Crucified males

[frost]

HI. Yeah my main goal for this year is to get a better body and get to perform an outdoors session in a very high cross...

Eager to see the pictures from a forthcoming outdoor session. I for one have no complaints about the current body, but improvement is (almost) always possible.

An advantage of an outdoor setting beside the obvious ones (hot sun beating down on exposed flesh, near-naked body struggling against the bright blue sky, etc.) is that you can place the camera further away when you take full-frontal photos. The indoor space presumably isn't deep enough to get very far back, so the legs and feet are much closer to the camera than the head and shoulders, and that creates distortion. Moving the camera farther back and using a bit of zoom would reduce or eliminate that.

 

[Ulf Bernstein]

Eager to see the pictures from a forthcoming outdoor session. I for one have no complaints about the current body, but improvement is (almost) always possible.

An advantage of an outdoor setting beside the obvious ones (hot sun beating down on exposed flesh, near-naked body struggling against the bright blue sky, etc.) is that you can place the camera further away when you take full-frontal photos. The indoor space presumably isn't deep enough to get very far back, so the legs and feet are much closer to the camera than the head and shoulders, and that creates distortion. Moving the camera farther back and using a bit of zoom would reduce or eliminate that.

Yeah you got the point!
Some from a recent session.

 

[frost]

One of the hottest crucifixion pageants ever, take a look at these bods! Take a look at the thief to left, sit back and dream, imagine him now naked and nailed. Man I wish this could have been done like that.

Yes indeed. It seems wrong to pay so much attention to the hairy guy in the middle, and so little to the shapely torso and arms and thighs on house left.

Let's do it right. First, the sandals have to go. We're going to be driving nails through the guy's wrists and ankles, so there's no reason to worry about his stepping on a sandbur.

Second, Jesus may have gone to the cross like a lamb to the slaughter, but a healthy strong young man like our subject isn't likely to be so passive about it. Left unrestrained, he's going to make an attempt at fight or flight. Hobble his ankles so he can take short steps, but can't run or kick; tie his wrists behind his back so he can't punch or wrestle or try to grab a weapon from a guard—and, so that a little later in the program, he won't be able to cover up anything with his hands.

Third, as Jack suggests, let's have some naked here. Make the stripping slow and deliberate, so he's got time to anticipate the moment when he'll be totally bare in front of the crowd. I don't know how it'd work with 30 A.D. underclothing; in the modern dress that I prefer for my crucifixions, he'd be brought out in a pair of briefs, and the executioners would slowly cut down one side, so that the fabric would gradually fall away, exposing more and more of the flank and the pubic hair and then the genitals, until the last cut was made and that half of his shorts sprang away, leaving only a rag around the other thigh, which we'd cut away quickly.

Heckling from the crowd is going on throughout: as soon as he's brought front and center, we've got a clump of young rowdies shouting "Strip! Strip!", and lots of whistling and catcalling going on while the denuding is in progress. (Of course, some of these young rowdies are going to find themselves on crosses of their own within the next year or so.)

Nor do we pop our subject down onto the cross just as soon as he's naked. Next comes more audience participation. The chief executioner reads off a formula: "So-and-so, who stands naked before you..." has been convicted of such-and-such, sentenced to be crucified, with the consent of the people, and shall this sentence be carried out?

This is the vain-hope stage for our victim. In principle, the crowd could voice disapproval of the sentence, the prisoner would be released, and within an hour he could be safe at home, with no worse consequences than the loss of a pair of shorts and a few hundred full-frontal photos of him on Tumblr sites. In practice, this has never happened: once the question's been put to the crowd, they shout their approval, breaking into chants like "CRU-cify! CRU-cify!", "Nail him! Nail him!", or just "Cross! Cross! Cross!"

The prisoner now knows: he's going to be tortured to death here, and these people want to see it happen. The executioner holds up his hand and the crowd falls silent. "Crucify him."

But there are issues to be resolved with the nailing, and we should save them for another post...

 

[phlebas]

Yeah you got the point!
Some from a recent session.
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Yes, indoor allows more privacy but it can restrict your options too.
I like these pics, Ulf, you've got some nice tension working there and the loin cloth is one of the most attractive that I've seen. That combination of rope, cloth and bare flesh really works well.
I look forward to seeing something outdoors, and something completely naked too (if you feel up to it).
Outside you'll need to think about the placement of direct sunlight and shade, avoid patches of overexposure. You should have more room to get better angles and perspective. Getting your cross fully upright would be nice, too

Frost, how about these fellas for your little crux scene there?

