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Desain Interior Mezbah

Mezbah merupakan elemen penting dalam berbagai ruang ibadah, baik itu gereja, masjid, kuil, maupun tempat ibadah lainnya. Sebagai pusat upacara keagamaan, desain interior mezbah harus mampu menciptakan suasana yang sakral, khusyuk, dan mendalam. Selain berfungsi sebagai tempat upacara, mezbah juga memiliki nilai estetika yang tinggi dan dapat mencerminkan budaya serta nilai-nilai agama tertentu. Dalam merancang desain interior mezbah, ada beberapa elemen yang perlu diperhatikan agar menciptakan tempat yang layak untuk beribadah. Berikut adalah beberapa hal yang perlu dipertimbangkan dalam desain interior mezbah.

1. Menentukan Tema dan Konsep Desain Mezbah

a. Desain Sakral dan Simbolik

Mezbah, sebagai pusat spiritual, sebaiknya dirancang dengan mempertimbangkan simbol-simbol keagamaan yang sesuai dengan agama atau aliran yang ada. Misalnya, untuk gereja Kristen, mezbah dapat dihiasi dengan salib, lilin, dan bunga sebagai simbol kehidupan dan terang. Di dalam masjid, tempat ibadah harus dilengkapi dengan mimbar atau mihrab yang menunjukkan arah kiblat. Untuk kuil Hindu atau Buddha, mezbah sering kali dihiasi dengan berbagai arca dewa dan patung-patung yang penuh makna spiritual. Tema dan konsep desain harus menciptakan suasana yang dapat mendalamkan pengalaman spiritual bagi jemaat atau umat yang hadir.

b. Kesederhanaan dan Keagungan

Mezbah sering kali dirancang dengan kesederhanaan agar tetap fokus pada makna spiritualnya. Desain yang terlalu rumit atau berlebihan bisa mengalihkan perhatian dari inti ibadah. Oleh karena itu, desain interior mezbah sebaiknya mengedepankan kesederhanaan namun tetap mengandung unsur keagungan. Penggunaan material yang berkualitas, seperti batu alam, marmer, atau kayu yang halus, akan memberikan kesan megah namun tetap bersahaja.

2. Pemilihan Material yang Tepat

Pemilihan material untuk mezbah sangat penting karena berhubungan langsung dengan kesan dan kenyamanan tempat ibadah tersebut. Material yang digunakan harus dapat menciptakan suasana sakral dan mendalam. Beberapa material yang sering digunakan dalam desain interior mezbah adalah:

a. Kayu

Kayu adalah material yang umum digunakan dalam desain mezbah, terutama untuk gereja-gereja Kristen dan tempat ibadah yang mengusung konsep tradisional. Kayu memberikan kesan alami, hangat, dan sederhana. Pada gereja, meja mezbah biasanya dibuat dari kayu dengan ukiran-ukiran halus yang menggambarkan kisah-kisah dari kitab suci. Pemilihan kayu yang tepat seperti kayu jati atau mahoni memberi kesan kuat dan tahan lama.

b. Marmer atau Batu Alam

Marmer atau batu alam digunakan untuk mezbah yang ingin memberikan kesan agung dan abadi. Material ini sering digunakan di tempat ibadah yang lebih besar atau pada desain mezbah yang lebih mewah. Marmer dengan warna-warna netral seperti putih atau abu-abu sering digunakan untuk menambah kesan elegan pada ruang ibadah. Batu alam juga dapat digunakan untuk menciptakan tekstur yang alami dan kuat, menambah daya tarik visual dan memberikan kesan yang mendalam.

c. Logam

Untuk memberikan sentuhan modern, logam seperti perunggu, tembaga, atau stainless steel bisa dipilih untuk detail atau aksen pada desain mezbah. Material logam dapat digunakan pada lampu, struktur penyangga, atau ornamen lainnya, menciptakan keseimbangan antara tradisional dan modern.

d. Kaca

Kaca sering digunakan pada desain mezbah untuk memberikan kesan ringan dan transparan, menciptakan ruang yang lebih terbuka dan memudahkan cahaya masuk. Penggunaan kaca pada dinding atau layar pembatas di sekitar mezbah dapat menambah dimensi visual dan memperkuat kesan spiritual dengan memantulkan cahaya.

