Monday, April 13, 2009

Sway Combo...

Sigh, jus got my new phone today...decided to jus grab the Samsung Pixon...the xiao ding dang phone instead of F480...cos of the camera...not sure if its good or bad...but zzz...i got it alr....

Was trying to transfer my updated numbers to my sim card, but deleted the updated numbers on my phone instead....tmd sway dao bao.....den as i was painting on Painter...suddenly crash...wasting my 45mins of color adjusting and paintings... so now a bit sian alr...dun feel like doing anithin alr...

Went to Tampines 1 for dinner today at Kimgary today. Well, apparently people thought that its gonna be only opened for a week or something. Cos the crowd is like, if u go there n walk for 5mins u get 500 million dollars. Well, the crowd is still crazy... and we had to queue for kimgary. Something happened as we were on the queue.... the BBQ chicken shop beside Kimgary suddenly had one representative to go n tiu the Kimgary manager. Because the queue is blocking his door. I tot, if your food is good...even if u no door, ppl oso will dig a door in.... aniwae, i felt that the architecture of Tampines is pretty bad. Apparently human traffic flow wasn't taken into consideration.

They have a bloody big pool at the basement, in exchange for people having to squeeze along the mini pathway to walk across. No seats oso. They had Kimgary, an eatery by the escalator's side. So what happen when there's a long queue? BBQ gets blocked.... I dun even wan to talk about Carl's Jr's pathetic amount of seats available....i think its not even enough for my whole class to go eat comfortably.....zzz. The narrow and tight passage way in front of Uniqlo is crazy as well...with people cheonging in like t-shirts are free? They might as well shut down the escalator. There's this japanese buffet thingy that was tucked in at one superbly tight corner...and queue snaking their way out....well...i guess tt's not too bad considering if the queue at kimgary got longer, i might have to queue on the escalator......Maybe the design was considered in the first place, den the next possibility is that, Asiamall din consider how the shops will obstruct the human traffic...aniwae...like they wud care as long as they're paid with rents....sigh. I guess this is a perfect example of good design gone awry....

Finally settled Weiming's Momo chinatown thingy...guess its time to start concentrating on my imagebook now....Hope i can slot in sometime to do some painting and coloring my models...without any disaster happening....sigh...


Current fayleng: Still having hang overs from stayin overnite til 1230 this afternoon to complete weiming's momo project....zzz

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Hmmm...Good news recently? (Super long post and alot of images...T_T)

This few day was as usual...tiring week due to my last minute at work again, wrote and edited my supposed to be graphic novel into a novel. Siggghhh.... Initially i wanted to plan my g.novel in words so that i can keep track of my story direction. The story ended up getting way too complicated and i had to keep it at a novel state to be able to hand in on time. Well, maybe i can do it as a project during this holiday then...zz

Went to the Phokki open ceremony a few days ago... It was kinda quick and nothing much happened really. Apart from telling what i already know from the site...it was just a breeze through. Most of the people who attended were most probably invited internally. I didn't even see any young digital artist. The website itself was pretty good though, something to earn quick cash if you're good enough. Although the launch was kinda boring to me....but i got to see Artgerm!!! He gave a quick talk on what IFS is up to recently and all...Its really inspiring to see him talk about what he is involve at the moment and how he is trying to help educate the public on art as a career. IFS is currently involve in some concept work with square enix from japan according to him, what project he cannot say. LOL. Artgerm will also be gracing this month's ImagineFX with his Pepper!! Well, hope i can get it soon enough....check it out here
http://www.imaginefx.com/02287754332380807597/imaginefx-issue-43.html

I applied for an internship awhile back for Play imaginative, and just when i thought i was rejected last week, i finally received a call from Play imaginative and was told to report for work on the 1st of May. Yaaayy....Kinda happy and worried at the moment...because i'm not really sure what is expected of me...zzz. Anyway, i'm sure i'll learn alot from this internship. Maybe i should also really make use of this holiday to build my portfolio on deviantart, and who knows, i might qualify for IFS one day!! Roar....

Recently, i've been reading this comic by DC called Crisis on Infinite Earth. A short intro from wiki...

Crisis on Infinite Earths is a 12-issue American comic book limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series") and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 to simplify their then-55-year-old continuity.[1] The series was written by Marv Wolfman, and illustrated by George Pérez (pencils/layouts), with Mike DeCarlo, Dick Giordano, and Jerry Ordway, (who shared inking/embellishing chores). The series eliminated the concept of the Multiverse in the fictional DC Universe, and depicted the deaths of such long-standing superheroes as Supergirl and the Barry Allen incarnation of the Flash.
The title of the series was inspired by earlier crossover stories involving the multiple parallel Earths of the Multiverse, such as "
Crisis on Earth-Two" and "Crisis on Earth-Three," but instead of lasting two to five issues and involving members from as many superhero teams from as many parallel worlds, it involved virtually every significant character from every parallel universe in DC's history. It in turn inspired the titles of seven subsequent DC crossover series: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994), Identity Crisis (2004), Countdown to Infinite Crisis (2005), Infinite Crisis (2005-2006), 52 (2006-2007), Countdown to Final Crisis (2007-2008) and Final Crisis (2008).

