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| 15:44 | <+MittenNinja> | Heya |
| 15:49 | <@Ceddobear> | Hey. |
| 15:50 | <@Ceddobear> | [10:01:31] <+MittenNinja> Yeah I'm done with work so I'm going home and sleeping the fuck in. |
| 15:50 | <@Ceddobear> | [16:44:04] * Joins: MittenNinja |
| 15:50 | | * Ceddobear sees a plan not working. |
| 15:50 | <+MittenNinja> | I slept in compared to the rest of last week |
| 15:50 | <+MittenNinja> | I got like 7 hours |
| 15:51 | <+MittenNinja> | Almost double what I have been |
| 15:51 | <@Ceddobear> | I had ... less. |
| 15:51 | <@Ceddobear> | 2x 50 minutes, with a 10 min break in between. |
| 15:51 | <+MittenNinja> | Icky |
| 15:52 | <+MittenNinja> | So the leg articulation for my fat snakes really doesn't work |
| 15:52 | <+MittenNinja> | Those lower leg plates are just too big |
| 15:52 | <+MittenNinja> | The arms however, are beautiful |
| 15:54 | <@Ceddobear> | Okay, bouncing. |
| 15:54 | <@Ceddobear> | I need sleep, alcohol and some napkins. |
| 15:54 | <@Ceddobear> | Because I'mma bawl my eyes out now. Swallowed 'dem tears for 10 hours now and I had it up to here. |
| 15:54 | <@Ceddobear> | So ... see you in a bit. |
| 15:56 | <+MittenNinja> | Sleep well bud |
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| 16:30 | <+MittenNinja> | Whuddup afny? |
| 16:30 | < afny> | o/ |
| 16:31 | < afny> | an omelette is up |
| 16:31 | <+MittenNinja> | You mean an omnomnom-letter? |
| 16:31 | <+MittenNinja> | *lette |
| 16:32 | < afny> | that's how it's going to go, basically |
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| 17:34 | < afny> | I think I'm going to pack up the lego/lightbox today and use my table for drawing |
| 17:34 | < afny> | I only really have terrain and stations left to build and I can just do that on my desk |
| 17:49 | <+MittenNinja> | Yeah. I have to get my shit finalized for con. But first I have to finish unpacking. |
| 17:55 | < afny> | when's your con? |
| 17:56 | < afny> | I don't have anything that intense to prepare for, just want to get stuff presentable to rope friends into playing/bring to a game store |
| 18:02 | < afny> | shit |
| 18:02 | < afny> | I packed my eraser and pencil sharpener away with legos |
| 18:02 | < afny> | AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT BIN |
| 18:05 | <+MittenNinja> | It's this coming weekend |
| 18:05 | <+MittenNinja> | Fri-Sun |
| 18:06 | < afny> | and you're bringing enough stuff to run a demo table? |
| 18:07 | < afny> | what are you doing for cover? |
| 18:09 | <+MittenNinja> | Yeah I'm demoing. Three companies and stations/terrain |
| 18:09 | <+MittenNinja> | I've got bricks and stuff.for terrain, I still have to get it put together. |
| 18:09 | <+MittenNinja> | And I have to finalize my companies too. |
| 18:10 | < afny> | I'm kind of going a little overboard |
| 18:10 | < afny> | I'm going to do a little printout for each of the three companies with like |
| 18:10 | < afny> | an image on the front |
| 18:10 | < afny> | and a small writeup with fluff, dice builds, and general strategy on the back |
| 18:10 | < afny> | light on the fluff I think |
| 18:11 | <+MittenNinja> | I'm putting together company stat sheets and I'm going to laminate them so people can has off the systems they lost with dry erase |
| 18:12 | <+MittenNinja> | *hash |
| 18:12 | <+MittenNinja> | Makes it way easier to keep track of what everything can do for first time players |
| 18:12 | < afny> | yeah, def |
| 18:13 | < afny> | the back of these cards will have that as well, and I'll also have little laminate cards divided bilaterally into blue and yellow chunks |
| 18:13 | < afny> | with 1-7 in white circles for spot/defense |
| 18:13 | < afny> | too cheap to buy dice |
| 18:14 | < afny> | er. 0-6* |
| 18:16 | <@Ceddobear> | KEv: Stuff's shipped. |
| 18:16 | <@Ceddobear> | Noah: Same. |
| 18:16 | < afny> | whoo |
| 18:17 | <+MittenNinja> | Yeah I've got tons o dice |
| 18:17 | <@Ceddobear> | In case I react grumpy, my apologies in advance. |
| 18:17 | < afny> | I have just enough to roll for any one frame at any one time |
| 18:17 | < afny> | Did you not SLEEP or something Ced |
| 18:17 | <@Ceddobear> | I'll probably have some calls with my Canucks tonight, so I'll prolly be absent minded, too. |
| 18:18 | <@Ceddobear> | A friend of mine from Canada died last night. |
| 18:18 | <@Ceddobear> | But, yeah. I also had less than 2h of sleep. |
| 18:18 | < afny> | Sorry to hear, man |
| 18:18 | <@Ceddobear> | http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2012/06/10/19861251.html |
| 18:19 | <@Ceddobear> | Paintballer. Tightly-knit community. |
| 18:19 | <@Ceddobear> | 10m fall, man. 30ft. That fucking does it. |
| 18:20 | < afny> | I don't really want to consider the impact |
| 18:20 | < afny> | concrete is not forgiving |
| 18:20 | <@Ceddobear> | He tried to jump into the water. |
| 18:20 | <@Ceddobear> | He missed. |
| 18:22 | <@Ceddobear> | Sorry, |
| 18:22 | <@Ceddobear> | Didn't mean to kill the mood. |
| 18:23 | <@Ceddobear> | I kinda did,eh? |
| 18:23 | <~Noah> | coo |
| 18:23 | <~Noah> | Uhg, headache |
| 18:25 | < afny> | grief just sort of naturally kills the mood. Not your fault. |
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| 18:25 | | * Noah sniffles |
| 18:25 | <~Noah> | Dat pollen |
| 18:26 | < afny> | yeah dude, it's killing me too |
| 18:26 | < afny> | I've moved on to just a dull ache |
| 18:27 | < afny> | and constant sneezing |
| 18:28 | <~Noah> | Gonna find something spicy to eat |
| 18:29 | <+MittenNinja> | Sorry to hear that Ceddo |
| 18:30 | <+MittenNinja> | My condolances |
| 18:43 | < afny> | I should really just do these all in photoshop with the pen tool |
| 18:43 | < afny> | hrm |
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| 19:26 | <+MittenNinja> | So who wants to see the Fat Snake snipers? |
| 19:30 | <+MittenNinja> | https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ndp2r8odc3e0a3/ST-07SLC%20Snipers.jpg |
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| 19:35 | < mchnzr> | Hey folks, anyone know who it is produces stuff under the MW designation? I'm trying to piece together C3d23ric's ST07 SLC-mH chub variant |
