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I finalized my Photoduino box.
The box is larger than other prototypes I've seen, so I can store all the external components in it too.
Next step is to try it ;-)
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop
Inspired by and Reimagined
“Where shadows reign, so does she.”
Born from the twilight between worlds, Nyxira Dreadveil rises as the sovereign of shadow and silence. Her gaze pierces with icy blue fire, eyes that reflect both beauty and damnation. Clad in obsidian armor laced with silver filigree and crowned in midnight flame, she rules over a dominion where whispers outweigh screams and the void itself bends to her will. She is not merely a temptress of darkness — she is its architect, weaving eternity into the threads of night.
Today I finalized the tree by adding more blossoms. I want the tree to feel dripping with flowers :). I sealed the entire sculpture and finished painting. Next week: pouring the pond and last touches. Project detailed on my blog!
Thx for following along!
Tori
In testimony delivered today, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill stood up on behalf of Missouri’s soybean and biodiesel workers and producers—which support more than 17,000 jobs in Missouri—against unfair foreign trade practices before the government agency that decides whether American companies have been harmed.
“These workers, and my state’s economy, are being harmed by the hundreds of millions of gallons of Argentinian and Indonesian biodiesel that is unfairly being dumped into the United States,” McCaskill testified before the International Trade Commission. “The biodiesel and the soybeans we’re talking about today aren’t just products of commerce—they represent jobs for folks in my state. And when those jobs are threatened by unfair trade practices on the part of a foreign competitor, I’m not just going to sit by, and neither should you.”
The biodiesel market in Missouri supports more than 8,000 jobs. The soybean industry has created 3,000 direct jobs and 6,400 indirect jobs in Missouri, and adds $1.7 billion in economic benefits to the state. McCaskill testified that Missouri workers and businesses have been harmed by the hundreds of millions of gallons of Argentinian and Indonesian biodiesel that are unfairly being dumped into the U.S. markets.
The state of Missouri is the third-largest producer of biodiesel and a major producer of soybeans. There are six active biodiesel plants in Missouri, with a combined capacity of 235 million gallons. These plants, and their related crushing facilities, are located in towns like Deerfield, St. Joseph, Moberly, and Mexico and support hundreds of jobs in rural Missouri.
McCaskill is a longtime advocate for Missouri workers and businesses against unfair trade practices. Last year, after urging from McCaskill on behalf of Missouri manufacturers Bull Moose Tube Company and EXLTUBE, the International Trade Commission voted to level the playing field for Missouri and U.S. manufacturers by finalizing duties against foreign steel pipe and tubing producers found to be illegally dumping in the international market.
McCaskill has also testified on behalf of die-casting companies in Palmyra, Mexico, and Perryville fighting against unfair magnesium tariffs benefiting Chinese and Russian importers, as well as for a steel-wheels company in Sedalia in support of their case against Chinese government subsidies on foreign products. These companies employed more than 1,300 Missourians combined.
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop and Photoscape X
At the edge of the last known galaxy, beyond shattered stars and forgotten constellations, she waits.
Born of gravity and godfire, the Eclipseborn Empress stands as both sentinel and enigma — a being formed in the crucible of collapsing time. Her body, carved in ethereal perfection, is wrapped in a living obsidian suit of cosmic tendrils, jeweled with stardust and glowing filaments of voidlight.
Behind her churns a violent spiral galaxy, twisted by a massive black hole, surrounded by arcing nebula storms, shattered moons, and bleeding planets. Lightning dances across space like celestial serpents, and the stars themselves seem to bow toward her.
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop
Bathed in darkness and pulsing arcane energy, the Infernal Empress stands as a being of sheer, terrifying beauty and power. Her obsidian-black skin is etched with glowing crimson runes — ancient sigils of forgotten gods — alive with fiery energy that courses along her face and body. Her eyes radiate a blinding violet light, piercing through the void with an otherworldly intensity.
Towering, engraved horns curl back from her head, inscribed with demonic script that glows with raw enchantment. At her chest, a radiant, arcane emblem glows in crimson and magenta hues, forming a magical lattice that pulses like a beating heart of forbidden power. Her lips, painted obsidian, curl with wicked confidence, and her presence commands reverence, fear, and awe.
She is not just a ruler of realms — she is a symbol of darkness incarnate. A goddess of ruin, rebirth, and boundless arcana.
Boeing and Korean Air today finalized an order for two 777-300ERs (Extended Range) airplanes. The order is valued at $596 million at Boeing list prices.
“Korean Air has been a valued Boeing customer for over five decades and we are honored the airline has again chosen the 777-300ER to expand its long-haul fleet,” said Ihssane Mounir, vice president of Sales and Marketing for Greater China and Korea, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “The 777-300ERs advanced technology and innovative features will continue to provide the airline with tremendous economics and reliability. Korean Air’s growing fleet of Boeing twin-aisle airplanes validates its commitment to excellence in flight.”
Korea’s flag carrier is in the midst of expanding its wide-body fleet to meet growing passenger traffic in Asia. The new airplanes will help Korean Air continue to position itself as a premium global airline.
Pictured here is another Korean Air 777-300ER.
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Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop
In a rain-slicked neon city, where machines blend with men and reflections hide more than light, a lone cybernetic sentinel stands poised between code and conscience. Their mission isn’t written in programming—but in purpose:
To define what remains of humanity.
This piece explores the fragile boundary between artificial evolution and emotional identity—drenched in color, mystery, and the pulse of a future unsure of its past.
(Note: This is a preliminary test. The finalized version will differ somewhat from what you see here. This was a video frame capture off my Sony DCR-TRV130 Digital8 camcorder, in widescreen standard definition.)
Thursday morning, about 55 hours before the actual costume project. The suit is the same, only the makeup is somewhat different.
This time, I'm trying to capture the look of Osamu Tezuka's color illustrations of Black Jack, his legendary outlaw surgeon.
In Tezuka-sama's color illustrations, half of Black Jack's face is usually colored blue, rather than the darker brown tones in the anime in present day. Ada "Putrocca" Palmer of TezukaInEnglish.com (and a wonderful Black Jack cosplayer in her own right, as well as various other Tezuka character cosplays, such as Rainbow Parakeet and Makube Rokuro) had the following to say about this:
"As to why the skin is frequently depicted as blue, rather than brown, I am not sure, but it may be related to the traditions in Indian and Chinese art of depicting figures whose faces should be brown as blue because it was considered less ugly. Another possible explanation is that the colored yellow ink used by printers in the period Tezuka was working did mix very to make complicated hues like brown, orange or green and blue simply came out better – it is for this reason that, in early American superhero comics, one rarely sees costumes in any color besides plain blue, red and yellow."
A friend of mine suggested I take on this challenge, and this is the initial result. Apparently, I'm going to have to put on about 2-3 coats minimum for the blue side of the face, sealing each with powder, and then add on the brow pencil, eyeliner, and black pencil stitch details. I'm leaving out the liquid latex this time around.
