View allAll Photos Tagged outer
Got the outer walls and fortifications done today. Haven't done any work on decorationg yet, but thought it was cool to put my Christmas tree up and some food on the banquet table.
Long Reef has a vast range of locations to shoot, and is famous for its boulders scattered along the flat reef where still waters pool, but the outer reef is also worth a visit, as the ocean's currents send waves crashing into the rockshelf.
Kile Duggan in 'Bulldozer.' Duggan, a mediocre driver in a poor handling machine, gained a bad reputation when he first burst on the scene due to his perceived aggressive style. The truth was much simpler- the 'Dozer' was a beast to drive, essentially a Kataspyder G75 Bulldozer with a pair of rockets and wings tacked on. It was big, bulky, tough to drive, and dangerous. As such, it came as little surprise when Duggan was banned from IATTAR for two seasons after crushing Graz Grazillani's spine during the Rowaran Cross City Trek.
Looking for the next race, Duggan turned to the highly dangerous Outer World races. Racing in the Outer Worlds was a precarious affair. OWTTER (Outer World Track & Thrust Extreme Racing), a league created to rival the wildly popular IATTAR league, was doomed from the start, primarily due to lack of financial support, but also in large part to the fact neither drivers nor racers lasted long. The allowed weapons and special modifications that separated OWTTER from IATTAR cost it many of the best and bravest drivers, and the poorer Outer World racing teams couldn't continue to rebuild the expensive racers.
The short-lived league was therefore replaced by an ever deadlier handful of races with little to no rules. Drivers, called Outers (an homage to the now defunct league), were often only able to race in the one race each season on their homeworld in shoddy home-built machines. It was into this world that Kile Duggan found himself- a racer with more skills and money than most, and one helluva tough machine. A truly nice guy, he added only the G75's front blade to the 'Bulldozer' which he used as a ramming device. He quickly began winning races and became an Outer World celebrity. After serving his suspension, he returned to IATTAR, now a better driver with a lot better control of his unwieldy craft, and did quite well, and was well-respected by the other drivers. When he retired, he wrote a successful autobiography of his time as an "Outer" called, 'Inside on the Outside.'
formerly known as a G set, reclassified as a T set. Arriving Central station on the Up Suburban line, heading to the North Shore. Terminal platforms are seen to the right.
A bit of DSI or fake space with a new planet source. Been meaning to do this for a while but not had time.
Caustic water movement effect aka David Hull's waterworld for one image layered over starfield and planet light source.
JTA outer bogie tippler No.VTG 26603 of VTG at Didcot, 25 May 2014. Therse JTA's were built by Redpath Dorman Long in 1972-78.
Edit: Outer Humans. Outer World.
Model(s): My New Friends.
Location: Comana Adventure Park, Giurgiu, Romania.
If you Enjoy my Works visit the page below:
www.facebook.com/MihaiMunteanuPhotography/
I'm a Graphic Designer and also a Photographer.
Now, If You Really Enjoy My Edits, Please Like and Share the Page. Thanks in Advance :).
ZEN MAGNETS - Neodymium Magnetic Balls (@1005) - Jeweled Fox Helm of Magnetic Magicka
NeoBall Version Video: youtu.be/QRCFaAfQYaY
Tri-Oval Sphere Tutorial (to make the top dome): www.youtube.com/watch?v=v26m-9rO30s
Build info here: www.flickr.com/photos/tend2it/sets/72157629891209037/
This is a light armor helmet that was inspired by the classic RPG games of Diablo, Skyrim, Hellgate London, etc... This is the Zen Magnets version.
The base dome of the helm is formed using four of my Tri-Oval subunits with the holes filled in. Horns were created using folded extended hexagons. The nose and rear neck plate protection were fashioned to look like scaled plate armor. The shape of the eye protection and the horns reminded me of a Fennec Fox ... hence, the name. This helm design is actually an extension that grew out of an original Viking helmet concept. The result is a keeper.
Because of the black NeoBalls, I kept the lighter background over a darker one to prevent them from blending in too much.
