TransFormers Adventures on Planet Arus

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  1. Keith Prime

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    Sideways isn't a main part of Warring at Play. He's smuggled stuff into that comic/ Alternity, though (& removed at least one character). It isn't necessary to have seen Sideways before (he had the green speech bubbles), to understand what's going on. Just remember he's well beyond Swindle's league (not that my Swindle isn't trying to be that league, he just hasn't succeeded... yet...).

    Pol's Sideways will get someone whatever they want, as long as they can pay. Sometimes that's weapons, sometimes that's mercenaries or bounty hunters... sometimes it's living captives... You have the payment (& it is STEEP), he'll get you what you want. & Sideways is at the top of the MMS's Most Wanted List.

    As to faction, though Sideways wears a Decepticon emblem in his Universe form, he's more of an indepenent Agent. He is a Multiversal Singularity, like Unicron, Primus & Vector Prime, meaning there's only supposed to be one of him across all Universes/ Alternities (there are a few comics using Sideways' Universe toy -- a stealth -- that aren't Pol's Sideways, but it's usually obvious whether it's Pol's or not). He'll sell to anyone who can pay. However, that isn't the case here (in my comic), my use of him isn't a transaction, it's more of an alliance w/ Tarantulas, as something big is going down here... & Sideways doesn't want Swindle to get ahold of Voltron. Sideways can move between Alternities pretty much at will, as can Mirror.

    Pol set Sideways up like I have Vector Prime, specifically so he can crossover w/ other comics. I don't have the Universe Sideways toy, so I can't use Pol's Sideways directly... To get around that, I'm using his old, Armada toy, programmed to be a proxy of the actual Sideways, like he is there (which fits w/ Sideways MO, as he rarely goes to an Alternity personally -- last time it cost someone a Trillion Credits AND a wipe of his Criminal Record). But that doesn't mean he's exactly like Pol's Sideways, it just means he has his memories & goals, but may have his own personality.
     
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    It just feels kinda weird seeing legos as bridge material. But oh well just senselessly nitpicking.
     
  3. Keith Prime

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    Well, they're toys. They use what they have access to. My Alternity is rather strange, having Cybertron... But they're still toys... At least I was using some Technic bits... Those parts were left over from building Op's trailer, out of ... I think those were all either from The Twilight or the Clone Turbo Tank. I wanted to build a whole skeletal frame work, but doing what I did (editing wise) was hard enough. A whole bridge worth would've been too much.
     
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    Wow...LOL. That was really intriguing about Sideways being a combination of arms dealer or smuggler with the powers to travel into different universes at will.
     
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    Well, that is how Pol created him: Multiversal Smuggler AND Arms Dealler. & Mirror (my creation) is his Operative when a "hands on" approach is warranted. Mirror being present is as good as Sideways being there himself; & you DON'T want Sideways there himself, even by Proxy, muchless cooperating w/ the likes of Tarantulas. :ev: 
     
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    I gotcha.
     
  7. Keith Prime

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    Update 24: 1st Solo Mission

    This is an entirely impromtu update. I got a new figure today, & decided to show it off. Entirely canon. I have 1/2 of the Update that was going to be posted here done, but the 2nd 1/2 is related, & I didn't want to split it up... so this is a short update. It was easier to 'shop one character than the entire thing the next one is, so...

    Wonder if any of you will get the reference/s?

    Update 24: 1st Solo Mission

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    Note 1: I litterally got her TODAY. I won her last month & she was dropped off this morning. Once I saw her hand held device accessory/ hand, the idea for who she was & who she works for immediately popped into my head (acronym came a tad later), & since I could pull that off w/o 'shopping the backgrounds too much, it only made sense to go on & do a quick work up for her intro.

    Note 2: Sorry for some of the QC issues. I was working fast, to get her bit done before my head started hurting. I wasn't quite as careful w/ the background as I usually am, but it came out fairly good for fast work.

    Note 3: Now I know how hard some of those Shinki shots are! 'Shopping out her stand is almost as hard as doing fully digital backgrounds... It takes less time, as it's a smaller area. The first few shots I intentionally left her stand in, as it could very well be in the Temporal Portal Device.

    Note 4: For those who don't know, Ayanami Rei is a Figma (she's from Neon Genesis Evangelion). She's as close to a Shinki as I can get, for some time I think. Well, unless one pops up in the Monthly Give-away I won Rei in.

    Note 5: I'd like people to take guesses on what show Rei's data pad got me referencing... & bonus points if you can identify the all the references. :) 

    Note 6: I have not watched Evangelion yet, so I'll be making her character up as I go. Might look up Rei's character to see what kind of personality she has... I had a chance to get Asuka, but liked how Rei looked better (don't know why), so she was listed first in my list of which prize I wanted.
     
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    I want to say Metroid, but I know my guess would be very wrong. Nice, and you're better of with rei in figma form, the "floating breast" problem wont be much of a problem for you.
     
