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UG Minifigures Red Death Flash has got it all!
Front printing, back printing, leg printing, underarm printing, a custom made headpiece, a chromed bat-symbol!
Then on top of all that, the design itself so well replicated that when you look at it, makes you hear Motörhead or Black Sabbath almost immediately :P
Dude! Holy cow! Talk about giving Christo a run for his money! :P
Now, to be fully honest, Christo still has a litttttle better quality custom molded parts, but as far as prints go, this fig takes the cake! I mean, this figure has a chrome print! How cool is that! What a neat idea to vacuum metalize this fig of all figs!
A Dark Knight Metal Death Flash ft. Vaccum Metalized prints! How good is that! :P
...I mean really though, if UG should be known for anything, it should be their chroming of their figs! Like, take a look at their Doctor Fate! :P
There are so many things to appreciate about this figure! The design is fantastic and the finest of details in the helmet mold are amazing! It's a super sleek and clean looking figure! FunnyBrick and UG are blowing my mind with this figure and I’m really glad to own one! :)
This has got to be one of my newest favorite figures I own, with out a doubt in my mind! :)
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And now, words of a wise man that once commented on one of Roman's photos that one time because it was too good not to have written up here in this post about DK Metal! Plus it took a long time to write that comment anyway and yeah... idk, but here it is :P
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Okay boys this is gonna get really complicated really quickly so hold on to your cowls!
To know who The Bat Who Laughs is, requires you to know about DC’s “alternate earths” concept.
So back in the 1940s there was only one earth, until Gardner Fox brought back the JSA in the 1960s. So then there was two earths, then three, then an infinite number of earths and then George Perez killed them all with a giant space alien robot. So because of that there was only one earth again, then there was Hypertime in the 90s which we don’t talk about, then there was a few of them again because Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns or something, then Barry Allen had a Flashpoint and there was 52 of them for what ever reason. Then after a few years, now we’re here in DC Rebirth (kinda) where it’s a little ambiguous how many earths there are right now.
So now take all of that info as if it was written on a piece of paper. One side of the paper is white; that represents all the stuff I just said. On the other side of that paper, it’s all black.
That “other side” of the multiverse is what Scott Snyder calls The Dark Multiverse #spooky
"OKAY SO THE DARK MULTIVERSE IS THIS PLACE OF INFINITE DARK EARTHS WHERE EVERY POSSIBLE THING THAT COULD GO BAD HAS GONE BAD. THE BAT WHO LAUGHS IS FROM ONE OF THESE EARTHS WHERE BATMAN WENT CRAZY AND TURNED INTO THE JOKER AND HAS LITTLE ROBIN GOBLINS FOR PETS. SO HE AND THIS DUDE BARBATOS HOOKS UP WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER DARK MULTIVERSE JUSTICE LEAGUE MEMBERS LIKE BATMAN FLASH AND BATMAN CYBORG AND BATMAN DOOMSDAY ALL BECAUSE BATMAN IS SO F-ING COOL AND MAKES US SO MUCH MONEY OMG" -- The DC Executives
Aaaand that's Dark Knights Metal in a nutshell (this took way to long to write and I left out A LOT of details like about Hawkman being an earth forger and all the stuff about n'th metals and junk about the source wall and shit, plus all the radical costume designs that sound like Death Metal when you look at them).
It's a cool story.
Also...comics are dumb and super complicated :P
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1980, our neighbour is a master forger, arrested for printing money for a international gang. My mother stands and watches in the back, that was the kind of neighbourhood I grew up in.
Kikkerstraat, den haag
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Project of Antoni Gaudí i Cornet of 1905, built between 1906 and 1910 for Milà family.
This is one of the main Gaudí residential buildings and one of the most imaginative houses of the architecture history, this building is more an sculpture that a building.
Some of the collaborators in the works (following Permanyer) were the architect Josep Maria Jujol, the brothers Badia as iron forgers, the founder Manyach, the builder Josep Bayo and the plaster Joan Beltran (plaster ceilings of that building are truly exceptional).
The façade is an impressive, varied and harmonious mass of undulating stone without straight lines where also the forged iron is present in the shapes of balconies imitating vegetal forms.
