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would it be possible to have a model of norrington from Dead Man's Chest? you know, the pirate Norrington?
link to pic: <a href="http://www.mariakaefer.de/upload/norrington.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.mariakaefer.de/upload/norrington.jpg</a> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/poet.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hmm" border="0" alt="poet.gif" />
 
Do ye still need that drawing? I can re-post it. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
 
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CJPJ,
I did get a look at the picture you drew, very nice! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" /> I also managed to copy it from the shoulders down so I could refer to it.
The character has boots does he? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/urgh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":urgh" border="0" alt="urgh.gif" /> Hmmm,... back to Dexter's Laboratory to see what I can come up with. The Pirat10 (Barbossa) body is the only model I can think of that somewhat resembles the body of the picture you drew, but head swaps with that model can often be problematic. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":modding" border="0" alt="modding.gif" />

Actually, when I mentioned portraits I was referring to the 64, 128, and 256, interface portraits that the character uses in game, and I thought if someone who wanted this character knew of photos of Norrington, that they thought would look good in the game, I could use those for the model. Alternatively, I could use a "cropped" version of the picture you created for Norrington for the 256 portrait, from the waist up, if you want to re-post it.
 
Reposted! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
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Why don't ye use the pic of Norrington with his arms crossed, glaring at someone, for the portrait... its a clear, detailed pic that would look great! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
 
That is a nice drawing of the commodore, commodore.
 
I'd like a Norrington model from CBP. I felt sorry for him in DMC. But anyway, I hope someone can roll out a CBP Norrington model.
 
Well I haven't seen the new film yet (Arrgh!), but the pictures I've seen and JPJ's illustration (or is this of his first movie Rear Admiral uniform depicted?) suggest to me that Norrington's rather tattered outfit is that of a Royal Navy Captain.
<a href="http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1152331/photo_23_hires.jpg" target="_blank">Norrington</a>
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The suggestion of <a href="http://www.kipar.org/piratical-resources/potc-uniforms.html" target="_blank">this</a> site is that Norrington's captain's uniform is a muddle. This is due to the presence of bucket cuffs (suggesting dress uniform) and that whilst his lapels are white (denoting 3 yrs + as a captain) his cuffs are erroneously blue (at least his breeches are blue in the new film).

Would it not be an option to adjust one of the JMV captain models (actually Derringer's Norrington model was a better fit) and make it scruffier (and sans chapeau)?

Anyway, Norrington looks far better as a scruffy fellow...always thought he looked like he had a jellyfish in his breeches in the first film.
 
Well, when it comes to his uniform, I like to call it the undress of a Rear-Admiral. I too have seen the PotC reference website, and find that its almost impossible to debate over the uniforms in the movie. Disney finally said that the movie officialy takes place during the year 1720... uniforms in the Royal Navy were not introduced until the late 1740s. (I think that is noted on the uniform website as well.)
When it comes to the breeches, Norrington tossed aside his buckled shoes for a good old pair of bucket top boots, which leads me to guess that he didn't want to look so ex-navy and put himself at risk... so he lost the white breeches and unbuttoned the gold trimmed lapels.

My strongest reason for believing that his uniform is the undress of a Rear-Admiral is that Commodore was a title, not a rank. Commodores were senior captains that were given the authority of an admiral. Commodores were also allowed to wear the uniform of a Rear-Admiral for full dress and captain uniform for undress.

Norrington's lapel, though very dirty, can still be identified as the undress lapel of a Rear-Admiral.
 
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Well, when it comes to his uniform, I like to call it the undress of a Rear-Admiral. I too have seen the PotC reference website, and find that its almost impossible to debate over the uniforms in the movie. Disney finally said that the movie officialy takes place during the year 1720... uniforms in the Royal Navy were not introduced until the late 1740s. (I think that is noted on the uniform website as well.)
When it comes to the breeches, Norrington tossed aside his buckled shoes for a good old pair of bucket top boots, which leads me to guess that he didn't want to look so ex-navy and put himself at risk... so he lost the white breeches and unbuttoned the gold trimmed lapels.

My strongest reason for believing that his uniform is the undress of a Rear-Admiral is that Commodore was a title, not a rank. Commodores were senior captains that were given the authority of an admiral. Commodores were also allowed to wear the uniform of a Rear-Admiral for full dress and captain uniform for undress.

