Nov 252014
Carja
Nov 242014
I was all set to write this week’s blog about my record collection as a kid, but as I started writing, I had a funny feeling I’d already written something similar. It turns out, I was right. On May 20, 2013, I posted Just For the Record which covered the subject nicely.
Why did I have records on the brain? Blame Fab. Two weeks ago, I wrote about the record hunting trip Fab and I went on at the flea market. Fab has been bitten by the vinyl bug big time and suggested that there were a few choice records which would make swell Christmas presents if we were so inclined. I can take a hint so Saturday I spent hours going through discogs.com trying to find the best deals. I can’t mention which ones I went with because Fab might read this and it would spoil the surprise.
While on discogs, I also took the opportunity to search for some records I might be interested in. Mostly children’s records of course, since those are all I ever listened to growing up. When it comes to music, I’m fine listening to CDs and mp3s.
There are so many records on discogs I didn’t even know what to look for. I did find some interesting items, mostly Peanuts and Star Wars related. The trick of course is to find sellers with multiple records on my list to save on shipping.
I advanced through more of the story mode for Skylanders Trap Team. I got to mid-way through what I believe is the last level (where I get to capture Kaos) before my controller needed recharging. I’ve committed to Bushwhack as my principle character for the time being. He’s on level 12, fully tricked out with all his powers and has amassed over 20000 gold (I need 25000 to buy the rare hate in Auric’s shop).
That will conclude this week’s post. Have a good week everybody!
Nov 212014
Happy Friday everybody! Time for another flashback! Enjoy!
“Truck full of good eats huh?”
“What’s it to you, Jack?”
“I’m hungry, I’m a gourmet chef and the name’s not Jack, it’s ROADBLOCK! I’m with G.I.JOE!”
This is a scene from G.I.JOE: The Revenge of Cobra mini-series. I couldn’t help quoting the last line repeatedly as I was drawing today’s flashback. Remember to click on pictures to enlarge them.
So yeah, Barnaby is here as Roadblock, a fun character who went on to be played by The Rock in the second live-action Joe movie. I’m more partial to the original animated series myself and of course, all the flashbacks are based on the original card art. On a side note, Barnaby always gets the huge honkin’ guns.
Here’s his action figure card.
And here’s the comparison to the original mash-up. But wait, those aren’t the same characters! That’s right. The first time around, Barnaby was Bazooka, a character I chose because he’s not the brightest bulb on the Joe Christmas tree. The pose from Bazooka’s card art was frustrating me and to be honest, Bazooka is one of my least favorite Joes, so I just decided to switch characters. Sorry Bazooka fans.
That’s all for this week. Have a good weekend everybody!
Nov 202014
Nov 192014
Hi there everybody! It’s mash-up time! Let us commence mashing!
It’s week 3 of League of Legends and things are going well. Not as well as I was hoping but well enough. I gotta keep pushing myself right? As always, click on a picture to enlarge it.
Irelia wasn’t my first choice for Zoë. I did my first pass through the character list with info from Wikipedia and a Yahoo! picture search, assigned League of Legends characters to each member of the cast then started drawing the first mash-up. Sometime before drawing the second I went through the League of Legends site to make sure I hadn’t missed any characters I liked better. I shuffled some costumes around and Zoë went from Vi to Irelia. I dig the ear covers.
Here’s a version without the full glow effect on her weapon.
That’s all for this week. Thanks for dropping by. Next week, Barnaby drops by for a visit. Place your guesses for which character he’ll be dressed up as in the comments below!