Srry it took so long to reply.O.o Been playin...Credit for all of these must go to others as very little was created by me!
First off RacerX Gulwing!! WOOT and Cheers! The rest in no special order but all have my respect, admiration, thanks, and Love,..wealya Tenk, Salem Sella (THE Grids bestest Giant Racing Snail Pimper!), Bloodsong Termagant, Noramyr Gulwing, and Peter2 Veliz! Me!Tiny SnailMatricksHairy PottySteamPunkHalloween SnailPoe Lease!Pirate!RFL SnailFuture SnailLimited Edition RFL Tiny Snail w/Kitchen Sink By Pat Patrucci!
I hope this prods others to post in this thread as well as inspires others to become Giant Snail Racers!! Now its up to YOU! Get Your Snail On!

how cool Baldi!! haha this is my snail.. usually racing with the same... i am so bad pimp my shell... anyway i love it!

Salem, you should post a few photos of the RFL Limited Edition snail. In fact, I wonder if we should promote selling 100 of them on the show "for as long as supplies last". I just don't think many people appreciate how cool and amazing those are!!!

I show off my RFL snail whenever I can...It always gets oohs and ahhs. Truly a classic snail!

This is my first proper attempt at pimping my snail; I'm not much of a builder, you see. It was fun to do, though; I'll look forward to doing more in future :)

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I thought, "What can I do for a 'test' theme?", then I thought, "Well, test tubes, of course!" And seeing how the track is not fully tested yet, how about a hard hat for good measure :)

Test theme combo

It's taken me a bit to finally take pictures of my various theme snails, always seam to be busy with something. However, I've finally made the time and gotten it done.
Of course every new snail race theme means I'll likely be making a new snail to go with it. These are far from the last pimped out snails I'll have, more to come

Normal Snail: Snail I'll wear when there is no theme or for practice.Christmas Theme: My festive holiday snail.Formal Snail: Dressing up my snail.Sports Snail - Baseball: Batter up, got the uniform, ball and bat, ready to go.Steampunk: Steam powered snail, way of the future!Demonic Snail: What a hell of a snail.
Valentine: Cute hearts and flowers
Colorful: Dazzling colors, caution looking directly may cause blindness.Test Snail: Test Patterns on the Shell, Tv with test pattern on one side and a "SL Lag Test" on the other.

Here's my St. Patrick's Day effort:

SPD snail

And here is my attempt at a St Patricks Day theme snail along with my snail for RFL on the 20th.

St Patricks Day Snail: Luck of the Irish and all in green.

RFL Snail: A lot like my normal snail, but jazzed up. A lot more glow and the shell and bow textures are animated.

The truth is out there....
So here was my attempt at making an X-Files Snail.

This was also the snail in which I finally came in 1st on a final race...So I believe!

X-Files Snail 1: My Scully X-Files Snail from the left sideX-Files Snail 2: The Scully Snail from the right sideX-Files Snail 3: My Scully Snail looking from the rear

Happy Easter everybody! Theme for this weeks races was Easter, and naturally I made an Easter snail.

Easter Snail 1: My Easter Snail from the left sideEaster Snail 2: The Easter Snail from the right sideEaster Snail 3: Finally the Easter Snail from the back

This weeks theme was Disney, so being a big Disney fan I took to this like a Donald Duck to water. And here is my snail for that....

TinkerSnail 1: Here is my TinkerSnail from the left sideTinkerSnail 2: And the TinkerSnail from the right sideTinkerSnail 3: And finally TinkerSnail from the front

My Knitted Shell Cozy

Hello everybody once again, this weeks snail race theme was Favorite Meat...Favorite Meat?

Bit more of a challenge coming up with a themed snail, but this was my attempt..

Favorite Meat Snail 1: The Favorite Meat Snail from the side in all it's gloryFavorite Meat Snail 2: Showing the various accessories for preparing the meatFavorite Meat Snail 3: Showing the snail from behind, more clearly see the cheeseburger shellFavorite Meat Snail 4: What was grilling on the Barbie?

It was Video Game Theme this week. So grab a handful of quarters and lets look at the video game snail I came up with for this week.