(1º Foto con el Objetivo nuevo)
From my set entitled “Twelve Mile Lake”
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In my collection entitled “Places”
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In my photostream
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Reproduced from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An anvil is a manufacturing tool, made of a hard and massive block of stone or metal used as a support for chiseling and hammering other objects, such as in forging iron and steel items.
Anvils have been used since early Bronze Age times by smiths of all kinds for metal work, although the tool was also used in much earlier epochs for stone and flint work.
There are many references to anvils in ancient Greek and Egyptian writing, including Homer's works. The anvil was perfected during the Middle Ages when iron working was commonplace.
Anvils have recently lost their former commonness, as mechanized production requires more specialized components for forging. They are still used by blacksmiths producing custom work, and by farriers.
The primary work surface of the anvil is known as the face. It is generally made of hardened steel and should be flat and smooth with rounded edges for most work. Any marks on the face will be transferred to the work. Also, sharp edges tend to cut into the metal being worked and may cause cracks to form in the workpiece. The face is hardened and tempered to resist the blows of the smiths hammer so the anvil face does not deform under repeated use. A hard anvil face also reduces the amount of force lost in each hammer blow. Hammers should never directly strike the anvil face as they may damage it.
The horn of the anvil is a conical projection used to form various round shapes, and is generally unhardened steel or iron. The horn is used mostly in bending operations. It also is used by some smiths as an aid in drawing out stock, "making it longer and thinner".
Some anvils, mainly European, are made with two horns, one square and one round. Also, some anvils are made with side horns or clips for specialized work.
The step or pad, commonly referred to as the table, of the anvil is used for cutting, to prevent damaging the face by conducting such operations there, although most professional smiths shun this practice, as it can damage the anvil.
The hardy hole is a square hole into which specialized forming and cutting tools are placed. It is also used in punching and bending operations.
The pritchel hole is a small round hole that is present on most modern anvils. Some anvils have more than one. It is used mostly for punching. At times smiths will fit a second tool to this hole to allow the smith more flexibility when using more than one anvil tool.
There are many designs for anvils, which are often tailored for a specific purpose or to meet the needs of a particular smith or which originated in diverse geographic locations.
The common blacksmith's anvil is made of either forged or cast steel, tool steel, or wrought iron (cast iron anvils are generally shunned, as they are too brittle for repeated use, and do not return the energy of a hammer blow like steel). Historically, some anvils have been made with a smooth top working face of hardened steel welded to a cast iron or wrought iron body, though this manufacturing method is no longer in use. It has at one end a projecting conical bick (beak, horn) used for hammering curved work pieces. The other end is typically called the heel. Occasionally the other end is also provided with a bick, partly rectangular in section. Most anvils made since the late 1700s also have a hardy hole and a pritchel hole where various tools, such as the anvil-cutter or hot chisel, can be inserted and held by the anvil. Some anvils have several hardy and pritchel holes, to accommodate a wider variety of hardy tools and pritchels. An anvil may also have a softer pad for chisel work.
An anvil for a power hammer is usually supported on a massive anvil block, sometimes weighing over 800 tons for a 12-ton hammer, and this again rests on a strong foundation of timber and masonry or concrete.
An anvil may have a marking indicating its weight, manufacturer, or place of origin. American made anvils were often marked in pounds. European anvils are sometimes marked in kilograms. English anvils were often marked in hundredweight, the marking consisting of three numbers, indicating hundredweight, quarter hundredweight and pounds. For example, a 3-1-5, if such an anvil existed, would be 3x112 lb + 1x28 lb + 5 lb = 369 lb ~= 168 kg.
Cheap anvils made from inferior steel or cast iron which are unsuitable for serious use are derisively referred to as "ASOs", or "Anvil Shaped Objects". Some amateur smiths have used a piece of railroad track as a makeshift anvil.
Top quality modern anvils are made of cast or forged tool steel and are heat treated for optimum hardness and toughness. Some modern anvils are made mostly from concrete. While the face is steel, the horn is not and can be easily damaged. These anvils can be hard to recognize because the gray paint used is the same shade as the steel face. They tend to weight about half as much as a comparable steel anvil.
A metalworking vise may have a small anvil integrated in its design.
