Dave's Rantlets

10:51pm: Artemis A as Cupid, try two
( After beating Snaptooth a few times in the Valentine's event... )

8:12pm: Review: NEST Alliance Pack
Battlefield Bumblebee is okay, Soundwave meh, this is a very not-enthusing-Dave set.

3:34pm: Tales of the Intermezzo - Hazy Days
Tales of the Intermezzo - Hazy Days: A brief look at what happened at the Smithsonian after Jetfire left....

1:41pm: ASH: LL&DD #9 - Other Family
LL&DD #9 - Other Family: What if the world hadn't ended in 1998? What would the child of LL&DD have been like in that case...and would something as minor as not existing get in his way?

6:17pm: Comics for February 3-ish, 2010
( Books of Note: Serenity Rose v2, Amelia Rules! Superheroes )

   Dave Van Domelen, "Basic nuclear metaphysics! If it's got a PLANET-SHATTERING FUSION CANNON, it's GOTTA have an EXHAUST PORT, Kit!" - Penny Pincer, Gold Digger v3 #114

7:21pm: TF:Animated Sky-Byte
( Done for an AllSpark Art Challenge, to make a TF:A version of someone who never got a toy, lobbying for a toy in some fashion. )

6:08pm: Review: Legends Bumblebee vs. Shadow Striker
AKA a gift to shippers.

3:15pm: Review: EZ Collection Constructicons
Pretty good, surprisingly.

6:15pm: Skwirl Torch mini
( One of those Schleimmer-whatever things bought at Tractor Supply Company, repainted. )

5:28pm: ASH #103: Rival Schools Part 3 - Field Trip
Academy of Super-Heroes #103: Rival Schools Part 3: Field Trip - Conflicto has taken the Understudies of Crime to the top of the world on a field trip, but are all their permission slips in order?

2:04pm: "And I'll Rampage all over the head!"
Voltron for Monsterpocalypse announced for summer release.

$50 for a complete game is a pretty good deal, especially compared to regular MonPoc sets. By comparison, two starter boxes (the minimum needed to let two people play) cost $50 together, and you only get four common buildings and each player has the same four common units. Presumably, the Voltron set will have more units (and will have units that are the same faction as the monsters!), although it might be deliberately building-light. I suspect Lo-Tor's forces will be Invaders Agenda, and Voltron Force is obviously going to be Protector Agenda, so you can have your G1 Strike Fighters support Voltron. ;)

11:02am: Review: Device Label Tigatron
Not so much a jumpdrive as a pouncedrive?

7:34pm: Comics for January 27, 2010
( No books of note, timeshifted books or other-media. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "You should know that I'm BULLETPROOF and COMPLETELY unimpressed." - Ms. Marvel to police, Ms. Marvel #49

10:21pm: Okay, 45. Per Annum
Felt like putting a villain on Justice, and a mention of Per Degaton caused me to think I could do Per Annum (my parody of him from an old Dvandom Force story) as a Mercenaries Mastermind.
( Moriarty, hand me your shoe, I want to read the paper. )

8:54pm: 44 characters, time to rearrange the page
My City of Heroes/Villains roster page. With 44 entries, I decided it was time to take an evening and rearrange things to be a little more navigable, spinning each server off onto a separate page.

4:55pm: CoH: Proliferating Minions
Just some thoughts I had today about a way to get minions in the hands of heroic players. Not bothering to post to any CoH board or community because I'm sure something like it has come up a bazillion times, I mainly want to get it down for myself and to neep at y'all.
( For the heroic Mastermind type )

7:06pm: Kitbash: Grown up Alexis from TF: Armada
( A simple mod of a Maya-in-civvies figure from Evangelion )

4:15pm: CoH: Well, THERE'S your problem!
A gag character, based on a quote that compares scrappers to WD-40, I present Woody 40.
( And partly based on Adam Savage )

6:53pm: CoV/H: Operative O'Hara costume 2, Kopikat as Katena
The "hero disguise" costume let me get a little closer, although there wasn't a color pattern to make the arm spikes red without making the hands red too, and I can't have a tattered mini-cape until L20.
( Not sure I'll play him up that high. )
ETA: Got Kopikat's second costume slot and made her something approximating her Nobilis/Exalted-style outfit from Exarchs: A Season in Crimson.
( Too bad there's no marble pattern available. Vines doesn't cut it. )

7:43pm: Review: Roll Out Command Optimus Prime (TF:A)
Not a bad toy for $20, but too gimmick-hobbled to spend more on one.

6:14pm: Comics for January 20-ish, 2010
( No books of note, was too tired Wednesday to go back to the shop later. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "They can level the mansion, but the weird never leaves..." - unnamed former Teen Brigade member, Avengers vs. Agents of Atlas #1 (of 4)

6:36pm: CoV: Operative O'Hara
The Widow powersets don't really appeal to me, but I was in the mood to fiddle with the costume options and I noticed that I could approximate some of the look and feel of Spider-Man 2099...so I made this character to use it, and to at least have a "mule" villain on Freedom in case any of my friends wanted help transferring stuff.
( Does whatever a Widow can.... )

11:01pm: K-girl Mae Costas
( A fly on the wall... )

11:18pm: Operative Kay Brubaker...in disguise
( Got to use the original idea in a way anyway. )

4:22pm: Operative Brubaker, my first Villain Epic Archetype
I decided not to get too weird with this one. Her name is Kay Brubaker, she's with the government, and she's here to help.
( Just not here to help YOU. )