Mistaken

"Oh, sorry I must have mistaken you for...." that is what some people would say if they have mistaken you for someone else but that's not really what I want to post today. It is about a drink that many people in the place were I am staying have mistaken for an alchoholic drink. Can you guess the beverage that I am talking about? Huh? Can you? Can you? Well, if you thought Bundaberg Ginger Beer, then you are correct!!!!


Well this happened when I was in Kuching, I was walking around with my cousin and my younger brother around the 'Spring' perhaps you have heard of it. Well, we were using the time of around 2 hours because my sister wanted to watch New Moon the new Twilight series movie, thingy, and I didn't want to watch because, well, Twilight, a story about love and blah blah blah. So my cousin didn't want to watch and neither did my younger brother. Well, we looked at Gundam Models, of course that was my idea, they had the new Gundam models there too, and then we were thirsty so we went to buy us drinks. My cousin said they had Ginger Beer there so I thought I'd buy some because I'm addicted to it. We bought our drinks and I bought 2 bottles of Ginger Beer. So we decided to sit by the water fountain place on the lower floor, the one near the parking area, and when while I drank my Ginger Beer, I realized that muslims were watching me drink it. In their mind it was "He is DRINKING an alchoholic beverage!!!"I'm a muslim drinking what SEEMS to be an alchoholic beverage in public!!! Yup, that sounds and looks so bad. But in the end it turned out funny looking at people stare, shake their head and glare at me for drinking something that is not HARAM!!!

Yeah, if you think that was bad, I'd have you know I left the other bottle on the strap on my bag I was carrying to the Surau!!! But that had passed. It's just weird that people think that all drinks in glass bottles are alchoholic. Anyway, that all, one more thing is that the label on the bottle there, in Kuching is different, here, there's the sentence 'Non-Alchoholic Beverage'.





Farid

A New Day, Brings Hope.

Why did I type the post title that way, well, I just wanted to put that phrase as a post title, so I did for this one. This was a rather joyous day for me, why, for reasons I keep to myself, but one of them are because most of what I wanted to achieve was achieved. I managed to find a gameplay recorder program a few days ago and I painted another Gundam model my first FG (first grade) yesterday. Well, now that I have it istead of posting pictures or screen shots for the games that I play, I can ppost videos!!!Cool huh, especially for my map, which I made through the Warcraft World Editor, so you can see all the abilities in action. Oh, the joy!! I am also currently watching a lot of series such as Kamen Rider W and Kateikyoshi Hitman Reborn (Kateikyoshi means At-Home-Tutor) which is hilarious. But now the are going into the serious parts of the series. But, I finally realized that I have not been to any amusement parks for a long time, and I long to go on a Roller Coaster again. Right now, I have lost most of my interest in games, I hardly play them.

Just to hint about my upcoming posts, I am going to post gameplay videos of the heroes that I have made, before they are forgotten. I am awaiting the arrival of RX-77 Guncannon with clear armour and saving up too. Well that's all, I just feel really happy right now.



Farid

A Trip To....

Wow, now this was quite an amazing month for me. I think it was the first time I went to 2 different places in the same month. I just came back from Kuching as you know from my previous post but then I went to Bintulu. So, I thought I should update my blog as soon as I arrived and I did. Recently, I have been playing games that I have played a long time ago. The game is Virtual On, the game that inspired my drawings of robots. If you watch the video I have uploaded you will realize that it looks just like the robot in the game. Well, that's because he was my favourite character and my main inspiration. But now I have managed to edit my robot base design, which I have not shown, so it would not look the same.



I am not the one playing in this video, I downloaded it from the official website. Just to tell you the latest version of this game was in 2004, Virtual On Marz for the PS2 and it is the one I am showing you now. However, the one I have been playing is an older version of the game, I remember playing when I was still really young, around my primary school years. The first to be released was Virtual On, the one I am playing, the second was Virtual On Oratorio Tangram, the third was Virtual On Force and the last one was Virtual On Marz. It is a really good game. But only the first was released for the computer I think, the other were for consoles like, Dreamcast, PS2 and Virtual On Force was only available on arcade, if I am not mistaken. That's the reason why I did not buy Virtual On Marz, I did not have the console, but only recently did I realize there were emulators. I'm so sad. Well, this is all I got, I really didn't have anything to post.



