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| 03:11 | | Mantisking [NSwebIRC@Nightstar-rg9mk7.ma.comcast.net] has joined #mf0 |
| 03:11 | < Mantisking> | Hello? |
| 03:15 | < Soren> | hello! |
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| 03:15 | < Shades_Corvid> | Any one else having Forum issues? |
| 03:17 | < Soren> | Yes. |
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| 04:22 | < Mantisking> | Hello? |
| 04:22 | < Soren> | Hello. |
| 04:25 | < Mantisking> | Hey. |
| 04:28 | < Mantisking> | Dukayn's checking out that error that has the forum down. |
| 04:28 | < Soren> | Thatās good. |
| 04:30 | < Mantisking> | Apparently it's a hosting issue. Which we can't fix. |
| 04:30 | < Soren> | oops. |
| 04:31 | < Soren> | Well, if I have to go up to Oakland and yell at Sean about something i can do that. |
| 04:31 | < Mantisking> | He's in Oakland? I thought he was in Denver. |
| 04:33 | < Soren> | Apparently. |
| 04:50 | | MittenNinja [user6958@Nightstar-qrcv5c.static.qwest.net] has joined #mf0 |
| 04:51 | < MittenNinja> | wussup? |
| 04:52 | < Mantisking> | Sup. |
| 04:53 | < MittenNinja> | how goes it? |
| 04:54 | < Mantisking> | Not too bad. |
| 04:55 | < MittenNinja> | good good. |
| 04:55 | < Mantisking> | You? |
| 04:56 | < MittenNinja> | i have to say, i may look at picking up a couple of those cycle chase sets for those helmets |
| 04:57 | < MittenNinja> | pretty good |
| 04:57 | < MittenNinja> | ive been trying to find a cost efficient way of getting some |
| 04:57 | < MittenNinja> | and that set is the best ive seen thus far |
| 04:57 | < Mantisking> | The Kreo Transformer helmets are really snazzy looking. |
| 04:58 | < Mantisking> | Are there any Marshalls, TJ Maxx, or Homegoods in your area? |
| 04:58 | < MittenNinja> | yeah. those white ones are the ones im interested in |
| 04:58 | < MittenNinja> | ross mostly, and i think one marshalls |
| 04:58 | < MittenNinja> | but yeah i havent looked in a while |
| 04:59 | < Mantisking> | Marshalls is where I got mine. |
| 04:59 | < MittenNinja> | i really wish i could just buy the helmets a la bricklink |
| 04:59 | < Mantisking> | All my nearby TJX stores seem to have a lot of Kreo at good prices. |
| 04:59 | < MittenNinja> | cause thats all i really want |
| 05:00 | < Mantisking> | Heh. Check my blog for Kreo customer service. |
| 05:00 | < Mantisking> | You might be able to order just the helmets. |
| 05:05 | < Mantisking> | http://www.hasbro.com/common/documents/6d0a17b55056900b100f781b9c2c69e3/F096E9BB 5056900B10C44FB163E5FCDC.pdf |
| 05:10 | < MittenNinja> | have you tried ordering them? |
| 05:12 | < MittenNinja> | it seems like its a form for ordering parts that were missing |
| 05:14 | < Mantisking> | I haven't tried ordering yet. Notice there's no place for proof of purchase. |
| 05:15 | < Mantisking> | Okay, it's time for me to go to bed. Later. |
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| 05:24 | | * CalaveraJoe waves |
| 05:25 | < Soren> | Evening. |
| 05:25 | < CalaveraJoe> | Forums kaput for anyone else? |
| 05:25 | < Soren> | A giant bag of 4x4 plates showed up today. |
| 05:25 | < Soren> | Thanks for the heads-up. |
| 05:25 | < CalaveraJoe> | Woot! |
| 05:25 | < Soren> | Itās ridiculous in the best way. |
| 05:25 | < CalaveraJoe> | No problem. I ordered a chunk of them as well |
| 05:25 | < Soren> | and yeah, thereās a hosting problem. |
| 05:26 | < CalaveraJoe> | I ended up ordering 100 of the plates from a different seller, hehe |
| 05:26 | < CalaveraJoe> | As well as the 4x4 cones |
| 05:26 | < CalaveraJoe> | and some 2x2 cones, too |
| 05:26 | < CalaveraJoe> | So I've got my bases all covered |
| 05:26 | < Soren> | So, double what you got, and you have whatās sitting on the end of my desk right now. |
| 05:26 | < CalaveraJoe> | I also still delight in opening up my box o travis bricks and just rifling through them |
| 05:27 | < Soren> | hah. |
| 05:27 | < Soren> | Iāve been hitting the PaB pretty hard. |
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| 05:28 | < CalaveraJoe> | I'm probably going to end up putting my Salamander frame in the pile and taking some Scrooge McDuck style pictures for giggles |
| 05:28 | < Soren> | Got foliage while they had it and a bunch of good stuff in bulk. |
| 05:28 | < Soren> | Itās gonna be diorama time. |
| 05:28 | < CalaveraJoe> | Yeah |
| 05:28 | < CalaveraJoe> | You ever just ask them to buy a box of something? |
| 05:28 | < Soren> | I did, and got a no? |
| 05:28 | < Soren> | But it may just have been the part i was asking for. |
| 05:29 | < Soren> | OR, locally, they donāt do K2s. |
| 05:29 | < CalaveraJoe> | *nod* The willingness of a store to sell the K boxes also seems to just depend on the sales person you get sometimes |
| 05:29 | < MittenNinja> | sup guys |
| 05:29 | < CalaveraJoe> | Sup Mitten |
| 05:29 | < Soren> | Yeah. I can ask management, probably, or talk to the BAYLUG guys, or as a last resort ask someone at Lego how I get my hands on too much of a good thing. |
| 05:31 | < CalaveraJoe> | I realized today I have a startlingly small quantity of the octagons |
| 05:31 | < Soren> | the 2x2 bar plate? |
| 05:31 | < CalaveraJoe> | Yeah |
| 05:31 | < Soren> | Yeah, those are worth getting in bulk. |
| 05:32 | < MittenNinja> | yeah i got a bunch of those from the Umberan polybags from last holloween |
| 05:32 | < MittenNinja> | im finally going to use them for a full ijad company too |
| 05:33 | | * mraichelson adds another check to āthe listā |
| 05:33 | < MittenNinja> | the list? |
| 05:33 | < CalaveraJoe> | I'm guessing it's a list o parts |
| 05:34 | < mraichelson> | the list of ijad converts. :) |
| 05:34 | < mraichelson> | http://i.imgur.com/kIJ7cTo.jpg |
| 05:34 | < MittenNinja> | hahaha |
| 05:34 | < CalaveraJoe> | The problem with the 2x2 bar plates is that in any notable quantity right now, they get pricey |
| 05:34 | < Soren> | Hmm. I wonder if thatās actually true. |
| 05:34 | < MittenNinja> | not as pricy as the pieces i plan to use with them |
| 05:34 | < Soren> | There are a couple mold variations, IIRC. Maybe just two, but still. |
| 05:35 | < CalaveraJoe> | Even a lot as small as 10 bumps them to $0.10+ each for white |
| 05:35 | < CalaveraJoe> | or $0.22+ for black |
| 05:35 | < MittenNinja> | thats not horrible |
| 05:35 | < MittenNinja> | not ideal |
| 05:35 | < MittenNinja> | but not horrible |
| 05:35 | < CalaveraJoe> | No, not horrible |
| 05:36 | < CalaveraJoe> | But when I get the bulk of my parts from PaB for fractions of a penny, or 2-3 cents a piece from bricklink, 10 cents a part is "expensive", hehe |
| 05:36 | < mraichelson> | what about the matte silver/pearl dark grey ones? |
| 05:36 | < MittenNinja> | im looking at at least $4 per scrambler just for the "thighs" |
| 05:37 | < CalaveraJoe> | Hrm, the 'reinforced' version is much cheaper for black ones |
| 05:37 | < CalaveraJoe> | Well, 5 cents a piece, but many more available |
| 05:37 | < MittenNinja> | joe are you looking at them for IO stuff? or frames? |
| 05:38 | < CalaveraJoe> | Yes |
| 05:38 | < CalaveraJoe> | *snicker* |
| 05:38 | < MittenNinja> | cause for frames the color isnt as important as most of the time they get covered by a binch of other stuff |
| 05:38 | < Soren> | http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=MagicCityBricks&itemID=53346863 *clears throat* |
