tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035514764810586152024-03-13T10:30:26.106-04:00DestructoBlogDIY-Reviews-Comics-Stupidityjackoctoberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762795309347257352noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-41974437180967223892021-01-31T01:31:00.000-05:002021-01-31T01:31:53.590-05:00SUM: POD - UPDATE: UPDATE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ono2uRo-0HY/YBY8wZnKunI/AAAAAAAABlM/je5IGxlVWWIZMVQbqMC6Ty7zmFRDqiqHQCNcBGAsYHQ/s830/articleheader-update-update-podcasts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="830" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ono2uRo-0HY/YBY8wZnKunI/AAAAAAAABlM/je5IGxlVWWIZMVQbqMC6Ty7zmFRDqiqHQCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/articleheader-update-update-podcasts.jpg" /></a></div><p>New shorter episodes will be released on the main feed of the SUM Podcast!</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>Hey everybody, how are ya? I just read my reviews on iTunes and now I feel sad inside. I'll complain about it later.<br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, I'm making shorter episodes that will
come out periodically. I was calling them mini-episodes, but they're
really like 45-50 minutes. These will be on the Patreon page (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/destructoblog">https://www.patreon.com/destructoblog</a>)
one week early. I'm not sure how many I will do between each episode,
but there's a nearly unlimited amount of things to talk about from just
the first five episodes we already covered. My aim is to not have a dead
feed, and to improve the pod by just doing more with it. I may eventually do more of these and have the main episodes come out rarely like before...I don't know yet. Leave feedback and tell me what you think.</span></span></p><p><u><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">UPDATE: UPDATE EPISODE 1</span></span></span></u></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">This UPDATE to UPDATE episode of UPDATES is about Jon Yount and Joe Shepherd. I chose the two because they have really similar crimes, but with wildly different outcomes. Both have apologists online, and both died in prison. Also, I didn't go that great of a job covering either person in the original episodes because I don't really like making it a habit to go into the personal lives of rapist-murderers.<br /><br />People often like to debate in random comments sections online about whether or not people like these are actually<b><i> bad people,</i></b> or <b><i>good people</i></b> that made <i><b>bad</b></i> choices. I'm not entirely sure myself, but I'm not sure that really matters either. If you can sexually assault and murder a young woman, and in Joe's case, two young teenagers, you've done something you can never undo. I'm not sure you can come back from that. <br /><br />Does our need to forgive people for their actions come from our religion and culture? Is it some kind of psychological need to make the insane and enormity of a crime make <i>sense</i>? Is it really more moral to forgive someone for their crimes rather than leave them marked for life, or left in prison? <br /><br />Is it OK to listen to Micheal Jackson's <i>Thriller</i>? Because I have it on CD, digital, cassette, and vinyl and it makes me feel very creepy and guilty.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Crime is a normal part of life. Criminals and perpetrators are <i>everywhere</i>. If everything they ever did is colored by their worst act, then I'm not sure we could enjoy much of anything. Then again, I don't think its a good idea to pretend it never happened. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">I really have no idea, but it's an interesting topic to talk about (for about 48 minutes).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Full episode description at the bottom of the page, or on YT, and you can listen to the first one on YouTube right now! (It's a visualizer, there is no video this time.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l0MUOERQMHI" width="481" youtube-src-id="l0MUOERQMHI"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><p><u><span style="font-size: large;">So...What? Why?</span></u></p><p>Anyway, for those of you who don't think this is the "worst podcast
ever," I have started making and releasing shorter episodes. I can fill the gaps between the big main episodes and allow
me to sort of go more off topic, fix mistakes, or redo some stories I
didn't research or explain very well the first time.</p><p>Even though
there have only been five episodes, its been several years since I
started this project and I think I finally figured it out, but that also means the earlier episodes are
really different. </p><p>The
last few episodes were better researched, and I included a lot of extra stuff. I put like 90-100 hours into making ep 4
and ep 5 each, but that includes a lot of video editing time and
experimentation.</p>So like, that means they're less off-the-cuff, and take ten times longer to make than they probably should. I think it's a good idea to diversity the podcast a bit in order for it to keep going.<br /><p><u><span style="font-size: large;">Some Complaining.</span></u><br /></p><p>Podcasting democratizes long-form expression. Anyone can make one about any topic. Anyone can make a podcast, and sure, anyone can criticize me. I originally wrote a big rambling thing here about how nearly every negative comment I've received is actually...Well...It's fine. It's hard to make things and get things made. Sometimes you look back and realize it's not working so great. I have a lot of unfinished projects I was very excited about, then abandoned due to fear of criticism.<br /></p><p>But unfortunately I have that weird thing in my brain that makes me want to make things even though it occasionally scares the shit out of me. I quit a lot of things, but I haven't quit this project yet. I'll keep trying to make it good, but it's always going to be something that I actually want to make. I do it 100 percent on my own, good or bad. <br /><br />If you enjoy it, please tell people about it. It's only going to get better.</p><p><br /></p><p>-K</p><p><br /></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>SUMPOD UU1 Episode One<br /></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Stories featured: Jon Yount deep dive, Joe Shepherd peed vide. I dunno man I'm exhuasted. OBVIOUS trigger warning for basically all the bad things you can imagine. RIP my search history.
<br /><br />
My Patreon: </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGk5WnRmQnh2Tnc1dDNVSS1fUEt3WmlJcGRLUXxBQ3Jtc0tuSEd2MWpmeV94MnRNdmdxYWl2Rk9fdnRIYzNKb0tkQzZiTTN5OVpVcmR2bGp1Q3UyUFpaVnJPUlA3ZmlrODd3TzRtTmFLbnVFN1M1aE50ZEdRa05ROEJ6NHRFOXE5UTZCTXY4VzJBTzRRYThyY3Nhdw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fdestructoblog" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/destructoblog</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">
<br /><br />MUSIC CREDITS:
<br /><br />THREE CHAIN LINKS </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Songs: Magic Hour, Shadows. Both appear on PHANTOMS. CCBY4.0
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbS01UzBaWng2ekpSMzA3UV80Zzk3VXNTc2h3UXxBQ3Jtc0trbktGM0x5aWlVSzlLLUN1aEtSWmpPc2R4Qy1abHZWMk1oZ2xqcTNCM1lXa3Y4N3dCc1RWR3F0U1ZEZWs0b2dlSFZNenFSRWsxNGx3Z010SlJQOXV0a3htT1ZqM29IMHZYMlQ5OVMwWmFmd2pFQThOcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby%2F4.0%2F" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblFUdzN3SlNkQkxmeUxrTk5aSmctX3IxYkVWZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuV1dqdkdMU1pZMm9XMjBoZG9ybkFzMVRINC01SUpuYU1uZnhGNVNiZHJTdmJmMzk0YlNlUzFSbGtSd1hvcXVOMVppaWZIUzEyaHFBWHplWEFvblNXcXRvSEVxXzZDVEMxd0k5R1RjMnQzWTAxRjc1aw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthreechainlinks.bandcamp.com%2Falbum%2Fphantoms" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://threechainlinks.bandcamp.com/...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">SOFT AND FURIOUS </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Song: Craving Ending, off the album Fluid. CC1.0
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVRIX0tSS3c4T2ZmQVE4MHJIdDYzR1FtZ0xzd3xBQ3Jtc0trNHZReUZyQnZnLWpQU1g0czhMdGZzRUl6bkFnYWRmMS1TUTQ1dFItTk5pOEFHa2VmSDNQM2FvTVEtSGMtTzJaeVhqTkxHNlUwS2JtT2VRRGtlU0YwdUhBNE5PNHNuVHN5V21WX0ZnVGt1VWlFY0lMWQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Fpublicdomain%2Fzero%2F1.0%2F" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/publicdom...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblZidm1FLU5MVEgtMFlIeDBvQVlrTFlOTXZrd3xBQ3Jtc0ttOEd6Wlh0MUlzRlh1aWVXLTR4MVl0VEhhLTNaY3ZWUk13VnpXWnJIS2t2Uy1sbjhLM1MteTFwZ2tESlZYMjNDMTJVTnRleGo2UHVnTmdxb1JTNTNwamVOenFEb3V4c0FiYThWMGpZa3VybXRYcjgzWQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Floyaltyfreakmusic.com%2Fmusic%2Ffluid%2F" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/music/f...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> SOURCES:
Jon Yount:
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWgzczB4dC1NRVZPbDI3bGpVcU1Jc2tKVnhNQXxBQ3Jtc0trX1J4N1VwRnQyWTNxamw4N25HTGJwNUJoNzNwcXVCVDRwQzhJamZ0MGd0dHAzVUl0Zmw0Wm42UnBsOUVaUWlZMDdNNDRPc3ZmVHhTVDJPMm5ONkZ0U0dWTTVZbXhXNHlzMm9hemhRcGVyS0o0UWs5UQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Flaw.justia.com%2Fcases%2Fpennsylvania%2Fsupreme-court%2F1974%2F455-pa-303-0.html" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylv...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1JCWThlQktiSVF1Y3FRWk9tbmlVY2Q4d2p2d3xBQ3Jtc0tsU0piSU12VU5tdEFVYV96dU80MDN4bnB6bG1QMjVJWDZZZ01yY0lpQmluMWVhMGw3ZUZLQmgtaFU5aTd0R0RyOHAxTFk0X2xESi05SGtydEFLZ2NfN3NkaDg3aEJNMGRJY3JFTU1SNkp3R2ZFX0lraw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.courtlistener.com%2Fopinion%2F1958453%2Fcommonwealth-v-yount%2F" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbm9DWU54clZ6Vjktb2UwWmp2NWRyU1UtYy1Kd3xBQ3Jtc0ttSTNqNG9NS2FpUUpSYUY2aTNxMDBGeWt5X0dMQlRsTVpURVhpODllNUpEajBFdV9oWGVtbVZyQkVOQVc3dTdJQmhoU2haamtrYlhlaV83cWlZdURUN1oySEhibExCWEZyaU5hVTNuck1UN29YQVpuQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dissentmagazine.org%2Fonline_articles%2Fjon-yount-a-man-transformed" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://www.dissentmagazine.org/onlin...</a></p><p> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGkydmxLNEdUY2lXMXZKZEFHdHV0NWJqRHlUZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttOGxyQ2hGaGZuMURMdnBFaUlrT0t6cGs3bXhQV3FSXzloNldnUDUtaVBRMmFLNXBGRnZRZE1VWnBfX3hxMHRjQ1YwVmMtcFNrN0N0bHdBUlFoeEtObmVtTTlsMGJrRHN0bXJobDkyaVhsR29kYU5xOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prisonersofthecensus.org%2Fnews%2F2012%2F05%2F22%2Fjon-e-yount%2F" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXRtUGZJR2JMdkZjTXlKSjQ5SDR5Q0lFWEh0d3xBQ3Jtc0tsRWVmQjdSRnRrX01qTG1wOWlGY2pzeEppNmxsSmtRYWJ4a0Z0S1FwV3FJUExySmpUQll4VF9PXy0ydnJJRDJXZmFxVjhiNkhEOVVpSmRQSklzSzU3cXZPSV9nWUVsRXN1eE9fQml2aW01QWkyaXdURQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prisonpolicy.org%2Fscans%2Fyount%2F" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/yo...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">
--- </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Joseph (Joe) Arlen Shepherd:
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3hqZmhOS05GVi1EdF9ubUVzbVBsYmNLZklGQXxBQ3Jtc0ttT2I5STFkRV9uVHozWlkxNmM3cXNvalZBWm91YUNjSWhzYlBPdVhZaWxJYXl2d2UyWC16MkgtTEpLZk9CZTZLNU9RdnNJSjNKY0I4TWFlQjMzMHFueHhkdmhOOVE0N2hjLWNkMTBIR05mSHJIRzhVcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Flaw.justia.com%2Fcases%2Ftennessee%2Fcourt-of-criminal-appeals%2F1992%2F862-s-w-2d-557-0.html" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://law.justia.com/cases/tennesse...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1lkOVN6THhQZGItSGFaUEp1eFlIMzNGZUhhd3xBQ3Jtc0trQTdJSHhrR1ByMHVxS20walJBX2dSRjJvMDFXVnRIbmJQaEEwb192bUVnR3NJMDVVNzI3WHNCX3E0ODFvS2JpZks4VVJ6aUtjMHVOU2NtRmFPOGU1UVVNMDk1dGlQOXVIMnFBa29jOURVbDlWRFZ0dw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20110105085117%2F" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/201101050...</a></p><p> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblRtTEdGQUJaX05NMUloSXBUR19DOWRnNVk2QXxBQ3Jtc0trMnFfMVZ6Y1VCc0FLSmNMQXN5VkVIVHhZcHBZMVVWRmhmcDJybnB3WEJpWEU5YXVSbG1KNkUwOGc3c0dTVGZRQ1pkYkEyQ3JNYWRlNlhLTm9YdkJqNC1BN0FXWEhhM0dpN0FZeDhINFlSSTVyaGlqcw&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lfpress.com%2Fnews%2Flondon%2F2011%2F01%2F02%2F16735101.html" rel="nofollow" spellcheck="false" target="_blank">http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/20...</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"></span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">
Photograph used was from find-a-grave.com. Source unsure, but is a prison photograph.</span></p><p></p>destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-24233317730203096492020-10-04T03:12:00.004-04:002021-01-31T01:32:16.850-05:00Solved/Unsolved Mysteries Podcast Episode 5<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0yHCX5wFllc/X3lzckN2whI/AAAAAAAABhg/ldFIL-oVNik1Eks4nFUraehnYMwEbR0OQCNcBGAsYHQ/solvedunsolved-image5site.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="820" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0yHCX5wFllc/X3lzckN2whI/AAAAAAAABhg/ldFIL-oVNik1Eks4nFUraehnYMwEbR0OQCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/solvedunsolved-image5site.jpg" /></a></div>Hey everybody, long time no post. This site is a touch uglier and more annoying to use than I remember. <p></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p>Whew. Anything happening with you guys? It's my birthday today, and I decided to finally update a few things instead of getting drunk on bourbon and scream-vomiting about my childhood like I had planned.</p><p><br />Recently, I (finally) finished the video edition of episode 5 of the podcast. The episode was delayed two times, and was supposed to come out in January of 2020. It came out in March, but because of the whole COVID situation, it was stuck at about 80% all the way until October 2020. In the meantime, I had updated several sections, found more research material, and turned this episode into another bloated nightmare is desperate, sad attempts at humor. </p><p></p><p>The video version is below, please enjoy. (UPDATE: Link fixed)<br /></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tUQGxH-Z2Po" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p>The list of sources is below. It was WAY too long to fit into the YouTube description box.</p><p><br /></p><p>
</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">SOLVED UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
PODCAST EPISODE 5<br /><br />The audio version was posted back in March,
but the video edition is finally here. Welcome to pandemic
pandemonium. The entire world has changed since my last episode was
uploaded here. This episode is not about viruses or quarantines, but
I hope it gives you something to do while you count your rolls of
toilet paper and ensure you have enough shotgun shells for the
ensuing apocalypse. (This joke was written in March before the west
coast caught on fire and all those people died.)<br /><br />In this
episode we discuss the MURDER of Elmer DeBoer by Jerry Strickland
with accomplice Melissa Munday, the ROBBERY and possible mistaken
identity case in Michael Scott Martin's FINAL APPEAL, possible
satanic cult murders or coincidences with the story of Kurt McFall's
UNEXPLAINED DEATH, and FINALLY we get to talk about how mail worked
in WWII! YES! EXCITING!<br /><br />It goes really sideways in story with
lots of information about Satan, so hydrate, wash your hands, and
prepare for evil to enter your body in the much belated EPISODE
FIVE!<br /><br />Visit the website for the full listing of all the
sources I used to create this episode. <br /><br />Website:
www.destructoblog.com <br />PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/destructoblog <br />Special thanks to David
Joseph Moody for being my first patron!<br /><br />*Unsolved Mysteries is
property of its rights holders and is not affiliated with this show
in any way. Its subjects and brief clips are used for commentary,
criticism, parody and review only. This is not an episode of Unsolved
Mysteries, and this program is designed to be a fan-made companion
piece to each actual episode of the show. So support the show by
watching the episode first, then checking in here after!*
<br />---------------------<br />VIDEO/AUDIO<br /><br />Unsolved Mysteries,
S1E2 (Used under fair use.)<br />1987-88 (Edited and re-aired.)
Viewable via Amazon and now on Youtube.<br /><br />WWII U.S. Navy Recruit
Film, Pearl Harbor 1942. Used under Public
Domain.<br />http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/<br />https://archive.org/details/NPC-3133<br /><br />Sailors
Barter With Natives And Receive Mail Aboard USS Nicholas (DD-449),
CC0<br />Tulagi Harbor,
1943.<br />https://archive.org/details/NPC-1849a<br /><br />PRIVATE SNAFU
Films are in the Public Domain as they were produced by WB for the US
Gov't.<br />Censored, Dir. Frank Tashlin. July 1944. <br />Booby Traps,
Dir. Bob Clampett. Jan 1944. <br />Fighting Tools, Dir. Bob Clampett.