Norrington's lapel, though very dirty, can still be identified as the undress lapel of a Rear-Admiral.
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Sir, whilst I concur that the time period for the films is uncertain, I must disagree with the opinion expressed as to the uniform Norrington is seen wearing in the photos to which I posted links previously. I am aware of the claim that a commodore was entitled to wear rear-admiral's frock uniform, the noted reference in kipar.org to a 1787 regulation (unchecked by me). However, Undress uniform being synonymous with Frock uniform (if indeed Norrington were wearing any form of undress uniform) then he would have mariner's cuffs on his coat not the bucket cuffs denoting full dress uniform. It is apparent from comparing both photographs (giving views of the inside and outside of a cuff) that the cuffs are indisputably in the bucketted fashion. The pictures from the Kipar.org website clearly show that in his rear-admiral frock/undress uniform Norrington's cuffs are white, whilst in the new images are in fact blue. Ergo it is not the same uniform seen in DMC. Furthermore, whilst I must feign ignorance of the new film's plot, if Norrington happens to be replaced by a new Commodore or Admiral (I have noted a photograph containing a fellow in rear-admiral's frock dress in the new film) and as such has lost command of a ship (I assume the Dauntless) then providing he remained in command of a ship his demotion would render him a captain, explaining his captain's dress. (I shan't claim to know a great deal about naval affairs but it seems reasonable logic to my mind). Am I not correct in thinking that a Commodore was a title granted to someone in command of more than a single ship?
I still cannot account for the cuffs being blue in his captain's uniform. Clearly he must have had more than the 3 years captaincy required to qualify for sporting white lapels and cuffs in order to have progressed to the position of Commodore (we witness his 'promotion' in POTC:CBP on the arrival of the HMS Dauntless).

The photos show that the lapels of the jacket are both white, but they lack the ornamentation that would be present in a rear-admiral's uniform and I consider it unlikely he would alter one mere feature of his coat rather than discard it altogether. I rather doubt it makes any difference whether he be identifiable known as a commodore or rear-admiral from his attire than that of a Royal Navy Captain. I'll concede this conclusion is based on filmsy evidence as the only photos showing the lapels show what would be the normally unseen and thus undecorated side but I see nothing at all that suggests he has retained his commodore's uniform.

The portraits on the National Maritime Museum's 'Maritime Art Greenwich' website shows a good range of images of early period captains' and admirals' uniforms. The conclusions I draw from examining the images is that Norrington is not wearing undress uniform nor that of rear-admiralty rank. We shall, I think, have to agree to differ, for in the absence of conclusive evidence to the contrary, my opinion remains unchanged and unmovable.
 
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Well I haven't seen the new film yet (Arrgh!)
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Well I haven't seen the new film yet (Arrgh!)
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I have to grow my beard back to a suitable length first (suitable being defined as it being deliberate not due to laziness). I was forced to shave it off for a horrid job interview as apparently unless you have religious reasons for having one, you can't expect to get jobs with a beard. I steadfastly refuse to go see the film without the proper attire (though I might have the leave the weapons at home...what with twitchy armed coppers about an'all.)
 
I thought about seeing the movie in an outfit, but never got around to it. (Sides, I don't have any pirate gear... and the only clothing sutable for a character is Napoleonic!)

I am going with the Captain's uniform theroy you posted above, as I was making my decision with what I knew... and I specialize in the Napoleonic period, a good number of years after 1720!
(The undress uniform of a Rear-Admiral is plain blue coat without trim, rolled collar, blue cuffs and lapels with one gold stripe across the top and three horizontal buttons, so I guessed that they took the Napoleonic cuff of a Rear-Admiral and put it on a bucket cuff... getting it mixed up with a Vice-Admiral which has two gold stripes on the cuff!)

I still can't get over how historicaly inaccurate the movie is! Uniforms that don't exist being worn before they became regulation and British warships from 1800 fighting ships from 1690! Nevertheless, the PotC trilogy is a fantastic set of movies... though I like Master and Commander more!

Norrington is in the third movie as a Rear-Admiral back aborad the <i>Dauntless</i>. It has been confirmed in the cast listings. (Can't wait to see Norrington back in a clean, crisp uniform. This may sound crazy... but he's my favorite character. He doesn't deserve Elizabeth... but he does deserve the ship and uniform!!! Go navy!)
 