| 19:37 | <+MittenNinja> | Thats based off my heavy chub |
| 19:38 | < mchnzr> | That's what I thought |
| 19:38 | <+MittenNinja> | Here's the breakdown |
| 19:38 | <+MittenNinja> | http://www.flickr.com/photos/mittenninja/6982347022/in/photostream |
| 19:38 | <@Ceddobear> | And here's the MW guy. |
| 19:38 | <@Ceddobear> | Those guys look fucking sweet, Greg. |
| 19:38 | < mchnzr> | Thanks guys :) I thought it was yours, Mitten, but didn't want to get distracted sifting through your photostream |
| 19:38 | <+MittenNinja> | lol |
| 19:38 | <+MittenNinja> | thanks ceddo |
| 19:39 | <@Ceddobear> | mchnzr: I made some alteration to acommodate the mobility package. |
| 19:39 | <+MittenNinja> | I'm really happy with the camo |
| 19:39 | <@Ceddobear> | I wanna see a backshot! |
| 19:39 | <+MittenNinja> | gimme a sec |
| 19:39 | | * Ceddobear 's currently working on firing SFX. |
| 19:40 | <+MittenNinja> | https://www.dropbox.com/s/ou6wr7f4a5j4h42/ST-07SLC%20Sniper%20Back.jpg |
| 19:41 | < mchnzr> | Nice camo! |
| 19:42 | <+MittenNinja> | Thanks! |
| 19:42 | <+MittenNinja> | It's all soren |
| 19:42 | < mchnzr> | Haha, figures |
| 19:42 | < mchnzr> | I've been out of the loop a bit lately, getting back into it now |
| 19:42 | < afny> | Have a pic of the whole custom company Mitten? |
| 19:42 | <+MittenNinja> | he hit exactly the aesthetic i waned with those guys |
| 19:43 | <+MittenNinja> | all i did was mod the arms for the articulation |
| 19:45 | < afny> | I just put all my frames out on my freshly cleaned table |
| 19:45 | < afny> | and I realize that even though they each go good together as a company |
| 19:45 | < afny> | on the table, there is NO way a passerby could tell which company is which |
| 19:46 | < afny> | all three companies have a red ace, and one or two predominantly blue frames |
| 19:46 | <+MittenNinja> | yeah, you might want to try and change that |
| 19:46 | < afny> | like, designing them |
| 19:46 | < afny> | I didn't care about that at all, because they're all irregulars or not even military |
| 19:47 | < afny> | and I don't think it matters in personal play |
| 19:47 | < afny> | but demoing in ANY capacity |
| 19:47 | < afny> | I think I'll need some sort of signifier |
| 19:47 | <+MittenNinja> | still, they can be irregulars and still diferentiate |
| 19:47 | < mchnzr> | It's always more fun to have a slick, uniform company :) |
| 19:47 | < afny> | eh, totally disagree |
| 19:47 | < afny> | I mean with mchnzr |
| 19:47 | < mchnzr> | haha I was about to add: "...for me" |
| 19:48 | | * Ceddobear 's the uniform type. |
| 19:48 | <+MittenNinja> | you can have ragtag and unifrom |
| 19:48 | < afny> | well if you have a ton of money to spend on bricks, sure |
| 19:48 | <+MittenNinja> | look at my orion militia |
| 19:48 | <+MittenNinja> | they're all tan grey/black and dark red |
| 19:48 | < afny> | I only bought like 25 colored pieces from BL, and the VAST majority of them were either 2x2 slopes or cheese slopes |
| 19:48 | < afny> | I bought a couple 1x1 blue tiles |
| 19:48 | <+MittenNinja> | but even the merrkats (which are the same build) look different |
| 19:48 | < afny> | all of my color pieces came from my previous collection |
| 19:48 | < mchnzr> | the only logical argument I make for a uniform is that it's way easier to tell where your enemies are on the battlefield if they all look the same |
| 19:49 | < afny> | if I had unlimited funds, each of my companies would be restricted to four or five colors with one of two dominant |
| 19:49 | < afny> | but even if I consolidated my red in one company, blue in another, and monochrome in a third |
| 19:49 | < afny> | it wouldn't do the job |
| 19:50 | < mchnzr> | I hear you. My main bricklink order was for all yellow parts so that I wouldn't have that problem |
| 19:51 | < afny> | I just bought white, bley, dark bley and black |
| 19:51 | < afny> | because I mostly needed joint bits |
| 19:51 | < mchnzr> | ...about to dismantle that squad of MgN's since they're way too fragile to transport and play with |
| 19:51 | < afny> | really? |
| 19:51 | < afny> | my mgn company is by far my sturdiest company |
| 19:51 | < afny> | but they also have the highest percentage of new bricks |
| 19:51 | < mchnzr> | really? wow |
| 19:51 | < afny> | yeah, they're rock solid |
| 19:51 | < mchnzr> | Do you bring them outside of the house to play? |
| 19:51 | < mchnzr> | they always go to pieces in my backpack on the bike ride to my friend's place |
| 19:51 | < afny> | I haven't yet, I've just built them |
| 19:52 | < afny> | man, anything articulated is going to go to bits in a backpack after a bike ride |
| 19:52 | < mchnzr> | I end up reassembling them over and over and I'm sick of it |
| 19:52 | < mchnzr> | nah, chubs are more solid, as are some of my own designs |
| 19:52 | < afny> | get some bubble wrap |
| 19:52 | < mchnzr> | that's a good idea, I'll try bubble wrap next game |
| 19:52 | < afny> | my chubs fall apart, but that's cause a lot of them have old 1x1 rounds at breakpoints |
| 19:52 | < afny> | or motors for asses |
| 19:52 | < afny> | my original frame design is also damn fragile |
| 19:53 | < afny> | from a mix of careless design and old plastic |
| 19:53 | < afny> | mostly old plastic, except it's got one weak point at the head |
| 19:53 | < mchnzr> | that's the thing, I like designs that don't rely on new plastic |
| 19:53 | < afny> | well they're fine to play with |
| 19:53 | < afny> | they don't fall apart just standing there or movie |
| 19:53 | < afny> | moving* |
| 19:53 | < afny> | but they wouldn't last on a bike ride. |
| 19:54 | <+MittenNinja> | I've found using wargaming mini cases for them works wonders |
| 19:54 | < mchnzr> | that's the thing, my mZ-stock's usually lose a leg at most on a ride, whereas the MgN's go into 5 pieces or more...with a squad of 6 that's a little too much time piecing them back together |
| 19:54 | <+MittenNinja> | I have a coupld warhammer cases that I put my frames in |
