A new month, new software to play with!

Well a new month has begun well were into it now. There’s only 15 days till Xmas (for those of you who are counting.)
Well at the moment I’m playing with yet another piece of new software. This time its nothing to do with music creation it is a 3D modelling program called 3ds MAX. I’ve got the 2008 version.


Its proving quite fun to play with and I have been following some tutorials that I have found on the web. So far I have made a chess set and a plane. That doesn’t sound like much I know, but it takes a lot of time if you aren’t used to using it. Eventually I hope to get to the standard of making mods (What is a mod) for games. Particularly for the PC version of Bethesda Game Studios Oblivion.

These mods will add in new weapons and armour and even new features to the game. So it is good because it makes it possible to play the game for longer without getting bored.

Any way enough about mods and back to 3ds Max. The program is very good i think worth the money. (For a free 30 day trial click here).

There are other programs that do the same job but i feel they are harder to use. Programs such as blender are free. (Get blender here) but the interface seems a more difficult to get the hang of.
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Information about the interview with William Wallace

All the information to make this fictional interview was gathered from wikipedia

Please take the time to read the wikipedia entry on william wallace at
William Wallace's entry

Also feel free to visit the entry on Scotland
Scotland's entry

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Interview With William Wallace

An artists rendition of William Wallace

Well I’m here interviewing famous Scottish patriot and commander SIR William Wallace.

So William when were you born?

“Well I was born 1272 in Elderslie (A map of Elderslie), Scotland”

Well I’m sure you know but it is said that you are one of the most famous Scots in history, how does that feel?

“I’m overwhelmed really; I didn’t do all that I did for recondition I did it to save the country I love from oppression.”

When you were a child did you ever think that one day you would be leading the Scotland on the way to independence.

“Well no, not really. When I was a child I saw how people were treated, and deep down I knew that it wasn’t right but I never thought that one day I would be marching into battle to try and change it.

So how did that battle for independence begin?

“It began when in May 1297; my wife Marion Braidfute of Lamington was killed by William Heselrig, the English Sheriff of Lanark. Then after that I achieved victory in skirmishes at Loudoun Hill (near Darvel, Ayrshire) and Ayr; I also fought alongside Sir William Douglas the Hardy at Scone, routing the English justiciar, William Ormesby. I helped to free towns such as Aberdeen, Perth, Glasgow, Scone, Dundee, and all lands north of the Firth of Forth.”

A famous battle you fought in was the “The Battle of Stirling Bridge” can you tell us any more about that?

“Well it was 11 September 1297.Although I was vastly outnumbered, the Scottish forces led by myself and Andrew Moray routed the English army. The Earl of Surrey's professional army of 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry met disaster as they crossed over to the north side of the river. The narrowness of the bridge prevented many soldiers from crossing together possibly as few as three men abreast, so while the English soldiers crossed, we held back until half of them had passed and then we killed them as quickly as they could cross.”

A year later you lost the Battle of Falkirk how did that feel

“I was devastated I felt as if I had failed, so I gave up my position as Guardian of Scotland in favor of Robert the Bruce”

Thank you for your time.

Well I Finally Got It

Well I finally got Arch Enemy’s (pictured above) new album RISE OF THE TYRANT.

I think its great, much better than their last one. Angela Gossow’s vocals are much more natural without the computer added effects and multichannel recordings. Also Christopher Amott is also back after a period of two years teaching music in Sweden. So he adds his guitar style which I think arch enemy lacked when he left.

For more information about Arch Enemy or RISE OF THE TYRANT please see the wiki article

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RISE OF THE TYRANT article

Arch Enemy article

Please Also visit the official site
Arch Enemy Offical Page


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Around The World, Around The World

Well since I got Google analytics I have found that my blog is proving rather popular. Please remember that I have not advertised this blog anywhere. So to be truthful I don’t know how people are finding it (Please leave a comment to tell me).

I’ve had visits from:
San Leandro in California
Bristol, Cumbernauld, Falkirk, Edinburgh also Aberdeen (wow who was that?) in the UK
Montreal in Canada
Mazatlan and Mexico City in Mexico
Marrakech in Morocco
And others

Please when you visit leave a comment

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The Commonwealth games are coming!

Well the commonwealth games are coming to Glasgow in 2012 (Isn’t it weird that we say that like twenty twelve instead of two thousand and twelve, sorry just a thought) and everyone is talking about it, well almost.

I think it’s great that they are coming to Glasgow because of the bad reputation it gets. Maybe this will let people see that Glasgow isn’t the kind of place you will get stabbed in if you visit it and that the people there are as friendly as the rest of Scotland.

Also the new venues being built will provide hundreds of jobs.
Well you should take a look at the website to get more information if you are interested.

Visit the Commonwealth website

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Whats been going on?

Well I'm still trying to get to grips with fruity loops (see post What I did during the holidays) I’m getting slightly better at it.
I made a short (quite bad) tune. Its good fun and I enjoy messing around on it.

Also I managed to break my guitar strings (again!) so I haven’t been able to use it recently :(, which kind of sucks.

Also my sister was up for a long weekend. It was good to see her because she lives in Doncaster so I don’t see her to often. I also saw my 8 month old niece.

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