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| 12:54 | < Madness_> | I was quite happy to find that there was an irc channel, shame it's so empty :( |
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| 17:04 | < Malcolm> | In case anyone hasn't seen them, I've been taking it upon myself to put together a whole bunch of MFZ Flickr galleries covering all sorts of different types of frame: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jed_september/galleries/ |
| 17:17 | < huhwhozat> | oh nice! |
| 17:58 | < Madness> | yeah noticed that |
| 17:58 | < Madness> | and they are wicked cool |
| 17:59 | < Madness> | but I don't get the point of the "chapters" |
| 17:59 | < Madness> | I mean, why volume 2/3.. ? |
| 17:59 | < Madness> | Why not simply updating the first one? |
| 18:06 | < Malcolm> | Flickr only allows you to have 18 pictures per gakkery |
| 18:06 | < Malcolm> | gallery, rather |
| 18:06 | < huhwhozat> | hwaht? that seems an arbitrary and annoying limitation |
| 18:07 | < Madness> | that sucks :o |
| 18:07 | < huhwhozat> | ^ yes, to be concise :P |
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| 18:45 | < othila> | ... |
| 18:45 | < othila> | MADNESS |
| 18:45 | < Madness> | wat |
| 18:46 | < othila> | It's just a handle that begs to be shouted |
| 18:46 | < othila> | SURELY YOU KNEW. |
| 18:47 | < Madness> | Damn 300. |
| 18:47 | < othila> | Listen, you |
| 18:48 | < Madness> | I've been using it for a while tho. |
| 18:48 | < othila> | people have been shouting MADNESS for hundres of years |
| 18:48 | < othila> | certainly before a certain poorly directed Frank Miller adaptation |
| 18:52 | < othila> | so |
| 18:52 | < othila> | WHO ARE YOU |
| 18:52 | < othila> | WHY ARE YOU HERE |
| 18:52 | < othila> | THIS IS NOT MY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE |
| 18:52 | < othila> | THIS IS NOT MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE |
| 18:52 | < othila> | HOW DID I GET HERE?! |
| 19:11 | < Madness> | yeah I was busy showering. |
| 19:11 | < Madness> | You kinda yelled at an empty room. |
| 19:12 | < othila> | That's what I do. |
| 19:12 | < othila> | Regularly. |
| 19:12 | < Madness> | Cool. |
| 19:12 | < othila> | Excuse me while I find a plastic box to dump around 400 tan 1x2 slopes into |
| 19:13 | < huhwhozat> | ! |
| 19:13 | < huhwhozat> | want! |
| 19:13 | < othila> | are you anywhere near NYC? |
| 19:13 | < othila> | I got them at the rock center pab |
| 19:13 | < othila> | not too long ago |
| 19:15 | < othila> | I've been "sorting" my lego for like |
| 19:15 | < othila> | ...four months |
| 19:15 | < othila> | I've made negative progress |
| 19:16 | < othila> | I'm just going to build a frame, I think |
| 19:25 | < huhwhozat> | no, unfortunately, and lol |
| 19:28 | < Madness> | I'm still trying to liberate my old legos from my mother's house. |
| 19:54 | < othila> | that sucks |
| 19:55 | < huhwhozat> | I need to retreive my childhood Lego from Africa |
| 19:57 | < othila> | that sounds more romantic than it probably is |
| 19:58 | < othila> | especially considering contemporary overseas shipping prices |
| 19:58 | < othila> | but I'm imagining a sort of quest. |
| 19:58 | < huhwhozat> | haha |
| 19:58 | < huhwhozat> | not so much; my parents have them |
| 20:03 | < othila> | the reality is never as good as the fantasy |
| 20:03 | < othila> | especially when it comes to shipping |
| 20:17 | < othila> | hm |
| 20:17 | < othila> | feels great to build again |
| 20:17 | < othila> | this thing is way too big for mfz, though |
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| 20:33 | < othila> | hm |
| 20:33 | < othila> | this is so |
| 20:33 | < othila> | ...floppy |
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| 20:44 | < othila> | okay |
| 20:44 | < othila> | quick survey |
