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tishaia — Hold the line! - Retake Mass Effect cuff
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Anyone who saw my deviantart gallery knows that I am a fan of Bioware games. I am one of those who love the Mass Effect series but hate the ending (or the lack of). There is so much said already on the internet that I don't want to repeat all that. I vented in my deviantart journal already. Enough of that. All I am gonna say:I had amazing 4 days playing Mass Effect 3. I am on the border of depression ever since. How, why, it does not matter in the long run.
Right, about the bracelet. I forced myslef to actually DO something else that stalking BSN forums and facebook page of "RetakeME3" movement. What I wanted to express by this piece is the love of the series and hope that we - the Retakers - will achieve something. And making it actually helped me to feel better.
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I am proud to be a Retaker. This is nearly a therapy group. Expressing myslef and listening to others really is helping me. I know that I am not just one freak sad because of the pixels, but lots of people share my emotions. Even the negative emotions can be transfered into something good, the ChildsPlay donations from us are a proof of that. I also wanted to use my sadness to create something.
Bracelet is made of precolored polymer clay with a wooden core. It's based on the Commander Shepard armor. I wanted it to be damaged and to make the impression of coming straight from a battle, to show that even tired and wounded - we cannot give up. Hence scratches and dirt. (Or maybe it's dryed blood?) I also wanted to use different patterns, the base of the bracelet looks a like his/her armor, the N7 letters are brushed so they look like metal, the red and white stripes on the back are smooth.
The bracelet is 4cm high.
This bracelet is made by hand (I spent nearly 8 hours making it) and without use of any molds. This is the only copy, thou I like the idea of it, so probably I will make a couple of bracelets in this style in the future. And for sure I will leave one for myslef to have something that would remind me of this moment.
The Mass Effect story (let's not talk about the ending >.<) is about sacrifice and unity. I think the Retakers are making this ideas come alive with helping each other and the children. No matter how it ends, we - united - are creating history.
Until then - HOLD THE LINE!
N7 and the whole amazing Mass Effect universe that moved so many people - belongs to Bioware.
If you want to buy it, it's in my etsy shop: [link]
If it will sell, 10% of the money from this auction will go to ChildsPlay donation. The rest I am going to spend on more clay to selfmedicate with creating. >.<
EDIT: Whoa! Sold! I will try to make more, will post info on my FB page [link]
Thank you!EDIT2: I just chipped in to Child's Play and feel a little better!
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This is so awesome! I especially like the quote
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If you make more of these rings again I'll be happy to buy one (at least) of them.
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Hey!
As ma matter of fact I am making 3 more of them 
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Hey, sorry, not right now. I made only a few of them. But I may have something more mass effecty so if you are interested subscribe to my FB please ^^. Thank you for your interest!
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Ahaha thank you so much!
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Thats very good work, some of the things you have I could make but a few are certainly beyond my skill level sadly.
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Thank you for the kind words
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I have to ask because I just started using poly clay a little while ago, how do you get your lines so perfect?
I love your poly pieces, they look so...amazing.
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Thank you so much! Well, I assume you are talking about N7 logo? I use sharp knife, nothing special ^^. Depending on how soft your brand of clay is, might help to let it lay for some hours after making a sheet, before you start to cut it, so it would not be squishy. If you don't want to wait, just put your clay in a freezer for couple of minutes, but not too long because then clay can crumble. You have to try it with your clay to be sure what will work the best for you.
I use Fimo and I usually leave the pieces of clay uncovered overnight so they are dryer and a little less soft when I work on them. It's all just personal preference
Hope it helps!
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Thank you. I use scuply poly-clay, I'm going to have to try that.
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How have you done the texture on the black background? 
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I pressed a cloth on it to make this pattern. It was actually a very thick threaded piece of cloth from the old backpack
Thank you for the comment!
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I see. Awesome idea! Its so simple... but so useful.
Whaa... I'm jealous xD And yeah, it looks like armour, thats cool! ^^
I've tried a thousand times to make a ring by myself - without success (I use some stupid air-dry-clay xD).
I just dont get out the normal ring shape...
but I'll try it one more time! *there is hope inside me* xD
I wanted to make myself the 'one ring' from Lord of the rings...
but would wear it then as necklace
Do you think it would work with Fimo? For yeaaaars I havent worked with it..
Exists a golden fimo btw?! xD
omg. sry for all the questions...
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I...I need one. That's just...geez, it's so dang cool.
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Ahaha, thank you so much!
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GIMME! Me needs moar clay!
(hugs*
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Nice work, but there was nothing wrong with that ending. If there was, then Blade Runner had a bad ending, which it didn't, no matter what cut you watch. Point is, this is how BioWare wanted to end the series, and you're acting like entitled brats to try and "retake" the game.
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Woo, at my age I'm starting to giggle when someone is calling me a 'brat' ;D.
I think the official ReME3 point is that what was advertised pre-launch - was not delivered in game. Hard to argue with that statement, don't you agree?
