The best pictures you've seen.

[LlamaMaster]

Stuff like that just makes me want to pack up shop and give up modeling. I'll never be that good...

Edit: Well, technically, I COULD make that, I just couldn't think of it.

[Roostervier]

Wow, that must've taken forever to make.

[Hotrod]

Shit, that's awesome, and must have taken forever to make.

[nooBBooze]

Holy, i bet it took forever to make this!

[ultama121]

Can that actually get ingame in anything though?

[Abdurahman]

CCCCCCC-Combo Breaker!!!

Seriously that is an amazing model. I bet this guy doesn't have a life.

[jngrow]

That's a lot of stuff.

[Boba]

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg319/BobaTheFett76/1228004005952.jpg

[thehoodedsmack]

Do a barrel roll?

[Rob Oplawar]

Do a barrel roll?

oh god

[kid908]

god D*MN it! i leave you guys along for 2 second and you destroyed my helly!!!You touched it didn't you!!!!didn't you!!!!!WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT TOUCHING IT?!?!?

but seriously wtf happened? and i feel like those amunitions are going to fall on them...

[paladin]

Do a barrel roll?

This is Peppy, Use the barrel roll.

[n00b1n8R]

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Orktimus_Prime/IMG_1462.jpg
http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Orktimus_Prime/IMG_1457.jpg
http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Orktimus_Prime/IMG_1465.jpg
http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Orktimus_Prime/IMG_1468.jpg
http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Orktimus_Prime/IMG_1497.jpg
http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Orktimus_Prime/IMG_1476.jpghttp://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Orktimus_Prime/IMG_1487.jpg
http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/Orktimus_Prime/IMG_1491.jpg

ORKOBOTS, WAAAGH OUT!!

Still needs moar dakka though.

[Rob Oplawar]

http://nikon.bungie.org/images/ta6gra.jpg
From [url=http://nikon.bungie.org/newssearch.html?search=Operation%20Chastity]Operation Chastity[/img]

:awesome:

[Syuusuke]

[url][/img]
Yeaa, go Rob!

Not the image itself, but some of the wallpapers I used for my desktop are awesome

http://xxlimg.com/images/y7zfcgje72lry0h9ndeg.jpg

[Hotrod]

From [url=http://nikon.bungie.org/newssearch.html?search=Operation%20Chastity]Operation Chastity[/img]

:awesome:
That, is my new background.

[Mr Buckshot]

Best picture of a PC case mod:
http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/08/optimuscasemod.jpg

Its guts are no slouch either, a bit old (dual 8800 GTS's for example) but still very powerful for today's games.

I've always wanted to see this in real life:
http://www.trustedlog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/northern-lights-d.jpg

[nick3d]

Nice wouldnt mind seein that myself

[Hotrod]

I've seen some in real life before, quite a few times. It's always amazing.

[Rob Oplawar]

More:
http://nikon.bungie.org/images/2zg8baq.jpg
http://nikon.bungie.org/images/t0ht8w.jpg
:zomg:
Operation Chastity (http://nikon.bungie.org/newssearch.html?search=Operation%20Chastity)

[teh lag]

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3395/1233954168585vn7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

If you ignore the fact that it's also raping the entire concept of the Sandworm that all cool people know and love...

[Bodzilla]

why is one of dunes godly beasts in a sea :(

[teh lag]

why is one of dunes godly beasts in a sea :(

Cause the new books are a bit off.

[Bodzilla]

:smithicide:

well i spose it's a bit like this.
lQPXwMIR_6w
:smith:

[Jean-Luc]

http://stopgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/galaxies.jpg






Go ahead, tell me there aren't aliens. I dare ya.

[DrunkenSamus]

I've seen some in real life before, quite a few times. It's always amazing.

Do you live in the South/North Pole?

[Heathen]

They come pretty far down the poles actually.

[Hotrod]

Do you live in the South/North Pole?
Nah, Ontario, Canada, near Ottawa.

[Rob Oplawar]

http://englishrussia.com/?p=2284

whoaaaaa

[itszutak]

http://englishrussia.com/?p=2284

whoaaaaa
fffuck.

[Heathen]

Thats badass!

[DrunkenSamus]

Oh my sweet dick....

[ExAm]

Oh my sweet dick....
Finally gotten flexible enough to suck your own cock, have you? :v:

[n00b1n8R]

woh woh woh, everyone hold up, this is fucking important.

Do you swallow?

[t3h m00kz]

http://englishrussia.com/?p=2284

whoaaaaa

That one stage fatality from MK2 came to mind when I saw that

[Rob Oplawar]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/02/ferrari_fxx_full_of_win_01.jpg
source: http://jalopnik.com/5151746/ferrari-fxx-under-some-seriously-hard-braking

[Xetsuei]

That's actually the FXX Evo, cool pic none the less.

[Heathen]

Finally gotten flexible enough to suck your own cock, have you? :v:


woh woh woh, everyone hold up, this is fucking important.

Do you swallow?

Crying right now just fyi guys.

[Rob Oplawar]

http://th08.deviantart.com/fs39/300W/f/2008/330/f/0/RvB_by_NorthernBanshee.jpg
http://northernbanshee.deviantart.com/art/RvB-104614042

[TeeKup]

Why is Donut a girl in that picture?