Materials used in the face design:
Ben Nye CL-22 "Sky Blue" Creme Color
Ben Nye P-121 "Lite Japanese" Creme Foundation
Ben Nye FS-1 "Studio Cover" Five O' Sharp Beard Cover/Concealer
Ben Nye MO-2 "Medium" Mellow Orange Concealer
Ben Nye MC-1 "Black" MagiColor Pencil/Ultralite
Ben Nye MJ-2 "Velvet Black" MagiColor Creme Crayon
Ben Nye Neutral Set Colorless Face Powder
Mehron 204RA Rigid Collodion "Scarring Liquid"
Rimmel Professional Liquid Eye Liner "001 Ebony Black"
NYC Brow & Liner Pencil "902A Dark Brown"
Total time spent: About 1 hour 30 minutes.
(And now, I have to take it off, and pray that as much of the residual blue pigment comes off. I have to go to work in a few hours, and I'd prefer not to have a blue-tinted face. ^_^;)
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop.
"They do not guard the path. They judge your right to remember it."
Essence
Scattered throughout the Shardveil Crucible stand the Watcher Statues — massive, silent figures carved from obsidian-veined marble and fossilized sorrow. Each one faces a different direction, eyes blindfolded or missing entirely. They are not guardians in the traditional sense; they are the embodiment of judgment over memory, reflection, and identity. To pass by one is to be seen — not physically, but existentially.
Appearance
Towering humanoid statues in prayer, contemplation, or anguish.
Faces are often damaged, covered, or erased, suggesting truths long denied.
Each statue emits a faint, low hum only audible when close — like breath caught in stone.
Robes or armor sculpted in the style of forgotten cultures.
Sometimes a whisper trails in the air around them — in your own voice.
Function in the Crucible
Serve as silent judges rather than defenders.
Can awaken momentarily when a soul approaches burdened with forgotten guilt.
In rare cases, they shift their gaze or extend a hand, offering choice, memory, or doom.
Rumored to house slivers of those who could not face their reflected truths.
“They don’t stop you. They remember you better than you remember yourself.”
Finalized some plans for when I'm in Denver next month and it's all I can think about.
I can't wait to move out there and see mountains every day. Have the opportunity to go hiking or camping regularly in one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
I think Colorado is going to be very good for me, and I'm very excited.
Until then, I'll be haunted by mountains. (per Normal Maclean)
I made this silkscreen print last Fall. It's one of my favorite things to date.
This is mostly finalized, but I may make a few tweaks, and have to take better pictures too. (It's always a hassle because my photography space isn't 100 studs long.)
The back section doesn't quite have the same nice flow to it as the front, but it went through a few iterations before I found something I was pleased with. Granted, the Ninjago blade on the back is kind of tacky... but that was the main inspiration point for this, I'm keeping it! (Although this does seem to look more like a sub than a spaceship to me... oh well.) The stands holding it up are transparent fins, but the bases are green and now I think I should probably switch to a more neutral color...
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop
Inspired by and Reimagined
“The forest breathes through her, a timeless guardian of hidden realms.”
Bathed in warm sunlight, an elf maiden emerges from the heart of the forest, crowned with wildflowers and leaves woven by nature itself. Her piercing emerald-golden eyes shimmer with ancient mystery, drawing the viewer into a world where magic thrives just beyond the trees. She is both fragile and eternal — the living spirit of the wild.
BD27
Serves 35
This cake requires that the order is finalized and paid in full at least 10 days in advance of the date required.
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop
Inspired by a image from: ✴.·´¯`·.·★ HELLSCAIT ★·.·`¯´·.✴ : Cait
Bathed in the glow of a full moon, a regal dark elf warrior-priestess stands poised on ancient stone steps, her eyes ablaze with arcane violet light. She holds an enchanted blade infused with pulsating runes that mirror the glowing amethysts embedded in her ornate obsidian armor. Intricate silver embroidery and luminous jewels adorn her battle regalia, a fusion of mysticism and gothic royalty. Her sharp elven features, flowing silver hair, and commanding gaze hint at her power over both magic and shadow. The surrounding night is silent, as if the world itself reveres her presence — a sentinel of forgotten power, risen beneath the stars.
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop
Inspired by and Reimagined
"From the ashes of visions, she forges reality."
From the depths of a volcanic lake she rises — not born, but unleashed. Her skin carries the blue of cosmic void, yet splits open with veins of molten fire. Her eyes are not merely light, but solar flares bound within a gaze that makes the stars tremble.
The smoke that coils around her, in hues of violet and ember, dances like living serpents — a harbinger of the power she commands. Every spark, every flame, breathes the promise of renewal through destruction.
She is the Primordial Flame.
She is the threshold where dream and apocalypse converge.
She burns away the veil and leaves only essence behind.
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) today announced that offshore oil and gas lessees and owners of operating rights are now required to submit summaries of their actual expenditures for the decommissioning of wells, platforms and other facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) as part of the final Decommissioning Costs Rule.
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop and Photoscape X.
Matron of Collapse · First Mind of the Nihilith Covenant · Empress of the Third Silence
“I am not the future. I am the correction.”
K’Shaatra the Reverser is the apex sovereign of the Nihilith Covenant — a race born from entropy, cybernetic transcendence, and evolutionary horror. She is not simply a ruler, but the convergence of extinction events, the sentient embodiment of collapse, and the force through which reality learns regret.
Her form is a masterpiece of alien design: sleek and biomechanical, with a cold, metallic exoskeleton traced in living circuitry. Her face is pale and sculpted, carved with psionic etchings and cyber-runes, her eyes burning with eerie, unnatural light that pierces minds before flesh. Jet-black horns spiral from her head in asymmetric patterns, entwined with writhing neural cables that twitch with silent data flow. Her armor — dark alloy plate etched with forgotten languages — flexes like muscle, adorned with integrated weapons, fractured battle sigils, and embedded memory shards from fallen empires.
She is not born of flesh or machine, but the merging of both and more — ancient insectoid coding, war-forged cybernetics, and parasitic intelligence harvested from collapsing timelines. Her presence fractures perception. Her voice is a layered whisper of dying stars.
K’Shaatra is no mere conqueror. She is a sovereign of deletion, a queen whose empire expands not by rule — but by reversal. Wherever she walks, code decays, planets collapse into ruin, and logic itself surrenders to entropy.
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop.
"You see them. And so they are."
Essence
Glasswights are sentient reflections given unstable form — creatures of cracked memory and glinting regret. They only exist when observed. To look away is to unmake them. But to meet their gaze is to risk entrapment in a feedback loop of self-reflection, where past decisions and forgotten selves claw for control.
Appearance
Lurking within towering, gothic-framed mirrors that loom across the Shardveil Crucible like forgotten doors to nowhere.
When glimpsed in the Crucible’s fog, they appear tall and hunched, limbs too long, heads tilted unnaturally — like statues that forgot how to be human.
