Дети в шинелях красноармейцев на параде на Красной площади. 1922 год.
Children in greatcoats of the Red Army at the parade on Moscow’s Red Square. 1922.
Дети в шинелях красноармейцев на параде на Красной площади. 1922 год.
Children in greatcoats of the Red Army at the parade on Moscow’s Red Square. 1922.
So I was approached by a guy called Dat Mine about the Five Knights designs and we got to talking about what they would look like if they were more historically accurate
I’m still probably not going to do anything with them, but it was a fun exercise at least
Carriers of the New Black Plague: the dictatorial domination of individual and public opinion.
From Ken Magazine April 7th, 1938. Illustrated by William Cotton.
Babbu’s first #Tribadism!
Would you do a Khajiit version of yourself? What if it was a genderbent one? Think about it… (๑ゝڡ◕๑)
Based off of: http://www.prequeladventure.com/fanartbooru/post/view/1708#search=Artist%3AKazerad
someting for a friend
i just want to say, for people reblogging this, that this is called the “rule of thirds” and the tips i wrote here by no means are things that you HAVE to do! these are just tips i use for myself, i kind of made up the bubble rule and i dont even know if im using the rule right haha so there theres that! i just like to use it so i know my bubbles have a place to go


examples of me using rule of thirds to separate elements in “Rachael and Penny”
i got the information a long time ago from a thread on penciljack called Storytelling 101, specifically this image
there is tons of information on rule of thirds available, i know eyecager has a post that dips into it ….
This is also hella useful for photography composition, especially for landscape and architecture shots
In 1863 the British Board of Ordnance set up a committee to explore how the Enfield 1893 Pattern Rifle Musket could be adapted into a breech loading rifle. The American Jacob Snider’s system was ultimately chosen in 1864 but a large number of breech loading systems were developed and submitted.
Another American engineer also developed a breech loading system using an early bolt-action. Thomas Jefferson Mayall, a prolific inventor, who had over 200 American and 70 British patents to his name including manufacturing machines and improvements to gun carriages and even a breech loading cannon. Both his cannon and his rifle and revolver designs were exhibited to some clamour at the 1865 Wimbledon Rifle Meeting. The photographs above show his rifle’s action in various stages of operation. The external hammer is brought to half cock and the bolt handle is then lifted and retracted opening the breech. Once a cartridge is loaded the bolt is again pushed forward and locked. The bolt handle itself acts as a locking-lug along with another lug near to the breech. The hammer is then brought to full cock and when the trigger was pulled the hammer fell upon a firing pin which ignited the cartridge.

Patent drawing for T.J. Mayall’s breech loading action
The rifle was chambered in self contained .577 cartridge (not the later Snider .577 boxer round formalised in 1867) and while it is unclear how many rifles using Mayall’s design were made examples of both rifles and carbines exist (see below). The rifle featured in the photographs above has the number ‘543′ stamped on the bolt handle but it is unclear if this is a serial number and how much of an indication of numbers produced it gives. Interestingly the carbine pictured below has been numbered ‘638’. A contemporary news article reports that Mayall’s rifle was offered as the winner’s prize at a marksmanship competition held by the 2nd Cheshire Volunteers Rifles in September 1882 which indicates that not only was the rifle in production into the 1880s (after the Martini-Henry had entered service) but that it was still a converted rifle to win. Interestingly the rifle pictured above has been very roughly stamped with the maker’s name on the bolt (see image #4).

Mayall’s Patent Carbine & Rifle (source)
The rifle pictured has a ladder sight as do many other examples. Other examples have been noted to have a 37 inch long barrel with five groove rifling. Although in all likelihood Mayall developed and intended to offer his system for trial, the Board of Ordnance’s Records show that Mayall’s rifle was not one of the seven rifles eventually tested. The rifles tested came from six different gunmakers including: Green, Shepard, Snider, Storm, Wilson and Westley Richards. However, Mayall patented his design in Britain in April 1865 perhaps with the hopes of marketing it in Europe. Mayall died in May 1888 at the age of 60. His seemingly practicable design has the distinction of being one the first bolt action self-contained cartridge rifles. The rifle trials eventually selected the Snider system which was adopted in 1865 which was in turn replaced by the Martini-Henry in 1871.
Sources:
Transitional Rifles - TJ Mayall’s Patent (source)
Cheshire Observer - 16th September 1882
West London Observer - 29th July 1865
.577 Mayall’s Patent Experimental Bolt-Action Centre-Fire Rifled Carbine (source)
.577 Mayall’s Patent Experimental Bolt-Action Centre-Fire Rifle Musket (source)
Thanks also to www.researchpress.co.uk for the invaluable help finding Mayall’s patent and other information.
This post is part of a series of collaborations with Chuck Kramer of Gunlab who was kind enough to provide the photographs used in this article.
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RMS Mauretania, escorted by a flotilla of dignitaries and local well wishers steams out of the River Tyne, where she was built and fitted out by Swan Hunter. 1907.
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French Cuirassiers only a year before WWI would begin, looking much the same as they did under Napoleon. “The War to change All Wars”
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The night sky over Moscow silhouettes the Kremlin during a German air raid, as the Russians fire anti-aircraft tracer rounds to aim in the dark and the Nazis drop parachute flares to provide light for their bombers, while flak explosions take the place of stars.
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