Dinorwic Office Building scale drawing

Here is my second drawing. It is an office on Australia Level in Dinorwic quarry. The internal wall has a large opening, possibly for a counter or similar. Walls are slate slabs, similar to other buildings, but rendered over the top.

^ My interpretation

Pete Wilson’s original drawings ^

 

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Dinorwic Slate Quarry Scale Drawings- #3 Penrhydd Bach Locomotive Shed

Here is my 2nd attempt at a scale drawing. This is for the shed Penrhydd Bach in Dinorwic Quarry. This shed housed the Quarry Hunslet locomotive called “Holy War” for a time.
This isn’t totally finished, as there is in fact a store house that was built later on behind the locomotive shed, which can be seen here.
The measurements I’ve used are from Pete Wilson, and are from April 1987
These are his original designs that he so kind to copy for me.

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This is a bit different from the previous designs, as I’ve included a cutting list for the walls. This was actually never intended for release as it was just for my cutter/plotter to cut out the walls from Styrene sheets.
Anyways, enjoy!
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Valknut

Just a little something I’ve been doing in my spare time.. What little of it I get…

It’s a pretty simple geometric design I found. This is cut into a piece of sandstone I found near the back of the dale… I jumped off the tractor and grabbed it then jumped back on, I got a very odd look from everyone….

Accepted!

So, little while ago I told you about my latest model submitted to 3d Warehouse. After a few weeks, it finally got accepted! So, in Google Earth, switch the 3D Buildings thing on and go to:  53°13'36.84"N   4° 9'32.21"W

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=277fdbce09b9a04ddd49019832b1e707

So, what to make next?

New Google Earth Model (Hopefully...)

During the first couple days in Bangor University there was very little work happening, so I found time to make a model of this boathouse I found myself rather attracted to, there is something about it in a very weathered state that is very... cool.
An Old Boathouse in Menai Bridge:

3D model by Skipper

Photomatched 3d building of an old boathouse in Menai Bridge

I recommend actually looking at it in the 3d Warehouse rather than that picture... doesnt give much of an impression..
I'm still waiting for the review to come through on whether it is acceptable in the Google Earth Layer, but here is hoping!
It is based on the buiding here:

Anyways, fingers crossed!

Sharm El Sheikh Day 2

First Dive:
Location: Sharks’ Bay
31% O₂ Nitrox at 200 Bar

MOD: 35.1m
Max Depth 20.7m, Dive Time 53 minutes
EAD: 16.81 for 75 Mins (PPO₂=0.95) O₂ Exposure 25%

Another dive in Shark’s Bay, saw a masked puffer fish.

And some fire coral

Second Dive:
Location: Sharks’ Bay
31% O₂ Nitrox at 200 Bar

MOD: 35.1m
Max Depth 16.4m, Dive Time 56 minutes
EAD: 16.81 for 56 Mins (PPO₂= 0.81) O₂ Exposure 45%

We saw a Moray Eel,

With fearsome teeth!

Sharm El Sheikh Day 0

So! On the 11th September 2011 I flew out from Birmingham International Airport to Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, but let’s rewind to what led up to this… On the 10th, Saturday, I arrived in Birmingham by train:
(With MRSA of course!) and stayed overnight at a family friend’s house, who had an awesome picture in his bathroom:

Very cool.
Then, at unpleasant o’clock in the morning I headed to the Airport for 5 hours or so of waiting… This holiday involved a lot of that.
Coffee at Birmingham International is expensive as hell! And they have NO FREE WIFI! So I stole their electricity to charge my phone:

That’ll teach them.
We finally got on the plane and flew over to Egypt… And got to bed at around 12pm I think… Not sure to be honest!

Halo: ODST–My favourite character–Virgil

Everyone knows Halo.. Its one of the greatest games of the 21st century. The 4th (Actually the 5th, but Halo Wars doesnt count) instalment of the game was Halo ODST, which took the timeline between Halo 2 and Halo 3, as an ODST, or Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (Mouthful huh?). You have to fight through the city of New Mombasa against the combined forces of the Covenant… death and hilarity ensues. Anyway, there is a character, that is the cities Artificial intelligence, known as the superintendent, or Virgil. You dont really see much of Virgil in the game, except in cutscenes, load screens and at the end.. but he’s quality and so cute!

Anyways, here are his little faces from the load screens and cut scenes:

ODST Virgil: Alert by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

His default, alert face

ODST Virgil: Angry by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

Angry face! You blew up that building! GRRR!

ODST Virgil: Happy by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

Happy cute face! N’awww you!

ODST Virgil: O Rly by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

O Rly? What more can I say?

ODST Virgil: Sad by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

Aww no! sad face…

ODST Virgil: Suspicious by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

Suspicious… I know you did something, I just don't know what….

And that’s it for now folks!

Second Windows 7 theme

Hoka, this is the 2nd installment of my themes. This one is of the theme “Oceans.” Well, primarily coral and plants of the Red Sea

Anyways: sample as always:

||Download Here||

Spare a thought for me, I uploaded that whilst on the train over my tethered mobile phone… I dont want to look at this months bill…its gonna be a mile long…..

Kalula Airlines: Rather awesome livery

I was sent this by my mother and thought it was rather amusing:

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Vector

This is taken from a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl Screenshot. Quick 5 hour job.


Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

Snork on a spike

Another bit of vector work... Just because I got bored.

Snork on a spike by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

Quick 1 hour job.

Rodger's House - My House!

Another random vector. Time to complete: 8h 38minutes. This is my house!

Rodger's House by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

The Sanctuary

Son of a..... its finally done! 10 hours (and 3 minutes) of work.... and its finally wrapped up!
So, may I present to you, The Sanctuary:

The Sanctuary - Background by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Exoskeleton Completed

Finally! Completed my S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Exoskeleton! 6 hours and 44 minutes total time!

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Exoskeleton V2 by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

Rather proud of it!
There is full blurb on the Deviantart page itself.. Enjoy!

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Exoskeleton line art

This is a 3hours so far job. I say so far as its not complete! Still requires colouring in.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Exoskeleton by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART
So, what is it? Well, its the Exoskeletal armour from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat (Although it does feature in Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky) Happning!

Portrait of a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

This is my favourite vector of all time so far. The Portrait of a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

If your unfamilier with the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I suggest you look it up, epic doesnt do it justice. Amazing game, my favourite game of all time.

Anyways, this is the portrait of a STALKER. Found him outside the Skadovsk shipwreck in Creek (STALKER Call of Pripyat)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Portrait by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

Total work time: 3Hours 33 Minutes!

...And these boots were made for skating

My latest one.. Still on Shoes.. But I've now finished all my pairs of shoes... all 2 of them!
Sketchers Stand By Skate Shoes by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

These boots were made for Walking

Another one...  Pair of boots this time! 3H or so on this one.


Karrimor KSB Tour Event Boots by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

The Shemagh

After 3Hours and 1 minute exactly I perfected my masterpiece, “The Shemagh”

The Shemagh by ~Skipperthepilot on deviantART

Enjoy!