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I thought about seeing the movie in an outfit, but never got around to it. (Sides, I don't have any pirate gear... and the only clothing sutable for a character is Napoleonic!)

I am going with the Captain's uniform theroy you posted above, as I was making my decision with what I knew... and I specialize in the Napoleonic period, a good number of years after 1720!
(The undress uniform of a Rear-Admiral is plain blue coat without trim, rolled collar, blue cuffs and lapels with one gold stripe across the top and three horizontal buttons, so I guessed that they took the Napoleonic cuff of a Rear-Admiral and put it on a bucket cuff... getting it mixed up with a Vice-Admiral which has two gold stripes on the cuff!)

I still can't get over how historicaly inaccurate the movie is! Uniforms that don't exist being worn before they became regulation and British warships from 1800 fighting ships from 1690! Nevertheless, the PotC trilogy is a fantastic set of movies... though I like Master and Commander more!

Norrington is in the third movie as a Rear-Admiral back aborad the <i>Dauntless</i>. It has been confirmed in the cast listings. (Can't wait to see Norrington back in a clean, crisp uniform. This may sound crazy... but he's my favorite character. He doesn't deserve Elizabeth... but he does deserve the ship and uniform!!! Go navy!)
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Yeah I'd love to go see it dressed in pirate clobber, but it'd have to be done right, not just buying pirate replica costuming stuff but aging the clothes so they look more 'real'. I can't stand all these pictures of ren faire pirates in sqeaky clean kit. Nah, you gotta bury your shirt in the garden for a month at least or sleep in it for while to get it just right. O'course you gotta get loaded up on rum before going to the cinema (movie theater) too. They ought to do pirate film weekends with everyone dressed up (well they might but not round 'ere unfortunately.). Should start off with drinking in a suitable haunt like a pub from the time (like one in Execution Dock in Wapping) 'fore going on. It'd be like those Sound of Music events where everyone goes dressed as a nun or a nazi (er..so I'm told).
I'll try to get round to watching DMC this week, albeit likely not dressed as a pirate (thankfully there is an element of cross over with 'old skool' trad goth fashion)..oh well I'm sure golden age pirates would've worn leather jackets if they could've...

i went through CBP looking at the uniforms. Odd stuff. It seems to start with Norrington in lieutenant's dress uniform, then at his promotion ceremony he has admiral's frock coat on (eg it has lapels) whilst there are I make it two or 3 senior captains or admirals present (3 officers with white cuffs) at the ceremony. Later when Lizzie has been snatched and we see Norrington again he is wearing frock/undress captain's uniform...but with white lapels and daftly blue cuffs. With him apart from his lieutenant Gillette seems to be another senior captain with white cuffs and lapels.
I've ordered from a local library a copy of British Naval Dress, by Dudley Jarrett which covers pre-1748 and upto 100 years hence in uniforms. Should be usefull in confirming (and criticising...) details in POTC and help assess JMVs skins accuracy.

Yeah I noticed on the cast lisiting he is back as a Commodore in POTC III. Damn right he doesn't Lizzie...he's got a better lady and she's made of wood and sail.
 
Aye aye! You can't top a lady that gas 80 guns, eh?
I find the JMV skins somewhat accurate, though I found a few problems.
All the JMV skins are supposedly in full dress, as they are wearing stockings and coats trimmed in gold... remember that for later.
If you were a lieutenant or lower, you hat would be plain black rather than trimmed with white to match the white piping on your coat. The higher ranking officers' lapels are blue... but they're in the Royal Navy! They would be white. (Unless you are a commander or junior captain. If that is the case, JMV needed to add a senior captain with white lapels and a commander with one epaulet on the right shoulder.)
The AMERICAN navy unifroms had blue lapels.

Hey Fabris, did you notice the medal on Norrington's uniform at the "promotion"? It is the Order of Bath medal, which wasn't introduced until 1815! Also, the frilly trim on his hat shouldn't be there. Can't recall how it goes... "Hollywood invented the frilly trim" or "just civilians wore frilly hats"... but the frilly trim wasn't part of a navy uniform's hat.

Something else that almost everyone overlooks is the actual cut of the hat. Norrington's hat is an "English cut" tricorn which was very popular with civilians... but not in the military. The military was very fond of the "French cut" tricorn. (The hat that Lord Beckett wears.)

