I finally finished a picture of my OC, Kaira. There's a ton of things wrong with the picture (I know it's at a really odd angle and her body looks strange) but it should give you a good idea of her coloration and overall shape... Drawing her waist armor and feet was absolute hell for me, due to lack of decent referral pictures. Also I can't figure out how to color her, without turning her into this giant plop of black...
Looks at where you can see my fingers holding up my sketchbook to the webcam I think I need a scanner.
Kaira: stares over my shoulder at my drawing Am I really that... out of proportion? T_T
Something tells me I should stick to writing :3 and speaking of writing, new chapter out. I kind of like writing romance and other mushy stuff, to be honest.
Everyone's done an animal Gundam at one point or another. What about other cultures of Gundam?
My reasoning: We have Captain, the American Gundam (the Parade colors of red, white, and blue); Zero, the Western European Gundam (the suit of armor motif); and Bakunetsumaru, the Japanese Gundam (do I have to explain it?). What would Gundams from other "countries" look like? Almost everyone in the fandom has an OC, or even dozens of OCs, that are within the same cultures as the Gundam Force or, at least, are related in some way.
(Fleur in Skylark, European analogue with lots of castles and royalty.
Crimson is a dragon Musha, a branch-off of the Musha culture (technical term is "moiety".)
People tend to avoid making new Neotopian Gundams, but if I've forgotten one, let me know.)
I'd think an Arabic Gundam would be really cool, or an Eastern European Gundam. Or even an African tribal Gundam (heck, I might make that one).
In fact...
(plants a flag) This is now a challenge!
The rules: You're making an OC who is directly influenced by an Earth culture that it NOT American, Western European, or Japanese. If you've already made one that's not in a fanfiction yet, or IS in a fanfiction and I've forgotten about it, too bad. It has to be new.
For visual artists: A drawing (clean lines, color optional) of your Gundam, plus his or her name, culture you based it on, and short personality summary. Should include the entire body.
For writers: A good, long, in-depth character guide including Name, Culture, Personality, and even the rules of the society he or she lives in. I'm talking religious dogma, meeting-new-people etiquette, marriage rituals, naming ceremonies, as MUCH as you can get in. I'd like the Gundam's culture to be close without being an exact copy. I doubt a Fiji Gundam would put as much emphasis on the ocean as a Fiji human since Gundams sink, not swim.
Extinct cultures (Mayan, Aztec, etc.) are encouraged as well as accepted.
Native American culture will get you many much bonus points.
Winner is whoever A( draws the picture that most accurately reflects their chosen culture whilst still making the Gundam look like a Gundam and/or B( writes a well-rounded, thought-out, NON-MARY-SUE character.
Winners will get a one-shot featuring the Gundam Force exploring the world of their character, or vice versa depending on the artist's preference.
Now get crackin'! I'm gonna be making my own, even though it won't be eligible. This'll be AWESOME!
Uh... contest is over... when everyone currently on the board turns in a Gundam. That'd be
You (TDAT)
Fenn
LeFae
and Me
Hopefully Lila (because Lila's awesome at that), maybe Sayla and Lady Taurucis if they're up to it, and maybe Cybertoy will come out of hiding too. I dunno. I'm not good at assigning dates.
I don't think I'm going to be submitting a character for this contest. All of the OCs that I have are probably going to be used in my current fanfic, and I don't know if I've got the energy to think up a new, detailed OC, much less a whole new culture. =P
But good luck to everyone who does participate. I'll be watching from my little happy place.
It's not so much a character as it is an entire culture. I was thinking about introducing one more civilization in Soladiorama, one that exists adjecent to Lacroa.
The Maganac Tribe!
-A biotec species(Like Musha Gundams), the Maganac are a mostly arabic culture.
Where?: The Maganac Tribe live in a desert on Soladiorama, in the same continent as Lacroa. This desert is refered to by outsiders as the Mag Sands. The locals just call it the Desert.
What Are they capable of?: Maganacs, due to their harsh enviroment, can handle extreme tempatures of up to 120 degrees. They are also evolved to survive with only a smattering amount of water. The Maganacs are a hardened race, one that endures.
What are they like?: Your average Maganac is very open about their emotions. Public displays of affection are commonplace, though a non-Maganac would be wise not to get hugged(Easy to get burned, especially if you're human). Maganacs are also very supersticious, and very wary about evil spirits and such, and are wary of desert mirages and Lacroa magic. Due to living in the desert, Maganacs are uneasy when dealing with things they don't understand, treating any alien object or place with distant caution. When forced with the unknown, your average Maganac will say, "You first."
Notable pets: Olifents are the main animal in Mag Sands, a form of biotec riding beast, Olifents are like two-legged elephant(Think Phanphan from Kirby). Olifents are perfect for desert travel, as they require little water or food, and can walk for a whole week without getting tired. However, Olifents don't really care whether or not anyone's riding them, and will march on if thier rider falls off. Wild Olifents have a tendency to fling people into the air with their trunks. There are also a variety of small lizards living here and there.
