DSA Toy Theater.

[AmrcnZeR0]

I'll take pix when I get around to it. I got Orc war truck, 3 war bikers, and 20 Orc boys. But I split em up and turned 5 komandos. 5 shoota boys, and 10 melee boys. Had enough peices left over to make an extra guy so I made a war boss. Then proceeded to kick my buddies chaos demons asses.

[Deslock]

Happy days !! w00t !!!

My store just got in an early shipment of the Power Team elite toys, and we alreay have a pretty damn good selection, but none of the jets or Heli's yet.

But we did get in the big playset:



The actual playset comes with a lot of figures, accesories, and vehicles.
One guy online was trying to sell one for...well Hell, just see for yourself:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Word-Peacekeepers-Battlefield/dp/B002DKMOAO/ref=sr_1_21?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1380684027&sr=1-21&keywords=power+team+elite"]http://www.amazon.com/Word-Peacekeepers-Battlefield/dp/B002DKMOAO/ref=sr_1_21?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1380684027&sr=1-21&keywords=power+team+elite[/ame]

Yeppers, the exact same playset we have in my store for $35.00.
One slob wants $90.00 for just one of the Heli's we sell for $25.00.

Boss, I might take you up on the offer for your help, as Gimp is just so user unfriendly. I might just take the pics, and send them to you for the effects, and then I'll add the text and word balloons, if your offer still stands, that is. I don't want to impose on you.

I could've just done all of this just a few pics at a time, but I'd reallly like to finish one project and post the whole thing up at once, that, or at least break them down to a few segments, so that way everyone can enjoy a group at a time; rather than just piccy a week.

Thanks again to RaTix for allowing me a larger file image load, I really appreciate that. Thank you sir. :D

Once I can get these last few vehicles and such that I've been waiting for, I can finally get this done, finished, and posted. Not having the jets has really held me back on this.

I've been offered a new management job, and if this works out, I'll finally be making some decent money, rather more than just 12 work hours a week, and I'll be able to finish this up.

God bless you all, RaTix, and the DSA. :D

[Stryker0022]

Looking forward to it.


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[Light496]

Nice can't wait to see the finished product

[BOSS]

Sure I can help out, Des.

I know GIMP takes the simplest things and makes them complicated. That's why I never looked back when I picked up CS6. Looking forward to seeing what you came up with.

[Deslock]

I was sooo pissed off when I missed getting one of these. We only got in four, and they sold way faster than I expected them to. (As they were rather expensive, I thought I'd have more time) I was waiting for payday, and by the time I got my check cashed, they were all gone. I wasn't happy. Not at all.

But when I came in today, I saw someone had returned one, so I literally snatched it up. As I posted before, this set is selling for $80.00 on Amazon at the very least.
Now I have one..YaY !!! :D



As to date I've picked up 10 more extra sets and vehicles for this project. The only thing holding me back was finding the right graphics proggy for it. I've come to decide that Gimp is just too complicated for what I want to do. In my opinion, the only way I could become honestly proficient in it, would be to literally take classes to properly learn to use it.

I was talking about Gimp on Christmas day with a close friend who is also a fellow graphic artist, and he really disliked Gimp, saying that it's a damn shame, because it's truly a "Hollywood movie grade" proggy, but like Boss said, it's just too damn complicated to use unless you have a expert at it teach you truly how to use it.

It's really frustrating, because it's such an awesome proggy. But as I said before, if you want to snap down a line for bullet fire and so on, there is nothing to tell you how to do it besides Youtube vids. Which really bothers me because I'm not a dumb ass at this. Graphic arts was my major in High School, and I went to a commercial art college after I got out of the military, just to focus on computer art, graphics, and design.

I understand how to use layers, hues, tints, values, pixel widths, variants and gradients, and so on. The problem is that Gimp doesn't show you how to use them in their program. It just leaves you to try and find out on your own thru trial and error. You try and do something, and it won't let you, and it doesn't tell you why, or what you need to do. It just won't let you do it.

A fellow DSA member has volunteered to download the latest Coreldraw and Adobe for me, so I could use them. He's so far downloaded one, and not yet the other, so that's all I'm waiting on to get this finished.

It's been really aggravating to me to have all these toys, props, and sets done; and the only thing holding me back is getting a user friendly graphics program to get this going.

[Light496]

Sir, I don't mean rush your work; but......when will this be done ?, it's been more than a year. We want the funny skits back.

[Deslock]

Sir, I don't mean rush your work; but......when will this be done ?, it's been more than a year. We want the funny skits back.

Trust me, no one is more anxious to get this done than I am. I have spent a lot of money on this. I have the pirate ships, a pirate cove, lots of vehicles, lots of sets, buildings, and a ton of figures. And an awesome camera.

My fave so far has to be the DSA barracks though (Thank you Daz, you rule. Thank you for helping me with that !! ) I can't wait for you guys to see it. The major problem with this is trying to find the props in the proper scale, besides going to a dollhouse store. Try to find a toilet in 1/18th scale.... It's not easy. Everything I find is either too small, or too damn big. It's been a right challenge, but an enjoyable one.