| 19:55 | < mchnzr> | I want to build cases for them, but I usually travel with 3 squads (I'm the builder in my group) so that wouldn't fit |
| 19:55 | < afny> | bubble wrap |
| 19:55 | < afny> | cut it up to size |
| 19:55 | < mchnzr> | yep, definitely gonna try it |
| 19:55 | < afny> | three companies+extra systems is so much |
| 19:55 | < afny> | I have no transportation method as of yet |
| 19:55 | < afny> | not to mention stations and terrain, which luckily can just be thrown into a tacklebox |
| 19:56 | < mchnzr> | haha I don't bring extra systems, they make do with what I bring. My friend has a ton of lego, he just hasn't sorted it or built much |
| 19:56 | < afny> | I wouldn't bring them to a demo/friends, I just built them for me |
| 19:56 | <+MittenNinja> | try these guys (or something similar) http://www.amazon.com/Chessex-Figure-Storage-Boxes-Humanoid/dp/B00194HH5W/ref=sr _1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1339440987&sr=8-2 |
| 19:56 | < mchnzr> | I need more tackle boxes...my parents are gonna give me a weird look when they ask me what I want for Christmas this year |
| 19:56 | < mchnzr> | ah, gotcha |
| 19:56 | <+MittenNinja> | i have one that I can easilt fit three companies into |
| 19:57 | < afny> | wouldn't you have to break them down to fit them in? |
| 19:57 | <+MittenNinja> | zero damage or breakage during transpot |
| 19:57 | < mchnzr> | hm, nice. I'll have to build one of those |
| 19:57 | <+MittenNinja> | tear the foam |
| 19:57 | < afny> | ah |
| 19:57 | <+MittenNinja> | gives you bigger compartments and you can use the parts you tore off to pad empty spaces |
| 19:58 | < afny> | hm |
| 19:59 | < afny> | I bet you can get foam like that very cheap |
| 19:59 | < mchnzr> | yep |
| 20:02 | < mchnzr> | have some in the basement that I'll be making use of this afternoon |
| 20:03 | < afny> | So, here are all three of my companies...anyone have a suggestion (that DOESN'T involve buying a lot of new bricks in matching colors) to signify their allegiance? |
| 20:03 | < afny> | http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyanosmoros/7177427567/ |
| 20:04 | <+MittenNinja> | anyway you can make the secondary colors/trim all the same on each one? |
| 20:04 | <+MittenNinja> | like grey for one, black for another, white for the third? |
| 20:04 | < afny> | well, you mean like changing all the headlights/clips? |
| 20:05 | <+MittenNinja> | yeah, all the "guts" |
| 20:05 | < afny> | theoretically, but I might be woefully short on clips |
| 20:05 | < afny> | and I only have bley and black taps and dark bley and black claws |
| 20:05 | <+MittenNinja> | i think thats going to be the easiest way without getting a ton of new bricks |
| 20:05 | < afny> | nearly all of my tile clips are in use in that photo, so if I don'thave enough of one, I don't have any more |
| 20:05 | < afny> | also, would that really even be noticable? |
| 20:06 | < afny> | I mean, you could check the frame that way, but to a casual observer, I don't think it would change the situation at all |
| 20:06 | <+MittenNinja> | if all your mafia guys had white bits and then the color, they would be noticebly different from all your guys with black bits and colors. |
| 20:07 | <+MittenNinja> | It's subtle |
| 20:07 | <+MittenNinja> | but i think it would get the point across |
| 20:07 | < afny> | just at a glance, I don't think it's possible |
| 20:07 | < afny> | I don't have nearly enough white |
| 20:08 | < afny> | I only count like 5 white tile clips total |
| 20:08 | < afny> | and I don't have too many white plate clips either |
| 20:08 | < afny> | and no white taps/claws |
| 20:08 | <+MittenNinja> | if thats all the bricks you have, there isnt much of a solution unless your open to changing your designs |
| 20:08 | < afny> | well I have a lot of other bricks |
| 20:08 | < afny> | just no more tile clips. |
| 20:09 | < afny> | I don't want to change my designs TOO much, because SOME of the prismatics are by choice |
| 20:09 | < afny> | I mean, if I sat down to field someone who built their own company |
| 20:09 | <+MittenNinja> | maybe make the company on the left all blue with yellow trim |
| 20:09 | < afny> | I would choose to use multicolored frames |
| 20:09 | < afny> | but since I might be using these to demo a table, I want some way to separate them as well |
| 20:09 | <+MittenNinja> | right |
| 20:09 | < afny> | yeah, I could add some more blue and yellow |
| 20:09 | < afny> | every frame in the left company has some blue already |
| 20:10 | < afny> | and blue/yellow are the colors of the Ijad tribe, but not all of those units are members of the tribe |
| 20:10 | < afny> | ie: the red chub and the rumble monkey, and two of the reverse-knee frames |
| 20:10 | < afny> | but for the sake of trim I could add some yellow |
| 20:10 | < afny> | that's one yellow bit on four frames, not too hard |
| 20:10 | <+MittenNinja> | it just seems that all three companies have all the same colors in them |
| 20:11 | < afny> | that mostly stems from just having a lot of blue and red bricks |
| 20:11 | <+MittenNinja> | try using bits of one color in small amounts to differentiate |
| 20:11 | <+MittenNinja> | yellow bits of trim in each frame of one |
| 20:11 | < afny> | like, you'd think I'd be able to pool the colors |
| 20:11 | < afny> | but none of them are really in analogous bits |
| 20:11 | < afny> | if you know what I mean |
| 20:11 | <+MittenNinja> | any chance youd be willing to rework the composition of some of those companies? |
| 20:12 | < afny> | I'm not against it, but I do want to leave the MgNs together and the big headed chubs together |
| 20:12 | <+MittenNinja> | move that red chub from the left to the company on the right |
| 20:12 | <+MittenNinja> | swap it with the conscript? |
| 20:12 | < afny> | hm |
| 20:12 | < afny> | I'd rather swap it with the b/w mgn |
| 20:12 | < afny> | so I lied about keeping those together I guess |
| 20:13 | <+MittenNinja> | and swap out the blue mgn for some red bricks |
| 20:13 | < afny> | can't |
| 20:13 | <+MittenNinja> | the prblem is then it doesnt consolidate any colors |
