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On the Trail
3D Render by dwindtI love immersing myself in images like this. Our past generations went over and above, to make things easier for us today. I hope you’re doing the same. Hats off to the old folk!
Well done Daz Originals, for this amazing coach.
Imagine the stress. Crossing a treacherous land in hope of better tidings, with all your belonging piled onto a dilapidated stage coach (RHS & Co Overland stage) that you know has travelled long distances, through rugged terrain, at high speed, and it decides to break a felloe and spoke, (wagon wheel) on the summit of a ridge, in a hostile land, with no cover to hide behind.
Your party consists of yourself, your spouse, a 12-year-old son, a 6-year-old daughter and a Labrador.
You’d have to unload all your belongings, (in this case, at the dead of night) without making a noise. Hope there’s no rattlesnake nests close by. Hope your husband remembered to bring a spare spoke or 2, along with a few spare felloes…and know what to do with them. Hope he had a good leverage pole and had the tools to remove the wagon wheel pin and wheel. Pray he can pry off the outer steel wheel rim, dig out the damaged felloe and spoke and prepare them, in the dark, so that you can get off the ridge before being seen. He may get the steel rim off (depends on the extent of the damage) easier than getting it back on. To get it back on, he’ll have to heat it to expand it as much as possible. (A fire on top of a ridge, in a hostile environment, with no cover, in the middle of the night, making no noise…) and hope he remembered his blacksmith pliers etc.
This family may be moving before the morning mist lifts. As long as he has kindling for the fire, some kerosene, and gunpowder and lights the fire at first light. The mist should hide the smoke. It’s also hard to distinguish items in this type of light. So let’s hope the fire is good and hot and the rim heats quickly. When the rim is ready, the hubby can smack the first felloe and spokes in. He had better replace the spare parts rapidly. That first strike of the mallet will sound like a small calibre gun shot that will echo through the valley. Anyone in that vicinity will hear it. Then once he’s burnt the steel rim into place, contract it with cold water. The hissing of hot steel will also echo through the valley. Roll it to the wagon, slam the pin in and kick the leverage pole out. During this time, your son is harnessing the horses. At least you’re ready to go. If you are detected before you load your belongings you can at least be mobile.
Great Stress! And lots of prayers…and God bless those that didn’t make it. I don’t want to do that render.
Well done Daz Originals, for this amazing coach.
Imagine the stress. Crossing a treacherous land in hope of better tidings, with all your belonging piled onto a dilapidated stage coach (RHS & Co Overland stage) that you know has travelled long distances, through rugged terrain, at high speed, and it decides to break a felloe and spoke, (wagon wheel) on the summit of a ridge, in a hostile land, with no cover to hide behind.
Your party consists of yourself, your spouse, a 12-year-old son, a 6-year-old daughter and a Labrador.
You’d have to unload all your belongings, (in this case, at the dead of night) without making a noise. Hope there’s no rattlesnake nests close by. Hope your husband remembered to bring a spare spoke or 2, along with a few spare felloes…and know what to do with them. Hope he had a good leverage pole and had the tools to remove the wagon wheel pin and wheel. Pray he can pry off the outer steel wheel rim, dig out the damaged felloe and spoke and prepare them, in the dark, so that you can get off the ridge before being seen. He may get the steel rim off (depends on the extent of the damage) easier than getting it back on. To get it back on, he’ll have to heat it to expand it as much as possible. (A fire on top of a ridge, in a hostile environment, with no cover, in the middle of the night, making no noise…) and hope he remembered his blacksmith pliers etc.
This family may be moving before the morning mist lifts. As long as he has kindling for the fire, some kerosene, and gunpowder and lights the fire at first light. The mist should hide the smoke. It’s also hard to distinguish items in this type of light. So let’s hope the fire is good and hot and the rim heats quickly. When the rim is ready, the hubby can smack the first felloe and spokes in. He had better replace the spare parts rapidly. That first strike of the mallet will sound like a small calibre gun shot that will echo through the valley. Anyone in that vicinity will hear it. Then once he’s burnt the steel rim into place, contract it with cold water. The hissing of hot steel will also echo through the valley. Roll it to the wagon, slam the pin in and kick the leverage pole out. During this time, your son is harnessing the horses. At least you’re ready to go. If you are detected before you load your belongings you can at least be mobile.
Great Stress! And lots of prayers…and God bless those that didn’t make it. I don’t want to do that render.
dwindt
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Tue, Sep 16Thanks so much Mel. I tried to put everything in there. Apart from atmosphere, there's crows, geese, an eagle, ladybug, dragon flies, flies. I even tried to get dew on the grass. Took my system to the brink though...lol.
ArtbyMel
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Wed, Sep 17The details are all there, and freaking incredible. It's not easy to pull all that stuff out of thin air, or your head, lol. I know how that goes. You did a fantastic job with the little details that most people never think about.
dwindt
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Wed, Sep 17My head was running amok with the stories. See how uneasy the wife is looking at the surroundings. A ladybug and dragon fly have just fluttered by her. Her initial thought is that of the sound fletching (stabilising feathers at the end of an arrow) makes when in flight. Just the thought would make her extremely nervous.
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