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This shirt reminds me more of Earthbound than it does Pokemon for some reason...
This used to be my old cat... always meowing for constant attention. And yes, it WAS super effective...
There you go kitty, we all voted for you! Now be quiet aaargh!
This shirt will be great for my aunt. She never did find love.
Love the shirt, though I don't really get annoyed at meowing. - unless I'm sleeping, that's the exception.
Congrats Diana! Looks awesome on cranberry too!
I am usually just a sucker, but today I am the first sucker. I can pretend I am leading the meowing crusade.
I'm totally sitting on my couch playing Pokemon right now!! :D
Congrats Diana! This is very funny.
It's Simon's Cat.
"ANNDY"? Who's Andy?
I think I'm just too tired, but I keep on seeing "Kitty uses Andy!" and I keep wondering who Andy is and what he has to do with anything.
. . . throw up on my laptop . . .
One of my cats prefers to throw up in the floor heating vent next to my bed. She has also removed two of the keys from my laptop.
My kitty always used Headbutt on me. It wasn't very effective. Cause then he'd just topple over and purr.
Congrats, dude! I will buy the annoying kitty now and use it to beat the Elite Four!
kcskeele wrote:"ANNDY"? Who's Andy?
Great minds think alike?
Nice Milo and Otis reference. I was just thinking about that movie the other night.
What's the double take, that it says Food?
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... and THIS is the exactly reason why I'm a dog owner.
Finally! I've been wanting this for awhile now.
...so good cats ask for it by name
maybe i just don't get it because i'm not a cat person
DianaSprinkle must know my cat.
I don't mind so much when I'm awake, though it annoys hubby to no end, but he seems most obnoxious when I'm trying to sleep.
So this is a Pokemon reference? I like the Simon's Cat reference, zekecatz.
Now the question is, would you call this more of a cat person shirt, or dog person shirt?
Our cat Beast doesn't meow, she bats me on the face until I wake up. THEN she starts to meow [more like squeaky noises in her case] until I figure out what she wants. She's also in cahoots with the dog
1. This needs to come in Feline Style/Sizes
3. In for minimum 2, maybe 3
I'm so glad this made it that I'm almost speechless. I don't know from Pokemon (it sent me to Wikipedia; I'm probably hopeless), but I adore the kitty and I know the script, thank you.
And the color! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
Aw, yay! Super effective cat made it! WOOOOO! Now people can be happy instead of emailing me sad notes about the kitty. YAY!
My kitty, Purrfect, was realllly good with this attack so when he passed on and I got new kittens I tried to teach them that doing this would add 15 more minutes of me rolling over and sleeping. =D It worked until they realized other people in the house were not so immune. Now they pester them for food at 6 AM, THOSE FOOLS! Bwahahahaha.
I find this shirt to be unreasonably hilarious. LOLs were had by all!
I'm so happy this won. I was totally bummed when it didn't win one of the previous competitions. Just bought my bro this shirt
KaylaJ wrote:I am usually just a sucker, but today I am the first sucker. I can pretend I am leading the meowing crusade.
of all tees for you to be a first sucker on XD
Schrödinger's real motivation is finally revealed
Holy Moses it's my parents cat they have! This shirt embodies it. In all its evil incarnate. Quick time to get my mom and dad to buy one.
aglzebay wrote:Schrödinger's real motivation is finally revealed
Bwahahaha. I think if this was Schrodinger's cat, he would know if it was alive or dead. MEOW!
This is exactly my cat as well. From around 4pm to about 11pm, he'll meow every five seconds.
That's roughly 5040 meows a night.
EDIT: Not buying because I don't know who ANNDY is though.
d4nowar wrote:EDIT: Not buying because I don't know who ANNDY is though.
LOLOLOLOL. It says ANNOY... ponders drinking.
I guess the only good thing is that people don't think the background also says MEDW, MEDW, MEDW.
The inspiration is just like my cat. When he's hungry, he just won't let you sleep and will make sure you know he's hungry.
The execution is just like my hubby's cat. She just won't shut up!
Edit: I am totally getting this shirt. I'm sort of a poke-nerd, too. >.>
There's something just off about how the letter 'o' is formed so that the background looks like 'MEDW' and annoy looks like 'ANNDY'. I'll have to pass on this one, just to avoid the inevitable barrage of "Who is Andy?" that would come from wearing this shirt.
DianaSprinkle wrote:It says ANNOY... ponders drinking.
Don't listen to them, I think it's pretty obvious that the word is "annoy" and those who claim that they cannot see it are imploying their own form of "Annoy."
If you do indulge in a drink this evening, make it a glass of champagne to celebrate the win!
bluejester wrote:Don't listen to them, I think it's pretty obvious that the word is "annoy" and those who claim that they cannot see it are imploying their own form of "Annoy."
If you do indulge in a drink this evening, make it a glass of champagne to celebrate the win!
LOLOLOLOLOL, Part of me is amused that I can kind of see it with Annoy. The other one totally not. Wiggles eyebrows at maverickmila.
Hehheh I'm rolling around with cats in joy! They find it anndying. =P
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 355, January 26, 2007
- Volcano Research and ARSC Post-Doc
- Passing Environment Variables to Loadleveler Jobs
- Iceberg, Multiple Compiler Versions Available
- Quick Tip
Volcano Research and ARSC Post-Doc
Here's an interesting feature on one of the ARSC Post-Doctoral Fellows and his work:
Passing Environment Variables to Loadleveler Jobs
One of the things that surprised me when I started using LoadLeveler was that you could not pass command line arguments to a script when it was submitted. If you try, you will get an error like this:
iceberg2 1% llsubmit myjob.ll 100 200 llsubmit: 2512-034 File 200 not found. llsubmit: 2512-055 Unable to process the job command file "200" for input, the error is: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.. llsubmit: 2512-051 This job has not been submitted to LoadLeveler.
I've used a couple of methods to solve this:
- hard code the information into the job script, or
- read the information from a text file.
Neither of the options is really elegant. With option (a), you need a new script for each set of command line arguments you use. With option (b), you need a new input file for each additional job you run.
However there's a slightly more graceful way to pass information to Loadleveler scripts, using environment variables.
