Royale Studio 05 - Airman's Gym Spanking - Part 1

This article is a revised version of Royale Studio post no 5,  

originally dated Aug 2010 at mitchmen blog (cnt 370).

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 01

This Royale set shows a bare-topped sailor forcing a man in gym kit to perform exercises on a pommel horse and the floor. This opening image of the set seems to show the tyrant, knotted rope at the ready, creeping up on the athlete who sits daydreaming on the horse (and looking rather like an Edwardian fairy perched on a toadstool) when, presumably, he should be hard at work practicing. 

The model wearing the shorts in this series is Peter George, who we saw tied to the rigging in the very first of this Vintage Royale Studio photo series of articles. He looked equally wistful and absent in that photo, something of a Peter Pan-like figure. 

I haven't positively identified the Trainer by name but he looks to me like Tom Harding from Navy Romeo and Navy Gash (images 14 and 15 below provide a more helpful comparison). In this picture he's obviously eyeing Peter's ass which appears to be clad in satin-like shorts (an effect replicated in another, very sexy 'footballer' picture attributed to Royale, just below). The curved snout of the pommel horse has a certain phallic quality and seems to emerge from between the Trainer's legs for Peter's to sit on, initiating the sense that the Trainer has a sexual interest in him.

Royale Studio - Footballer tying his laces

This man's shorts seem almost transparent, probably a consequence of Royale's practice of wetting them so they cling tight. Who wouldn't want to touch or spank that succulent bottom? It's one of my favourite Royale images. But I've not been able to identify the model.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 02

The dreamer dismounts looking sullen and resentful but resting his ass casually on the snout of the horse. His trademark Royale, tight, white shorts bulge provocatively in the fashion of Scott of London. The athlete is no pussy, he's muscular and fit, but his entire pose here seems deliberately provocative with a coy dip of the head seeming to reciprocate the Trainer's interest. 

The Navy man stares at the young man's groin with his knotted rope raised. It's not clear if he is contemplating a grope, or is contemplating lashing it to quell the rebellion and restore proper military discipline.

Sadly, although I have a complete set of 30 images for this series, they are all of this grainy quality, so it's less of an erotic treat than it ought to be. I wish I could find a way of clarifying them but standard photo enhancers don't seem to help very much. At least, the black background colour of the blog helps a little.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 03

The Instructor asserts his authority, bringing Peter to attention before him. Peter's bearing is not overly military here*. Perhaps his relaxed pose is still signalling his resentment or lingering laziness.  

Luckily the Trainer still seems to be more interested in staring at his crotch (which seems to be less prominent here, the bulge disappearing like a mirage). In any event the Trainer's raised hand and the remarkably rigid, knotted rope has dropped to his side. 

The two men remain connected by the shape of the horse with it's handles 'at attention' between them like dildos.

*I don't have a Royale catalogue description for this set but Peter George is described as being a Corporal and Physical Training Instructor in the blurb for his solo sets (see note 2 below). In other words he was a military man

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 04

When Peter finally does commence his exercises, his physical fitness and training immediately becomes apparent in holding this demanding position. His raised feet are slightly skewed towards his mentor, which makes it even more difficult to hold. 

His Trainer still seems preoccupied with the young man's crotch, but Peter's twist towards him also appears presents a tremendous sight of his tensed thighs and backside, stretching those shorts to the limit. 

The sense of sexual chemistry simmers on.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 05

Press-ups on the pommel horse offer the Trainer an even more tempting sight.

The tightness of Peter's shorts becomes even more apparent in this image with the centre seam drawn up between his buttocks and his thighs bulging out of the leg openings. The Trainer moves in closer, clearly poised to spank him but there's no obvious reason for it, other than temptation. 

The tormentor's change in position for this image presents a more attractive view of his own physique, showing a pert bottom, clad insnug-fitting trousers. Their tightness is betrayed by a fleshy bulge above the belt. His bell bottoms (which have obviously been wetted as was usual for Royale Studio) look less untidy, less crumpled than in the previous images.