| 20:13 | < afny> | mgns are pretty part reliant |
| 20:13 | < afny> | ie the hinge joints |
| 20:13 | < afny> | which are blue in that frame |
| 20:13 | <+MittenNinja> | you dont have any more black or grey ones? |
| 20:13 | < afny> | I have some dark bley but they're in soren's yurt right now |
| 20:14 | <+MittenNinja> | you could put the blue ones in the yurt |
| 20:14 | <+MittenNinja> | they're not visible anywaus |
| 20:14 | < afny> | they are on the table, just not noticably |
| 20:14 | < afny> | but that might work |
| 20:14 | < afny> | that mgn doesn't have any dark bley currently, but I might be able to swap some in |
| 20:14 | < afny> | like, just looking at the table |
| 20:14 | <+MittenNinja> | even if its a mishmash of black/bley with only red and no blue |
| 20:14 | < afny> | I COULD group the reds |
| 20:14 | < afny> | the blues |
| 20:15 | < afny> | and the greys/bluish and b/w frames together |
| 20:15 | <+MittenNinja> | thats going to be the best way |
| 20:15 | < afny> | it's just then, each company would have the same models of frames |
| 20:15 | < afny> | and none of the right systems |
| 20:15 | <+MittenNinja> | you can move systems around |
| 20:15 | < afny> | kind of |
| 20:15 | <+MittenNinja> | systems dont make the company cohesive |
| 20:15 | < afny> | but not across models |
| 20:15 | <+MittenNinja> | with a little reworking you can |
| 20:16 | < afny> | chubs can't hold any of the mgn weapons |
| 20:16 | <+MittenNinja> | why not? |
| 20:16 | < afny> | too large |
| 20:16 | <+MittenNinja> | slim them down a little then |
| 20:16 | < afny> | eh, like |
| 20:17 | < afny> | maybe |
| 20:17 | < afny> | i'll just demo skirmishes |
| 20:17 | < afny> | if I do that, the companies are easily recognizable by outline |
| 20:17 | <+MittenNinja> | i guess what im trying to say is, if you want these to be cohesive you're going to have to compromise somwhere. whether its design, company composition, or buying bricks |
| 20:17 | < afny> | the problem is a lot more noticeable at 8-8-7 |
| 20:18 | < afny> | yeah, I know, it's just difficult to change now |
| 20:18 | < afny> | but with a 5-5-5 split, or 4-5-5 |
| 20:18 | < afny> | one company could be all yellow/blue |
| 20:18 | < afny> | one company could be chubs with giant heads |
| 20:19 | < afny> | and one company could be mgns |
| 20:19 | < afny> | a 3 way fully fitted battle is probably a little too long for a demo anyway |
| 20:19 | <+MittenNinja> | yeah |
| 20:21 | < afny> | I just didn't think about this at all when I was designing them |
| 20:21 | < afny> | all of my "mecha" influences are teams of badly color-coordinated mechs fighting alongside eachother AND against eachother |
| 20:21 | < afny> | so I'm like YEAHHH primary colors |
| 20:24 | < mchnzr> | a 3 way fully fitted battle is WAY too long for a demo |
| 20:24 | < mchnzr> | unless you play with super fast people...but my first 3-person skirmish took 4+ hours on Saturday |
| 20:24 | < afny> | yeah, that sounds much more reasonable |
| 20:25 | < mchnzr> | also, afny - I didn't realize you're KyanosMoros - I like your stuff :) |
| 20:25 | < afny> | I really should change my flikr name :\ |
| 20:25 | < afny> | but thanks! |
| 20:25 | < afny> | did anyone besides you know the rules already? |
| 20:25 | < afny> | and is that counting terrain setup? |
| 20:26 | < mchnzr> | I'm surprised you're reluctant to order parts, when I saw your first run of stuff I thought "woah, this guy's loaded" |
| 20:26 | < mchnzr> | no, terrain setup was extra |
| 20:26 | < afny> | haha, I've spent like $60 bucks total on Bricklink since I saw the game |
| 20:26 | < mchnzr> | it was a loooong game |
| 20:26 | < afny> | indeed, my parents must've been loaded when I was little because I just had a fuck ton of legos from then |
| 20:26 | < mchnzr> | nice. I wish I had more, just one bucket worth in my parents' basement |
| 20:27 | < afny> | mine was mostly in one bucket, but it was a large ass bucket |
| 20:27 | < afny> | it seems to be permanently warped from overstuffing even though it's sitting in the corner, empty |
| 20:28 | < mchnzr> | haha |
| 20:28 | < afny> | it's more of a box, really |
| 20:28 | < afny> | less of a bucket. |
| 20:29 | < afny> | Oh dude, you're the guy with the RACING MgNs |
| 20:29 | < mchnzr> | yep :) |
| 20:29 | < afny> | are those the ones that fall apart? |
| 20:30 | < mchnzr> | I just finished taking them apart, gonna try to rework them with a similar theme but not as MgN's |
| 20:30 | < mchnzr> | yea, they fall apart fast |
| 20:30 | < mchnzr> | especially the transformer one |
| 20:30 | < afny> | yeah, he does look a little fragile |
| 20:30 | < mchnzr> | he is not easy to transform, just looks cool mostly |
| 20:30 | < mchnzr> | right now I'm working on a swarm army, where each system is it's own little drone. once I see how that works out, I'm gonna try to make simpler transformers and racers |
| 20:31 | < afny> | both very cool themes |
| 20:31 | < mchnzr> | unfortunately my drone design relies on jumper plates...need to edit those out somehow |
| 20:33 | < afny> | the only thing I can think of is like, putting a lampholder on the bottom of a plate |
| 20:33 | < afny> | which means reversing something else somewhere |
| 20:33 | < afny> | don't really know what you're trying to jump, though |
| 20:34 | < mchnzr> | it's not a typical use of them....I'll take a pic |
| 20:37 | < mchnzr> | http://imgur.com/UFaD0 |
| 20:37 | < mchnzr> | the top piece is a jumper, so that it has a bit of overhang over the "eye" and doesn't make a rectangle shape on the back end of it |
| 20:37 | < mchnzr> | I've got 7 of these guys in yellow, 5 in red so far |
| 20:38 | < afny> | is it a frame's head, or is that an entire drone system? |
| 20:38 | < mchnzr> | that's one drone |
| 20:38 | < mchnzr> | but it makes for a good frame head too, so I'm thinking each unit will have a basic frame at the center, with a bunch of other drones around it |
| 20:38 | < afny> | I like the profile |
| 20:38 | < afny> | as a head |
| 20:38 | < mchnzr> | the pile of orange 1x1 rounds represents the thrusters |