Oct 1944.<br /><br />U.S. Army Field Post Office CC0<br />U.S. Army Field
Post Office near Vierville, France during WWII. France, June 21, 1944
<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqxOETv2tEs<br /><br />Western Chase
with a Twist (clip from Sunset Range) CEP390 CC0 Public Domain<br />Clip
taken from the film. 1932.
<br />http://www.archive.org/details/sunset_range ,
https://archive.org/details/CEP390<br /><br />Häxan <br />Clips from the
first half used (satan clips). 1922. Public
Domain.<br />https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/haxan-witchcraft-through-the-ages-1922<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkXlXc0lA9c<br /><br />Mazes
and Monsters (Film, fair use)<br />1982. CBS (TV Movie). Dir: Steven
Hilliard
Stern.<br />https://www.amazon.com/Mazes-Monsters-Tom-Hanks/dp/B06WVY91TW<br /><br />Jury
Finds Radecki Guilty on 12 Counts in Drugs-for-Sex
Case<br />https://youtu.be/_lVYM6hhKZI<br /><br />60 Minutes: Dungeons and
Dragons Special (1985)<br />https://vimeo.com/167583241<br /><br />Larry
King - Debate On Violence In Comic Books
(1989)<br />https://youtu.be/dbRl2pnR3bU<br /><br />CBC: Is Dungeons &
Dragons Dangerous? (Cut from final, but gives
context)<br />https://youtu.be/VvBvltu32Fs<br /><br />Harry Potter:
Witchcraft Repackaged 700 Club Clip<br /><br />----------<br />MUSIC<br /><br />THREE
CHAIN LINKS, Album: PHANTOMS, Tracks: Magic Hour, Shadows, Architects
<br />www.threechainlinks.bandcamp.com/ Used under Attribution 3.0
License<br />http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ <br /><br />"Dark
Walk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) <br />Licensed under
Creative Commons: Used under Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ <br /><br />“Sunglasses”
Loyalty Freak Music, Album: INSTRUMENTAL R&B BEATS TO SING OR RAP
ON<br />https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music<br />http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Used under CC0 1.0 Universal License.
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DeBoer<br />DailyTribune_DeBoer329200_20140717<br />https://cache.legacy.net/legacy/images/cobrands/dailytribune/photos/DailyTribune_DeBoer329200_20140717.jpg<br /><br />V-Mail
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Elzinga / CC BY
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</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>ARTICLES/DOCUMENTS</b></u></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>STORY 1<br /></b><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jerry Wayne Strickland
<b>MDOC
STATUS<br /></b><a href="https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=196117"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=196117</span></span></span></span></a><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: small;">Strickland Convicted in May 1987
Robbery-Slaying<br />Author's name omitted. AP News. 24 Aug
1988.<br /><a href="https://apnews.com/4fae4198d91c47880c055699f2860dfc"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">https://apnews.com/4fae4198d91c47880c055699f2860dfc</span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Obituary of Mary Alice DeBoer<br /><a href="https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/mary-deboer-obituary?pid=171750954"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/mary-deboer-obituary?pid=171750954</span></span></span></a><br /><br />"Teen
linked to murder left home at 15"<br />by Georgea Kovanis, Detroit
Free Press. 15 May 1987.<br />Accessed via
Newspapers.com 26 Nov 2019<br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"'Unsolved
Mysteries' leads to arrest of murder suspects"<br />The Times
(Streator, Illinois) From UPI. 8 Feb 1988.<br />Accessed via
Newspapers.com 26 Nov 2019</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;">
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"TV show
helps nab suspects"<br />Scrantonian
Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) From UPI. 7 Feb 1988.<br />Accessed via
Newspapers.com 26 Nov 2019</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Teen
returns from youth home"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
Star-Democrat (Easton, Maryland) From AP. 1 Jun 1989.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
Newspapers.com 26 Nov 2019</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"West
Virginia parolee is charged in slaying of oil company courier"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brian Flanigan
and Georgea Kovanis. Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 14 May 1987.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
Newspapers.com 26 Nov 2019</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"FUGITIVES FACE
SLAYING CHARGES \ COUPLE IDENTIFIED IN TV SHOW LEFT \ STATE TO 'MAKE
A BETTER LIFE"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Georgea Kovanis. <span lang="zxx">Detroit
Free Press (Detroit, MI). 8 Feb 1987.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx">Accessed
via blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate
original.</span><br /><span lang="zxx"><br /></span>"TIPS BRING
ARRESTS IN 2 OF 3 MICHIGAN CASES SHOWN"<br />Deborah Kaplan.
<span lang="zxx">Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 8 Feb 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx"><br />"</span>A"
SECTION, THE ORLANDO SENTINEL</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Compiled by Bob Kelly from
wire reports. <span lang="zxx">Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 8
Feb 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"FUGITIVE COUPLE HAD
PREPARED TO MOVE ON"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Georgea Kovanis. <span lang="zxx">Detroit
Free Press (Detroit, MI). 8 Feb 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />"SUSPECTS IN
SLAYING WON'T FIGHT EXTRADITION"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Georgea Kovanis. <span lang="zxx">Detroit
Free Press (Detroit, MI). 10 Feb 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"MOSES LAKE COUPLE
WON'T FIGHT EXTRADITION"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Seattle Times. AP by
Knight-RidderNewspapers. <br /><span lang="zxx">Detroit Free Press
(Detroit, MI). 10 Feb 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
blog Sitcomsonline.com via user post. Unable to locate original.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"RUNAWAY WAS GOOD
STUDENT \ LIFE OF TEENAGE SLAYING SUSPECT \ SURPRISES HIGH SCHOOL
OFFICIALS"<br />Georgea Kovanis. <span lang="zxx">Detroit Free
Press (Detroit, MI). 15 Feb 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
blog Sitcomsonling.com via user post. Unable to locate original.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"OAKLAND COURT TOLD OF
ALLEGED ABUCTION PLOT"<br />Georgea Kovanis. <span lang="zxx">Detroit
Free Press (Detroit, MI). 24 Feb 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx">Accessed
via blog Sitcomsonling.com via user post. Unable to locate
original.<br /><br />"</span>MURDER CASE DEAL COULD DROP CHARGES
AGAINST GIRL"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jim Finkelstein. <span lang="zxx">Detroit
Free Press (Detroit, MI). 29 Mar 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx">Accessed
via blog Sitcomsonling.com via user post. Unable to locate
original.<br /><br />"</span>AGREEMENT WOULD CUT CHARGES \ IN
SLAYING OF OIL FIRM COURIER"<br />Jim Finkelstein. <span lang="zxx">Detroit
Free Press (Detroit, MI). 30 Mar 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
blog Sitcomsonling.com via user post. Unable to locate original.<br /><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"LOVER SAYS STRICKLAND
CONFESSED TO MURDER"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Georgea Kovanis. <span lang="zxx">Detroit
Free Press (Detroit, MI). 17 Aug 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
blog Sitcomsonling.com via user post. Unable to locate original.<br /><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx">"</span>MAN
CONVICTED IN MURDER OF OIL FIRM COURIER"<br />Jim Finkelstein.
<span lang="zxx">Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI). 23 Aug 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
blog Sitcomsonling.com via user post. Unable to locate original.<br /><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="zxx">"</span>WOMAN
HOPES TO MARRY JAILED MICHIGAN MURDERER"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jeanne May. AP and <span lang="zxx">Detroit
Free Press (Detroit, MI). 17 Apr 1988.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
blog Sitcomsonling.com via user post. Unable to locate original.<br /><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>STORY 2</b></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Martin v.
State, 623 S.W.2d 391 (1981)</b></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p lang="zxx" style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Court of
Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2. November 4, 1981.</b></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2449233/martin-v-state/?q=mic"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2449233/martin-v-state/?q=mic</b></span></span></span></a>...<span lang="zxx"><br /></span><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"DALLAS COUNTY CASE TO
BE FEATURED ON TV PROGRAM"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">The
Dallas Morning News Company. (Metro Report, p18) 3 Nov 1987.
<br /><a href="https://archives.dallasnews.com/uncategorized/IO_4b302d53-1a33-4306-827a-ad8cfe65be87/"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">https://archives.dallasnews.com/uncategorized/IO_4b302d53-1a33-4306-827a-ad8cfe65be87/</span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Michael Scott Martin,
Plaintiff-appellant..<br />U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- 796 F.2d 813 (5th Cir. 1986) Aug. 13, 1986</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/796/813/252127/"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/796/813/252127/</span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Court Proceedings"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tyler Morning Telegraph
(Tyler, Texas) (p43). 6 Nov 1981.<br />Accessed via Newspapers.com 25
November 2019.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>STORY 3</b></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Clarion doctor
sentenced to over one decade in prison for cash and sex for scrips
scheme"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Katie Weidenboerner. The
Courier Express. 2 Jun 2016. Accessed 15 Mar 2020.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/crime/clarion-doctor-sentenced-to-over-one-decade-in-prison-for/article_fa321d3e-7ebf-5ada-81d6-2f51ae226f4d.html"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/crime/clarion-doctor-sentenced-to-over-one-decade-in-prison-for/article_fa321d3e-7ebf-5ada-81d6-2f51ae226f4d.html</span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Some U.S. youngsters
are tuning to devil-worship in the '80s"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dennis Oliver. Associated
Press. Pub in Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, HI). 12 Nov 1987.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
Newspapers.com 26 November 2019.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"More young people
move to embrace devil worship cults"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dennis Oliver. The Daily
Review. Pub in The Petaluma Argus-Courier (Petaluma, CA) 28 Nov 1987.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
Newspapers.com 26 November 2019.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"More young people
move to embrace devil worship cults" (truncated reprint)</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dennis Oliver. The Daily
Review. Pub in The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA) 28 Nov 1987.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
Newspapers.com 26 November 2019.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Growing Concern -
Experts say more youths involved with occult"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hayward. AP. Pub in Tulare
Advance-Register (Tulare, CA) 5 Dec 1987.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
Newspapers.com 26 November 2019.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kurt Thomas McFall
Memorial Page</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64756310/kurt-thomas-mcfall"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64756310/kurt-thomas-mcfall</span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Info can be added by
anyone. Images are stills of the same episode of Unsolved Mysteries)</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"The Witch Who
Switched Back" (A pun on the original headlines "The Witch
Who Switched")</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Traci Hukill. Images by
Christopher Gardner. Metroactive (Metro), Boulevards New Media. 4 Nov
1998.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.29.98/pryor-9843.html"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.29.98/pryor-9843.html</span></span></span></a><br /><br />"My
Youthful Friendship with Death"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tim Knight. Slope of Hope.
Mar 2013. Accessed on 26 Nov
2019.<br /><a href="https://slopeofhope.com/2013/03/my-youthful-friendship-with-death.html"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">https://slopeofhope.com/2013/03/my-youthful-friendship-with-death.html</span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"NBC offers more
sensational 'Mysteries'"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nancy Morris. The
Shreveport Journal (Shreveport, Louisiana). 2 Feb 1988.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
Newspapers.com 26 November 2019.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Brilliant Computer
Student Dies from Gun Wound"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">William Robbins. The New
York Times. 18 Aug 1980.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/18/archives/brilliant-computer-student-dies-from-gun-wound-intellectual-fantasy.html"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/18/archives/brilliant-computer-student-dies-from-gun-wound-intellectual-fantasy.html</span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">"The Pulling Report"</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Compiled by Michal A.
Stackpole. 1990.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed on the Escapist
as an archive. </span>
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</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.theescapist.com/archive-pullingreport.htm"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.theescapist.com/archive-pullingreport.htm</span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
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</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>In Pursuit of Satan</i></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Robert D. Hicks.
Prometheus Books. 1 May 1991. Accessed via Kindle Edition in Mar
2020.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XYE6Q4/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="text-decoration: none;">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XYE6Q4/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1</span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
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</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wikipedia articles were
reviewed for James Dallas Eggbert III, Rona Jaffe and Mazes and
Monsters, mostly used to find primary sources.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
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</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>STORY 4</b></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Calling all ex-GIs who
sailed on Caleb Strong”</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Les Winick. Chicago
Tribune. 7 Sep 1986. Accessed 15 Mar
2020.<br /><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-09-07-860307003"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-09-07-860307003</span></u></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
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</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">“V-Mail Service...”</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Bedford Daily-Times
Mail. 28 Aug 1942.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
Newspapers.com on 26 Nov 2019.<br /><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Post office sends man
his youth”</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cynthia Taggart. The
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). 30 Aug 1986.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Accessed via
Newspapers.com on 26 Nov 2019.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">The art of Cards and
Letters, Mail Call,V-Mail (Exhibit)</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Smithsonian. National
Postal Museum. Online article/exhibit. Date not
given.<br /><a href="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/past/the-art-of-cards-and-letters/m"><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/past/the-art-of-cards-and-letters/m</span></u></span></span></span></a></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wikipedia articles about
V-Mail and the military mail service were used, primarily to discover
dates and more primary
sources.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=V-mail&oldid=927282209</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
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Heyo, it's been over a year. It's almost like nobody blogs anymore and that all new media is some form of alalgamut facestagramtube or some bullshit like that. Anyway.<br />
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I started a podcast a while back, and I realized, I never actually wrote about it on my own website since nobody blogs anymore or some bullshit excuse like that. So now I'm doing it and you're reading it, Russian robot computer person. Welcome to America (I live in Japan, don't fuck with me).<br />
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I was obsessed with Unsolved Mysteries as a kid. I loved it and the X-Files in the same way: I was utterly terrified and fascinated in equal amounts, but now as an adult, I can appreciate both on a higher level.<br />
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Unsolved Mysteries is a completely insane show. Utterly fucking batshit insane. It's fantastic.<br />
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It displays stories, proven stories, complete with police evidence, on equal ground as things like ghost hauntings. These things are not equal. One thing has physical evidence, video footage, and basic science to back it up. The other thing was relayed to you as a child and what your drunk uncle rants about when he tastes the Jack Daniels on Christmas vacation. Shit's ridiculous. Think about it.<br />
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This is a show that actively help capture murderers and rapists and also it profiles ghost hunters.<br />
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So, in light of the modern obsession with true crime, and my hate-boner for ghost stories and myths, I started a podcast where I watch episodes of the show Unsolved Mysteries and sorta respectfully criticize it/make fun of how stupid it is, and expand on the stories with some updated research. It's honestly pretty nice to go back over 20 years later and see what happened to a lot of these criminal dicks after they were captured, and to also look at a lot of inquiry into the more psuedo-scientific claims the show sometimes makes. It's supposed to be a comedy show but I guess that's up to you. I think I can be funny...sometimes. Hey man don't be a dick sometimes I'm funny. C'mon dude don't be a dick, I try really hard at this. Dude, don't bring her up, she's my mom. Why would you say that shit when I'm just trying to laugh and have a good time? I invited you to Dan's party, and now you're just making shitty mom jokes the whole time when I'm talking about podcasting and creativity? What the fuck dude, I thought you were cool. Maybe you should find another ride home tonight...OK? Sorry dude that just really bothered me. I hope you understand.<br />
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Anyway, the podcast is here. I hope you try it out and listen to it for more than just a couple minutes. I do actually try to make it good.<br />
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Here it is!<br />
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I am still actually working on other projects...It's just hard to do this whole youtuber thing. I fucked up all my scheduling thing for the 8th time...but whatevs. I'm making stuff and working at my job. You get it, right bro? It'll all get done. One day.<br />
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Anyway.<br />
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Late.<br />
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Follow your dreams, look at stars, young man won't you try, yadda yadda, space is the place.<br />
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Late.<br />
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Years ago, I started this blog as a
side project to basically keep track of all of my other projects. It
gives me an outlet to experiment on art and design (which badly needs
updating), and it gives me an excuse to have one place on the
internet where I can put anything I want...<br />
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Originally, I figured I'd write some
video game reviews with my friends and post them here, and I'd write
short little dumb pieces on “nerd stuff” and make cartoons. I
wanted to post my own DIY projects with photos, and basically write
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That sort of thing didn't exactly work
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However, this is still my own little
slice of the internet, and what I have produced on here are things I
can be proud of...mostly. I just need to keep pushing myself to do
more and to update this place more frequently despite all of the
things that happen in life. Anyway.</div>
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One year ago, I took a crazy chance and
sold a lot of my things, packed up my PC, and moved to Japan to live
with my girlfriend and study Japanese. I had been there once before,
and made a video series called Tokyo Video Journal, which you can
watch on my YouTube channel if you'd like. It's more of a diary than
anything else these drone-flying, young, beautiful J-Vloggers do on
the site, and was made using some technology from the 80s. When I
came back, the plan was to basically do the same thing, but a little
cleaner and leaner. But mostly, I wanted to edit and finish my
white-wale project, The Mecha Review.