(@679 = Viking Helmet top section) = (Tri-Oval 1/2 sphere=(3 x 36-ball Oval Subunit)) + (top filler=8-ball ring + 4-ball + 1-ball) + (hole fillers=(4 x (6-ball rings + 1-ball center)) + (4 x (4-ball rings)) + (horn mounts=(2 x (6-hex + 12-hex + 2-ball top +2+2-ball bottom inside reinforcement on two sides) + (Horns=(2 x (4L-Hex=(60-ball) + 4+3+2+1-ball tip folded in half + 4 x 1-ball hole fill back/front))
(@088) = Nose/Eye plate = (52-ball nose plate) + (6-ball + 4-ball ring accents + 2 x 1-ball jewel colored) + (2 x (2 x 6-ball + 6-ball eye plates ) + (3-ball triangle nose to helm bridge)
(@236 ) = Rear scaled plate protection = (5 x (46-ball plates)) + (2-balls added to 2 outer top 4 added helm bridge support) + (4 x 1-ball spacers between plates)
Replaced accents with 2 x red rubies, 1 green emerald, 1 blue sapphire for the jewel effect.
It is sitting on top of a Mag-Lite flashlight ... the handle diameter was perfect.
This was made for the Zen Magnets Contest 17: Hatch Magnetic Headgear challenge ... zenmagnets.com/blog/?p=465
Celje Castle
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Celje Castle (also known as Celje Upper Castle or Old Castle) (Slovene Celjski grad, Celjski zgornji grad or Stari grad) is a castle ruin in Celje, Slovenia, formerly the seat of the Counts of Celje. It stands on three hills to the southeast of Celje, where the river Savinja meanders into the Laško valley. Today, the castle is in the process of being restored. It was once the largest fortification on Slovenian territory.
History
Early history
The earliest reference to Celje Castle dates from 1322 and calls it “purch Cylie”. Later, the castle was known by various names, including “vest Cili” (1341), “castrum Cilie” (1451), “gsloss Obercili” (1468). It is noteworthy that the name “Obercili” - Upper Celje - only appears after the Counts of Celje had died out. Its original name was “grad Celje” (Celje Castle).
The first fortified building on the site (a Romanesque palace) was built in the first half of the 13th century by the Counts of Heunburg from Carinthia on the stony outcrop on the western side of the ridge where the castle stands. It had five sides, or four plus the southern side, which was a natural defence. The first written records of the castle date back to between 1125 and 1137; it was probably built by Count Gunter. In the western section of the castle, there was a building with several floors. Remains of the walls of this palatium have survived. In the eastern section, there was an enclosed courtyard with large water reservoirs. The eastern wall, which protects the castle from its most exposed side, was around three metres thicker than the rest of the curtain wall. The wall was topped with a parapet and protected walkway. This was typical of Ministerialis castles of the time.
Lords of Sanneck and Counts of Celje
The first castle was probably burned and destroyed in the fighting between the Lords of Sanneck and the Lords of Auffenstein. The gateway was later moved from the northern side by freemen loyal to the Lords of Sanneck. They gave the castle a new curtain wall and reinforced this with a tower on the northern side, which guarded the entrance to the inner ward, sometime before 1300. The new wall reached from a natural cliff in the east to the remains of the earlier wall in the northeast. The entrance was moved to the southern side, where it still is today.
In 1333, the castle came into the possession of the Lords of Sanneck, who from 1341 onward were the Counts of Celje. They set about transforming the fortress into a comfortable living quarter and their official residence. Around 1400, they added a four-storey tower which was later called Friderikov stolp (Frederick’s tower, from bergfrid, modern German Bergfried, the term for the central tower of a castle in the Middle Ages). On the eastern side of the courtyard, there was a tall, three-story residential tower, which is the best preserved section of the castle after Friderikov stolp. The main residential building (a palatium), which also had rooms for women, stood however in the western section of the castle. This part of the castle ends at the narrow outer ward and is in a state of disrepair. On the southern side of the palatium, there was a tower, known as Andrejev stolp (Andrew’s tower), after the chapel on the ground floor, which was dedicated to Saint Andrew. In the Middle Ages, the castle walls were impenetrable; an attacker would have had to rely on starving the defenders into submission, but a hidden passageway led from the castle to a nearby granary. The Counts of Celje stopped living in the castle in this period, but they stationed a castellan with an armed entourage here.
During an earthquake in 1348, part of the Romanesque palace and the rock on which it stood were destroyed. The ruined section was rebuilt and relocated towards the bailey. In the 15th century, the outer ward was extended on the eastern side of the ridge as far as the rocky outcrop. Here, the wall connected with a powerful, five-sided tower. In the second half of the 16th century, the castle was once again renovated. The walls in the inner and outer wards were made taller, and the bailey was renovated. The modern sections of the walls feature Renaissance-era balistraria.