| 05:38 | < CalaveraJoe> | Yeah |
| 05:38 | < CalaveraJoe> | Soren: That's the place I just found, hehe |
| 05:38 | < MittenNinja> | nice find soren |
| 05:39 | < CalaveraJoe> | Mitten: And yeah, though black and white seem to be the cheapest |
| 05:39 | < Soren> | Iām getting an extra 32. Send some to J, keep some on hand, throw four in the promo bin. |
| 05:39 | < mraichelson> | heh, thatās where most of my medium azure bits came from. |
| 05:42 | < MittenNinja> | azure is a color that ive wanted to delve into for a while now |
| 05:42 | < Soren> | Yeah. |
| 05:42 | < Soren> | Iāve been acquiring a few parts here and there. |
| 05:43 | < CalaveraJoe> | I'm mostly black, red, dark bley |
| 05:43 | < Soren> | Magenta, too. |
| 05:43 | < mraichelson> | wish there were more parts that were cast using it. |
| 05:43 | < CalaveraJoe> | Recently picked up a lot of smaller purple stuff from PaB wall |
| 05:43 | < mraichelson> | magenta would be nice to see more of. |
| 05:43 | < Soren> | Iām waiting for magenta to get cheaper before i really go nuts with it. |
| 05:43 | < Soren> | But I got some cones for missiles. |
| 05:43 | < CalaveraJoe> | Honestly, I wish it were less of a hassle to just order in bulk from Lego proper |
| 05:44 | < CalaveraJoe> | lol, store's quantity just dropped by 32 on the octagons |
| 05:44 | < Soren> | Yup :D |
| 05:45 | < CalaveraJoe> | Trying to think of anything they might have I need |
| 05:46 | < CalaveraJoe> | Nothing's more annoying than checking out only to think of one more thing |
| 05:47 | < MittenNinja> | yeah, and id love for sand green to come down in price |
| 05:47 | < MittenNinja> | and id love to mess with some sand blue too |
| 05:47 | < CalaveraJoe> | I have a sandwich bag full of sand green cheese wedges, lol |
| 05:47 | < MittenNinja> | hahaha |
| 05:48 | < Soren> | Sand blue is a bitch. Iāve never snagged enough to do anything really complex. |
| 05:48 | < CalaveraJoe> | Must resist urge to buy 200 octagons |
| 05:48 | < MittenNinja> | i have a bunch too |
| 05:48 | < MittenNinja> | yeah but it looks soooooo good |
| 05:48 | < Soren> | I do have a shitload of sand green from the old Yoda sculpture. That helps a lot. |
| 05:48 | < MittenNinja> | i need dishes and 2x2 tiles mostly at this point |
| 05:49 | < MittenNinja> | ive got a good number of wedges and 1x2 tiles |
| 05:49 | < Soren> | generally, if you have a comprehensive collection of plates in a color, itās just a matter of time before you can do other sutff. |
| 05:49 | < Soren> | stuff* |
| 05:49 | < Soren> | Ah, yeah. |
| 05:49 | < Soren> | well, letās see if we can find you a good deal. |
| 05:49 | < CalaveraJoe> | What's that part that's two studs with a 1x4 set of studs at 90 degrees? |
| 05:49 | < Soren> | How many are you looking for? |
| 05:50 | < MittenNinja> | most of what i saw was .20 to .25 ea |
| 05:50 | < MittenNinja> | well i want to use them for scramblers so 8 per frame |
| 05:50 | < MittenNinja> | so 48 ish? |
| 05:50 | < Soren> | Ouch. |
| 05:50 | < MittenNinja> | yep |
| 05:50 | < Soren> | Only shop that has that kind of quantity is three bucks a pop. |
| 05:50 | < MittenNinja> | exactly |
| 05:51 | < Soren> | the 2x2 tiles are more promising. |
| 05:51 | < MittenNinja> | yeah but they arent really much cheaper |
| 05:51 | < Soren> | But not a lot. |
| 05:51 | < Soren> | No. |
| 05:51 | < MittenNinja> | unless you go to international |
| 05:51 | < Soren> | Well. |
| 05:51 | < mraichelson> | were you talking about 2x2 dishes in sand blue? |
| 05:51 | < MittenNinja> | then it all depends on shipping costs |
| 05:51 | < MittenNinja> | nah sand green |
| 05:51 | < mraichelson> | oh, wait, germany. nm. |
| 05:51 | < mraichelson> | ah. |
| 05:51 | < Soren> | Germany is realtively cheap. |
| 05:51 | < Soren> | relatively* |
| 05:52 | < MittenNinja> | yeah. thats probably what ill end up doing |
| 05:52 | < Soren> | Franceā¦ some sellers are savvy and some are not. |
| 05:52 | < Soren> | Sylvain at 1001bricks is reliably good. |
| 05:53 | < MittenNinja> | im planning on doing sand green ijad with trans purple accents |
| 05:53 | < Soren> | hmm. |
| 05:53 | < Soren> | That sounds tasty. |
| 05:54 | < Soren> | Iām thinking about dark blue with trans-dar pink. |
| 05:54 | < Soren> | dark* |
| 05:54 | < Soren> | http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=98138pb019 Mostly because of this tile. |
| 05:54 | < MittenNinja> | nice |
| 05:54 | < MittenNinja> | i look forward to seeing it |
| 05:55 | < Soren> | Ideally, Iād like to get some dark azure in there, too. |
| 05:55 | < MittenNinja> | yeah |
| 05:55 | < CalaveraJoe> | Oooh |
| 05:55 | < Soren> | Itās definitely happening, Iām going to, mm, āconsolidateā the MF0 stuff thatās built or packed right now, so Iāll have plenty of parts. |
| 05:55 | < MittenNinja> | id love to mix in dark green, but there isnt a whole lot there |
| 05:55 | < Soren> | Yeah. |
| 05:56 | < Soren> | Get the Minecraft viallage, man. lots of 1x1 tiles in dark green, dark tan, white, you name it. |
| 05:56 | < Soren> | $35 and nothing useless. |
| 05:56 | < MittenNinja> | i wanted to build a fully dark green fat snake a while back |
| 05:56 | < Soren> | village* |
| 05:56 | < Soren> | Jesus, typing like shit right now. |
| 05:56 | < CalaveraJoe> | Yeah. The Minecraft sets are gold for Mf0 |
| 05:56 | < MittenNinja> | then i looked at bricklink and got sad |
| 05:56 | < MittenNinja> | ive thought about picking that up |
| 05:56 | < Soren> | Itās so good. |
| 05:57 | < Soren> | And thereās an extra pig face. |
| 05:57 | < CalaveraJoe> | Anyone know what the heck the 1 x 2 plate with the 90 degree 1 x 4 plate attached is? |
| 05:57 | < Soren> | So you can use pigs as your stations. |
| 05:57 | < Soren> | try under ābracketā |
| 05:57 | < MittenNinja> | or you could make pig pens |
| 05:58 | < CalaveraJoe> | Soren: That's it, thanks! |
| 05:58 | < MittenNinja> | "protect the bacon!" |
| 05:58 | < Soren> | Yw. |
| 05:58 | < mraichelson> | Soren: i have a little plate of your goats, still. |
| 05:58 | < Soren> | Awesome. I need to build new goats. |
| 05:58 | < Soren> | brb |
| 06:00 | < CalaveraJoe> | Someone tell me a good reason to only get 50 octagons instead of 100 |
| 06:00 | < MittenNinja> | it will cost you half as much? |
| 06:02 | < CalaveraJoe> | For 2.50, I'll just take the 50 more, lol |
| 06:02 | < CalaveraJoe> | Back shortly, meatspace calls |
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| 06:06 | < Soren> | Canāt argue with that. |
| 06:07 | < Soren> | Iām trying to build up a buffer of MF0 parts that I can keep boxed up for future projects, or to have promo frames to give away. |
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| 06:09 | < Soren> | wb. |
| 06:09 | < CalaveraJoe> | Thanks |
| 06:10 | < MittenNinja> | that sounds like a good plan |
| 06:10 | < MittenNinja> | i just wish i had more money to throw at this stuff |
| 06:11 | < CalaveraJoe> | I was careful to pick fairly common colors for my palette, which has helped keep costs down |
| 06:11 | < Soren> | Yeah, I try to be careful about costs as well. |
| 06:12 | < CalaveraJoe> | That, and living near two Lego stores, once of which I get a discount at (Yay Disney Pass!) has helped |
| 06:12 | < Soren> | Mm. PaB really is a godsend for microscale. |
