Outrider's top 12 images--as picked by me.

[jaimanstone]

I''ve been an outrider fan sicne I discovered this site in 2005 (?) and have had dozens of his images as my screen savers over the years. I was looking for a new one this morning and decided to pick out my top ten Outrider images--which turned to 12 by the time I had looked through all 1,700 images. Anyway, here they are. Feel free to point out any I missed (which I'm SURE I did).

Night Flight for the Mamba.
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=19955&catid=member&imageuser=120

Flight of the Condor; Bombs away!
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=17092&catid=member&imageuser=120

They fell from the sky.
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=16580&catid=member&imageuser=120

Shark 9000 custom.
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=11538&catid=member&imageuser=120

Cobra arctic base.
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=11222&catid=member&imageuser=120

Weekend warriors; Top 3. Rattler down.
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=9465&catid=member&imageuser=120

Weekend warriors; Top 3. Flight Pod Sunrise
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=9463&catid=member&imageuser=120

Flight of the Night Ravens
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=6663&catid=member&imageuser=120

Bring down the bridge
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=6666&catid=member&imageuser=120

Forgotten vehicles - 1988 Mean Dog.
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=1204&catid=member&imageuser=120

Mauler on the move.
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=1070&catid=member&imageuser=120

GI Joe Airpower
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=261&catid=member&imageuser=120

Here's wishing you the best craig. Get better so we can see the next 1,700 images.

[Flatline]

all Great Choices......it's Just To Hard To Narrow It Down For Me.

[Outrider]

Thanks man! It is both flattering and a little embarrassing as well when people go to the trouble to do something like this. It humbles me that you would spend the time going through all those pictures, you're a more patient man than I! :) Thanks for your kind wishes too, I'm hanging in there for now. :)

[Sonneilon]

I'm game for this myself.

My Top 10.


Nite Raven over da city
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=458&catid=member&imageuser=120

Flight of the Nite Ravens
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=245&catid=member&imageuser=120

Evil in the wind. (There's a bunch of these types, I picked one)
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=528&catid=member&imageuser=120

Theme week; The smoke of battle. (this set a standard for a lot of us)
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=2082&catid=member&imageuser=120

The Plague.
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=3363&catid=member&imageuser=120

What thoughts of Evil lurks? (another bludd shot, I know. Craig set a standard here, again)
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=4269&catid=member&imageuser=120

(no real name as far as I know)
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=5064&catid=member&imageuser=120

TROLLS!
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=6886&catid=member&imageuser=120

Weekend warriors: F.L.A.K./Backblast.
http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/showimage.php?i=8484&catid=member&imageuser=120


This was NEVER posted as one of his. I asked Craig to help me out with fotoshopped stuff because at that time, I had no skill with it. THE 2nd frame is my choice. These are from the dio Transformations : Episode 2 : Fear of the Dark. Check out the short sequence.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/Sonneilon/Misc/TF_EP02_FOD3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/Sonneilon/Misc/TF_EP02_FOD4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/Sonneilon/Misc/TF_EP02_FOD5.jpg

[Outrider]

Thanks G! ;)

[Von]

Good to see that im not alone in his fan club. Craig is the best, his work inspires me every day, he is the Michelangelo of dioramas!

[jaimanstone]

Bump!

Miss you Craig!

[turner]

All very cool!

[Xhairs]

all killer pics guys i love all his work he will be missed.

[jaimanstone]

Just bumping this. Miss the guy.

[silentdusty]

The place just isn't the same without him. Thanks for not forgetting him, he was an inspiration to us all.

[neapolitan joe]

We lost our "Maestro", but we'll go on, with his spirit at our sides.

[rds13601]

That was damn decent and and very honorable thing to do Jaime. By doing that people will not forget his awesome work and those who haven't seen it; will open to their eyeyes to the art of a true master. Awesome job!!!

[the right of might]

[QUOTE=rds13601]That was damn decent and and very honorable thing to do Jaime. By doing that people will not forget his awesome work and those who haven't seen it; will open to their eyeyes to the art of a true master. Awesome job!!![/QUOTE]

"bump" Outrider "bump"

[Tracker]

i just has a thought is there a way the make this search of his images a permanent galley that can't be altered

http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/browseimages.php?do=member&imageuser=120

[GoCards]

A couple weeks ago I was lucky and got three Outrider pics in the Random Images section. I feel sorry for the newer members who didn't get to see those pics the first time around, as a fresh Outrider pic was always a treat. He is STILL an inspiration to us all.

[80s Child]

I am one of the newest newbies to this site, but I was 5 in 1982 and grew up with Joe. After seeing everyones "I support Outrider" add-ons to their avatars, I got curious and did some research here and what I found was heartbreaking-------his poor widow. Plus, he had talent for real. Sometimes when an artist passes away, their life's work can sometimes get (not to be mean) sort of over-rated, but this guy actually DESERVES all the kudos he's gotten! I actually did click on "See all of Outrider's Images" one day and went through ALL the pages of gems & I agree with Tracker's idea of making like a Hall-Of-Fame "wing" or section to this website for the Outrider.

I also think I commented on some of his pics when I first joined-up here, before I knew he had died. I meant no disrespect or pain to his wife, but rather just wanted to compliment the work, which I guess is called "bumping" his images, which to me seems more of an honor by keeping his memory/work alive than an insult of bringing up a sad topic, but I won't pretend to have ever met him in person or otherwise - a lot of you all knew him and some probably knew him real well, and I'll defer to whatever the veterans here feel is right to do regarding "bumping" an Outrider pic from now-on.

My heart-felt sympathies to his wife - that was very loving of you to take those Crimson Guard pics for him after he left - you are very honorable and loyal to him.

[rmorgan]

I dont think you did anything wrong. I would encourage new members to post their thoughts on any of his pics. He was always very encouraging of my pictures when I first started it seemed like he made it a point to comment on every pic put up. My guess is he still apreciates it.

[80s Child]

[QUOTE=rmorgan]I dont think you did anything wrong. I would encourage new members to post their thoughts on any of his pics. He was always very encouraging of my pictures when I first started it seemed like he made it a point to comment on every pic put up. My guess is he still apreciates it.[/QUOTE]

Thanks man! I bet you're right!

[Grepicon]

...was and still is an inspiration. Last week when I was looking through FLIKR pics he has - same as here, I started writing a comment, but then looked up to see the name of the poster. With 1500 pics out there, I sometimes forget pics he has done.

For anyone who ever stumbles on this site and does not know what it is about - there should be a mandatory link for them to click to register - to see 10 random pics from Craig.

I was a lurker on the internet for about 4 years, just reading and watching and this last year - on various sites including this one, Craig was actually nice to me when I asked him a question. People like him motivated me to move out from the shadows and be more involved.

I'd like to think that maybe Craig unknowingly recruited the next "Outrider" (in comparable skill at least) due to his easygoing nature and openness, in addition to his incredible talent, to one of the fan sites to carry on his flame.

[acmillerjr]

Boy, these are some amazing pics. Some people think in the box, other's outside, and then there are some who have no box to control them.