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Title: The Human captain and his Vulcan warrior
Artist: Hakka ( [personal profile] prue84 )
Fandom: Star Trek (reboot)
Timeline: Mirror (2.5)
Pairing: Kirk/Spock
Characters: James Kirk, Spock
Rating: PG-13
Tagline: Jim and Spock ready for a mission planetside.
About the manip: Jim might've forgotten a piece of his uniform - or the same piece might've met its fate. Knowing Spock, I doubt Jim have been allowed to step on the transporter this naked. Fine, the collar is for everyone to see, but Spock doesn't really like it when his mate can be ogled. :D
Info from the universe: Despite admitting the usefulness of phasers and the like, Spock - as most of the Vulcans - favors less futuristic weapons so, when the mission allows it, Spock packs his loyal lirpa on his back and relies on the knife - the knife that has been given to him when graduated from the training camp as warrior - in his right holster.
Jim, on the other hand, is more businesslike: phasers are more quick and efficient and they do their job. He might also not be so trained like Vulcans so he sticks to technology - though he brings a knife as well in the holster on his back, just to be sure (and perhaps because Spock has not so gently ordered him to).
Info from the universe #2: Little note about Jim's tattooes. On left side there's "Enterprise": he and Scotty got the tattoo together. On the left arm, inside: a quote (we never got to find the right one so for now is "unknown author quote"). Left shoulder: a dragon. Left pec: "Property of S’chn T’gai Spock" in ancient Vulcan. When Vulcans still had slaves, they marked their slaves like this; by now it's just a forgotten custom, but Jim decided to have it as gift to his hubby.
He has others on his back and a snake riding his right leg. ;)
Tec stuffs (aka Behind The Manip): If my PC hasn't killed himself during working on this manip, I guess I can be sure it'll survive still many more years - hope so, at leas. The original file was 3800px in width and was 130mb heavy: it wouldn't be much, for an average PC, but mine is an old mule running on Windows 2000 and with a meager 256kb of RAM, so you may see how hard on resources has been this manip. I also have less than 3gb free on my disk, and the Photoshop temporary files ended up filling ALL the free space at one point. Oh well, both I and the PC have survived. :D
About the manip itself: I stumbled upon an awesome promo shot from tv-show Arrow last year (last modified date on the image says 12th June 2013) and decided that it could be a good base for a mirror!Kirk manip. Searching for an HQ version of it I found another that was perfect for Spock so I saved them to be used sooner or later. Did I say that they were very, very HQ? It usually takes me lot of time to find stocks/images that fit what I have in my mind, but when you're working with a base so big, the task is double hard. Take the lirpa: I decided to add it because I didn't want to hassle myself in removing that harness Spock's base wears (originally is to hold the bow), but I didn't have any decent image, especially as much big as the base asked. I ended up making one from scratch using a mezzaluna knife as blade. When I'm searching for some embossed decoration to add to the blade (and after searching for half an hour uselessly)... I find a good decorated-blade axe. Duh!
Disclaimer: Don't own anything on this. Full credits below the manip itself.
Crossposted: Livejournal, Deviantart, Tumblr. Also at [livejournal.com profile] kirkspock (post here).





The Human captain and his Vulcan warrior
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Credits

Date: 10/09/2014 03:27 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rose-erato.livejournal.com
Beautiful artwork!

Date: 16/09/2014 01:54 (UTC)
ext_415568: (OTP)
From: [identity profile] prue84.livejournal.com
Thank you! :)

Date: 10/09/2014 03:43 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tprillahfiction.livejournal.com
Ooooh this is beautiful and very inspiring! Really nice work!

Date: 16/09/2014 01:54 (UTC)
ext_415568: (KirkSpockTOS)
From: [identity profile] prue84.livejournal.com
Thank you! :)

Date: 10/09/2014 11:05 (UTC)
ext_354884: (Default)
From: [identity profile] awarrington.livejournal.com
Bloody amazing! This is a really fabulous manip. And to paraphrase TOS Spock, it sounds like you managed it using stone knives and bearskins! I love all the details like the tattoo of Vulcan script, the lirpa, the expressions you chose are perfect. A really great job.