If the LoadLeveler keyword "environment" is set to "COPY_ALL", all environment variables from your login environment will be copied to your LoadLeveler script when you submit it. With this feature you can set an arbitrary environment variable to be used by your job script:
iceberg2 2% export NUM_ITERATIONS=19 iceberg2 3% llsubmit myjob.ll ...
Where the job script looks like this:
iceberg2 4% cat myjob.ll #!/bin/bash # @ error = $(executable).$(jobid).eo # @ output = $(executable).$(jobid).eo # @ notification = never # @ job_type = parallel # @ environment = COPY_ALL # @ node = 1 # @ tasks_per_node = 8 # @ network.MPI = sn_all,shared,us # @ node_usage = not_shared # @ class = standard # @ wall_clock_limit=3600 # @ queue # Check to see if $NUM_ITERATIONS is set: if [ ! -z "$NUM_ITERATIONS" ]; then echo Job input=$NUM_ITERATIONS # Run a job using $NUM_ITERATIONS as a command line argument poe ./a.out $NUM_ITERATIONS exit 1 else echo "Error \$NUM_ITERATIONS not set" 1>&2 echo "exiting..." 1>&2 exit 1 fi
There's one minor annoyance with this design. If you forget to set the environment variables (e.g., $NUM_ITERATIONS) before you submit the job, it will exit immediately. One improvement would be to write a simple wrapper script to ensure that all of the necessary variables are set, e.g.,:
iceberg2 5% run_job.bash #!/bin/bash if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then export NUM_ITERATIONS=$1 llsubmit myjob.ll else BASE=$(basename $0) echo "Usage: $BASE iterations" 2>&1 echo "" 2>&1 exit 1 fi
Using this wrapper script, if you happen to forget to set the command-line options, an error message will be displayed:
iceberg2 6% ./run_job.bash Usage: run_job.bash iterations
Environment variables can also be used in chained jobs to pass information between successive runs. Just be sure to include the "environment=COPY_ALL" keyword and option combination in all of the Loadleveler scripts and update the environment variables you are using before submitting the chained script.
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Occasionally you may want to reproduce an earlier compilation of your code, using an old compiler version (for comparison with a new compiler, for instance). More often, you may want to try the very latest compiler, which has not yet been made the general default.
"Modules," which Cray has used for almost a decade to manage multiple versions of programming environments and packages on its systems, are gaining popularity elsewhere. E.g., they're now included in the SUSE Linux distribution.
ARSC has installed modules on both iceflyer and iceberg as a local modification.
To give you the flavor of modules on iceberg, here's a sample session in which the user does the following:
- Checks the current mpxlf90 version (mpxlf90 -qversion)
- Learns about the modules command (news modules)
- Initializes modules for ksh user (. /usr/local/pkg/modules/init/ksh)
- Determines which modules are available (module avail)
- Determines which modules are already loaded (module list)
- Loads the latest xlf module (module load xlf.10.1.0.3)
- Checks which modules are already loaded, again (module list)
- Checks the current mpxlf90 version, again (mpxlf90 -qversion)
b1n1 % mpxlf90 -qversion IBM XL Fortran Enterprise Edition V10.1 for AIX Version 10.01.0000.0001 b1n1 % news modules [... cut ...] b1n1 % . /usr/local/pkg/modules/init/ksh b1n1 % module avail --------------- /usr/local/pkg/modules/modules-3.2.2/Modules/versions ---------------- 3.2.2 ----------- /usr/local/pkg/modules/modules-3.2.2/Modules/3.2.2/modulefiles ----------- dot module-cvs module-info modules null use.own ---------------------------- /usr/local/pkg/modulefiles/ ----------------------------- SciPy idl ncview tau vac.22.214.171.124 ferret idl-6.2 ncview-1.92e tau_64 xlf.10.1.0.0 ferret-5.41b ncl ncview-1.93b vac.126.96.36.199 xlf.10.1.0.1 gnuplot ncl-4.2.0.a030_64 numpy-0.9.8 vac.18.104.22.168 xlf.10.1.0.2 gnuplot-4.0.0 ncl-4.2.0.a033_64 python-2.4.3 vac.22.214.171.124 xlf.10.1.0.3 b1n1 % module list No Modulefiles Currently Loaded. b1n1 % module load xlf.10.1.0.3 b1n1 % module list Currently Loaded Modulefiles 1) /xlf.10.1.0.3 b1n1 % mpxlf90 -qversion IBM XL Fortran Enterprise Edition V10.1 for AIX Version 10.01.0000.0003
Stay tuned to "news compilers" for announcements of updates to the default compilers. We recommend you avail yourself of the "modules" command to test new compilers, prior to upgrades. If you use "modules" frequently, you might add the appropriate initialization step to your shell startup file.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ Too many times, I've wanted to clean out a few files with a command [[ like this: [[ % rm 200612*.dat old *.txt junk* [[ [[ but was typing too fast and entered something like this, [[ % rm 200612*.dat old * txt junk* [[ [[ thus deleting everything. [[ [[ I absolutely do not have the patience to make a habit of "rm -i". I'd [[ just like to disable "rm *". Is there a way to do this? Any other [[ great ideas to keep me from deleting everything with the flub of [[ a finger? # # Thanks to Liam Forbes: # Write your own rm command to first echo the globbed command line and then prompt only once whether to continue or not. A simple script placed in one's own bin directory that does this can then be aliased to "rm". #!/bin/bash echo /bin/rm $* echo "Are you sure [y/N]" read answer if [ ":y:" == ":$answer:" ]; then /bin/rm $* else echo "okay then" fi Here's an example; I want to delete all the numbered ones but keep the original, unnumbered copy. nelchina$ alias rm="~/bin/rm" nelchina$ ls -l total 8 drwx------ 2 lforbes staff 4096 2007-01-12 18:11 ./ drwxr-xr-x 15 lforbes staff 4096 2007-01-12 18:10 ../ -rw------- 1 lforbes staff 0 2007-01-12 18:10 test -rw------- 1 lforbes staff 0 2007-01-12 18:11 test.1 -rw------- 1 lforbes staff 0 2007-01-12 18:11 test.2 -rw------- 1 lforbes staff 0 2007-01-12 18:11 test.3 -rw------- 1 lforbes staff 0 2007-01-12 18:11 test.4 -rw------- 1 lforbes staff 0 2007-01-12 18:11 test.5 nelchina$ rm * .* /bin/rm test test.0 test.1 test.2 test.3 test.4 test.5 . .. Are you sure [y/N] n okay then The nice thing is that any command line options you would use with rm can be used this way because they are passed to the command by $*. So if you wanted to use "-i" with rm, you would be prompted one extra time. nelchina$ rm -i *.* /bin/rm -i test.0 test.1 test.2 test.3 test.4 test.5 Are you sure [y/N] y /bin/rm: remove regular empty file `test.0'? y /bin/rm: remove regular empty file `test.1'? y /bin/rm: remove regular empty file `test.2'? y /bin/rm: remove regular empty file `test.3'? y /bin/rm: remove regular empty file `test.4'? y /bin/rm: remove regular empty file `test.5'? y # # Rich Griswold gives us the ZSH answer: # ZSH handles rm as a special case: % rm 200612*.dat old * txt junk* zsh: sure you want to delete all the files in /home/richard/data [yn]? n % # # And Don Bahls stumbled on this tcsh answer: # If you are using tcsh, you can set rmstar=1 to have tcsh prompt you when "rm *" is used: nelchina% set rmstar=1 nelchina% touch 1 2 3 4 5 nelchina% rm * Do you really want to delete all files? [n/y] y If you don't want tcsh to prompt, simply do this: nelchina% unset rmstar Q: I'd like to pipe "ls -l" into "cut" to extract certain fields, like group, size, and name, and I'd like to use spaces as delimiters, because it's easer to count the fields. So with this "ls -l" output: -rw------- 1 robert jstme 3183 2007-01-23 14:57 file1 -rw------- 1 robert them 973 2006-09-15 08:19 file3 -rw------- 5 bert justm 15096 2006-11-16 13:04 file2 I tried: ls -l cut -f4,5,8 -d' ' but it gave me this garbage: robert jstme 2007-01-23 robert 15096 Am I doing something wrong?