The word "anvil" derives from Anglo-Saxon anfilt or onfilti, either that on which something is "welded" or "folded," cf. German falzen, to fold, or connected with other Teutonic forms of the word, cf. German amboss, in which case the final syllable is from "beat,", and the meaning is "that on which something is beaten" and has likely influenced the English word "emboss
"On the anvil" means any thing in the making, being created, in production etc.
A typical metalworker's anvil, with horn at one end and flat face at the other, is a standard prop for cartoon gags, as the epitome of a heavy and clumsy object that is perfect for dropping onto the villain. This visual metaphor is common, for example, in Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, such as those with Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner.
Anvils are percussion instruments in several famous musical compositions, including:
Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore, featuring the famous Anvil Chorus
Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen in Das Rheingold in Scene 3, using 18 anvils, and Siegfried in Act I, notably Siegfried's Forging Song (Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!)
Gustav Holst: Second Suite in F for Military Band, which includes a movement titled "Song of the Blacksmith"
Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3 (Copland)
Arnold Bax: Symphony No. 3
William Walton: Belshazzar's Feast (Walton)
Edgard Varèse: Ionisation
Carl Orff: Antigone
Juan María Solare: Veinticinco de agosto, 1983 and Un ángel de hielo y fuego
Pieces by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
Albert Parlow: Anvil Polka and Strauss
Louis Andriessen: De Materie (Part I), which features an extended solo for two anvils
Fear Factory: "Body Hammer" which features the sound of a hammer striking an anvil as percussion.
Judas Priest: "Between The Hammer And The Anvil" which features the sound of a hammer striking an anvil for dramatic effect.
Johann Strauss II: Feuerfest Polka
The Beatles: "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" makes prominent use of the anvil. Beatles road manager Mal Evans played the anvil.
Kansas: "On the Other Side" featured some use of the anvil. Kansas violinist Robby Steinhardt played the anvil on the track.
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'YOR FORGER - SPY X FAMILY' - 'COSPLAY BY GRACIE' - 'MAGNA SCIENCE MUSEUM COSPLAY EVENT' -
'UNLEASHED EVENTS' - MAY 11th 2025
Full name: Preston R.K. Tilgner
Aliases: Prez, Til, Bowler, Ba3kpfe1feNg3sIcHt (hacker name, German word for slap face)
Age: 31
Nationality: Swedish-German
Bio: Preston was a young dwarf born out of wedlock to unmarried parents. His father left him at a young age, leaving his mother, a forger, to raise him and his brother, Rolf. The family had roots as miners and Preston, whilst hard working, self taught himself in dwarf lores, hacking while he was 10. Rolf, who was 7 years older, saved and used his work money and gave him the opportunity to go to college at the Technical University in Munich. He did not let go of his family’s strengths when it came to taking part time jobs in ming.
With the second Black Death on the rise, Preston ran into Nylund in Berlin. He recruited him as they worked together for at least 7 months before meeting new teammates and allies across the world. He has also reunited with his father, bringing his family closer.
Personality, powers and abilities: Determined, hard working, funny to the core. Being a dwarf, Preston is superhumanly strong, has enhanced endurances, partial immortal (aging moves slowly once their species turn 20). He is also a capable fighter, miner, crafter, forger and most importantly, hacking is among his best skills which makes him a smart asset.
Equipment: Constructed suit with gadgets, backup functions, scanners, information and etc. He prefers guns over heavy weapons, but often carries knives and swords instead of axes.
01.11.15
You know when you get so busy that you forger about almost everything you have to do. Only to remember it and have your head explode. Well that's me right now. Sorry this project hasn't been the strongest start as I had hoped. At least I'm finally getting things worked out. I feel like I keep saying that. but I mean it. Now to get a few hours of sleep before I have to get back up to go to work than school :p
later gator
Did a picture like this about a year and a half ago, whit my other doxie..
So Teun couldnt stay behind ;)
And what better outfit there is for a weener after all then this????
He was like o_0 "I can stand on the citchen?? Realy?? There where all the food lays???? "
And was very disapointed when all was empty as you can see by his expresion-why-i'm-here-while-there-is-no-food?????
In the end i did some treats in that bowl... and he was all happy again!
Outtake from him on Ipernity......
I took all away, but forgot the pictogram of my kid at that door... i found that out when i was done and all was placed on my lappy... So, there a peek in our daily life!! =P
We use them in difficult days and this one is for when sitting good at the table and eat something at all is difficult =P
Its one of many picto's we have, but we dont use them almost anymore... =))
Kiddo is doing awsome, this helps just once in a while.. Got them from the school he is going..... And that way we get so much help here in the Netherlands!!!