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That didn't happen. Why didn't it
happen? Well, in short, my PC got fucked-up in shipping, and our old
apartment hated my PC's power supply, and <i>that</i> made editing
the show almost impossible. I could do basic editing on the PC, but
some of the hard drives were destroyed and it never really ran
correctly after that. In light of this, I decided to focus more on
getting used to living in a foreign country and making videos about
some of the neat things I saw there, editing on my laptop.</div>
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The laptop became the funnel through
which all my dreams of making cool content would get clogged. I was
able to make a few videos on it that I like, but too many effects or
too many edits would cause the thing to lock, making final rendering
impossible. I was living the dream of the J-Vlogger: Stuck in a
country where no one would (maybe should) hire me, failing at
learning a language, and losing tons of weight from a very tight food
budget. I don't know how Chris Broad does it.</div>
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Was living in Tokyo terrible? Part of
it was, other parts were the best times of my life. It was definitely
the most difficult thing I ever did, on every single level. I saw
some amazing sights, met some wonderful people, and spent some
amazing times with my girlfriend in places like Tokyo Disney Sea, and
walking home early in the morning from seeing the fireworks at the
Sumida River. My girlfriend surprised me with an amazing cake and a
bunch of awesome Gundam stuff for my birthday, and later would take
me on a trip to both Tokyo Disney Land and Tokyo Disney Sea to round
off the end of the year.
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I would do it all over again, my
mistakes intact, given the chance. When I think about walking home
from Ueno park in the middle of the night listening to a good podcast
and sipping a Strong Zero, I get a little misty-eyed. Sometimes it's
hard to think about what I would be doing now if I had managed to
stay. It's just too difficult to process, and it hurts to think about
all of the people and places I've had to leave behind. But let's not
dwell on it.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">THE DIRECTION</span></div>
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I lost a lot of cool projects I didn't
quite have the courage to finish up when I moved. Tens of hours of footage, including short reviews of my old Famicom
collection (which I sold) and a video explaining how to troubleshoot
and fix a Sharp Famicom Twin game system (also sold) are among the
casualties. There were a lot of pieces where I had to buy a few
things in order to film them, only to have all of it go missing. Why
didn't I finish these videos? Fear. I am too afraid to fail at making
something good, so I put it off, don't do it at all, or finish it
really quick before the fear can settle in.
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Losing it all was a bummer. I don't
ever want to repeat that mistake, and I now have back-ups of
back-ups, and I'm not committed to editing more often to actually
finish my projects. I can't get good at this by thinking about doing
it. I'm probably going to make a few more bad videos before I get
something that really makes me happy, but that's OK.</div>
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So what are those projects? Well, if
you've been on the YouTube page, you've noticed I actually did do
some Japan travel videos. I have a few more of those videos to crank
out now that I have a fully working machine, and since I have the
power and space to finish Mecha Review, I've already started on that.
This site was originally for me to try new things and to make stuff I
never thought I could, so that's what I'm doing. I hope everyone
likes it, and I'm sorry for even MENTIONING any of these projects so
far ahead of when hey were finished. It's really depressing to see
how long ago the first test footage for Mecha Review was posted.</div>
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Well, since I'd rather not fill this
post with all my self loathing about the previous year (and I could
fill this bitch, believe me) I'm going to cut this short and get back
to organizing and converting my last footage for MR.
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If you're reading this far in, thank
you for caring enough to do that. I will continue to keep trying to
make this stuff, reply to your comments, and encourage you to try
some of the silly projects I post here. When the country, and the
world even, seems so god damn crazy and divided, we can all sit down
and enjoy some video games, movies, comics, and various nerdy
doodads.</div>
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And cars.</div>
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And ramen.</div>
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Don't lose hope. Do good. Blaze that
path across the universe.
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We went to the Japanese red carpet for
Rogue One, and we took photos and video. Diego Luna smells like
sunshine and joy.<br />
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In early December, J-Wave radio hosted
a fan preview event for Star Wars: Rogue One. It didn't include a
viewing of the movie, but it did include a red carpet where fans
could meet the stars and director, a free gift bag, and a panel put
on by the cast.
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Midori (my girlfriend) was well aware
of this sort of event in Tokyo. She'd met Quentin Tarantino through a
similar event a few years ago, and last year she was able to go to
the<i> Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> event as well. So, when it
was announced, she took to the website and applied to the lottery to
win a ticket for two to stare dreamily into Diego Luna's sparkly
eyes. Luckily for us, she not only won us two spots, but won spot
number three—spot three put us as numbers five and six in line, in
the very front. Out of <i>two-thousand</i> fans.<br />
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I was pretty
excited. The film hadn't come out yet, but we were both very hyped
for it. So, when the day arrived, she dressed up as “BB8 Girl”
and I dressed in my generic Sith costume from Halloween. We rushed to
the venue where we were greeted by two employees, who ushered us down
to the red carpet area. I felt very fortunate to get to go to such an
event, but I couldn't help but think about the line from the movie
<i><b>Fanboys</b></i><i>--</i><span style="font-style: normal;">”What
if the movie sucks?” </span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><br />After finding our spots and exchanging
pleasantries with a few of our neighbors, </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>THE
WAITING</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;"> began. We waited
for about two hours for anything to really happen, with the same one
minute clip from the </span><i><b>Rogue One</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;">
soundtrack on a loop, driving all of us slowly insane. Eventually,
though, after all of the Japanese celebrities I didn't recognize took
their places, </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Gareth
Edwards</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;"> popped out of a
car and walked down the red carpet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><br />Soon followed </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Diego
Luna and Felicity Jones</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;">,
who stopped in to greet fans and sign autographs. Midori had a small
card signed by Diego and Gareth, and I had my Darth Vader light saber
signed by Gareth. Neither of us got anything singed by Felicity
Jones, however, because her publicist (whoever the lady in the red
dress in my video is) wouldn't let her sign much of anything,
wouldn't let her speak to fans, and prevented most people from making
much contact with her. I'm sure she had a good reason, but it sure
seemed to miss the whole point of the event. Diego was nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"> Anyway,
after all the waiting was finally over, the lights went down. We were
given little light sticks, and we all switched them on. They were
Disney branded LED party sticks, and the colors were controlled by
the venue and timed to music. It was pretty rad. The music started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;">All
focus went to the stage, and the Death Star slowly rose out of the
floor. Darth Vader's breathing interrupted all other sounds, and then
the Sith himself slowly rises with his own guard of Stormtroopers. We
oohed and awed, and then the cast of </span><i><b>Rogue One</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;">
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><br />Each member of the cast
delivered a short speech (not short enough apparently for the
translators) hyping up the fans even more. Diego and Darth had a
little comedy routing going for the duration of their stage time, the
cast took press photos, and Gareth closed it out with a short speech
about how Japan inspired him to direct the movie, and how “kibo wa
shinanai,” </span><i>hope never dies.</i><br />
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our way out, we were each given a gift bag, which included a poster,
a metal figurine, a card, and several books trying to get me to buy
Bandai Star Wars toys. It was like a $20 dollar value on top of
getting to meet the cast and see the cool stuff. Thanks, Disney.</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><br />Anyway,
we did eventually get to see the movie in 4DX via Toho Theater in
Shinjuku. The 4DX effects, including water sprays, vibration, and
chair pitch changes made the movie an amazing experience. The movie
itself was pretty enjoyable for us, even though a lot of people
seemed to take exception to the weird CGI Tarkin and video game
Carrie Fisher. I will admit the re-shoots seemed to change the movie
from what we expected (and seemed to cut out a lot of Jyn's
back-story), but the point of this post isn't to review a film.
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I also produced a video of the footage we produced, and it's here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6pe_FNJ1JQ" target="_blank">Star Wars: Rogue One Red Carpet Japan</a><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;">That's
pretty much all I had for now. </span><i><b>HOPE NEVER DIES</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;">
(unless you shoot it with the Death Star.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;">See
you space cowboys.</span></div>
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Last time, I introduced the <b>Gunpla
Expo Winter 2016</b>. This time, I actually went, and I got to vote
in the GBWC 2016! (Video and Update)</div>
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I hope to bore you further with my love and
admiration for tiny plastic robots. Visiting the Gunpla Expo in
Summer was a fantastic, yet last-minute exercise. The Winter version
was not. I planned on attending for several months, had a plan of
attack, and spent a little more time on the floor. Unfortunately,
again, I had camera issues...but I think the experience may have been
a bit better viewing it through my own eyes rather than sticking my
face in a camera viewfinder the whole time.<br />
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Entering Akiba
Ichi, the venue, we are greeted, given pamphlets, and line up to wait
for a video presentation. Like last time, we were ushered into a room
(about the size of my apartment) made of three gigantic LED displays
that stretch a good ten feet above our head. The video we were shows
was a CGI battle between the newly upgraded Gundam Barbatos Lupus,
and the (at the time) newly announced villain, the Gundam Vidar. This
was the first time fans were treated to seeing the Vidar in action,
and it was a fantastic experience as they chased one another from
screen to screen, dealing blows back and forth. The video ended by
previewing each Gundam as a new member of the 1/100 Mechanics line
from Bandai, and we exited.<br />
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Outside, the noise of the show
enveloped us, and we were greeted by a completely different set of
displays than in the previous expo. The new dioramas were lit, the
walls were made of steel grates and colored glass, and monitors
displayed clips from many different seasons of Gundam. And, as a
bonus, we were each given our very own 1/100 scale Barbatos sword, a
part of the new 1/100 scale model kit series, as a promotional gift.</div>
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The theme for this Expo was <i>Gundam:</i>
<i>Iron Blooded Orphans</i> Season 2. IBO stuff was crammed in
everywhere, including a gigantic sword replica at the entrance. The
true purpose behind all the new model kits and pop-star display kits
is to get you excited about the possibility of simple model kits you
can buy at a shop. The ultimate crowning achievement of such an
endeavor is undoubtedly the <b>Gunpla Builders Word Cup.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jr. Championship Winner in Japan, <i>Strike & Dark Matter</i>, by Takuma Fujimoto</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st Place Winner, <i>The Eternal Bond: Yoshitsune and Benkei</i>, by Yusuke Yokosuka</td></tr>
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</span><b>GBWC </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">is held
preliminarily in each of the attending countries, which select
finalists, who are then sent to the World Cup Finals in Odaiba,
Japan. The vote for Japan's semi-finalists took place at the Winter
expo, and I was lucky enough to get to cast my vote for the very
first time. The Finals are over now, but the winners of the GBWC are
being displayed in Gundam Front for a limited time (</span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>stay
tuned for a video coming soon showing all those winners off</b></span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;">).</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DJ Love from Sekai No Owari had this Gundam House on display.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Now, rather than go through all of the details of everything
I saw at the event, I have yet again created a video showing
everything that happened at the event. This time, the video is not
all sped-up and weird, and more time was spent showing the details.
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />Just to close, I have finished
my first level Japanese study, and I'm a free agent for a little
while. Soon, I will finish a video all about Gundam Front, some Star
Wars: Rogue One events in Tokyo, and more. <br /><br />Be good, and
continue to “Blaze a path across the universe.”</span></div>
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destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-25285933707166041572016-11-06T04:35:00.001-05:002017-01-05T01:39:00.753-05:00Gunpla Expo 2016<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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The Gunpla Expo Winter 2016 is coming to Akihabara this month. Don't know what that is or why that's awesome? Read on.</div>
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In 1980, Bandai manufactured the very
first Gundam robot plastic model kit (or “Gunpla”), based on the
titular machine from the anime <i>Mobile Suit Gundam</i>. It was a
huge success, creating a whole sub-culture of hobbyists, and since
then, Bandai has sold over 450 million units of model kits worldwide.
Bandai has since created the <b>Gunpla Expo</b> to show its robotic
creations, and in 2011 it even started a custom building competition
called the <b>Gunpla Builders World Cup</b>.</div>
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The <b>Gunpla Expo</b> is an event that
travels around the world to show off all manner of Gunpla and
Gunpla-related materials, games, kits, movies, and exhibits. There
will be an estimated four-hundred individual model kits there,
including previous <b>GBWC</b> championship builds, future releases,
new additions, and even prototypes. In addition, exclusive models are
sold at each <b>Gunpla Expo</b> that aren't available again anywhere
else. Aside from models themselves, the expo features an exclusive
video exhibit and a life-size digital Gundam exhibit, from <i>Gundam
the Iron-Blooded Orphans</i>.</div>
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The Gunpla Expo comes to Akihabara from
November 19<sup>th</sup>-23<sup>rd</sup>, it is an all-ages event and open
free to anyone who is interested in tiny robots.</div>
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I will be travelling to the Gunpla Expo for the 2nd time this year, and I will come back with a follow-up video about my experience. Until then, here is my previous quick-edit of everything you could have seen at last season's expo:</div>
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The event page is here (in Japanese): Event: <a href="http://www.gunplaexpo-japan.com/" target="_blank">Gunpla Expo Winter 2016 </a></div>
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destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-58617963112865409152016-08-18T11:03:00.004-04:002016-08-18T11:57:13.095-04:00MECHA REVIEW: Deep Space Jegan<br />
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As promised, I have started collecting and writing about how I started making this crazy project before it premieres. This article is about how I made my custom robot model for the show.<br />
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I've still got a lot of editing to do, but unfortunately my computer is still not running at 100% and may need a power booster/battery thing because the voltage in our building is low and spotty, which makes my computer <i>insane</i> and 4 of the 5 hard drives randomly stop working...so not a good time. There's also no ground cable in our apartment but everyone says "it's fine". I don't think it's as fine when I'm over 600watts with 5 or 6 hard drives 4 sicks of ram, water cooling, and a ton of other power sucking shit, but whatever. Let's get on with it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Idea</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">My crazy idea for the Mecha Review came to me while watching Mystery Science Theater 3000. I could build a simple set, some miniatures, shoot it for no money, then edit everything in Photoshop and Premiere pro and call it good. This required my pilot character to...pilot something. Obviously, since the show is principally about mecha anime, I thought of gunpla as a great basis for my project. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had recently re-watched Gundam Unicorn, and in the opening of that first episode, the NZ-666 Kshatriya battles a team of Jegan pilots, lead by a unknown ace pilot in a RGM-89S Stark Jegan. The battle is beautifully animated and super awesome to see, and I credit that battle (and the guy who sneakily uploaded it to YouTube about 7 years ago) for getting me back into Gundam after 4 or 5 years. The RGM-89S was my choice as the base model for the Mecha Review suit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Originally, I wanted to simply mix parts of the Stark Jegan and a ReZel, both from Gundam Unicorn, to make a sort of JeZel custom, so it didn't really look like either suit in particular. I bought both kits and to my dismay, the kits are so radically different that none of their parts could be interchangeable without a lot of effort. So then I did tons of research on mobile suits from Gundam, which parts looked cool, what ideas could I steal, etc. I came up with an idea to steal just a few pieces from the ReZel, then borrow a few weapons from the Unicorn Gundam's Full Armor set (which itself stole weapons from various other kits), dig around in my old parts bin, and do some sketches and tests. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Putting it Together</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">What I needed in my fictional world was a suit that could travel long distances with improved communications, more boosters, a tad more armor, powerful weapons, and lots of gray. I took the basic Stark Jegan kit, removed the shoulder pieces and their missile pods, and began making small armor patch pieces and drilling bullet holes. <br /><br /> </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dx9tDzDe_GE/V7XL-bB1FiI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/ZjIMIYFrzSwu8wHlGEuBkcc6-92o0aY2gCLcB/s1600/2015-08-29%2B09.42.37-26.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dx9tDzDe_GE/V7XL-bB1FiI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/ZjIMIYFrzSwu8wHlGEuBkcc6-92o0aY2gCLcB/s200/2015-08-29%2B09.42.37-26.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then, I took parts from some strange kits, including the very old Full Armor ZZ glue-together kit from over 20 years ago, a no-grade HeavyArms backpack, a no-grade Deathscythe Schythe, pieces from I think the F90 Plunge-Type, and various other bits from the ZZ Gundams I've owned, and an old F-22 Raptor jet kit I got when I was five. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The finished kit also includes an under-barrel cannon on the beam rifle sourced from a Ball kit, two giant boosters from the Full Armor Unicorn, as well as it's missile/grenade pods, and even a booster stolen from a broken Gelgoog Marine to add a touch more thrust power. ZZ Gundam's shoulders are now DS Jegan's arm shields, and Deathscythe's scythe handle has been cut and glued and fitted to create a folding handle for the under-barrel cannon. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q7pvQW_qWr0/V7XOw4V_NrI/AAAAAAAAAz8/GCs70M1a858eZhxaL4EhouBzPIEnseT_ACLcB/s1600/2015-08-29%2B21.35.12-28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q7pvQW_qWr0/V7XOw4V_NrI/AAAAAAAAAz8/GCs70M1a858eZhxaL4EhouBzPIEnseT_ACLcB/s400/2015-08-29%2B21.35.12-28.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was obvious to me that this thing should be colored in a subtle way. I wanted it all-over gray with a few colored highlights of blue, but changed it to red and yellow because it popped more. My original inspirations for color were the C3 Zeta Plus and the Full Armor ZZ Gundam. I used mister color neutral gray and tire black for most of the kit. I wanted it to be dark, but not so dark it wouldn't show up on a starfield background. Most of the painting was done in our garage, with detail paint done on my desk with a tiny brush. I did the panel lines with a mixture of diluted india ink and mashed up pastel crayons to make it look rusty and dirty. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The decals came from Hong Kong, and were originally for the Unicorn Gundam. The custom decals were simply made on ink-jet printer decal paper, and were sprayed with flat clear coat and applied with mr. color products before being lightly sanded to look old. I designed the symbols and logos myself in Adobe Illustrator, which you can clearly tell because I spelled Mecha wrong in Japanese and had to redo it. Smart. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">After all the cutting, pla-plate gluing, more gluing, painting, decals, washes...this is what I ended up with.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Yes, it's not perfect. You can see a few seams, and, god dammit, even though I applied the decals 3 different times, some of my custom ones lifted. It's terrible working with the ink-jet decal paper, but it's the cheap solution. Don't get me wrong, I'm super proud of myself, and I'm sure I'll give it little touch-ups down the line anyway. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's everything I had, other than forgetting to mention that the hands are Banda Detail-Up Manipulators. I think that about covers it. Thanks for checking this article out, and I'm sorry about how slow it loaded because of all the pictures. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">-K </span> </span><br />
