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Dukasaur wrote:saxitoxin wrote:taking medical advice from this creature; a morbidly obese man who is 100% convinced he willed himself into becoming a woman.
Your obsession with mrswdk is really sad.
ConfederateSS wrote:Just because people are idiots... Doesn't make them wrong.
Now c'mon DDS, be honest, ...wouldn't you rather chat about politics?DirtyDishSoap wrote:Any of you debbie downers dressing up this year? Share your costumes! It's the only time of the year where you can dress as you want and not be judged for it!
Take Saxi for example! Been dressing up as mrswdk for years! No judgment!
If you share yours I'll share mine to double down on this thread
So basically this:HitRed wrote:Fishbowl
Make my costumes from scratch every year. Past years: Rubik’s cube, calculator, dice, deck of cards, street signs, cow, tick tack toe.
Could you give an estimate on your carbon footprint from all that foam-rubber usage?HitRed wrote:American flag, bus and another year a Texas flag.
Which painting is that?Dukasaur wrote:Last time I dressed up for Halloween was 1994. It was pretty cool.
I knew people in the SCA at the time. (Society for Creative Anachronism, the guys who do the medieval re-enactments.) My friend's mother was seamstress in the SCA, made some very realistic costumes. Anyway, she set me up with a Saladin costume, based on his outfit in the famous painting of Saladin meeting Guy of Lusignan. Not sure how historically authentic that was, but it was definitely cool looking.
Votanic wrote:Which painting is that?Dukasaur wrote:Last time I dressed up for Halloween was 1994. It was pretty cool.
I knew people in the SCA at the time. (Society for Creative Anachronism, the guys who do the medieval re-enactments.) My friend's mother was seamstress in the SCA, made some very realistic costumes. Anyway, she set me up with a Saladin costume, based on his outfit in the famous painting of Saladin meeting Guy of Lusignan. Not sure how historically authentic that was, but it was definitely cool looking.
I did a quick search, nothing definite, ...but I think the first painting shown is really a close-up of two of the Three Magi.
riskllama wrote:Koolbak wins this thread.
LOL! No, just the costume, not the skin.KoolBak wrote:Did you use shoe polish for the skin color?
Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??Dukasaur wrote:Votanic wrote:Which painting is that?Dukasaur wrote:Last time I dressed up for Halloween was 1994. It was pretty cool.
I knew people in the SCA at the time. (Society for Creative Anachronism, the guys who do the medieval re-enactments.) My friend's mother was seamstress in the SCA, made some very realistic costumes. Anyway, she set me up with a Saladin costume, based on his outfit in the famous painting of Saladin meeting Guy of Lusignan. Not sure how historically authentic that was, but it was definitely cool looking.
I did a quick search, nothing definite, ...but I think the first painting shown is really a close-up of two of the Three Magi.
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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Uh, ...real Amazon Prime drivers don't wear chaps without pants, saxi.saxitoxin wrote:I went as a Sexy Amazon Prime Driver.
(Which is basically just an Amazon Prime Driver outfit, but I was wearing it.)
I got the vest and hat off eBay and the box from ... Amazon. I made the ID card in Photoshop and printed it at FedEx Office then got a badge holder from Staples.
they also don't have packages as big as mineVotanic wrote: Uh, ...real Amazon Prime drivers don't wear chaps without pants, saxi.
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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The posing is undoubtedly more symbolic than realistic, but Saladin and Guy did converse after the battle of Hattin and Saladin spared Guy's life.Votanic wrote: Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??
Huh?, they're almost smiling?!Dukasaur wrote:The posing is undoubtedly more symbolic than realistic, but Saladin and Guy did converse after the battle of Hattin and Saladin spared Guy's life.Votanic wrote: Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??
I imagine this painting to represent the two of them looking out at the carnage they had created and sharing a moment of private horror.
Don't look like smiles to me.Votanic wrote:Huh?, they're almost smiling?!Dukasaur wrote:The posing is undoubtedly more symbolic than realistic, but Saladin and Guy did converse after the battle of Hattin and Saladin spared Guy's life.Votanic wrote: Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??
I imagine this painting to represent the two of them looking out at the carnage they had created and sharing a moment of private horror.
