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Impressive, how did you do this? Is it a plugin?Best place to post it I guess. I've been experimenting with some stuff in Paint.NET to generate portraits for banknotes that actually makes it look like it's an actual pencil engraving. Here's the result. What do you think?
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Woah. You should post a paint.net tutorial in the advice thread
Hapsburg
Banned
Using parts modified from Shipbucket and the dA user hydraulicoilman. In franscale, which is kind of like a blown-up JuniorGeneral scale (1 pixel = 1.5 cm).
An Army squad typical to the Central Galactic Union Army circa 3292. A squad is composed to two to three fireteams of three to four soldiers, and is led by a Squad Leader (ideally a Staff Sergeant); each fireteam is led by a Corporal or a Sergeant, or in dire situations by a Lance Corporal. The fireteam formation is moldable to the situation, but a squad is itself a fairly consistent unit of nine soldiers. The typical infantry squad includes a Rifle Team and a Weapons Team; the rifle team includes the team lead, two riflemen, and a designated marksman, while the weapons team is composed to the team lead, a grenadier, an automatic rifleman, and antiarmor specialist. On occasion, one of the riflemen will be trained as a field medical technician; in such a scenario, the unit is broken down into three fireteams of 3, and the weapon team leader takes on the grenadier role.
In this diagram, we see the basic kit of the soldiers: their primary and secondary weapons, ammunition, and load bearing equipment. Most are using the AR-78 ICARUS rifle, though the Weapons Team leader has an older M-150C battle rifle. These soldiers are wearing the Fox Mk.3 powered suit, with varying levels of armor; however, many soldiers wear semi-powered combat armor over standard fatigues, especially in garrison deployments. Powered armor is typically reserved for expeditionary forces.
An Army squad typical to the Central Galactic Union Army circa 3292. A squad is composed to two to three fireteams of three to four soldiers, and is led by a Squad Leader (ideally a Staff Sergeant); each fireteam is led by a Corporal or a Sergeant, or in dire situations by a Lance Corporal. The fireteam formation is moldable to the situation, but a squad is itself a fairly consistent unit of nine soldiers. The typical infantry squad includes a Rifle Team and a Weapons Team; the rifle team includes the team lead, two riflemen, and a designated marksman, while the weapons team is composed to the team lead, a grenadier, an automatic rifleman, and antiarmor specialist. On occasion, one of the riflemen will be trained as a field medical technician; in such a scenario, the unit is broken down into three fireteams of 3, and the weapon team leader takes on the grenadier role.
In this diagram, we see the basic kit of the soldiers: their primary and secondary weapons, ammunition, and load bearing equipment. Most are using the AR-78 ICARUS rifle, though the Weapons Team leader has an older M-150C battle rifle. These soldiers are wearing the Fox Mk.3 powered suit, with varying levels of armor; however, many soldiers wear semi-powered combat armor over standard fatigues, especially in garrison deployments. Powered armor is typically reserved for expeditionary forces.
fashbasher
Banned
(Imgur ate a couple of my pix)
These are the current dogmas. Here are the Traditions:
Factions:
Christianity - historically the majority religion in the world, but losing members to other tradition groups in the past few centuries to the point that it's not even clearly #1 and tied with the highly syncretic Parallel Faiths.
Roman Catholic - Currently divided into several rival papacies which differ on theology but broadly follow similar traditions.
Mennonite - The big winner after the Duplication. The low-tech and generally humanistic lifestyle of Mennonites earned them many converts, to the extent that most Protestants now are members of the Mennonite Churches.
Other Protestants - Baptists, Moravians, Anglicans, Pentecostals, and all that gospel.
Other Christians - Mainly Orthodox and some secular "Cultural Christians". Mormons are considered a form of this because of their shared traditions when they aren't considered a branch of Parallelism.
Parallelism - the upstart among the world's great religions. Parallelism is a term that came about when practices such as Santeria and Voodoo sought to gain legitimacy as great faiths of their own. Most Parallelists simultaneously revere the Abrahamic God alongside a a pantheon of African, Amerindian, and Asian deities.
Perennialism - The largest single Parallelist denomination, Perennialism has its roots in a 20th-century, esoteric right-wing movement known as the Traditionalist School. Perennialists believe that all the world's religions hold the same fundamental truths, worship the same deities with different names and appearances, and are descended from a primal, 100,000+ year old African religion (often interpreted as Yoruba religion) imbued with sacred knowledge. About half of Perennialists are irreligious and view their faith as simply a way of transmitting knowledge across the generations, while many others literally worship the deities as supernatural entities.