| 20:45 | < othila> | how do people feel about cockpits |
| 20:45 | < othila> | in giant penisular objects |
| 20:45 | < othila> | good thing/bad thing? |
| 20:48 | < huhwhozat> | my considered response is: 'um?' |
| 20:48 | < Malcolm> | Depends if you are aiming to play a game in the style of 1970s Robin Asqwith comedies |
| 20:48 | < Malcolm> | Which, I would add, is not a good thing |
| 20:49 | < othila> | http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080229041642/zoe/images/0/00/JehutyZOE2. jpg |
| 20:49 | < othila> | like this |
| 20:49 | < othila> | note how |
| 20:49 | < othila> | the penis |
| 20:49 | < othila> | is a cockpit. |
| 20:49 | < othila> | ...it's a very mechanical diagram, I assure you |
| 20:50 | <~McMartin> | Shouldn't matter at 7p; putting a 1x1 slope at that point would be part of even less silly designs |
| 20:50 | < othila> | it's 7p but |
| 20:50 | < othila> | it's much larger than mfz |
| 20:50 | < othila> | actually, looking at it |
| 20:50 | < othila> | no, it's 4p |
| 20:50 | < Malcolm> | I had no idea that MFZ had become a game of "tee hee hee" schoolboy comedy |
| 20:50 | < othila> | it's not supposed to be funny |
| 20:50 | < othila> | it's just a cockpit |
| 20:51 | <~McMartin> | Traditionally, cockpits on giant anthropomorphic robots go in the torso. |
| 20:51 | < othila> | Yoji Shinkawa isn't really |
| 20:51 | < othila> | traditional... |
| 20:51 | < othila> | but I'm not sure it's like, a commentary on the giant robot genre or anything |
| 20:52 | < othila> | http://www.mahq.net/mecha/zoe/zoe.htm |
| 20:52 | < othila> | pretty much every one of these has the cockpit in the crotch |
| 20:52 | < othila> | except the unmanned ones, obviously |
| 20:53 | < othila> | hm, stretching out the feet made it look much less ridiculous |
| 20:53 | < othila> | if I can work out a stand I'll take a wip pic |
| 21:02 | < othila> | okay, this stand is awful |
| 21:02 | < othila> | but it at least supports the weight |
| 21:02 | < othila> | bear with me while I photograph...it's really not as ridiculous as it sounds, but I need advice on weaponry |
| 21:03 | | * huhwhozat snickers |
| 21:05 | < Malcolm> | WIPs always look awful. Unless you're Tim Gould or Andrew Lee, in whcih case your WIPs are better than 99% of anything I've ever built. |
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| 21:08 | < othila> | ;A |
| 21:08 | < othila> | it's just a tablescrap anyway |
| 21:08 | < othila> | I haven't built anything in months |
| 21:09 | < Malcolm> | I've just finished the first proprer company I've built in ages. Quite pleased with the end result. Yellow and blue works rather well. |
| 21:09 | < Malcolm> | "proprer"? Proper, surely |
| 21:09 | < othila> | like I said, this is way too large for mfz |
| 21:10 | < othila> | didn't take any of my companies apart to build it, though |
| 21:10 | < othila> | what kind of company did you make? |
| 21:11 | < Malcolm> | One for some open participation games at an upcoming con. This is the defensive one. |
| 21:11 | < othila> | https://www.dropbox.com/s/8j1xjy6ijf6gv19/100_4718.JPG |
| 21:12 | < Malcolm> | You're right about the size, but it looks good for a WIP |
| 21:12 | < othila> | the hips and arms are a little |
| 21:12 | < othila> | ehhh |
| 21:12 | < othila> | I want to give it a giant rocket over one shoulder, I think |
| 21:13 | < Malcolm> | I think the company I've just built should probably be known as the "Afny Testimonial Unit" |
| 21:13 | < othila> | and I'm not sure how I feel about the feet. Before I added those 1x3 inverted slopes it could stand by itself |
| 21:13 | < othila> | how |
| 21:13 | < othila> | flattering |
| 21:14 | < othila> | is it |
| 21:14 | < othila> | gunbuddyesque? |