Or 30,000 mutilated corpses.Votanic wrote:Though the smiles do seem somewhat fake, like the kind used to disguise a grimace of disgust, ...such as when looking at an ugly baby perhaps?
I am vindicated. There already seems to be widespread concensus that this Van Lievens also-ran 'heavily borrowed' from Peter Paul Rubens Adoration of the Magi paintings. It seems he really didn't do much more than fancifully interpret gold jewelry to be handcuffs, ...and of course, change the title. Seriously this painting is poor quality shlock that does nothing to reveal the supposed history, characters, setting, or theme. The composition, expressions, lack of background, foreground, etc. Everything is wrong. I honestly suspect that Van Lievens did a sub-mediocre copy of a detail from a Rubens, and then gave it an contrived ad hoc new backstory for added attention.Dukasaur wrote:Don't look like smiles to me.Votanic wrote:Huh?, they're almost smiling?!Dukasaur wrote:The posing is undoubtedly more symbolic than realistic, but Saladin and Guy did converse after the battle of Hattin and Saladin spared Guy's life.Votanic wrote: Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??
I imagine this painting to represent the two of them looking out at the carnage they had created and sharing a moment of private horror.
Guy looks pensive, contemplative, regretful.
Saladin looks more like this...Or 30,000 mutilated corpses.Votanic wrote:Though the smiles do seem somewhat fake, like the kind used to disguise a grimace of disgust, ...such as when looking at an ugly baby perhaps?
Fine, it's a shitty painting. But my costume was magnificent. Genuine silk.Votanic wrote:I am vindicated. There already seems to be widespread concensus that this Van Lievens also-ran 'heavily borrowed' from Peter Paul Rubens Adoration of the Magi paintings. It seems he really didn't do much more than fancifully interpret gold jewelry to be handcuffs, ...and of course, change the title. Seriously this painting is poor quality shlock that does nothing to reveal the supposed history, characters, setting, or theme. The composition, expressions, lack of background, foreground, etc. Everything is wrong. I honestly suspect that Van Lievens did a sub-mediocre copy of a detail from a Rubens, and then gave it an contrived ad hoc new backstory for added attention.Dukasaur wrote:Don't look like smiles to me.Votanic wrote:Huh?, they're almost smiling?!Dukasaur wrote:The posing is undoubtedly more symbolic than realistic, but Saladin and Guy did converse after the battle of Hattin and Saladin spared Guy's life.Votanic wrote: Seriously, why would two Crusader enemy combatants be painted together in such a pose??
I imagine this painting to represent the two of them looking out at the carnage they had created and sharing a moment of private horror.
Guy looks pensive, contemplative, regretful.
Saladin looks more like this...Or 30,000 mutilated corpses.Votanic wrote:Though the smiles do seem somewhat fake, like the kind used to disguise a grimace of disgust, ...such as when looking at an ugly baby perhaps?
This?Dukasaur wrote:Last time I dressed up for Halloween was 1994. It was pretty cool.
I knew people in the SCA at the time. (Society for Creative Anachronism, the guys who do the medieval re-enactments.) My friend's mother was seamstress in the SCA, made some very realistic costumes. Anyway, she set me up with a Saladin costume, based on his outfit in the famous painting of Saladin meeting Guy of Lusignan. Not sure how historically authentic that was, but it was definitely cool looking.
Duk already identified the first painting as the one he was referring to.jusplay4fun wrote:This?Dukasaur wrote:Last time I dressed up for Halloween was 1994. It was pretty cool.
I knew people in the SCA at the time. (Society for Creative Anachronism, the guys who do the medieval re-enactments.) My friend's mother was seamstress in the SCA, made some very realistic costumes. Anyway, she set me up with a Saladin costume, based on his outfit in the famous painting of Saladin meeting Guy of Lusignan. Not sure how historically authentic that was, but it was definitely cool looking.
or this?
Dukasaur wrote:saxitoxin wrote:taking medical advice from this creature; a morbidly obese man who is 100% convinced he willed himself into becoming a woman.
Your obsession with mrswdk is really sad.
ConfederateSS wrote:Just because people are idiots... Doesn't make them wrong.
