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Wallpaper Season - Air Force and UMass

By jonvalk — September 6th, 2012 at 12:02 AM — 23 comments
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Ok, so it's another week and another opponent.  That means more wallpaper.  I will be on vacation during UMass week, so I did the wallpaper early.  Honestly, I couldn't get into the Air Force wallpaper as whole-heartedly as I'd have liked, so I apologize for the drop-off in quality on that one.  It's still not THAT BAD, but not on the level I've been producing. Sorry.

The UMass wallpaper, on the other hand, I really like it.  There may be people out there who have never seen an ad for the new Assassin's Creed or know that it takes place in the Revolutionary War (loose tie to Minutemen).  So there you have it, that's your background on my theft/conversion of AC's main character into Denard.  Anyway, I'm starting to ramble.  I hope you enjoy the wallpapers and get some use from them in the weeks to come.

 

Air Force

 

UMass (w/SCHEDULE!!!)

As always, thanks for your support and I welcome constructive criticism and/or new ideas you'd like to see.

 

- Jonvalk

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September 6th, 2012 at 12:12 AM | haha these are awesome... (Score:4 Normal)
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haha these are awesome... Denard da Assasin

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September 6th, 2012 at 12:13 AM | Love Them (Score:3 Normal)
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Different sizes would be nice but I'm not going to complain, these are great.

University of Dayton Class of '13 // The Twitterz

Dual QB Statistical Analysis

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September 6th, 2012 at 12:20 AM | I'm exhausted this evening, (Score:5 Normal)
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I'm exhausted this evening, but I'll try to get a mobile version done by tomorrow.

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September 6th, 2012 at 12:20 AM | Beautiful baby! (Score:1)
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Beautiful baby!

Abort, Retry, Fail?

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September 6th, 2012 at 1:25 AM | The assassins creed one will (Score:4 Normal)
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The assassins creed one will probably never leave the background of my computer. Absolutely brilliant.

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September 6th, 2012 at 8:36 AM | Don't sell yourself short, I (Score:4 Normal)
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Don't sell yourself short, I think the Air Force one is pretty cool.

 

Semper Fidelis

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September 6th, 2012 at 9:54 AM | Well, thanks. I just couldn't (Score:5 Normal)
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Well, thanks. I just couldn't love it. I did enjoy making the fighter-pilot helmet with the wings.

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September 6th, 2012 at 9:56 AM | These are absolutely amazing. (Score:3 Normal)
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These are absolutely amazing. Love the UMass one, especially.

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September 6th, 2012 at 11:17 AM | The Air Force one is insane! (Score:3 Normal)
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The Air Force one is insane! Love it! Maj. Robinson and the HUD are great.

Hail.

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September 6th, 2012 at 11:47 AM | Denard is a captain, (Score:4 Funny)
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 Think you missed the announcement earlier; Denard is a captain, as is Kovacs.     /s

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September 6th, 2012 at 11:52 AM | What you didn't hear he got (Score:1)
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What you didn't hear he got promoted and is going to visit Zoltan.

 

Ground control to Major Robinson.

Take your dilitium pills and put your helmet on

(Ten) Ground control (Nine) to Major Robinson (Eight)

(Seven, six) Commencing countdown (Five), engines on (Four)

(Three, two) Check ignition (One) and may gods (Blastoff) love be with you
 

Semper Fidelis

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September 6th, 2012 at 11:59 AM | On a semi-related note, I (Score:4 Normal)
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On a semi-related note, I considered making Kovacs the feature on the UMass wallpaper, since he's kind of like an assassin in the secondary. I may make an alternate version with that.

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September 6th, 2012 at 2:28 PM |  Great Idea! Kovacs would be (Score:2 Normal)
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 Great Idea! Kovacs would be perfect! Just looking at your rendering now, I can envision Kovacs under that cowl.

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September 6th, 2012 at 11:39 AM | absolutely killer ideas and designs (Score:4 Informative)
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 I think they are both great and done excellently. Just a comment on AF, you seem to have the M graphic in the targeting hud screen. I’d recommend switching the AF and M graphics, so Denard is taking aim at AF rather than UM.

 Otherwise, absolutely killer ideas and designs!

                                          

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September 6th, 2012 at 11:50 AM | I debated on that (changing (Score:4 Normal)
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I debated on that (changing the HUD). I may go back in and mess with it. Honestly, I just liked how the 'M' fit better. What I didn't notice until just now when looking closer was that this picture seems to have been taken on a fly-over. I looked in the reflection and it appears to have a stadium under the jet. How awesome would it be had this been taken during one of the many flu-overs at a home-opener at Michigan Stadium?

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September 6th, 2012 at 12:29 PM | Beautiful. (Score:1)
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Flu-over sounds ominous.

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September 6th, 2012 at 12:39 PM | Damn small iPhone keyboard. (Score:1)
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Damn small iPhone keyboard.

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September 6th, 2012 at 11:50 AM | I took that as meaning that (Score:1)
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I took that as meaning that something was in Michigan's sight or "crosshairs"....

BTN broadcast guy talking about Nik Stauskas~" He is the best import since Molson"

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September 6th, 2012 at 2:22 PM | yea, a big block m ! (Score:4 Normal)
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yea, a big block m ! thats what those sights are for.

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September 6th, 2012 at 1:17 PM | These are awesome. (Score:2)
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These are awesome.  Especially the UMass one.  Well done.

 

 

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(9/5/09)

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September 6th, 2012 at 7:55 PM | Physics (Score:2)
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Air Force =Umass x Denard

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September 20th, 2012 at 9:05 AM | assassin's creed badajoz (Score:1)
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Love the Assassin's Creed wallpaper, great one! portal badajoz informacion

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