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Characters Of The Week….
Ok. For once, I'm actually at a loss as to what to do here. I thought last week was going to be an anomaly, one week where everyone was on such amazing form that it was almost impossible to decide what would be COTW. But it seems everyone had other ideas and I'm left with a bit of a conundrum. You know how last week I said I had 10 different images that I could have chosen from? This week I've got so many images open in new tabs that I can't fit them all on to the tabs bar at the top of my page. But that's not the biggest problem. No, the biggest problem is that, out of all of those images, there are three that stand out and I can't in all good conscience chose one over the other two. It is not possible.
I know last week I was on about sitting there for hours trying to decide, but this week no, not going to do it, because I will not be able to decide. You can't make me. So I'm just gonna leave it there, we can have a three-way joint COTW for this week and I'm gonna go hide in a corner somewhere, binge on chocolate and pray that next week everyone goes a bit easier on me.
Candruth- Rossus
Gallery: Candruth's Characters :3
Jeimuzu- Mech Suit- Stratus X
Gallery: Jeimuzu's World
Lull-carae- Sweet Death
+masking diagram for how the body was made, just to blow everyone's minds a bit more.
Gallery: Lull-carae's works
And incase that wasn't enough for y'all, there's even more below the jump…
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Geek Quiz ♯18: Doctor Who
Ok everyone, I hope you have your Space- Time Visualisers tuned and the polarity of the neutron flow has been properly reversed, because this week we are going to be tackling my favourite TV show, Doctor Who. Of course all the answers are going to be wobbly-wobbly timer-whimey so try to keep up.
Oh and for the purposes of this quiz, the word serial is used to describe any episodes that form an overarching storyline (e.g. Genesis of the Daleks is made up of 6 episodes all part of the same story) and this also will apply to multi-episode story lines from the revived series as well (e.g. The last 3 episodes of season 4 would all be part of the same serial, despite having their own episode titles and numbers). Sorry if this is confusing, but otherwise the maths for some of the answers gets even more confusing.
As per usual, it’s 10 questions with a total of 20 points to get. The answers will be below a jump from the post whilst on the main blog page, so if you don’t want to be spoiled, take a look at the questions on the blog first. And obviously Don’t Post Answers In The Comments.
1. Who is the first person to be seen in the first ever episode of Doctor Who? (1)
Bonus: When was the first episode aired (Month and Year, at the very least) (1)
2. What is the name of the biggest city on Skaro? (1)
3. How many serials has the Master appeared in? (1)
Bonus: In which serial did he debut? (1)
4. Which Doctors had the most encounters with the Daleks? (2)
Bonus: How many serials did they each spend fighting the Daleks? (1)
5. Which of these is not a Time Lord Super-weapon? (1)
a) The De-Mat Gun b) The Moment
c) The Harp Of Rassilon d) Validium
Bonus: What is it actually used for? (1)
6. How many companions travelled with the 4th Doctor? (1)
Bonus: Name them (1)
7. In which serial did Colin Baker make his first appearance in Doctor Who? (1)
Bonus: In which serial did he debut as The Doctor? (1)
8. Who is the longest serving companion in terms of appearances? (1)
Bonus: How many appearances did they make as companion? (1)
9. Which of these three Doctors ever used the sonic screwdriver? (1)
a) 6th b) 7th c) 8th
Bonus: Who was the first Doctor to use the sonic screwdriver? (1)
10. How many men have portrayed the Doctor in the series? (1)
Bonus: Who played the Doctor in the 1965 and 1966 films Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks: Invasion Earth- 2150 A.D? (1)
11. Would anyone like a jelly baby? (some jelly babies)
Answers after the jump.
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Character Design Contest ♯115- Ranger Danger
Ok, so this week sees the last of our Fantasy RPG classes contests, and we're focusing on the Ranger class. For those of you unsure about this one, because it is probably the least defined of all of the classes, the Ranger is a huntsman, usually skilled in ranged weaponry (normally archery, though guns have been known) and setting traps, rather than close quarters combat of Paladins or Rogues. So that's what I want you guys to make. If you can create some interesting bow firing poses or inventive traps, you're likely to do well here.
As per usual, no limits on entries this week and the contest will close at midnight Saturday (blog time). Please read the contest rules before entering, have fun and good luck.
Rules for posts, contests, and challenges that I am hosting: Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters, no characters based on RPG’s or other games. The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warnings. Only post characters that you have either created for this contest specifically or you know for certain have never been entered to a contest before. If you aren’t certain, don’t enter it, because I’m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.