[Heathen]

I really dont think tucker is black.

Idk if he said so or not.

He is white in my eyes....

E: I disliek this picture because i like my own images of them lol.

Donut IS a guy but idc about that.
Griff isn't fat >:o
Tucker aint black
Church isnt sporting the goatee
And caboose isn't a blonde.

Thats all.

[TeeKup]

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w11/ichigo277/MyEyeSharingan-1.jpg

[Rob Oplawar]

FAKE.



rofl

[ExAm]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/02/ferrari_fxx_full_of_win_01.jpg
source: http://jalopnik.com/5151746/ferrari-fxx-under-some-seriously-hard-braking
So wait, those things have vents specifically for brake sparks? what?

[TeeKup]

FAKE.



rofl

Please check page 3.
http://www.clsdistributing.com/cls_custom_2.htm
I intend to purchase Markus, I'm sick of boring old brown eyes.

[thehoodedsmack]

^ Some of those are cool, but I could never take anyone seriously if they were wearing those Naruto ones... =_=

[Heathen]

Thats some nice MS paint looking eyes thar.

E: AT the link, the Lillith ones are kickass.

[Xetsuei]

So wait, those things have vents specifically for brake sparks? what?

Yes they do (well, vents for the brakes), but the flame you're seeing coming out the back is from the exhaust.

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9364/ferrarifxxevolutionpackzr6.jpg

[ultama121]

@ The eye stuff, I like the Incubus, Imp, Nano Nano, and Necri. :awesome:

[Pooky]

Why is Donut a girl in that picture?

Pretty sure that's just a really effeminate guy.

[Matooba]

Photo is of a volcano in Chile which erupted after being dormant for 9,000 years. Pictured is an exceedingly rare ‘dirty thunderstorm.’ Scientists are not entirely certain what causes dirty thunderstorms, but it may have something to do with the molten rock and metal, dust and debris causing static charges in the clouds. Regardless of what causes it, it’s terrifying.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/2571869352_e2c2a3eea8.jpg
http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chilevolcano.jpg

Get High Def Background HERE (http://monscooch.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/volcano.jpg)

[TeeKup]

Holy mother of god....

[DrunkenSamus]

Holy fuck. It reminded me of Command & Conquer for some reason. :3:

[ThePlague]

That looks orgasmicly awesome!

[Spartan094]

jesus christ

[Timo]

I've had one of those shots in my sig for months :3

[Heathen]

What timo said,

Its because of the static electricity between the particles plus the excitable gases. Its fairly common.

[ExAm]

This is a color photograph. Taken in 1915.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Prokudin-Gorskii-12.jpg/658px-Prokudin-Gorskii-12.jpg
http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf

[RobertGraham]

Wow! That's awesome. It would suck back then though, because with those cameras, you had to sit there for a good 5 mins until it captured it, then you would spend another 15 mins getting it to come out right

[ExAm]

Yup. Notice the water's all blurred because of the exposure time.

[ExAm]

Bumpin dis
http://www.3dtotal.com/home2/gallery/images/big/2619.jpg

[Reaper Man]

This is a color photograph. Taken in 1915.

Meh, color photography has been around since the 1860's. Also, that photo was taken in 1912.


Wow! That's awesome. It would suck back then though, because with those cameras, you had to sit there for a good 5 mins until it captured it, then you would spend another 15 mins getting it to come out right

No, that was back in the days of nonsilver processes.


Yup. Notice the water's all blurred because of the exposure time.

The exposure time required was obviously more than is nowadays, but, judging from the amount of blurriness of the water, I'd give that shot 10-30 seconds; a minute tops. One cannot sit perfectly still for much longer. If he did, he probably would need a brace, as they did in older times.

Also, I reckon that the film sensitivity wasn't the issue with the exposure time, it was the tiny aperture required to get a large depth of field with a large format camera, which that photo was quite likely taken with.

Here's the first permanent color photograph, taken in 1861
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Tartan_Ribbon.jpg/733px-Tartan_Ribbon.jpg

Anyway, speaking of old photography/photographers, here's one of the iconic photos, taken by Henri Cartier Bresson, one of my photographic heroes.

http://lesombres.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/henri-cartier-bresson04.jpg

[Rob Oplawar]

That reminds me of a book I found at a garage sale some years back:

http://spacebrick.net/pictures/blog_gallery/piranha.jpg


The book's dust jacket:
http://spacebrick.net/pictures/blog_gallery/tta_handbook.jpg


It's full of articles and illustrations such as this. Lots of really unique spacecraft. It's one of my favorite books on my bookshelves.

(published in 1978)

[rossmum]

I knew colour photos had been around for a long time, but I didn't know it was that long. Guessing that either cost of film or the development process were the reason it didn't really get big until the 50s and 60s?

[Pooky]

Wow.

Don't argue with Dane about art, Snaf about guns, or apparently Reaper about photography.

[Reaper Man]

I knew colour photos had been around for a long time, but I didn't know it was that long. Guessing that either cost of film or the development process were the reason it didn't really get big until the 50s and 60s?
That and the ethos that only real art photographers shot in black and white :rolleyes:. Color photographs were considered to be suited only to advertising and the amateur snapshot.

Oh, and color film was (initially) much lower sensitivity than black and white.

