Weekend & More
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 7:52AM I've had some fun over the weekend -- I have axed a few toons on Virtue, freeing up some slots once again. I did restart Darkbrand as a Dark/dark Controller rather than a Scrapper. The costume got a slight mod, but I had several people comment on the costume once again. Thanks to several Death From Below runs combined with Positron 1 and half of Positron 2 (the leader went AFK before one mission and never came back.), I got him up to 19 relatively quickly.
I came up with a nice Purple/red/gold costume with the New Statesman helm and emblem that is available. Costume is saved, but I've not found the right powerset to run with him. Again this look got nods and random tells so I really do want to run with it.
I also reactivated a one-eyed costume. I like the effect and have always wanted to try it again . So keeping with the red/purple blend with gold/white highlghts, I redid him. His original build was skinny, with a tail. I beefed him up, gave him a half mantle cape, with gold disk broaches holding up an Arachnos cape done up in mono color. You get that cape at level 1 -- If you make it the same color on both sides, you can do a normal cape before level 20 without having to buy it. His is gold inside, white outside. Given him the name Psideways, something I've used once before, I got him on a few DFB runs, getting him to level 14 in short order. Both Psideways and Darkbrand need groups.
Swift Mantis got a little play over the weekend, attending the Recruitment Faire. That was a fun event, and it almost immediately filled KR. Attendance spread over into a second then a third zone. Dawn Patrol hosted, with Justice Corps, Eternals, Tessaract Castle, Hero Dawn, and other groups in attendance. Although Swift Mantis's group "The Heroic Society" saw no recurits, it was obviously VERY successful for the larger groups. I took a lot of shots of toons in attendance. I'll be intermixing toon shots with cover shots over the next month. I've already got images lined up for the next 10 days, waiting to publish. I'll add more as I make covers. I'm trying to make sure that I'm publishing SOMETHING each day, without going too heavy either way. After the leader gave up on the faire, I returned as Ice-Agent and did land a spot on the Eternals.
Sidebar got an update yesterday -- Adding the Goodreads images. I got involved with it through the Sword and Laser Podcast which I've been following. They do their discussions on Goodreads as a group. I DO so need to read more. Most of the books I do "read" are done through Audible and their downloadable spoken books. Sometimes when I'm through all my podcasts I do so love to LISTEN to a good book. But alas, getting two books a month through them has proven a bit much, as I've several books built up that I've not listened to. Another thing that is filling my iPod.
Of the three new character sets I've no Beast controller in play . I started one, but didn't like it so gave it the axe. More from his appearance & name than the powerset itself.
One fluke over the weekend -- I noticed that I had a few unturned Cards on the account. I went ahead and did turn them over. One of the things to pop up was the Dark Wolf companion pet, which is now appearing on all my characters. I've only got a few that it fits, but it is big and gets noticed. Apparently they are very rare. I may have to start a Beast controller with it in mind.
Wish me luck.