I did indeed go shopping for a decent program, but everything was either just for making cheap crap like calendars, flyers, or business cards; or really expensive as Hell. I cannot believe that they are charging $3000.00 for Adobe now. Who in Hell has that kind of money..???!!!, that is besides businesses.

So like I said, a kind fellow DSA brother has volunteered to make a "copy" ("Ahem" ;) ) of Adobe and Corel for me. MS Paint is just too primitive for the special effects that I want to do.

When I finish this, I want it to be perfect. I could rush some things out, but I'd rather not settle for that. You guys and gals deserve the best. I have talked to Boss about helping me, but I don't want my project to become his burden, or obligation.

When I finish this up, I want it to be done right. So even against my own wishes, I've had to wait.

I have all these vehicles, props, sets, and figures; and I can't do anything with them. Very frustrating for me.

[Deslock]

Another setback has been that the "World peacekeeper" series that I'm mainly using, only comes out at Christmas time. I've been waiting over a year for them to get their damn website up so I could buy the figures and sets that the stores aren't carrying, and they still haven't finished it.

http://www.powerteamfigures.com/powerteam4/index.html.

And the Ebay and Amazon prices for their stuff is outright robbery.
I can fully understand wanting to make a profit; but charging twice or three times (or even more) for what these toys originally sell for is obscene.

[RageProphetXIII]

Des, I don't know why this is so expensive. The toy store here sell this similar stuff for cheap. Next time I stop by the shop I'll see what I can find.

Maybe they aren't the same quality. Let me look and see next time I'm out there.

[Deslock]

The fellow DSA member here did copy those programs for me, and is going to give them off to me on Friday; so I can finally finish this up.
I'll try and post more about it tonite.

[Deslock]

Okay, that last post was a quickie, because I had to leave for work.

Des, I don't know why this is so expensive. The toy store here sell this similar stuff for cheap. Next time I stop by the shop I'll see what I can find.

Maybe they aren't the same quality. Let me look and see next time I'm out there.

The main product line I'm using is the "World Peacekeepers" line as they are more realistic, and appropriate for the Battlefield series. Just check Amazon and Ebay, and you'll see what I'm talking about.

And they're not really expensive, but rather expensive for me personally.

Some weeks I only get a check for about $80.00 a week, and $50.00 of that has to go to our house note, and the rest for food. Not a lot left over for toys, but I've really been doing the best I can, with what I can. That's not an excuse, but merely an explanation.

Getting the toys (besides the jets) really hasn't been a problem, it's been waiting on a good user friendly graphics program that's really holding me up.
I have a ton of toys. Literally. I've probably spent hundreds of dollars for this project bit by bit over time. Actually, I know I have. Within the last two days I've even bought more, since I've been given more holiday hours.

I've got in work at least 4 entire story lines for this, with all the necessary toys for them each. This project is my pride and joy, so I will not rush it or come out with crappy substandard versions of it. As an artist and a Chef, I am a perfectionist in what I do or make.

You all are DSA. You are the best of the F'n best. And you all deserve the best that I can make for you. On this I will not settle.

Like I said before; a fellow DSA member downloaded both Adobe and Corel for me to finish this, and I should have them by Friday. Just give me some time to learn them both. This series should make internet history, and I have anything to do with it, it will. :D

Like I said before, the hardest part has been finding the pieces I need in the proper scale. 1/18th scale has not been easy to find, but it has been a labor of love. I just got a entire castle in 1/18th scale for a literal steal.

The only thing I've been waiting on for all this entire time is a decent user friendly graphics proggy, and hopefully that should be fixed by this weekend.

This might've taken a year, but I promise all of you, it will be worth the wait.

And I have to thank Daz for all of her help and support, and most of all her monetary help with this also. :D

[RageProphetXIII]

Well we have all been on the edge of our seats....but as impatient as we seem we'll keep standing by. We just want to make sure you have what is needed.

Also, have you set up a pay pal account?. We'd like to donate, as this kind of project takes time and money. I know it would help to get a little bit if a boost.

[dazwellia]

Des , it has been my pleasure to help out, especially now that I'm a jr member of the DSA myself. I have come to know these guys and see why you love them and being part of this site. You know I am always here for you, and I'll do anything I can to help.

[Deslock]

The fellow DSA member here did copy those programs for me, and is going to give them off to me on Friday; so I can finally finish this up.
I'll try and post more about it tonite.

Well, sigh....

I did get both copies that a DSA member made for me. The Adobe program was missing all the .dll files making it unusable, and the Corel program corrupted my windows I.E. files with "appcrash", so now I have to just use Chrome to surf, or either hard reset my computer back to it's factory original settings, and lose everything I have if I don't back everything up.

On a good note, I did get just about everything I needed today to finish up the new sets for the pirate cove and sky scenes for the Heli's, jets, and the new castle. And I also scored a PS2 disc that has all of the 60+ retro Intellivision games on it for $5.00. :D

So I guess I either have to bother Boss, or be doomed to trying to really figure out Gimp.

Oh well, such is life.

Ours is not to wonder why; ours is just to bitch and cry. As we used to say in the Army.

On a good note I did get a lot of really good figures and sets now. All I have to do now is paint them up and properly weather them in true DSA style. I'm just tired of being Snuffy.



There are times, when you just can't win.