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I found an old Thrustmaster Flight Control Mk.1 Joystick in Value Village. It has no cable, I cant really use it, and its missing the WCS, but I felt compelled to buy it. Always wanted one as a kid anyway.

So while I'm stuck in render hell, I brought out the flashes and did some photography.

Yeah that was exactly me as a kid when I got it. When I heard the sound of a Tie Fighter go by for the first time, it scared me so hard that I immediately turned off the computer in fear. Fun times.

X-Wings by Angry Rancor Tie Fighters by Daniel Rendering by Mac's Lore

So I found out today that on this month, 33 years ago (HOLY F-), the original version of #StarWars: X-Wing was released on floppy. Which means I have an excuse to repost my own version of the X-Wing box cover art.
#blender #b3d

You know I was thinking the same thing about a local pizza place I enjoyed 10ish years ago. Back then their medium pizza & wings combo was like $30, but now it's well over $40 now.

Nowadays we just stick with the pizza.

I think some of them are in the Ironwind Metals catalog along with the base planes. No Phantasm though.

ironwindmetals.com/index.php/ca...

BAKUSHIN-themed Phantasm from Crimson Skies.

I should be rendering clouds in #Blender Cycles more often. #CrimsonSkies

I preferred the direction that Robert Hewitt Wolfe's was going in before he was ousted in the middle of season 2, and what we glimpsed in "Coda".

Funnily enough that was Babylon 5 and Space for me. Andromeda was far easier to find.

Andromeda Ascendant by morenostefanuto Rendering by Mac’s Lore

In the long ago of 2000 AD, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda aired. And while it was obv made on the cheap, there was nothing like it.

Then it was killed off mid-Season 2 and replaced with another show using the same name, cast, and props as the one before. But still different from the old show. #scifi

Way back when I was covering The Second Shivan War from #freespace2 , I made up an old style boxing poster for when the Colossus faced off against the first Sathanas. I just found the image again on my phone.

Chasing Cobra https://wcne.ws/17209

A Timber Wolf from Battletech/Mechwarrior painted in Clan Jade Falcon Colors.

A Timber Wolf from Battletech/Mechwarrior painted in Clan Wolf colors.

Inside every Man are two Timber Wolves, or Mad Cats depending on where you hail from. One Timber Wolf is a Falcon, the other Timber Wolf is a Wolf.

Could I have phrased that less confusingly? Yes.

#battletech #mechwarrior

So. In desperate need of help.

Beginning of every year, the Electrical Commission plays some games, where basically everyone's Power Doubles, which also puts one's rates into a higher bracket for the next bill.

Basically have $5 left for the month, before my medications.

ko-fi.com/bishopsbeerf...

Lenna and Leva excitedly running towards a Sabre from Wing Commander. F-57 SABRE by Adam Burch/Hangar B Productions LENNA/UMP9 & LEVA/UMP45 MMD Models by MICA Team/Girls FrontLine 2: Exilium Rendering by Mac’s Lore

"Nee-San, it's Bear's Sabre from that movie, 'First to Kilrah!'"

Wing Commander ships are my equivalent to comfort food in the realm of 3D rendering. All the more reason to do something with one.

#Wingcommander #gfl2 #girlsfrontline2 #girlsfrontline2exilium

I *might* have fixed it by changing the format from Quicktime to Matroska but I still have no idea why it kept doing this. Fortunately Blender only ever did this on 2 of the files I used for rendering.

While I was working on the Bloodhawk video, a very strange issue came up in Blender 5 that I dont think happened in old versions, as it turned objects into disco balls in the final render. Sometimes it would do it, and others not. But never the same way twice. But rendering single frames was fine?

Thank you as always Chris!

Here's a fun fact: This was supposed to be uploaded earlier in the week. But I found out I had to rerender a bunch of the CG around Wednesday. Which was totally a lot of fun.🙃

a girl with blue hair and blue eyes is making a face Alt: Aqua from Konosuba expressing the sentiments of "My Bad."

My bad.

...
Dammit.

YouTube video by Mac's Lore CRIMSON SKIES - Bloodhawk

The Bloodhawk in #crimsonskies represents the three S's that are prevalent in the design philosophy of Hughes Aviation airplanes: Speed, Style, & puSher props.

youtu.be/XjcEI0lMEbw

YouTube video by Pixelmusement SimAnt - ADG Episode 352

New Ancient DOS Games episode uploaded and ready to watch! youtu.be/UvdVyzLmZj0

One day, Dr. Severin walked up to the front of a College class and said: Blair, if you're real, then knock me off this platform.

François Chau, who was in the class, walked up & punched him in the face. When asked, François said "Blair was busy protecting Confeds military so he sent me to fill in."

YouTube video by バンダイナムコフィルムワークス チャンネル 『装甲騎兵ボトムズ 灰色の魔女』初弾映像

For the #HeavyGear fans in the house:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPgS...

Today I learned that Vagabond from Wing Commander was actually Shredder all this time. What. The. Fuc-.

Maybe I should get him to sign my WC3 Premiere Edition.

It's a surprisingly ":3" feeling when you realize there's more fans out there then you initially thought.

It's hard not to have fun with Crimson Skies. It really is. I'm also working on a longer video that will hopefully be a good starting point for others to enter into the universe.

Yeah, that was me and learning Flash back in the day. Good thing it fell out of usage before I had to make anything substantial with it, lol.

I honestly couldn't tell you what I based the voice on. Something stereotypically 1930s-ish? I dunno. It just kinda felt right. #crimsonskies

YouTube video by Pixelmusement Maniac Mansion - ADG Episode 351

Season 8 of Ancient DOS Games has begun! youtu.be/w7r_zwZtMBI

Seeing this previously was what got me thinking "Hey, she could probably field an air force too couldn't she?"