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    Inquiring minds want to know... Where is this Monthly Give-away of which you type?

    Ziggy, eh?

    Shouldn't she be slapping the box as it makes various tweeting, chirping, sighing noises, etc., then?

    Rei should be smoking a cigar considering whose role she is playing from that show.

    One of the TFs bodies should also be inhabited by a guy named "Sam", which no one else would be able to perceive except for Rei and Ziggy.

    The "Evil Leaper" storyline from the show was probably my favorite of the show. I wasn't partial to the final episode, though.

    I forget where "Stang" comes from. Not from that show, IIRC.

    Well, in Evangelion, Rei had a very muted character, both in terms of how much emotion she expressed and how much she talked. With as much irritation and back-talking she had for Ziggy, her characterization is much closer to Asuka than Rei.

    I could give you the link to the Wikipedia page for Rei, but if you ever end up watching Evangelion, that page is spoiler-rific.
     
  10. Keith Prime

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    No, you are wrong about Metroid. It's a show from the 80's.

    I think the main things that kept me from getting Asuka (had someone picked Rei, Asuka was next on my list of picks -- I picked last) were they used her Angry or yelling face in the promo pics, her hair would look odd a lot of the time, & I might have picked up that her bust could be a problem, but I'm not sure on this last one...

    OSN

    I thought about doing the sounds, but couldn't think how to spell a few, & I worked this up rather fast & didn't want to wait for any to come to me. Just assume the sound thing was what was glitching. :lol  I have time to work up Onomatopoeia for Ziggy for Rei's next appearance.

    Well, now I know for sure you've seen the show. I'll hold off on naming it, in case others want to guess. :ev:  Granted, your comments add more clues. & no cigar for Rei. :p 

    Well, as I had Ziggy explain, in "English", she isn't a hologram, she's just out of Phase. So, my references don't extend quite that far. Right now, she's an observer & has observered Temporal Anomalies (Vector Prime, Wheeljack's T.A.R.D.I.S., the Darksyde having entered TransWarp). I'm still debating how I want her to get to the point she can interact w/ my Alternity. Should I have them have a means to teleport her in, properly phased? Or should she get caught in one of Wheeljack's devices' fallout?

    I barely remember any actual episodes. I was a very little kid when it was on. I do remember a little from "Evil Leaper". I remember Al & Sam quite clearly, though.

    Ben Skywalker, & others, use "stang" in the Star Wars Expanded Universe (I've only read Legacy of the Force onwards) like we & TFs use "slag". Having non-TFs who haven't interacted w/ TFs use slag doesn't seem right, I don't use real swears, & the usual replacements don't seem right for a character that looks to be from the future.

    Yes, I had a feeling that's how it was going to turn out. That explains why her other 2 faces have subtle differences for emotion, rather than obvious ones (which will probably cause me some problems, as I need better lighting to get her face to show clear enough to show the emotion). But Al's role required arguing w/ Ziggy. I hadn't looked at the back of the box close enough to see how she was holding that box thing (cherished expression). & from Asuka's pic used in the give-away, she looked like she'd rip Ziggy in half, rather than just pound on him.

    Also, I have a feeling Asuka doesn't have that particular accessory, so I probably wouldn't've made this update today, as "Ziggy" was the inspiration, & I'd've actually looked up Asuka's personality before using her.

    I could find that myself... But I think TVTropes' Evangelion Character Page (I know it has to exist) would probably be a better source. & if I just read the trope titles/ pages, & not the show specifics, I could get by w/ minimal spoilage.
     
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    Update 25: Rei's Report

    This is another impromptu Update (& also another short one). I'm still working on the "current" one... Lots of 'shopping left to do for it. But this one required no 'shopping (aside from blacking out words on the "set" or an edge, showing what was off the "set"). I had several close ups of Rei's face, as her emotions do change a bit throughout & I wanted to try to show that, swapping out her face between panels, but the close ups came out blurry. Next time I try that, I'll try a better lamp, but my camera may not be good enough...

    This popped into my mind while I was working on the Update I still need to finish, & I had to do it before I forgot about it. It was quite simple to do.

    Let me know how Rei's emotions come across.

    Update 25: Rei's Report

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    Note 1: Anyone want to guess where I got the Deputy Chief's name from?

    Note 2: The Chief's head is only there so you see there's someone in the chair. It's otherwise irrelevant & not worth guessing who I used or what he looks like. I considered just showing the back of the chair, like Dr. Claw, but remembered I had a head I could use for it.

    Note 3: Again, let me know how I did on Rei's emotions. She's more expressive than TFs.

    Note from previous update:
    most of the references from the previous Update were from Quantum Leap, a lot specifically from Al.

    I promise I'll post the update in progress next. No more of these Extra's w/ Rei... Unless she's popular & I get requests to continue her slow entry into the comic. Requests may accelerate her meeting the main cast.
     
