Astra's actionfigures in Action

I was talking with fueschgast the other day who is showing off our beautiful Saxony landscape to her visitor at the moment, and I remembered these pictures. They were taken back in 2009, my Chech friend Paya visited me and we went up to the Bastei. Most of these pictures are hers, posted with permission. I think you can recognize the few that are my own ;)

A walk that should have taken only 2 hours took 4, as we stopped all the time, taking pictures of Jack and Sam. And making all the people that passed us smile ;)


Click the LJ cut to see them all. You can also look at The Doctor and I in Saxon Switzerland to see more of the landscape. It's one of the many touristic points. I live where other people come to visit - love it!

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At the end of the walk through the medieval fortress they wrote their thanks into this guest book:

Much to my surprise, the Richard Dean Anderson forum has survived the changes it had to undergo, and the links to Paya's action figure stories are not (yet) lost. So here especially for sgamadison and everyone else enjoying them, is a bit more of my friend's Paya's excellent work. Previous posts were here:

Action figure theatre by Paya

More Action figure theatre by Paya

Since the forum is still a bit wonky, if you get an error after clicking on a link, just click the same link again, usually it works the second time around. Paya posts always in several messages, I give links to every single one, but you also can basically just scroll down the pages to see all the pictures.


Winter Adventure 1 (Jack and his bike in Winter time)

part 1

part 2

part 3

part 4

part 5

Winter Adventure 2 (And then she made skis for him)

part 1

part 2

part 3

part 4

Following from my last post about Action figure theatre by Paya I'd like to show you some more of her work. Scroll down at each link, as often there is more than one picture in her entry.

Here is Jack and his bike on a bike magazine:
Bike magazine

And here he goes for his first test ride:
Test ride

Easy Rider - she made those sun glasses herself:
Easy Rider

She also made Jack some clothes:
Clothes

A little Sam and Jack for Valentine's Day:
Valentine's Day

And Jack was modelling for a fashion catalogue:
Fashion Catalogue1

Fashion Catalogue2

As you can see, her work is much different from mine, very artsy with some of those pictures. I love it. Next time I show you the winter adventure, she made him little skis and everything. It looks absolutely beautiful. Stay tuned!

Tody I want to introduce some more of my friend Paya's work. I already had a first installment of this here: http://dieastra.dreamwidth.org/6840.html And also when our Stargate figures travelled to Vancouver, while we did the pictures together, she did all the hard work to put it into a story, which I linked to here: http://dieastra.dreamwidth.org/47722.html

Today I show you the first own story she made, after finding a model BMW bike, the same that Richard Dean Anderson drives. Only problem was, little Jack had yet to assemble it. So this story came out of it and I love it very much. Many of the small details you see in the background she has made herself.

Garage series part 1/9

Garage series part 2/9

Garage series part 3/9

Garage series part 4/9

Garage series part 5/9

Garage series part 6/9

Garage series part 7/9

Garage series part 8/9

Garage series part 9/9

Promo shots

Behind the scenes 1

Behind the scenes 2

She also takes wonderful pictures in the nature, of her Jack skiing or riding the bike. I will show them another time. Those pictures are really worth clicking, you won't be disappointed!



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I already posted the beginning of the "SG-1 figures in Vancouver" story a while ago, but now Paya has added many more parts to it and there are so wonderful pictures to look at. So please follow all the links to see the pictures and the stories, as it is awesome! Together with SG-1 we visited many original shooting locations which you'll surely recognize. Vancouver is an awesome and beautiful city.

If you leave feedback here I'll forward it to Paya by e-mail but if you are a member of the RDA-forum where she posted them, surely she'll also be happy about feedback there!


Part 1a At the Airport
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=112950#112950

Since the team starring in the Special belongs to Astra, we were flying from her lovely home town.

Everybody was fascinated how busy place Dresden International Airport is.

Teal'c: Is this our plane perhaps?
Daniel: I don't think so, Teal'C.
Sam: Its engines are covered.
Jack: Why don't we just have them uncovered?
Daniel: Don't be an ass, Jack.



Sam: I can't believe it is the only plane around here.
Jack: Is the flight really scheduled for today?



Teal'c: This means of transportation seems to be highly ineffective.



Daniel: Hey guys, a plane on the 12 o'clock!





Jack: Cool. Wake me in an hour again, Daniel.



Part 1b At the Airport
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=112951#112951

After some time, SG-1 got enough of boredome and went explore the i-point nearby:



Teal'c: Have you found anything, Major Carter?



Sam: Umm, not yet.



Jack: Can you have it done, Carter? I'm beginning to sink into the console. When did you gain so much weight?
Daniel: Ever so gentle.
Jack: It's my shoulders that are being damaged here, Daniel, so why don't you keep your noble mouth shut?