This image has a number in the corner indicating that it has been cropped from a thumbnail sheet but it is the same quality as the rest of the set and you can see that the number seems to have been erased from the corner of the preceding picture. They all seem of the same quality.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 06

Here the poor gymnast seems to have collapsed over the horse presumably from the beating he's has received. His left hand reaches back, symbolically seeking to protect his backside. His thighs look more muscular than ever in this perspective and make him look bigger than than his tormentor. 

Shorts aficionados will enjoy the lifted flaps of the side-dart in the hem of these shorts, provided exactly to accommodate thigh expansion. Those with imaginative, lustful eyes will also spot that Peter's shorts create the illusion of the head of a penis, propped against the trunk of the horse.

In these opening images, the Trainer hardly changes position and they are clearly intended as a showcase for Peter's physique and fitness - and why not?

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 07

In desperation, the gymnast seeks refuge under the horse. This pose seems to continue his casting as a less than manly character despite his obvious physical attributes, not least this view of his (increasingly) formidable backside and thighs, although it's a somewhat receptive pose.  

The Trainer pursues him with his rope and this gives us a nice view of his own upper body. I like the hairy forearm on the left. That clenched fist means business and Peter's ass is in the firing line. If his body were lying reversed left to right in this picture one might suspect a penetrative threat from that fist (and don't imagine that practice was unknown in 1960). 

The military being able to 'make a man' of new recruits (who were typically 18 years old when entering UK National Service) was a common belief in post-war Britain. However, there's a thin line between strict discipline and bullying - especially when forbidden physical attractions come into the equation. Compulsory National Service ended in 1963 which interestingly coincides with Royale's heyday. 

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 08

In picture 8 the gymnast balances on top of the horse as though about to perform a head stand.

It isn't clear if this picture depicts a resumption of the gymnast's normal training regime with the Trainer poised to correct any further error, or is a deliberately humiliating example of 'assuming the position' to be beaten. It seems to boil down to the same thing in this storyette. 

Even this relatively poor quality image shows Peter's lean, muscularity to great effect. The airman's well defined, muscular physique and tight clothes are the star of this little series. The better quality originals of these pictures must have been very sensual. 

Many of the photos, as usual, are pretty static but artfully composed, here striking a balance between humour and eroticism. Obviously artistic styling can constitute a defence against censorship laws but the S&M element here isn't very subtle.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 09

Once again Peter ends up on the floor, almost in tears as the relentless beating goes on.

It's an unusual, emotional dimension, another indicator of the subject's sensitivity

in an era when men were expected to bear pain and humiliation with fortitude.

It seems almost callous to observe that it results in another great image of his lower body.

Notice that the handles/pommels have been removed from the horse after picture 7 and it's been temporarily moved back against the wall. The session continues with more conventional PT floor exercises.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 10

Peter's execution of this simple stretching and balance exercise seems to meet with his mentor's approval. These signs of submission and obedience seem to cause the sexual temperature to drop.

Peter presents a neat, trim figure but the front of his shorts are less revealing than one might wish, possibly a deliberate decision by Royale, perhaps the original was a little too graphic!

 

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 11

Peter is not just toe-touching here, he's comfortably touching the floor, demonstrating impressive flexibility. One can't help thinking that the Trainer's obvious pleasure is partly derived from the sexually submissive nature of his pose. We catch a nice glimpse of Peter's crotch.

The horse lurks in the background, it's splayed legs mirrored by Peter's.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 12

You can't blame Royale for also giving us the rear view of the same bent over posture! 

The feel of submissiveness, bowing to his master, is even stronger in this variant. 

Peter's head aligns suggestively with the Trainer's crotch and for the first time we see some detailing there, with just a modest hint of volume, thanks to the clingy dampness. There's a distinct sense that he is about to administer a spanking.

