Great Pacific Garbage Patch

"Never worry about what other people think of you, because no one ever thinks of you."

[bassdaily]

midnight “feeling very ‘fine I’ll do it myself’ and it’s actually kind of working??” sneak peak for y’all

(critiques welcome if any real artists wanna weigh in) (bonus sketches behind the cut)

I haven’t tried seriously drawing in like fifteen years 😳 the little sketches are my first attempt at Bass’s helmet and tbh I’m not sure if everyone is just really dramatic about it or if I’ve looked at so much blorbo art that my brain downloaded it ‘The Music Man’ style

telephone wires done on a used food wrapper on my leg in a car lmao

[quietlydiabolic]

@localweirdofishy

The helmet makes better sense now?

I can't seem to give him an appropriate smile/expression to save my life. Also he's crammed down at the bottom of the page (almost ran out of space for those big honkin' feet!) to leave room for the wings but it's becoming increasingly clear that they are not going to fit, I'll have to do them separately and piece him together in photoshop.

Bonus inked Roll, now for all the "eh, we'll fix it in post" crap that needs done. Like that foot (ಥ_ಥ)

[localweirdofishy]

OP!! I FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM FOR THE BASS! JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE!

[localweirdofishy]

Kk, but turns out the main problem was NOT the helmet. Yes it was off, but the reason it was off was due to the angle /position of the face.

Here’s a mid comparison of it. (Aka I traced you character head and separated to see what it was its problem)

Yeah, I tried fixing the positioning of the face, but I feel like I somehow made it worse. 💀

so here is me trying to fix his head? More like I had to draw a box to see what was going on.

Albeit this is just a guess, but I think the head shape in general made the head/helmet a bit iffy. So I had to make it smaller. Although it’s a bit weird I try making some sense of it.

However, I couldn’t really make sense of it? Like I don’t know why, but each time when I try to fix it. It wouldn’t click for me. But in conclusion, I kinda believe that the head is the issue and the reason who the helmet looks a bit iffy.

[quietlydiabolic]

TYSM! I really appreciate your feedback. And I think I understand the issue. Suspect the reason the the fixes aren't fixing is bc when his face is moved over, the left ear piece needs to be moved as well.

[bassdaily]

midnight “feeling very ‘fine I’ll do it myself’ and it’s actually kind of working??” sneak peak for y’all

(critiques welcome if any real artists wanna weigh in) (bonus sketches behind the cut)

I haven’t tried seriously drawing in like fifteen years 😳 the little sketches are my first attempt at Bass’s helmet and tbh I’m not sure if everyone is just really dramatic about it or if I’ve looked at so much blorbo art that my brain downloaded it ‘The Music Man’ style

telephone wires done on a used food wrapper on my leg in a car lmao

[quietlydiabolic]

@localweirdofishy

The helmet makes better sense now?

I can't seem to give him an appropriate smile/expression to save my life. Also he's crammed down at the bottom of the page (almost ran out of space for those big honkin' feet!) to leave room for the wings but it's becoming increasingly clear that they are not going to fit, I'll have to do them separately and piece him together in photoshop.

Bonus inked Roll, now for all the "eh, we'll fix it in post" crap that needs done. Like that foot (ಥ_ಥ)

[rollassweek]

Rollass Week 2026: November 1 - 7

Prompts are:

Stargazing

Rescue

Flight

Pomegranate

Comfort

Uncertainty

Music

Bonus: FREE SPACE

Platonic entries are welcome!

I'm going to manually check tags, so tag this ship however you like. It would be helpful if you @bassdaily as well, but not required. If I miss your entry, let me know!

This ended up a sub blog off of Bassdaily. I use "likes" to track what I've reblogged / queued there.

AUs and Battle Network entries are welcome. Poly ships are fine as long as both Roll and Bass are featured. Other minor ships are welcome to piggyback off of the prompts, depending on turnout I may reblog other minor ships featuring either one them (at mod's discretion.) I reserve the right not to reblog anything I find inappropriate.

Thank you @crystalclear365 for the prompts suggestions!

[voidmetal-alloy]

I truely think Wily could fix Bass’ “can’t listen to instructions” issues by giving him a tamagotchi.

