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Comments (7)
Are those hands?
Reminds me of a joke: Hang with me. I'll make this as short as possible.
Two aliens are sent in a small craft from the mother-ship hovering earth. Their instructions are to inform the Earthlings that WE are taking over. Do not resist.
The two aliens land late at night in an empty field across from a gas station. The lights are on over the pumps.
The aliens proceed to the station and walk up to pump #1 with their laser guns and say: "Take us to your leader". Nothing happens - its just gas pump.
They go to pump #2 and say "Take me to your leader or We'll blow you away". Nothing happens, it's just a gas pump.
This goes on for awhile.
Finally, at pump #6 the aliens say: "Ok we're going to give you to the count of three" Then we're going to blow you away.
"One - Two - Three" Then they shoot.
CAGABAM BAM BAM! - the whole block goes up in flames in a spectacular explosion. The two aliens were blown back over to the empty field and are laying there bloodied.
One alien says to the other:
"Wow those guys are tough. What do you think happened?"
The other alien says:
"I don't know, but I was worried when I walked up and saw that their dicks were so big that they had to stick them in their ears"
This joke has always cracked me up...Sorry John
Posted by Cowboy | October 26, 2012 11:27 PM
Posted on October 26, 2012 23:27
Hey Cowboy
Neat joke.
That's a mask hose that leads to the torso. The arm is in profile, you can see the shoulder and elbow "joints".
Posted by John Cox | October 27, 2012 8:57 AM
Posted on October 27, 2012 08:57
This should skip the novel and go right to a movie. Gritty and threatening, all in one package.
Cool.
Posted by Johnny Logan | October 27, 2012 9:03 AM
Posted on October 27, 2012 09:03
Hey JL
Thanks for the encouraging word.
Posted by John Cox | October 27, 2012 10:24 AM
Posted on October 27, 2012 10:24
Hmmm....looks like the Galaxicon Enviro-shield, circa 2412. Self-contained, and fully autonomous. Mk12 solar infuser recycled your waste into food and filtered out impurities in the re-breather.
Only problem: You really didn't want to be around when they cracked open one of those babies after being worn for 6 or 8 months!
Posted by GarandFan | October 27, 2012 10:53 AM
Posted on October 27, 2012 10:53
Cool illustration. Wish I'd clicked to the comments & read the description before spending too much time figuring out what it was-- although now I get it, I really like it.
A couple things threw me. All the detail on the head, shoulder, & arm kind of makes the breastplate seem like it doesn't fit. It took me a while to figure out the shoulder had a sort of cover/epaulet.
I think it would look wicked to swap the white background for black & do the letters in the same form but with a translucent/glowing crystal/prism effect (not a criticism--just thunkin').
Posted by Terwiliger | October 28, 2012 2:25 AM
Posted on October 28, 2012 02:25
HEY T
Neat insight. Sounds like a design principle that can work in a few formats.
Posted by John Cox | October 28, 2012 1:48 PM
Posted on October 28, 2012 13:48