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                        Diorama "Letting of Steam"

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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, March 5, 2009 10:55 PM

                        ฺBrian, don't you see that he has one hell of a hose?

                         

                        Another shining example of my Brokeback Modeler theory above.

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                        Model Maniac
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Thailand
                        Posted by Model Maniac on Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:08 PM
                         New Hampshire wrote:

                        Heh, an interesting little piece (the diroama not the...eh never mind :D )

                        If I have but one nit pick, it seems like the urine stream is a bit out of scale....it almost seems like the guy is shooting water out of a firehose!!!!

                        Brian

                         

                        ฺBrian, don't you see that he has one hell of a hose?

                        LOL 

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                        model maniac 96
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                          December 2008
                        • From: Las Vegas, Nevada
                        Posted by model maniac 96 on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 10:44 PM
                        He He..... nice.


                        Jim
                        "Veni, Vidi, Vici" Julius Caesar: I came, I saw, I conquered.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 10:07 PM
                        Good point...it looks like it may be for boaters on the river...weird thing is that it is telling the 4 dudes that they are in a minefield!!! Watch where you step (for more than one reason)!
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                        New Hampshire
                        • Member since
                          December 2008
                        • From: Goffstown, NH
                        Posted by New Hampshire on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 6:40 PM

                        Ok, ok, one more minor quibble....why is there a road sign.....but no road?

                        Brian

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                        ps1scw
                        • Member since
                          June 2006
                        • From: Michigan
                        Posted by ps1scw on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 2:46 PM
                        Remember kids, always fill your canteens upstream of the latrine.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 2:33 PM
                         bbrowniii wrote:

                         Mansteins revenge wrote:
                        I think a nice companion piece for this would be another rider taking a dump...it, too, could be called, "Letting Off Steam"...

                         

                        Laugh [(-D]

                        Or, perhaps he could retitle this one and call it, 'Letting of StReam'...Whistling [:-^]

                        ..........or, "Blowing Out a Steaming Sausage."...........
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                        bbrowniii
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                          April 2003
                        • From: 41 Degrees 52.4 minutes North; 72 Degrees 7.3 minutes West
                        Posted by bbrowniii on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12:40 PM

                         Mansteins revenge wrote:
                        I think a nice companion piece for this would be another rider taking a dump...it, too, could be called, "Letting Off Steam"...

                         

                        Laugh [(-D]

                        Or, perhaps he could retitle this one and call it, 'Letting of StReam'...Whistling [:-^]

                        'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing' - Edmund Burke (1770 ??)

                         

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12:23 PM
                        I think a nice companion piece for this would be another rider taking a dump...it, too, could be called, "Letting Off Steam"...
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                        Rob
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        • From: netherlands
                        Posted by Rob on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12:20 PM

                        i think this is a pretty nice dio, lots to look at, and as said the figs seem to be interacting with eachother.

                        i would say imho one of ai's better jobs

                        my family calls me "ARMOR FREAK"... i don't know why. My AFV pic site --> www.rob_tas84.mijnalbums.nl My nature pic site -> www.robbioo.mijnalbums.nl
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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 8:53 AM
                        I once saw a Benny Hill cowboy skit like that... old Benny standing behind a barrel and two streams coming out... and from the ladies' viewpoint... Laugh [(-D]

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

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                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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                        LSM

                         

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                        ajlafleche
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Massachusetts
                        Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 8:11 AM
                        Uh oh, new we have a real pi$$ing contest.

                        Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 8:03 AM

                        I bet my barrel can out-pi$$ your German cyclist:

                        Check it out---TWO STREAMS !!!!

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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 1:12 AM

                         ajlafleche wrote:

                        Brokeback Bikers!

                        More like Brokeback Modelers.  Why would you want an anatomically correct, male figure in your vignette? Confused [%-)]  Must be compensating for a lack of something or a fascination w/something else.Yuck [yuck]  Taped Shut [XX] 

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

                        Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty

                        "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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                        subfixer
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Spartanburg, SC
                        Posted by subfixer on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12:57 AM

                        Good job AI. But I'm going to pass on the uncensored pics just the same.  (it is a heck of a large urine stream though)

                        I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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                        Hans von Hammer
                        • Member since
                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12:41 AM
                        German Beer and a healthy prostate...

