{"id":291,"date":"2010-04-21T20:47:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T19:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=291"},"modified":"2010-04-21T20:47:35","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T19:47:35","slug":"and-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/and-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"And remember…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…always read all <\/em>the rules \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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I know it’s obvious, you see an online competition and you read through all the rules before taking part. Well, it may be obvious but it’s something I often forget \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So, the other day I noticed a competition <\/a>with a rather nice first prize, a trip to New Zealand and a visit to Weta – the important details were fairly clear “Don\u2019t just sit around like a nilly wag, design the latest and greatest rayguns<\/strong> using Blender<\/strong> \u2014 the free but ever-so-awesome 3D software to help your wicked creations come to life.”<\/em> As I say, the important details were clearly shown, not only that but were printed in bold \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

A short while after reading seeing the competition I was busy trying to design my first raygun, sadly for me I missed the important bit of the competition rules, namely that I should use Blender (that ever-so-awesome 3D software) to create the raygun. My first attempt at a raygun was the ‘multiphasing-twiddly-gun’<\/em>…<\/p>\n

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\nAfter the ‘multiphasing-twiddly-gun’<\/em>, I visited the workshop of Dr Grordbort, where the ‘featherlight-sniper-rifle’<\/em> was still sitting on the workbench…<\/p>\n

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\nIt was whilst I was busy playing with this rifle that I went back to the competition website and checked the details, I experienced that sinking feeling that the hours I’d spent in 3D Studio Max had just been wasted and I now have to decide whether I wish to learn how to use Blender or find another way to New Zealand. Next time, I’ll read the rules twice \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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