The thing about the redcoats that really bugs me is their coattails. They look too short. Could be a marines thing I didn't know about... the marines of the 1800s wore short coattails... but that was popular in all military units around the world at the time. I think they would have looked better with actual frock coats with the pinned back tails.
 
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Aye aye! You can't top a lady that gas 80 guns, eh?
I find the JMV skins somewhat accurate, though I found a few problems.
All the JMV skins are supposedly in full dress, as they are wearing stockings and coats trimmed in gold... remember that for later.
If you were a lieutenant or lower, you hat would be plain black rather than trimmed with white to match the white piping on your coat. The higher ranking officers' lapels are blue... but they're in the Royal Navy! They would be white. (Unless you are a commander or junior captain. If that is the case, JMV needed to add a senior captain with white lapels and a commander with one epaulet on the right shoulder.)
The AMERICAN navy unifroms had blue lapels.

Hey Fabris, did you notice the medal on Norrington's uniform at the "promotion"? It is the Order of Bath medal, which wasn't introduced until 1815! Also, the frilly trim on his hat shouldn't be there. Can't recall how it goes... "Hollywood invented the frilly trim" or "just civilians wore frilly hats"... but the frilly trim wasn't part of a navy uniform's hat.

Something else that almost everyone overlooks is the actual cut of the hat. Norrington's hat is an "English cut" tricorn which was very popular with civilians... but not in the military. The military was very fond of the "French cut" tricorn. (The hat that Lord Beckett wears.)

The thing about the redcoats that really bugs me is their coattails. They look too short. Could be a marines thing I didn't know about... the marines of the 1800s wore short coattails... but that was popular in all military units around the world at the time. I think they would have looked better with actual frock coats with the pinned back tails.
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Yeah the hats are a bit dodgy. All we can really gather is that clearly the film is meant to be based after 1690 when tricorns first reputedly came into fashion in miltary and civilian circles. The feathers are nonsense, but I suppose make them that bit more wonderful. Be prefering a trashed felt one meself (since Sparrow's leather one was nonsense)..well if I ever get around to ordering one. I can just about get away with wearing a cowboy type hat in the everday, by claiming to be a diehard Fields of the Nephilim fan, but not so sure about a tricorn. I did know a kid who used to wear one all the time in Bristol I think but he was a strange duck. If I do get one I be shopping here:<a href="http://www.captjackspiratehats.com/" target="_blank">Cpt Jack's hats</a>

Yes the Order of Bath is a little odd. I wonder why they bothered adding it in at all? Were they trying to suggest some sort of illustrious past for Norrington in the years passed between the Swanns' passage to the Caribbean and the 'present'? Makes you wonder what IS the history of James Norrington in the intervening years? Sparrow suggests in CBP that the Black Pearl is virtually the last real pirate threat in the Caribbean...has Norrington distinguished himself in bringing the other pirates to the gallows?

I'm not really up on the redcoat uniforms or the history of the marines but I think we encounter the same problem of what period is being represented. Certainly 17th century uniforms were very different with longer more simple redcoats (a la Kirk's lambs type for a re-enactment reference). The Kipar.org lady reckons the soldier are either 1730s or 1760s in date, but I have no information with which to check that claim. She does comment that prior to 1742 no real uniforms existed for soldiers.
I have encountered on the royal marines museum website references to two books that may be of use (If I could find them!):
Stadden, C.C., Newark, G. and Newark, C. (1997). <i>Uniforms of the Royal Marines 1664 to the present day.</i> I think Chas Stadden was a model maker (an ex-serviceman) judging from <a href="http://www.staddendirect.co.uk/figurines/royalmarinesandnaval.asp?grenadier0153" target="_blank">this</a>
Field, Col. C. (1924). <i>Britain’s Sea Soldiers (Volumes I & II 1664-1913)</i>. Liverpool: Lyceum Press
If I can find copies of these I'll attempt to consult them, this seems to be marines' museums suggestion. I'd imagine British Marines' history is much like that of the French, in the early days units were raised as required and uniforms initially would be pretty arbitrary.
 
When it comes to Norrington's past, check out the topic in the Burning Brig called Enemy on the Horizion. I had a little loyalty to Norrington attack, but got back on track after a couple of hours. (I had just seen DMC.)
 