Places of interest: Alamin City, in the direct center of the Mag Sands, is the most populated town in the desert. this is due to it being in-between all the other, smaller places in Mag Sands. A trading outpost, it has a very successful inn industry. However, it is not unclean, being under mob control. Luckily, the robber gang running the area are very honorable, so noone minds.
What's to eat?: Maganac travelers don't have much virarity in the way of food, mostly surviving on the various lizards and catci living in the desert. Luckily, those lucky enough to stumble upon an oasis can enjoy some limes growing nearby.
Who's who: Abdul; A friendly, jovial Maganac, Abdul is the best at desert travel, with an Olifent he calls Sallah. Happily married with nine children, Abdul is a trader, one of the best in Mag Sands. Abdul also happens to be a friend of Princess Rele's, having saved her life when she was lost in the desert. He also enjoys playing the pipe, though he is such a bad player that he is under court order from the robbers NOT to play. the discord he makes is enough to break glass. Based on Maganac Abdul Custom.
SDGF robots, like the ones at Chuck E. Cheese. They could do them at a Comic-con, or Bot-con, or whatever con they'd fit in the best. Don't know how they'd do Zero, 'cause he'd have to hover, but it'd be REALLY cool to see a life-sized Gundam Force in action.
(No Shute. Human robots that look like humans are creepy enough. A human robot that looks like an anime character? (shudder)
(... maybe you could get away with Chief Haro, but I dunno.)
You'd probably have to mess with the bending joints a little to make them work the whole way. Elbows and shoulders would be tricky, 'cause they're all blocky and bunched up. And imagine if the eyes messed up. Baku stuck with one eye on dizzy and the other on surprised, (another shudder).
... on second thought, nevermind. Real life singing super-deformed Gundams would probably be the creepiest of creepy.
Interesting... I'd have to say no, though, because Chuck E. Cheese is scary enough without a bunch of super deformed robots up there with him... Unless the Baku-bot could actually do the Tenyo-ken. That'd be funny.
That would be the best thing ever. Especially if there were limbs falling off all over the place and they looked nothing like the characters they were modeled after. It'd also be awesome if they didn't sound like themselves. Genkimaru would totally sound like some guy named Jethro who just got out of prison for good behavior on his indecent exposure sentence and has an "I <3 Lurleen" tattoo on his arm.
SHUTE'S HEAD WOULD BE GIGANTIC. And one of his eyes would always be stuck half open.
Aw, I wish I could work there. If there's more than five roaches in your food you get a free soda.
I always get stuck sitting next to the one covered in nasty grey stuff with the mouth that doesn't ever close. IT'S EVEN BETTER IF THEY MAKE RUSTY GATE NOISES AND THEIR PRE-RECORDED VOICE TAPE IS STARTING TO BREAK SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S HAVING A STROKE.
Chuck: ... (grind grunk scree scree) "sing a song" (jrr jrrr grunk gronk) "for all you" (dreedreedree gronk grind jrrr) "people out there!"
My Chuck E. Cheese's never had nasty gray stuff... unless you mean the fur. The mouths did get stuck open, though.
NO NO NO, WAIT. (digs through Photobucket) TOP THIS, BEE-YOTCHES. (SLAM)
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HA! BATON ROUGE CHUCK E. CHEESE! Top that! Eyes fallen down and out of alignment, mouth stuck open, face TORN OPEN, ears knocked out of kink, arm messed up (not shown), and THE FUNKY GRAY GUNK OF DEATH!
Been to Disneyworld/land lately? It's creepy how well they move. More creepy than Chuck E. Cheese. At least Chuck's cartoony, so you expect him to move funny. When they look JUST like a real person, and move JUST like a real person, but you know they're NOT... THAT is creepy.
... when he's fresh out of the box and working correctly. It's bad maintenance that makes him creepy.
I dunno. I went a lot as a kid. Maybe I built up a tolerance, but I have a certain fondness for Chuck E. Cheese and it's related subsidiaries. Anybody remember Showbiz Pizza? THOSE were scary. Chuck E. is cute at least.
I went there a good bit when I was a kid, either daycare or parents or birthday. Never had them malfunction but never was fond of them either. Probably just me.
I leave for a bit and things kick up again. (seems to happen a lot when I leave for periods of time)
Bleh, I should be working *flees to finish writing new chapter
Also gawking at this odd invention was a tall centaur Gundam of the female sex, towering awkwardly over the others and her horses legs bunched together as she leaned down.
"Such a fantastic piece of work...it looks like the broken-sword heap outside of the village's blacksmith," murmured this centaur Gundam, known as Terami. "What is it, exactly?"
"Yes, what is this used for, Shute? Other then your festival, that is," added a curious Bakunetsumaru, who approached the gizmo warily.
" Bakunetsumaru pulled up his corner of the tent. "Like this, see? Put your back into it."
Zero scowled. "Bakunetsumaru, Shute's house is 3 metres away." "
(is mad now) Nice to know a senior member is being ACKNOWLEDGED. (leaves in a huff)
(huggles back) You're a good kid. Sorry about the snappage. Just worried about the fandom, is all.
(That and the fact that although I spent ALL of my birthday money on food for my good-for-nothing relatives on our last vacation, Mom still hasn't pulled her end of the bargain and ordered my SDGF DVDs. So, yeah, I'm a little on-edge lately.)
Knowing me, it's totally a virus that'll delete all your files and kill your family. Actually, it's a comic with some SDGF stuff scattered around, it's very cute. I bought it a while ago but didn't think to post it here.
Like the old fanfiction thread at the... um... you know, the other message board, but more silly. Five sentences per post, and go.
Bakunetsumaru pulled up his corner of the tent. "Like this, see? Put your back into it."
Zero scowled. "Bakunetsumaru, Shute's house is 3 metres away."
"But this is such FUN, Zero-senpai!" Terami chimed in, swiftly pitching in a basket of rice balls for the Arkians. "I think it's great that Keiko-chan is letting us camp outside!"
"Exactly!" replied Baku, who had dove into the tent to fetch the rice balls.
"HEY, CAREFUL, Rele's gonna kill me if you get mud on her sleeping bag!" Shute dove in after Bakunetsumaru.
"My research indicated that 'camping' usually involves the building of a 'campfire'. When will that activity commence?"
"As soon as Genkimaru gets here with the wood," said Zero.
"Well... it was." Baku straightened himself up proudly. "So, I did what any responsible adult would have done. I made the child do it."
Shute kicked his leg.
Terami followed up by dragging Baku out of the tent, tossing him on the ground and stomping down with EXTREME force on the samurai's groin. Baku cried out and began cursing in Arkian and Neotopian, clutching at the aforementioned area and curling up into a ball.
"You deserved such punishment, baka no Gandamu," Terami said proudly, a matching look on her eyescreens as she gazed at the digits on her right hand smugly.
She then went over to Genkimaru and scooped him up in a bear hug.
"Yes," replied Captain in his usual, mostly monotone voice. "From what my internal scanners say, tonight will provide a clear view of Cygnus and Scorpio, only visible during the summer months. They'll be southeast of our position."
Meanwhile, Genkimaru was squirming around and trying to break free of Terami's hug, squealing, "T-Terami-chan...choking, not BREATHING!"
Terami giggled in return as Genkimaru began to suffocate in her grip, yelling back, "Of course not, Shute-san! He's a lovable, lovable friend!"
Meanwhile, the former Kibao Horde was trying (and failing miserably,, if one might add) to bait what looked like a miniature mecha-horse with a flame-like design, the little horse in question hiding behind a tree.
"Here, Jarachi-kun Jarachi-kun Jarachi-kun...here boy..." Bakuhamaru murmured softly, waving the carrot temptingly in front of the wee foal as close as possible.
Jarachi knickered and stayed firmly behind the tree in fear, his father Entengo meanwhile was peacefully grazing in the grass.
"Awww," Fleur cooed from a near by tree, "The poor little guy must be frighten." She then drops from the tree and pulls out a peppermint, "Here boy, Come on~ We won't hurt you."
Noticing that his "mommy" had swooped down from a nearby oak tree, Jarachi squealed and darted out from behind his barrier, digging his heels into the ground to slow himself when he got close. His metal lips immediately inhaled the small peppermint, an audible crunching heard as the foal devoured it with gusto.
The Kibao Horde sighed in relief, their shoulders visibly sagging.
"S-sorry, Fleur-sama..." Bakuhamaru said sheepishly, wincing a little. "We were trying to catch him after Genkimaru tried using him for a pony ride..."
Shute held up the future campfire proudly. "It's Mom and Dad's anniversary, and they told me I could do anything I wanted as long as I got out of the house, so we're going camping!"
Fleur cocked an invisible eyebrow. "All of you? In one tent?"
"I hope we don't cause a wildfire." Princess Rele commented, appearing from the brush. She had swapped her normal dress for something a bit more...summery.
"There's no fear of that, your majesty," Zero said, bowing.
"Yeah, the fire won't start anyway!" Grumbled Mokinmaru, trying to strike his 36th match.
Suddenly, there was a loud shriek and a crash from where the tent was, the voice belonging to a certain centaur Gundam. By the sound of it, she was MORTIFIED by something, as well as very, very angry.
"WHO THE HELL MESSED WITH MY SOWING KIT!! GENKIMARU, YOU BETTER NOT HAVE EATEN THE DRIED SOYBEANS AGAIN! I USE THEM FOR PLUSHIE STUFFING, KAMI DANG IT!!!"
Everyone turned the face the enraged centaur, which in turn halted the fire making process, which in turn made someone git smacked in the back of the head by a rouge peice of wood.
Genki fumed, "I did not! Those things taste disgusting!" With that, the child musha darted around the camp site before jumping into a high tree.
Fleur sweat dropped trying to calm Jarachi, "Oh brother...."
Deed says: Mana help us all... sweatdrop
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