December 5, 2011 Monday, 5 December 2011 09:31 - Written by Foose CoolComments (0)
Summary:
This puppy is a beast. Weighing in at 6.9 pounds with a 30 round ammo belt, this thing can shoot it’s heart out with a range of 40 feet! It takes 6 D batteries to run this, 2 for turning the barrels, and 4 to shoot the nerfs (They actually have separate circuits) Rumor has it you can mod these sort of guns, but if you’re not careful, you’ll burn a motor out, or melt some plastic in a short amount of time. It comes with 30 foam darts, but I bought the 100 nerf pack with the ones that stick (Ask Naota about when I watch football at his house, his TV gets covered)
Pros: -It’s automatic, no pumping required
-Range is amazing!
-WTF factor (When you ambush people with this, they’ll stare at it for like 5 seconds while the realization sinks in that its a nerf gatling gun and it does shoot)
-Durability (During a nighttime fight, this gun was hit with a plastic sword with decent force, dropped on asphalt, and used as a battering ram. Still in one piece and functional) -Battery life (This was involved in a four hour war, and the batteries are still good. I’d go rechargeable though for money’s sake, or look for deals at Radio Shack)
Cons: -Loud (Easily countered by removing the batteries for turning the barrels though)
-Bulky (Can’t run too well with this)
-Rate of fire (Spits out one nerf per second, but each one shoots so gracefully with a good amount of power behind it. Being the electrician I am, I plan to mod this feature)
December 3, 2011 Saturday, 3 December 2011 12:00 - Written by Enki Cool, VideosComments (0)
Everyone remembers the programmer known as AZO, right? If not, would this old Geekmontage entry (2009) bring any memories back? Well, no one’s gotta remember it to appreciate what he can do as he showcases it for the world to enjoy!
December 1, 2011 Thursday, 1 December 2011 10:41 - Written by Foose Cool, NewsComments (1)
ITS COMING!!!
Well if you haven’t guessed, I’m a huge Lightwave fan and user. What’s new in this version are things I’ve been expecting for years! Instancing for creating duplicates of an object with virtual polygons and each can be independantly scaled/rotated. Sure solves the “running out of memory” problem. Flocking sounds like the software Massive (I think) it takes a “crowd of objects” to calculate avoidance of neighbors, target alignment, and cohesive attractions for great natural “swarming.” Fracture and Bullet go hand and hand, Fracture in the modeller will “crack” and object for desctruction (Don’t you love using the knife/boolean tool over and over?) then the Bullet will shatter that object, much easier than using the good ol’ Collision and Hard FX nodes, eh? For you ZBrush users, GoZ is a mimic of such program built into Lightwave, woo hoo! Helps a HUGE amount with endomorph animation for facial expressions! FiberFX enhancements will give an object a fiber look, using volumetrics. Python Scripting is now implemented, which is used in industry standard 3d animation software, like Maya. Those are the highlights, and I am happy with them! Visit the website, www.newtek.com to read more! I do hope that they will include a fluids engine…. Hypervoxels just don’t cut it for me (And I hate importing stuff from Realflow) Expect this in Q4.