Avatars and profile pictures... [Archive]

ndicki

February 2nd, 2011, 08:35

A lot of us have avatars which come from somewhere in particular, or which show a particular person, or which have some historical origin - can you tell us about yours, or have you recognised somebody else's?

Anybody know where mine came from?

Led Zeppelin

February 2nd, 2011, 08:51

For me, in the past, it was Pierre Clostermann.

Now, it's a picture taken from there:
http://romain-hugault.blogspot.com/

This particular one is from 'Au dela des Nuages'
http://romain-hugault.blogspot.com/2009/06/coffret-bd-hollandais.html

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cjcz7

February 2nd, 2011, 08:58

mine is just a random screen shot i took from CFS3 of my favorite plane!!:jump:

swpierce

February 2nd, 2011, 10:11

I cheated. I used a stock photo that is very similar to one someone had taken of me back before the days of digital photography. So I guess you may call it pseudo-historical.

greycap.raf

February 2nd, 2011, 11:22

Anybody know where mine came from?

For some reason I've always thought it looks like it came from a Tintin comic book.

Mine though, is the communications branch insignia from the Finnish army - I was (well, still am but now in the reserve) a communications corporal. The avatar is finished in the same shade of blue as the swastikas on our wartime aircraft, the real deal looks like this:

http://koti.welho.com/aatdoroc/khmerkit/viesti_200.png

Mine has the correct variable thickness, the colour profile doesn't. :d

OldCrow

February 2nd, 2011, 11:30

Mine is my car, a 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 with a 425HP 6.1L Hemi V-8.

pachi

February 2nd, 2011, 11:51

Mines an F18 Hornet, my favorite jet that I wish to fly someday

popsaka

February 2nd, 2011, 12:16

Nigel I used to know what yours was... isn't it Major or Colonel sumpin?

...as for mine, ...Isn't it one of yours?...:isadizzy:

ndicki

February 2nd, 2011, 12:20

I can't let that comment of Rene's go by... It's from a "Two Types" cartoon. The Two Types are for some reason in an RAF Officer's Mess, being frowned at by all the elegantly Service Dressed chaps at the bar - and one ragged RAF type, dressed much the same way as they are in cords, boots des and scruffy battledress jacket, comes over to say hello. "Desert Air Force, I presume?" asks one of the Types.

That Hurricane does look familiar...

BeauBrummie

February 2nd, 2011, 12:20

I was initially concerned about using a real historical pilot, but if it was good enough for Clive.....! I've had various incarnations of mine for years now. For me he is in looks and character the epitomy of the WWII fighter pilot. Alas, there is little actual material on him.

He is Wingco Bertie Rex O'Bryen 'Sammy' Hoare DSO, DFC.

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He sported a moustache that was "6 inches for wingtip to wingtip". He was reported a saying that if you couldn't see it from behind, it wasn't a real 'touche! He was one of the few intruder aces and specialised in the lonely and highly dangerous Intruder role in which he excelled.

He went on to Intruder Operations in Bostons (Havocs) and then Mosquitos, collecting a number of DSOs and DFCs and was credited will 9 kills. He ended the War as Station Commander of Little Snoring in Norfolk. Alas, he was killed with his navigator when the Mosquito which they were delivering to New Zealand crashed in the Gulf of Carpentaria in N.Australia. [TE746 crashed into the Gulf of Carpentaria on March 26 1947 with the loss of both crew (W/C B.R. Hoare and F/O W. Colvin RAF). Wreckage was found at Sydney Island. It is believed that the crew flew into the sea while trying to identify their location after their radio went u/s.]

ndicki

February 2nd, 2011, 12:22

Ah. Dog notwithstanding, NOT Squadron Leader Rex, then!

BeauBrummie

February 2nd, 2011, 12:37

Arf, arf

noelberrier

February 2nd, 2011, 12:44

Mine is a 3D model of the french battleship Dunkerque. I did this model for PovRAY, a weel known ray-tracer, which means that there is no easy way to include it in CFS3 ... I did try to learn Gmax, but more skill than I have would be required ...

MajorMagee

February 2nd, 2011, 13:18

Great idea for a thread.

