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Originally Posted By FB41: 14th?! Was the #1 painted by Michaelangelo's grandkid!? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By FB41: Originally Posted By guns762: National Duck stamp comp saw Sophia end up 14th. Not what we were hoping for. Still a great showing, but I thought she might win it this year. 14th?! Was the #1 painted by Michaelangelo's grandkid!? Right? |
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For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Chairs are not OSHA approved boosting devices and are a bad habit to get into. Ask me how I know. Do we need an OSHA compliant step ladder tshirt fundraiser? View Quote I won't say any more than that at the least put the backrest of the chair towards the structure one is working on. When one (I) lose my balance I step backwards. It would be best to hopefully step down or towards the ground versus stumbling and tripping over the 18 inch tall backrest. |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Chairs are not OSHA approved boosting devices and are a bad habit to get into. Ask me how I know. Do we need an OSHA compliant step ladder tshirt fundraiser? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By guns762: We are cleaning up areas around our tower with some caulk. https://i.imgur.com/0YtKpyH.jpg Chairs are not OSHA approved boosting devices and are a bad habit to get into. Ask me how I know. Do we need an OSHA compliant step ladder tshirt fundraiser? He just needs to start cropping photos to remove heads without safety glasses and feet off ground in an unconventional manner. Much more affordable and still entertaining... until it isn't. They've been pretty good with gloves and power tools but not perfect, kids are kids, it's like herding cats and they're doing amazing work, I'm not going to mess with their mojo. |
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Originally Posted By redoubt: "But Jarl Kilgore that's the dragon's beach!!" "Nonsense! Kaarle don't surf!" By the way, your dragon's name is now Kaarle. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By redoubt: Originally Posted By guns762: Update 5/2 Our viking surfboard is looking pretty good. We have one more graphic that is being drawn out on it. https://i.imgur.com/DQm4bMe.jpg "But Jarl Kilgore that's the dragon's beach!!" "Nonsense! Kaarle don't surf!" By the way, your dragon's name is now Kaarle. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: Update 5/3 I was reminded that next week is our last "full week", only 4 days, with Seniors. View Quote Holy crap! Where did the year go? Seems like there should be at least 2 more months. Though thinking back, the breadth of what has been completed is extremely impressive, with multiple dioramas, sculptures, props and main features going from simple skeleton concept to full-on reality, it's been an amazing year! Now the other rooms are going to look like partial attempts and you'll need to imp them out with details and diorama upgrades. Are there any more unused locations, or is retouching the existing the only option? Any way to get permission to hang something in the gymnasium roof lattice, or hanging down a little bit from them? Snoopy's airplane and the Wells Fargo coach don't seem like that long ago. |
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The person who complains most, and is the most critical of others has the most to hide.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. |
Originally Posted By brass: Holy crap! Where did the year go? Seems like there should be at least 2 more months. Though thinking back, the breadth of what has been completed is extremely impressive, with multiple dioramas, sculptures, props and main features going from simple skeleton concept to full-on reality, it's been an amazing year! Now the other rooms are going to look like partial attempts and you'll need to imp them out with details and diorama upgrades. Are there any more unused locations, or is retouching the existing the only option? Any way to get permission to hang something in the gymnasium roof lattice, or hanging down a little bit from them? Snoopy's airplane and the Wells Fargo coach don't seem like that long ago. View Quote There's a reason I keep suggesting a tank battle or 1st WW/Ukrainian trenches for next year - OUTSIDE. |
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OUTSIDE you say? A scale replica of the Buffalo Bill (Cody) Dam attached to the exterior of the building would be awesome.
It's local to Powell/Wyoming, has a great history and would free up indoor space for next year's project. But building it in the fall/winter and water proofing/winter proofing would be a challenge. https://bbdvc.com/ |
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"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition" - Rudyard Kipling
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That would be neat, especially if connected to a water supply.
I wore my Panther Raid t-shirt to the grocery store, got a compliment on how nice it looked, which, of course, gave me an opportunity to explain what it was about, which was fun. |
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What aluminum airplane ever built has the most rivets?
