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7eat51
04-19-2013, 17:38
Please give three cheers to our new 2nd Lieutenant - Chris, aka csadn!!! :salute: :rum:

Cmmdre
04-19-2013, 17:53
:drinks::g&t::rum::beer: That's for starters. CONGRATULATIONS on your promotion Chris. :salute: HUZZAH, HUZZAH, HUZZAH!! :clap:

Coog
04-19-2013, 19:02
Chris... a Lieutenant? I think he would prefer Pirate King!

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Berthier
04-19-2013, 19:55
Well done Chris, welcome to the ranks of 2nd Lt's

The Barrelman
04-19-2013, 20:27
Congrats!!

:salute:

Naharaht
04-19-2013, 21:29
Congratulations, Chris.

Diamondback
04-20-2013, 00:54
I predict a rapid rise for our loquacious Lieutenant... especially since the primary path to promotion is being a big enough bag of wind to singlehandedly drive HMS Victory at frigate-like speeds. :P

Congrats, amigo!

pward
04-20-2013, 06:55
Congrats! Help yourself to the monkey's blood in the wardroom (can't wait to taste it myself).

csadn
04-20-2013, 19:02
<- looks around at shoulders; notices extra pip

Well, nice to see someone noticed -- because *I* sure didn't. :)

Thanks, all. I still need to see about getting my flag put together....

Coog
04-20-2013, 19:29
Thanks, all. I still need to see about getting my flag put together....

The pirate one with the shark mouth that was discussed some time ago?

csadn
04-21-2013, 13:30
The pirate one with the shark mouth that was discussed some time ago?

Yup. My utter uselessness with computers has so far stymied me.

Coog
04-21-2013, 13:46
Yup. My utter uselessness with computers has so far stymied me.

Maybe some of our newer members skilled in computer graphics can whip out something. Here's the prior post (scroll down a ways) with what was wanted:

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?338-Dueling&highlight=shark

RichardPF
04-21-2013, 16:06
Maybe some of our newer members skilled in computer graphics can whip out something. Here's the prior post (scroll down a ways) with what was wanted:

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?338-Dueling&highlight=shark

Hey! I might resemble that remark!

Less realistic is a relative thing.
How does this strike you?

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Coog
04-21-2013, 16:25
Wow, that looks great. If Chris doesn't claim it, some else will snatch it up!

RichardPF
04-21-2013, 16:39
Wow, that looks great. If Chris doesn't claim it, some else will snatch it up!

Thanks!

I went literal on the saber.
I had it the other way at first, but it just didn't look balanced in a feng shui kind of way...

Capt P
04-21-2013, 17:06
Congradulations on your promotion sir. Something for us all to achieve.

RichardPF
04-21-2013, 21:26
I thickened the detail lines a bit so that they would be more visible at the small size of the images

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7eat51
04-21-2013, 22:00
Nice work Bruce. That is pretty awesome looking.

Jack Aubrey
04-21-2013, 23:13
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, congratulations, Chris ! :salute:

Beowulf03809
04-22-2013, 11:40
Congrats! :rum:

OmegaLazarus
04-22-2013, 15:31
Congrats! :rum: Rum is Yum

csadn
04-22-2013, 18:27
Less realistic is a relative thing.
How does this strike you?

Almost perfect -- just a couple points:

1) The shark-jaw motif I was thinking of is more "a pair of arcs, with triangles along the inner sides". Bearing in mind most pirates were not artists, such things were generally abstracted.

2) I recall I had the tip of the sword and the barrel of the pistol pointing up, not down; can't remember if I specified that, or not.

Other than that: Perfect.

Comte de Brueys
04-23-2013, 00:25
Mon Dieu! Did I miss this promotion? :sleep:

Congratulation, Chris. :g&t:

Tommy Z
04-24-2013, 14:47
Hey! I might resemble that remark!

Less realistic is a relative thing.
How does this strike you?

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Love it! :rum:

crashx
04-24-2013, 20:12
Bravo, well done Chris!!! :beer:

RichardPF
04-24-2013, 20:21
Almost perfect -- just a couple points:

1) The shark-jaw motif I was thinking of is more "a pair of arcs, with triangles along the inner sides". Bearing in mind most pirates were not artists, such things were generally abstracted.

2) I recall I had the tip of the sword and the barrel of the pistol pointing up, not down; can't remember if I specified that, or not.

Other than that: Perfect.

Arcs and Triangles...