Mine is simply the Ordnance Corps insignia where I proudly served my country doing mundane tasks of historic significance like laying out the initial bunker load plans for the Southwest Asia Theater Storage Area (80-82). It was during one of those sessions that I was witness to a Colonel (Beckwith) chewing out a Lieutenant General (the XVIII Airborne Corps Commander) resulting in the briefing we were about to give being abruptly canceled. Years later I found out that the fight was over using the Delta Force for Operation Eagle Claw.

NSS

February 2nd, 2011, 14:16

Nice idea.

Mine is Marinell. P-51D Mustang.

She just happened to drop into an RC fly in that I was participating in. (OK it was all pre arranged)

Maurice Hammond, the owner and pilot often attends our get togethers.

He has other warbirds in his fleet. Check out the link below.

http://www.hardwickwarbirds.com/

My other pictures of Marinell can be found at the link below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinfairgrieve/sets/72157624135147429/

stumpjumper1

February 2nd, 2011, 14:36

MINE WELL BASICALLY DESCRIBES MY WARPED SENSE OF HUMOR WHEN IT COMES TO MODDING ESPECIALLY A CERTAIN WW1 GAME THAT I USED TO MOD TO JSUT TO FIRE UP A FEW PPL

grizzly50

February 2nd, 2011, 15:10

:kilroy:Well, I was minding my own business one day, when this hiker just happened by and snapped my photo.

*BURP* 'Scuse me.

Thank heavens it was a Polaroid camera. Do you know how hard it is to get film developed out here?:d

NachtPiloten

February 2nd, 2011, 16:01

.... being somewhat curious about American history and flags this one seems to capture my thoughts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty

HouseHobbit

February 2nd, 2011, 16:07

Mine is the only digital shot I have of me..:icon_lol:

Yea I am a Real Hobbit..Last of the breed I have been told..:icon_eek:

And if you believe this, I will sell you some ocean front property in Arizona too..:a1310:

gosd

February 2nd, 2011, 17:52

Mine is from the cover of a book I am presently reading:
FIGHTER BOYS Saving Britain by Patrick Bishop.
I bought this book on my last voyage to London in a small bookshop near the Britsh Museum.
Every time I finish a chapter I open up the BoB game and sort of relive what I just read.
Great fun !! Off to the pub now !!
:ernae:Cheers!:ernae:

lewis11777

February 2nd, 2011, 18:18

Mine is Greg (Pappy) Boyington of the infamous Black Sheep Squadron. He was a bit of a hell raiser but one of the best dog fighters in the Pacific theater.

Autothrottle

February 2nd, 2011, 21:27

Well I chose mine as the first operational Jet combat fighter in aviation history, the Me-262. I was fascinated about this aircraft since I was a kid growing up in the Bahamas. We used to have some information about German submarines roaming the Bahamas years ago, but never anything concrete about the rest of their technology. This was the first jet aircraft I know of that incorporated the AUTOTHROTTLE into its design. Hence my screen name. I thought this jet was very interesting up until this present day. The fact that even in 1945 it was unable to be caught in a level cruise speed says alot. Given a few extra decades, who knows what the Luftwaffe would have developed?

hairyspin

February 2nd, 2011, 22:05

Mine is just one of the AvH Fw190A models from a CFS3 screenshot. Some day I'll have a model as beautiful as SixGhost's for a new one, hopefully.

Pat Pattle

February 2nd, 2011, 22:55

Marmaduke Thomas St. John Pattle. The highest scoring RAF pilot of WW2 and by all acounts a true gentleman. :salute:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmaduke_Pattle

BeauBrummie

February 3rd, 2011, 00:00

flyer01

February 3rd, 2011, 00:14

I have always liked the nose art on the WWII planes. I look up as many as I could find. The picture I use is of my state. The nose art is called the Arkansas Traveler which is also one of the oldest News Papers in the state.

flyer01:salute:

Dave(Dangerous)Boynton

February 3rd, 2011, 01:35

Hi all,

Nice thread Nigel, Mine was a P40 as it is one of my all time fav planes but i have had a major hdd death and so i have now changed it to a gmax screenie of an early modeled mossie we only have one mossie scene in gmax now, everything else from the start of my modelling to now has gone ..... forever, was soul destroyed.

Dave

ndicki

February 3rd, 2011, 02:19

everything else from the start of my modelling to now has gone ..... forever, was soul destroyed.

Dave

I can believe that only too easily... Like a load of skins I'd done, including your DB special!

