Cannon Fodder VF-1A Battroid

[Berttt]

Here are some pics of my VF-1A in "Cannon Fodder" livery. The photos were taken by a friend of mine at a local hobby show, the "Our Town Model Show."

Inside of the entertainment centre was quite dark so the pics really didn't turn out fantastic, but beggars can't be choosers.

Edited September 1, 2004 by Berttt

[CoryHolmes]

Very, very cool, though the scale appears to be a bit off. The soliders should be equal to the shin fins when they're standing, not when crouched down.

Still, it gets very high marks for sheer cool factor

[Graham]

Looks fantastic. Great job. Always a pleasure looking at photos of a well built Macross model.

Graham

[Berttt]

The base is something I slapped together as practice as I had never built ruined buildings before. I am not entirely happy and wil build a better one at a later date.

[edited for spelling]

Edited September 1, 2004 by Berttt

[Valk009]

Awesome diorama, thumbs up!

Wish I had some skills like this, am practising though!

[Berttt]

That little guy on the corner of the building is actually built up on some rubble. You can see it clearer in this pic.

[edited for spelling]

Edited September 1, 2004 by Berttt

[Berttt]

The kit itself I am quite happy with. Mind you this is the second kit in four weeks, as the first one was ruined by a clear coat in the final stages.

[Berttt]

The figures are 1/72 scale German Panzergrenadiers. There was supposed to be a Marder APC in the building as well, but I got a little carried away with the groundwork, it will go back in with take 2.

Edited September 1, 2004 by Berttt

[Ido]

Nice CF brown, what did you use?

[Berttt]

I used the 40/60 ratio of Wood Brown and White as called out in the plans using Gunze acrylics.

At the moment I am torn between acrylics and enamels. I like acrylics for their ease of clean up, and the fact that oil washes don't effect them, but enamels spray on like a dream, and tend not to run as easily when very thin.

Also the kit has been subtly pre shaded, but unfortunately does not show up in the pics.

I don't think I will pre shade any more as it is far easier to post shade, on darker colours I now use a very thin mix of dark grey ar black, and on lighter clours I use Tamiya smoke. All I need now is a new airbrush (to replace the crappy Aztek 430) and I'm all set.

Thanks for kudos guys, the main reasons I visit MW is to see if there are any new kits that have been posted, so I thought it would be nice to share.

Edited May 21, 2006 by Berttt

[Less than Super Ostrich]

Big thumbs up! I love diaramas... I've never done one, but I love them!

[ChristopherB]

Thank you for posting the pictures!

You did a wonderful job, and I can only imagine how much work the project must have been.

[Gerwalker]

Thanks for sharing!!! It is always a nice thing to see new Macross dioramas!! The CF looks awsome. The soldiers are WWII??

Cory H: how can the soldiers be off scale if both (CF and soldiers) are 1/72????????????????

[jardann]

That's a great diorama! But if I were those soldiers, I'd get outta the vicinity 'cause you know that CF will draw all the fire while Roy an dhis VF-1s is actually killing some bad guys!

Seriously though the valk looks great too! I really like the faded/shaded areas on the gunpod.

[Myersjessee]

Very well done! Thanks for sharing pictures! Got any more pictures to share?

[CID]

Yes, do you have any more photos of your work???

I am always interestd in diorama that others have done. THanks for sharing....

[Akula]

That's pretty cool.

I like the fact that you put troops in the ruined building, it adds the realism and "look at how huge i am" factor

[Berttt]

Thanks guys, like I said before I am going to make a new base for this which should turn out a little better.

I have a Super VF-1A in Max colours that I am working on right now (and have been for most of the year) that is almost finished, I'll post pics when I'm done.

For those that haven't seen it, do a search and look for the Tigermeet VF-11 that I posted a few months ago. That's about it, I'm still learning all the skills need to finally get to a point where I am happy with my work, but I have a cupbaord full of kits that have to be built and my rate of effort isn't quite up there yet.

Brett

[guncross2]

Great stuffs dude!

[SchizophrenicMC]

You couldn't have posted that when you were new?

I'll admit it's awesome, but not awesome enough to warrant reviving a 5-year-old thread.

[Gabe Q]

Hey man, lay off. It was brought up in another thread. I missed it the first time around, too.

[SchizophrenicMC]

Hey man, lay off. It was brought up in another thread. I missed it the first time around, too.

I wasn't even around the first time.

It's just that when a thread dies, I've kinda learned it should stay dead. Excuse me if the first forums I was on banned you for necros. It's habitual for me. I just don't like to see something that's awesome and hope for more, only to find that it was made years ago, and there's nothing more for it in the future.

[jardann]

I wasn't even around the first time.

It's just that when a thread dies, I've kinda learned it should stay dead. Excuse me if the first forums I was on banned you for necros. It's habitual for me. I just don't like to see something that's awesome and hope for more, only to find that it was made years ago, and there's nothing more for it in the future.

Schizo, you really need to take it easy and let stuff go. You've been around here long enough now to know that reviving an old thread is no big deal and sometimes is even good. I'd guess that nearly 1/3 of your posts have either been criticizing someone for bringing up news that is old to you, an old thread, or something that you just don't think is very cool, or defending/explaining yourself after you rashly criticized someone. Bringing up an old thread here is not a big deal and I've even seen it result in some pretty cool projects.

The mods do a pretty great job on policing duplicate threads, old threads or threads that don't fit the specified subject range. In fact, they do a pretty great job all around and this is one of the friendliest and well organized forums I've ever seen. (granted, I don't frequent a great multitude of forums)

In case you haven't noticed, your little smart-alec responses really annoy many people here. If that is truly your purpose then I'm sure the mods will eventually weed you out. I don't think that is the case though, because you do make good and interesting contributions at other times in this forum.

Please, if you don't really have an interest in a thread that someone brings up, then just let it go, keep your snide opinion to yourself and move on. That will make this little sandbox a lot nicer for everyone to play in, yourself included.

[SchizophrenicMC]

Schizo, you really need to take it easy and let stuff go. You've been around here long enough now to know that reviving an old thread is no big deal and sometimes is even good. I'd guess that nearly 1/3 of your posts have either been criticizing someone for bringing up news that is old to you, an old thread, or something that you just don't think is very cool, or defending/explaining yourself after you rashly criticized someone. Bringing up an old thread here is not a big deal and I've even seen it result in some pretty cool projects.

The mods do a pretty great job on policing duplicate threads, old threads or threads that don't fit the specified subject range. In fact, they do a pretty great job all around and this is one of the friendliest and well organized forums I've ever seen. (granted, I don't frequent a great multitude of forums)

In case you haven't noticed, your little smart-alec responses really annoy many people here. If that is truly your purpose then I'm sure the mods will eventually weed you out. I don't think that is the case though, because you do make good and interesting contributions at other times in this forum.

Please, if you don't really have an interest in a thread that someone brings up, then just let it go, keep your snide opinion to yourself and move on. That will make this little sandbox a lot nicer for everyone to play in, yourself included.

So, you estimate i've made 712 posts telling people to not necro? If that's true, this site's internet etiquette policy is more screwed-up than I thought.

It's just my opinion that this particular VF-1 and its diorama aren't amazing enough to die for 5 years and find sudden revival. I'm a firm believer in the "If you don't have something useful to add, don't necro it" ideology.

Now, excuse me. I'll request to have my title changed to "Site Apeface" since the stupid language filter doesn't allow its intended word.