| 21:14 | < Malcolm> | Hah! Two units are a Gunbuddy/Busterweasel/Gunbastard mashup, one is a straight Barnacle, the other actually one of Sorens Slammers |
| 21:15 | < othila> | :O |
| 21:15 | < othila> | do you have pictures? |
| 21:15 | < Malcolm> | Not at the moment, but I'll hopefully get some up tomorrow or the day after |
| 21:15 | < othila> | sweet |
| 21:15 | < Malcolm> | Need to do some final detail tweaking |
| 21:16 | < othila> | all my Barnacles are long dead |
| 21:16 | < othila> | I really need to do some bricklinking |
| 21:16 | < Malcolm> | I've still got the one I originally built in ODG lying around. It's a nice little design, but the foot/ankle section keeps plaguing me |
| 21:17 | < othila> | I don't remember what it looks like |
| 21:17 | < othila> | let me check |
| 21:17 | < Malcolm> | I want to alter it a little, but haven't hit on a solution that keeps with the look of the original |
| 21:17 | < othila> | hm |
| 21:17 | < othila> | you can use those, uh |
| 21:17 | < othila> | it's like a handle with a 3 prong pressure hinge |
| 21:17 | < othila> | instead of a claw/clip |
| 21:18 | < othila> | and you can use a tooth plate instead of a 1x2 as a foot |
| 21:18 | < othila> | dunno if that's different enough though |
| 21:18 | < othila> | lik ethis |
| 21:18 | < othila> | http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyanosmoros/8084336174/in/photostream |
| 21:18 | < othila> | I like that much better, but I'm not really sure if it works at 7p |
| 21:19 | < Malcolm> | yeah, that was something along the lines of what I was fiddling with |
| 21:19 | < Malcolm> | I think I'll just keep it as it is, because at least it works |
| 21:21 | < othila> | oh |
| 21:21 | < othila> | this is unrelated, but |
| 21:21 | < othila> | did you see the company Soren made for Jerry Holkins? |
| 21:21 | < Malcolm> | Yep, I did indeed |
| 21:22 | < othila> | it sort of blew my mind |
| 21:22 | < othila> | that slammer variant is insane |
| 21:22 | < Malcolm> | Yeah, that was the highlight I think |
| 21:22 | < othila> | I'm PRETTY SURE those little cyclone type guys transform |
| 21:23 | < othila> | so I reserve judgement until I get to the bottom of it |
| 21:24 | < Malcolm> | They look as if they should. |
| 21:24 | < othila> | I don't think he would've used that kind of hip design unless something was up |
| 21:24 | < Malcolm> | But, I'm a curmudgeonly bastard and transforming mecha don't do that much for me. |
| 21:25 | < othila> | bah |
| 21:26 | < othila> | well, to be honest the anime that those are from is pretty bad |
| 21:26 | < othila> | genesis climber mospeada or whatever |
| 21:26 | < othila> | I have a soft spot for transforming mecha, but maybe not those in particular |
| 21:27 | < Malcolm> | Oh yeah, I think I've seen bits of that. And some twattery called Megazone 23 or somesuch |
| 21:27 | < othila> | never heard of that one |
| 21:27 | < othila> | hm |
| 21:27 | < othila> | https://0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/m/image/1260/25/1260256665616.jpg |
| 21:28 | < othila> | not a particular fan of that design... |
| 21:28 | < Malcolm> | When I was 15 and played the Cyberpunk RPG, I think I may have thought it was "the shit", as I believe the kids say |
| 21:28 | < Malcolm> | Ugly stuff |
| 21:28 | < othila> | I remember seeing an Akira style bike Soren did |
| 21:28 | < Madness> | btw, did anyone ever try to make a "naked" (non armored) ijad animal thingie? |
| 21:28 | < othila> | brick built? |
| 21:28 | < othila> | I don't think so |
| 21:28 | < Madness> | the quadruped that drives the ijad frames |
| 21:29 | < othila> | the ghanat? I think it'd be small |
| 21:29 | < othila> | like 1 round plate |
| 21:29 | < Madness> | The ghanat. |
| 21:29 | < othila> | it'd be a cool thing to build at a different scale, though |
| 21:29 | < Madness> | Isn't it sort of human sized? |
| 21:29 | < Madness> | Maybe a tad more? |
| 21:29 | < othila> | I can't remember that one person's name that does all those bionicle/hero factory organic style sculptures |
| 21:29 | < othila> | hm, I thought it was like |
| 21:29 | < othila> | the size of a dog |
| 21:29 | < othila> | I could be wrong |
| 21:31 | < Malcolm> | Large dog size, I think, going by the picture of a ghanat being ridden by an Ijad |
| 21:31 | < Madness> | Hmm. |
| 21:31 | < othila> | it's hard to tell because those tentacles are of variable length |
| 21:31 | < othila> | if it's to scale with the girl on the previous page, yeah |
| 21:31 | < othila> | big dog. |
| 21:31 | < Malcolm> | Naked Ijad are about 10cm long, so that makes the ghanat about 70-100cm? |
| 21:31 | < Madness> | Maybe using minifig hands for legs |
| 21:32 | < othila> | attached to what as a central body, though |
| 21:32 | < othila> | I wonder if you could do something with a droid torso |
| 21:32 | < Madness> | that's a good idea. |
| 21:33 | < othila> | honestly I think it'd be too hard to build in any detail |
| 21:33 | < othila> | the reason the 7p person looks good is because it's so abstract, but it captures the width and height of an average human perfectly |
| 21:34 | < othila> | it's just three brush strokes |
| 21:35 | < Madness> | It's absolutely impossible to achieve. |
| 21:35 | < Madness> | Until someone does it. |
| 21:35 | < Malcolm> | That's one of the things that people often come up against at this scale though: the desire for detail when it's actually abstraction and the impression of detail that is important |
| 21:35 | < Madness> | Then it's obvious. |
| 21:35 | < othila> | yeah, it's not the only mistake people make at this scale |
| 21:35 | < othila> | but it's the big one |
| 21:36 | < Madness> | I'm still not the greatest fan of the 7p person, I'm checking the microfig option personally. |
| 21:36 | < othila> | pff |
| 21:36 | < othila> | microfigs are so ugly |
| 21:36 | < othila> | and 6p is basically the same |
| 21:36 | < othila> | as far as the resolution you can afford to build at |
| 21:37 | < Malcolm> | Yeah, I've got a bunch of microfigs from various Lego boardgames and they are, to be frank, a bit fucking hideous |
| 21:37 | < Malcolm> | Your mileage may vary, obviously |
| 21:37 | < Madness> | Dunno. |
| 21:37 | < othila> | honestly I don't even like to build at minifig scale |
| 21:37 | < Madness> | I think it's a matter of contextualizing them right. |
| 21:37 | < othila> | but that may be fear and a lack of organization |
| 21:40 | < Malcolm> | For me, I have a comfort zone and I'll be dammed if I'm stepping out of it |
| 21:40 | < othila> | same |
| 21:40 | < othila> | except for this flying penis mech I guess |
| 21:40 | < othila> | it's pretty big compared to my usual fare |
| 21:41 | < othila> | but mostly because I didn't want to take any of my active companies apart for taps :| |
| 21:42 | < othila> | hrm |
| 21:42 | < othila> | I'm going to try a different head |
| 21:42 | < Malcolm> | Yeah, I'm amazed how fast I've run out of stuff I have loads of when making these demo companies |
| 21:42 | < othila> | not sure about that jet engine thing |
| 21:42 | < othila> | yeah, it happens without warning |
| 21:45 | < Malcolm> | I mean, black taps. I have loads of them. And 1x1 black plates. They must be disappearing into some kind of wormhole |
| 21:45 | < othila> | I STILL only have ten black taps |
| 21:45 | < othila> | they're so cheap |
| 21:46 | < othila> | and yet I just have all these light bley taps |
| 21:46 | < othila> | and yeah, 1x1 plates of any color |
| 21:46 | < othila> | never enough. |
| 21:46 | < Malcolm> | Yeah, I have lots of light bley taps and hardly ever seem to use them. The mind boggles |
| 21:47 | < othila> | black taps are really much better |
| 21:47 | < othila> | more versatile, at least, for frames |
| 21:47 | < othila> | you can use them to break up lines on anything |
| 21:47 | < othila> | grey often distracts |
| 21:47 | < Malcolm> | Yep, that old suggestion of detail thing again |
| 21:47 | < othila> | once I get a big bag of black taps I'll replace a lot of my grey ones with them |
| 21:48 | < Malcolm> | Right, I need to stop fiddling with this Slammer |
| 21:48 | < othila> | but do you REALLY. |
| 21:49 | < Malcolm> | Your subtle argument is both thoughtful and persuasive |
| 21:49 | < othila> | I try. |
| 21:50 | < othila> | hm |
| 21:50 | < othila> | I gave this thing a sort of big stoat head |
| 21:50 | < othila> | it's much better, I think |
| 21:52 | < othila> | I think I'm going to make the hands tiny |
| 21:52 | < othila> | little vestigial fingers |
| 21:53 | < Malcolm> | Having things like tiny hads or feet is often a good feature |
| 21:53 | < Malcolm> | Tiny feets were very popular for a while |
| 21:53 | < Malcolm> | In Lego terms, I mean, not in the foot binding sense |
| 21:54 | < othila> | well |
| 21:54 | < othila> | actually foot binding was probably more popular for longer |
| 21:54 | < Malcolm> | True enough |
| 21:56 | < Malcolm> | So what are your thoughts on these three as demo companies: https://plus.google.com/u/0/109356500173957721663/posts/SenFbjVv8Jh |
| 21:58 | < othila> | hm, I like it |
| 21:59 | < othila> | the melee commander in the secondary attacking company is a neat feature |
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| 21:59 | < othila> | encourages actually getting your hands dirty |
| 21:59 | < othila> | as opposed to waiting for the other two to get scuffed and then taking potshots |
| 21:59 | < Malcolm> | That's what I was thinking |
| 21:59 | < othila> | which is a problem |
| 22:00 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | boit |
| 22:00 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | greetings |
| 22:00 | < othila> | yeah, I think it'll work well |
| 22:00 | < Malcolm> | The attackers are my MgN Marmoset company, the secondary attackers are Ijad, and the defenders are the Armoured Forces of Novoya Yaroslavl (or AFNY for short) |
| 22:01 | < Malcolm> | Well, it made me laugh |
| 22:01 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | what is this? |
| 22:01 | < Malcolm> | It's the demo companies for some public participation games I'm doing |
| 22:01 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | oh cool |
| 22:01 | < Malcolm> | Hopefully getting parents and kids involved |
| 22:01 | < othila> | heh |
| 22:01 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | sweet |
| 22:01 | < Malcolm> | So, keeping it simple, structured, and easy |
| 22:02 | < othila> | Novoya Yaroslavl. |
| 22:03 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | you can cut that in half: Nova Yaros |
| 22:03 | < othila> | that's not nearly as desperate or slavic |
| 22:04 | < Malcolm> | Although, I am going a bit far on making the companies visually distinct in all areas. The Ijad have knife missile for SSRs, the Marmosets have sleek cylindrical missile pods, the colonials have RPG-7s, etc |
| 22:04 | < Malcolm> | Now I need to get on with the scenery |
| 22:04 | < Malcolm> | Which is going to be hell |
| 22:04 | < othila> | that's where I'm at, too |
| 22:04 | < Malcolm> | I've promised a crashed spaceship as the centrepirce of the battlefield |
| 22:04 | < othila> | four solid companies, but no good terrain (again) |
| 22:04 | < othila> | ohhh, a big one? |
| 22:04 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | oooo |
| 22:04 | < othila> | or like a crashed shuttle? |
| 22:04 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | :D |
| 22:06 | < Malcolm> | Planning on a crashed orbit to moon cargo hauler |
