14||0|2179|0|yes 0|0|0|||1||ALL HAIL PHIL|Gryphon||21:25:00|04/08/2008|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Fpm-vigdis.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Come on%2C you guys%2C it%27s been on the What%27s New page for two days now. Don%27t make me do %5Bi%5Dall%5B%2Fi%5D the work. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 1|1|0|||||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|BZArcher||23:02:14|04/08/2008|HAIL%21 HAIL%21 HAIL%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%28We%27re all just in awe.%29 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|Verbena||23:47:08|04/08/2008|I%27m sorry%2C I should have said something%2C too. I was just wiping the dribble from my chin.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22They say one should not speak unkindly of the dead%2C so I say%2C %27nice try%27.%22 --Lezard 3|1|0|||||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|JFerio||23:47:31|04/08/2008|%2ACheers to Phil with his little chirping grasshopper legs%2C before net lag stomps jferio like a small cockroach.%2A%0D%0A%0D%0ASeriously%2C good job.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow I need to get into using my new digital tablet to make some of my own art. 4|1|0|||1||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|WengFook||00:43:06|04/09/2008|Hail%21 %3AO %0D%0A%0D%0Aquestion%2C why is the portrait%27s arm in such an awkward pose%3F It looks like it %0D%0Awas halfway to the front of her face or something %3As%0D%0A%0D%0A_____________________________________________%0D%0A%22Walls are meant to be broken.%22 - makes sense both figuratively and literally.%0D%0A 5|2|4|||1||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|pjmoyer||00:48:36|04/09/2008|%3Equestion%2C why is the portrait%27s arm in such an awkward pose%3F It looks %0D%0A%3Elike it was halfway to the front of her face or something %3As %0D%0A%0D%0ABecause if it%27d been lifted up front %5Bi%5Dall%5B%2Fi%5D the way%2C it %5Bi%5Dwould%5B%2Fi%5D have been in front of her face%2C both blade %5Bi%5Dand%5B%2Fi%5D hilt%2C and then we wouldn%27t have %5Bi%5Dseen%5B%2Fi%5D her face. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAll things in art have a reason... it%27s just that some of those reasons are more prosaic than others. %5E_%5E%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Philip%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D2 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_ser_philip_saber.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%0D%0A%5Btd%5D%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000dd%22%5DPhilip J. Moyer%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DContributing Writer%2C Editor and Artist %28and Moderator%29 -- Eyrie Productions%2C Unlimited%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230000aa%22 size%3D-2%5DCEO of MTS%2C High Poobah Of Artwork%2C and High Priest Of the Church Of Aerianne -- Magnetic Terrapin Studios%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%22%230044aa%22 size%3D-1%5D%5Bi%5D%22Insert Pithy Comment Here%22%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd width%3D%2265%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie.org%2F%7Eaerianne%2Ffoth.img%2Fgaia_aeri_coat_sword.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%0D%0A%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%223%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D1 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 8|3|5|||||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|Star Ranger4||13:42:51|04/09/2008|%3E%3Equestion%2C why is the portrait%27s arm in such an awkward pose%3F It looks%0D%0A%3E%3Elike it was halfway to the front of her face or something %3As%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EBecause if it%27d been lifted up front all the way%2C it would have been in%0D%0A%3Efront of her face%2C both blade and hilt%2C and then we wouldn%27t have seen%0D%0A%3Eher face. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThis exchange pretty much covers my own thought processes when I saw it...%0D%0A%0D%0Aoverall%2C Nice job Phil... I take it the beige tunic is the standard undershirt for the Valkerie uniform%3F 9|4|8|||1||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|Gryphon||13:50:17|04/09/2008|%3EI take it the beige tunic is the standard %0D%0A%3Eundershirt for the Valkerie uniform%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ALooks more like fencing gear to me%2C though from the waist down she%27s certainly wearing standard Valkyrie gear.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat makes a certain amount of sense%2C when you consider that %5Bi%5Dsabreurs%5B%2Fi%5D can only score on touches above the waist %28excluding the hands%29%2C so why bother changing your pants%3F %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 10|5|9|||1||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|zojojojo||20:37:30|04/09/2008|%3ELooks more like fencing gear to me%2C though from the waist down she%27s %0D%0A%3Ecertainly wearing standard Valkyrie gear. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThat makes a certain amount of sense%2C when you consider that %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dsabreurs%5B%2Fi%5D can only score on touches above the waist %28excluding %0D%0A%3Ethe hands%29%2C so why bother changing your pants%3F %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ATechnically%2C everything above the waist is legit%2C but practically %28in 2008%29%2C everything covered by the lame%2C mask and overglove is legal target. The mask covers the face%2C head and neck %28but not in the back%29%2C the lame is really just a jacket%2C so it comes to the wrists%2C and the overglove covers the back of the weapon hand %28because the protective glove is non-conductive%29... When I was fencing saber%2C I%27d pull my off-hand up into the sleeve for protection %28though some people wear a second glove%29 because getting hit on bare skin %5Bi%5Dsmarts%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A-Z %5Bi%5Dfencer since 1991%2C pedant since 1970-something%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0ARabid Crack Turtle 3.14159%0D%0A---%0D%0AIf G-d had wanted us to think for ourselves%2C He%27d have given us brains. 6|1|0|||1||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|Bad Moon||02:03:57|04/09/2008|Very nice. Always nice to see our favorite Choosers of the Slain in full color. Though I thought Vigdis was a long sword user rather than the epee%2Frapier she seems to have now%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0AJon Helscher%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m here to slow you down%2C cost you money%2C and generally retard the process.%0D%0A%0D%0A-Mike Rowe%3A Dirty Jobs 7|2|6|||1||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|Gryphon||13:39:30|04/09/2008|%3EVery nice. Always nice to see our favorite Choosers of the Slain in %0D%0A%3Efull color. Though I thought Vigdis was a long sword user rather than %0D%0A%3Ethe epee%2Frapier she seems to have now%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AV collects %28some of her friends say a more accurate word would be something like %22accretes%22%29 swords the way some people collect rock T-shirts. Rapiers%2C sabers%2C naval cutlasses%2C gladii%2C spathae%2C falcatas%2C greatswords%2C she%27s got %27em all. Her favorite for use in the field%2C though%2C is indeed the European arming sword %28also known as the knightly sword%29%2C which technically speaking is not a proper longsword%2C but most people think of it that way nowadays because of D%26D.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat she%27s carrying here is her second Ironbridge standard-issue dress saber %28the first%2C shown in the portrait she%27s looking at%2C was shorter%2C because %5Bi%5Dshe%5B%2Fi%5D was shorter%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 11|3|7|||||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|MoonEyes||13:13:13|04/10/2008|%0D%0A%3EV collects %28some of her friends say a more accurate word would be %0D%0A%3Esomething like %22accretes%22%29 swords the way some people collect rock %0D%0A%3ET-shirts. Rapiers%2C sabers%2C naval cutlasses%2C gladii%2C spathae%2C %0D%0A%3Efalcatas%2C greatswords%2C she%27s got %27em all. Her favorite for use in the %0D%0A%3Efield%2C though%2C is indeed the European arming sword %28also known as the %0D%0A%3Eknightly sword%29%2C which technically speaking is not a proper longsword%2C %0D%0A%3Ebut most people think of it that way nowadays because of D%26D. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AIs this something similar to Gunnr Brynjelfr and her guns%3F 12|4|11|||||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|Senji||11:01:47|04/11/2008|%3EIs this something similar to Gunnr Brynjelfr and her guns%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s probably not unreasonable to expect the Valkyries to have a weapons-obsession.... 13|5|12|||||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|dstar||11:14:38|04/11/2008|%3E%3EIs this something similar to Gunnr Brynjelfr and her guns%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27s probably not unreasonable to expect the Valkyries to have a %0D%0A%3Eweapons-obsession.... %0D%0A%0D%0A%27Obsession%27 implies that it%27s unhealthy. I don%27t know about you%2C but %5Bem%5DI%27m%5B%2Fem%5D not telling either of them that their collecting habits are unhealthy.... 14|6|13|||1||RE%3A ALL HAIL PHIL|BobSchroeck||23:31:18|04/12/2008|%3E%27Obsession%27 implies that it%27s unhealthy. I don%27t know about you%2C but %0D%0A%3E%5Bem%5DI%27m%5B%2Fem%5D not telling either of them that their collecting habits %0D%0A%3Eare unhealthy.... %0D%0A%0D%0ADoing so would be the unhealthy thing. %3Cgrin%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AI intend to be a freak for the rest of my life%2C and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from %5Bi%5DNow We Are Six%5B%2Fi%5D through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty%27s giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere...