u/Cadet-Cryyx

Hey Hoosiers! I'm a student at Riley high school in South Bend. We are the only Indiana school left and are now competing for 250,000 and the grand prize of 1 million dollars to improve our school and their athletic capabilities.

Past winners of the grand prize were able to come together and rally their whole states.

This is a small first step, but we are really hoping for your support. This would be life-changing for not only Riley but the whole South Bend area. It would be a stadium renovation, a new weight room, and valued at over 1 million dollars. I'm not a football player, I'm a swimmer and a marching band member, but this could improve every single student at Riley's life.

Supporters can vote for the Wildcats once per day from Oct. 8-25. VOTE FOR RILEY HERE!!!

This is a statement from my principal, Shawn Henderson, who is one of the best principals a person could ask for. "We compete everyday, week and year. I am asking you as teammates to vote for Riley High School in the T-Mobile Friday Nights 5G Lights. Riley High School is the only IHSAA school and the only school in the state of Indiana out of 40 nationwide left in competition. Please vote for Riley High School daily at the link below. GO

CATS!"

Last year we didn't make it to the semifinals, but this year is our year with your support. You can also find Riley on Facebook and Instagram.

Please, as a fellow hoosier, help a girl out. I implore you to vote!

I know things in Indiana are rough right now, but this is a bright spot!

Edit: had the wrong link

I know some of y'all went to Adams, Washington, LaSalle, Jackson, Clay, maybe even Penn. But this is a huge opportunity. The past schools that one that 1 million had to rally their whole state. This is my small start. Thank you!

Thank God my school has free 3D printers and the teacher in charge of them is super friendly.

First image is the finished project, and the rest of the pictures are the world in progress from start to finish.

It's a 3/4 inch dowel rod painted blue, a cabinet pull for the top, a piece of PVC plumbing hardware sanded and painted gold. The print had a minor imperfection but is unnoticeable under the paint. The cord was ordered off Amazon. This was printed on a Bambu A1 mini, and we did have to cut an inch off, but honestly, I'm not sure where he cut the inch off (I didn't print it)

Here's the print file; https://makerworld.com/en/models/2069656-drum-major-mace?from=search

Much thanks to the designer, it works great.

I am the kid of the band booster president, and we needed a mace, and didn't feel like it was quite right to spend that much money on a mace that will get used twice a year, if that, with no fancy moves or spinning. So me and my mom turned it into a project!

Had a ton of fun. Feel even more in love with these arms.

Bonus pic of me trying out the sling for the first time! Had a friend help me make the shield over 2 weekends, shout-out to her I could never draw this beaver!

A friend and I made this shield over the course of two weekends, and shout-out to my awesome Nana for the surcoat.

My Ren fair is pretty small, hopefully I can go to one someday that isn't just vendors.

I love working community events!

Had a great time with the SJCPD hummer and loved teaching kids how to use the sirens.

Super excited to do more community events, hoping to see you all there!

Faces blurred for privacy of minors.

So I'm making a shield for a Ren faire, and this is how it's going.

My original coat of arms is the one in the top left on the 2nd picture. I like it, but I added Seeblatts because they're from my ancestors' towns' CoA and they look cool.

For this, I've also made a surcoat with the badge in the 3rd picture, bottom left, and really liked it, so I decided to match on the shield.

But I can't decide whether or not to keep the beaver! I know looks great without it, but I like it. I don't know what to do and would appreciate help.

If I decide to drop the beaver (idk if I will I think it has character), how would I Blazon this?

Such an awesome experience. Wanted to share pictures with you guys!

If you couldn't tell, my favorite bear of all time is Bronko Nagurski.

1. Me and Dad as close to the pillars we could get

2-6. Cool logos on the concourse

7-10. Bronko has his own little section, it's awesome!

11. This plow outside the stadium made me cackle on the way out

12. Our seats were literally perfect.

13. I redid the signs to be more dark. Didn't make it on the jumbotron but that's okay! Plus the outfit I wore to the game.

14. The one thing I bought other than a pretzel and water, this awesome wool pennant. God there was so much cool stuff in the pro shop but wow everything is so expensive.

Note I have an awesome drumline video but idk if this is the place to post it.

Edit: thank you u/mikeropod! You're an awesome dad.

I'm going to the bears/browns game with my dad on Saturday and am super excited. Im gonna go out and get more posterboard to be able to make them a bit bigger and add a little more to the bronko nagurski sign. (I want to add "The Original Cheesegrater")

Feat my cool hat with the awesome cheese grater pin from my mom. (She got me and my dad matching ones!)

Yes it's still the off-season so I think this is an acceptable post.

For me; Growing up my dad was a bears fan and we all made fun of him for it, so I didn't really watch football. This year by chance I'm in the living room when the raiders game is going on and I see blackwell block that kick and I'm like...hmm. Pretty cool. Shortcut a few weeks later to the bengals and I see colston Loveland score that TD with 17 second to go, and that was it. I was down bad and am now a bears fan, despite my father warning me of suffering.

Edit: forgot to add, I've gotten really into the history of the bears and enjoy reading about the legends long gone. Like my flair says, my favorite bear is bronko nagurski.

This was gifted to me by my grandmother recently, she believes it used to be part of our church stage. (Which no longer exists.)

My research has led me to figure that it's a No. 834 Color Clip designed for use with R40 and PAR 38 bulbs. I find the spring system on the back pretty interesting.

Supposedly the glass is switchable but I haven't figured that out yet and don't want to break it. They were manufactured from the 40s to the 60s.

So my original CoA is the one on the top left, which was lovely and I do still like, but my father, who likes Wikipedia rabbit holes found these Seeblatt on Wikipedia (we have German heritage) so I added them to see how I feel. (they're a lil off center which bugs me but oh well.) I'm still not sure what I think about it.

I also did badges, and I'm not sure which one I like best. I'm currently making a surcoat based on the original CoA (white base with a golden key on the chest on top of a blue Chevron from belt level).

I saw this in Twitter from this account with the description and thought it was pretty cool.

https://x.com/historyinmemes

The 1836 proposal for a Sweden–Norway union flag was an early attempt to create a shared national symbol while preserving the identities of both kingdoms. It was never officially adopted.

After the Napoleonic Wars, Norway entered a personal union with Sweden under a shared monarch while retaining its own constitution, parliament, and most domestic institutions.

One proposed union flag combined symbols linked to both kingdoms in a swallow-tailed military-style design rather than merging the familiar Nordic crosses. It was never adopted. In 1844, King Oscar I instead introduced separate national flags featuring a shared union badge in the canton, a system that remained until the union ended peacefully in 1905.

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