| 20:39 | < mchnzr> | thanks |
| 20:39 | < afny> | but yeah, no idea how to get that look without a jumper |
| 20:40 | < mchnzr> | yea, gonna have to figure something out. They're based on a larger similar design so I might do that, but I'm trying to minimize piece count |
| 20:51 | < afny> | so I moved the blue and white tall head chub from the mafia company into the ijad/mercs one |
| 20:51 | < afny> | and put the Rumble Monkey in the mafia one |
| 20:52 | < afny> | IT HURT, but I did it |
| 20:52 | < mchnzr> | haha good job |
| 20:54 | < afny> | that alone removed a lot of the confusion |
| 20:54 | < afny> | now all of the brown and tan is consolidated in one company |
| 20:54 | < afny> | and all of the blue+white in another |
| 20:54 | < afny> | there's still some blue in the mgn company but not paired with white |
| 20:55 | < mchnzr> | and I just figured out a no-jumper design :) |
| 20:56 | < mchnzr> | you could also consider adding a 1x1 round plate of a single color to each guy's shoulder |
| 20:56 | < mchnzr> | and make the color different for each company |
| 20:57 | < afny> | I was hoping they'd have something like that at the PAB wall when I went yesterday |
| 20:57 | < afny> | but they only had clear 1x1 stuff |
| 20:57 | < mchnzr> | ... |
| 20:57 | < mchnzr> | I would kill for some clear 1x1 |
| 20:58 | < mchnzr> | try back in a week, depending where you are the PAB can cycle pretty quick |
| 20:59 | < afny> | this was my try back in a week |
| 20:59 | < afny> | well, month |
| 20:59 | < afny> | it was the same as last month |
| 21:00 | < afny> | but hey, that just means they HAVE to rotate soon, right? |
| 21:00 | < mchnzr> | ah, too bad |
| 21:00 | < afny> | it's kind of a tiny lego store |
| 21:00 | < mchnzr> | I was in NYC for three weeks in April, and it was different every few days |
| 21:00 | < afny> | yeah, I've been in that store |
| 21:00 | < afny> | it's INSANE |
| 21:01 | < afny> | or one of the nyc stores, are there more than one? |
| 21:01 | < mchnzr> | yep. screaming kids everywhere, constantly |
| 21:01 | < afny> | this is a tiny store in a suburban mall |
| 21:01 | < mchnzr> | there's the main NYC store in rockefeller plaza, then another one or two in Queens/Jersey I think |
| 21:01 | < afny> | yeah, this was the rockefeller one |
| 21:05 | <@randolph> | ced/afny/TJ: Operation PAB complete |
| 21:12 | <@randolph> | http://www.flickr.com/photos/wangtech/7177668191/ |
| 21:13 | < afny> | impressive |
| 21:13 | <+MittenNinja> | nice |
| 21:13 | <+MittenNinja> | i wish the stores out here had good pieces |
| 21:14 | < mchnzr> | nice haul, jealous of those clips! |
| 21:14 | <+MittenNinja> | hey randy, did you see the fat snake snipers? |
| 21:14 | <@randolph> | checking now MN |
| 21:14 | <@randolph> | Ooh nice |
| 21:15 | <+MittenNinja> | Thats Soren for ya :) |
| 21:15 | <@randolph> | I dig the lantern barrels |
| 21:15 | <+MittenNinja> | yeah me too |
| 21:15 | <@randolph> | Goes really well with the snake theme |
| 21:16 | <+MittenNinja> | Yeah, he did a phenomenal job nailing the aesthetic i wanted to go for. |
| 21:16 | <@randolph> | mchnzr: That's what started Operation PAB - I went back to get some guys more stuff |
| 21:17 | < mchnzr> | randolph: nice :) |
| 21:17 | < mchnzr> | Mitten, did you buy one of the custom companies from the kickstarter? |
| 21:18 | <@randolph> | The guy at the counter looked inside the tub and said "You did good." |
| 21:21 | <@randolph> | back to work, later guys |
| 21:21 | <@randolph> | o/ |
| 21:25 | < afny> | mchnzr, he totally did |
| 21:25 | < afny> | but neither he nor Soren have posted pictures of it yet, as far as I can tell |
| 21:25 | < afny> | it's killing me |
| 21:26 | < mchnzr> | hahaha |
| 21:32 | <@Ceddobear> | Building MINXes like a boss. |
| 21:32 | <@Ceddobear> | Lego sorted my emotional turmoil. |
| 21:32 | <@Soren|away> | Still busy packing, but: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t7g6hwktni6jzr1/Serpent%20Legion.jpg |
| 21:32 | < afny> | it's good for that |
| 21:32 | <@Ceddobear> | Heya Soren. |
| 21:32 | <@Ceddobear> | I missed you. |
| 21:32 | < afny> | ohhh wow |
| 21:32 | < afny> | the spear fighter |
| 21:36 | < mchnzr> | nice |
| 21:38 | <+MittenNinja> | yeah i did |
| 21:39 | < afny> | ?? |
| 21:39 | < afny> | I looked on your Flikr earlier |
| 21:39 | < afny> | after you posted the sniper |
| 21:39 | <+MittenNinja> | its not on flickr yet |
| 21:40 | < afny> | ah |
| 21:40 | <+MittenNinja> | Hey Soren. Check out the articulated arms |
| 21:40 | <+MittenNinja> | https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ndp2r8odc3e0a3/ST-07SLC%20Snipers.jpg |
| 21:41 | < afny> | did you retain the cap shoulders? |
| 21:41 | <+MittenNinja> | yeah |
| 21:41 | <+MittenNinja> | i only modded the snipers |
| 21:42 | < afny> | ah okay |
| 21:44 | <~Noah> | !dmg c10 |
| 21:44 | < mf0bot> | Against frame, covered by terrain: Misses 6 [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3]; Damaging hits 4 [4, 5, 6, 6] |
| 21:46 | < afny> | looks nice |
| 21:47 | < mchnzr> | ten hits :| |
| 21:47 | <@Ceddobear> | Oh, afny? |
| 21:47 | <@Ceddobear> | AYI is totes from the US. |
| 21:47 | <@Ceddobear> | But I am suspecting migration period. |
| 21:48 | <@Ceddobear> | He also knows a few German words. |
| 21:49 | <~Noah> | !dmg t6 |
| 21:49 | < mf0bot> | Against terrain: Misses 4 [1, 1, 1, 2]; Damaging hits 2 [3, 6] |
| 21:50 | < afny> | he's mysterious dude |
| 21:50 | < afny> | mysterious. |
| 21:50 | < afny> | alright, one company poster done |
| 21:50 | < afny> | the easy one |
| 21:50 | < afny> | just a big flag |
| 21:57 | <+MittenNinja> | welp. Moss Green vinyl dye has been ordered |
| 22:05 | <@Ceddobear> | Alright. |
| 22:05 | <~Noah> | http://mf0irc.blogspot.com/2012/06/okay-ive-added-new-functionality-to-bot.html |
| 22:05 | < mchnzr> | What's it for? |
| 22:05 | <@Ceddobear> | Who hid my two sand blue dishes. |
| 22:05 | <@Ceddobear> | Speak now. |
| 22:05 | <~Noah> | More details explanation if someone wants to read it |