Their bodies are jagged constructs of muted glass and shimmering void, always shifting slightly, like breathing stone.
A face of sharp crystal: hollow sockets, a nose like a blade, and a mouth split into too many teeth — cracked in ways that suggest screaming once echoed there.
Encased in black glass armor that pulses faintly when noticed, as if your awareness gives it life.
Their reflections often linger in other mirrors… even when the creature itself is gone.
Manifestation & Threat
The image above captures the moment of emergence — a Glasswight pushing against the surface of its gothic prison, about to cross the veil. These creatures are not confined by the mirror, but by your perception of it. Once acknowledged, they can begin to move — through the glass, into shadow, and eventually into reach. As they materialize into the real world, their limbs begin to press harder against the glass, causing it to crack and tremble. The mirror pulses with unnatural pressure until the first fracture spreads across its surface like a web of fate splitting apart.
They are almost ready to break free — not just from the mirror, but from being merely seen. Their claws are not only physical but metaphysical; they do not wound flesh, but fracture identity. Victims have reported waking from the Reflection Loop convinced they were someone else… or not convinced of anything at all.
If you see one and it sees you — turn away at your own peril.
1915 postcard view of a crowd gathered at the Bucklen Hotel in Elkhart, Indiana. The postcard title identified this as part of the “Lincoln Highway Day” celebration. The official “Lincoln Highway Day” was September 13, 1913 when the route for the highway had been finalized and was made public. However, this Lincoln Highway Day Parade and celebration in Elkhart took place in 1915 according to information presented at the Lincoln Highway National Museum and Archives website. They also list September 16, 1914 as the date when Elkhart celebrated the dedication of the new highway locally and reported that 286 automobiles participated in the 1914 parade. A companion postcard showing this celebration in Elkhart included an automobile with a 1915 license plate, indicating this was the 1915 event.
The photographer was on the northwest corner at Jackson Street and looking south-southeast across that intersection toward the Bucklen Hotel (100 South Main Street). Banners on the front of the hotel balcony read BUCKLEN HOTEL and WELCOME. Near the left edge of the postcard, a cameraman was filming the scene.
The very ornate lamppost on that southeast corner of the intersection advertised BARBER & BILLIARDS. The 1910 Sanborn™ fire insurance map set didn’t identify a billiards room at the hotel, but did show a barbershop in the basement below the office. The 1917 map set didn’t identify anything in the basement, but showed a barbershop and poolroom at 104 South Main Street. The name painted on the glass next to the office (below the WELCOME banner) was ______ [ROGERS?] BUFFET. A 1904-1905 directory¹ listed George R. Rogers as proprietor of the Eldorado Buffet (and saloon, pool, billiards and bowling), but it was located at 222 South Main Street.
The awning at the right edge of this scene advertised DRUGS. The 1912 Polk directory² listed Charles F. Blayney & Son (Grover E.) with a Drugs and Druggists’ Sundries Store on that southwest corner at Jackson Street (117 South Main Street).
1. Elkhart Directory Company, Elkhart City Directory 1904-1905, Volume 1 (Elkhart, Indiana: Truth Print, 1904). Available online at archive.org/details/elkhartindianaci00unse_1.
2. Polk’s Elkhart City Directory 1912, Volume II (Detroit, Michigan: R. L. Polk & Co., 1912). Available online at archive.org/details/elkhartindianaci00unse_0.
From a private collection.
The full postcard image can be seen here.
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Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop and Photoscape X.
Within the golden sanctum where no shadow dwells, Archon Seraphael sits upon the Throne of Crystal Resonance.
His gaze is light given form — unwavering, absolute. His heart burns with the First Flame, visible even now, pulsing with divine law. Columns of fire-kissed marble rise like sacred decrees, and radiant sigils shimmer in eternal stillness across the floor.
Here, in the Hall of Harmonic Judgment, light is not kindness — it is command. And Seraphael waits not in peace, but in clarity.
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop
“The stars do not command her. They answer to her.”
Marked by prophecy and molded by flame, Xyravelle Ka’theran is no mere sorceress, no simple emissary of power. She is the bearer of the Skybrand — ancient, luminous sigils seared into her flesh during the fracturing of the Celestial Concord. These markings are not ink, nor ornament — they are code, alive with ever-shifting stellar syntax, drawn from constellations long dead.
Her golden eyes burn with intensity, capable of gazing through matter, lies, and time itself. Her armor is forged from nightstone and auric alloy — ceremonial, yes, but every inch lethal. Laced with energy-reactive gems, she walks like a myth sculpted in obsidian and ultraviolet flame.
Once a guardian of the Astral Tribunal, Xyravelle vanished into the Rift Realms after the Sundering. Many believed her consumed. They were wrong.
She returned not as protector —
but as reckoning.
Her mere presence stirs gravity. Her voice bends light. And when she raises her hand, even the void listens.
Today I finalized the tree by adding more blossoms. I want the tree to feel dripping with flowers :). I sealed the entire sculpture and finished painting. Next week: pouring the pond and last touches. Project detailed on my blog!
Thx for following along!
Tori
Fence
The fence in its red-and-gold color scheme
At the time of establishment of the New Castle, several cast iron works have been commissioned. These include the long and high fence enclosing and protecting the entire area. The fence begins at the Palm House in the Castle garden (Burggarten) and encloses the Castle garden toward Goethegasse along the ring road passing the Corps de Logis, until the Castle gate and then along the Ring road around the People's garden (Volksgarten) to the Burgtheater. There it stretches along the Löwelstraße eastwards where it separates the People's garden from the Heroes Square and closing it. Thus, the public parks of the Castle garden, Heroes' Square and People's garden are directly related to the ensemble of the Hofburg. The decorated fence in the style of Neo-Baroque was originally painted red and partly gilded. The lanterns are decorated with the imperial crown. Over time the fence was completely painted black. The original color scheme reappeared in the course of restoration work in the 1990s. In doing so, the fence was up till the foundations completely disassembled and the sandstone base (Mannersdorfer stone) repaired. Rust damages were removed and replaced missing parts. After long investigations the fence could at least in the area of the Castle gate again shine in its original red-and-gold color scheme, the remaining portion, however, was again kept in black.
(further pictures and information are available by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
History of the Vienna Hofburg
First residence
With the elevation of Austria to Archduchy in 1156, Vienna became a city of residence. From the residence of the Babenberg dynasty, who was located on the present site "Am Hof", unfortunately, there do not exist any remains anymore. After the extinction of the Babenberg, Ottokar II of Bohemia (1230-1278) took over by marriage the rule in Vienna and began in 1275 with the construction of a castle within the city walls of Vienna. This castle was equipped with four towers around a rectangular court that is known as Schweizerhof today. In the battle for the German crown Ottokar was defeated at the Battle of Dürnkrut by Rudolf I of Habsburg (1218-1291) and killed during the retreat.