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Originally Posted By armoredman: That would be neat, especially if connected to a water supply. I wore my Panther Raid t-shirt to the grocery store, got a compliment on how nice it looked, which, of course, gave me an opportunity to explain what it was about, which was fun. View Quote Could make it a diorama like @DK-Prof set, except up the scale a bit. Make it something that sits in the center of a room and have a water pump recirculating the water around with the rest being resin so only a small amount of water would be needed to flow around the resin to add the realistic movement to it. I don't think they have one with that much room being in the way of people cutting across the corner to take a shortcut. |
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The person who complains most, and is the most critical of others has the most to hide.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. |
There's no longer any doubt about it; Microsoft's solitaire game is cheating me!
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Originally Posted By FB41: I think ol' guns762 would be outright killed if he came up with that idea. Be a helluva funeral though with all the ARFcommers in attendance. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By FB41: Originally Posted By WILSON: It Takes 60000 Rivets and Two Robots to Build a Boeing 777 ... I think ol' guns762 would be outright killed if he came up with that idea. Be a helluva funeral though with all the ARFcommers in attendance. Ah - but if he dies while teaching, his students have to build a grand outdoors mausoleum from riveted aluminum. |
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We don't have a ship hanging, or two legs attached and you guys are talking about next year? Hopefully tomorrow we can get the ship hanging. |
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I saved this from the Dearly Archived GoT Thread.
Censor it where That Word is uttered and I think everybody might enjoy it. Surf's Up, kompis! Attached File |
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"He should have killed me. I would have killed me."
For God and Country: Geronimo! Geronimo! Geronimo! Michael Moore: Trump’s election is going to be the biggest Fuck You ever recorded in human history….And it will feel good. |
Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: I saved this from the Dearly Archived GoT Thread. Censor it where That Word is uttered and I think everybody might enjoy it. Surf's Up, kompis! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/40561/Closing_Ceremony_jpg-2018040.JPG View Quote That's pretty funny. |
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Ship is up!
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Hurrah!
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Patiently waiting for pics of ship up........
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Originally Posted By guns762: Update 5/8 Busy day yesterday. We put up 4 more Valkyrie portraits. We have a bit more work to do on the clouds and fabric around some of them. https://i.imgur.com/RV7O9H4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/8YFA5QJ.jpg We keep making good progress on the T-shirt logo. I also got the check from Customink this morning! https://i.imgur.com/PvCZBfU.jpg Tower fighters getting more detail paint. https://i.imgur.com/rzuTvr9.jpg A bit more fog added to the bottom and areas that mate with the wall. We also can see the horn blower stand and horn, now displayed. https://i.imgur.com/NyabkAD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lu9Azk6.jpg And....the most adventurous part of the day... Getting the ship up and hanging. https://i.imgur.com/z2yDVSn.jpg This is sitting level. We adjusted the list to the ship during the day. We want it listing to the starboard side, so people can see up into the hull, and the deck, where the crew will be. Some people are not a fan of that. We can adjust it back if needed. https://i.imgur.com/VsTQpiH.jpg Level still. https://i.imgur.com/l7YhTAe.jpg https://i.imgur.com/r8pVR0T.jpg https://i.imgur.com/cgwePg0.jpg Adding the sail. https://i.imgur.com/dijOWPQ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ysqwgcZ.jpg Listing to starboard allows room for the new dragon keel head that is still not done. If there is no list, the head is going to hit the dragon's front foot. Students working to get more scales and plastic skin on the right side of the dragon. https://i.imgur.com/xMFXO4L.jpg Pretty close on our measurements. Hangs about 8" from the wall. https://i.imgur.com/XLMLNl2.jpg Working on the rigging. https://i.imgur.com/N7M9RRv.jpg Now with the lean to the starboard side. I'll grab more pictures today. https://i.imgur.com/n10RiAE.jpg View Quote The wood appearance oil paint on the new dragon ship is astounding, especially when compared to the original finish on the first boat! Little on the too shiny side but it helps pull attention to it so I don't see any major problem with it being glossy instead of matte. Maybe they coated it in whale oil during construction or something. The neat unifnished dragon figurehead can now have a Woops or two on it since it will be stuffed into the flying dragon. One nitpick - Valkyrie on far right seems to have a constrained tonal range and looks like a flat oval with hair up there on the end spot? Add contrast? |
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The person who complains most, and is the most critical of others has the most to hide.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. |
I can't tell front from back yet, but as I understand it, the ship is heeling towards the skeletonized side for folks to see the artistry inside? If so, good job!
