I need images of the Fremen wormriders from David Lynch's Dune and their gear, as well as the sandworms, and a size (even approximate) for the worms, and a good stills of the worm-riding scene near the end of the film ( Read more... )

Have gone to Halifax to visit intravox again, and come back, again. God, it's been 10 years and I still miss living in Halifax. OK, I don't miss having lousy jobs, or being poor, or having to live apart from my husband-then-boyfriend, or the hills downtown that were carved by Satan himself, should such an entity exist. (Salter Street is evil, eeeeevil!) ( Read more... )

It's May, for God's sake. Why do I still have to have the heat on in order to not freeze in the house? Bad enough I freeze all day at work with the air conditioning pouring down on me ( Read more... )

Always nearing a contest I am rushing to get a model done. *sigh* It's almost done, but for the decals and weathering. I really don't want to stay up until two in the morning finishing it, so the official story for the show tomorrow will be that it's being refurbished. I could try to get it done, but I'm really pleased with some of the detail work ( Read more... )

Went to the Capital Area Model Show (CAMS) in Fredericton yesterday. Put an old Klingon ship I'd done in high school into the contest for no other reason than I wanted to at least be in the draw for door prizes. It's not horrible by any means, but there are a few things I'd do differently ( Read more... )

Some of you may remember this incident from a convention I went to earlier this year. The one with the jerk who manhandled one of my models, then tossed down a quarter so I could 'call someone who cares' when I took him to task for it. The convention is looking for the model group I belong to to come back this year, and they FINALLY addressed what ( Read more... )

While hubby was surfing the Starship Modeler discussion forums, he came across a picture of the Enterprise-A, upside down with it's saucer sections submerged in a Tupperware container of hot, soapy water (to remove old decals and the floor wax holding them in place). That should probably have disturbed me more than it did.

Of course, after this ( Read more... )

Why does LiveJournal suddenly give me the option of listing my location? Weird.

Watched Independence Day again tonight. The similarities between it and George Pal's War of the Worlds continue to be obvious, as do the similarities between the final scenes of ID4 and Stargate. It didn't occur to me until partway through that I should be taking notes ( Read more... )

Okay, I always knew that scifi and gaming conventions didn't always attract the most, ahem, socially competent of persons, but this just takes the cake.

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The Darth Vader Tie Fighter model kit released a couple of years ago included a figure of Darth, in a sitting position, to be placed inside the cockpit of the fighter.

Model makers are strange and bizarre people.