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Posted on 07/04/25 04:28:18 AM |
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Ben Boardman
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Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Thank you David. I always appreciate you input. Re shiny bolts - The door does have bolts but as the door is unlocked they are concealed. Thank you Michael (love the robot) & Frank (your door looks splendid & has shiny bolts). |
Posted on 07/04/25 09:24:03 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5551 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Re-shiny bolts, I should have kept my mouth shut! 
Frank has shown us that they look great! But, also shows that it would be hard to open the door. As Ben points out, they would be retracted. Go back to bed David! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 07/04/25 12:01:27 PM |
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Frank
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Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Time to get up David: Some doors have safety bolts to allow you to get out. Admit, I forgot to put in the release handle. https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=door+latch+on+a+walk+in+vault&&mid=D9E237E6A377DE22B343D9E237E6A377DE22B343&&FORM=VRDGAR 
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Posted on 07/04/25 2:23:29 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5551 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Looking at what seems to be a very ordinary small workshop store room, somebody appears to be somewhat over protective. Which puts me in mind of a story. In 1972, when I was a young man, I bought a house in London. My very first home purchase. The lady who owned it had died. She and her son had gone separate ways and so she left everything to a man who had rented part of the house as her tenant. The son, hearing this, contested the will. The tenant had to leave and the house stood uninhabited for over two years during legal contestations as to whether she was of sound mind when she made her will and whether the tenant had exerted undue influence. In the end it went to the son. Eventually when it did hit the market my wife and I were the first to view it. Because the son was estranged from his mother and simply wanted the money, nobody had ever been to take care of the house after the lady died. The agent selling it was ready to get it off his hands cheaply and quickly as it had deteriorated badly during two winters empty and was clearly still deteriorating fast with severe dry rot starting to appear. No attempt had ever been made to clean it up and, when we saw it, it was still exactly as it was when they had removed the poor lady's remains and closed the door behind them. It was like something out of a movie. She had died in her sleep and the bed was still rumpled and unmade and her clothes and stockings hanging over the back of the chair just as she had left them before retiring to bed, for her very last time ............. but all now covered with two years of dust and mould. It was, to say the least, disturbing. Because of it's terrible condition, which discouraged most buyers, We were able to buy the house for a song. We weren't put off by its derelict state. It would be our first home and I was young and ready to do the work myself with my own hands. The point of this rambling story is that in the cellar was a large locked safe. The agent said the son had told him that he had no key nor any idea where one might be. He said his mother had never possessed anything of value and he hadn't bothered to pay to get it broken open because it was quite expensive to do and he was sure there would be nothing of value inside. He said, that as far he was concerned, if the buyer wanted to pay to get it opened and, by some extraordinary chance, there was anything in it, it was the buyers to keep! Although free standing, it was too big and heavy to remove up the stairs. (In fact, no one ever figured out how it ever got down there in the first place.) It just sat there, an itch begging to be scratched. In the end we called a specialised locksmith and at no mean expense had the safe opened by drilling into the steel door in several places and accessing the mechanism. It took a good few hours, during which we were on tenterhooks waiting to see what might be discovered. And now ......... what you are all waiting for ....... the amazing discovery ............. ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ ⬇︎ As the son predicted, it was completely empty! I used it, in its now permanently unlocked state, as a wine cellar. End of a perfectly true but very shaggy dog story .............. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 07/04/25 3:29:34 PM |
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Ben Boardman
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Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Made my day David. Thanks for the giggle! |
Posted on 07/04/25 4:03:37 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1733 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Wine cellar - now that's what I call valuable - I would surely lock it to protect those valuable contents!  |
Posted on 07/04/25 7:46:51 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1853 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
An MP4 so click on the icon please.
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Posted on 08/04/25 10:11:12 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 871 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Nice entries everybody. David beat me to the clumsy burglar misjudging his dig. I was working on the Dalton brothers coming through the floor. In a retake, Lucky Luke meets Bob Dalton.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 08/04/25 12:29:15 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5551 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
I prefer this to its predecessor Michael. BTW it shows up perfectly in the HTCP page directly in my browser with no need to click. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 08/04/25 12:35:10 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5551 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Lucky Luke is Belgian by the way. In the great Belgian tradition of "Bande Dessinés". I only know him as a 2D line drawing. Never seen this 3D version before. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 08/04/25 12:59:45 PM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 601 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
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Posted on 08/04/25 3:37:42 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 871 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
together with my other favorites, Asterix and Tintin. These comics had a big influence over my sketches and line work. I spent more time admiring the artwork rather than reading them. Here's some of my line work.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 08/04/25 3:48:00 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 871 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
A character sketch I did of the top brass at Transnet many years ago. The CEO of Transport and Director of Ports.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 08/04/25 4:55:28 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5551 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Fun Dennis! Very nice. There's a museum here in Brussels devoted entirely to comic strips and housed in a wonderful Art Nouveau building. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 08/04/25 8:58:53 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 871 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
I would love to travel and see our heritage. Unfortunately, like Joanah, I've been given my path and it means staying put and taking care of responsibilities that aren't mine alone to carry. Yet, here I am! Have you ever checked out the Internet archive. It's an interesting search and you stumble upon some very interesting articles...including the entire collection of Tintin. https://archive.org/search?query=tintin _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 08/04/25 10:04:49 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3121 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Really nice work everyone... fun stuff!
Neat drawings there Dennis...! EDIT: I just updated my Cujo entry, if you care to have another look. |
Posted on 09/04/25 01:06:30 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 871 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Thanks Lloyd. I do but I don't see it. Where? _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 09/04/25 01:33:21 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3121 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
It's on the first page of this weeks challenge, the 6th post down and the first entry. |
Posted on 09/04/25 09:13:17 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 871 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Ha, my net is so slow, I didn't realise it was animated...lol. I wouldn't like to mess with that dog. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 09/04/25 09:53:21 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3121 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Cujo the movie was one of the first of Stephen King's novels to be made into a movie... scary dog for sure. |
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