Thankfull for that, that even he has somekind of autism, he will have a great future...
And for the doxies, its like they know he is special, and treat him so patient, and full of love, and.. oh yeah, lots of more patient towards him! ;) <3
After spending Monday afternoon shooting boathouses along Lake Erie with JDB Photos and Light Forger, we caught the sunset from the pier in Port Dalhousie. Amazingly, just after the sun dipped behind the horizon, the sky exploded with colour. Yes, it was cold. But that was actually a good thing - as the wind whipped the spray into the air, it turned into ice pellets so that I didn't get wet.
With Wayne Manor ablaze, Jim had all the evidence he needed to twist West’s arm and force an evacuation of Gotham. Though having the President of the United States deploy the national guard was not something that I expected, nor accounted for. No doubt they’ll prove useful in helping with the evacuation, but I fear they’ll also prove to be an obstacle once Ra’s makes his first move. Or worse yet, a liability.
No doubt we’ll find it out soon enough.
As I sever the last of the data feed lines to the Batcomputer, Talia begins prepping the last two Batpods in the cave. I have these things stashed in various caches all over the city in case of an emergency. You never know when someone’s going to try and steal the wheels of your Batmobile when you’re not looking. Certainly the last thing you need when you’re trying to catch a pair of thieves. Thankfully they were stupid enough to not change cars, so I was able to track them down later with relative ease.
Jason on the other hand? He was anything but. I’d have been concerned if he wasn’t. All of the best Robins are fighters, they’ll fight crime and fight you along the way. That’s why there’s only three of them. I only take the best. Maybe when all this over, and if I’m still alive, I’ll take on fourth. Assuming Tim to go his own way.
They usually do when they get to his age.
I’d like to think that I could maybe take Damian on as the next Robin. Sure he’s physically a twenty eight year old, but mentally he’s still only a child. He needs someone to show him another way. Someone to teach that there’s more to life than serving Ra’s. Though I fear that after fourteen years, he may already be too indoctrinated to be fixed. But as Mother always liked to say. No-one is beyond hope.
Hopefully that included Damian.
Hopefully I get an opportunity to find out.
Talia: Beloved?
Batman: I’m here.
Talia: We should make a move. Time is against us and it won’t be long before this side of Gotham become clogged up evacuees as well.
Batman: Evacuees. That makes it sound like we’re in World War 2 London.
Talia: Hopefully not.
Batman: Was your father there? In the war?
Talia: He may have been.
Batman: Do I want to know which side?
Talia: I think we both know what side he was on. I don’t recall the West believing in a master race inheriting the world.
Batman: Not one of their own at least.
Talia: Anyways, when did you become so interested with my father’s role in history?
Batman: I didn’t. I just needed time to transfer the cave’s proximity alerts to my suit.
Talia: You think he’ll come for Damian?
Batman: I’m almost certain. We’re going into this blind, but hopefully this will at least allow us to get a grasp of the size of at least some of their force.
Talia: Reassuring to see you haven’t forgotten anything I taught you.
Batman: Or anything your father taught me. Come on, the others will be waiting for us at the tower.
Talia: Wayne Tower?
Batman: Problem?
Talia: A bit visible, isn’t it?
Batman: The whole city is occupied trying to escape before the carnage arrives. I don’t think we have to worry about privacy.
Talia: Alright. Who are we expecting there?
Batman: Alfred, Tim, Dick and Barbra. Hopefully Lucius will be the bunker under the tower by the time we get there.
Talia: No Jason?
Batman: His comms went dark when he set off to Greene’s mansion on an assignment I gave him. At this point he’s MIA until I hear anything.
Talia: I’m sure he’ll be alright. He’s almost as stubborn as you.
I still can’t be certain whether or not Talia means that as a compliment. Whenever Alfred or Tim use it the saying is clearly intended to be interpreted in a condescending manner. But with Talia, I can’t help but feel uncertain. Part of her charm.
Batman: I hope. Time’s already against us. I could really do with what I hope he’s got so I’m not relying on just this sword.
Talia: Your gift from Wonder Woman?