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Smith Island, Maryland
|Smith Island, Maryland
|Census-designated place
Harbor at Ewell
|Nickname(s): "The Island" "The Rock"
|Coordinates: 37°58′7″N 76°1′22″W / 37.96861°N 76.02278°WCoordinates: 37°58′7″N 76°1′22″W / 37.96861°N 76.02278°W
|United States
|• Total
|9.2 sq mi (23.8 km2)
|• Land
|4.5 sq mi (11.5 km2)
|• Water
|4.7 sq mi (12.2 km2)
|0 ft (0 m)
|Population (2010)
|• Total
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|81.7/sq mi (31.6/km2)
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|Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
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Smith Island is an island on the Chesapeake Bay, on the border of Maryland and Virginia territorial waters in the United States.
The island is inhabited by one of the region's oldest English-speaking communities, which is known for its relic accent, preserving speech patterns from the original English colonial settlers.
The community is located in a small town-area in the central part of the island, spread across the three inhabited locations of Ewell, Rhodes Point and Tylerton, all located in the state of Maryland. The northern part of Smith Island also includes the Martin National Wildlife Refuge. The southernmost portion of the island consisting of marsh lies in Accomack County, Virginia.
The Island has been shrinking in size for centuries, due to a combination of its low elevation and storm erosion. In the last 150 years, Smith Island has lost over 3,300 acres (13 km2) of wetlands due to erosion and post-glacial subsidence into the Chesapeake Bay. To prevent the island from being lost to erosion, restoration efforts will be ongoing for the next 50 years to restore 1,900 acres (8 km2) of submerged aquatic vegetation and 240 acres (1.0 km2) of wetlands.[2]
Smith Island has no airport and no bridges to the mainland; it can be accessed only by boat. Passenger-only ferries connect Smith Island at Ewell to Point Lookout, Maryland, and Reedville, Virginia, on the Western shore of the Chesapeake Bay (seasonal) and from Crisfield, Maryland on its Eastern Shore (year-round). A daily passenger ferry also runs between Crisfield, Maryland and the smaller island of Tylerton, Maryland.
On its Maryland side, Smith Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As of the census of 2010, there were 276 people residing in the CDP. The population density was 81.7 people per square mile (31.6/km²). There were 218 housing units at an average density of 57.5/sq mi (22.2/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.6% White, 0.82% African American, 0.27% Native American, and 0.82% from two or more races. 51% of Smith Island's residents were English, 4% Greek, 3% Irish, 3% Scottish, and 3% French.[3]
There were 167 households out of which 19.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were married couples living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.69.
In the CDP, the population was spread out with 14.6% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 34.6% from 45 to 64, and 23.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,324, and the median income for a family was $29,375. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $28,750 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $25,469. About 14.4% of families and 37.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.9% of those under age 18 and 67.9% of those age 65 or over.
History and language[edit]
British settlers arrived on the island in the 17th century, arriving from Cornwall, Wales,[4] and Dorset via Virginia.[5]
A notable feature of the island is the local dialect which is like the dialects of the West Country of England and the dialect of Cornwall. The dialect contains some relict features indicative of its origins.[6] This dialect is like the Ocracoke Brogue,[7] sometimes referred to as the Outer Banks Brogue.[8][9]
The Island Belle was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[10]
Smith Island Cake [edit]
Smith Island has its own region-specific traditional cuisine. The most famous dish is a locally produced cake similar to the Prinzregententorte and featuring 8 to 15 thin layers[11] filled with creme, frosting and/or crushed candy bars. The cake is iced with a cooked chocolate icing. Beginning in the 1800s, Smith Islanders would send these cakes with the watermen on the autumn oyster harvest. The bakers began using fudge instead of buttercream frostings, as cakes frosted with fudge lasted much longer than cakes with other frostings.[12] The cake is often made using a commercial cake mix but with unique additions such as condensed milk. It can also be made from scratch using flour.[13] The most common flavor is yellow cake with chocolate icing but other flavors such as coconut, fig, strawberry, lemon, and orange are also common. Known simply as the Smith Island Cake, the dessert is baked for any occasion and not reserved only for holidays.[14] The cake is also baked as the feature prize for a local fundraising tradition called a cake walk which is a game played like musical chairs where donated cakes serve as the prize. Great attention is paid to the perfection of the pencil-thin layers that form the distinctive cake.[15] Before each round, the prize cake at stake is cut in half and shown to the players who pay to participate in the game. A poorly stacked cake may not attract many players and as a result, not raise as much money as a more perfectly executed cake.[16]
On April 24, 2008, Smith Island cake was designated as the official dessert of the state of Maryland.[17]
See also[edit]
- ^ https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk
- ^ US Army Corps of Engineers Smith Island, Maryland Environmental Restoration and Protection Project Accessed October 11, 2007
- ^ "Smith Island, MD, Ancestry & Family History". Epodunk.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "Claws and effect". The Daily Telegraph. London. September 13, 2005.