Santeria - One of the two big daddies of traditional Afro-Caribbean religion, Santeria represents a series of parallels between Hispanic Catholicism and the Yoruba faith of West Africa. Other Afro-Cuban religions such as Palo are generally affiliated with either Perennialism or the Left Path.
Vodou - The other great traditional Afro-Caribbean religion, combining Catholicism with non-Yoruba West African faiths. Anglophone "voodoo" is generally considered to be a manifestation of the Left Path.
Left Path - The term for the most esoteric parallel traditions, often very dark and macabre in nature. Obeah, Palo, "voodoo", Wicca, the Corte Vikinga Norse-Yoruba blood cults, and anything commonly referred to as "black magic" is considered to be a Left Path tradition. Along with Santeria, it also will occasionally incorporate East and South Asian influences.
Hind-Orisha - This is another Yoruba-based religion, originating in Trinidad, that combines West African religion with Baptist Protestantism and Hindu, Chinese Buddhist, and classical pagan iconography.
Rastafari - This African/Judeo-Christian/a little bit of Hindu mashup faith significant growth by appealing to the poor and downtrodden. Its message of caring for the oppressed and innocent saw it become the second-largest faith of the Monsters, who also see themselves as guardians of the innocent.
Austronesian Parallelism - Derived from a mix of surf culture, Surinamese/Javanese, and Filipino religion, this is one of the few Parallel denominations that does not have a written canon. Affinities can be seen to Southeast Asian and Pacific Island mythologies, ancient Hindu-Buddhist superstitions, and the later layers of Islam and Catholicism.
Others
Islam - Majority Sunni with a small number of Shiite (includes Ismaili and Druze) faithful. Druze tentatively reconciled with the Shia mainstream about 400 years after the Duplication.
Hinduism and Buddhism - Includes both New Age and traditionalist believers. About 20% of Hindus are members of New Age groups such as ISKCON and Sai Baba, as are slightly over half of Buddhists. Almost all followers of traditional Chinese religion identify as Buddhist.
Judaism - Actually has seen some growth as descendants of Sephardic Jews rediscover their roots. About 55% are agnostic or atheist.
African - This term collectively refers to the purest forms of African religion, many rooted in Maroon traditions as well as in the purer forms of Afro-Cuban religion.
Amerindian - Traditional Amerindian religions still have followers, but remain largely ethnic religions with one exception.
Arhuacan Faith - A very pushy, evangelistic form of shamanism rooted in northeastern Colombia. If you see door-to-door missionaries in white robes, it's them.
Five Pillars - Too small to show on the pie chart, this is the ethnic religion of the Monsters (Munster), a combination ethnic minority/private defense force. It has elements of both Islam (no strong drink, no pork) and Protestantism (crosses, reverence of Jesus and Mary) and centers around a five-fold ideal of the hero: "To teach, to care, to persuade, to scare, to fight". Monsters generally refrain from violence because they find it more ethical to scare their enemies instead, although it is not uncommon for people to suffer massive heart attacks upon a well-executed Monstrous jump scare.
These are the current dogmas. Here are the Traditions:
Factions:
Christianity - historically the majority religion in the world, but losing members to other tradition groups in the past few centuries to the point that it's not even clearly #1 and tied with the highly syncretic Parallel Faiths.
Roman Catholic - Currently divided into several rival papacies which differ on theology but broadly follow similar traditions.
Mennonite - The big winner after the Duplication. The low-tech and generally humanistic lifestyle of Mennonites earned them many converts, to the extent that most Protestants now are members of the Mennonite Churches.
Other Protestants - Baptists, Moravians, Anglicans, Pentecostals, and all that gospel.
Other Christians - Mainly Orthodox and some secular "Cultural Christians". Mormons are considered a form of this because of their shared traditions when they aren't considered a branch of Parallelism.
Parallelism - the upstart among the world's great religions. Parallelism is a term that came about when practices such as Santeria and Voodoo sought to gain legitimacy as great faiths of their own. Most Parallelists simultaneously revere the Abrahamic God alongside a a pantheon of African, Amerindian, and Asian deities.
Perennialism - The largest single Parallelist denomination, Perennialism has its roots in a 20th-century, esoteric right-wing movement known as the Traditionalist School. Perennialists believe that all the world's religions hold the same fundamental truths, worship the same deities with different names and appearances, and are descended from a primal, 100,000+ year old African religion (often interpreted as Yoruba religion) imbued with sacred knowledge. About half of Perennialists are irreligious and view their faith as simply a way of transmitting knowledge across the generations, while many others literally worship the deities as supernatural entities.