Video Game Snail 1: PacSnail, along with the ghost rotating around itVideo Game Snail 2: And here is the snail from the other side, NES console, controler and zapper gunVideo Game Snail 3: And from the front, those are quarters dripping from the snail

It's 80's theme today at the Giant Snail Races. This is the decade I associate with best, it's when I was a teenager. So while I grew up with all sorts of music and culture, I still tend to favor the 80's most.

Still, I found this weeks snail the hardest to do, took the longest to build of all I've done so far. Trying to encompass the whole decade, at least in a small part, on one snail.

So like, oh my god, this was like my totally awesome and bitchin snail, Fer shur.

80's Snail 1: The 80's Snail

80's Snail 2: All the things shown on the left side

80's Snail 3: And what is displayed on the right side

80's Snail 4: The 80's snail from the back

80's Snail 5: The 80's snail from the front

Tindy's 80's Snail Facts
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Rubix's Cube - Sold by Ideal Toys in 1980, As of January 2009, 350 million cubes have sold worldwide.

MTV - Launched on August 1, 1981. First music video played was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.

Halley's Comet - Visible from Earth every 75 to 76 years, last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986.

Space Shuttle - Entering service in 1983–1985, came to an end with the tragic loss of the Challenger on January 28, 1986. Flights resumed with the launch of Discovery in September 1988.

Back to the Future - Released July 3rd, 1985. When released, it became the most successful film of the year, grossing more than $380 million worldwide.

Raiders of the Lost Ark - Released June 12th, 1981. Became the top grossing film of 1981, it remains one of the highest-grossing films ever made. Nominated for nine Academy Awards in 1982, won five.

Star Trek The Next Generation - First aired September 26th, 1987. Won 18 Primetime Emmys. Another 11 wins & 52 nominations. Ran for seven years from 1987 to 1994.

Cabbage Patch Kids - Coleco began mass-production in 1982. The Cabbage Patch Kids were later mass produced by other companies, including Hasbro, Mattel, Toys R Us, and currently Play Along.

IBM PC 5150 - Introduced on August 12th, 1981. Because of the success of the IBM Personal Computer, the term PC came to mean more specifically a microcomputer compatible with IBM's PC products.

Live Aid - Held on July 13th, 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. An estimated 400 million viewers, across 60 countries, watched the live broadcast.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Released on May 21st, 1980. It earned more than $538 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing film of 1980.

Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi - Released on May 25th, 1983. The first film to use THX technology and grossed over $475 million worldwide.

Quantum Leap - First run on March 26th, 1989. The series featured a mix of comedy, drama and melodrama, social commentary, nostalgia and science fiction.

The Simpsons - Debuted on December 17th, 1989. The show has broadcast 461 episodes and the twenty-first season began airing on September 27, 2009. Homer's exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon.

Pacman - First released in Japan on May 22nd, 1980. Immensely popular in the United States from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is universally considered as one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of the 1980s popular culture.

Donkey Kong - Released in 1981, developed by Nintendo. The hero (Mario) and ape (Donkey Kong) became two of Nintendo's most popular characters.

Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles - Premiered on December 28th, 1987. Ran five days a week and aired weekday afternoons, from September 25, 1989 to September 17, 1993.

It's another "Relay for Life" race day. There is no general theme for RFL races, and normally I just go with my normal shell with the RFL logo attached. This time however I was inspired to make a new snail, literally at the last minute, because I couldn't sleep. Started at 2am Saturday morning, ended at 6am, and yes I finally got some sleep before the race.
My avatar in SecondLife is currently pregnant, now my snail has gotten joked about in the past when my av's been pregnant, and this time has been no different. Not that I mind, as it's all in good fun, but that gave me the idea to try fit my snail to the jokes, and this is what I came up with.

