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Arne Focke
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I am about to hand in my little contribution to the contest, just for the fun of it. 
So schön und inhaltsreich der Beruf eines Archäologen ist, so hart ist auch seine Arbeit, die keinen Achtstundentag kennt! (Wolfgang Kimmig in: Die Heuneburg an der oberen Donau, Stuttgart 1983)
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David Stokes
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| Posted: Thu 10 Aug, 2006 11:27 am Post subject: |
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my vote goes to herbert schmits work........ bravo....
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Arne Focke
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| Posted: Thu 10 Aug, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| David Stokes wrote: | | my vote goes to herbert schmits work........ bravo.... |
Yes, he is obviously someone who is not simply pointing his camera in the direction of the object (like I do  ).
But, for some reason my favourite is Nathan's picture. I am not able to define why I like it, maybe it is the shade of green (Hulk likes green!  ).
So schön und inhaltsreich der Beruf eines Archäologen ist, so hart ist auch seine Arbeit, die keinen Achtstundentag kennt! (Wolfgang Kimmig in: Die Heuneburg an der oberen Donau, Stuttgart 1983)
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Edward Hitchens
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| Posted: Thu 10 Aug, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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My laptop is out for repair at the moment. My digital camera works just fine; just a matter of finding a computer to transfer the images onto. 
Those pics on Christian's website are fantastic! Patrick's especially stands out in my mind. Oh, the possibilities!
"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest." Thomas Jefferson
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Bill Grandy
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| Posted: Thu 10 Aug, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Arne Focke wrote: | | But, for some reason my favourite is Nathan's picture. |
You know, me too. There's something about it that's very haunting.
But Pamela's cracks me up.
HistoricalHandcrafts.com
-Inspired by History, Crafted by Hand
"For practice is better than artfulness. Your exercise can do well without artfulness, but artfulness is not much good without the exercise.” -anonymous 15th century fencing master, MS 3227a
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Patrick Kelly
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Many of the entries for this years contest are very nice. There seems to be a bit of thought and creativity going into them. Cool stuff!
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Pamela Muir
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There are some absolutely extraordinary photos submitted!
I'm also really drawn to Nathan's. It seems to tell a complete story in one shot. Wow. And Patrick's and Bill's conjure up all kinds of heroic images. :swoon:
This is really fun, I'm looking forward to seeing more. (And, by the way, I only went with silly because I can't do artistic.) 
edited for spelling error, oops.
Pamela Muir
Founder/Lead Instructor
Academy of Chivalric Martial Arts
"I need a hero. I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night. He's gotta be strong, And he's gotta be fast, And he's gotta be fresh from the fight." ~Steinman/Pitchford
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W. Schütz
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Some very nice pics indeed, and some hilarious ones. I entered two from this summers quality-time with my axe..
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Steve Grisetti
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Well done, Pamela. My favotires are the three (so far) photos you have posted.
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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Addison C. de Lisle
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Jean, I love the picture of Pamela Muir which you photoshopped; I got a chuckle out of it!
I put up a few pictures of my Crecy.
I'm pretty sure that I've seen this photo before, or at least the same guy in the same costume from a different angle, on the Albion website around a year (maybe more) ago, at Yosemite. Was Michael Morgan the photographer for the original/the one I saw on the Albion site?
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Angus Trim
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I think that there's a real improvement in content this year. A lot of artistic stuff going on.........
Personally, I kinda like three by Pamela Muir, Nathan's photo, and Chad Arnow's photo that includes the tabby......
But there's an awful lot of others that are very interesting too........
swords are fun
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Thomas Hoogendam
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Some very nice entries this year. I wish I didn't lend my brother my camera for his holiday, I might have tried to snap a few artsie-like shots myself.
On a side note, Sean Flynt's hanger by Eljay is really stunning!!!
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Addison C. de Lisle wrote: | Jean, I love the picture of Pamela Muir which you photoshopped; I got a chuckle out of it!
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Thanks for the compliment: One ( ME  ) always like getting attention.
Oh it may be obvious, as it's not photorealistic, but the armour I drew from scratch and it's not just a paste-up from various captured picture elements taken from a book illustration or something. Basically I drew the outlines with the Photoshop brush tool and shaded using the brush tool used in airbrush mode + a few special effects tools.
Pamela graciously gave me permission to use her image in the contest: I originally just did it to send to Pamela as a joke and I also thought she would like seeing herself in armour. I later thought that maybe it would also be worth sending it in to the contest.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Pamela Muir
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| Jean Thibodeau wrote: | | I originally just did it to send to Pamela as a joke and I also thought she would like seeing herself in armour. I later thought that maybe it would also be worth sending it in to the contest. |
Now I need armour! I very rarely say this, but, dang, I look good! 
Pamela Muir
Founder/Lead Instructor
Academy of Chivalric Martial Arts
"I need a hero. I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night. He's gotta be strong, And he's gotta be fast, And he's gotta be fresh from the fight." ~Steinman/Pitchford
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Pamela Muir wrote: | | Jean Thibodeau wrote: | | I originally just did it to send to Pamela as a joke and I also thought she would like seeing herself in armour. I later thought that maybe it would also be worth sending it in to the contest. |
Now I need armour! I very rarely say this, but, dang, I look good! |
Yes you do. I also drew a nice waisted brigantine or fabric covered breast plate rather than a more globose type breast plate: It just seemed like something you might like that had some flattering curves but didn't " exaggerate " the curves like it would if it was drawn like a typical superhero cartoon or a Xena character.
As a general note: There are a lot of nice pictures entered and it should be very difficult to pic a winner as there should almost be separate categories like best fantasy, best humour, best product photography etc ......
A lot of great ideas and compositions: I could name a few that I like best but that might include almost all of them. 
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Steve Grisetti
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| Jean Thibodeau wrote: | | ...As a general note: There are a lot of nice pictures entered and it should be very difficult to pic a winner as there should almost be separate categories like best fantasy, best humour, best product photography etc.... |
Excellent idea, Jean! Maybe that would mean more prizes?
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Steve Grisetti wrote: | | Jean Thibodeau wrote: | | ...As a general note: There are a lot of nice pictures entered and it should be very difficult to pic a winner as there should almost be separate categories like best fantasy, best humour, best product photography etc.... |
Excellent idea, Jean! Maybe that would mean more prizes? |
With enough categories we would ALL get a sword but Christian and Albion would go out of business.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Bill Grandy
myArmoury Team
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| Posted: Mon 14 Aug, 2006 9:34 am Post subject: |
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Nathan's Chivalry picture definately has my vote so far.
HistoricalHandcrafts.com
-Inspired by History, Crafted by Hand
"For practice is better than artfulness. Your exercise can do well without artfulness, but artfulness is not much good without the exercise.” -anonymous 15th century fencing master, MS 3227a
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Edward Hitchens
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| Posted: Mon 14 Aug, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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I'm quite drawn to Nathan's and Michael Morgan's, though I love Patrick's pictures. I just submitted a couple photos of two of my A&A pieces; nothing fancy -- just for fun (not nearly to the scale of some of those other ones! )
It's obvious to me that swords and history aren't the only talents that some of us possess!
"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest." Thomas Jefferson
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Jean Thibodeau
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Seems like Christian decided to create some categories. Did I inspire this or did he have the same idea due to the large numbers of quality submissions ?
Lots of new ones to have a look at every day.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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