It's a really interesting comic, but i was really attracted to this comic because of its cover...LOL. The cover art was done in collaboration by one of my favourite artist...ALEX ROSS!!! lol...can't get enough of his work man...


Well, its been awhile since i posted things related to toys, so i'll be introducing this gundam kit that i saw on Hobby Japan recently. Its really an eye-catcher...I'm recently quite fascinated with samurai type gundam as well...they're like so super cool.....

Costing $380 here, this is the Gundam that caught my eye....
MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame Perfect Grade.









MG Shin Musha Gundam Sengoku no Jin
I think i saw this baby at Sunshine plaza's gundam shop. If you're not sure which one it is. Its the one on the bloody horse. And for everyone's info, that horse was self-customised by that shop....blur and respect man....










Apparently S.I.C had a new series of diorama too...and its my favourite Kuuga....costing at approximately $600 for preorder...titled Dark Side, sculpted by my favourite...Takayuki Takeya...






















Hmmm...for something more familiar to the general....Hot toys are having some wicked Movie masterpieces from Terminator 4 and Goemon. Well, Hot toys' stuff is really getting more and more suuuuuupeeerbbb.....Items released date is still to be confirmed.....


















~ Movie Masterpiece Series ~

Hot Toys proudly presents the first human-kind MMS figure from the upcoming sci-fi movie in 2009 - Terminator Salvation: 1/6th scale John Connor collectible figures.

This collectible figure stands approximately 30 cm tall, featuring Hot Toys True-type figure body with over 36 points of articulation.

This John Connor figure features the high quality head sculpture (by Weapon X) , perfect painting (by JC Hong) and authentic Christian Bale likeness.

The collectible also comes with the following full gear and weapons:

+ Uniform
- Leather jacket
- Pants
- T-shirt
- Tactical full body harness

+ Accessories
- Headset
- Radio with pouch
- M4 magazine pouches
- Pistol Magazine pouch
- Demolition blocks
- Drop leg panel
- Armband
- Patch
- Assault boots
- Tactical gloves

+ Weapons
- M4A1 with tactical red dot sight
- XM-26 LSS
- Line launcher
- Pistol with holster
- Tactical fixed blade

Artists:
Head Sculpt by Kojun
Paint by J.C Hong
















~Movie Masterpiece Series~

The Skynet's foot soldier - T700 collectible figure features:

- Approximately 31 cm / 12 inches tall

- over 25 points of articulations plus fully articulated fingers and toes

- Light-up eyes (cell button battery operated / battery included)

- Movie scene featured figure base with nameplate





















The massive killing machine - T-600 collectible figure features:

- Approximately 35 cm / 14 inches tall

- over 25 Points of articulations plus fully articulated fingers

- Light-up eyes (cell button battery operated / battery included)

- Accessories includes Gatling gun ammo pack with harness

- Movie scene featured figure base with nameplate























~ Movie Masterpiece Series ~

This 1/6th scale Goemon Ishikawa collectible figure stands approximately 31cm tall and features:

- Hot Toys 12-inch figure body with over 32 points of articulation

- Highly detailed head sculpture with authentic likeness of Yosuke Eguchi as Goemon Ishikawa

- Dressed in his movie-accurate costume of removable waistcoat with fur and leather-like belt, sleeveless jacket in red color, patterned shirt, grey pants and boots

- Accessories included:
* "Tenka" sword with scabbard
* Smoking pipe
* Treasure Box
* Map
* Signature paper with the Goemon sign
* Hanzo's Shuriken star (Throwing knife)
* Kunai Knife
* 12-inch figure stand with Goemon nameplate

Prototype shown, final product appearance and colors may vary.

Artists:
Head Sculpt - Kojun
Painting - JC.HONG
Costume design - HARUE Creative
Accessories Sculpt - Kouhei Okui

Goemon is the upcoming japanese movie featuring Ryoko Hirosue and Yosuke Eguchi...When i first saw the movie trailer, thought it reminded me of Casshern and Shinobi...LOL...hopefully its better den the previous 2, but even if its not...Ryoko Hirosue in it is worthy enough for the ticket price!!



Recently i'm beginning to love Dissidia Final Fantasy more and more, the gaming interface is really superb and the character's move is all so impressive. Simply can't get enough of it, i can jus go bashing people up on my psp while i travel. I think Naruto is almost coming to an end...hope its a good ending...Bleach is still getting all hype up...

Current Fayleng: Well...i'm a happy man at the moment.....gotta have some inspiration for my image book.... Jus a lil side note, i do not take credit for all this images, i merely got them all over the internet and compile it here for everyone's convenience. :P