| 22:06 | < othila> | sounds big |
| 22:06 | < Malcolm> | hexagonal multi-section body, partially buried in the ground, with a couple of engine pods scattered across the terrain |
| 22:06 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | daaang |
| 22:06 | < Malcolm> | A small shanty town will have grown up around the wreck |
| 22:06 | < othila> | that sounds like a massive (and awesome) undertaking |
| 22:06 | < Malcolm> | So that's what the colonial forces are defending |
| 22:07 | < Malcolm> | It might turn out to be totally shit-tastic |
| 22:07 | < Malcolm> | I'm not one for building large structures |
| 22:07 | < Malcolm> | We'll see how it goes |
| 22:07 | < Malcolm> | Got until early April to do it. |
| 22:07 | < othila> | with a name like Novoya Yaroslavl it's probably an anarchist utopia with the combined capital of some watered down rocket fuel and a can of beans |
| 22:07 | < othila> | basically like any self respecting shanty town |
| 22:08 | < Malcolm> | Hah! |
| 22:08 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | afny, you have a fun turn of phrase |
| 22:08 | < Malcolm> | Yeah. The theme of the convention this year is espionage, so the stations will be things like a spy in the shanty town, a crashed UAV, a pod from a recon satellite, etc |
| 22:09 | < othila> | sounds like a good jumping off point for a larger campaign, too |
| 22:10 | < Malcolm> | The MFZ community over here is pretty tiny. Me and some friends have played Mechaton for years, but we only get to do it on a very irregular basis: one of us here, another in Birmingham, another in Liverpool, etc |
| 22:11 | < Malcolm> | It could be bigger here in Edinburgh, but I really don't want to hang around with the gaming community here at all. Too many years of that. |
| 22:11 | < othila> | plus grognards, etc |
| 22:12 | < Malcolm> | Fucking hell, yes |
| 22:12 | < othila> | nothing wrong with a campaign that meets once a year and fills in the gaps with exposition, though |
| 22:12 | < Malcolm> | True enough |
| 22:13 | < Malcolm> | We might be getting together at this convention for a game later in the evening. It will likely be a sequence of beer fuelled bad tactical decisions |
| 22:14 | < othila> | the best kind |
| 22:16 | < Malcolm> | That was the way most our games in New Zealand went. Started well but by the time we got on to the second crate of beer, things started to go badly wrong. hence all the daft propaganda |
| 22:18 | < Malcolm> | On a totally different topic, the judging for this support frame contest is going to be hellish |
| 22:18 | < othila> | hm, I haven't even kept up with the entries |
| 22:18 | < Malcolm> | It's been more of a success than I thought it would be. |
| 22:18 | < othila> | who are the frontrunners? |
| 22:18 | < Malcolm> | Wouldn't like to say at the moment |
| 22:18 | < othila> | I liked the mccoy |
| 22:18 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | is the compo still open/when does it close? |
| 22:18 | < Malcolm> | I'll keep my own cousel until the results come out |
| 22:19 | < othila> | who else is judging |
| 22:19 | < othila> | Joshua? |
| 22:19 | < Malcolm> | The contest closes on february 3rd, 12 midnight Uk time |
| 22:19 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | great! still time! :D |
| 22:19 | < Malcolm> | Me, Joshua, Soren, and Joe Murphy, who has been involved with Mechaton for a long time and is a good guy |
| 22:20 | < Malcolm> | We've got enough of a spread of taste in building style and aesthetics that it should work out pretty well |
| 22:20 | < othila> | are all the entries on the flikr thread? |
| 22:20 | < Malcolm> | Yep, all of them so far |
| 22:20 | < Malcolm> | If we can get over 50 entries by the closing date, I'll be exceptionally pleased |
| 22:20 | < othila> | oh shit |
