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For fun I created an 8-bit level. This comes mostly from growing up playing the Atari 2600 and games on my Ti-99/4A home computer. All pixel art in Interstellar Force was created using pixel art editor Pixen for Mac
This is one of my favorite custom projects to date. The client (awesome and patient) and I went for quite a bit of time, discussing ideas/additions/etc, to help make an "as-accurate-as-possible" Transformers Prime : Ultimate Predaking. Where to begin....This originally started as a Beast Fire Predaking figure (leader class) - It was quite far from accurate. The commissioner supplied me with MANY high-res stills of the character. He/we also worked with some of the best 3D designers to create many replacement and add-on parts.
HEAD : This custom Predaking has a new custom head designed by Incedius, and printed via Shapeways. The face (frosted ultra detail) actually had 2 eye holes which I filled in with clear epoxy to allow the 3mm yellow LED light inside to shine through. The head's 2 large horns connect via ball joints and fold out, then back, then down to fit inside the dragon neck when transformed into alt mode.The new custom head also sits on a new neck/collar shape also designed by Incedius and printed on shapeways. The original neck/collar/neck area was removed to allow for all the new parts.
LEGS / ARMS :Predaking's upper arms and upper legs were shortened a bit. All "hollow" areas as well as some of the Cybertronian tattoos were filled with 2-part epoxy clay, then sanded smooth. his 5mm ports on the forearms were removed. He also has fully articulated hands. Each finger connect to the palm via a ball joint and then has a hinge type joint on the knuckle. These articulated hands were designed also by Incedius (shpws.me/q4NZ) I recommend the "Strong White Flexible" printed material. These hands also have his signature arc shaped designs on the back of the palm and the hands are designed to hold 5mm weapons as well. On the lower legs, I added the blade/fin type shapes (orange) and there are 2 on each leg (one outer, one inner) the outer ones are magnetically attached and need to be swapped to the other leg when in Dragon/Beast mode to fit/Transform properly.
CHEST / BACK : A small embossed "Predacon" symbol was added to the chest. On Predaking's back are 2 "faux" wing attachments which have hingable smaller wings (accurate to the show's CGI) that clip onto the cylindrical shapes on his back (same as the stock wings) these add-on parts also have awesome giant spikes going upwards, making him even more accurate. These were designed by Incedius and were also printed via Shapeways. I believe these are exclusive to this commissioner's project only.
VOICE CHIP and ELECTRONICS : Predaking got one of the coolest upgrade options ever. A voice chip/module custom programmed and built. This module and speaker were all integrated into the chest/torso of Predaking and are discretely hidden. It contains SEVER different voice phrases. It is powered by 4.5 volts of juice, which is a series of coin batteries in one of the AA battery areas. The "push to activate" button is located under the battery unit. The batteries are east to access in case they ever get weak or worn out. In addition, the head's LED and chest LED are sync'd to the voice module, so while he's talking, they light up to accent the audio. I believe this is the (at least my) first custom with a completely custom made sound module! See the video!
Predaking's voice phrases are :
I AM NOT YOUR BOSS! I AM YOUR KING!
PREPARE TO PERISH!
I WILL TEAR YOU APART!
THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOUR EXTINCTION!
GOOD, NOW YOU KNOW WHAT MY FELLOW PREDACONS ENDURED BEFORE YOU MASACRED THEM!
I AM NO BEAST!
I AM PREDAKING!
BEAST MODE : Predaking's beast mode has many add ons. To begin with., his back was retooled and reworked to give better details (which also hide the electronics. The incredible articulated tail has 16 points of articulation, and is super accurate! It was designed by Ariel Lemon and printed via Shapeways. The rugged tail design also includes Ariel Lemon's "extension" This new articulated tail also has a 5mm post on the base, so Predaking can hold it in his new articulated hands! You can find Ariel Lemon's tail on Shapeways here : www.shapeways.com/model/1320083/articulated-predaking-tai...
Predaking's Dragon head and articulated neck were designed by Incedius and (again) printed via Shapeways. The neck has 7 points of articulation. The dragon head has 4 points of articulation as well (2 on the "splitting" jaw and 2 on the mandibles) It's also designed to hold an LED light, which I replaced with a new (brighter) yellow 3mm LED. The wire for this light runs down the neck to the base where an on/off switch controls it. The battery to the Dragon's head LED is easy access in case it needs replacing. You can find Incedius' Articulated Neck and accurate Dragon head here : www.shapeways.com/model/1277613/ultimate-tfp-beast-king-h... (Again, I suggest the white strong flexible material for this print) I took it upon myself to add on some new thin spikes on the top of the dragon's snout as well as 2 sets of longer whisker type parts on the bottom of the jaw.
From tail's end to dragon nose tip, Predaking is about 25" inches in length!!!
Finally, the Dragon wings have had some upgrades as well. I removed all the "webbing" (plastic filler) between some of the wing "bones" and sharpened up all the points. These wings were also given awesome extensions (designed by Incedius) which add a few more inches to each wing and another hinged point of articulation. With these extensions, Predaking's wing span is a whopping TWENTY NINE inches wide!!!
ADDITIONAL : Predaking was also geared up with some nice hand weapons designed by "Customs by Z", these were printed via Shapeways and have ball joints which plug into the existing sockets on the wrists. Also, Predaking wouldn't be complete without a nice light up display base. The base is 10 inches in diameter and approx. 3" tall. It is outfitted with an inner string/loop of red LED lights. It is adapted to be powered through a normal 120v wall outlet. The top of the base is acrylic/plexiglass and has an embossed Predacon symbol which catches the red LED lights on it's edges.
All in all, I loved this project. Originally, I knew nothing about the character, and now that it's done, Predaking is one of my favorite Transformers!
More bits and pieces from a very distant relative's box of photographic goodies finally being sorted through. He was a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.
Type : LPG Tanker (Gazier)
Pavillon : Suède 🇸🇪
Lancement : 2007
Chantier naval : Shanghai Edward Shipbuilding (Chine 🇨🇳)
Identification (IMO number) : 9309239
Longueur : 177,10 m
Largeur : 26,27 m
Tonnage : 17 757 tjb
Short-Eared Owl at dusk. Processed a bit dim and cool, to keep the "dusk" feeling.
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hahahaha! this was a bit of fun with Ylana last night, just messing around being geeks and stuff. almost totally spur of the moment!! its 3:10am now and I just finished watching superbad on Ylana's laptop whilst she snoozes away on the bed next to me! haha!
ohhh I took this on her camera, it wasn't really anything serious, so we didn't treat it like a proper proper shoot, we just enjoyed ourselves taking pictures looking like rejects! haha!
52 in 2020 Challenge
30. A rainy day
Not quite enough to fully replenish the supplies but it sure felt like it when it came down!
Last bit of green land on the way out from Yosemite National Park, heading towards Death Valley
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A bit of cyber punk to mix things up. The weapon is light metallic purple by the way.
Oh yeah, credit to Brick By Brick 97 for the shoulder cape idea.
The only bit of sunshine that we had for our sunset shots- it lasted just a few seconds and then was gone.
A 8-bit image of the local channel Telefriuli's teletext, photo captured from the TV on a boring rainy afternoon!
Unfinished Irish crochet doily. I'm working the Clones knot ground in size 100 cotton with a .6 mm hook. My design
Cricket on Spiderwort shot at life size (1=1). This cricket is only 4mm long. This required a lens change and a good amount of bellows extension.
26/10/2023, Caland Canal, Rozenburg, Netherlands.
A Dutch owned bitumen tanker.
Keel laid on 10/05/2002, launched on 01/09/2002, and completed on 01/03/2003, by Shanghai Edward Shipyard, Shanghai, China (125)
6,280 g.t., & 6,319 dwt., as:
'Pandion' to 2019, &
'Bit Force' since.
bit out of my comfort zone but while in Chester today I spotted this lovely Chinese girl being photographed by her friends so with a silly grin on my face I joined them .smiles all round and a thank you as I showed them the photos
“You know sometimes, life brings on its complications. It throws you an unexpected curve ball. That's what happened to me about 2 1/2 years ago when I was diagnosed with diabetes. Look at how well it turned. When I got out of the hospital that night, I made a commitment to myself that I wouldn't let it slow me down. And I'm here tonight to tell you, that it hasn't slowed me down. You know sometimes, you just need a little bit of hope. And sometimes you just need a friend. When I had one of those days when nothing was going my way about 6 months ago, so I sat down and wrote this song. So tonight, tonight this song, is for you. This song is for every broken heart and every lost friend. For every high and for every low. The day after I got out of the hospital, we did a show. A place called Bloomfield Avenue Café, about 10 minutes away from here. There was 100 people at that show. There's 15,000 here tonight and it sold out in 2 minutes. It hasn't slowed me down. So if you're out there tonight and you just need a little bit of hope, let me tell you something, I want you to sing this out with me right now. At the top of your lungs Joe, show them what to do with their hands. C'mon people! Sing it out!” --Nick Jonas
Question of the picture:
1.Isn't Nick Cute ?!?
2. I know you guys (and me too) love all the jonas brothers but everyone has a 'cutest' so who's yours? (:
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Look closely and you will see one of natures reminders of the dangers out in the woods and by the waterways. Always be on the lookout for snakes. I was frustrated with the fact these limbs were blocking a good shot and just about grabbed them to move them when I noticed what was hiding inside. I'd already had already walked around them to the other side and was lucky I didn't get bit.
A bit of experimenting with long exposures with filters at Wheal Peevor, Redruth. Got quite nice natural colours from the filter combo, see below for list of filters used.
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Hoya NDx400 (9 stop)
Cokin ND8 (3 stop)
Cokin ND8 Grad
36 Second exposure @ f11
Canon EOS 7D
Canon 17-40mm L
This is a really long story. If you love animals, I suggest that you not read this. If you do read this, please, be careful.
We are about twenty miles from the nearest bit of civilization.
I smell. Like bear crap.
We ran into a bear cub yesterday. When I say we ran into, I mean literally dented the front of the bus. I felt so bad so we stopped the bus and tried to help it. Well Mama Bear wasn't too far behind. She was PISSED OFF. Like I'm-going-to-freaking-kill-these-stupid-mothalovin-humans-and-eat-them-with-my-dinner kind of pissed off. So we screamed and ran from it while the other girls watched from the bus. Then it ran up on me and I just squatted down and didn't move.
That was the longest sixteen seconds of my life. I was breathing so loud and my veins were pulsing like crazy. Caitlin did the same and so did Dinah. Maddie and Caroline managed to get the gun out of the storage compartment and took about two shots in the sky, and the bear left.
Caitlin ran to see if I was okay. I started crying, and then laughing, and we all had a group hug(:
And then Mama Bear returned from the back of the bus with other bears.
Like what the hell, who does that? You go tell your friends to come help you with your child problems?
That chick is crazy.
Instead of going through yet another near death experience, we jumped on the bus, and floored it until we were going forty miles through tree stumps.
The little girls were screeching like banshees and laughing. Even the hard to impress thirteen years olds were laughing.
I went to the back of the bus to get the sandwiches, and I look out the window and the bears are chasing the bus about a good ten feet back. We were going to run out of gas and had to refill soon. But the bear's were right behind us.
So while Makayla was driving, me and the girls devised a plan.
Cecile, Maddie's five year old sister, suggested we fill it with pepper spray solution. Then, it came to me. Tamara has a box of lighter fluid. We have cigarette lighters. I hated that I had to do it, but I did. I had to open the emergency exit at the back of the door. The bears ran even freaking faster. I cued Makayla to hit the gas, and we sped up to where we were a good fifty feet away from the bears. I held the lighter fluid so it coated the ground behind us. Then, with perfect timing. Allie dropped the cigarette lighter off the back of the bus. Then, right when the bears caught up, the path exploded with flames. It was so hot, and everyone screamed. It was like watching a firework explode.
It was amazing. I smiled. Teamwork.
Well three of the bears collapsed, and two ran straight the the flames. One of them was Mama Bear.
Then Rachel and Rebecca put plan B into the action with the help of young miss Cecile.
We mixed the pepper spray with a little bit of gun powder, and dumped it on the bears and then threw two cigarette lighters. The explosion was really loud, and caused a vibration, like a loud thunder roll. The bears disappeared in the smoke.
Everyone cheered, and even Makayla gave me a smile through the rear view mirror.
I wiped up the seat and let the girls sit back down, and then went back up to the front.