- ^ Scheller, William G. (March 12, 2000). "Island of Calm". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
- ^ Do You Speak American? by Robert MacNeil, William Cran, Robert McCrum. Page 35 Random House, Inc., 2005 ISBN 0-385-51198-1
- ^ The North Carolina Language and Life Project Smith Island, MD. Accessed October 11, 2007
- ^ Do You Speak American? by Robert MacNeil, William Cran, Robert McCrum. Page 34 Random House, Inc., 2005 ISBN 0-385-51198-1
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Today under the guidance of current proprietor Lars Maack, the winery has earned a reputation as the source of some of South Africa's most exquisite, mineral-tinged white wines. Bayten is a Dutch word that means "beyond expectation." Cellarmaster Herman Kirschbaum and winemaker Brad Paton continue to craft stunning wines that deliver on that promise to exhilarate the senses.
Constantia is one of the few wine-growing areas in South Africa which does not need to rely on irrigation, thanks to significant winter rainfall. Bayten's vineyards, planted on a variety of ancient decomposed granite soils, are dry farmed, with an average yield of five tons per hectare. The farm embraces a variety of holistic farming practices. A portion of the estate has been dedicated to a conservancy in order to preserve indigenous flora and fauna, and a section of the vineyards is currently undergoing organic certification. View all Bayten Wines
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A long history of growing grapes and making wine, but less of a history on exporting it, and even lesser on the quality aspect. At the turn of the century (1900, that is), a surplus of wine in South Africa created a hierarchy of cooperatives, the biggest and best known being KWV. This organization seemed to favor quantity over quality and had most control over wines and vineyards until the late 1980's. Now, with a bit more competition, quality is coming around. Yet, South African wine was not even seen in American wine stores until the mid-1990's – the trade embargo on the country for their racial apartheid laws kept South African wine out of the US. When apartheid fell, so did the embargo, and SA bottles began showing up on US shelves.
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|Hmm . . . If you were doing a major restoration I would suggest buying a solid used frame. Those trucks are plentiful @ the junk yards. However it sounds like you want to patch and repair and just keep it on the road. In the latter case, you are pretty much restricted to just what you described in your post - search for, cut out and replace the rotten plates. "Some" welding experience is relative - can mean you can strike an arc 3 out of 4 times w/o killing yourself all the way up to being able to run a bead that would pass a certification test. If you are not pretty far up the scale to the certified weld, I would recommend you take the truck to a good welder and ask him to do the minimum ($$$) to get the truck safe again. If you want a show stopper, go for the replacement frame.
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Well I've been making this for about a week now, it's made from foam-board, poster-board, some tubing, and a lot of wood filler. It still needs some work, let me know what you think.
Well I've been making this for about a week now, it's made from foam-board, poster-board, some tubing, and a lot of wood filler. It still needs some work, let me know what you think.
Looking good there buddy, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing a lick of paint on your blasters.
Currently i have a member making me a couple of LL-30's, I have asked for real scopes to be fitted and an alloy piece of tubbing for the inner barrels,
Once she gets started on the builds i will be putting them up on the prop building thread for all to see.
Thanks again,
Woooow! I'd like to see it primered. In that way we could see how smooth the surface is.
Ya, I got sick.. ..so a few days off working on this, should primer it tomorrow.
P.s. I have a little surprise that I sculpted, will post new thread soon.
Hey, I sanded it, made a new scope, and put some primer on. Let me know if you like them.
awesome work...cant wait to see finished piece
Nice work, that's really coming along!
Wow, man, those are lookin realy good!
Is this for a single costume, or are you planning to make a mold of it?
I'm planning on making a mold, and will be selling some.
Awesome, man. You could make alot of money with those
Hey, if your interested let me know.
Haha! I wish. I'd realy love to make another costume, but I can barely afford my ROTJ fett project.
But Jeez....that pistol is reeealy nice, I'm sure you'll have plenty of other buyers.
Awwwwe.... Sorry man....I hate being a thread-ender.
Don't worry their will an update tomorrow.
Almost done, just have to add some stuff to the scope then it's time for the molding.
hmm i mite even buy one these myself
this is if you make a mold for them =p
Don't worry I will.
YAAA! Ready for molding, here it is next to a large(7lbs) can of bondo:
ohh thats pretty =)
Thank you.
Just started the molding!! Here it is about to take a bath:
WOW! sorry guys, my image hosting site is down. I'll try to get them up tomorrow.
now i have to wait =(
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Summit County Community Notes: 10-11-2012
October 10, 2012
Need a little inspiration in your life? Join us on Friday at 7 p.m., at the Main Library, Frisco, as as four Colorado authors discuss their craft and read from their works, followed by an audience Q&A. Meet Beth Groundwater, "Wicked Eddies"; Greg Hill, "East of Denver"; Paula Scanland, "A Suffering Heart"; and Mark Stevens, "Antler Dust." This event is part of our "Elect to Read" Fall reading program for adults, and is sponsored by the Friends of the Summit County Libraries. For more info on this or other upcoming events or programs, or to learn about volunteer opportunities, call Joyce Dierauer, at (970) 668-5555 or contact her by email at firstname.lastname@example.com; or simply come by and visit with us at any of our three locations, in Frisco, Breck and S'thorne.
The 14th annual Make a Difference Day is Saturday. Volunteers and sites needed! Join a day of service and give back to Summit County. Free breakfast, lunch and T-shirt giveaway for volunteers. To register as a site or to volunteer for the event, go to summitcares.org. Questions? Call (970) 668-9196.