An hour and several banters later, we moved to the gates.
The main hall reminded us of a certain episode significantly and we couldn't help it and just had to install our little Stargate there...
(Much to the consternation of the security personnel.)



Part 1c During the Flight
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=112952#112952

Even the air shafts had a clear resemblance of the defence system in "2010".





In the waiting room at our gate:



Are we there yet?



Airborne.
Daniel: They could have bought us the business class at least.
Jack: Stop whining Daniel. We may as well have ended up in cargo. So enjoy the view.



Our Heroes landed safely after many hours and here we managed to get a glimpse of Daniel's journal by the end of the day:



Part 2 Expo Center "Bane" & "2010"
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=113090#113090

We did as Daniel suggested and after a bit of refreshment we were eager to check a filming location near our hotel. To our delight, SG-1 were more than willing to re-create some scenes for us. Do you recognize the episode? ;)

Daniel mumbling behind my back: It is too easy to guess.
Jack: For you maybe. I don't remember a thing.







And right next to it, another well known place. We only took it from a different angle.

Sam: Do you remember it?
Daniel: Yes. It was such a nice location.
Teal'c: It is a shame we cannot visit the building anymore. Especially this year.
Jack: Why not? Don't you like casinos?



Jack: Ya know, I once met a guy, MacGyver was his name, and he shot an episode here, too. But the place has changed over the years. There used to be a roof above it.



Part 3 Fishing in the Pub
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=114574#114574

During the next three days, we were focused on another activity. We do not know much about SG-1’s program during the MTM event, since we were busy documenting the other guy and didn’t have anybody of our crew with the team. However, it is our qualified guess that they were just relaxing at the hotel, so we didn’t miss anything important.

Of course, we cannot be certain about this, because we came across them in a pub one evening...

Jack: I’m tellin’ ya, Daniel, you have to be patient. It doesn’t matter there’s no fish in there. It’s about the act of fish-ing.



Part 4 various Vancouver shots
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=134966#134966

Hard to believe it's been two years since Jack visited... Stonehenge?



No, Vancouver!



He started with a little motorbike tour through Downtown...



Then he stopped by in Gastown. Experts will sure recognize this shot ;)



Jack was staying in a cheap hotel where coincidentally some strange event with that guy Whatshisname took place at the same time.



Jack posing outside the hotel. You may recognize another special location behind him.



Part 5a Blueberries and Beach
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=114575#114575

When the MTM event was over, all of us were eager to stretch our stiff muscles, so we went for a walk along the shore to get some fresh ocean breeze.

We hadn’t even reached the water, when Jack disappeared all of a sudden. After some time and a lot of effort, we found him several blocks away, in a sort of dreamy state.

Everybody gently: Come on, Jack, let’s go.
Jack: No, leave me alone. I’m in heaven.



Though it was very hard, we finally managed to drag Jack away from blueberries and moved over to our intended destination, where our team found a new toy.

Teal'c: I do not believe we will be able to extract the ship this way. It appears to be in a considerable distance.
Sam: Umphpffff.
Jack: Way hay and up she rises, way hay and up she rises...
Daniel: Jack, for Christ's sake, stop singing!



Jack: I'll be damned if we don't get our ship back!



Sam: I don’t think the chain is connected to that ship, anyway.
Teal’c: If we are not hauling the ship, I do not understand the purpose of this activity.
Daniel: What if we’re pulling a net?
Teal’c: Are you implying that we are fishing, Daniel Jackson?



Part 5b At the Beach
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=114576#114576

Sam: Whose idea was this actually?
Daniel: I don’t know. Jack? ... Jack!

Jack: *cough* What?



Daniel: I don’t know why we always swallow his crazy baits. Wait! Weren’t we supposed to go to Jericho Beach instead of English Bay? This is not Nem’s realm.
Jack: Details.
Daniel: But I wanted to visit the place.
Sam: Next time, Daniel. Besides, Teal’c was going to show us something around here, remember?
Teal’c: Indeed.



We left the chain and walked on along the beach when Teal’c stopped suddenly and announced proudly:

Welcome to my apartment.



Jack: Uh, Teal’c, no offence, but this looks suspiciously like Maybourne’s place. Trust me. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. ... What? Why are you all gazing at me? He kept it quite clean actually. No furniture...
Daniel to Sam quietly: What was in the blueberries?
Teal’c: It is *my* apartment. I must insist, O’Neill.
Daniel (excitedly): Oh, maybe you two were neighbors?
Jack: Easy, big fella.
Sam: It’s possible. The filmmakers were just saving money, so they used one place for more scenes.

