as a canadian this aar fills me with pride! sorry about your hardrive, but i really want you to continue!
sweet, I was liking this story, BTW, I am Canadian and was glad that you people chose Canada in my earlier thread. Well, mabe I will continue the McKay saga and go into *TEASER!* the seperation of McKay and his beloved Elizabeth...
Glad you like it! OK! SO! I am also happy to anounce that in the absence of my computer, I will write in the meantime, the secret missions of the great war! And yes, this will be cannon and yes, shit is going to go all steampunk and crazy. It is inspired by the artwork from a guy names Keith Thompson. Now, prepare for death, guts, glory, greed, and lots of crazyness! Oh, and if I make any McKay fans out there, I will make him even more badass as he does battle with Austria-Hungary's secret war machine. Or a secret German mission deep in Russia? A clasified German Naval engagement against an unidentified entety? OH, and you get to see some great artwork too. PREPARE FOR GLORY!!!!!!!
I know how you feel. I have a feeling some of the other immages are going to become backgrounds after this...and also, there is significance to everything here. For example, notice Serbia, it will become a pit of death soon. Russia is a roting bear clawing at Constantinople, The Ottomans are a jumble of spy glasses looking uppon Europe. Britain is a lion on its riches, Portugal is a parot pecking at a sleeping spain to join the war. Germany and Austria are a jumble of war machines pointing at Britain to challange her, poking at serbia for causing discent, and has her guns uppon the rotting bear...
CARICATURE MAP OF EUROPE 1914 The Clanker Powers: Germany is a massive military machine with weapons aimed outwards to all surrounding countries. It points threateningly at Britain, not so much as a sign of direct aggression, but more as an indicator that it was now Germany’s turn to start a grand global Empire to challenge the world’s current one. Austria Hungary is an aggressive armoured giant, teetering on shoddy foundations. It is also the primary aggressor in a land grab against Serbia, with two bayonets piercing the border. The Ottoman empire is a teetering automaton, collapsing under the weight of a paranoid and ungainly spying network that gazes at Europe through many lenses and spy glasses. Istanbul is labeled Constantinople following the period's English naming conventions. The Swiss watch ticks away the time, comfortable to wait it all out. The Darwinist Powers: Britain is an militaristic lion with a Roman Imperial italic-type helmet. It sits upon a mound of riches gathered from its Empire. France’s elephant beast (wearing the French kepi they started the war with before adapting their firefighter helmets) is influenced by the Elephantine Collossus built for the Universal Exhibition of 1889 in Paris (later it ended up going to the Moulin Rouge.) Russia is a huge imperialist bear, rotting and filled with maggots. Serbia’s imagery is an indicator of the huge amounts of civilian deaths and suffering they’ll find themselves subject to. Norway and Sweden are both Scandinavian trolls in the style of John Bauer, an inspirational illustrator from the era who produced a lot of phenomenal work during the war. Portugal is a parrot for the Entente trying to goad a slumbering Spain into the war. Ireland looks askance to Britain and brandishes a shillelagh. An indicator of their very rough relationship at the time, and of their upcoming involvement with the Central powers. Italy is a clutch of snakes with intents on the Central powers despite existing agreements. A foreshadowing of their arrangements at the secret 1915 Treaty of London where they were promised land in exchange for involvement. It was heavily influenced by Italian Prime Minister, Antonio Salandra’s open policy of serving Italy’s "divine self-interest."
