Guys In Uniform 2 - Caning By Numbers

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The second post in this series continues the sequence of Guys In Uniform images immortalised for collectors by the tag 'Numbers', which was assigned to the pictures by the publisher of the so-called 'British Photographers Collection' (see Royale Sources Nos 1 & 2). This set seems to recreate, almost exactly, the action of the (equally fragmented) Royale Studio set, 'Tough Schoolmaster', which is being posted at the Royale blog in parallel with this article. I will reference the similarities in the text. 

The set is also significant, historically, in that it resulted in a full-blown public scandal in 1976, after it was published. The use of serving Guardsmen to pose for the pictures was uncovered by the Daily Mirror tabloid and their sensational articles led to allegations of 'vice rings', police raids, questions in Parliament and discharge from the Army for some of the unfortunate models. 

This set was originally reviewed at this blog in 2010, it is significantly expanded here with some images rarely seen before. I have reconstructed it from various internet sources including copies of British, gay magazines of the 70s. In the absence of a thumbnail sheet or catalogue information, I have sequenced them using clothing continuity and an imagined storyline, matching that of 'Tough Schoolmaster'.

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 01

This is the nearest I can find to a starting image for this set. It shows a military student in gym kit, standing 'at ease', but rigidly correct, as he would on the parade ground. He's clearly under the control of the Officer-like gentleman at his side, who I take to be the Instructor. 

This image (recovered from a GIU Studio advertisement in 'Him Exclusive' No 8, 1975) seems to be a fragment of a bigger scene, there is another 'student' in this series, and it's likely he appears at the right in the full picture. It looks as if it might be a disciplinary situation.

The original of this picture was printed in black and white, I have colourised it using AI.

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 02

 This picture shows both athletes. We don't have much information about the names of GIU's models, so, for simplicity, I refer to the two students in this article as No 3 and No 4.

 

The Instructor is preparing to punish them, a prospect that is filling No 3 with dismay. Presumably he's first up. The flimsy shorts they are both wearing amplify the threat. 

 

No 4 is wearing a dunce's cap, an archaic punishment for failing to learn to the teacher's satisfaction. It's possible the missing half of image 1 might have shown him wearing it, with the other two men witnessing his discomfort. The dunce's cap immediately makes a connection with Royale's 'Tough Schoolmaster' storyette, specifically image 03 of that set, where a similar scene is enacted.

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The original of this picture was printed in black and white, I have colourised it using AI. There also exists a version where the students aren't wearing any shorts at all, it's an ingenious, later tweak that is very sexy, but the clothing combination doesn't fit into the storyline. See it here.

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 03

There's a jump in continuity here. Athlete No 3 has clearly just had his taste of the cane. We don't have an image of that, but there are lots more like it to come. The Officer is signalling a glum-looking No 4 to come forward and take his place. Notice the strange shadow falling on his lower body, it surely can't be an accident!

 

A clip board can be seen standing on the table which says "Set 3, Test 4". It might simply be the equivalent of a clapper board, indicating that this is the fourth scene of the third GIU photo set. Alternatively it might mean that these two men are members of Set (or Class) 3, and have either just failed Test 4, or are in the process of being subjected to it.

 

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 04

The two athletes swap places (and hats) and No 4's punishment (or test?) commences. The erotic quality and authenticity makes for an interesting comparison with the Royale equivalent. The GIU picture benefits from sexier shorts and colour, but Royale's tighter composition scores for dramatic effect. 

 

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 05

The underlings rebel and the sadistic Officer is brought to his knees to receive a dose of his own punishment. No 3 has somehow lost his vest in the struggle, we see it lying on the floor. There's an intriguing ambiguity about his position, squatting, equally exposed, astride the Instructor. The dunce's cap is symbolically set aside. It's edited out altogether in some circulating copies of this image. 

 

Compare this image with Tough Schoolmaster, image No 4. It's compelling evidence of the Royale inspiration behind this series. (Which is not to disparage the GIU versions as mere copies. They stand up as pictures in their own right). In Royale's version the cap is more realistically lying discarded on the floor.

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 06

The target area is clarified. 

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 07

 

Somehow, the Instructor regains control and here seems to be singling out No 3 (on the floor) as his attacker.  That seems borne out by the grappling between them in images 5 and 6. In Royale's storyline the rebel is more obvious (image 03), but we don't have that moment in this story. No 4 seems to have changed sides and is holding him down. A 'collaborator' sub-text also runs through Royale's storyline (e.g. image 01).

