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[Moosezilla]

....and hopes that when getting said employment they don't repeat Murphy's Tangusta foible.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Err... what's strategic about a white rabbit?...

If you want a more pseudo-scientific answer, one could say that white rabbits have a natural predilection to building their homes along temporal rifts that are otherwise undetectable to 19th century (and, for that matter, modern) scientists. This was discovered by Alice Liddell, who, as a young adult, discovered the truth
...
The white rabbit then, indicates the existence of a rift, enabling the building of a teleporter.

Sufficient explanation?

There are lots of little references to Alice in the Matrix. There are hundreds of little hidden references to lots of things - from Fritz Lang's Metropolis to Galaxy Quest - in the Steampunk mod. We can't help it.

Doing my usual random browsing (following intriguing links without knowing where I'll get to) came across this about a RL mysterious tunnels connecting widely separated places. When I lived in Heidelberg I was told indepentantly by several individuals about one that connected the castle hill to a hilltop monastery on the other side of the river. Perhaps there is something usable there, at least as part of a 'pedia description.

 

[Balthasar]

Just redid some of the Interface advisor screens for El Justo's Age of Imperialism mod. You can see them here. Not bad, if I say so myself...
Now I've got to get back to work on this mod before everyone uses all of our graphics in other mods. I hear it now: "yeah, I've already seen that done somewhere..."

 

[Blue Monkey]

At last, the long promised Lunar Foreign Office. The landscape is from Woman In The Moon (Fritz Lang). I was looking at the work of Adolfo Farsi the other day & decided to do a hand tinted look. I hope you like it.

EDIT: This is a preview. I have an indexed version on hand.

 

[Blue Monkey]

As far as I remember there are no tech icons left to do. If I have things right this is where things stand for the wonder splashes that are yet to do:

WIP
A Christmas Carol - Blue Monkey
Gold Bug - againsttheflow

Open Season
Magickal Cabal
Predictive Engine
The Wardenclyffe Tower
The Roch Fulgerator
Universal Library
The Penny Dreadful
The Weldon Institute
Baker Street Irregulars
Scotland Yard
Bedlam
Ada Byron Institute
Edison's Lab
The Salvation Army
Public Call Stations
Das Kapital
Home Office

I think all the others have been at least previewed. Please let me know if I've left anything off the to do list. Also, I need help to remember what I have previewed but not uploaded.

EDIT: Those done & previewed below have been removed from the list. Anything in the "Open Season" list is fair game for other pcx makers.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Of course I have to superannuate my list as soon as possible. Previews of -

Frankenstein's Laboratory

An image I found to good to resist. He had to learn somewhere, so here's the Operating Theatre:

 

[Balthasar]

The Wonder splashes that I have are:

80 days
B&R Elixer
ChrystalQV
MFO
Red Cross B

I really like the LFO. You finally nailed it. Didn't we finish the Christmas Carol? I still have a file from working on it.

 

[Blue Monkey]

I really like the LFO. You finally nailed it.

Thanks. It took your support via the conversations about the MFO, your contribution of the breathing apparatus, and the learning curve via all the other work in between.

The Wonder splashes that I have are:

80 days
B&R Elixer
ChrystalQV
MFO
Red Cross B

I thought I had posted Iron Works as well. I've got it and can post it.

Didn't we finish the Christmas Carol? I still have a file from working on it.

We worked on it, and came to a meeting of the minds as to composition. But I still have to do the final execution. I'll probably leave it while I knock out some of these other simpler ones.

 

[Blue Monkey]

I just combed through my attachments and files in the dl db. Iron Works is in the same DL as the Elixir. Torchwood is done as well. Then there's Sandorf's Armory, and the dl with both The Royal Exchange & Lloyds in it. It looks like anything else was previewed but not finished and uploaded.

 

[Balthasar]

Ok, now I've got everything you've posted so far.

I sympathize with you about the Frankenstein's Lab Image. Yours is as good as any of these, that I put together:

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[Blue Monkey]

I sympathize with you about the Frankenstein's Lab Image.

What am I supposed to say about that?

"They laughed at me at the university!"

"Ah, Mom. The cat was already dead anyway!"

"The doctors say I can use the sharp crayons today!"





This does go with a tech from the TATTMWNMTK category after all. but if that's too Grand Guignol for you then pick one of these.

