The French used technology to displace some of their architectural treasures when the Big Mistake (i.e. nuclear war) occurred.
One such treasures is the Mont Saint Michel which ended up... right in front of my home? :eek:
(http://enrill.net/images/photos/blackabbey/mont-bctest.jpg)
:D
I thought the Big Mistake had something to do with the Large Hadron Collider?
Quote from: Doom;410436I thought the Big Mistake had something to do with the Large Hadron Collider?
LOL I haven't read the game yet.
The thread title puts me in mind of Dio.
Quote from: ColonelHardisson;410455The thread title puts me in mind of Dio.
Dio as in... Black Sabbath-Dio?
Quote from: Benoist;410457Dio as in... Black Sabbath-Dio?
Certainly. There is only one Dio!
Heh. Heh. Indeed. :D
That's a cool picture. Is that a 'Shop job? If it is, very inspiring...if it isn't....HOLY wow!
Quote from: KrakaJak;410497That's a cool picture. Is that a 'Shop job? If it is, very inspiring...if it isn't....HOLY wow!
It is a 'shop job from yours truly.
I basically added the Mont Saint Michel onto the hill I can see from my window (I took the original shot myself). :)
Quote from: ColonelHardisson;410466Certainly. There is only one Dio!
Meh, my ex-wife's dad went to high school with him ,and played drums in a very early band of Dio's. He describes Dio as, and I quote, "a whiny bitch".
Quote from: Sigmund;411063He describes Dio as, and I quote, "a whiny bitch".
That describes a large proportion of high school students.
Quote from: Nicephorus;411065That describes a large proportion of high school students.
True, so imagine how much of a whiny bitch Dio must have been to stand out after all these years.
Quote from: Benoist;410257The French used technology to displace some of their architectural treasures when the Big Mistake (i.e. nuclear war) occurred.
One such treasures is the Mont Saint Michel which ended up... right in front of my home? :eek:
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3300/montbctest.jpg
...and the resulting ramshackle Favela-like growth after a few years around the Abbey. (plus more bldg damage!) ;)
Seems like a very picturesque view, even without the Abbey. But neat little photoshop job.
I think it's a good illustration for the French lesson of the day : "ravitaillé par les corbeaux" (resupplied by crows, i.e. the boonies)
Quote from: DKChannelBoredom;411076Seems like a very picturesque view, even without the Abbey. But neat little photoshop job.
Thanks mate! It is picturesque around here. The Central Coast of British Columbia. It's a fantastic area, in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by the ocean and forested islands.
I put the 'shop together because I want to use BC for Gamma World. I've used familiar settings like my French hometown for In Nomine Satanis/Magna Veritas, Paris with the WoD, but only used BC once when I was a kid and didn't know squat about the "real" area, in Werewolf. So now, I'm thinking of making a post-apocalyptic, somewhat wacky sandbox out of BC, and the Black Abbey, my megadungeon (which exists on different planes, in different times and places), just got to be there somewhere! This is thus a test to see if the Abbey actually fits on an aesthetics level into the scenery. I would say "yes", based on the results so far.
(The Black Abbey being based on the real life Mont Saint Michel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel) as far as its outside appearance and features are concerned)
Quote from: kregmosier;411075http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3300/montbctest.jpg
...and the resulting ramshackle Favela-like growth after a few years around the Abbey. (plus more bldg damage!) ;)
Awesome stuff! Thanks for that!
Quote from: boulet;411078I think it's a good illustration for the French lesson of the day : "ravitaillé par les corbeaux" (resupplied by crows, i.e. the boonies)
Yeah pretty much. LOL We get one plane a day, and a ferry a week, basically.
Quote from: Sigmund;411063Meh, my ex-wife's dad went to high school with him ,and played drums in a very early band of Dio's. He describes Dio as, and I quote, "a whiny bitch".
He got a reputation for being one of the true gentlemen of rock as an adult.
I'd hate like hell for the only assessment of me to be done by someone I only knew in high school. A lot of people got stuck in that era and never progressed.
Quote from: ColonelHardisson;411087He got a reputation for being one of the true gentlemen of rock as an adult.
I'd hate like hell for the only assessment of me to be done by someone I only knew in high school. A lot of people got stuck in that era and never progressed.
I'd have to agree with ya there. Just passing along what I was told by someone that knew him. Honestly, I'm not and never have been a fan so I really don't care one way or the other.