#crosstie

[kicksnscribs]

ok but hear me out:

[cgclarkphoto]

On track to photography -  cg photography

[horsesarecreatures]

Braids for Scylla and Fidar at the horse rescue. Too hot to not put their beautiful hair up! They were so good and patient. No need for halters or crossties.

[fortunaegloria]

Harrison Ford as Mr. Harrison in Kung Fu – "Crossties" (2x18) [1974]

[last-of-the-independents]

ANDY ROBINSON as Johnny Walker in KUNG FU, S2. E18 - Crossties (1974)

[countesspetofi]

Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek (and Wars?) Stars, Andrew Robinson (credited here as "Andy Robinson") guest stars in "Crossties," episode 18 of the second season of Kung Fu (original air date February 21, 1974). Robinson plays one of a group of farmers turned guerillas, fighting the encroachment of the railroad onto their land. The youngest of the bunch, he is injured in the conflict and Caine gets him to safety and medical aid. Other Trek (and Wars?) connections below the fold.

Veteran character John Anderson plays the leader of the guerillas, and a decade and a half later would play Kevin Uxbridge, the nearly omnipotent survivor of an alien attack on a Federation colony in the third season The Next Generation episode "The Survivors."

Eric Server plays one of the Pinkertons hired by the railroad to get the farmers out of the way. The last movie or television role he ever played was a small part as a Bajoran peace officer on a viewscreen in the Deep Space Nine episode "The Circle."

Joseph A. Unsinn worked in the Special Effects department of Kung Fu and the Video department of Star Trek: Generations (1994).

And finally, in a rare Trek/Wars crossover, a pre-Han Solo Harrison Ford plays a railroad executive just arrived from Chicago. Ah, Chicago... I'm sure someday there will be a great university there, with a fine archaeology department.

[neopronouns]

[if alt text is not accessible for you, every image in this post is a line divider resembling train or roller coaster tracks, with dark dull pink rails and warm grey crossties. end id.]

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[westenmanor]

I'm alive!

Finally back to making things after losing all my files.

This time, I actually modelled something. A true feat.

A lot of people have been wanting actual cross ties for their horses, and I'm here to oblige as best I can! They aren't perfect by any means, but I did my best LOL.

I'm not a blender pro, so bare with me here.

These are standalone objects that come in 2 pieces, left and right, with 9 swatches total (3 tie colors, 3 metal colors).

This was the best way I found to do things with the way I had to fiddle to line these up with the halter rings. They do NOT move with the horse, they are purely for aesthetics/use with poses.

They do clip a little bit into the horse's face, but its the closest I could get. I'm aware there's some "details" missing that I could have added, but shhhhh, it took me so long to import these into S4S for some reason that I'm fed up with it now and am releasing these as a V1 kinda deal that I will likely tweak later.

I've included a tiny posepack to go with it, place the teleporter approximately one square behind the crossties to get the right positioning! (see image)

You will need

Horse Ranch

Andrew's Pose Player

Teleport Any Sim Mod

works best with the default "horse ranch" halter model and "cross tie poses" pack included for download also.

Recolors permitted with credit! Please do not include mesh. Do not reupload my files without permission.

Patreon (free) || SFS

[rawyld]

@fortunaegloria Harrison is looking us and smiling (I wish.) This is from Kung Fu series episode called Crosstie.

[andys-whatever]

Andrew Robinson as Johnny Walker in Kung Fu “Crossties”

[kicksnscribs]

i know i am not sitting here contemplating a small arc where Emmet/Crosstie gets into a hate-fuck situation with Megatron thanks to his involvement in Ingo/Stockrail's disappearance while im trying to do homework i KNOW im better than this i kno-

[clickerpunk]

Didn't really have the energy to train Rudi today, but the thing downright guilt tripped me into it

I just cannot say no when she is standing in the crossties, doing her very best tricks, beaming with pride and motivation 🥹

You win pony, one thousand carrots for you

[dandelion-wings]

I am probably never writing out the Favonius Stables AU as a full fic, but over the past few months it's been prime rotating-at-the-barn fodder and I know at least the general shape of the plot! To which this scene is semi-related.

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By the time Amber has Bunny ready, Collei still hasn't arrived. She frowns; Collei is sometimes a little late, but she'd been so excited for her first lesson. She checks her texts, then puts Bunny's halter back on over the bridle and clips him back into the crossties. She'll have to go looking.

As she steps into the aisle, Noelle comes around the corner, leading Blossom towards the washbays.

