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One of my rare, "Pre Furry Days" colour pieces with a heavy Science Fiction theme. This image was ispired while listening to the Nine Inch Nail's pieces, "A Warm Place," and "Eraser." In that part where the music transposes from a rather "Tranquil" mood to one of frenetic chaos, I imagined a small scout ship jumping out of Orbit and into warp as laser bolts streak all around it. On the surface of the planet, they have somehow discovered how to wage war using the weather, and multiple Hurricanes and rain squalls cover the sky. Does the little ship hold a secret that will help stop this madness, or are the crew merely trying to escape? I'll leave that up to the viewer to decide. (Thanks to Kelly Freas for the "Stars.")
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Thanks. I have always been intrigued with pre-World War Two "Dazzle" Camoflage paint schemes used on Naval and merchant vessels alike. The idea here was to create a paint scheme which would visually confuse the "Enemy" on the ship's true size, configuration and direction. The garish colours also help in case of emergency if the ship is disabled. Only a "Macho" space faring fool would paint his ship entirely gloss black. It's a one way ticket to a cold, slow death.
at first sight! What a ship!! I have been fascinated by camo for years. When I bought an old school bus to use as a bunkhouse at one of my ranches, it was broken into five times in the first six weeks. Yellow with black stripes - duh - it could literally be seen five miles away. I can see 36,000,000 colors, so I mixed up paint to match the background. It has been three years since then, and no one has touched it. You might find this interesting:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/356788/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/356788/
I have been astounded by how effective the camo paint has been! My school bus is only half a mile off a dirt road used frequently by out-of-state tourists, and is surrounded by grass and sagebrush, not trees, yet it has been unmolested for years.
The WWI dazzle camo patterns worked by taking advantage of the fact that one sees far more with their brain than with their eyes, as demonstrated by the optical illusion. Fake shadows and highlights can fake out the brain shape reconstruction part of the system. That MIT professor has more illusions and explanations at his website. There is a link under the illusion image.
The WWI dazzle camo patterns worked by taking advantage of the fact that one sees far more with their brain than with their eyes, as demonstrated by the optical illusion. Fake shadows and highlights can fake out the brain shape reconstruction part of the system. That MIT professor has more illusions and explanations at his website. There is a link under the illusion image.
It's a rather funny series, filmed and acted out using Halo for the XBox, and then later Halo 2. There's a lot of good lines in there, especially in the first season, and then things just start getting really wacky after that. It's either near the end of season 2 or the start of season 3 where that line shows up. You can actually find the entire series on YouTube if you're bored. I highly recommend it, you don't have to know anything about the games at all to get the humor.
The next couple of lines go something like, "You're serious? You couldn't find D batteries?" "Only at gas stations, but they're just so darned expensive there!"
The next couple of lines go something like, "You're serious? You couldn't find D batteries?" "Only at gas stations, but they're just so darned expensive there!"
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