Revisions Necessary

Took several days off to play LittleBigPlanet and listen to the His Dark Materials trilogy on audio book (what can I say, I just have a hard time forcing myself to crack open a book), both of which I sorely enjoyed. I think the passive entertainment did me some good as a change of pace.

The interesting thing is how similar I find the characters of Kid and Lyra (you know, the whole scrappy blond tomboy with an uncertain, but absolutely critical destiny). I know and accept why Will and Lyra had to part ways at the end (that whole, 'build the Republic where you are,' sobering you up to remind you that, it may have been a fictional fantasy, but it had a real message, and real messages don't have fairy-tale endings), but all the same, it still left a bitter taste in my mouth, and I had a hard time getting back this build as a result. Kind of an odd emotional response from paper toys, but whatever.

I was prepared to play this build lazily. The layout was effectively "done" for quite some time, but I knew I could make it much easier. I avoided making the revisions because it would mean losing the majority of the layout, which would just drag the whole process out even longer. While the progress so far is decent looking enough, it's occurred to me that this is one of those models that will bring in new readers, and will probably be built by more people than my stage-fright inclined disposition would like to admit to.

To make a long story (one which you've probably read the majority of at this point {apologies on that account}) short, I've started making the revisions. Classes start on Tuesday, so I'll try to get it done and released before then, then take the Fahrenheit build more casually while I get back into the swing of a regular schedule.

I've also put up a dedicated page for my ridiculous little "Bonus Questions," which you can find if you'll look slightly to the left, but that's more or less unrelated. Expect the release in the next few days.

Aerith

Aerith
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QQWKYK92
http://www.mediafire.com/?ttgmz1kztxh

Sorry for dragging my feet on this one. I printed her out and started cutting on the first page before I realized I didn't really care that much about seeing this one done. So I ended up finding lots of distractions and excuses. Took care of some housekeeping (literally), and generally addressed the stuff one should during a break from school.




Kid's up next, and while I know plenty of people are looking forward to this one, I think I'm going to take a break for a few days, so I don't do the same thing I did with Aerith, and sit around with a half-finished model on my desk.

Periodically I remember that I actually enjoy playing video games, so you'll likely find me playing LittleBigPlanet (which I'm supposed to get via UPS later today) for the next few days. My PSN ID is Kaizo107 if anyone would care to join me.


On an all-encompassingly unrelated note: I'd like to issue a challenge to anyone who actually reads all the useless crap I say after the first few lines of text, wherein I link to the release in question. If you can answer this correctly, I'll have to think up some kind of prize.

Can anyone tell me what is odd / interesting / worthy-of-note in the first track of the Disgaea 2 Arranged soundtrack?

The challenge will remain open until someone answers it correctly, if ever. In fact, I doubt so highly that anyone will have any idea what I'm talking about that I'll give you a big hint: it's right at the beginning of the track. Why do this, you might ask? For fun. I'm just curious if anyone else has the same kind of bizarre, useless knowledge of, or interest in the same things I do.


Requests always welcome, blah blah blah, contact any time, yadda yadda yadda,

You know the drill.

Mojo

Mojo
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WYY0Z585
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rymk1tdznjm

Was aiming for Mojo's world map idle animation with the pose. Build was surprisingly fast and easy. Could've knocked it out in a day if I was concentrating.




I forgot to mention with the moogle release: This model can probably be scaled down considerably and still be buildable. Thanks to Lyrin for reminding me to bring it up.

I don't plan to rebuild the moogle any smaller to test it, but if anyone would like to, shoot me an email or instant message and I'll get you set up with what you need. I ask that you have a camera of some kind to take a picture of the finished product if you'd like to testbuild for me. A crappy cell phone camera is sufficient. The model should build precisely the same way, just a little more difficult in some of the smaller folds (feet, hand-nubs, and maybe in the wings).

Happy New Moogle

FFXI Moogle
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4P56UBF5
http://www.mediafire.com/?n2m24n3mkmy

Not gonna lie, this build was pretty phoned-in. But rest assured, my finished model looks like crap because I got lazy, not because the design is flawed.
Anyhow, I did a custom texture, the release contains the standard Moogle and Nomad Moogle.

So it's 2009. Woo! etc...
I guess I've been at this for about six months now. The funny part is I've posted a Moogle layout three times now. I guess the third time really is the charm, because the first two incarnations were absolute waste.

I'm working on rearranging my shelves, playing with some stencils and stuff. I'll probably have lots of crap to post on DeviantArt later tonight, but nothing release-related. I've got some errands to get done tomorrow, so I won't jump right into the next release, but I'll probably do some smaller items next. Probably Mojo, Aerith, and Kid, in that order. After that, I'll need several days to work on the Fahrenheit.

Check back often, etc.