| 06:12 | < CalaveraJoe> | Yeah |
| 06:12 | < Soren> | Because the best way to buy from a wall is to buy tiny stuff. |
| 06:12 | < CalaveraJoe> | I'd say 80% of my Lego kit is PaB wall stuff |
| 06:13 | < CalaveraJoe> | the other 20% is BL orders for specific things |
| 06:13 | < CalaveraJoe> | My plan for summer break, other than grad school apps, is to really hunker down and build 2-3 companies for RA and IO |
| 06:14 | < CalaveraJoe> | Because otherwise my chances of playing stay pretty nil |
| 06:14 | < Soren> | If I could load up on certain joint parts in bulk, I would be ecstatic. Clip plates and tiles, etc. |
| 06:14 | < Soren> | That is an excellent plan. |
| 06:14 | < mraichelson> | got lucky when i was visiting family and hit a PaB where they had dark bley tile clips. |
| 06:14 | < Soren> | score. |
| 06:15 | < mraichelson> | never did find travises on a wall though (and i went to 3) |
| 06:15 | < CalaveraJoe> | Yeah, I have more of these is Dark Bley than I will ever use http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=2555 |
| 06:15 | < CalaveraJoe> | Travis bricks on the walls seems to be a recent emergence |
| 06:15 | < Soren> | I used to say that about light gray. |
| 06:15 | < Soren> | Then, well, I figured out a way. |
| 06:15 | < mraichelson> | there is always a way |
| 06:15 | < CalaveraJoe> | Soren: I have a 1qt ziplock bag full of them |
| 06:15 | < CalaveraJoe> | I suppose it's /possible/, but it would require much effort |
| 06:16 | < mraichelson> | āi ordered 20 travis bricks, i will never need more!ā |
| 06:16 | < Soren> | Yeah, they had some in December. Then they came back last month. |
| 06:16 | < CalaveraJoe> | Problem is I got a bunch of the clips, then forgot I'd gotten them, so they ended up as "finish the cup" parts several times |
| 06:16 | < CalaveraJoe> | Until I had a crapton of them |
| 06:16 | < Soren> | I do wonder sometimes if weāre getting a wink-and-nudge from above. |
| 06:16 | < Soren> | Yeah, that happens. |
| 06:16 | < CalaveraJoe> | mraichelson: I've got around 1500 black travis bricks at this point |
| 06:17 | < CalaveraJoe> | I... think I'm good for a while |
| 06:17 | < Soren> | I probably have nearly that many. |
| 06:17 | < mraichelson> | lol |
| 06:17 | < Soren> | But Iāve sworn off saying āenoughā |
| 06:17 | < mraichelson> | i ordered 100 the other day. under $5 now. |
| 06:17 | < Soren> | If I have them, Iāll find a way to use them. |
| 06:17 | < CalaveraJoe> | I paid about $30 for the 1500 |
| 06:18 | < mraichelson> | want to replace the āhiddenā ones in stuff thatās using dark/light bley ones. |
| 06:18 | < CalaveraJoe> | Actually, I paid $25, as I had $5 lego credit hanging around |
| 06:18 | < Soren> | Mm. Then yeah, probably as many. |
| 06:18 | < Soren> | two half large cups and a full small. |
| 06:18 | < CalaveraJoe> | I just bought two big cups at one go |
| 06:19 | < CalaveraJoe> | Guy was all "Dude, that's a lot of that one part. Whatcha building?" So I gave him the link to mf0 |
| 06:19 | < Soren> | Iāve got a full sandwich bag and two bags of trees built with them. |
| 06:19 | < Soren> | And a fair number went into AB stuff. |
| 06:19 | < CalaveraJoe> | I kind of want to be an ass and just build a company from /only/ travis bricks |
| 06:19 | < Soren> | You should. |
| 06:19 | < Soren> | It would be fucking hilarious. |
| 06:19 | < mraichelson> | nothing but travis bricks and olive cheese wedges. |
| 06:19 | < CalaveraJoe> | No plates, no tiles, no nothing. 100% travis bricks |
| 06:22 | < Soren> | Doooo iiiiit. |
| 06:22 | < Soren> | the ragesplosion will be delightful. |
| 06:22 | < CalaveraJoe> | hehe |
| 06:23 | < CalaveraJoe> | mraichelson: Your tentacled guys are /rad/ |
| 06:23 | < mraichelson> | danke |
| 06:23 | < MittenNinja> | didnt someone already make a frame from just travises? |
| 06:23 | < CalaveraJoe> | And I suspect they would be a quick mod to turn into IO ships |
| 06:23 | < MittenNinja> | the travisty, i believe it was called |
| 06:24 | < Soren> | Yeah, the tentancled guys are pretty great. |
| 06:24 | < mraichelson> | MittenNinja: i think so. letās just go check the forum and OH RIGHT. |
| 06:24 | < mraichelson> | :) |
| 06:24 | < Soren> | -n |
| 06:24 | < Soren> | heh |
| 06:24 | < CalaveraJoe> | Forum's up |
| 06:24 | < MittenNinja> | haha |
| 06:25 | < CalaveraJoe> | http://mobileframehangar.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3403&p=28728 |
| 06:26 | < Soren> | Hunh, I missed those trees before. those are nice. |
| 06:26 | < CalaveraJoe> | Which trees? |
| 06:27 | < MittenNinja> | oh hey! the forum is back up! |
| 06:27 | < Soren> | I just snagged a bunch of bent technic connectors in brown to do trees. I bet it would look excellent with those little 1x1 brick units as foliage, too. |
| 06:28 | < MittenNinja> | i really want to make a bunch of trees like the ones yates made |
| 06:28 | < Soren> | http://mobileframehangar.com/viewtopic.php?p=38184#p38184 these |
| 06:28 | < Soren> | Yeah, those are nice. |
| 06:28 | < mraichelson> | his cotton candy/dr seuss ones? |
| 06:28 | < MittenNinja> | yeah, but not all cotton candyish |
| 06:28 | < Soren> | I made a pile of 1x1 brick czech hedgehogs, too. |
| 06:28 | < Soren> | 1x1 bricks rock. |
| 06:28 | < mraichelson> | those were stolen from the bg of one of yatesā frame pics. |
| 06:28 | < CalaveraJoe> | Those are nice simple trees |
| 06:28 | < MittenNinja> | exactly |
| 06:29 | < mraichelson> | but they will last a couple shots as cover |
| 06:29 | < MittenNinja> | http://www.mobileframehangar.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4503 |
| 06:29 | < MittenNinja> | those guys |
| 06:30 | < Soren> | letās see what suitable colors are cheap on Bricklink. |
| 06:30 | < MittenNinja> | i especially like the ones with the 4 with the slope wedge things |
| 06:30 | < mraichelson> | time for that sleep thing for reals this time. |
| 06:30 | | * mraichelson tips his cap |
| 06:30 | < Soren> | Night! |
| 06:30 | < MittenNinja> | iirc dark green ones arent too pricy |
| 06:30 | < MittenNinja> | night man |
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| 06:31 | < Soren> | Yeah. But you could do autum foliage in dark red and earth orange. |
| 06:31 | < Soren> | autumn* |
| 06:31 | < CalaveraJoe> | My plans for terrain are to use the small mountain of 1 x 2 log bricks in dark bley |
| 06:31 | < CalaveraJoe> | Because I'm /lazy/ |
| 06:31 | < Soren> | Thatās a very good plan. |
| 06:31 | < MittenNinja> | yeah, those things are so nice for terrain |
| 06:31 | < CalaveraJoe> | Yeah. I /think/ it's your idea I'm planning to ape, Mitten |
| 06:32 | < CalaveraJoe> | Didn't you do a blog post with em? |
| 06:33 | < MittenNinja> | youve seen my rock spires right joe? |
| 06:34 | < CalaveraJoe> | I believe those are what I was thinking of |
| 06:34 | < MittenNinja> | http://mfzorion6.blogspot.com/2013/09/building-terrain-rock-spires_14.html?m=1 |
| 06:34 | < CalaveraJoe> | Yup |
| 06:35 | < CalaveraJoe> | As I have rather a lot of logs, bamboo, and flower stems |
| 06:35 | < CalaveraJoe> | I also appreciate that you seem to be using the same giganto d20 I do for the clock |
| 06:36 | < CalaveraJoe> | Man, I still love your Meerkat design |
| 06:37 | < MittenNinja> | i still want a bigger one |
| 06:37 | < MittenNinja> | thanks dude |