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<br />destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-85787602391691961802016-07-02T05:44:00.000-04:002017-01-05T01:39:25.869-05:00Tokyo Video Journal & MECHA REVIEW Updates!Whew! Almost waiting an entire year before posting again, can't have that.<br />
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An insane amount of things in my life have changed, and it's taken a huge workload from 4 years ago and pushed it even further back...to oblivion. Whatever. Mecha Review is still going strong. Soon. Anyway...<br />
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I decided after finishing college in May of 2015 that I should quit my job and run away to Tokyo for five weeks and make a video journal of my experience. I took basic Japanese in college and I figured I could get around well enough and have myself one of those life experience like you have. Like...other people have. And I did! I had a wonderful time, I made over 20 short video journal entries of my experience, and I even got a renewed focus to work on MW. Yes, really.<br />
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I'd write more about my experiences there, but really, I made that whole video series thing to do that. So, if you'd like to learn about my trip and see some cool stuff, please check out the videos<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg8vtEmMAsDx8-0pY3XQMsJomeoaf_dr_" target="_blank"> HERE</a>. Anyway...so I moved to Tokyo six months later. Yes, I now live among the manga-ka's and the maid cafés. <br />
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Without further ado, here's the Mecha Review news!<br />
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Before I talk about what I need and what's done, it's important to understand the format of the show.<br />
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It is basically a wacky stupid review show. The opening title sequence is a mixture of video I shot of myself in a cockpit that I built in a costume I made, and stop-motion animation of a custom robot model/puppet I made out of old Gundam model parts. The start of the show is live-action, where I introduce the topic, then the show kicks off into an edited presentation of my review of the topic, then it closes with more live action, and end title cards. That's it in a nutshell. It's a real love letter to MST3K and The Angry Video Game Nerd.<br />
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<b>What's Done:</b> As of June 26th 2016 all video is shot (for the entire first season), all sound is recorded for episode 1 and edited, backdrops are made, and most of the first video is actually edited together coherently. Since I last posted here, I finished an updated version of the set and the costume, and did reshoots of the first episode...and new footage for several new episodes as well as fun little interstitial pieces.<br />
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<b>What's Not Done:</b> When I shipped my PC here I did it in parts, and a few of those parts are still missing, so I can't edit anything until those arrive. I still need to finish the main edit of the show (IE finding the right stills and video to put to my voice-over), create title cards, photograph the stop-motion segments (which are thankfully VERY short), edit those, then do final audio master, and final video effects. I have no idea how long this will take, but what I have so far makes me very hopeful and excited. <b>The most important missing piece to the puzzle is MUSIC. If you make or know someone who makes music, please let me know. I need an opening title theme most of all, something reminiscent of the horribly cheesey openings from the early 90's Gundam shows.</b><br />
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<b>Next Update:</b><br />
While I wait for the rest of my gear to arrive here in Tokyo, I will be updating this blog with some of the things I've been working on since last August. I'd like to principally show my progress on the set and helmet designs, as well as showcase how exactly I put my puppet/model together for the stop-motion pieces. That was a hell of a project all on it's own.<br />
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Till next time.<br />
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BEFORE YOU THINK IT...<br />
Yeah I'm still not done with like 5 other things I've announced on this page, but at current I am actually still working on a bunch of stuff at once. With that out of the way...<br />
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MECHA REVIEW. Planning this, for like two years at least now, is a big reason why a lot of other shit I flirt with on here doesn't get finished. Now, I actually have a lot of stuff done for this project and I can start shooting stuff and stuff. Shit. I'm at a loss right now.<br />
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Oh, right. The show is basically a characterized version of myself in the future/breaking the fourth wall inside a mech cockpit talking about Gundam and other mecha anime/video games/books/etc. and trying to make new fans and make old fans laugh. Yes, I've already received mean criticism.<br />
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I finished...kind of...the set, and I've shot some stuff and cobbled together some test images and a teaser I threw together supafast at 4AM. Below I'll throw out some progress pictures and that other stuff.<br />
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This is my biggest project ever. I'll be releasing the Protoman DIY video here soon, and after that a few little dudes here and there that I've been fucking with for the last few years, then it'll be pretty much just Mecha Review stuff for a while. I'm kinda tired of doing guides and DIY stuff, as you may have figured out, since I haven't actually released 3 I've fully shot and almost finished editing before petering out. Honestly, it's brutal to put together because I do things so sporatically. This will be nice and easy. I make a script, shoot it in the basement, then edit. Bam. No more angling for shoot times/work times, no more hunting for junk, no more sad, desperate posts like 'I'M DOING THINGS STILL'. I'm just gonna have me some fun. And I hope you have fun, too. And poop. Because poop is funny.<br />
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Build Started on July 22nd with cardboard prototyping and making some pieces and is totally finished by August 17th with only a few minor details to fix up. It took about 70 hours. Almost everything is hand made, and everything was cut and customized with hand tools.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My personal favorite touch is a shifter from a 69 Camaro, just like my parents had when I was a kid.</td></tr>
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Above is the aforementioned teaser video I made from my first bits of test footage.<br />
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What's left? Well, power. This thing runs a few LEDs and switches, and eventually it will be chock full of little lights and gizmos, but I'm pretty much out of budget. It also requires stands on each of the control panels because they wobble. There's pretty much nothing else I can do to fix that without anchoring or standing them off directly from the floor. Also, I'd like to put seatbelts and a little cupholder on it. Maybe stickers of kittens. Heh.<br />
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I have a draft ofof the first couple episodes written, and I'll be shooting more test footage for that once my costume is all done. I'll be back soon!<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">How I build Protoman Helmets</span></h2>
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Abstract: Create Protoman Cosplay from Cheap Motorcycle Helmets</div>
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Status: Complete (This article is WIP)<br />
Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YA-5JL1a94">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YA-5JL1a94</a> </div>
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Surprise! 4 years in the making, I'm
finally sitting down to type this out and provide video and photos
all in one place. It's a work-in-progress, so please give feedback.
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Part of the reason this never surfaced
is because all my helmets were extreme rush jobs (because I can't
figure out how time works) and I didn't take as much/many
video/photographs as I really wanted in any job. I prefer to do DIY
articles/videos showing you every single step so you don't have to
use your imagination, but sadly this DIY guide might be a little
below my ideal for that reason. However, if someone is having trouble
using this guide, it will just need to be updated to fill the gaps.
Create a dialogue. Become bros and fix things. Etc.</div>
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One cheap or old <b>Motorcycle
helmet</b>. We used an IV2 helmet that costs -$50 on Amazon.</div>
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Short-strand plastic body filler
OR resin and fiberglass mat. $15 (both)</div>
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Short Strand Body Filler is short
pieces of fiberglass mat inside fiberglass body filler. Body
filler is just body filler paste, and resin is a syrup-like
compound that hardens like amber. To fix fiberglass patches, for
example, you use resin and mat together to create a very hard
surface by hardening fibers with a glue-like compund. Creating
custom fiberglass pieces involves all three, and you may choose to
buy all three for the best product.
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<b>Plastic body filler</b> (no
fiberglass, no strands, just the putty) $5</div>
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<b>Plastic sink drain stop</b>
(plumbing section of wal-mart). $3</div>
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Either a <b>3 inch PVC end cap</b>
OR <b>4-to-3 inch PVC pipe coupler</b> (Home Depot) $7</div>
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<b>3M velcro</b> strips $4</div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>3M Double sided foam tape OR 3M
4010 outdoor double stick tape </b>(stronger) $7</div>
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<b>Hot glue</b> for wiring $9</div>
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<b>JB Weld</b> for gluing the PVC
to the drains (you can substitute plastic body filler here). $5</div>
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<b>LEDs </b>(I bought Microtivity
5mm diffused, pure green, 3 volt IL133's with resistors together) $6</div>
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<b>Wire</b>, I prefer to use
single core wire because you have to coil it into the ears. (Check
Radioshack)</div>
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<b>Switch,</b> just a regular
double pole switch to function as an ON/OFF for the LEDs (Check
Radioshack)</div>
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<b>Heat shrink tubing</b> ($4 Roll
in Home Depot)</div>
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<b>Electrical tape </b>(Check
Radio Shack)</div>
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<b>Rosin core solder</b> (Check
Radio Shack)</div>
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<b>Dremel cutting wheels </b>(the
fiber wheels work best) $8/pack</div>
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<b>EITHER spray on (Nite Lights)
tint or windshield stick-on tint (comes in rolls) or a pre-tinted
visor</b>. The <b>IV2 </b>we selected comes with both a clear and
tinted visor., but for any project you can always order a spare <b>IV2</b>
that's tinted for about $14 dollars on eBay. $10/15</div>
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<b>CosplaySupplies sells
Wonderflex.</b> That stuff is perfect for the white pieces OR use
EVA foam that you glass over and make more solid. $20 at Cosplay
Supplies/$14.20 on Ebay</div>
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<b>Lexan or other tough acrylic
glass that is shatter resistant.</b> Do NOT use regular glass.
(Check Home Depot)</div>
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<b>OPTIONAL plasti-dip</b> to dip
the inside ends of the helmet around your face
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<b>OPTIONAL suede or other cloth
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Spray paint—I prefer<b>
Rustoleum Safety Red enamel</b> (Safety Red 7564) one can might do
you, they're oversized. $5</div>
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<b>High build primer</b>,
duplicolor or rustoleum $5</div>
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<b>Krylon or other matte or glossy
clear coat</b> $4</div>
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<b>Krylon matte white</b> for
plastic, 1-2 cans depending on mistakes/touch ups. $4</div>
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<b>Krylon green gloss for plastic</b>,
this is to paint the lexan $4</div>
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Large roll of<b> painter's tape</b>
$6</div>
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Total Cost of Materials will be
250-300</div>
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<li><b>Dremel</b> or other rotary tool
(with cutting wheels)</li>
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<b>Hot Glue gun</b></div>
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<b>Safety glasses or goggles</b>,
goggles work best.</div>
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<b>Respirator for painting</b>,
respirator for sanding, usually you can't get one that does both</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Plastic/rubber gloves</b></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Sanding block</b></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>X-Acto or other utility knives,
razor blades</b></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Wire strippers</b></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Heat gun or hair dryer</b>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Spreaders for plastic body
filler</b> (in the car care aisle at Walmart)</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
A<b> dish of water</b> for wet
sanding, I use an old food container<br />
</div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<h3>
<b>Consumables</b></h3>
</div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Sand paper </b>(you will need
180/240, 400ish, 600 ish, and then 1200-2000 for wet sanding)</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Paper towels</b></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Newspaper</b> to mask things
off</div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Getting Started</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Measure your head. Measure your whole
goddamn head, and find a size chart for the helmet you have selected
if you're ordering online. This is pretty important, and it's on you
to figure it out. At worst, you can find a similarly sized helmet in
a motorcycle shop and try it on.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Once you have your helmet in-hand, take
a good look at it. You will probably want a sharpie or something
semi-permanent to draw on the helmet, and write on there what you
need to remove or change. I circled all the vents on mine and drew
X's wherever I needed to cut things. I planned out how to cut out the
mouth piece and drew it directly onto the helmet. I carefully
measured out equal distance from direct center, then traced lines on
the helmet. Alternatively, tape over your helmet and draw on
the tape. This will help you keep your bearings once you start
working on the helmet.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<h3>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Disassembly</b></span></h3>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
The first real step is to disassemble
the helmet. Grab your phone or a camera, and every time you remove
something, take a photo. This will help you remember how it went
together and the order in which you need to re-assemble the helmet. I
usually take off the visor, which might require a screw driver, and
the visor locking assembly, if you can at this point. After that, I
remove the insides of the helmet using a flat head screwdriver and a
utility knife, if needed. To remove the foam padding, sit down on the
floor, hold the helmet between your legs, and work the foam out by
flexing the helmet body. Try not to crack your foam, you will need to
re-use this. In the past, I have also heated the outside of the
helmet with a heat gun, lightly, to loosen any glue inside holding
the foam. This trick will be paramount for later during re assembly,
because flexing the helmet after filler and paint will damage it.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
At this point, your helmet should be
mostly disassembled. Likely, you will have vents and your D ring chin
straps attached still. Usually, you can use a phillips and a flat
head screwdriver to remove the vents, but the chin straps are often
riveted in. In the video, I explain that you can use a dremel or a
drill. If your rivets are extra thick, you will probably need a drill
press...but I was in a pinch and dug out the dremel and made deep
X-cuts into the rivet head, and used pliers to pull out the steel
rivets. If you cut the helmet you can always patch it.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<h3>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Cutting</b></span></h3>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Ok, your helmet should be stripped down
to just a shell at this point. Look at your notes on the helmet,
determine where you want to make the mouth cuts. Double check
yourself in the mirror to make sure the cuts aren't too big. If you
make them more shallow you can always trim them back further. To make
your cuts, you can use a variety of tools. I used a air-powered
reciprocating saw, but you can also use a fine toothed hacksaw or the
dremel cutoff wheels. Be careful if you use the dremel, as cutting
this material will cause it to melt and fling hot shit into your
eyes. Also, be sure to periodically cool your disc as you cut, or it
will gum up and break apart, thus flinging <i>sharp</i>, <i>hot </i>shit
into your eyes. <b>Wear goggles. </b>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
So, trace your cuts onto your helmet
with a marker, then begin your cuts from the top to the bottom.
After your cuts are made and your mouth piece is removed, sand down
your edges and test fit again in a mirror. Repeat until you're happy
with the fitment. Take some rough grit sandpaper or a dremel <b>sanding
wheel </b>and rough sand everywhere where you will need to add
filler. <u>It needs to be scored rough for filler to stick.</u> <b>You
are going to fill in the area where the visor locks in, any vents,
and any holes. </b>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<h3>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sanding</b></span></h3>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Grab your sandpaper. Sand your entire
helmet down to the bare material. <b>Do not use rough sand paper on
the entire helmet like you did with the fill spots, use something
like 400 grit.</b> I used a disc sander and an air compressor, but I
have also previously used just my hands and a sanding block for flat
areas. The coatings on helmets are different, but matte coatings are
a little more difficult to remove. <b>The dust is gnarly, so use your
dust mask</b>. Helmets are coated in lots of heavy coats with thick
material, so this could take a while. Be patient and try not to
create flat spots on curved areas.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Filling</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
When sanding is done and you're at bare
material, clean it thoroughly. You will need to get out your short
strand glass now, or your fiberglass and mat. I suggest using the can
of short-strand fiberglass filler if you're a novice, it's easier to
work with and has fewer steps and requires fewer tools. Check the
instructions on the can, but basically you need to pour some filler
onto some cardboard or wax paper, mix in your hardener (not too
much!) and use a spreader to spread it over the areas you need to
fill in. We are using short strand to fill in the large holes around
the visor because it's stronger, and <b>if you're filling in large
areas regular plastic body fill could crack and fall apart.</b> Do a
few rounds of the short strand until you're relatively happy with
your fill job. Be careful not to get air bubbles. I usually stop
short of filling them all the way in to the rim, sand the glass
fibers back some, and apply a top coat of regular body filler on the
top because it's smoother and will show fewer mistakes. Be sure to
clean your helmet if you sand between coats, you don't want dust
settled onto where you're applying the filler—it won't stick and
will ruin your job. For smaller holes/divots, it's OK to just use
body filler, in fact, that's what it's for.. For holes, stop the back
of the hole up with tape, then just add filler to the other side.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Once all your filler is dry (which is
relatively soon) you can start to sand it all back. I use a regular
3m sanding block you can get at walmart and 400-600 grit sandpaper.
