June 10, 2004
(War) Machine ~ Theme Thursday Images for 06.10.04
STAR WARS EPISODE X, REVENGE OF THE CICADAS!
Lets Stomp Some Bugs!, Star Wars Imperial Walkers sally forth to stomp on an army of marauding Space Cicadas. Space Cicadas are REALLY BIG!
I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!, The Space Cicadas of Brood X overwhelm one of the Imperail war machines! Two other walkers come to the rescue.
With all of the Cicadas around I just had to have some extra fun with this week's Theme Thursday challenge of Machine (submitted by yours truly). From my huge Star Wars collection I pulled three toys of the evil Empire's most feared war machine... the dreaded Imperial Walker. I think it is appropriate that the Imperial Walker toys were made by Galoob, the former makers of the Micro Machine line of toys before they were swallowed up by the evil empire of toys... Hasbro. The walkers are from the Action Fleet line, but they are still micro machines none-the-less. The photos were taken on the walk in front of our home. Jenne and I gathered up dozens of cicadas - living and dead - and placed them in the frame. Jenne - again suffering for my art - was my cicada wrangler and would pick up the ones trying to walk out of frame. She also placed them on the fallen walker for me. Cicadas don't take very good direction.
Note: No cicadas were harmed in the production of these images. Dead cicadas were already dead.
Note, Note: There is very minimal Photoshoping done to the above images. Cropping and color balancing and that's it. There are no Photoshoped cloned cicadas. Those are for episode XI (here it comes...) ATTACK OF THE CICADA CLONES!
These are great photos! Love 'em!
Must be horrible to live with all those loud bugs!
Posted by: Emerald on June 10, 2004 09:42 PMI love it! LOVE it! Only you could find something so photographically useful about these darn cicadas - plus what a fun photo shoot!
Posted by: Lynn on June 10, 2004 11:06 PMHey Will, how much better milage do you think your Civic Hybrid gets over those AT-ATs?
;-)
hilarious. :) and very creative.
Posted by: reb on June 10, 2004 11:32 PMHeh heh, these are great pics! But can I just say to Jenne... "EWWWWW!!"
Posted by: Somewhat on June 11, 2004 04:57 AMLuke, use your tow cable and go for the legs!!! That armor is too strong for our blasters!!!
Posted by: Biggs on June 11, 2004 07:23 AMholy for the kow, will my krazy wild american is a fiend.
what the Hell (habid is to burn for this the transgretaion) is to be going on? is this the mutant from the pollution is the america air. what are the creatures to be battling for. is there not the cicada for eveytheone to eat all to want is to eat.
these the big creatures are the scare to habid. Are they some sort of the winged creature that habid is to read about.
cicada is you know one of what habid is to eat in the hill country.
habid on a sadder note is having much trouble in the hill country here. is not the habid that habid is to do, but no body is to listern. i think habid is to come to the america, but Will, will you and the jenn be able to provice the room and board for the habid for a few is months.
habid had much the cash, to buy the gas station and sell chips the dip to the america filling up the car with the petro, but is the habid much need a room to board.
will, let habid know, if he can stay for a while is short when habid arrivce at the bwi.
habid
Posted by: habid el sharif on June 11, 2004 01:23 PMI LOVE these photos. Well done to both of you, great team work! Thank you for a big smile today :)
Posted by: Adri on June 11, 2004 02:40 PMROTFLMAO! Why didn't I think of that?
Posted by: Jeff on June 11, 2004 03:19 PMLOL indeed :-D
that was just too great for words, can't say more than loved it all the way :-)
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Whoa! Very cool photos!!
Posted by: Theresa on June 11, 2004 10:48 PMHahahaha SUPERB! You are so creative Will. Love it!
Posted by: Tine on June 12, 2004 03:43 AMReally funny and creative, I love them!
Posted by: rool on June 12, 2004 04:28 PMomg...this is great!! I love that the first picture showed them crawling up the war machine and then the next picture showing it has fallen...soo funny....great idea and great picture
Posted by: markmyshots on June 15, 2004 10:03 AMThat is great!
Posted by: Melissa on June 16, 2004 03:17 AM