| 06:37 | < CalaveraJoe> | Bigger how? |
| 06:37 | < CalaveraJoe> | Oh, sorry, d20, lol |
| 06:37 | < CalaveraJoe> | You could get the giant foam one |
| 06:37 | < MittenNinja> | haha yeah |
| 06:38 | < Soren> | I really should sit down and design a good Lego doomsday clock. |
| 06:38 | < MittenNinja> | or there are the inflatable beach ball sized ones |
| 06:38 | < Soren> | although 2x2 bricks would work just fine. |
| 06:38 | < MittenNinja> | they would |
| 06:38 | < CalaveraJoe> | http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvjweohL2v1qktf9to1_500.jpg |
| 06:38 | < MittenNinja> | or just use numbered tiles |
| 06:38 | < Soren> | Itās just a question of making it easy for eeryone to see. |
| 06:38 | < Soren> | everyone* |
| 06:38 | < CalaveraJoe> | http://www.rpgbooster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/giant-dice-d20-il_570xN.388 186223_8n7c.jpg |
| 06:39 | < MittenNinja> | right |
| 06:39 | < MittenNinja> | hence the big d20 |
| 06:39 | < Soren> | well, once you figure out a good configuration, you can apply stickers to match. |
| 06:39 | < CalaveraJoe> | Here we go: http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/blogs/geekdad/wp-content/uploads/2010/09 /D20.jpg |
| 06:39 | < Soren> | Hmm. |
| 06:39 | < MittenNinja> | just dont play in the middle of the night |
| 06:39 | < MittenNinja> | youll wake the downstairs neighbors |
| 06:40 | < Soren> | You could roll it with a catapult. |
| 06:41 | < MittenNinja> | or better yet, a trabuchet |
| 06:41 | < Soren> | I miss building trebuchets. I should do one when Iām fully unpacked and I have all my technic out. |
| 06:42 | < CalaveraJoe> | Okay, time for me to go do other things away from a computer. Have a good night folks. |
| 06:43 | < Soren> | you too. |
| 06:43 | < Soren> | sleep well. |
| 06:43 | < CalaveraJoe> | HA! Toddler + last week of the semester = Sleep, what's that? |
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| 06:46 | < MittenNinja> | and then there were two... |
| 06:47 | < Soren> | I think Iām going to quickly obliterate some spaceships. |
| 06:48 | < Soren> | http://fractalsoftworks.com/ If you have ten bucks and youāre also up for that. |
| 06:52 | < MittenNinja> | oh man |
| 06:52 | < MittenNinja> | that looks like ftl and escape velocity had a crack baby |
| 06:53 | < Soren> | Itās reliably better than Escape Velocity. |
| 06:53 | < Soren> | And I say this as an avid modder of that game. |
| 06:53 | < MittenNinja> | i loved that game |
| 06:53 | < MittenNinja> | then i must have it! |
| 06:53 | < Soren> | Itās still in development, but thereās a lot of community content already. |
| 06:54 | < Soren> | The mods make it, for me. |
| 06:54 | < Soren> | Blackrock Drive Yards, Shadowyards, Neutrino. Itās a hard game for me not to love. |
| 06:54 | < MittenNinja> | you could mod in some IO ships :p |
| 06:54 | < Soren> | I could. Iām still learning the APIs. |
| 06:55 | < Soren> | But my test cases are promising. |
| 06:56 | < MittenNinja> | im going to have to scrounge up $10 to throw at that |
| 06:56 | < Soren> | Hang on a sec. |
| 06:57 | < Soren> | Ah, good, I can buy a copy for someone else. |
| 06:58 | < Soren> | Whatās your email address. |
| 07:00 | < Soren> | Ah, there it is. |
| 07:01 | < MittenNinja> | holy shit. thanks dude! |
| 07:02 | < MittenNinja> | you didnt have to do that |
| 07:02 | < Soren> | No, but I did it. |
| 07:02 | < Soren> | :D |
| 07:02 | < Soren> | There, you should be getting email soon. |
| 07:03 | < MittenNinja> | yep i got it |
| 07:03 | < MittenNinja> | ill be downloading and installing as soon as i get home |
| 07:03 | < Soren> | So, make sure you hang on to that code. |
| 07:03 | < Soren> | Yeah. |
| 07:03 | < MittenNinja> | yeah for sure |
| 07:03 | < Soren> | Iāll make you a list of good mods to have on hand. |
| 07:04 | < MittenNinja> | sweet. thanks man |
| 07:05 | < Soren> | Yw. |
| 07:08 | < MittenNinja> | i like that some of the ships have an almost homeworld vibe to them |
| 07:10 | < MittenNinja> | at least the carrier on the main page does |
| 07:11 | < Soren> | Yeah. Theyāre quite pretty. |
| 07:15 | < MittenNinja> | i am excited to mess with this. |
| 07:15 | < MittenNinja> | how do the ship systems work as far as customization? |
| 07:15 | < MittenNinja> | is it like ftl? or more like stardrive? |
| 07:23 | < Soren> | Um. I havenāt played either! |
| 07:23 | < Soren> | FTL is on my to-play list, though. |
| 07:24 | < Soren> | Thereās a slot/socket system and a points budget for weapons and hull modifications. |
| 07:24 | < Soren> | Itās fairly untuitive. |
| 07:24 | < Soren> | erm. |
| 07:25 | < Soren> | intuitive* |
| 07:25 | < MittenNinja> | lol |
| 07:25 | < Soren> | although āuntuitiveā is going in my vocabulary box the next time I have to talk to someone about UI. |
| 07:25 | < MittenNinja> | makes sense |
| 07:25 | < MittenNinja> | i think its a great world |
| 07:25 | < MittenNinja> | *word |
| 07:25 | < MittenNinja> | kind of like autoblurbography |
| 07:25 | < Soren> | There, weāre even. |
| 07:28 | < MittenNinja> | wow im getting tired... |
| 07:28 | < MittenNinja> | i just read telephonically as telepathically |
| 07:32 | < Soren> | Iāve done that fully awake. |
| 07:32 | < Soren> | or things like it. |
| 07:33 | < MittenNinja> | yeah, im a little lysdexic at times |
| 07:33 | < MittenNinja> | usually when im tired |
| 07:45 | < Soren> | Mm. |
| 07:45 | < MittenNinja> | well hey, were atarting to close up shop here. thanks again for the starsector dude! |
| 07:46 | < Soren> | Youāre welcome. |
| 07:46 | < Soren> | I hope you dig it. |
| 07:46 | < MittenNinja> | im sure i will |
| 07:46 | < Soren> | Iāll probably be up for a while, so if you get stuck in, ping me. |
| 07:46 | < MittenNinja> | later man |
| 07:46 | < MittenNinja> | word |
| 07:46 | < Soren> | Later. |
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| 08:09 | < CedBed> | Hey Soren. |
| 08:09 | | CedBed is now known as Ced23Ric |
| 08:09 | < Soren> | Hey. |
| 08:09 | < Ced23Ric> | Morning! |
| 08:09 | < Soren> | Hah. I was just about to head to bed. |
| 08:09 | < Ced23Ric> | I bet. |
| 08:09 | < Ced23Ric> | You sleep well, then. |
| 08:10 | < Soren> | Weāll see. Iāve been getting up an hour or two after I fall asleep, so I might be back in short order. |
| 08:10 | | Soren is now known as Soren[away] |
| 08:10 | < Soren[away]> | later! |
| 08:10 | < Ced23Ric> | I'll around another 2ish hours. |
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| 14:36 | < Mantisking> | Anyone? |
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| 18:06 | < Mantisking> | Allo? |
| 18:23 | < Soren> | Hey. |
| 18:26 | < Mantisking> | How's things? |
| 18:27 | < Soren> | I am awake and I feel vaguely human. |
| 18:27 | < Soren> | Emphasis on āvaguely.ā |
| 18:30 | < Mantisking> | I felt that way this morning. Not enough coffee yet? |
| 18:30 | < Soren> | Nope. Fixing that right now. |
| 18:39 | < Mantisking> | Cool. I'm glad to see that we're keeping this chat fairly busy on an ongoing basis. |
| 18:43 | < Soren> | Mostly, yeah. |
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| 18:46 | < Soren> | Welcome back. |
| 18:47 | < Mantisking> | Hello. |
| 18:47 | < Mantisking> | Now if I could only think of something to talk about. :-) |
| 18:49 | < Soren> | hah. |
