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It's already that time of year again! A week from now students will be here and we will begin this whole adventure once again. The summer flew by. I’ve been putting off this thread, as it felt a bit overwhelming. We no longer have an empty canvas to start with. As we did last year with our taxidermy, and the year before with our F22 project, we will be adding to an existing display. That has made the planning for this year more complex in some ways, and easier in others. Many of you have contributed, followed along, and read these threads for the last 11yrs now. I would not even consider taking on another project without you all here to help us along and make this project better than we could ever imagine. In fact, I know my anxiety for starting this new project will go down as soon as we get this thread going. You all will come up with crazy ideas, some of which will become major focal points in the display. I should be updating syllabus’, and all the other important classroom tasks done soon, , but getting ideas ironed out for this project will relieve more stress than anything. I have that much faith in ARFCOM. A brief history for those who are new to these threads...... ARFCOM has been an essential part of the adventure my students' experience with the building of permanent large installation projects here at our high school. I know that this year and next will be no different, and our success will be attributable to the incredible help that so many of you provide. This will be my 28th year teaching. These projects have rejuvenated my teaching style, given my students something they love coming to school for, and providing experiences that they truly value. Thank you all, again, for being such a great community. My Art classes will again work with CAD students, Welding students, Woodworking students, and Robotic students to try to create our next display. For those new to our adventures, roughly 60-80 students from grades 9-12 will work the entire school year to build from scratch a permanent 3D display in an area roughly 17’wide x 24'long x 20’high. Some students might only spend an hour working on this, some three weeks, and some might spend several hours every day the entire year. Our last four projects have ended up costing about $2500-2900 each. The generosity in both funds, equipment, and advice in our previous years have made all the difference in being able to spend that much money on such a project. Since the UBoat project(2015), ARFCOM has covered the costs of every single one of these projects. Not a single dime has had to come out of my classroom budget. We will again have to have a t-shirt sale(later, much later) to celebrate the adventure and raise the funds needed. The fundraiser will be near the end of the project, so not for almost a year. I know the designs should be epic this year. On to the important part…… The 2nd Age of Vikings! We will be renovating the Dragon and Viking Ship display room this year. The room is large, 17’ deep, 24’long, and 20’ ceilings. It’s big, but there is a life size dragon, and 1/3rd scale(13' long?) Viking ship in there already. I’ve been brainstorming all morning during our meetings. Where I’d like to see this go: -A castle tower around the support column. Something like this….? Viking horn sounds, and lights up as you walk by. -A large 3D British castle in one of the corners of the room built on a landscape tier as we’ve done in the past. Moving pieces to the castle? Draw bridge? -Move the existing Viking ship against a wall. Not sure yet which side. Remove the oars and turn the sail so it is closer to the wall, opening up more room. -Build a new, more detailed ship. Possibly bigger/front half coming out of the wall? Fans to move the sails? -Acrylic waves around both ships -Rune stones? -Murals of coastal coves, waves, storms, dragons, map of Viking conquests -3D Viking village, lodge, docks? -1/3rd skeleton crew aboard the ships. -Famous Viking riding the dragon? -Dragon skin covering the existing skeleton. Glowing lights under the skin. Add meat to the leg bones with foam. -Dragon’s breath, flames I know you will all come up with even better ideas so let’s get this started. Post your ideas, pictures of what you might envision, or what you’d like to see us add in. Nothing is set in stone yet. My ideas are just a starting point. Students will be able to brainstorm starting next week, and along with your ideas, we can start sculpting out a design. |
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Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: Sooo......Should I or should I NOT send you the CD of the movie music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEABLIrAHcc View Quote Would love that. I've never seen the movie. I intend to watch I soon. Time has got me under the gun right now. The football players were listening to modern viking music the other day I the weight room. I will probably have several of them in class this year. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: Would love that. I've never seen the movie. I intend to watch I soon. Time has got me under the gun right now. The football players were listening to modern viking music the other day I the weight room. I will probably have several of them in class this year. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: Sooo......Should I or should I NOT send you the CD of the movie music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEABLIrAHcc Would love that. I've never seen the movie. I intend to watch I soon. Time has got me under the gun right now. The football players were listening to modern viking music the other day I the weight room. I will probably have several of them in class this year. |
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Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: The Link to the Entire Movie is the 14th Post of Page 2. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: Sooo......Should I or should I NOT send you the CD of the movie music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEABLIrAHcc Would love that. I've never seen the movie. I intend to watch I soon. Time has got me under the gun right now. The football players were listening to modern viking music the other day I the weight room. I will probably have several of them in class this year. I know. Saw your link. I'll get there. |
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Question . . . How do you know that your dragon skeleton is truly "life size" ? ? ? |
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View Quote That is some odd shit right there...... Hopefully it's just the beginning glitches. |
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Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/40561/Viking_Horn_png-2925364.JPG View Quote This should be something we can also get in the display pretty easily. |
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Early in the third page and the kids aren't in the classroom yet. Should be an epic year. Expectations running high.