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When it comes to Norrington's past, check out the topic in the Burning Brig called Enemy on the Horizion. I had a little loyalty to Norrington attack, but got back on track after a couple of hours. (I had just seen DMC.)
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I'll leave reading Norrington's past for the moment if you don't mind, until I've had time and occasion to see the film lest I discover any spoilers lurking within the thread. Considering the unknown nature of Norrington's and Sparrow's pasts I'd imagine there is scope for some decent novels to be written. Pity that my favourite modern author of pirate stories, Rafael Sabatini, is 56 years in the grave.
 
<i>Tis true: t'is true t'is pity,
and pity t'is t'is true. A foolish figure!
but farewell it, for I will use no art." <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/poet.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hmm" border="0" alt="poet.gif" /></i>

Sabatini, <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":bow" border="0" alt="bow.gif" /> I'm still on the look out for a copy to own of <i>The Further Adventures of Captain Blood</i>. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bookish.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mm" border="0" alt="bookish.gif" /> 9Don't recall the exact title.

Burnout! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" /> Welcome to the site! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
I don't know what version of POTC you are playing, but, as they mentioned above, JMV575 made a series of Royal Navy uniforms that you can find in the English tailor shops on Redmond and Oxbay in the game. I think it is very likely that there is a model that looks like Norrington in POTC/COTBP, among that series of models.

The previous exchange on uniforms has been both enjoyable and enlightenning, <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" /> I wish I could say that I have a nice accurate model to offer, but I don't. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huhh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:k" border="0" alt="huhh.gif" />

I did get a chance to play around with some head swaps, and I throw them up for feedback before I proceed:

<img src="http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic/332ZK34H/918035.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

Keep in mind that I have done little or no texture work on either of these two models, I just wanted to get some feedback on the model to use before I put any effort into altering the texture.

The first figure is a headswap between the brodyaga (?) body with the searcher model head. In spite of the fact that he has no boots, I think the tattered coat model looks good with that head. Kinda looks to me like Norrington just prior to his hitting rock bottom.

The second darker figure is a headswap between the artois vosey head and pirat11, or thereabouts <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> , body. I think the shape suggests the Norrington figure in POTC/DMC, but Artois' moustache is very apparent when you see the model head on, and up close, and it looks a little like he is pouting, (not necessarily a bad thing with regards to Norrington) or that he is disfigured a bit beneath the nose.

I still think the man1 model is the closest of the three, but I'd be interested in your thoughts. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />
 
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Sabatini, <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":bow" border="0" alt="bow.gif" /> I'm still on the look out for a copy to own of <i>The Further Adventures of Captain Blood</i>. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bookish.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mm" border="0" alt="bookish.gif" /> 9Don't recall the exact title.

I still think the man1 model is the closest of the three, but I'd be interested in your thoughts. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />
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Are you thinking of 'Captain Blood Returns' (also known as The Chronicles of Captain Blood)? There's a hard copy first printing going on ebay:
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rafael-Sabatini-CAPTAIN-BLOOD-RETURNS-1931-1st-VG_W0QQitemZ230011324368QQihZ013QQcategoryZ29223QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">Captain Blood Returns</a>
This is the 'further adventures' one I think.

There is also 'The Fortunes of Captain Blood' (in hard copy or paperback around):
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rafael-Sabatini-The-Fortunes-of-Captain-Blood-HB-1936_W0QQitemZ300009063937QQihZ020QQcategoryZ377QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">Fortunes of Captain Blood</a>
Both of these are available in modern versions via Amazon etc.

Man1 might be the best bet, unless Pirat1 (the bearded Man1) adds something. Only problem is the hair methinks, in that doesn't Norrington always keep it tied back rather than long? Oh and the absence of the nice 'rolled down' boots he sports in the new film.
 
Pirat1 would be the best choice in my opinion. Looks close to Norrington and doesn't have obvious facial hair. (Though he definately hadn't shaved in a while at the time of DMC!)

To Fabris: He did have his hair tied back, but it eventually got rather messy and hair started to come out of his queue. So, it as still tied back, though it was a very ragged mess and he had lots of hair falling down on either side of his face.

To Mings: It would look very cool if you could somehow transfer Norrington's face textures from the Norrington Models and put it on, or even transfer some of the same textures and colors on his coat. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":))" border="0" alt="smile2.gif" />
 
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