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You know that huge painting in Adm. Adama's office in BSG? The one you never get a good look at?

QMx did, and the licensed reproduction of it is coming soon.

Through special arrangement with Universal Studios, QMx has acquired the only digital image of the painting taken directly from the canvas, after the propmaster aged it, but before it hung on Adama's wall. This extremely high-resolution source file documents every brush stroke, faithfully reproducing the color image exactly as it looked the day it was placed on the set.

Illustrating the epic battle between machines and Humans in the First Cylon War, the massive painting has been faithfully reproduce in a plate-printed 17" x 22" lithograph, printed on 100-pound, art-quality paper.

Available now for preorder from QMx for $14.95 or from TFAW for their discounted preorder price of $11.96.

That's not strictly accurate; QMx's Stargate replicas will not transport you to other worlds. For one thing, they're scale replicas, so not much of you would fit.

Get your own Stargate mirror, 10" across, for just $59.95. Scrupulously accurate:

Taken from the CGI files used on the show, the mirror has a removable clear blue overlay – so you can display it either in mirror mode or with the "event horizon" effect in place – and is hand painted with all 39 chevrons in their proper positions around the ring. The integrated wall hanger on the back of the mirror makes it easy to display at home, in your office or in your SGC ready room.

Or get a set of 4 Stargate coasters, $29.95:

The Stargate Coaster Set comes with four (4) mini-stargates each measuring 4.57" (11.6cm) across. The stargate design is exactly screen-accurate and was taken from the CGI files used to create the visual effects for Stargate SG-1. Each glyph and chevron is perfectly reproduced, hand-cast in resin and hand-painted with a detailed paint job and weathering. The event horizon is semi-transparent blue with a rippled surface, just like the big 'gates.

The mirrors are limited editions — not sure about the coasters yet — so order quick before they sell out. Available now! (If you don't mind waiting, you can preorder the coasters at TFAW.com for just $23.99)

QMx has been working diligently on creating the ultimate Serenity model, and over at FireflyShipWorks.com (where you can follow the progress) they've posted the first shots of the paint tests. And it's looking pretty sweet. The attention spent to give each panel of armor-plating its own look is insanely detailed, and for a good reason.

This is where you can start to really see the difference between a mass-produced replica and a professionally-made film-quality replica: Artistry. Someone completely immersed in Serenity’s design for months, who knows her intimately and with mad skills of simulation, will personally see to it your Serenity will be able to fool even the unforgiving eye of the camera.  Remember, before CG there were individually-handcrafted film models. And that’s what creating here.

UPDATE: QMxonline.com has these for sale now.

While I was bouncing around TFAW.com and catching up, I noticed this fetching little number in the preorder-section:  Blue Sun 100% Grain Alcohol shirts!

The Blue Sun Grain Alcohol T-shirt comes on a white 6.1 ounce, 100-percent cotton Gildan t-shirt, the same high quality shirts used for the best-selling Cerberus t-shirts. Second in a new line of Serenity shirts fully licensed by Universal Studios.

What amuses me the most about these alcoholic promotions, besides how utterly cool they look? They're available in junior sizes. You grow up fast, out in the black…

Order now before TFAW gets 'em in stock and get 20% off!

The Austin Browncoats have teamed with QMx to auction off the right to name some cities of the 'verse in the upcoming QMx Serenity Atlas:

Quantum Mechanix (QMx) is sponsoring the "Name the Crappy Town Where You’re a Hero" charity auction. Starting on April 20th, 50 town names will be auctioned via eBay with all proceeds supporting Equality Now. If you win an auction, your name will be submitted, and pending studio approval, will be used in the upcoming official Atlas of the 'Verse, Volume One: The Trader's Guild Guide to the New Canaan Run made by our favorite mild-manner graphic designer, Ben Mund.

The auctions have begun! Head to austinbrowncoats.com/crappytowns.php and click on the planet of your choice to start settling your own crappy town. Statues of yourself are not included.

QMx is gearing up to do another set of Serenity Travel Posters like the ones done by Adam Levermore, and they want your help deciding where to go! From the QMx Facebook page:

Hey all. We're working on Series 2 of the Blue Sun Travel posters. To comment on what worlds you'd like to see us visit next, go to our discussion group here on the QMx Facebook page or over to the Firefly Ship Works.

Go check out the suggestions or add your own!

See, I step away for a few minutes and you guys go nuts with new stuff. QMx released this stunning signed lithograph of the Fruity Oaty Bar ad, by original designer Geoffrey Mandel.

The Fruity Oaty Bar artwork created by Serenity Designer Geoffrey Mandel was the basis for the most memorable power bar commercial in movie history. With it's vibrant colors and anime-style characters (and subliminal message implanted by the Operative), the Fruity Oaty Bar ad triggered River's Alliance programming, after which much ass-kicking ensued.

Although this ad was original planned to turn into a billboard, it never actually made it on film due to budgetary constraints. So, with the exception of the commercial it inspired, fans never got to see it. And we just didn't think that was right.

