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Title: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:33:23 PM
Wow... Dorcan can really move in panel 5, can't he?

Also, Oskar's face is delightfully creepy in 3 and 4.
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Ren Gaulen on March 29, 2009, 03:35:15 PM
Quote from: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:33:23 PM
Wow... Dorcan can really move in panel 5, can't he?
That's like the teleportation, only without any magic - through the sheer force of fear. :B

Quote from: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:33:23 PM
Also, Oskar's face is delightfully creepy in 3 and 4.
That was so totally intentional.. >:3
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Tapewolf on March 29, 2009, 03:35:45 PM
Quote from: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:33:23 PM
Wow... Dorcan can really move in panel 5, can't he?
The difficult part in that one was the perspective.  Even now it looks a little bit like he's 14 or something.

QuoteAlso, Oskar's face is delightfully creepy in 3 and 4.

Heh.  You should have seen it before I fixed the eyes.  It looked like he was on acid.
(And his real name is 'Ashley')
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Lisky on March 29, 2009, 03:37:12 PM
... snrrknle... terrified Dorcan... he's got some serious wrench-phobias he's gonna need to work out
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Ren Gaulen on March 29, 2009, 03:40:33 PM
Quote from: Basilisk2150 on March 29, 2009, 03:37:12 PM
... snrrknle... terrified Dorcan... he's got some serious wrench-phobias he's gonna need to work out
Well, that wrench is a one to be reckoned with. >:]
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Zedd on March 29, 2009, 03:41:25 PM
Isn't that the same wrench from System Shock?
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:42:47 PM
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on March 29, 2009, 03:35:15 PM
Quote from: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:33:23 PM
Wow... Dorcan can really move in panel 5, can't he?
That's like the teleportation, only without any magic - through the sheer force of fear. :B
"Nobby was outside the Mended Drum, hopping from one foot to another. In times of danger he had a way of propelling himself from place to place without apparently moving through the intervening space which could put any normal matter transporter to shame."
Terry Pratchet, Guards! Guards!. Page 67 in the American Paperback.

Quote from: Tapewolf on March 29, 2009, 03:35:45 PM
Quote from: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:33:23 PM
Wow... Dorcan can really move in panel 5, can't he?
The difficult part in that one was the perspective.  Even now it looks a little bit like he's 14 or something.
That would be the tendency for people under frightful circumstances to undergo what is called "chibifearcation," wherein their tremendous fright temporarily transforms them into chibis. But frightened 14 year old works too. I also like Dorcan's eyes in panel four.

Quote from: Tapewolf on March 29, 2009, 03:35:45 PM
QuoteAlso, Oskar's face is delightfully creepy in 3 and 4.
Heh.  You should have seen it before I fixed the eyes.  It looked like he was on acid.
(And his real name is 'Ashley')
*snaps fingers* Darn it, I thought his name was Ashley but I went with Oskar. Oh well. Also, Ashley on Acid is funny too. "Dude... we could like... remove your arms with a wrench... and then hit you with them! And we'd be all like "Stop hitting yourself!"" No, wait, that's Stoner!Ashley. Never mind.

Quote from: Zedd on March 29, 2009, 03:41:25 PM
Isn't that the same wrench from System Shock?
Yup: System Shock 2, but close enough.
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Tapewolf on March 29, 2009, 03:43:55 PM
Quote from: Zedd on March 29, 2009, 03:41:25 PM
Isn't that the same wrench from System Shock?

System Shock 2, but yes it is.  You win a cookie!
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Pagan on March 29, 2009, 03:48:13 PM
This entire page is full of win. Yep-yep. <nod nod>
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Ren Gaulen on March 29, 2009, 03:54:07 PM
Quote from: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:42:47 PM
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on March 29, 2009, 03:35:15 PM
Quote from: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:33:23 PM
Wow... Dorcan can really move in panel 5, can't he?
That's like the teleportation, only without any magic - through the sheer force of fear. :B
"Nobby was outside the Mended Drum, hopping from one foot to another. In times of danger he had a way of propelling himself from place to place without apparently moving through the intervening space which could put any normal matter transporter to shame."
Terry Pratchet, Guards! Guards!. Page 67 in the American Paperback.
That's exactly what I was getting at! :D

Quote from: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:42:47 PM
Also, Ashley on Acid is funny too. "Dude... we could like... remove your arms with a wrench... and then hit you with them! And we'd be all like "Stop hitting yourself!"" No, wait, that's Stoner!Ashley. Never mind.
If that happened, Niall (as the only one present there aside from Dorcan and Ashley) could have said: "Looks like he's been.. disarmed."

..Good thing it didn't happen. :>
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Tapewolf on March 29, 2009, 03:54:33 PM
Quote from: Pagan on March 29, 2009, 03:48:13 PM
This entire page is full of win. Yep-yep. <nod nod>

Yes, I think it was well worth the wait.

Quote from: Jairus on March 29, 2009, 03:42:47 PM
I also like Dorcan's eyes in panel four.

It put me in mind of this, actually:
http://tapewolf.deviantart.com/art/Daryil-Will-Get-Me-86600772

**EDIT**

This, by the way is the last time Dorcan makes the D-face in this chapter, and probably all year.
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Lisky on March 29, 2009, 04:52:15 PM
awww... but i like the D: face
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Tapewolf on March 29, 2009, 04:56:48 PM
Quote from: Basilisk2150 on March 29, 2009, 04:52:15 PM
awww... but i like the D: face

Don't worry, Joshua will be making it for you in a few weeks...

Quote from: Basilisk2150 on March 29, 2009, 03:37:12 PM
... snrrknle... terrified Dorcan... he's got some serious wrench-phobias he's gonna need to work out

Originally I specified the wrench based on Turnsky's idea of Joshua's arms being detachable:
http://turnsky.deviantart.com/art/Spark-and-oil-change-83376291

Since then, we went for synthetic muscles rather than rotating actuators, and the arms became more integrated and less modular.  Ideally we would have had one of Jakob's ion cutters, since a wrench isn't going to work so well, but we wanted the SS2 reference :3
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Pagan on March 29, 2009, 05:12:13 PM
No more  D: from the Dork? Sad, sad day. But more  D: from Joshy-boy? Yay!

Not to mention Ash looks more like a psycho with the wrench. Hehe.
Title: Re: 29/03/09 [PF #57] - The wrench… it does nothing!
Post by: Tapewolf on April 01, 2009, 04:16:18 AM
Special bonus update.