I felt so bad for the bears, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Then it started storming, and barely had gas.
Then we found a house. A HOUSE. While Sarah and Mae filled the bus with gas, some of us went inside the house to investigate. Now pay attention to who all went in.
It was me, Maddie. Makayla, Caitlin, Carolina, Dinah, Brea, and Sabrina. That's eight girls including me.
The house was abandoned. Creepy stains were everywhere. Paint was peeling. Toilet water was brown with stuff swimming in it. I went into the kitchen, and when I opened the refrigerator roaches spilled out. I opened my mouth and I heard a scream. But it wasn't
me. Makayla fell through the floor and landed in her arm. I saw that a column supporting the floor had collapsed. That makes no sense. It had a metal rod inside the block of wood. There's no way it could have gave out from the weight Makayla put on it. I mean she's on the larger side, but she is not heavy. At least not heavy enough to break the rod.
She was fine, just a few blisters. We climbed up the stairs and walked into a bedroom. On the wall, it had the ugliest wallpaper I've ever seen. I was about to look for stuff and then there was a ton of commotion outside. The two bears we thought were gone. Returned. They where gnashing at the windows. I could see the girls crying and screaming. I found a bat, Maddie found some guns, and Caroline handed out knives.
If you know me, then you know it is never good to get in my way when I have a bat. Never.
The bears were rocking the bus. I had seriously had enough of having to run from them. It was time for someone to go. It was going to be either us, or the bears. Now or never.
I huddled up with the girls, and planned how everything was to go down. Then I jumped, and made these loud screeching noise. Sabrina started chanting and whooping really loud. Maddie started banging trash can tops together. Carolina and Brea started shooting upwards. Dinah turned on a chainsaw we found in a pile of junk outside the house. Makayla had one of those things you use to cut the side of grass near a sidewalk. The bears charged straight for us.
Then an blood curdling screech stopped everything. Even the bears. Sabrina looked at us, and mouthed "mountain lion".
I could not breathe. That's never happened. Then Caitlin jumped from the top of the bus and collided with the bear. She WAS the mountain lion. Dinah ran straight for the bear she hit and started cutting at its neck. Brea shot at the other bear, and it immediately fell.
Caitlin was under the bear, and she was losing air quickly. I hit it in the back of the head multiple times, and I got it to get off of her. She just layer their, motionless. I stared at her. I wanted to cry, but the bear knocked me down. Out of the corner of my eye I could see the thirteen year olds pointing guns out of the window. Then, I got an idea. If I could get the lighter fluid on the bear's fur we could just burn them and let Dinah take them out.
I ran, and shouted at Cassie to get the gun powder and lighter fluid. Maddie caught it and started dumping it on the bears every time it got within five feet.
Then it charged in my direction (ONE DIRECTION<3) and took the cigarette lighter from my shorts, and threw it. The bear kept chasing me, and then I realized I freaking forgot to turn it on. Caitlin ran, turned it on , and threw it at the bear, and the bear caught fire. Thank God it was raining, because if the grass was dry we would have all been dead. It ran everywhere. It came really close to the bus, but finally gave up and fell to the ground.
The other bear was frightened and ran. Then I realized. The burning bear was Mama Bear.
We took the fire extinguisher from the bus and put the fire out, but she was already gone. I knew this would happened, but it was awful. The smoke. The burnt animal. It wasn't her fault. She was trying to help her child. I guess. We pried the doors to the bus open. The older girls were comforting the little ones. Everyone stood up and started clapping. After that, we loaded everything up. I hugged Caitlin. She laughed and said, "YOLO". Even though I hate that phrase, it was completely appropriate for that situation. We lived. She lived. I almost lost her. But she LIVED. WE lived.
We drove far away from there. That night, we all slept in the bus. I swear, when Caitlin jumped off the bus. That was heaven sent. God helped us. He saved us.
That night I will never forget. But we decided to keep it a secret. A camp secret. June 26, 2012, will be remembered as the day we fought bears. And lived.
So now we are setting up tents. We found a creek, and I'm letting girls play in the creek, and then wash them selves. Maddie poured some bubble bath at the top of the water fall, and then things got soapy. So I'm with Carolina, setting up individual tents, about to take a swim