what do those army patches above your avatar mean (eg. = or / )
And why does mine say "Base Visitor" when im registered and loged in ?????

Click here my man. You'll be a private in no time at all.

Nic

Oh ok there it is thank u :-) .....now got to get posting!

See? This site encourages asking questions and thanking people for their replies. Armorama is single-handedly improving society.
Of course, then you get those guys that get promoted for posts like this.

Nic

Thats not bad at all. At least your not usig 3 posts to say 1 thing.

On that topic I would like to add this personal opinion about ranking. Most of the people with high rank do know what they are talking about but there are also a lot of guys and gals that don't do a lot of posting and really know what they are talking about so you should listen to what they say also. And there are poeple like me who got to Major by simply asking a lot of questions. I like the ranking system a lot, it adds a lot to the site. Just don't use it to decide what to try or who to listen to. I would guess 90% of the poeple lower in rank than me know more about modeling than I do.