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"We don't discuss the ones that did not survive. He's very sensitive about that, you see."

 

[Balthasar]

Sorry Blue Monkey, you misunderstood me, and I wasn't very clear in my comment. I meant to say I liked the image you chose (though I'd choose a different shade of red) and sympathized with the fact that that must have been a hard one to find because there were so many different ways that particular wonder could have been done (see examples). I find it interesting, though, that we each included an image from "Young Frankenstein" among our 'second choices'. If we were making a generic wonder, that would probably be the fitting image. Stick with the one you picked, and don't pay too much attention to me.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Sorry Blue Monkey, you misunderstood me, and I wasn't very clear in my comment. I meant to say I liked the image you chose
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Stick with the one you picked, and don't pay too much attention to me.

Hey, you misunderstood me. My arid sense of humour again. I've been walking around chuckling to myself all day - "...but the cat was dead ... ha ha ha ha ha ... today I get to use the sharp crayons ... ha ha ha ha ha ..."

Ultimately it's the one you want that matters to me.

(though I'd choose a different shade of red)

About a third of the total time I spent was just on the red. It's a layer on top of the actual image. I struggled to get a suggestion of blood, with a bit of mottling, that still worked well when made transparent enough for the images underneath show through effectively. A true blood-red was too dark even with the transparency increased. I could try some more, I guess.

and sympathized with the fact that that must have been a hard one to find because there were so many different ways that particular wonder could have been done (see examples).

Yeah, the choice was difficult. That image is actually a composite. One image was the anatomical drawing, with actual surgical instruments on it. The other was the homunculi sketches, which I cut & rearranged, partially transparent. You may notice a spot where I flipped the writing. I thought ole Victor might have known Da Vinci's trick for keeping a secret.

I find it interesting, though, that we each included an image from "Young Frankenstein" among our 'second choices'. If we were making a generic wonder, that would probably be the fitting image.

It used some of the genuine working props from the Whale version. The equipment is actually shown off to better effect than in the original. As to the other images, Branagh's version is probably the closest to what would have been doable in the period imho.

All the splashes I'm previewing in the next little bit are ready to upload. I'd prefer to wait and upload as a group, if possible.

 

[Moosezilla]

And of course I like the YF images best. Balth, sould I pm you?

 

[Balthasar]

Okay guys, my pet project, A Victorian Railroad, is finished, and everyone can see it here. I really didn't expect it to take a month or I wouldn't have started it.

Here's a screenie:

Now I can go back to nuts & bolts construction! Yay! And, yes, Moosezilla, you can PM me now.

 

[Blue Monkey]

I have to say again that both the roads & rails appeal to me. The more I look at the rails, the more they make me think about my grandpa, who was a railroad machinist at the tail end of the steam & of the diesel era.


Here's another set of wonder splash previews. Subject, as usual, to suggested changes. All originals are indexed. I could write a long yadda yadda about the whys & wherefores, but I'll wait for whatever you think needs discussion - with the exception to say that I've got several images to work with that could do for either Illuminati or Magical Cabal that aren't shown here. You'll notice a "placeholder", which is included at the end of the post as an attachment.

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[Balthasar]

It's very strange. I'd swear I posted an answer here yesterday.. Oh well..in my imaginary answer, I said: I'm really torn between the two for Royal docks, you've done really well in all of these - but I'll go with the second one. The first one for Violet Ray - those brass electrodes are excellent - and although I love a president in an apron, I think the second image of Illuminati is awesome. As I said, they're all great, and I especially like Buffalo Bill's traveling show.

 

[Blue Monkey]

The needed wonder splashes list in post #145 has been revised and reorganized. There is first a short list of whatever has been "claimed" and then a list of whatever is open to anyone with an itchy mouse. Post WIPs in this thread & expect a discussion all along the creative path.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Here's a first version of the bicycle / pennyfarthing resource. It's indexed and should have an identical palette to the resources.pcx in the latest version of the scenario you uploaded.

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[Balthasar]

Penny Farthing added.

New topic: because we use the bigger format for our Wonder Splashes, a bug crept in that we didn't anticipate. In the lower left corner, we see the title appear:

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This could ruin our wonder splashes, except that I have an idea; to put a frame around the titles, like so:

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Or for the larger/longer titles:

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That's the general idea. I could do a template to put this directly on an image; it won't show up if I put it on the Wonder Splash background.

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