 

[Ulf Bernstein]

Yes, indoor allows more privacy but it can restrict your options too.
I like these pics, Ulf, you've got some nice tension working there and the loin cloth is one of the most attractive that I've seen. That combination of rope, cloth and bare flesh really works well.
I look forward to seeing something outdoors, and something completely naked too (if you feel up to it).
Outside you'll need to think about the placement of direct sunlight and shade, avoid patches of overexposure. You should have more room to get better angles and perspective. Getting your cross fully upright would be nice, too

Frost, how about these fellas for your little crux scene there?

Thank you. These are things i really want to do this year. I am aiming to do it in the sunset but i need to choose the right place to avoid shadows. It can be more earlier. The main gains are natural lighting and more angles yeah.

I just ran out of pics and i dont see more sessions incoming. :/

 

[JimOregon]

Thank you. These are things i really want to do this year. I am aiming to do it in the sunset but i need to choose the right place to avoid shadows. It can be more earlier. The main gains are natural lighting and more angles yeah.

I just ran out of pics and i dont see more sessions incoming. :/

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I have an uncontrollable urge to cut the rope. Damn, where did I put my knife?

 

[Jack Staley]

Yes indeed. It seems wrong to pay so much attention to the hairy guy in the middle, and so little to the shapely torso and arms and thighs on house left.

Let's do it right. First, the sandals have to go. We're going to be driving nails through the guy's wrists and ankles, so there's no reason to worry about his stepping on a sandbur.

Second, Jesus may have gone to the cross like a lamb to the slaughter, but a healthy strong young man like our subject isn't likely to be so passive about it. Left unrestrained, he's going to make an attempt at fight or flight. Hobble his ankles so he can take short steps, but can't run or kick; tie his wrists behind his back so he can't punch or wrestle or try to grab a weapon from a guard—and, so that a little later in the program, he won't be able to cover up anything with his hands.

Third, as Jack suggests, let's have some naked here. Make the stripping slow and deliberate, so he's got time to anticipate the moment when he'll be totally bare in front of the crowd. I don't know how it'd work with 30 A.D. underclothing; in the modern dress that I prefer for my crucifixions, he'd be brought out in a pair of briefs, and the executioners would slowly cut down one side, so that the fabric would gradually fall away, exposing more and more of the flank and the pubic hair and then the genitals, until the last cut was made and that half of his shorts sprang away, leaving only a rag around the other thigh, which we'd cut away quickly.

Heckling from the crowd is going on throughout: as soon as he's brought front and center, we've got a clump of young rowdies shouting "Strip! Strip!", and lots of whistling and catcalling going on while the denuding is in progress. (Of course, some of these young rowdies are going to find themselves on crosses of their own within the next year or so.)

Nor do we pop our subject down onto the cross just as soon as he's naked. Next comes more audience participation. The chief executioner reads off a formula: "So-and-so, who stands naked before you..." has been convicted of such-and-such, sentenced to be crucified, with the consent of the people, and shall this sentence be carried out?

This is the vain-hope stage for our victim. In principle, the crowd could voice disapproval of the sentence, the prisoner would be released, and within an hour he could be safe at home, with no worse consequences than the loss of a pair of shorts and a few hundred full-frontal photos of him on Tumblr sites. In practice, this has never happened: once the question's been put to the crowd, they shout their approval, breaking into chants like "CRU-cify! CRU-cify!", "Nail him! Nail him!", or just "Cross! Cross! Cross!"

The prisoner now knows: he's going to be tortured to death here, and these people want to see it happen. The executioner holds up his hand and the crowd falls silent. "Crucify him."

But there are issues to be resolved with the nailing, and we should save them for another post...

Excellent suggestions, excellent. I like the idea of the prisoners presented naked to the crowd to watch and enjoy. What I might add though. The executioner holds up his hand and the crowd falls silent. He speaks to the prisoners. "Spread your legs scum, arms behind neck". He walks up to each prisoners stares closely into their faces and takes a whiff of their fear sweat. The silence of the crowd now interrupted by the sloshing sounds of discreet stroking under tunics as the sadists watch. He speaks once more. "Crucify them!"

