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The Skydivers!
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Nanite
, Nov 13 2008 06:11 PM
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Nanite
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Posted 13 November 2008 - 06:11 PM
Awesome:
"You ottah! S' Fun!"
"You ottah! S' Fun!"
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Posted 17 November 2008 - 07:29 AM
A movie about skydiving with no skydivng in it.
Or something - it's not my favorite episode, but I know I get close.
Honestly though, how many times have you wanted to paint this for your GenCon/ReaperCon entry:
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Or how many times in some modern/sci-fi/Comic Book RPG have you needed a skydiver or possibly just a character that had magical/supernatural "falling" powers?? :wink:
Or something - it's not my favorite episode, but I know I get close.
Honestly though, how many times have you wanted to paint this for your GenCon/ReaperCon entry:
?Or how many times in some modern/sci-fi/Comic Book RPG have you needed a skydiver or possibly just a character that had magical/supernatural "falling" powers?? :wink:
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Posted 17 November 2008 - 03:56 PM
We just painted my sons room in an airplane theme. I must get one to hang from his ceiling.
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Posted 18 November 2008 - 12:47 AM
I'm thinking that drilling a very small hole and trying to suspend it by some fishing line or something might work nicely too.
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Posted 18 November 2008 - 05:43 AM
I'm thinking that drilling a very small hole and trying to suspend it by some fishing line or something might work nicely too.
This is exactly what I have done already in his planes. Looks really good.
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Posted 18 November 2008 - 07:27 AM
Or perhaps add a jetpack.
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Posted 18 November 2008 - 08:16 AM
I want to get a pair and convert them to be a CAV crew.
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Posted 18 November 2008 - 08:37 AM
Or perhaps add a jetpack.
Now that's an idea! I will order 2 just in case.
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Posted 19 November 2008 - 06:43 PM
A movie about skydiving with no skydivng in it.
Or something - it's not my favorite episode, but I know I get close.
Honestly though, how many times have you wanted to paint this for your GenCon/ReaperCon entry:
Or how many times in some modern/sci-fi/Comic Book RPG have you needed a skydiver or possibly just a character that had magical/supernatural "falling" powers?? :wink:
Oh there was plenty of skydiving. It's one of my favorite episodes ("Coffee? I like coffee!"), that and the industrial arts short? Classic.
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Posted 20 November 2008 - 08:01 AM
Hmm. Looks like a head-swap should be fairly easy with this one, as will weaponswaps and such. With a hacksaw and some putty, this could be any woman in the CAV universe.
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Posted 03 December 2008 - 11:47 PM
How did they come with the idea to do one?
Once upon a time (1992-ish) I worked in shipping and warehousing for a company in Illinois. The mother company was in New Jersey. I had to call NJ on a regular basis and the person I talked to almost every day was... Kassia Switlik.
Although I never had an opportunity to meet Kassia, we had become friends through the telephone at work.
Many years later, while working at another company, I was reminded of her so I tried to look her up. All I could find, at the time, was a company in NJ that made parachutes and other safety equipment. The company was run by a gentleman named Switlik. So, I wrote and asked if he knew of a Kassia that worked for Data One. Sure enough, his daughter!
I have since talked with her via e-mail to ask her if it was OK to use her name on the figure, and she excitedly said yes--her husband was also impressed!
Anyhow, Kassia's grandfather invented the first modern military parachute, so this is my personal homage to Kassia and the Switlik family heritage.
BTW, I think Bobby Jackson did an awesome job of capturing the whole look of professionally falling! Thanks Bobby!
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