In this picture, you can actually see the stretching of tendons at the back of Peter's leg that this exercise promotes. The Trainer is holding him down, possibly pressing him down further to increase the stretch. It's a legitimate coaching intervention but one that makes the stretch more painful.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 13

Peter's submissiveness seems to rekindle the Trainer's lust. The athlete finds himself back on the horse in another humiliating punishment position and for the first time we actually see the knotted rope striking his ass. The rigidity of the rope makes static posing of this image possible, but there's a hint of a blur there. One might wish for a more dynamic, more involved pose on the part of the Trainer. 

This picture seems to jump back to the stylised balancing of No 8, but 13 is it's correct position according to the Royale Catalogue sheet Go to Footnotes Section . The horse changes position several times in the storyette possibly reflecting a reshuffling of the sequence. The flow of the narrative is pretty flexible.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 14

There follows a demonstration of the classic press-up floor exercise. The relaxed starting position is inherently submissive and the Trainer looks on approvingly. This camera angle brings Peter's peachy bottom nicely to the fore again. The Trainer angles his rope towards it, it's frayed ends resembling prongs.

Peter almost looks naked below the waist here thanks to brightness washout. All we can see of his shorts is the V-dart cut out of the side seam. I assume that this was not a deliberate ploy by Royale to slip in some nudity but who knows? The other images in the set certainly don't seem to suffer white-out to this extent.

Compare the Trainer in this picture with Tom Harding in the cast photo from Navy Gash (Tom is  sitting on the right). The chin detail, mop of hair and general build seem a good match to me. His controlling role here also matches how he is used in other Royale Studio shoots.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 15

In the press-up raised position a nice buttock tightening effect teases the on-lookers and I know there are people out there who will find the glimpse of shadow at the front of his thigh equally inspiring!

Peter's rigidity in this position is another indicator of his fitness and experience. You sense he's looking back wondering if it's OK. With the Trainer stood behind him he's in a very vulnerable position, blind-sided and completely defenceless.

Royale Studio - Airman's Gym Training 16

The Trainer cannot resist striking once again at this peachy target.

Peter turns in surprise (and growing annoyance no doubt)

Nothing he does seems to please this man.

The Trainer's rigid rope doesn't just strike Peter's buttock, it's angled directly into his crack, seeming to advance the erotic agenda that he has concealed behind impassive stares until now. His crotch detailing becomes visible again but gives little away.

Royale Studio No 05 at mitchmen blog continues in Airman Spanked Part 2 (next post)  

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Footnotes

[1]

The official title of this series is unknown to me. It doesn't appear in any of the catalogues I have. There is a catalogue thumbnail sheet for the set (above) which tells us there are 30 pictures in all and gives their sequence, but it's bafflingly labelled '2-BR'. Royale labels usually involved the model's initials (which doesn't fit with Peter George) or else abbreviated the title (as in NARO - Navy Romeo). 'Bullies Retribution' might fit here but that's just a guess. It's implied that there's also a 1-BR but I haven't seen it. 

Sailor Al called this series 'Gym' and I've also seen it called 'Navy Gym' which might conceivably been the original title. However since the athlete's vest in this series bears a badge with an eagle similar in style to that used by the RAF (*see Note 2 below), I have taken it to mean that he is playing an airman and used that as my own, more descriptive title, for the series. 

It's interesting to see that a previous owner of this sheet seems to have picked out his favourite pictures - 5, 12, 16, 17, 23, 25 and 26. Good choice! 

[2]

Whilst the eagle on Peter's vest is very similar to that used by the RAF, it's usually contained within a roundel on their official badges. I can't find one that looks exactly like Peter George's, but I did find this one:

Interestingly, this is the official badge worn by RAF PT Instructors. In Royale Studio's notes for Peter George's solo set '3-PUN', he is described as Corporal Peter George, a Physical Training Instructor. This occupation was also referenced in beefcake magazines of the time that printed his pictures. Royale did not specify which branch of the services he was in, but Trim magazine stated that he was an RAF man. Whether that's based on information supplied by Royale or an inspired guess like mine, I don't know. It's not hard to imagine Peter's badge being cut out or fashioned from an RAF one like this to create a subtle reference to his background, which Royale clearly wanted to exploit.

Above, an RAF PTI of the modern era, I love those colour-coded, 'muscle' singlets 

(the Army version has red edging).

I mentioned Royale's connection to the annual, London, 'Royal Tournament' in No 3 of this mitchmen series (Navy Gash). The RAF contributed that event along with the other services, this Royal Tournament 1964 RAF gymnastics display video happens to be contemporaneous with the Royal era (but it's not possible to spot Peter in it!)

HM The Queen

Out of respect for HM The Queen - our Queen - who died today, 

I have temporarily suspended posting at this blog.

I know many of my readers will be greatly saddened by the loss.

She will be much missed.

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Article on the Queen and Gay Rights 

Posting will resume after the funeral 

My Beautiful Launderette

Gay BDSM Art by Mitchell of mitchmen blog

Mitchell - My Beautiful Launderette, Billy Undresses

The day Billy was called up to start his mandatory period of National Labour Service, they took him to the local launderette where he stripped and put his clothes in the wash. He wouldn't be needing them again for a few years so that they would be cleaned and sent to the local recycling shop for resale.

They did allow him to keep his underpants on, for the sake of public decency since he would be taken to the Labour Distribution Centre on public transport. Once in the the system he wouldn't need them any more, as his new Master would supply his uniform, probably a loincloth.

As he locked Billy into his transit chains, the escort commented that Billy's underpants looked so good on him that when when he was put up for sale at the auction, they would probably be offered as a separate lot instead of being thrown away and he could imagine there being a keen interest in them.

Billy got the window seat on the bus of course and the escort sat next to him, blocking the escape route. He whiled away the journey chatting and endlessly fondling Billy's underpants which seemed to fascinate him. Since Billy's hands were cuffed behind his back he had no choice but to let him. Afterwards his memory of the journey was pretty hazy, but he thought he'd enjoyed it.

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The memory of Nick Kamen undressing in the launderette ad for Levi jeans (which I included recently in the mitchmen homoerotic images series) reminded me of this ancient drawing which I am pretty sure I did before Nick's strip hit the screens and must have been inspired by one of the many periods in my life when I used the local launderette to wash my own clothes. Fantasies of a performance like this lightened the weekly boredom of watching my underwear endlessly going round and round in the suds.

For other artwork by Mitchell at mitchmen blog, click on 'mitchpix' in the label list below
or visit the Gallery Hub for links to other collections.

Boot Lust Special - A Cop's Selfie Mistake

What would you do if a cop like this came knocking on your door looking for trouble?

Summoned to a disturbance, it's probably a disappointment to him when he finds the occupant of the Hotel room to be an inoffensive and - well, frankly- a nerdy-looking guy - with sagging pants.

 The Officer notices that the guy's eyes have dropped to his crotch and smiles inwardly. 

He's used to attracting this sort of interest. It looks like this one's going to be no trouble at all.

Until he suddenly produces a gun

"Whoa there man!" he gasps in surprise.

The gunman relieves the cop of his cap and shades and sits him on the settee

It turns out he's quite a looker - and gutsy too, deliberately crossing his legs.

His instincts tell him that flaunting his boots and crotch will distract this guy.

Help him talk his way out of the situation, like he's done a hundred times before.

It works only too well, the gunman is mesmerised, 

He sits down beside him stroking the gleaming boots lovingly.

"How's about you give me your uniform?" he suggests.

"How do you expect me to I do that?" splutters the cop in confusion.

For the first time a glimmer of anxiety shows through his confident veneer.

This guy is seriously weird - and he's got a gun.

In reply the gunman waves his gun in the direction of the bed.

The cop obeys, feeling more and more worried.

Once sat on the bed, he's given a rag and told to sniff it. 

"I call it a selfie", the gun man explains, "give it a try man".

The cop guesses that these are the guy's underpants, 

but they have a very odd smell.

There could be anything on them, anything at all.

A turn-on, or a turn-off. He has no way of knowing.

He feels a stab of fear.

But with a gun pointing at his crotch, he's got little choice.

He leans back on the pillow and inhales through the rag

and immediately he feels consciousness slipping away

Realising he's made a mistake, he panics.

.

But it's too late, the guy pounces on him, making sure.

Seconds later, he's unconscious.

The attacker quickly relieves him of the leather jacket, he covets.

It will be a great addition to his collection of Police memorabilia.

Removing the jacket reveals more goodies underneath.

With his cop sleeping like a baby, the thief eagerly sets to work. 

Gently, lovingly almost, he lifts the cop to ease off his Police tee-shirt

becoming more and more excited all the time.

The tight pants present more of a problem,

It requires quite a bit of tugging to get them moving.

But it's worth the effort, as the cop's cute ass appears.

and he's wearing nice, snugly-fitting, white underpants.

The gunman is tempted to take them too.

But it's those shiny boots that have been a main attraction from the start

He pulls them off, piling up the trophies on the bed.

And then he happens on the keys to the cop's apartment.

where there must be a whole wardrobe of exciting, used clothing. 

Another uniform even, yum!

That tantalising prospect must wait, he's got more items to collect here.

Sleeping Beauty is no lightweight but fortunately he slumbers on

 through the rough handling needed to get him over, onto his back.

The front of his underpants prove just as pretty as the ass side.

But the nerd is more interested in getting his hands on the cop's tight pants. 

He leaves him lying on the bed and clambers into his uniform.

Sadly, he doesn't have the physique to fill it as well as it's real owner.

But he can still savour his lingering body warmth and odours 

and the sensation of the fabrics brushing against his skin

 - as they previously did his.

This magical moment is interrupted by a groan from the bed.

It sends him scurrying back toot-sweet.

The cop is regaining consciousness and he's gonna be mad!

Quickly, he pulls off one of his socks.

And uses it to gag the guy.

Regretfully, he's gonna have to leave that item behind.

But he still can take the other one of the pair.

That gag and the ropes should keep the cop quiet long enough while he makes his escape.

In a moment of compassion he tosses the 'selfie' rag onto the cop's body.

A modesty piece to replace the underpants he's stolen.

Briefly the nerd stops and thinks about what he's done.
It's a good feeling.

And he's got a whole apartment of cop goodies, waiting for him to explore.

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I have been an admirer from afar of the Boot Lust site for many years. Intrigued by their idiosyncratic ads and images of cops in tight pants and boots, being taken down and stripped. I always intended to investigate their work properly but the site closed in early 2019 (see announcement). It was fatally wounded by demands for censorship from their payment handling company.  This article is mitchmen's belated tribute to Boot Lust and there will be more to come. 

This particular story is galvanised by the chilling device of the cop being made to knock himself out. The horror is that he doesn't know what the substance on the rag is, it could be lethal, but the alternative potentially is a bullet. I can recall a similar device in a TV programme some time back, where a ruthless gang target a slot machine arcade belonging to a rival outfit and invite the innocent, young assistant who happens to be in charge that night to inhale from an aerosol as an alternative to inclusion in the violence that follows. 

The original Boot Lust storyline is full of ambiguities and alternative threads but I have focussed my narrative on the uniform swapping theme which was always a central element of the site's work and produces some magnificent underwear imagery in this case. You can get a sense of the original  in the 'Selfie' entry at BestDeaths, a site which has created a sort of  archive based on Boot Lust stuff. They give a more plausiblee back-story which may well be the original, but be aware that the material there has also been tweaked to support their more specialised, darker interests and the model's naughty bits in the pictures have all been blurred (see final picture above). 

There's also a good collection of Boot Lust fragments at Metalbond which is always worth a browse.

Tarzan Captured by Mystery Artist

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The Tarzan genre isn't the usual fare at mitchmen, I find the high waist and 'modesty panel' on his classic loin cloths take away the appeal of his physique after a short while. However this set of drawings features a decidedly scanty and lumpy loincloth and the dynamic depiction of the jungle hero being taken down and tied up. That sold it to me. The skull masks worn by these attackers bode ill for him.

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It's nice to see that the energetic business of securing the captive also allows space for some casual groping. In fact the clutch of the lower assailant here on Tarzan's bare bottom and the positioning of his face mask is close to being truly intimate.

Also I agree that if you are going to gag someone this way, make it tight!

Men of small stature do not seem out of place in a traditional Tarzan scenario but it's a tricky area these days. These miniature assailants however are heavily stylised and seem to have more in common with the gremlin-like characters in children's cartoons than real humans, so hopefully there's no offence caused.

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Tarzan fights back, but it looks as if it's already too late. 

His effort, however, does produce a nice open-legged buttock display. 

Is that why he's winking? (With his eye, that is).

This winking action commonly occurs in Japanese artworks,

 but I have never understood what it means.

4

Tarzan's fightback and flight is ended in spectacularly sexy fashion.
The rugby style tackle is rarely delivered on the field as decisively as this. 
The lump in his briefs seems to testify to a secret passion for danger
- or for subjugation, perhaps.

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The linking of limb restraints into the classic hog-tie signals the end.

And it looks like that fact is finally dawning on jungle boy here.

One assailant plants a foot on his buttock as he pulls the chest roping tighter.

The other attacker puts his foot on the back of Tarzan's other thigh

and his leg seems to take on the shape of a more than worrying threat.

If it's size is anything to go by. 

6

The tightening bindings are more and more painful for jungle boy

But his pec muscles swell in vain - and so it seems does his cock.

His loincloth seems to be slipping down his thighs here.

Great image!

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Finally the famous hero lies subjugated in the grass.

The victors pose over him like big game hunters with their prize.

They poke him to see how angry it makes him

and to demonstrate how helpless he is.

Warily he awaits his fate at their hands. 

Notice that his bindings suddenly now include a neck ligature,

 which reiterates the threat in the skull masks worn by his captors.

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I collected these images about a year ago from the now-defunct user, JungleCaptor @Deviant Art. None of them are signed. Browsing through them again now, I was suddenly struck by the resemblance of the subject matter to the art of Black Prof which also sometimes features miniature, abduction assailants. I have noticed too that he rarely seems to sign his pictures - and then only the 'female' ones. See BlackProf's Deviant Art Gallery.

The similarities between image 7 above and the one below by Black Prof are telling.

The striking colouring of eyes, the furrowed brow, the stand-out neck ligaments, the feet shaping, the fly-away gag end and most significant of all to me is the characteristic way of styling the ear recess with arches and a darker colour interior, which is surely a detail no other artist would match by accident.

 

BlackProf - A Nice Little Package

There are many other points of stylistic similarity, the overall economy of style to start with.

Compare also the impact effects in picture 3 with My Abduction from my BlackProf post.

The screwed up eyes in picture 6 also match My Abduction by Dwarves-4

BlackProf  doesn't usually employ photograph-like backdrops like those in the Tarzan images, 

but then again see the example below .

BlackProf - Evil Huntresses

 This comic image by BlackProf features women rather than diminutive, imaginary attackers, 

but it makes a nice companion piece for this mitchmen post.

A decidedly chunky jogger(?) in a wood finds himself targeted by dominatrix huntresses.

He's aggressively stripped and tied up, but I doubt that they intend to put him in a zoo.

That backside stripping frame is great for fans of the fuller figure.

More by this artist at BlackProf's Deviant Art Gallery.

Also Black Prof article at mitchmen blog.

The Look of Disappointment

 

Well you never know what it's going to taste like until you try!

This is a sort of sequel to Look No 31 at mitchmen 

It's a good lesson for the inexperienced,

finding out that you can't always believe what strange men say.

He'll soon learn that the taste is not the point.

Follow the yellow dick road.

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photo credit: Sami Damo & Conner Habib in Backroom Exclusives 22 @HotHouse

caption by mitchmen blog.

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