vote for the most terrifying gigantic statue of all time

it’s like a Second Life installation but it’s 100% real

Wow that is amazing.

re: The Motherland Calls

The sword was originally made of stainless steel, trimmed with titanium sheets. The huge mass and high windage of the sword, due to its colossal dimensions, caused a strong swinging of the sword under the influence of wind loads, which caused excessive mechanical stress in the place where the hand holding the sword was attached to the body of the sculpture. Deformations in the design of the sword also caused the movement of sheets of titanium plating, creating-pitched sound of thundering metal.

as if it couldn't be more terrifying

http://www.where-is-this.com/files/Images/content/original/13223167511493057138.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/9f/eb/eb9febf775cea85bc0273f9926bbbe7c.jpg

another statue of genghis

wow

thought the revive would be about this one in india

https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/Xe-fcl5p5aOQmmbwaD1ccFK_Slo=/1244x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6M4QN3WZMUI6RA4EXTCUSL7PJE.jpg

that's cool, but the statue of liberty has NYC behind it

USA! USA! USA!

besides, he’s not holding anything, no crown, nothing. how many figurines they gonna sell of ~that~ dude

try again, india

exactly. when all the statues come to life, what weapon will he use? in contrast, lady liberty throws her crown and decapitates the enemies of democracy, then uses her torch to burn down their village before reciting from the declaration of independence to any survivors who remain

He will use the weapon of unity and unite the statues against us

He looks like an old guy coming out the front door to find the paper boy has thrown the paper into the rose bushes AGAIN.

"OW! Hey! Watch it with that thing!"

https://i.imgur.com/rvA21mn.jpg

Finally. A reason to wake up in the morning for the rest of my life.

https://i.imgur.com/g7gZiDf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4FOU9WW.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/djFMT6m.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qlODGxB.jpg

“Knife Angel" is a giant sculpture made of 100,000 knives confiscated from police stations throughout the UK in an effort to raise awareness of the growing rate of knife crime. The sculpture was created by British artist Alfie Bradle pic.twitter.com/xKBPcVgWLX

— 41 Strange (@41Strange) November 28, 2018

whoa

Damn that is actually terrifying

Looking sharp.

Knife Angel just wants a hug :(

why don't they just legalize guns, that'll stop all the knife crime

My first thought actually was Well, I'd rather hug a gun statue than that one.

Which led me to

https://i.imgur.com/8XZQwAk.jpg

the first thing i notice about that elephant? no knife wounds

That statue is amazing; it totally made me think of Clive Barker story 'In the Hills, the Cities'.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51SCXH3PMNL.jpg

love that story, didn't know there was a comic version!

and mr. gun elephant is terrifying

You should hear him sneeze!

I know we already discussed this guy, but this is a cool pic

https://smedia2.intoday.in/btmt/images/stories/statueofunity_505_010319044854.jpg

https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3775034.1548785056!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg

look at the fucking head on that

gil scott heron memorial?

More like the end of my driveway once I've conquered the Eagles.

lukey kelly

the greatest singer of all time

and i mean its a good likeness but cmon

Actual statue in China. 生生不息carved on the platform is a Taoist saying meaning endless change but literally means continuous breeding without break

I think this is a 🐷 breeding center

#ChineseNewYear #YearOfThePig pic.twitter.com/TC1ES9zjJT

— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) February 7, 2019

lol

that is wonderful

Winner

wow

生生不息 is actually my family motto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBEiHP1k2AU

Moderately terrifying

THE VIDEO IS EVEN BETTER LMAO. GOD EMPEROR TRUMP pic.twitter.com/5rOIgRRFOo

— Armani (@armani_salado) February 10, 2019

warhammer 40k movie fx looking impressive

another vu of guan yu (good photos upthread) for max imperiousness:

Guan Yu statue in Yuncheng City, China pic.twitter.com/xbLDEWF1up

— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) February 15, 2019

https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.4321514.1551720683!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_225/image.jpg

World’s tallest gnome needs a new home

ATTN NYC...

https://i.imgur.com/BzCrtjV.jpg

I DON'T GET IT.

So it's a bunch of stairs that go interlock with each other to form a basket?

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/03/thomas-heatherwick/

I mean, other places have those too, except there's usually a food court on the ground level.

Generally acknowledged as garbage by New Yorkers

ya know, maybe I do ♥ NY.

Great and somewhat less than respectful piece about it and it's designer Thomas Heatherwick, which manages to use the sentence "Heatherwick is forty-eight, employs nearly two hundred people, and has two children" as a punchline:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/26/thomas-heatherwick-architectures-showman

"it's" smdh

Meanwhile in Plymouth https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/18/huge-bronze-statue-messenger-crouching-female-actor-arrives-plymouth

http://gothamist.com/2019/03/18/psa_the_vessel_claims_it_owns_all_your_photos.php

wtf

anyway this jibes w M. Kimmelman's piece last week characterizing Hudson Yards as the world's largest gated community

i am getting increasingly chip-on-my-shoulder about that whole development; really need to see something at the shed shortly so i can form an informed opinion above and beyond EAT THE RICH