Start rougher and go smoother. You don't need it to be super duper
smooth just yet. You're going to want to, once again, clean your
helmet off very well. I usually just use water and then go over it
with light alcohol or grease remover, such as DX330. To keep it super
clean, wear clean gloves that do not have powder on them. Any
fingerprints will damage your paint job, and if you were just using
filler, you are going to leave fingerprints.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Primer</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
When I work in my dad's shop, he has
several tools and materials I get access to that most people don't
get. One of these is the expensive <b>PPG Plastic Adhesion Promoter
</b>spray. This isn't necessary, but if you have access to a spray of
that type, spray a thin coat on your helmet now. If not, just take
your high-build primer, and spray a thin coat. Check the directions
on the can, but I usually do 3 coats, 2 thin, one medium, and let it
dry per directions. You can also find adhesion promoters in places
like Advance Auto nowadays, and it works almost as good.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Once dried, your primer should have
revealed imperfections and pin holes in your helmet</b>.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Good news! You now get to sand back
your primer until smooth, using 600 grit sandpaper. Find all your
pinholes and <b>poke them with a utility knife</b>. This ensures you
dont try to fill in a hole with thin walls that will just crack open
later. Air bubbles will create convex holes, so you need to cut the
holes out more cleanly. (Maybe make an illustration) Clean the
helmet. Take your body filler and fill your small imperfections.
Wait, sand, clean again. If you think it could use it, go ahead and
put another medium coat of primer on the helmet and sand back down
smooth. This ensures a clean, even paint job later.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Do the Head Piece</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Choose either EVA foam or Wonderflex.
The most recent helmet was made with EVA foam, the other two were
wonderflex. Wonderflex is a thin sheet of foam material with
cloth netting that is shaped with heat. It doesn't take to
paint all that well without lots of treatment with bondo or another
compound. EVA foam requires you to coat the entire piece in
fiberglass if you want something rigid that won't crack, otherwise
you're at the mercy of the quality of each piece if you try to paint
over it. I prefer EVA foam now because it's easier to assemble
from multiple parts, and with a coating of fiberglass on all sides,
it becomes quite rigid and thick.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If you're doing
wonderflex...</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Grab your wonderflex and a
felt pen. Tape over your helmet, where the white head piece would go
above the visor. Draw the design for the white head piece you'd like
onto your helmet. Lay paper over top of that, and trace it, then cut
it out. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Take that traced design
and lay it over your wonderflex, then do the same. Wonderflex cuts
easily with decent scissors. Do two layers of wonderflex with the
same design. Lay your cut-out wonderflex design over your helmet to
ensure it's right. Use a hair dryer to heat up the wonderflex and
lightly press it in place. Do the same for the 2<sup>nd</sup> layer.
Do <i>not</i> attempt to permanently seal the Wonderflex onto the
helmet, just press the pieces on so they conform the helmet in the
right shape. Allow to cool, and it should just peel off without
incident. Sometimes it's necessary to reheat the wonderflex and press
the two pieces together more firmly to make sure they seal together.
This will preobably warm your pieces, but you can always press it
back onto the helmet and reshape it as many times as you want. Set
that aside for now.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">If you're doing EVA
foam...</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">EVA foam is a great choice
if you want a strong piece that is thick and heavy. The problem with
this method, as I have previously found, is that it also makes it
very breakable if it falls. If you bond hard fiberglass to soft EVA
foam, the outside usually cracks around the foam core if it's
damaged. I HIGHLY suggest you don't do what I'm showing you here, and
actually put 2 layers of fiberglass mat on both sides and the edges,
using brushes and spreaders. </span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<b><br /></b>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Let's Get Started. This is probably
confusing, so...</span></b></div>
<ol><b>
</b>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Affix tape to the
helmet where the head piece will go.</span></b></div>
</li>
<b>
</b>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Affix the head piece
to the helmet with tape to hold it in place.</span></b></div>
</li>
<b>
</b>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Mix resin and bondo
together, brush on two thick coats.</span></b></div>
</li>
<b>
</b>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sand this coat, then
apply EITHER fiberglass mat and resin, or just short strand
fiberglass in two layers.</span></b></div>
</li>
<b>
</b>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Fill in gaps between
helmet piece and helmet using short-strand fiberglass filler.</span></b></div>
</li>
<b>
</b>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sand all of this down
to the right shape.</span></b></div>
</li>
<b>
</b>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Apply bondo and sand
as needed until smooth. </span></b>
</div>
</li>
<b>
</b>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Spray on filler
primer. </span></b>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">In the video, I will show you
that I apply a mixture of 50/50 liquid resin and bondo filler to the
headpiece while it is taped in place. This will bond well and lock it
in it's shape. Once that is dry, then sand it down and apply some
short-strand fiberglass filler to smooth it out. </span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Use either short-strand
glass or fiberglass mat and resin to cover the outside of the head
piece and ensure it's strength. Be careful about covering the back
side, you don't want to lay it on thick or unevenly because it will
ruin the fitment. If you're using fiberglass mat and resin, which is
the best way, brush resin onto the helmet surface, and apply mat to
the surface, then wet the brush with more resin and push the resin
into place with the bristles. 2 layers should do it. I applied tape
to the helmet where the piece would go, then filled in the gaps on
the sides with short-strand glass to conform the head piece to the
helmet and eliminate any gaps. Once dry, carefully pry it off the
tape and it should be pretty closely fitted to the helmet. Sand
again, then apply body filler, sand AGAIN until smooth.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Apply primer, sand again,
fill pin holes, clean, primer again...sigh. The best method on this
part is honestly to find a small disc sander and use that. If you're
doing this part by hand you will go crazy. It requires a lot of time
and energy to shape fiberglass and keep it flat with regular hand
tools, I know.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Ear Pieces (This
requires some pictures)</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Now that your head piece
is finished for now, grab your plastic drain pieces, your lexan, and
your PVC end caps/3-4 inch couplers. First, I would like to say that
using the 3-4 inch coupler pieces is much easier than using a PVC end
cap, the but end caps are easier to find. The coupler can be cut in
two places and filed down to make a perfect piece. The end caps
require cutting, drilling, hole cuts, and more filing to get it
right. They're a pain in the ass, I don't suggest it. I've also been
working on making my own mold of this part and was considering
selling it as a kit for this and Daft Punk helmets, or maybe use in
DBZ cosplays or any other cosplays where this shape is needed on
props. More on that later.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">You're going to need a
vice or something to hold your couplers, and a felt pen again.
Estimate how long your ear pieces are going to be. This might change
based on the size of your helmet and it's scale. I usually eyeball
the first one and then measure that and copy it to the second one. I
draw on the couplers with marker where to cut. Put your couplers in
your vice, and slice it down with a hacksaw. Test fit the look on
your helmet and repeat if necessary. Measure your cuts on your
couplers and copy them to your second, then cut that one as well.
Once they have been tested and look good, sand 'em down and file the
inside mouth out so it's rounded, this will make it look much more
like the original. You can rough it with a Dremel and use rough sand
paper if you have to, or you may look for a rounded metal file.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Take your drain pieces and
cut them to fit into the ear pieces you just made, but don't cut away
the entire outer edges, you need those. Slice out a hole in the
center about the same diameter as the outside ear hole. Take note of
the inside diameter of the drains, and trace this onto paper. To cut
the inner hole, you can use a hole saw or just careful Dremel work.
There are guides online as to how to make great circle cuts with this
tool.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Lay the tracing on the
lexan, and cut this out with a dremel. DO NOT REMOVE THE PLASTIC
CLING. I would also suggest you use tape over your glass while you
cut to help reduce the risk of wayward scratches. Sand that to round
it down, I like to use rough sandpaper on a sanding block, but
obviously an electric or pnuematic sander works a lot better.
Test-fit it into the drain pieces. These will be glued down, but not
until one side has been painted in a thin coat of green, so don't
assemble anything yet. In order for this to work, you have to paint
all our pieces before you glue them together.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Okay, so you have your
outer pieces, your inner pieces, and your glass. Take your outer
pieces back out. Tape up the sides of the helmet. The idea is to
prevent the filler from bonding to the helmet just yet. Watch the
video. There, I take short strand and use it to form the ear pieces
onto the contour of the helmet. You will have to fill it in, sand it
down, and etc. to get the curvature right. This is pretty time
consuming, and it's just like the head piece.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Once that is all done, you
are now finally free to prime and paint your inner and outer ear
pieces. It's best to paint them individually, then sand and glue,
then do touch-up work, t</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>han to assemble and
then paint it all as one piece, </b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>which
will not work</b></i></span><span style="font-size: medium;">. Use the same high-build
primer you've been using, and expect to do several coats and pin-hole
fills with filler. In order to paint the plastic, you may want to use
Plastic Adhesion promoter, or the cheapo method, which is sanding it
down, painting it in Krylon Plastic, then sanding it again before
primer coat. In fact, if you have very clean cuts on your plastic
drain pieces, you may not need to use the high-build primer here. If
it looks clean and there's nothing you need to hide, you may go ahead
and use your Krylon. While you are painting that,</span> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>grab
your two pieces of lexan you cut into discs, and paint ONE side of
each, one thin coat, as even as possible, leaving the plastic film on
the unpainted sides. </b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>When you assemble
these, the clear glass will be on the outside, and the paint on the
inside.</u></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This
will give it a great look.</span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">After all pieces are
painted, assemble your three ear pieces together as drawn. I like to
use JB weld because it's easy and it sticks to stuff. It also holds
tight, but is just slightly flexible. You can use your plastic body
filler if you like. I try to get good solid welds without showing the
material, so I put some on the back of the outer sides of the glass
discs, then put the discs into the drains, let dry. Fix any mistakes
you may make here. Once that is dry, go ahead and weld your two inner
pieces to the main outer piece. This will probably require the use of
tape on the outer piece to keep off excess glue/filler. Be mindful of
where your material will go, and try hard to keep it out of sight.
Don't be afraid to do multiple layers. Make sure it's tough. And if
you're afraid to use colored, sticky, two-part compound to glue in
glass, you can always try getting there with a good bead of hot glue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">OK, so your ear pieces are
more or less done. Your head piece is unfinished, but contoured and
cut. Now, I suggest you look at paint. By now, your helmet should be
in primer, sanded smooth, and clean. You have two options at this
point. You can either take an extra can of white Krylon and put 2-3
coats of that directly on the helmet to assist in luster, or directly
paint on the red. I have done this several different ways, but I
believe using the paint we've selected above is good enough. In
previous builds, I've layered white, red-orange, and red coats to get
a particular look. This will be up to your eyes. If you're committed
to getting the best paint job, you will just have to experiment. I
suggest two coats of white, sanded very lightly then cleaned. Then
3-4 light coats of your red paint. Yes, at least 3 coats. Honestly,
the more coats the better, just don't go so crazy with thick coats
that the helmet never dries. I really don't think doing thick coats
in cold climates is a good idea, either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">If your paint looks good,
good news! You get to wet sand!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Wet sanding is a step
EVERYONE skips, and I Guarantee that's why most internet project
paint jobs look like shit. You should wet sand. But be forewarned, if
you fuck up your paint job, then wet sand it, then paint the same
enamel paint over it, IT WILL EAT THE LOWER LAYER OF PAINT AND
SNAKESKIN THAT SHIT ALL OVER YOUR BODY FUCK SHIT. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Wet Sanding</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Soak your 1200-2000 grit
wet sanding paper in water. Rinse your helmet with a mist of water,
and start lightly sanding in a circular motion. Do <b>NOT</b> go
through the paint, your aim is to s<b>mooth the paint out.</b> It's
hard to describe wet sanding via text, it's sort of an art in itself,
so if you're having trouble you may want to check out other youtube
videos about wet sanding paint. I believe the guy from MNPCTech has a
good video on how he does it, and you'll be amazed at how beautiful a
paintjob that guy gets with just rattlecans. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">When your paint looks good
and flat, wash it very well, then wait until absolutely dry. Do one
medium coat of clear coat. Wait to dry, then to 2-3 more coats. On
this helmet, I had snakeskinned the fuck out of it, so any heavy
initial coats would ruin it. So, I dry-sanded it flat, then painted
several light coats of clear, until I put on one final, heavier coat,
then very lightly wet sanded it again and used a shitload of car
polish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">OK, next you basically use
the same methods on all your pieces. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Once everything has sat
for a few days and is fully cured, and you have polished whatever you
need to polish, we can assemble everything. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Interior</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">After
I let everything dry for several days, I started re-assembly.
Firstly, the interior foam may be able to just be shoved back inside,
but on my last build, the fiberglass filler didn't like the stick to
the helmet very much, and when it flexed, the filler actually
cracked. Be careful. As a solution, after fixing this, I actually
cut the inside foam pieces in two, then very carefully worked it back
into place. I have only had this problem once, but you will need to
be careful yourself. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">You may need to get a
hairdryer or heat gun and re-assemble your innards. If you want to
apply more cloth to the inside where your face goes, do that right
now. I have a video below on how I reduced the size of the foam of
one of the helmet to make it fit back in more easily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">OK, I have done each of
these differently, but the method I used this past time is the most
modular: I used 3M Velcro. I made a stencil for where to apply the
velcro with tape, mocking it all up like so. Then, I cut the velcro
into strips and applied it to the helmet anywhere where the parts
touch. Then, simply apply the other sides to the parts, then mate the
two together. This way, if the helmet ever falls, it's likely the
part will break off instead of absorbing the impact, and on top of
that, it's easy to replace the parts now because they are not
permanently affixed and it will not ruin your paint job you've spent
so much time on. Be careful to keep the velcro away from the edges
of the parts, or it will be seen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Ok, so your basic helmet
guide is now complete. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Here are some pictures of the MK III helmet I completed in 2015... </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I need to create the
sub-thread for people who want to wire in LEDs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">WITHOUT the inner foam
pieces inserted...</span></div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Create a battery
compartment in the back of the helmet. If you're using 9v batteries,
fuck you, they will generate heat even when they're turned off and
you might start your hair on fire. ALWAYS disconnect the battery
when it's off.</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">LEDs in the ear
pieces is a fucking travesty. You need to drill a hole on each side
to route your wires through. Your LEDs will be fitted into the
recesses inside your completed ear piece parts via solid-core
wiring. You wire green LEDs in series, with a resistor for each
bulb. Wiring diagram will be provided. Always wire your resister on
the positive end of the LED, the longer end. If you are using green
5v LEDs, I suggest a 5v regulator off of the battery and 47k ohm
resistors (I've also used 82 ohms), ¼ watts, 2-5% tolerance. Or,
buy these
</span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0059H5YUK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0059H5YUK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage</b></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>More info on
LEDs:<a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/LEDs-for-Beginners/?ALLSTEPS">http://www.instructables.com/id/LEDs-for-Beginners/?ALLSTEPS</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Solder and shape your
wiring together in such a way that it would fit into the inside of
the ear pieces, out of the way, then feed the open positive and
negative ends through the holes you drilled, then solder them
together. </span>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Simply hot-glue
everything in place.</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Cut out your space
for your batter pack in your foam, insert the foam piece, then
solder everything together in this space. </span>
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That's all for now. I will continue to edit and re-evaluate this particular post, and update it with video and illustrations if needed.<br />
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EDIT<br />
Video is finally done!<br />
LINK!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YA-5JL1a94" target="_blank"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YA-5JL1a94</a> <br />
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destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-49112700129935457232015-03-20T21:46:00.000-04:002015-03-20T21:51:14.275-04:00Initial D NZXT Tempest 410 Elite PC Case Mod!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Abstract: Create a custom PC case based on the manga/anime Initial D, using actual manga.<br />
Status: Complete (for now)<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/8D_Q68Xzb4A" target="_blank">Click Here for the video</a> or read more to see the embedded version.<br />
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I know! 4 articles in 2 days for a site that usually updates twice a year!<br />
The Initial D computer case project is on hold, but I'm calling it done because fuck it. Fuck it. Made a video.<br />
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Over a year ago I started this crazy project. The plan was to paste some manga pages to a computer case, then custom paint it to look like the hero car from the series, the AE86 Trueno Sprinter, in white and black. I mostly did that thing. In the video, I also explain a little bit about my hardware upgrades and some other stuff, and it's rambly. I can't say too much about this project, since it's been a long damn time since I did all this stuff, but I am happy with the way my PC looks. Sure, I wanted a TRUENO logo on the front, and the sides were supposed to have black stripes and the Fujiwara Tofu Shop logos, but alas, that shit costs money, and this project is purely for my own amusement.<br />
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This isn't the write-up or the video I was hoping to produce quality wise, but honestly, some of these projects just need space on here so I can check them off my list and be done thinking about them. That's why I've been updating this site as of late. That, and I've had a shitload of days off at school, but I digress again.<br />
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Anyway, I hope you enjoy this boring-ass video. I tried to choose some dancey music like they use in the anime, so I hope you appreciate DA FAT BEATS. <br />
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Music Credit: 2Much (Andy Spinelli & Alex Sánchez
House Edit) by <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tentacles/">Tentacles</a>
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destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-89138329432647547492015-03-20T16:26:00.003-04:002015-03-20T16:33:29.568-04:00(Almost) 5 Minutes of Kitties!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nothing much to say, but I made a stupid video about kitty cats I've been hanging out with lately.<br />
Sound is synced weird, but the video is so dumb I don't care. :D <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If77TICHOvo" target="_blank">Click here</a> or press play below.</div>
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Music Credit:
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destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-20619067080521711702015-03-19T23:38:00.000-04:002015-03-19T23:53:37.903-04:00I Have Vimeo Now.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just realized I have been posting all my more recent work to Vimeo, not Youtube, and I wanted to make a quick post about it here. Basically, this account is for my Video Art course in college, but I also put some personal stuff up there and I have some stuff from my Motion Graphics class on there, too. These, for now, are just exercises and assignments, so I'm learning as I make these. Hopefully I'll keep making short films and animations and I'll start publishing more content like this to Youtube as well, but for now this is all there is. Enjoy. <a href="https://vimeo.com/user36363657" target="_blank">Click here to visit my Vimeo account.</a><br />
<a name='more'></a>There's nothing else here.<br />
Bye.<br />
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--KLdestructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-21145324545208425932015-03-19T22:00:00.000-04:002015-03-19T23:53:49.639-04:00We Started A Podcast!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We now have a podcast! It's vaguely related to DestructoBlog kind of!<br />
My buddy Josh and I started a podcast a few weeks ago, and here is the first episode, parts 1 and 2.<br />
For now, we're just posting them to youtube, but eventually there will be an RSS feed for you to follow. <br />
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<a name='more'></a>Podcast! Hoorah!<br />
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It's a general topic talky thing that my friend and I do now. We look at the news and jump off into deeper conversations about topics. Parts of it are researched and parts of it aren't, but I encourage you to research the shit if it sounds fishy to you and tell me I'm wrong. (As long as you cite your sources.)<br />
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Part two is just about movies and silliness. I don't have much to say about that part that isn't already said in the podcast. So...yeah. Here they are!<br />
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-KL destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-10291760366982072002015-01-17T12:28:00.000-05:002015-03-19T23:54:23.597-04:00Custom Arcade Controller "Super Mobile Suit Fighter IV: Jaburo"<span id="goog_1911140757"></span><span id="goog_1911140758"></span><br />
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Project: “Super Mobile Suit Fighter
IV: Jaburo” Fight Stick (Xbox 360/PC Custom Arcade Controller)</div>
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Abstract: Create an Arcade Controller
for Xbox/PC with a Mobile Suit/SSF4 Theme</div>
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Status: <u>Complete (2013)</u></div>
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I decided at
some point to create something for Jay (after the first Protoman
helmet, before the Zeon NES) for Christmas 2012. That did not
happen. It ended up being a nightmare-project from hell that took me
weeks to work the bugs out of. I am not an electronics expert, nor
am I a carpenter, but I ended up making a complete, working, reliable
arcade controller using real Suzo-Happ parts, real arcade parts, real
Cherry switches, and for less than $150.</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;">If
you peek at my blog, you'll notice I didn't post here for six months.
