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MaksimSmelchak	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 5:46 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA	Hi Guys, Check out this cool 6mm Zulu army: http://www.gildasfacit.btinternet.co.uk ... lu_War.htm Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. _________________ 6mm Sci-fi: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/6mm ... nWarGames/ My Personal Blog: http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/
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Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 5:50 pm

Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA

Hi Dafrca, Dafrca: Then I saw an Ad for Rogue Trader. To be honest, I ordered it as a Role Playing Game. Once it arrived we bought a box of Marines and Rhinos (they came three to a box). We were doomed then. ? I missed AT, but we were major into SM. I must have bought three boxes myself. Thus my 6mm days started. Adeptus Titanicus happened for me by accident... I was a solid microarmour and Battletech player by 1989 and saw the original plastic Warlord Titans box and fell in love... After that, I was solidly into Epic... Of course, in those days, my battlemechs often proxied onto the Horus Heresy battlefield... Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. _________________ 6mm Sci-fi: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/6mm ... nWarGames/ My Personal Blog: http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/

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dafrca	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:27 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:02 pm Posts: 10956 Location: Burbank, CA, USA	Quote (MaksimSmelchak @ 19 2005 June,09:46) Hi Guys, Check out this cool 6mm Zulu army: http://www.gildasfacit.btinternet.co.uk ... lu_War.htm Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. There was one like this for sale on ebay last week. Do not know if the auction is still going or if it closed. dafrca _________________ "Every Man is a But Spark in the Darkness"               - Cities of Death, page 59 Come fight me, if you dare...... http://dd-janks.mybrute.com
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Tas	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:28 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Mar 06, 2003 10:01 am Posts: 7823 Location: Sydney, NSW	Great Zulu Army - I have an extensive collection in 15mm and cant believe the detail he's painted on in 6mm! Madness! For Queen and Country! _________________ Tas My General blog: http://tasmancave.blogspot.com/ My VSF Blog: http://pauljamesog.blogspot.com/ My ECW Blog: http://declaresir.blogspot.com/
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Tas	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:30 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Mar 06, 2003 10:01 am Posts: 7823 Location: Sydney, NSW	Thanks for comments on the WOTW film, Maksim! I still like the sound of it though. Will continue the search for a Zone 4 version. I suppose I may have to retort to getting whatever I can though and "washing " it through the PC and burning myself a multi-region backup version of it (for personal use only of course)... I also hope there is plenty of: UUUUULLLLLLAAAAAs! _________________ Tas My General blog: http://tasmancave.blogspot.com/ My VSF Blog: http://pauljamesog.blogspot.com/ My ECW Blog: http://declaresir.blogspot.com/
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dafrca	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:59 am
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:02 pm Posts: 10956 Location: Burbank, CA, USA	Quote (Tas @ 19 2005 June,15:28) Great Zulu Army - I have an extensive collection in 15mm and cant believe the detail he's painted on in 6mm! Madness! For Queen and Country! I agree, they look good.   dafrca _________________ "Every Man is a But Spark in the Darkness"               - Cities of Death, page 59 Come fight me, if you dare...... http://dd-janks.mybrute.com
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Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:17 am

Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA

Hi Dafrca, Dafrca: There was a 6mm Zulu army set like this for sale on E-bay last week. Do not know if the auction is still going or if it closed. I found that set that was still active on E-bay as of today (Sunday 19 June 2005), but the seller is in Norway and the bidding is already near $50.00 USD! Thanks for the heads up! Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. _________________ 6mm Sci-fi: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/6mm ... nWarGames/ My Personal Blog: http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/

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MaksimSmelchak	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:20 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA	Hi Guys, My blog is still up and well... I'd love to see a few comments from Epicomms members if you get the chance: http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/ Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. _________________ 6mm Sci-fi: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/6mm ... nWarGames/ My Personal Blog: http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/
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Dwarf Supreme	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:05 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 8:45 pm Posts: 11149 Location: Canton, CT, USA	Quote (MaksimSmelchak @ 20 2005 June,02:20) Hi Guys, My blog is still up and well... I'd love to see a few comments from Epicomms members if you get the chance: http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/ Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. The Redneck Jedi was hilarious!      I enjoyed the interview also. _________________ "I don't believe in destiny or the guiding hand of fate." N. Peart
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MaksimSmelchak	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:59 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA	FILM: Pendragon's "War Of the Worlds" FINAL REVIEW! Hi Everyone, ------ Well... we finally finished Pendragon's "War Of the Worlds" and both Diana and I decided to give the film these ratings: Diana: 2.5 out of 5 Maksim: 2.5 out of 5 Diana also added that if I loved her I should never make her watch that film again! LOL ------ CONs: - The film was WAY too long! - They could have easily edited out an hour to an hour and a half of the film and had a better product... - The pointless "running through the woods" scenes were pretty tiring... - The use of colored camera lenses made for a very quick progression of time: night, day, night, day, etc. - Sometimes it seemed as if day and night switched every couple of minutes... - The annoying opera singer was simply terrible! - The music lulled me to sleep on several occasions... - Some of the film's dialogue seems as if it was taken from the book VERBATIM... this made for some awkward dialogue in spots... - The blue screen filming was often PAINFULLY obvious... - Many of the actors played two or more roles in the film... - The acting quality on the film wasn't always very high... for example: The big "Thunder Childe" scene (Martian Tripods versus a pre-WWI naval dreadnought) was like watching a tennis match: - Pan to characters' faces with incredulous looks... - Pan to CGI special effect's clip... - Pan to characters' faces with incredulous looks... - Pan to CGI special effect's clip... - Pan to characters' faces with incredulous looks... - Pan to CGI special effect's clip... - On and on, etc., etc. That "CGI to actors back and forth" sequence characterizes much of the film. ------ PROs: - More accurate to the original H.G. Wells novel than any other WOTW film... - In fact, at times, it seems as if the film EXACTLY mirrors the book's chapters... - Interesting visualizations of the Martians! - Cool retro special effects that were pitiful at times but very nostalgic of early sci-fi pulp novels and films... - The damned preacher always had his mouth stuffed full of bread! He was just as annoying as the book seemed to intend him to be! - The annoying opera singer who was simply terrible got eaten! - The period clothing and hair styles were outstanding... Love the curls!!! - They remembered to feature the Martian "black smoke," but it seemed to be very sparsely featured (I seem to recall that "black smoke" was what defeated the British navy at the Battle Of the Thames... not in the film... ). - They actually remembered to feature the elusive Martian flyers! ------ OVERVIEW: I can't recommend this film for entertainment value, but the alien visualizations are great. Only a very serious fan of WOTW would like this film. The average Joe will be bored to sleep... and maybe a few serious WOTW fans as well... I plan to look at paused stills of my favorite special effects and even a few of my favorite scenes, BUT... I will never ever watch the entire film in a single sitting again! I do not recommend Pendragon's "War Of the Worlds" film. ------ Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. _________________ 6mm Sci-fi: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/6mm ... nWarGames/ My Personal Blog: http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/
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MaksimSmelchak	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:09 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA	Hi StormSeer, *** StormSeer: Nice one Maksim, have you read any of his other books? *** Yes... several others. Liked them all. Bear is a real scientist and turns out great hard sci-fi. StormSeer: Hard SF at its very best in my opinion- Eon is a work of genius.

 

I haven't read "Eon" yet.

StormSeer: I have Darwin's Radio and Vitals ready to read when I find the time too.

I haven't read "Vitals" either, but I have read both "Darwin's Radio" and the sequel and both were rivetting reads.

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.