Go to the queensroyalsurreys.org.uk. Lots of images there especially the Chinese War of 1860 with those big wound puggarees. (Toku forts)
Remember soldiers were always told to smarten up for the photographer and were probably a lot sloppier in person. :)
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Still not quite it… but the theme is there. This was obviously patterned cloth that was so thickly wrapped and bulky that it went almost to the top of the helmet (not quite) and bulked out the top part so that the taper wasn't as evident. It was literally a turban… well almost. I WISH I still had that book. Grrr. :(
From the pics I had the impression that when they went out on patrol (groups of 5 or so) they did it to fit in better with the locals. It looked very cool.
Meanwhile, the global leaders of the New World Order of The Glorious 15th Hat Council are secretly controlling the world… As people with glorious emperor hats should!
(I think they're Orthodox Jewish people at a wedding in Kolpik hats, but this was too good to pass up)
Thanks for the Queens page anyway, there was a lot of great pics of the Afghan countryside from the 1800's JUST what I like for reference pics!
I looked through all their pics from the time period and couldn't find the hats I wanted, but the reference of the rocks and countryside is valuable anyway :)
Speaking of reference, while looking for those illusive hat variations, one of the things that came up was a site full of nekkid chicks.
"Ho-hum, that's the internet for you" you might say, but this was actually pretty decent. It turns out to be a pretty good reference site for the human figure:
http://www.nake.me/thumbnails.php?album=21#.T6O5i1AxNfA WARNING NOT SAFE FOR WORK, KIDS, OR THOSE OFFENDED BY NUDITY!
It's a great resource for sexy poses. Just simply a site about poses, not porn, which is usually VERY unhelpful when it comes to reference. SO far I've only seen nekkid women on there, no men, so the use is limited for those who want something more general.
So, I'm poking around on job boards looking for some new freelance gigs, and holy crap are there some awesome jobs available out there right now. Like awesome enough I'd almost consider giving up the freedom freelance life gives me for them. In half an hour, I found positions to illustrate the google logo for a living, a posting to develop graphics and photography for the National Guard's magazine ( ie; they send you all over the world ala National Geographic style ) and a listing for a "travelling photojournalist/graphic diarist, which is basically getting paid to travel and keep a comic blog of your travels for a travel magazine.
I take this as a serious sign the world's economy is getting better if a company is willing to pay someone to travel to wherever they feel like and draw a semi-daily comic strip of their experience. Somebody out there is going to get massively lucky when they land that job. Either that, or I'm just now noticing a significant increase in the world's awesome levels here.
@Macattack: I'm in Manitoba(aka At Least It's Not Saskatchewan).
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I got my hair cut for the first time in years today. Well, sort of. Really I just had it trimmed and got bangs. I had a really awkward moment with the hair dresser though, when she was showing me how to get my bangs to stay in place(I have crazy curlies around my face).
Her: "You know how Nicole Richie has that nice swoop?"
Me: "No…"
Her: "Oh…"
Then I spent several minutes trying to figure out who on earth that was.
"Bangs" hahaha, I didn't learn of that North American word for "fringe" until my late teens. It freaked me out. So weird and the connection to hair seems unintuitive… I suppose it could be the hair that "bangs" into the face?
Niccole Ritche is someone who I didn't know about for a long time either, but that's just because celeb and fake celeb (her) don't get onto my radar. She's some sort of adopted daughter of Lionel Ritche I think? Now HIM I know! -Dancing on the ceiling, Hello, Say you say me, All night long etc.
@lba- lucky man! Take one of those jobs! They sound so cool!
ozoneocean wrote:Thanks for the Queens page anyway, there was a lot of great pics of the Afghan countryside from the 1800's JUST what I like for reference pics!I looked through all their pics from the time period and couldn't find the hats I wanted, but the reference of the rocks and countryside is valuable anyway :)Speaking of reference, while looking for those illusive hat variations, one of the things that came up was a site full of nekkid chicks. "Ho-hum, that's the internet for you" you might say, but this was actually pretty decent. It turns out to be a pretty good reference site for the human figure:http://www.nake.me/thumbnails.php?album=21#.T6O5i1AxNfA WARNING NOT SAFE FOR WORK, KIDS, OR THOSE OFFENDED BY NUDITY! It's a great resource for sexy poses. Just simply a site about poses, not porn, which is usually VERY unhelpful when it comes to reference. SO far I've only seen nekkid women on there, no men, so the use is limited for those who want something more general.
That's actually really useful… I'm supposed to be animating a sex scene for a school project soon, having some reference material could come in handy. I wonder how some of the girls at my school would respond if I asked them…
I'm halfway contemplating the Google one. I like my freedom too much though, and I don't know how crazy they are about keeping the employees on a leash. It's at least something to keep in mind. For the moment, I'd rather stay freelance, despite all it's turbulence.