Something about this very humiliating and vulnerable position as a sentence of death is read is so hot to me.

 

[Jack Staley]

Occasionally the magistrate will visit the prison when the docket is too full, the court can only handle a few prisoners per day, and there are many to sentence as the scope of the death penalty has greatly increased, there is a new government in place.

He surveys this young man, just recently interrogated, vulnerable and exposed. He examines the muscles, and admires the boys almost perfect form, in his mind envisioning what will happen soon to the lad.

As fondling the ample cock on display, he quickly reads the charges and then twists the prisoner's nuts, smiles into his grimacing face. CRUCIFY HIM!

 

[frost]

Excellent suggestions, excellent. I like the idea of the prisoners presented naked to the crowd to watch and enjoy. What I might add though. The executioner holds up his hand and the crowd falls silent. He speaks to the prisoners. "Spread your legs scum, arms behind neck". He walks up to each prisoners stares closely into their faces and takes a whiff of their fear sweat. The silence of the crowd now interrupted by the sloshing sounds of discreet stroking under tunics as the sadists watch. He speaks once more. "Crucify them!"

Something about this very humiliating and vulnerable position as a sentence of death is read is so hot to me.

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I like the pose, a lot. But I keep imagining this dialogue:

CHIEF EXECUTIONER: Spread your legs scum, arms behind neck!
CONDEMNED: Fuck you!

Plus, to get into Jack's pose, the prisoner has to have his hands free (or at least not tied behind his back) and his legs either unbound or on a very long hobble. Both could make trouble. A lot of our prisoners are young strong healthy guys, and some are practised in the art of brawling. They're not going to be meek and unresisting like Station XI Jesus, they're going to fight.

We could reduce them to obedient passivity with severe beatings or sleep deprivation or drugs. But that would take a lot of the fun out of crucifying them. We want them to anticipate their crucifixion with horror, but if we torture them badly enough beforehand, we might push them into an attitude of "let's just get this over with". We want to watch them struggling hard but vainly against the executioners. We want them to have energy and stamina for their crux dance. And we really enjoy watching them go from angry fuck-you defiance to pleading for mercy.

So I'm going to give up on getting my condemned into Jack's position, as much as I'd enjoy the spectacle. Instead, let me suggest something else that my executioners and spectators find amusing. Every so often, the last man to be crucified is a big strong fellow, like the one in the picture*, who stays defiant even after the first nail has been driven, gasping in pain but still cursing the executioners.

When that happens, the lead executioner addresses the crowd: "Shall we give him a chance to free himself?" The regulars know what's going to happen next, so they shout their approval. Then the executioners cast off all the bindings, leaving the subject held in place only by that one nail through his right wrist, step aside from the cross, and tell him "Okay, go ahead and free yourself".

The subject tries. He tries to pull the nail out by pushing his right arm upward. The pain is unbelievable, and the nail doesn't budge. He rolls over on his right side (facing toward the spectators, who enjoy the frontal view) and tries to pluck the nail out with his left hand, then to loosen it by wiggling the head. That doesn't work either. The spectators shout mock encouragement--"Pull harder! You can do it! Don't be a wussy!"

After a minute or two, he realizes that he's not going to get that nail out. The transformation from defiance to despair is beautiful to behold, and at that point the executioners move in, grab his left arm and his legs, pull him back into position, and get back to crucifying.

*Not my illustration. I can't remember who posted it, or I'd give them credit.

 

[Jack Staley]

 

[Jack Staley]

Frost, I really like where you are taking this. However, let us not leave out pre-crucifixion torture completely as an option. After-all, the traditional Roman crucifixion sentence specified 39 lashes and not by a "gentle" play toy or even single tail; but a full fledged scourging. The whip used a gruesome device, a series of straps to a handle, and these straps containing glass chards, rocks, or better yet the bones of the previously crucified.

Martin has been sentenced to death by crucifixion, but notice his arrogance. That shall fade fast. A curious crowd gathers as he is stripped naked, shown the whip and explained its mechanism, how it will cut deeply. The prisoner is spread eagle between two posts and the scourging starts, the application of the whip by a trained lichtor. SNAPPPPPP. IEEEEEEE. Martin's defiance crumbles, he becomes a pitiful, scared and frightened. He begs them to stop, but 39 lashes it must be. THRASSHHHHH. The whipping continues, the prisoner now crying and screaming but the crowd in a sadistic frenzy. "BEAT HIM!!" "WHIP HIM HARDER!!".

