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Astra
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Hey Fandango! This is
priceless! Did you do these? You never told me you also had "puppets"!
How come you did not join the fun before? I'd definitely like to see
more!
As for the movie, I have to wait till my friend completes it and sends it to me, then of course I'll post it.
I have to ask, though - what kind of movie is "cell"?
@Lanthir: Jack and Daniel can't sit, they don't have any knee joints. That's the problem with all the scenes we want to do.
Well, I have another story, where Jack did not have to sit at all:
After a while Jack has a whole plate full with steaks, and at the grill
now lie sausages and shashlik, and he calls Sam over to get something
while he is drinking from his beer bottle:
Sam reluctantly leaves her beach chair to get something to eat:
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Lanthir
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Location: In Sweden at the moment - wish to move to Nanaomi and study there.
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Lol... That was a nice little story.. is it a date?
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Astra
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That depends on whether you are a shipper or not  |
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Lanthir
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Well... I asked you 
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Dozens
of Mountains, clouds running over the snow covered peaks. The night sky
sends a leading light over the sky, a fire, which you can't take away
with water. The land of eagles, call after me. A wish to return, to been
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mysteryknitter
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I looooooooove that! Mooooore, pleeeeease!
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Fandango
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Attempting to reply, one more
time.... (I had the post mostly typed and then the power went out!
Yes, and the battery back up is officially dead. Sigh....)
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| Quote: | | This is priceless! Did you do these? |
Thank you! And yes I did! (Note: bad photography! )
| Quote: | | How come you did not join the fun before? |
Well, seeing as how you asked.... I didn’t start collecting the figures
until autumn last year and then I only acquired one at a time. My more
recent additions came unpackaged and a few of the extras were MIA. I
have yet to complete a DHD and just now have a complete gate ring (no
ramp). As for other props, I have deliberately kept my sources
restricted, as I really don’t want to just go out and spend too much
money...so I use only ‘foundlings’...things I find at the beach
(flotsam) or things rescued from the expired Lost and Found from my
workplace (items are kept for three months and then are dispensed with,
given to employees who need them, given to charities or thrown out...it
is my responsibility to take care of this). To date, I still have only a
tiny collection of small props. (There are some things I have a lot
of, however. Note: the entire set for the Limited Action Figures wall
was made up of flotsam, including the fabric floor. Spidey is a Lost
and Found refugee...and I have a handful of varied other action figures
that came ashore.)
Also, I am also not yet part of the digital age when it comes to
photography. I am still using a 35mm and so it takes a while to finish a
roll and have it dealt with at the lab. I also tend to overthink what
I’m setting up as well...so I produce creations slowly sometimes. Those
two wall have been 'in the works' for at least a month. 
| Quote: | | I have to ask, though - what kind of movie is "cell"? |
“Cell” refers to sheets of celluloid on which pictures are draw in
progressive sequence. One cell equals one frame of film (if it is
excellent animation). The best examples of this would be much of the
older Disney animations or maybe Looney Tunes. I worked in 16mm.
That’s 24 frames per second. Even if you ‘cheat’ and only do one cell
per every two frames (still pretty smooth movement), that’s still 720
individual drawings per minute. That’s one Flippin’ amount of work!!!!
Astra...what kind of lighting do you use? I have yet to actually set up
a good ‘stage’ area and must admit that I do not own any pro lights or
much other equipment, for that fact.
I’m loving your stories!!! Too fun! 
Smiles,
Diana |
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Max Knight
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| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:22 pm Post subject: Stargate figures |
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| Hi! I have the collection of 6
characters which includes Thor, The Jaffa and the Gate. I also collect
Final Fantasy Figures from 8 to 11.(numbers of the games) Sometimes I
think they made parties after I left my office. One day I found the jaffa on the floor, with his staff broken.
Daniel was missing his magnifier and the girls from FF were moved from
their original positions. I'm watching the replicators just in case... |
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Gerda
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:03 am Post subject: |
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Diana those are cool wallpapers I love them
Astra another story I love it.
Now they finaly have barbecue together
Thats great
I love the storys Astra
Gerda.
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banlu
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Astra
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Lanthir wrote: | | Well... I asked you |
Well, I don't mind reading a ship story if it is well written, but I'm
not such a dedicated shipper as others. I go for everything that just
has Jack in it, but love team stories (with whump  ) most.
| Fandango wrote: |
I didn’t start collecting the figures until autumn last year and then I
only acquired one at a time. My more recent additions came unpackaged
and a few of the extras were MIA. I have yet to complete a DHD and just
now have a complete gate ring (no ramp). |
Yeah, I can imagine it being difficult, when you are late in the game. I
was kinda late myself and very lucky still to get series 1. Glad you
got a Jack, since he is sold out mostly!
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As for other props, I have deliberately kept my sources restricted, as I
really don’t want to just go out and spend too much money...
so I use only ‘foundlings’...things I find at the beach (flotsam) or
things rescued from the expired Lost and Found from my workplace (items
are kept for three months and then are dispensed with, given to
employees who need them, given to charities or thrown out...it is my
responsibility to take care of this). To date, I still have only a tiny
collection of small props. (There are some things I have a lot of,
however. Note: the entire set for the Limited Action Figures wall was
made up of flotsam, including the fabric floor. |
That's what I liked so much about your pictures, the look of them, you
go with open eyes and see what can be used. Since I own the figures I
can't look at a thing without immediately pondering what I could make
out of it.
Please look at these pictures here (in the woods) http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=6949034&postcount=56
and here (at a lake) http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=7914815&postcount=145
- some guy over at Gateworld made those, aren't they awesome?