3. Pencahayaan yang Tepat

Pencahayaan adalah aspek penting dalam desain interior mezbah karena pencahayaan yang baik dapat menciptakan suasana sakral dan khusyuk. Pencahayaan yang dramatis dapat menambah kesan spiritual, sedangkan pencahayaan lembut bisa memberikan rasa tenang dan damai. Beberapa elemen pencahayaan yang perlu diperhatikan dalam desain mezbah adalah:

a. Cahaya Alami

Jika memungkinkan, penggunaan cahaya alami sangat dianjurkan untuk menciptakan suasana yang lebih hidup dan mendalam. Pencahayaan alami dapat menghubungkan ruang ibadah dengan alam, memberi rasa keterhubungan dengan kekuatan yang lebih besar. Pintu besar atau jendela tinggi yang menghadap ke luar akan membiarkan cahaya alami masuk ke dalam ruangan.

b. Lampu Sorot

Lampu sorot pada area mezbah dapat memberikan penekanan visual dan mempertegas posisi mezbah sebagai pusat perhatian. Lampu ini bisa ditempatkan di langit-langit atau di sekitar mezbah untuk menyoroti elemen-elemen penting seperti altar atau simbol-simbol agama.

c. Lampu Lembut dan Lilin

Untuk menciptakan atmosfer yang lebih khusyuk, lampu lembut dan lilin sering digunakan di sekitar mezbah. Lilin simbolik, seperti dalam tradisi gereja, memberikan suasana sakral dan dapat menciptakan pencahayaan yang intim, terutama selama upacara keagamaan atau doa.

4. Tata Letak dan Penataan Ruang

Tata letak dan penataan ruang sangat penting dalam desain interior mezbah, terutama untuk memastikan bahwa ruang ibadah nyaman dan fungsional bagi umat yang hadir. Beberapa hal yang perlu diperhatikan dalam penataan ruang mezbah adalah:

a. Posisi Mezbah

Mezbah harus ditempatkan di pusat atau bagian terpenting dari ruang ibadah. Posisi mezbah ini harus mudah dilihat oleh seluruh jemaat atau umat yang hadir. Selain itu, mezbah juga harus memiliki ruang yang cukup di sekitarnya agar dapat digunakan dengan baik saat upacara keagamaan.

b. Aksesibilitas

Pastikan bahwa akses menuju mezbah mudah dan aman bagi para pemimpin ibadah atau orang yang akan melakukan ritual keagamaan. Ruang di sekitar mezbah harus cukup untuk memungkinkan pergerakan yang lancar tanpa kesulitan.

c. Ruang Untuk Peralatan Ibadah

Mezbah harus menyediakan ruang untuk meletakkan peralatan ibadah, seperti kitab suci, salib, lilin, bunga, atau alat-alat upacara lainnya. Penempatan peralatan ini harus teratur dan mudah dijangkau, namun tetap terjaga kesakralannya.

5. Elemen Dekoratif

Elemen dekoratif pada mezbah bisa memberikan sentuhan khusus yang memperkaya makna dan kesan estetika. Beberapa elemen yang dapat digunakan dalam desain interior mezbah adalah:

a. Karpet atau Taplak

Karpet atau taplak di atas meja mezbah sering digunakan untuk menambah kenyamanan dan kesakralan. Pilih karpet dengan motif atau warna yang sederhana namun elegan, sesuai dengan tema dan konsep ruangan ibadah.

b. Bunga atau Tanaman

Bunga segar atau tanaman hias dapat menjadi elemen dekoratif yang memberi kesan segar dan hidup pada mezbah. Dalam banyak tradisi, bunga juga memiliki makna simbolis yang memperkaya suasana sakral.

c. Patung atau Ikon

Patung atau ikon agama, seperti patung Yesus, Dewi Saraswati, atau berbagai arca lainnya, sering ditempatkan di sekitar mezbah untuk menambah kedalaman spiritual dan simbolisme.

Kesimpulan

Desain interior mezbah memiliki peran yang sangat penting dalam menciptakan atmosfer sakral dan khusyuk di ruang ibadah. Pemilihan gaya, material, pencahayaan, dan elemen dekoratif yang tepat akan sangat mempengaruhi pengalaman spiritual umat yang hadir. Dengan merancang mezbah yang sederhana namun agung, fungsional, dan penuh makna, kita dapat menciptakan ruang ibadah yang lebih mendalam dan bermakna.

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liberalsarecool · 4 months ago

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I owe my Trump-supporting friends an apology. I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency and am still exhausted from the experience.

But to be fair, President Trump wasn’t that bad, other than:

• when he incited an insurrection against the government,

• mismanaged a pandemic that killed over a million Americans

• separated children from their families

• lost those children in the bureaucracy

• tear-gassed peaceful protesters on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church

• tried to block all Muslims from entering the country

• got impeached

• got impeached again

• had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history

• pressured Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden

• fired the FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia

• bragged about firing the FBI director on TV

• took Vladimir Putin’s word over the US intelligence community

• diverted military funding to build his wall

• caused the longest government shutdown in US history

• called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate”

• lied nearly 40,000 times

• banned transgender people from serving in the military

• ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions

• vetoed the defense funding bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers

• refused to release his tax returns

• increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion

• had three of the highest annual trade deficits in U.S. history

• called veterans and soldiers who died in combat losers and suckers

• coddled the leader of Saudi Arabia after he ordered the execution and dismembering of a US-based journalist

• refused to concede the 2020 election

• hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House

• walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl

• called neo-Nazis “very fine people”

• suggested that people should inject bleach into their bodies to fight COVID

• abandoned our allies the Kurds to Turkey

• pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans

• incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic

• withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords

• withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal

• withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership which was designed to block China’s advances

• insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter

• pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op

• failed to reiterate US commitment to defending NATO allies

• called Haiti and African nations “shithole” countries

• called the city of Baltimore the “worst in the nation”

• claimed that he single-handedly brought back the phrase “Merry Christmas” even though it hadn’t gone anywhere

• forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some cult leader

• believed he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

• berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe

• suggested the US should buy Greenland

• colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges

• repeatedly called the media “enemies of the people”

• claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID we’d have fewer cases

• violated the emoluments clause

• thought that Nambia was a country

• told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public

• called his exceedingly faithful vice president a “p---y” for following the Constitution

• nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet

• nominated a corrupt head of the EPA

• nominated a corrupt head of HHS

• nominated a corrupt head of the Interior Department

• nominated a corrupt head of the USDA

• praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies

• refused to allow the presidential transition to begin

• insulted war hero John McCain – even after his death

• spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president

• falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote

• called the Muslim mayor of London a “stone cold loser”

• falsely claimed that he turned down being Time’s Man of the Year

• considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions

• mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID

• locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones

• used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the “China virus”

• hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser

• pardoned several of his shady associates

• gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his batshit crazy conspiracy theories

• got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia(!)

• had a Secretary of State who called him a moron

• forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history

• botched the COVID vaccine rollout

• tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him

• charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties

• constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate

• claimed that COVID would “magically” disappear

• called a U.S. Senator “Pocahontas”

• used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling Ivanka’s merchandise

• opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling

• got into a losing tariff war with China that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers

• claimed that his losing tariff war was a win for the US

• ignored or didn’t even take part in daily intelligence briefings

• blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining

• redesigned Air Force One to look like the Trump Shuttle

• got played by Kim Jung Un and his “love letters”

• threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution

• botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

• threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them

• pressured the governor and secretary of state of Georgia to “find” him votes

• thought that the Virgin islands had a President

• drew on a map with a Sharpie to justify his inaccurate tweet that Alabama was threatened by a hurricane

• allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing

• rolled back regulations that protected the public from mercury and asbestos

• pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID

• rolled back regulations that stopped coal companies from dumping waste into rivers

• held blatant campaign rallies at the White House

• tried to take away millions of Americans’ health insurance because the law was named for a Black man

• refused to attend his successors’ inauguration

• nominated the worst Education Secretary in history

• threatened judges who didn’t do what he wanted

• attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci

• promised that Mexico would pay for the wall (it didn’t)

• allowed political hacks to overrule government scientists on major reports on climate change and other issues

• struggled navigating a ramp after claiming his opponent was feeble

• called an African-American Congresswoman “low IQ”

• threatened to withhold federal aid from states and cities with Democratic leaders

• went ahead with rallies filled with maskless supporters in the middle of a pandemic

• claimed that legitimate investigations of his wrongdoing were “witch hunts,”

• seemed to demonstrate a belief that there were airports during the American Revolution

• demanded “total loyalty” from the FBI director

• praised a conspiracy theory that Democrats are Satanic pedophiles

• completely gutted the Voice of America

• placed a political hack in charge of the Postal Service

• claimed without evidence that the Obama administration bugged Trump Tower

• suggested that the US should allow more people from places like Norway into the country

• suggested that COVID wasn’t that bad because he recovered with the help of top government doctors and treatments not available to the public

• overturned energy conservation standards that even industry supported

• reduced the number of refugees the US accepts

• insulted various members of Congress and the media with infantile nicknames

• gave Rush Limbaugh a Presidential medal of Freedom at the State of the Union address

• named as head of federal personnel a 29-year old who’d previously been fired from the White House for allegations of financial improprieties

• eliminated the White House office of pandemic response

• used soldiers as campaign props

• fired any advisor who made the mistake of disagreeing with him

• demanded the Pentagon throw him a Soviet-style military parade

• hired a shit ton of white nationalists

• politicized the civil service

• did absolutely nothing after Russia hacked the U.S. government

• falsely said the Boy Scouts called him to say his bizarre Jamboree speech was the best speech ever given to the Scouts

• claimed that Black people would overrun the suburbs if Biden won

• insulted reporters of color

• insulted women reporters

• insulted women reporters of color

• suggested he was fine with China’s oppression of the Uighurs

• attacked the Supreme Court when it ruled against him

• summoned Pennsylvania state legislative leaders to the White House to pressure them to overturn the election

• spent countless hours every day watching Fox News

• refused to allow his administration to comply with Congressional subpoenas

• hired Rudy Giuliani as his lawyer

• tried to punish Amazon because the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post wrote negative stories about him

• acted as if the Attorney General of the United States was his personal attorney

• attempted to get the federal government to defend him in a libel lawsuit from a women who accused him of sexual assault

• held private meetings with Vladimir Putin without staff present

• didn’t disclose his private meetings with Vladimir Putin so that the US had to find out via Russian media

• stopped holding press briefings for months at a time

• “ordered” US companies to leave China even though he has no such power

• led a political party that couldn’t even be bothered to draft a policy platform

• claimed preposterously that Article II of the Constitution gave him absolute powers

• tried to pressure the U.K. to hold the British Open at his golf course

• suggested that the government nuke hurricanes

• suggested that wind turbines cause cancer

• said that he had a special aptitude for science

• fired the head of election cyber security after he said that the 2020 election was secure

• blurted out classified information to Russian officials

• tried to force the G7 to hold their meeting at his failing golf resort in Florida

• fired the acting attorney general when she refused to go along with his unconstitutional Muslim travel ban

• hired Stephen Miller

• openly discussed national security issues in the dining room at Mar-a-Lago where everyone could hear them

• interfered with plans to relocate the FBI because a new development there might compete with his hotel

• abandoned Iraqi refugees who’d helped the U.S. during the war

• tried to get Russia back into the G7

• held a COVID super spreader event in the Rose Garden

• seemed to believe that Frederick Douglass is still alive

• lost 60 election fraud cases in court including before judges he had nominated

• falsely claimed that factories were reopening when they weren’t

• shamelessly exploited terror attacks in Europe to justify his anti-immigrant policies

• still hasn’t come up with a healthcare plan

• still hasn’t come up with an infrastructure plan despite repeated “Infrastructure Weeks"

• forced Secret Service agents to drive him around Walter Reed while contagious with COVID

• told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by”

• fucked up the Census

• withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic

• did so few of his duties that his press staff were forced to state on his daily schedule “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings,” allowed his staff to repeatedly violate the Hatch Act

• seemed not to know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican

• stood before sacred CIA wall of heroes and bragged about his election win

• constantly claimed he was treated worse than any president which presumably includes four that were assassinated and his predecessor whose legitimacy and birthplace were challenged by a racist reality TV show star named Donald Trump

• claimed Andrew Jackson could’ve stopped the Civil War even though he died 16 years before it happened

• said that any opinion poll showing him behind was fake

• claimed that other countries laughed at us before he became president when several world leaders were literally laughing at him

• claimed that the military was out of ammunition before he became President

• created a commission to whitewash American history

• retweeted anti-Islam videos from one of the most racist people in Britain

• claimed ludicrously that the Pulse nightclub shooting wouldn’t have happened if someone there had a gun even though there was an armed security guard there

• hired a senior staffer who cited the non-existent Bowling Green Massacre as a reason to ban Muslims

• had a press secretary who claimed that Nazi Germany never used chemical weapons even though every sane human being knows they used gas to kill millions of Jews and others

• bilked the Secret Service for higher than market rates when they had to stay at Trump properties

• apparently sold pardons on his way out of the White House

• stripped protective status from 59,000 Haitians

• falsely claimed Biden wanted to defund the police

• said that the head of the CDC didn’t know what he was talking about

• tried to rescind protection from DREAMers

• gave himself an A+ for his handling of the pandemic

• tried to start a boycott of Goodyear tires due to an Internet hoax

• said U.S. rates of COVID would be lower if you didn’t count blue states

• deported U.S. veterans who served their country but were undocumented

• claimed he did more for African Americans than any president since Lincoln

• touted a “super-duper” secret “hydrosonic” missile which may or may not be a new “hypersonic” missile or may not exist at all

• retweeted a gif calling Biden a pedophile

• forced through security clearances for his family

• suggested that police officers should rough up suspects

• suggested that Biden was on performance-enhancing drugs

• tried to stop transgender students from being able to use school bathrooms in line with their gender

• suggested the US not accept COVID patients from a cruise ship because it would make US numbers look higher

• nominated a climate change skeptic to chair the committee advising the White House on environmental policy

• retweeted a video doctored to look like Biden had played a song called “Fuck tha Police” at a campaign event

• hugged a disturbingly large number of U.S. flags

• accused Democrats of “treason” for not applauding his State of the Union address

• claimed that the FBI failed to capture the Parkland school shooter because they were “spending too much time” on Russia

• mocked the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault

• obsessed over low-flow toilets

• ordered the re-release of more COVID vaccines when there weren’t any to release

• called for the construction of a bizarre garden of heroes with statutes of famous dead Americans as well as at least one Canadian (Alex Trebek)

• hijacked Washington’s July 4th celebrations to give a partisan speech

• took advice from the MyPillow guy

• claimed that migrants seeking a better life in the US were dangerous caravans of drug dealers and rapists

• said nothing when Vladimir Putin poisoned a leading opposition figure

• never seemed to heed the advice of his wife’s “Be Best” campaign

• falsely claimed that mail-in voting is fraudulent

• announced a precipitous withdrawal of troops from Syria which not only handed Russia and ISIS a win but also prompted his defense secretary to resign in protest

• insulted the leader of Canada

• insulted the leader of France

• insulted the leader of Britain

• insulted the leader of Germany

• insulted the leader of Sweden (Sweden!!)

• falsely claimed credit for getting NATO members to increase their share of dues

• blew off two Asia summits even though they were held virtually

• continued lying about spending lots of time at Ground Zero with 9/11 responders,

• said that the Japanese would sit back and watch their “Sony televisions” if the US were ever attacked

• left a NATO summit early in a huff

• stared directly into an eclipse even though everyone over the age of five knows not to do that

• called himself a very stable genius despite significant evidence to the contrary

• refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and kept his promise

And a whole bunch of other things I can’t remember .

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brownbrown01 · 2 years ago

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Explore the latest architectural trends shaping modern churches. Explore innovative designs, sustainable practices, and visionary concepts redefining sacred spaces. Join us on a journey through cutting-edge church architecture.

In the ever-evolving realm of architectural design, the modern church has emerged as a canvas where tradition and innovation harmoniously converge. "Exploring Innovative Trends in Modern Church Architecture" delves into the dynamic interplay of creativity, spirituality, and functionality that shapes the contemporary sanctuaries of worship.

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bfoux · 2 years ago

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The Church of Light in Japan. Designed by Tadao Ando, the same architect that designed the Modern in Ft. Worth. Beautiful.

#architecture #tadao ando #church of light #japan #Christian

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arc-hus · 29 days ago

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The Church on the Water, Hokkaidō, Japan - Tadao Ando

https://www.tadao-ando.com/index_eng.html

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dashalbrundezimmer · 1 year ago

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sankt urban // köln mülheim

architect: fritz schaller

completion: 1965

sankt urban is a simple post-war modern brick church whose special feature is its folded structure and the mixture of clinker and slate shingles in the façade design.

film: agfa apx 100

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chocodile · 17 days ago

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Worldbuilding time! Let's talk about vehicular travel in modern day Amaranthine, using the snowmobiles from this recent comic as a jumping off point.

