The Nerdmudgeon Podcast
Three middle-aged nerds (including yours truly!) review all of the MCU movies in chronological order. Short, funny, and full of good vibes, check it out and let us know what you think!
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Character Design Contest ♯37 Poll (Opposites Attract)
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Character Of The Week- 24th August
This week we're going to look at a classic 'machiner doing an interpretation of one of another classic 'machiner's characters. So, for your viewing pleasure here is AMS's take on Atomic Punk's eponymous signature character.
Now, this has got everything you'd expect from an AMS creation. 3/4 position pose (with clothes masked to fit), awesome shading, custom items (see right foot for details), cool face.
However, what really makes this one stand out for me is the way the costume is put together. The colour scheme is a good place to start here. Three colours, the usual and best number for a costume of this sort, with two colours (the yellow and black) being the dominant, whilst the third (white) is used sparingly, to give a distinction between large areas of the two dominant colours. The jacket sleeves are a good example of this, the white giving a border between the mainly yellow jacket and the black gloves.
We also see some very nice design features that really sell the costume design, the biggest and most obvious of which is the checkered leg with the belted knee (which might be my favourite part of the design). But we also have the neckwear jumper neck along the bottom of the jacket, the chain and the stripes on the jacket which all work together to really sell the design. I also like the fact that the zip on the jacket is also checkered, it gives a nice bit of continuity from the jacket to the trousers. It may be subtle but it just adds that little bit extra.
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Ben Will Be Bruce!
Derrik J. Lang, The Associated Press
Published Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:24PM EDT
Last Updated Friday, August 23, 2013 6:31AM EDT
LOS ANGELES -- Ben Affleck will don Batman's cape and cowl.
Warner Bros. announced Thursday that the 41-year-old actor-director will star as a new incarnation of the Dark Knight in a film bringing Batman and Superman together.
The studio said Affleck will star opposite 30-year-old Henry Cavill, who will reprise his role as Superman from "Man of Steel." The movie will also feature "Man of Steel" stars Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White and Diane Lane as Martha Kent.
The big-screen DC Comics superhero mash-up was first revealed by director Zack Snyder at last month's Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Snyder, who will direct the sequel written by "Man of Steel" screenwriter David S. Goyer, said in a statement that Affleck will provide an "interesting counter-balance" to Cavill's Clark Kent.
"(Affleck) has the acting chops to create a layered portrayal of a man who is older and wiser than Clark Kent and bears the scars of a seasoned crime fighter, but retain the charm that the world sees in billionaire Bruce Wayne," said Snyder. "I can't wait to work with him."
Production on the as-yet-untitled film is expected to begin in 2014 for release July 17, 2015.
It won't be Affleck's first time in superhero garb. He played a blind Marvel crime fighter in 2003's "Daredevil" and portrayed 1950s Superman actor George Reeves in 2006's "Hollywoodland."
Affleck's "Argo," which he starred in and directed, won the Academy Award for best picture earlier this year.
Christian Bale most recently played Batman in director Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy.
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Make It Sew – The Costume Blog – April Ferry
Costume Designer - April Ferry
2015 Jurassic Park IV (pre-production)
2014 RoboCop (post-production)
2013 Elysium
Matt Damon, 42, talked to OTRC.com about the movie, which hits theaters on Aug. 9 and was directed by Neill Blomkamp, who helmed the 2009 hit "District 9."
"Neil gave [the costume designers] a few marching orders, which were, I had to have full mobility and it had to be as light as possible and those guys did literally revision after revision after revision of that suit and by the time it came to me, I could move in any direction at all and it was only 25 pounds, kind of distributed over my whole body so that was ... it was so much easier than I thought it was going to be, actually."
2009 Surrogates
2009 The Box
2005-2007 Rome (TV series)
2006 Southland Tales
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003 National Security
2001 Frailty
2001 15 Minutes
2001 Donnie Darko
2000 U-571
1999 Brokedown Palace
1998 Claudine's Return
1997 Flubber
1997 Don King: Only in America (TV movie)
1997 Little Boy Blue
1997 Shadow Conspiracy
1996 The Associate
1994 Little Giants
1994 Maverick
1993 Beethoven's 2nd
1993 Free Willy
1992 Unlawful Entry
1992 The Babe
1992 Radio Flyer
1989 Leviathan
1989 Three Fugitives
1988 Child's Play
1987 Planes, Trains & Automobiles
1986 Big Trouble in Little China
1986 Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1983 The Big Chill
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Big Question ♯15
This week, I will be letting you guys do most of the work. What I want to know is, who do you think are the best comic book characters of all time? Not just superhero comics, but war comics, crime comics, romance comics, comedy comics etc. etc.
Now you can answer in anyway you like, provided you give some explanation. You can give me a list, separate it out into genres, go male character/ female character/ alien character, I don't mind. However, it'd be nice to see someone other than Batman mentioned, so please, no Dark Knight (it'd be like reading a list of the greatest ever bands and seeing The Beatles at number 1, yes there's a reason that it's so damn obvious but it's so damn obvious).
Now, over to you.
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Things I Like: ChasingArtwork
Don't worry, I'm not about to spring a new random blog topic on everyone. This is only a one off thing because I feel this needs to been shown. There's this guy on DeviantART called ChasingArtwork who does some of the most amazing mech characters I've ever seen. But the best thing is he does redesigns of things like Assassins Creed, The Avengers, Alien and the three below which are my faves. You can check his stuff out here: http://chasingartwork.deviantart.com
Teenager Mutant Ninja Turtles (a.k.a: Turtle Tech)
Spider-Man
Batman + Villains (Gotham Gears)
Yeah, I know it's got nothing to do with Heromachine, but oh well.
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Kaldath’s Caption Contest Winner
Last week I asked you to come up with some replacement dialog for the following image:
After combing through all the entries these are the five that caught my attention the most.
Calvary_Red
No, he goes by Nightwing now.
Zaheelee
“She digs me”
JR19759
Yeah, I did just get a job in the TSA.
Nick Hentschel
“I admit it: she fills out spandex better than I do.”
ams
World’s finest, indeed……
And the winner is .................................................
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Anime Talk: Kaze no Stigma!
"Eyes as blue as the azure sky. That is the symbol of the 'Contractor'. Entrusted by the Spirit King of the Wind with the powers of his domain. I bear this mark: the Stigma of the Wind."
This week's Anime Talk I will be doing a mini review of the Anime series Kaze no Stigma, or Stigma of the Wind, which follows the exploits of Kazuma Yagami ( formerly Kazuma Kannagi) and his cousin Ayano Kannagi.
A little back story on the series; Ayano is the Heir of the Kannagi clan, which are all powerful fire magic users, and Kazuma is the black sheep of the family completely unable to use fire magic at all and was disowned by the clan when he lost a battle against Ayano for the place of Heir exiled from the family and unofficially exiled from Japan. Now four years have passed since that fateful battle and Kazuma has returned to Japan now a master of wind magic and selling his mystical service to the highest bidder.
Around the same time of Kazuma's return the Kannagi clan is plagued by a round of murders caused by an unknown Wind Master which of course brings him into conflict with his former clan and his cousin Ayano which of course assume he is the culprit out for revenge for his exile. Even after it is proven that Kazuma was not involved in the murders he and Ayano continue to have an adversarial love/hate relationship throughout the entire series.
I really love this series, and the elemental magic system displayed within it. I especially found this series giving me a new respect for the power of Wind control as Kazuma pulls off some fairly spectacular effects with his powers! I found this action packed anime to be very good and I listed it among my top 5 Anime series. The Artwork is very well drawn, the story of series kept me entertained and involved and the character interactions especially between the wise arse snarky Kazuma, and the fiery tempered and rash Ayano really enhanced my enjoyment of the show.
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Justice League Pledge Week?
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