After this, Teal’c was scarily quiet for two hours.

Part 5c Jack in the Fountain
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=114577#114577

We decided to go to the center for the rest of the day, and on our way there, we witnessed another memorable stunt. When we were passing by a small fountain, Jack spotted an opportunity for refreshing, and without warning, jumped into the water.

Sir!
Jack!
O’Neill!



Daniel: What the hell you think you’re doing?
Jack: I’m so hot. Come on in, guys! It’s cool.



With all due respect, we didn’t follow.
(Though there could be heard some incoherent mumbling from a general direction of Sam Cater...)

Before we reached another interesting location, it was getting dark and we were too tired (or lazy) to put up a proper scene. But the team was with us, resting comfortably in our backpacks. ;)
Do you recognize the building? ;)



What a surprise - this place looked exactly the same two years ago! Even the excavator is still parked on the stairs. Maybe they decided to keep this new arrangement? ;)



Anyway, it meant no “Secrets” scene with the bird statue on the stairs, nor any “Foothold” scene we had planned. :(

But don’t worry. The next day brought some very special moments!

Part 6a SG-1 at Tollana
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=135094#135094

Our favourite four continued touring familiar places. After 'Bane' and '2010' locations (for those of you who haven't seen it, the photo story starts here), they stopped - guess where?



Yes, Tollana. With its typical architecture, beautiful clean geometric lines, providing many interesting views and angles for a photographer. In between taking pictures of almost every corner and concrete wall, I followed our heroes to the most known spots.



Daniel: Sam? Are you okay?
Sam: Um, yes. Just recalled a sad moment.



Jack: All right, I was standing right here. Do you remember the pedestal? With the flame? I remember it clearly. Now it's gone.
Daniel: It was a prop, Jack.
Jack: And the other piece of rock? We were sitting at it. Over there.
Daniel: Yeah, that one too. I guess.
Jack: Bummer.



Part 6b SG-1 at Tollana
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=135096#135096

Sam: This is a lovely place. I've never noticed it before.
Teal'c: We were fully occupied in uncovering the conspiracy, Major Carter. There was not considerable amount of time to marvel at the local monuments.





Jack: Any idea what the hole is?
Daniel: Not really.



Jack: Public conviniences?
Daniel: Don't be silly.



Jack: They have some pretty backyard here.



Daniel: So, what's the plan now?



Jack: Find the Stargate.
Daniel: Find the Stargate? That's the plan?



Jack: Yep, that's the plan exactly.



Part 7a At the Bridge Studios
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=135178#135178

Now let’s see, how Jack’s plan worked:

Jack: Elegant in its simplicity, don't you think?



Daniel: What are you waiting for?
Jack: Nothing. Just savoring the moment. A small step for man, a giant leap for us.



Jack: See? Piece o'cake. I told you it was being stored here.



Sam: I feel like a burglar.
Jack: Why? They don't have any use for it. They don't want us here anymore. Get that through your head. We need to grab that thing if we ever want to go on our own missions.
Teal'c: I believe O'Neill is correct.
Daniel: Yeah. Me too.
Sam: [after a moment of hesitation] Me three.



Jack: Okay, kids. Let's move on.





Part 7b At the Bridge Studios
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=135179#135179

Teal'c: What direction shall we proceed, O'Neill?



Jack: Wherever you like. Just not to the hotel across the street. Ya know, I don't have particularly fond memories of that place. Just a mere thought of the rat Kinsey makes me want to throw up.



Sam: Well, no one can really blame you for that, Sir.



Daniel: [thinking for himself with empathy] Poor Jack. It must have been hard for him when he was so unjustly accused.
Jack: Daniel, focus and hold the thing, dammit! It’s crushing me. I cannot support it all myself here!



Daniel: Sorry.
Jack: Fine, let’s get out of here.




Part 7c At the Bridge Studios
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=135180#135180

art 8a At the Vancouver Aquarium
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=135301#135301

Part 8b Burnaby Mountain - "Upgrades"
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=135302#135302

Part 8c Sunset at the Beach
http://rdanderson.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=135303#135303

THE END




Masterlist for all my other Stargate action figure stories:
http://dieastra.livejournal.com/24280.html

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Today I want to introduce you to my dear friend Paya. Some of you might already know her wonderful RDA pictures of last year's Gatecon. If you don't, then you can find them in those three albums (the one with the actors is me, though):

http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q227/DieAstra/Gatecon/

http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q227/DieAstra/Gatecon2/

http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q227/DieAstra/Gatecon2/sub%201/

But now on with her action figure theater pictures!

( please click for more )

That's just for starters, there is much more nice stuff where this comes from, so watch this space!

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