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That's amazing, Guns, you've got some incredibly talented kids there.
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Will the oars be out or stowed?
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Taking nominations for Next Years Project yet
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"He should have killed me. I would have killed me."
For God and Country: Geronimo! Geronimo! Geronimo! Michael Moore: Trump’s election is going to be the biggest Fuck You ever recorded in human history….And it will feel good. |
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The person who complains most, and is the most critical of others has the most to hide.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. |
New for 2024 - replacing "Rivet Hate" with "Texturizing Poly Rope So It Looks Like Hemp"
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"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition" - Rudyard Kipling
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Originally Posted By xanadu: New for 2024 - replacing "Rivet Hate" with "Texturizing Poly Rope So It Looks Like Hemp" View Quote It's funny, it's the Seniors that want to change it, and do more work. I figured most of them would be trying to coast, and some are, but most have been working pretty hard to get this finished. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: It's funny, it's the Seniors that want to change it, and do more work. I figured most of them would be trying to coast, and some are, but most have been working pretty hard to get this finished. View Quote It's time to post the words my shop teacher gave me some 50+ years ago for the coasting seniors to read. I gave you these word before. "Once a job has begun, do not leave it until it's done. Be the task large or small do it well or not at all." EBR |
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Just watched the lungs "breathing"
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Originally Posted By guns762: Update 5/10 Crazy fast Friday about to commence again. Mural design is still coming along well. Good painters are making pretty quick work of it. https://i.imgur.com/hIndsfP.jpg Camouflaging the cords today. Students zip-tied cords together to look cleaner, and now we are painting them to match the tile, as well as the mural. https://i.imgur.com/vCStFYq.jpg Accent lights added yesterday to light up our old shield and sword. https://i.imgur.com/9oZjy9w.jpg This didn't make my scale and skin painters happy, but we added the rear leg yesterday. It's a tight fit now. https://i.imgur.com/aO0K1pJ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5tqp1X1.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jzdpcYj.jpg https://i.imgur.com/E6UdW0S.jpg Late yesterday we played around with posing some of our crew. We decided we need something to make them a bit more rigid and stand up better. We will work to add some lath up the leg and under the clothing. https://i.imgur.com/oXKcLOk.jpg Mural is still not done, but it is something we can do after the seniors are gone. Raven on the ghost bow looks pretty good. https://i.imgur.com/SIg3wSa.jpg Little more fabric up with the Valkyries. https://i.imgur.com/ZUDFDih.jpg I thought I'd see more work on the heart and lungs, but kids are gone again. I've seen some preliminary work on the mechanisms for the lungs, heart, and castle gates. Hopefully we see more very soon. https://i.imgur.com/7Se7iCb.jpg Little ravens around the castle tops. https://i.imgur.com/9d3lYf4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/MiozeMK.jpg Lights up. https://i.imgur.com/PO11Hnu.jpg One of my outstanding seniors offered to take the dragon head home yesterday to set the eyes, and get the eye lids done on it. She sent me pictures last night on her progress. https://i.imgur.com/mYiGtQ7.jpg Dragon skulls for our castle entrances getting horns and spikes. https://i.imgur.com/dNbk9lI.jpg View Quote Might be a little late, but... Can that power cord be tucked into the corner behind the castle or is it too short/too late? Looks at a haphazard angle rather than "installed" aside from coloring. |
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The person who complains most, and is the most critical of others has the most to hide.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. |
I'm a little concerned the insulation, drywall,electrical & plumbing on the castle interiors looks...unfinished. I'm pretty sure you're not going to get a Certificate of Occupancy on that. Of course, the Uniform Commercial Code for 956 seems a little...out of date.
(Great job, crew! The Investors should be pleased.) |
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Needs moar crocogators.
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There's no longer any doubt about it; Microsoft's solitaire game is cheating me!
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Kids were off this afternoon, but I was not. No big meetings so I spent a few hours working on the dragon.
We noticed a few days ago lights from the hips to his tail are out. I got up in the lift and spent about 1.5hrs locating the cut in the line and splicing in a new section. I ordered splices the last time we cut the lights in the castle. It paid off. I got the lights working again, and ended up taking the back leg off again so we can get to the skin better. I also did a bit of painting up high where most students won't be able to reach. Hopefully we can get on track to finish the skin next week. |
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