Lynx7725

No, it's not the 5th Chaos God.. that place is taken. it should be the 6th though.

And they look very good at it too. The Adepta Sororitas miniatures are commonly acknowledged as some of GW's best works, by Mike McVey. The new additions to this range is obviously of a different calibur.. sadly.

IIRC, this is the work of a female (and non-Japanese) gamer. It's technically well executed, just a bit strange in terms of the subject matter, but in W40K it's about par for course.

:D Hey, if you use a Minmay doll to hook a Gnerl, what do you use for a captial ship?

Personally I rather not mix. Putty (Squadron White/ Green, Bondo, Tamiya, etc. etc.) are easily available and in principle you should use the appropriate material for the appropriate job. 'Sides, putty allows you to contour to fit the shape, which is better than sanding like crazy.

You can do that, but I honestly think putty is a better idea overall. Either way, you do need to repaint, at least over the filled parts.

<shudder> Either that or a work of insanity. What next, a 1/12 Death Star?

Gotta KIV Japanese homes are pretty small. I like the details on 1/100, but the sheer size is prohibitive in shelf space. 1/144 are nice and compact, and new technologies means they are fairly tough. Not to mention they are affordable enough to literally have battalions of them running around. EDIT: Bsu, sort of like that kit precisely because there's not much fan service. A bit expensive though.

FWIW, the Thoroughbred is actually the third White Base class warship in Tomino's novelization of Gundam. There was however no information in the novels other than this.

Hehe. The bunch of losers were probably from Erica, my server, because it went down for maintenance last night (my time). But I agree -- if they are lame enough to go in to PK newbies, then they deserved what they got. I love the way Power Shot works in this case.. there was this one time when a PKer was chasing a newbie over a ridge and to the other side, out of LOS. I unlimbered my Short Bow, did a Power Shot over the ridge, and nailed the PKer without him even realising that he was being targetted. Talk about homing missile. Talking about Bow of Forest, one joke that circulated around Erica briefly was when someone advertised a "Forest of Bow" for sale. The mental image of a forest full of bows was irresistable.

Around then. The good news is that current stand on Open Beta PCs are that they will carry over to the LIVE servers, so you don't need to start from zero..

Maybe it's because you signed up for 8 keys...? I signed for 1 and got it in about a week. Frankly, if you don't have it by now, there's not much point to it as the Open Beta is about halfway over. TBH, I'm not sure whether this game is suitable for all gamers. It's fairly open and relies a lot on people taking the initiative to set up interesting situation in game. It merely provides the engine, some minor form of economy and a few quests to help newbies along... everything else AFAIK is player-driven.

Hey, you guys still have time to post here? If it wasn't for Erica's (unscheduled) downtime last night, I'd never had seen this post. I'm now a Lvl13 Human Fighter trying to go to Lvl12. The skills are really the high point of the XP system, that's really what I'm aiming for nowadays. Got myself a set of bone armour the other day.. can't wait to get "real" armour. I need to upgrade my weapons soon though.. while I can tackle monsters of around my area, it takes too long and I take too much damage doing that. Right now on weekdays I spend an hour or two just hanging around quest areas to help out. The xp gain is little, but the SP and money gains are quite nice.. I pulled in 4K~6K and about 500SP in that time. More eye candy. This is leather armour; I've since upgraded but don't have a pic handy.

The GM command is also coming out. Good solid GMs!

Hmm.. I just saw #11 pop up in my HG Gundam Seed Red Astray. It seems to refer to a situation when a particular sub-assembly is supposed to be rotated through an arc during or after incorporating in another assembly, and not as I previously stated.

I liked the show too.. the quality of animation was quite good for its time. The Bismark/ Ramrod didn't have an overly complicated transformation sequence; I'm not sure but it may be possible to refit this toy to be transformable.

