Zoids

Well, I can still hear, so all is sorta good.
Let me explain. My sister's in-laws went away on vacation and I was "volunteered" to clean an office while they were away. Unfortunately someone gave me the wrong disarm code, (insert cursing here) and I set the alarm off... twice. My ears rang for days, despite me sticking my finger in to wring them out. My hearing is finally returning to normal... or what passes for normal for me. (admittedly, not much, I am a certified goofball)
The disarm and arm code are almost the same freaking code. Arm works fine. Disarm doesn't. Go figure. It all comes down to the one button. What the.... GRRRRR.
The fun thing is hitting the button... and seeing it blink thoughtfully.... and me going... um... is it... bbbbbbbbeeeeeBBBBBEEEEEEEE.... Ah crap! That hesitation... ugh. They gave me a new code, (which worked yesterday, thankfully) but I had an anxiety attack yesterday using it. That brief hesitation as it thinks it over...as you hit the last button... heart hammering in my chest, hands going to my ears... and then beep, off. I thought I was going to pass out. I swear it was toying with me! lol

The good news is that they are landing in 2 hours and I am off the hook cleaning! Yeah whooo!

Writing progress report:
I'm still pecking away at Jethro 2, but not much, I've been free writing too. I've added a new wrinkle which is going to make life interesting for Jethro. The book has a shifting viewpoint, Jethro is the main protagonist in the book but you also get to see how some of the other people around him are doing and see where some of the short stories tie in. :)
I've been stuck on the wrinkle and how it effects Jethro mentally and physically. Also, how others around him react to it.
I've also been researching an event but I'm not having much luck on finding what I want. I just need a criteria framework on military preparedness exercises. (How they grade a crew, certainly it's not just how fast they get it done right?)
I've also been catching myself skipping to the climactic um... crap. Spoiler. Never mind.... Neeeever Miiind. (sing song)

PRI (Princess Rescue Inc) has been Delta proofed, but I sent it to Mechmaster for a quick peek. He came back and said to hang on, he found some errors in the prologue so he'll take a stab at it. Most of them are word choice or punctuation related, something me and the 4 guys helping me tend to overlook. Since I'm tired of the proofing complaints, (they are my fault) I'm doing something about it. So, I'm pushing back the release of the book. Sorry, I doubt it will be this month or next. The good news is Mechmaster said he'd table AD (Afraid of the Dark) in order to get it done. It will hopefully be easier than AD which I wrote with all sorts of past tense errors and the Greek Chorus haven't had a go at. Maybe I'll as Mechmaster to pass it back to me and let them have a go at it? Clean up the dumb mistakes? Hmmmmm...

Plague Planet (PP) has been passed on to Gamma proofing. I think everyone's a little disappointed in the lack of space battles. It's a soap opera. That will definitely change in Jethro 2 First to Fight and Pirate's Bane, so please be patient. There is, as I said, a method to the madness.

Let's see, what else... um, Oh, Nohar has been successfully proofed by my Greek Chorus, and I'm sitting on it now. Since both Alpha and Beta proofers have finished with PP, I passed "Special Delivery" another short story on to Gord and Jacob. Both seemed amused by it.

I've been looking into various copy editing methods, and I downloaded some text to speech writers in order to try them. I had one in Zabaware's Ultrahal. (Wait, don't go there, the site has a virus! A virus I tell you! ssss.. sorry, I tried to warn you!) I caught a nasty virus there, and then again at the Phoenix college site trying to login for my sister. That took some time to clean out, but both apparently didn't do damage.
The Text to Speech thing is cool, but I need a full version, listening to the artificial "Anne" voice and highlighting a paragraph at a time is ugh. Forget it.
There is supposed to be an extension plugin for Open Office. I downloaded it, but there is no install directions and no install EXE. I'm clueless apparently. (insert laugh track for those who know better here)

Since I need to re-install Inspire 3D to get the import function to work properly in order to import the Jethro obj file (it's is corrupted) so I can work on his new suit, (It's for the cover to First to Fight and other things) I shoved it to the back burner. Instead I tinkered with hexagonal digicam and my zoids again.

I redressed my last Blade Liger beauty shot for this scene. I wanted the Rev raptor in the foreground to be impaled. You can't really see it very well though.

Here you can see a better view of the hex digicam. I fixed it. The above shot was messed up. The props and stuff are from my library with the exception of the C4D people. (except the pilots) and the forklift belongs to um...Archangel studios.

I wanted a cherry picker and other things, but I didn't find any on the web and I'm too lazy to make them now. Maybe later. BTW the civilians are civilian contractors working for the manufacturer. I keep thinking someone lost the keys and everyone's standing around hoping they will find them soon. :D

 

The hex digicam is a dumbed down version of something I saw at CGhub. I think the character wearing it (uniform) was for a game but I'm suffering a brain fart so I'm not sure. (Pizza will do that)

 

I also want to congratulate Kam on his team's win last night. Good job twerp! Finally broke the losing streak! Hell of a way to pitch a game! You're getting there kid, keep your chin up. :)