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oil painting on canvas, 24x24, this painting was exhibited last year but always felt like a sketch. More paint added today and it is feeling more like a wrap. Shows coming up, so I'm rethinking my inventory.
It happened to be Armed Forces Day in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, when we visited with Ann Mari and Southsea Dave. I rather liked this candid view of some of the people at the event.
MALAGA, SPAIN-MAY 28: Helicopter Westland SH-3D/W Seaking of the Spanish Navy taking part in an exhibition on the day of the spanish army forces on May 28, 2011, in Malaga, Spain
Threw together this vignette for the figs I was experimenting with from the new Pharoah's Quest lineup.
Taken From Boston Castle On Rotherham Armed Forces Day
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Once basic training is completed, Special Forces Donkeys learn the more complicated arts of the battle field. Parachuting and hoof to hoof combat are the obvious ones, but SFD's are also trained to play dead to avoid detection.
All of my URE ground units at the moment. Although the guys in space suits wouldn't exactly be ground forces. Huh. I didn't think of that.
Canadian Forces Military Police.
From the 2015 Strathroy-Caradoc International Emergency Response Day.
the conversion of constantine
the conversion of constantine, and thereby the late roman empire, has had an enormous impact on world history. i have always wondered how a break away minor jewish sect based on the short and confused ministry of yeshua ben pantera was transformed into the christian juggernaut. the early christian community (from the death of yeshua to the 4th century) was an often persecuted lot. the common history is that christ appeared to constantine before the battle at pons milvius (where constantine was leading a machiavellian challenge for the control of the western half of the roman empire against the legitimate emperor) and bid him to follow the banner of the cross to victory. after said victory under said banner, constantine relaxed proscriptions against the christian community, and eventually adopted christianity as the legal state religion of the empire. this formal sanction led to the explosive political growth of the church [catholic and otherwise] and is the reason we worship christ the savior.
however, but for a figurative coin toss of history, we would be praying to mithra the redeemer. mithra who? you say. mithraism was another near east faith based on a son of god as savior motif very popular in the eastern half of the roman empire at the time of constantine.
mithra:
the cult of mithra (sidebar) was revered as a light-bringer, a protector and judge of immortal souls. mithra the god-figure remained celibate throughout his life, and valued self-control, renunciation and resistance to sensuality among his worshippers. mithras represented a system of ethics in which brotherhood was encouraged in order to unify against the forces of evil. mithraic rituals involved the symbolic consumption of wine/blood and bread/flesh, baptismal purification, and celebrated the birthday of mithra on december 25th. sound familar? consider then, that the myth of mithra predates christianity by many many centuries. cross-pollination of myths and ethos in the ancient near east was very common. it is important to understand that there is no single pure theology. they are all quilt-work.
the mithraic belief system was focused on the role of mithra as enforcer of truth. the avesta, the zoroastrian holy book, relates that ahura-mazda, the zoroaster Lord figure, sent mithra to guarantee the sanctity of promises and bonds. in fact, mithra is persian for 'contract'. mithras was worshipped as guardian of arms, and patron of soldiers and armies. the handshake was developed by those who worshipped him as a token of friendship and as a gesture to show that you were unarmed. when mithras later became the Roman god of contracts, the handshake gesture was imported throughout the mediterranean and europe by roman soldiers.
mithraism was adopted first by the roman legions garrisoned in the east during the republic. i presume they were attracted to its emphasis on honor, strength, and action. by the late empire under diocletian (284 - 305 AD), mithra was the de facto (and de jure) state religion. mithraic temples, known as mithraeum, were found at all corners of the empire, from northern england to northern africa.
mithraism was a revealed mystery faith. you did not merely convert to mithraism with a ritual baptism and declaration of submission. like the free masons, you had to be chosen and initiated in secret ceremonies into the ranks of the believers. perhaps this was a critical shortcoming of the faith in competition against the more liberal membership rites of christianity. an initiate was first required to prove their courage and strength in tests of danger (crossing swift rivers, jumping through fire bound and blindfolded, etc...) the mithraic initiation process led the acolyte through seven stages of greater revealed knowledge: Corax (Raven), Nymphus (Male Bride), Miles (Soldier), Leo (Lion), Peres (Persian), Heliodromus (Sun-Runner), and Pater (Father); each respective grade protected by Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, the Moon, the Sun, and Saturn.
mithraism was the faith of the realm for several centuries before constantine supplanted it. but for his conversion, the west, and the world would be a dramatically different place.
So it was revealed at South by Southwest today that the 3D Sonic game that's coming out this Holiday season is going to be called Sonic Forces! I like the title a lot, it fits with the rest of the Sonic game titles. Let me know what you think about this title in the comments below!
Check out some off-screen gameplay footage here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6a2LAmUZ24
Pictured are members of LEGO US Special Ops groups including Green Berets, Navy Seals and an Intelligence Agency Officer operating in a classified location in the Middle East.
From left to right:
- "5th Ace" (Intelligence Agency Field Officer)
- "Mouse" (Green Beret)
- "Krieger" (Green Beret with an aversion to shaving)
- "God" (very senior Green Beret)
- "Lincoln" - Navy Seal
Weapons and Gear by ModernBrickWarfare.com
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk departing from the Parade Field during Armed Forces Day in 2009
Parade Field
Cantigny Park
Wheaton, Illinois
41.853755, -88.157032
May 18, 2009
The Big Red One (First Division) came to Cantigny Park with helicopters and armor for Armed Forces Day.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
This is a redux of this picture
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Conversion to monochrome, extreme fiddling with tones.
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