Events in my life that seem like they are worth writing about. Things I do and the stuff I'm working on or studying; read these if you really need a nap.
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Half Life of Aaron
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Written by Aaron Dickey
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Monday, 19 September 2011 10:54 |
 It's be quite some time since I posted anything about painting or other aspects of modeling here, but at some point I got a request to detail how I painted up the other mechs in the lance. For the tutorial I will be using a plastic Victor model from the CityTech boxed set. I did try to convert it to more closely match the metal version available so if you have that model things should still follow pretty closely. Even though this is specifically for painting the Victor, the process should still work for any mech you wish to paint in this color scheme. If all goes well you should end up with something that looks close to the model on the left. In this tutorial I'll be covering the primary blue-gray, metals, and red accents. I'll leave baseing and details like cockpits, decals or freehand markings up to the discretion of the painter. So without further interruption, click the read more link to get started!
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Half Life of Aaron
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Written by Aaron Dickey
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Friday, 24 September 2010 14:15 |
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Hey everyone, it's been quite some time since I posted on the blog here, but I wanted to alert everyone to the upcomming graduate design exhibition I'm putting on with a frind of mine, Will Meadows. This exhibition is done in partial fulfillment for our Masters degree in graphic design. The open house will be Sunday, October 3, 2010 from 12:45-2:00 pm at the Sargent Art Building on the campus of Bob Jones University in Greenville South Carolina. If you can't make it for the open house, the exhibition will be up until October 14th. Hope to see you there! |
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Half Life of Aaron
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Written by Aaron Dickey
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 19:00 |
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Yeah, I guess I'm still around. Not that anyone actually reads this
anymore but just in case I thought an explanation was at least in
order. The last few months have been quite the trip. It seems that this
little thing called Love has come to call and cupid got shot down by
Zeus as he let fly his dart. Well that over with, I can say that God
has had a plan in it all and it's worked out in his time. As of nearly
a month, I've been dating someone I consider to be the most awesome
girl in the world. After reading that last line you might find the
title of this little post a little odd, but it does have reason! While
the last couple of months have been somewhat confusing to say the
least, I can say now that I'm not confused in the head anymore. Here's
to many more wonderful months, days, and years with you Tesh! |
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Half Life of Aaron
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Written by Aaron Dickey
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Monday, 03 December 2007 19:00 |
 I'll admit I've managed to be caught up with the little plastic people
and slightly abnormal human following of tabletop wargaming. In the
past several months I've managed to start writing back story, come up
with color schemes, and actually get around to painting a few of the
little guys. Of course given the amount of time thats currently going
into painting them, this hobby should last me for a fairly long period
of time. I guess it's just fun to paint the figures, as for the game
itself, who knows. I may end up playing or I might just paint. Will
have to see after I get enough together to actually play. So yeah,
thats my new hobby and the one that I seem to be throwing a ton of time
into. |
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Half Life of Aaron
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Written by Aaron Dickey
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Wednesday, 07 March 2007 19:00 |
 I'm pretty happy today despite what appears to be a bad chalupa or two
alerting me to its' presence because I'm officially half way trhough
with my study of middle Egyptian grammer. It's been a little under a
year of study so far to get here and being able to look at reliefs and
read alot more of the inscriptions is exhilerating. I feel though that
the hardest parts are yet to come and I still have a ways to go to
properly prepare myself to travel to Egypt next year to study the ruins
and history they contain. |
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Half Life of Aaron
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Written by Aaron Dickey
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Tuesday, 06 February 2007 19:00 |
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I finally got around to reading The Art of War by Sun Tzu. I'd
heard so much about the book and how great it was that I really was
looking forward to it. After reading nearly 200 pages of fluff by
probably the only author that actually made history boring for me (and
this from a history minor and avid Egyptology student) I was ready to
start in. It was a slightly underwhelming start and I thought maybe it
would get better as I still had what appeared to be nearly half the
book remaining. A few more pages in and it still didn't get farther
than common sense that was nowhere near the pinicle of military prowess
I expceted. Then I turned the page, and it said notes. That was it. I
still had at least a third of the book remaining and it was onto the
notes on the translation. I'm now reading Caesar, at least his answer
to everything isn't "teh ambush". |
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Half Life of Aaron
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Written by Aaron Dickey
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 19:00 |
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We finally made up to that wonderful pit of festering grease known as
the Beacon last night for a somewhat late dinner. I ordered a double
cheeseburger a-pleanty and I must say that was an entertaining
experience. As I'm sure everyone else who went is now saying on their
blogs, it's a once a year visit since it probably takes that long to
process all the lard. Any more visits than that would probably
constitute a major health risk for a heart attack. The ten of us packed
into two cars and made the drive up in about twenty minutes thanks to
the driving of one Tom Mount. After much debating what to order, we
walked up to the front of the line to be greeted with the trademark
"CAAALLLL ITTT!" Once we had ordered and picked up our food which
amounted to about two pounds of material well over the daily allotment
for grease. I did get some lettuce so that means I got some wee amount
of reprieve from the grease. After a valient attempt by most of us we
conceeded defeat and left the rest of the onion rings and fries on the
plates. Dinner was followed by a comedy routine by Jordan and captured
by the one camera present. Pictures will follow. someday. Now I must go
to attempt to work the lard out of my system. |
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Half Life of Aaron
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Written by Aaron Dickey
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Wednesday, 15 November 2006 19:00 |
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I've run into a small roadblock in my Egyptian language studies. It
seems that I have done well at memorizing the hierglyphic and equating
it to both the transliterated Egyptian word and the English definition
but I have failed to do the reverse. I'm finding it hard to remember
the transliteration and hieroglyphic when I translate from English to
Egyptian because I really haven't placed the emphasis on recognizing
the words from the reversed perspective. I guess I'll have to go back
and work on it again. In the mean time my notepad is my guide to
remembering all the stuff I should already know. In other news I have
one leson more until I'm a third of the way through Gardiner. At my
current pace I should be all finished sometime next year. That is
provided I don't get twisted up over stuff like pf, pfy, and pf3. I
should also mention that postes are going to start getting more scarce
as thanksgiving draws near since I'll be out of town for most of the
holiday and I have alot of work to get done in the interim. |
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Half Life of Aaron
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Written by Aaron Dickey
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Saturday, 21 October 2006 19:00 |
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It's amazing just how fast a weekend can fly by. It seems that it was
only a few hours ago that Friday was just ending and the weekend was
starting. Here it is, nearly time to hit the sack and get ready for
work tomorrow. Several of my friends dropped by from out of town and
spent the weekend which was a lot of fun. We went shopping at the mall
which was my first time in over a year to set foot in the place. Quite
supprising at just how much had changed since my last visit. After
that we went on campus to try to watch a soccer game, but after being
discouraged by the sloppy football we came back home. We watched a few
movies this weekend, so expect a little blurb about "Over the Hedge"
coming up pretty soon. I'm exhausted now, but I think I've gotten the
house all cleaned up and ready for the week which means it's just about
time to crash :P |
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