That happens. But before that, there was a period of an entire year
where there are no posts. This project was conceived and completed
in that time period, which is a big reason why it never made it up
here. Because of that, some of the info on here is incomplete and
might not be 100% right (my memory is shit). This is not a guide
exactly, because I can't cover all my bases and show you how to do
this. I can however point you in the right direction and show you
what I made with rudimentary tools and a few favors. </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>I
will warn you, the only way to write this article is long and boring.
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<b>From here, I'm going to summarize
what I did, then show pictures. At the end of the post is a write-up
about how hard it was and what materials I used. You can skip that
part if you just wanted to see the project and how it turned out.</b></div>
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<b>A
Not-So-Christmas Present</b></div>
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The history of this project has a lot to do with why I never put it
on here. I am guilty of procrastination, getting into things too
heavily, and having a bit of an ego when it comes to building things.
I tend to wait till the last minute then spend 18 straight hours on
a project. Many times, I don't finish it when it's supposed to be
done for some dumb, simple reason. This project is exactly that
sort.</div>
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On the night of our yearly Friendmas holiday party, I staggered into
my friends basement, late, covered in facial hair, holding a broken
arcade controller. I sat it down in front of the friend who I had
made it for, next to the TV stand, and plopped down hard on the floor
nearby. I had not slept more than 3 hours in the past two days, and
the project was a total failure. I had literally been working on
figuring out a wiring bug 15 minutes ago, gave up, and came to the
party.
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My friend was understanding, and enjoyed the silly artwork I made for
it. But I felt very unsatisfied. I wanted the damn thing to work.
I stayed up and didn't eat in order to make it work, and it was for
nothing. I felt sorta shitty, and ended up falling asleep sitting up
on the couch later, missing out a bit on one of the last times all my
friends were all in the same place. It was a bit gloomy. But fuck
that noise.</div>
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<b>Why do I suck?</b></div>
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Basically, I underestimated how difficult this project really is. In
concept, you are just wiring up new buttons to a PCB, and sticking it
all together in a box. I took a X360 controller, put it in a
RadioShack project box, screwed it into wood with stand-offs, and
wired up the contacts to the Suzo-Happ buttons I bought over the
internet. In theory, it would take me about a week to do. In
practice, it actually took over a month to get all the wood cut and
sanded correctly, getting the joystick jigged and beveled into place
was a bitch, and cutting glass and fitting it snugly onto the face of
the project was a nightmare.<br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Firstly,
I did not own a table saw, so I had to ask an uncle of mine to cut my
wood for me, which he graciously did. After, I had to re-cut the
wood slightly because </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>all
of my measurements were wrong in my plan,</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and began test fitting all the parts. I used a Dremel saw to cut the
hardboard sheet out in the proper size, and fitted that as well. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">One
of the most difficult parts was mapping the button cut-outs onto the
top-most MDF. Because the buttons go through the Lexan, hardboard,
MDF, </span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">and</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
the artwork, lining everything up perfectly is absolutely paramount.
</span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">I fucked that up.</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
So, I cheated slightly. I went to the hardware store, bought
another hole-saw that was larger than I needed, and cut the holes in
the MDF slightly larger than they needed to be, but still making sure
the holes in the Lexan and the hardboard were as close as possible.</span></span><br />
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This gave me enough wiggle room to make it all fit together, and it
was still a small enough hole that the buttons could lock into place
underneath. After 3-4 days of doing this, I printed out the artwork,
cut holes in it, and discovered I would need to mask the sides of the
Lexan to hide the fact that my artwork print needed to be longer than
a 8.5x11 sheet a paper, the largest I could print on hand. That's
fine, I had already planned on taping off the inside of the Lexan and
painting a boarder, so I just adjusted the plan so that the black
boarder was larger, and it hid all my mistakes.</div>
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After I fitted each piece together with tape and a tiny bit of glue,
I broke it all apart and finish sanded each piece. I then glued the
base parts back together, screwed in the screws, inserted my corner
studs, and waited for the base to dry. Once that was dry and solid,
I drilled holes for the computer case feet, and glued them in. I
also drilled holes for the top piece (the
MDF/Lexan/artwork/hardboard) to be drilled down to the base. At this
point, I realized drilling once screw to hold all of these pieces in
was a bad idea. So, I drilled a secondary set of holes through the
MDF, board, and glass, and actually sandwiched those pieces together
separately. I drilled a through-hole through the Lexan, and screwed
the large wood screws through, so they actually set entirely beneath
the Lexan piece, and aren't attached. This way, you aren't putting
structural stress on the Lexan, and if you need to take the top off,
you don't run the risk of your Lexan peeling up and cracking on wood
screws when you back them out. Trying to countersink the Lexan in
order for the heads of the screws to sit in them would have been a
gigantic headache, and over-tightening the screws even slightly would
have ruined the whole project.</div>
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In order to hold the glass piece on securely on all sides, I bought a
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I know, at this point, it might be confusing how it all went
together. Essentially, you have the base with the PCB inside, then
you have the upper piece, which starts with the MDF base on the
bottom, hardboard above that, artwork, then the Lexan. The joystick,
without the ball attached, is sunk down into the MDF and screwed in.
The hardboard, artwork, and Lexan sit on top of it. Lastly, the
buttons are pushed through the holes up top, then fixed to the bottom
with their built-in fasteners. The whole top is now screwed together
with the small radio shack screws. Then the wires from the PCB are
attached to the joystick and buttons, then you sit all that in place
and drill the 4 large wood screws in place. That's how I put
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">What
was my key mistake that made me lose my mind and ruin Christmas
forever? My plan to use terminals. If you don't know what I mean,
Google wire terminals. They are strips with contacts on both sides
where you connect wires together, essentially so you don't have to
twist wires or solder wires together if you're working on a project
with lots of wire running around everywhere. I had 2 inside this
project; one from the PCB to the top switches and one from the PCB to
the control switches (start, select, Xbox button) and joystick. In
my lack of sleep, </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>I
mixed up every single ground wire on the entire project</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I had to take the entire innards apart, label every single wire,
then re-run each connection one-by-one in order to make it work
correctly. I did this by having my wiring diagram in front of me on
paper, and having Super Street Fighter IV open on my PC. I don't
suggest playing with live wires connected to a computer, but by that
point it seemed like the only way to test the damn thing without
having to wire everything up, pulling wires, and trying again, over
and over. Eventually, it was done.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mock-up layout. Paid careful attention to the braces and the side buttons. You can see where the MDF top piece screws in. Note the rubber washers, which allow fine-tuning of the angle of the main board and prevent shock and over tightening. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately blurry, but you can see what I meant by lots of wire and messiness. You can also see the 8 screw-holes necessary to attach everything.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see here my final button placement, and how the screws worked.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cable is actually wrapped around a screw with heat-shrink wrapped around it so it doesn't pull out the PCB.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rRqxutmK_Rs/VLqK_5pBY-I/AAAAAAAAAZU/cq553DoVyQA/s1600/IMG_2423.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rRqxutmK_Rs/VLqK_5pBY-I/AAAAAAAAAZU/cq553DoVyQA/s1600/IMG_2423.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 1-Player button is actually the XBox button.</td></tr>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zkHKTu7qK7Y/VLqK7Fhug2I/AAAAAAAAAZM/kX8pdhStKPc/s1600/IMG_2428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zkHKTu7qK7Y/VLqK7Fhug2I/AAAAAAAAAZM/kX8pdhStKPc/s1600/IMG_2428.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z7vFeRsj9bc/VLqLbPk58_I/AAAAAAAAAZk/dTpb0o-eiD8/s1600/IMG_2429.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z7vFeRsj9bc/VLqLbPk58_I/AAAAAAAAAZk/dTpb0o-eiD8/s1600/IMG_2429.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These two side buttons are Start and Back.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oJxZRZCqoqY/VLqH5RhB0rI/AAAAAAAAAYI/Jh523XIN0RA/s1600/Finale%2B1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oJxZRZCqoqY/VLqH5RhB0rI/AAAAAAAAAYI/Jh523XIN0RA/s1600/Finale%2B1.jpg" height="425" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo credit: Jay Jones</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ec0f9Bx7FJ4/VLqI40Q7BsI/AAAAAAAAAYg/db-J0bg2K2k/s1600/Finale%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ec0f9Bx7FJ4/VLqI40Q7BsI/AAAAAAAAAYg/db-J0bg2K2k/s1600/Finale%2B2.jpg" height="425" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo credit: Jay Jones</td></tr>
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<b>Epilogue</b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
After all the other reasons why I didn't post this before, there is
actually one major one I haven't mentioned. Shortly after finishing
this project, I was working on some of my early video stuff. In a
move to make more space, I reorganized files on my computer, deleted
some old backups, and moved stuff to another hard drive. Do you see
where this is going? I accidentally deleted everything I had on it.
Everything.</div>
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<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I had to run a program to 'un-delete' <b>FIFTEEN THOUSAND PICTURES (ACTUALLY FIFTEEN THOUSAND)</b> and
various other files in order to find the pictures I have for you
here. Jay was kind enough to take more and send some to me after he
received the most recent project, but these are really all there is.
There was video lost forever as well, but that's just the
way it goes I guess. I hope you enjoyed what little I have left on
it.</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jq6Fvkb4LkI/VLqIm1WgqTI/AAAAAAAAAYY/MmUpUMrzn-s/s1600/Finished.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jq6Fvkb4LkI/VLqIm1WgqTI/AAAAAAAAAYY/MmUpUMrzn-s/s1600/Finished.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actual picture I took when the project was over.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Want to make your own? (You can skip this part.)</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Firstly,
if you are interested in playing a PC or console game using real
arcade buttons and joysticks, you need to look around. If you can
find something used, something someone else made, that will be your
best bet. At the time when I made this, there was no product that
used real buttons and parts that was in my budget. Nowadays, a lot
of people just go with X-Arcade's stuff. Some people argue it's not
the greatest, others will argue that you need to go fuck yourself.
I've never used it, nor do I know you, I can't make those judgments.
All I know is </span><b>I wanted to make it myself, I wanted the real
buttons that are really used in real Street Fighter cabinets, and I
wanted it to connect to a PC or Xbox 360.</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
The very first thing I did, before
anything else, was look for wiring diagrams of a Xbox 360 controller.
Due to the added complexity of hiding a play and charge pack/battery
pack in the device, I settled on the standard, wired version of the
360 controller. This is how I discovered Slagcoin.com. If you are at
all serious about doing this, go to Slagcoin.com right now, and just
look at shit. All of my templates and wiring diagrams are from this
website, and the person that runs it is a lovely human being. On that
site, I found a PCB layout, with notation, for the early-type X360
controller. From here, I priced out everything. <b>Before you look
at the list below, understand I live in the middle of nowhere, so I
had to depend on Wal-Mart and Home Depot. Slagcoin has</b><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/example1.html"><b>
'Example Ingredients' </b></a></u></span></span><b>on their page
which you might want to take a look at, because it's better in every way. </b>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Below is the list of things this
controller is made from (all in inches):</b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
1 sheet 12x8x.5 MDF</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
1 sheet 11.25x7.25x.25 MDF</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
1 sheet 11.25x7.25x.93 Acrylic Glass</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
1 sheet of 10.5x6.5x.125 Hardboard</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
2 pieces of 12x3/8x3/8 (.375) Poplar</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
2 pieces of 7.25x3/8x3/8 Poplar</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
2 pieces of 8x1.5x.75 Poplar</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
1 piece of 10.5x1.5x.75 Poplar</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
1 piece of 10.5x1.5x.25 MDF</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
4 pieces of 1.5x1 3/16x1 Scrap Wood
(glued into the corners for strength</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Essentially, you have a base (biggest
piece), then 4 sides, then 4 blocks in the corners that are glued in,
then a inner cover made of MDF, then on top of that a piece of
hardboard (which is like cardboard made from wood bits, kinda) then
topped with acrylic glass.