| 18:49 | < Soren> | The perpetual problem. |
| 18:49 | < Soren> | As ever, feel free to ask me questions if nothing else comes to mind. |
| 18:50 | < Soren> | theyāre relatively relaxing to answer, when thereās a real answer. |
| 18:55 | < Mantisking> | I will say, I had fun building your designs for PAX East. |
| 18:58 | < Soren> | Iām glad. |
| 18:58 | < Soren> | I had to build roughly twice as much stuff in half the time, so Iām still holding my breath a little every time someone builds them. |
| 19:03 | < Mantisking> | I still haven't built the Ijad carrier, so I'm not sure what that's like. |
| 19:04 | < Soren> | I thought it was the most fun to design, myself, so Iām interested to hear. |
| 19:06 | < Mantisking> | I'll have to give the plans a look. I don't think I've got enough white pieces for an exact build though. |
| 19:07 | < Soren> | It *should* be robust enough to handle some substitutions. |
| 19:07 | < Mantisking> | I have been thinking about putting together a Strider in dark bley and yellow to match another Scrambler I have built. |
| 19:07 | < Mantisking> | The Zealous could handle that one damn block being substituted. |
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| 19:30 | < Mantisking> | Hello. |
| 19:30 | < DSMK2> | Lo |
| 19:31 | < DSMK2> | Was hoping to lurk :/ |
| 19:31 | < Soren> | Would that there were much to lurk around the edges of! |
| 19:32 | < DSMK2> | Brain: Like lurking in a very shallow pool of water. |
| 19:32 | < Mantisking> | It was a little quiet and we saw you enter. |
| 19:33 | < DSMK2> | I did a exploratory probe into here and it was pretty empty, some few weeks back |
| 19:34 | < DSMK2> | Any topics floating about? |
| 19:35 | < Soren> | Iām only just getting enough caffeine in my system to be funny, so, pick your favorite and Iāll try to think of an appalling penis joke I can make about it. |
| 19:36 | < Mantisking> | Soren and I were just talking about the ships he built for Intercept Orbit. |
| 19:36 | < DSMK2> | Mmm. |
| 19:37 | < DSMK2> | *Thoughts go to kickstarter pics* |
| 19:40 | < DSMK2> | Kinda toying with the idea of a heavy weapons fast attack hover-legs frame. Though the official MF0 universe doesn't seem to have hover frames. |
| 19:40 | < Soren> | I am never going to say āwe didnāt do that, so you shouldnāt eitherā. |
| 19:41 | < Soren> | Joshua might, but tell him heās being ridiculous. |
| 19:41 | < DSMK2> | Sure why not :P |
| 19:41 | < Soren> | IT never hurts to try it and see. |
| 19:42 | < Mantisking> | There are plenty of frames on flight stands of all kinds in the Flickr group. |
| 19:42 | < DSMK2> | I burned my remaining (new) Lego pieces on a third "infantry" frame, I lack the pieces for a final squad member :/ |
| 19:46 | < DSMK2> | Gotta try out LDD and this time get pieces from BrickLink |
| 19:48 | < Ced23Ric> | Heya! |
| 19:48 | < Ced23Ric> | Soren. |
| 19:48 | < Ced23Ric> | I realized, I can't into any fiddly ship design. |
| 19:48 | < Ced23Ric> | I just can't. |
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| 19:48 | < Ced23Ric> | I suck all the dick around possible when it comes to fiddly or sleek ship design. |
| 19:48 | < Soren> | hello. |
| 19:48 | < Ced23Ric> | I am literally holding up a sign. |
| 19:49 | < mraichelson> | but there is only fiddly design! ONLY! |
| 19:49 | < DSMK2> | Greebles, greebles onna rectangle! |
| 19:49 | < Ced23Ric> | Hey Malcolm! What a great time to join us! |
| 19:49 | < Ced23Ric> | Well, yes. |
| 19:49 | < Ced23Ric> | Greebles ain't a thang. |
| 19:49 | < Ced23Ric> | But ships that look swwoping or fluid or predatory, I just can't. |
| 19:49 | < Ced23Ric> | Soooo ... |
| 19:49 | < Ced23Ric> | I'll go back to my roots. |
| 19:49 | < Ced23Ric> | And design German battleships. |
| 19:50 | < Ced23Ric> | In space. |
| 19:50 | < Malcolm> | Hello hello |
| 19:50 | < Soren> | What, bad armor layouts and really good optical rangefinding? |
| 19:50 | < DSMK2> | Most sleek ship designs feel like they're space fighters (a la starfox) expanded |
| 19:50 | < Ced23Ric> | >mfw the general had 23 posts since I went to work. ;_; |
| 19:50 | < Soren> | /troll |
| 19:50 | < Ced23Ric> | Soren: No. Big, mean baddies. |
| 19:50 | < Ced23Ric> | (Which were ultimately sunk because no escorts and shitty point defense, also torpedos.) |
| 19:51 | < Ced23Ric> | So, where do our guests come from? |
| 19:51 | < Ced23Ric> | Malcolm might be Mr. Craig. |
| 19:51 | < Ced23Ric> | DSMK2, mraichelson, I haven't the faintest. |
| 19:51 | < DSMK2> | I'm a new guy. |
| 19:52 | < Ced23Ric> | Hello new guy! |
| 19:52 | < Ced23Ric> | Did you just kinda stumble across MFZ and the forums, then? |
| 19:52 | < DSMK2> | (Dear god wasn't Ced23Ric from Warframe?) |
| 19:52 | < Ced23Ric> | Ha! |
| 19:52 | < mraichelson> | nearly in the middle of missouri here. |
| 19:52 | < Ced23Ric> | Yes, yes he was. |
| 19:52 | < Ced23Ric> | I am that Ced23Ric. |
| 19:52 | < DSMK2> | I blame the Escapist Magazine for bringing me here. |
| 19:52 | | * DSMK2 gives Ced23Ric a respectful bow |
| 19:52 | < DSMK2> | I am a peasant under you! |
| 19:52 | < DSMK2> | A nameless peasant! |
| 19:52 | < Ced23Ric> | The honour is all mine. |
| 19:53 | < Mantisking> | The Escapist magazine? |
| 19:53 | < Ced23Ric> | (See, Soren? I told you I had a name there.) |
| 19:53 | < Ced23Ric> | DSMK2: Where'd you play? |
| 19:53 | < DSMK2> | Eh? |
| 19:53 | < Ced23Ric> | Clanwise. |
| 19:54 | < DSMK2> | Small clan: LonelySpaceNinjas |
| 19:54 | < Mantisking> | What's this Escapist magazine you mentioned? |
| 19:55 | < DSMK2> | http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/133212-LEGO-Robot-Wargame-Mobile-Frame -Zero-Goes-Space-With-Alpha-Bandit |
| 19:55 | < Ced23Ric> | Escapist Mag is a pretty old, pretty widely set-up online magazine, Ray. |
| 19:55 | < DSMK2> | Zero Punctuation led me to it in the first place |
| 19:55 | < Ced23Ric> | Home of Zero Punctuation and Unskippable, two quite decent video game series. |
| 19:55 | < Ced23Ric> | ... see? |
| 19:55 | < Ced23Ric> | They also hosted Anthony Burch's "Anthony saves the world". |
| 19:55 | < Ced23Ric> | That's the guy who wrote Borderlands, by the by. |
| 19:56 | < Ced23Ric> | And they picked up Jimquisition. |
| 19:56 | < Ced23Ric> | if you want to be yelled at for some time, it's a great show. |
| 19:56 | < Ced23Ric> | DSMK2: I guess we never interacted much, then. @LonelySpaceNinjas. |
| 19:57 | < Ced23Ric> | But you probably saw my posts 'n stuff. |
| 19:57 | < DSMK2> | Yep! |
| 19:57 | < DSMK2> | Like I said, I'm a peasant under you :P |
| 19:58 | < Ced23Ric> | Not anymore. |
| 19:58 | | * DSMK2 does more face planting bows in hopes of fading into obscurity in Ced23Ric's view of the world |
| 19:58 | < Mantisking> | Oh, I've read that article. |
| 19:58 | < Ced23Ric> | While I was a moderator for the MFZ forums, that's a hting of the (2012) past. |
| 19:58 | < Ced23Ric> | Ray#s a mod there, though. |
| 19:58 | < Ced23Ric> | And Soren's ... well, Soren. |
| 19:58 | < Mantisking> | Yup. |
| 19:59 | < Mantisking> | I also write the Mobile Frame Garage blog. |
| 19:59 | < Soren> | Hey, the goat dropped charges. |
| 19:59 | < Soren> | I was found innocent. |
| 19:59 | < DSMK2> | I blame that movie, Soren/Josh for sticking a stimpak into my formerly decaying love for Lego. |
