Real life... association with Thief

addone on 28/12/2008 at 02:00

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Stonemarket from TDS or the marketplace from "Ambush !" in TMA

(RW : Dominican Square in Old Town, Košice - the Dominican church, the oldest one in the city, visible in the background)

Wow :| It looks absolutely identical to the Marketplace from Ambush (at least, from what I remember of it), I wouldn't be surprised if they got inspiration from there o.o Nice find!

Petike the Taffer on 28/12/2008 at 12:11

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Wow :| It looks absolutely identical to the Marketplace from Ambush (at least, from what I remember of it), I wouldn't be surprised if they got inspiration from there o.o Nice find!

Not found... As I already said, all of the photos are my own. But I guess you meant "found on your hard drive". Yeah, that fits the bill. ;)

Thanks. :) This is one of the most Thief-resembling photos I have...

Petike the Taffer on 28/12/2008 at 15:15

By the Builder ! Hammerites commin' atcha ! :laff:

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St. Edgar's Cathedral in Stonemarket

(RW : (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elisabeth_Cathedral) St. Elisabeth's Cathedral, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%A1ice) Košice - probably the easternmost Gothic cathedral in Europe; the biggest and one of the most iconic structures of it's kind here in Slovakia; construction began around the middle of the 14. century and ended in 1508, with some parts (like the lower, Southern Tower) never being fully completed; the roof of the taller Northern Tower was completely refurbished in the 18. century, after lightning damaged the original, Late Gothic one; the whole cathedral and it's surroundings undervent massive restoration works in the 1990s, due to years of neglected regular maintenance).

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Hammerite machinery from the factory section of St. Edgar's

(RW : the atrium of the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Technical_Museum) Slovak Museum of Technology, Košice)

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Statue of Brother Archibald, famed Master Forger from centuries ago... :cheeky:

(RW : statue of a forger/blacksmith in the entrance hall of the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Technical_Museum) Slovak Museum of Technology, Košice)

Lady Rowena on 28/12/2008 at 20:25

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Two rooms in Ramirez house......or it was Bafford's manor? :)

San Giusto Castle, Trieste - Italy

Petike the Taffer on 29/12/2008 at 10:34

More wacky Hammerite goodness !

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Random townhouse spire with the Hammerite symbol ! :cheeky:

(RW : the small roof tower of the "Bistro", an old restaraunt and shops building from the interwar period, main street in (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michalovce) Michalovce)

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Drept's office in Auldale...

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...with a statue of the Builder...

(RW : some old house or administrative building in the old town in (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitra) Nitra; the statue is probably the Greek god Atlas, but according to a local folk tale, it shows a heroic citizen of the city, who defended Nitra from the Turks some time in the 16th or 17th century; the statue's nickname is taken directly from that tale : Corgoň - "Stumblebum")

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Tombs of noblemen or hammerites in the Bonehoard or Fort Ironwood

(RW : tombstones of noblemen; the first one is placed nowadays on the outer wall of (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Urban_Tower) Urban's Tower in (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%A1ice) Košice (apparently for display and preservation); the second one lies at one of the outer corners of (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Cathedral) St. Martin's Cathedral, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratislava) Bratislava)

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Two rooms in Ramirez house......or it was Bafford's manor? :) San Giusto Castle, Trieste - Italy

Nice ! Very convincing ! :)

clearing on 29/12/2008 at 10:37

Spire with Hammerite symbol :D Nice :thumb:

Petike the Taffer on 29/12/2008 at 10:54

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The Haunted Cathedral... during daylight ! :cheeky:

(RW : (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spi%C5%A1sk%C3%A1_Kapitula) St. Martin's Cathedral in Spišské Podhradie, one of the oldest large cathedrals in Slovakia (12th/13th century), a nice blend of both Romanesque and Early Gothic style)

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Inside... Hm... The altar is in its place, but... where's the Eye ? And... what's that sound ? :eek: Join usss, join usss, join usss nooowww !!! :ebil:

(RW : the main altar of the same place)

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Time to run to the cloister section !

(RW : side entrance of (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Cathedral) St. Martin's Cathedral - but this time, the other one in (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratislava) Bratislava ;) )

Petike the Taffer on 29/12/2008 at 13:34

And finally, some Mechanist stuff :

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Mechanist Viktrolas ! :D

(RW : sound-recording technology displays, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Technical_Museum) Slovak Museum of Technology, Košice)

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Mettalic angel statue

(RW : an interesting thingie I found hanging above one of the minor streets in the old town in Košice; dunno who made it and for what purpose...)

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Mechanists converting a former Hammerite church for their own dastardly needs... :cheeky:

(RW : the main square of the old medieval core of (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levo%C4%8Da) Levoča; the building on the left is the Renaissance town hall; St. James' Church can be seen on the right, undergoing restoration works on its tower at the time (summer 2006))

clearing on 29/12/2008 at 17:57

Augsburg, Germany.

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snowcap21 on 29/12/2008 at 18:59

Today I stumbled over the site (www.schattenlose.de) www.schattenlose.de which impresses me with its photography of decayed architecture. Mostly industrial architecture, but there are also nice series of an old sanatory (Beelitz Heilstätten-Teil 2 under "Profan-Architektur") and a very thief like cellar (Lavakeller in Mending under "Wehr-Architektur/Untergrund-Architektur"). Have a look under "Fotographie", if you're interested.