OT: Star Wars fans

Zarix · #1 January 4th, 2002, 10:14 PM

Found a gargoyle that looks like Darth Vader. link Does anyone know if Darth Vader is based on this gargoyle? First I thought this was some kind of joke, but one guy in another forum send them mail and their reply was that there is nothing wrong with it.

geoschmo · #2 January 4th, 2002, 10:30 PM

Possibility this Gargoyle was around before Star Wars as was the basis for the movie Vader = 0%

Possibility this is an actual Gargoyle on the National Cathedral, modeled after Vader from the movie = maybe 5% (They might have some sort of American Culture display I guess. It is the National Cathedral afterall.)

Possibility this is a prank someone running the website is playing, or someone has hacked in and done = 95%

Geo

geoschmo · #3 January 4th, 2002, 10:40 PM

Well, it appears that possibility # 2 is it. They have a bunch of Gargoyles at the cathedral. They have a couple walls with various silly or comical gargoyles, as well as your standard gargoyle types.

Check this out.

Geo

Zarix · #4 January 4th, 2002, 10:57 PM

I found this in POV-Ray newsGroups. It has been there at least for four days. I thought it might be medieval helmet or something like that.

Zarix · #5 January 4th, 2002, 11:02 PM

Well, I guess it is Darth Vader. I really didn't expect to find something like that in a church.

geoschmo · #6 January 4th, 2002, 11:10 PM

From the stuff I saw searching the web, it appears they have a buch of very unusual gargoyles. I guess you almost need binoculars to see some of them though cause they are way up and aren't very big.

Just a way to be "hip" I guess.

Geoschmo