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HARRY STYLES: LIVE ON TOUR
The Star Theatre @ The Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore
23rd November 2017
Photo by N. Seryhana
Special thanks to Live Nation Lushington
I’ve more of less uploaded everything I have done of him so far even the pictures that did not turn out right. Hopefully I can get some time to take him out to a nice place for more photos.
He is the authentic Sky one “Wild Things” team mole suit.
This is big furry guy is one of two mole suits built for the UK Sky one Tv game show “Wild Things” restored and repaired. It appears in parts of all seasons of the show. He is the only mole suit known to still exist as most of the other suits where rumored to be destroyed after the final season.
There where two mole suits made with differing designs the partner to this one had a mostly grey body. As you can expect with a game show that involves mud and gunk this suit still shows evidence from been used on the show like stains which did not wash out.
Unlike most mascot suits this one is deliberately built to be clumsy and difficult to wear. Its bulky and extremely warm to due to the thickness of the fur and foam lining. Vision is designed to be extremely limited to two small holes near the nose which during filming were blocked with plugs thus the contestant was totally blind and would have to stumble around the wild wood completely blind.
Entry is in the back of the suit by way of a Velcro closure which is also secured against accidental opening by three plastic snap clips making it virtually impossible for the wearer to remove the suit themselves. Also, the head is secured with a double chin strap and contains a skate board helmet for safety. It is more or less complete apart from the orignal nose plugs and expander panel that fits in the back used to adjust the size of the suit for larger contestants.
I’ve been mulling over the idea to one day take him back to Rushmere Country Park where the show was filmed to visit the remains of the wild things gate just for a laugh. But that’s a project for another time.
All the suits were built for the show by costume builders “Frenzy Creative” of Manchester.
He never had a name on the show just Mole So I've called him BOB
Raincoat - thrifted
Tank - back of my closet...
Shirt - American Eagle
Shorts - free gifted
Boots - belong to my friend's mom =]
"Quebec-Style" fries at Stanley's, which were french fries with cheese and gravy. I'm not sure why places in the US are so afraid of the word "poutine". Then again, this isn't really poutine since they used grated cheese instead of curds.
Regardless, these were quite good.
Read my review here.
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Nikon D3x with 105mm/2.8 lens.
Strobist: Two light set-up. Key light is an Alien Bees B1600 with 22" white socked Beauty Dish, camera left. Alien Bees B800 with 10 degree grid right of subject, shining behind her.
Label reads: “Hardy’s. Reserve Bin. Hunter River Riesling. Vintage 1974. Bottled 11th November, 1974. Bin No. D 158. District Hunter River Valley. A full flavoured Hunter River Riesling wine selected because of its typical regional - varietal character. Of the white burgundy style, exhibiting good fruit character and acid balance, the wine has the propensity for improvement with bottle maturation. Bottled by the makers. Thomas Hardy and Sons Pty. Ltd. of South Australia. F38. Produce of Australia. 738ml.” --Please contact us if you are the subject of the image, or know the subject of the image, and have cultural or other reservations about the image being displayed on this website and would like to discuss this with us.--This item can be used for study and personal research purposes. If you wish to reproduce this item for any other purpose you must obtain permission by contacting Cultural Collections.
The kanchi Kailasanathar temple is the oldest structure in Kanchipuram. Located in Tamil Nadu, India, it is a Hindu temple in the Dravidian architectural style. It is dedicated to the Lord Shiva, and is known for its historical importance. The temple was built from 685-705AD by a Rajasimha ruler of the Pallava Dynasty. The low-slung sandstone compound contains a large number of carvings, including many half-animal deities which were popular during the early Dravidian architectural period. The structure contains 58 small shrines which are dedicated to various forms of Shiva. These are built into niches on the inner face of the high compound wall of the circumambulatory passage. The temple is one the most prominent tourist attractions of the city.