Farid

The New Post

The New Post!! Well, I haven't posted anything much lately because of the recent trip to Kuching. And it was a while since I posted anything, by that I mean 1 week so I wanted to post about Iron Man 2. Yes, I'm back to posting about Iron Man with the new movie Iron Man 2. It's so COOOLL!!
So I'll just show a pic right here :




Farid

Cookies

This post might be strange, because I don't usually post about recipes and everything. But, hey, Raya's coming soon so I thought maybe I should post something special. So, cookies it is!! Now first of all you'll need to follow the instructions (you might want to print it out) :

Neiman-Marcus Cookies

(Recipe may be halved as this makes heaps)

2 (500 ml) cups butter

680 g chocolate chips 4 (1000 ml) cups flour

2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar

2 teaspoons (10 ml) Bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt

2 (500 ml) cups sugar

500 g Grated Cadbury chocolate

5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal

4 eggs

2 teaspoons (10 ml) baking powder

2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla

3 cups (375 ml) chopped nuts (optional)

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to fine powder.

Cream the butter and both sugars.

Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.

Add chocolate chips, grated chocolate and nuts.

Roll into balls, place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees (180 C).

The above quantities make 112 cookies. Enjoy!

So the whole part which I coloured a different colour is based directly from the recipe sheet of paper. No these cookies can vary in size, it depends on your liking. Just so you know, the smaller ones harden faster than the bigger ones. Don't eat the cookies right after they come out because they are still soft so wait just a few minutes or so. So on to the pictures !!



(Above) This is the mixture in which you have to take a small amount and roll it up into ball shaped thingies...


(Above) See. Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll em' up!!


(Above) And there. You should have a nice round ball to place on the tray.



(Above) This is how you prepare the tray. Spread margerine all over and make sure you do it evenly.


(Above) Then, you put flour. Don't spread it with your hands but tap the side and let the flour fall into place, evenly and beautifully.


(Above) You should have it look like this when you're done. These cookies have yet to be placed in the oven. Don't put them too close together because they expand.


(Above) You should have the cookies be like this when they are done, they will easily come off after a few seconds of waiting. These cookies have already been baked in the oven for 10 minutes.


(Above) Just to prove I followed the original recipe and not try and sabotage it. Bwahahaha!!!


(Above) There, you should have them ready after all that. So, enjoy the cookies, and you can also have them on a special occasion. They really are delicious you know!!!



Farid

Footwear

The tale is told,
Of the footwear we wear,
We sometimes don't appreciate it,
Other times we do.

Have you ever thought,
What in the world would happen,
If ever shoe or slipper,
Or boot or sneaker.

Would retaliate against us,
For the treatment they get,
For we step on them,
What if, they stepped on us.

We would be out numbered for sure,
Every family, having more than one pair,
We might not even go out,
We would be filled with fright.

If we put on our footwear,
It would attack,
What would we do,
Could we fight?

Think again,
We throw them away,
When they no longer provide,
The needed protection.

What if that was us,
How would we feel?
They have experienced dirt,
Filth, mud and water.

We take them for granted,
For what they do for us,
What have we done for them,
How much do we owe them.

Footwear is improtant,
We need them most often,
Think about how we wear them,
How they protect us.

How would they feel,
If they are not used,
What should we do,
The right thing, for sure.

We should.



Farid

My SD Gundam

I know I said I was going to post about something else but, this is my first SD that I painted almost completely so I thought it would be nice to post about it. This SD was from KL, my sister bought it with the money my brother gave her for her to buy it. At first, I thought they were for him, but right after he took it he said "Here, this is for you" or something like that. I liked it but I liked another one better.

Soon, I fell in love with this one and almost completely forgot about the other one. The feeling I get when assembling a Gundam is like everything disappears from your mind and you focus on that, only so it was fun. This Gundam would have taken me less than an hour to complete without painting it or doing the linings, but it took me 2 days and is still not complete, the horns have yet to be coloured. This is a very nice and the most tiring Gundam I had to work with, I thought that SD would be a piece of cake, well, I was wrong.

The colouring was killer. For example, one part, the shoulder armour was completely blue, but after colouring, the silver and gold parts were added. Colouring took me about 3 hours, excluding assembly. The lining took me a longer time which I forgot to calculate so I don't really know how long it took. The 1/100 and 1/144 would have been much easier. Now to show you :

(Above) the box of this SD Gundam model. From all sides except the back. This Gundam looks really nice and most SD Gundam have a lot of gold colouring, so you might need 2 gold markers to paint it if you want one.



(Above) The parts that have yet to be opened, Ohhhhh!! The waiting is killing me!!! Now, I'll just skip to after I have painted all the parts and assembled the Gundam without its armour. I have also took close up picture for all that fine detail, if you have an eye for detail that is.

(From top to bottom)

Here's a picture before I added any of the finer details so you can see some of it that was not there appearing in other pictures, if you can find them that is.

Now this is a picture I recently took which was tonight the other one before that was yesterday. Still in a different position than before. you could see the difference, I don't think it was that much of a difference however.

Look at those. Those took me 3 tries to get it right, the lining not the colouring. But it paid off. Look at those shoes!! Nice gold and amazingly it only took 1 coating.

Now the forehead had a lot of detail, that's why I took a close up. This part was hard too. Nothing you will incounter when dealing with full body Gundam models, I guess.

The armour. I did the colouring yesterday and the lining today, I had to wait for the paint to dry and settle down. It was not that difficult because the lines were easy to follow.

The 3 swords. The first sword is actually completely gold. You might think there's no painting needed but the colour, my bro said was orange, so I should colour it as well. I haven't did the lining too.

The armour which was really hard and took a lot of painting to get it done. This was hard because there was not much room to hold on too so I had to use tweezers. The first time i painted a part which is held by tweezers.

The back mounted armour and the stickers given. If you look at the stickers, I only used them for the eyes, I ignored the others and painted on the colours instead. Bwahahaha!!!

Also to add in, this is the first model I painted first before assembling them together, I usually do the opposite, assemble first, colour later. I am only going to do this for SD however, not for full body Gundam models. And last of all, thank you Abang for the SD Gundam model and thank you Kakla for bringing it here. (Sob, Sob, tears of joy). This Gundam has sentimental value.



Farid

321 Days

This post may sound like it is about a game but it is not. This is a story (yes, I'm going back to stories) about a person whom I choose to keep his name a secret and I will refer to him as 'Subject F'. Why? I will tell you and you will find out eventually after you have read this post.

Day 1-306
The subject was in a normal world, a normal life. He went to school, he was still a student. But in early January this year he came in contact with another subject known as 'Subject H' who was still stable last year. But this year he suddenly emitted KRA waves which affected anyone who came within a certain radius. Because Subject F frequently came in contact with Subject H, he was soon affected. What is KRA you ask? KRA stands for Kamen Rider Aura which are emitted in a form of wave that makes people copy and perform moves shown on the Kamen Rider series such as transformation acts and fighting. However, the KRA waves can be deflected by any other stronger waves such as the GA waves (Gundam Aura) and others. Unfortunately for Subject F his GA waves were weaker than Subject H's waves making him affected by these waves.

Day 307-312
Subject F was no longer incontact with Subject H allowing him to gradually heal and increasing the strength of his GA wave radiation. However, when chatting through the internet, the KRA waves somehow managed to slightly affect the Subject but the GA waves were strong enough to repel them. However with that week, Subject F made contact for a few days making his current condition worse. Now, he is deeply affected and starts acting. This is also made worse because of Subject F's family member who also emits the KRA waves.

Day 315- present day.
Subject F is still struggling to rid the after effects of the KRA radiation emitted by Subject H. He asks "Why Ziq? WHY?!?!"

This is the sad story of a boy who was been exposed to large amounts of KRA waves and in striving to rid himself of them and continue to strengthen is GA waves.



Farid

Kinda Boring

I seems to me that I am getting bored, at home. Nothing much to do right now if only I had a Gundam model to make. Well, I had to take care of the house because there's some construction going on. I shouldn't be complaning. Now about today's topic. It's about the games I have been playing to keep me, well, not bored. The recent games I have been playing for the DS and through facebook. But my bro did tell me about the online game Dragonica, which I think I would like to try. So far DotA didn't even come to mind now and neither did Starcraft.

The DS games I have been playing are mostly old. They were in the top 100 DS games played, so I tried them out. They are:

Custom Robo Arena


Now this is a good game, one of the good RPG games that suits me other than Pokemon, yes, I the only RPG game I play is Pokemon, I think it's an RPG game. The reason why this is such a good game, and I highly recommend it is because you actually go to a real arena when battling other robos, Virtual On style. So they don't take turns and you get to control the jumping, evading and attacking. Really cool. But I haven't finished the game yet because I went back to finish my unfinished game.

Super Mario 64 DS


This is a more challenging version compared to the Nintendo 64 version, one reason is because you have to switch to the right player in order to gather the stars needed unlike the Nintendo 64 version where you just stick to Mario, because he is the only playable character. This game proved to be annoying, frustrating and above all sometimes enjoyable. It really brought a big challenge, falling into a pit, onto lava and just handling annoying enemies. Unlocking the other characters were dificult too since you have to go for missions which you didn't even suspect was going to help you unlock those characters. But the challenge was what made it fun.

That's basically what I do, sometimes I just sit home and watch TV or go online, open up facebook and play Restaurant City or any other games I wanted to try out like Tanks. That's all, now back to the games!!



Farid

Canarium Odontophyllum

You must be wondering what is 'Canarium Odontophyllum. Well here we just call it Dabai (Pronounced Dabey). It is a delicious and nutricious fruit which I usually eat with rice and maybe some 'sambal' if I like. The reason why I am posting about this is because... I... am.... a Dabai addict. I have been addicted to it every since I tried it the second time in my life (the first time I just spit it out). It was in my aunt's place I think. Recently my addiction towards Dabai increased dramaticaly ever since I started going to my grandparents' house for dinner. They would serve Dabai all the time, and well I couldn't resist so, yeah I took 10 or was it 15 pieces of Dabai. What can you say no one was eating that much so I took the opportunity to eat as much Dabai as possible.


What puzzled was that when I searched for an article about it on wikipedia was Canarium. I read the article and Canarium Odontophyllum is the scientific name for Dabai. I have always liked Dabai the normal way it is cooked and I don't think there are any other ways of cooking it. The flesh is only edible after it is soaked in water. This fruit also contains all of the protein, fibre and fat making it an ideal meal. The flesh of the Dabai is black on the outside and soft white flesh in side each one having it's own taste.

Well, I will always love eating Dabai and I will continue to eat it because it's healthy.



Farid

The Unicorn

This post is dedicated to my RX-O Unicorn Gundam. It is because I should have posted pictures about this Gundam a long time ago but I didn't. To make up for it I will now show you my Unicorn Gundam which is very fragile and nice at the same time. This pictures will show it in Unicorn mode and not Destroy mode because its parts are getting loose.


(Above) This picture of it standing straight. Can you see the decals, I don't think so.

(Above) Side view, this is the first time I am doing this, showing the Gundam from the side, front and back.

(Above) Look at the cool backpack, it actually comes off easily. It looks even cooler in Destroy mode but too bad I wouldn't show it.


I bought this a year ago when I was not really familiar with the new grade I have chosen to buy. The grade is MG, and I was not used to the decals and stickers which required a lot of time and nerve to put on. I put in those stickers, I did but the right leg is not complete so you might notice the right leg having less decals than the left. This Gundam was beautiful, even to my brother and his friends (he usually likes different Gundams, different taste) and a lot of people I know have bought it including my cousin. Now the long awaited pictures :


(Above) Holding its main weapon, the beam rifle the first model that I bought in which the ammunition can be taken out.

(Above) Reaching for his beam saber, but he actually can't with its current mobility. The arm can bend a maximum of 90 degrees while my Crossbone Gundam can bend more than that.

It seems that I am getting tired of posting about Gundam. Well maybe the next post might be about Gundam or food. I'm thinking DABAI. I'm addicted right now to dabai. So next time it'll be food be it fruit or vegetable or even meat!!



Farid

Behold! Blitz Gundam!!

Wahahahaha!!! Now, is the time of showing you my completed Gundam or should I say Gundam Blitz. It took a lot of work but the Gundam turned out so nice I had to post on my blog to show all who enter my blog. So behold, Gundam Blitz in action and also from the front and rear.These pictures are taken somewhere with the Gundam behind its box, so you won't see the stuff behind it.

(Above) This is the picture of the Gundam using the beam saber which is in the Trikeros offensive, defensive system. This system is just a combination of a shield and weapons such as the beam saber, beam rifle and lance darts.


(Above) Guarding with the shield. This shield also turns invisible when the mirage colloid is activated but only the dark parts.

(Above) Releasing one of the deadly lance darts. There are 3 lance darts which are shorter than the other. The lance darts, I think shoot out like missiles. I think.

(Above) Revealing the Gleipner gappling hook mounted on the left arm. Looks cool. I just took this picture to actually show the painted parts on the Gleipner. I think you should be able to see them.

(Above) Showing off his opened up Gleipner!! The Gleipner is ready to fly off and grab any Gundam or Mobile Suit it is aimed at. Fire!!!

(Above) Posing with his beam saber. It was pretty unstable though. In this picture.


(Above) Releasing the Gleipner out to catch a Gundam or Mobile Suit that gets in its way or just happened to be there.


(Above) Here's a picture of it standing straight so that you can see the painted parts. Try finding the painted parts.

Well, I wanted to put more pictures but the uploading takes almost forever, so no more pictures for now. Wahahahaha!!! Well, there shall be more!!!




Farid

I... am...Tired...

Yes, I am tired as I say in the title of this post. Well, a lot had happened today, I woke up at around 6.30 a.m. today while I slept at 2 o'clock last night, it was hard but I like to wake early. Anyway, my mom had this graduation thing going on for her school. I was in charge of controlling the music and sounds played for example, during the time when the guest are coming and entering the place where the graduation is held, I play filler songs like mozart or beethoven but my mom asked me to play the song, Sway by pussy cat dolls. I was not really wanting to hear it but I played it anyway. But, just to stay in the story it went on from around 7 a.m. to 12 in the afternoon. That was excluding the time I helped load the stuff for the graduation into the car and I got a major headache.

But, it was fun looking at the students of my mom's tadika perform, a few laughs and well, it was quite an experience. I just came home at around 6 in the evening and performed Asar solat, then, disturbed my elder brother and then Maghrib solat, then eat, watch Sergeant Keroro and finally use the computer for the following things :

Play DotA.
Search the net for Sergeant Keroro.
Open facebook, play Restaurant City.
Play Crazy Planets on facebook.
Was too lazy to play Pet Society.
Open up DotA again, system crashed.
Open up facebook again, feed my workers.
Play the Nintendo DS, Animal Crossing.
Too lazy to play Metal Slug.
Go back to the computer and update blog and check other blogs.

Well, that's all of it, I guess. But now I'm too lazy to go to school tomorrow so I don't think I want to go to school tomorrow. That's all, keep reading my latest blog updates.



Farid

Why Gundam?

There was this one time when I was chatting with my friend, I was complaining to him about the posts he posted on his blog. And then it occurred to me that he bought expensive stuff even when it was on sale because it was branded. So I then told him that just because it is expensive does not mean it is the best of quality. But, it also occurred in my mind that I was buying Gundam models at expensive prices. My friend asked me why I bought the expensive ones and not the RM 5.30 or RM 14 Gundam Models. So, I had to explain, which is what I am going to post now. And don't get me wrong I just saying what I think, but I did buy a Gundam Model at RM 14 which was not produced by Bandai and the results where devastating! My brother cut some of his fingers while he put the parts together, because it was past my bed time and I couldn't finish it so he finished it for me. Well, you could say it was a nice model but lasted in its nice form for about a week or two and then parts came loose, and it wouldn't stand up. I was frustrated and vowed to stick to buying original Gundam. My reasons are:

First of all, the quality of the plastic used, shoes don't really differ in the sense of fine quality so far I have seen, some cheaper shoes last longer than branded ones. For example, a cheap shoe might outlast a branded shoe depending on how it is used and any other thing you might think of. But Gundam models are different in the sense that you only display them, and if a model can't stand or the parts come loose every time you make a pose for it, even just a standing pose then it is useless. (This happened for real by the way with my RM14 Gundam)

Second of all, the parts hardly fit! Which of course is a definite no! To make a Gundam every part must fit perfectly (which worked well so far the parts not fitting happen to never happen!). But the RM 14 Gundam was really hard to make because you had to actually hit the parts together for them to fit (hurts really bad too). This caused a lot of trouble for me at that tender age. So, the parts don't fit, the quality is bad, even after it is filed it still cut some of my brother's finger while putting it together.

Last but not least, the parts that fit are almost a one out of 6. So for every six parts you put together, only one will ease your pain and suffering, the rest just make it worse. But as for the original, the parts that don't fit are almost impossible to find, it never happened to me anyway and I had made more than 10 Gundams my intire life, but now I have 3 that I didn't break, I was a kid anyway.

Well, I know it is quite hard to understand and accept, but how hard is it to find good clothes or shoes these days. On the other hand Gundam models are only located in certain areas, 4 so far in where I am staying, quite limited you see. But, I am comparing a toy to something you need so it might be sure that it would turn out like this. But anyway, I just wanted to explain why I buy Gundam models at RM 100 when I could have bought one at RM 30 or less. So I guess that's that. I think there might me comments stating complains, I hope not. That's just all I wanted to say.


Farid

The News So Far

Hello, and thank you for reading the new post that I have posted (clearly). Now, the news that have been going on in my house hold is well nothing much amusing. So fai... fai... I mean far it has been okay. But I have not met any of my friends lately, my whole class, and I haven't even battled with my cousins in DotA. But anyway the Gundam painting and lining have been complete!! So I will soon have the picture oh it posted here on my blog for all to see. The only thing I have yet to do is give you tips on how to play Metal Slug better. So here are some tips:

First of all, make sure you are comfortable with the settings on Metal Slug, the sound, controls (if you can change them). Also be sure you go through the game at your own pace. Don't rush through, just try to complete each mission and avoid dying ( in the game that is) which of course is the main thing. If you have played Metal Slug 7 then you should save up ammo for the secondary weapons even if it is a Heavy Machinegun. Make sure you do anything to stop the enemy from managing to shoot at you, running around or the most basic thing is shooting them. Also use the weapons to its maximum potential.

Ways of keeping your vehicles are essential. Make sure you let the vehicle not take a single hit if possible (which is possible). You should also go with the game. For example, hum out the songs while playing. This is best when you are wearing headphones connected to your DS or computer but you can't connect it to PS 2, can you? But, anyway do it if possible. Should also shout out the names of the secondary weapons you receive when you get them. Example, you get a Heavy Machinegun, so shout out "HEAVY MACHINEGUN" so you show you are really into the game.

To release frustration from lossing a life or have to press start again, you should not do any of the actions listed below:
Kill someone (for real)
Shout out so loud (just a small shout)
Throw the controller/DS (if it is the arcade you should not kick the machine)
Smash the TV (only applies for Playstation)

You can however slap your lap and utter an "Ugh!!" for dying it is acceptable. If there is someone nearby you can slap them, not on the face but some where less cruel so the go "Hey!! What was that for?" This works because after that you've released all the vengeance towards that one unit that hit you while the other died. And make sure you kill that unit straight away unless you want to lose another life or have to press start again.

Well, those are some ways of playing Metal Slug more effeciently. I hope you get the high score. If anyone got hurt from performing anything I have written in this post, I do not hold responsibility for the damage because it is their choice to follow the act that I have only SUGGESTED. Thanks for reading this post.



Farid

Metal Slug

Yo, and hi. Now, I am recently (after the exam that is) playing Metal Slug, or as they pronounce it in Japanese, Metaru Suragu, which actually means Metal Slug. And the lastest one I am playing is Metal Slug 7 for the Nintendo DS. The missions are really challenging keeping me, well, busy mostly. I was also really happy with the new weapon added. The first Metal Slug I played, I remember it like it was yesterday and no, I did not just play it yesterday. It was Metal Slug 2, I think. There were camels and everything. I also remember me getting the weapon 'Enemy Chaser' so I just blasted my way through all the enemies with ease. I was using the second player.

