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Aztech Mystic
Eagle Warrior
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"Look ... there's Cesare ... never ask him to tell your fortune or you're a dead one."
('Cesare' and 'Jane' by Aztech Toys / "Silent Screamers")
Diorama by RK
"Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari"
German Expressionist silent film (Germany; 1920)
Directed by Robert Wiene
Starring: Werner KrauĂź (Caligari), Conrad Veidt (Cesare), Friedrich Feher (Franzis) and Lil Dagover (Jane)
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White Bishop, originally created for the PhLUG Mech Chess challenge, this is already the 2nd iteration of the build.
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Directed by F. W. Murnau, Nosferatu (1922) was an unauthorized adaptation of Dracula - actually just a completely illegal ripoff, with a bare minimum of names and plot details changed. Dracula became Orlok, Harker became Hutter, Renfield became Knock, and so on. The filmmakers were sued by Bram Stoker's widow, and lost, and the film was almost lost forever. Now that Dracula is under public domain, it's perfectly legal and fine - note to copyright thieves: Just wait seventy years!
Aside from the theft, Nosferatu is one of the most significant horror movies ever made. I know you've heard this before, but why, you may ask? Well, there are several reasons - it was the first vampire movie, for one, and its creepy cinematography inspired... well, horror movies. If you do get to watch it, pay attention to things like the use of light and shadow, Orlok's explicit relation to rats and the plague, or the fact that this was the very first time sunlight killed a vampire.
Yep! That's it! Traditional vampires - including Dracula - were often inconvenienced by sunlight, or perhaps had their powers lessened, but Orlok is the first to actually die when he sees the sun. The very first. Just him.
Orlok also brought vampires around full-circle - early Eastern European legends had them as ugly, monstrous peasants, but early literature, such as Lord Ruthven in The Vampyre (1819) made them suave, seductive... and a lot like Lord Byron. Varney the Vampyre, as another early novel, had the first truly sympathetic creature of the night. Both Carmilla and Dracula seemingly completed and cemented the vampire's image as a suave, seductive force of raw lust... and then Nosferatu came around and reintroduced the monstrous vampire. Sure, Orlok has a way with people, and spends most of the movie fooling folks into thinking that he's a decent guy, but he's still a horrible, gaunt, shrivelled plague rat. Sure, most of culture has stuck with pretty vampires, but you can still find echoes of Nosferatu all over the place.
Oh yeah, and as an aside - this figure of Orlok is from Aztech Toys's Silent Screamers line. He turns dark/burnt purple in sunlight. Cool!
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Aztech Mystic
Eagle Warrior
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"A symphony of horror."
('Count Orlok' by Aztech Toys / "Silent Screamers")
Diorama by RK
"Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens"
German Expressionist horror silent film (1922)
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Starring: Max Schreck (Count Orlok), Gustav von Wangenheim (Thomas Hutter), Greta Schröder (Ellen Hutter), Alexander Granach (Knock) and John Gottowt (Professor Bulwer)
The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel.
"Is this your wife? What a lovely throat."
('Count Orlok' by Aztech Toys / "Silent Screamers")
Diorama by RK
"Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens"
German Expressionist horror silent film (1922)
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Starring: Max Schreck (Count Orlok), Gustav von Wangenheim (Thomas Hutter), Greta Schröder (Ellen Hutter), Alexander Granach (Knock) and John Gottowt (Professor Bulwer)
The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel.
I'm no longer interested in doing a large AZTECH moc and I need cash at the moment so these guys are up for grabs if anyone's interested?
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"Cesare, I am calling you ... I, Dr. Caligari, your master!"
('Cesare' by Aztech Toys / "Silent Screamers")
"Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari"
German Expressionist silent film (Germany; 1920)
Directed by Robert Wiene
Starring: Werner KrauĂź (Caligari), Conrad Veidt (Cesare), Friedrich Feher (Franzis) and Lil Dagover (Jane)
Even when locked away, Knock the madman will call out for his master. And soon, the plague will spread, and you'll wish you had listened...
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Except for the bugs and graffiiti, there is no sign that Knock ever resided in this dilapidated pit.
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This is a factory AI'd lens so it works a treat with AI coupling. Also quite a pretty lens i think, suits the camera well and should make a nice walk around lens. Love that older 1960's orange lens coating as well.
Decided to invest in a Nikon FE system as it is highly praised and a much better compact 35mm SLR than my error prone Pentax ME Super. Body is brassing but that just means i'm not going to be babying it. Had Dave at Aztech Services replace the foams seals and mirror foams for ÂŁ15, he also tightened up the loose rewind crank as well.
Caricature Inca/Aztech , looking up and taking a deep breath...well, that's what I see! ;o) The shapes and forms suggest so many things, and they change from angle to angle. My last from Brimham Rocks this Autumn, and I still didn't get to see every area. Amazing that nothing else like this area, exists in Britain.
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Warhammer 40K + Mayan art + Sepultura = this???
Anyone know Incan for "Ant-eater" by any chance?
Still working out the style, maybe bright colours, jewels etc. Want to explore this theme further.
More (and hopefully better) to follow...
Orlok brings rats and rats bring the plague. This is convenient for him, as the deaths by blood drain simply get lumped in with the plague outbreak...
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"The morning sun has vanquished the horrible night."
Did you know that Nosferatu was the first time that sunlight killed a vampire? Seriously, that part of the legend only goes back to 1922!
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Built for the Philippine LUG (PhLUG) 2014 Mech Wars community build challenge.
Inspired by the Aztec Jaguar Warriors, without the shield and the spear. Went for the lightly armed, fast and lean look for this one. Enjoy!
The human is locked inside a padded cell. The plague-bringing undead lord is free to roam. But together, they can spread panic and pain like never before.
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Tried to add colour to the vehicle (lime, yellow) but it wasn't working so I went for the carved-from-stone look. Also the snake's head should sit a little further back.
No photoshop, no camera tricks - just a toy, a spotlight, and a wall!
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It's funny, really... they never actually met in the movie. Not once. But Orlok sent a letter to Mr. Knock, scrawled with occult symbols, shattering the poor man's mind and forging a strange psychic connection between them. Knock has the last line in Nosferatu, lamenting the death of his master.
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Eventually, Cesare, after being rejected by each and every one of the other Stein sisters in turn, got to Henrietta. He found her most receptive to his charms.
CESARE: You are all black and white, like me!
HENRIETTA: *blush* Yes. I think you're very handsome.
CESARE: And you don't mind that I'm so small?
HENRIETTA: All the better to hug you with!
CESARE: Oh my! Was is your name?
HENRIETTA: Henrietta Stein.
CESARE: Isn't...that name...German?
HENRIETTA: Yes, I'm German.
CESARE: A German girl?...HOT PUPPIES!
Never owned a lens wider than 28mm (or equiv) so i went for the 24mm as it's a nice compromise between looking not too wide but not as restricting as 28mm.
Decided to invest in a Nikon FE system as it is highly praised and a much better compact 35mm SLR than my error prone Pentax ME Super. Body is brassing but that just means i'm not going to be babying it. Had Dave at Aztech Services replace the foams seals and mirror foams for ÂŁ15, he also tightened up the loose rewind crank as well.