads/post-6-1082145699.jpg

[Sasaki Kojiro]

http://www.legiontotalwar.com/forums/uploads/post-6-1082194565.gif

http://www.legiontotalwar.com/forums/uploads/post-6-1082016594.jpg

[Kraellin]

lol, shinano. particularly liked the bush one. what makes it really funny is, i was listening to a speech he gave once, and he'd obviously been coached on 'nuclear'. the first time he said it, he almost got it right. then, each time he said it from then on, it got worse.

K.

[Beirut]

https://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/Floyd.bmp

Just testing my new image hosting.

Big King Sanctaphrax knows this one. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Have you got the new Pompeii DVD?

[octavian]

does this >>>> http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000DBJDL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg have anything to do with that http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Beirut]

Da King,

No DVD yet, gonna buy it next time I see it. The pic is a still from a video I downloaded. (Am I allowed to say that?)

I used to own the video tape but it got destroyed. Saw the movie in a repertoire theater a few times. Great to see it BIG and LOUD.

**Sorry, Octavian, just noticed what you posted. Nice indeed. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Quote[/b] (Beirut @ June 16 2004,00:30)]Da King,

No DVD yet, gonna buy it next time I see it. The pic is a still from a video I downloaded. (Am I allowed to say that?)

I used to own the video tape but it got destroyed. Saw the movie in a repertoire theater a few times. Great to see it BIG and LOUD.
My Dad owns the video. He said he saw it in the cinema too.

I'm going to buy my dad the DVD for father's day and then watch it myself. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Beirut]

https://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/floyd2.jpghttps://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/floyd1.jpg

[Beirut]

Anybody recognize this guy?


https://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/eraserhead.jpg

[Zone]

Of course.

Who doesn't recognise the dreaded red X of doom http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[octavian]

Quote[/b] (Zone @ June 16 2004,05:33)]Of course.

Who doesn't recognise the dreaded red X of doom http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
rofl

[octavian]

Quote[/b] (Beirut @ June 15 2004,19:54)]https://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/floyd2.jpghttps://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/floyd1.jpg
*pant* must find more...
http://members.lycos.nl/floydianfan/Pompeii/pompeii3_1971.jpg
http://members.lycos.nl/floydianfan/Pompeii/pompeii019.JPG

[RisingSun]

Do you think the dead Romans were offended? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

Beirut- Looks like Slick Willy Clinton to me.

[Beirut]

https://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/floydgroup.jpg


https://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/Watersfire.jpg

Floyd. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Oh my god Roger Waters is on fire http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[octavian]

does anyone else notice the irony...waters is on fire http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[RisingSun]

Not in the slightest. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Dhepee]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/0614043mug1.jpg

Smile You're Being Booked for Arson. I guess in the second picture the cop explained what a felony is


http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art2/endmugs7.jpg

He's using this photo for his Extreme Makeover application.


http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art2/endmugs4.jpg


Why Bambi, why??

[Beirut]

Thumper made me do it.

[octavian]

Quote[/b] (Dhepee @ June 17 2004,16:21)]http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/0614043mug1.jpg

Smile You're Being Booked for Arson. I guess in the second picture the cop explained what a felony is
is that you http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Dhepee]

Yes that is me. When I am not moderating the Tavern I am setting things on fire. Apparently there is no flaming allowed in the real world either. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

/joking I got those pictures from The Smoking Gun (http://www.thesmokinggun.com), it's one of their collections of funny mugshots.

[JAG]

OMG ITS ME (https://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v146/BigFreak/GCGoesToEngland/)

Well this is me and a mate of mine, and another friend who flew over from Sweden. We had a good night getting totally smashed, and the pics were taken yesturday. GUESS which one is me http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

- I know the quality is shit, but there you go -

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

The bloke on the PC?

[JAG]

Quote[/b] (Big King Sanctaphrax @ June 19 2004,19:43)]The bloke on the PC?
heh.. It is my PC - and my room - but no not me http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[octavian]

he has weird fingers http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[JAG]

https://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v146/BigFreak/GCGoesToEngland/11.jpg

Ye that one is me Bad pics, and I was more than a little drunk when they were taken so .. I don't look my best to say the least http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Teutonic Knight]

I thought you said you had long hair down to your shoulders?

[JAG]

I cut it 2 weeks ago - I also said I was getting it cut http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

I have a couple pics of me with long hair too, but they arn't uploaded http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (JAG @ June 21 2004,09:47)]I cut it 2 weeks ago - I also said I was getting it cut http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

I have a couple pics of me with long hair too, but they arn't uploaded http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif
see, I only pay half-way attention to you http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[RisingSun]

JAG, I'll tell you right now- I don't think you'd look good in long hippy hair. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Dhepee]

http://images.ibsys.com/2004/0622/3446273.jpg

What Jag Could Have Been if He'd Hadn't Cut His Hair

[JAG]

I looked great with long hippy hair And was quite proud

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (JAG @ June 22 2004,21:18)]I looked great with long hippy hair And was quite proud
it was a girl wasn't it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[JAG]

HA Might have been 1 of many reasons http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif