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While the plum job on an airship is - of course - the Captaincy, with that cool hat and the riding crop, there are any number of other important and prestigious positions on the airships of Retropolis.

Cooks, for example. The crews who swarm over the gas bags and make speedy repairs. The stewards who serve travellers and empty the ashtrays in the pigskin-lined smoking compartments. Cabin boys. You get it.

And then, of course, the incredibly important and yet underappreciated job we celebrate here today. Because at some point, just about any airship needs to gain altitude in a big hurry. And there are only so many ways to do that. So here, salute the unsung heroes of the skyways: Ballastmen. Provided at reasonable rates by Geo. Postlethwaite and Sons. No returns; sorry!

This is once again a T-Shirt design ( [link] ) for my Retropolis Transit Authority site. Providing uniforms for Ballastmen since, oh, about twenty minutes ago.

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:iconnycterisa:
"Providing uniforms for Ballastmen since, oh, about twenty minutes ago. "

Best tag-line ever!

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Hey, it's truth in advertising!

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Bradley W. Schenck
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:iconbear48:
sweet

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:iconcogwurx:
This world of yours keeps getting more and more clever.

Interesting job, but I guess someone has to do it.
I like the "no return" policy on the guys.

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:iconscuzzo:
another great piece! :+fav:, you don't know how much I envy you! haha
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You know, it's just nearly impossible to return them in their original packaging.

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Bradley W. Schenck
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:iconneubauten:
this is amazing, seems a "ballastman" is not a career position, more of a dead-end vocation (unless the parachute is well hidden in the immaculate uniform ... which i would have thought would need brown trousers, or a modesty panel). Fantastic alterniverse, the retropolis is rich with imagination, congratulations again.

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go :gallery: [link] or [link]
:iconyonaka-yamako:
One of the few jobs you work your way down to. >_<U Well done! ^_^

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:iconailar:
This is one awesome website you've got there - I sooo want some of these t-shirts :) Would Austria be one of the 56 countries you ship to?

(see, I did read the FAQ before asking ;) )

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