Maybe Not As Good.

I'm having my exams this week, the following week and the week after the following week. So, my blog might not be updated that frequently as before, which is maybe not every week but I will try my best to update it like always. Anyway, I finished the Starcraft Battle between me and my bro but it is quite big in size, 400 MB for a 17 minute long video. Maybe I should decrease the size to 200 MB, but I'm afraid the quality will not be as good.


I will show the picture of my nice War Machine model I recently purchased the week before. It is actually very well painted but the eyes and the core in the centre is not that bright. But, it still looks good. Bwahahahaha!!!

The new picture for my picture!!!!




Farid

New Post? Yes. Good Post? Maybe.

A lot has been happening lately. And by a lot, I mean a lot of time wasted. Somehow, I played a lot of games during this weekend, but I doesn't feel worthwhile. I played Starcraft, I didn't feel any joy and fun that I used to have when playing it. So, I played with my elder brother, to "Regain my Honour" so to speak. It didn't work either, the weekend felt gloomy, boring, motionless although time passed by. I didn't work on my gundam models at all either, I guess I was mentally tired from the Military Units.

Oh, I won against my elder brother 3 times. But, somehow it felt as if he was giving me a chance. I'm not really sure, but I want to battle him again, and this time I'm asking him to train a lot first. I guess that would be hard to do for him, because he has work and all. I guess I'll get a video of the battle against him up next week, I'll also try adding stuff to it to make it more interesting. Don't worry I won't change anything that happened during the battle. Last of all, the Starcraft Battle Net finally managed to update, so now it is possible to play using wireless network connection instead of having to attach cables to enable the game to play multiplayer games, IPX and UDP. IPX is cable and UDP is wireless network. And that's all for Starcraft. Wait, one more thing, Starcraft II is out this September, 27th of September 2010 to be exact. This can be preordered through a number of sites which you can find on the main website.

I have recently purchased a new Iron Man model to add to my collection but you won't see any of those on my blog. Should I post them?? Anyway, I now have Iron Man Mark I, Mark II, Mark III and Iron Monger. The new model I purchased was War Machine, It is quite small and has limited articulation but I looked special and better than the other models. I have always like robots with Gatling Guns anyway. The shop also sold other Iron Man models like Mark III, Mark IV and Mark V but they are not really painted that well. I guess it is also because of the price which is less than RM20. So, I might put it on my blog or just leave it in my collection. Oh, and I also saw an Iron Man model for the Marvel Universe Version not the one based on the movie. It really looked nice!!! I wanted to buy it but, after thinking back I didn't. I should save up first and then I buy it.

Games!!! I am now playing Starcraft, Brave Fencer Musashi, Digimon Rumble Arena and Megaman Legends. Except for Starcraft the others are for the Playstation. But I downloaded the emulator and played those games. The game that is still downloading is Army Men Sarge's Heroes and the other Army Men series. Brave Fencer Musashi is a very interesting game. Both needing you to think about solving the problems and skill to execute certain moves and reach your goal. This game is an old game, but usually the old games are fun. That's my opinion anyway and I don't mean the new ones are not fun. Megaman Legends to me lacks a lot of what Brave Fencer Musashi had, it is not very easy to execute moves. For example, the camera does not rotate to suit your view but you have to manually rotate. The other thing is you cannot fire while locked on target while moving. So you have to run, lock on, fire and repeat it over and over again. Brave Fencer Musashi is a better choice!!

Gundam Report!!! I am currently working on my Shiba-I Sazabi. But, I didn't work on it this weekend. It took a while to work on the colours, I had to mix red and white to get the right colour. It doesn't look exactly the same but it'll work. Other than that I am planning to fix up my MG Unicorn Gundam Ver.Ka. I would probably throw and remove the decals, they look horrible to me. I guess that's it. Ba bye.




Farid

Military Units: Finally in the Frontline!!

Yay!! I have successfully completed working on my Military Units. This was the longest model, or models I guess because there are 3 of them, I have worked on. Mainly because there are 3 units and it requires a lot of painting. I was actually a little disappointed with the articulation points this model had. I had only 4 articulation points!! But, it was a 3 in one model so I quess that can be expected. Now, I am working on my Shiba-I Sazabi. It would look great with him in front of the 3 Military Units.

(Above) Fully equipped Military Units!! All 3 of them!! The one in the middle is painted with titanium gold paint, the same gold I used on my Shiro Oni Zaku III.

