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    The 1:72 figures are the main draw for me as well, as difficult as they'll be to paint... 🙁
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    This year's the 40th anniversary of Robotech, actually... 😝 It's a moot point, though. I'll be busy with work all weekend, and will barely have any time to visit the modeling exhibit, much less participate. 😓 However, given that deadline's not hanging over my head any more, I can put more time into Halloween prep instead: I've been asked to host an event downtown, so I can display some of the masks I've painted. 😋
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    That's a fabulous way to demonstrate your work, and it's all the more impressive as a result. I think I'll try the same: The tiny conning towers on these were almost absent from the 3D models, and pretty much had to be scratchbuilt to approximate the line art. Now, onto the battlefortress itself... Yeah, you want something with a lid. I like toolboxes myself... I've been disassembling Star Wars figures for decades, and find this to be an effective way of organizing parts for customs. Regardless of how you do it, though, you've already got the most important element: the ingenuity and skill required to scratchbuild the parts you've lost. Zeta Gundam had far better production values, mecha designs and music, but the dialogue and character motivations were often baffling... especially among the women, yeah. 🤨
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    While you're at it, Greg, you might as well give him the proper licence plate. I mean, if you're gonna go the distance, then go the distance, right? 😉
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    Weathering can be a double-edged sword. It's gotta be dirty to bring out that detail, but we all know that Max wouldn't allow it to get that dirty (much less the SDF-1 maintenance crews)... It's not realistic in-universe, despite how cool it looks. 🤷‍♂️ Is that a Hasegawa kit? Actually, that's the live-action Arcee from Rise of the Beasts.
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    I'm pretty much done with the Prometheus. The bridge was definitely the biggest challenge. Again, the 3D model was not detailed enough, and I don't think something so small would survive resin printing anyway... ...so instead I scratchbuilt a conning tower with acupuncture needles and masking tape. I'm sure @pengbuzz would approve. 😉 Several, in fact... The TV version lacks significant surface detailing on the legs. Certainly not. Most of it's not my work, nor can anyone involved claim the IP rights... and I'm really more of a 3D-printing service than a virtual modeler, anyway. I do take commissions, though! 😊
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    Surprise! Kai's coming out in December. I hope he won't be too hard for you to get.
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    ...or boldly go bankrupt overestimating their market. 😓
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    So, it turns out these new G.M.G. Collection figures were announced last month: ...and these two back in August: ...but since I've only just discovered their existence, I'm much too late to preorder them from any of the usual sites. 😣 So now, it's "wait 'til retail release" or "pay the online scalpers" if you want 'em. 🤕
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    Wave FOUR? They're still taking pre-orders for the first wave, and that was announced over a year ago... 🙄 Heck, BBTS listings still have a "Prototype Images Disclaimer" attached, since we don't even know what the production figures will look like. Still, Star Trek has always embraced an optimistic view of the future, so I suppose it's on-brand for Nacelle to keep forging ahead and hope for the best. 😅
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    Hopefully into a modern age of detailed sculpts and articulation, unlike the vast majority of 5POA retro crap that continues to dominate the 3.75 scale. 😒
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    I'd pay up to $100 for the five TRON figures, but I've already got several lightcycles at that scale. I'm not gonna pay another $160 for bikes that other manufacturers have already produced! 🤨
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    After months of neglect, I'm finally back at work on the SDF-1... or the Prometheus, at least. Note if that's the standard kit, it doesn't include the photo-etch parts, the LED lighting kit or the waterslide decals... but it does include a large sticker sheet! 😅
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    Thanks, but I didn't realize how low-resolution the game models were... 🫣 That might be adequate for a tabletop gaming miniature, but it certainly won't look good at 1:60th scale. 😒
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    If @guyxxed can provide a .stl file of the head, I can print it for you in high-resolution photopolymer resin.
