Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Saimoe 2008

So the quarterfinals of Saimoe are over. The results are as I would have voted so I guess the japanese voters and me think alike.
Kagami(Lucky Star) won from Tomoyo(Clannad)
with 1138 vs 790
Nagisa(Clannad) defeated Tamaki(Bamboo Blade)
with 953 vs 891
Tsukasa(Lucky Star) won from Fuuko(Clannad)
with 1049 vs 804
Hinagiku(Hayate no Gotoku) defeated Kirino(Bamboo Blade)
with 934 vs 750

With this the Bamboo Blade characters are out and only one from Clannad character is left.

Next matches are:
Kagami vs Nagisa
Tsukasa vs Hinagiku
With these matches there a big chance the Hiiragi sisters meet in the finals making it a match between twin sisters. If my ip range wouldn't be banned my vote would go to Kagami and to Hinagiku as she made it this far being the only character from Hayate no Gotoku which got this far.

Leading Edge


I've found another flash game to play instead of doing something useful. Leading Edge is a sidescrolling shooter which is surprisingly fun to play. It is somewhat hard as you cant rambo your way through it. Still a fun game to play a couple of times though.

Find the game here. for more games of the maker visit his site

Saturday, October 25, 2008

AR-Figure


Augmented reality, combining digital data with the real world using web cams, has found itself a new application, the AR figure. Not very long ago Geisha Tokyo Entertainment released their first AR figure. You just need a web cam and a computer running the software. Using the software and the cube and paddle that comes with the package you can have a virtual figure walking around on your desk. The cube and paddle have special print printed on it so the software recognizes the cube when being filmed with web cam. You can interact with it using the paddle. Depending on the print on the paddle you can poke or even undress the figure... Using other cubes and cards with different print you can also give presents to your figure. Somewhat scary how the first thing you can do to a virtual figure is undressing it...

Demo movie(mind the volume):

More at Geisha Tokyo Entertainment

Friday, October 24, 2008

Strike E IWSP *progress*

Today i finally have found the time to continue building my Strike E IWSP. For some time now my Strike E IWSP has been armless. Lately i couldn't find the time (was too lazy) to build the arms. Together with some comrades we spent the afternoon and evening building plamo. Had a good time and it is a great idea to make people that put off building plamo ^^;

Results of the day:
Strike E IWSP finally got arms ^^; (Added some panellining to test my new markers, I know it looks like crap but at least it got arms)

Now it just needs weapons and the build is somewhat complete. Still need to fill up mistakes add details and sand it until it is all smooth. All that then awaits me is painting it~
We'll see how long I can put off that one...

Saimoe


While international saimoe got me disappointed in the people voting, the original saimoe is getting very interesting. Most of my favorites are still in the tournament ^^. Though this makes deciding on who to vote for much more harder...
Standings are like this:

If you feel like voting... some japanese skill is required. A guide can be found here

Current match: Kagami vs Tomoyo
Current voting thread: http://changi.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/vote/1224682412/

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

New MG Sinanju Pictures

I came across some new Mg Sinanju pictures I just had to share.

The sinanju with the pilot. You now can see and appreciate the size of the Sinanju.

Action shot with large axe

pictures via amiblog

Friday, October 17, 2008

International Saimoe *Update*

The results were in and I was disappointed, very disappointed...
So disappointed I didn't feel like writing until now.

Hinagiku lost...
Haruhi lost by 1 vote...
Kyou lost...
Ni~paah~ lost...

So a new round has started with the following contestants:

Tomoyo vs Konata
C.C. vs Kotomi

Too disappointed to add images now...

vote if you still feel like voting...

Friday, October 10, 2008

International Saimoe *Update*

The results were in some days ago, I was just too lazy to update.

Tsukasa Hiiragi (LS) vs. Hinagiku Katsura (HnG)
504 --> 514
Konata Izumi (LS) vs. Suigintou (RM)
626 <-- 456
Mai Kawasumi (KN) vs. C.C. (CG)
493 --> 520
Nanoha Takamachi (NA) vs. Rika Furude (HNKN)
468 -->483

When voting I decided Hinagiku should win from Tsukasa as there is still another Hiiragi in the tournament. This means all the girls I voted for won ^^

So the contestants of next voting round will be:


(#9) Hinagiku Katsura vs. Tomoyo Sakagami (#2)
Hinagiku ftw~

(#12) Konata Izumi vs. Haruhi Suzumiya (#3)
The real haruhi should win from the cosplayer.