Batman: From Hephaestus.
Talia: Who Wonder Woman introduced you to. What favour was it that you gave him again?
Batman: A blood sample.
Talia: An odd favour to give.
Batman: He’s a weapons forger. According to Wonder Woman, he forged her bracelets from Zeus’ shield.
Talia: Do you believe her?
Batman: I have no reason not to. When you see that shield withstand a direct punch from the strongest being on the planet, you tend to believe that there’s some truth to these claims.
Talia: Never thought I’d hear you consider magic a possibility.
Batman: Believe me. No-one’s more surprised about it than I am. Now go. Make our way to Wayne Tower.
Talia: Why? Aren’t you coming?
Batman: I am. I just need to do something first.
Talia: Which is?
I don’t respond to make clear to Talia it’s importance. She knows me too well at this point so there’s no point in trying to conceal my actions.
Talia: Oh. Okay. But the moment you’re done you come to the tower, right?
Batman: Of course.
Without saying another word, Talia revs the engine on her Batpod to life before leaving the cave. As she makes her way out of the cave, I begin to seal the rest of the exits to the cave. No going back now.
Now all I can do is try to limit the damage. The only way I know how.
Batman: Batman to Justice League.
Cyborg: Go ahead, Batman.
Batman: I’m in need of a teleport to the Watchtower. Authorisation code A-001.
Cyborg: Code accepted. Standby.
It takes but a moment for the Watchtower’s teleporter to transport me from deep with in the cave to the station’s bridge. Much to my surprise, Vic isn’t alone. Both Hal and Clark are with him as well. Rather uncommon for the night shift. Usually it’s just Vic up here by himself on monitor duty. No doubt Clark and Hal saw my video. If not, Vic’s almost certainly shown it to them by now.
Superman: Bruce! What brings you up here at this time?
Green Lantern: Having trouble sleeping? Or are you actually going to do your scheduled monitor duty for a change?
Batman: Cut the chatter. You all know the reason I’m here.
Superman: And that is?
Without even having to ask him, Vic projects the feeds from several nation news shows in front of them. All have the same breaking news.
‘Terror Threat Made Against Gotham City’
Batman: Endgame.
Mary Robinson was a shepherdess and the daughter of the landlord of the Fish Inn in the village of Buttermere in England's Lake District. She was married bigamously in 1802 to John Hatfield, who presented himself as "Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Augustus Hope.” The marriage of the celebrated local beauty to the brother of an earl as he also claimed, was widely reported, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in the London Morning Post of "The romantic marriage".
Hatfield was eventually exposed for what he was, an impostor, bigamist and forger. He was arrested but escaped, then was captured in South Wales. He was tried at Carlisle for forgery and hanged in 1803.
Mary's story captured the public imagination, and subscriptions were raised on her behalf. She married a local farmer Richard Harrison in 1807 and had four children. Her death was mentioned in the Annual Register and she is buried in the churchyard at St Kentigern's Church at Caldbeck. Her story has been told in several novels, most recently by Melvyn Bragg in “The Maid of Buttermere”.
And that’s a wrap for 2022! Was definitely an interesting year for Lego stuff. Here’s hoping for an even better year in 2023!
Here are a couple faves of mine:
Isobel: I feel this one is another culmination MOC. It’s a refinement of my mid-scale character builds, it covers a concept I’ve been wanting to do for months on end, and it incorporates a lot of the details I like to include on larger builds but at a much smaller scale.
The Erymanthian Boar: I think this is probably the best one of the year for me. I’m really hoping to do more animals in 2023, because making this one was a struggle but also a lot of fun!
From left to right, top to bottom:
Icnaxatl
Belekshiel
Hylarteph
Ozhath
MA-4 Herja
MA-3 Svipul
Heaven’s Blade Jophiel
Raijin
Isobel, Witch of the Ashen Plains
Swarm Valkyrie: Regius
The Erymanthian Boar
Chinelo the Wanderer
When Pigs Lie
Judge, Jury, Executioner
Stunner
Anya and Bond Forger
Don’t Wake Me Up
Bryngaia, Toa of Water
Data Knight Kopaka
Ulkai, Toa of Stone
See you next time!
Sometimes, all you need is good late evening light and an iPhone! Taken within about 30 seconds of Sunset in King's Lynn.