You might say “but he wouldn’t care if it died or not so he wouldn’t learn anything” he would if Wily turned it into some kind of competition.

[bassdaily]

agree

[treepan0]

screen capping these tags because I also got ideas to share;

at some point Wily probably hires a babysitter for the dang thing, since he's too proud of himself to read the dang instructions

honestly Bass' would have less issues if Wily got him a uni or one of the less needy tamas like Paradise and the nanos, but nooo

the dang thing will start beeping in the middle of the night and he has to deal with Bass frantically shuffling to flip on the light, so he can take care of the damn thing

Bass and the kid that got hired to look after the Tama while he's away are a bit rocky in introduction to each other, but they end up planning evolutions together and bonding over that

the happy squealing over getting a perfect care Tama, just imagine it

Bass still gets a little upset over the little mini games sometimes, but also has a little happy dance when he wins them

Do not give him a Kuromi Tama, that boy would be obsessed--

better yet probably don't tell him about any of the later gens, he'd probably get really deep into raising generations of tamas and stuff, viewing it as "trying to beat his record"

on the upside it does have some combative benefits for him, with the minigame where you have to guess which direction the Tama is going to turn

[quietlydiabolic]

Okay so first of all:

the dang thing will start beeping in the middle of the night

Yessss this is so funny. Because even the original G1 Tamagotchis "sleep" through the night, in fact it's a convenient way to manage them during school/work hours (by setting the clock ahead and then moving it back to actual time when you're home.) But changing the clock isn't intuitive like the gameplay is, and most kids don't set it when they start, which is how you end up with a beeping Gotchi at 1am.

Which means that either Bass couldn't figure out the clock either (or couldn't be arsed to set it.) Or he's a late sleeper because the Tamagotchi's "wake up" at like 7am.

Secondly:

#i just brought up the kuromi nano #because it's black and purple with a skull motif #also you cannot convince me that bass #would not like a cute gremlin character #with a skull motif [...] #Bass: “she's just like me like me!”

100%. Bass and Kuromi are def cut from the same cloth. (I don't know much Sanrio lore but Kuromi also has a purple side kick she can fly on?)

#who runs a bike gang (actually they ride tricycles but--)

Wait wait wait seriously? That is adorable??

Anyhow there's a reason I specifically called out Kuromametchi:

Source: reddit

Even though he isn't a G1/G2 character. He's basically Kuromi Boy Edition.

(Somehow.......... I don't have any pictures of my old Kuromametchi on Pix, embarrassing. He's the only character I've ever specifically played for, usually I just let fate decide.)

#bass with an addiction to an old gen tama was something I never knew I needed

Right!?

Loved your additions! Thank you so much! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

(Also IDK if you've seen it before but the MIT joke is a call back to this little gag ficlet I wrote about the Wily family holidays.)

[bassdaily]

@treepan0 yes ;)

[treepan0]

Yes, they are very silly indeed

Vile is practically smooshed

[quietlydiabolic]

#but supposedly there was a classic line at one point #squished forte probably exists out there somewhere

Okay so I hadn't heard of the FB Gashapon mini figs. You are correct there was a Classic line, I found some:

Source: eBay

Shade Man is there which means they made some post-MM7 which means there is certainly a possibility of an FB Gashapon Forte.

I'm not sure there is because these three (keychain, keshi, pencil topper) are the only official traditional style chibi Fortes I've seen out there, but... we're talking about 30 year old Japan release merch. So again it's entirely possible there's some things out there I've missed.

[bassforte]

My Mega Man hottake: In terms of official lore and canon, I honestly prefer the original interpretation of the multiple mega man series’ as different timelines that have some parallels to each other. (This was discussed in an interview in the 90s where only Classic and X existed at the time).

Not to say characters like Zero and X shouldn’t exist in the classic series or anything like that, but more so that the X and Zero in the Classic universe should be different than the X and Zero we see in MMX.

[voidmetal-alloy]

I really love the theory of Bass being the prototype for Zero.

