TransFormers Adventures on Planet Arus

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  1. Keith Prime

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    Again, sorry for the Delay, but finally got an Update ready. New Camera = higher resolution... Still working on the adaptive lighting.

    Update 22: TransFerence

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    NOTE 1: Let me know what you think of the quality of the new camera. This is the best I've been able to do so far, & some panels I almost had my lamp ON the TFs.

    NOTE 2: For those not familiar w/ Animated Blackarachnia's Powers... Uh, go watch Animated. Seriously, you're missing out.

    But I'll explain anyway. In Animated, she had Megaman's copy ability. By a touch, she could temporarily absorb another's powers (like Airrazor's flight or Optimus's wrist weapons). Here, I extend it to Vampiric. Sometimes Vampires are portrayed as getting powers from those they bite, so this Blackarachnia can transfer powers to herself by touch or bite. :ev: 

    NOTE 3: What did you all think of my Cyber Venom effect? :ev: 

    NOTE 4: Since I don't plan on going back to them, the Minicons went for help, so Optimus, Airrazor & Jetfire will be fine... Eventually. :p 

    NOTE 5: I said I wanted to use Tigerhawk again... but he's too powerful a figure to include him in this battle for what I have planned. :p  But what has he flown off to discover? Anything?

    NOTE 6: I considered having Op & Jetfire combine, but wanted to use Blackarachnia's Cybervenom & show how dangerous she is

    NOTE 6a: Can someone alliterate Blackarachnia's scream? Not quite sure how to render it in text. I'm sure some of you know which one I mean. I was wanting to use it as she flew back to base, but couldn't work out the pronounciation/ letters.​

    NOTE 7: Oh, sorry for the first few pics being smaller. Setting in the camera must have been off when I started & corrected later. :confused: 

    NOTE 8: This update was back on Earth so I could get use to my new Camera Phone. I needed real backgrounds, so I can get your feadback; 'shopping in Cybertron wouldn't've allowed that...

    NOTE 9: Oh, & good luck working out what's going on in Tarantulas' secret lab. :ev:  :p  It'll be a while before I come back to it.
     
  2. Lock Cade

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    Definitely, the quality of the pics from your new camera is a lot better than your old one. And the cyber venom effect is awesome!

    :popcorn 
     
  3. Ezilla82

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    Maybe its my eyes, but I think the pics are a little bit darker, but like you said, " Still working on the adaptive lighting." But man that cyber venom effect is wicked and everything was good. So good work, Keith Prime.
     
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    Still a bit blurry dude. But better.

    I've always wanted that Tarantulas toy. And how tight are your TMII Dinobot's limbs? Mine are super loose. But he's currently in a box, and therefore I am unable to fix him (I'm an expert at joint tightening).

    Is Dinobot gonna stay evil?
     
  5. Keith Prime

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    There's only so much I can do w/ the lighting I have. But the camera counters slight movements, so I don't think blurry is quite the word you're looking for.

    Yeah, my Dinobot was bought w/ very loose joints. That's why I don't give him as dynamic of poses as the others. He can stand, but one of his arms flops around.

    I am not familiar enough w/ the polish/ glue fix, so when I got him, I stuffed tape & paper into the limbs to provide friction... Some are still working, but not all.

    I have no intention, at this time, to change Dinobot II's character. Remember, though not seen, Rampage has been talked about as alive.
     
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    Shockaract is the answer!!
    It's actually quite easy to fix joints, but don't use polish, because that stuff rubs off. It's more risky with superglue, but it works perfectly when done correctly.
     
  7. Keith Prime

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    Shockaract? :confused:  Never heard of it... & I'm not likely to be able to go out & get it, much less afford it.
     
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    I guess I should inform you as to why there's no update this week...

    I'm working on a Tuturial... Someone asked me how to do my Cybervenom, & I decided I might as well work up a Tutorial for it, since I haven't seen any for Cybervenom.

    You guys may want to read it too, as the first several pics (& some later) will be a preview for some effects for Chapter 3. One of those effects is the base of my Cybervenom, so I thought I'd explain both & have a little fun. When it goes up, I'll post a link here.

    The Tutorial is made in/ for GIMP, but I hope I explain everything well enough that those using other programs can work it out.
     
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    Sorry for the HUGE gap between posts. My head injury acted up for over a month (technically still is), & I'm just getting acclimated to what I hope isn't a new baseline. :( 

    Anyway, I haven't been entirely idle since posting my Cybervenom Tutorial. Though I couldn't do too much on my computer, I did contemplate the direction of Chapters 3 & 4, & recently have shot the whole of the upcoming Update, which I'm slowly 'shopping now (I'm inadvisably playing w/ the camera angles for shots that require CG backgrounds when continuity between pics is preferable...), & hope to have up sometime next week, barring my headache getting even worse all of a sudden.

