My Goals for MOCing:
-Make a Toa-Ju-esque MOC
-Make something that uses those Pridak Feet in a cool way
-Use more Mahri tubes (I love those)
-Build a good Fusion MOC
-Build some more non-Toa
-Make more rahi
-Use some of my cooler colored masks (in particular my green Kaukau or red Pakari)
-Get Better
(this is more of a check-list of things I want to do before I stop MOCing)
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Well, I was actually looking for a different entry from my earlier years of having a blog, but this on
Out of 100+ creations, these 8 have been spindly (in some cases, remotely spindly). I'm tired of the comments that ask me to do something different than "spindly bipeds" or that say the creations aren't good because they are spindly. The spindliness is an intentional part of the design aesthetic. The creations wouldn't look right if they weren't spindly. Telling me to make these creations not spindly is like telling me to make this:
into a dolphin. It just isn't gonna happen. So really, p
I'll have more pictures tomorrow.
It's kinda funny really, as the first time that I've been home for more than a few hours is also the first time that I've built something in a while.
Won't be properly posted until 2011. Enjoy the bad picture, I guess. The hand is placeholder.
And depending on if I get a 2.0 for my birthday or not, I might update other parts of it as well.
On one hand, it's nice paying for things and knowing that I'll have enough money to pay for things.
On the other hand, it sucks knowing that out of the approximate $7K I'll make over the next work term, I'll only have maybe $50 dollars for discretionary purposes. If I'm lucky.
But hey, that's my comeuppance for not being smart about how I spent my money last school term. It may suck, but it's a good lesson to learn.
Next school term, I'm not going to have a whole lot to spend, that's f
Curse you, school library, for not having the last two-fifths of the series! *shakes fist*
Also, I was recommended to read the series by my Technical Communications professor. He's pretty awesome and it's a good series. Now I just have to figure out a way so I can read the last two-fifths.
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before, but some of the best building advice I've ever received came from the man, the myth, the legend, Cajun:
I got this advice after I had so boldly asked him to review this:
(shown, really bad BBC entry)
I think that ended up paying off pretty well.
So really, If any of you up and coming awesome builder dudes want a review or something, drop me a link and point out what I should focus on.
Or not I guess.
But that part's up to you.
Only 5 more days 'till the my contest's entry period ends, y'all.
Also, my last day of my work term is in 6 days. It's like there's a pattern here or something....
Current Bonus Point Ranking System
Obscurity: +1 B.P. (MOC was unexpected on my part OR is pretty unknown)
Originality: +1 B.P. (first to recreate a specific MOC OR first to take a specific MOC in a specific Direction)
Extra Difficulty: +3 B.P. (more advanced building techniques were used OR MOC was harder to recreate in a recognizable but different manner)
Unique Parts Usage: +2 B.P. (usage of uncommon parts in interesting ways)
Shaping and Technique: +4 B.P. (MOC achieves a sign
Yeah, I actually do keep my stuff together nowadays.
Also, I picked up the shelf at Goodwill for 7 bucks.
No really, I picked it up. I carried it out of the store, up my stairs and into my room (after I put it in my car and drove it to my house of course).