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Aside from those materials, I used:</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>1 sheet of paper with artwork
printed on it</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1 </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Sanwa
JLW-TM-8 </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(4
or 8-way switchable Joystick, ball type)</span></span><b> </b>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>10 vertical-type Suzo-Happ Arcade
buttons, </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Street Fighter colors</span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
1 Shallow-Mount
1-Player arcade button</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Various wood screws</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>White, plastic, screw head caps</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Various electronics screws</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
from RadioShack (with nuts, various sizes)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Old computer case feet</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>PCB stand-offs</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Solder</b><br />
<b>Rubber Washers</b> (between MDF and your braces, where the MDF screws in)<b> </b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Terminal Strips </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">(I
set this up with terminal strips to make it easy to change the PCB
later, the buttons and outer casing can be re-used with a different
PCB to make it work with any console if you upgrade later.)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Electrical Tape</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Heat-Shrink Tubing</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Electrical Spade Connectors</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>A Shitload of Wire </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">(I
already had a bunch of 20-gauge solid-core wire around, it made it
very easy to test everything on a bench, but solid core wire is more
breakable and harder to hide and coil, so you might want stranded,
shielded wire if you're trying this, check Slagcoin.)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Spray paint</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>A shitload of tape</b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Tools:</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Power drill and lots of bits</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Dremel</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Hole-saws,</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
multiple diameters. I think you're going to need a 24mm and 30mm.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Art program</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
to make artwork with (I just drew everything in Photoshop with Google
image references)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>A Jig Saw </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">to
cut out where the Joystick sits</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Routing tools</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
to countersink the joystick, I actually used a <b>Dremel and a sanding
block</b> (it took 4 hours, easily the hardest part) but actual routing tools are better</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Wood glue</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and a spreader, like a popsicle stick</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Glass cutter</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Soldering Gun</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Hairdryer</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Hot Glue Gun and lots of glue</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>A lighter </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">(for hard-to-reach
heat-shrink tubing)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Wire Cutters/Strippers</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Rubber Washers</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
That's everything.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I know I already
said this isn't a guide, but you can use this article as a
jumping-off point to look into your own project. I just wanted to
let you know the trouble, and tools, it takes to make something like
this. I'm happy I stuck it out and made something this complicated
<i>for the experience of doing it</i>. If you don't want that, then this
project is<i> not</i> for you. I cut myself, burned myself, and slept very
little while working on this thing. I also broke a sheet of glass
over myself, stabbed myself with a drill, and spend a lot of money on
extra shit I didn't need. It was a pretty swell time, all told.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
...I just wanted to
let you know how hard it was.</div>
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</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
THE END!?</div>
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destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-65525602971051956642014-08-30T23:10:00.000-04:002015-03-19T23:55:12.416-04:00One Possible Future (Part 2)<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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Project: One Possible Future (Part 2)</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Abstract: Customize an NES in the style
of a Sazabi model kit</div>
Status: <u>Complete</u><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gJL-1Fvb0-k/VAITGgS0eMI/AAAAAAAAAQo/yf7U9FhuMts/s1600/IMG_2720.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gJL-1Fvb0-k/VAITGgS0eMI/AAAAAAAAAQo/yf7U9FhuMts/s1600/IMG_2720.JPG" height="133" width="200" /></a>The Sazabi NES project is finally finished. In this article, I will show you the finished product and also explain how I made a game converter out of spare parts. The project really didn't need to take 8 months to finish, but the combination of burning up my last parts and my lack of free time really pushed it out. But that's all bullshit, let's take a look at the project. <b>Warning, this is SUPER image heavy.</b><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z-G7qjWn0u4/VAIWBqOMHdI/AAAAAAAAARQ/J0IcD6hamKU/s1600/IMG_2733.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z-G7qjWn0u4/VAIWBqOMHdI/AAAAAAAAARQ/J0IcD6hamKU/s1600/IMG_2733.JPG" height="133" width="200" /></a>When I last left you, I had stopped because my electronics projects went awry at the last minute and I destroyed the board. Even though a normal, functioning, human-person should get away with those mods, I decided to keep it simple the second time around. I just did the simple audio jack mod and refurbished a few pieces here and there to make it reliable. At this point, the project had been abandoned for several months and I was out the cost of an extra NES, so I simplified the plan both for speed and for safety. After that, I got to finishing the body.<br />
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<h2>
Exterior</h2>
There's not much else to say about the exterior. I finished up wet sanding again, added a white Neo Zeon vinyl I found on the Internet, then clear coated over that with regular Krylon clear coat matte. I also decided to add a coat of regular Krylon matte black over my truck bed coated black vent stripe and end pieces, because it was too rough and absorbed a lot of dust. During this time I also added a few details, like panel lining, to a few areas.<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3-dbLLAn-ao/VAIVDrytx7I/AAAAAAAAARA/aGbPeP0anyA/s1600/2014-02-20%2B18.29.24.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3-dbLLAn-ao/VAIVDrytx7I/AAAAAAAAARA/aGbPeP0anyA/s1600/2014-02-20%2B18.29.24.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>The vinyl decal wasn't very expensive, and came as a set of 2. In order
to fix it to the system, I wet sanded the top coat previously applied,
cleaned, affixed sticker, VERY lightly scuffed sticker, cleaned, then
sprayed final coats of clear. After all the tape was peeled, the system
was polished and assembled. After waiting for the finished unit to cure (for up to a few days) I went through it and touched up some minor areas by hand with a brush. I didn't get everything, but it looks better than it did. I wouldn't leave out this step, as you can scuff your paint or cause small chips while assembling the pieces.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just after the last coat of clear.</td></tr>
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Game Converter</h2>
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Right, the game converter. At the time, Famicom to NES game converters were not available at all, and this contributed to the long project time. Eventually, I found some, but they were converter boards only. Luckily, I met a guy at work who is also a nerd and had a old NES game he let me buy off of him for one dollar. I used that game to make a case for the game converter. This part of the project doesn't look as nice because I gambled on rubber coating the top piece to hide some mistakes. See the pictures below and you'll see what I'm talking about--you can still see all the errors in the body work.<br />
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Basically, I traced the other game coverter's silhouette over this empty game case, cut it out, then created a top end out of Wonderflex and glue. Follow the images below to see the workflow.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used 3M Auto Trim glue, found at WalMart.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plastic bond. This stuff is expensive but it makes paint adhere super good.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sprayed all over with Rustoleum Safey Red.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Re-Taped, Plasti-Dipped the top part. This didn't hide my mistakes like I thought.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attached remaining Sazabi decals to the converter, then clear coated using the same stuff as the NES.</td></tr>
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Finished Set</h2>
I don't have pictures of the entire unit with the cables and controllers and stuff, but I did include 2 regular controllers, audio/video, and power cables with the set, as well as that copy of Z Gundam: Hot Scramble for Famicom, Batman: The Game for NES, and of course Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt.<br />
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The package was boxed and sent to it's owner, Jay Jones. I make a lot of shit for that kid.<br />
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The project is now over. That's all I've got on it. If you are curious how I did something, please let me know and maybe I will add a update to this post. Thank you for reading DBlog.<br />
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<br />destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-5439721320375901432014-08-24T18:38:00.001-04:002015-03-19T23:58:19.895-04:00Microscopic Update<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Another update without actual content? Yup.<br />
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Update to my last update: Forget all that shit.<br />
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1. One Possible Future is done. The article is in-progress, the only reason it isn't finished is because I ran out of free time today and still wanted to write this article about how I don't have free time--what the fuck am I doing?<br />
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2. Protoman Helmet DIY is nearly done. I have the article about 85% done, and I might even cut together some video for it. I'm not even going to estimate when it'll be done, but I now have time in the middle of the day to work on this site, thus this update.<br />
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3. Famicom Twin repair is officially Half Life 3. Google and you will find a recent article and video that does nearly everything I was going to do in mine and works well enough to explain how to repair a Famicom Twin/Famicom Disk System.<br />
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4. Untitled Video Game Project is officially Half Life 3 as well. I just couldn't get it to work. I have tons of footage and hours worth of possible content but I can't figure out the format for it, so it's just gonna sit on my hard drive for a while.<br />
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5. Super Secret Video Series. There is a video series I've been planning for almost two years that I've never mentioned, and is part of why all my updates are super slow and stupid and non-existent on here. The first footage of that is going to come out December-February. I hope you like giant robots.<br />
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6.<b> Branching out.</b><br />
Seriously, it's not that I'm <i>not</i> doing a ton of projects all the time, I just wasn't posting them here. One of the major things I've been working on is my car. Why not post my car stuff on here? It's not nerdy. But know what? That's bullshit. Cars are actually pretty nerdy when you think about it, especially my cars. I'm going to start putting a series together for my car project, a 1991 Miata restoration/mod. If you don't care you can just not read it, that's totally cool. I do other shit like that too, like at-home gunsmithing and making my own beef jerky, so that other stuff will make it up here too. I want to actually post to this blog, so I'm going to. I do everything, so this blog's gonna have all that stuff on it.<br />
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Also, I am officially returning to college tomorrow. 3 days per week I will have nearly two hours free in the middle of the day once or twice a day every week. I intend to spend that time organizing this blog better and actually posting all the articles/builds I've been compiling and not releasing for the past two years. I have 2 TB of game footage, pictures, written articles, DIY tips, and buttloads of other stuff I just haven't quite finished enough to post here. I'm thinking of enlisting some help getting it done as well, that'll be nice.<br />
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Don't give up hope, it's all we got.<br />
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<br />destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-46905411977633446002014-05-02T10:47:00.003-04:002015-03-19T23:59:12.043-04:00Tiny Update<img alt="" 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/>Good morning.<br />
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How are you? Did you have pancakes today? Good.<br />
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I am still working on all the projects I have going on here (I think there are 7 of them, one of them is about 30 hours in) and I am also working 40-48 hours per week, so if you thought posting once every two months was shitty, welcome to the fucking THUNDERDOME of slack. Anyway.<br />
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UPDATES<br />
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<li><a href="http://youtu.be/X4zkP2lQay0" target="_blank"><u>Binary Domain Review (v2.0) is now up. </u></a></li>
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<li>It contains extra visual jokes and lots of audio fixes. </li>
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<li>Since I compress about 5 layers of audio in this review, it compresses strangely, and throws lots of errors I can't figure out. For instance, I can only hear all of the audio channels on my mobile phone by plugging in a set of headphones. </li>
<li>People reported issues understanding me and the music being too loud, so I changed those things. </li>
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<li><a href="http://www.destructoblog.com/2014/01/project-one-possible-future-work-in.html" target="_blank">One Possible Future</a> is back on track</li>
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<li>I have finally found some affordable parts. I think the holidays had drastically increased the prices on NES parts, and thankfully used NES consoles can now be had for sane amounts of money, and in greater numbers.</li>
<li>Any paintwork can now be done at home, due to the warm weather.</li>
<li>Tweaking the board modding and deleting the idea to use red LEDs. </li>
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<li>Untitled Video Project</li>
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<li>I have an untitled video game video project that should come out late next month. It involves Famicom games and the frustration of not understanding Japanese. I'm not confident enough to go further on the name or the content yet. It looks too much like a shitty version of AVGN right now, which is not my aim. This might get recycled as something else in the future.</li>
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<li>Famicom Twin Repair </li>
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<li>This is another project that might get abandoned again, due to my lack of confidence in it's quality. I bought a Famicom Twin by Sharp and explain how to remove the diskette drive and replace broken parts. Part of it will be animated. It's sitting at 40% completion right now.<br /> </li>
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<li>Protoman Clean-up</li>
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<li>It's literally been years since I made a similar update saying a Protoman/Megaman helmet creation guide was imminent, and I never finished it. I am going to gather up all my resources and put something out in the next couple of months. It's sort of what started this blog up, so I think it would be a good idea.</li>
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** DestructoShop<br />
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<li>The original idea for this blog was to be a place where people could look at mods to things and learn how to do simple projects on their own. I had also played with the idea of selling things through here for people who simply aren't interested in DIY but want cool DIY'd things other people made. I've been talking with friends about setting up a small shop where I sell modded gameboys and cosplay bits and stuff like that. And t-shirts. This might not go ahead for a long while. </li>
<li>I DO have my amazon/ebay stores linked where I do already sell refurbished consoles and games. If for some reason you want one I touched all over, for some reason, you can do that.</li>
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Unfortunately that's all I have for now, without going into boring personal bullshit.<br />
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Did you put syrup and butter on those cakes, dawg?<br />
Yeah, you know you did BRO.<br />
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-K<br />
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destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-30259141764225672392014-02-02T13:16:00.000-05:002014-05-02T10:28:52.747-04:00Binary Domain Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">EDIT 5-2-14</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Check for the updated version of this video on my channel <a href="http://youtu.be/X4zkP2lQay0" target="_blank">[Binary Domain (v2.0)]</a>. It's better. </span><br />
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What? Oh. Wait, what? OH SHIT! IT'S FINISHED?!<br />
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!<br />
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*Note: The audio is mixed wrong in the first minute of the video, it's not all like that. </div>
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IT'S DONE</h2>
In July of 2012, I got the idea to start making a review video. At first, I wanted to do a video on a game I knew a lot of shit about, like Metal Gear or Resident Evil, but at the time, I couldn't figure out a good angle I'd have on those games by themselves. I mean, they're two of the most popular games ever made, and I'm just some dick making my first 'real' video. It seemed like a set-up to get verbally assaulted at every minor misconception. I was not prepared for that yet.<br />
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Then, I thought, "Why don't I do a review of a game that people probably haven't heard of, <i>but should have</i>?" That game ended up being <i>Binary Domain, </i>a game I happened upon while reading a list of '<i>The Most Underrated Games of the Year</i>' on some website. A game where you murderlate robots and people make inappropriate jokes and you could hit robots in their respective mechanical dongs with rockets. It was a perfect fit; the choice was natural.<br />
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At the time, 1 week into the project, I was adjusting to a new job and had just gone through a break-up. After about 4 weeks of toiling on it, I gave up on it to focus on work and staying sane. The project sat for a long time, until almost a year later. I had almost 20 hours of footage to edit (which was capped at 1280i due to my choice of capture card), a 10 page script, and a voice over that was about 40 minutes long. Oh, also, the video was originally going to be half on-camera, half voice over. The problem was, I had no experience doing any of those things, so the footage suffered from bad audio, lighting, lack of focus, and general stupidity, while the voice over suffered from all of the exact same things. Well, not the lighting.<br />
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I had to redo a lot of the gameplay to be more coherent, I re-recorded all the audio 2 more times and settled on what I have, and created a bunch of little 8-bit tracks I could play on repeat, two of which survived. I shot, edited, scored, animated...everything...ed...the video myself, and it took almost 6 months of off and on work to get it all done and 'good enough'. I moved the ETA date so many times I just stopped having one. I stopped updating this blog, and used any spare time I was on the computer to work on this silly video in one form or another. It was a fucking nightmare.<br />
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This video is a sort of maiden voyage into making more complex videos. I had to learn to do all the things you see while doing all of those things. When I started, I didn't even know how to use Adobe Flash, nor did I really know how to edit video with any complexity. This is a big part of the length of time it took to make. I made it all up as I went along, and it turned out OK.<br />
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The <i>Binary Domain</i> review was just a silly idea I had, but it turned into a big thing (a stupid-long video about a game nobody played). I really doubted myself the entire time, and I gave up so many times I lost count. What ended up being a <i>so-so</i> video took hundreds of hours and a butt-load of encouragement from my friends to finish. I am thankful to them for their kind words and the not-so-kind ones that pushed me to complete this. It's not perfect, there are parts where I wander, there are parts where I don't explain an opinion very well, but it's done, and parts of it make me laugh. I've spent enough time on it, it's time for other people to see it.<br />
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I'll probably make another one sometime this year. Maybe next year, I don't know. But I do know that I'll be able to do it better, more compressed, more coherent, and with more animated floppy dicks.<br />
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Thanks for reading. Thanks for watching. I mean it.<br />
-Kris<br />
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Project: One Possible Future (WORK IN PROGRESS 1-14-14)</div>
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Abstract: Customize an NES in the style
of a Sazabi model kit, make it play all region games.</div>
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A few months ago, I posted a photoshop
of a project I started planning. The idea was to customize a NES in red comet red
and put a bunch of decals on it. Pretty simple. I soon found my plans to be too expensive, readjusted, and then I fried an NES board. This will
serve as a basic write-up on the project. Unfortunately, this is the
<i>one</i> project I didn't take too many photos for, so I'll do my best
to summarize the process.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kickstarting the Future</span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5aX1dBXDxzU/UtWAlHLXdAI/AAAAAAAAAuE/FDZpl-KEsGc/s1600/2014-01-14+13.16.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5aX1dBXDxzU/UtWAlHLXdAI/AAAAAAAAAuE/FDZpl-KEsGc/s200/2014-01-14+13.16.03.jpg" width="200" /></a>The initial idea was to build this NES
for my friend Jay (who I built the Protoman helmet for and is
essentially why I started this blog) for Christmas/his birthday
(which are about a week apart). Jay likes games, and Gundam, so I wanted to combine those things. I also knew at the time Jay didn't have an NES of his own. Additionally, this project require a 60-72 pin FAMICOM-NES game converter. These are difficult to find, but can be had on eBay. Essentially, the Famicom and the NES are the same machine, but the US version adds 12 more pins. We need a converter to convert the Famicom cartridges up to 72 pins so they can be played in a NES.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one.</td></tr>
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I had a few Nintendos left over from
a lot buy on eBay, and one of them was painted. Since I wanted to do a full
paint job and a few mods, this was the perfect candidate. Unfortunately, it also had electrical issues, but more on that later. I disassembled her and got her ready for surgery.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Design</span> </div>
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I photoshopped a basic idea for what I wanted. Jay really digs Char Aznable, so I figured making a NES in a Sazabi color scheme would be a cool idea. I won't be offended if you have to google 'Sazabi'. I also wanted to incorporate details from Gunpla, Gundam model kits, such as the white decals and black panel lines.</div>
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Originally, I wanted to make custom decals that said NES-002 in the same fonts as the Sazabi ones, with custom warnings and technical info on the NES. I priced them out, and it turns out they could cost up to $80.00 USD and would take 3-6 weeks to deliver. My track record with water slide decals is really, really poor, and I was too afraid I'd destroy them while applying them. I changed my plan to reproduction Sazabi 1/100 decals, and altered the paint idea slightly to eliminate the bright red/dark red/black idea I originally had to just be all red up top, gray/black/yellow accents. This cut down on hours of paint/prep time, and also price.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original design idea. The front had technical info, like CPU speed and RAM capacity, as well as warnings for how to properly insert the game cartridge. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Getting Started on Electronics </span></div>
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When I started I had to
do was swap out a I/O power/video box (the metal box) because
it was bad, and then pulled pin #4 on the lockout chip. I did this
because it wasn't working correctly, and I had planned on using mod
carts or Japanese carts and that's just a hassle. This is what causes the 'blinking light' error, which is caused by the Nintendo thinking your game is not an officially licensed game. Unfortunately, even after a new pin connector, this NES thought <i>every game</i> was a knockoff, so the lockout chip had to be disabled.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Disabling the lockout chip. Use a de-soldering tool and a jumper puller or tweezers for best results. Be very careful to not break the pins or force them in any way, you could completely destroy this chip. They're easy to crack.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Audio</span><br />
I also did the old
'pro sound' two-pot audio-out mod. This gives the Nintendo an 'unmixed stereo' audio. Because it's unmixed, it sometimes results in sound being louder on one side than the other, but it almost totally removes the weird signal noise you'll usually hear with the NES. I'm not going to get into the technical aspects of it, but I prefer the way it sounds to the regular NES audio. It sounds 'cleaner' to me. How-to below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is how you add 'stereo' audio.<b> I meant ONE capacitor each</b>, two capacitors total. I dumbed. <b>The positive leg of the capacitors go toward the audio outs, negative toward the R4/R3.</b> I used 50v caps, you can use bigger ones if you like.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Exterior</span><br />
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Next I took the body parts, cleaned
them out, and bonded a few cracks using JB Weld and/or model glue.
Then I drilled two ¼ inch holes in the rear for the new audio pots.
I later took the case parts into dad's shop and sanded them down with
a air powered disc sander until mostly flat. I did this to both
halves. I used various grits of sandpaper, but nothing too rough. After that, they were cleaned thoroughly, dried, and sprayed
with PPG Plastic Bond adhesion promoter for ABS plastics. Alternatively, you could use something like the Krylon that's meant to bond to plastic.</div>
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I sprayed
the bottom half matte clear, then set that aside. I originally painted
the top half red, red-orange, and black. Black on the insides and vents,
red on the left-hand side and door, and orange red on the upper
right-hand side. Shortly after This I repainted the orange the same
red color on the other side due to it looking stupid. I don't have any pictures of this because I'm a communist.</div>
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At this point, the top was red, the
bottom was flat gray, and the accents were flat black. It was looking
good, so I needed the decals. I found the largest sheet of decals I
could on eBay. They were for a 1/100 scale Sazabi model kit, and cost about $8.00. They featured lots of 'caution' decals
and 'MSN04' decals, which is what I was looking for. Those came from
Hong Kong, so they took about 3 weeks to arrive. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Problems, Bro</span></div>
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During this time, I decided to mod the
board for the NES. Here's where the project was halted and
essentially why I don't have any pictures (I thought it'd never get done). I swapped the power LED
for a green one, the color of Sazabi's mono-eye, and wired up two red LEDs
that pointed upward through the top vents on the NES. I was testing
the LEDs, I had not sealed up the solder welds with tape yet, and I
dropped a hot wire on the picture processing unit on the main board.
It fried the whole goddamn motherboard. I don't have a replacement. The project was abandoned 4
days before Christmas.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I found the 17805 power regulator on the I/O box, found output, and tapped that for power. I then just wired two white LEDs in series, then wrapped them in colored tape. That's a good, cheap way to save on LEDs if they aren't going to be seen.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Be sure you DO NOT tap the leftmost pin for power, that's input power. Input power on a NES is actually AC power. Anything taking input power on an NES is bad news for wiring extra shit, it's the same reason you should never use a AC adapter for a NES in something like a Sega Genesis.</td></tr>
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At this point after a bunch of trouble shooting the busted NES board, fixing it, modding it, breaking it, then troubleshooting it again, I got really angry and broke it in half. </div>
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Because fuck you, I'm a child.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Resuming the Project </span></div>
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When the decals came in, I decided to
go ahead and resume the project. I still don't have the electronics working, but I knew the exterior work was almost done, so I figured I should just make due with what I had. All I had to do was apply the decals, detail the unit, clear coat it, and find new innards.</div>
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To start, I wet-sanded the exterior using 1200 grit sandpaper. This evened most of paint out. I highly suggest you do this in between coats of paint, especially if you're going more than a day between coats. It evens everything out and gives the new coat of paint or clear more to stick to. It also makes it easier to stick the water slide decals on.</div>
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After sanding, I placed the decals onto the painted
case then clear coated them using regular Krylon crystal clear gloss. I've never been good at dry-rub or water slide decals, but these turned out OK. If you've never done it, all you do is dip them in water, wait a few seconds, then slide them off using a moist Q-tip, then smooth out using a dry one. You will need to seal them with clear coat, as they are <i>very</i> brittle. After that, I painted the bottom vents on the case yellow to match
the vents on the Sazabi. This wasn't in the original plan, but it makes for a nice little detail.
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This is currently where I have left
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jackoctoberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762795309347257352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-29553474477096732232013-10-01T02:52:00.001-04:002014-04-11T10:20:32.431-04:0015 Years of Pokemon<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"> Hello Pok<span class="st">é</span>maniac People!</span></b><br />
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I was on reddit and someone brought up that today (Sep. 30th 2013, this may be published later,) is actually the 15th anniversary since Pok<span class="st">émon Blue and Red debuted to shelves in America. This filled me with incredible feels, and I ended up writing a fucking novel about my love of the game, and decided I could edit this into an article for reasons. REASONS.</span><br />
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<span class="st">This actually marks a time in my life when games stopped being just enjoyment or general childlike wonderment, but it really make me feel crazy deep emotions about video games. You see, I've been struggling writing reviews of games for the past year, mostly because of horrifying procrastination, but also because what I write tends to come out really, really gushy. I don't like to focus on the mechanics of games, I mean, I recognize them and analyze them like everyone else, but what I tend to focus on is the emotional gravity the game pushes onto me. I don't so much play games for fun, but to feel truly happy and alive and like everything in this fucking planet is A-OK while I'm doing it. It's a weird muddy affair that causes my grammar to suffer, as evidenced by the previous statements and the ones you are about to read, and many times I convince myself nobody wants to read it. </span><br />
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I got this game on or near October 4th, 1998, which would have been my tenth birthday. That means my 25th birthday, Friday, is my TWENTY FIFTH FUCKING BIRTHDAY HOLY SHIT OH GOD I'M GOING TO DIE SOON. Anyway. The added feels of this game coming out the week of my birthday, and my getting it on my birthday, made me remember my experience with the game so fondly it might make you sick to your stomach. Enjoy.<br />
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<b><i>My Life with Pok<span class="st">émon </span></i></b><br />
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This was an important time for me. I had gotten a lot of crazy video game stuff for my tenth birthday, including my first Playstation with games (a partial trade my father pulled off for working on a guys Firebird), and I had spent the earlier part of the year playing this first Playstation and obsessing over how the hell to be Resident Evil 2. Technically, I got the PS much earlier in the year, sometime around summer, as a sort of late-Christmas-but-not-quite-birthday-present. I could only play this PS at my dad's however, and with all the crazy graphics and 3D rendering I sort of reverted to playing Gameboy games at my mom's house. The seed was planted however--I wanted more video games like crack, and I was freaking out.<br />
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My birthday was coming up, and Pok<span class="st">émon</span> was <i>just</i> released. I asked mom for it after seeing the commercial of kids making cute monsters fight and <i>I lost my god damn mind</i> and begged for it. She was planning on getting me a game for my red gameboy I got for a previous birthday anyway, just had no idea what. <br />
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I only ever had 2 games for it (Iron Man/XO Manowar and Batman: Return of the Joker, both of which were shitty ports of home console games) and had to borrow games from friends, <i>which was a dire political issue</i>. I asked for the blue version because I thought you could only get the Pok<span class="st">émon</span> that was on the cover, and I wanted the turtle thing, because <i>I like turtles, motherfucker.</i><br />
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I opened it up as my last gift. I remember it was last because my mom has always saved the shit I really wanted for last, and I remember being especially mind-fucked. I carefully removed the game from the package, put it in the DMG, and was...surprised at how much reading and boring shit was involved. I just came from gaming on the most amazing game system I've ever seen, seeing fucking Clair Redfield's "photo-realistic" face in cutscenes, shooting shit. This didn't look like it did in the commercial.<br />
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I was mildly upset at first, however, something strange happened: Four hours had gone by. Four. And the next day, six hours disappeared. From then on, pretty much every day went by quickly. I struggled, at first, but the game gradually became more natural, and I began to love it more than anything I have ever played in my life. I loved the cutesy artwork, the weirdly dark back story of some of the monsters, the shadowy Team Rocket, everything. I played that game every damn day, little by little, with no guides or no coherent strategy whatsoever...until one afternoon...I beat it. I had burned through handfuls of AA batteries, playing the game for so long it actually damaged the label of the game from excessive heat. Seriously.<br />
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I had finally finished it: At my babysitter's house, friends at my sides with their Red versions in hand, I teared up with the purest childlike happiness I ever felt. I had spent countless hours of grinding in tall grass, trying over and over to catch Mewtwo, burning through hours of training to defeat the Elite 4, and finally wiping the shitty 8-bit smirk off of that asshole Gary's face (or Red, I think I named him Red.) The ending music to the Staff Credits crawl was the most important moment in my 10 year old life. Over time, our little Pok<span class="st">émon</span> cabal gradually all finished the game, and we all restarted our playthroughs just to do it all over again, as a team of Pok<span class="st">é</span> breeders, traders, and opponents. We heard rumors of new Pok<span class="st">émon being hidden in the game, GameSharking, and we hotly debated whether or not it was possible to catch a Mew (nope). It was a group of kids all sharing a mostly single player experience. It was more than a game to some of us--it became our lives.</span><br />
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The time just after I beat Blue Version was the most complete I ever felt as a kid. It was the first game I ever finished. It was the first RPG I ever played. It was the first time I felt like I could actually accomplish something. It was mind altering to be able to see real progress in something that I did my own way. I got to make choices, I got to customize my play style, I got to name the characters and feel involved in the story, I could explore, I could gamble, I could train, and most of all I could share my experiences with friends who also had the game--I never experienced that before. I never sat down with a group of other kids to discuss how to play a game and the things we've experienced. This was more than jumping and shooting shit--this was living via a virtual character in a virtual world, experiencing things that happen in the virtual world almost as if they actually happened.<br />
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After this, I became a Pokemon nerd, got into Japanese culture, and in a short time I started to really figure out what I liked. I became obsessed with the feelings I felt with that game, trying as hard as I could to recreate them. I was now a certifiable video game nerd, and I started beating other games with renewed resolution, chasing that high that Pok<span class="st">émon Blue gave me. I stopped asking for anything else at Christmas time and birthdays. I wanted video games, anime, and </span>Pok<span class="st">émon. That's what I lived for.</span><br />
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I took this pretty far. I became obsessed with everything Pok<span class="st">émon;
from the clothes to the trading card game. I can very clearly remember
the first time I cosplayed, before I even knew what that was. I
dressed as Ash for the premiere of the first </span>Pok<span class="st">émon movie (much to the embarrassment of everyone involved). </span>Pok<span class="st">émon was the first anime I obsessed over. </span><span class="st"></span>Pok<span class="st">émon TCG was the first trading card game I ever played, and god damn did I play it. </span><span class="st"></span>Pok<span class="st">émon was the first manga I read. </span>Pok<span class="st">émon
CDs and cards were the first things I ever imported from Japan. It was
the first time I recognized that another culture could create something I
really, truly loved. </span><span class="st"></span><br />
<b>Pok</b><span class="st"><b>émon was <i>fucking</i> formative for me.</b></span><br />
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Aside from completely informing most of my obsessions for the next decade and beyond, this is essentially the story of how video games became my favorite hobby. I always enjoyed games, I had an NES growing up and I got my first Gameboy at around age 7. I had always loved them, but they were mostly a way to pass time when I was bored, or when there were no other kids around to play with. It was never about deep feelings, or learning or sharing experiences. 15 years later, <b>nothing</b> makes me feel quite as happy as sitting down with a close friend and just playing a video game together. Hell, I just love watching people play. I have spent a lot of money as of late on numerous consoles and games, from the Famicom to the latest PC stuff, but the best feeling I ever got from a game happened when I saw those GameFreak Staff Credits for the first time.<br />
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With 22 years of gaming under my belt, from the first time I picked up a controller at age 3, with hundreds of games played and thousands of hours of gameplay, I can honestly say Pok<span class="st">émon Blue was the most important gaming experience of my life. It was an important stepping stone in my development as a person; I can't imagine what my life would have been without it. And for that, I'd like to say <b>Happy Birthday to </b></span><b>Pok</b><span class="st"><b>émon Blue and Red</b>. Thanks for changing the way I look at games, and...everything...forever.</span><br />
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<span class="st">So today I'll be popping in good 'ole Blue, and reliving a little slice of my childhood.</span><br />
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<span class="st"><br /></span>destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-65518051175106710242013-09-19T17:00:00.001-04:002013-09-20T09:21:52.297-04:00I made a comic: To Outer Space!Hey, I bet you thought I'd never post any finished projects on this page ever again, huh?<br />
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Well you might be right.<br />
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Anyway, here's a comic I've been working on.<br />
I've never made a comic before, so it's an experiment. Also, I kept quitting and redoing shit (are you noticing a pattern?) and at least one panel is just not great, but I felt like I had to just do what I could and get it posted and done with before it reached indefinite non-finishitude (see: "Jack, The Comic"). Yeah.<br />
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It's about being a kid in love with outer space and shit.<br />
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*9/20/13 Some words was spelled wrong, fixed it. Probz a good idea to spell chick shit.<br />
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As a kid, I was HUGELY inspired by Gundam and other things like it. I was in love with the idea of living in outer space, and that humanity could actually prosper out there, unconfined and open to so many possibilities. There is a video in particular, a much-run Toonami bumper, that probably really did it for me.<br />
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-Latedestructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-45554305897368645142013-09-18T10:09:00.000-04:002013-09-18T10:19:13.174-04:00Small UpdateHello!<br />
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The Binary Domain video is nearly completed, but I'm being super anal retentive as usual, redoing work I already did over and over again. It'll get there.<br />
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I've mostly been spending my time working on my eBay/Amazon stores, since I've spent all my time working on projects instead of like, working for money. So now I have a little income incoming and I get to modify and repair consoles pretty much all the time, which is awesomely fun. I tweet about it constantly @jackoctober, check it out if you like tech porn.<br />
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I will be updating the blog with a link to the amazon store so people can peep in there. If you're in the market for some consoles it would give me great pleasure if you took a look, although it's hard keeping stuff in stock for long. I mostly deal in DS Lites and such, as those are simple and easy to fix.<br />
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I don't really have a whole lot to update with recently because of the new work I've been doing, but I have not yet lost faith in all my media projects. Don't forget me, this shits probably all going to be releasing at the same time.<br />
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I shall leave you with this teaser of a project I'm referring to as One Possible Future, because I like the idea of giving projects nicknames and I don't know if I can actually afford to make it happen. If it does, it will get a full work log as I'm doing it (including materials lists and such), which I enjoy doing and people seem to enjoy reading.<br />
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-Late.destructobloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07455262758588723408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903551476481058615.post-86024302432704254552013-09-04T08:14:00.001-04:002013-09-04T08:20:46.766-04:00Oh, My Mecha Death Christ...Welp. That was a fun two month absence from my blog again. Derp.<br />
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After
much agony and possibly-giving-up-on-this-shit-oh-fuck I am 50% of the
way through editing the BD review. I'm pretty much only doing it to
prove to myself I can do it at this point. Not to say it won't be good,
but it might not be good. Nah, it'll be fine. Probably. For sure, it'll
be like 8 minutes.<br />
I just need lots of coffee and the Pacific Rim soundtrack. <br />
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My
concept for this was mostly about nods to X-play, and keeping it light
hearted. I cut the script for this guy in half and rewrote it a few
times. I am still not really sure how to balance me being stupid and
actual criticism and details. It's a sort of trial run review to see
what the hell I'm doing. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PROOF. Even has a fancy intro.</td></tr>
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Aside from that, I've taken up
video game console repair and the resale of games and etc. game things
again. That means I'll be finishing some of my repair/mod videos I have
footage in the can for from last year. That was poorly worded.
Essentially, the youtube channel began out of my frustration for shitty
DIY/Modding videos on youtube, so, I shot a few hours of footage of me
doing shit that I never finished. The only video that was finished was
the Genesis Mod 1 region changer. I have other shit, including more Sega
repair stuff, because Sega stuff is legendary for capacitor failure.<br />
<br />
I'll
be selling said video game shit on my ebay store, which is linked on
this site. Almost all of the things I sell are refurbished personally by
me and tested endlessly because there is nothing I hate more than
electronics that don't work like they're god-damn supposed to (see: Sega
32x). I am also willing to buy any broken game consoles you have,
provided the price is right. <br />
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Also, my stupid idea to
review Japanese games I can't understand is actually underway. I have
3-4 hours of gameplay ready to be edited into short little videos on how
terrible I am at being a human being. It'll be fun! I'm starting out
with some Famicom games (which I have plenty of) and then I'll move on
to some PS3, Super Famicom (SNES), and MegaDrive (Genesis) games. Expect
robots and lots of confused swearing. OH GOD, THE TRAIN-THEMED BOARD
GAMES. WHYYYYYYyyy<br />
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One last thing: If you are into game reviews/youtube and that whole deal, the <b>Angry Video Game Nerd</b> is now getting an official video game (officially, it <i>officially exists</i>) and his movie is coming out before you know it. Check out <i>Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures</i>
gameplay on youtube. That shit looks amazing. It's incredible that the
guy that sort of inspired me (and lots of other people) to do their own
reviews on things is now getting a damn movie and a video game based on
his character. I don't aspire to that level of greatness (you have to
like, finish your videos or some shit) but I'm super glad for the guy,
and he'll probably be getting my money soon.<br />
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That's more or less all I have to say at the moment. I'm trying to keep
myself motivated, but me being me, I create more work for myself than I
can possibly do and then don't do any of it because <i><b>there's something
wrong with my brain.</b></i><br />
I'M WORKIN' ON IT. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NOBODY'S BUYIN' IT</td></tr>
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