3d Model Of The Aurora

3d model of the Aurora

Here’s another thing I made for the Mechs. I based it off the picture of the Aurora on the mechs wiki, as well as the schematics drawn by the person who played Nastya. I made it to include the solar sail thing mentioned in both. Although since it isn’t clear exactly what a solar sail is, its basically just an umbrella. Under a read more since its a pretty long post.

I’m proud of the sail being functional. That took a lot of googling to figure out! I also made the sail removable, with a little insert that gives it a cap I guess. The paint definitely needs some touch ups, but not bad for about 5-ish days of work I think?

... please validate my effort? (TvT)

Ok, so, I need a second opinion on this, but no one I know in person has seen both TMA and Homestuck, and even on here I’ve only seen one person actively be a fan of both.

So, would the Trickster lollypop be a Spiral/Corruption mix artifact? I mean, the Spiral part is pretty obvious. The candy has spiral imagery, it warps reality, causes a nearly insane attitude in the people it infects, and the tricksters terrorize pretty much everyone else with their reality warping (as much as various prospitians, dersites, and assorted sprites could be terrorized).

But I think corruption also fits for a couple reasons. The Candy is highly infective, like a disease. It also causes a form of obsessive, unhealthy love in the users, which fits with the corruptions toxic love aspect.

Idk, I just thought of it after listening to some homestuck music while working on a tma door decoration for halloween.

So, my hand slipped and sketched that reunion scene from my dream, enjoy!)

Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

HELLO HI i've spent so much time doing this

i hope you'll like it!