(#11) C.C. vs. Kyou Fujibayashi (#5)
Kyou~

(#15) Rika Furude vs. Kotomi Ichinose (#8)
ni-paah~

No doubts with voting this time :)

Voting starts pretty soon now, so go vote

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Fuuka Taisen


Last couple of days I've been wasting my time playing Fuuka Taisen. Fuuka Taisen is a 2D fighting game like Melty Blood but has Mai-hime characters instead. 3D backgrounds and 2D gamesprites. The gameplay is a bit different. Attacks do much more damage and countering does even more damage. Also every character has a "child" which can be used for special moves. The game is quite amusing, though sometimes it seems a bit unbalanced. Some characters clearly dominate some other characters. All in all a nice game.

Screens here

A gameplay video:


Try the game if you have time to spend. The demo is available here.(bottom of the page marked ダウンロード) I'm sure the full game is available too if you spend some time searching ;)

Sunday, October 5, 2008

International Saimoe *Update*

First winners bracket results are in:

(#1) Fate Testarossa vs. Kotomi Ichinose (#8)
631 <-- 520 (#5)
Kyou Fujibayashi vs. Shana (#4)
562 --> 614
(#3) Haruhi Suzumiya vs. Yuki Nagato (#6)
562 --> 593
(#7) Kagami Hiiragi vs. Tomoyo Sakagami (#2)
608 <-- 584

my votes only won in the last match ;_;
This means some very close(imo) matches in the next round

Next matches for the losers bracket looks like this:


Tsukasa Hiiragi (LS) vs. Hinagiku Katsura (HnG)
can't decide on this one ><

Konata Izumi (LS) vs. Suigintou (RM)
Konata~

Mai Kawasumi (KN) vs. C.C. (CG)
C.C. with cheese-kun~

Nanoha Takamachi (NA) vs. Rika Furude (HNKN)
the ni-paah~ should win

don't forget to vote!

Friday, October 3, 2008

MSN-06S Sinanju Ver. Ka


A new MG has been announced and is open for reservation. The MSN-06S Sinanju Ver.Ka. After the Unicorn this is the new Ver. Ka. Based on the Sazabi you can recognise the traits from it. It is from the same timeframe as the Unicorn and it was built to compete with the Unicorn. It is also equipped with a psychoframe but it does not looks like it has a destroyer mode. It looks quite nice. Out for release late December.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

International Saimoe Update

The first round is over. Here are the results:

(#1) Fate Testarossa vs. Tsukasa Hiiragi (#16)
673 <-- 588
(#8) Kotomi Ichinose vs. Hinagiku Katsura (#9)
632 <-- 566
(#5) Kyou Fujibayashi vs. Konata Izumi (#12)
627 <-- 616
(#4) Shana vs. Suigintou (#13)
722 <-- 535
(#3) Haruhi Suzumiya vs. Mai Kawasumi (#14)
753 <-- 473
(#6) Yuki Nagato vs. C.C. (#11)
661 <-- 583
(#7) Kagami Hiiragi vs. Nanoha Takamachi (#10)
740 <-- 505
(#2) Tomoyo Sakagami vs. Rika Furude (#15)
703 <-- 510

The results were not that surprising. It was a close one between kyou and konata though.

The tournament tree looks like this now:

The winners of round 1 will face eachother on Friday, October 3 @ 0200 GMT - 2600 GMT
The losers of round 1 will face eachother on Tuesday, October 7 @ 0200 GMT - 2600 GMT

International Saimoe

Saimoe the japanese tournament where fans can vote for the most moe character has spawned an international version. After the 64 contestants were nominated from the top of the other saimoe of previous years preliminary rounds were held. Now those rounds have ended and only 16 are left.
The matches are:









Now vote for the character you think is most moe

Incredible Hard Game

A incredible hard game on the japanese game show haneru no tobira.
This time the contestants had to swing on a conveyorbelt, take a footstand, use it to jump onto a rope hanging from the ceiling and land on a platform in very hot water. Fail jumping on the conveyor means landing in flour. Failing the conveyor of the rope means landing in hot water.



link via Japan probe

Gundam Pack Exchange

While building the MG Strike E IWSP a question hit me. Is the IWSP compatible with other gundams? I only have 2 other MG to try it on. The MG Freedom and the MG Strike Freedom. It did require some minor changes but here are the results:

The MG Freedom with IWSP. The pack did not fit entirely. I had to remove 2 thrusters from the back of Freedom for the IWSP to fit. Sacrificing 2 thrusters for 1 large pack wasn't that big of a problem ^^. I must say the pack looks good on the Freedom.
Another pose holding the shield. Getting the pose right was not so simple. The swords form the IWSP were somewhat in the way of the arms.
Here Strike Freedom with the old wings comes along. Too bad the IWSP doesn't fit on the Strike Freedom.
Soon when I finish the Strike E IWSP I will try more variations.