The pleased executioner then speaks to the lichtor. "Good job with the scourging but don't go overboard. Martin is not to die by the lash but on the cross, and slowly".

 

[PhilX]

I personally love and adore the loincloth, it leaves for the imagination and looks so brilliant on your sexy body. I am for that lovely looking biblical loincloth everytime.

The loincloth is OK but I don't think the executioners would have allowed it to remain. What is the point of them removing all other clothing but coyly let the victim keep something to cover their private parts.

Either for speed crucified victims en masse would just have been nailed up fully dressed or else if something was removed for added shame then the lot would have been torn off. There was no respect or decorum at a crucifixion!

 

[frost]

Frost, I really like where you are taking this. However, let us not leave out pre-crucifixion torture completely as an option. After-all, the traditional Roman crucifixion sentence specified 39 lashes and not by a "gentle" play toy or even single tail; but a full fledged scourging. The whip used a gruesome device, a series of straps to a handle, and these straps containing glass chards, rocks, or better yet the bones of the previously crucified.

Martin has been sentenced to death by crucifixion, but notice his arrogance. That shall fade fast. A curious crowd gathers as he is stripped naked, shown the whip and explained its mechanism, how it will cut deeply. The prisoner is spread eagle between two posts and the scourging starts, the application of the whip by a trained lichtor. SNAPPPPPP. IEEEEEEE. Martin's defiance crumbles, he becomes a pitiful, scared and frightened. He begs them to stop, but 39 lashes it must be. THRASSHHHHH. The whipping continues, the prisoner now crying and screaming but the crowd in a sadistic frenzy. "BEAT HIM!!" "WHIP HIM HARDER!!".

The pleased executioner then speaks to the lichtor. "Good job with the scourging but don't go overboard. Martin is not to die by the lash but on the cross, and slowly".

As Jedakk's young Antius might say over a post-crucifixion round of Falernian, de gustibus non est disputandum. There're some who enjoy a severe pre-crucifixion flogging, and some who want to see smooth firm unmarred flesh when we step around behind the crosses to admire the backs and buttocks. For my modern-day scenarios, I'll borrow the Romans' excellent idea of crucifixion, but won't feel obliged to slavishly follow every detail of Roman practice.

This is not to say that we can't have pre-crucifixion torture, just that it has to be largely psychological. My condemned don't go straight from sentencing to the crucifixion grounds. They spend several days in the custody of the executioners, where they develop a sense of learned helplessness. We give them false hopes and dash them, for example by having a guard pretend to be sympathetic and falsely promise to relay a message to their friends, then report back that the friends want nothing to do with the condemned. We make sure they have photos of past crucifixions available, so that those who haven't previously attended one can anticipate their own. To emphasize their helplessness, and to relieve the boredom of guard duty for the executioners, they participate in a variety of non-consensual sexual acts, involving both the guards and the other condemned.

Again, de gustibus. Me, I hope that when young Antius gets busted taking bribes in return for the false promise to go easy on someone, and failing to turn over Balbus's share of the bribes, we get to see that fine back and buttocks behind the stipes without disfiguring cuts and wheals.
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[Ulf Bernstein]

Wanted to share the things i think destroy a passion play.

1 Hands tied this way.. -.- plus angled arms:



2 Fake nails bad implemented



3 Holding the cross with the palms



4 Flat footrests (the worst)



Really like these ones!. I think it's edited unless they both got a sedile there


Had a session yesterday and have been thinking on this.

 

[Jack Staley]

As Jedakk's young Antius might say over a post-crucifixion round of Falernian, de gustibus non est disputandum. There're some who enjoy a severe pre-crucifixion flogging, and some who want to see smooth firm unmarred flesh when we step around behind the crosses to admire the backs and buttocks. For my modern-day scenarios, I'll borrow the Romans' excellent idea of crucifixion, but won't feel obliged to slavishly follow every detail of Roman practice.