As the old residence of the Babenberg in 1276 burned down, Rudolf probably 1279 moved into the former castle of Ottokar. The descendants of Rudolf extended the castle only slightly: castle chapel (documentary mention in 1296), St. Augustine's Church (consecrated in 1349), reconstruction of the chapel (1423-1426). Due to the division of the lands of the Habsburg Vienna lost its importance and also lacked the financial resources to expand the castle.
Imperial residence
Under Frederick III. (1415-1493) the Habsburgs obtained the imperial title and Vienna became an imperial residence. But Friedrich and his successors used the Vienna Residence only rarely and so it happened that the imperial residence temporarily orphaned. Only under Ferdinand I (1503-1564) Vienna again became the capital of the Archduchy. Under Ferdinand set in a large construction activity: The three existing wings of the Swiss court were expanded and increased. The defensive wall in the northwest as fourth tract with the Swiss Gate (built in 1552 probably by Pietro Ferrabosco) was rebuilt. In the southwest, a tract for Ferdinand's children (the so-called "children Stöckl") was added. The newly constituted authorities Exchequer and Chancery were located in adjacent buildings at Castle Square. Were added in the castle an art chamber, a hospital, a passage from the castle to St. Augustine's Church and a new ballroom.
First major extensions of the residence
In the area of "desolate church" built Ferdinand from 1559 a solitary residence for his son. However, the construction was delayed, and Maximilian II (1527-1576) after his father's death in 1564 moved into the ancient castle. His residence he for his Spanish horses had converted into a Hofstallgebäude (Stallburg - stables) and increased from 1565 .
Ferdinand I decided to divide his lands to his three sons, which led to a reduction of Vienna as a residence. Moreover, stayed Maximilian II, who was awarded alongside Austria above and below the Enns also Bohemia and Hungary, readily in Prague and he moved also the residence there. In 1575 he decided to build a new building in front of the Swiss court for the royal household of his eldest son, Rudolf II (1552-1612). The 1577 in the style of the late Renaissance completed and in 1610 expanded building, which was significantly fitted with a turret with "welscher hood" and an astronomical clock, but by the governor of the Emperor (Archduke Ernst of Austria) was inhabited. However, the name "Amalienborg Castle" comes from Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (wife of Joseph I.), which in 1711 there installed her widow seat.
In the late 16th and early 17th Century only a few extensions were carried out: extension of a separate tract in the northeast of the castle for the Treasure and Art chamber (1583-1585) and setting up of a dance hall in the area of today's Redoutensäle (1629-1631).
Under Leopold I the dance hall by Ludovico Burnacini 1659/1660 was rebuilt into an at that time modern theater ("Comedy House"). 1666 Leopold I in the area of today's castle garden a new opera house with three tiers and a capacity of 5,000 people had built.
In the 1660-ies under Leopold I (1640-1705) after the plans of architect Filiberto Lucchese an elongated wing building between the Amalienborg Castle and the Schweizerhof, the so-called Leopoldine Wing, was built. However, since the tract shortly after the completion burned down, this by Giovanni Pietro Tencala was set up newly and increased. Architecturally, this tract still connects to the late Renaissance. The connection with the Amalienborg castle followed then under Leopold's son Joseph I (1678-1711).
After completion of the Leopoldine Wing the in the southeast of castle located riding school was renewed, the south tower of the old castle pulled down, the old sacristy of the chapel replaced by an extension. Under Charles VI. (1685-1740) the Gateway Building between cabbage market (Kohlmarkt) and Courtyard by Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt was transformed into a monumental triumphal arch as a representative sign of the imperial power. However, this construction does not exist anymore, it had to give way to the Michael tract.
Baroque redesign of the Hofburg
In the early 18th Century set in a buoyant construction activity. The emperor commissioned Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach with the construction of new stables outside the city walls and a new court library.
After the death of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, his son Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach took over the construction management for the stables and the court library. 1725 the palatial front of the stables was completed. As already during the construction period has been established that the stables were dimensioned too small, the other wings were not realized anymore. The with frescoes by Daniel Gran and statues of Emperors by Paul Strudel equipped Court Library was completed in 1737.
Opposite the Leopoldine Wing a new Reich Chancellery should be built. 1723 was entrusted with the planning Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt. 1726, however, the supervision the Reich Chancellery was withdrawn and transferred to the Chancery and thus Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, who also designed the adjacent Court Chamber and the front to St. Michael's Church. 1728 the Court Chamber and the facade of the two buildings were completed. By Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach was also the Michaelertrakt, the connection between the Winter Riding School and the Imperial Chancellery Wing planned. However, since the old Burgtheater the building was in the path, this was half done for a period of 150 years and was only completed in 1889-1893 by Ferdinand Kirschner .
Under Maria Theresia (1717-1780) the at St. Michael's Square located and only as remnants existing Ballhaus was adapted as a court theater. Beside the Emperor hospital in return a new ball house was built, being eponymous for the Ballhausplatz. Subsequently, there occured again and again conversions and adaptations: reconstruction of the comedy hall according to the plans of Jean Nicolas Jadot into two ballrooms, the small and large ball room (1744-1748). The transformation of the two halls (from 1760), repair of the Court Library, and from 1769 onwards the design of the Josephsplatz took place under Joseph Nicolas of Pacassi. These buildings were completed by the successor of Pacassi Franz Anton Hillebrandt. As an extension for the Court Library in the southeast the Augustinian tract was built.
Other structural measures under Maria Theresia: establishment of the court pharmacy into the Stallburg, relocation of the in the Stallburg housed art collection into the Upper Belvedere, razing of the two remaining towers of the old castle, the construction of two stairways (the ambassador stairway and the column stairways (Botschafter- and Säulenstiege).
Extensions in the 19th Century and early 20th century
Francis II (1768-1835) gave Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen and his wife Marie Christine (daughter of Maria Theresa) the Palais Tarouca south of the Augustinian monastery. From 1800 this was remodeled by Louis Montoyer and extended by a wing building to today's Albertina.
1804, Francis II proclaimed the hereditary Empire of Austria and was, consequently, as Franz I the first Emperor of Austria. With the by Napoleon Bonaparte provoked abdication of the emperor in 1806 ended the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
1809 part of the old bastions was blown up at the castle in consequence of the war with Napoleon, and after it blazed. Towards today's ring road, then new outworks were created (the so-called Hornwerkskurtine and the Escarpen). In the early 20-ies of the 19th Century were layed out three gardens: the private imperial castle garden with two of Louis Remy planned steel/glass- constructed greenhouses, Heroes Square (Heldenplatz) with avenues and the People's garden (Volksgarten) with the Theseus Temple (Pietro Nobile). At the same time, emerged also the new, 1821 by Luigi Cagnola began and 1824 by Pietro Nobile completed outer castle gate.
1846 was built a monumental memorial to Francis I in Inner Castle Square. In the turmoil of the 1848 revolution the Stallburg was stormed and fought fiercely at the outer castle square and the castle gate. As a result, the roof of the court library burned. The political consequences of the revolution were the abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I (1793-1875), the dismissal of the dreaded Chancellor Clemens Lothar Fürst Metternich and the enthronement of Ferdinand's nephew Franz Joseph.