Thanks to Cornishdave for confirming that a similar mooring post was forged by T R Creighton Forgers London England.
This photo has had a minor selected levels adjustment of the skyline to punch up the colour of the sky but otherwise, just as it came out of the iPhone.
Zhukovsky, 1 September 1993.
Yak-38U "Forger-B" is a contender for the Ugliest Plane Ever Award.
The training version of the Yak-38 entered service in 1978 and 34 two-seaters were built. The last were retired in 2004.
24 yellow is now a gate guard at Zhukovsky.
This image is of a Blacksmith plying his trade of forging and shaping iron the way it was done for centuries past. I marveled at the finesse this Blacksmith displayed as he turned this iron into a perfect cross.
Taken yesterday while visiting the old Blacksmith Shop of Pioneer Village, Steinbach Manitoba.
Scarabs were popular amulets and impression seals in ancient Egypt. They survive in large numbers and, through their inscriptions and typology, they are an important source of information for archaeologists and historians of the ancient world. They also represent a significant body of ancient art.
For reasons that are not clear (although likely connected to the religious significance of the Egyptian god Khepri), amulets in the form of scarab beetles had become enormously popular in Ancient Egypt by the early Middle Kingdom (approx. 2000 BCE) and remained popular for the rest of the pharaonic period and beyond. During that long period the function of scarabs repeatedly changed. Primarily amulets, they were also inscribed for use as personal or administrative seals or were incorporated into jewelry. Some scarabs were created for political or diplomatic purposes to commemorate or advertise royal achievements. By the early New Kingdom, heart scarabs had become part of the battery of amulets protecting mummies.
From the middle Bronze Age, other ancient peoples of the Mediterranean and the Middle East imported scarabs from Egypt and also produced scarabs in Egyptian or local styles, especially in the Levant.
Scarabs are a common counterfeit product of present day forgers.
Zhukovsky, 1 September 1993.
Interesting formation.
The photos of the Yak-38 were taken on the south side of the base. I was in a small group that asked a truck driver to bring us to the flight lines. нет проблем
And so we were dropped near an IL-78 that was in maintenance. The people working there did not mind either. But immediately after the Yak-38 taxied by we were arrested and held by the military police for a couple of hours.
Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce the greatest… umm…largest Jedi in existence: Godzilla!
Well, from a certain point of view we can fairly say he is indeed the greatest :) Semantics lol :)
From now he will be known as Jedi-zilla (or Jedizilla or Jedi Zilla, as you prefer. Even thought the second will create confusion since I discovered it is the name of a plant and a spider: without the Jedi part of course lol )
If he’ll ever turn to the Dark Side (we are never sure a Force user won’t turn to the Dark Side) he will be known as Darth Zilla (with the same semantics issue above :) )
As weird lol as Godzilla Jedi Knight may seems let's not forger we got Jar Jar Binks as Senate Representative and Kylo Ren as villain, so we can have Godzilla as Jedi Knight lol :)
A little funny idea I had when I looked at this Godzilla action figure :)
I hope you like this photo :)
May the Force be with You :)
Oh, and May the Force be with Godzilla too :)
NOTE: Sometime ago I upload a Godzilla vs Jar Jar Binks and a couple of my friends here said they liked to see Jar Jar defeated by Godzilla. I didn't forget it: I'm still trying to find a nice way to show it. This Godzilla action figure is cool but its articulations on the legs are a bit limited and that didn't allow to make a good scene with a defeated Jar Jar :) It has amazing articulation on the head, neck and tail but not in the legs. I'm still working on it, though :)
After making the Kiev Heavy Aviation Cruiser, I just had to make the "classic" kit cover box showing the Yak-38 Forger Strike Fighter flying over the ship.
It´s so interesting to see how colourful were the soviet ships during those years, with lot´s of red near the weapons area and green on the rear (to reflect the jet blast from the VTOL planes).
To know more about the Yak-38 Forger plane, click here to watch a video that I made about it:
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To know more about the Kiev Class Heavy Aviation Cruiser, click here to watch a video that I made about it:
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Eínon
While driving around looking for a cool winter landscape to shoot, Flickr friend Light Forger and I spotted an abandoned farmhouse.