This is not to say that we can't have pre-crucifixion torture, just that it has to be largely psychological. My condemned don't go straight from sentencing to the crucifixion grounds. They spend several days in the custody of the executioners, where they develop a sense of learned helplessness. We give them false hopes and dash them, for example by having a guard pretend to be sympathetic and falsely promise to relay a message to their friends, then report back that the friends want nothing to do with the condemned. We make sure they have photos of past crucifixions available, so that those who haven't previously attended one can anticipate their own. To emphasize their helplessness, and to relieve the boredom of guard duty for the executioners, they participate in a variety of non-consensual sexual acts, involving both the guards and the other condemned.

Again, de gustibus. Me, I hope that when young Antius gets busted taking bribes in return for the false promise to go easy on someone, and failing to turn over Balbus's share of the bribes, we get to see that fine back and buttocks behind the stipes without disfiguring cuts and wheals.
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[Jack Staley]

Thank you Frost, and I will not give up on my crucifixion-sentencing pose, which I’ll get to here. During the course of a crucifixion the inevitable happens, the cumulative effects of heat exhaustion, constant and unrelenting pain and slow suffocation begin to take their toll; the prisoner tires and slows down, the death ballet becomes a very slow dance. As a result spectator interest wanes and the crowds begin to dwindle, much to the ire of the crucifixion site vendors, as their livelihood depends on the sales of instruments of torment; sling shots and stones, sticks with blades and whips. The lowly paid guards are lax, money exchanges hands. Anyway something needs to be done to “liven things up” at the death site. This is where the new state sanctioned procedure “previewing” comes into play. Our next up condemned prisoner Martin is presented to the crowd and ordered to strip naked and assume the spread position as his sentence of death is read out. Before he can resist though the quick guards grab him and secure him to the newly invented death hobble. Notice below the ingenuity of its design; our prisoner’s neck is thrust forward and en lodged in an adjustable collar (spikes are often used here, depending on the whims of the executioner). Hi arms are thrust back and secured likewise, but notice that no ropes are needed here. Martin seems strong, but there’s no escape from this device; if he moves too much his shoulders will dislocate.


You mentioned before the importance of audience participation. Our prisoner will die slowly on the cross and in full public view, but here on the hobble, he is close to the ground and very accessible. Anyone who is willing to pay a nominal fee may have his turn with our Martin with a torture device of his choosing. It’s quite amusing to watch our prisoner squirm and try to dodge instruments of the amused sadists to no avail as the crowd again begins to build.

 

[Jack Staley]

Frederick, a young thug is one of the regulars at the crucifixion site and with his criminal background he's next to go up for sure, next strike and he's out. Meantime he's having some fun. He waits patiently in line as surveying the devices of torture, so many to choose from. Frederick eyes the prisoner on the hobble and whistles and openly displays his lust. "Doesn't look like you're going anywhere soon Martin, stick around and wait for ole Frederick, you and me's gonna have some fun together".

 

[Jack Staley]

Frederick eyes the instruments of torment and makes a final selection; he's next up with Martin. The prisoner looks back fearfully. He's been sling shotted, pummeled with sticks, all sorts of torture but so far no ones chosen the whip, not yet. Frederick fingers the evil device and smiles. "Yes, this should do nicely".

 

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Wanted to share the things i think destroy a passion play.

1 Hands tied this way.. -.- plus angled arms:

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2 Fake nails bad implemented

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3 Holding the cross with the palms

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4 Flat footrests (the worst)

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Really like these ones!. I think it's edited unless they both got a sedile there
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Had a session yesterday and have been thinking on this.

Great and agree with you Ulf. this thief crucified though seems to be about right.

 

[Jack Staley]

Frost is correct in pursuing the psychological as well as physical elements of pre-crucifixion torture. The moment has arrived; Frederick finally has his turn with Martin. Gently this practiced sadist traces the barbed strands of his whip over the fair trembling skin of his possession, front to back, trying to make a decision. He surveys the quivering buttocks. “I’ll whip you mainly here boy as these barbs are gonna shred you. After all we want you in good condition to hang from the wood. You’re soon going to replace the guy up there now and he’s a struggling magnificently, a tough act to follow”.

He then traces the prisoners cock with his spike gloved hand, trembling in excitement, grasps the testicles and twists them and smiles into Martin’s face. “Not to worry boy, Ole Fritz will be with you when you go up there, we’ll put on a show to please the crowd. The executioner went to easy on that guy, but not me. I SHALL WHIP YOU NOW".

“I shall whip you now”.