My personal point is: I would think twice and probably didn't play the game if I had known how depressed it would make me in the end. I'm all for mature and adult themes in fiction (as in serious, not as in xxx 
I am aware that not much we do in life matters after we die - that's why we have the need for all this power fantasy fiction, hollywood happy endings and the belief that if we sacrifice enough time and effort, some things we create will last longer and matter more than the life of one human being. Seing Shepard, the time, the effort, the hope and sacrifice, and realising that it all was for nothing - was soulcrushing. If Shepard - a hero with training, experience, options of galactic scale and incredible amount of luck - couldn't make a difference for his loved ones, how we - ordinary people with our daily jobs, just fighting to stay above water from month to month financially, with not enough time for creating even if we want to - can believe that we could make a real difference in the world for our childern? That was more or less the message that I got out of the ending.
That is just my personal point of view, you have your opinin, I have mine.
Anyway, thanks for your comment!
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Well, sometimes things work out like that. No matter how many heroics you perform, things end in disaster any way you slice it. Sometimes, the best you can hope to aim for is mere survival. This is a pretty typical sci-fi message, equal to such classics as "The Cold Equations", and it really shows what kind of ending they had in mind was meant to get folks at least thinking. But I guess that was too much to ask for BioWare fans.
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You know, don't take it personally, but "Bioware fans are stupid, I like the ending because I am smart" was discussed to death, so I am just going to ignore that. Personally I don't think of myself as overly intelligent, but with two university masters degrees I think I'm not stupid either (if you ignore my lack of ability to write in english 
I also loved Simmons "Hyperion" quadrology. It made me think and read about astrophysics and possibilities in concept of time in the FTL (Faster Than Light) travel. I actually wrote a short story based on the twin paradox
Mass Effect 3 didn't make me think, it made me go back to anti-depressant medication. Sad but true 
Wait, I actually read something interesting, but it was not after Mass Effect. It was after one of the youtube videos about "why the hell they messed up so badly the ending and used a god-child instead of dark energy that was forshadowed in the first game". Dark energy is the real thing, and for me the more real hard S-F universe - the better.
So, IMO tragic ending was just that - tragic, unfinished, not thinked through, badly executed and not what I paid for. Sorry
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You should check out the Spoony One's defense of the ending. [link] It's pretty long, but the main points are:
1.The ending is not the betrayal BioWare fans screamed it was
2.The Retake movement is incredibly childish
3.If they don't like the ending, they should remember what nerds of the past did: They'd fight and gripe, bust each other's balls, find interpretations of the ending they felt fit better, and then MOVED ON
4.The Indoctrination Theory is that interpretation, but he figured that out before the credits even rolled
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Well, I have seen first 5 minutes of that, and sorry but the sound is so horribly wrong that I can hardly understand what this guy is saying. He shuffles his chair and talks something about his dog?
I do understand that he might have some actual arguments, but I turned him of after him saying something about him being right when the whole world is wrong and "If you don't like the ending you are stupid". That's hmmm... I love to discuss with people but there actually has to be intelligent argumentation. Someone who is not even open for discussion is just getting on my nerves
That's like I would say that anyone liking the ending is too stupid to understand that his posing as smart is making him look like an idiot. It's like one of people I know showed off the half made painting after her cat pissed on it several times. The paint was damaged but she actually showed it off and there were people who was talking about how artistic it is and why she did this or that, while she laughed her head off. No they didn't understand anything, they just wanted to look smart, and they were too stupid to see that others can see right through their pose
BUT! I am too well behaved to say something like that, even if I do think something along those lines sometimes because the only people who are afraid to disscuss something are those who don't have any arguments
Either way, I'm more interested in your points than those of some random guy who cannot even edit his video properly before posting it online >.<.
We got a saying in my country that only cow is not ever changing it's mind, I can change my mind too. The four points you showed me are your opinions but they are not arguments. You can say that for example Retake is childish and I can say that I do not agree. And that will not change unless someone will provide me with an argument that I could accept. With a "why" Retake is childish.
I can understand that some people could actually like the ending. Maybe I am reading too much, but a novel ending with death and destruction became a little cliche lately. Even main character death is not shocking anymore. But anyway, I can't counter argument that was not given
As for the videos I really like this one, I think this guy have some interesting points [link] I was listening to him while sculpting and really like it, especially his way of remaking the plot based on the original story forshadowed in the first game ^^. Let me know if you find a moment to watch it and what do you think about it.
Sorry for my english, it's really late where I am. No, actually it's starting to be early ^^.
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You should try watching the whole thing before you pass judgement.
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Ok, I will if you do
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If I make more, there shall be facebook announcement! ;D
Thanks!
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Thanks
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Alright, I made sure to follow you on facebook, so that I don't miss any possible announcements
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I feel your pain. I'm so depressed over the endings I can't even make myself write thoughts about it in my journal.
It's just good to know we aren't alone... we will hold the line, for what it's worth...
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Aye, hard times, but we will hold the line! >.<
Untill summer I am selfmedicating with creating and fanfiction. There are some great ones out there ^^.
Thank you for your comment!
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I'm self medicating by doing a tabletop ME rpg with the guys. xD Dat way, the ending is whatever the crap I want, mwah ha ha.
Np
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