Maternity Snail 1: Maternity Snail from the side, she's got quite the bellyMaternity Snail 2: From the front, bowl of pickles & ice cream in one hand, ultrasound picture of the baby in the otherMaternity Snail 3: Pregnant Snail from the back, with a few baby items attached

After a few weeks, with the RFL race and the fashion show, we're back to regular snail racing. The theme this time is Doctor Who, and of course I've created a snail to fit that theme. Part of the snail is based on the 10th Doctor, portrayed by David Tennant. Mainly because I've only seen a few episodes with the 11th Doctor, portrayed by Matt Smith, so I don't know his version of the Doctor all that well.

Doctor Who Snail 1: The Doctor snail from the left side. A rotating Tardis, followed by a couple of Daleks on the back. All 11 Doctors pictures on the sides & a Doctor Who logo. An animated time votex texture on the shell.Doctor Who Snail 2: Showing all the Doctors, 1st is upper left, then going clock wise, 11th in the center.Doctor Who Snail 3: Doctor snail from the front, 10th Doctors outfit, glasses, sonic screwdriver & Tardis key.Doctor Who Snail 4: Close up on the Dalek I built for the snail.

Hi all, it's me again, and once again I have a new snail for this weeks giant snail racing theme. The theme for this week is gangster, you know like Bonnie and Clyde. Had a little trouble thinking up what to do for this theme, but here is what I came up with.

Gangster Snail 1: Gangster snail from the side. Ready to shoot with her tommygun.Gangster Snail 2: Gangster snail from the left side, holding her stolen money bag. I found a bag but had to make the texture on it.Gangster Snail 3: Gangster Snail from the front. Outfit based on the human av's, decked out in pearl earrings and necklace, wearing a cute beret.Gangster Snail 4: Close up on the gangster car on the back of the shell. Fitted it with a newbie gangster, filled the car with stolen money bags and created flying L$'s coming out of it. Wheels and road texture are animated.Gangster Snail 5: Close up on the side of the shell. Seams to be a little shot up with bullet hole textures I made, along with some brass knuckles, stack of L$'s, tommygun and S&W .38

Since this week's theme is going to be the Beatles and I had made this shell for the RLF Cross Country Race which also had the same theme I thought I would put mine in here. I can't race this week because I will be performing at SL7B.

This is my Beatles Fan Snail. She is a young fan since she has braces, but she is ready for action with her fan button on her collar, her pencil at the ready and her autograph book in case she encounters any Beatles. She carries pictures of the Beatles on the flags and is known to faint and scream when they are in the vicinity.

Beatles Fan
Beatles Fan 2
Beatles Fan 3

This is the snail I wore for the last RFL snail race. It is a larger version of the tiny snail I designed and made for Racer, to be sold to raise money for RFL. I was especially proud how the tiny snail came out, so decided to make the larger version of it. Be sure to pick up a copy when they go on sale (Blatant Plug), not sure when that will be. All the money from the sale goes to RFL.

Rainbow Wish Snail 1: The larger version of my Tiny Steampunk Rainbow Wish SnailRainbow Wish Snail 2: The Rainbow Wish Snail from the front.Rainbow Wish Snail 3: Rainbow Wish Snail from the side. Gears rotate, exhasts rainbow particles, steam from the side vents, meter is animated, swirling rainbow in the upper part of the shell.Rainbow Wish Snail 4 - Tiny: And here is the Tiny version of the Rainbow Wish Snail

It's been several weeks since the last giant snail race at the Hawthorne track, and the theme this week is The Beatles.
After spending most of that time on the RFL race and helping to build the SL7B Tiny Snail Track with Selene, I finally got around to making my Beatles theme snail, and here it is.

Beatles Snail 1: My Beatles Snail. Decided to go with Yellow Submarine.

Beatles Snail 2: The Beatles snail from the front. Dressed her in a 60's style outfit. With period hair style, hairband, rainbow peace symbol earrings and necklace, holding a yellow tambourine.Beatles Snail 3: From the side. Showing the Yellow Submarine, Cartoon version of the fab four, a couple blue meanies, animated rainbow top of shell, animated ocean and bubbles bottom of the shell, and rainbow particles shooting from the top.

Lord of the Snails is the theme for this weeks Giant Snail Race. Traveling to Middle Earth, I met with Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves, Humans...They helped me to make my One Snail to rule them all.