In the first years of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I (1830-1916) the royal stables of Leopold Mayer have been redesigned and expanded. As part of the expansion of the city, the city walls were razed and instead of the fortifications arose place for a magnificent boulevard, the Ringstrasse. 1862, the idea of an Imperial Forum by architect Ludwig Förster was born. On the surface between the Hofburg and the Imperial Stables should arise court museums (Museum of Art History and Museum of Natural History).
At the outer Castle Square (today's Heldenplatz) were in the 60-ies of the 19th Century the by Anton Dominik Fernkorn created equestrian statues of Archduke Charles (victor over Napoleon at the Battle of Aspern) and Prince Eugene of Savoy (victor over the Turks in several battles) set up.
After an unsuccessful architectural competition on the design of the Heroes' Square area in 1869 Gottfried Semper could be won. This led to the involuntary and not frictionless collaboration with Carl Freiherr von Hasenauer. Planned was a two-wing complex beyond the ring road, with the two flanking twin museums (Art and Natural History Museum) and the old stables as a conclusion. 1871 was began with the Erdaushebungen (excavations) for the museums. 1889, the Museum of Natural History was opened, and in 1891, the Museum of Art History.
On a watercolor from 1873 by Rudolf Ritter von Alt (1812 - 1905) an overall view of the Imperial Forum is shown.
1888, the Old Court Theatre at St. Michael's Square was demolished, as the new KK Court Theatre (today's Burgtheater), built by Gottfried Semper and Carl Freiherr von Hasenauer, was finished. The since 150 years existing construction site at St. Michael's Square could be completed. The roundel got a dome, the concave curved Michaelertrakt was finalized by Ferdinand Kirschner. The once by Lorenzo Mattielli created cycle of statues on the facade of the Reich Chancellery was continued with four other "deeds of Hercules' at he side of the passage arches. 1893, the Hofburg had finally got its ostentatious show facade.
1901, the old greenhouses were demolished and replaced by an orangery with Art Nouveau elements according to plans by Friedrich Ohmann (completed in 1910). In 1907, the Corps de Logis, which forms the end of the Neue Burg, is completed. Since Emperor Franz Joseph I in budding 20th Century no longer was interested in lengthy construction projects and the heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1863-1914) was against the establishment of a throne hall building, but was in favour for the construction of a smaller ballroom tract, the implementation of the second wing was dropped. After the assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este in Sarajevo, the First World War broke out. Franz Joseph I died in 1916. A great-nephew of Franz Joseph I, Charles I (1887-1922), succeeded to the throne, however, he held only two years. The end of the First World War also meant the end of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. On 11 November 1918 the First Republic was proclaimed. As Karl although renounced to government business, but not to the throne, he had to go into exile with his family.
The Imperial Palace in the 20th century
The interior design of the ballroom tract and the Neue Burg continued despite the end of the monarchy until 1926. By the end of the monarchy, many of the buildings lost their purpose. Furthermore used or operated was the Riding School. The stables were used from 1921 as an exhibition site of the Vienna Fair ("Fair Palace"). In 1928, the Corps de Logis, the Museum of Ethnology, until then part of the Natural History Museum, opened. In 1935 the collection of weapons (Court, Hunting and Armour Chamber) of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History) came in the Neue Burg.
1933/1934 the outer castle gate by Rudolf Wondracek was transformed into the hero monument to the victims of the First World War. 1935 emerged on the left and on the right of the castle gate the pylon portals with eagle sculptures by William Frass. In March 1938, the Heroes Square and the balcony of the Neue Burg gained notoriety after Adolf Hitler to the cheering crowd at the Heldenplatz announced the annexation of Austria to the German Reich. The Nazis were planning a redesign of the Heroes' Square to a paved parade and ceremony space. The plans were not realized since 1943 a fire pond at Heldenplatz was dredged and the place was later used for agriculture. In the Trade Fair Palace during the period of Nazism propaganda events were held.
During the war, the Hofburg (Imperial Stables, St. Augustine's Church, Albertina, the official building of the Federal President, the current building of the Federal Chancellery) was severely damaged by bombing: The first President of the Second Republic, Dr. Karl Renner, in 1946 the Office of the President moved into the Leopoldine Wing (in the former living quarters of Maria Theresa and Joseph II).
During the occupation time the seat of the Inter-Allied Commission was housed in the Neue Burg.
1946 first events were held in the Exhibition Palace again, and were built two large halls in the main courtyard of the Exhibition Palace. In the course of the reconstruction war damages were disposed and the Imperial Palace was repaired, the barn castle (Stallburg) erected again. In 1958, in the ballroom wing the convention center has been set up.
1962-1966 the modern Library of the Austrian National Library is housed in the Neue Burg.
1989 emerged for the first time the notion of a "Museum Quarter". The museum quarter should include contemporary art and culture. The oversized design by Laurids and Manfred Ortner but was downsized several times after resistance of a citizens' initiative. It was implemented a decade later.
1992 the two Redoutensäle (ball rooms) burned out completely. Yet shortly after the fire was started with reconstruction. The roof was reconstructed and the little ball room (Kleiner Redoutensaal) could be restored. The big ball room, however, was renovated and designed with paintings by Josef Mikl. In 1997 the two halls were reopened.
From 1997-2002 the Museum Quarter (including Kunsthalle Wien, Leopold Collection) was rebuilt and the old building fabric renovated.
Was began in 1999 with the renovation of the Albertina. The by a study building, two exhibit halls and an underground storage vault extended Museum was reopened in 2003. The Albertina ramp was built with an oversized shed roof by Hans Hollein.
In 2006, additional rooms for the convention center were created by the boiler house yard.
(Source: Trenkler, Thomas: "The Hofburg Wien", Vienna, 2004)
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Isnpired by and Reimagined
In a realm scorched by celestial fire and forgotten gods, she rises — draped in crimson and gold, forged from the ash of broken empires. The Goddess of Eternal Awakening is a divine embodiment of destruction and rebirth, her burning gaze piercing through the veil of mortality. Her presence bends the winds and silences the stars, for she is both the end of sleep and the beginning of reckoning.
Adorned in sacred textiles woven with golden rites, every step she takes blooms embers across the earth. From the cracked ruins of the old world, she emerges not as a savior — but as an unrelenting force of cosmic balance. The sigil aflame on her forehead pulses with ancient knowledge, a divine beacon of awakening power long buried by time.
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop
Clad in obsidian armor laced with molten crimson veins, she is both executioner and queen — forged in war, crowned by vengeance. The skeletal designs across her cuirass whisper of ancient oaths and fallen kings, each blood-red gem a soul claimed by her blade. Her gaze burns like emberlight through the darkness, framed by silver hair that flows like smoke from a dying star.