| 22:06 | <~Noah> | mchnzr: he's attempting to turn white blocks into sand green blocks, or some shade of green that he'll like |
| 22:06 | < mchnzr> | afny: here's a modified Chub sporting the drone head http://imgur.com/JOujJ |
| 22:06 | < mchnzr> | hm, neat. Mitten you'll do anything to get more sand green, won't you? |
| 22:07 | <~Noah> | I suggested he glue sand to green bricks, but he said I was stupid and spat on me |
| 22:07 | < afny> | not a fan of the chest, but that head is so sweet |
| 22:07 | < mchnzr> | haha |
| 22:07 | <@Ceddobear> | Okay. Found them. You are getting off easy. This time. |
| 22:07 | < afny> | it's got so much shape for just four bricks |
| 22:07 | < mchnzr> | yea I just kinda threw it together, I'm lacking good chest pieces |
| 22:07 | <@Ceddobear> | mchnzr: Do you have a 2x2 plate? |
| 22:07 | <@Ceddobear> | Maybe a 1x2 plate? |
| 22:07 | <@Ceddobear> | And some cheese slopes? |
| 22:08 | < mchnzr> | Yea, now that you mention cheese I do have a ton of sand green I want to use, and that works for this color scheme |
| 22:08 | < mchnzr> | woot |
| 22:08 | <@Ceddobear> | Well, then you have decent parts for a chest. |
| 22:08 | <@Ceddobear> | Here's what you do. |
| 22:08 | <@Ceddobear> | Take a 2x2. |
| 22:08 | <@Ceddobear> | Put the 1x2 ontop. |
| 22:08 | < mchnzr> | I just really really really like the chest piece on the stock Chub |
| 22:09 | <@Ceddobear> | And then, two cheese slops down and two up below. |
| 22:09 | <@Ceddobear> | Makes for nice shapes and ridges. |
| 22:09 | <@Ceddobear> | Heavy Chub feeling. :D |
| 22:10 | <~Noah> | !fr rrRbyww |
| 22:10 | < mf0bot> | Rolls for rrRbyww: Red (Attack) - [6, 1, 3], Blue (Defense) - [6], Yellow (Spot) - [6], Green (Move) - [0], Whites (Wilds) - [2, 1] |
| 22:10 | <~Noah> | !dmg t6 |
| 22:10 | < mf0bot> | Against terrain: Misses 1 [1]; Damaging hits 5 [3, 3, 4, 4, 6] |
| 22:10 | <~Noah> | blew that cover to bits yo |
| 22:11 | < mchnzr> | what kind of cover do you guys typically play with, btw? Most of my games have had cover that's gone in one or two hits - is that the norm? |
| 22:11 | < mchnzr> | I can't play often enough to test my theories |
| 22:11 | < afny> | asking myself the same question currently |
| 22:11 | <@Ceddobear> | I am using 1x2 bricks. |
| 22:11 | <@Ceddobear> | 6 bricks high, interlocking. |
| 22:11 | <~Noah> | You can make terrain more difficult to cut through by making it from smaller bricks, such as 1x1 and 1x2 plates, called the Wall of Douche-Baggery |
| 22:12 | <@Ceddobear> | Usually takes one high volley to reduce it to 2 bricks in one section. |
| 22:12 | <@Ceddobear> | 1x1 plates are dickfuck walls. |
| 22:12 | <~Noah> | And thicker, such as going 2 or 3 deep |
| 22:12 | <@Ceddobear> | Just as 1x2 - those can be interlocking, for even worse progression. |
| 22:12 | <@Ceddobear> | 1x2 is fine. |
| 22:12 | <@Ceddobear> | Results in awesome brick spillage. |
| 22:12 | < mchnzr> | Yeah, I don't want to build plate walls, but my artillery got hosed last game because their cover was gone really quick |
| 22:13 | < mchnzr> | Just trying to figure out what the happy medium is, whether we need more cover or I should be moving more |
| 22:13 | <~Noah> | Well, you could make the terrain thicker or denser, or move to new cover periodically |
| 22:13 | <@Ceddobear> | My roomies GF is kinda cool. |
| 22:14 | <@Ceddobear> | While I built 6 Minx torsos, she sorted all the other parts. |
| 22:14 | <@Ceddobear> | We are talking about 1000 bricks here. |
| 22:14 | <~Noah> | s/cool/OCD |
| 22:14 | < mchnzr> | Noah: I know my options, just want to hear how it's worked for you guys |
| 22:14 | < afny> | Ced |
| 22:14 | < mchnzr> | haha nice Ced. I love sorting too |
| 22:14 | < afny> | my friend who also randomly got back into legos at the same time as me |
| 22:14 | < afny> | but with no communication prior |
| 22:14 | < afny> | he came over and he goes |
| 22:14 | < afny> | yeah, when my guy friends come over |
| 22:15 | < afny> | they want to make a mess and build stuff |
| 22:15 | <~Noah> | Ahh, probably ask them then, I haven't had much of a chance to play IRL yet |
| 22:15 | < afny> | but whenever women come to my apartment, they just sort my bricks by color |
| 22:15 | <~Noah> | Bah, sorting my color is lame |
| 22:15 | < afny> | I'm not one to ascribe stereotypes to gender, but apparently this just happens naturally? |
| 22:15 | <~Noah> | afny: nah, you're sexist. |
| 22:15 | < afny> | uh huh |
| 22:15 | < mchnzr> | haha |
| 22:16 | < mchnzr> | I'm a dude, and I just find sorting very calming and therapeutic. It appeals to my OCD side, too |
| 22:16 | <@Ceddobear> | She builds Lego models. |
| 22:16 | < afny> | anyway, this is just second-hand anecdotal evidence |
| 22:16 | <@Ceddobear> | Like, stock models. |
| 22:16 | < mchnzr> | and there's something very satisfying about the sound of sifting through lego on a carpet |
| 22:16 | <@Ceddobear> | I like the texture as I run my hands over them. |
| 22:17 | < afny> | they do have a pleasing tactile sensation |
| 22:17 | < afny> | like putting your hand in uncooked beans |
| 22:18 | < mchnzr> | lol |
| 22:20 | < afny> | is the hangar down? |
| 22:23 | <@Ceddobear> | It goes on and off. |
| 22:23 | < afny> | Does anyone remember what Soren said about the Ijad homeworld being a moon orbiting a huge gas giant? |
| 22:23 | < afny> | He said it was a BLUE gas giant, right? |
| 22:24 | <~Noah> | 30 Sec Series Plot Summery - Dino Dan: A mentally deficient boy's over-active imagination which never left the Dinosaur phase is placated by friends and family so that he doesn't have a psychotic break. |
| 22:24 | <~Noah> | afny: On IRC? Maybe in logs? |
| 22:25 | < afny> | it was a long time ago |
| 22:25 | <~Noah> | before IRC? |
| 22:25 | < afny> | oh, are they |
| 22:25 | < afny> | FOREVER logged? |
| 22:26 | < afny> | hm |
| 22:26 | < afny> | he just said gas giant |
| 22:26 | < afny> | I'M MAKING IT BLUE. |
| 22:26 | <~Noah> | Been logged since day one or two I believe |
| 22:26 | < mchnzr> | https://www.starforge.co.uk/irclogs/mf0/mf0.20120605.log.html |
| 22:26 | < mchnzr> | looks like just gas giant |