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| 19:59 | < Ced23Ric> | Lego love never decays truly. |
| 19:59 | < Ced23Ric> | It only sleeps. |
| 20:00 | < DSMK2> | That it does. Incidentally, it revived my quest to create Micro lego mecha; back when I was young, saw a gallery of micro mechas, vehicles, and ships. |
| 20:01 | < DSMK2> | The creator used grey/blue pieces... His name is lost to history though. |
| 20:01 | < Soren> | Nah. |
| 20:01 | < DSMK2> | Oh? |
| 20:01 | < Soren> | Jeremy Sproat. |
| 20:01 | < DSMK2> | That is him! |
| 20:02 | < Ced23Ric> | How do you know that from such a vague description? |
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| 20:02 | < Soren> | Havenāt seen him around in ages. But he was in fact a real person who existed, and once I stop trying to fist-fuck my route preferences down Google Mapsā throat, I will find you his Brickshelf gallery. |
| 20:02 | < Ced23Ric> | Soren, help me out here - there is a 1x3 (or, 2x3, if you talk maxed footprint) brick with a side angle, right? |
| 20:02 | < Soren> | Beats me. The meat just moves on its own. |
| 20:02 | < Ced23Ric> | Basically, a brickwing. |
| 20:02 | < Malcolm_> | http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=sproaticus |
| 20:03 | < Soren> | Beat me to it. |
| 20:03 | < DSMK2> | I recall him having a website. |
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| 20:04 | < Soren> | http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=19536 Specifically, youāre looking for these guys. |
| 20:04 | < Mantisking__> | Dammit. I got kicked out again. |
| 20:04 | < DSMK2> | ... Somehow found him in my middle school years even. |
| 20:04 | < DSMK2> | Thanks Soren. |
| 20:04 | < Soren> | Np, thank Malcolm. He was faster. |
| 20:04 | | * DSMK2 wonders about that. |
| 20:04 | < Malcolm_> | Faster, but just about to head off out to look for bats. |
| 20:04 | < Mantisking__> | Damn, I've never seen those before. |
| 20:04 | < DSMK2> | You found the name first :P |
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| 20:05 | < Mantisking__> | I'll have to add them to my inspiration list. |
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| 20:10 | < Ced23Ric> | Oh, man. I am sad now. I had this idea on my way home from work and now it looks like poop. |
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| 20:11 | < DSMK2> | Try to build a vague skeleton of the idea :P |
| 20:11 | < Ced23Ric> | I just did. |
| 20:11 | < DSMK2> | In lego? |
| 20:11 | < Ced23Ric> | And realized that the proportions are all off. |
| 20:11 | < Ced23Ric> | Nah, in LDD. For sketching, that's faster. |
| 20:12 | < DSMK2> | Dah |
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| 20:13 | | * DSMK2 hopes that he can find a MF0 game near him in NYC or Central NJ at some point |
| 20:14 | < Ced23Ric> | Ask me about it. I am probably the loneliest German ever. |
| 20:14 | < Ced23Ric> | So I am going to do some demo events. |
| 20:16 | < Mantisking1> | There are a few people in NYC/NJ area. |
| 20:18 | < DSMK2> | Mmm... |
| 20:19 | < Mantisking1> | Have you checked the gmae finder board on the Hangar. |
| 20:20 | < DSMK2> | Took a gander at it, but truthfully at the first page only so far |
| 20:20 | < Soren> | It shouldnāt be hard. IF thereās no thread, you can always start one. |
| 20:21 | < Mantisking1> | Soren, I know you're a whisky fan. Do you like any one in particular? |
| 20:22 | < Soren> | Iām neither old enough nor rich enough to get seriously into whiskey, but i do like it, yes. |
| 20:22 | < Soren> | I had a 12-year Macallan that was quite nice. |
| 20:23 | < Ced23Ric> | I can recommend a Scottish Glenfarclas. |
| 20:23 | < Ced23Ric> | That's also a 12 year old. |
| 20:24 | < Mantisking1> | I have a decent collection. |
| 20:24 | < Soren> | I think youāve mentioned, yeah. |
| 20:24 | < Ced23Ric> | But, then again, I drink whiskey once in the bluest moon. |
| 20:24 | < Soren> | At this point in my life, making enough money to get seriously into scotch is a goal, not a status, at least, not yet. |
| 20:24 | < Soren> | But Iām hoping to get up to the point where my drink is itself old enough to drink. |
| 20:26 | < Soren> | For abuses of whiskey, like making hard sauces or particularly exciting toffee, Bushmills is fine, but I havenāt done that in a while. |
| 20:26 | < Mantisking1> | I'll see if I can put together a "care package" for you. :-) |
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| 20:27 | < Soren> | Aw. Thatās very decent of you. |
| 20:27 | < MittenNinja> | heyo |
| 20:27 | < DSMK2> | Lo |
| 20:27 | < Mantisking1> | Chris, I've got a bottle of the Glenfarclas 12 on the open bottle shelf right now. |
| 20:27 | < Mantisking1> | Yo! |
| 20:27 | < Soren> | Iāll have to buy a glass to drink it out of. We keep the kitchen gluten-free for Julie. |
| 20:28 | < Ced23Ric> | Soren. 5 wide? |
| 20:28 | < Ced23Ric> | Or 7 wide? |
| 20:28 | < Ced23Ric> | (Carrier) |
| 20:28 | < Soren> | Wider is usually better. |
| 20:28 | < Ced23Ric> | Kay. |
| 20:29 | < Mantisking1> | Soren, PM me your address and I'll see what I can put together. |
| 20:38 | < Mantisking1> | Getting somewhat back on topic, lego, lego, lego. :-) |
| 20:40 | < Mantisking1> | Anyone have anything they're currently working on that they feel like talking about? |
| 20:41 | | * DSMK2 already said his idea onna hover mecha, once again, need parts for equipment. Though... |
| 20:42 | < DSMK2> | Do rocket/missile launchers count against the rockets limit? |
| 20:42 | < Soren> | Iām looking at weird yet cheap Bionicle parts in dark blue. I feel more Ijad coming on. |
| 20:42 | < Mantisking1> | DSMK2, do you mean a weapon that you're calling a rocket launcher? |
| 20:43 | < Mantisking1> | Mmmm, bionicle parts. I'm working on a fleet that incorporates them. |
| 20:43 | < DSMK2> | Well, back mounted VLS missiles like Armored Core :V |
| 20:44 | < Mantisking1> | So it's either a Direct Fire or Artillery attachment. |
| 20:44 | < DSMK2> | Yeah |
| 20:44 | < Mantisking1> | Therefore not a Single Shot Rocket. |
| 20:46 | < Ced23Ric> | What it LOOKS like is up to you. |
| 20:46 | < Ced23Ric> | The function is preset. |
| 20:46 | < Ced23Ric> | A SSR is single use only. |
| 20:46 | < Ced23Ric> | But if you have an array of tubes, a launcher with a magazine, or otherwise multishot launcher, it's either artillery or direct-fire. |
| 20:46 | < DSMK2> | Mmm |
| 20:47 | < mraichelson> | but, what if you have one unit with all three SSRs? :) |
| 20:47 | < DSMK2> | SSR: Panzer Fausts |
| 20:47 | < Ced23Ric> | Same thing. |
| 20:47 | < mraichelson> | can kind of justify it being one piece of gear until theyāre gone. but the function is the same. |
| 20:47 | < MittenNinja> | i use hand grenades for ssrs fairly often |
| 20:47 | < Ced23Ric> | Yah, Panzerfaust is quite the correct likening. |
| 20:47 | < Ced23Ric> | Whereas the Panzerschreck would be a weapon system. |
| 20:47 | | * DSMK2 should check out the rulebook for ammo count |
| 20:48 | < Ced23Ric> | Ammo count of what? |
| 20:48 | < Ced23Ric> | SSRs - 3 max per company. |
| 20:48 | < DSMK2> | Weapons? |
| 20:48 | < Ced23Ric> | All other weapons: "Enough for this engagement" ;) |
| 20:48 | < DSMK2> | (Muhahahahahaha) |
| 20:49 | < Ced23Ric> | I give up. |
| 20:49 | < Ced23Ric> | My carrier looks like a box with guns. |
| 20:49 | < Ced23Ric> | Fuck this. |