The Summit Community Orchestra is seeking more string players. If you play an orchestral string instrument, we have a spot for you. We are especially in need of violins. The SCO is a nonprofit, volunteer orchestra in Summit County under the direction of Dr. Kenneth Evans. It is composed of fine musicians from Summit and surrounding counties. Our mission is to promote joy and appreciation of classical music in the community through offering free concerts and providing educational opportunities for young musicians. If interested, call Ann at (970) 262-1880.
Basses and tenors are still needed as part of a community choir performing in the concert "From Bach to Beatles 2012." The concert will include repertoire for choir from the sacred music of J. S. Bach to music of the Beatles, with many choral pieces in between. Pianist/organist Leonard Rhodes and director Chris Keelan invite you to participate in this performance which is designed to create an enjoyable choral performance opportunity within a limited time frame. This session will offer singers a chance to ascertain the level of difficulty and degree of individual preparation required. There will be four three-hour rehearsals each Saturday in October preparing for the Oct. 28 performance. This event is jointly sponsored by Summit Music and Arts and the Breckenridge Music Festival. More info, call (970) 468-6809.
The Summit-Lake Dillon Optimist Club is now conducting its annual ski pass raffle. A $2 ticket (or six tickets for $10) buys a chance to win a season pass to Copper Mountain, Loveland, A-Basin or the Vail Epic Pass.Your local Optimist club supports a wide variety of activities for the youth of Summit County, including basketball, volleyball, oratorical and essay contests, and chess tournaments. The proceeds from the ski pass raffle are used to provide scholarships to graduating seniors at Summit High School. The drawing is Oct. 17 at 12:30 p.m. at the Summit County Community and Senior Center and you do not need to be present to win. Tickets are available at any Alpine Bank or First Bank location, Dillon Ridge Liquor, or the Edward Jones office of Mark Nunn in Frisco.
The Breckenridge Resort Chamber is accepting submissions for the 2013 Ullr Fest poster art contest. Submissions are due by 5 p.m. on Nov. 5, and should tie in to the 50th "Golden" anniversary theme. Winning artwork will appear on 2013 Ullr Fest poster, merchandise, advertising and other event collateral; the winning artist will receive a prize package of event merchandise.Concept sketches must be no larger than 14″ x 17″ and can be submitted via email (email@example.com), in person at the BRC offices (111 Ski Hill Rd. in Breck) or via U.S. mail to the Breckenridge Resort Chamber, ATTN: Special Events, P.O. Box 1909, Breckenridge, CO 80424. The winning artist will be required to submit final art at a poster size of 14″ x 17." For questions regarding the contest, contact Gavin Dalgliesh at (970) 453-5055 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lake Dillon Preschool is seeking sponsors and vendors for our fall fundraiser: the third annual "Ready for Spaghetti!" community dinner. "Ready for Spaghetti!" is Nov. 10, at the Silverthorne Pavilion from 5-8:30 p.m. Historically, this event attracts approximately 125 kids and parents, and is a great opportunity for exposure for local businesses and companies. The event includes a delicious spaghetti dinner, cash bar, face painting, balloon artist, bouncy house, a performance by the kids of Lake Dillon Preschool and the Summit School of Dance – and of course vendors! We're specifically looking for vendors of products that are geared toward kids and/or families. For more info on available sponsorship packages and vendor booths, email email@example.com.
Rare opportunity for a piece of mountain history! Thanks to the generosity of Vail Resorts and Breckenridge Ski Resort, The Peak School in Breck is offering a limited quantity of genuine, four-person high-speed quad, Colorado Superchairs from Breckenridge for sale. These chairs are in excellent condition, with good padding on the seat. The Peak School has a limited number of chairs for sale for $600 each. All proceeds benefit the school – a new independent school in Summit. Visit thepeakschool.org for more information and to purchase.


text: Hey guys, this was just one loss, on the road, without our starting PG for the most part... For me it would have been easier to swallow if they didn't scratch and claw their way back to within 4 to start the 4th quarter, only to go into an immediate double-digit hole. Oh well... I thought Rip forced way too many shots as well, but Tayshaun had a great game. Who cares if he doesn't feed the post to anybody other than Sheed? He's shooting great these playoffs and seems to consistently get himself a good look. What seemed strange to me was at one point in the game we had Ratliff, Herrmann and Hayes on the floor at the same time. I don't see how that was going to help us put points on the board. Ratliff absolutely will not look to shoot (so the D can cheat off of him), and it seemed that after Howard completely stuffed Herrmann's weak finger roll he wouldn't shoot again. Speaking of Howard, he completely altered more shots than the 6 he blocked last night. I remember one play where a guard (Hamilton or Stuckey) drove in, dished to an open McDyess (I think) who was in great position under the basket, but who then dished again out of the paint rather than risk being blocked. Go up strong with both hands and force the issue, please! Not to throw fuel on the Amir fire, but didn't he give up an open 3 to Rashard Lewis on the first defensive possession after he checked in? I get excited to see him come in, too, but IMO he's not ready for the playoffs this year.


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Inspired by The Hobbit and begun in 1937, The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy that J.R.R. Tolkien created to provide "the necessary background of history for Elvish tongues". From these academic aspirations was born one of the most popular and imaginative works in English literature.
The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume in the trilogy, tells of the fateful power of the One Ring. It begins a magnificent tale of adventure that will plunge the members of the Fellowship of the Ring into a perilous quest and set the stage for the ultimate clash between the powers of good and evil.
In this splendid, unabridged audio production of Tolkien's great work, all the inhabitants of a magical universe – hobbits, elves, and wizards – step colorfully into life. Rob Inglis' narration has been praised as a masterpiece of audio.
©1983 Christopher R. Tolkien, Michael H.R.Tolkien, John F.R. Tolkien, and Priscilla M.A.R.Tolkien (P)1990 Recorded Books
"At last - The Definitive Recording!"
There are a number of Lord of the Rings recordings out there, including a superb dramatization by the BBC. But there is only ONE set of unabridged recordings of the trilogy -- from Recorded Books and read by Rob Inglis. For many years, I've treasured the set of these recordings I have on compact disc. But never before now have I been able to find them for audio download -- until now!!! Words cannot express how thrilled I am to listen to the Lord of the Rings on my iPod (and on my Kindle too!) Audible members who have never yet heard the saga read in its entirety, you are in for a very special treat indeed! In a whole new way will you enjoy the story you've read years ago and have seen transformed into the motion pictures. It'll be almost as if you're experiencing the story for the very first time.