Santeria - One of the two big daddies of traditional Afro-Caribbean religion, Santeria represents a series of parallels between Hispanic Catholicism and the Yoruba faith of West Africa. Other Afro-Cuban religions such as Palo are generally affiliated with either Perennialism or the Left Path.
Vodou - The other great traditional Afro-Caribbean religion, combining Catholicism with non-Yoruba West African faiths. Anglophone "voodoo" is generally considered to be a manifestation of the Left Path.
Left Path - The term for the most esoteric parallel traditions, often very dark and macabre in nature. Obeah, Palo, "voodoo", Wicca, the Corte Vikinga Norse-Yoruba blood cults, and anything commonly referred to as "black magic" is considered to be a Left Path tradition. Along with Santeria, it also will occasionally incorporate East and South Asian influences.
Hind-Orisha - This is another Yoruba-based religion, originating in Trinidad, that combines West African religion with Baptist Protestantism and Hindu, Chinese Buddhist, and classical pagan iconography.
Rastafari - This African/Judeo-Christian/a little bit of Hindu mashup faith significant growth by appealing to the poor and downtrodden. Its message of caring for the oppressed and innocent saw it become the second-largest faith of the Monsters, who also see themselves as guardians of the innocent.
Austronesian Parallelism - Derived from a mix of surf culture, Surinamese/Javanese, and Filipino religion, this is one of the few Parallel denominations that does not have a written canon. Affinities can be seen to Southeast Asian and Pacific Island mythologies, ancient Hindu-Buddhist superstitions, and the later layers of Islam and Catholicism.
Others
Islam - Majority Sunni with a small number of Shiite (includes Ismaili and Druze) faithful. Druze tentatively reconciled with the Shia mainstream about 400 years after the Duplication.
Hinduism and Buddhism - Includes both New Age and traditionalist believers. About 20% of Hindus are members of New Age groups such as ISKCON and Sai Baba, as are slightly over half of Buddhists. Almost all followers of traditional Chinese religion identify as Buddhist.
Judaism - Actually has seen some growth as descendants of Sephardic Jews rediscover their roots. About 55% are agnostic or atheist.
African - This term collectively refers to the purest forms of African religion, many rooted in Maroon traditions as well as in the purer forms of Afro-Cuban religion.
Amerindian - Traditional Amerindian religions still have followers, but remain largely ethnic religions with one exception.
Arhuacan Faith - A very pushy, evangelistic form of shamanism rooted in northeastern Colombia. If you see door-to-door missionaries in white robes, it's them.
Five Pillars - Too small to show on the pie chart, this is the ethnic religion of the Monsters (Munster), a combination ethnic minority/private defense force. It has elements of both Islam (no strong drink, no pork) and Protestantism (crosses, reverence of Jesus and Mary) and centers around a five-fold ideal of the hero: "To teach, to care, to persuade, to scare, to fight". Monsters generally refrain from violence because they find it more ethical to scare their enemies instead, although it is not uncommon for people to suffer massive heart attacks upon a well-executed Monstrous jump scare.
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Cool! As a native West-Fleming (Bruges), the names used look familiar to how we would pronounce it. Kaloot is a pejorative term used from Christian-Democrats (Tjeef also means roughly the same). But i can see it used as some kind of "Geuzennaam". Thourout and Rouseleare are more or less the way these places where known in French, Toeroet and Roeseloare would be a more like how a local would pronounce them. You can find more info on the West-Flemish Wikipedia. Yes, this excists...
The names look familiar to how it's pronounced because I'm a native West-Fleming too
I used 'ae' instead of 'oa' because thats how we do it Bachtn dn Kuppe (writing 'ae' but still pronouncing it 'oa' btw) and used 'ou' instead of 'oe' because that's also how the English wrote it on maps and because Flanders here is a Lesser Kingdom in the British Empire that made sense (I am fully aware that they wrote it like that because that's how the French knew it as but still) 
Can someone quarter the two following coats of arms for me, make it look all fancy and the like?
House Pryor and House Arryn
House Pryor and House Arryn
I like this a lot. It would be interesting if you could expand on it, though I'm not pressuring you to.A little AH idea I have utilising the My Eurovision Scoreboard app for sorting Eurovision songs. What if four random "AH" countries existed/still existed today to participate in Eurovision?