"Noelle! Have you seen Collei? She's running late, and she hasn't texted me yet."

"Oh, yes! Mr. Kaeya caught her in the tack room. He closed the door when I went out, so I didn't catch what for."

There's something weird about that. Probably it's nothing--Kaeya's an instructor, even if he's not giving this lesson, so it might be advice or something about her gear--but Amber feels uneasy anyway. Noelle looks faintly baffled, too. Kaeya doesn't generally keep his critiques private.

"Can you keep an eye on Bunny for a moment? I'm going to see what's taking so long," Amber says, and dashes off towards the tack room as soon as Noelle nods.

Through the door, she can hear Collei's voice, raised, though she can't make out the words. Kaeya, unusually loud, cuts across it. Amber can't tell what he's saying, either, but she flings the door open to find him right on the other side of it, blocking it, drawn up and tense while Collei glares from across the room. There's fear under the fury; the way she's shifting, it's like she's trying to figure out how to bolt.

"-just saying it's interesting that Dr. Zandik's adoptive daughter would be so interested in our barn just as we're having an Eleazar breakout," Kaeya is saying, his tone biting and cold. He glances back at Amber. "Ah, here's our little bunny at last. Tell me, Amber, has your new friend told you anything about her family?"

"I don't need to know anything about them to know you're being a jerk!" Amber kicks him solidly in the back of the knee.

From his words, Kaeya might have been expecting her, but he certainly hadn't expected that. His leg folds, and he staggers sideways, catching himself at the last minute on a saddle-rack. The moment he clears the doorway, Collei bolts for it. Amber tries to get out of her way, but Collei doesn't go past her, she turns around and plants herself in it, in front of Amber, squared up like she's expecting Kaeya to hit back.

"I haven't done anything to you! Leave me alone!"

"Nothing, huh?" Kaeya gets himself on his feet and looks at them both with that cold-eyed, unsmiling look. "You really expect me to believe that?"

"Kaeya, stop!" Amber puts a hand on Collei's arm, then winces apologetically when Collei shrugs it off. "Sorry- but listen, there's no way she could have given any of our horses Eleazar! She's not pooping in the field or anything, that's gross. I don't care if you're worried about Waltz, if you say anything else to her, I'll- I'll tell Jean and Eula. I'm telling Jean anyway."

Collei glances back at her, eyes wide in alarm. "Don't do that. I don't want to make trouble-"

"Kaeya's the one making trouble. He can't treat students like this." Amber glares at him again. "Jean's going to be so mad at you."

"Oh, I'm sure she will."

Kaeya is still looking at them with that uncanny look, and for a moment, Amber thinks he's going to- to what? He can't do anything to them without getting in a lot of trouble, and however scary that expression is and however mean he was being to Collei, it's not like he actually would. He catches her eye, though, and she still feels a chill down the back of her neck.

Then Kaeya shakes his head and smiles, conciliatory and completely fake, holding his hands up in front of him. "You're right, Amber. She certainly couldn't have given our horses anything through traditional transmission methods. I might have let my concern about Waltz get the best of me. My apologies, Miss Collei, and if you don't mind I'll go convey my regrets to Jean myself."

"I'm still telling her," Amber warns him. "Don't try and twist anything around."

"Of course not. I think I may need to take some time off work, if this is the way I'm acting around students. Go on, you two, enjoy your lesson."

"Come on," Amber hisses to Collei when she stays standing stiff and braced in the doorway, hands clenched into fists. This time she resists the urge to tug on her arm. "Bunny's all ready to ride, and Eula hates when people are late."

Turning to her, Collei nods and steps down into the aisle. She marches off towards the washbays without looking back, but her fists are still clenched, and her back doesn't relax until they're around the corner and out of Kaeya's sight. Amber glances back once as they make the turn to see him watching them from the door, still with that fake smile. He raises a hand to her in casual salute, and she glares and turns away.

Amber has to speed up a few steps to catch up with Collei. "Don't let Kaeya ruin your first ride just because he's a jerk. Bunny's the best horse there is, you'll see."

Collei's glance over at her is unexpectedly startled. For a second she freezes, wide-eyed, as if she isn't sure how to take Amber's smile. Then she smiles back, soft and relieved.

"I promise you won't regret letting me ride him."

Grinning now, Amber gives her a thumbs-up. "You're gonna do great! I just know it."