 

This image defied all my attempts to satisfactorily clarify or colourise it.

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 08

 In the final sequence of images, both athletes have shed their numbered singlets. Fortunately, they have different coloured shoes to provide continued identification. The Instructor takes his revenge, using restraints to ensure this student at least can't escape retribution.

Surprisingly it's No 4 in the firing line, whose role appears quite passive in the other images we have.  His apparent collaboration in image 7 hasn't got him off the hook. This development is different to the Royale story where it's the rebel who is strung up. In this case, the rebel, his classmate, watches with an inscrutable expression. In these final images we can see he's wearing spiked track shoes, which might have made the rebellion interesting!

 

This image makes a further telling link with 'Tough Schoolmaster' which features an identical, restraint arrangement (image 05). That image gives a clue to what happens next in this set.

 

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 09

 As in the Royale image, the 'collaborator' helps to lower the offender's shorts. It's a great moment. 

 

Notice how the Instructor turns away from the camera to hide his face in these more sensitive images. We now know that these were serving Guardsmen, so it's an understandable precaution. He is identifiable in the earlier, more innocuous images.

 

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 10

 The instructor tells his assistant to step aside, so his aim will be unobstructed. No 3 looks glum, perhaps having experienced it himself already, or expecting to be next. 

 

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 11

 The Instructor seems to be indulging in some sadistic teasing here, which is something of a tradition in this genre. The visual effect is impressive, No 3 looks fascinated. The photographer has cropped this image more tightly than the rest of the set to emphasise the drama.

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 12

 The coup de grâce produces a very good image indeed. We can only speculate whether it's good acting or real reaction. The sagging shorts provide a last twist.

 

Guys In Uniform - Caning by Numbers 13

In this image, it appears that No 3 gets his reward for betraying his classmate. There's an item in the top corner which might tell us more if we could see it properly. 

 

In this image we can see more clearly, the flimsy, lingerie-like nature of the student's shorts. It seems a less masculine look than Royale's, very traditional styles with plain fronts and elasticated waists. However, Scott, who was renowned for his tight shorts in Royale's time, sometimes tucked the waistband inside the shorts to produce a lower top-line.

   

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*Sequencing most GIU sets is very difficult, because we don't have any catalogue information and the usual method of tracking continuity of clothing and the action generally runs into contradictions that can't be resolved except by conjecturing a storyline that has no supporting evidence. This was the case with Set 1 in this series, which I eventually split into two. I've managed to come up with a sequence that works for this one, helped by cross-referencing the Royale storyette

 

In truth, there's evidence that some of the sets were not even conceived as stories. The Guys In Uniform house magazine, 'Uniform', grouped many of the images under non-descriptive headings like 'The Barrack Room', 'Attack' and 'Authority' although 'The Sneak' and 'The Card Sharp' do suggest an intended narrative. Set No 1 was called 'The School Prefect' in Uniform magazine, but I've skated over that for obvious reasons. In any case it doesn't help with sequencing them.

 

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Preview the next Guys in Uniform set 

You can read the original articles that followed on from this one,  

No 3 onwards are still pending revision at the moment, 

which for No 3, will be substantial. 

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AI Art by Pelonjefe - 3

 Previously:- Beach Bullies by Pelonjefe

In this article, a look at other sports and interests

with power play bias. 

 

Locker Room Hierarchy by pelonjefe

 

  This somewhat comical, little vignette, expresses the idea of power and submission more directly than other works by this artist, rather bluntly in fact. It's all the more powerful in that the stature of the participants seems so evenly matched, on the face of it. This isn't a man dominating a boy. On top of that, the artist has persuaded AI to sail within a gnat's whisker of being explicit. 

 

View the video: Locker Room Hierarchy 

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Pelojefe - Jock Hog Tied

Probably just a team jape after an evening training session, 

but training alone late at night leaves a guy open to all sorts 

....  and there's rain in the air 

....no need to shower tonight then!

 

Be sure to look at the Jockstrap Reveal variant, 

it's bizarre, silly but sexy.

 

Pelonjefe - By My Balls

 

This handsome young man is the best of Pelonjefe's bound jocks for me. Quite apart from his looks, the bondage is so neat and economical. And that backside...what can I say? 

