I was going to do a Gabriel because I thought it would be unique enough, but it turns out that Sturmhold already did one that is pretty awesome, so I need to think of something else. This is where you all come in with a new poll.
Tell me what style and then we can get into what vehicle.
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Packrat Delay
Hey guys, I am sorry to say that I have a delay on the packrat. I was exporting everything and doing cleanups when I saw that the wheels came out like this.
So, I amd fixing it and all the wheels on the Mech Jock and Lance Leader files. Then I will need to re-export and then do the supports.
On the bright side, once I have the wheel model set I can use it in future models, so I know it’s frustrating on your side, and doubly so on mine, but it will help in the future for new things.
Update
Much Better
Already a New Month
I had hoped to get this model out two weeks ago, but life got in the way and, according to my nurses, no I cannot leave the hospital for a few hours to get some work done.
Really unfair if you ask me. The programs on the TV were crap so I finished a few books instead (see previous post for the first one).
Anyway, now that the whole situation is behind me for now (still have follow up appointments in the future) it is back to getting some stuff done. First is the above mentioned model of the Akuma. Updated a bit and made a Mech Jock and Lance Leader version of it so that is coming out very soon. Also working on the Swordsman as the next model as well as working on a vehicle model that is too be decided.
Thank you all again for the support. It’s amazing how much things can change in a week. But God is good and I have been fortunate.
Home
Hey everyone! So I am home now and have a bunch of meds that I have been prescribed to help my heart.
Apparently I am very weird. I went to my Echocardiogram appointment on Thursday (the start of this little adventure in WTF which immediatly led them to doing an EKG. From there the EKG the cardiologist came in and said that my ejection fraction, which should be around 50-70 was 7. Yeah, not good at all. The words that the cardiologist used were “You should be bed ridden and I have no idea how you are presenting as well as you are”.
He was even more surprised that I was going up and down stairs no problem, had done a aerobic and weight workout that morning no problem, and wasn’t feeling any sort of discomfort. So from there it was off to a hospital room and the next day they did a procedure to run a line in my heart to look for blockages and see if a stint was needed. What came out of that was that one artery was 100% blocked and the others were fine. Still no idea why I am doing so well though. Guess I am weird.
So, medications were prescribed and then observation over the weekend to see how I was doing. My ejection fraction went up the next day to 18 and my pulse and heart rate dropped, which is good. After that it was just being poked and prodded every few hours to make sure everything was working until the released me. Now I have follow up visits, follow up EKGs and ECGs to see how everything is going and if they need to do a stint later or if I can just get by with my med and diet.
Thank you everyone for the prayers. I thank you and thank God for supporting me through this and carrying me through. Bless all of you and I will get back to doing what I do ASAP. Doctor has cleared me to do whatever I feel like doing and to just tone down the work outs for a while.
Hospital
Hey everyone. I have news. I am heading to the hospital tonight. My doctor had an EKG done on me and there are some issues. They think it is a blockage to the heart and will be doing what they do to investigate and see what can be done.
I do not know how long I will be out for, hopefully only a week or so but I will try and get back to the models as soon as possible. Honestly, this will put a bit of a strain on my family so if you want to do anything to support I would appreciate if you would maybe consider getting a coffee club membership on the patreon to help with my family.
I hope that I will be in and out soon and will update you as things go. I will only have my phone so no modeling or anything like that, which will drive me nuts.
Anyway, God bless and keep all of you. I will let you know how it all goes.
Mark
Rook
Changing and confusing times. Changes to how I am doing the models, changes to the renders, heck, there are even changes to the color shading!
But, I hope that these changes are something you all like and make your gaming experience all that much better. I’ll be smoothing things out with the Lance Leader versions through the rest of the year. That means making parts versions of models and releasing those and the Mech Jock versions as well as going back to older models and updating them.
For this months model, I am pretty happy with it. My son saw it and said “What, the original Urbie wasn’t ugly enough so they had to make it bigger?” Which I think is pretty accurate..
Weekend
I am just going to say this week was freaking LONG! How does that happen that time just drags by even while I don’t have enough of it. At my regular job I had all kinds of stuff hit the fan, including an issue that it looks like I am going to have to go back to the client and apologize for (even though it wasn’t my fault I am the guy in charge so….) and at the part time one it was like tweeker central on Friday.
Now I am finishing the Rook, finally, got all the parts versions done and I am making the posed models for the Mech Jock setup. Had a few hiccups with the modeling and exporting, but I am getting into a rhythm with the new process now, so that is helping.
I hope you all like the new Lance Leader parts modeling, it does take a little more time but I think it’s worth it. All I have left is to pose the last models and then do the supports. Should be done by tomorrow.