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Sunday marked three years since KillHouse Games released their first announcement about the critically acclaimed tactics game, Door Kickers. In celebration, they revealed more information about the upcoming sequel, Door Kickers 2: Task Force North.
For those who have been under a rock and haven't heard about Door Kickers, it is "an innovative real-time strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team." You must equip your team, plan their route, and coordinate up to 10 troopers as they rescue hostages, defuse bombs, and clear gang hideouts.
In the final few months of last year, KillHouse Games released a straw poll about what players wanted to see in the new game. 42% of the 1500 who voted wanted cooperative multiplayer, and they are going to get it. Adversarial multiplayer was also requested and, although it was not announced as a feature, it is still in the books.
Door Kickers 2 ships you off to the Middle East, where you will command a Special Operations Teams as they clear terrorist compounds and deal with new threats, such as suicide bombers and RPGs. With it comes a host of a new features, including the ability to turn… lights… off.
It will arrive on Early Access in the final months of this year, and be fully released when all the features are done. Don't worry though, it is highly unlikely that it will be one of those games that perpetually lives on Early Access, as the first installment only spent a year there.
Despite the earlier sarcasm, Door Kickers 2 looks a great step forward for KillHouse Games. It takes something that has worked well, and builds on it enough that I would happily throw my money at it. What would make me even happier though, is if they included the SAS as one of the Special Forces teams available.


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I managed to finish three of the four items from my "upcoming sewing plans" list. The fourth item is in progress. Win!
McCall's 6654 (knit skirt) & Simplicity 1072 (knit top)
For the top, I cut a straight 16 and shortened the sleeves two inches. I didn't do any other adjustments and the fit is okay. The top is rather boxy, so I nipped it in at the waistline at around 0.75 inches, tapering to nothing at the armhole and hip to give more shape.
The good
Sewing sequins wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. Both my sewing machine and serger handled the fabric well. I used a 70/10 microtex needle in the machine, regular needles in the serger, and sewed slowly.
Since the sequin knit was sheer and scratchy, I underlined it with black jet set (from Joann Fabrics). Once the two fabrics were hand-basted, I treated the whole unit as one during construction.
The pattern calls for the neckband to be made of the body fabric. Since I used ponte, there was no way the neckband was going to have enough stretch and recovery to sit flat/flush against my neck. So I used black cotton rib knit for the neckband, hem band, and sleeve cuffs. I cut the ribbing 80% of the neckline circumference, without seam allowances and stretched to fit. I've done this before on previous necklines and found that it works well.
The bad
In some serged areas, the sequins poke out from behind the knit lining and cause awful chafing. I need to think of a way to bind this area to prevent the irritation. Otherwise, I could never wear this top without a turtleneck.
The meh
I added sleeve cuffs, but I don't think they're wide enough. Eventually, I will cut off the cuffs and make new ones that are wider to balance with the hem band. But for now, meh.
The skirt was a an easy and quick sew. The only thing different with this version is the length. It is about two inches longer than the others and I am not quite sure why. I used the exact same pattern pieces. Hmm...
McCall's 6884 (knit dress)
I added six inches total to the ties, but they're still not long enough. On the next version, I will add twelve inches and attach them a bit higher. The placement dots are too low and cause weird pulling if I pull the ties from back to front.
Burda 7942
I was going to make Simplicity 2599 out of a non-stretch cotton shirting.
But, I wasn't too confident about how the stripes would look on the ruffles and I didn't have enough fabric to cut the ruffles on the bias. Plus, this fabric leans more blue than grey and didn't quite go with the other fabrics in this mini wardrobe.
So instead I decided to make the Burda pattern, view A.
So far the fit is pretty good. I cut size 44 and made a 0.5-inch FBA. I am finally learning my Burda bodice size and am excited to try the MANY other Burda patterns I have.
There is still lots of work to be done. I need to sew the side seams (they're pinned in this phot0), attach the continuous lap/cuffs, set the sleeves, hem, and work the buttonholes. When any of that will actually happen...well...uh...
New Plans
Every once in a while, I get the urge to sew small mini wardrobes. For some reason, I am feeling the need to coordinate more. Next up is a small five or six-piece set comprising of blues and reds.
I've already cut another version of New Look 6274 out of this stretch cotton border print.