| 22:21 | < othila> | Andrew's fire chubs were for that contest |
| 22:21 | < othila> | I didn't realize |
| 22:21 | < othila> | http://www.flickr.com/photos/59626519@N05/8356029772/ |
| 22:21 | < othila> | this is also nice |
| 22:22 | < Malcolm> | Neither did I until I looked at the thread this morning! |
| 22:22 | < othila> | as is pascals |
| 22:22 | < othila> | +' |
| 22:22 | < Malcolm> | There are so many good entries, that's what is going to make it so tough |
| 22:22 | < othila> | DeepCope's entries are both very interesting, but the show is stolen by the comabt frame in both pictures |
| 22:23 | < Malcolm> | I thought his Man on the Moon frame from a couple of days ago was really rather nice: http://www.flickr.com/photos/82225126@N06/8403620148 |
| 22:24 | < othila> | yeah, it is |
| 22:24 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | oo |
| 22:24 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | I really like those plates on the shoulders |
| 22:24 | < Malcolm> | It has a very pleasing overall simplicity, coupled with some really great detail touches |
| 22:24 | < othila> | honestly I'm building that dick mech as a response to the King Wizard |
| 22:25 | < othila> | I'ts not really there yet but I want it to be a sort of response to the design; think and lanky vs wide and blocky |
| 22:25 | < othila> | wish I had enough pink to do real color blocking with it, though |
| 22:25 | < Malcolm> | That's a nice idea |
| 22:26 | < othila> | I assume you saw |
| 22:26 | < othila> | this |
| 22:26 | < othila> | [17:25] <Malcolm> That's a nice idea |
| 22:26 | < othila> | er |
| 22:26 | < othila> | http://www.flickr.com/photos/82225126@N06/8354967693/in/photostream |
| 22:26 | < othila> | this. |
| 22:27 | < Malcolm> | Hah! I had not seen that. Hilarious. And great |
| 22:27 | < huhwhozat_desktop> | squee |
| 22:27 | < othila> | I'm more or less in love with DeepCope |
| 22:27 | < Malcolm> | Yep, there's a really distinct building style there |
| 22:28 | < Malcolm> | Things that look blocky and simple, but actually there's a lot of detail and nuance |
| 22:28 | < othila> | yeah, I've thought so since the first frame they posted |
| 22:28 | < othila> | I was hooked |
| 22:29 | < Malcolm> | The first one that really got me was the orange and white Kyrios |
| 22:30 | < Malcolm> | http://www.flickr.com/photos/82225126@N06/7644141664 |
| 22:30 | < othila> | yeah, the rear end on that one especially is great |
| 22:31 | < Malcolm> | I really need to up my game and stop building bloody MgNs |
| 22:31 | < othila> | heh, same |
| 22:31 | < othila> | I sold my soul for a company of Chubs |
| 22:31 | < Malcolm> | I'm borderline obsessive about refining it |
| 22:32 | < othila> | it's still very good, Greg's latest attempt was nice |
| 22:32 | < othila> | and the innovation in the new legs really adds a lot |
| 22:32 | < othila> | the marmoset leg, I mean |
| 22:32 | < Malcolm> | I loved the greebliness |
| 22:32 | < Malcolm> | of Gregs |
| 22:33 | < Malcolm> | I'm still constantly amazed about the interesting new versions of the MgN people keep coming up with |
| 22:33 | < Malcolm> | I think I should probably let the old dog lie after the Marmoset |
| 22:33 | < Malcolm> | I think that is about as far as it can be taken |
| 22:33 | < Malcolm> | Time for something new |
| 22:36 | < othila> | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0WOIwlXE9g&t=2m31s |
| 22:37 | < Malcolm> | Truer words have seldome been said |
| 22:38 | < Malcolm> | Seldome? |
| 22:38 | < othila> | the seldrome |
| 22:38 | < othila> | sunday, sunday, sunday. |
| 22:38 | < Malcolm> | What the hell is this, Elizibethan England? |
| 22:38 | < othila> | seldoume |
| 22:38 | < Malcolm> | I need to be more careful about my spellllling |