Date: 16/09/2014 01:59 (UTC)
ext_415568: (Kirk2.0)
From: [identity profile] prue84.livejournal.com
Thank you so much for the comment: really helps to brighten my mood. :D
I can't take any credit for the Vulcan script, since I'll be forever grateful to Brih'thun to so nicely fill my request.
For the expressions... as I was saying in another comment, Zach in that STID-shot just screams Mirror Spock, so there really was no choice but to use that. :D

Date: 10/09/2014 12:14 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elfqueen55.livejournal.com
I'd left a comment on the home page for KirkSpock...but am more than glad to leave another...

This image is some kind of absolutely fabulous! Stunning and flawless...it's like a masterpiece...your skills are spot-on...the tone and drama here grab the viewer and hold their attention...I can't stop looking at it!

Brava! Brava, brava, brava!!

Date: 16/09/2014 01:55 (UTC)
ext_415568: (Kirk2.0)
From: [identity profile] prue84.livejournal.com
Thank you for the double comment: truly appreciated! <3<3

Date: 10/09/2014 14:09 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleflink.livejournal.com
Wow, that's fabulous! I'm especially in love with the image you chose for Spock's face; it suits his outfit and the tone of the piece amazingly well.

Date: 16/09/2014 01:56 (UTC)
ext_415568: (Kirk2.0)
From: [identity profile] prue84.livejournal.com
In that STID-shot Zach just has this look that strikes me for a Mirror Spock, so I couldn't help it. :D
Thank you!

wa'pa itaren

Date: 10/09/2014 15:57 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alinealghost.livejournal.com
When I saw the tatoo in Jim, my first idea was 'this is from osu Brih'thun. I love the Vanauf-kitaun work. Chai' t'naat itaren, for this splendid work.
Dif tor heh smusmha hehe sochya bosch.
Nartayalar Terayan.
Zelfh'am T'Mar (the alinealghost)

Re: wa'pa itaren

Date: 16/09/2014 01:57 (UTC)
ext_415568: (KirkSpockTOS)
From: [identity profile] prue84.livejournal.com
Brih'thun has been such a nice girl to write the phrase for me, yes. :)

Date: 10/09/2014 23:07 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arminaa.livejournal.com
Wow, this is phenomenal! Completely stunning. I love that the green of Spock's cloak really complements his skin tone. The vulcan tattoo is great as well!

Date: 16/09/2014 02:03 (UTC)
ext_415568: (KirkSpockTOS)
From: [identity profile] prue84.livejournal.com
Oh my, you have no idea how much I screamed in delight when I got your comment? It's... so, so wonderful to read such words from you, who have always been an inspiration to me. So, yeah, thank you so, so much: I can assure you that the pother day I was going around with a smile plastered on my face. :D

To give the devil its due, half of the credit goes to the high quality of the original images. If only we could always work with such quality! ;) ;)
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Yours truly...

Hakka aka Foy. Scorpio. November. 1984. Long-haired. Green eyes. Pale skin. Italian.
Honest. Realist. Stressed. Depressed. Introverted. Self-talker.
Sith. King of the Wraiths. Death Eater. Prince. "The Mate". T'hy'la/The King.


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Spock x Kirk (Star Trek: TOS / AOS). Arthur Pendragon x Merlin (BBC Merlin), A(rch)angel x Psylocke(Braddock) (X-Men Comics). Warren Worthington III (X-Men Comics). Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (NCIS), Dylan "Dutchy" Mulholland (Sea Patrol).

Harry x Draco (Harry Potter), Naru x Sasu (Naruto), Cable x Deadpool (Marvel comics), Ru x Hana (Slam Dunk). Gibbs x DiNozzo BDSM (NCIS). Zoro (One Piece).

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Old fornitures. Ancient chinese sculptures. Old mansions. High jewelry (Bulgari, Cartier).
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