Faversham /ˈfævərʃəm/ is a market town and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England. The town is 48 miles from London and 10 miles from Canterbury and lies next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames Estuary. It is close to the A2, which follows an ancient British trackway which was used by the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons, and known as Watling Street. The Faversham name is of Latinvia Old English origin, meaning "the metal-worker's village".
There has been a settlement at Faversham since pre-Roman times, next to the ancient sea port on Faversham Creek, and archaeological evidence has shown a Roman theatre was based in the town. It was inhabited by the Saxons and mentioned in the Domesday bookas Favreshant. The town was favoured by King Stephen who established Faversham Abbey, which survived until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538. Subsequently, the town became an important seaport and established itself as a centre for brewing, and the Shepherd Neame Brewery, founded in 1698, remains a significant major employer.
The town was also the centre of the explosives industry between the 17th and early 20th century, before a decline following an explosion in 1916 which killed over 100 workers. This coincided with a revival of the shipping industry in the town. Faversham has a number of landmarks, with several historic churches including St Mary of Charity, Faversham Parish Church, the Maison Dieu and Faversham Recreation Ground. Faversham Market has been established for over 900 years and is still based in the town centre. There are good road and rail links, including a Southeastern service to the High Speed 1 line at Ebbsfleet International and London.
History
Faversham was established as a settlement before the Roman conquest. The Romans established several towns in Kent including Faversham, with traffic through the Saxon Shore ports of Reculver, Richborough, Doverand Lympne converging on Canterbury before heading up Watling Street to London. The town was less than 10 miles from Canterbury, and consequently Faversham had become established on this road network by 50 AD following the initial conquest by Claudius in 43 AD. Numerous remains of Roman buildings have been discovered in and around Faversham, including under St Mary of Charity Church where coins and urns were discovered during reconstruction of the western tower in 1794. In 2013, the remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman theatre, able to accommodate some 12,000 people, were discovered at a hillside near the town. The cockpit-style outdoor auditorium, the first of its kind found in Britain, was a style the Romans used elsewhere in their empire on the Continent.
There is archaeological evidence to suggest that Faversham was a summer capital for the Saxon kings of Kent. It was held in royaldemesne in 811, and is further cited in a charter granted by Coenwulf, the King of Mercia. Coenwulf described the town as the King's little town of Fefresham, while it was recorded in the Domesday Book as Favreshant. The name has been documented as meaning "the metal-worker's village", which may derive from the Old English fæfere, which in turn comes from the Latin "faber" meaning "craftsman" or "forger". The town had established itself as a seaport by the Middle Ages, and became part of the Confederation of the Cinque Ports in the 13th century, providing a vessel to Dover. The Gough Map of Britain, printed in 1360, shows the Swale as an important shipping channel for trade.
The manor was recorded as Terra Regis, meaning it was part of the ancient royal estates. King Stephen gave it to his chief lieutenant, William of Ypres, but soon made him swap it with Lillechurch (now Higham) so that the manor of Faversham could form part of the endowment of Faversham Abbey. Stephen established the abbey in 1148, and is buried there with his consort Matilda of Boulogne, and his son, Eustace, the Earl of Boulogne. Stephen favoured the town because of the abbey, and so it was historically important during his reign. King John tried to give the church to Simon of Wells in 1201, but it was owned by the monks of St Augustine's Abbeyat Canterbury, who appealed to Rome and denied the request. Abbey Street was constructed around this time in order to provide an appropriate approach to the abbey from the town. It still houses timber framed buildings and has been described as "the finest medieval street in southeast England".
Sir Thomas Culpeper was granted Faversham Abbey by Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538. Most of the abbey was demolished, and the remains of Stephen were rumoured to have been thrown into Faversham Creek. An excavation of the abbey in 1964 uncovered the empty graves. The entrance gates survived the demolition and lasted until the mid-18th century, but otherwise only a small section of outer wall survived. The abbey's masonry was taken to Calais to reinforce defence of the town, then in British possession, against the French army. In 1539, the ground upon which the abbey had stood, along with nearby land, passed to Sir Thomas Cheney, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Among the few surviving buildings of Faversham Abbey are the two barns at Abbey Farm. Minor Barn was built around 1425; Major Barn, the larger of the two, dates from 1476. Next to the barns is the Abbey Farmhouse, part of which dates from the 14th century. The Abbey Guest house, on the east side of the Abbey's Outer Gateway, has survived as Arden's House. This house, now a private residence in Abbey Street, was the location of the murder of Thomas Arden in 1551. The Faversham Almshouses were founded and endowed by Thomas Manfield in 1614, with additional houses being built by Henry Wright in 1823.