That's why we arranged with Universal Studios and Mr. Mandel to take the original high-resolution Fruity Oaty ad and print it in all it's glory as a limited-edition, extra-large collectible lithograph, only 1,000 in the edition. Measuring a huge 24" x 36" (61cm x 91.5cm), the Serenity Fruity Oaty Bar Lithograph is printed on 100-pound, satin-finish paper and is hand-signed and numbered by Mr. Mandel himself, for just $39.95.

Head to QMx for more of the story behind it, and to order one from them or from TFAW.com for $39.95.

Meanwhile, TFAW has all your Fruity Oaty Bar needs covered (apart from actual Fruity Oaty Bars). Shirts, ladies shirts, hoodies, and the ever-popular lunchboxes are waiting for you!

After an exhaustive amount of research and skullsweat, QMx finally brings you the official Map of the 'Verse! This gorgeous thing has been in production for months now and it's finally here for you to goggle at. And goggle you will.

(Yes, I'm still catching up, but check out the end of this post for free and cool stuff).

Over two years in the making, the Map of the Verse measures 25 inches by 38 inches and is printed on both sides of a sheet of 65 lbs cover stock (believe me, we needed the space). It documents the names, positions, sizes, populations and other never-before-published details of the 215 terraformed planets and moons orbiting the five star systems that comprise The Verse of Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity.

The Map of the Verse encompasses every bit of information about the Verse we could lay our hands on. It not only includes all the worlds from the show and movie, but also extended canon from licensed products and even a few from popular fan fiction. A team of researchers including folks from The Signal Podcast and other luminaries of the Browncoat community worked diligently on the science of The Verse, factoring in distances, orbits, masses, stellar classes and a lot of other astrophysical stuff that frankly made my head hurt. It was our goal that The Map of the Verse makes sense – scientifically and in terms of story continuity – and thanks to the help of many, many dedicated people, I think we were able to come pretty close to achieving that goal.

I was in the Brain Trust helping compile all this stuff, although I was pretty much useless when they started talking about planet masses and orbital mechanics (and there was a LOT of orbital mechanics discussions). Mostly, I helped compile names and then watched the smart people run with it. But they got input from just about anyone, official or unofficial, who ever speculated on Joss' universe to make it as complete as anything could ever be.

And the stunning art by Serenity graphic designer Geoffrey Mandel makes it all work. He designed the maps for the movie (and they were considered during this as well) and he's good at this stuff: he created the official and popular Star Trek Star Charts. The Map of the 'Verse has been his dream project for quite a while, and it really shows in every loving detail.

The Map of the 'Verse is available from QMx in two different formats: : a folding roadmap style ($26.95) and a print shipped rolled into a tube ($34.95). You can also buy the rolled version from TFAW.com for $31.45.

You can also download the new "The Verse in Numbers", a white paper on the discovery, colonization and structure of The Verse. Free! (Use this link, the one at QMx is wrong at the moment). J. Chris Bourdier has accomplished the gargantuan task of pulling together everything ever said about the structure or history of the 'Verse and compiled it into a 100+ page work. Really incredible.

New from QMx (or rather, it was new a month ago when I was updating regularly): the Cerberus!

QMx is continuing to expand the world of Firefly and Serenity and is presenting this somewhat more military Firefly series ship as a gorgeous poster.

Part of QMx's new Serenity: Unification War print series, The ISV Cerberus is a Series 3 Firefly ñ just like Serenity ñ but with a military refit that made it one of the baddest ships ever to take up arms against the Alliance

The Firefly Gunboat variant was the backbone of the Independents air and space forces during the Unification War, equally capable of taking on ground targets and capital ships. Inexpensive to operate and heavily armored, the gunboats gave the Independents an early advantage in the guerrilla battles that dominated the war. For her debut, we see our "Big Dog" taking a much-deserved break, reinforcing an Independents encampment in one of the deserts on Persephone. Look closely and you can see some of her crew and Browncoat marines moving under her shadow. This poster is full of little details and surprises, from the tattered 12th Cavalry flag hanging from the side of a gun emplacement to the "Eat This Purple Bellies" scrawled on the sides of Cerberus' big missiles.

Each poster is 12.5 by 19.5 inches and ships rolled.  $11.65 from TFAW.com,$12.95 direct from QMx.

They're here!

Or, more to the point, less than 100 of here because the rest got sold already.

"I Aim to Misbehave," the second in QMx's "Little Damn Heroes " line iof Serenity maquettes (based on Adam Levermore-Rich's amazing designs) is now on sale at QMx. But you'd better hurry; presales were so strong on these limited edition statues than fewer than 100 are left.

The 4.5-inch resin statue shows Mal with his gun drawn and browncoat billowing behind him. Details in the maquette include screen-accurate sculpts of his boots, suspenders, even his iconic pistol.

Only 1,000 "I Aim to Misbehave" limited-edition maquettes are being made. And, through special arrangement with Nathan Fillion and PJ Haarsma, co-founders of Kids Need To Read (www.kidsneedtoread.org), a portion of the proceeds from sales of  "Aim" will be donated to this worthy cause.