JUNE 03 2001 - SUNDAY
DVD Weekend Suggestions
Released last Tuesday, it's a no brainer to choose Steven Spielberg's
1977 classic Close
Encounters Of The 3rd Kind. If you are too young to have seen this
in theaters and have never seen it, go to the video store NOW!!! :) To
read my thoughts on the movie head on over to my
Home Cinema section and click on the DVD
Reviews Icon.
Remember you can also participate in the reviews. At the bottom of each
DVD review are links to place your votes and let other readers see what
you thought of the movie as well.
Moulin Rouge - Amazing Eye Candy
WOW, After Shrek this is my second favourite movie of the summer so far.
The visuals are amazing and who new Obi Wan could actually sing! It's
a bit weird in the begining but you quickly get drawn in. I think it helps
if you are older and actually listened to 80's pop because it is very
amuzing to recognise the songs they sing, though in new arrangements.
JUNE 05 2001 - TUESDAY
Top 6 Results - Did your votes make the cut?
Did Vader's Secret remain at #1? just head on over to the Top
Six Favourite Dioramas and Top Six Wanted
Dioramas Sections to find out the results from las months votes.
Another New Visitor Added
You want to see how Hasbro should make Vehicles? Check out the pictures
of Michael Fright's work.
Simply Awesome. You might have gotten a peek of his work on other sites
last week. You can see 19 pictures of his work as well as other visitors
amazing dioramas in Niubniub's Visitors
Section.
Been a while - 3 people found secret page
Congratulations to Melanie, Donna231 and Wedge77 who found niubniub's
Secret page. If you have yet to find the secret page, practice your skills
it might come in handy at the end of the month ;)
JUNE 06 2001 - WEDNESDAY
Character VR Wednesday
Going back in time a little for this week's VR is Death
Star Trooper. He looks like he wants to go jogging - LOL. Check him
out for yourselves and the other cool stop motion animated figures in
the Virtual Characters C:VR section.
Finally went to see Pearl Harbor
Well my co-workers finally dragged me to go see Pearl Harbor. After all
the bad reviews I had lost the desire to see this film and wanted to wait
for the dvd. Well it wasn't as painfull as I expected, though we did groan
a lot. The best part of course as if I have to say...ILM's effects for
the attack on Pearl Harbor. WOW. Simply Awesome. Ah to think I almost
worked on this film. If you aren't sure about seeing this film, go on
cheap night. The battle is a BIG screen must see.
JUNE 09 2001 - SATURDAY
Improved News Archives
I spent a good part of the morning making things easier for those of
you who wish to see what you might have missed in the past year. There
are now direct links in the News History Archives that will bring you
directly to the past updates. I think you will find it very user friendly.
Return Of The Jedi Consoles - Tease
Well you might have seen the Death
Star Consoles I made based on Episode 4. Many of you have been asking
me if I plan on making a version that appeared in Episode 6 in the Emperor's
Tower. Well YES of course - LOL. Here is a peak of the decals I made.
On monday I will show you what they look like on actual consoles .
JUNE 14 2001 - THURSDAY
No I am NOT dead - Yet! LOL
For the last 4 days I have been in bed with the flu, sleeping and eating
chicken soup until it came out my ears. NO MORE SOUP!!!! ;P
Finally yesterday I was feeling better and took advantage of my last
day home from work. Below you will see all that I have prepared for you.
With the overtime that consumed the month of May and now getting sick
begining of June I can understand why A LOT of people were asking...Where
are the Diorama updates? - LOL
Well one thing I did figure out was that I started way too many things
at the same time. Work a little on this, a little on that. You get the
feeling you haven't done anything because nothing is complete. Thus also
making gaps in the updates. So I have figured out my battle plan to get
back to what you like best about niubniub's...Dioramas Updates!
1- Finish Tantive IV, Leia's Plans Diorama
2- Sculpt the Jedi's Legs and Finish Phase 2 of Jedi Council.
3- Finish my Return Of The Jedi Death Star Consoles
4- Finish organising my BIG 1rst Anniversary Contest for June 30th
5- Start Niubniub Year 2 with a BANG - Millenium Falcon
How does that sound? If you think I am nuts let me know. On second thought
maybe you shouldn't ;)
New Diorama Rebel Hangar Pictures
I uploaded new Yavin Rebel
Hangar pictures including newly released figures like our friend Porkins.
Check them out when you have a moment.
Finally NEW updates Leia's Plans
Okay, A lot of you know I was waiting for Sebulba's Pod to finish this
Diorama but could not figure out why?. Well today you SEE the brilliant
reason for using the Pod's Engine. For NEW pictures of Leia's
Plans go to Page 13,
Page 14, Page
15 and Page 16 in
Niubniub's Sneak Previews Dioramas
Section and click on the Leia Thumbnail.Want even more? How about ...
NEW pictures Jedi Chair B
Been sooo long since an actual Diorama update you still want more eh?
How about seeing the steps I took to finish sculpting the Jedi
Chair Model B. New pictures are on Page
7, Page 8, Page
9 and Page 10 in Niubniub's
Sneak Previews Dioramas Section and click on the Jedi Council Thumbnail.
Secret Page Detectives
Congratulations this week to JD, Les, Jaco, Paul D. and John who managed
to find the infamous Niubniub Secret Page. Way to go guys!. If you had
fun trying to find it, You will LOVE the hunt on June 30th ;)
JUNE 17, 2001 - SUNDAY
Summer Movies - saw myself a double feature :)
This weekend we saw the release of 2 possible blockbusters, so you knew
I had too go see both of them right? :) Maybe you decided to do the same.
3:00 pm - TOMB RAIDER
What can I say. Yes I played all the video games, Yes I was expecting
to see live action versions of the games cut scenes and Yes, I was hoping
this would be as cool as Raiders of the Lost Arc. Let's Just say Steven
Spielberg has nothing to worry about LOL.
Angelina is very good as Croft and her british accent is pretty impressive.
The action scenes with the bungee was my fave. The temple interior was
cool until water spurts out and makes a piece of the stone tablet float
in the spray. Yikes, soo fake. Even 1967 Sinbad is better.
The story is sometimes slow but nowhere as PooPoo as Aint It Cool News
suggests. Is it worth $12, well not really but certainly on a half ticket
Tuesday or matinee it is worth a peak.
5:30 pm - Atlantis
Every summer I go see Disney animation. No, not just because I work in
movie fx, because I am very impressed with their visuals and quality of
the animation. I must sadly say that Atlantis BORED me. I hated the drawing
style of the characters. Not one of them had me hooked. The story seemed
to take forever. This was nowhere as impressive as Aladdin or Hercules
or Mulan. Maybe it's because there were no songs in the movie. Maybe Disney
needs to take a break.
I know I won't be adding this movie to my DVD collection when it comes
out at Xmas. Do yourself a HUGE favor and go rent Titan A.E. instead.
A much better movie that better captured the use of 3D and 2D animation.
Plus Titan is a way better story. Sorry Disney but this is no Lion King.
JUNE 19, 2001 - TUESDAY
More updates Leia's Plans - almost complete :)
I am very very close to finishing this diorama. It will have some really
cool pictures when ready. A lot more then I had originally thought possible.
To see this weekend's NEW pictures of Leia's
Plans go to Page 17,
Page 18 and Page
19 in Niubniub's Sneak Previews
Dioramas Section and click on the Leia Thumbnail.
Finished the mold - pictures Jedi Chair B
Sure worked long and hard for you guys this past sunday :) I finished
making the mold of the Jedi Chair
Model B. New pictures are on Page
10, Page 11 and Page
12 in Niubniub's Sneak Previews
Dioramas Section and click on the Jedi Council Thumbnail.
JUNE 20, 2001 - WEDNESDAY
Character VR Wednesday
You ask and you shall receive :) This week's VR courtesy of Logan Spain's
request is Darth Vader Dagobah. You
can see Luke's face exposed if you pause the animation. Check him out
for yourselves and the other cool stop motion animated figures in the
Virtual Characters C:VR section.
Wanna see your favourite figure animated next week? E-mail
me your suggestions.
"Boiler Wrap" Downlaods - Leia's Plans
I added the Boiler Wrap
texture to the Tantive IV Downloads
Section for those of you following along my instructions. You now have
all the needed textures to recreate the Leia's
Plans diorama.
New Visitor pictures Added
I am way behind in this section. I am trying to catch up as quick as
I can. Today you can check out the pictures of Paul
Dye's work. His Star Wars room is really cool, he's almost as nuts
as I am - LOL.
Today I noticed that another site has premiered it's own Diorama section
and even asks for visitors to submit pictures....hmmm....I wonder where
they got that idea? :) - LOL
I just want to mention that I do not judge your work. Everyone who sends
in pictures to niubniub's gets their own section. Choosing one instead
of another to me is not a good way to motivate or encourage people into
creating their own dioramas.
You can check out Paul's as well as all the other visitors amazing dioramas
in Niubniub's Visitors Section.
Star Wars Episode 1 DVD - Finally October 16 :)
You guys know I am not a news site - I leave that to the other pro's.
But this item has got me too excited. Place that date in your calenders
and if you we're waiting for a good excuse to buy a DVD player - This
is a great one ! Check out the Official Star Wars Site for the AWESOME
details.
