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I think somewhere on this thread someone mentioned they did a write up of a shoulder dragon. That would be kind of cool to add to the "official" list of equipment or ship's mascots.
Necromancy avante! As per forum rules, the following link goes to an SPI Gaming Resource webpage, specifically to a page regarding their AirWar game series.
https://www.spigames.net/SPIScenarios.htm
Timerover51
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For those interested in miniature plastic dragon figures, Safari Limited has come out with a large variety of dragons for every taste. Quite nice looking figures, but not cheap. You are getting what you pay for though, as the quality is high.
It's an artifact, both in terms of historical value, and in being from another universe value.A dragon with a Sopwith Camel? I thought they preferred to collect gold and damsels.
If you're keeping the Telepathy, then why not keep the teleport?
Commander Truestar
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That depends where you're hunting dragons.
And, yes. This taxidermied head is on my living room wall - you gotta know where and when to hunt them
(and, I also know I've not dusted him recently)
And, yes. This taxidermied head is on my living room wall - you gotta know where and when to hunt them
(and, I also know I've not dusted him recently)
I'm so jealous and awestruck at the same time! (dang, I think my heart is beating faster! for real!)
Considering their legendary powers, was it hard to hunt down without magic? Or are their Legendary Powers just that, legendary?
As far as the dust goes, I'm sure the memories of the fight to get the dragon onto your wall instead of you inside it's stomach, makes it difficult to dust on anything like a regular basis. Respect
!BlackBat242
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selunatic2397 was the one who had simply tiny dragons (house cat size), I was just suggesting something he could use for a template, illustrations, etc., not suggesting he should use the exact thing.
And that comment, and indeed the first pages of this thread, were 12 years ago.
BlackBat242
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Note the kill markings on the lower right canopy - and the pilot's call-sign on the lower left canopy:
I've got a different scan where the E in SLAYE is clearer... but you can read the instrument panel better in this one.
Of course there should be an R to end the name.
Badenov
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Kill markings (and call sign) should be on the outside skin of the aircraft where they will not impede visibility. I understand that this is a bit of artistic license to get those two things in the shot.
Call sign 'Slayer' is wildly unlikely as cool sounding call signs are never used (apart from in movies, so I suppose that may be the case here, borrowing from movies rather than real fighters with fictional call signs). If this were an actual fighter, call sign 'Slayee', referencing an incident where the pilot lost a practice dogfight to a simulated dragon, is the more likely scenario.
Looking for screencaps of this scenario from the anime Gate, there's a few, but don't show pilot names/callsigns clearly.
Pic of typical name marking in RL.
BlackBat242
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I'm quite familiar with the practice of call-sign creation, having been an aircraft electronics tech in the USMC from 1983* to 1989.
My favorite was an A-6E pilot with VMA(AW)-242 whose call-sign was "Ugly".
It would freak out new 2nd Lts to hear enlisted personnel calling a Captain "Ugly" to his face.
I am assuming that "slayer" was the intent of the artist... I had not considered "slayee".
* went to boot 6/81, finished schools 2/83.
Badenov
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That sounds about right for a call sign. I was surface Navy when in (90-96), but worked with aviation from 2001 until I retired in 2019 and learned a fair bit about call signs in that time. A few stand out, though we used call signs based on the flight schedule rather than personal names, so Flight number 019 got referred to as "Squadron Call Sign"+019 on the radio. But in day-to-day conversations, pilots went by call signs.
https://www.f-16.net/callsigns.html has a lot of good ones, though there's a few unofficial ones for ground crew and other aviation-adjacent people tucked in there.
Almost certainly the case. It just gets under my skin when cool call signs with bogus backstories get passed around.
I've seen a few oddball call signs at EAFB O-Club.
I always wanted to ask "Doobie" what he did to earn that...
For those not in the know, the pilot doesn't select his call sign. Usually you come out of flight school with one commemorating some major screwup.
You CO's (Sq and Wing) can change them for good reason. Few do... but if there's good enough reason... "Tags" was given to a guy who flew a hot scramble with RBF tags on his AIM-9's...
I always wanted to ask "Doobie" what he did to earn that...
For those not in the know, the pilot doesn't select his call sign. Usually you come out of flight school with one commemorating some major screwup.
You CO's (Sq and Wing) can change them for good reason. Few do... but if there's good enough reason... "Tags" was given to a guy who flew a hot scramble with RBF tags on his AIM-9's...
Commander Truestar
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My tag, which violated the "two syllable" limit was "Death From below"
Because I was the shortest man in my squad, much less my team, and I had a "perverse way" of thinking outside the box.
I was also the only man to "mission kill" our unit's Chief instructor in combat training exercises...
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