"Prowler" - Ironfrost patrol snowmobile - (year of manufacture: 1912)

These half-track all terrain vehicles are used by Ironfrost soldiers to travel long distances over the tundra. Originally adapted from older, four-wheeled automobiles, the half-track Prowler design became increasingly standardized over the years as eternal winter continued to creep southward. They are capable of operating in a wide variety of terrain conditions and are fairly modular. Common mods include removable skis, hardtop and softtop roofs, gun mounts, and towing attachments.

Like all vehicles, Prowlers are steam-powered. The external combustion engine runs on kerosene. In snowy conditions, feedwater can be obtained automatically through a scraper port on the underside of the vehicle, though manual feeding is required in muddy or dry conditions.

Though not as fast, reliable, or efficient as trains, their agile nature have made them an essential part of life in the far north… and, increasingly, in the middle country as well. The Rising Dawn have stolen several Prowlers for their own usage.

"Aspire" - Classic automobile (year of manufacture: 1890)

Four-wheeled vehicles are an unusual sight in the modern day. Ironfrost-made cars were in vogue among the southern rim upper class for many years, but the worsening climate has made them more and more niche as road conditions outside of major cities deteriorate. The majority of higher horsepower automobiles were converted directly into half tracks, while older, lower-end vehicles were generally scrapped for parts.

The Aspire was the last four-wheeled vehicle widely available to the public. Advertised as a stylish, powerful, modern vehicle for the elite on the go, it boasted a sleek, classy aesthetic, a removable softtop roof, and a powerful steam engine with a large kerosene tank suitable for travel between cities. Preorders were advertised to southern rim wealthy in local papers. However, a series of unusually bad winters soon after its debut scared off buyers, shutting down production early and ultimately spelling doom for the entire four-wheeled automobile industry.

One of those Aspire preorders went to Baroness Jocosa North. Though she has since passed away, her son, Theopolis North, still maintains the now wildly impractical car in near mint condition. It is almost never seen outside of its garage.

"'Icebreaker' Class E 250" - Northern cross-country train (year of manufacture: 1903)

The majority of modern-day overland travel is accomplished via train. Massive long-distance rail lines, laid before the world became quite so cold, connect the remaining cities, allowing (relatively) safe travel and trade across vast expanses of tundra.

Southerly locomotives typically operate with only a basic wedge plow attachment. However, trains that run further north must be fitted with gigantic rotary snowplows. These complex machines require significant maintenance. Though they can and will chew up most things that get in the train's way, encounters with particularly large and bony beasts have been known to jam them.

Ironfrost's line terminates in a massive, sprawling rail yard where Icebreakers are fitted and maintained. Those who have visited it tell of a dark, dreary wasteland of twisted scrap metal and ice where coal dust and smoke have turned both the sky and ground black. All northern trains must pass through that place eventually.

"Chariot of the Dawn" - One-of-a-kind luxury automobile (year of manufacture: 1920)

The only place where four-wheeled automobiles still thrive is the City of the Sun. The eternal summers and paved roads are well-suited to cars and trolleys, though they are, of course, still something of a luxury good. Licenses for ownership and operation are ultimately controlled by the church, with His Radiance having the final say. (His most devout followers, of course, tend to get preferential treatment here.)

The City of the Sun manufactures its own vehicles, adapted from Ironfrost designs in a sort of divergent evolution. Freed from the road and weather concerns of the outside world, their automobiles favor sleek, swoopy body shapes, ornamental trim, low-slung bodies with limited ground clearance, and pastel paintjobs. Additionally, the engines are far less powerful and far more finicky, requiring regular maintenance.

His Radiance himself owns several custom automobiles, all of which are egregiously bedazzled to a degree that would look grotesque to anyone who wasn't used to it. Some are open-top, allowing his loyal followers an audience with his beautiful face and glittering halo, while others feature tinted windows. You know, in case he wants subtlety.

#furry #furry art #cars #vintage cars #worldbuilding #verse: amaranthine #things nobody asked for but I did anyway :P #it is pretty important to have designs for these though the story moves the characters back toward civilization (slowly)#my ocs #alex #ridge #others' ocs #theo #ambroys #(as usual the vehicles are heavily referenced!)

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