JUNE 23, 2001 - SATURDAY
DVD Weekend Suggestions
Today I have added my reviews for the classic Superman.
A must own DVD if you like comic book movie adaptations done right. Nils
also sent in his thoughts on many favourite lists...The
Matrix. Head on over to my Home Cinema section and click on the DVD
Reviews Icon to read these and other titles from my collection.
Remember you can also participate in the reviews. At the bottom of each
DVD review are links to place your votes and let other readers see what
you thought of the movie as well.
1week left until june 30th ;)
Next Saturday will be my first anniversary online and the beginning of
the "Where's Niubniub?" contest. So I thought what better way
to countdown then to catch up with all the pictures you guys have sent
me, and post 1 New Visitor Section every day starting now...
Visitors Diorama Blowout Week - Day 1
I have never seen anyone attempt this diorama before, yet a great scene
in Empire Strikes Back. Check Jason
Miller's Bespin "Won't you join us for dinner" Diorama.
If you have made a diorama, Remember to send them in and shre them with
the rest of the world to see in Niubniub's
Visitors Section.
JUNE 24, 2001 - SUNDAY
Visitors Diorama Blowout Week - Day 2
Today you can view Brent Gothold's
amazing Sarlaac Pit. Brent used my Making Of as inspiration and made the
Sarlaac even better. Check it out now! If you have made a diorama, Remember
to send them in and share them with the rest of the world to see in Niubniub's
Visitors Section.
JUNE 25, 2001 - MONDAY
Visitors Diorama Blowout Week - Day 3
Today I have updated new Cantina pictures of Daniel
Elmore's cool diorama. Check it out now!
Leia's Plans are finished :)
Today is a holliday in Quebec, so I am organising the last of the Leia's
Plans Sneak Preview that will be online tomorrow. I will take a lot
of cool pics recreating the scenes from Star Wars and post those Wednesday.
Be sure to come and visit.
JUNE 26, 2001 - TUESDAY
Visitors Diorama Blowout Week - Day 4
Today I am happy to share the work of Justin
Cook. He has made a very cool Cantina including customs that Hasbro
should definately make. Just head on over to Niubniub's
Visitors Dioramas Section. If you have made a diorama, why not share
them with us. It's really cool to see how others use their creativity.
Last Leia's Plans Sneak Previews
As promised, you can now see the last 2 pages of Leia's
Plans Sneak preview. Just go to Niubniub's Sneak Previews Section.
The New pictures are on Pages
20 and Page 21. Tomorrow
I will post the finished movie pictures.
JUNE 27, 2001 - WEDNESDAY
Character VR Wednesday
In honour of Leia's
Plans I thought what better figure for this week then Princess
Leia Commtech herself. You can see her in 360 degree stop motion animation
in the Virtual Characters C:VR section.
Leia's Plans in Star Wars Diorama Section.
Well it took me 2 months longer then I had planned - LOL - but I am verry
happy with the finished result. It looks just like the movie set. It's
final home will be in the Star
Wars Dioramas Section, Episode
4, Tatooine.
Click on Tantive IV
- Leia's Plans to see 10 NEW pictures of the finished diorama.
Send me an E-mail, let me know what you think. Was it worth all the wait?
:)
Visitors Diorama Blowout Week - Day 5
I have updated NEW pictures to Max
Custer's Section. You can now see finished pictures of his Jedi Council
Chairs as well as his cool Sarlaac pit. Head on over to Niubniub's
Visitors Dioramas Section and check them out.
JUNE 28, 2001 - THURSDAY
Visitors Diorama Blowout Week - Day 5
Today you will find updates in James
Garner's existing section. 11 new pictures of a really cool Jabba's
Palace. Just head on over to Niubniub's
Visitors Dioramas Section.
JUNE 29, 2001 - FRIDAY
Hi-Res Leia's Plans Pictures
If you enjoyed the pictures from Tantive
IV - Leia's Plans diorama but wanted to see more details look no further
then Niubniub's Hi-Res Dioramas
Section. Click on any of the 5 Leia's
plans links.
Visitors Diorama Blowout Week - Day 6
I have updated Lars Intemann's
section. Lars made a very nice Dagobah Vader Tree Diorama. Check it out
now!
Have you made a diorama?
Why not send them in and share them with the rest of the world to see
in Niubniub's Visitors Section.Tomorrow
is THE BIG DAY !
Tomorrow will mark Niubniub's First Anniversary Online and the start
of the Annual "Where's Niubniub?" Contest. You will freak when
you see the Grand Prize ;) and will definetaly want to play the game.
I promise :)
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