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Coog
04-24-2013, 22:01
That looks like what Chris descibed. Well done.

csadn
04-25-2013, 20:28
Arcs and Triangles...

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Almost perfect -- the triangles should be blended with the arcs, as if they were cut from a single piece of cloth (as indeed they probably will be, when I have the real thing made -- oh, did I say that out loud? ;) ).

RichardPF
04-26-2013, 02:53
Almost perfect -- the triangles should be blended with the arcs, as if they were cut from a single piece of cloth (as indeed they probably will be, when I have the real thing made -- oh, did I say that out loud? ;) ).

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CHolgren
04-26-2013, 09:50
Bruce, do you give Adobe Illustrator tutorials? That is amazing.

RichardPF
04-26-2013, 11:25
Bruce, do you give Adobe Illustrator tutorials? That is amazing.

Thanks for your kind words.

Illustrator and other related vector graphics packages are kind of at the fringe of my software domain, but if you had anything specific in mind I would be glad to help if I can.

CHolgren
04-26-2013, 13:11
Thanks for your kind words.

Illustrator and other related vector graphics packages are kind of at the fringe of my software domain, but if you had anything specific in mind I would be glad to help if I can.I have illustrator to make figures for journal manuscripts. They require a high res figure for print publications. What I do with it is so basic, it's almost laughable. Case in point I made my avatars with illustrator. That's the extent of my skill with the program.

csadn
04-26-2013, 16:05
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Perfect. Now, how do I make it my avatar?

Thanks.

RichardPF
04-26-2013, 16:43
Perfect. Now, how do I make it my avatar?

Thanks.

You may want to print/copy down these directions or open a duplicate browser window before starting this as to complete the process you will be navigating away from this page.

Step 1:
Right click on the small avatar picture above and select
Save Picture As
Save it to a location on your machine where you can find it.

Step 2:
From this page, Open the Forun Actions menu at the top left of the page (right under blogs) and select
Edit Profile

Step 3:
On the left hand side of the page Under My Settings, select:
Edit Avatar

Step 4:
In the Edit Avatar section, select:
Option 2 - Upload an image from your computer

Step 5:
Click the Browse button at the right end of that section and find the image that you saved in step 1
Click the Open button at the bottom right of the window.

Step 6:
Click the Save Changes button in the bottom right of the Edit Avatar Section.

Devsdoc
04-26-2013, 18:50
Well done Chris,
You are making poor Bruce work hard. I think you will make a great 1st Lieutenant :salute: Sir
Be safe
Rory

csadn
04-27-2013, 17:39
Well done Chris,
You are making poor Bruce work hard. I think you will make a great 1st Lieutenant :salute: Sir


Well, I do know how a 2nd Lieutenant is supposed to take an objective:

"Sergeant, take that objective!"

(No smilies, as *that's actually how it's supposed to work*.)

And, as y'all can see: IT'S ALIVE....

Bruce: Again, my thanks.

7eat51
04-27-2013, 21:06
Chris, great avatar. Most befitting your promotion.

Bruce, great work. :thumbsup:

csadn
04-28-2013, 14:38
Yes -- now I need to figure out how a pirate would operate in the Pacific Northwest in the time period.... :)

Sea Gull
04-29-2013, 06:19
Congratulations Chris. not far to Pirate Captain now. :rum::beer::salute:

And a well done to Bruce on two great flag designs.:hatsoff:

Beowulf03809
04-29-2013, 08:37
Congrats on the position AND flag. If I'm ever sighted off the coast of Oregon I'll be sure to lower my flag in deference to you.

:rum:

Capt P
04-29-2013, 13:28
Another congratulation on a promotion. We are all working toward that.

csadn
04-29-2013, 16:47
Congrats on the position AND flag. If I'm ever sighted off the coast of Oregon I'll be sure to lower my flag in deference to you.

If you are sighted by me and mine, it will be *far* too late for that.... >;)

Diamondback
04-29-2013, 17:16
Guess I'd better make my next acquisition one of the Sane-designed first rates that handled almost like frigates despite their size... a 50+-gun broadside should warrant some respect. Fired as a salute or in combat, up to you, amigo... :P :D LOL

csadn
04-30-2013, 15:02
Guess I'd better make my next acquisition one of the Sane-designed first rates that handled almost like frigates despite their size... a 50+-gun broadside should warrant some respect. Fired as a salute or in combat, up to you, amigo... :P :D LOL

Well, you live up here, too -- I figure we're on the same side (as much as any who sail under the Black Flag can be). :)