Elanore being Piratey

Having fun with a bit 'o piracy sometimes. in a nice way though ;)

Ela gets a POCO !

I am the proud new owner of a POCO after 2 days of negotiations between the owner and the corp that had shot it into reinforced mode :) Doesn't it look good on me?
I will repost a more detailed description of the goings on and how it went down because it was quite the exciting, nerve wracking, and learning experience in politics and negotiation to make this happen.
But it did!

Ela

Temp pics for Eve friends so thats all

Here is some pics for Dom :)
p.s. this used to be another post so that is why thine link addy looks weird but zi think this is a better use of this location rather than that little temporary vent of mine.:p
pic 1-arctic ocean all froze over mid april
pic 2-A bit of the town on the ocean
pic 3 looking north towards tundra
pic 3-polar bears! poster
( click the pics to make all of the pic visible in full size :)

Cyno with STYLE!!!

A Pilot we like to look out for and offer a little protection to greets us outside the station with a awesome display of fireworks during his cyno!
How very cool, what a gift :)
(name withheld for security purposes ;)
Ela

A cyno pilot was sleeping drunk outside of station today...

(Local Chat)
Anna Ishere > Twix Altr <--- does anyone know this pilot?
Anna Ishere > Twix Altr wake up please. you are blocking the entrance to the station

No response. gives minutes.
Anna Ishere > HEY TWIX !
Elanore Wansmore > I don't know. jus do it.

Anna Shoots Twix's ship

Anna Ishere > Hey all, Ishukone Corporation Factory is free for docking now
Elanore Wansmore > I think using Twix's Trading and JF service is maybe a bad service investment
Anna Ishere > ya he must have undocked and passed out. He never even lit the cyno. all the fuel was still there in the wreck.
Elanore Wansmore > probably drunk in the stations bar for hours then zonked wen he undocked. I bet his clients is pissed
Anna Ishere > his capsule is just sitting there
Elanore Wansmore > definatelly drunk
Elanore Wansmore > you wanna put makeup on him so wen he wakes up others see him before he realizes?
Anna Ishere > Yes :)
Elanore Wansmore > ok you stand watch. I will be right back
Anna Ishere > ok

Elanore Wansmore > He will love it when he wakes up!
Anna Ishere > How does he sleep with his eyes open like that? omg that's creepy.

sort of have a bad conscience right now...sort of

Elanore Wansmore > dammit. wtf was I thinking shooting a capsule
JFK ofNorway > ouch @ pods - they seriously damage your sec.status hehe
Elanore Wansmore > yes
JFK ofNorway > very VERY tempting though LOL
Elanore Wansmore > there has been nothing else in space. I jus been ratting
Elanore Wansmore > omg. it was a 3 day old pod. not even worth it for the possible implant killmail
JFK ofNorway > ahhh :( 3 day old - almost get a bad conscience too then hahaha
Elanore Wansmore > yeah
JFK ofNorway > Well well. Shit happens. EVE is not a cosy place hehe
Elanore Wansmore > her mother must hav wanted a boy
JFK ofNorway > ?
Elanore Wansmore > Nicholas Axe is her name
JFK ofNorway > ahh - picture of a "girl" haha
Elanore Wansmore > so I was jus looking for reasons to justify having killed a 3 day old capsule
Elanore Wansmore > and so I thot about well maybe because of that stupid name
Elanore Wansmore > then I felt sorry for her for having that stupid name and felt even worse

This is Nicholas Axe


This is what Nicholas Axe looks like dead

this just looks amazing...

...so I just had to rejump through to get a pic. hoping whatever was going on could spare me.

Christmas Corpse

I jumped through a gate an there was a corpse sitting there next to a wreck. there was others around the gate but I didn't feel threatened because I am nice like that :) So I zipped on over and took it. The loot was still in the wreck too so it must have just happened.