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    Now I do have one tiny problem that I see well the voice bubbles for Rei well I can't hardly make out what she is saying because do to my bad eyes. Now her superior's voice bubbles I can see and make out very clearly. So is there a way to change it a bit or not than thats cool I mean I'm just letting you know.
     
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    The only difference between the speech bubbles is what Font I used (Rei's is actually a larger size #, trying to get her words near the same size as most characters). I chose a new font for both (most of my characters have individual Fonts, but a few teams use the same or a variatioin), but selected Rei's, who will be recurring, specifically so I could remember what Font I'm using for her, & because it's easy to switch to. Either click the size bar for each panel, increasing it to the full 600x800, or magnify the screen.

    Also, since she's from another Alternity, it also serves as a bit of an accent. :) 

    & Blackarachnia has a similar, handwriting-type Font. I like using "handwriting" for recurring, feminine characters.

    If I get additional complaints on her Font being difficult to read, I'll either try increasing the size more or switch Fonts... which will be retroactive, for continuity.

    It's roughly the same size as the text for posts, so I didn't expect too much of a problem.

    To change it, I'd have to open each panel & reedit every bubble.
     
  14. The621

    The621 Fuck you, that's why!

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    You got me interested putting Armada Sideways in this comic, guy. I'll be reading.
     
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    A new reader!

    It's more than that. There's a Multiversal Sideways (he had green speech bubbles when he was talking to Tarantulas a while back) on these boards who originates from Warring at Play, set up specifically for Crossovers. HE is Sideways. "Armada Sideways" is a sort of Proxy for him (my doing, mostly because I don't have his Universe toy, which is one of the requirements for using him... that conversation earlier was using existing panels from other appearances over in Warring at Play), & goes by his rider's name: Mirror, so as to limit confusion. For all intents & purposes, he might as well be Sideways himself (as he has some of Sideways' programming, specifically to allow him to be in 2 places at once, but also so the real Sideways never has to enter a Dimention he doesn't want to in person), but is his own seperate entity. & as stated in posts a few pages back, Pol set his Crossover Sideways up in a way that he could out Swindle Swindle. Multiversal (cross-comic) con man, bounty hunter, smuggler, arms dealer, information broker, contractor w/ connections to hook entities up w/ assassins, etc., for the right price (I intend to hit on most of these aspects w/ Mirror, & I started w/ con man & bounty hunter).

    Part of Mirror being a proxy lets me come up w/ his personality, rather than trying to get Pol's Sideways' right.
     
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    Update 26: Ions & Blasters

    I finally finished this technically challenging Update. I think you'll appreciate why it took so long...

    Update 26: Ions & Blasters

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    Note 1: Someone ask to see Voltron? (I hadn't planned to do this, but I will answer some cries for character screen time, if it won't interrupt my plot. :wink: )

    Note 2: LOTS of clipping characters out. Due to the starfield, it was easier, faster, & more accurate to manually erase the white sheet out of the pics than it was to use GIMP's Scissors Select Tool, as I needed to get real close to the Lions, & Blast Off, so no white was missed!

    Note 3: The schematic came out excellent, & was a major contributing factor to the delay.

    Note 4: The Dog Fight was just as troublesome as the rest of the challenges of this update. Hopefully, since Rin came w/ 2 display stands, the next Dog Fight I do will be easier to pull off. (all the pics for this one were taken before Rin arrived).

    The Dog Fight actually came out better than I expected. When I was mining the URLs, as the panels changed, it kinda looked like stop motion. ^_^

    Note 5: I figured color coding the Voltron Force's text would be helpful. Hunk's is orange, instead of yellow, because it's easier to read... Also, Orange due to Hunk's suit color (there's a lot of Orange on Yellow Lion too... at least in the anime).
     
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    Voltron AND Transformers?!? Genius.
     
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    Holy crap, that was a long time we haven't seen Voltron.
     
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    I thought it'd be fun if they met.

    It takes a long time to cross a galaxy.

    Well, I had planned for everyone to be on Arus right after the Review (Chapter 1), but plot happens (& some fights), which is keeping everyone on Cybertron. I'm starting to pull my plot threads together, so it shouldn't be too much longer (I'm aiming for 5 or so updates, but no guarantees) before the action moves to Arus, & Voltron is a regular cast member, like he was planned to be.
     
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    Just an update. I shot the next Update & started 'shopping it, but many of the pics are of really poor quality (& I don't understand why, as I did everything like I usually do, aside from some experimentation w/ a few shots for close ups: looks like it may be a camera phone limitation preventing clear shots of faces), so I'm going to have to restart. At least I was mindful enough to save a layers file for the background I made for the first scene, so I don't have to recreate it.

    Sorry for the delay, but this is more technical difficulties than relating to my injury.