 

This image is the basis for a number of light-hearted videoettes, with tweaks to the visuals and dialogue, try 'Costly Arrogance' 

 

Pelonjefe - I Felt Something Move Down There (1)

This item is something completely different. A young man is tying up the locker room hunk, a role reversal apparently, but we can't really tell how the hunk feels about it. 

 

The video (below) actually makes a decent fist of showing the ropes being tied, they usually magically appear in AI sketches. To be fair, conventional video makers are not that good at it either, some show every fumbling knot and laborious feeding through of very long ropes, others just leave it out altogether. 

 

Pelonjefe - I Felt Something Move Down There (2)

Midway through the action, the hunk, looks furtively aside and then, in a whisper, reveals his secret feelings. His partner proceeds to do a bit of feeling of his own - but blink and you'll miss it! 

 

View the video: 'I Felt Something Move Down There'... 

 

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Pelonjefe - Brad becomes Bound Muscle

 The saga of Daniel and Brad revolves around a TV gambling game where the highly successful Brad loses everything he has to his incompetent landscaper, Daniel. The only way he can avoid being thrown out of his own house, onto the streets, is by reversing roles. 

 

Daniel humiliates him. As well as maintaining the grounds, he makes Brad his plaything in his 'free' time. Here he's being used for Daniel's shibari practice. His hairy muscular body is an ideal subject for it. His humiliation is documented at some length.

 

Pelonjefe - Stay

Hairy muscle in bondage is the subject of another video, 'Stay'. There's a jungle setting with a roaring fire right behind the captive suggesting that unpleasantness lays in store for him. The video follows his realisation of capture, anger and submission, but it's the movement of his struggling body that supplies the sexy entertainment. A sort of theme and variations.

Watch 'Stay' and a selection of stills

 

Pelonjefe - Ropes of Desire

Pelonjefe's refreshing attention to big, hairy men extends to more mature models too with this unusual, retro-styled, bondage duo. They don't look as if they are delighted about being tied tightly together, stark naked and crotch to crotch. Complete strangers perhaps, selected at random and manipulated into this predicament. 

 

The passage of time might change things, as they get used to feeling the unwavering, warm, furry pressure of their partner against them. It would be interesting to observe what happens when they wake after a night spent tied together like this. Older men still get early morning woods!

 

Pelonjefe - Come Closer, I'm Yours

 

This artist does not neglect younger man in his exploration of bondage imagery. This complex upper body harness doesn't seem to have subdued this one's self-assurance and bravado. He's dripping with water and other variations of this image reveal a shower head just above, so you could read this as residual defiance after a sudden deluge has dampened his arrogance.

 

 

Pelonjefe - The King's Taxes Are Due

The power of beautiful young men to ruthlessly command their elders is caricatured in this fantasy, with a grotesquely emaciated slave kneeling before a sovereign who flaunts his body shamelessly before him. His ragged loincloth suggests he is not total obsessed with wealth and the finer things that his position in life grants him. Rather that he will accept his taxes in various currencies. 

 

Naked men with headgear can often look ridiculous (as in my Ministry of Silly Hats series) but this crown doesn't look silly at all (unless I'm getting old!). It bestows immunity and power on the wearer in this scenario, which enables him to do as he pleases. For as long as he is young anyway. Present day Royalty presents a wonderful demonstration of the ultimate folly of such hubris. 

 

 

Pelonjefe - New Boy - Obedience Training

 There is certain natural order in life that a young man can benefit from when he's old enough, and it readily asserts itself in gay erotic imagery. Having a collar put on symbolises this man's submission to a master who will train him in his particular discipline.

 

 There's a recurring motto in this artist's work, "Obedience is new to you, but I will help you get it right" and it's not only directed at young men as Brad discovers when he falls under the control of Daniel (above).

 

 

Pelonjefe - New Boy Lessons

 As well as learning from his master's skills and experience, in exchange for compliance and submission, the acolyte benefits from a certain closeness and intimacy and the joy of being valued, by a man who he can admire.