Holy Roman Empire
The first imperial caretaker, Krištof pl. Ungnad, was named in 1461. The second, Jurij pl. Apfaltrer, was named just two years later. The castle entered the care of Andrej pl. Hohenwart in 1470. When he took it over, he swore to take good care of it and to keep it in a good condition. He carried out this service until his death in 1503. He was succeeded as castle caretaker by Jakob pl. Landau, the government administrator in Upper and Lower Swabia. Landau obtained the position from Emperor Maximilian I, who was at the time still the King of the Romans, for having lent him 10,000 crowns. Landau was still castle caretaker in 1514. Two years later, Bernard Raunacher briefly held this position, but the emperor ordered him to hand authority to Gašper Herbst and to make do with the income generated by Rudolfswert (later Novo Mesto). Other caretakers followed, most of whom were at the same time vicedominus and the administrator of various taxes. The castle’s importance as a fortress rapidly gave way to its economic role.
Celje Castle was not only the most important castle in Slovenia, but in the entire eastern Alps. It covered an area of almost 5500 m². From the ruins that remain and from depictions of the castle that have survived, it is possible to paint a detailed picture of how it once looked. Several new techniques were employed in the castle’s architectural development, which were the model for other castles in the region under Celje’s influence.
The castle began to fall into disrepair shortly after losing its strategic importance. Georg Matthäus Vischer’s depiction of the castle from 1681 shows that Friderikov stolp no longer had a roof at the end of the 17th century. During the renovation of the lower castle (the section closest to the town) in 1748, the castle’s tiled roof was removed. When Count Gaisruck bought the castle in 1755, he removed the roof truss as well. The best stones were then re-used in the construction of the Novo Celje Mansion between Petrovče and Žalec. From this time onward, it was no longer possible to live in the castle, and it slowly turned into a complete ruin. The last residents left the site in 1795.
In 1803, the farmer Andrej Gorišek bought the castle and began to use the site as a quarry.
19th and 20th centuries
In 1846, the governor of the Styria, Count Wickenburg, bought the ruins and donated them to the Styrian estates. In 1871, interest in the ruins began to take hold and in 1882 the Celje museum society began efforts to restore the castle, which continue to this day. During the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the authorities in Maribor left control over the ruins to the local municipality, which made great contributions to the castle's preservation. During World War II, the ruins were abandoned, but reconstruction efforts continued after the war. In the corners of the Friderikov stolp, cement blocks were used to replace missing stones. A proper parking lot was also created in front of the entrance to the castle. On the northern side, the wall was knocked through to create a new side entrance to meet a new route that had been built there (Pelikanova pot).
21st century
The Celje tourist board holds an event entitled "Pod zvezdami Celjanov" ("Under the stars of Celje") at Celje Castle in late summer every year, which features performances and representations of life in the Middle Ages. Music concerts also take place in the castle. Celje Castle is visited by approximately 60,000 people every year.[1] An annual cultural entertainment event, Veronikini večeri, which is named after the character Veronika in the Slovenian opera Veronika Deseniška, also takes place in the castle.[2] The evening features various concerts, theatre performances and other entertainment, and each year the organiser, in collaboration with the municipality of Celje, awards the Veronikina nagrada (prize) for poetry and the Zlatnik poezije (gold medal for poetry). The Veronikini večeri event has been taking place since 1996 and the Veronikina nagrada has equally been awarded since then. The Zlatnik poezije has been awarded since 2004.
This is a resin model made by Dimensional Designs. I photographed him in my back yard. He's about a foot long
The outer shell of Ferrari World Arena. The beautiful curved shell stretches all over the large span.
While out taking pictures of the sunrise I met this nice gentleman who was fishing. I asked if I could take his picture, and he said yes. Talked to him briefly and learned that he's from the same area of Pennsylvania that I grew up in. Very pleasant guy. :)
The Zhen Hua 6 at Great Yarmouth.
The 40 meter wide vessel began its journey from China, via Hong Kong, and around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope arriving in Great Yarmouth on the 4th May 2009. She is carrying two new cranes (green ones) for the new Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth and two new cranes for Egypt which will be delivered after leaving Norfolk.
Zhen Hua 6 is the most recent of six specially designed purpose-built vessels for transporting container cranes. Equipped with rails, high capacity pumps, a winch and an additional anchor, the vessel has two winches at the back to ensure smooth movement of the cranes.