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Originally Posted By brass: Something along these lines, maybe with Huginn and Muninn circling above and not so dark overall? (Mural Difficulty Level: 10) https://i.imgur.com/iylUljN.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By brass: Originally Posted By FB41: A battlefield mural showing ravens on the dead with Valyrie taking warriors to Valhalla. Something along these lines, maybe with Huginn and Muninn circling above and not so dark overall? (Mural Difficulty Level: 10) https://i.imgur.com/iylUljN.jpg Little known nerd fact: Of the dead warriors selected by the Valkyries, only half of them actually end up going to Valhal (Valhalla), which is located in Asgard. As most of you probably know, Valhal is the hall of Odin, where warriors spend time training and preparing to fight for the gods in the final battle (Ragnarok), and feasting and drinking in the evenings. As a side note, the warriors will NOT "live forever" since most of them will be killed in Ragnarok. But, the other half of the dead warriors selected by the Valkyries actually end up going to Freya, and live in her hall (called Sessrúmnir), located in Fólkvangr. It's not entirely clear whether those warriors will also fight in Ragnarok alongside Odin's army, or if they have some other purpose. So even if someone was a brave warrior that was killed in battle, and was one of the small number of the dead who were selected by the valkyries, there was only a 50/50 chance they would end up in Valhal. They could just as easily go to Sessrumnir. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: This should be something we can also get in the display pretty easily. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/40561/Viking_Horn_png-2925364.JPG This should be something we can also get in the display pretty easily. |
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BTW: I already have two CD's on order. As soon as either of them come in I'll order The CD from The Vikings.
Note to self: Look up the novel which the movie is based on. |
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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 redoubt: Ok, hear me out ... Chainmail. A friend of mine used to do it for a hobby. These rings are just butted, but you can have them rivet them individually. BTW, this little shirt weighs almost a pound. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/74363/IMG_20171205_203056921_jpg-2921218.JPG Example of riveted mail. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sword-wholesale.com%2Fv%2Fvspfiles%2Fphotos%2FCM-V45-4.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=cf75be18b819a8717688b54147fbee2fd70285f14e50f548d0f64099241427e3&ipo=images View Quote I may troll the upperclassmen with this idea........ |
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Originally Posted By Mak_380: Of course, you have to film it! Portable forges! Extra anvils! Huge roll of wire! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Mak_380: Originally Posted By guns762: I may troll the upperclassmen with this idea........ Of course, you have to film it! Portable forges! Extra anvils! Huge roll of wire! I had a student who made her own chain mail shirt a few years ago. You never know who is going to latch on to something like that and take it over the edge. |
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In on 3 love these, thanks guns!!
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Little known nerd fact: Of the dead warriors selected by the Valkyries, only half of them actually end up going to Valhal (Valhalla), which is located in Asgard. As most of you probably know, Valhal is the hall of Odin, where warriors spend time training and preparing to fight for the gods in the final battle (Ragnarok), and feasting and drinking in the evenings. As a side note, the warriors will NOT "live forever" since most of them will be killed in Ragnarok. But, the other half of the dead warriors selected by the Valkyries actually end up going to Freya, and live in her hall (called Sessrúmnir), located in Fólkvangr. It's not entirely clear whether those warriors will also fight in Ragnarok alongside Odin's army, or if they have some other purpose. So even if someone was a brave warrior that was killed in battle, and was one of the small number of the dead who were selected by the valkyries, there was only a 50/50 chance they would end up in Valhal. They could just as easily go to Sessrumnir. View Quote Printed and posted that up on the board for students. Pretty interesting. Thanks! |
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Originally Posted By Frank_B: Thor with Tangrisner and Tangnoster.. https://showbizhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Thors-Mystical-Goats-Spotted-on-Love-and-Thunder-Set-960x506.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Frank_B: Originally Posted By guns762: Hmm, Viking God portraits, painted to blend into the skies, hung on the walls, above the display? Thor with Tangrisner and Tangnoster.. https://showbizhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Thors-Mystical-Goats-Spotted-on-Love-and-Thunder-Set-960x506.jpg Taxidermy is sorted. |
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I'm looking for decent hull plans for a viking ship. Any thing I should be looking at? I've got a few pictures I could find online, just not sure what hull we should be looking to build. I'm hoping we can do a more accurate version this time.
