The "EXPLAIN YOUR AVATAR" Thread!

Rick · 3rd July 2008, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by David

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.

This size ?

100X100 limit 19.5K

My avatar ?
Semar,complete with gas rising behind him .

Atlantia · 3rd July 2008, 07:46 PM

Since the avatar pictures are so small, how about sharing big close-ups peeps?

Rick · 3rd July 2008, 07:57 PM

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 .

David · 3rd July 2008, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Since the avatar pictures are so small, how about sharing big close-ups peeps?

That's not a bad idea...

Rick · 3rd July 2008, 08:29 PM

This is your's David .
No, not the keris ...

Lew · 3rd July 2008, 09:42 PM

Here is mine.

David · 3rd July 2008, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick

This is your's David .
No, not the keris ...

hmmm....what your saying then is that the keris isn't mine, but the hilt is....Thanks buddy. You know the address, just mail it out anytime...

Atlantia · 3rd July 2008, 10:29 PM

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.

Mark · 4th July 2008, 03:00 AM

Mine is a panel from the silver scabbard of one of my favorite dha.

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 ...

), 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:

More details on the dha here.

Great idea for a thread, by the way.

Bill M · 4th July 2008, 03:09 AM

Mine is from my favorite kris.

Alam Shah · 4th July 2008, 03:42 AM

Mine is from my favorite Bugis keris hilt.

Atlantia · 5th July 2008, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

Mine is a panel from the silver scabbard of one of my favorite dha.

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 ...

), 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:

More details on the dha here.

Great idea for a thread, by the way.

That has to be the finest Dha I've ever seen! You must have had to sell a kidney to get that!
It is truly stunning, if there was a smilie 'taking its hat off' I'd be inserting it here: " ".

kronckew · 3rd July 2008, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Atlantia

Since the avatar pictures are so small, how about sharing big close-ups peeps?

pics in front of my garage door:

3rd July 2008, 08:29 PM	#5
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,378	This is your's David . No, not the keris ... Attached Images

3rd July 2008, 09:42 PM	#6
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Here is mine. Attached Images

4th July 2008, 03:09 AM	#10
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	Mine is from my favorite kris. Attached Images

4th July 2008, 03:42 AM	#11
Alam Shah Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,248	Mine is from my favorite Bugis keris hilt. Attached Images Last edited by Alam Shah; 4th July 2008 at 03:57 AM.

3rd July 2008, 07:46 PM	#2
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Since the avatar pictures are so small, how about sharing big close-ups peeps?

3rd July 2008, 07:57 PM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,378	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 .

3rd July 2008, 10:29 PM	#8
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	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.

4th July 2008, 03:00 AM	#9
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	Mine is a panel from the silver scabbard of one of my favorite dha. 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 ... ), 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: More details on the dha here. Great idea for a thread, by the way.