[rossmum]

That and the ethos that only real art photographers shot in black and white :rolleyes:. Color photographs were considered to be suited only to advertising and the amateur snapshot.

Oh, and color film was (initially) much lower sensitivity than black and white.
Yeah, the practicality and expense thing explains why true colour WWII footage or photos are rare. I see a lot of recoloured stuff passed off as original, but can usually tell having either seen the actual B&W clip, knowing some of the colours are off (if you see Germans in pure grey, it's a dead giveaway - Feldgrau is basically a desaturated green, almost turquoise), or if the colour depth just seems wrong. The real stuff tends to be rather desaturated and leans towards the blue side of things, from what I've seen.

[ExAm]

Click it fo' da full sizzle
http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/19469a.jpg

[rossmum]

This is an edited Il-2 screen:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3604/3395070222_7dd7483711_o.jpg

Is there anything the Il-2 community doesn't own at? Christ...

[Alwin Roth]

Google image search "a dreamy world" they have some neat pictures.
sorry for the size, it wont let me shrink it.

http://fliiby.com/images/_original/6d243gi0xo.jpg

[ExAm]

Is there anything the Il-2 community doesn't own at?Girls. :downs:

[rossmum]

Girls. :downs:
Most of them are married with kids. :downs:

[blind]

http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt319/darclragon/1238379654452.jpg

[ThePlague]

Uhh...last one is lol on poster.

[mech]

I wonder what his procedure is.

[ThePlague]

E:

Owait, thought you meant the person that made the thing.

[Heathen]

Ya, thought Mech was gender confused for a sec.

My knowledge of loli's ensures that that is a girl.

[rossmum]

this entire thread (http://allaircraftarcade.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13791)

[DrunkenSamus]

^^^
Last one is a combination of Fergie and Jesus.

[ExAm]

http://ginasiomental.com/016.jpg

[Rob Oplawar]

Beautiful stuff, ross.

[Heathen]

^^^
Last one is a combination of Fergie and Jesus.
Fergesus?

[Xetsuei]

http://www.ytmnd.com/keyword/stereogram

These are pretty cool, discovered a big poster of one in my basement a few weeks ago.

[itszutak]

http://ginasiomental.com/016.jpg
Holy shit.

[Heathen]

http://ginasiomental.com/016.jpg
goddamn
E: Doesn't Einstein look so excited to be there?

[jngrow]

That reminds me of a book I found at a garage sale some years back:

http://spacebrick.net/pictures/blog_gallery/piranha.jpg


The book's dust jacket:
http://spacebrick.net/pictures/blog_gallery/tta_handbook.jpg


It's full of articles and illustrations such as this. Lots of really unique spacecraft. It's one of my favorite books on my bookshelves.

(published in 1978)
LATE RESPONSE, BUT FUCK YES, MY DAD HAS THIS FUCKING BOOK AND ITS FUCKING AWESOME.

[ExAm]

This image is amazing.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/2465409800_9b1eb2814b_o.jpg

Ok, don't see why it's amazing? I'll tell you.

It's hand drawn.

[rossmum]

Are you serious?

Looks like a photo...

[ExAm]

I'm fucking serious. Take a close look at it. The jacket gives it away.

[n00b1n8R]

The jacket?
Look at the hair.

[Hotrod]

Holy shit that's amazing. I wish I could draw like that :(

[=sw=warlord]

http://zeus.3dtotal.com/admin/upload/gallery/big/halowars.jpg

[RecycleBin]

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/05.29.02/gifs/glow3-0222.jpg

[ExAm]

spartan dudeHoly mother of god that is wonderful.

[Heathen]

Holy mother of god that is wonderful.
yes

[ExAm]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0712/40_A17shorty.jpg

[Rob Oplawar]

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/369228main_ap14labeled_540.jpg :D

[n00b1n8R]

That's not far :o

[DrunkenSamus]

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/05.29.02/gifs/glow3-0222.jpg

That's one of those deep sea creatures. Creepy ass shit but at the same time awesome.

[ExAm]

Before WWI
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Passchendaele_aerial_view.jpg
After WWI

[Bodzilla]

wow.

where was this?

[rossmum]

Passchendaele. You should see the cemetery, man. Sobering stuff.

[Bodzilla]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Tynecot-memorial-and-cemetery-passendale-belgium.redvers.jpg/800px-Tynecot-memorial-and-cemetery-passendale-belgium.redvers.jpg

fucking hell.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg/624px-Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Second_Battle_of_Passchendaele_-_Barbed_wire_and_Mud.jpg/753px-Second_Battle_of_Passchendaele_-_Barbed_wire_and_Mud.jpg

says it all doesnt it.

[Ganon]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg/624px-Chateau_Wood_Ypres_1917.jpg


pictures like that make me glad that i'm over here in my room with my pants down, rather than there, not knowing if ill be able to see a tommorow where I can pull down my pants for other reasons than shitting my brains out.

[Bodzilla]

Considering there where over half a million people lost there. i think you should reconsider your wording.

[rossmum]

WWI was easily the shittiest war in human history. Not even Vietnam has a patch on it.

[Warsaw]

Nope. What WWI was though, was also the last "civilised" war in history. After that, every war became a war of morals and a definitive "good vs. evil" war, where as both sides were on even footing in WWI, and no one treated the other any better or worse than his foe. Atrocities were still committed, but it was relatively evenly distributed across the belligerent nations.