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    With about a month left before the "40th anniversary of Robotech" display I've planned for our annual modeling exhibit, I've still got to paint my 1:48 Regult, three 1:48 Destroids, four 1:48 Logans, and two 1:1400 SDF-1s... and dammit, I still can't tear myself away from the Mos Eisley cantina! Having completed the ceiling, I've been fine-tuning the lighting and figure placement... ...repainting Hasbro figures... ...and 3D-printing parts for characters that never got action figures. There are just so many more characters I want to complete, but I've got to put Star Wars aside and shift my focus back to Macross... 😓
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    Yeah, that's how I ensured all my Master Grade Mobile Suits were visible:
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    It was difficult for me to come to terms with this... but when Discovery, Rings of Power, and even Star Trek Into Darkness claim 84% of critics recommend them, I guess the shills have taken over. 🫣 Still, if grading on a curve, I have to admit Alien: Earth wasn't nearly as disappointing as Alien 3... or Alien vs. Predator... or Prometheus, even. 😒 And if the show had come to television 30 years ago, amidst the RoboCop, Highlander, and Police Academy TV series, we'd have hailed it as a masterpiece. 😅
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    With a 95% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, it would seem many agree with you... It's fresh and exciting. 🤨 Most of the YouTube critics I've seen agree with you. It's a dumpster fire. This is the most polarizing sci-fi I've seen since The Last Jedi. 😲
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    @MechTech continues to impress with his mechanical engineering! I'm calling the Mos Eisley diorama done. I reprinted some parts at a larger scale to give the derelict Dowager Queen a sense of forced perspective. The twisted bits of metal hull clinging to the frame is just painted paper. The "sand" is about 50% baby powder. 😉 These two kitbashed figures are based on extras seen in the background during the 1976 Tunisia shoot. Several more are still in progress. Oh, I'm not the multitasker you are, my friend... I can only obsess over one project at a time. 😅
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    The vertical stabs should cant outward in fighter mode, @Robin-11.
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    Ooh, that's very cool, and very tempting... 😋
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    Resin powder, to be exact. Actual sand looks more like gravel at this scale. 😉
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    Geez, you guys seem to have more free time than I do! Remarkable progress, especially from @Papa Rat. I'm glad to see the Alien "Space Jockey" got some well-deserved attention in between all your vintage Valkyrie kits. Oh man, Mos Eisley is kicking my ass, guys. 🤕 I went ahead and printed the rest of the Dowager Queen derelict, more-or-less as it appeared in 1977: It's almost as big as the whole cantina! 😲 As you can see, it still needs a ton of work before it's ready for paint, weathering... and a whole lot of sand, of course. 😅 I also need several of those iconic moisture vaporators... ...and even though Hasbro gave us one back in 2007, it was typically inaccurate (and pathetically small). 🙄 No matter. I can just print my own to scale, using this free online model I found. 😋 Looks perfect, right? Well, you get what you pay for. 😣 Seriously, in my 16 months of 3D-printing, I've never encountered such a poorly-designed model. The damn thing's got no substance whatsoever. Some parts aren't even attached, just floating in virtual space... and to make matters worse, the rash of heavy rains this week have caused me additional problems. Let's zoom in and do a forensic examination of this disaster: At the top, you can see where supports should have printed, had there been less humidity and more consistent temperatures. That's materials failure. I had to substantially increase the exposure time for each layer. Here, you can see a bizarre gap in the support structure, caused by a persistent glitch in the proprietary slicing program. That's software failure. I had to switch to a less-efficient file format to avoid further issues like this. Finally, this section is where supports collapsed, lacking a surface to adhere to. That's a structural failure in the model itself. I had to spend hours reinforcing the interior structure, and many more hours placing hundreds and hundreds of supports manually to ensure a successful print. 😒 Well, after days of manual restructuring, technical adjustments, and a heavy dose of trial-and-error, I finally got one assembled. I went pretty heavy on the weathering, as the Mos Eisley vaporators look poorly-maintained. I might've gone too far. 🤨
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