    I've finally caught up on Warring at Play (I have mixed feelings on Pol not updating more while I was afk), but have SOOOOO many other threads, many of which get PAGES of new posts daily, that I still need to catch up on. u.u'

    Anyway, I was torn between posting about an upcoming update or just waiting & posting the Update, but thought that since there was likely several more days, I might as well post & let you know I'm not dead.

    Oh, & I'm finally wrapping Chapter 2 up... Still got several updates to go, but you'll notice (starting last update, but more noticible in the one after next) that I'm starting to pull my various plot threads together.

    If my head injury didn't make Updating unpredictable, I'd promise a battle between Voltron & Bruticus by October, but I can't be sure I could meet such a deadline... Should get there before Thanksgiving, I'd hope... Aiming for Halloween-ish, personally...

    & I really need to take the time to work up Chapter 3's Splash Page/ my next Sig.
     
  11. Keith Prime

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    Update 23: Con at Work

    Sorry for such the long delay. Head injury & the compicated nature of the backgruounds, yadda yadda yadda...

    The much delayed...

    Update 23: Con at Work

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    Note 1: For those who don't remember, or are confused, Mirror is an Agent of Pol's Sideways. Those are possibly the actual Minicons from Armada, w/ either a stolen (& stipped down -- read no Spark) or rebuilt "Transector" body, which Sideways may have decided to keep around. Prowl is the real MMS Agent, who is native to my Alternity (as the MMS DOESN'T bother w/ Shadow Dimentions, even a special one like mine). Basically, Mirror told the truth, just lying about who the Agent is. (I'm explaining as it's been a long while since I introduced Mirror).

    Note 2: How do you like my Cybertronian Altmodes for the Build Team? I got them out to mess w/ while talking about them on the Hercules Megathread, & decided to use them in the comic...

    Note 3: Part of the delay was my trying to get the Backgrounds close to consistant. I think I did a good enough job. Don't expect me to do that w/ an outside shot again, though. Once Chapter 2 is done, the Background 'shopping will significantly drop.
     
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    :popcorn 
     
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    :popcorn 

    Ah, it's good to see that the Build Team is going to try and find proof before trusting a Mysterious Stranger. :) 
     
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    Well, Hightower, the one w/ actual guns, is going to force them at least... But do note that Mirror has stacked the deck, as Prowl IS an MMS Opperative, & will say as much, & that he CAN'T have a different Energon Signature, as he's part of my native collection. Mirror & Vector Prime, so far, are the only Extra-dimentional characters who are in my Alternity at the moment.

    So yes, not all of the Build Team are gullible, but Mirror is using that against them. If Wedge had his way, they'd trust Mirror immediately. No idea HOW Wedge was made leader, but it is what it is... & Mirror has just as little problem as his boss, Pol's Sideways, does w/ exploiting it.
     
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    That's Sideways!!! :( 
     
  16. Keith Prime

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    Well, since he's Pol's Sideways' TransDimentional Operative, I'm using his Rider's name for his whole being, so as not to confuse them (it also keeps my TFs from realizing who he is, as they are aware of Pol's Sideways). The combined rider is offically named Mirror, & the name if fitting for his role as Sideways' Mirror Agent, who personally investigates things when Sideways believes direct intervention necessary, but he wouldn't dare do it himself, as well as his power to mirror a faction's insignia when using a specific head.

    The bike body is a Sparkless Transector, & the rider can split into 2 Headmasters (hence the "Head On"): Rook, the black one (which reveals an Autobot insignia), & Crosswise, the gray one (which reveals his Decepticon emblem), who may or may not be the REAL Rook & Crosswise.

    I view Mirror as having a portion of Sideways' personality & memory installed in him, so he can act directly on Sideways behalf, w/o the Outlaw being present personally nor needing to report back, at all (he can be viewed as an extention of Sideways himself). He's the perfect Triple Agent, & a better Con Artist than even Swindle, as clearly displayed here.
     
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    You know I'm getting a bad vibe from Mirror. He may look like a good guy, but to me his demeanor screams bad intentions to me, but I guess I need to read more to find out.
     
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    Yay! New Reader! You chimed in when I'm finally getting things moving towards getting to Arus...

    Uh, Mirror's an Agent of Pol's Sideways, you're SUPPOSED to get a bad vibe from him. He is lying to the Build Team about who he & Prowl are, reversing their roles, but otherwise telling the truth about his mission.

    Considering Tarantulas & Pol's Sideways were talking about Sideways sending an Agent back in Update 15: Agendas (they named him & he appears in the last panel), one side he's on is public knowledge, & I have no plans to hide whose side that is. It'll be an interesting excercise for me, showing his Cons for what they are, but keeping them secret from the Autobots... Everything Mirror tells someone sets something up for him later, & he tends to stack the deck against scrutiny, so that the problems w/ his cover/ story/ Con become what holds them together. :ev:  He could resell Swindle something he'd JUST bought off him, for a profit, if he needed to, he's THAT good. :lol 
     
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    Even though I haven't seen the photocomic by Pol and thats okay. Still I wait and see what Mirror has planned. But man I hate that I can sense bad vibe/or deception. I can't help it.