"Greatest Book, with the finest reading"
The audiobook doesn't let you skip or skim the songs (or the whole Tom Bombadil section); the result is that you experience the book as Tolkien intended it.
Rob Inglis's reading is superb on general principles - he distinguishes characters well and interprets them beautifully. But the best surprise is the authenticity and quality of his rendering of Tolkien's many songs. Heroic when that's appropriate; funny or moving or spiritual by turns, this is an effect you can't produce for yourself in a silent reading. (And Tolkien heard and authorized some of Inglis's tunes.)
"A Classic Done Right"
This book marks the beginning of Frodo the Hobbit's quest to resolve the question of the Ring of Power which hangs over the fate of Middle Earth like a menacing cloud. I read this book over 40 years ago and it has headed up (together with the others in the trilogy) my list of books to be stranded on a desert island with ever since.
Although the fantasy genre predates The Lord of the Rings, it is no exaggeration to say that Tolkien's books inspired the tsunami of fantasy fiction which is with us even today. More than once, I have read some particularly dreadful specimen of the same and thought to myself that J.R.R. Tolkien has a lot to answer for (tongue-in-cheek) but his genius speaks for itself and is recognized today. When I was in college, stating that The Lord of the Rings was a great work of fiction elicited (from my English professors) stares of incomprehension from some and mild contempt from others. As Norman Cantor has remarked, however, it is the reading public that determines whether a work is great or not and by that standard The Lord of the Rings is now a classic.
Rob Inglis is able to do the series full justice. Not only is he a superb narrator, but he can sing which is important in a work with such an emphasis on songs and music (not always the case.. sometimes I've cringed in sympathetic embarrassment as a narrator, competent in other respects, attempted to sing or chant his/her way through a song with dismal results).
In short, you can't go wrong with this series, particularly if you like stories about quests or knightly adventures. There's very little in the way of boy-girl romance however and no sex so readers who like plenty of that in their fiction may want to look elsewhere.
"Perhaps my favorite narrator ever"
Yes, for sure. It was just a pleasure to listen to it. The narrator made it so captivating... Even though the book is of course from The Lord of The Rings series and wouldn't need further reasons to listen to.
Surprisingly the songs. I loved that the narrator managed to put into melody the songs on the book and actually sing them.
Elrond. Perhaps because of the contrast with the Elrond from the movies. Rob's voice for this character was lighter and melodious.
If I could, I would, but it's a bit too long for me to listen in one sitting :)
My taste differs from kid books to gory horror books.
I read the hard back, I have listened all the way through, and I have given up twice. It is weird when a book so loved, does nothing for you. You wonder, is it me? The quotes from the book are great, I could write down quotes all day. The movie was fantastic. I can't get interested in the characters or the story. It would be sacrilege, I know, but I would love to have this story rewritten by someone who is good at bringing characters to life, such as Robin Hobb or Brandon Sanderson. If your like me and don't like this, don't worry, you are not alone, but you might not want to repeat it or write a review to be read by fanatics.
"Finally. The Hobbit and LOTR Unabridged on Audible"
Well, first, I would like to both thank Audible for finally making this available, and alternately curse them for doing so at a time when they're making so many other great books available (Gardens of the Moon, for one). Needless to say, all others will have to wait until I'm done listening to these.
Second, I have to admit that I've just started listening to it, but so far, I must say that I'm entirely impressed by Mr. Inglis' reading. Nice, clear voice, good differentiation of the different characters.
Third, like many others, I read "The Hobbit" and this trilogy as a pre-teenager about 30 years ago. I loved it. I honestly don't think you can consider yourself a fantasy fan if you haven't read these books. They are, simply put, amazing. I eagerly watched all the movies and was very impressed with those as well. Except for "The Hobbit", of course. Now, I finally have a chance to listen to them in audio, and unabridged!
Again, thank you Audible... now, if you could just get "Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn" by Tad Williams, I'd be even happier!
"A PURE Classic!!!!"
This is the best! Rob Ingles is excellent. His performance is as if JRR Tolkien was reading it himself.
Enjoyed the entire story and narration.
I have listened to The Hobbitt - also highly recommend,
Say something about yourself!
"...no knowing where you might be swept off to."
Having listened to the entire series starting with The Hobbit, and continuing through The Lord of the Rings series, it is difficult to review each book only on its own merit, as they are each part of grand story. Truly an example of the sum being greater than its parts.
Bilbo's part in the tale of the one ring is over, and Frodo's begins. There is quite a bit in the books that the films left out, that add so much to the story. Characters that are far older than Sauron, Gandalf and Elrond. They have been largely forgotten by the realms in Middle Earth, but still have their parts to play (for good or ill) in the Fellowship's battle against the forces of Sauron .
Please indulge yourself and experience the complete unabridged performance of the beginning of the LOTR trilogy. Rob Inglis does an admirable job with both the narration and the songs. As tempting as it might be to skip over some of the songs, they do contain nuggets of information that hep to more completely flesh out the storyline.
People say I resemble my dog (and vice-versa). He can hear sounds I can't hear, but I'm the one who listens to audiobooks.
"One Ring to Rule Them All..."
The last time I "read" The Fellowship of the Ring, I read it out loud to my daughter at bed time. Took several months, reading a handful of pages each night. That was about a dozen years ago. Prior to that, I read the entire trilogy about a dozen times, but that was back in my youth in the 60s and 70s, when I re-read it every summer (yeah, yeah, go ahead and mock me, I'd do the same). So no surprise that I jumped at listening to the audiobook when I got the chance.
So who are you and what can I tell you about Tolkien's classic fantasy trilogy? Chances are, you already know all about The Lord of the Rings, in which case there's not much I can add other than critique the narration (see below). If you've never heard of LOTR, you've either been living under a rock for the past half century, or you're too young to read, in which case, all I can say is, READ IT (as soon as you can get out from under your rock, or when you're old enough to read big boy books).