And Kroatz, the only type of girls who aren't going to kick you in the nuts for asking that are the kind you're going to want to approach wearing a hazmat suit. That's just a foregone conclusion there.
lba wrote:I'm halfway contemplating the Google one. I like my freedom too much though, and I don't know how crazy they are about keeping the employees on a leash. It's at least something to keep in mind. For the moment, I'd rather stay freelance, despite all it's turbulence.
And Kroatz, the only type of girls who aren't going to kick you in the nuts for asking that are the kind you're going to want to approach wearing a hazmat suit. That's just a foregone conclusion there.
That's some wise words there…
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I made a couple hundred euros today for doing two hours of design work. I sent in a basic idea, nothing but color and text and they immediately approved it, Now all I need to do is wait for the correct photos to be sent to me, paste those into the PSD and send the result back. Yay!
That's going to help me in creating a perfect Magic deck. Yay!
Felt a need to share this one.
Few hours ago, I was getting a chicken sandwich at a convenience store. While waiting, I noticed they had an assortment of aphrodisiacs by their tobacco section. Nothing special about that, 'cept one of them bore the image of M. Bison plowing Chun-Li from Streetfighter on the front label. No doubt Capcom approved. XD
I am so mad. I told the hairdresser that I don't blow-dry my hair, so she gave me bangs which she said would be fine left to dry on their own. Of course, SHE blow-dried them to make them look nice. Two days later after I've washed my hair and let them dry I look completely ridiculous. There's a curl in my bangs that I can't get rid of that makes them look horrible.
This happens every freaking time I get my hair cut. "I want something low maintenance. I don't blow-dry my hair. I don't straighten my hair. I don't use product. etc. etc." And every single time they do exactly that to make it look nice, so I have no idea what it will look like a couple days later. This has been the worst instance, though. Now I get to look stupid for months until they grow in again.
Friends who's hair you like- ask them what hair dresser they use.
The trick is to find a good one and stick with them.
That and hats.
Many of my lady friends just let the hairdresser do their thing and see how it turns out… The "trust the expert" approach, which is ok I suppose if you've got a great hairdresser (bad if they're crap), but the results are usually pretty impressive.
As a long haired fellow I used to obsess about all matters hairy… But I've since discovered that I'm happiest with my hair if I simply wash it and let it dry naturally, never bushing, combing or even touching it. It dries nice and curly and looks natural and unforced or fussed. ^_^
And I don't even bother looking in the mirror to style it anymore… just to make sure the part isn't too uneven. I have never been happier in my whole life with my hair than I am now. Giving up brushing and combing was the best thing I ever did.
(washing gets rid of the knots and tangles).
ozoneocean wrote:The problem is, ozone, that most girls my age DO straighten, dye, blow-dry, curl, whatever every morning. My approach is similar to yours. I wash it and let it dry on its own, and I brush it in the morning. So asking my friends doesn't really make sense.
Friends who's hair you like- ask them what hair dresser they use.
The trick is to find a good one and stick with them.
That and hats.
Many of my lady friends just let the hairdresser do their thing and see how it turns out… The "trust the expert" approach, which is ok I suppose if you've got a great hairdresser (bad if they're crap), but the results are usually pretty impressive.
As a long haired fellow I used to obsess about all matters hairy… But I've since discovered that I'm happiest with my hair if I simply wash it and let it dry naturally, never bushing, combing or even touching it. It dries nice and curly and looks natural and unforced or fussed. ^_^
And I don't even bother looking in the mirror to style it anymore… just to make sure the part isn't too uneven. I have never been happier in my whole life with my hair than I am now. Giving up brushing and combing was the best thing I ever did.
(washing gets rid of the knots and tangles).
My haircut would be fine if I wanted to spend an hour styling it every morning.
Nearly happened to me again. Last night I was going to gas my car. I paid for something at the cashiers before going shopping elsewhere in the store when a tuner car pulls up and the driver takes the gas pump next to my car in an attempt to pump gas from it into his car. Except I didn't pay for my fuel at the cashiers yet… I actually paid a credit card bill (they have the service at some local stations now). I guess he thought I bought gas because after paying I left the cashier (which quite a few people tend to do). Too bad for him. Maybe next time he tries this he'll have his plates taken off first… stations got a lot of cams watching the pumps when the attendant isn't there.
The past two weeks have been sepnt by my wife and I desperately cleaning out paths to our clutter filled rooms so contractors can get in to measure the windows. My wife has managed to merely move one pile to another pile and not toss away anything. I threw away stuff and packed up stuff I should have packed up years ago. I have over a dozen 1/6th scale horses. The box is huge. A Barbie sized horse is about 12" square. A G.I. Joe horse is larger because it is a bigger model horse so one is upwards of 16" long.
Meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to sell my mother's decorative plate collection. It's virgin territory for me in the broad land that is Ebay so requires research and out and out copying of other poster's listings.