The Secret Missions of the Great War Part One: Gallipoli In tis chapter, we are going to explore the true nature of the battle of Gallipoli. The British High Command knew that it was going to be a disaster and a failure after all. It was never a battle to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war. It was a distraction for a small team of men to infiltrate Constantinople and disrupt the secret plans of the Sultan... On the third day of battle, a Russian transport ship left her Black sea port carrying a group of Royal Marines and elite Russian Cosacks on a spescial mission to the north shores of Constantinople. All the men were fluent in Turkish, had studied the city in great detail, are masters in stealth and infiltration, and the best shots in their respective armies. The men hope that the troops that landed at Gallipoli would draw away Ottoman troops from the northern shores of the ancient city so they could do their work. No one knows what they are looking for, but it is guarded by the sultan and all indications show that whatever it is, it could very well end the war not only on the Ottoman front, but also in France and Russia. The men know that their comrads at Gallipoli are likeley to sacrifice their lives for a cause they are completely ignorant of. Will this prove to be the most dangerous mission that the Royal Marines and the Tsar`s Cosacks have ever undertaken? German War Propoganda on the Battle Unfolding, depicting the giant of Britain vitiously attacking her ally with the Russian bear ready to take her prize. If the Battle suceedes, then the British secure her Middle Eastern Front and Russia gets her Medeteranian acess and the founding city of Orthodox Christianity.
He may not like Britain but he is compleatly accurate in his own right and putting all personal feeling's aside can anyone say they disagree with the artist's depiction of all that is going on in the pictures (though I still don't like him making Ireland a crocodile with a bad perm) but his are good. When were they made and by whom?
Keith Thompson, his website is keiththompsonart.com. I will be using more pictures from him. I noticed that German WW I is a subject of a lot of his art too. But he said this is supose to be a fictional German propoganda. Also, the map seemed very neutral but accurate. The ship that the monster holds in his hands is the Ottoman battleship that the British were making for them, but descided not to when the war broke out. The Germans gave the Ottomans a Light Cruiser and a Battlecruiser which was one of the reasons they joined the war. Again, this is fictional German propoganda according to the little article on this picture on the website. Its still prety badass even though im English Canadian. ALSO, on a side note, after about 36 hours of fiddling about with my old hard drive, and installing my new hard drive, trying to get MSN working but fucking up several drivers, trying to repair those drivers, my laptop is now 100% operational as I am writing this update from my old broken computer. I will finish this story as I do not want to install HoI and the latest Kaiserreich until monday when I can use my University's free Bandwidth to download it. And for those living in Canada and having to face the bandwidth caps from Bell, Rogers, and the CRTC's fucking proposal to charge per GB at rates where we could only afford a few youtube videos/month, you know what im talking about. On that note, ALL CANADIANS, SEND LETTERS TO THE CRTC TO STOP BANDWIDTH CAPS. Americans dont have them, why should we? I can use fucking STEAM to buy the games I want, I have to watch the amount of youtube videos I watch, I cant use netflix (these caps are desinged to kill netflix because of Satilite/Cable), therefore, not only is it bad for consumers, but it prevents a compedative atmosphere for buisness. I want to contact netflix, Steam, and other digital distributors to complain to not just the CRTC, but the competition beureau. Man, I realy went off track...next update tomorow, I want to relax now, especially after that rant...
The art is that way because it's illustrations for a novel called Leviathan by Scott Westerfield. One of the main characters is the son of the assassinated Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, which is why the Central Powers are focused on in his art.
Right now, its 60GB/month, so I can say goodby to the Shogun 2 demo, but they are proposing per GB, and apparently its going to be soo expensive that Youtube is no longer going to be useable. Remember, its a few things that they want to accomplish: 1) Kill Netflix (it interfears with Rogers on demand) 2) Kill Skype (Destroyes Bell home phone servece) From those two things, you could see why the two major internet providers who have a monopoly on the entire country want to kill those services at the expense of affordable internet. Also, here are other reasons. 3) Kill Youtube, it stops people from watching TV 4) Make huge fucking profits 5) Eliminate small internet providers who offer unlimited bandwidth for cheeper prices than regular service (though the areas they cover are limited and the service may not be very reliable) So, you could see why I am sooooooo pissed at the moment. I may not ever get to watch Stalin, the Nerd, That Guy with the Glases and everything else on youtube. Also, online gaming is definatly going to be affected, and I may never be able to buy a PC game as the industry moves towards download only.