Due to the poor quality of roads in the middle ages, travel by sea was an important transport corridor. Richard Tylman (or Tillman), mayor in 1581, expanded the port at Faversham, building two wharfs. He became a key figure in exporting corn, wheat and malt to London from the town.
Several notable people in the middle ages had origins in Faversham. Haymo of Faversham was born in Faversham and later moved to Paris to join the Franciscans, becoming the "Aristotelian of Aristotelians".[27] Simon of Faversham was born in the town around the middle of the 13th century and later became Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1304. The notorious pirate Jack Ward is believed to have been born in Faversham around 1553. John Wilson, lutenist and teacher was born in Faversham in 1595 who was the principal composer for the King's Men and a professor of music at Oxford. There is now a plaque at the site of the house in Abbey Street where he was born.
A gunpowder plant had been established around 1573 in Faversham. The town had a stream which could be dammed at intervals to provide power for watermills. It became known as the Home Works in the 18th century and was nationalised in 1759. By the 19th century, the site stretched for around a mile along the waterfront. A second explosive works was established at Oare to the northwest of town in the late 17th century, with the Marsh Works following in 1786. Towards the end of the 19th century, two new factories were built alongside the Swale to manage production of TNT and cordite. Faversham developed six explosive factories, and from 1874 to 1919, the town was the centre of the explosives industry in the UK.
The first production of guncotton took place in the Marsh Works in 1847. Due to a lack of experience with production methods, an explosion took place soon after work started, with several fatalities. On Sunday 2 April 1916, an explosion occurred at one of the Swale factories in Uplees after sparks from a chimney ignited the works containing around 150 tonnes of high explosives. The incident killed over 100 people, which led to decline of the explosives industry in the town. Later accounts suggested that had the incident not happened on a Sunday, there would have been many more casualties.
All three gunpowder factories closed in 1934 due to the impending threat of World War II. Production was moved to Ardeer in Ayrshire, Scotland, and the munition industry around Faversham is now extinct. The town is now a harbour and market community; old sail-powered Thames barges are repaired, rebuilt and moored along the creekside.
Kent is the centre of hop-growing in England, being centred on nearby Canterbury and Faversham has been the home of several breweries. The Shepherd Neame Brewery was officially founded in 1698, though brewing activities in Faversham pre-date this. The brewery claims to be the oldest in Britain and continues to be family-owned. The Rigden brewery was founded in the early 18th century by Edward Rigden. It subsequently merged with the Canterbury based George Beer in 1922 to become George Beer & Rigden before being purchased by the Maidstone based Fremlins. Whitbread bought out Fremlins in 1967, and closed the Faversham brewery in 1990. The site is now a Tesco superstore. Shepherd Neame remains a significant regional brewer despite a decline in consumption of traditional bitter beer, producing around 230,000 barrels a year. It now also makes India Pale Ale under licence.
A shipyard was established in Faversham by James Pollock & Sons (Shipbuilders) in 1916 at the request of Lord Fisher, the First Lord of The Admiralty, for manufacturing barges for landing craft. Faversham already had a tradition of shipbuilding, and it soon became a major contributor to markets throughout the world, producing vessels such as the Molliette and the Violette, both constructed of concrete. Over 1200 ships were built and launched from Faversham between 1916 and 1969.
Faversham Market is still held in the town centre. It is now the oldest street market in Kent, dating back over 900 years. Monthly markets are also held in Preston Street and Court Street.
Having been an important thoroughfare since the 12th century, Abbey Street went into decline around the start of the 20th. Some buildings on the street adjoining Quay Lane were demolished in 1892 and much of the entire street was intended for demolition as recently as the 1950s, until intervention from the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Local people began a determined fight to restore and preserve the area. Faversham has a highly active archaeological society and a series of community archaeologyprojects are run every year. In 2009, evidence of the town's medieval tannery was unearthed in back gardens of one street, and evidence from the Saxon period was uncovered during the Hunt the Saxons project between 2005 and 2007.