(Above) The first Military Unit I worked on.

Actually there were 3 sets bought, but we, my bro me and my other bro, changed the units so we all work on 1 group like Phoenix, Tiger and Dragon. I picked Phoenix because I like the colour red a lot more than the other choices. I took a picture of the flag too so you can see the wordings on it. The Military Units were fun and tiring to finish but I was glad I could finally put them aside.




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The Difference Is Clear.

A clear difference between my Choko Zaku III and Shiro Oni Zaku III. I just realized that this is my 102nd post on my blog... didn't think I posted that much. Anyway, the Choko Zaku III, was, well, better and easier to make than the Shiro Oni Zaku III and I didn't post about it I guess. I did a lot of customization for my Choko Zaku III as well, I coloured the knuckles red and painted what looked like rivets gold, mainly because it looked so plain just like that. I also used a different red for both Zakus, Metallic Red for Choko Zaku and Glossy Red for Shiro Oni. I actually had doubts painting with that red, because it looked dark when I painted it on my Blitz Gundam. It turned out better and nicer looking however.

(Above) Both Zakus side by side, maybe ready to fight some enemies. You can easily see the diffence in the gold paint used, Gold marker and Titanium Gold.

(Above) The weapons they both share, I wanted to cut the handle on the right for my Shiro Oni Zaku III but I had my doubts and I didn't have the heart to do it yet. Still making the decision whether to do it or not. Hmmmmm.

(Above) The helmet covers. Although I don't use the other one for my Shiro Oni Zaku III, but I painted it anyway just to see how it would turn out. I looks pretty nice, don't you think?

(Above) Another side by side picture.
Shiro Oni : Look there!! Enemies!!
Choko Zaku: Let's get them!!


'prepare to fight'
Shiro Oni: Hiya!!
Choko Zaku: Wahhhhh!!!

Shiro Oni: Let's show them our strength!!
Choko Zaku: Let's do it!!


(Above) A picture from the past. The picture taken right after completion!! Wow!! So cool!!

Well, I posted this a little late. By 1 day to be exact. So, now to continue with the Military Units. Yes, they still have yet to be finished. It is taking quite a while, maybe I should speed up the process.


'Fireworks!!'
'audience claps hands'
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! A happy 102 Post Day to you too. Enjoy reading my blog!
Ba Bye!!
'audience claps hands again as I leave the stage'




Farid

One Boring Weekend...

I watched a lot of television this weekend, and it was boring. I can't stand watching TV for long hours, my limit was 3 hours at most, then I just couldn't take it anymore. Anyway, an idea for a post finally came to my head today, which explains why there was no post this Friday or Saturday.

Warcraft III: Frozen Throne, RPG Map.

Me and my bro thought of an idea, a map for Warcraft III that is an RPG map, where you level up, job advance and accomplish missions. But so far the idea just stopped there, I have already designed the map but there was a lot triggers involved I just stopped working on it. I have wanted to start again, but Gundam models were my priority that time, and now I am not really working on my Gundams so I'll just tell something about them.

The RPG map starts out in a large map, divided into regions were the monsters are stronger the further away you are, just like in any RPG game. You can start out with 4 different jobs which are:

Student
Traveller
Wisp
Dragon Egg

I know dragon egg sounds weird, but it is the hardest job path and also the strongest job to take. Student is the basic beginners' job class, you would want to take that first before trying the other classes. Students can advance to another 4 classes which are:

Student > Blader
> Archer
> Mage
> Outlaw

Blader is a different version of the swordsman. Their abilities are based on increasing the damage and decreasing the chance of enemies hitting them. They are not meant to spam their abilities unlike the Mage which is its exact opposite. In the game, Bladers are the only class with stunning abilities because it will give them a chance against the Mage. The ultimate ability for the Blader is the Illusion Slash. It launches a cutting shock wave forward and then teleports to the target location, this deals damage twice, the shock wave and then the teleport slash which stuns them for 2 seconds.

Mage, this job class is meant for spamming their abilities, all of their abilities have a 1 second cooldown except the ultimate ability. The also have the ability to send a partial amount of the damage to their mana, they don't have the large HP pool like Bladers.

Archers and Outlaws are only different is abilities and attack type. Outlaws are melee while archers are of course ranged. They both have very high attack ratings and are made to evade just like bladers but are better at it. Outlaws then advance to Assasins or Mercenaries.

Blader > Demon Hunter
> Buster Blader
> Paladin

Mage > Elemental Mage (Fire)
> Elemental Mage (Ice)
> Elemental Mage (Lightning)
> Priest

Outlaw > Assasin
> Mercenary

Archers > Shadow Walker
> Shine Walker

Those are the advancements for the 4 jobs a student can choose.
So, that's just a brief topic on the RPG Map, I'll maybe start working on it soon.Gundam
I haven't worked on my Military Units for a long time now, I just have to paint a few parts to complete it but I am quite busy with my pokemon game that I just don't have the time. I also still have a few models to make which are Shiba-I Sazabi, Kakouton Giros and Garazoo.


Yeah, it is still this trio. I'm still waiting for the purple paint to arrive. Hmmmm, not much to post a bout gundam though. Ba bye.




Farid

Shiro Oni!!!

The White Ogre, I have customized a Choko Zaku III SD gundam model. Customized meaning, only changing the colour, I'm not really that experienced with modifying. I never tried in fact, but soon, I will. Anyway, This model took quite a long time to finish because of the spray paint. I had to put on several coats of paint to get the colour to look nice. However, I did not use an air brush, I used the spray cans. A little problem with the paint is that it peels off quite easily, and to make things worse, its harder to paint back on. And unlike the normal enamel paint, you can't rub off the panel lining on it, so to cover something up you have to paint over it again.


In the end, with all the troubles and repainting and more repainting, you get a beautiful model that does not look plastic but instead a nice clean.... you get what I mean anyway.

There are other benefits to this spray painted model. The colours painted on it, like red for example, is much brighter and flashy compared to when painted on the dark plastic green which was the original colour for this model. The grey colour for the arms and head were also quite good, I didn't actually expect the colour to turn out good. But, the best thing of all is the gold, Titanium Gold to be exact. I used the same paint I tried on the Military Unit, the gold turned out lighter, which is a good thing. For this model, I didn't use any markers for the gold colours.

Well, this working on this model was fun, now to continue with the Military Units, and I will try and post pictures of then as soon as possible. Bwahahahahahah!!!!!!




Farid

Repaired, Repainted.

I'm very glad I managed to fix my RX-77D Guncannon Mass Production Type. The problem was its hip joint broke, maybe because I exerted too much pressure on it every time I put the parts together again, and also because I changed its pose everyday. I really liked that model. However, even though I liked it that much I couldn't do a nice job on it, I ask myself this a lot. So, after a little thinking, I don't know why, but I took its box out and started looking at the model again, I guess I missed it. To my suprise, it was made horribly. The cut marks, the ugly panel-lining and the horrible paint job.

The thrusters, I remember, I painted them with a gundam marker my brother borrowed, I guess, from a friend so it looked nice to my eyes that time. But, as I picked it up and looked at the paited parts, it was so horrible, I was really bad at making Gundam Models last time. So anyway, back to the repairing. I looked at the painted parts and I repainted them with yellow enamel paint. I looked so much better then. The colour wasn't dusty or sandy but it looked smooth after the painting. I was happy, and then went back to fixing the other parts.

I was quite worried about the broken joint though, I thought it was never going to be able to be fixed. So I thought, maybe I should use epoxy putty, something like clay that hardens to seal gaps and holes, then paint over it. But, I didn't really have any experience in using epoxy putty or even ordinary putty. That thought left my mine, and then my brother suggested to me, to drill a hole in the joints which were broken and then put a metal wire through before I glue them back together. I sounded like a good idea, I did actually drill a hole, but it wasn't that deep, I couldn't go any deeper, I don't know why.

So, I eliminated the idea completely and decided, "Just glue them back together with super glue." I asked my older brother to do it for me. He put 1 drop of glue, which was what I was supposed to do (but I put too much), and pressed them together for 5 minutes before putting them somewhere to dry. Apparently I only ask him to do the 'glue them together' part for me. So the part was fixed, them glue was strong, and I put the model together. I did all the painting before, so the only thing to do was to fix the joint.

So, there it is the Gundam Model, well actually a Mobile Suit Model. There was only 1 part I wasn't able to paint. It was the emblem on the forehead, because it was really small, smaller than your finger in fact, any finger maybe. I still can't understand how that guy painted that part. It really small. So that's all, I really liked this model as I have said before, and I want to buy an MG RX-77-2 Guncannon, but I still cannot find it. Ba Bye!!

Farid