I don’t think I’ve ever really seen anyone else talk about it in depth but I really do think it would be a genuinely interesting route for him to go so I’m gonna go over my reasoning for it a little more in depth;

1. Bass does not follow the laws of robotics. This could point to Wily testing out how different code might work for his hypothetical perfect war machine. In pretty much every instance we see where Bass attempts to or talks about harming a human, it has to do with strategy. In MM7, he essentially tells Rock that he was wrong not to kill Wily when he had the chance, in Megamix, he only tries to hurt humans when he realises that it will provoke his opponent. He doesn’t actively want to hurt people, but he will do it if it benefits him in battle.

2. His armour is more reminiscent of a reploid than a robot. Bass is the most visually interesting of the three main fighting robots, unlike Rock and Blues he has full body armour like a robot master, but he ALSO has: Patterns on armour other than his helmet, a noticeably different helmet shape with raised accents, gemstone accents and his feet are seperate from the rest of his boots as well as his gloves being a different colour from the rest of his gauntlets. All of these traits are also seen on Zero and numerous other reploids.

3. Wily continues to upgrade him despite making it very clear he really hates the way he acts. There’s even a few pages in the Rockman Burning Shot manga where Ballade gets so angry about the favouritism when it comes to upgrades he attempts to kill Bass out of jealousy. With how much Wily dislikes his personality it would make a lot of sense that he continues to give him new powerful upgrades as a way of just testing new systems and weapons for Zero. Bass and Zero also have the same buster shape, which is missing a muzzle like the ones that Rock, Blues and X use.

4. His solo ending in Power Fighters. The Zero cameo comes because Wily is angry at Bass and decides he needs to throw something in his face. Wily would know by this point that Bass doesn’t care about what he says, and that him just telling him that Zero will be better than him won’t have any real impact. So the scene could be interpreted as Wily attempting to run Bass’ test dummy status in his face and failing miserably because he’s too angry to put it into proper words.

5. Bassnium. Dr. Wily is a fool, but even he isn’t foolish enough to just randomly throw an undiscovered element in a core that’s going in a robot he NEEDS to survive. It’s possible he discovered bassnium to power Zero, who’s supposed to be a vicious warrior. Of course he’d want his magnum opus to have an infinite energy source. Just so happens he gave his test subject a bit too much free will and he might kill him if he ever tries to remove it.

6. Treble. This one is a little looser, I just think it would be an interesting concept, but in the scenario that Wily was creating Bass to be his prototype for Zero, he’d know that he was going to have a lot of free will and would probably end up being pretty rebellious, so it wouldn’t be too far fetched to think he’d build Treble as a way to keep him grounded by giving him another living being to care for, but also to keep an eye on him if he ever fully went rogue.

7. His personality in general. Wily created Zero to destroy Light’s final creation, probably the pettiest reason he could’ve had, and the violent outburst that Zero had upon awakening is the only snippet we see of the person he was supposed to be. Bass’ singlemindedness toward his goal of being the strongest (AKA. Destroying someone Dr. Light loves in the name of a petty rivalry), his quick temper, and his lack of understanding toward almost everything that doesn’t relate back to fighting make a lot of sense as traits Wily might have wanted to give Zero.

You could argue that this theory takes away from Bass as a character, but I actually think it gives him a lot. He and Zero are NOTHING alike. Even before Zero stopped rampaging. Bass is not a senseless, violent animal, he’s just a person who was built by a selfish man who coded him a certain way for selfish reasons and effectively cut him off from properly connecting with other robots. Of all the things that Wily hoped Zero would get from being built from the same code as his brother, his anger issues, his battle strategy, his love for fighting, he never paid enough attention to his test dummy to consider that he might just inherit the desire to change.

[quietlydiabolic]

I don’t think I’ve ever really seen anyone else talk about it in depth

My brother in Christ, I wrote a 108K novel-length series where that is the central conceit.

[dr-wily-enjoyer]

the fact that blues was a product of light's loneliness, an attempt to create a companion who would actually care about him

the fact that later blues left, abandoning his creator like everyone else

the fact that blues had to go through the same isolation that light went through

[bowlmanexe]

Day 320

[miserymet]

Various Bass doodles I’ve done over the past year or so. I should draw him more, it’s good for my health

[quietlydiabolic]

[edgarskata]

What would happen if Wiliy ever found out about Bass and Mega dating??