GEOGRAPHY
The temple is located on the banks of the Vedavathi River at the western limits of the Kanchipuram. It faces east. Its location, demarcated according to the religious faiths, is in one of three "Kanchis", the Shiva Kanchi; the other two Kanchis are, Vishnu Kanchi and Jain Kanchi. It is 75 kilometres from the Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. Kailasanathar is one of several notable temples in Kanchipuram, the others being Ekambaranatha, Kachapeshwarar, Kamakshi Amman, Kumarakottam Temple, and Varadaraja Perumal.
HISTORY
The Kailasanathar Temple (meaning:“Lord of the Cosmic Mountain”), is built in the tradition of Smartha worship of Shiva, Vishnu, Devi, Surya (Sun), Ganapathi and Kartikeya, in Hinduism, a practice which replaced the Buddhism.
Temple construction is credited to the Pallava dynasty, who had established their kingdom with Kanchipuram (also known as "Kanchi" or "Shiva Vishnu Kanchi") as the capital city, considered one of the seven sacred cities under Hinduism. There was an interregnum when the Chalukya rulers defeated the Pallavas and occupied Kanchipuram. However, the Pallavas regained their territory and started expanding their capital city of Kanchipuram and built many temples of great magnificence. The only temple of this period which is extant is the Kailsahanathar Temple.
The temple was built during 685-705AD. It is the first structural temple built in South India by Narasimhavarman II (Rajasimha), and who is also known as Rajasimha Pallaveswaram. His son, Mahendravarman III, completed the front façade and the gopuram (tower). Prior temples were either built of wood or hewn into rock faces in caves or on boulders, as seen in Mahabalipuram. The Kailasanathar temple became the trend setter for other similar temples in South India. According to local belief, the temple was a safe sanctuary for the rulers of the kingdom during wars. A secret tunnel, built by the kings, was used as an escape route and is still visible.
The temple has gone by other names such as Kachipettu Periya Thirukatrali (meaning: Stone Temple of Kachipettu, the old name for the present day Kanchipuram) when Rajaraja Chola I of the Chola Dynasty paid a visit to this temple. Inspired by the architecture of this temple, he built the Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur. Currently, Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple is maintained by Archaeological Survey of India.
ARCHITECTURE
The temple has retained the Pallava architecture in its original stylized form with influence of the later styles developed by the Chola Dynasty and Vijayanagara Emperors. It is of stone built architecture unlike the rock cut architecture built into hallowed caves or carved into rock outcrops as in Mahabalipuram. The tall gopuram (tower) is to the left and the temple complex is to the right. The temple's foundations are made of granite, which could withstand the weight of the temple, while the super structure including the carvings are all made of sandstone. Initially, only the main sanctuary existed with pyramidal vimana and a detached mandapa (main hall). The temple complex is complete in all respects as it has garbagriha (sanctum sanctorum), antarala (inner enclosure), mandapa, a high compound wall, and an entrance gate, the gopuram. The mandapa, which was initially detached, was made part of the main shrine by interposing an ardhamantapa (smaller hall). The pillars of the mandapa have the repetitive features of mythical lion mounts.The structure has a simple layout with a tower or shikara at the center of the complex. The shikara of the temple, above the main shrine (sanctum sanctorum), is square in plan and rises up in a curvilinear style or pyramidal shape. The tower has many levels rising proportionately. At the top of this tower, there is a small roof in the shape of a dome. The pillar elements with mythical animal shapes (lions on the base) are extra features in Pallava style. At the entrance, the gopuram walls are plastered. Its entrance wall has eight small shrines and a gopura, precursor to the main gopura. At some later stage, the mandapa and the sanctuary were joined by an intermediate hall called the ardhamantapa, which is reported to have marred the beauty of the temple to some extent. The temple is enclosed within walls in a rectangular layout.