 

 

  

Pelonjefe - Truth or Dare

The boys in this piece turn the tables on an older man in this joyous piece. He 'playfully' soaks their tighty-whiteys with his hose, (presumably he's the janitor hosing down the pool area). Then he teases them with a 'truth or dare' challenge to do press-ups. I have to say, their press-ups are not impressive, but the Janitor seems quite satisfied. I imagine he is more interested in looking at their wet backsides. However, these dumb jocks are cuter than he thinks. Watch 'Truth or Dare'

 

 

Pelonjefe - Sun's Out, Buns Out

This artist also has a romantic side of course, with this relaxed, idyllic scene. Luckily for this hunk, this artist doesn't do spankings - or underwater monsters!

 

Enjoy Pelonjefe at Deviant Art 

 

  Earlier articles:- Beach Bullies by Pelonjefe  

First Catch Your Rogue - 24

 

Once you've caught him, deter him from leaving

I found that confiscating a guy's shorts is just as effective as using physical restraint.

But getting him out of them wasn't that easy, as you might imagine......

 

 

He was full of swagger at first, acting like he owned the place.

 

I'd surprised him creeping round my house in the middle of the night and he was still thinking he could leave whenever he wanted. That was in spite of the fact that he'd already made a run for it and discovered that the open window he'd come in through so easily was now firmly closed and locked - and that the glass was virtually unbreakable. Unless you had a sledgehammer, which, understandably, he hadn't thought to bring with him. Another panic dash to the door revealed it was locked too, even though I'd just walked in through it. The wonders of electronics eh?

 

I sat him down and we had a long chat. I explained that I'd triggered the expensive security system to seal every entrance and exit. It had also alerted the Police, but things being what they are these days it might be a while before they turned up, so we just had to wait for them. I was in no hurry, though, I thought it was pretty cool having this chunky young man for company - once he'd calmed down that is. 

 

Because of the hot nights we'd been having, he'd come to burgle me wearing shorts. Silky skimpy ones they were too. Nice. I could imagine his butt clenching anxiously in them as he tried to figure out a way to escape before the cops arrived. 

 

 

 

Time went by and he tried various other ways to get out before it dawned on him (slowly) that the only way was to persuade me to unlock the door. I was so taken by his confusion that I'd started taking pictures of him. We had a little scuffle then as he tried to force me to stop, but I'm a big bloke and he wasn't much of a fighter and soon discovered I was no push-over. 

 

So the wait went on and on and he sprawled on the settee cockily, becoming more and more confident that his mask concealed his identity and that the Police were not going to come anyway. 

By now it was beginning to get light.

 

That was when I addressed him using his name. That made him sit up. 

How could I know that?

 

 

It was pure luck that I'd seen him larking around with his mates in the coffee shop round the corner a few days earlier. It's possible they were in the area specifically to case my joint. Loud young men, but nice enough to look at. So I looked at them and I listened and before long I had caught most of the nick names they used with each other. So when I addressed Dino (my reluctant guest) using his, he was understandably shocked. All the more so when I also insinuated that I knew someone in his family. I didn't, but he wasn't to know that. 

 

He looked at me and my incriminating camera very hard indeed now. I had to hand it to him, he didn't just cave in, I could see he was thinking of having another go at me to force his way out. It was time to give him an easier option. Sort of. I suggested I might just let him go, if he lifted his shirt for me.

 

 

 

 

 

'Shirt-lifter' is a loaded term in this neck of the woods. He looked at me again and this time I know he was thinking, "this guy's a pervert!" That was Fair enough, I am. I could have have him in a naked hog-tie by now if I'd wanted, but inducing voluntary submission is more interesting when you've time on your hands. 

 

Anyway Dino thought he'd found a weakness he could exploit, but he couldn't figure out how, except by doing as I had asked. So gingerly he lifted his tee shirt. The wary look in his eyes betrayed an inner anxiety about baring his flesh to me and that gave me a bit of a thrill. I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised by what he revealed too. Better than might have been expected given that silly hat he had on. 

By pure good luck, just that at that moment, a siren could be heard outside, getting closer. His eyes shot to the window and he froze providing me with a nice abs twist and a look of dismay that was priceless. 

He wasn't half so cocky now. 

 

"Don't worry, Dino" I said. "If you've got your shorts down when they knock, I won't let them in".

You should have seen the look he gave me then, he was flummoxed by my brazen offer.

 

"Just show me your ass Dino" I added in the friendliest tone I could manufacture "and I'll tell them you managed to get away from me".

 

His look was pure hatred, but slowly he turned and lowered his shorts.

