The next major 3D Gundam Project

By Jaychan | Published: May 17, 2011

First of all, I’m sorry for the really quiet week. I’ve been busy, and no I wasn’t sleeping. It was my birthday =). I thought I would give myself a personal holiday and just do what I want to do, things that I wouldn’t consider very productive. I’ve been watching movies, playing games, listening to music etc. T’was a good break and thanks to all those who celebrated with me, especially my Bhibi.

 

But now play time is over. It’s back to business as usual. My gundam mind has agreed with my graphics mind in that we have chosen our Gundam for the next major 3D gundam development. I’m extremely excited about this. It will be the sequel to Alteisen. I’ve set my goals pretty high this time. Judging from what I accomplished with Alteisen, I believe I am ready to take it to the next level.

 

  • For this next gundam, I hope to optimize the polygon structures and by doing so, I hope to be able to increase the detail by 2 folds.
  • I hope to get much better at texturing and to do it properly this time. Using textures to increase details as well as material realism.
  • I hope to improve on my lighting rig with more advanced lighting placements and settings.

So the one question remains – What gundam is it going to be?

Why don’t you take a guess? The image below is the only hint I’m giving away. Should be pretty easy for gundam fans. But can you guess what gundam it is? =)

 

Answer to be revealed next week, when development officially commences!

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Added some new simple features

By Jaychan | Published: May 3, 2011

Hey its been a while since the last post, its already May, Yay! I’ve been busy sleeping recently! Sydney’s weather has been pretty dreadful the past week – Cold, dark and windy. These are the 3 factors that cause drowsiness (well to me at least). So yeah, been pretty busy – sleeping. Even my poor rabbits are shivering, hope they don’t die.

 

Anyway, I’ve added 2 features to the site. Both are very standard features which should be part of the site from the start, but hey it’s still a WIP. so they are:

  • header at the top is now clickable – linking back to the homepage
  • Search field implemented on the nav bar to the far right.

The search box still requires a little bit of styling but at least it works perfectly and is in the right place.

I’ve also quietly added in a new gallery featuring all the pilot images from SRW Z. An awesome collection of 200+ pilot portraits in transparent png format. I ripped these myself from the game! Click here to check it out

 

Here’s some examples below. I chose Faye Xin Lu who pilots the GranTrooper because there’s something about her that I really like. I think maybe its because she looks a little bit like Saber from Fate Stay Night. They sort of have similar hair styles and personalities, maybe I like those kinds of characters.

Character from GravionGravion - Faye Xin Lu

 

Thats it for now!

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Wow…BEST Zeal remix ever!

By Jaychan | Published: April 27, 2011

I was doing some browsing last night and to my surprise, I stumbled across this absolute masterpiece! If you played Chrono Trigger, you would’ve heard of the amazing piece called “Kingdom of Zeal“. When I first heard it, it immediately made an indelible impact. Time has passed though, lots of remixes of it have been made. Some great, most weren’t. But THIS!! omg, this professional remix by Maya labelled “Stratosphere” – its amazing, everything is ‘right’ about it from the start to finish. It’s how Zeal is meant to sound. So so so calming, heavenly, as if I’m actually there. The nostalgic melody has conjured tears in my eyes – I wish I was there…
 
Now to refresh your memory, take a look at this gorgous picture of Zeal.

Now check out the song below, listen to it and imagine that you’re actually there. Hope you will like it as much as I did =)

 

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Always think ‘while’ you act

By Jaychan | Published: April 26, 2011

Memorizing something sounds straight forward, however, more often than not, we find our thoughts drifting away without even knowing. Let me explain:

 

Remember the last time when you casually check your watch to find out the exact time? You perform the action, twisting your wrist and raising your arm towards your eyes. You take a quick glance at the numbers before almost immediately lowering your arm back to the natural position. 5 minutes later you wonder what the time is but was sure you only checked it a moment ago. This is an example of performing an action on a subconscious level – meaning your mind wasn’t there, it was purely muscle memory.

 

So to get to the point, I believe that the things we do everyday, big or small, we should really apply ourselves in a more careful manner and have our conscious minds with us at all times. I am a lazy person, as I know that far too often I do things on a sub-conscious level. I am reading a novel and I must get into the habit of reading and understanding the words as oppose to just ‘reading the words’. I watch the news and I must get into the habit of understanding what’s happening as oppose to watching moving graphics on the screen. I must switch on my mind! I think that’s how we become smarter =)

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SRWZ OST is Complete

By Jaychan | Published: April 22, 2011

Currently up to stage 42 in SRWZ2. The cast is just too massive, I don’t even know who to deploy to battle because there’s just too many units I want to use. So I’m planning to stick to a certain squad for my 1st run and will switch to the other squad on my 2nd run.

 

My current squad consists of:

  • Gundam Exia
  • Gundam Dynames
  • Gundam Virtue
  • Gundam Kyrios
  • Gurren Lagann
  • Mazinger Z
  • Aphrodite A
  • Soul Gravion
  • Gran Trooper
  • Strike Freedom Gundam
  • Destiny Gundam
  • Final Dancouga
  • Dancouga Nova

My 2nd run squad will consist of:

  • Gundam Wing
  • Gundam Death Scythe
  • Gundam Heavy Arm
  • Gundam Sandrock
  • Shenlong Gundam
  • Nu Gundam
  • Turn A Gundam
  • Zeta Gundam
  • Eureka 7 Nirvash Spec-2
  • Super Dimension Century Orguss
  • Gundam Double X
  • Code Geass Lancelot Air Cavalry
  • Macross VF-25F
  • Big O

As you may have noticed I didn’t include any old school super robots such as Daitarn 3 and Dai-Guard (Mazinger Z is the only exception because he is awesome) simply because im not a big fan of the art and have not watched the anime. I believe my first squad is much more powerful than the 2nd squad as it has a good mixture of gundams and Super Robots.

 

Anyway, I had a bit of extra time today and managed to upload the remaining SRWZ OST. It is now complete. As usual, head over to the music section to check it out =)

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SRWZ OST Disk1 is up

By Jaychan | Published: April 20, 2011

The hype these days are all about the latest release of Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z. But lets not forget that the music equally as compelling! Although this OST isnt of the PSP game, 90% of the tracks are the same. To this day I’m still flabbergasted with the sheer awesomeness of SRW Z2, really it has surpassed my expectations in almost every way. It makes SRW Z1 for PS2 look like a joke. Just looking at the cast you can tell its a bit rediculous. I mean, how can you use all those units when you can only deploy 15-ish units to battle? Well, guess that’s why I will be playing it twice if not 3 times =)

For now, you can download disk 1 of SRWZ OST which is mainly tracks from the more Old School series such as Mazinger and Getter Robo. With the exception of Gundam X which I suppose is slightly newer. Check it out here

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