(Part 4) Top products from r/RWBY

Greetings!

I know I have been fairly inactive on the subreddit but I am wishing you all well. As for what's new with me:

• Went to Missouri for the first time the other weekend to meet up with an online friend that is also a writer who is very lovely and talented. I also got to volunteer at a con and meet certain two VAs from RWBY which was a very unique experience. Missouri was a lot of fun too. Got to go to an arcade that had axe-throwing. Oh, and met this voice actor that just released his podcast, Scared Shirtless, which is pretty neat.
  
  
• One of my friend's released his novel Hard Luck Black Coffee ; I have had the honor of reading the original copy and providing my notes for. Really cool guy and the read is page-turner with witty humor. It already has three five-star reviews!
  
  
• One of my animator friends has sent me the rough storyboard for one of my original stories which I am very excited for. It will only be the first few chapters I will publish on Webtoons but I am quite thrilled to finally get the ball rolling.
  
  
• I can't believe the 7th volume of RWBY is coming up fast. I will be very curious how they will portray the "thirsty moms" particularly Willow. I just really hope they do the mothers justice. Either way, should be a good volume.
  
  If any of y'all need any support I am here!

FANFIC FRIDAY: BABIES EDITION

Alright, everybody, we got another FF Friday post to enjoy so let's get down to business.

Yes, after many holds, delays, and hair-pulling frustration, AQMW 50 is now live, it went pretty late last night. So it might have been technically today for you. This chapter represents a pretty major turning point in the story and I do hope that you enjoy it.

That being said before I go into the next bit of news, I want to direct your attention to This link right here

Did you all look at it? Okay, let's keep going then.

So you all might remember how I’ve often made references to working on a secret project on the side for quite a while now Which of course is partially why Dust Eater has been on hold for a couple of months now. Well, I’m now officially able to talk about what that project was after talking to a Subreddit mod.

I wrote a book, specifically I wrote an altered version of the AQMW novel called “A Silent Monochrome World” which was, cleaned up (of course not perfectly), expanded on to the point where I added an entirely new chapter for chapter 1 that took place before the start of the fic, Rewrote chapter one of the fic from scratch and hired an artist to do cover art for it. Almost every chapter was improved in some way shape or form, and honestly, considering how many months I spent on it, I can’t even begin to tell you how much pride I have in getting this out finally after a surprising amount of hard work. Because of this, I did add links under the AQMW title for the Ebook and Paperback Amazon pages, and well yeah. There you go!

So yeah, I don’t have a whole heck of a lot else to say this week, As always, thanks for reading and posting and I do hope y'all have a great weekend, and happy reading/writing!


WRITING:

A QUIET AND MONOCHROME WORLD: Most Recent chapters: Chapters 50 - 11/14/2019

A SILENT AND MONOCHROME WORLD: Ebook and Paperback

ON HOLD:

DUST EATER: Most Recent chapters: Chapter 56 - 09/03/2019

OVERPOWERED Most Recent chapters: Chapter 2 - 05/22/2019

A QUIET AND MONOCHROME WORLD: BROKEN SHIELD Most Recent chapters: Chapter 2 - 08/14/2019


READING:


Death Would've Been Preferable: By SgtChrysalis - Last Chapter Read: 29

Rogues in Remnant By rymac0513 - Last Chapter Read: 1

Summer School: By Paulternative - Last Chapter Read: 5

A Hidden Rwby By FireGire96 - Last Chapter Read: 1 (Caught up)

Finished WITH REVIEWS:

Running Through The Rain: By SaturnNights - So I guess this story is flagged complete on FF.net So I'll give it a quick review. It’s 14.2k words long, across 14 chapters. I honestly thought the story was still ramping up not winding down. The only real “event” that happened here is the writer had them be sad over Pyrrha followed by Sun Punching out Jaune before there all friends out of the blue? The conflict lasted a chapter and was done. I’ll be honest, I can’t recommend this one because of how little happens over the story, and how short it is.

Thanks!

Color can be a pain, this is actually only my second drawing ever that I was satisfied with how the color came out.

I found that higher quality color pencils make a big difference, the key is finding pencils with a soft core so the color blends better. This is what I used for this drawing. Also an ink pen is good for going over the lines to make the colors more clear.

Having a good and consistent sleep schedule is very important, especially as you get older. Good luck!

I dunno if vibration would work better than sound, but there are alarms for deaf and hearing impaired people. There's this little vibrator you put under your pillow and pretty much shakes you awake. I've never used one, but I had deaf occupants living in the room under me at college, and their version of snoozing it was putting the vibrator on their night stand. That thing would raise a racket.


And aww crap, I forgot to post a song this week.

Added a new chapter to Five for Iron, set five years before canon. (Here's the ff.net link, for anyone who prefers that site.) Anywho, this chapter is my first from Winter's POV, and I'm hoping I did an OK job with that, while still keeping the premise engaging.

Reading:
I finished Cadillac Desert this week, and I've gotten about 100 pages into Animal, Vegetable, Miracle since then. Both are brilliantly written and wonderfully subversive, but considering my line of work I may be a smidge biased.

I feel like this is Mojojoj's RWBY Anthology manga he made.

Twitter link:https://twitter.com/mojojoj27827860/status/865284057239769088

Official Site: http://www.homesha.jp/p/RWBY_1/

Amazon JP link: https://www.amazon.co.jp/OFFICIAL-MANGA-ANTHOLOGY-Vol-1-%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9/dp/4834232506/

Alt link: http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-8342-3250-9&mode=1

If it's not, then I don't know what it is. Doesn't look like the Shirow Miwa manga.

It was originally the little plastic monster that came with the Alisa Ilyinichna Omela Nendoroid
I used an exacto knife to shave all the plastic parts off to make the right body shape, then took apoxy sculpt clay to make the body texture and spikes, then I sprayed Tamiya Grey Primer on top, then painted it black/white/red with Tamiya acrylic paints.
I hope this helps.

RWBY https://www.amazon.com/dp/1421595125/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_f8F4Db3CZAD2C

Manga anthology

RWBY: Official Manga Anthology, Vol. 1: Red Like Roses (1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1974701573/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_D.F4DbER2YARS

RWBY: Official Manga Anthology, Vol. 2: Mirror Mirror (2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1974701581/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_obG4Db9EZDQQF

RWBY: Official Manga Anthology, Vol. 3: From Shadows (3) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1974702812/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_hcG4Db2Z9QJ5X

RWBY: Official Manga Anthology, Vol. 4: Burn (4) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1974702820/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QcG4DbNCNBQ9Y

So, for the weapon slipping out thing, you could try a small amount of blue tack, like you would use to hang posters to make the spot she should be holding a little thicker. I've used this on Gundam models, and it works well.

http://www.amazon.com/CoolGlow-Sticky-Tack/dp/B000HAZCS8

Because it's a very Japanese media-mix thing to do. Ever heard of how there was an Attack on Titan Anthology graphic novel, featuring short stories written and drawn by American comic artists? Yeah, that happened. And Kodansha USA licensed it. It's available for purchase.

Other franchises have had this treatment, including Final Fantasy, specifically the Crystal Chronicles series having a 4-panel anthology manga.

EDIT: Also, what Cloudssj43 said about Doujin culture.

These are my pens, I really like them because they write smooth and dry almost right away, I don't think I've ever had trouble with them smudging.

Studio Series is the brand of colored pencil I use.

Nope, shooter. I don't get it either.

I think you need this.

It's dangerous to go alone. Take this with you!