| 20:50 | < DSMK2> | Tuning fork! |
| 20:50 | < Ced23Ric> | This is the worst. |
| 20:51 | < Ced23Ric> | It is like writer's block, only I hate myself more. |
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| 20:51 | < Mantisking1> | MN! |
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| 20:51 | < MittenNinja1> | whuddup? |
| 20:51 | < DSMK2> | Could go look at Homeworld LPs for inspirations and such |
| 20:51 | < DSMK2> | Lo MittenNinja |
| 20:51 | < Soren> | Time to get a pen and waste some paper! Youāll come up with something, Iām pretty sure. |
| 20:52 | < Mantisking1> | Or maybe work on something else and let your brain percolate for a while. |
| 20:52 | < DSMK2> | Brain: There's also that transforma mecha space shooter |
| 20:53 | < DSMK2> | transforming* |
| 20:53 | < Soren> | http://jump-gate.tumblr.com/ Here. Roll some of this around in your skull for a while |
| 20:54 | < FlakManiak1> | What is the MFZ group called on Flickr? |
| 20:54 | < Ced23Ric> | Okay. ;_; |
| 20:54 | < mraichelson> | well clicking that isnāt going to help me get work done. |
| 20:54 | < mraichelson> | FlakManiak1: thereās two mobile frame zero and mfzero |
| 20:54 | < MittenNinja1> | mobile frame zero: rapid attack |
| 20:55 | < mraichelson> | (mfzero is just for brick, not LDD/etc) |
| 20:55 | < MittenNinja1> | yeah the mfzero one doesnt get a lot of action |
| 20:56 | < FlakManiak1> | Huh. A search for Mobile Frame Zero doesn't turn up anything. |
| 20:56 | < Ced23Ric> | MFZERO is one group. |
| 20:56 | < Ced23Ric> | Flickr search seems broken. |
| 20:56 | < Ced23Ric> | I tried looking for "lego" and got 0 results. |
| 20:56 | < Mantisking1> | https://www.flickr.com/groups/438009@N25/ |
| 20:59 | < FlakManiak1> | Okay, thanks Mantisking. Finally I joined. |
| 20:59 | < MittenNinja1> | im really looking forward to fleshing out my IO ship ideas |
| 21:00 | < FlakManiak1> | Alright. I need to go to choir. |
| 21:00 | < DSMK2> | Enjoy |
| 21:00 | < MittenNinja1> | later man! |
| 21:01 | < Ced23Ric> | Greg, did you dive into ships yet? |
| 21:06 | < MittenNinja1> | not yet no. |
| 21:06 | < MittenNinja1> | i have a few ideas, but i havent started to flesh them out yet |
| 21:06 | < MittenNinja1> | im focusing my efforts on designing custom companies for DCC |
| 21:06 | < Ced23Ric> | Gotcha. |
| 21:07 | < MittenNinja1> | i definitely want a bit of a homeworld esc aethetic though |
| 21:08 | < Ced23Ric> | Ha. Don't we all? :D |
| 21:10 | < Ced23Ric> | I tried my hand at a Vargyr destroyer. |
| 21:10 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/triangle_final.png |
| 21:11 | < Ced23Ric> | But, ultimately, wasn't too happy about it. ;_; |
| 21:11 | < DSMK2> | Looks nice though |
| 21:11 | < MittenNinja1> | not baf |
| 21:11 | < MittenNinja1> | *bad |
| 21:11 | < Ced23Ric> | I always end up with a concept that might work and when it's done, I hate it. |
| 21:11 | < Ced23Ric> | Ships are cruel. |
| 21:12 | < MittenNinja1> | its going to take awhile to get used to |
| 21:12 | < MittenNinja1> | just like when you first start building frames. |
| 21:12 | < Mantisking1> | Like frame design is any nicer? |
| 21:13 | < Ced23Ric> | ... true. |
| 21:14 | < Mantisking1> | :-) |
| 21:16 | < Ced23Ric> | You know what I also start to realize? |
| 21:16 | < Mantisking1> | Greg, what are these companies for DCC going to be? |
| 21:17 | < Mantisking1> | What, Ced? |
| 21:17 | < Ced23Ric> | Soren's a sneaky fuck. He certainly didn't limit himself to 8 wide on cap ships. |
| 21:17 | < Soren> | No. |
| 21:17 | < Ced23Ric> | No, you did not. |
| 21:17 | < Soren> | I pretty much treated the limits like guidelines. |
| 21:17 | < Ced23Ric> | The UMFL thing is, what, 10 if not 11 wide? |
| 21:18 | < Ced23Ric> | i am too lawful. D: |
| 21:18 | < Soren> | In part because Joshua made up arbitrary-ass limits without really thinking about how well they applied after we decided on designs. |
| 21:18 | < Ced23Ric> | Maybe I should think more like that. |
| 21:18 | < Ced23Ric> | If it looks good at 17 studs, 17 studs it is. |
| 21:18 | < Soren> | There are also plenty of little overhangs that we ignore. |
| 21:19 | < Soren> | antennae, the occasional tail boom. |
| 21:19 | < Soren> | Nothing improtant. |
| 21:19 | < Ced23Ric> | Well, yeah, that's all greebles. Those don't count. |
| 21:19 | < Ced23Ric> | It would take a special ind of asshole to measure from the boom. |
| 21:19 | < Soren> | Itās yet another good reason to have things at different heights. |
| 21:19 | < DSMK2> | Heh, is Josh thinking about fielding giant space station sections? |
| 21:20 | < DSMK2> | (active backdrops with weapons on it) |
| 21:21 | < MittenNinja1> | the companies will be for sale out at DCC |
| 21:22 | < Mantisking1> | I was wondering what they would look like, Chubs, Hi-Legs, etc? |
| 21:22 | < MittenNinja1> | not 100% yet. |
| 21:22 | < MittenNinja1> | they will definitely be more custom and tricked out than standard builds |
| 21:23 | < MittenNinja1> | ill probably do some with landscripts and hoplites |
| 21:23 | < MittenNinja1> | but chubs, conscripts, and hi legs will show up too |
| 21:24 | < Mantisking1> | Cool. |
| 21:24 | < Mantisking1> | Unfortunately I won't be able to make it out to the con. |
| 21:24 | < MittenNinja1> | what? how come? |
| 21:25 | < Mantisking1> | Oh, just a little thing like a wedding. |
| 21:25 | < MittenNinja1> | aha |
| 21:25 | < MittenNinja1> | yeah thatd do it |
| 21:26 | < Mantisking1> | Between cost and free time I wouldn't be able to swing it. |
| 21:27 | < MittenNinja1> | well that sucks man, i was looking forward to you coming out |
| 21:27 | < Mantisking1> | Me too. I'll try to make it next year. |
| 21:28 | < Mantisking1> | Maybe if we can get Dark Clouds to come we can turn it into a blogger retreat. :-) |
| 21:29 | < MittenNinja1> | hell yeah |
| 21:31 | | * DSMK2 feels like he said something dumb regarding space station sections |
| 21:32 | < Mantisking1> | Nah. It's just that none of really know what Joshua is intending. |
| 21:33 | < DSMK2> | Ah |
| 21:35 | < Mantisking1> | Stations in MFZ that actively do things generally don't happen though. |
| 21:36 | < Mantisking1> | They tend to be story McGuffins for the next game. |
| 21:38 | < Ced23Ric> | I know that Soren was looking into having derelict space stations as obstacles/cover. |
| 21:38 | < Ced23Ric> | But active "bases" that attack players doesn't sound llike something that'd mesh well with MFZ. |
| 21:38 | < Ced23Ric> | But, we shall all be wiser when the book's out. |
| 21:39 | < Soren> | The problem with those is that constant movement doesnāt play nice with big fixed anything. |
| 21:39 | < Ced23Ric> | "Aaaaand I drifted into the hostile stations attack range. Wicked." |
| 21:46 | < Mantisking1> | {* boom *} |
| 21:46 | < DSMK2> | Was imagining like, someone plunking a Lego Collector's edition executor and saying that it's a tip of a hub station |
| 21:46 | < Mantisking1> | That would be pretty neat. |
| 21:46 | < DSMK2> | *suddenly a no-fly zone* |
| 21:47 | < Mantisking1> | But it would also take up a lot of table space. |
| 21:47 | < DSMK2> | Yeah :/ |
| 21:48 | < DSMK2> | ... And I don't think it's realistic to carry a Lego Super Star Destroyer (and all it's tiny greebles) around. |
| 21:48 | < Mantisking1> | Well, if you own one and the game's at your house... |