Lord of the Rings 1: Here is my LotR snail

Lord of the Rings 2: LotR snail from the front. Elf snail, ready for battle with her sword, wearing a Evenstar Pendant, red dress, gold rings on the "fingers"Lord of the Rings 3: LotR snail from the right sideLord of the Rings 4: Showing the side of the shell. The One Ring spinning on top, map of Middle Earth. Humans, Hobbits, Elves and Dwarves on the side.

After a few weeks we're back to normal snail races at the Hawthorne track. The theme for this week is Greek Mythlogy. Traveling up to Mount Olympus, I consulted with the Gods and Goddesses who helped me create my Greek snail, and here it is...

Greek Mythlogy Snail 1: My Greek Mythlogy Snail, SnailoditeGreek Mythlogy Snail 2: Snailodite from the front. In her snail toga, playing her Lyre.Greek Mythlogy Snail 3: Snailodite from the side. Shrine on the top with Pegasas flying by. Zeus on high, under him is statues of Poseidon, Athena, Hera and Hermes. In the center is Medusa.Greek Mythlogy Snail 4: Snailodite from behind, being chased by a Minotaur.

Whoa man, it's like hippie day at the race track. I think i'm like tripping man, cause I've been seeing like giant snails. I had a vision of a psychodelic giant snail, and this is what it looked like.

Hippie Snail 1: My totally tipping hippie snailHippie Snail 2: Hippie snail from the front. In her tie dye rainbow top, peace symbol necklace, rose colored glasses, headband, holding her green tambourineHippie Snail 3: Hippie snail from the side. Shell is animated, peace symbol, peace sign, flower power.Hippie Snail 4: Hippie snail from the rear.

It's the weird and wonderful world of Tim Burton at the track this week. So while Mars Attacks and Willy Wonka shows you around, say Beatlejuice's name three times and my snail for this week will appear.

Tim Burton Snail 1: My Tim Burton theme snailTim Burton Snail 2: Snail from the front. Say her name three times, it's BeatlesnailTim Burton Snail 3: Snail from the side. Some characters from various Tim Burton movies, as well as Tim Burton himself. Changed the name plate to a Tim Burton style letteringTim Burton Snail 4: Tim Burton snail from the back

We're taking a break from the normal track at Hawthorne this week and doing a race on the dirt track on Otway. Supplied with snail "cars", wheels attached to an invisible frame, the giant snails will race, in a figure 8, through mushrooms, around the track. While there is no offical theme this week, I went ahead and made up a snail anyway to fit with the race.

Racing Snail 1: This is the snail I made for racing at the dirt trackRacing Snail 2: Racing snail from the front. Decked out in racing helmet, goggles, and outfitRacing Snail 3: Racing snail from the side. Racing stripes and flames in pink, numbered shell, with flaming exhaust pipes.Racing Snail 4: Racing snail from the back, number on the back, T.S. logo and the spoiler

The theme for this weeks snail race is pretty easy and fast and fun....you could say it's Fast-Easy-Fun. Also we're back at the Hawthorne track for a normal race, if you can say snail racing is ever normal. Here is my attempt at a snail for this weeks theme.

Fast-Easy-Fun Snail 1: Here is my Fast-Easy-Fun snailFast-Easy-Fun-Snail 2: The snail from the front. Heart earrings and necklace, easy hair style, pink tank top, jean shorts and butterfly belly ring. Drool replaced with Fast, Easy and Fun text drool.Fast-Easy-Fun Snail 3: The snail from the side. Fast moving stars up top, Easy cloudy middle, Fun confetti center. All shell sections are animated in some way. Name plate has been updated with a new, animated, flowing rainbow version.

It's another fun filled giant snail race today and the theme for this week, finally, after a few delays, is anime. The race today isn't at the Hawthorne track, but at the sim Lemondrop Forest, it is very cartoony and fits the theme nicely. I like anime, but I know one anime show better then any other, Tenchi Muyo, and so this is my snail in Tenchi style.