| 22:27 | <~Noah> | Talking about space makes me want to play EVE |
| 22:28 | <+MittenNinja> | Talking about EVE makes me glad I have free time |
| 22:28 | <+MittenNinja> | cause if i played i would have none |
| 22:28 | <~Noah> | Well, to be fair, you can not play EVE and still level skills |
| 22:28 | <+MittenNinja> | yeah but whats the point if youre not actually playing |
| 22:28 | <~Noah> | But you're not really getting anything else unless you're using the market, so point taken |
| 22:29 | < afny> | yeah |
| 22:29 | < afny> | like |
| 22:29 | < afny> | ISK is way more important than SP |
| 22:29 | < mchnzr> | EVE scares me |
| 22:29 | < afny> | it's a very cool experiment in game design, and it has a ton of shit I like |
| 22:29 | < afny> | but as casual entertainment it is fundamentally broken |
| 22:30 | < mchnzr> | yeah, I love it on principle, but not in practice |
| 22:30 | < afny> | I really like their ship designs and lore |
| 22:30 | < afny> | yeah, exactly that |
| 22:30 | <+MittenNinja> | yeah same here |
| 22:30 | <~Noah> | mchnzr: Yea, the first time I tried to play it, it was so very overwhelming that I stopped playing after about 30 minutes |
| 22:30 | <+MittenNinja> | thats pretty much it |
| 22:30 | <~Noah> | this was before the now very excellent tutorial |
| 22:32 | <~Noah> | I just wish they would let you train all three of your one accounts characters, instead of having two paid accounts with 4 alts that you never use except to grief, lol |
| 22:36 | | MittenNinja is now known as Mitten|Shower |
| 22:36 | <@Ceddobear> | God, building these MINXes is mind-numbing. |
| 22:38 | < afny> | maybe a good thing |
| 22:39 | < mchnzr> | numb your mind first and it's a lot easier |
| 22:40 | <@Ceddobear> | Each ARM is 11 bricks. |
| 22:40 | <@Ceddobear> | And I need 12 arms. |
| 22:41 | <~Noah> | !dmg h16 |
| 22:41 | < mf0bot> | Hand to hand, ignores cover: Misses 9 [1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3]; Damaging hits 7 [4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6] |
| 22:42 | <@Ceddobear> | Make that 14 tops. |
| 22:42 | <@Ceddobear> | !h14 |
| 22:42 | < mf0bot> | Ceddobear: didn't recognise h14 |
| 22:42 | <@Ceddobear> | !dmg h14 |
| 22:42 | < mf0bot> | Hand to hand, ignores cover: Misses 7 [1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3]; Damaging hits 7 [4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6] |
| 22:42 | <@Ceddobear> | Heh, average hit is average. |
| 22:42 | <~Noah> | Er, yea |
| 22:42 | <@Ceddobear> | !dmg h14 |
| 22:42 | < mf0bot> | Hand to hand, ignores cover: Misses 7 [1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2]; Damaging hits 7 [4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5] |
| 22:42 | <@Ceddobear> | !dmg h14 |
| 22:42 | < mf0bot> | Hand to hand, ignores cover: Misses 9 [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3]; Damaging hits 5 [4, 4, 4, 5, 6] |
| 22:42 | <@Ceddobear> | !dmg h14 |
| 22:42 | < mf0bot> | Hand to hand, ignores cover: Misses 6 [1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3]; Damaging hits 8 [4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6] |
| 22:42 | <@Ceddobear> | !dmg h14 |
| 22:42 | < mf0bot> | Hand to hand, ignores cover: Misses 5 [1, 2, 3, 3, 3]; Damaging hits 9 [4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6] |
| 22:42 | <@Ceddobear> | That's a dirty roll. |
| 22:43 | <~Noah> | 6 spot with no defense against a melee frame |
| 22:43 | <~Noah> | Yea, you gonna get dead brah |
| 22:43 | < mchnzr> | When would you be doing 14 hits anyway? 0-armor has to be pretty rare |
| 22:44 | <~Noah> | It usually is, but it is the technical vanilla maximum hits possible |
| 22:47 | <@Ceddobear> | It happens. |
| 22:47 | <@Ceddobear> | Late game, it does. |
| 22:47 | <@Ceddobear> | Sometimes, you rather attack and get another point of damage in than defend. |
| 22:47 | <@Ceddobear> | If you kill a 'frame and your 'frame attacked first, you don't need DEF. |
| 22:48 | <@Ceddobear> | Because the destroyed 'frame loses all actions. |
| 22:48 | <@Ceddobear> | Incidentially ... |
| 22:48 | <@Ceddobear> | !dmg h11 |
| 22:48 | < mf0bot> | Hand to hand, ignores cover: Misses 5 [1, 1, 2, 2, 3]; Damaging hits 6 [4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6] |
| 22:48 | <@Ceddobear> | Boom, DEF 1 'frame blown apart, just with 1W and a 7 SPOT. |
| 22:49 | < mchnzr> | 7 spot? |
| 22:50 | <@Ceddobear> | Err. |
| 22:50 | <@Ceddobear> | 6 SPOT. |
| 22:50 | <@Ceddobear> | The 7 SPOT only comes with the collector's edition. |
| 22:51 | < afny> | but you can get 6 spot if you preorder at Games Workshop |
| 22:51 | <@Ceddobear> | Only Finecast, though. |
| 22:51 | < afny> | (disclaimer: 6 spot is included in retail copies) |
| 22:51 | <@Ceddobear> | OH. |
| 22:51 | <@Ceddobear> | KEV. |
| 22:51 | < afny> | ?? |
| 22:51 | <@Ceddobear> | DO YOU WANT TO SEE PINK AND PURPLE GUNS FIRE? |
| 22:51 | < afny> | uh |
| 22:51 | < afny> | yes. |
| 22:51 | <@Ceddobear> | Sec. |
| 22:52 | < afny> | i'm inking something so |
| 22:52 | < afny> | brb |
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| 22:59 | < afny> | hurgh |
| 22:59 | < afny> | I don't have the energy to mix paint right now |
| 23:04 | < afny> | http://i.imgur.com/MaJ1m.jpg?1 |
| 23:04 | < afny> | http://i.imgur.com/CcgWK.jpg?1 |
| 23:04 | < afny> | http://i.imgur.com/VlFQh.jpg?1 |
| 23:04 | < afny> | I think I've learned my lesson about freehand lettering after two pots of tea and three cups of coffee |
| 23:04 | < afny> | but the layouts are coming together |
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| 23:07 | <+Tetrajak> | Haha, log on to IRC, staff meeting announced |
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| 23:11 | < FerrelFerret_Phone> | Wow... First time in a LEGO store. |
| 23:13 | <@Ceddobear> | Wonder whether you were as disapointed as I was. |
| 23:13 | <~Noah> | Haha |
| 23:13 | <~Noah> | Are they that bad? |
| 23:13 | < afny> | mine was bad |
| 23:13 | < afny> | brick selection just isn't good for frames, that's all |
| 23:14 | <@Ceddobear> | The people were nice, though. |