SHRINES
The main shrine has a 16 sided Shivalinga in black granite stone deified in the sanctum sanctorum. Within the walls of the main shrine there is padabhanda adhisthana (main pedestal) with very elegantly carved images of gods with a sculpted Nandi, a little distance away giving guard to the deity. On each face of the outer walls of the main shrine there are many carvings of gods and goddesses. In the south facing wall the sculpture depicts Shiva as Umamaheshavara with Varaha (incarnation of Vishnu as a boar) raising the linga, flanked by Brahma and Vishnu and flying amaras at the lower level. The west facing hall has sculptures of Shiva in the form of Sandhya Tandavamurti and Urdhava Tandvamurti and the ensemble is completed with images of ganas in dancing poses and also with images of Brahma, Vishnu, Nandi and Parvathi. The carving of Shiva on the north facing wall is a composition of Tripurantaka flanked by three ganas, goddess Durga with three ganas, and Bhairavi, Kaushiki and Jyestha. The exterior faces of the vimana (tower) have images of Bhikshatana, Somaskanda and Shiva in Samhara-Tandava (destructive dancing) pose. In the inner walls of the prakara (circumabulatory passage) there is galaxy of images of Durga, Skanda, Bhavati, Tripurantaka, Garudarudha-Vishnu, Asura Samhara (slaying of demons), Narasimha Vishnu (Vishnu in the incarnation of lion faced man), Trivikrama, Shiva Tandava (Shiva in a dancing pose), Shiva severing the fifth head of Brahma, desecration of Yagna of Daksha, Brahma and his wife, Gangadhara, Urdhava tandava, Vishnu flanked by Bhudevi and Sridevi, Lingodhbava (emergence of linga), Bhikshatana, Ravana, and Vali offering prayers to Atmalinga Chandikeshvara. Vimana's south facing wall has very elegant image of Shiva in a sitting posture of peace and quietude known as Dakhshinamurti, and its west wall has Shiva in the form of Lingodhbava.
The tower has multiple shrines embodied on all its external faces which have the appearance of miniature shrines. These shrines have three features, the sala (rectangular), kuta (square) and panjara (apsidal) styles. Eight small shrines also decorate the entrance wall. The 58 small shrines are built into the niches of the compound wall that encloses the main shrine; they depict Somaskanada reliefs of Shiva and his consort Parvathi in many dance forms.
OTHER FEATURES
The outstanding feature of sculptures is the profusion of depiction of the erect lions projecting out in several directions. There are two sculptures of Shiva here which are seen holding the Veena (musical string instrument) in the hand. There is a lot of difference between the Veena found in the said sculptures and the present day Veena. There are also beautiful sculptures of Mathahvialasa Prakshanam. The temple also has the earliest stone inscription records of the twenty eight Saivagamas (Shaiva saints) in which the Pallava King Rajasimhavarman states his faith in Shaivism. The murals on the inner walls are well preserved.
CIRCUMAMBULATORY PASSAGE
A circumambulatory passage, with a symbolic meaning is situated along the compound wall. In order to make the circumambulation, there is a narrow entry passage which devotees must crawl through. Seven steps must be climbed in order to reach the passage. Passing through the narrow passage is indicative of passage through life. After the circumambulation, the exit is through a pit or another narrow passage symbolic of death. It is believed that making the circumambulation round the various deities would usher the same blessings as visiting paradise.
FESTIVAL
Maha Shivaratri is the biggest festival held in the temple when thousand of devotees throng the temple in the evening hours to offer prayers to the main deity.
WIKIPEDIA
trying out the appletv style icon..
maybe i'll do a version with cards later.
download: hezral.deviantart.com/art/poker-appletv-style-131083096
After choosing Mudflap's car mode as my new Skids, I started by adding a new G1 styled head. I used the "ears" from Mudflap's original head, and the rest is totally sculpted in epoxy putty.
I also added the G1 cannons on each arm. These were kitbashed from a Star Wars model kit.
I airbrushed a blue base color and several layers of metallic blue on top of it, this gave him a really shiny look.
I thought that the original racing stripes from the G1 toy wouldn't look very good on this modern day car, so I used the stripes from the movie version of Skids (Chevy Beat), but with the G1 colors.
The car mode is totally clean and I gave the robot mode a little weathering, for a more movie look.
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