Footnote to the opening sentences of The Ghul's Chronicles, Volume 3: 
Slave Princess of Tark:

[quote]
In these opening sentences the storyteller has not been entirely 
accurate. While undeniably true that the Sorcerer King refused to give 
his daughter to Gr'hul, for reasons best known to himself, the daughter 
herself... Her name? Sandalina. She was young, she was pretty and, above 
all, she was volatile. What was a girl to do with a lumbering mountain 
of muscles, attractive in its own mountainous way to be sure, but always 
on the roads fighting monsters or demons or both, not made for romantic 
conversation? And how shy he was and how awkward in her presence! Not at 
all the formidable and overwhelming hero she dreamed about in her 
private dreams. In truth it should be said that Sandalina had been 
rather spoiled by her father, the Sorcerer King. The youngest daughter, 
she had lost her mother at a tender age and her father focussed all his 
affection on her, refusing her nothing, acknowledging her slightest 
whim. A Sorcerer King he might have been but he was helpless when 
Sandalina pouted her pretty rose lips. He had given her everything but a 
suitable husband...
[/quote]

This scene was an opportunity to extensively use Chris B's BlockWall 
macros and to re-use Thomas Luft's Ivy Generator. Otherwise, the usual 
use of Poser, Silo, and Poseray.

Thomas

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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>
> This scene was an opportunity to extensively use Chris B's BlockWall
> macros and to re-use Thomas Luft's Ivy Generator. Otherwise, the usual
> use of Poser, Silo, and Poseray.
>
> Thomas

Hi Thomas,

And very good they look as well, I will have to check out the blockwall macro
have not seen that one before, I assume it does the arches as well?

The wall and Ivy are very good, are the macros easy to use (have not tried them
out). I think the scene needs a bit of dirt added to it though around the edges
of the bricks and maybe the floor bricks look a bit too clean but I suppose this
could be a newly built place.

Cannot workout if the dog is being playful or about to take my leg off ;-)

Sean

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On 14-5-2014 11:51, s.day wrote:
> And very good they look as well, I will have to check out the blockwall macro
> have not seen that one before, I assume it does the arches as well?

You can find the BlockWall macros in the Objects Collection. The arches 
have also been built with them. However, the only drawback there is that 
the stones are not bevelled. That might also give a problem when viewing 
a circular wall or tower from the outside. Afaik, this is not 
implemented by the macros [hint to Chris B]

>
> The wall and Ivy are very good, are the macros easy to use (have not tried them
> out). I think the scene needs a bit of dirt added to it though around the edges
> of the bricks and maybe the floor bricks look a bit too clean but I suppose this
> could be a newly built place.

The Ivy Generator needs a bit of understanding where the axis and the 
leaf orientations are concerned. I have compiled a little tutorial from 
the experiences by me and Jeremy Praay. If you are interested, I shall 
post it here.

Some more dirt would be nice indeed. I need to experiment further with 
the macros as these things are not treated there and I have to see how 
best to do them. I have another scene in mind where I can use the 
macros, so that would be the opportunity. First however, I want to 
explore the Stair macros, also by Chris B.

>
> Cannot workout if the dog is being playful or about to take my leg off ;-)

Best to keep quite. I am not sure myself either ;-)

Thomas

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"s.day" <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
> Cannot workout if the dog is being playful or about to take my leg off ;-)

I never take the chance.  My grandma had a dog for many years before I learned
it was friendly.

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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> You can find the BlockWall macros in the Objects Collection. The arches
> have also been built with them. However, the only drawback there is that
> the stones are not bevelled. That might also give a problem when viewing
> a circular wall or tower from the outside. Afaik, this is not
> implemented by the macros [hint to Chris B]

Chris B. has not been heard from for years now.  All attempts to contact him
have failed.  (Note that questions on p.o-c have gone unanswered since 2010.)

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On 14/05/14 21:13, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> "s.day" <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
>> Cannot workout if the dog is being playful or about to take my leg off ;-)
> 
> I never take the chance.  My grandma had a dog for many years before I learned
> it was friendly.
> 
> 

Good doggy, good doggy. Biccy? Aaarrgh!!!

John ( feeling 'armless)
-- 
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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On 14-5-2014 22:20, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Chris B. has not been heard from for years now.  All attempts to contact him
> have failed.  (Note that questions on p.o-c have gone unanswered since 2010.)
>

Yes, I have noticed that :-(

Thomas

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On 15-5-2014 0:28, Doctor John wrote:
> On 14/05/14 21:13, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>> "s.day" <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
>>> Cannot workout if the dog is being playful or about to take my leg off ;-)
>>
>> I never take the chance.  My grandma had a dog for many years before I learned
>> it was friendly.
>>
>>
>
> Good doggy, good doggy. Biccy? Aaarrgh!!!
>
> John ( feeling 'armless)
>
LOL

I remember being attacked by a dog once... not nice.

Thomas

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On 15/05/2014 08:16, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 15-5-2014 0:28, Doctor John wrote:
>> On 14/05/14 21:13, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>>> "s.day" <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
>>>> Cannot workout if the dog is being playful or about to take my leg
>>>> off ;-)
>>>
>>> I never take the chance.  My grandma had a dog for many years before
>>> I learned
>>> it was friendly.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Good doggy, good doggy. Biccy? Aaarrgh!!!
>>
>> John ( feeling 'armless)
>>
> LOL
>
> I remember being attacked by a dog once... not nice.
>
I remember attacking a dog more than once. ;-)

To me the stance, ears and tail look as if it is ready for fun. Bark and 
run away. The mouth is the real give away. It the dog was aggressive the 
lips would be curled back to show upper and lower teeth, which btw are 
really clean.
If the dog thought that you were a challenge then the ears would be 
cocked forward paying full attention to what was in front of it.
This is a dog wanting a stick thrown for it. :-D


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     Stephen

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On 16-5-2014 13:15, Stephen wrote:

> I remember attacking a dog more than once. ;-)

LOL.

I mostly ignore them. I have had many an occasion for work to come into 
farm yards, and the trick was to totally ignore the barking creatures 
until the farmer would come out to inspect the visitor :-)

>
> To me the stance, ears and tail look as if it is ready for fun. Bark and
> run away. The mouth is the real give away. It the dog was aggressive the
> lips would be curled back to show upper and lower teeth, which btw are
> really clean.
> If the dog thought that you were a challenge then the ears would be
> cocked forward paying full attention to what was in front of it.
> This is a dog wanting a stick thrown for it. :-D
>
>
Phew...! That's a relieve! I was worried about it attacking the POV 
community ;-)

The tail too should tell something I think. Wagging tail against lowered 
one.

Thomas

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