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Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2005-08-26 07:54pm

So I was bored in Sculpture class... grabbed a slab of alabaster, sawed a few chunks off, and went at it.

The results?

Enjoy... I might actually use that in a sig if I can make the lines show up a bit better...

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-08-26 08:04pm

*makes the sign of the Aquila*

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2005-08-26 08:37pm

That is friggin awesome. Have yu tried making Roman columns out of alabaster too?

Time to go to the quarry...

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-08-26 09:17pm

I've worked with alabaster before. Fun stuff. If you want it to shine get it with the highest grit sand paper and polishing supplies you can find then hand rub it so that your skin oils impart a shine to it. It (well atleast the batch I was working from) doesn't seem to want to get shiney otherwise.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2005-08-26 11:08pm

Hah, I just got done playing Hearts of Iron 2 so for a moment I thought you were a Nazi.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-08-27 12:05pm

That's ok, their's a subtle difference, now report to your pennatance engine.

That NOS Guy · Post by **That NOS Guy** » 2005-08-27 04:10pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:That's ok, their's a subtle difference, now report to your pennatance engine.

Peh, to be a Nazi he has to be an Armageddon Steel Legion trooper.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2005-08-27 11:43pm

Apart from the Romans, the Nazis, and the Americans, what other nations are fond of eagle iconography?

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2005-08-27 11:49pm

Darth Wong wrote:Apart from the Romans, the Nazis, and the Americans, what other nations are fond of eagle iconography?

Russians, Germans in general (aka not just the Nazis), Austrian, Albanian and others I can't remember now.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2005-08-28 12:53am

Lord Revan wrote:Russians, Germans in general (aka not just the Nazis), Austrian, Albanian and others I can't remember now.

Various Balkan nations that were once part of the Eastern Roman Empire retain the two-headed eagle, mainly Albania but also a few others I cannot remember now (Romania, perhaps?)

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2005-08-28 01:21am

Apart from the Romans, the Nazis, and the Americans, what other nations are fond of eagle iconography?

The doubleheaded eagle was for centuries the symbol of the Byzantium Empire, so it was adopted by Muscovy (the predecessor-state of the Russian Empire) since Moscow was "The Third Rome". Since the Tsar had married a Byzantine princess, and Russia was orthodox Christian, a lot of Byzantine symbols carried over. The double-headed eagle fell out of favor when the communists took over, being a symbol of autocracy.

Both the Napoleonic and the German empires adopted a Romanesque eagle as a symbol of imperial power.

Of course, America uses the bald eagle as a symbol, and not of imperial power, while the European nations use European eagles. I think the Phillipines also uses the Philipine eagle as a national symbol.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-08-28 02:34am

Damn I was going to mention the french....

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-08-28 02:42am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Damn I was going to mention the french....

We don't mention the French and the Imperium in the same setting, dirty Heretic. Cleanse yourself or I WILL arcoflagellate you.

And to actually contribute some, Elheru, was that particularly difficult? What sort of tools did you use?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-08-28 03:44am

Why they got it from the Romans anyways.

Also mexico's flag has an Eagle, and the Native americans have eagle totems

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2005-08-28 11:42am

Ford Prefect wrote: And to actually contribute some, Elheru, was that particularly difficult? What sort of tools did you use?

Alabaster. It wasn't too hard, actually-- band saw to rough out the form (surprisingly easy, actually), and then some chiseling to clean it up and bring the form together. The heads were a pain in the ass, as were the feet, but other than that it wasn't too difficult-- the body and wings are basically just lines, as is the tail. The head and feet are actually the only part that are clearly carved out, matter of fact.