She is the last of a forgotten lineage — risen from the ashes of a shattered realm to carve her legend in steel and fire. Every motion exudes command, every silence radiates dread. In her grip: the Bloodforged Blade, an ancient weapon pulsing with cursed memory and power unbound.
A haunting presence in the heart of chaos, she does not serve fate — she rewrites it.
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop.
Rising from the cracked foundation of a ruined world, the Cathedra Machina stands as a monolithic sanctum where faith and circuitry intertwine. Once a temple of light, now smoldering with the embers of forgotten data and divine code, this cathedral stretches skyward in crumbling arcs of dark stone and reinforced alloy, its stained-glass windows flickering with fragments of ancient machine-script.
At its heart, atop a grand staircase bathed in golden lumen-fire, rests the Throne of Logic Ascendant — a seat not meant for flesh, but for the incorporeal presence of the Silica Bishop or a sanctified AI liturgist. The throne pulses with a steady amber light, synchronized with the cathedral’s faint harmonic hum — a sound like chanting servers and whispering ghosts in a language only the devout can hear.
Shadowed acolytes wander its vast nave, hooded and silent, their robes trailing wires and incense smoke. Some pause before shattered altars, offering outdated memory drives and bone-carved hexkeys. Others kneel before the glowing throne, hoping to receive echoes of forgotten protocols or blessings in machine-tongue.
The Cathedra Machina is not merely a place of worship — it is an interface with the divine logic, a relic of the old code that survives both time and entropy. Pilgrims travel across wastelands just to glimpse its burning core, believing it holds the final commands of the First Architect — the one who wrote the stars in ones and zeroes.
Today I finalized the tree by adding more blossoms. I want the tree to feel dripping with flowers :). I sealed the entire sculpture and finished painting. Next week: pouring the pond and last touches. Project detailed on my blog!
Thx for following along!
Tori
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop.
"They do not speak. They remind."
Essence
The Frostworn are silent, drifting entities born of faded memory and the slow erosion of identity. Shaped like cloaked figures of frost and mist, they move without malice or haste — their purpose not to confront, but to reflect. In their presence, one feels the exact shape of what they are losing.
Appearance
Humanoid silhouettes wrapped in layered, frostwoven robes.
Faces obscured by layers of translucent ice, showing flickers of the observer’s own fading memories.
Trails of soft, shimmering mist follow their footsteps, evaporating into thought.
Their outlines constantly shift, never quite solid — as if they are being forgotten in real time.
Behavior
The Frostworn never initiate contact. They simply appear, especially when a traveler is nearing a point of memory loss.
They mimic gestures, posture, or speech patterns of those they observe — often unknowingly.
Occasionally, one will lift a hand and point at something only the traveler can see: a forgotten moment, an emotional scar, a name no longer remembered.
They do not harm, but their presence hastens personal erasure unless resisted by intentional remembrance.
Abilities
Echo Reflection: Standing near a Frostworn may trigger a partial vision or sensation of a memory at risk.
Mirror Drift: They can walk into reflective surfaces — ice, mirror, even the sheen of memorywater — and vanish.
Fracture Bloom: If a traveler forcibly rejects a painful memory, the Frostworn may shatter into fragments that whisper that memory aloud.
Symbolism
The Frostworn represent passive loss — the erosion of self through neglect, silence, or fear.
They are mourners without faces, reminders of how easy it is to fade.
Encounter Hooks
A Frostworn blocks the path, mirroring your every move until you speak a truth aloud.
A camp becomes surrounded by dozens, all reflecting the faces of loved ones no longer remembered.
One offers you an item you don’t recognize — but should.
Flavor Quote
"When the Frostworn raise their hand, it is not to stop you. It is to show you who you were."
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Clad in obsidian armor etched with radiant runes and veiled beneath a hood of royal violet, the Pilgrim walks alone through fractured realities. Born of neither time nor machine, he is the last remnant of an order long erased — a seeker of forbidden truths buried within the heart of the Violet Rift, where space and spirit intertwine.
His chest glows with the essence of a dying star, a core of infinite memory and boundless power. With eyes lit by the void and hands forged for both healing and ruin, he moves silently through the neon cathedrals of forgotten worlds and data-scarred monoliths. Not all who witness him understand — some call him savior, others, the final omen.
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A powerful female knight clad in jet-black gothic plate armor stands solemnly before the looming spires of her ancestral castle, Blackspire. Her piercing, icy blue eyes blaze with unwavering resolve beneath a crown of windswept crimson hair. Baroque etchings, demonic emblems, and silver runes adorn her spiked pauldrons and armored gauntlets, each a mark of victories hard-won in cursed lands. In both hands she grips a towering greatsword — its hilt shaped like a demonic skull, its glowing orange eyes flickering with ancient fury. Snow drifts gently around her, softening the grim backdrop of obsidian stone and haunted battlements. A chill wind whips her cape as she stands, unmoving — the last sentinel of a forsaken bloodline.
Today I finalized the tree by adding more blossoms. I want the tree to feel dripping with flowers :). I sealed the entire sculpture and finished painting. Next week: pouring the pond and last touches. Project detailed on my blog!
Thx for following along!
Tori
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop
merging from the depths of myth and oceanic time, Thalor is an evolved Atlantean guardian—an ancient being sculpted by millennia beneath the sea. His bioluminescent eyes glow with ancestral wisdom, and his skin, textured like coral stone, is adorned with ceremonial armor encrusted with barnacles, sea flora, and radiant pearl-like filigree. Kelp-like tendrils crown his head like a living wreath, entwined with glowing sea crystals and organic diadems. He watches over the ruins of old Atlantis in solemn silence, as schools of fish and drifting light swirl through the cathedral-like underwater city. Both sovereign and sentinel, Thalor embodies the lost magic, majesty, and eternal mystery of the ocean’s forgotten empire.
Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoscape X and Photoshop.
Born from the drowned guilt of forgotten empires, the Mawborn is a living scar upon the Hollow Veil.
A twisted behemoth of writhing mouths, broken claws, and endless hunger.
It does not hunt for flesh — it hunts for fear, for sorrow, for the final regrets of the soul.
Legends speak of a time when the mist will shudder, the ground will rot, and the Mawborn will rise again —
to devour not just life, but memory itself.
️ Essence:
A monstrous horror, dragging despair and whispering doom across the mist-laden swamps.
🌑 World:
The Hollow Veil — a realm where nothing truly dies... it only waits to be remembered differently.
Children’s Lament – Song of the Mawborn
"Whisper, whisper, in the fen,
Where broken hearts are lost again.
Mawborn creeping, slow and deep,
Stealing memories as you sleep.
Close your eyes, hold no regret,
Or the Mawborn’s mouths will not forget...
Today I finalized the tree by adding more blossoms. I want the tree to feel dripping with flowers :). I sealed the entire sculpture and finished painting. Next week: pouring the pond and last touches. Project detailed on my blog!
Thx for following along!
Tori
BTS: Meg March (Emma Watson) Director/Writer Greta Gerwig Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) Amy March (Florence Pugh) on the set of Greta Gerwig's LITTLE WOMEN.