Aki Ituin > HEY
Aki Ituin > THAT WAS MY CORPSE
Aki Ituin > RAT BASTARD CARACAL
Violet Aeon > lol "WAS" is the key word i think
Aki Ituin > YEAH IT WAS
Aki Ituin > dammit
Aki Ituin > Have a merry christmas corpse!
Violet Aeon > o7
Aki Ituin > 7o

Twin Caracals

Lets just say that I think Elanore and Anna are about to embark on a whole new level of fun.

~Vi

Jus this thing here...

So this just after a Hurricane jumped me an shot me while I wasn't looking. It happens, I get distracted while busy with what some have called my "social Engineering" in my home region :)

Innar Mong > lol
Elanore Wansmore > yeppie, I was chatting with friends in Vale an didnt notice u
Elanore Wansmore > lol
Innar Mong > you oughta join a real corp
Elanore Wansmore > you have no idea how what I do is benefits to me ;)
Elanore Wansmore > ...so i jus watched for the pretty fireworks
Innar Mong > why didn't you try to fight back?
Elanore Wansmore > cause I dont shoot vale people. I make my living off vale
Elanore Wansmore > annnd most that fly around here know that. u are new or something an i didnt notice u
Innar Mong > Ive killed you at least 3 times
Elanore Wansmore > oh, ok, must not hav felt as good as some of the others that hav had me.
Elanore Wansmore > because i dont remember it


~Ela

EVE online Character creator

I have been wanting for a long time to start a thread on enhancing and getting the most out of your profile pic in the EVE character creator, or the 'salon' as I like to call it :) In actuality it is a very comprehensive combination of services which are more akin to a day at the mall to give yourself subtle or complete makeovers. Then when u are all done with that you get to go to the photography studio. And is a lot of fun :)
Your profile pic is an important tool in showing who you are in EVE so I like to change it up pretty frequently because I think it helps to not just portray who u are, but what your current mood is, etc etc. There are things you can do without a re-sculpt or anything invasive like that to showcase your assets or even help to enhance or minimize things about yourself which by doing very small changes you can make flattering. Such as like , well, I am sort of ,um, "fluffy", so certain clothes may be more flattering to my figure than others. sometimes it can be as simple as a slight turn of your body, or one pose vs another, or even the lighting which can enhance rather than detract from your look. A combination of wardrobe, lighting, poses, makeup, hairstyles, and everything available to you can make a big difference in projecting who you are. And each when used in combination with each other can make a very big difference in your look.
I can go on and on but with this 1st installment I will discuss basic lighting.



Here are 3 pics I have taken before finalizing my portrait. In each I have sat in the exact same pose and did not change my facial expression either. But as you can see how by simply changing the lighting without doing anything else how much difference it can make.
(If you click on the pics to enlarge to full size you can better see the differences)

In this 1st one I think I look a little puffy. and the light seems a bit flooding and doesn't show definition very well.


This one I think accents my features a bit, is more flattering also in that it is not quite so harsh while still very even lighting and not hiding anything. I think this is my favorite of the 3


This one has a definite slimming effect due to the direction of the light and adds a sort of mysterious quality to my pic. Though the harsh shadows might be a bit distracting. although I do like using this one sometimes. especially as you turn your body or head a little bit it can really be a very diverse setting. Something we will get into later in more detail in this thread.


So play with the lighting, very subtle changes in the light itself can make a big difference. The position in your pose or the tilt of your head, in relation to the lights direction, can also alter your look even with the same lighting setup, and remember this, Lighting is not just about the light. It is about the shadows created by the light as well so keep that in mind. all these things work in conjunction with each other to achieve your look. Have fun!

