this is the most adorable thing i have ever seen
”I’m determined to be taller than you are”
determination will get you anywhere
reblog everytime when it’s on my dash
Yes
What if you were a police sketch artist but you could only draw in anime style
am i the only one that feels legitimately awful when they upset someone by accident
like if i ever do anything to upset you or offend you or if i post something you don’t like and didn’t tag it right i am so sorry in advance and please tell me because the absolute last thing i want is to make someone uncomfortable, sad, angry, or just upset
Literally my life in a text post.
Handmade Swords - Earil
The sword has been made especially for the Weta Cave and Weta’s Online Shop to sell to the public. It is similar to late medieval European longswords, but with design flourishes transform it into a piece of art as well. A longsword is light enough and balanced to be used with one hand, but it can also be used two handed for powerful cutting blows. The blade is broad for much of its length, making for strong cuts, but comes to an acute point for effective thrusts, making this a true cut-and-thrust sword.
The individual parts have shapes and detail lines that blend into each other and continue into the next component, so that shapes continue even as the materials change, and the shapes of all the hilt parts draw the eye towards the diamond shaped bosses in the centre of the grip, filled with polished Paua (New Zealand abalone) shell each side. At the same time there is a strong central line through the hilt and along the blade, emphasising the straight and symmetrical shapes of the sword.
This sword has many nautical features which led me to the name, “Aearil”, which in Elvish means “Gleaming Ocean”.
The straight blade is ground from spring steel bar, and has been heat treated to give the best possible combination of toughness and edge hardness. Historically blades were forged into shape and to remove flaws in the steel, but the consistency and high specifications of modern steels mean this is no longer necessary.
The bevelled edge is blunted for safety and display, but could just as easily be sharpened for cutting tests. The tang of the blade is strong and wide, and passes through the cross guard, grip and pommel, and is peened over the end of the pommel for maximum strength.
The cross guard is cut from a block of mild steel. From the centre block it projects along the blade and towards the ends, which are split into a fork. This is an unusual feature which I don’t recall being used on a sword before. The cross is set onto the shoulders of the blade for extra strength and stability, as was done on medieval European swords to prevent the cross becoming loose and rattling through use.
The grip is made of beech wood, covered with leather. Thin cords under the leather create the designs, and the leather has been carefully tooled to fit into all the shapes created by the cords. The grip was mostly drilled out then fitted by heating the tang and burning out the remaining wood for a tight fit, and finally glued in place. It is a two handed grip; the foregrip is straight to give a strong gripping surface, while the waisted shape of the upper grip encourages the second hand to nestle into the inside curves of the pommel.
The mild steel pommel is also a counterweight for the blade. It is shaped somewhat like a fish tail, with curved and recessed faces to add interesting shapes, and also to remove weight and get the best possible balance for the sword overall. The pommel was set tight onto the tapering tang before the end was peened over.
Source: Copyright © 2016 Weta Ltd.
If you’re having a bad day, remember this:
> phil lester has a master’s degree and is super intelligent, yet giggles and makes silly faces because he enjoys it
> dan howell admitted on screen to thousands of people that he’s phil trash #1
> phil lester forgets his house keys sometimes
> dan howell has a llama tail in the phanga
> phil lester once asked dan if he could just come into his room at 4 am and discuss the universe
> dan howell has accepted who he is and how happy and successful he’s become
> phil lester cares about you
> dan howell cares about you
we’ve all talked about how much dan must appreciate and love phil and think he’s gorgeous and the best of everything but have we ever talked about how phil sees dan all smiley and happy and warm and soft and encouraging with his cute pet names like spork or berk or dildo and all cute and squish like his end screen and side channel videos are mostly dan being cute and unguarded
like really we talk about dan being phil trash #1 but who has dan in almost all his videos and ending sequence and his side channel videos with titles like how to make dan cringe and dan tries caviar who gets it all on tape and upload it on his channel its phil. its phil.
they’re both each other’s #1 trash
you thought i was joking
han: what the fuck is that noise Leia: kylo is ‘searching for himself’ in the backyard again han: leia, where did we go wrong
Phil Lester you are ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED!! <strike> why did i make this </strike>
The fact that Siri is saying this made it 100000000x better
-you are every bit as masculine as you wanna be, whether that’s tons or none -you look very cute 24/7 don’t worry -ur tummies are cute. nice ‘nd cuddly -ur still valid even if you dont bind or transition -ur great -ily
I hope that in 2016
Praying
My daughter loves Star Wars
look i know i reblogged this last night but i just love it so much
I seriously can’t love this any harder.