[Limited]

I've been to a place in France, tombstones as far as the eye could see. All of them died in WW2, I believe they all died on just D-Day too. It was unbelievable, it doesnt really hit home until you see the vast number actually being represented in front of your eyes.

[rossmum]

Nope. What WWI was though, was also the last "civilised" war in history. After that, every war became a war of morals and a definitive "good vs. evil" war, where as both sides were on even footing in WWI, and no one treated the other any better or worse than his foe. Atrocities were still committed, but it was relatively evenly distributed across the belligerent nations.
No, North Africa was in WWII. Both sides were quite gentlemanly towards each other - unlike all the other theatres.


I've been to a place in France, tombstones as far as the eye could see. All of them died in WW2, I believe they all died on just D-Day too. It was unbelievable, it doesnt really hit home until you see the vast number actually being represented in front of your eyes.
Yeah, I've been to a lot of those. When I have kids, I'm taking them back there so they can see for themselves what comes of senseless violence and (in the case of WWII) bigotry. Did me a world of good.

[Warsaw]

Talking about the war as a whole bru...if I wanted specific theatres then I wouldn't have said what I did.

[rossmum]

Point.

[Teroh]

Nope. What WWI was though, was also the last "civilised" war in history. After that, every war became a war of morals and a definitive "good vs. evil" war, where as both sides were on even footing in WWI, and no one treated the other any better or worse than his foe. Atrocities were still committed, but it was relatively evenly distributed across the belligerent nations.
Yeah, going to war over some terrorist not affiliated with Serbia other than being Serbian killing an Archduke of Austria is very civilized. You know, then the whole civilized part where a bunch of treaties force other nations into the war... then Germany going through Belgium to get the UK in the war..

Yep. Civilized as far as I can see.

[TeeKup]

http://zeus.3dtotal.com/admin/upload/gallery/big/halowars.jpg

Ugliest. Spartan. Ever.

[Reaper Man]

u ugly :saddowns:

[Hunter]

http://zeus.3dtotal.com/admin/upload/gallery/big/halowars.jpg

Looks amazing :O I am going to model it. Awesome reference as well, I like the skin under the armer as well.

[ExAm]

http://zeus.3dtotal.com/admin/upload/gallery/big/halowars.jpg

Looks amazing :O I am going to model it. Awesome reference as well, I like the skin under the armer as well.It is not an awesome reference in the least. You can't see all parts of the armor.

[Hunter]

Shows some detail nicley though.

[ExAm]

...But not enough for a reference. Stop trying.

[Hunter]

w.e

[rossmum]

*draws stick-figure in ms paint*

this is an excellent reference, just droppin the hint for all you 3d modellers out there

[Con]

...But not enough for a reference. Stop trying.
I disagree, it shows plenty of detail. Anything more is unnecessary, but it's not really about that anyway. Though it doesn't show the entirety of the armour, it's still a great reference for the areas it does show in detail. You would need more reference images to get the proportions and main shapes right, but that has nothing to do with detail.

[Heathen]

HOW DARE HE INTEND TO USE
*GASP*
IMAGINATION :gonk:

and teek, it isn't ugly.

[Warsaw]

Yeah, going to war over some terrorist not affiliated with Serbia other than being Serbian killing an Archduke of Austria is very civilized. You know, then the whole civilized part where a bunch of treaties force other nations into the war... then Germany going through Belgium to get the UK in the war..

Yep. Civilized as far as I can see.

The war itself, not the reasons behind it. Hence the quotes around the word civilised.

Stop trying.

[TeeKup]

u ugly :saddowns:


HOW DARE HE INTEND TO USE
*GASP*
IMAGINATION :gonk:

and teek, it isn't ugly.

Both of you shut your whore mouths. I swear to god the moment I saw that spartan I wanted to punch a kitten. His mouth piece looks like someone ripped off a thermal vent from a starship and slapped it on his helmet. His chest plates look too broad so I don't know how he can cross his arms. The legs and feet look nice but that's about it.

I hate that Armor.

[Heathen]

Both of you shut your whore mouths. I swear to god the moment I saw that spartan I wanted to punch a kitten. His mouth piece looks like someone ripped off a thermal vent from a starship and slapped it on his helmet. His chest plates look too broad so I don't know how he can cross his arms. The legs and feet look nice but that's about it.

I hate that Armor.
so?
Who cares. :realsmug:

No but seriously, it looks great to everyone ELSE.

And I have always loved that look for spartans.

[LesserOf2Evils]

This (http://abduzeedo.com/?page=1) whole damn website is incredible. Anyways some of my favorites.


My cell's background
http://www.threadless.com//product/1933/zoom.gif
http://desk08.customize.org/thumbnail/normal/119.jpg
http://desk08.customize.org/download/41/52/Little_World-800x600.jpg
http://www.davehillphoto.com/index.php/upload/media/caritasDHv11.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2305/2261257446_91a541cf77.jpg

[n00b1n8R]

It is not an awesome reference in the least. You can't see all parts of the armor.
I think he means a reference for details to add.
I'd never noticed the texture/plating of the webbing before.

[rossmum]

Remember the Passchendaele photos?

http://rokdrop.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/nagasaki-2.jpg
That's Nagasaki.