Perhaps you've seen the movie trilogy and are wondering whether it's worth your time to read (listen to) the books, no small consideration given the total length of The Hobbit and LOTR tops 65 hours. I would strongly recommend that you at least read The Fellowship. I always loved it the best because it takes place at more of a, uh, I can't say human level because they're mostly not human, but you get more of a feel for individual characters and specific settings, the remaining books operating on a more epic scale.
And a lot of that character development and scene/mood setting occurs in passages (entire chapters, actually) left out of the movie. The film version of The Hobbit, an as yet unfinished trilogy, contains far more material than the book (including some sections originally in The Fellowship). The movie versions of The Two Towers and The Return of the King may be structured in a different manner than the books, but the events are pretty much all there.
By contrast, there are substantial portions of The Fellowship completely omitted by the movie, including four consecutive chapters in Book 1 along with most of a fifth -- when the hobbits approach Buckland with the Black Riders in pursuit, meet Old Man Willow and Tom Bombadil in the Old Forest, and encounter the barrow-wight on the Barrow Downs. To keep the movie length manageable, it was determined that these adventures did not further the story of the ring. I don't disagree with the decision, despite my disappointment especially with the loss of the magical Tom Bombadil and his companion Goldberry.
Here then is your main reason to read The Fellowship if you've only seen the movie. There are also major scenes omitted from the fellowship's journey through Moria, Lothlorien, and down the Anduin from Book 2, as well as major passages of lore from The Council of Elrond and other similar discussions. And then there are the many Tolkien songs sung a capella by narrator Rob Inglis to tunes he and his producer wrote. Personally, I found the songs tedious and the recording (done a quarter century ago) crude by today's audiobook standards, so I took a star off Inglis's otherwise legendary recitation.
For Tolkien fans looking for a new way to enjoy his best work, or for others willing or desiring to see what the fuss is all about, this audiobook is a perfect way to follow the adventures of Frodo and his hobbit friends as they make their way across the Shire, through the Old Forest to Bree, on to the magical valley of Rivendell, into the mines of Moria and the enchanated woodland of Lothlorien, and down the Great River toward Gondor and Mordor, along the way meeting Tolkien's version of wizards, elves, dwarves, trolls, wraiths, wights, orcs, balrogs, wargs, and all sorts of men, strange, heroic, devious, and jolly.
"The best Fellowship recording out there"
I know that Audible has been waiting for this book a long time in the US and it is worth the wait! The narration is excellent - including the singing - and Rob Inglis does a great job differentiating each character without becoming comical.
If you love the series then this is the version to get especially since it syncs with Kindle.
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No need, it is perfectly understandable, and makes sense.
We're all good! Just had to let them know that to fast is bad but there is also a limit the other way. When I said I had to go back to back from sealer to clear, I'm talking high air flow booth 100 plus degrees and high humidity. Most DIYers don't have the high air flow BUT the other two are possible.
Brian, I'm going to get in touch with my territory manager and have him dig up the info on "15 degree rule" so that I can share it with you if you are not familiar with it.
|AC/DC, yeah I mixed the primer at each coat that way there's no waste as I guage how much I need to cover on the first application. I posted the example of my stupid 20 minute paint job just to provide an example of what can really go on in the world of in and out collision work. Many techs have a heatlamp cooking during the prime and after to push the cure time to it's max. The average DIYer doesn't know the product's limits and can really screw things up if things aren't right so a good amount of cure time with good flash time is just insurance there won't be any shrinkage problems down the road. Just my opinion. No reason for anyone to take offense IMO, sorry if they do. Bob
OK, I can see that I need to explain a little. Here is the sernario, a DIYer bases his car Saturday, evening rolls around and so do the gnats. He says to himself "I'll clear it tomorrow after the gnats leave", its summer time and humid as hell. With that in mind he could burn up his window. I've seen guys who have left bike parts sit for 2 weeks before finishing them and they DID NOT rescuff the part! Why did they leave them sit,you say? Had other projects in the mix.
Now badbob, did you mix new primer with each coat OR do you have enough to do the job in one mix? With my products I would have to make new primer per each coat because of a potlife issue with the time you waited.Just because it is still sprayable DOES NOT make it good to spray. Also I am the exception in collision painting. I have p-sheets and I follow them. That way when some butthole rep comes in to fix a problem I might have I can proudly say that I DO NOT HACK MY PAINT!!!!
And this post was meant to include ALL products not just base. I know for a fact that clears will be the first to fail if you wait to long BUT everything has a window and I wanted to share it with you guys. I believe that pushing products has been WELL documented on here and I totally agree but there are two sides to everything.
If I seem a little pissy I don't mean to.
Being that car was black that you painted, I will bet it has failed by now. Black will retain much more solvent and it surely delamed. Bob, lol, that brought back a memory. Sad thing is, the building where this happen is gone and MORE friggen apartments are being built! This area is going down the tubes.
Anyway, it was a 69 Mustang and on delivery day, just an hour or so from when the guy was to pick it up I was unmasking a little spot job on the fender and the darn paint (from a previous job) peeled up off the primer. This car had been painted or spoted DOSENS of times, the paint was a foot thick. Anyway, it was out side parked in the sun on a very hot day. I sanded the spot, primed it (lacquer) sanded it, painted it, cleared it, blended it out (all lacquer), AND buffed it in about twenty minutes!!!! No kidding! The metal was hotter than hell and it was dry RIGHT NOW.
I had already told him I never wanted to work on it again unless he was going to have it stripped. So I never did, but did check many months later on that repair when I saw it parked, still looked good. Thank God he garaged it every day.
AC/DC, I shot some primer surfacer today, applied three coats waiting 20 minutes between the first two and 30 minutes before applying the third. These panels that were primed will set for three or four weeks before they are final sanded. Could I have shot three coats on back to back with no flash time and not have any problems considering the 3-4week cure time before sanding? Probably. But with this job there's no sense in risking shrinkage so the 50 minutes of flash time is no big deal.