The characters changed for each new game, for example, in Metal Slug 2 Tarma was on second player and Marco on the first. The characters are Marco Rossi, Tarma Roving, Eri Kasamoto, Fio Germi, Nadia Cassel, Trevor Spacey, Ralf Jones and Clark Still. Tyra Elson and Walter Ryan were the characters for Metal Slug Advance for the Gameboy Advance. The characters I listed were from Metal Slug to Metal Slug 7.


(From top to bottom) Marchrius Dennis Rossi (Marco Rossi), Tarmicle Roving III (Tarma Roving), Fiolina Germi (Fio Germi), Eri Kasamoto, Trevor Stacey, Nadia Cassel, Ralf Jones and Clark Still.

Marco is present in all Metal Slug games.
Tarma is present in all except Metal Slug 4.
Fio is present in all except the first Metal Slug game.
Eri is present in all except the first and fourth Metal Slug game.
Trevor is only present in Metal Slug 4.
Nadia is only present in Metal Slug 4.
Ralf first appeared in Metal Slug 6 and is still in the game.
Clark first appeared in Metal Slug 6 and is still in the game.

(Info about them can be found on the official site : http://www.metalslug10th.com/top_e.html)

Those were the Characters and now for the Vehicles and Weapons. I like many of the weapons because of how they are used in the game. My favourite is the 'Enemy Chaser' because it was the first weapon to keep me alive for so long and it homes down on nearby enemies. I also like 'Thunder Shot' from Metal Slug 7 because of it is more likely to hit and also affects other nearby enemies (like chain lightning).

The weapons are :
Heavy Machinegun, Double Heavy Machinegun, Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, Super Grenade, Enemy Chaser, Iron Lizard, Dropshot, Laser Gun, Flameshot, Thunder Shot, Zantetsu Sword and Sniper Rifle which is only available in Metal Slug Evolution for the PS2.

And of course you know the main vehicle used in the game, the Metal Slug or SV-001 (SV stands for super vehicle). There are many other vehicles:
Slug Copter, Slug Flyer, Astro Slug, Slug Gunner, Slugnoid, LV Armour, Walking Machine, Slug Mariner, Drill Slug, M-15A Bradley, Metal Crow, Forklift, Car Slug, Spider Slug, Slug Gunner Prototype, Slug Digger, Slug Truck, Slug Armour and Slug Gigant (the biggest and toughest Slug). There are other vehicles ranging from animals and so on but I only listed the Mechanized ones.

(All found on the website: http://metalslug.wikia.com/wiki/Metal_Slug_Wiki)

Well there it is one whole post about Metal Slug. I did this because it is a really nice game and the mechanical vehicles and weapons are really inspiring for my robot drawings. SNK Playmore made a really good game. Well, that's all. Bye and try out Metal Slug if you haven't.



Farid

Yes, Yes!!!!

Bwahahahahahaha!!! Look, look!! My new Gundam, completely assembled but almost completely painted. But some of the parts are really small so they are really hard to paint. Anyway, the picture is below, one with a dull background and another with the box as its background which look so cool. Oh, and these pictures are without weapons because I haven't even started painting them yet. So, these pictures show just Blitz Gundam, without its Trikeros system, and its Gleipner. No beam rifles, no beam sabres and no lance darts, just to be clear. Feast your eyes on this:


(Above) There it is, as you can see, it has no weapons. The parts that haven't been coloured are not really visisble but you can clearly see it near the waist. Oh, and no lining, I haven't started yet because I don't really want to finish it that fast. This Gundam might have been the one I've been working on the longest.



(Above) A very nice background, which is the box by the way, I don't plan on throwing because I didn't throw the others anyway. This Gundam is clearly symmetrical without its weapons but after I put them on there are no axis of symmetries. And lastly, of course this Gundam is a Bandai product. Hehehehehe. I bet you don't know which part I coloured. I'll just keep that a secret. Well, that's all. I hope this post will bring you into liking Gundam. Bwahahahaha!!!



Farid