This (http://therearenosunglasses.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/charonboat_dot_com_hiroshima_victim.jpg) is one of the survivors (not for the easily disturbed).

[n00b1n8R]

Is the radius in meters?

[rossmum]

I'd assume so

[=sw=warlord]

Both of you shut your whore mouths. I swear to god the moment I saw that spartan I wanted to punch a kitten. His mouth piece looks like someone ripped off a thermal vent from a starship and slapped it on his helmet. His chest plates look too broad so I don't know how he can cross his arms. The legs and feet look nice but that's about it.

I hate that Armor.
Coming from the one who was amazed at the japanese making a 40 foot tall robot from power rangers.

[teh lag]

Coming from the one who was amazed at the japanese making a 40 foot tall robot from power rangers.


power rangers

jesus christ are you serious or just feigning ignorance http://sa.tweek.us/emots/images/emot-psypop.gif

GUNDAM IS NOT POWER RANGERS

[Hotrod]

Though we all know inside that Power Rangers is the shit :)

[=sw=warlord]

jesus christ are you serious or just feigning ignorance http://sa.tweek.us/emots/images/emot-psypop.gif

GUNDAM IS NOT POWER RANGERSI know gundam is not power rangers but the one that the japanese made looks very simular to one of the robots in power rangers when it first came out [ i hate myself for remembering that...] Any way's teekup is saying the halowars spartan looks horrible and not very ergonomic and then you get the gundams which look alot more inpractical.

[cheezdue]

This is so damn sexy.

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/102/8/0/80babff609346aa75561c082e95a735b.jpg

[Syuusuke]

Cool, I know someone who looks very similar, but of course with a different colored hair...hmm

[Rentafence]

http://www.hardocp.com/images/news/1251294619P4hIDhKw3c_1_1_l.jpg

[Reaper Man]

Did somebody put lights on the rotors?

[ExAm]

For the sandstorm? Probably.

[Rentafence]

Apparently it's from the friction of the blades hitting the dust and sand.

[Jean-Luc]

Apparently it's from the friction of the blades hitting the dust and sand.

So that literally means that the speed of the rotors is making the sand incinerate midair? FUCKIN AWESOME :haw:

[ExAm]

So that literally means that the speed of the rotors is making the sand incinerate midair? FUCKIN AWESOME :haw:
At best, it's the friction causing the blades to glow, but I really have a hard time believing that that is the cause.

[Rentafence]

At best, it's the friction causing the blades to glow, but I really have a hard time believing that that is the cause.

Page 3, section 6.2

http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/BAA%2008-011_ONRBAA%2008-011.pdf

[teh lag]

A thing of true beauty.

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/Sideshow_Bob_by_spacecoyote.jpg

Original (http://spacecoyote.deviantart.com/art/Sideshow-Bob-50809462).

I also happened upon the full version of a picture that was posted god knows how many pages back. People who know what I'm talking about will know what I'm talking about.

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/1250589054550.jpg

And some other cool stuff that's going in my "cool stuff" directory.

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/1247469079382.jpg

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/1250541288741.jpg

[Alwin Roth]

http://hq.dpics.org/wallpapers/12/Furi-Kuri%2C_FLCL_3D.jpg

When you notice it...
http://features.cgsociety.org/newgallerycrits/g67/379467/379467_1243476549_medium.jpg

[Con]

In regards to the helicopter image, I imagine that sand can't be very good for the engines.

[rossmum]

They'd have tropical filters fitted, same as the RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft in North Africa and Italy had

[Heathen]

http://hq.dpics.org/wallpapers/12/Furi-Kuri%2C_FLCL_3D.jpg

When you notice it...
http://features.cgsociety.org/newgallerycrits/g67/379467/379467_1243476549_medium.jpg

that its CG?

Its VERY obvious.

[Cojafoji]

anyone else dig on the concept of extraordinarily large structures? like this, or dyson spheres?

shit blows you.

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2103/1177990640919.jpg

[rossmum]

Yes. I love ridiculously large structures.

[Mass]

Yes. I love ridiculously large structures.
what are you

some kind of

NAZI?


(extraordinarily large spaces are cool to look at, but when people actually have plans to build them, it becomes very perverse in my opinion.)

[rossmum]

Shut up huge factory buildings own ok

[Cojafoji]

what are you

some kind of

NAZI?


(extraordinarily large spaces are cool to look at, but when people actually have plans to build them, it becomes very perverse in my opinion.)
Capitalist Dog!

[Xetsuei]

Yes. I love ridiculously large structures.

.

[annihilation]

anyone else dig on the concept of extraordinarily large structures? like this, or dyson spheres?

shit blows you.

pic


I also love huge seemingly endless structures like that aswell.
Where did you find that pic?

[Cojafoji]

I also love huge seemingly endless structures like that aswell.
Where did you find that pic?
where else?

/wg/

i do not endorse using the rest of the site though. it's really gone down the tubes since '05. even then it was bad...

[annihilation]

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6025/1251485539788.jpg
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3590/1251486531071v.jpg

[klange]

http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17699/dn17699-1_300.jpg

Pentacene.

[Alwin Roth]

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6025/1251485539788.jpg


Is that from a movie or something???

Futuristic Cities FTW.