| 22:39 | < Malcolm> | Seldoume havve we ben so grevous afflicted bye thys raine of bricks Legoe |
| 22:40 | < othila> | keepe caulm and carrye oun. |
| 22:40 | < othila> | Oh god I'm from Cork |
| 22:41 | <~McMartin> | This is moving away from the Bard and more towards Chaucer |
| 22:42 | < Malcolm> | What, Dave Chaucer who held wicket for Yorkshire in the county championships in the 1970s? What's he got to do with it? |
| 22:44 | < othila> | argh |
| 22:44 | < othila> | this BEER FINDER website is taunting me |
| 22:44 | <~McMartin> | I was thinking more "the guy that wrote stuff down in Middle English"; ISTR that not having to pay attention to cricket was one of the primary motivators of the American Revolution |
| 22:44 | <~McMartin> | (Along with getting to ignore royal family gossip) |
| 22:44 | < othila> | it seems my coveted GENESEE SPRING BOCK has shipped, but only places two hours away have it |
| 22:44 | <~McMartin> | boo |
| 22:45 | < othila> | it wouldn't be so bad if I didn't KNOW about it |
| 22:45 | <~McMartin> | Ha ha |
| 22:45 | <~McMartin> | Ignorance brand vodka: it's bliss, after enough of it! |
| 22:45 | < othila> | http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VRdCELp76bI/R1Yj0Lbm7JI/AAAAAAAAAAU/7X1A5rDoEnI/s320/v ictory_gin.jpg |
| 22:51 | < Malcolm> | I currently have some awesome beers in the fridge |
| 22:52 | < Malcolm> | Tempest Morello Cresta stout, Tempest Red Eye Flight mocha porter, Ellezelloise Hercule, Luckies 1896. Some great small Scottish brewery stuff.. And a great small Belgian brewery, obviously |
| 22:54 | < Malcolm> | Hah! I just built the tinest of Lego robots for my wife. Professor Micro Microbius. Need to photograph that as well at some point |
| 22:54 | < othila> | it sounds adorable |
| 22:55 | < othila> | lots of places around here had THIS on tap for $3/pint |
| 22:55 | < othila> | http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/42/142 |
| 22:55 | < othila> | for like two weeks |
| 22:55 | < othila> | I'm so sad that's over |
| 22:59 | < Malcolm> | I tried some Ommegang stuff while I was in the US, mostly pretty good beer |
| 22:59 | <~McMartin> | Woo |
| 23:00 | < Malcolm> | I wish I could find my notes on all the beers I tried |
| 23:00 | <~McMartin> | And yeah, all good US beer is drunk before it leaves our borders >_> |
| 23:00 | < othila> | I'd be lying if I said I didn't partially just enjoy it for the high ABV |
| 23:00 | <~McMartin> | Though if I understand correctly, "good US beer" also means "I hope you like hops" |
| 23:00 | < Malcolm> | Well, there are some really good places over here that get in some great US beers |
| 23:00 | < othila> | not all US beer is hoppy |
| 23:00 | < othila> | but all the best US beer is hoppy. |
| 23:00 | < Malcolm> | Hmm, well, I've tried a lot of non-hoppy US beers |
| 23:01 | | * McMartin doesn't really drink, but rather likes Gordon Biersch's M?rzen |
| 23:01 | < Malcolm> | Although, sometimes the uber hoppy IPA thing goes a little far |
| 23:01 | < othila> | pfft |
| 23:01 | < othila> | blasphemy |
| 23:01 | < Malcolm> | Ever tried Mikeller 1000IBU? |
| 23:01 | <~McMartin> | "Peter Rabbit Ale: Now With More Hops" |
| 23:01 | < othila> | no |
| 23:02 | < Malcolm> | That Mikeller guy is fair off the charts when it comes to experimental beers |
| 23:02 | < Malcolm> | Although, his Beer Geek Brunch Weasel is one of the best |
| 23:02 | <~McMartin> | Band Name Alert |
| 23:02 | <~McMartin> | "Beer Geek and the Brunch Weasels" |
| 23:03 | < othila> | to be honest beer names are much more ridiculous than band names these days |
| 23:04 | < Malcolm> | Oh, they are indeed |
| 23:04 | < Malcolm> | Right, I must head to bed. Getting later here and I have to get up and teach recalcitrant undergraduates first thing in the morning |
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