Akubra Federation...NOW IN 3D!!

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:22 pm

Michaelson wrote:Uh, IC, care to join me under the Plymouth now?

The way I read that it really didn't sound too masculine.

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:29 pm

Sure its raining here anyway! And it doesn't look like we are gonna see those pics. Now I'm gonna go to work tonight somehow feeling that the day was just incomplete :!:

(Do ya think thatll make I'm feel guilty

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Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:37 pm

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:40 pm

OK OK! Here's one of me in my lid taken on Sunday at the horsey event we were photographing. AND it's a profile shot, which you know I hate:

Hat performed great in the hot weather. Surprisingly cool and still unfathomably comfortable.

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:45 pm

fatwoul wrote:
Michaelson wrote:Uh, IC, care to join me under the Plymouth now?
The way I read that it really didn't sound too masculine.

It's apparent you've never worked on a Plymouth.

Back on topic.

Regard! Michaelson

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:03 pm

Michaelson wrote:...It's apparent you've never worked on a Plymouth...

Oh, I'm sure you're right. Two men. Small space. Covered in oil. Tools in hand. Very butch.

Anyway shut up what do you think of the hat? Think it looks OK?

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:37 pm

See what a little pressure and guilt trip can do

now are you actually on a horse or leaning on the fence?

Hat looks good by the way.
(P.S. Maybe he will tell you the plymouth story someday young padouin)

Cowboy · Post by **Cowboy** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:59 pm

fatwoul wrote:OK OK! Here's one of me in my lid taken on Sunday at the horsey event we were photographing. AND it's a profile shot, which you know I hate:

Hat performed great in the hot weather. Surprisingly cool and still unfathomably comfortable.

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:04 pm

What exactly is hot over there? 110 heat index here!

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:06 pm

fatwoul, that is definitely a beautiful profile on that hat....one of the better ones i've seen on an akubra. good job on that crown.

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:25 pm

Indycop wrote:What exactly is hot over there? 110 heat index here!

You know how in the winter you have to reduce temperature to account for wind chill? I have to increase temperature to account for the fact I'm getting fatter by the second.

How hot was it? Hot enough that my camera strap ended up pretty soaked. Take off the fat factor and you'll probably find it was about 27C, but that's really just a guess.

Indiana G wrote:fatwoul, that is definitely a beautiful profile on that hat....one of the better ones i've seen on an akubra. good job on that crown.

Praise indeed. Thanks! Do you guys see what I mean now, about how the shape of the brim is the same, just much more exaggerated, in my spinning hat dealy?

Oh, and I've managed to finally shift the remnants of the original crease down the centre of the crown. I used a small sponge, with a little water on it, and I brushed the felt left to right across the mark - so perpendicular to the crease. Once the mark wasn't visible anymore, I used the sponge front-back along the centre dent and the felt looked natural again. Seemed to work a treat.

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:12 pm

Indycop wrote:(P.S. Maybe he will tell you the plymouth story someday young padouin)

After a comment like that, why should I?

Regards! Michaelson

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:25 pm

Indycop wrote:See what a little pressure and guilt trip can do now are you actually on a horse or leaning on the fence?...

I must have missed this one. Yes, a fence, waiting for the horses to walk through a ford in front of us. We saw a mink in the water while we were waiting, and I just kept thinking about whether mink fur would work in hat felt.

Michaelson wrote:After a comment like that, why should I?

Aww you know I jest!

I should probably search for "Plymouth" anyway. I can't expect to be spoonfed.

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:49 am

Fatwoul you shouldve snagged that mink. Could have got a discount for supplying your own hat materials :!:

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:24 pm

Indycop wrote:Fatwoul you shouldve snagged that mink. Could have got a discount for supplying your own hat materials :!:

I said that to my sister at the time, but I suspect one mink Be enough. Not for a hat for a human, anyway. It might make enough felt for a hat for another mink, but I think the irony would be lost on the creature.

Vitoscarlatti wrote:fatwoul, seeing as you got two hats there, can I have one?. The one in the middle please...

I know it's kinda creepy isn't it? Three hats all staring at you. I tell you, I wouldn't like to be Chewy, or G-MANN, or any of these people with dozens of hats. It would freak me out too much, them all following me around the room.

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:53 pm

Chewy and G-MANN following you around the room or the hats!?
You could have a beaver mink blend!

Post by **Michaelson** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:00 pm

Indycop wrote::You could have a beaver mink blend!

They exist.

Regards! Michaelson

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:38 pm

Indycop wrote: Chewy and G-MANN following you around the room or the hats!?

Well, I meant the hats, but yes, those guys following me around would be a bit spooky too.

Wait. Spookier yet - each of them following me, leading all of their hats behind them, like some kind of deranged pied pipers.

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:52 pm

you're not out in the heat again today are you? Its time to come INSIDE now!

They could like the fedora on johnny fedoras avatar. Following you around with eyes and mouths!

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:50 pm

OK, it took a little longer than I'd like, but I finally got round to doing H-D's AB animation:

It goes up and down a little because I aligned the images centrally to make them as space-efficient as possble (because I wanted to make this one larger), but I think it works alright.

Indycop · Post by **Indycop** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:57 am

I'm getting seasick

Harrison_Davies · Post by **Harrison_Davies** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:31 am

You did a great job chopping out the background.

fatwoul · Post by **fatwoul** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:00 am

Harrison_Davies wrote:You did a great job chopping out the background.

Thanks - it wasn't too bad, because most of it was one colour. Good choice resting the hat on a glass - making the object the hat rests on smaller can really help if the underside of the hat is included at any point.

mufflowne · Post by **mufflowne** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:36 am

Alright, I wasn't gonna say anything, but I can't contain myself. That Akubra Dix looks like toffee. In fact, you made my buy an Akubra Dix instead of standard. Hope my bash turns out as well as yours.

If you want, you can message me some tricks about making your hat look like candy. (like yours)