"Just when everyone thought that the celebrity line-up was finalized, there is a big surprise announcement! The actor who portrayed the Man of Steel in Superman Returns, Brandon Routh, will be flying in to Metropolis to meet fans during the 33rd annual Superman Celebration June 9-12.
Superman co-chairman Karla Ogle explains that Routh had expressed interest in being a part of the Metropolis Celebration, but was unsure if his current filming schedule would allow him to make the trip. “Once we learned he could indeed travel in early June, we began finalizing the details to add him to our line-up,” Ogle said. “We are so excited that he will be here in Metropolis!”
Prior to Routh's casting as Superman and Clark Kent in the 2006 film, Superman Returns, Warner Bros. had spent over a decade developing a plan to relaunch the franchise with possible stars including actors Nicholas Cage, Brendan Fraser, Ashton Kutcher, Keanu Reeves and Will Smith. When director Bryan Singer came aboard the project, however, he insisted an unknown actor be cast in the part, in the tradition of the casting of the best-known film Superman, Christopher Reeve.
Singer was impressed by Routh’s resemblance to the comic book icon and found the actor's humble mid-western roots perfect for the role. At the age of 24, Routh reminded the director of Christopher Reeve and was recognized for his "combination of vulnerability and confidence".
Routh will be a part of the Celebration activities on Saturday, June 11. Details about his appearance schedule will be announced soon.
In addition to Routh, Metropolis’ most famous son will be sharing the spotlight with Sam Huntington, Alaina Huffman, Mark Pillows and Tracy Roberts.
Since 1996 Sam Huntington has appeared in thirteen feature films and seven television shows. Of these he is perhaps most recognized for his role as the Daily Planet cub reporter, Jimmy Olsen, in Bryan Singer’s 2006 take on the Man of Steel, Superman Returns.
Sam was recently seen as “Eric” in Fanboys, opposite Kristen Bell and Jay Baruchel, and just wrapped production on Dead Of Night where he stars opposite his Superman Returns co-star, Brandon Routh. Sam can been seen on the SyFy channel’s new critically acclaimed hit series Being Human where he plays werewolf/tortured soul “Josh”.
Hunington began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor on stage at the prestigious Peterborough Players in his native New Hampshire where he performed over four season in such roles as "Jem" in To Kill a Mockingbird opposite James Rebhorn.
At the age of 13 he moved to New York where he landed his first feature film, starring alongside Tim Allen and Martin Short in Disney’s Jungle 2 Jungle. Huntington then moved on to such roles as “Jam” in Detroit Rock City, “Ox” in Not Another Teen Movie, and “Dinkadoo Murphy” in Rolling Kansas.Additionally, Sam has made several memorable television guest appearances including Law and Order, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, and Veronica Mars.Sam currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rachel and son, Charlie.
Since 1996 Sam Huntington has appeared in thirteen feature films and seven television shows. Of these he is perhaps most recognized for his role as the Daily Planet cub reporter, Jimmy Olsen, in Bryan Singer’s 2006 take on the Man of Steel, Superman Returns.
Sam was recently seen as “Eric” in Fanboys, opposite Kristen Bell and Jay Baruchel, and just wrapped production on Dead Of Night where he stars opposite his Superman Returns co-star, Brandon Routh. Sam can been seen on the SyFy channel’s new critically acclaimed hit series Being Human where he plays werewolf/tortured soul “Josh”.
Hunington began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor on stage at the prestigious Peterborough Players in his native New Hampshire where he performed over four season in such roles as "Jem" in To Kill a Mockingbird opposite James Rebhorn.
At the age of 13 he moved to New York where he landed his first feature film, starring alongside Tim Allen and Martin Short in Disney’s Jungle 2 Jungle. Huntington then moved on to such roles as “Jam” in Detroit Rock City, “Ox” in Not Another Teen Movie, and “Dinkadoo Murphy” in Rolling Kansas.Additionally, Sam has made several memorable television guest appearances including Law and Order, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, and Veronica Mars.Sam currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rachel and son, Charlie."
. . .
"The Superman Celebration is a long standing festival and a must see event for people of all ages, especially comic book lovers. Superman fans travel from all over the globe to visit the small southern Illinois town that is the Official Home of Superman. The real life Metropolis, with a population of 6,500 residents, welcomes approximately 30,000 people over the four-day celebration.
Metropolis features a 15-foot bronze statue of the Man of Steel and a Super Museum located on the town’s Superman Square and a life-size statue of Noel Neill just down the street. There are other interesting super-hero related attractions located throughout the city including a giant rock of kryptonite. " Both excerpts were taken as they appeared at on 12 JUNE 2011.
"Just when everyone thought that the celebrity line-up was finalized, there is a big surprise announcement! The actor who portrayed the Man of Steel in Superman Returns, Brandon Routh, will be flying in to Metropolis to meet fans during the 33rd annual Superman Celebration June 9-12.
Superman co-chairman Karla Ogle explains that Routh had expressed interest in being a part of the Metropolis Celebration, but was unsure if his current filming schedule would allow him to make the trip. “Once we learned he could indeed travel in early June, we began finalizing the details to add him to our line-up,” Ogle said. “We are so excited that he will be here in Metropolis!”
Prior to Routh's casting as Superman and Clark Kent in the 2006 film, Superman Returns, Warner Bros. had spent over a decade developing a plan to relaunch the franchise with possible stars including actors Nicholas Cage, Brendan Fraser, Ashton Kutcher, Keanu Reeves and Will Smith. When director Bryan Singer came aboard the project, however, he insisted an unknown actor be cast in the part, in the tradition of the casting of the best-known film Superman, Christopher Reeve.
Singer was impressed by Routh’s resemblance to the comic book icon and found the actor's humble mid-western roots perfect for the role. At the age of 24, Routh reminded the director of Christopher Reeve and was recognized for his "combination of vulnerability and confidence".
Routh will be a part of the Celebration activities on Saturday, June 11. Details about his appearance schedule will be announced soon.
In addition to Routh, Metropolis’ most famous son will be sharing the spotlight with Sam Huntington, Alaina Huffman, Mark Pillows and Tracy Roberts.
Since 1996 Sam Huntington has appeared in thirteen feature films and seven television shows. Of these he is perhaps most recognized for his role as the Daily Planet cub reporter, Jimmy Olsen, in Bryan Singer’s 2006 take on the Man of Steel, Superman Returns.
Sam was recently seen as “Eric” in Fanboys, opposite Kristen Bell and Jay Baruchel, and just wrapped production on Dead Of Night where he stars opposite his Superman Returns co-star, Brandon Routh. Sam can been seen on the SyFy channel’s new critically acclaimed hit series Being Human where he plays werewolf/tortured soul “Josh”.
Hunington began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor on stage at the prestigious Peterborough Players in his native New Hampshire where he performed over four season in such roles as "Jem" in To Kill a Mockingbird opposite James Rebhorn.