| 23:15 | < mchnzr> | the PAB tends to cater to things small kids would build - little cars and such |
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| 23:15 | < afny> | the one at my store didn't even have anything like that |
| 23:15 | < afny> | or any good specialty pieces at all |
| 23:15 | < afny> | it was mostly larger colored bricks |
| 23:15 | < FerrelFerret_Phone> | Got some 1x2 white grill plate. 1x1 trans blue round |
| 23:15 | < afny> | 2x4+ |
| 23:16 | <~Noah> | Yea, I think bricklink is really the best thing for us, haha |
| 23:16 | < FerrelFerret_Phone> | Dark bley antenatal thing |
| 23:16 | < FerrelFerret_Phone> | Transfer orange flames |
| 23:17 | <@Ceddobear> | Transfer? |
| 23:17 | <@Ceddobear> | Are they from Russia? |
| 23:17 | < FerrelFerret_Phone> | Trans |
| 23:17 | <~Noah> | ^phone |
| 23:17 | <~Noah> | Thus, autocorrect |
| 23:17 | < FerrelFerret_Phone> | White dishes. |
| 23:18 | <@Ceddobear> | I hope you grabbed an assload of those. |
| 23:18 | < FerrelFerret_Phone> | 1x2 blue and lime green bricks |
| 23:18 | < FerrelFerret_Phone> | Oh, I did. |
| 23:19 | < FerrelFerret_Phone> | I'll post picks when I get home. |
| 23:19 | < FerrelFerret_Phone> | Gotta drive now. |
| 23:22 | <~Noah> | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnRRDIFNxoM |
| 23:22 | <~Noah> | Just found this |
| 23:23 | <@Ceddobear> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/13g_fire.png <-- Pretty standard muzzle flashes. |
| 23:23 | <@Ceddobear> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/aotmuc_fire.png <-- fancy Ijad plasma fire, and launched SSRs and NARCs. |
| 23:24 | < afny> | nice |
| 23:24 | < afny> | those snowflake pieces really do work |
| 23:25 | <@Ceddobear> | When those Ijad fire, they bild themselves. |
| 23:25 | <@Ceddobear> | Funny. |
| 23:25 | <@Ceddobear> | *blind |
| 23:25 | | Tetrajak|away is now known as Tetrajak |
| 23:25 | <+Tetrajak> | and I'm back. Hey peeps |
| 23:26 | < afny> | o/ |
| 23:27 | < mchnzr> | Those are sweet Ced |
| 23:27 | < afny> | did you see my company posters Ced? |
| 23:28 | < afny> | I'm gonna scan them in and do them in vectors I think |
| 23:28 | < afny> | instead of busting out the paints |
| 23:28 | < afny> | that way I can redo the lettering digitally as well |
| 23:31 | <@Ceddobear> | Nah, show me Kev! |
| 23:31 | <@Ceddobear> | Thanks mchnzr. |
| 23:31 | | * Ceddobear takes another, hopefully better shot. |
| 23:32 | < afny> | afny: http://i.imgur.com/MaJ1m.jpg?1 |
| 23:32 | < afny> | [6:04pm] afny: http://i.imgur.com/CcgWK.jpg?1 |
| 23:32 | < afny> | [6:04pm] afny: http://i.imgur.com/VlFQh.jpg?1 |
| 23:33 | <@Ceddobear> | Heh. |
| 23:33 | <@Ceddobear> | Just needs some cleaning up |
| 23:33 | <@Ceddobear> | I like the 7H specifically. |
| 23:33 | < afny> | yeah, it'll all look clean in vectors |
| 23:34 | < afny> | same |
| 23:34 | < afny> | the paradise one is going to have some color washes so it'll look a lot different |
| 23:34 | < afny> | when it's done |
| 23:34 | < mchnzr> | filling those in with watercolors would look cool too, but I agree vectors will look great |
| 23:34 | <@Ceddobear> | Oh. |
| 23:34 | <@Ceddobear> | Kev. |
| 23:34 | <@Ceddobear> | I have an idea. |
| 23:34 | <@Ceddobear> | It's a bit crazy. |
| 23:34 | < afny> | crazy is usually good |
| 23:35 | <@Ceddobear> | But I think I can give you a pseudo 3D image. :D |
| 23:35 | <@Ceddobear> | Lemme fickle with it. |
| 23:37 | <~Noah> | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnRRDIFNxoM&feature=player_detailpage#t=133s - She spills legos all over the floor! |
| 23:41 | <~Noah> | Herp... |
| 23:41 | <~Noah> | !shades |
| 23:41 | <~Noah> | Derp! |
| 23:41 | < mf0bot> | YEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! |
| 23:46 | <@Ceddobear> | Kev, do you have ImageReady? |
| 23:47 | < afny> | uh |
| 23:47 | < afny> | I think so? |
| 23:48 | <@Ceddobear> | To make gifs, that is. |
| 23:48 | <@Ceddobear> | Wait, there's a gif generator. |
| 23:48 | <@Ceddobear> | Maybe that works. |
| 23:48 | <+Tetrajak> | newer versions of Photoshop have the features of ImageReady integrated into them |
| 23:49 | <@Ceddobear> | Bahahahaha. |
| 23:49 | <@Ceddobear> | That's fucking funny. |
| 23:49 | <@Ceddobear> | *uploads* |
| 23:50 | <@Ceddobear> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/3d_ijad.png |
| 23:50 | <@Ceddobear> | I am an idiot. |
| 23:50 | <@Ceddobear> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/3d_ijad.gif |
| 23:50 | < afny> | oh god it hurts |
| 23:51 | < afny> | on one hand, it's cool |
| 23:51 | < afny> | on the other hand, it's making me motion sick |
| 23:51 | <@Ceddobear> | LOL |
| 23:51 | <@Ceddobear> | But you have to admit. |
| 23:51 | <@Ceddobear> | It IS cool |
| 23:51 | <@Ceddobear> | Look how much shit iy flsing around! |
| 23:51 | <@Ceddobear> | .... is flying |
| 23:51 | <~Noah> | The effect is better when the framerate is higher |
| 23:52 | <@Ceddobear> | Noah: That gif site didn't offer faster. |
| 23:53 | <~Noah> | Depends on the browser |
| 23:55 | <~Noah> | That's why I prefer side by side cross eye shots myself |
| 23:55 | <~Noah> | I think i have an example of one, lemme check |
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| 23:58 | <@Ceddobear> | I didn't intend to do it. |
| 23:58 | <@Ceddobear> | I just stumbled across two pics that were close enough to try it. |
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| 23:58 | <~Noah> | Oh, haha |
| 23:59 | <@Ceddobear> | I scrolled through the images and got the pseudo-3D effect. |
| 23:59 | <@Ceddobear> | And was all like: "Wait a minute...!" |
| 23:59 | <~Noah> | LICHTENBULBEN! |
| 23:59 | <@Ceddobear> | ... Jah. |
| 23:59 | <@Ceddobear> | Cage: http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/3d_ijad.gif |
| 23:59 | < CaGeRit> | Pseudo-3d effect...? |
| 23:59 | <@Ceddobear> | There, get motion sick. |
| 23:59 | <+Tetrajak> | Also works best when both pics are centered and focused on the same thing, usually in the middle of both pictures |
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