I've been thinking about that for a long time actually. For a little context, on the AU after Wily and Light conflict stopped, Wily retired and marginalized himself so he doesn't talk to his robots anymore, just occasionally. And his relationship with Bass is preeeeetty complicated.

So theres a big chance that Wily dies without knowing that Bass and Rock are dating.

On the other hand, maybe Bass can try to talk to his dad about his new human-like life, and ending like:

[quietlydiabolic]

Never did build that garage kit but thankfully Figma had my back.

(.................the doijinshi was also Big O 😔)

[bassdaily]

Jazwares figures are 7 inches tall, it's mostly their noodle limbs causing their height, I agree that he's a little big but at the moment the D-arts costs wayyy more money than I can easily cough up right now (and good lord D-arts Vile, I wish I could afford him)

I've been considering cleaning up my TLS Treble like some do for the old Jazwares and BN figures sometimes, but haven't bothered to yet, as I wanna get some better supplies for it

Is it possible Vile is taller than the others? Or if you used a soft measuring tape, it can be harder to get an accurate measurement. I got ~6" for both the 2003 (short fins, slightly shorter) and 2004 (long fins, slightly taller) Jazware Basses.

D-Arts is Bass is a nice figure and I'm really glad I have him, I'm grateful I was able to get him before the prices got really insane, and probably would've paid a lot more than I did because I myself am insane (*cries in compulsive completist collector*), but. Like. $100 is a decent price, $200 is overpriced but understandable for a hard to find import figure that's been off the market for a decade, $400? No. No absolutely not. He's not worth $400 under any circumstances, for that money you're better off buying a decent 3D printer, learning to model, and printing your own guy.

If you're up for trying a proxy service like Buyee, you can find him for under $200. Exhibit A:

(not D-Arts but gives you an idea of what the pricing is for the same listing on eBay US vs Mercari Japan, the ¥ was weak at the time as well)

But the good news is you don't have to because ThreeZero is definitely releasing Bass (threat) and based on their pricing scheme he should be under $50. You can get ThreeZero Mega Man, Proto Man, and Bass for less than half of what D-Arts Bass goes for these days. If you start salting away $5 - $10 dollars here and there now, you should have that well before he drops. BigBadToyStore doesn't charge preorders until they're ready to go out, includes tariffs in the pricing, and has a $6 flat rate shipping in the continental US.

Some folks also repaint figures to make them look better

It's me, I'm some folks.

So here's the good news:

I truly believe TLS Treble does not need very much work at all. His eyes need some attention, but that's the most glaring "issue" and I think he will look much improved with better placed, larger irises, and some "eyeliner" to distinguish his eyes from his muzzle. If he has any paint apps that need tidied up, there's that. Personally I'll probably take a exacto knife to some of the mold lines on his muzzle, maybe sand it to smooth things out (and repaint the muzzle if needed) but that's something I usually do anyway. Aside from that, painting the back tubes and tail gray is all that's really left, maybe acrylic sealant if you want him shiny, just minor detail work.

You don't need expensive supplies, it's mostly medium, medium, medium. I'm talking about paint thinning medium or floating medium. Straight acrylic paint is too thick and lumpy, watering it down makes it too thin. You can use cheap paint, cheap floating medium, cheap sealant, and a slightly nicer brush with great results, nail art brushes and Sakura Micron pens for really fine details. Use thin layers and build color. Don't be afraid to wipe it off while it's still wet and start over. Practice technique on something you don't care about first.

I've done some really nice custom work with $1 acrylic, nail art brushes, and modge podge to seal (and more importantly it will help smooth out the appearance of any brush strokes.) BTW If you learned about doll faceups before venturing into action figure customs, unlike soft vinyl they do not need to be sealed before painting, just cleaned. You do not need high quality seal that requires a respirator like MSC.

(The one exception to cheap paint is white, especially if you're painting over a dark color or have a lot of area to cover. Also Sakura Micron pens work well for plastic like TLS Treble but not glossy slick plastic like D-Arts or Transformers have.)

Funnily enough, one of my projects was Jazwares Bass, the long finned versions whose face turned gray. He looked fantastic for a couple months, then whatever the hell is wrong with his plastic ate through the paint I used 🫠 He might be one of the exceptions to the "doesn't need to be sealed with MSC first" OR whatever's going on with the plastic deteriorating might not be salvageable.

