Warring at Play

ChrisW · 11-01-2009, 01:21 AM

Just finished all 352 pages. This comic is brilliant. You've got great plot and great characterization. I look forward to more!

brr-icy · 11-01-2009, 11:30 AM

now that two of their most powerful fliers are backing out, it doesn't look good for them

Polenicus · 11-01-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Chaos Incarnate

I'm gonna have to borrow the stock you make that spark from! Great update, I love Thundershot's sweet corkscrew maneuver! I hope Megatron and Starscream burn in hell for abandoning their temporary allies.

I'm really happy how the corkscrew turned out. I just wanted to show that the Seekers are pretty badass in their own right.

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Originally Posted by Autobus Prime

Oh, crud! Now what are the Bots going to do?

I loved Evac's comic-book self-narrated attack, even if it didn't go altogether well.

I especially loved the incongruity of a HELICOPTER attacking a JET ranting about ROAD RAGE. Mixing metaphors THAT hard almost DEMANDS some sort of karmic comeback.

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Originally Posted by StarFire_MK2

It's great to see the Seekers actually using their abilities. They were so underused in the Marvel comics and G1 cartoons. And Thundershot retains Thundercracker's sonic boom abilities, eh? Very interesting....did Thundercracker's power rectifier chip survive his death?

The G1 tech specs are LOADED with cool stuff that almost NEVER got used. Whoever developed those original specs put a lot of thought and time into them. I thought it'd be cool to use some of those powers and weaknesses.

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Originally Posted by Eric

Awesome. Skywarp using his teleportation abilities, and Thundercracker being able to dodge Megatron's fusion cannon blast. More!

Poor Evac. I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to down him, until I remembered Skywarp hasn't gotten to do much cool stuff since Hot Rod downed him way way back at the beginning of the comic.

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Originally Posted by G1Wheeljack

Thundershot huh, I guess it does sound better than Sixcracker.

It's not an official name, mind you. Remember, Starscream hasn't actually TOLD anyone other than Shockwave and Murmeltier what he's done... including Thundercracker.

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Originally Posted by lemonherb

And as I side note, that's the same linoleum I had in the home I grew up in. Maybe a common pattern of homes in Edmonton built in the late 60's?

Quite possible. Does your home have the same deadly asbestos, too?

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Originally Posted by Coolhand

Ack. It couldn't last. As soon as the going got tough, the Cons got going. Without air cover, the ground based units are going to get cut apart.

And Megatron and Starscream abandoned a significant number of Decepticons, too. Just to up the whole 'dick' factor of that little move.

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Originally Posted by Coolhand

Also: Nemesis Prime once again hints that he has an ulterior motive. Interesting. He appears to like moving in mysterious ways, doesn't he. I'm curious to know more about his agenda. From what I've gathered so far, his loyalties to Megatron may not be exactly set in stone...

The only one who really knows what's in Scourge's head is Scourge.

... and me.

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Originally Posted by brr-icy

now that two of their most powerful fliers are backing out, it doesn't look good for them

In fact, it's their only remaining two fliers. Everyone else has been shot down.

But you're right, things are pretty grim. This charge cost them hugely, and they haven't really significantly hurt the House Decepticons yet.

grimlock1972 · 11-01-2009, 10:35 PM

Megatron you fool you will just get hunted down like a dog better to die in a valiant last stand like the brave 300 "warriors of the box prepare for glory!"

Autobot Spike · 11-02-2009, 07:30 PM

wow. you killed... everyone!? your animated Megatron is a little different from mine after all. Ultra Magnus you WILL be missed, and you big jerk you stole my idea for branding a shinki with an autobot insignia! (what am i talking about? i don't use shinki in my comic!?!?!?)

you are awesome...

so i actually have an FX question for you, if that's alright? i LOVE the effect you had on .... crap.. what's her name? not Mur, but the other one that Strarf and Arnval were attempting to save... well anyway the feathering energy effect you had on her wings was super cool.

that and the effect of headlights in the tunnels...

and your Lazors....

so....

tips?

great stuff, and i am looking forward to seeing how these things turn out!!!

-A.S.

Polenicus · 11-07-2009, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Autobot Spike

so i actually have an FX question for you, if that's alright? i LOVE the effect you had on .... crap.. what's her name? not Mur, but the other one that Strarf and Arnval were attempting to save... well anyway the feathering energy effect you had on her wings was super cool.

that and the effect of headlights in the tunnels...

and your Lazors....

so....

tips?

great stuff, and i am looking forward to seeing how these things turn out!!!

-A.S.

Well, a lot of it isn't as impressive as it seems.

The headlight effect? It's a filter in GIMP called 'Supernova'. I just created a separate screened layer for each individual headlight and sized the effect as needed.

The lazors I think just about any glow tutorial will teach you how to do. I can post a tutorial on it if people REALLY want, but my method is a lot more manual work than most.

And lastly, Eukrante's HiMAT effect wasn't too hard. Basically it works because she's clipped out (Necessary to make her 'fly') and so I can put things behind her. So I just made a screen layer behind her filled with black. Then I made an outline of her wings, and filled that with white. Then I picked a point, and did a zoom blur, blurring the white outline outwards (Some trial and error was required about where to put the point. In most cases it was somewhere above her head). Then I just altered the color balance on the screen layer to make it green.

That's all. I can post a tutorial on it if people really want.

Ellamin · 11-07-2009, 06:58 AM

Hopefully you will get back to mostly regular update schedules soon, otherwise, nice update, your effects are superb.

Autobot Spike · 11-07-2009, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Polenicus

Well, a lot of it isn't as impressive as it seems.

The headlight effect? It's a filter in GIMP called 'Supernova'. I just created a separate screened layer for each individual headlight and sized the effect as needed.

The lazors I think just about any glow tutorial will teach you how to do. I can post a tutorial on it if people REALLY want, but my method is a lot more manual work than most.

And lastly, Eukrante's HiMAT effect wasn't too hard. Basically it works because she's clipped out (Necessary to make her 'fly') and so I can put things behind her. So I just made a screen layer behind her filled with black. Then I made an outline of her wings, and filled that with white. Then I picked a point, and did a zoom blur, blurring the white outline outwards (Some trial and error was required about where to put the point. In most cases it was somewhere above her head). Then I just altered the color balance on the screen layer to make it green.

That's all. I can post a tutorial on it if people really want.

yes to tutorials!!! lol... actually,don't worry about it unless someone else wants one. i just like how you approach lasers. has a genuine feel. i can do the glowy, of course, as you've seen in TTWP... just gotta give it another whirl. the HiMAT effect is clever in how you developed it. i'll have to try something similar and see what i get. as for headlights.... hmmmmm any ideas for a photoshop user?

-A.S.

Polenicus · 11-08-2009, 10:41 AM

Wow... I never thought I'd get to use this again, but... it's time for a

Notes:

1. I wasn't planningon another Mega-Update... this segment just worked out to 54 panels. Whew!

2. Saber with a gun is awesome. Why is Saber with a gun awesome?

3. I haven't forgotten about Starscream and Megatron. Their fate will be shown shortly, don't worry.

4. Never get punched by Stockade. EVER.

5. Goggie 1, Lolcat 0

TRANS+CRAZY · 11-08-2009, 10:55 AM

I was surprised to see the Movie Decepticons helping out Landmine. I thought that all the Decepticons in the crate had retreated along with Megatron and Starscream.

Aren't Stockade, Dropkick and Wreckage cool? I find them awesome, and very glad that I have them in my collection.