Been watching the intros for various cartoons over the last 40 years and a thought suddenly struck me....
....How come we never had a cross over between The Tick and Freakazoid?
Sunday 31 July 2016
Saturday 30 July 2016
The Passing of Pat
Just learned the news that voice actor Ken Barrie has passed away. We all know him best as the voice of the wonderful Postman Pat. He also did voices of other characters from the same show along with singing it's memorable classic theme song. Postman Pat was one of those great shows I watched growing up and to hear this is sad news in deed.
This show and Ken's brilliant voice I shall always remember.
This show and Ken's brilliant voice I shall always remember.
Friday 29 July 2016
Gremlins Get First Look
So use Gremlins fans ended up having our new Master relieved last thanks to the votes, but Wyrd has felt sorry for us and has started revealing all the cool new things in a wallpaper format by going in reverse voting order. That means us Gremlins got first shot:
So first off you'll notice Zipp, his first mate and his crew from the new Masters box set. We also have some strange fat orange things, which just seem to confuse me as to where they stand in all this, though perhaps they have something to do with the Swamp Hag. We also have a couple of Gremlins who seem to be what can only be described as a Were-Hog (and no, not the Sonic variety, thank goodness), but what really has me excited is the Gremlin band. Ever since I started collecting the Gremlins I've wanted a banjo playing model to represent a character I created. Now there will be RPG rules to make him and with luck, a model to finally represent him (after some slight conversion of course).
It's like my Gremlin dreams come true, what more could you ever want?
So first off you'll notice Zipp, his first mate and his crew from the new Masters box set. We also have some strange fat orange things, which just seem to confuse me as to where they stand in all this, though perhaps they have something to do with the Swamp Hag. We also have a couple of Gremlins who seem to be what can only be described as a Were-Hog (and no, not the Sonic variety, thank goodness), but what really has me excited is the Gremlin band. Ever since I started collecting the Gremlins I've wanted a banjo playing model to represent a character I created. Now there will be RPG rules to make him and with luck, a model to finally represent him (after some slight conversion of course).
It's like my Gremlin dreams come true, what more could you ever want?
Quick Apology
Sorry for the lack of updates. This is due mostly to my new study load which has taken up more time then I had originally planned. I will try to make more of an effort to keep things updated in the future. Am trying to think of things to talk about that are more related to personal likes and avoiding things that are considered to be more 'political' in nature.
Saturday 9 July 2016
Oh Yeah, Study
Yeah, forgot to mention that I'm taking up study. I've been wanting to do some study for a while now, but over the last year a lot of negative things have happened to hinder my life. Having come up with some recent ideas and a few projects I have planned, I do need some skill to pull them off and this course should help.
A Diploma of Screen & Media (Visual Effects) will be the course, though so far it looks to be a big mistake for me. Since applying my mental health has taken a battering and support hasn't been to helpful in keeping me going. I plan to still give it a shot and hope I don't completely loose it. I'll be honest, I don't feel confident in this and both the career Councillor and the Teacher feel I may not be up to the task, that this level of work will be too much for me (Just as well I didn't apply for a University course then). A major risk for me personally, but this is something that will help with my planned projects and could help in other areas too. Video is something I have no real skill with (painting and photography are more my areas) so this should prove interesting. Giving my slow speed in getting projects done, it shouldn't effect my current painting plans much. Perhaps it will give me some focus and I can actually finish these near completed models.
A Diploma of Screen & Media (Visual Effects) will be the course, though so far it looks to be a big mistake for me. Since applying my mental health has taken a battering and support hasn't been to helpful in keeping me going. I plan to still give it a shot and hope I don't completely loose it. I'll be honest, I don't feel confident in this and both the career Councillor and the Teacher feel I may not be up to the task, that this level of work will be too much for me (Just as well I didn't apply for a University course then). A major risk for me personally, but this is something that will help with my planned projects and could help in other areas too. Video is something I have no real skill with (painting and photography are more my areas) so this should prove interesting. Giving my slow speed in getting projects done, it shouldn't effect my current painting plans much. Perhaps it will give me some focus and I can actually finish these near completed models.
Wyrd Begins My GenCon Hype
So the latest newsletter from Wyrd tells us that the next book in the Malifaux game (Ripples of Fate) and the next Through the Breach book (Into the Bayou) will have their preview release at GenCon. Now I'm not too certain when that is, but from what I've looked at it's around the beginning of August. That is a slight problem for me as I've just taken up study and that stuff is expensive. There are already miniatures I want to get, but can't due to this and now all this good stuff will come out in August and it drives me nuts that I can't get it.
If I can, I will try to get the Into the Bayou book as while I don't play the RPG (don't know anyone who plays it), I am a big Gremlins fan and the lore and rules will probably be enough to keep me interested long enough for me to save up for more Malifaux goodness.
If I can, I will try to get the Into the Bayou book as while I don't play the RPG (don't know anyone who plays it), I am a big Gremlins fan and the lore and rules will probably be enough to keep me interested long enough for me to save up for more Malifaux goodness.
