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Lies... All Lies!
Okay, So I kinda lied about posting EVERY day, but I have had a cold, thanks to the lovely British Winter (ie all year).
How is everyone?
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New Chapter
Gotta new chapter of T&T up today! Thought I'd never get finished with this chapter.
INGEITUM: Okay, I have my things packed.ELEMENT LORD: What all did you pack?
INGEITUM: Oh, nothing much… Just a bazooka, two tanks, the Nuisuits, a mini fridge, three air beds, my entire collection of bladed weapons, a large assortment of hands guns, five snipers rifles, an old man named Bobby, and a few small nukes.
ELEMENT LORD: What’s the old man for?
INGEITUM: Testing the nukes.
The Element Lord just pretended he didn’t hear that.
P.S. TO THE NUIMOBILE!!
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And We're Back.
Well, BZPower is back, about two weeks shy of six months, but I am ready to go. To be honest, if it had come back in the Summer, I'm not sure I would of came back. I wasn't to interested back then. But now, I am ready to get back to work. I will be reposting A Toy's Life and continuing work on it, but not Mata Nui Adventures, that is unforunatley, dead. My 1,000th post is coming up too, so I have a Short Story planned for that. So, if you read A Toy's Life, I hope to see you back there.
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Welcome Back, Bzp!
The forums are back and we all get premier perks for a month! Yay!
I'll see what I can do about getting a new MOC posted.
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Halloween Blog Contest!
Hey guys! Its that time of year again, where the spooky and the creepy crawl once more. I want to see your guys' halloween style-mocs! Read up on the rules!!!
Rules:
MOC must be original
Must consist mainly of Bionicle and Technic parts
Do not have the focus look of it consist of HF (It can contain some HF parts, just not so much that it makes up the entire model)
MOCS must be in by November 1st, 2011 11.59 PM (Mountain Time)
Prize will be any of the Hero Factory Series 3 Heroes (Or a set of equal value if you have all the heroes)
Voting rules will be established on November 2nd.
Good Luck!
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Bionicle Has Taken Over My School!
Ok, so not quite... It has been appearing rather frequently now, just not in the actual Bionicle form.
But a few days ago in class I was writing little random lines of ###### on my notebooks in the Matoran language, and my neighbor noticed this and said what I never would have expected; "Oh hey! I recognize that!"
So we began writing a little conversation in Matoran language, and eventually our other neighbors got curious and asked us what we were doing, so we told them we were just writing in a fictional language and then wrote them up a little alphabet cheat sheet.. And now this week, I've noticed that writing in this language isn't quite so personal now, cause it's spread throughout some of the junior class and is leaking into the other grades as well..
I don't think it'll last long, but it's sure interesting to see it around.. Especially since I'm probably the only few who can read/write it without a cheat-sheet
I'd post some examples.. But it's hard to find some that don't contain foul language..
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The Theory Of Mocing
There are a couple of important guidelines to building and showing off a good MOC here on BZP (or anywhere online; MOCs in person are harder).
Bolded sentences are the main points. Read the paragraphs for more detail.
It all boils down to what looks good and what does not. MOCing is a subjective art, just like any other art, but there are a few things that I think can be agreed are widely agreed upon as important.
Know your Parts. Take a look at this MOC (ToM Dracone's "Chloros"). Notice how there's a recurring motif of ridges on the parts? Take a look at the Metru leg used on the feet, and compare those notches to the ones found on the Metru armor on the leg, to the piece used on the thighs, to the bits used as barrels for the gun, to the Metru armor on the shoulder, even to the base of the antennae. A similar pattern makes the pieces used look like they belong together, even if they were designed years apart.
Using a technique like this means that you have to KNOW your parts well, and that comes from practice. Lots of practice.
"Custom" matter less than aesthetics. MOCing is about looking good, and it matter less how do it than if you actually do it. Take a look at this MOC. That's built on an Inika body, and features little custom. It still looks supremely awesome. It still looks MUCH better than either of these two MOCs, both with custom bodies (both mine lol). With that said, custom builds do tend to come about as a result of knowing your pieces well, and knowing how parts fit together.
Choose your Colors Wisely. I would say that in terms of BIONICLE, there are 2 "base" or "primary" colors: Black and White. Grey is sort of the in-between that can be used even under those. What do I mean? You can layer pretty much any other color on top of those and it will look half-decent, regardless of build quality. Think about it. I'm not going to point at any MOC in particular; pick pretty much anything from the galleries I link below and you'll see what I mean. Standard combinations include Gold/Black, Gold/White, Blue/Black, Blue/White, Green/Black, Red/White, etc.
Note that Black and White can be used as "main" colors, but when those two are combined in one creation, you will run into other problems on the photography side of things.
Also note that your base does not have to be black OR white; as long as you stay consistent and it looks good, your base can be, for example, red, accented with black.
Choose colors that look well together. The problems is, "look well" is a subjective term. It's all on you to make a color combination work. Usually shades of colors go well with each other, such as Red/Orange, Mata Blue/Sand Blue, Mata Green/Lime Green, Brown/Tan.
Limit the amount of colors you use. I mentioned above that grey is almost more fundamental than Black or White, and that's because, if used well, you can layer a MOC so the "skeleton" is grey, above that is black/white, and above that is your chosen color. At the same time, if you are planning on accenting your chosen color with something else, count 'em, there are then 4 colors on the MOC. That leads to a lot of competition and your MOC will look way too busy.
When accenting, there is too much of a good thing. Let's say you've got your base color and a couple of secondary colors. In this example, our base is grey and our secondary colors would be black and white. The accents (i.e. the eyes) are the only bits of red on the MOC. If there were bits of red sprinkled throughout -- a habit I used to fall into when I was younger -- then the MOC becomes too busy, too messy, for it to look coherent.
In this example, the base is black, the secondaries are keetorange and grey. The accents are green, but the green only shows up in places where it makes sense.
Long story short, keep your MOC to 4 colors or less, and when you have 4 colors, use the fourth sparingly.
Now, you can put together a great MOC, but if I can't see it properly, well, then it's not that great after all. Your photography is extremely important. It's the only way people are going to see the creation you want to show off. Pick almost any MOC from the galleries below, or from the gallery of any really strong MOCist, and you'll see that the pictures are quite minimalist. There aren't any household stuffs in the background; usually the background is one solid color. And that color tends to be the color NOT used as the base color (i.e. if the base is white, then the background is black, like this, and if the base is black, then the background is white, like this.).
Hiding flaws is good. Go back and look at that second poorly done custom body MOC (the white one way up near the top, in the section about custom builds). I hid that horrible body with a cloak. Better, but now there's no detail. Take a look at this gallery. Notice how there are no shots of what's going on inside the top portion? That's because if you removed those plates of armor, it would look pretty ugly. So if you MOC looks bad from a certain angle, don't show that! When you are the photographer, and the pictures are the only way we're going to see the MOC, only show what you want to.
Overall, you need three things:
1. Use your pieces wisely. Know them, and know them well. Know how they fit together, know what works and what doesn't. Know which ones look similar and which ones don't. Know them well enough, and custom builds (if that's what you want) will come naturally.
2. Use your colors wisely. Limit yourself to three main colors, accentuate with a forth SPARINGLY. If your third color is the accent, even better! (You should still use it sparingly though
)3. Take good pictures. You can have the best MOC in the world, but if no one can see it properly, it won't matter. In addition, if the back of the creation doesn't look that good, you don't have to take a picture of it.
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MOC Creds go to Brickeens (Brickshelf: "Brickeens" and "BrickeensBZP") and ToM Dracone (Brickshelf: "MuffinToa")
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Ben 10 Artwork
[Don't link to sites with comment systems. -Shine]
Did not know that was there. I'll try to put on...some site without comments.
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Hey Everyone Who Told Me I'd Grow Out Of It
or that I'd see things differently when I was older.
I'm looking at some very old post of mine and I'm amazed at what a retard I was.
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Chemistry Pop-Quiz
Just for fun, let's see how many people can do this (Without your friend Google and Wikipedia):
- In terms of elementary particles, what is the most broken down way you can express the molecule, Benzene.
Post your answer in the comments section and please use spoiler tags.
I did this in my head while trying to fall asleep last night. *teehee*
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Dragonball Z Kai
Okay this show has been out in Japan since 2009 and dubbed since 2010...how have I missed this amazing remake of one of the biggest pieces of my childhood for so long?.
Voices are a bit different from what I remember though but still...amazing.
:Yami:
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My Laptop
AAARGH
DFAFLNKSAF;AS
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WHY HARD DRIVE
WHY YOU BRICK TWO MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY
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Something Really Really Really Important
I just wasted another few seconds of your life again.
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Blog
Ok so now I have a blog till the admins say so!!
It's good to be back!! Apperently at the perfect time too!!
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Bronies Are Like Portal Fans
I already commented this in another blog, but I'd like to get this out there more.
The big boom of bronies reminds me of when Portal came out. It wasn't expected to be so massive, and much of the fanbase is downright irritating about it. There were the Portal fans who would always be quoting GLaDOS, and would swoon if cake was even mentioned, and would shove the whole thing in your face at any opportunity. From my experience, much of the MLP fanbase is acting the same way.
Of course, I am by no means saying that all Portal fans, and all MLP fans are like that. And I obviously can't stop you from acting like you will about MLP, but just try to remember how much of a pain the Portal fanboys were, ok?
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Reboot Tatmb
Given the fact that a lot of stuff had happened that left the original "The Alpha Team Meets Bionicle" "dead", there's the whole "OMG BZP is back on! Oh wait...my older topics are gone!"
Unfortunately, because of that, I was unable to go visit it again nor find my old library again.
So I'll leave the fate of "The Alpha Team Meets Bionicle" to anyone who cares with this question:
Would you guys like it if I did a reboot on TATMB?
Now, it may not be like it originally was, but it'll come through...however, it depends if anyone likes TATMB itself.
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Everypony Sign Up Sheet
Are you a Brony? do you want to meet other brony's and become part of an elite group? Well here is your chance! I will posting a list of every Brony (MLP fan) on this very blog page. For the vets, nice to see you, for the new comers:
- --Calamity--
- Zerothemaster
- Vinyl Scratch
- lunaticCircuitry
- Evex is back baby YEAH
- ckmc
- Daiker
- Skarloth
- Pinkie Pie
- Zatth
- Necro
- Rarity
- Laughin'Man
- Pinkamina Diane Pie
- Utah
- The true Zedd of Ponypower
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Sonic Characters For Bzprpg
Alright everyone, with the (second) reboot of the BZPRPG, I was wondering whether everyone wanted to reclaim their Sonic characters for it, or if I should just scrap the idea (maybe modify a couple characters to use myself.) If you wish to still use them, I have all the profiles I made saved, and everyone can have their characters from before, or can choose new ones. What does everyone think?
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Yayz.
BZP's back. And I can't wait to catch up with old friends. Which, btw, you guys all know who you are. If you're reading this, PM me.
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Woah Nelly.
So this is the new site design, eh? I have to say it's not what I expected, but I'll have to deal with it.
I just came here to stop by, I'm not considering doing anything special or important.
Also uh
What does the spinning Rahkshi head mean again.
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It's A Boy!
Well, to celebrate my new baby blog, why not have some epic cake. Oh, no cake ingredients readily available? Huh.
I wish I had more money. My Steam and GOG wishlists are piling up quickfast. I probably would usewaste it all on cheap GOG games though. Maybe I could use some of that money to buy cake ingredients for my baby blog, but I'd rather spend it on games. Enjoy the... Party... If there is a party to have anyways. Don't really think there's anybody here but lonely ol' me.
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So
I don't know how many of you will read this blog, but sometimes I like to just get some of my thoughts down somewhere. They shouldn't be weird thoughts or anything so they should be readable without anyone getting freaked out. If I do start to weird anyone out, just let me know and I'll try and tone down the craziness. That being said I don't plan on saying anything here that's out of the ordinary. Mainly just talking about university life and a few other things that happen to interest me at the time. Anyway that's all for now.
Good day to you sir!
(Yes I will now end every blog with the above line).
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Zomg Bzp Is Back
Clearly, I am excited. BZP was out for nearly SIX FREAKIN' MONTHS and now it's back. Rejoice.
Over the summer, I got back into Transformers again. When I become interested in something, it becomes the only thing that I am interested in. So Transformers has dominated my life since June. I really love Transformers, and I can't imagine actually NOT liking the brand. (Except Powerglide. I HATE Powerglide.)
I guess, since BZP went down, my interest in Bionicle waned a little. But never fear, for now that BZP is back and looking...well, different, it's time I get started on my stories again.
Also, I'm back at school and not liking it, to say the least. My Math teacher is like a crazy robot or something. It's freaky. She'll stand up at the board and mumble incoherent nonsense supposedly about mathematics, and then shout at anyone who doesn't understand whatever concept she may be trying (and failing, I might add) to teach. She's kind of the main villain in my life right now, so if I were a superhero, she would be the Venomath. Pretty creative, if I do say so myself.
BZP's new look is odd, I guess. I'm just so used to the old one (been using it for what, like, 5 years, now?), so it's gonna take some getting used to.
Wow. Ramblings. My LA. teacher would kill me. At least it's divided into paragraphs of similar thoughts. Anyway, how did you people spend your summer? I MOC'd, mostly. But unsuccessfully. Not a single one of my MOC's has remained intact.
Elmara
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Oh, Lookie Here - A Blog Entry!
Oh man. So fancy. I can feel myself tingle with excitement. Only the premiers used to be able to have these things - and now they're open up to the masses! Whatever shall I put here? Why, I guess just... ramblings. Yes, this shall be the corner from which I spew my nonsense.
Enjoy!