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I'm making a cake for someone who has a very specific icing recipe (its a surprise for his wife, his mo in laws chocolate icing) I normally wouldnt use someone elses recipe but he's very insistant and this is a special cake so he wants it to be her fav.
I'm airbrushing a picture (or painting with dust if I HAVE to) onto this cake, although the recipe calls for milk so it must be refrigerated.. fondant doesnt do too well in the fridge since if it sits out it condensates and goes soft.. but I've never tried chocolate.. I've made the modeling chocolate and its setting in the fridge for practice.. so far it went great.
1. If I paint/dust on fondant/modeling chocolate, when it condensates (as it will have to for the ride to his house) will the picture melt off? (that may sound stupid but I dont wanna mess this up!)
2. Will I be better to risk the fondant going squishy or the chocolate getting so soft it melts? It shouldnt be too hot as long as the ac is on in the car.. but I'm not sure how to approach this predicament I find myself in...
Please Help!
Anything taken out of the fridge will have condensation on it. I would think that it would make a painted image run if painted in water based colors.
What about making the image in a chocolate transfer? Kind of like a buttercream transfer, but done in chocolate? That way it wouldn't run if it has condensation on it.
Or do a RI piece...keep it in a box until the cake is out of the fridge and the condensation has evaporated....then place the image on then?
Or do the painting on a gumpaste plaque that can be placed after the cake is out of the fridge?
The client will be picking up the cake on Friday and the event is Sunday, he will need to store it until then. My modeling chocolate turned to mush after it came out of the fridge, I think I might've put too much corn syrup in it. Can you have a chocolate transfer printed custom? The only one I've seen is for buttercream..
I'm sorry....I don't know the answer to that one. I can only wish you luck-
Sara....why are you storing this cake in the frig? I see you mentioned milk...what part of your recipe contains the milk?
I stored my zebra purse cake in the frig and the zebra stripes and all accents were modeling chocolate and had no issues.
Which modeling chocolate recipe did you use?
Did you paint on top of your modeling chocolate and have no issues when it condensated?
The filling has milk. I used a recipe from a culinary arts book, but when I compared it to other recipes earlier I noticed that it had like double the amount of corn syrup as the others. I'll try to make it again sometime.
Today I found blank acetate sheets that I can hand paint on with cocoa butter then transfer it to the chocolate. I'm going to ganache the cake then transfer the picture to candy melts and place it on top.
I'm going to practice of course, but I think it will give him the effect he wants and be delicious without any issues as well.
What about making the image in a chocolate transfer? Kind of like a buttercream transfer, but done in chocolate? That way it wouldn't run if it has condensation on it.
Thank you for this idea!
Just incase anybody looks at this in the future and wants to know.. I ended up using a chocolate ganache. I mixed the white chocolate and milk chocolate to get a creamy milk color. I took the picture I was emailed and cut around the head so I had the basic shape of the head without messing up the ganache outside of the head. I let the ganache set then airbrushed the outline on.. then very lightly painted on the details to his face. It turned out perfect! I let it set out under a fan for about an hour so it would dry, boxed it up and dropped it off! It did not run when he took it out of the fridge either, as long as the paint wasn't touched.. it stayed perfect! I love this cake! lol
I've upload a picture in my album. The file is too large to attach here.


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In 1974, there were two models of Grand Prix, J and SJ. Evidently the SJ had more extras. This one is beautifully preserved. You seldom see an interior in this state of preservation. I like the subdued exterior color, it blends well with the vinyl topped roof and the interior color.
raconter1, antique, auto, truck, car, show, Pontiac, Grand, Prix, Model, 1974


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Hi Guys,
I have recently completed a challenge with Intel to produce a feature packed Ultrabook app, and I chose to write a complete WinRT engine to get the job done. Along the way I discovered lots of little pearls of wisdom and I realised as I was updating my IDZ profile that I may not have posted the blog to as many places as I might have done. To this end I have added the link to all six blogs here. So if you are interested in getting DirectX, Sensors, NFC, Notification, Visual Studio or WinRT extension to play nicely, check out my protracted blog on the subjects. Enjoy!
The Blog Fest: http://ultimatecodertgc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/intel-ultimate-coder-challenge-part-one.html


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Did you use this pattern for your wedding dress?? I demand pictures!
I'm totally using this pattren for my wedding dress. It's maybe 80% done now, hopefully I'll be able to finish it in the next few weeks (or failing that at least before the wedding in August).
I promise pics!


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