missing gumshara

HEY GUYS!!!!....man, this blog seem to be dead already no that 2 of us are overseas, and tim's being fat and lazy as usual.
Yes, i know, i've just spent my 2nd week in Hong Kong, and im already missing gumshara. Despite this, there are still plenty of good places to eat around in hk, although i do have to admit, of the 3 bowls of chashu ramen that i've had so far in hk, none of them come even close to 300 points. Watery msg soup, 2cm thick hand sliced chashu, and ramen from an instant ramen packet......
So enough of my ranting about food. I have something to announce. After many hours of hard work, my computer has finally finished rendering my animation sequence. Yes, 33hrs of non stop rendering.
It was rendered in HD!!!!

However, what has been rendered is only the initial scene which some of you readers may have watched already. Currently, i am working to make this model even more complex ^^
Sticking with my original plans, weapons will be added ^^

From Screen Captures

From Screen Captures

So far, i've only made a simple missile launcher. Also working on how to make the missiles fly and hit tarets and blow up on impact. But im confident that i'll get there some day.

Need a new camera and a computer monitor
Help me chose which to get!!
Camera would most likely be the Panasonic LX3, and the montior being the Dell Ultrasharp U2410.

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Tarkus

Unfinished and needs editing. At least I know what I'm working on now. Starting is always the hardest step.

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A spaceship was hovering in a low planetary orbit around a planet. Unforeseen circumstances had resulted in the spaceship gravitating to the rocky, seemingly uninhibited planet.
The spaceship was rather unconventionally shaped - a boxed oblong with a giant window at the front and three F-1 engines in a triangular pattern at the back. Although white all over, there were two black strips - about five metres in length - running horizontally around the craft. A small, but distinct, red, white and blue flag indicated that this was a federation airship.
Through the front window, a grey haired man could be seen raving excitedly to a rookie twenty something brunette pilot.

"Why does this keep happening to me? I make a wish to see a planet we happen to pass by, and whoa! We end up getting sucked right in. This is prophecy. You gotta believe it too kid, this sorta stuff does happen. This is just like that time I was wanted to see the fleet that just came to town. I used to live on a harbour town, you know that. So we go out shopping, parents and all, and on the way back, my dad makes a wrong turn! Next thing I know we're on the freeway on the North Side, and no way out for 20 miles. We drove over the whole harbour, and I saw all of the whole fleet. That's when I said to myself 'boy, you still got that magic in you. Now work some more up and maybe you'll fly one of them F-35's one day.'

He stopped as suddenly as he had started and looked out the window with a bittersweet look in his eyes.
The girl-pilot just smiled to herself. They were in a fix. It would probably be several weeks before the multipurpose booster rocket headquarters had launched in their direction would arrive. Till then they would just have to wait.

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Busy busy week

Well, its been a busy week as usual. 5 days of work, and comming home every night to work on my Maya project.
So far, its around 80% complete, and im handing it in this way because im too lazy, and seriously cant be bothered trying to spend so much effort in fixing up those minor errors.
Heres whats been done so far.

As usual, thats just a playblast version, so its just a preview.
The final render would look more like this

From Misc

All this was made possible because i got a new mouse to work with.
Since my Logitech MX rev charging dock has been sent in for warranty, i was stuck with my very first mouse. A microsoft product....

From Misc

to be honest, i've never been a fan of this mouse ever since i first got it. Further more, its a ball mouse.

From Misc

Which means its impossible to use on the icemat, because the ball keeps slipping.
Hence i got this as a temporary replacement. The MS Sidewinder

From Misc

Still made by microsoft, but much higher quality and more tech thrown in.

From Misc

Even comes with weights and 3 sets of different feet for differnt surfaces!
And its also very ugly.....
no where near as elegant as the mx revolution or even the vx revolution

From Misc

From Misc

But none the less, it still does the job, and thats whats most important i guess.
I've finished building the gaplant already but havent done a review yet, so i guess i'll break it up into a few posts.
Runner review for now
A & Bx2 runners. Basically recoloured standard gaplant runner.

From Gunpla

C & D runners. Again, same as normal gaplant. The fins on the C runners arent gonna be used in this kit, so 4 extra pieces of spare pla plate.

From Gunpla

E & F Again, nothing new. Extra mini stand which was supposed to be for the booster unit is still included.

From Gunpla

G , H & Polycaps Heres where things get interesting. Once again, bandai's superb moulding efficiency. 4 colours on one runner. So with the gaplant harairoo, you get not 1 but 2 multicoloured runner. and this kit also uses quite a few polycaps.

From Gunpla

Unfortunately thats more for now.

I would be overseas tomorrow, so wont be doing any gunpla reviews until i get back. Still have a Strike Freedom and Hi-Nu to review.
But meanwhile, you can wait for ToFu to post up his pics of his new kits, including 2 HGUC Kshatyras!!!

Next post will be made in HK
And in advance, i would wish all our readers a Merry Chirstmas and Happy New Year!

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all new lows in hip hop.

this is what they now call a good song =\

i really don't know what this world has gone into but LOL.

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BIG shippment

Havent been very active lately, mostly because i've been working 5days a week, and have either been spending too much time playing Ether Saga (which i have now given up on) or working on my tafe assignments.
For those who are curious about what i've been working on so far, heres a small preview of my current project. Its supposed to be a 6 legged robot, which slightly resembles the agrissa from gundam 00



Now moving on to the main part of todays post.
GUNPLA!
and lots of it
A big shippment of ours came in the mail on Wednesday, just in time for Sums birthday dinner.
This has been our biggest shipment from R10.
The shipment included a couple of action bases, a GunSniper HGUC Hi-nu, HGUC Sazabi, HGUC Gaplant Hrairoo, 2 HGUC Kshatriyas, 1-100 00 Raiser designer, 1-100 Cheridium designer color, MG TurnA, MG Strike Freedom Full Burst, MG Hi-nu, and to top things off a HGUC GP03 Dendrobium - the mother of all bandai gunpla.

From Gunpla

Im still working on my assingment for now, so thats all for today. I've already finished building the Gaplant, and would be doing a full wip review when im free.

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I bet you didn't see this coming

From Onderon's gallery

Every UC timeline series in gundam that I know of have some squid or octopus looking mobile armor and the Unicorn series is no different.

Zeon forces have stolen the basic design and transformational technology from the ReZG or the refined zeta gundam and the outcome?

From Onderon's gallery

this^

Despite being a Zeon suit the Sinanju was particularly shaped with an absurd amount of thrusters and aerodynamic lines as well.

From Onderon's gallery

Sadly the Unicorn gundam does not have any special abilities besides fall apart at the slightest touch so it.

From Onderon's gallery

pewpew

Looks better than Arios imo

From Onderon's gallery

Maybe the Sazabi can do it to? lawl

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ヒサシブリ

i dunno why...but i felt like posting this for today XD


stupid americans LOL

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Cross over?

Tieria Erde: My drill will pierce the heavens!!!

From Onderon's gallery

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Gunpla fail

Found something gunpla on the interwebs/failblog which actually caught my eye (for once)



Enjoy!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUM!!!

As most of you may know, today is Sum's (Onderon) 21st birthday.
So we all wish him the best ^^

Now here on 4PAK, we often like to humiliate each other by posting up quotes of each others failures. And our failure of the day goes to Suyan, who sent a happy birthday message to the wrong person.

From Misc

Better luck next time ^^

And on the note of failures, i'll post up a picture of Sum's birthday present. One of the best examples of true Aussie failures. (he already knows what it is)

From Misc

Btw Sum, you have to eat this with a box of Ferrero Rochers. Otherwise you wont be getting your other pressent.

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