~Vi

NEXT: POSES

A new corp Tee

Ok so we hav a new corp tee!

yay for random acts of piracy! thats is the stuf that makes for a "spicy" environment in New Eden. This creepy stuff that they do is, um, creeeepy. I think they are like a religious cult. there must be coolaide involved. :)

~Ela

Impulsive Piracy

Elanore Wansmore > omg I hav been sooooo very bad
Anna Ishere > I was dragged into it by default.
Elanore Wansmore > no no no, I cannot start having a conscience, nope, striken from the mind on this one
Katsu Masanori > Hello ladies
Elanore Wansmore > shhhh
Elanore Wansmore > yu are going to hate me
Katsu Masanori > why?
Katsu Masanori > what did you do?
Elanore Wansmore > we jus did the most bumbled up totally full of mistakes episode of piracy ever we did. but got lots of booty. you kno, loot.
Elanore Wansmore > it took an hour to do it :p
Katsu Masanori > nice work
Katsu Masanori > plan it better next time
Elanore Wansmore > killed a retty
Elanore Wansmore > O.O don't shoot
Elanore Wansmore > 54 mil retty. But there's more.
Elanore Wansmore > but so Anna was there jus to collect the loot an I lost my cata before it was dead because Concord got there. It was quite tanked.
Elanore Wansmore > so Anna had to finish it off
Elanore Wansmore > then we had no looting ships in the system
Elanore Wansmore > so we had to wait out the timer an stand guard over the wrecks
Elanore Wansmore > an so all we had was the noob ships and it took a number of runs to get the loot from all 3 ships
Elanore Wansmore > so then I noticed that there was a lot of ore so I had to run all the way home for my miasmos, but it wasn't fit so I had to fit it and get back there
Elanore Wansmore > it was during this that Anna was watching over the wreck in her noob ship that we noticed his pod was still there
Elanore Wansmore > so recently I hav taken to not killing pods but I looked him up and found he had a preference for expensive pods so I gathered the ore then had to go all the way home again for another Cata
Elanore Wansmore > but the fits were not in the same system so I had to go elsewhere for the fits jus hoping he would not wake up. I seriously think he blacked out wen we were shooting his barge cause his strip miners were chewing rocks.
Elanore Wansmore > well, and so I got there an warped to zero on Anna who had strategically poised herself and then shot I the pod
Elanore Wansmore > :(
Elanore Wansmore > I am feeling sort of bad
Elanore Wansmore > but it was a almost 200mil pod
Elanore Wansmore > so thats why I say u are going to hate me. but I was all jacked up an adrenalized so I jus kept going
Anna Ishere > Meanwhile I am loading the Miasmos for the trip back home with millions of loot of our 3 catas and stuff from that retty
Elanore Wansmore > sell off the ore. quickly.
Elanore Wansmore > ya but I think its safe to say we are getting away from here fast as we can now
Elanore Wansmore > but so for the record none of this happened we were jus here having quaffe ok?
Anna Ishere > Actually Violet doesn't need to know about the pod
Elanore Wansmore > Katsu hates us now
Anna Ishere > ummm, ol, innocent an was jus in the wrong place at the right time
Elanore Wansmore > i was only ratting an trying to work on my sec stats to get them up an wen we warped in he was jus sitting there mining an I jus shot without even thinking abt anything.
Anna Ishere > all I saw was flashes and then Elas ship exploding so I jus shot. it was total confusion
Elanore Wansmore > wen I am trying to be nice and jus rat or things like that I need to stay away from blue pill an exile and all that stuff. trigger fingers get twitchy. And I jus feel nothing can hurt me but I dont think about how the victim is because I dont kno them or...
Elanore Wansmore > ...or anything
Elanore Wansmore > and now we are going to move the Miasmos back home before anyone gets wind of this
Anna Ishere > Kharma says we lose the Miasmos on the way back home :p
Anna Ishere > GEVAERT's Frozen Corpse. Well we got the corpse too.

Elanore Wansmore > Anna needs to fly the Miasmos cause she is not seen as the devil like I am in some of these systems that we are going thru on the way home. I will provide cover with the caracal
Anna Ishere > wonderful :p
Anna Ishere > By the way, this ship is called a Nereus
Elanore Wansmore > what the hell is a miasmos? lol is that even a ship?
Elanore Wansmore > miasmos whew, ok at least they look sort of alike.