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Originally Posted By guns762: This is based on the extremely scientific comparison of skull sizes with a tyrannosaurus. Duuuhhhhh!!!! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By dropdbombnow: IN. Question . . . How do you know that your dragon skeleton is truly "life size" ? ? ? This is based on the extremely scientific comparison of skull sizes with a tyrannosaurus. Duuuhhhhh!!!! You've been to the dinosaur dig in Black Hills, haven't you? I think you're closer to it than I am. It's pretty cool and they have a couple rigged up with reproductions of the bones they're digging and you can stand at a giant window in front of the archaeological dig to see different layers and sizes of various creatures. It's pretty cool if you haven't been there, in Hot Springs, SD IIRC, southern end of Black Hills. Assuming it was prey, Dinosaur would be maybe 2x-5x larger or so? Mammoth Site |
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Originally Posted By brass: You've been to the dinosaur dig in Black Hills, haven't you? I think you're closer to it than I am. It's pretty cool and they have a couple rigged up with reproductions of the bones they're digging and you can stand at a giant window in front of the archaeological dig to see different layers and sizes of various creatures. It's pretty cool if you haven't been there, in Hot Springs, SD IIRC, southern end of Black Hills. Assuming it was prey, Dinosaur would be maybe 2x-5x larger or so? Mammoth Site View Quote Yup. Been there. Cool place. |
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There's the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis, WY.
I can't remember if this is the one we went to or not. I'm thinking the one we went to had a dig in process inside a building. The bones were originally found at the start of a construction project. |
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Originally Posted By raffi383: There's the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis, WY. I can't remember if this is the one we went to or not. I'm thinking the one we went to had a dig in process inside a building. The bones were originally found at the start of a construction project. View Quote Yup, that's what you remember. I've been to that too. Grew up in Worland. I took my boys to see that when they were little. Wyoming a cool place. |
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Originally Posted By guns762: I'm looking for decent hull plans for a viking ship. Any thing I should be looking at? I've got a few pictures I could find online, just not sure what hull we should be looking to build. I'm hoping we can do a more accurate version this time. View Quote Not sure if they have hull plans, but here's a link to the Viking Ship museum in Denmark (in Roskilde). They not only have the remains of several ships, including a long ship - but they also build replicas, using Viking period tools and methodologies. They built a long ship many years ago and sailed it to Ireland and back. I didn't spend a lot of time on their site, but they might have some good resources. https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/ Here's the ship they built and sailed to Ireland: |
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Ya know......
If any of the Crews happen to be named Eric or Erica ..... . OK, the movie is gone.... About 30 seconds in: Failed To Load Title |
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I had forgotten how amazing all of the work turned out, that is high quality work.
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Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: Ya know...... If any of the Crews happen to be named Eric or Erica ..... 1:48:25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ktthVGAoM View Quote I'll have to take a closer look at my lists today. |
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Needs Vikings meeting North American Native Peoples
Bloody First Contact – When Vikings Clashed with Native North Americans |
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Gotdamned if you're not the coolest art teacher ever!
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Originally Posted By GiggleSmith: Ya know...... If any of the Crews happen to be named Eric or Erica ..... 1:48:25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ktthVGAoM View Quote I bet I remember that scene...it was a real corker when I was a kid...shocked the heck out of all of us... |
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Little known nerd fact: Of the dead warriors selected by the Valkyries, only half of them actually end up going to Valhal (Valhalla), which is located in Asgard. As most of you probably know, Valhal is the hall of Odin, where warriors spend time training and preparing to fight for the gods in the final battle (Ragnarok), and feasting and drinking in the evenings. As a side note, the warriors will NOT "live forever" since most of them will be killed in Ragnarok. But, the other half of the dead warriors selected by the Valkyries actually end up going to Freya, and live in her hall (called Sessrúmnir), located in Fólkvangr. It's not entirely clear whether those warriors will also fight in Ragnarok alongside Odin's army, or if they have some other purpose. So even if someone was a brave warrior that was killed in battle, and was one of the small number of the dead who were selected by the valkyries, there was only a 50/50 chance they would end up in Valhal. They could just as easily go to Sessrumnir. View Quote Better to take your chance swimming the River of Blood and getting to Stövökör |
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Somebody had to do it..... Muppet Songs: In the Navy [D+] |
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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. |
Looks like things are off to a slashing- er, smashing- start!
ETA: Just thought of a potential part for the Industrial Arts kids: Fabricate a Viking axe or war hammer. To keep it light, they could use aluminum and a pine dowel rod for a haft. |
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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. |
Oh, yeah: Got one of the Long Ordered CD's in today.
Will be sending away for the Music to Invade Kalifornia shortly. |
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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. |
You could add some of the icons of Norse mythology - like Thor angrily beating his anvil (i.e. thunderstorm), Valkyries, a Valhalla motif, or a rendering of Yggdrasil or Jormungand...
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Two Questions:
1) Any Ericks or Erickas 2) Anybody else seen last years The Northman (2022) besides me The Critical Drinker saw it and liked it. So I went and saw the movie as well. Little scene from it: I Will Avenge You Father! Tense Scene - The Northman (2022) HD |
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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: Two Questions: 1) Any Ericks or Erickas 2) Anybody else seen last years The Northman (2022) besides me The Critical Drinker saw it and liked it. So I went and saw the movie as well. Little scene from it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvg1AyXWz1s View Quote No Eric's or Ericas. I watched that movie. Pretty good. |
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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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