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| --- Day changed Sat Mar 21 2015 |
| 00:00 | < Shades_Corvid> | I pledged for one of the prebuilt |
| 00:00 | < addking> | Every ship from the book completed (+ the extra one from Soren), I have my HVA's ready... one ace is done... need to finish my other 2 and then order bits for the frame companies |
| 00:01 | < addking> | I need to learn/teach IO still. I've read the rules but haven't played a test game yet. |
| 00:02 | < addking> | Might be easier to 'infect' a few new players with spaceships |
| 00:02 | < addking> | Frames always look complicated to people who aren't builders |
| 00:08 | < Shades_Corvid> | I thnk the ships look more complex or at least the ones in the book but I think simple ships could be easy |
| 00:13 | < addking> | I had to order about 10 pieces off bricklink to finish them |
| 00:15 | < addking> | mostly the rarer parts - the big panels of the Ijad Carrier - the tube on the Free Colony ship (altho anyone with an Xwing set has 4 of them...) the huge Snot brick in the Free Colony Carrier were the only ones I *had* to have to complete them. I got a few parts for color consistentcy... |
| 00:17 | < addking> | I was just happy the draft of the rules had them in it - so I could build in LDD and then dig parts out and figure out what I needed way before the ruleset lands |
| 00:18 | < addking> | What's funny was I was just coming out of the 'Dark Age' like 2 months before RA kickstarter |
| 00:25 | < addking> | Which pre-built did you go for? |
| 01:33 | < Shades_Corvid> | sorry, Glee come on. Free Colonies. |
| 01:44 | < addking> | I really like the carrier for FC. |
| 01:44 | < addking> | The frigate is solid and looks very work-man like which IMO is a bonus. |
| 01:52 | < Shades_Corvid> | I still want to design or get the community to help design ships that look like they are made from astroids. |
| 01:57 | < addking> | The game? Or using rock-looking pieces to make an engine strapped to a rock kinda feel? |
| 02:00 | < Shades_Corvid> | rock with an engine! |
| 02:07 | < addking> | Well some of the mixels have a rock like covering piece... and there's the little boulder pieces... |
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| 02:45 | < Shades_Corvid> | Hey MK |
| 02:45 | < Mantisking> | Hey. |
| 02:45 | < Mantisking> | How's things? |
| 02:47 | < Shades_Corvid> | Did some ordering on mobilefra.me, talking here about your latest blog post or more the contents of it and a bit about IO. Now that I am done watching Glee and Grimm, back to bricklink.com for more ordering and working on an associated blog post. |
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| 02:51 | < Shades_Corvid> | wb |
| 02:52 | < Mantisking> | You have really got to be kidding me. |
| 02:52 | < Shades_Corvid> | I thought you got a dedicated program? |
| 02:52 | < Shades_Corvid> | repost: Did some ordering on mobilefra.me, talking here about your latest blog post or more the contents of it and a bit about IO. Now that I am done watching Glee and Grimm, back to bricklink.com for more ordering and working on an associated blog post. |
| 02:52 | < Mantisking> | I think I downloaded it but I can't remember. |
| 02:52 | < Shades_Corvid> | lol |
| 02:53 | < Mantisking> | what in particular about my latest blog post? |
| 02:53 | < Shades_Corvid> | The mysterious piece that serves as the foot for the big yellow guys. |
| 02:54 | < Mantisking> | It's a spoiler from the Cars line. |
| 02:55 | < Shades_Corvid> | Boom, hope addking catches that. |
| 02:55 | < addking> | Spoiler from the Cars line? |
| 02:55 | < addking> | hmm |
| 02:55 | < addking> | k. bricklink it is need part number |
| 02:55 | < addking> | thx! |
| 02:56 | < Mantisking> | http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=98834pb01 |
| 02:57 | < Shades_Corvid> | This is one of the reason's Ray is the man. |
| 02:57 | < Mantisking> | {* shrug *} |
| 02:58 | < Shades_Corvid> | Wish that fit on a 4x4 http://moc.bricklink.com/pages/moc/mocitem.page?idmocitem=229 |
| 02:58 | < Mantisking> | That post got some crazy attention today. +21 on G+, 174 hits, and 28 likes on FB. |
| 02:58 | < Shades_Corvid> | and minifig scale ...http://moc.bricklink.com/pages/moc/mocitem.page?idmocitem=1152 |
| 03:00 | < addking> | oh damn, that was fast |
| 03:00 | < addking> | I didn't see that actually, I alt-tabbed and dug it up |
| 03:00 | < Mantisking> | I knew what I was looking for. |
| 03:00 | < addking> | I need to find it in LDD still. |
| 03:00 | < Shades_Corvid> | I don't think cars is in LLD |
| 03:00 | < addking> | I did post that link - so Lee knows what part it is |
| 03:01 | < addking> | Might not be - that is a limitation. |
| 03:01 | < addking> | I just tossed it up on top of 2 boomboxes :p |
| 03:01 | < addking> | they were about the right height had the correct handle orientation |
| 03:01 | < Shades_Corvid> | How does it look with them? |
| 03:02 | < Mantisking> | It'd be funny if you used toolboxes. |
| 03:02 | < addking> | I left them colored red. If they were available in black it would be okay. Toolboxes was considered, but the handles looked a bit too close to the box top. |
| 03:03 | < Shades_Corvid> | *is just over her screen capturing bricklink* |
| 03:03 | < addking> | I mean the whole thing is basically t-pieces, candleholders and a few travis and 1x1 bricks with 2 knobs |
| 03:03 | < addking> | and a lot of clips |
| 03:03 | < addking> | I did think the hip arena is very cool tho. It's literally held together by the t-pieces |
| 03:04 | < Mantisking> | That's kinda crazy. |
| 03:05 | < addking> | Yeah I dont' think I'd want to field one of those, it's pretty fragile |
| 03:06 | < Mantisking> | Don't shake the table! |
| 03:06 | < addking> | between that and the minifig neckbraces... the fact that the arms are just a tee stuffed into a travis... I |
| 03:06 | < addking> | 'm guessing those arms won't hold on long if played wiht |
| 03:07 | < addking> | yeah for sure. |
| 03:07 | < Shades_Corvid> | No bumping |
| 03:07 | < addking> | I really do like the hazard striping and it's very industrial looking. |
| 03:07 | < addking> | I should have slapped it next to chub for height comparison tho |
| 03:08 | < addking> | guess i can still do that |
| 03:08 | < Mantisking> | I'm sure there are sturdier ways to build it. |
| 03:08 | < Shades_Corvid> | you can make a chub template so you can just import as needed |
| 03:09 | < addking> | I have one |
| 03:09 | < Mantisking> | I really need to build more Stumpies and keep up with the propaganda war |
| 03:10 | < addking> | it's about 2 chubs wide and about 1/3rd of a chub taller, but you can easily shorten it by angling some parts more, like the hi-leg does |
| 03:11 | < addking> | spoiler with shaft... found it in LDD |
| 03:12 | < addking> | that brings it down a little bit too, about 2 plates.. |
| 03:12 | < Mantisking> | Nice. |
| 03:12 | < addking> | guess the boombox is bigger than i thought |
| 03:12 | < addking> | I still don't feel like wrapping that chainsaw tho... what a PITA |
| 03:15 | < Mantisking> | It's bad enough in real life, in LDD it must be horrendous. |
| 03:15 | < addking> | I spent like 20 mins trying.. |
| 03:16 | < Shades_Corvid> | @_@ |
| 03:16 | < addking> | at that point it was 98% done so... whatever |
| 03:16 | < Shades_Corvid> | I about 90% sure I am going to sell ALL my warhammer 40k stuff. |
| 03:17 | < Shades_Corvid> | and use it to fund MF0 of course. |
| 03:17 | < Mantisking> | Of course. |
| 03:17 | < addking> | 2 of my players are ex 40k guys. One played Warmachine (that's teh one with jacks right?) for a while too.. |
| 03:18 | < Shades_Corvid> | for the BIG game at PAX2016, I am more worried about building stations and cover pieces then frames. |
| 03:19 | < Mantisking> | Don't remind me. :-) |
| 03:19 | < addking> | I kinda want to convert my Lex Luthor power armor to a Chub |
| 03:19 | < Mantisking> | I remeber playing Warhammer back in '86 or '87. |
| 03:19 | < Shades_Corvid> | Looks like a good starting point |
| 03:20 | < addking> | I played a million RPGs but wasn't a tabletop wargamer outside that. |
| 03:20 | < Shades_Corvid> | MF0 certainly more leans to the skirmish style wargame, which Warmachine does too, right? |
| 03:21 | < addking> | I used to watch the hardcore dudes paint figs and/or cry about painting figs... |
| 03:22 | < addking> | lucky to have grown up near the local hobby shop |
| 03:22 | < Shades_Corvid> | I have two 40K armies and the start of a third. |
| 03:22 | < Shades_Corvid> | or was that a small point 3rd army... |
| 03:23 | < Shades_Corvid> | THERE IS NO BLACK HINGE BRICKS!!! *dies* |
| 03:24 | < addking> | I'm always surprised that the Games Workshop store is still open... |
| 03:24 | < Shades_Corvid> | Why? |
| 03:24 | < Mantisking> | What, no black hinges? |
| 03:25 | < addking> | It's in a mall with expensive rent in Auburn Hills... |
| 03:25 | < Shades_Corvid> | That is where most Games Workshops are at. |
| 03:25 | < addking> | and I've never seen it busy, obviously they do sell stuff |
| 03:26 | < Shades_Corvid> | I am sure they have tournies at some point which is where the regular flow of cash comes |
| 03:26 | < Shades_Corvid> | according to bricklink, known colors: light bluish gray, light gray, red, yellow and trans orange. |
| 03:27 | < Shades_Corvid> | I was wanting to get black with a trans orange melee piece to go with the frames I ordered from mobilefra.me |
| 03:27 | < addking> | what kind of hinge brick? |
| 03:27 | < Shades_Corvid> | the one we use for the rulers |
| 03:27 | < Shades_Corvid> | http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=30387 |
| 03:28 | < Shades_Corvid> | though there is a lot for sale saying white |
| 03:28 | < addking> | try the 1x2 bricks? You'd have to cover the top/bottom but might have better color choices? |
| 03:29 | < Shades_Corvid> | I think MK is doing is thing given the silence. |
| 03:31 | < Shades_Corvid> | There is black but would the hook up come out right still? |
| 03:31 | < Shades_Corvid> | the hook up points act out as your 5th stud. |
| 03:31 | < Shades_Corvid> | on the standard ruler build. |
| 03:32 | < addking> | one sec... |
| 03:32 | < addking> | https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3jukainedpeaq4t/szs7mwVYf6#lh:null-Demo%20Teams.jpg |
| 03:32 | < addking> | you could build one like Soren did |
| 03:33 | < addking> | but I just checked, there's no 1x4 or 1x2 Transorange plates or bricks =( |
| 03:33 | < Mantisking> | Hunh. |
| 03:33 | < addking> | sorry, Tiles or plates |
| 03:33 | < Mantisking> | Try 1x2 hinge plates in black with black 1x4 plates and tiles. |
| 03:34 | < Mantisking> | I built a bunch of rulers off the PaB wall using hinge plates. |
| 03:35 | < addking> | there's not enough trans-orange pieces for a ruler that I can find.. |
| 03:36 | < Shades_Corvid> | Just need one, just for the melee section |
| 03:37 | < Mantisking> | I think I've got enough of the Trans-Orange hinge bricks for a ruler. |
| 03:37 | < addking> | If you do one with plates like Soren's in the pic - you could do black and regular orange easy enough. |
| 03:38 | < Shades_Corvid> | I was just thinking that AK |
| 03:38 | < Shades_Corvid> | might prove more useful that way for the blog post too |
| 03:39 | < addking> | well... MK has a bunch :P |
| 03:39 | < addking> | I do see some for sale on Bricklink |
| 03:40 | < Shades_Corvid> | I tech don't have order trans orange, I have three still from the order I did before. |
| 03:41 | < Mantisking> | Mine come from one of the Chima speeder sets. |
| 03:41 | < addking> | all of mine are light bluish grey and yellow. I have 3 rulers, the third one is set up for IO. |
| 03:42 | < addking> | I ordered the parts for 2, the rest came from a big garage sale lot I got once. |
| 03:42 | < Shades_Corvid> | the blog post is about using bricklink |
| 03:42 | < Mantisking> | LOL! |
| 03:43 | < addking> | spent 40 bucks, pulled enough stuff to build most of the IO ships, at least enough parts for 8-10 frames. There's still massive amounts of stuff in the basement. |
| 03:43 | < Shades_Corvid> | Dr. Strangebrick or How I Learned to Relax and Love the Bricklink is the title. |
| 03:43 | < addking> | Nice |
| 03:43 | < Mantisking> | Nice. |
| 03:43 | < Mantisking> | Reminds me of one of my early posts. |
| 03:44 | < addking> | altho I will admit, my last bricklink order - i meant to get 2x2 radar dishes in trans red... ordered 4x4's by error... |
| 03:44 | < addking> | upside was I still had another small order to go, so I was able to fix it... but now I have 4 4x4 dishes... with no current use |
| 03:45 | < Mantisking> | So I'm looking at my 500th post sometime in the second week of July. |
| 03:45 | < Shades_Corvid> | wow |
| 03:45 | < Shades_Corvid> | Dr.Strangebrick will be one of the posts that gets a permant home at the top of the blog |
| 03:45 | < Mantisking> | Cool. |
| 03:46 | < addking> | That's a lot! |
| 03:46 | < Shades_Corvid> | Not that it is a contest but I am at 104. |
| 03:46 | < Shades_Corvid> | -_- |
| 03:46 | < addking> | I'm at 0 :P |
| 03:47 | < Shades_Corvid> | ^is sarcasm. |
| 03:47 | < Mantisking> | I've got to sit down and count all of the blog posts the other guys have made. |
| 03:47 | < addking> | I thought I'd set one up once I had my planet set-up and what not.. |
| 03:48 | < addking> | I've got the rough notes for the setting but it's too much work and I'm too lazy... I haven't even done a battle report for 4-5 months |
| 03:48 | < addking> | I suppose I should do one tomorrow |
| 03:48 | < Shades_Corvid> | we need to convince some lego club that shares brick to build a transit gate |
| 03:48 | < Shades_Corvid> | *that will never happen |
| 03:49 | < addking> | I have a train track that's circular |
| 03:49 | < addking> | from the Alien Conquest sets |
| 03:49 | < Mantisking> | Take a look at all the other blogs for MFZ that have died or gone dormant. |
| 03:49 | < addking> | I should build that out as a transit gate |
| 03:49 | < Mantisking> | I did a micro one back before transit gates existed. |
| 03:50 | < addking> | I think it'd be pretty good sized compared to the IO ships |
| 03:50 | < addking> | actually.. |
| 03:50 | < Shades_Corvid> | *plays I am a survivor |
| 03:51 | < Mantisking> | https://www.flickr.com/photos/35895569@N05/5755791687/in/set-72157626524211567 |
| 03:51 | < Shades_Corvid> | I love you Joshue but goddamit the layout of this rulebook |
| 03:51 | < Shades_Corvid> | I remeber that |
| 03:51 | < addking> | I really like those towers |
| 03:51 | < addking> | The gate is decent |
| 03:52 | < Mantisking> | It's way too big to be a station. |
| 03:52 | < addking> | Well - that's why the one guy (brain failing) did the compact rule set right? |
| 03:52 | < Shades_Corvid> | Yes |
| 03:52 | < Mantisking> | Cedric. |
| 03:52 | < Shades_Corvid> | Then make the gate an Objective, not a station :P. Oh, more houserules ideas |
| 03:54 | < Mantisking> | It's probably going to be retired to scenery. |
| 03:55 | < Shades_Corvid> | Alright so the Ruler is 8 units, one being taken up by the trans orange pieces so I would need 7 1-finger plates, 7 2-finger plates and 28 1x4 plates? |
| 03:55 | < Mantisking> | 14 plates. |
| 03:56 | < addking> | 14 max, altho if you want that bottom corner angle, you do need to use the 1x2's on the bottom |
| 03:56 | < addking> | the bricks have that corner angle on them to allow the circle folding |
| 03:56 | < addking> | the 1x4 on the bottom will stop bending when it hits |
| 03:57 | < addking> | it's prolly only 1 or 2 clicks difference |
| 03:57 | < Shades_Corvid> | one for the top and one for the bottom or is just going to look weird next to the trans orange piece. Aesthetics people! |
| 03:57 | < addking> | i could test real quick if you want to know |
| 03:57 | < Mantisking> | Alternating the facings of the sections should fix that. |
| 03:57 | < Shades_Corvid> | 1x2 on bottom would most likely be the better choice? |
| 03:58 | < Mantisking> | I swear I see something new every time I look at that MFZ errata dropbox. |
| 03:59 | < addking> | he did clean-up/organize it a bit more a year ago |
| 04:00 | < Shades_Corvid> | Those are credits! LOL value is in peaches! Should I use some for my cosplay? make it rain? |
| 04:00 | < addking> | that was when I doing LDD for a lot of 'em. I didn't see the 'firestarters' in there for a while, like 2-3 months |
| 04:02 | < addking> | yeah the peaches are pretty coo |
| 04:02 | < addking> | l* |
| 04:03 | < Mantisking> | I'm sure it's not new material, it's just something that catches my eye and I notice a technique in a way I hadn't before. |
| 04:03 | < Mantisking> | Speaking of cosplay, the wife and I keep talking about making plushy Ijad. |
| 04:04 | < Shades_Corvid> | YES! |
| 04:04 | < Shades_Corvid> | I would so clip it to my shoulder during G+ hangouts |
| 04:05 | < Mantisking> | Just have the feelers draped over your chest. |
| 04:06 | < Mantisking> | It'd really be nice to have one made that we could show to people as a prop. |
| 04:06 | < Shades_Corvid> | I would go with a retracted design for a plushie, long if you were going to have it on back of your neck or something as if it was bounded. |
| 04:07 | < Mantisking> | An Ijad isn't that big really. 10cm roughly if I remember correctly. |
| 04:08 | < Shades_Corvid> | Sounds right, I remember a mention to the size of the human hand. I am refering to the feelers/antenta. They are retractable, they can be very long (as you see in the bonded pair picture) or rather short as in the ijad example picture. |
| 04:10 | < addking> | Yup there's a pic in the main book. the 'body' is roughly hand sized, with long feelers |
| 04:12 | < Shades_Corvid> | pg 40, calls out 10 cm |
| 04:12 | < Mantisking> | I was thinking maybe wrapped pipe cleaners for antenna so you can pose them. |
| 04:14 | < Shades_Corvid> | same page they are short but on 41 you can see they are as long as the human half of the pair, well just about. So either they are shorten in the example ijad image or they are retactable (spool up inside of it?) |
| 04:14 | < addking> | if you weren't bald (like me) you could use a hair clip or shirt collar clip and/or both to place it on your head |
| 04:14 | < Shades_Corvid> | Again, for a plushie to carry not wear I go with short. |
| 04:14 | < addking> | I think they are kinda think when they are short, and and get really long and thin? |
| 04:15 | < addking> | and can* |
| 04:15 | < addking> | pg 40 you say |
| 04:15 | < Shades_Corvid> | a little of both and yes |
| 04:15 | < Mantisking> | I was think a velcro tag to attach it to shirts. |
| 04:16 | < Mantisking> | Or maybe some sort of choker band. |
| 04:16 | < addking> | choker band is ideal, but that's a hazard... |
| 04:16 | < addking> | I mean if I wanted to sport one, I'd just grow a patch of hair ;P |
| 04:17 | < Shades_Corvid> | I wonder if having two separate genders confuses them it comes to bonding with a human, unless their partner was bigender...hmmm oh the things I ponder. |
| 04:17 | < addking> | instead of shaving that bit in the back |
| 04:19 | < addking> | I'm guessing since they don't reproduce sexually (if I recall correctly), it prolly doesn't matter to them? I mean people meet online and it's more about the mind in text right? |
| 04:20 | < addking> | if we ever get the RPG stuff, i'll guess we'll find out? |
| 04:20 | < Shades_Corvid> | again, page 40, they reproduce sexually but only have gender. well, the book says have no sexual gender which is most likely refering to gender identity but would also suggest physically they are all sexually the same. |
| 04:21 | < addking> | well, guess I missed that or read it and forgot by now |
| 04:23 | < Shades_Corvid> | I have it open in front of me so yeah. Well, I have a start of a wanted list that I can detail later. It is late here and I will finish this whole ordering/blogging thing later. Most likely be back on in the late afternoon. |
| 04:24 | < Mantisking> | I'll probably be out for most of the weekend. |
| 04:25 | < Mantisking> | I'm a little tired myself. |
| 04:25 | < Shades_Corvid> | I need like a 3 day weekend where i do nothing but break down sets and take pictures. Looking forward to these LEGO Champion line |
| 04:26 | < addking> | I have a game of RA tomorrow ;P |
| 04:26 | < addking> | Then I need to make some music. |
| 04:26 | < Shades_Corvid> | good luck, remeber, Commit or Die |
| 04:26 | < addking> | I've got a couple tracks sitting in limbo that need to either fly or die ;P |
| 04:27 | < Mantisking> | I probably won't get to play again until late April. |
| 04:27 | < Mantisking> | And I need a week off to deal with all the reviews I want to do. |
| 04:27 | < Shades_Corvid> | I know that feeling. Alright, night peeps, it was fun! |
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| 04:28 | < Mantisking> | I'm out too. Later! |
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| 04:28 | < addking> | cya |
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