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Dual Layer Stainless Steel Cubic Zirconia "Forever Love" Twistable 5.1mm Band Ring - Men (Size 7)

A band ring with a message. The black stainless steel ring inside layer consist of the words "Forever Love" while the window on the top silver layer displays the message and it is all held together with the single cubic zirconia. The ring is 5.1mm wide and available from size 7 to 10. We use high quality stainless steel which has high resistance to rust, corrosion and tarnishing and requires minimal maintenance in order to keep jewelry looking like new. You can get the matching women's ring to make this a couples ring set for your love ones (Product number 508507.9935W).

THE ELEVENTH DAY

On the eleventh day of Geekness
My fan girl gave to me
Eleven snipers sniping
Ten lords a-peeing
Nine ladies lurching
Eight blades a-filking
Seven zombies zooming
Six beasts a-baying
Five golden rings
Four falling birds
Three henchmen
Two turtle bros'
And a part bridge of Khazad-dum

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CRACK!!!

No worries, it's just eleven crack shots crackin' open their Geekness bon-bons....

Though someone else seems to be a annoyed at being left out of the fun, judging by the cross-hairs zeroing in on our folks. Wouldn't give much for their chances against that lot though. Keen are the eyes of elves, and keener stll the bionic targeting sensor of the Deathlok cyborg.....


Front Row, Left to Right:

-Lady Lara Croft in her unorthodox archaeology uniform from "Tomb Raider". 2006 NECA Action Figure 18 cm (7 inch) .

-Michael Biehn as Corporal Dwayne Hicks (Serial Number- A27/TQ4.0.48215E9), United States Colonial Marine Corps Combat Armour, from "Aliens". 2004 McFarlane Toys Action Figure 17 cm (7 inch) .

Second Row, Left to Right:

-Orlando Bloom as Legolas Thranduilion, Prince of the Silvan, from "The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers". Marvel Entertainment Action Figure 17 cm (7 inch). As an Elvish archer Legolas's idea of armouring up is to whack on a couple of articulated shoulder pauldrons and carry an extra sword.

-Rose McGowan as Cherry Darling from "Grindhouse - Planet Terror". 2007 Neca (National Entertainment Collectibles) action figure, 17 cm (7 inch) . This time she's loaded for bear with her M16 prosthetic leg. Wonder how she clears jams?

-Lucas Bishop of the X-Men. 2006 Toy Biz Marvel Legends Action Figure 17 cm (7 inch) . I bet Hicks is thinking, "Not the BIshop I know..."

-Colonel Luther Manning as the cyborg, Deathlok the Demolisher. Toy Biz Marvel Legends 2005 Action Figure, 16 cm (6.5 inch).

-Mace Daniels from Fighting Force (Computer Game). 2000 Blue Box Toys Action Figure 16cm (6.5 inch). She's a gamer gun gal, and a Private Eye. I got a cheap job lot of these figures that I reckon will make useful conversions. Until then....

Back Row - Left to Right:

-BHD Delta Force soldier. 2005 Fame Master 4D Puzzle 12 cm (5 inch). These are actually jigsaw puzzles that are so detailed and well proportioned that they put many larger action figures to shame.

-Police Officer Action Figure 10 cm (4 inch). These came from a $2.00 shop. The plastic they're made from is poorly stabilised or somesuch, and these crappy lil' blokes break as soon as you look at them.

-Robocop Series 1. 1988 Kenner Action Figure 12 cm (4.5 inch). These were very cool, mostly because they have a hammer mechanism in the back that enables you to fire a roll of caps!

-U.S Air Force Pararescue Jumper. 2005 Fame Master 4D Puzzle 12 cm (5 inch).

This was another silly holiday shoot. I set up a few pieces of foam on the coffee table, draped over with a piece of camouflage cloth with some dyed ferret nets (leftover from my Predator costume) added for texture. The action figures are all pinned upright, since they're not very stable without their stands. Ultimately, I ended up leaving this set up for a couple of days while I hunted the right light. Even played around with the fog machine for a bit, though eventually I decided to go with this shot.

OK, my ring flash is finished (apart from the cover) and it works! It cost ?1.50 to make here in England, $3 to you guys in the states.

Made from:

1x Plastic frosted plate (20p)
1x Recycled Cardboard Hanging Basket liner (80p)
1x Black Graphite/Plastic Plant Pot(50p)
1x Sheet of Tin Foil
1x Bit of Cereal Box Card

1). I used a jigsaw to roughly cup the centre out of the plate, then used a circle cutter to drill the perfect circle out of my plant pot.

2). I then cut the bottom out of the cardboard hanging basket liner with a stanley knive and some sandpaper to even to circle out.

3). I used silicone sealant to fix the plate around the lip of the plant pot, this fit nice and snug, you could use some superglue or similar adhesive, because once all the parts are together the plate is pressed up against the lip by pressure anyway, so this is just to make the design more rugged.

4). I then lined the basket and plant pot with tin foil, stuck down with PVA glue I found in the shed.

5). Once dry I pressed the plant pot/plate into the card hanging basket and adjusted the size of the hanging basket hole into the hole thing fit together snug. I then glued the all in place with some extremely heavy duty glue called 'Mitre Bond' it is a glue and a fixing spray which hardens the glue in seconds. I used it to glue the black pot to the back of the card basket, and then once that was set (in about 3 seconds!) I sealed the frosted plate to the front of the card basket, all the way around.

6). after the glue had set I silicon sealed the front of the ringflash that I had just glued, in order to protect the inner edge and to tidy up on top of the glue.

7). While this dried I made an adapter the slot into the back of the ring flash and over the on board flash of my Nikon D200. I made this out of cereal box card, lined the inside with tin foil to reflect the light and wrapped it in black electrical tape. I cut a small letterbox shape into the back of the ring flash and secured the adapter in place with the crazy powerful 'Mitre Bond' glue. (Note: I added a flap of foil on the end of the adapter that went inside the flash so that it directed the flash light around the ring rather than straight out of the diffusing plate)

8). That's it! The final weight of the ring flash i approximately 230 grams. In England thats the same weight as a ?1.39 bar of Cadburys dairy milk!!

It's extremely light and extremely well fitting, it hugs around you lenses Nikon mount, especially a Tamron 17-50mm as seen above. It wedges in so well that it doesn't move at all and it's so close to the camera's centre that you can't feel any weight from the ring flash at all.

The final item is super solid and ridiculously light!

This works well at close range, fantastic for macro and close up work, and turns your on board flash into a usable light when coupled with your expensive SB's rather than just being a wireless trigger as mine had previously become.

I hope you like it and maybe this design will help some of you create your own cheap ring flashes. All these parts were bought from ASDA in England, they sell these bits in ALL the ASDA's across the country.

Hope you like it, please check out the final result here:

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