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Spidey is a Lost and Found refugee...and I have a handful of varied other action figures that came ashore.) |
Well, I'd like to see more interaction with the other figures!
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Also, I am also not yet part of the digital age when it comes to
photography. I am still using a 35mm and so it takes a while to finish a
roll and have it dealt with at the lab. |
Yeah, I can relate to that, for a long time I had to relate onto friends
(who only visited once a year) with digital cameras, but now I got one
myself. It was about time, was tired of scanning every picture for
sending it by e-mail.
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I also tend to overthink what I’m setting up as well...so I produce
creations slowly sometimes. Those two wall have been 'in the works' for
at least a month. |
There is nothing to say against setting stuff up properly (I'm a
perfectionist myself) but if you ask me - take some likewise crazy
fans/friends and have some fun together - the puppets will get a life on
their own! We giggle all the time.
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“Cell” refers to sheets of celluloid on which pictures are draw in
progressive sequence. One cell equals one frame of film (if it is
excellent animation). The best examples of this would be much of the
older Disney animations or maybe Looney Tunes. |
I love the old Disney movies. I just never heard the word "cell" (other than in cell phone
). I thought it was called "drawed animated movie" (that's the term
around here). There is a studio where I live, I wanted to learn and work
there, we even have been there with school, but then the Berlin wall
came down, the world changed and a lot of businesses got shot down.
But it's kinda interesting, how I have come back to this, with setting
up these little scenes. I was always more interested in the set
decoration.
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Astra...what kind of lighting do you use? I have yet to actually set up
a good ‘stage’ area and must admit that I do not own any pro lights or
much other equipment, for that fact. |
Well, no professional things here, either, this is the ordinary day
light (or lamps, if it's evening), and the flashes from the cameras.
There are some bad shadows in some of the pictures, though. But as I
said - the fun we have is the most important thing.
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I’m loving your stories!!! Too fun! |
Thank you very much!
| Max Knight wrote: | | Hi!
I have the collection of 6 characters which includes Thor, The Jaffa
and the Gate. I also collect Final Fantasy Figures from 8 to 11.(numbers
of the games) Sometimes I think they made parties after I left my
office. One day I found the jaffa on the floor, with his staff broken.
Daniel was missing his magnifier and the girls from FF were moved from
their original positions. I'm watching the replicators just in case... |
There might be indeed a party going on - as you can see in this picture:
http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost.php?p=7814988&postcount=122
I just wanted to say - this thread doesn't "belong" only to Lis and me -
if anybody wants to show their pictures, you are very welcomed! I
always like to see them.
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Fandango
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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Hey nice Banlu!
Looks like a good k.i.s.s. fixture...but I was thinking also about the
actual kind of bulb...florescent vs tungsten (or other)... what range of
K°. Astra’s color balance is always good, whether indoors or outside.
There’s also a lack of ‘hot spots.’ In short, I guess I need to
experiment a bit…it’s just frustrating when it takes so much time (and
funds) before I see results.
Thanks,
Diana |
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Astra
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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Well, to be honest, I only show you the good pictures
That's the good thing with digital cameras, you can do lots of shots,
and only use the good ones later, and throw away the rest. There are
some that are too dark, or where the shadows are too much, or some that
are just done from a weird angle, and I can't show them to you.
Sometimes I try to do a bit with photoshop, but not much, since I'm no
expert.
As for the lack of "hot spots" - guess that's just luck. I heard others
complaing about the "glossy" looking faces of some figures, so that they
look unnatural.
But I have to admit, I never saw this through the eyes of a professional photographer. |
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Fandango
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Astra, seems you posted while I was composing! Then I ran out of break time at work and was stuck for four hours!
| Quote: | | But I have to admit, I never saw this through the eyes of a professional photographer. |
Lol! I've always been the assistant, never
the pro! I just don't have the technical smarts for it. I know just
enough to be 'dangerous.' And worse, I'm dumb enough to keep talking
myself into trying the complicated stuff again. Absolutely idiotic!!!
I'm far better off if I tell myself, "Do what comes natural."
I gotta look into a digital camera..... sigh!
(Now eyeballing everything as a potential prop! )
Smiles!
Diana |
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Astra
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:05 am Post subject: |
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So, are you girls up for another action-story? Well, nothing fancy, just an ordinary day in the life of SG-1...
Sam and Teal'c got caught by some big bad "god" and his jaffa (if you
ask why only them - since these puppets are the only ones that can kneel
):
Teal'c had been misbehaving and therefore got a little more "attention"
so that he fell down powerless (in truth the puppet just did not keep
kneeling, but we came up with a pretty good cover, hu?):
Then Jack came to the rescue and yelled "Down!" which Sam immediately
followed, while Jack is spreating the area with bullets (just like in
our favourite scene in that one episode, you know...):
While Jack shoots down one jaffa Teal'c gets up to come to his help:
Jack threw his zat to Sam, who is covering Teal'c's back now:
Teal'c is in a close staff weapon battle with the jaffa leader:
After they won (of course, did you doubt it?) they search for Daniel, and fear he might lay in the sarcophagus (again):
But instead he was hiding behind one pillar all the time, and now asks:
"Are you guys searching for me? I just found incredible hieroglyphs, you
just have to see them, over here..."
As I said, just an ordinary day.
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Lanthir
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:13 am Post subject: |
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Hahah That was a good story Astra... ..
It was a ordinary day...
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They have so many english words and more and even the Dutch language they change 
I have tears rolling down my face, I look forward to the next
instalment, well maybe not instalment wrong word next episode no, next
flushing success...
]) I think that the John Travolta dance that Jack is doing is just
called 'Night Fever' or 'Night Fever Husstle' (or something like that
anyrate!)
