[Ransom]

Ransom, on 03 February 2009 - 02:28 PM, said:

Okay, fleshing out my character a bit more. Here is what I have so far.


Name: Mal `e Diction...Mal for short.

Age: Not telling. LOL

Skills: Bombadier, small arms, knives, and cutlass.

Bio: In sort of a perpetual state of angry mourning for my lover, lost in a battle some years ago. (Think Queen Victoria in life-mourning for Prince Albert). Because of this, I wear a lot of black. Not head to toe, but mostly army tan and black. The bomb site I carry was a parting gift from my lover as he lay dying. Joined the Columbia's Revenge so I could get my own revenge. Kinda of moody and prickly, but loyal to the crew.


Any other ideas or suggestions...?

Ummm. Eyes, I think that job has been taken...although, I'm sure there could be more than one bombardier on board.

[oderlesseye]

Fyne then...Over the side with the bombardier position.. I will be who I said I was in the first place then..Eye will step up and be the Capt. Eye am Capt. ~F~ Baum ...From the greater Airship Republic of California. Burp>>

This post has been edited by oderlesseye: 09 October 2009 - 12:20 AM

[D.man]

IM also working on a character

Name: Baron Von Broon . Von Broon for short

age 40

Skills Pilot, gunner good with small arms and knifes

known as a Villian in some countrys a german fighter pilot wears a lot of black, because was known to work with a group called the black wings, a group of fighter pilot pirates that attack at night on harmless airships shooting them down in flames. can be a very nasty fellow when angered. carrys a pistol and bowie knife.

This post has been edited by D.man: 09 October 2009 - 05:15 PM

[Patrick Hand]

Oderless posted something about getting a kepi fer his Steampunk stuff, I PM'ed him telling him that I have a really good pattern for a period kepi...

But they are kinda complex to make a period one....

Then I got thinking.... (Oh NO.... )

I can draft out a pattern, using commonly available stuff...(and simpler) for a Columbia's Revenge Kepi..... !

OK... the patten part is simple, but what color should they be....Blue and Grey are kinda out....(green was used also) Tan?.....

I can make and post a pattern and instructions that are simple enough to make on a home sewing machine... But wouldn't that be kinda cool to have a right proper hat fer the crew of the Columbia's Revenge? (welll then we gotta fugue out the trim.....)

[Ransom]

Sorry, but, what is a Kepi? Sounds like a little furry animal. Not something I want to wear on my head!




Oh, and Patrick. Something coming your way...leaving Oregon this Friday.

[Patrick Hand]

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Sorry, but, what is a Kepi?

A kepi is that flat topped cap worn during the American Civil War (also refered to as a forage cap). Blue for Union, Grey (and sometimes Butternut (a tannish brown) by the Confederacy. Red ones were worn by some Artiliry officers and the French.(well... OK, the French kinda came up with them first... )

I'll have to sketch a few diferent ideas for caps, but I was thinking that a kepi might look kinda cool....

[Patrick Hand]

Well I finally got around to drawing and Photoshoping it.....

The Flag/Logo/insignia of the Columbia's Revenge.....



(I'm going to paint it on th' back of a coat after I take the sleeves off.)

[oderlesseye]

Tis always a pleasure to spy on ye art Patrick !Freakin Awesome! Eye would love to have a patch of this to sew on me kepi ~

This post has been edited by oderlesseye: 27 July 2010 - 11:59 PM

[Ransom]

WOW, Patrick, that is awesome. I second Eyes. I want a patch to sew on my Land Army Coat. Maybe I'll pirate the picture, and embroider it on canvass and make me own patch.

Really, outstanding design.

[Patrick Hand]

Well... I started working on the Columbia's Revenge in 3D in Second Life.....

I still have to do some fiddling to get the air bag and armored hull right, then I can start working on the gondola, and add better textures to it.

Right mow it is made from 13 prims and sculptys, I can use a total of 31 and still make it fly in SL....

[Patrick Hand]

Getting closer....









And this is before I added the Dazzle camouflage.....

[Patrick Hand]

Getting my stuff together for Burning Man.... but last night I added the Columbia's Revenge logo to the back of a coat that I chopped the sleeves offa...



I still have to add pockets and epaulets to the coat, and hopefully, I will get some photos of me wearing it at Black Rock City....

OH yeah.... I used a disappearing fabric marker to do the lay-out, and then inked it with a Sharpy....

[Patrick Hand]

This was posted in the Airship Pyrate at Burning Man thread..... but it should be here....

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Eye found a nother cool Message Board site for steampunkers... Me thinks Patrick could Get the Columbia off the ground here as a real group and eye would join .... be fun to have a Steampunk get together in a year and a bit of planning...Wot say ye Patrick,Ransom? http://steampunk.ning.com/groups

Me procrastinate.......
I finally got around to looking at that web page.....

OK so I will get something started (hopefully kinda soon...)

[Ransom]

It's just such an awesome design...still think we need patches for out garb of that one. I may hand-embroider one for my WWII land army coat.


The Columbia's Revenge is looking pretty dang good as well. BTW, what are our colors? Black and white, like a pirate flag, or something different?

[Patrick Hand]

I tried a colored version, and it looks too modern... somehow Black and white looks the best....





I'm having a slight problem getting the script let me fly something as large as the Columbia's Revenge.... but I will keep working on it......