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                        New Hampshire
                        • Member since
                          December 2008
                        • From: Goffstown, NH
                        Posted by New Hampshire on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 7:28 PM

                        Heh, an interesting little piece (the diroama not the...eh never mind :D )

                        If I have but one nit pick, it seems like the urine stream is a bit out of scale....it almost seems like the guy is shooting water out of a firehose!!!!

                        Brian

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                        Stern0
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        • From: Charlottesville Va
                        Posted by Stern0 on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 4:13 PM

                        Adolf's name but in Eva's handwriting!!

                        All due respect AI...nice work!

                        Always Faithful U.S.M.C
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                        trexx
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        • From: Northern California
                        Posted by trexx on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 4:09 PM
                        Oh gawd. Too funny. OK. Someone do a snow version... writing "Adolf" or something...
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 4:01 PM
                         stikpusher wrote:

                        Thumbs Up [tup] AI has hit a home run with this one!

                        Manny I dont think he needs to to tint the stream.... the guy is just well hydratedSmile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

                        I would upgrade it to an A- from a B+ if he would lose the driver figure and leave the three remaining figs in place... 
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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 3:56 PM

                        Thumbs Up [tup] AI has hit a home run with this one!

                        Manny I dont think he needs to to tint the stream.... the guy is just well hydratedSmile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        Bodge
                        • Member since
                          January 2008
                        • From: Bournemouth UK
                        Posted by Bodge on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 3:40 PM
                        Great stuff.Thumbs Up [tup]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 2:15 PM
                         Lufttiger wrote:
                        Ah Manstein, i could never forget that one, especially your figure paint job, but i didn't remember seeing anything on how to do the water, i may have missed it??
                        I didn't actually do a toot or anything, but I did explain on how I achieved the water streams by using clear sprue, stretched and formed, and I posted in-progress pics...go back and check out the barrel behind the corpse...
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                        Lufttiger
                        • Member since
                          November 2007
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by Lufttiger on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 2:09 PM
                        Ah Manstein, i could never forget that one, especially your figure paint job, but i didn't remember seeing anything on how to do the water, i may have missed it??

                        www.lufttiger.com

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                        Stern0
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        • From: Charlottesville Va
                        Posted by Stern0 on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 2:08 PM

                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D] This one was taking a ugly turn!!Laugh [(-D] You guys are BAD!!! Laugh [(-D]

                        Laugh [(-D]MR...Don't think you want your water stream back, you dont know where it's been!Laugh [(-D]

                        Always Faithful U.S.M.C
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                        ajlafleche
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Massachusetts
                        Posted by ajlafleche on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 12:25 PM

                         Mansteins revenge wrote:
                         Hans von Hammer wrote:
                        2nd one is "off-camera", or implied... At least that's what I tell folks who ask me about stuff like that..
                        I dunno...the way they seem to be "interacting" with each other maybe they have found a way for all of them to fit...Wink [;)]...seriosuly, though---In a vignette this size, I wouldn't try to imply too much...


                        Brokeback Bikers!

                        Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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                        PaintsWithBrush
                        • Member since
                          November 2008
                        • From: Biding my time, watching your lines.
                        Posted by PaintsWithBrush on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 12:25 PM
                        Thanks for posting this. Tell Art Instructor I appreciate the laugh and nice job on the work as well.

                        A 100% rider on a 70% bike will always defeat a 70% rider on a 100% bike. (Kenny Roberts)

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 12:17 PM
                         Hans von Hammer wrote:
                        2nd one is "off-camera", or implied... At least that's what I tell folks who ask me about stuff like that..
                        I dunno...the way they seem to be "interacting" with each other maybe they have found a way for all of them to fit...Wink [;)]...seriosuly, though---In a vignette this size, I wouldn't try to imply too much...
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                        Hans von Hammer
                        • Member since
                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 11:28 AM
                        2nd one is "off-camera", or implied... At least that's what I tell folks who ask me about stuff like that..

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