Cricket at Cruxton:
Cruxton Abbey does have it's fun times. It's time again for the Cruxton Slavegirl International Naked Test Series, played every so often at Cruxton Abbey. While not one of the heavily publicized test series, it is considered an honour to receive one of the coveted and limited invitations, either to play or even to be a spectator. The tournament features full tests which go all day (sometimes for several days depending on the popularity of the teams on the field) and feature breaks for tea and luncheon, as one might hope. Lord Wragg is certainly keen on keeping with tradition and is fond of his Cricket (I expect that's an understatement).
It is an international series, and here we see the All India Slavegirls Cricket "A" squad practicing as Lord Wragg and two associates look on appraisingly.
Wragg: "Gel with the bat doesn't seem to get it. What's she doin'?"
Bob: "Well, the bounce was beyond the wicket and she might just be trying to hit it out into the oval backwards and score a run that way. They have a day or two to improve before the tournament starts."
Wragg: "I hope so. This is cricket. Serious stuff, what! Isn't that right, Jolly?
Jollyrei: "You know I don't understand a thing about this. I thought they were doing well."
Bob: "You know that nobody is going to be interested in the game anyway once two sides of naked girls get out in the field."
Wragg: "Don't know anythin' of the sort! It's Cricket, man!"
Jollyrei: "What are the things, you know, the sticks, with the, er...other sticks on...? I say, she's a pretty one!"
Wragg: "Good Lord!"
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It is an interesting historical note that the tournament is played to win a trophy that holds "the ashes". We believe that in these enlightened times, they are the ashes of a crown of thorns or something, but in times past, the losing team would be burned at the stake, and nobody has really ever done any forensic tests on the contents of the trophy. There are ashes in there (or a mix of Coffee-mate and Lapsang Suchuong, depending on which rumours you believe).
Technical details: All the girls are AI generated. Thanks to Oldymen for posting - one of the better AI works I've seen. I naturally moved all the girls from their various original images to Cruxton (once again represented by the grounds of Highclere Castle). The bystanders are also taken from a photo of a historical reenactment of some sort at the Castle. Anyway with AI girls there are a few adjustments needed. I did have to amputate the odd sixth finger, and deal with a missing eye (thanks Bob for spotting that). Bobinder provided technical and artistic advice with his usual good humour and candour. Other technical and sporting advice was provided by Wragg, without whom I would not have managed a manip that even resembled anything like Cricket (even given that the girls were supposed to be playing it from the start). The image was assembled/created in Photoshop and has 16 distinct layers plus another 19 adjustment layers and filters for blending and lighting. That does not count having to do other adjustments, like blending skin tones and correcting distortions to one girl's hand so she at least looked competent to even hold a bat.