20MikeMike

February 3rd, 2011, 02:27

My favourite bar Sunset bar
Baga Beach
Goa
India :jump:

20MikeMike

February 3rd, 2011, 02:27

My favourite bar
Sunset bar
Baga Beach
Goa
India :jump:

dewoitine

February 3rd, 2011, 04:03

French Airforce "Armée de l'Air :"La Chasse "
in english : Hunter and for the Airforce (USA or RAF) : Fighter.
Jagdflugzeug in german.

By looking for sites 1939-1945, I fell on this one :

http://www.bibert.fr/Joseph_Bibert.htm

"Fighter squadron ...in attack formation"

but :running:I prefer to go try to pick up alone.

popsaka

February 3rd, 2011, 04:18

Goa.... (sigh)...Anjuna Beach-mid '70s...great parties...Beautiful naked women of every nationality...

alain95

February 3rd, 2011, 06:57

Just a RAF Radio Operator badge on a sky backspace, whith generaly a french Cocad upon
As I'm daily working as helpdesk assistant it's the nearest WW2 job I could have done at war
time. The site below indicates us that in fact they were Radar operator or Navigator

http://www.ww2wings.com/wings/britainraf/britainrafradiooperator.shtml

This is a non lethal war occupation, but sometimes I would like to get rid of someones...
But nobody at SOH of course

Once again... a good thread Idea from Nigel :applause:
What are the bets for your avatar meaning ?
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sbp

February 3rd, 2011, 09:22

Lt. Col. Killgore. One of a kind AirCav Commander. I knew guy's just like this character in Nam. They knew no fear and never seemed to get wounded and they were at their coolest when taking fire. Robert Duval had this character nailed.

sbp.........:salute:

FlyingFinn

February 3rd, 2011, 10:08

A character that represents Finland in a webcomic called SATW - Scandinavia and the world. Check it out, it's suitable for adults.. mostly. :icon_twi: The strip where I picked this one from dealt with the legend of Finnish snipers.. sorta.

hairyspin

February 3rd, 2011, 11:07

... i have had a major hdd death ... we only have one mossie scene in gmax now, everything else from the start of my modelling to now has gone .....

Ouch. Ouch ouch ouch.

Steven190

February 3rd, 2011, 13:05

Mine is one of my favorite profiles of the FW190A-8-R8 of Wilhelm Moritz. I added my handle and my squadron logo to it, to use when the squad flys IL2 FB-1946. Over the years I have done several models of this plane, I just keep coming back to it.

HighGround22

February 3rd, 2011, 15:36

Does anyone else visualize the avatar to be the forum member? Do you remember that thread "What do you look like?" and how no-one looked like their avatar (except for Nigel of course, ... and Owen lol!)?
Well . . . my avatar's a shot of me, just a couple of years ago. I forget what I was using before this, but a house visitor saw it and said I should have something that better represents who I am. So this shot's the best I could do within the laws of decency.

brundu841

February 3rd, 2011, 23:32

mine is the Loire Nieuport 401, aircraft that served during the Battle of France, which has never been to cre CFS3 and I wanted to see CFS3

le mien est le Loire Nieuport 401, avion qui a servi durant la bataille de france, qui n'a jamais ete cre pour cfs3, et j'aimerai voir sur cfs3

Nonato

February 4th, 2011, 05:00

Mine is the nose painting job from the 1/14 GavCa (Brazilian Fighter Group) based in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, near the south borders of Brazil. During the end of the WWII it was equipped with P-40's I guess and now F5BR (F5M), a brazilian version of the famous Tiger fighter. A replacement is being planned by the SAAB Gripen NG or the Boeing Super-Hornet.

The phrase "Já te atendo, tchê!", represents in the local jargon: "You wait just a minute that I'm coming for you, baby!".
Furthermore you can also see the famous parrod "Zé Carioca" from WWII Disney's cartoon, armed to the teeth, and the constellation "Cruzeiro do Sul" (South Cross) visible in the southern hemisphere skies.

Thanks for the thread.

phrog_phixer

February 4th, 2011, 12:03

Sometimes referred to as the Frog, Phrog or Bullfrog (mostly USMC nicknames). I spent many great USN years turning wrenches on Sea Knights. Yep, I fixed 'em - hence; phrog_phixer. I believe the
Marines still fly a few, otherwise the USN ones have long been replaced by the H-60. Searching the net I found that one is at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida....gonna have to see that one day...