Anime Snail - Tenchi 1: Here is my anime snail, with my Tenchi Muyo styleAnime Snail - Tenchi 2: Anime snail from the front. Snail is made up to look like the character Washu, the greatest scientific genius in the universe, in her Science Academy Uniform.Anime Snail - Tenchi 3: Anime snail from the side. Space texture on the shell, showing a lot of the main characters from the show. Ayeka, Tenchi, Ryoko, the guardians Azaka & Kamidake. Washu, Mihoshi & Kiyone. Sasami & Katsuhito. Sword Tenchi & the name of the show.Anime Snail - Tenchi 4: Anime snail from the back showing Ryo-Ohki in cabbit & spaceship forms, and Tsunami.

Space the final frontier...

This weeks theme for the giant snail races was Star Trek. Though slightly delayed by a rouge ion storm, we set a course for Hawthorne, phasers and photon torpedos ready, engaging warp factor 5. To boldly race where no snail has raced before, through starships, evading a Borg cube, we were pummeled by meteors, space cows and bad puns...but in the end, it was no tribble at all.

Star Trek Snail 1: Here is my Star Trek snail

Star Trek Snail 2: Trek snail from the front. Vulcan ears and hair style, TOS blue uniform with the science division emblem. Tricorder slung over the "shoulder?", phaser in one feeler, communicator in the other. Snail drool is the Vulcan symbol for logic, the IDIC.Star Trek Snail 3: Trek snail from the side. "Shell" is transparent on the outside, showing a space texture on the inside. Planet with the starship Enterprise (ended up having to build my own ship) rotating in orbit in the center. My name rotating around the center with the TOS crew at the bottom.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....

I feel a disturbance in the Force...I sense Star Wars is the theme for this weeks giant snail race and it is the start of season 6.
Hop in your X-Wing, Star Destroyer or even your old piece of junk, and head at lightspeed to Hawthorne. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy, you must be cautious.
Come see the Rebels battle the evil galactic Empire and catch a pod... uh...snail race while you're there.

And may the Force be with you.

Star Wars Snail 1: A disturbance in the Force

Star Wars Snail 2: Star Wars Snail from the front. Went with Darth Vader, Dark lord of the snails. Animated the chest panel lights, adapted the helmet for the snail with a secondary helmet for the snail eyes, as well as the cape. Added a red lightsaber, the drool replaced with the symbol of the Empire, added a Darth breathing sound to the chest panel.

Star Wars Snail 3: Star Wars snail from the side. Death Star shell, with flying particle Tie Fighters. A couple X-Wings & Tie Fighters battling it out over the shell. Name revolving around the middle in a Star Wars font. Under the secondary helmet for the snail eyes you can see various life support items.

Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane...no, it's giant snails.

This weeks snail racing theme is Superheros. So pull on your spandex, put on your cape and fly faster then a speeding bullet to Hawthorne for the Giant Snail Races.

Superhero Snail 1: No need to fear, Super Snail is here.Superhero Snail 2: Super Snail from the front. Went with Susan Storm, blond hair, blue uniform with the F4 symbol on the front of the uniform and the drool.Superhero Snail 3: Super snail from the side. F4 symbol on the side, Silver Surfer, Doctor Doom and the Fantastic Four characters. Bit of mix of comic and movie.Superhero Snail 4: Super snail from behind. Showing the Fantastic Four from the movies.

...Everything's better, down where it's wetter, under the sea....

The theme this week for the giant snail races is "Under the sea". So plunge on in to Hawthorne, dive down and explore the murky and fascinating depths where the giant snails play.

Under the Sea Snail 1: My Under the Sea snailUnder the Sea Snail 2: From the front. My favorite under the sea image, Ariel. Wearing a sea shell purple top, hip fins, shell necklace and pearl earrings. Green scale lower body, down to the tail fins. Red hair of course, with a starfish hair ornament. Drool replaced with rising bubbles.Under the Sea Snail 3: From the side. Shell animated with bubbles and flowing water pattern. Coral reef at the bottom of the shell. Sebastian on top, circling the shell is Flounder. The body of the snail in green scale down to the tail fins. "Hand" feelers but no "feet" feelers. Mostly Disney inspired so name plate replaced in a Disney font. Snail plays the song "Under the Sea".