DSA Toy Theater.

[Kamui]

A bit of a late reply, But BOSS is experienced in using photo manipulation programs. I don't know which ones he uses though so you may have to ask him since I am not sure if he has seen this thread lately.


Day 9xx: Still no sign of Toy theater, Rations are low and I am seeing things thanks to those mushrooms I ate in the forest a few minutes ago.

[Deslock]

Okay. An update.

One of the things that has been kicking my ass is trying to figure out all the special effects I want to add. I tried one free program, and it was difficult as Hell. There is no way in Hell you could become really good at it without taking classes. It was a masterpiece, but far too complicated, at least for my dumb ass.

Then I downloaded Paint.net. Another great program, but still kinda complicated for me. Not as much as the first one, but almost right up there.

Recently Daz bought me Photo Explosion Deluxe, version 5. It says it has hundreds of special effects, and seems perfect for what I want to do, but the reviews for it are square one. 24 people HATE it and give it a one star review, and 24 people LOVE it, and give it a 5 star review. So I'm scared to use it.

All I know is I've spent over two years building up all these wonderful stories for you all, and God only knows how much money spent on toys.

What I want to know, is should I risk it ?. I want to give these wonderful stories for you. But I don't want to crash and burn my computer. It's already happened twice already. Yentis tried to download Corel and Adobe from a certain "bay", and the viruses attacked me instantally, and caused a certain crash. I lost damn near everything. I thank God I had the foresight to back everything up.

Do any of you guys have any experience with this program ?.

[Deslock]

Dammit I swore I saw a new pic from Deslock and then It was gone.....I must be seeing things.

*Warning, giant wall o' text coming" :

Okay, *Phew* a new progress report:

I built up the pirate cove with styrofoam, blocked and glued it down, and then coated it with "Great stuff" spray insulation. Then I carved it down to the proper shape, and then coated the entire island with two cans of flexible vinyl spackle, and smoothed it all out. All I have to do now is glue down the sand and rocks, paint it up; do the grass and trees, and do the water. It sounds very complicated, but in all truth, the hardest part is done. :)

Three of the houses are completely done. The barn was done, but one of the doors broke, and I have to make a new hinge. Very easy fix. :D

I have all the ships, except one. I almost had RaTix's boat done, but the final coat of paint had a reaction with the primer, and it wrinkled up. So I'm going to have to strip it and do a complete re-paint, which really isn't that hard, I just have to soak it in some 409/fantastic overnite, scrub it off, and re-paint it using a different primer.

The walls of the huge spaceport are done. All I have to do now is glue them down, prime them gray, and weather them. I still have to detail the floor, but that's an afternoon. Easy. The weathering will be the hardest part, but that should only take a few days, mainly because I have to wait for the different paints to completely dry, before adding a new coat.

The restaurant is done. :D

I have hundreds ( No joke, I'm serious. ) of action figures, so that's done. And a lot of vehicles. A lot of vehicles. I just wish I had a few more Jets, but that's just out of my budget right now.

The castle is built and done, But I still have to do the groundwork and the moat. That should be done by summer. Maybe earlier, depending on my finances.

The factory is built and completely done.

Almost all the furniture and props are 99% done.

The DSA barracks is 99% done. All I have left to do is to make a scale door for the building. ( Even though this was probably the easiest set to make, I think it's my favorite at this point. ) I'm hoping to have pictures of it posted by this weekend; to start this all off, weather and time permitting.

I started on the city street today. I have the buildings 99% done. I wanted Yentis to do some scale graffiti, but he can't do it, so I did find a few graffiti fonts, so that might work. I could make them, and print them out on decal paper, and put them on that way. These buildings are soo F'N awesome !!!, and I have them already weathered and ready to go, except for the graffiti. I even have all the scale street signs. I just wish I had a good scale fire hydrant and mailbox, but I'm working on it. I might have to make them by hand, but I'm okay with that.

About the only thing that has thrown me off, was that I almost had RaTix's mansion done, when Daz bought me that utterly beautiful four story house. It's utterly amazing, but sadly molded almost all in F'n pink. So I'm just going to finish the first one (which is almost done), and then start masking the new one for paint. My God, I've learned to HATE the damn color pink.

So if Ya'll wonder why you've not seen me on Destiny all this month, this is why.

This has been such a great and fun series of projects for me, and I've loved every minute working on them. Even my Mother came over and saw me working on them, and smiled when she saw everything I've been working on, when I showed all of them of to her. Right now I think the only person that wants to kill me is Daz, as all of this is slowly taking over the house, room by room, since these all are so big.

But once you all see everything I've built, you'll understand just why all of this has taken me so long. I'm a perfectionist, and this level of detail I'm going for just takes time, and I hate the wait just as much as you all do.

But when you all see just exactly what I've built, the DSA site will explode.

[Deslock]

Scout Log:

"Day 914:

Still no signs of Deslock Toy Theatre anywhere."

It's there, it just has a cloaking device. So there.



Stormtrooper: "Well at least you get to sit down, I've been standing on guard all this time!!"

Dude, that has to be the ugliest damn Stormy helmet I've ever seen, well, besides the ones in the 70's comics. Why does it have a earthworm under the vision port; and the line around the mouth ?.

[RageProphetXIII]

Dammit I swore I saw a new pic from Deslock and then It was gone.....I must be seeing things

[JDEZ09]

All the new sets should be completed by tomorrow !

YaY ! :D

Scout Log:

"Day 914:

Still no signs of Deslock Toy Theatre anywhere."



Stormtrooper: "Well at least you get to sit down, ive been standing on guard all this time!!"

😉

[JDEZ09]

[KuroiStar]

This thread is like a pushup bra. Very promising when I see it up,but disappointing when I open it. T-T

Hahaha, so true! Also another comparison is like a chip bag!

[JDEZ09]

This thread is like a pushup bra. Very promising when I see it up,but disappointing when I open it. T-T

Deception is a bitch aint it?

[Light496]

This thread is like a pushup bra. Very promising when I see it up,but disappointing when I open it. T-T

[RageProphetXIII]

.....*Jeopardy music*......

[Deslock]

Yeah, I'd like to get your help getting the spaceport boxed in, and getting the pirate island chopped and grounded, as Daz has already told me no more chopping up styrofoam up inside the house.You saw what I mean, after all that mess. She didn't let me have it, but I was warned.

I need to "greatstuff" the island, and get the clear latex caulk for all the water. The two different kinds of cat litter I already have for the stones and sand, and I already have enough paint.

[Yentis]

No problem buddy. Maybe we can get just a bit more done tomorrow. assuming it does not rain.

[Deslock]

I want to give DSA Yentis a lot of thanks for helping me out, He helped me get the wallpaper down for our barracks, and the bathrooms. I really couldn't do it without his help. Thank you man, I mean that. I can't wait to show everyone here what we've built, together.

This is just going to be so awesome, I can't wait to share it with everyone here.

[Yentis]

Smart ass, I do not know what you mean....:o If you want any help tomorrow, Bro, hit me up. I don't have anything better to do until this surgery is healed up. Hit me up bro.