On the topic of the soldier.

'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Extract from "Charge of the Light Brigade", Alfred Tennyson.

Oh btw, good luck to the Olympian Gods.

Very nice FB

she can be my Goddess of Wisdom and War any day

Well, please keep in mind that I am almost 100% self-taught with Photoshop.

The helmet and spear that I picked were both on relatively monochrome backgrounds, so for both of them I set the wand tool to a tolerance of about 50, anti-alias, and continuous area, and selected the area outside the object.

Then I used the polygon lasso to select several areas around the edges of the object, holding down shift to add to the outside selected area or alt to deselect parts I wanted to keep.

Then, with everything except the object that I wanted selected, I hit Ctrl+i to invert the selection and copied the object to a new window with transparent background.

There, I resized it until I got it to the right size for the Drew/Athena photo, then copied and pasted it into the final picture - a little rotation on that layer and it was done.

Sure mate i'll do my best. First i should clarify that it is i who labeled him a traitor not any Govt body or the like. That is my opinion of him.

Bit of backstory first...There was a social movement here leading up to the invasion of Iraq condemning our possible involvement in the war. There were many protest, public debates and political debates both in the house and the senate.

Now debate is fine, protest is also fine. Now, one group who called themselves the NO WAR Party, led many of these protest marches and were backed by the church and had some corporate backing too. Up to the point troops were put into Iraq the NWP condemned the Govt for making the decision to go to war. Once we were involved the NWP switched to supporting the troops whilst still condemning the Govt, but now the protest were to bring the troops home and end our involvement. They set up a charity for Iraqi civilians and for the families of our dead soldiers.

All this is fine, they petitioned the Govt to bring the troops home, and protested the decision of sending them in the first place.

Heath ledger along with other protesters held a few protest marches condemning the war, the Govt and the Troops. He condemned the soldiers for taking part in an illegal war. He condemned them for attacking a defenseless population just so that the west may have it's oil.

Now that is wrong. No matter what the political reasons were for going into Iraq, oil is on top of the list obviously, you do not attack the troops doing what they are ordered to do. He did, and he did it publicly.

Protest against the Govt all you like, but once those troops are on the ground you give them your support, you do not tell them that you are ashamed to be an Australian due to their involvement. He said that, on T.V.

Now in my opinion, that makes him a traitor. He was never branded as such openly in the media, but he did get a lot of negative press and was booed at some premiere he attended in Sydney. He moved out of Australia not long after that. Take that to mean what you want. Personally i believe it to be the actions of a coward.

Now Ghost, debating whether troops are deployed is one thing, and yes a far cry from the abuse the Vietnam Vet's received. But he went beyond debate...the only difference is, he did not have any troops near him to throw vegetables at...

So i have since that day labeled him, IMO, a traitor and not that i would have wished his death or any harm to him at all....i do believe in a sense of kharma......



I guess i just gave the long answer, short answer is, i am speaking of disrespectful protests/comments that target the troops specifically.

Sorry if that post has a bit of attitude in it mate, certainly not directed at you. It is Australia Day here and the patriotic juices are flowing...along with the booze!

I'd like to request membership to Mount Olympus please.

Hmm, now which mythic god to choose from? Jupiter, perhaps?(hehe, kidding silver)
I'll probably think of one... later.

Nah, I'll go with Prometheus.

Btw, Hephaestus was also considered... stupid.

Well, Prometheus was taken so I added "Bringer of Fire". A better suffix is more then welcome.

No an admin will have to grant them access, but i can do that for ya as soon as i see someone has joined. Either way this is something i want to talk to you about when your on IM next mate....

Welcome To Olympus, Prometheus! Don't worry we have no vultures here, you liver is safe!!!!

Neilo and I are still working out some various kinks with the forums (mostly me knowing how they work), once we get that down we'll get people added correctly.

Let the wine flow... and where's that maiden with the snake draped across her shoulder, and the leaf in her hair. Hmmmm?

I offer my 1st victory for our mountain top empire. And it's my 50th win. 41.3K.

Alright Silver, I made a 2nd MV character, just for you!

Invite Ares - God of War to your empire.

PS. and access to the forum on the ToE site...