[Cagerrin]

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds/cool%20things/1250589054550.jpg
Sort of reminds me of this:

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Characters/1233063753385.jpg

[cheezdue]

That shit is amazing.

This one is a fanart of Tifa Lockheart.
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2009/238/6/7/tifa_lockhart__by_ravenskar.jpg

[Cojafoji]

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6686/worthenough2500.th.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/worthenough2500.jpg/)
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/531/1177989324023.th.jpg (http://img76.imageshack.us/i/1177989324023.jpg/)

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/1102/1182499610201.th.jpg (http://img56.imageshack.us/i/1182499610201.jpg/)
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/6124/1186757223171.th.jpg (http://img56.imageshack.us/i/1186757223171.jpg/)
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/652/1194158695579.th.jpg (http://img42.imageshack.us/i/1194158695579.jpg/)
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4323/1197574678318.th.jpg (http://img86.imageshack.us/i/1197574678318.jpg/)

[Warsaw]

Third picture down: Presidium from Mass Effect?

Also, you guys ain't seen huge megastructures until you've read the manga BLAME!. There, it really is never ending.

[Bodzilla]

anyone got any 1900 x1200 screenies like that :(

need some new wall papers and stretching sucks dick

[Cojafoji]

anyone got any 1900 x1200 screenies like that :(

need some new wall papers and stretching sucks dick
All I have are 1920 x 1200's? Is that ok?

I uploaded these for you:
http://rapidshare.com/files/273042962/1620x1200_s.rar.html

Hope you enjoy.

Edit:Ignore the fact that it says 1620 on the .rar name.

[ExAm]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Top_of_Atmosphere.jpg/800px-Top_of_Atmosphere.jpg

[Futzy]

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2009/242/6/2/A_Man_of_His_Word_by_Straye_Close.jpg

[annihilation]

http://www.ekhoury.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wp_1440.jpg

[=sw=warlord]

http://estb.msn.com/i/C4/654917504AD02E7B8F8487DAC4A759.jpg

[Rob Oplawar]

those words are all the movies he's ever narrated, right?
ha. ha.

[UnevenElefant5]

http://estb.msn.com/i/C4/654917504AD02E7B8F8487DAC4A759.jpg
That was on the local news just a few days ago.

[Jean-Luc]

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3091/hs200925axlargeweb.jpg

[ExAm]

NASA IS CREDIT TO TEAM

[Llama Juice]

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v172/170/57/185008048/n185008048_32320704_3453.jpg

It's the best picture because of what I look like today.

I used to be 240 lbs... now I'm at 175.

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs093.snc1/5126_93145107335_503932335_2146225_6893880_n.jpg

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

holyshitthechange

[TeeKup]

Does anyone have any real good pictures of both Earth and Luna? I'm looking for a new background.

[Heathen]

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v172/170/57/185008048/n185008048_32320704_3453.jpg

It's the best picture because of what I look like today.

I used to be 240 lbs... now I'm at 175.

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs093.snc1/5126_93145107335_503932335_2146225_6893880_n.jpg

sitting to play guitar hero?

Lol.

[mech]

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3091/hs200925axlargeweb.jpg


http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1088/donkeyhat.jpg



I see a donkey with a hat :raise:

[sdavis117]

I was thinking it was a monkey with a hat motioning for you to come closer to it.

[n00b1n8R]

I thought it was a llama actually

(ITT: we play "clouds" on a stellar scale)

[ultama121]

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs093.snc1/5126_93145107335_503932335_2146225_6893880_n.jpg
:smugjuice:

[Heathen]

I can totally see that llama you were talking about noob,

its got the hat, the eyes....

[rossmum]

I thought it looked more like something with a trunk or perhaps a gas mask

[Heathen]

yeh, I saw a pyro wearing a street cone at first glance.

[ExAm]

sitting to play guitar hero?

Lol.
I'm an expert at this. I also sit down for wii sports. I figured out all the wrist techniques to win every game every time. Instant home runs/strikes/powerslams, and i can still control fine enough for golf :v:

It pisses people off.

[Timo]

http://izismile.com/img/img2/20090914/lol_sun_in_clouds_02.jpg

[paladin]

That's pretty beast. Was it taken from an airplane? I know when I flew from Seattle to Copenhagen there were some awesome cloud views.

[Cortexian]

Was it taken from an airplane?
It was definitely taken from some type of flying machine.

[Warsaw]

Lemme guess: blimp.

[Timo]

The description only said it was taken from a plane, which I figured was a given :p

[Warsaw]

It is a fantastic picture, reminds me how much I want to fly.

^has never flown before.

[Heathen]

All you need to do is believe.

[Alwin Roth]

I like this, Not sure if you guys saw it:

WHO DREW THIS?

http://s5.tinypic.com/fwh9h4.jpg

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

It was from PFR
it is pretty damn deep.

[Rob Oplawar]

PFR? Google search turns up Christian music...

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

pics funny random
hth

[Rob Oplawar]

Ah... no, that doesn't help locate the source of the image.

[cheezdue]

http://cghub.com/files/Image/10600/image.jpg

/nerdgasm

[annihilation]

I like this, Not sure if you guys saw it:

WHO DREW THIS?

pic


That's the original picture link.

[Bodzilla]

who are those women?