Anna Ishere > yep, Katsu is mad alright
Elanore Wansmore > I know. She's not even talking to us.
Anna Ishere > ooops


Elanore Wansmore > OMG! 2 systems out we hav to go back! I forgot to empty my hangar into the Nereus

(Jumps through the gate back into Masta)

Sillicon Aideron > o/ Ela!!!!
Elanore Wansmore > \o
Elanore Wansmore > :)
Elanore Wansmore > trying to escape hi sec with our butts intact and a bunch of loot
Sillicon Aideron > I see you in Masta :)
Katsu Masanori > I got dc'd and just came back
Elanore Wansmore > yep we hav been doing very bad things
Elanore Wansmore > i thot u were Mad Kat
Sillicon Aideron > ...
Katsu Masanori > no, just got DC
Katsu Masanori > wondered what you were busy doing
Elanore Wansmore > it was a long story. I will write it up or copy this log.
Katsu Masanori > ok, giv eme a link after you are done
Katsu Masanori > you can send it thru evemail
Elanore Wansmore > total disfunctional piracy
Elanore Wansmore > Sillicon Aideron u wanna help escort us back to Vasala?
Sillicon Aideron > Sure, since there are neuts in the pipe, I might as well.
Elanore Wansmore > we have a nereus full of illegal stolen stuff, and the corpse of the victim and we both hav killrights on us
Elanore Wansmore > set destination to #######
Elanore Wansmore > u jump 1st thru gates an I will follow Anna thru. she will be in the Nereus
Sillicon Aideron > Should we fleet up?
Elanore Wansmore > yep
Sillicon Aideron > Sexy caracal :)

Elanore Wansmore > it is :) thank you
Elanore Wansmore > tell me if it seems safe
Sillicon Aideron > Anyone in particular that you are worried about?
Sillicon Aideron > 4 neuts here.
Elanore Wansmore > everyone right now, lol
Sillicon Aideron > Stratios just jumped through
Elanore Wansmore > just so long as they arent on the gates
Elanore Wansmore > see it. coming thru
Sillicon Aideron > Jumping
Sillicon Aideron > Charon at the gate.
Sillicon Aideron > Other than that, it's clear
Elanore Wansmore > no worries there
Sillicon Aideron > Charon jumped
Anna Ishere > coming thru
Sillicon Aideron > Jumping
Elanore Wansmore > oh that was Frank, I think I killed him recently
Sillicon Aideron > lol
Elanore Wansmore > at the gate?
Sillicon Aideron > Just landing
Sillicon Aideron > gate clear
Sillicon Aideron > 3 in system ########, #########, ########
Sillicon Aideron > no one on gate
Elanore Wansmore > ######## is the only threat
Elanore Wansmore > maybe not him but his corp
Sillicon Aideron > there is in an Iteron
Sillicon Aideron > Just jumped
Elanore Wansmore > heading for the station
Sillicon Aideron > There you go :)
Sillicon Aideron > Safe and sound
Elanore Wansmore > this might seem silly in Hi sec but these systems around here a lot of people could enact killrights on us
Elanore Wansmore > an theres a couple hundred mil in that boat
Sillicon Aideron > Nice
Elanore Wansmore > Docked *\o/* safe :)
Sillicon Aideron > So, you ever gonna come back out to Null? Or are you having too much fun in hisec?
Elanore Wansmore > ya I rarely move stuff. theres others I am friends with who will do it for me cause I sort of stay a target around here
Elanore Wansmore > more so I stay to Low sec here than Hi
Elanore Wansmore > I have quite the array of little alliances here.
Elanore Wansmore > most of them :p
Sillicon Aideron > Heh
Elanore Wansmore > but ya, I will be back to null eventually
Elanore Wansmore > I need this right now
Elanore Wansmore > i am a 1 pilot corp as of yesterday , lol
Sillicon Aideron > Butterflies and Bombshells?
Elanore Wansmore > yep
Sillicon Aideron > I don't think I could have come up for a better name for a corp for you
Elanore Wansmore > lol