Monday 4 July 2016
July Painting Update
Things are slow, I am slow. Not sure why, but I am struggling to get anything done. I have finished the Viktoria of Blood and there is progress with the Skaven, but every time I sit down to paint, I get a few bits done and yet it still isn't enough to complete them.
I'm hoping to get the other Coryphee done before months end, along with all the Skaven models I'm working on and a few more from the Viktoria's box set. There are a few things going on this month and so I don't want to promise too much, given my previous history in failing to complete things on time.
That said, while I wont hove photos on my DA page until I have enough models painted for display, I will get some up on this Blog.
I'm hoping to get the other Coryphee done before months end, along with all the Skaven models I'm working on and a few more from the Viktoria's box set. There are a few things going on this month and so I don't want to promise too much, given my previous history in failing to complete things on time.
That said, while I wont hove photos on my DA page until I have enough models painted for display, I will get some up on this Blog.
Saturday 2 July 2016
Australia Votes 2016
2/7/16 - 11pm
And so we now enter the first stages with the tally of current votes, with a necessary 76 seats needed to form Government, the current tally is as follows:
LNP - 73
ALP - 66
Greens - 1
Other - 4
Undecided - 6
Sadly (for me) it looks like the LNP will get the numbers needed to form Government, all be it, a less powerful Government. Given they won 88 seats at the last election, the shift is somewhat justifiable. This is also just for the House of Representatives, those who write the policies. It's the Senate that needs to approve it in order for it to pass as law and if the shift in the House of Reps is anything to go by, then we'll see the Senate shift even more unfavorably for the LNP. This I can live with. Hell, we've had three years under the LNP, of which they broke more election promises in one month then Labor did in a year, they had three budgets that showed how out of touch they were and a change of leader who changed very little in the party despite the claims he was a different kind of leader (mostly cause it's the party that makes decisions, not the leader).
Might sound bitter, but the Libs did nothing to fix the social economic gap, instead making it wider. They claimed that this election was not about class warfare, but given their three budgets and policies, I would argue otherwise. They cut funding to services to those who needed it the most. They rode into power on lies and misinformation, made some of the most ridiculous comments in Australia's political history and tried to make points about their opponents despite their own history showing the stupidity of their comments. The Labor/Greens alliance? People do know what the Liberal National Party is right, an alliance of the Liberal party and the National party. The Medicare scare campaign? The LNP does indeed have a history of saying one thing and doing the opposite once in power, let alone the continuous cuts over the last three years to health and education, with them trying to force doctors to charge patients and passing the buck on issues that a Federal Government must deal with by trying to force the states to take over them. Yes, even their recent tantrum like behavior when things didn't go their way with the Senate and the States clearly shows they are incompetent and unsuited to running a Country.
Yes, I'm bitter and I'd rather not give them any more power that they don't deserve, but if they do win (terrible as that might be), then let this lesser power and a more diverse Senate be a warning that we can only tolerate bullshit for so long, but we have a limit. I will update this post, cause I'm sure I'll have more bloody good bitching to do once we get a clearer idea of the results of both Houses of Parliament.
I still say Mr Squiggle should have been Prime Minister. At least he's a puppet we can trust.
3/7/16 - 10:30am
Funny thing about all this, I took a poll last night about what we thought the results would be and I voted for a Hung Parliament. As of this morning the results turned to this:
LNP - 65
ALP - 67
Greens - 1
Other - 4
Undecided - 13
No they admit that the LNP will most likely regain a few, but this looks to be heading into the Hung Parliament territory. So close are the votes that the seats thought secured are now up in the air. Clearly people are sick of this nonsense. The Senate is proving even better. The latest results have the LNP and ALP having the same number of seats in each state, with one to three other seats in each state going to others like the Greens or Independents. The whole point of this Election was to remove many of these Independents out of the Senate so the LNP Government could push their agenda, but not only have they brought their chances of a majority Government into question, but now who ever wins needs even more support in the Senate to pass through policies.
This has happened in the past, so whatever happens we can handle it, but it does give me hope that people were not a gullible as I had originally thought. I mean, they still got Barnaby Joyce to keep his seat (For non-Australians, you might remember him as the Politician in the Johnny Depp dogs debacle with threats) so there are still people with questionable decision making, but overall it seems people have had enough of the constant BS that both sides of politics keep trying to feed them.
8/7/16 - 2:48pm
This will be the last update to this as there really isn't much more to say. The LNP will be returned to Government as they do have at least two of the Independents to support them in getting over the line. Not really surprising as one is Bob Katter, whom is well known out side of his electorate as a crazy lunatic (given his own campaign was about him shooting members from both parties, he clearly shows he lacks any creativity in his camp). Given he supported the LNP in the last hung parliament we had and abused his other Independents when they sided with Labor, his actions were very much predictable. Personally for me, it makes no difference. Thing is, this Election was about the LNP removing a bunch of people from the Senate in order to pass whatever policies they wanted. It backfired and as such they don't have those numbers, meaning that in order to pass what they want, they need to negotiate with a number of individuals and parties. While I do hope common sense is what most of those people have (Hell, Pauline Hanson got back in, so make of that what you will), I still feel confident that this will force the LNP to tone down their draconian policies and start listening to the people, cause they've wasted three years trying to force their will and that failed, so now it's time to put their arrogance aside and start doing stuff that actually benefits this country and it's people.
