
They all need some serious TLC now though, after several years of me being at a low ebb they've been neglected and I'm probably lucky that they don't seem to have picked up any noticeable rust...
I have two FULL bags of power cables, going as far back as 1993. All black, all of them with either the normal 3-prong plug or the "security" 3-prong plug. And yet I keep using the same few three or four.
In 2002? I remember the sword-maker for the movies made a small number of very expensive swords for sale, but that was definitely a few years later. Before that there I think two officially licensed companies, and a "Museum Collection" edition made to a higher standard. And then loads of cheap knock-offs, and of course expensive one-offs made by swordsmiths on demand. (There was probably The Hobbit merch, but I haven't cared.)
I wish i had space for a rack. I just have a cheap like 8u Audio rack i use for my router, switch and PoE injector.
So it is an original Weta prop, from the production? I'd think those could be very valuable.
My (usually called) "High Elven Warrior Sword" was made by Weta exactly like the movie props: Aluminium blade and urethane handle - not like the merchandise versions with stainless steel blade and zinc (or something like that) handle.Findecanor wrote: ↑07 Oct 2019, 17:41In 2002? I remember the sword-maker for the movies made a small number of very expensive swords for sale, but that was definitely a few years later. Before that there I think two officially licensed companies, and a "Museum Collection" edition made to a higher standard. ...
I thought you meant something else in your first post...
I thought the Star Wars stuff had seen a bit of a resurgence in popularity? I mean among actual fans rather than just box office numbers. But I'm not a great film watcher so I don't really keep up with this stuff.Findecanor wrote: ↑08 Oct 2019, 23:00I'm too lazy to unclutter my desk for a fancy picture.
Either way, hanging on the wall above it, is a large ugly shadow box that I started work on, which was supposed to display my lightsaber hilt collection. But with Star Wars the way it is, I don't see the point in finishing work on it.
I still dunno why I get the two mixed up. I suppose other than the pommel and grip they're similar, perhaps the same Oakshott typology or something, and they have similar scabbards. Or maybe it's just my ADHD. Anyway, the Arn sword is from the Swedish film, which I haven't seen due to not being Swedish (except possibly for some distant ancestry) and the aforementioned lack of films.Findecanor wrote: ↑08 Oct 2019, 23:00I thought you meant something else in your first post...
Are you actually not from England but of Swedish origin or something?
It's not very good anyway, IMHO. It made me cringe too many times. The protagonist is a bit of a Mary Sue ("Gary Stu"...), which is a bit characteristic of this author.Findecanor wrote: ↑08 Oct 2019, 23:00Anyway, the Arn sword is from the Swedish film, which I haven't seen due to not being Swedish (except possibly for some distant ancestry) and the aforementioned lack of films.
I spoke to my handy weaponsmith about that and he was slightly disparaging about the backscabbard thing: basically that it would be practically unusable and that it would generally be the regular belt-slung scabbard, which Gertrude's swords could live in quite happily as they're at most the size of my Albion Gallowglass, and even a "noticeably shorter than Geralt" i.e. 5'7" type like me can manage that; or if it's a really huge sword, it'd be chucked on the back of a cart or something until needed.
Cheeseplant! ahem. Apart from the "nobody has as many friends" etc, our house is littered with them as they seem quite prolific and cope well with dubiously effective attention.
Oh the paperwork was moved for the photo op, onto a stack of still-not-unpacked moving boxes just outside the frame. Also I just put up the desk so at the time of the photo, no work had been done there yet.vometia wrote: ↑05 Nov 2019, 17:26Cheeseplant! ahem. Apart from the "nobody has as many friends" etc, our house is littered with them as they seem quite prolific and cope well with dubiously effective attention.
Disturbingly tidy desks, though. They need toppling piles of random paperwork with bits of computer randomly strewn amongst them. And more cheeseplants: there's room!
That is cool!Darkshado wrote: ↑10 Nov 2019, 20:12
The computer has a bit of a history as well, if you're interested: https://imgur.com/a/UWSavnC
that typing angle thosharktastica wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 17:57My University gave me an office, so obviously it needed a Model F to spice it up. (Don't worry - our office walls are quite thick)