Sorry, was busy whacking Werewolves in Lineage II when you posted. 1. Roughly, place to put cement for purpose of gluing. 2. Position to place dry transfer decal, with katakana markings. 3. Position to place wet transfer decal, with alphabetical markings. 4. Position to cut (for trimming purposes, most of the time) 5. Number of subassemblies to replicate (i.e. small numorous subassemblies that are the same) 6. Assemble subassemblies first (common) 7. I don't see this very often, but I take it as this: opposite side has similar part, but different part numbers. 8. Opposite side has identical parts, to be assembled in a similar fashion. 9. Beware of direction (i.e. small differences in up/down or left/right) 10. Assemble subassemblies last (not so common) 11. Very rare.. I not too sure, but I think this means multiple parts are supposed to be placed around a subassembly and all parts are all identical. 12. Please choose one to assemble here (i.e. placement with optional parts, like Zaku antenna) 13. Please be careful when screwing. (Get your mind out of the gutter! ) 14. Opposite part is designed to move the same way. This varies from kit to kit and can differ quite substantially. The Kanji after the number is a counter (specific to a particular type of item), and they are as follows: First to third line's counter: sheet-type item 4th line: generic Last line's counter:book-type item. The first item seems to be the cardboard cover that comes with MG kits (you know, the one with the frontal shot of the MS. Quantity 1. The second item seems to refer to a marking sheet, presumably dry transfer. Quantity 1. The third item is refering to the decal sheet, quantity 1. (Presumbly wet transfer) The 4th item is screws. 12 with 1 spare. The last item seems to be "Mecha Bible" -- probably the instruction manual. Quantity 1. Hope this helps.

Idea: Can the 20th OP's stock and silencer fit on this Megs? EDIT: <blush> I don't read either. forget this. Uhm.. thumb between legs.. uhm. no comments.

Resurrecting this thread.. Just got my key yesterday, have been playing since then. Obviously, a blast -- In less than a day I went from 0 to Lvl 9 Human Fighter. Could have been faster, but I went and bit off more than I can chew and died a few times. This is my first MMORPG, so I can't really say whether it's good or bad. It's definitely gorgeous, even on my dated system. The game, well, easy enough on the initial, but the XP penalties for dying and the hefty cost of equipment is really a major hurdle to my enjoyment.. My equipment doesn't match the level of opponents I'm supposed to be facing! Other than that, I don't really feel much RPG'ing here.. just a slower FPS, seems to be. There should be more infrastructure for player interactions. One interesting idea I had was the creation of a registered quest, where players will register quests to be completed, rather than waiting for NPCs to complete it. I guess the really major player interactions will come in only when Clan vs. Clan battles are fought. An interesting devlelopment came towards the end of my session. I was tired and didn't want to go solo so I went to the Obelisk of Victory, where I knew a more experienced player was acting as the role of a fire brigade. I paired up with this player to act as a bacon-puller, someone who steps in when a PC bites off more than he can chew and take care of his opponents. We were so good at it, the Obelisk was very crowded at the end... Many PCs sought it as a safe haven. When they bite off more than they can chew and a train forms, it is inevitable that the PC will lead the train back to the Obelisk, where we all waited to chop the critters up. Anyway, a bit of eye candy for you folks.

Thanks man. Appreciated. Hmm.. still looks a bit skinny, but much better than the 1A head. I've got a K&M box coming from HLJ (along with 2 -- count'em! 1/60 GBP), if I get enough spares I'll probably rig mine up that way too. And my 1/60 Roy Strike would be in GBP, of course.

As with a good number of people here, I also don't feel the need for a Live-Action WHR. But, I'm not willing to write off the possibility that a Live-Action WHR would be actually good.. the anime had elements that IMO would sit well within a well directed series. Suspense, Occult, Action, Intrigue.. the possibility is there. If the budget only allows for either Live-Action or Season 2, I would go for Season 2 in a heartbeat. Otherwise, I think the Live-Action folks should be given the opportunity to experiment. Of course, if they screw up, I'll personally deep-six the tapes, with the cast and crew to accompany the tapes!

Can I ask for another shot, full frontal, no pose this time? It looks good -- what do you think?

Uhm. I don't see why the symbols may be confusing, especially if you are not interested in the background story (i.e. fluff) but more of the instructions.. My Japanese is rudimentary, but luckily I understand Chinese too. *flips MG manuals* Okay, fair.. some may need help to decipher. If you would scan the "road signs" I think we would be more than willing to help. (okay, I would.. can't speak for everyone.. ) As for parts, MG kit manuals always has a page detailling the sprues. This is called the "Parts List" page. Each sprue is labeled, at top, with A XXX <-- katakana for "parts", I think, B XXX. So it's fairly easy to match them. If there are supposed to be 2 sets of say, sprue B, there is a "x2" behind. Quite clear, right? Because Bandai standardizes some parts, notably polycaps, in the diagrams sometimes there are crosses over certain parts. This means the parts are not to be used for this kit -- save them. As for screws and other parts, normally at the bottom right of he Parts Lists page there is a tabulation of other contents of the MG kit. The numbers are usually stated there. If you can scan in one I can do a rough translation for you, but bear in mind that the parts changes based on kits.

I guess I can understand why....

Yeah, I still remember the pic of your cat curled up in a Valk Box. Cute, that one. I need to go for a meeting; will come back to post a rebuttal later.