Neoscream's Life: 11th to 17th March 2013

MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam (mobile suit mode)

Welcome to another week of my life. For those new to the blog, the "Neoscream's Life" posts are basically a weekly dairy of mine. It also includes the AJ Lee news; the latest Cosplay Deviants sets and news; my "Watch, Listen and Read" lists; and a painting/converting section with 7TV teams, DreadBall Figures and Super Dungeon Explore.

Ok, now let us talk about The Beat Program Guide. Yet another great team guide with several nice extras bits like the Sawn-Off Shotgun. Personal, I would say the new weapons like the Sawn-off Shotgun that were added in the Program Guides should be open to all teams. Also the bike and house upgrades for Beat Constables should be available to the standard Constables in the main rule book. The Program Guide has brought up two rules questions? First is do Archetypes that state a weapon name then type come with the weapon or do you still need to pay for it? An example of this is the Insidious Industrialist who has Pistol 4+. The second question is does the new weapon, Chib, do damage or just knocks the target prone. As it is the same cost as a Hand Weapon but has an effect and adds to strength. I asked about them on the Crooked Dice forums. The answer I ended up with the first question was what I had been all this time, you still need to pay for the weapon. This question came up due to the new co-star archetype in The Beat Program Guide could replace it's 3+ Pistol attack with a 4+ High Calibre Pistol attack for a cost of 5 ratings. I thought the negative of extra cost and a worst to hit chance on top of the extra cost of the weapon was too most, but according to Crooked Dice Games it is balanced. This means I do not need to panic rush a Technician for next upgrade for my CWC team that is coming soon. The answer I ended up with the second question was that is did do damage. All the rule and description for the weapon did pointed at it doing damage, but it was the same cost as all the other standard melee weapons (Hand Weapon, Two-Handed Weapon and Cosh), but tons better. Why have any of the other hand weapons, if you can get the Chib. This will be the only Program Guide weapon I will NOT aloud outside the Criminal or the Beat teams unless the character wants it as a Signature Weapon (maybe). On other 7TV, images of next month's figure releases have been revealed, these are five more member of the Future Freedom Fighters.

On Wednesday evening, Mantic finally did a update post on the DreadBall KickStarter about the second wave of DreadBall stuff. There was good some good news and some major major bad news. First the good news. They revealed the scalps of the Female Corporation team. They look really great to me and I am glad that I went for them back doing the first survey. The Second bit of good news is that they have revealed the cover for the Season Two, which looks awesome with the Robot team and Cheerleaders (oh and the Judwan). The third bit of good new is that Mantic showed the number of figures in each player type in the boxed teams and it showed that robot team box set will have six Jacks, two Strikers and two Guards. That right they will have ten figures in the box set instead of eight. Sweet, more robots to crush people with. Now for the bad news. All the extra Season one stuff (Alt sculpts, keepers and prone tokens, but most likely not Buzzcut) as well as the extra Season Two bits (keepers and prone tokens) are being postponed until the third wave of stuff that is slated for September. There is not information on the Asterian (Elf) team and their MVP which was promised to be available with the second shipment as KickStarter early gift. Over all I am a little disappointed with Mantic for screwing? things up with this shipment, especially after including the Season One extra is the second shipment survey and then saying they will not be sent out until the third shipment less then a week for the original end of the second shipment ending (which the extended the dead line by a week due as they made the statement). I understand the reasons, however have a really bad feeing that the third shipment with be ever split into two or it we be heavy delayed, as if they only manage to do the basic Season two teams (roughly twelve scruples), about ten MVPs, four cheerleaders and four coaches, around thirty scruples in four months. This will mean they going to have to do the extra Season One stuff (twenty scruples), the Season Two extras (eighteen scruples), all the Season Three with extras teams (twenty to thirty-two scruples depending one if there are alternate scruples for Season Three), about five MVPs and four big guys in five months for the third shipment. That is sixty-eight to eighty scruples. Can not see it happening on time sadly. Ok, technology by the sound of things the scruples for the Season One extras are done, it just the molds will not be ready by the second shipment. But, still it will be a massive task with the Kings of War and Loka KickStarter stuff, oh and the standard Warpath stuff.

Currently on Skylanders Giants I have completed the first twelve chapters with three stars on the first four. Legendary Stealth Elf is at level 14, just one level from max and she is a beast in combat. The game is still enjoyable, but I have to cut down on playing it as I do have other things to do, it is the reason why my "Watch, Listen and Read" section this week is so small.

Now for some AJ Lee news. AJ appeared on Raw this Monday the 11th of March. AJ was supporting Dolph with Big E like normal. Dolph had a revenge match against Daniel Bryan for upsetting poor AJ last week on Smackdown. Dolph won the match and after the match AJ had Big E beat the crap out of Daniel again.