[ICEE]

Why does cloud have breasts? I was pretty sure he was male (although appearing androgynous)

E: dammit bod

[BobtheGreatII]

who are those women?

Lol, that made my day.

[English Mobster]

http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/69726_notefromgreatestgirlfriendever.jpg

[BobtheGreatII]

http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/69726_notefromgreatestgirlfriendever.jpg

http://downlode.org/Creative/Writing/Notebook/Illustrations/itsatrap.jpg


:ugh:

[ExAm]

Bitch is obviously cheatin'.

[OmegaDragon]

EDIT: Oh shit wrong thread >.>

In order to counter my stupidity I give you a set of very awesome pictures of NYC.

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21688

Some of those sights are breathtaking.

[rossmum]

Isn't this technically a pyf thread

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/29/article-1131948-033C79BD000005DC-116_468x613.jpg
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_01/falklandsDM1305_468x357.jpg

Fucking amazing photos from the Falklands War (1982. Read up on it, kiddies)

[Darqeness]

Found these posted on halo.bungie.org, apparently from a cancelled Halo project, perhaps the Halo MMO they were working on before getting shut down.

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/images/ENSlocation2_v04.jpg

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/images/ENSlocation2_v01.jpg

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/images/ENSLocation1v02.jpg

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/images/ENSlocation6_v02.jpg

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/images/ENS_MPv01.jpg

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/images/ENS_MPv01detail1.jpg

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/images/ENS_MPv01detail2.jpg

[Jean-Luc]

Those above concept images are far more fascinating than anything else I've seen in the Halo universe.

[Alwin Roth]

The last pic is so amazing......

[Rob Oplawar]

Absolutely breathtaking...

[Alwin Roth]

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/images/ENS_MPv01.jpg



Major Rep whoever can link me to a wallpaper version of this, or similar.

[Sever]

There isn't one, but you could contact the creator of the concept images at his site here (http://www.dylancolestudio.com/). If you somehow do manage to get larger sizes, try to do so with all of them and post them here for all of us to share. Rob just told me that he'd love larger versions as to have more detail in his planned recreations of these structures in BCE.

[PopeAK49]

I didn't know the forerunners played mini golf. :realsmug:

http://www.zenithair.com/stolch701/pic07/alaska-07-201.jpg

Sleeping lady of Alaska. Of course I always see it everyday over the inlet. But it's absolutly beautiful during sunset.

[MetKiller Joe]

Found these posted on halo.bungie.org, apparently from a cancelled Halo project, perhaps the Halo MMO they were working on before getting shut down.


Holy shit. That's awesome. Forerunner life?

[Siliconmaster]

Major Rep whoever can link me to a wallpaper version of this, or similar.

I second that, but in the FAQ section of the website the guy says he can't produce prints of those images because they belong to the companies. Still, if someone could email the guy about it that would be great. I'd do it, but I'm busy with homework. Ick.

Edit: I also just realized this is the first time those have been posted on this forum. I saw them when the original HBO post went up- I love them. It's so surreal to see forerunner stuff in use, instead of the decayed machinery we find in the trilogy.

[Warsaw]

Those above concept images are far more fascinating than anything else I've seen in the Halo universe.

I agree. We need more of this type of thing in Halo.

[Siliconmaster]

I agree. We need more of this type of thing in Halo.

I'm envisioning that scene on the 360. I'm now envisioning total system crash. ^_^

[Alwin Roth]

ok composing letter:

Is this good?


Hello Mr. Cole,

Under your "Sketches / concepts" tab there happens to be some marvelous sketches of some halo forerunner buildings.

Now, I and many others, who have clicked on the images and were crushed to see that the image does not come in a wallpaper format.

So, We're wondering If you could perhaps make the pictures, especially the first one, in a larger format, wallpaper usage in other words.

We will thank you a lot and let you join our buddy club.

Sincerely,
-Alwin Roth

[Higuy]

I've always imagined what a forerunner city would look like around when halo 3 came out the environments and vista's became unimaginable. Now that I can actually see it.. it takes my breath away. Forerunner architecture and design is my favorite thing about Halo, and one of the coolest Sci-Fi things I've seen.
http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/images/ENSlocation6_v02.jpg
I'll be modeling this little piece, putting it in cryengine or unreal, and making a small scene out of it. But seriously, out fucking standing concept art this guy made. :iamafag:

[UnevenElefant5]

ok composing letter:

Is this good?

I'm not entirely sure their forerunner though.

[Higuy]

I'm not entirely sure their forerunner though.
There forerunner, definitely. Look at the design of most of the buildings. It's also by ensemble studio's, which just so happened to be making Halo Wars around those dates..

[UnevenElefant5]

Ah, ok, I wasn't sure because it looked very similar to forerunner but the humans in the sketch threw me off.

[Jean-Luc]

Protip: Humans and Forerunners are related.

[Alwin Roth]

Ok... Now we wait...

the
"you can join our buddy club" will surely get him to do it...

[MetKiller Joe]

I've always imagined what a forerunner city would look like around when halo 3 came out the environments and vista's became unimaginable. Now that I can actually see it.. it takes my breath away. Forerunner architecture and design is my favorite thing about Halo, and one of the coolest Sci-Fi things I've seen.
http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/images/ENSlocation6_v02.jpg
I'll be modeling this little piece, putting it in cryengine or unreal, and making a small scene out of it. But seriously, out fucking standing concept art this guy made. :iamafag:

It seems he has done a lot of stuff.. LoTR, among other things.

