Yuusha Hime Kalibourne ~ by Rob Lantz and Kara Dennison

"Hey! You've run off with my Snatch!" by Rob
Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 8:26 PM

Ohkay.....Just got done watching the movie "Battle for Endor" with some good people...we like to subject ourselves to pain like this once and a while. It's good therapy to sit and watch a horridly bad movie and rip it to shreds. We do it whenever Allen comes down and we get mucho enjoyment out of it. Last weekend was 'Gymkata'

This was uttely the biggest piece of crap since Lucas released that horrid 'Holiday Special' upon the unsupecting populace.

I swear we heard Wilford Brimley say the 'F' bomb at one point...looks like they missed that one in post prodution. Oh well...made it more interesting that's for sure.

I go collapse early tonight, because I've been subjecting myself to torturous beatings at class and riding my bike for the first time in months (that tends to work muscles that you dont use often in the off season) yesterday.....so I go to sleep early now.

Resistance of Wickets Eyes are FUTILE!!!

Realy! They stare at you and look like they've been made of wood!

Neo-Vader III

'What's in your fridge?' '... TWO HUNDRED BEERS AND A PENGUIN!!!!!!!!!!' by Kara
Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 6:58 AM

One panel, but yay for that panel. I was sent the 'script' (or rather, the one-paragraph description), several photos, and a command to 'have fun in Photoshop.' Well, it was at the very least a learning experience. I learned to make fire ... and really the only complex thing about it was finding the simplest tutorial. People do love to do things the hard way ... and most of the ones I found were for setting text on fire, so I had to do some adapting.

I was asked to take a few more pics of the Buster Machines, so I took them out for a romp the other night.

I've been trying very hard to give everyone a sense of scale, but it seems like any photos I take still don't show too adequately how damn tiny they are. So I tried the old quarter for scale trick ... it still doesn't seem to be doing the job.

So I decided to try something else -- a coffee mug. Besides, I'd heard that the best way to take a good photo of a small animal is to put them inside something. Eventually, they'll pop out to look around, and there you have it -- ~~a letter opener~~ a cute photo. Buster Machine 1 was more than happy to oblige, but Buster Machine 2 had to be propped out a bit. He has this knack for falling asleep just about anywhere, and he decided to curl up in the mug and have a bit of a doze.

Well, I couldn't have the Buster Machines lying down on the job -- so I decided to toss them into combat. And since I don't have a beautiful giant Gunbuster model (although I bet these Buster Machines would fit in the base, too), I had to grab the closest mech I could find ...

... my 5" tall GaoFighGar. (Perhaps this gives a sense of scale?)

At first, the Buster Machines didn't take an interest. I tried forcing them to face it, but they still couldn't be arsed.

Finally (and with a little help from me), Buster Machine 2 took the initiative and went in for the kill ... leading to ... certain victory!!!! So I suppose that finishes off that robot grudge-match.

(Unfortunately, during the shoot, there was a loud noise from outside. Buster Machine 1 scarpered to me, but Buster Machine 2 decided that the safest place to be was GaoFighGar's crotch. I hope that is a sentence you'll never have to hear again.)

And now, with that little request fulfilled, I have other things to do. Like put on some warmer clothes and be ill in a bucket. If you have been, I had no idea.

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