It takes only a minute to get the crossties unfastened and the halter back off, and then she holds the reins out to Collei, who takes them with a bright-eyed excitement that makes Amber all the more excited herself. She offers as much last-minute advice as she can think of as she leads Collei out to the ring where Eula is waiting, leaving Kaeya's weird looks and bad behavior behind. It doesn't matter how mean he is. Collei is going to have a great time--she'll make sure of it.

[fourphoenixfeathers]

I am Emmet. Ingo is having a verrry hard time speaking. That is alright. I will do so for him. I don't mind returning the favor for all the times he spoke for me.

He has been here since he went missing. He doesn't remember anything before. The only thing he remembered was my name. And he named a weird jellyfish Freight. I can't believe that's one of the few things he remembers. When we get home, I am going to show him the trains again.

?Fr??eight?

Sorry Ingo. I didn't mean anything bad by it. It's a wonderful name. I named my eels similar things. This is Maglev, Bullet, Metro, Boxcar…

…

I am Emmet. Whoever put us here made a big mistake, yup! There are now two of those drones that start the waves on this island.

We are going to break one and see what happens.

…

Well that was anticlimactic.

I am Emmet. It was verrry difficult to break the drone. Whatever it is made of is sturdy. We managed, though. It freaked out and opened a portal. Maybe it went to go get repairs. We followed it here.

It doesn't look like the simulated island. And it doesn't look like Petrichor V. We are standing- I am standing on a floating chunk of rock. Ingo is… also floating. Since when could you do that…?

???

Nevermind. It is not important, nope! What is important is that we figure out where we are now. And what we do. We are still not in range of the Safe Travels.

S?afe?

Yup! That is the ship I took to come find you. It is a rescue ship. You were on the Contact Light, a bulk freighter.

Frei??ght?

Ah. No. A freighter is a ship designed to carry cargo. Freight is what we call that cargo.

Im??porta?nt.

…Is it safe for you to touch…? Nevermind. I am Emmet. I am glad you had someone.

…

I am Emmet. I am tired of this stupid poison air. It is dumb and annoying and everywhere. My suit! Should protect me! From environmental hazards! But whatever this is does not care about things like airtight space suits.

?Voi?d hu??rts.

Yup. But at least it only happens when we activate these odd beacons. They are sending some kind of signal. I know that sounds verrry dumb and reckless. But nothing else here does anything.

There are these weird round containers, but opening them feels like getting hit by a train. What kind of box hurts you to open it? All that for a weird bug that infected one of my eelektross, and an alien device. Ingo tried to grab it, but I stopped him. Something about it felt malicious. Touching unknown tech does not pass safety checks. I did not open any more after the first one. I don't want to lose any more eels.

That just left these beacons. I activated one and the fog came back and we were attacked again. They were more crab-like creatures like the one I saw on Petrichor V. They are verrry dangerous. They almost killed Ingo.

I don't think they want us to activate the signals. But I am confused as to why they stop coming when the signal stabilizes. From my scouting earlier, there are four in total. They have plenty of time to kill us. Why stop when we finish one? What are the signals even doing? Something is not right here.

Fish?y.

Was that a pun? Ingo???

…

I am Emmet. We activated all of the signals. Another portal appeared.

We have been sitting here for a while. I don't like the portal. I have gone through two already. It doesn't go well. Not that finding Ingo was bad. But I highly doubt this goes home.

Tr?ack??s.

You're right. There is nothing else to do. Nowhere else to go. These are our only tracks forward. I still don't like it.

…

It's another floating wasteland. This island looks like a donut. It seems purposeful. Not random.

Lik?e an aren??a.

That's not ominous. Nope. Not at all.

…

Oh dragons. Sweet swords of justice, what is that.

RU??N

Where's the shield generator. I'm out of mines. Everyone, fire at will- CROSSTIE!

Dammit. Crosstie is down. Maglev and Boxcar are damaged. Dammit dammit dammit.

I am Emmet. I need to- I need to get them. I need to fix them. I can't let them-

EMMET

[RECORDING END]

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[last-of-the-independents]

ANDY ROBINSON as Johnny Walker in KUNG FU, S2. E18 - Crossties (1974) with David Carradine as Caine and Barry Sullivan as Edwards

[turn-n-bxrnin-bxrrels]

@lightwxlkr Came to the barn~

Cue a wide yawn from the little red mare. She'd been standing in the crossties for quite a while, waiting patiently for someone who, supposedly, would be coming to see her, and she was starting to get a little bored.