I have to say than the sight of him dejectedly kneeling to show me his backside was truly a moment to savour and my camera was chattering with excitement too, busily sealing his fate.

 

"Marty would love this" I remarked casually. Marty was one of his mates in the Coffee Shop.

He shot me a look of utter panic, unable to comprehend how I knew about Marty too.

"You wouldn't....!." he gasped

"Just co-operate" I replied, " get your shorts off and I might even give you a tip for your trouble."

The possibility of payment for this humiliation, somehow made it OK in his scheming mind.

He climbed out of his shorts and I took them and tossed them into a distant corner.

This was great, Dino wasn't going anywhere, soon I'd have him eating out of my hand, like a pet.

 

In fact, I even managed to get him to kneel on top of a table like a performing dog.....

 

 

.......and then sprawling on my settee like a baby.

 

All the while keeping up the ludicrous pretence that his cap and mask would preserve his anonymity.

It was fun persuading him to take up provocative positions and seeing how close I could get.

 

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Anyway, eventually the Police did turn up. Oh yes, it hadn't been a bluff at all.

By that time I'd got poor Dino totally naked and he was understandably terrified.

 That was how I got him into my bed. 

He hid there under the sheets while they searched for clues.

I told the cops it was my wife, who was ill.

 

After they'd gone Dino was so relieved he had to relieve himself!

He hadn't got the gumption to resist my camera any more. 

What happened after that?

Well, that is between him and me.

 

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Images of Matthew Attard courtesy of Bentley Race

This story is pure fiction of course and the model is just an actor in it.  

I'm sure he's not a rogue at all, just shy.

 

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The Looks that say 'Christmas Came Early This Year'

For anyone who is alone, or feels alone this Christmas

Santa seems to occupy a  parallel, elastic, time continuum on Christmas Eve

giving him enough time to deliver presents to all the boys and girls in the world.

But it's still a pretty hectic schedule, so he must feel a bit rushed sometimes.
A bit like an NHS Doctor I suppose.

He likes to give all the deserving, gay boys exactly what they ask for.
(partly to dispell those nasty rumours about him and Rudolph)

But the trouble is they all want the same thing, every year,
so it's understandable if it doesn't always come out quite as intended.
Particularly when the 'wish list' is a tattoo and it's presented like this.

There's a get out clause though.
The recipient is not really supposed to be awake when Santa cums.
So that makes him a bad boy really, not a good boy. 
But at least he got something for staying up.
The last lad on Santa's list may find there's nothing left in the sack.
Well, Santa's only human!

This is 'Look' No 15, for others click on the label below.

It's also an addendum to 'Silly Hat' No 10
Actually, the jaunty angle almost rescues it from being silly.
It's floppy tip is particularly poignant in this sad scene.
(click on 'Hats' label below for more Silly Hats)

Photo credit: Ace Era and Dylan James from Lucas Entertainment

Bareass Blogs No 27

Bareass Buffoonery & Bulky Buttocks on the Beach

"Does my bum look big in this?"
 
Go to No 28
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View Bareass series from No 1

Also entered in my 'Ministry of Silly Hats' series as No 12
(click on 'Hats' in label list below)

Ministry of Silly Hats - 11 Pirate Scarf

The headscarf has a noble tradition as improvised headwear.
It's frequently associated in popular culture with pirates and brigands so you'd think it would impart something of that renegade panache to any wearer, not least Cody Cummings.

 Apparently not. 

At least not when it's worn with a less-than-fierce coy 'come-on' look.

I can't help adding that headscarves are also associated with washer women

 but perhaps that's being too unfair

I am happy to admit that Cody model achieves considerably better results

 with his underwear which greatly rewards close inspection.

I've always put this model in the 'God's Gift Brigade' on account of the fact that he spends more time looking at the camera than the men he's posing with, even when he's being intimately serviced by them. So it's not entirely unexpected to find him partnering a mirror and making a bit of a fool of himself with his headgear.

(I usually blame the photographer for these faux pas but as a 'Star' model, I imagine this chap's not obliged to follow all those dictates, so he is probably equally culpable here!).

I also mentioned the headscarf as a silly hat in a previous dispatch when it is shown being worn by a wedge victim. Conflating that image with the ones above creates a rather satisfying fantasy.

One that's probably not worthy of me, but never mind.

For more 'God's Gift' Candidates click on the label below

For more silly hats click on 'hats'