Collision work is a whole different story, products get pushed to the extreme. Example-Years ago I shot a complete with Chroma Premier in twenty minutes! I set the booth at 95 degrees, one coat of sealer, two coats of black base, and two coats of clear! Wet on wet, hit the bake, washed my guns, wiped the sweat off, and crossed my fingers- now that's product abuse! Not the right thing to do qualitywise for sure but surprisingly the job looked just fine when it came out of the booth and got delivered. Bob
|Cool,but my bet is you have seen some damage from too long flash of base,delaminaton. Not ALL delam's are caused by this but a precious few are. Also,this is one of those things that should be on a persons mind and not something to live by. Too fast is the leading cause of problems,I agree but as I was taught, 1 time in 100 it could go wrong and I want to help that "1 time" person with any info I can give. Epoxies 7day window is mentioned but never basecoats or even clears.
I think we are on the same page AC, my thing is, 15% one way or the other isn't going to make a big deal. Your typical flash time is a wide open window much further than most use. So if the recommended flash is 20 min mininum and it is much hotter so the guy "should" cut the flash a little, waiting the full 20 isn't going to do a thing being the real window for recoat is much more, hours in most cases. That is my point.
The danger of speeding up the flash times is much more real than slowing them down. I have see VERY few failures do to waiting too long between coats, clears, yes,but not basecoat.
It wasn't meant to be used to cut flash time it is meant as a warning. My training is the same as yours,not to push any part of it but without the knowledge of such "rule" you will be pushing the limits of a window of opportunity to apply the next coat or product. The reason why I have "rule" in quotation marks is that I can't find it in print(from PPG) but I do know it exists. Just want the masses to understand that waiting TO long can be as dangerous as not.
Brian, I hope I understood your first paragraph and replied accordingly. Sometimes I don't quite follow what someone is saying and reply in the wrong way.
I have never really heard of this "rule" because with my training you were discuraged from pushing it. So, in other words there may have been something mentioned refering to this "rule" where you "could" cut the flash time in the higher temp, but there is really no reason TO cut it.
The epoxy/filler test we are discussing had something go wrong, don't know what, but something. Your example would mean that the fillers heat help "kick" the epoxies cure up a notch which could have an effect on adhesion in my opinion. So you may be on to something. I do think it was that and other issues where the "planets where aligned" to create the failure.
If we look at the test for what it is, it is still valuable. If you follow the test, and apply epoxy under the same conditions you are not getting the improved adhesion qualities of the epoxy. If you have to apply the epoxy in that way, you are better off applying the filler over the bare metal and not using the epoxy. It looks like he proved the very reason why 95% of body shops in America apply the filler over the bare metal, they don't have the time to apply the epoxy primer properly.
THAT it did prove, so it is a valuable test.
Also on the math, it would be done this way, not clumped.
70 deg = 5 minute flash time.
60 deg = 5 divided by .85 =5.88 flash.
50 deg = 5.88 divided by .85 = 6.92
80=5 x.85=4.25
WHEW! I need a new watch! LOL
The test was done with the proper grade reducer at each temp range.
You are right longer flash is better as most tech sheets are written for production type work.
Also on the math, it would be done this way, not clumped.
70 deg = 5 minute flash time.
60 deg = 5 divided by .85 =5.88 flash.
50 deg = 5.88 divided by .85 = 6.92
80=5 x.85=4.25
To try to clarify this, If you have the reducer for that temperature range, you still adjust the times, according to the temp difference from 70 deg? If the recommended flash time is 15 minutes, and it is 85 deg, you've got to spray the next coat at 7 minutes, and not wait the 15 minutes? Doesn't it work to your advantage to wait that extra time to avoid solvant pop?
I think he is on the right track but this does vary by product to a degree.
I have always told the painters with my product every + or - 10 degrees
you can figure a change of flash or any other statement in the tech sheet by adding to subtracting 15%.
I think a 10/10 or a 15/15 rule is a fair Gage to go buy because like you say most people if painting at 90 degrees are doing everything written in the tech sheet for 70-75 degrees. Anyway it is in the ball park.
A few years ago we did a sampling on the clears (I have 6) with a temp range of 40 to 110. (35% humidity) Humidity also is a very big factor.
This is on my product and did not test anyone Else's and all products are made different and the core resin is probably the biggest factor as to the reaction. (note of the six clears there are three different core resins used)
The rise of 10 degrees from 65 degrees varied from 11-17% in change up to
105 degrees than changed real fast with much larger jumps.
The reason for the large percentage gap in my product was the fast activators and the spot type clears were showing higher percentages but they are made to cure faster.
At the 100 degree mark everything got off kilter as the core resins I use are low bake resins so that changes everything.
A low bake resin you would bake at say 110-125 degrees for 10-20 minutes where most you would bake at 130-150 30-60 minutes. (just for comparison)
Going from 70 degrees to 40 was very constant until we hit 50 degrees and than there was a big gap with the Turbo, Euro and the universal still staying in range and the other three "giving it up so to speak"
Either way 10/10, 15/15, 15/10, 10/15 are all going to be a fair guide for the home user to use and should be close for most clears and primers and they can't go wrong using any of the Percentages as a guide so they can make general adjustments.
Re: Mud and epoxy all I can say on that one is it would have little or no effect on mine.
This is something everyone needs to know and I don't think it was ever brought up before. Great question.
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Okay, I'm starting work on my Boba Fett suit next month and was wondering: How can I color this suit without it looking too... colorful? I wan this: not this:
i've been wondering what colors to use for the rotj scheme myself.
You might want to follow this tutorial
Krylon italian olive works great.Wally world is the only place I have found it.
Actually the ESB Fett is less colorful than the ROTJ. The ROTJ had maroon gauntlets, and a jet pack thats red, white, yellow, blue...etc.
The ESB had greenish gauntlets and jet pack.
i used most of the colors recommended by tk409 for my costume. everything was dulled down quite a bit by black paint.
one of the things that i really like, but is sort of tricky to get the hang of, is mixing rattlecan colors while the paint is still wet.
these were my 1st gauntlets, painted with the "claret wine" paint that 409 recommended...
and these are the same ones after their 1st repaint:
i still used the claret wine, but mixed in black. i sprayed a coat of the wine, then misted with black, misted with wine, then black, then wine... alternating very, very thin layers. eventually the colors sort of blend together to where you can't really tell that it's not just a darker shade of red. you have to be careful not to go too heavy with it though, or you'll get drips.
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I'd also suggest this site as well for puttin' a complete costume together: