Hey you. Ever wanted to read a story where Hero Factory was rebooted to be gritty and dark and with humans and stuff? Well have I got news for you. (also go enter that contest)
| | Fun facts: I posted thirteen Tablescraps as an OBZPC and fourteen as a Mentor (not including the "specials" which are posted in the forums). If this trend continues, I'll get promoted again sometime in December ...
- Pack up MOCs - Add more twiggies to Brickeens's blog - Get to BrickFair - Have lots of fun - Rescue Laughin'Man - Hats - Hats - Hats - Hats - Hats - Hats - Hats - Hats - Hats - Rummaging in part bins for two hours - Have Brickeens build with my pants - Hats - Big Sunglasses
CONS: I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WRITING ON LARGE SCALES BECAUSE I'M AFRAID OF BUNGLING THINGS 50,000 WORDS IS A LOT PROS: I HAVE AN EXCELLENT IDEA I WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY "I WON NANOWRIMO"
I rescind my earlier statements about how awful the idea seemed. It looks ... pretty good? Only so much can be discerned from the trailer, but the animation style looks pretty cool. Also, quite a cast of actors they've got there.
Star Wars is back with Episode VII at the end of this year, and I'm pumped because I'm secretly Star Wars trash. The first time I saw Star Wars, Episode I was already out. I accepted Jar Jar from a young age, but it didn't take me long to realize that while I enjoyed it, it really wasn't the same style of film. Nevertheless, I remember counting down the days until Attack of the Clones came out and I remember liking it too. By the time 2005 rolled around and I was counting down the days until
... or, Flamethrower Junior. Ironically, this tablescrap was never intended to carry a flamethrower - this entire MOC formed solely as an extension of a quirky leg design using one of the parts featured on November 8th of last year. | | | |
I would not be surprised if someone else has pulled this trick off before, simply because it's such an obvious thing to do with a polyp. (alternate view)
Blech, I'm tired. Have two spaceships. | | | I rediscovered two versions of Luke's Landspeeder on the back of a shelf. The tan one's engines come from the first version of that set, which was one of the oldest sets I ever got.
I don't even remember how long this has been around on my desk - probably, in some form, ever since I got the Cendox. Anyway, it's a Glatorian version of fellow TTV podcast member Kahinuva. And yes, I'm fully aware the color layering is hideous. | |
It's time for the poll. Vote for up to THREE explanations of the nature of my status updates. Vote in the comments. You can only vote once. Voting will end on January 19th at 11:59 PM Eastern. A tiebreaker, if necessary, will be held the following day. - - - - - - - - - - Entry 1: You have invented a new form of musical notation, which uses syllables to represent notes. Your status updates are in reality short piano pieces. - Entry 2: Written on paper strips are th
Yes, I know only about half of it's any good, but I "upgraded" the Tablescrap I was to post into a full-on MOC, to be posted in the BBC forum. So you people are stuck with this. Bwahaha. |
Election Day is upon us, and I hope that all eligible-age Americans out there have voted/will vote sometime today. I couldn't get a proper MOC together for this week's edition of the Tuesday Tablescraps, but I did make an arm and two legs. Don't be surprised if they show up (in some form) later on. | | | | |
It's Tuesday once again, folks, and the penultimate Tuesday of the year. Happy (slightly early) Hanukkah to the Jewish BZPers out there. I have taken time out of a war waged upon the clutter in the house (and more specifically my room) to post an older tablescrap from about a year or so ago. (Posting a newer one is nigh on impossible, considering the general semi-reorganization of things. I do have newer ones, though!) | | I'd also like to note that while some of the outer parts (ob
*insert screaming duckling fangirls here* This is more of a legitimate tablescrap than many of the recent ones. I was deconstructing something yellow and put a bunch of leftover parts together. After a while I realized that it looked like an abstract duckling. | |
This is the sixth month that I've been doing these ... wow. I have no "new" tablescraps to show, so I had to dig up an older one. Next week I'll have to take some new pictures ... The armor on top of his head is optional and easily removable. I was going for an armored hat look - I don't think I succeeded, really, but it was just a test anyway. | | At least the color layering is decent.
WHY MUST THE ELEMENTS HAVE SUCH FREAKY ATOMIC SYMBOLS
TAKE NA FOR INSTANCE
WHY THE HECK IS IT SODIUM
PB DOESN'T MAKE SENSE EITHER
OR SB
OR K
Speaking of K, did you know that if you take out the t, the a, and the i, potassium becomes Possum, which are guaranteed awesome by the Toxic Waste Bunny Scale of Awesome. What's not to like about a possum?
Also, Tellurium and Strontium sound eerily similar to Telluris and Stronius.
Why am I pointing this out
I seem to be having m
Long-time Blogarithm viewers may remember a long rant I wrote about the link between Star Wars and BIONICLE with regards to their respective prequels. In it, I made the case that fans of a certain thing have higher expectations and preconceived notions regarding backstory. I thought that it might be time to significantly expand on that train of thought by considering the monstrous job that now lays ahead of J. J. Abrams, a task that is both Herculean and nearly Sisyphean in its proportions.
Specifically, with regards to the gender imbalance in modern media: I'd like to see a story where, during the writing process, the characters are completely fleshed out and developed. Genders would be assigned at random at the end by computer generation, so as to avoid any unwanted author-based prejudices. Obviously this example refers to a book, but the same process could go for anything. (I was going to say more, but I think this pretty much speaks for itself.)