Somehow, I doubt they will.
And so we now enter the first stages with the tally of current votes, with a necessary 76 seats needed to form Government, the current tally is as follows:
LNP - 73
ALP - 66
Greens - 1
Other - 4
Undecided - 6
Sadly (for me) it looks like the LNP will get the numbers needed to form Government, all be it, a less powerful Government. Given they won 88 seats at the last election, the shift is somewhat justifiable. This is also just for the House of Representatives, those who write the policies. It's the Senate that needs to approve it in order for it to pass as law and if the shift in the House of Reps is anything to go by, then we'll see the Senate shift even more unfavorably for the LNP. This I can live with. Hell, we've had three years under the LNP, of which they broke more election promises in one month then Labor did in a year, they had three budgets that showed how out of touch they were and a change of leader who changed very little in the party despite the claims he was a different kind of leader (mostly cause it's the party that makes decisions, not the leader).
Might sound bitter, but the Libs did nothing to fix the social economic gap, instead making it wider. They claimed that this election was not about class warfare, but given their three budgets and policies, I would argue otherwise. They cut funding to services to those who needed it the most. They rode into power on lies and misinformation, made some of the most ridiculous comments in Australia's political history and tried to make points about their opponents despite their own history showing the stupidity of their comments. The Labor/Greens alliance? People do know what the Liberal National Party is right, an alliance of the Liberal party and the National party. The Medicare scare campaign? The LNP does indeed have a history of saying one thing and doing the opposite once in power, let alone the continuous cuts over the last three years to health and education, with them trying to force doctors to charge patients and passing the buck on issues that a Federal Government must deal with by trying to force the states to take over them. Yes, even their recent tantrum like behavior when things didn't go their way with the Senate and the States clearly shows they are incompetent and unsuited to running a Country.
Yes, I'm bitter and I'd rather not give them any more power that they don't deserve, but if they do win (terrible as that might be), then let this lesser power and a more diverse Senate be a warning that we can only tolerate bullshit for so long, but we have a limit. I will update this post, cause I'm sure I'll have more bloody good bitching to do once we get a clearer idea of the results of both Houses of Parliament.
I still say Mr Squiggle should have been Prime Minister. At least he's a puppet we can trust.
3/7/16 - 10:30am
Funny thing about all this, I took a poll last night about what we thought the results would be and I voted for a Hung Parliament. As of this morning the results turned to this:
LNP - 65
ALP - 67
Greens - 1
Other - 4
Undecided - 13
No they admit that the LNP will most likely regain a few, but this looks to be heading into the Hung Parliament territory. So close are the votes that the seats thought secured are now up in the air. Clearly people are sick of this nonsense. The Senate is proving even better. The latest results have the LNP and ALP having the same number of seats in each state, with one to three other seats in each state going to others like the Greens or Independents. The whole point of this Election was to remove many of these Independents out of the Senate so the LNP Government could push their agenda, but not only have they brought their chances of a majority Government into question, but now who ever wins needs even more support in the Senate to pass through policies.
This has happened in the past, so whatever happens we can handle it, but it does give me hope that people were not a gullible as I had originally thought. I mean, they still got Barnaby Joyce to keep his seat (For non-Australians, you might remember him as the Politician in the Johnny Depp dogs debacle with threats) so there are still people with questionable decision making, but overall it seems people have had enough of the constant BS that both sides of politics keep trying to feed them.
8/7/16 - 2:48pm
This will be the last update to this as there really isn't much more to say. The LNP will be returned to Government as they do have at least two of the Independents to support them in getting over the line. Not really surprising as one is Bob Katter, whom is well known out side of his electorate as a crazy lunatic (given his own campaign was about him shooting members from both parties, he clearly shows he lacks any creativity in his camp). Given he supported the LNP in the last hung parliament we had and abused his other Independents when they sided with Labor, his actions were very much predictable. Personally for me, it makes no difference. Thing is, this Election was about the LNP removing a bunch of people from the Senate in order to pass whatever policies they wanted. It backfired and as such they don't have those numbers, meaning that in order to pass what they want, they need to negotiate with a number of individuals and parties. While I do hope common sense is what most of those people have (Hell, Pauline Hanson got back in, so make of that what you will), I still feel confident that this will force the LNP to tone down their draconian policies and start listening to the people, cause they've wasted three years trying to force their will and that failed, so now it's time to put their arrogance aside and start doing stuff that actually benefits this country and it's people.
Somehow, I doubt they will.
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