mega thread Why did you choose your avatar/profile pic?

[Phanact 333]

I find this picture of Rarity sipping juice really cute.

[Lunatic Cake 1,618]

It's really simple. It's made with much love from Lightwing <3

[Magic Rasin 180]

I drew it and ended up liking it, so I decided to make it my profile pic. Simple as that.

[Kapitan zur See Hans (Daz) 883]

Cuz anything NCMares makes I absolutely love. That and it is related to both Warhammer 40k and mlp so it is a rather easy choice.

[Traker 6]

Because I like to study law and my avatar somewhat represents that.

[JonasDarkmane 19,785]

I chose my avatar of Mr. Gold because he is my favorite character of all times <3 <3 <3 

 

As well there is some truth in the words "I am a difficult man to love". I am indeed a difficult man to love or like, therefore I find the avatar to be fitting . 

[Krampus 197]

Because 50 Blessings is the only TRUE patriot and will get America back on their feet again.

[Kapitan zur See Hans (Daz) 883]

Like my previous avatar, anything that NCMares makes that relates to both mlp and Warhammer I adore.

[PacificGreen 1,163]

A drawing I made, featuring a popular BG pony and one of my favorite minor ponies. Also kind of a voice actor joke, as both are voiced by Peter New.

[Love You 100]

Aigis is a cute robot girl, that's all that is needed to be said.

[OriginalGamerboy117 22]

Well I kind o' find super rainbow dash attractive and she's my fav

[Scrubbed user 3,416]

Because the Dodge Viper is top snek.

[Lulaypp 2,555]

Because I love 1D so I decided to put one of their pictures from their Four Photoshoot since I have it in my folder. AND I LOVE THIS SHOT! LOUIS AND THE BALL, NIALL AND HIS GUITAR, HARRY IN HIS FEDORA, IT IS EXCELLENT!

[Discovery Dream 592]

I just really love Sunburst a lot

[The Gear Spinner555 126]

1: Cuz Pinkie Pie is cute!

 

2: Cuz Madacon's art is cute!

[Guest]

Because I'm a history nerd and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck is a very interesting historical figure.

[LightningCharm 40]

I'm currently replaying one of the Hyperdimension Neptunia games and Iffy has always been my favorite character.  Thought it'd be appropriate to make her my avatar for now.

[Jackleberry 1,921]

 

Because it's Alice, my new #1 favourite Touhou character. I kinda just picked this one at random, but then I quickly realised how much I liked it, so I kept it.

 

[weesh 690]

Because I'm a history nerd and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck is a very interesting historical figure.

 

I just checked him out, and wow, that looks really interesting.

I'd never heard of him before.  is there a book or resource about him that you find acurate and compelling?

 

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I'd just been using "weesh", the titular character of my favorite webcomic, but then some friends made a pony version of it.  from there, my sister commissioned an artist to make a picture of the two of us together so that she could print it on a blanket.  my avi crops her out of it in appreciation for her generosity.  

 

well mostly...see that blue streak on the right side?  That's her hair.

[Guest]

I just checked him out, and wow, that looks really interesting.

I'd never heard of him before.  is there a book or resource about him that you find accurate and compelling?

There are quite a few good books; Meine Erinnerungen aus Ostafrika, or "My reminiscences of East Africa", which he wrote himself, "Guerilla: Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck and Germany's East African Empire", and "The Lion of Africa: The Untold Story of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Creation of Modern Africa" - unfortunately, it's hard to get copies of books on him as a lot are out of print or cheap scanned copies.

Edited April 20, 2016 by Guest

[weesh 690]

There are quite a few good books; Meine Erinnerungen aus Ostafrika, or "My reminiscences of East Africa", which he wrote himself, "Guerilla: Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck and Germany's East African Empire", and "The Lion of Africa: The Untold Story of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Creation of Modern Africa" - unfortunately, it's hard to get copies of books on him as a lot are out of print or cheap scanned copies.

neat!  i added "my reminiscences" to my wish list to remind myself later.

very interesting that these books have great ratings, but extremely few  of them.

seem like a well kept secret!

how did you hear about him?

[Minepro 107]

I made my current avatar because I wanted to use a character from a comic I used to draw called Luckcraft. The character Conscience was a good base because he's literally a horse. All I had to do was make him more Pony-like and you have my avatar. I still wear him to this day. I should probably digitalize him though. People keep commenting that he's a piece of paper.

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,302]

After donating in order to access the increased avatar size (purely selfish reasons), I digitally drew and animated this avatar based on Angelbabe:

I wanted the avatar I'm going to have for a good long while to be something representative of my partner; something special.

[Shadow Wind 56]

Well I've been playing a lot of Fallout recently, so I thought sure, why not.

[Cosmik Vek 764]

Because Twilight Sparkle is best pony, but with this pic, Twilight Possessed Sparkle is even better then regular Twilight Sparkle