| 21:49 | < DSMK2> | I wonder if anyone has played MF0 on good ol' carpet |
| 21:49 | < Soren> | I bet you could build a pretty good debris field from one. |
| 21:49 | < DSMK2> | THIS IS MY LIFELONG LEGO MODEL! |
| 21:49 | < DSMK2> | *drop* |
| 21:50 | < DSMK2> | NOW A DEBRIS FIELD! |
| 21:50 | < Ced23Ric> | I bought 6" x 7" of felt, 5 colours. |
| 21:50 | < Ced23Ric> | Blue for water, grey for urban, green for gras, black for space - and brown for either dirt roads, sand pits or beaches. |
| 21:51 | < Ced23Ric> | Probably gonna grab another one in beige, for desert stuff. |
| 21:51 | < Ced23Ric> | Cut it all into circles, 1.50m in diameter, and the rest will be carved into terrain elements. |
| 21:51 | < Ced23Ric> | A concrete road, a river, a pond, etc. |
| 21:52 | < MittenNinja1> | yeah thatll look good man |
| 21:53 | < Mantisking1> | The PAX East demo games were on green felt for RA and black felt for IO. |
| 21:53 | < Ced23Ric> | It's also an easy way to have an ever changing battlefield. |
| 21:53 | < MittenNinja1> | i want an urban cityscape table. im probably going to work with Dexter to get some mdf city street tiles |
| 21:53 | < MittenNinja1> | do a bunch of ruined buildings and such |
| 21:53 | < Ced23Ric> | Never been a fan of the lego tiles. |
| 21:54 | < Ced23Ric> | I mean, I get why they work. |
| 21:54 | < MittenNinja1> | yeah, hence laser etched mdf |
| 21:54 | < DSMK2> | Too constrained? |
| 21:54 | < Ced23Ric> | Oh. |
| 21:54 | < Ced23Ric> | MDF. |
| 21:54 | < Ced23Ric> | Yeah, now I gotcha. |
| 21:54 | < Ced23Ric> | DSMK2: Yeah. And quickly repetitive. |
| 21:54 | < Ced23Ric> | Lego City was probably one of my least favourite themes to begin with. |
| 21:55 | < MittenNinja1> | http://www.sharkmountedlasers.com/#!city-streets/c1gsw |
| 21:55 | < MittenNinja1> | like these |
| 21:55 | < DSMK2> | Lego terrain plates have a really 'toy' feel to em. |
| 21:55 | < DSMK2> | ... In my opinion :V |
| 21:55 | < Ced23Ric> | http://static.wixstatic.com/media/0a718c_0fd571c6ca8d42aba6f922b8ab30ff6c.png |
| 21:56 | < Ced23Ric> | Okay, that shit is boss, Greg. |
| 21:56 | | * DSMK2 recalls the podcast |
| 21:56 | < MittenNinja1> | yeah, paint them up to look super badass |
| 21:56 | < Ced23Ric> | Airbrush it. |
| 21:56 | < Ced23Ric> | You can surely use masking tape there. |
| 21:56 | < MittenNinja1> | yeab |
| 21:57 | < Ced23Ric> | Paint might be too thick/uneven in application. |
| 21:57 | < Ced23Ric> | But airbrush or rattle cans will look super dope. |
| 21:57 | < Ced23Ric> | Just don't forget to matte coat it after. |
| 21:57 | < MittenNinja1> | oh absolutely |
| 21:57 | < MittenNinja1> | ive done my share of minis painting |
| 22:01 | < Mantisking1> | Part of me wants to do an UNruined city. Lot's of tiny buildings with streets to travel down. |
| 22:03 | < mraichelson> | the kind of thing youād actually be likely to find a planet where all the cities are under 250 years old? :) |
| 22:05 | < Soren> | Itās actually pretty surprising how quickly a city can go completely to shit. |
| 22:05 | < mraichelson> | well, true. |
| 22:06 | < mraichelson> | (thereās been a lot of creepy pics from the chernobyl area to prove that) |
| 22:06 | < Soren> | If you look up photos of some of the North Korean industrial and port cities, thosewent dystopian about twenty years ago, and they look completely unreal. |
| 22:06 | < mraichelson> | heck even a bunch of detroit and people still live there. |
| 22:07 | < Mantisking1> | Hmmnn, I saw some pictures of abandoned U.S. shopping malls recently. Those might make for an interesting battleground. |
| 22:08 | | * mraichelson has blues brothers āthis mall has everythingā flashbacks |
| 22:08 | < Mantisking1> | I really have to do a blog post about things like that you can use for inspiration for terrain in a MFZ game. |
| 22:15 | < Mantisking1> | Alright guys, I'm out of here. |
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| 22:16 | < DSMK2> | Now to run off! Nice meeting you guys |
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| 22:20 | < mraichelson> | das wife is home here. off to the bike trail. |
| 22:20 | | * mraichelson waves |
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| 22:27 | < MittenNinja1> | i need to look into mass quantities of the 1x2 brick bricks |
| 22:28 | < Soren> | Well. Youāve got some options, there. |
| 22:29 | < MittenNinja1> | yeah |
| 22:29 | < MittenNinja1> | looks like around .10/ea is the lowest |
| 22:29 | < MittenNinja1> | in mass quantities anyways |
| 22:30 | < Soren> | http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=greenman&itemID=55838343 Yeah, this is the best deal going. |
| 22:30 | < MittenNinja1> | pinball surplus has a ton for .11/ea |
| 22:31 | < MittenNinja1> | http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=pinball13&itemID=36901024 |
| 22:31 | < MittenNinja1> | us shipping |
| 22:31 | < Soren> | TRue, although that matters less than youād think. |
| 22:32 | < MittenNinja1> | plus pinball gives you 10% off if you pay non paypal |
| 22:33 | < MittenNinja1> | just write a check instead and save 10% |
| 22:34 | < Soren> | Yeah, Iām clearly talking out my ass. |
| 22:41 | < Ced23Ric> | I have about 80 of those. |
| 22:42 | < Ced23Ric> | And 80 more in dark flesh. |
| 22:42 | < Ced23Ric> | A local store had them, knew the owner from a couple visits, got both bags for, I think, 10 euros. That's about 15 bucks. |
| 22:42 | < Ced23Ric> | But that was clearly a one time luck thing. |
| 22:54 | < MittenNinja1> | yeah |
| 22:54 | < MittenNinja1> | i probably wont buy any soon, but its something i want to do |
| 22:55 | < Soren> | Iāve been thinking about it. |
| 22:56 | < Soren> | Probably not in bulk, but 20 or 30, something easy.] |
| 22:56 | < Soren> | I like the idea of doing chipped or damaged walls, and those are nice for that around the edges. |
| 22:56 | < Soren> | Iāve got some in dark tan, so Iād probably snag the Flseh ones. |
| 22:57 | < Ced23Ric> | Yeah, I grabbed some of those on a recent Bricklink spree. |
| 23:01 | < MittenNinja1> | i want to do a dark bley footing around the building with stairs made of offset jumpers, then pile on lbley bricks to make the ruined walls |
| 23:01 | < MittenNinja1> | throw those around the mdf city streets woth some trees and foilage |
| 23:07 | < Soren> | Iāve found, looking at the sets those appear in, that I rather like them in small quantities, mixed in with ordinary bricks. |
| 23:07 | < Ced23Ric> | Yeah. I got a chunk full of other bricks and mix them in. |
| 23:09 | < MittenNinja1> | for sure |
| 23:09 | < MittenNinja1> | id probably use them for "trim" pieces |
| 23:10 | < MittenNinja1> | but if i want a 4x4 table full of these things, ill need a bunch |
| 23:11 | < Soren> | Yeah, but youāre no longer looking at break-the-bank quantity. |
| 23:11 | < Soren> | 60 would proabbly do you, and thatās six bucks. |
| 23:12 | < Soren> | Not great, but workable. |
| 23:19 | < Ced23Ric> | http://www.ced23ric.de/stuff/mf0/UMFL_capship_06.png |
| 23:19 | < Ced23Ric> | How about that? |
| 23:20 | < Ced23Ric> | Moved them tight to the front keel. Reshaped the keel while I was at it. And removed the keel mounts, because that'd be too much stuff in one area. |
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