I need to chuck out a lotta stuff too… :(
Especially old receipts!!!!!!!!
In the mean time, I have to work at restraining myself from putting trollish comments on people's FB posts. On your post about editing yourself into pics I was going to write something about your massive porn collection finally coming in handy.
Stopped myself!
The best time was when Carly (creepy Carly) made a mysterious posting like:
"Well THAT went so much easier and less painfully than I expected it to"
To which I commented:
"A high fibre diet can really work wonders."
And all her friends "liked" it, hahaha…
But it's really hard to gauge how much of a smart arse you can be with people.
Yesterday I just had a sore throat and a stuffy nose.
After medicating my self with everything I knew I should take, I had a restless night. This morning my nose is a little better, but I lost my voice, and have a slight fever. I don't think this is allergies anymore.
I popped iin a Vitamin C pill and now I'm settling down with some warm lemon tea with a spoonful of honey in it.
As far as colds go I think the big C of the vitamin world is pretty much a placebo… but placebos can work too, after a fashion.
Obviously it has real physiological effects in other instances, it's just that the cold thing is pretty much mythical.
Even knowing something is a placebo though doesn't stop it from having a positive placebo effect, which is why I try placebos for problems anyway. So hopefully it'll still work for you! ^_^
So get lots of fluids into you to replace those you lose, stay warm and comfortable and rest a lot so that your immune system has the best conditions for working, and of course treat all symptoms is a way that relives them and makes them feel better.
Get well soon!
I know it is a placebo, but I'm not a big fan of over medicating. It also makes me feel good about myself and I shove them down my husband's throat so he has decreased chances of getting sick. I'm very good at bringing on the placebo effect because of my Pscyhology degree. I'm really good at convincing myself to get better. And warm is easy. Summer is getting head start here.
bravo1102 wrote:I have a hard time imagining decorative plates as being worth a whole lot myself. I always just thought they were something people buy from the chintzy ads in magazines to fill up space on the wall with cheap filler art so I'm kind of curious to see what you find out about them. Maybe there's this whole market of the online world I've never even thought could exist. It makes me curious just what sort of like that has a market/community behind that I've never thought of. Like for all I know there's a hardcore decorative cermic shoe community hiding somewhere in the flea market and auction houses of America.
Meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to sell my mother's decorative plate collection. It's virgin territory for me in the broad land that is Ebay so requires research and out and out copying of other poster's listings.
ozoneocean wrote:No! You must retain every ancient receipt for insurance purposes! I keep coming across the 1998 receipt for my VHS copy of George of the Jungle.
I need to chuck out a lotta stuff too… :(
Especially old receipts!!!!!!!!
Outside of a few rare plates there really is no market for them. You'd think that the 25th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's cornonation plate would be big now that she's up to 60 years on the throne. But that 1983 Avon Christmas plate in the original box! Or the Scarlett and her suiters GWTW plate from 1979! Celebrity plates like Elvis, John Wayne are the big ones and of course you need the original box. Collect anything and you need that f—ing box. And yes there is something of a market just for the stupid boxes without the item inside!
Wow you got an original 1968 GI Joe BOX! No doll or accessories but the BOX! I got to have that!
But what about the receipt for a 1968 GI Joe? Surely that's worth even more! o_O
You know what collector thing that's worth a LOT? -Sabertaches.
Those funny shaped decorative notepads toted by military officers in the 1800s… (the description is for the benefit of everyone besides Bravo, who knows exactly what they are)
You could pay $2000 for even a boring old plain, unadorned one.
$4000 for a replica. A replica! (of one with decoration)
And anything upwards of that for a genuine example with all the gold bullion thread (not actually gold usually) embroidery/applique or whatever it is.
So you could make a lot of money collecting old Sabertaches, if you could find them for a good price (hahaha, never happen)
Or you could expertly recreate them and make thousands!
…except it's a little harder than it looks, the wire thread is not too easy to get, and the demand can't be that high.
Par for the course that something that was hardly functional or practical should be so valuable. But it is because of the embroidery. What are you looking at?
I just checked the site for replica Napoleonic sabretaches:
http://en.empirecostume.com/sabretache-empire-c140.htm and even an intricate general officer's design is $870 ( Grande tenue de General de Brigade de Cavalrie Legere)
one for Chasseur A cheval de la Garde (which is one of the more intricate and historically very expensive) is $612.
But then a ranker's shako is $495. Historically it was often felt covered cardboard. You're not paying for the cheap mass produced item used historically but a handmade precise replica made exactly to period specifications. Something that many soldiers probably wish they had possessed.
I was reading one account and it seems that Napoleonic highlanders on campaign often didn't wear their kilts or had them made into trousers. Blasphemy. But of course at Waterloo they were all properly attired as it was a very short campaign and because of that no effort was spared in later campaigns to make sure they were in kilts and increasingly huge and unwieldy bonnets in the Victorian era.
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