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Character Design Contest ♯114 (Rogues) Poll
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Honourable Mentions: Ubiquitous Pixel and Cliff
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Character Design Contest ♯113 (Clerics) Winner
We didn't manage to quite get the turn out for this poll as we did last week, but we still managed to accumulate a fair number of votes. And it wasn't a steamroller victory, though our winner was comfortably in the lead for the whole week. And that winner is Candruth for her Healing Words. Congrats Candruth (it's been a while hasn't it?) and well done to all our other entrants.
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Says the man with wings on his feet.
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Character Of the Week……?
You know, it's an odd feeling when you're happy that you've got a group of people doing their absolute best to make life difficult for you. Because that's how I felt deciding this weeks COTW. Honestly. Just to give you an insight into how I do this post, on Thursday evening I sit down and go through all of the galleries that have been posted on in the forums from the week and open up all the pictures that I could do in new tabs, so I can just click through and compare them (plus then I can just copy the link into the Add Media box for the picture). Not including this tab, I've got 10 tabs open at the moment, each containing a COTW worthy picture. How am I meant to decide?
I mean, at the moment I'm so torn. Just looking through them all you've got the amazing block lighting from Yautja's FireAnt character which is just staggering and complements the flat, earthy colours of the costume so well. But then you've got Candruth with her standard, high, high standard in shading and attention to detail (just look at the reflection of the character in the blades). But then AMS comes along with some truly stunning shading of his own, plus some crazy body shaping and gorgeous water effects. And then we have Ubiquitous Pixel with one of the most intense action poses I've seen done in Heromachine. You've got cool costuming from Funkmachine and Son4, great shading from Linea and Anarchangel and horrifying creepiness from Lull-carae. Plus Jeimuzu seems intent on making me quit heromachine by being just too awesome to handle. So who do I choose?
*A long, long time later*
Dammit you lot why do you have to be sooo good.
I have reached a decision. Even though there's only one of me, the vote wasn't unanimous, but we're gonna go with it. I'm gonna say this weeks COTW is Spirit Of Spartacus by Ubiquitous Pixel. The chest may look a little odd and it might be a bit rougher round the edges than some of the other candidates, but I dunno, even amongst such distinguished company, this was the one I kept coming back to.
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Geek Quiz ♯17: Anime
As promised, this weeks quiz is on everyones favourite Japanese export (tied possibly with their video games, but way ahead of Sushi). Now, considering how broad a topic this is (much like last week), I haven't been able to come up with only 10 questions. However, I'm not going to do a two part quiz again, I've got a few other plans, so instead I've added 5 questions, so there's 20 points between 15 questions and even then there's a metric ton of anime's I've missed out. Maybe at a later date we'll do another quiz on this topic, depending on how people do on this one. Anyway, for next week's quiz I'm gonna give you guys the choice. Would you rather have a quiz on the X-Men or Doctor Who? Leave your vote with your scores in the comments below.
As I said, this week it's 15 questions with a total of 20 points to get. The answers will be below a jump from the post whilst on the main blog page, so if you don’t want to be spoiled, take a look at the questions on the blog first. And obviously Don’t Post Answers In The Comments.
1. Who is the captain of the Starship Bebop in Cowboy bebop? (1)
2. How many forms does Frieza have? (1)
3. Which of these series is the longest running? (1)
a) Dragon Ball Z b) One Piece
c) Naruto Shippuden d) Bleach
Bonus: Which is the shortest running? (1)
4. What causes Ranma's transformations in Ranma 1/2? (1)
5. What move does Simon use to defeat Guame's Gember in Gurren Lagann? (1)
6.Who is the first of the Homunculii to fight Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood? (1)
Bonus: Who is the first Ed meets in the series? (1)
7. What is Sailor Moon's real name? (1)
8. Which of these partner Digimon is the odd one out? (1)
a) Agumon b) Biyomon
c) Gomamon d) Gatomon
9. What is the name of the parasite that inhabits Shinichi Izumi's hand in the series Parasyte? (1)
10. What year is Neon Genesis Evangelion set in? (1)
Bonus: When was the Second Impact? (1)
11. Who is the head of Public Security Seciton 9 in Ghost In The Shell? (1)
12. Which of these dark guilds from Fairy Tail is not a member of the Balam Alliance? (1)
a) Raven Tail b) Tartarous
c) Oracion Seis d) Grimoire Heart
Bonus: Who is its Guild Master? (1)
13. Who is the boss of the first floor of Sword Art Online? (1)
14. What is the name of the outer most wall in Attack On Titan? (1)
15. Which of these Studio Ghilbi films was released first? (1)
a) Spirited Away b) My Neighbour Totoro
c) Princess Mononoke d) Howl's Moving Castle
Bonus: What was the first film released by the studio? (1)
Kaitō ni tsuite wa, ika o iku
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