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The "EXPLAIN YOUR AVATAR" Thread!
Just a bit of fun, I've seen some pretty sweet items pictured in peoples avatars, and some fun things too!
So here's todays fun thread! Tell everyone about what you've chosen, insert a big picture, tell us the story of your avatar picture! Cheers Gene Edit: Hope I'm not missusing the forums with these threads? |
my avatar here is simple, it's my favourite pedang grip
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A keris from my collection.
Lew |
From the past:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=avatar That thread is over a year old though, many people have changed theirs, and I never contributed, so... Mine is the makara from the guard of my first really nice piece (and the first one I posted here), this kastane. --Radleigh |
Easy, i took the keris avatar from the ones provided. I have tried to change this on a number of occasions and i'm always told that the pic is too big....no matter how small i seem to make it. I don't know why this is. :(
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100X100 limit 19.5K My avatar ? Semar,complete with gas rising behind him . :D |
Since the avatar pictures are so small, how about sharing big close-ups peeps?
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I tossed the large image I shopped or rather Irfanviewed into the avatar, sorry .
A Wiki search would tell you a bit about him . :) A G.I.S. would give you some other images . |
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This is your's David .
No, not the keris ... :rolleyes: :D |
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Here is mine.
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http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...CF0005_DCE.jpg http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s.../pedfull-1.jpg http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...CF0006_DCE.jpg |
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Sweet! Excellent choices.
Mine is the one remaining Indian bronze statue I have from a former collection. I couldn't bear to part with my big copper 'hamsa Bird' He's about 18cm tall. I particularly like his 'Shivas Trishul' tail. http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c5...ntia/014-1.jpg |
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Mine is one of various custom made Logos made for my site when it was launched a few years back. Very talented guys at www.macrojuice.com.
Here is a another.... Runjeet |
Mine is a panel from the silver scabbard of one of my favorite dha.
http://dharesearch.bowditch.us/74_full_22.jpg http://dharesearch.bowditch.us/Images/Image331.jpg He is a bilu, usually translated as "ogre," but in Burmese mythology they are not the Shrek-like creatures that live under bridges as in the West (wait, thats a troll ... :shrug: ), but rather a sentient species like humans, just rarer, and more magical-mystical. The scabbard has both a male and a female bilu, though only a female bilu figures in the story on the blade, which is the [/url=http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/Perspective/persp2003/4-2003/leg.htm]"Bedaya" jataka[/url]. This is Mrs. Bilu, AKA Sandamuhki: http://dharesearch.bowditch.us/Images/Image337.jpg More details on the dha here. Great idea for a thread, by the way. :) |
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Mine is from my favorite kris.
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Mine is from my favorite Bugis keris hilt. :)
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Funny it's my favorite one to. :D ;) Always wondered what was on the other end of that hilt ;) :) Lew |
Tibetan double dorje
Blue dorje on a red lotus, surrounded by 'energy'.
I think it's getting a bit old. Time for a new one, and I have one in mind. Soon... |
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An old classic jawa naga made by wood (50 cm high)
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here's mine
My avatar is an old Wayang Golek puppet. I had to restore the clothing (it was worn). I have a small collection of these puppets (mainly monsters and clowns), but I especially like this one because it wears a keris.
And no.....it doesn't resemble me :p http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...eelding020.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...eelding021.jpg |
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It is from my favorit pakayun .
Ben |
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Rugi hilt from Alor
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Mine is a Rugi hilt from Alor.
1 complete pic attached and two pics from old postcards from Alor headhunters/warriors! |
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Mine is a character from one of the many 'Benin Bronzes', from the Dahomey society famed for their art and the bravery of their warriors.
Amongst the male warriors there were 'crack elite' women (often referrred to as the Amazons)..whom were considered more ruthless than the men :eek: |
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Very Nice Bronze BTW Katana! I was wondering if you'd see this thread and tell us about it. Did you pick it up in Kent? |
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I bet they work as a deterant!!! :eek: |
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It is truly stunning, if there was a smilie 'taking its hat off' I'd be inserting it here: " ". |
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sadly the bronze is not mine....unless the British Museum will 'donate' it to me ;) So,do you 'hail' from Pompey.....makes sense with a user name like Atlantia, my father is ex Royal Navy and was often down there ....never 'complained' about the local girls though ;) Regards David |
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My mum's from Kent and they met at Pompey when she was a wren! I worked in Pompey for a while as a nightclub promotions manager. The place is like the wild west. The girls fight with ash-trays, high heels and/or bar stools!!!!!! I'm in devon now, much quieter. Strangely, my folks remember Pompey as a really nice place in the 50s!!!! BTW, I'll PM the BM and ask them to send the bronzes over for you ;-) Along with their indo-persian collection for me. Gene |
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It's absolutely beautiful Marco .
I am guilty of the sin of coveting my neighbor's goods . ;) :D |
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I think its actually quite amazing. Is it sword sized? |
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Marco, Probebly your naga (avatar) is part of javanese Gong's holder. |
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