On Smackdown on Friday the 15th of March, AJ was supporting Dolph with Big E like normal. Dolph had a match against Daniel Bryan's tag team parter Kane. Daniel was at ringside for Kane. Dolph won the match and Big E beat the crap out of both Daniel and Kane.

On Slam on Saturday the 16th of March, Booker T revealed the new GM of Slam. As Slim is a kids show a person who writes kids books and is a future Hall of Famer was chosen. Santa Claus. Opps sorry that is one of his multiple personalities. I mean Mick Foley. He made Daniel his assistant. AJ and Dolph was not happy about it saying they should be running Slam as they are the power couple in the WWE. Sadly for AJ there are two couples (real life ones too) that are higher up in the WWE peeking order. Foley decide to Put Dolph and Daniel in a match against each other (remember that Slam is recorded over two weeks before it airs). AJ and Big E were was supporting Dolph. Dolph ended up losing this match.

Now for the Watch, Listen and Read section:

Monday
Brought and Received: The Beat Program Guide for 7TV and three more Skylanders who were Lightcore Prism Break, Bouncer and Pop Fizz.

Tuesday
Listened: Episode 354 of Anime Pulse.

Wednesday
WLR: Nothing.

Thursday
Received: A set of new bedding (purple colour) and the Skylanders figure of Sprocket, Ignitor, Chill and Zook.

Friday
Watched: Episode 1033 of WWE Raw.
Received: My ticket to Salute.

Saturday
Watched: Episode 686 of WWE Smackdown.

Anna Cherry in "Lithium Flower"

Envy in "Jeepers"

Sunday
Watched: Episodes 6 to 9 Season Two of Game of Thrones and episode 15 of Dragon Ball Z Kai.
Brought and Received: A new pair of stereo headphones.

Now for the week's Cosplay Deviants sets. On Monday there was a new set from the new deviant Anna Cherry. The set is called Lithium Flower and in it she cosplayed as Major Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell. On Wednesday there was a new set from the deviant Envy. The set is called Jeepers and in it she cosplay as Velma Dinkley from Scooby-Doo. And finally the set on Saturday was a new set from the fantastic deviant Jsica. Yes that is right. She is not sadly back, but she is meant to have done some more set then I first thought before she left. The set is called Gunner Sphere and in it she cosplayed as Yuna in her standard Final Fantasy X-2 gear. Other Jsica sets that might be in the pile of up and coming sets are plug-suit Asuka from Evangelion, Catwoman from the Batman comics and Seven of Nine from Star Trek Voyager.

Jsica in "Gunner Sphere"

This week will be doing new Cosplay card for Erisaka and Caprice and an object token for Nude Deviant Photos.

Lastly is this week' painting and converting section. Again I am doing another double bill. First off is a bonus group of figures DreadBall figures. Originally I was not going to do any more DreadBall figures until the second wave of DreadBall stuff arrived. But after the first DreadBall Tournament at Wargames Workshop MK I made a bunch of conversations. The first and major conversation was changing  Hasslefree's HFF008 Madison into the Motorball version Alita from Battle Angel Alita. The second was turning Hasslefree's HFF002 Powered-Armour Libby into a DreadBall keeper. The third was a a second Ref bot for a second pitch which I will be getting in the next wave of KickStarter stuff. The four is a female Corporation player I made out of random parts. I also painted the extra two Corporation players I had. I was going to do a Dwarf coach as well, but I changed my mind while painting. The figure will ever be a bronze statue for some terrain or a future DreadBall trophy.

The six newly painted figures

Alita leading the Cyber-Tech Primer while Coach AJ is busy doing other things.

The Ref Bots

Next is a new 100 rating 7TV team with a license to kill. A James Bond team. Current the figures I am using as soldiers are place holders until I get something better at ever Salute or Campaign.

Staring, James Bond
Arch Type: Flamboyant Agent
Move: 6
Def: 5
Hits: 3
Str: 3
Agi: 4
Int: 4
Mor: 6
Attacks: Brawl 4+ and High Calibre Pistol 2+.
Special Effects, Star Qualities and other notes: Making Their Own Luck, Gadget, Seduce, Military Training, Infitrator, Saboteur, Plucky, A Good Offence and Luck (2).
Rating: 64
Model: Hasslefree Miniatures HFA107 Codename: Alexander.

Extra, 3 British Soldiers
Arch Type: Soldiers.
Rating: 12 each.

Future plans for this team is to add Q and M, oh and more Soldiers. Next week I will be another double be. First I will be doing the fifth group of Super Dungeon Explore which will be a Kobolt Dragon Priest, two Drake Wyrmlings, four (well two bases of two) Drake Hatchlings and two Drake Whelps. And second I will be doing the 200 point version of my CWC team.

Until next time, Armour Up.