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Sleeper Service · Jul 02, 2008, 12:35 PM // 12:35

Divine Spirit, Artemisium bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon.

Brianna brought this to my attention.
Scourge Healing Air Attunement (rotate, flip, shift, opacity 50%)

Pumpkin found this

(Pumpkin version)IMAGE

*I hope you dont mind i made another for clarity.

Lightning Touch, Histories of the Genesis, the Ancestors of Christ, Prophets and Sybils.
Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Michelangelo. (rotate, resize, opacity 50%) - Probability Certain.

Pacifism, White dove in flight against a dark background by Kristian Sekulic (tentative). (resize, opacity 40%) - Probability Certain.

Sleeper Service · Jul 02, 2008, 02:51 PM // 14:51

while waiting on approval for a more appropriate thread to directly post in:

we all know this one but a direct copy?

Headbutt, Zinedine Zidane fells Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final by Getty Images. (flip, resize, rotation, opacity at 72%). - Probability Certain

MrGuildBoi · Jul 02, 2008, 06:10 PM // 18:10

Zinedane with sunspear armor. Lol.

Monkey Slayer · Jul 02, 2008, 11:00 PM // 23:00

They kind of cut corners with Well of Suffering. It has the same icon as Well of Power except for the lightning bolts coming out of the well.

Sleeper Service · Jul 02, 2008, 11:52 PM // 23:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monkey Slayer

They kind of cut corners with Well of Suffering. It has the same icon as Well of Power except for the lightning bolts coming out of the well.

wow nice one.

its even worse than that:

Well of Power, Well of the Profane, Well of Suffering, Well of Blood. (flip,opacity, exclusion, linear 40%).

first one to find the original photo, location of this well wins a cookie.

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while looking at the skills another struck me as familiar. after a little digging i found this:

Bitter Chill, Shiro-Hannya mask (white hanaya mask) - Inoue Corporation. (resize, opacity at 40%) - Probability Certain.

http://nohmask21.com/eu/shirohannya.html

These types of mask represent Hannaya a traditional female demon monster in Japanese storytelling. Used mainly in Noh theatre the image has been popularised thanks to characters like Yoshimitsu (Tekken, SC) and manga.

distilledwill · Jul 03, 2008, 12:22 PM // 12:22

Knicked revive animal for my avatar! thanks!

To the above post: also the same mask as in:

?

also:

thats just lazy!

zelgadissan · Jul 03, 2008, 03:45 PM // 15:45

I admittedly suck with graphics editing, but I'm pretty sure Shadowsong is Geordi Laforge/Levar Burton. Either that or I've watched too much Star Trek and see it in everything

Can't find a good comparison picture though.

Sleeper Service · Jul 03, 2008, 11:56 PM // 23:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelgadissan

I admittedly suck with graphics editing, but I'm pretty sure Shadowsong is Geordi Laforge/Levar Burton. Either that or I've watched too much Star Trek and see it in everything

Can't find a good comparison picture though.

SNIP

hmm well Zel its possible but its difficult to tell without a pic in the same pose (those types of pics just settle it beyond any doubt).

Sleeper Service · Jul 04, 2008, 12:35 AM // 00:35

another photo edit for our pleasure, this time its Wall Streets famous "Charging Bull" that makes an appearance on the GW battlefield.

Bull's Strike, "Charging Bull" by Arturo Di Modica. (resize, opacity 50%) - probability Certain

there are a few slight differences, i suspect the artist was using two different photos for this, one which was probably this:

photograph by Enrique Sallent.

notably the "blur" effect.

Before continuing on the animal theme i would like to state that every animal is different. However animals of the same species share common traits that make distinguishing individuals extremely hard (if not impossible) when details are removed.
body proportions, manner of displacement, and other identifiers are common traits.

Thus for example finding the exact cheetah for Call of Haste is (imo) a futile (even more futile than my posts, yes thats possible) endevour. The reason for this is that unless the artist copied the spots then all cheetahs run that way.

Still, in my experience deducting the original photo using Camera positioning, light, composition and certain determining signs is within the realm of the possible.

Having said this let us have a look at the common Grey Wolf Canis Lupus known in GW as Brutal Strike.

Brutal Strike, grey wolf (abwil0011504) - License: Ablestock Royalty-Free. (minor resize, opacity 50%) - probability low.

hey at least this one was royalty free.

EDIT: After playing about with various animal images ive come across several cases where "one picture fits all". Although evidently photo traced finding the original is nigh impossible. I'll leave the animals alone for now.

Sleeper Service · Aug 04, 2008, 01:49 AM // 01:49

Maelstrom.

Dryden Flight Research Center wingtip vortex NASA study.

minor resize, rotate, 65% opacity.

*shrugs* the colours and ratio are uncannily similar (read same).

Endrosz · Aug 13, 2008, 09:16 AM // 09:16

To everyone who commented: Your fun is my fun, it makes the time spent spent on it worthwhile. Thanks!

Sleeper Service: I don't mind seeing the results of your research here. It's definitely related, and thankfully, this topic is not swamped, so feel free to post your findings.

I even think I have a lead for you: the first time I looked at Dust Cloak in hi-res, it screamed "fremen" at me. Maybe you'd want to look at Dune book covers and other illustrations to find the original?

enxa · Aug 20, 2008, 09:51 AM // 09:51

This thread is brilliant!

How could i have possibly missed this one...

I cant seem to download the .zip packs, i keep getting corrupted archives (with both firefox and internet explorer)...
Possible for someone to re-upload and post new links?

I would greatly appreciate it.

Endrosz · Aug 21, 2008, 10:06 AM // 10:06

I just downloaded both zips by clicking on the links in the first post. Everything was in order, archive testing reported no errors. Maybe you should try right-click and save as? Your browsers might not handle the zip MIME-type as they should, due to to previous a binding. That's the only guess I have.

ashes · Aug 21, 2008, 11:54 AM // 11:54

Awesome thread, keep up the good work everyone - nice finds indeed!

enxa · Aug 21, 2008, 06:30 PM // 18:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Endrosz

Maybe you should try right-click and save as?

This works, thanks for the advice

Seventh_Samurai · Aug 22, 2008, 05:16 PM // 17:16

Wow, this is cool...glad I stumbled upon this. Is MrGuildBoi's avatar a match, or just a joke as well?

Edit: look at this...

MrGuildBoi · Aug 22, 2008, 05:47 PM // 17:47

My avatar is a joke

photoshopped But I was surprised at how it fitted in

Sleeper Service · Aug 22, 2008, 09:40 PM // 21:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seventh_Samurai

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Edit: look at this...[SNIP IMAGE]

wow i had given up on the animals nice find there !
heres the superimposed version, original credit to Seventh_Samurai.

Augury of Death and Hooded Vulture (Copyright © Able-Travel)
resize rotate opacity 68 %
As you can see, the feathers match up.

@Endorz : Hey thanks ^^. I'll have a look at your tip later.

Elder III · Aug 22, 2008, 10:35 PM // 22:35

very nice - maybe you can apply to create the skill icons for GW3.

Sir Seifus Halbred · Aug 22, 2008, 10:56 PM // 22:56

Anyone else think this looks like a jawa?