[quietlydiabolic]

@treepan0

but I more so meant that all I have is acrilic paint and I wanna avoid brush strokes

Yeah, no, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Mixing the paint with a thinning medium or floating medium to get the right consistency and using multiple thin layers will take care of like 75% of brush strokes. Using Modge Podge or a clear acrylic sealer after will help hide another 15%. You'll never get a 100% glossy smooth airbrush finish without an airbrush. But with a regular, inexpensive brush, cheap medium, and good technique you can do this.

Here's one of my early customs (Star Wars WAC-47) and a more recent one (Red vs Blue Lopez):

I used the same brushes and same brands of cheap craft acrylic paint for both figures. The base figure for WAC-47 is rust colored plastic, I painted the yellow and white details. You can clearly see the brush strokes and the clumps. The base figure for Lopez is green. I painted him brown. All of it. You can see a little texture (but not distinct brush strokes) in the photos but to the naked eye? It's really not visible. Literally the only difference between these two figures is floating medium and practice.

I think this is the medium I use, but I got a small 3oz bottle at Joannes or something for like $2. It's lasted me years. Actual artists use thinning medium but I believe they pretty much do the same thing.

my Treble has some misaligned black details on his helmet

Ah, gotcha. Sometimes with misaligned paint apps, you can gently scrape them off with a tool (so... I use the flat back of a exacto knife blade for this, something like that?) or even a toothpick in some cases. Alternatively you can use pure acetone on a little cotton wrapped around a toothpick and a very steady hand. 😬 That one is a little risky though.

If it's not a lot of black that needs touched up, I do think TLS Treble is the right kind of plastic for a little Micron pen detailing. (Do not use a Sharpie.)

D-arts Vile is even worse in the price skyrocket and it breaks my heart to see (he's like 600 when listed by most over here)

What the fuuuuuuuuuuu--!?

Girl, get you a Buyee account.

Exhibit B:

D-Arts 22,660¥ ($150 USD) 1 or 2 and 22,000¥ ($145 USD)

If you're interested in the older Bandai Power Armor model kits, I found several listings (1 and 2) for the armor (these need a separate base figure to attach the armor to) as well as a used lot of X, Zero, and Vava (seller listed as "junk" but IMO they look like they're in fine vintage condition).

Some of the listings will also have domestic shipping (within Japan) which is usually <$10 in my experience. Buyee fees are 500¥ and another optional 500¥ if you want them to open the package and check it (I never do this lol). I think you're in the States? Japan Mail is [still] not delivering to the US right now and for some reason that's also shut out FedEx and DHL, but generally international shipping is $40 - $75 (might be less if you're on the west coast).

Shit. Buy two, sell one for $400, which if they're really going for $600 shouldn't be to hard, and you've got yourself a free Vava. 😜

Seriously though, if ThreeZero doesn't end up doing a Vile, and at some point you find yourself with a little cash burning a hole in your pocket (tax return, work bonus, Christmas gifts...) the search term is "ロックマン ヴァヴァ", he's not obscene if you're willing to do some extra footwork.

[wave-man]

mmfc magnet man schematics makes aki stick to the fridge and thats the entire episode

[ficksdiffusion]

OctopusMer! Chaotique

Please don’t repost.

[ficksdiffusion]

In my opinion the most important question of the comic, of the whole MMFC series, is:

what happened to the man once called Bot’s Bane who built a robot to serve him as a weapon and kill other robots during the war, what happened to make him change his mind and stance on the war and robot kind so he would advocate for peace and turn said weapon into a son?

What happened between then a weapon Mega Man and dr Light that caused Light to change so drastically?

[quietlydiabolic]

Finally read the MMFC comic miniseries and... as with the show, there are some elements I liked and some elements I hated. But it’s such a massive, violent tonal shift that I kept thinking about Shortpacked’s “Buckets of Blood” comic.

I love adding serious and grounded worldbuilding to otherwise silly kid’s franchises. But bruh. At one point they have a couple tweens standing on a literal mountain of robot corpses.