Thanks to him, I'm out of a two week art rut.

[Alwin Roth]

Wouldn't be nice if we had buildings like that in our world?

Damn, I probably wont be seeing stuff like this til I'm 50...
and it sucks more, because if we weren't wasting time on war the whole time, we would actually be somewhere else by now...

[Delta4907]

Protip: Humans and Forerunners are related.

Actually, I believe the Forerunners found Humans while indexing the galaxy, and chose them to be the heirs of their technology. (much like the Precursors chose the Forerunners). At least I think, correct me if I'm wrong

[Siliconmaster]

ok composing letter:

Is this good?

Haha. I like it. :P

[Alwin Roth]

I Believe, That forerunners are humans.

[Xetsuei]

Forerunners are genetically identical to humans.

Read the books and you'll know this.

[PopeAK49]

Forerunners have 6 fingers, thus they can't be genetically identical. The shape of the hand is oddly simular, but the forerunners have 2 thumbs instead of 1. Maybe the forerunners discovered human kind and decided to let them be able to access things like holo panels and such because humans were the only intelligent life forms that they trusted.

Source picture (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/5/50/1221711016_Forerunner_hand.jpg)

[Mass]

or that panel can be used with either hand


...

[flibitijibibo]

or that panel can be used with either hand


...
^...

[PopeAK49]

or that panel can be used with either hand


...

True, but your index finger isn't too simular to your pinky. Or they could of made it so that it reads both your index finger and pinky, which would make you right.

[Alwin Roth]

That holo-pad must be used with a "key"

[Terry]

Forerunners are genetically identical to humans.

Read the books and you'll know this.

Do the books actually say this? I've never read them.

That seems very inconsistent with an ARG Bungie had where the forerunners were clearly building the ark while early man was watching them do it.

Also, the hand panel doesn't match. Sure, you can say that it could be an indicator for either hand, but then where does the pinky go?

[ExAm]

True, but your index finger isn't too simular to your pinky. Or they could of made it so that it reads both your index finger and pinky, which would make you right.
...Or maybe that isn't supposed to represent a hand.

[Higuy]

Actually, I believe the Forerunners found Humans while indexing the galaxy, and chose them to be the heirs of their technology. (much like the Precursors chose the Forerunners). At least I think, correct me if I'm wrong
Forerunner's are human's; if you read the book the Phropets talk about how the humans are forerunner's and if the rest of the covenant found out, it would curropt them.

[Hotrod]

I Believe, That forerunners are humans.
At the end of Halo 3, 343 Guilty Spark tells the Master Chief that he is Forerunner, same goes with Truth to Johnson when he tells him that he knows why they were "left behind"

That is all :downs:

[Alwin Roth]

Forerunners aren't robots :/

[Rob Oplawar]

It's an unclear antecedent; in the above sentence "he" refers to the Master Chief, not 343 GS.

[Cagerrin]

Forerunner's are human's; if you read the book the Phropets talk about how the humans are forerunner's and if the rest of the covenant found out, it would curropt them.
um

All Mendicant Bias says is that humans "represent" his makers. Take that to mean what you will, but I think he would have said it outright if humans were in fact the Forerunners.

[teh lag]

Ah yes it's a fine day in the Forerunner Discussion Thread, time to se- oh wait no this is The Best Pictures You've Seen.... you sure fooled me though.

[Siliconmaster]

Ah yes it's a fine day in the Forerunner Discussion Thread, time to se- oh wait no this is The Best Pictures You've Seen.... you sure fooled me though.

Epic pictures ---> Epic discussion

[Hotrod]

Ah yes it's a fine day in the Forerunner Discussion Thread, time to se- oh wait no this is The Best Pictures You've Seen.... you sure fooled me though.
You know, we should so totally make that thread...

[Bodzilla]

bad nerds bad!

post good pictures NAO!
i think a few pages back Xet linked me too some wall papers.
seriously if you like epic pictures get it, theres hundreds in it

[Cagerrin]

You know, we should so totally make that thread...
:effort:

also so as to be on topic:

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Terrain-Buildings/1235972354683.jpg

[TeeKup]

At the end of Halo 3, 343 Guilty Spark tells the Master Chief that he is Forerunner, same goes with Truth to Johnson when he tells him that he knows why they were "left behind"

That is all :downs:

Both of you are incorrect. GuiltySpark was speaking out of rampancy. Truth was speaking in theological context of the Forerunner leaving anyone behind they deemed "unworthy." I believe the Terminals indicate the Forerunner found humanity on Earth. In a long stretch the Forerunner MAY have seeded Earth with their DNA, resulting in the constantly mentioned with both being genetically identical, this could also explain how in Contact Harvest Mendicant Bias recognized Humanity as his "makers"

Humanity may not be the direct descendants, yes there is some evidence stating we are, but you must remember how cryptic Bungie can be.

Sorry for reviving the argument but I felt it needed my 2 cents in.

[Bodzilla]

right no more halo cannon philosphy please!

i come to this thread to get some of "the best pictures you've seen"
not to get my nerd on.

pm each other if ya wanna circle jerk about halo's story line alright!
NO MORE.