At the age of 13 he moved to New York where he landed his first feature film, starring alongside Tim Allen and Martin Short in Disney’s Jungle 2 Jungle. Huntington then moved on to such roles as “Jam” in Detroit Rock City, “Ox” in Not Another Teen Movie, and “Dinkadoo Murphy” in Rolling Kansas.Additionally, Sam has made several memorable television guest appearances including Law and Order, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, and Veronica Mars.Sam currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rachel and son, Charlie.
Since 1996 Sam Huntington has appeared in thirteen feature films and seven television shows. Of these he is perhaps most recognized for his role as the Daily Planet cub reporter, Jimmy Olsen, in Bryan Singer’s 2006 take on the Man of Steel, Superman Returns.
Sam was recently seen as “Eric” in Fanboys, opposite Kristen Bell and Jay Baruchel, and just wrapped production on Dead Of Night where he stars opposite his Superman Returns co-star, Brandon Routh. Sam can been seen on the SyFy channel’s new critically acclaimed hit series Being Human where he plays werewolf/tortured soul “Josh”.
Hunington began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor on stage at the prestigious Peterborough Players in his native New Hampshire where he performed over four season in such roles as "Jem" in To Kill a Mockingbird opposite James Rebhorn.
At the age of 13 he moved to New York where he landed his first feature film, starring alongside Tim Allen and Martin Short in Disney’s Jungle 2 Jungle. Huntington then moved on to such roles as “Jam” in Detroit Rock City, “Ox” in Not Another Teen Movie, and “Dinkadoo Murphy” in Rolling Kansas.Additionally, Sam has made several memorable television guest appearances including Law and Order, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, and Veronica Mars.Sam currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rachel and son, Charlie."
. . .
"The Superman Celebration is a long standing festival and a must see event for people of all ages, especially comic book lovers. Superman fans travel from all over the globe to visit the small southern Illinois town that is the Official Home of Superman. The real life Metropolis, with a population of 6,500 residents, welcomes approximately 30,000 people over the four-day celebration.
Metropolis features a 15-foot bronze statue of the Man of Steel and a Super Museum located on the town’s Superman Square and a life-size statue of Noel Neill just down the street. There are other interesting super-hero related attractions located throughout the city including a giant rock of kryptonite. " Both excerpts were taken as they appeared at on 12 JUNE 2011.
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"Just when everyone thought that the celebrity line-up was finalized, there is a big surprise announcement! The actor who portrayed the Man of Steel in Superman Returns, Brandon Routh, will be flying in to Metropolis to meet fans during the 33rd annual Superman Celebration June 9-12.
Superman co-chairman Karla Ogle explains that Routh had expressed interest in being a part of the Metropolis Celebration, but was unsure if his current filming schedule would allow him to make the trip. “Once we learned he could indeed travel in early June, we began finalizing the details to add him to our line-up,” Ogle said. “We are so excited that he will be here in Metropolis!”
Prior to Routh's casting as Superman and Clark Kent in the 2006 film, Superman Returns, Warner Bros. had spent over a decade developing a plan to relaunch the franchise with possible stars including actors Nicholas Cage, Brendan Fraser, Ashton Kutcher, Keanu Reeves and Will Smith. When director Bryan Singer came aboard the project, however, he insisted an unknown actor be cast in the part, in the tradition of the casting of the best-known film Superman, Christopher Reeve.
Singer was impressed by Routh’s resemblance to the comic book icon and found the actor's humble mid-western roots perfect for the role. At the age of 24, Routh reminded the director of Christopher Reeve and was recognized for his "combination of vulnerability and confidence".
Routh will be a part of the Celebration activities on Saturday, June 11. Details about his appearance schedule will be announced soon.
In addition to Routh, Metropolis’ most famous son will be sharing the spotlight with Sam Huntington, Alaina Huffman, Mark Pillows and Tracy Roberts.
Since 1996 Sam Huntington has appeared in thirteen feature films and seven television shows. Of these he is perhaps most recognized for his role as the Daily Planet cub reporter, Jimmy Olsen, in Bryan Singer’s 2006 take on the Man of Steel, Superman Returns.
Sam was recently seen as “Eric” in Fanboys, opposite Kristen Bell and Jay Baruchel, and just wrapped production on Dead Of Night where he stars opposite his Superman Returns co-star, Brandon Routh. Sam can been seen on the SyFy channel’s new critically acclaimed hit series Being Human where he plays werewolf/tortured soul “Josh”.
Hunington began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor on stage at the prestigious Peterborough Players in his native New Hampshire where he performed over four season in such roles as "Jem" in To Kill a Mockingbird opposite James Rebhorn.
At the age of 13 he moved to New York where he landed his first feature film, starring alongside Tim Allen and Martin Short in Disney’s Jungle 2 Jungle. Huntington then moved on to such roles as “Jam” in Detroit Rock City, “Ox” in Not Another Teen Movie, and “Dinkadoo Murphy” in Rolling Kansas.Additionally, Sam has made several memorable television guest appearances including Law and Order, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, and Veronica Mars.Sam currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rachel and son, Charlie.
Since 1996 Sam Huntington has appeared in thirteen feature films and seven television shows. Of these he is perhaps most recognized for his role as the Daily Planet cub reporter, Jimmy Olsen, in Bryan Singer’s 2006 take on the Man of Steel, Superman Returns.
Sam was recently seen as “Eric” in Fanboys, opposite Kristen Bell and Jay Baruchel, and just wrapped production on Dead Of Night where he stars opposite his Superman Returns co-star, Brandon Routh. Sam can been seen on the SyFy channel’s new critically acclaimed hit series Being Human where he plays werewolf/tortured soul “Josh”.
Hunington began his career in the entertainment industry as an actor on stage at the prestigious Peterborough Players in his native New Hampshire where he performed over four season in such roles as "Jem" in To Kill a Mockingbird opposite James Rebhorn.
At the age of 13 he moved to New York where he landed his first feature film, starring alongside Tim Allen and Martin Short in Disney’s Jungle 2 Jungle. Huntington then moved on to such roles as “Jam” in Detroit Rock City, “Ox” in Not Another Teen Movie, and “Dinkadoo Murphy” in Rolling Kansas.Additionally, Sam has made several memorable television guest appearances including Law and Order, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, and Veronica Mars.Sam currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rachel and son, Charlie."
. . .
"The Superman Celebration is a long standing festival and a must see event for people of all ages, especially comic book lovers. Superman fans travel from all over the globe to visit the small southern Illinois town that is the Official Home of Superman. The real life Metropolis, with a population of 6,500 residents, welcomes approximately 30,000 people over the four-day celebration.
Metropolis features a 15-foot bronze statue of the Man of Steel and a Super Museum located on the town’s Superman Square and a life-size statue of Noel Neill just down the street. There are other interesting super-hero related attractions located throughout the city including a giant rock of kryptonite. " Both excerpts were taken as they appeared at on 12 JUNE 2011.