Xigfrid

So what happened to his great future project toy?

So do I !

Any real color theme will look sick on a VF-0D

8 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Is there any reason to really think so?

For whatever reason, Yamato had to stop. 

If Arcadia hadn’t risen from the ashes, that would have been that .

Arcadia certainly could be susceptible to closing down. But still,  are there any warning signs yet? Are there many shelf warmers , they’ve produced so far?  Is the cost of their products going down on the secondary market? I don’t know. They seem solvent to me. 

I am feeling like @Archer on this, this SV-51 has been in dev for 2 years (near 3) and I can’t see why it didn’t went into production earlier. They have been reducing their PF prices for the VF-1 releases probably because they have been hit hard by the VF-1S from Valkyrie Factory. 

In fact I can’t imagine a sustainable model for a company producing only one new mold every 3 year. And I still don’t understand why they don’t plan to update their VF-1 mold to be at least on par with the Bandai engineering. 

I hope for the VF-0D PF version but it seems that it is not a highly awaited model. And we don’t know yet what is next plan for Arcadia if any

Woah! I never could imagine the accurate movements could be done at 48’ or 60’ scale. Amazing

You have reached the next level! Really nice model indeed

I have tried to follow all the advices and when back to grey primer then white primer, masking and spraying TS-8 lacquer red with an airbrush. 

I have to say that I LOVE airbrushing (my double action system at 30$ Including the pump is just 100 times better than spraying directly from the can). This is only the third time I use it and I think I have mastered it now. 

I saw it!

I have tried taobao lately but couldn’t find any too, it seems sold out 

4 hours ago, chyll2 said:

I am seeing bleeding, by any chance you are painting a white over a red? If yes, do it the reverse and plan. White is notorious hard to paint on, it will be a lot harder if you are painting it on a strong / dark colors.

The bleedings appeared when I tried to prime white over a red gundam marker that I have airbrushed in the wrong place. I think the primer can was finished and there was too much solvent and it reacted with the red!

I think I will start over, removing the paint and apply grey primer first, then go white everywhere and red with proper disassembly and masking.

Does anyone already painted his VF-9 ? I would love to see a finished one, that would motivate me a lot

It was almost completed, but with time it got “outdated”. I really need to revise the model with the latest tolerance and techniques. 

Hi, I have already made 3D models of the bigger missiles. The main difference with the 1:60 ones is that the 1:72 would not be able to be removed and you would have to make your own pylon. The 1:72 use two 1mm diameter holes for the attachment and will be printed in FUD. 

Just leave me a PM with the missiles you want and I will let you know if they are good to print or not

Hi yeah, great advices there. To be honest, that’s the first time I am trying an airbrush and the Gundam marker airbrush system, and still learning how to master both. 

I wanted to paint it fast with few masking but the Gundam airbrush wasn’t as precise as expected compared to the airbrush. 

Well lesson learnt and painting over a white area is even more merciless! 

Why am I so bad at painting... here I am with my first copy. This is so difficult to paint white other red that any mistake may take you back to primer 

Thanks guys for the support! 

Well this is very well executed, you have further improved the original kit!

3 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Maybe I should outsource this paint job.

I wonder if anyone here with experience painting valkyries would be interested in a job.

You probably can browse a war hammer forum and ask a custom paint job there.

4 hours ago, Bolt said:

Looks awesome!

Thanks! Actually the inside is going to be a nightmare to paint

2 hours ago, derex3592 said:

Someday, someone, sometime, really needs to explain to me what was actually going on in Zero.... Cause I still don't know...

I really like Zero. If I understand well, the action takes place just a few years before the sdfm1 arrival. It is a time of warfare between the Russian  conglomerate and the UN army and both factions are looking for the human bird technology that was discovered by a scientist(the old man in a wheeled chair) dozen years before during an exploration of the Mayan island.

The mad scientist wants to erase the humanity that seems too corrupted, this is why he allied with the Arnachists  and try to wake up the human bird that he knows it could be cataclysmic. 

On the other hand, the UN army have already discovered and secretly transporting the human bird body in its aircraft carrier. During a mission, Shin is shot down on his F14 by Nora in its SV, rescued by Sarah Nome and then recruited by the aircraft carrier that was around there. As a rare survivor of a fight against a variable fighter, Shin is recruited by Roy Focker to learn how to pilot the first VF, the VF-0. 

During the attack of the aircraft carrier, an okto (transforming submarine into terrestrial tank) found the human bird head, also known as the treasure of the Mayans. Thanks to shin, the head is saved from the submarine but Nora attacks Shin and they both loose and the head is lost in the forest again. They then incinerate the forest to find the head, in vain  

In last ressort, the mad scientist catches Sarah and have her to sing  to retrieve the head. Unfortunately only a flying rock and Roy come to the rescue. They got away in the jungle once again and find the Human bird head at last. But the Russian were around and they grab the head together with the 2 girls, and bring everything into their headquarters: a giant submarine. 

This is the moment when Roy and Shin go rogue and go to the rescue of their respective girls in their armored VF-0. Shin find Sarah but got shot in front of her, she got really mad and sing for the head. The head reunite with its body and the Human bird is awaken, Sarah as a ‘peace guardian’ is asked if the humans have turn into a peaceful spiecie. As a negative answer leads to the humanity destruction, the human bird begins to fire on every fighting vehicles with folding-space shoots, including Nora, Roy, DD and Shin. Nora and DD die fighting it, Shin managed to reach Sarah thanks to his love for her. At last moment, Sarah is obliged to suicide to avoid a nuclear catastroph by space-folding-traveling together with the nuclear blasts shot by the UN Monster from the aircraft carrier. 

The end.

59 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

I actually thought that was one of the more interesting things about Delta.. it kind of mirrored what happened in Zero.. sorta.  

Looking really good Xigfrid, always amazing to see how you get such clean prints of your designs!  Who are you using for your prints for this version?

Thanks for the compliments, I am now using an Italian printer who uses HP4210 printer and they also have a really nice smoothing process. He is very specialized so he doesn’t make clear plastics or white SLS but the prices are cheaper than shapeways and the quality is really better. So I keep working with him as much as possible. 

The outside hasn’t changed a lot, it just got a bit smoother. But the interior is much more detailed now. 

I will post more pictures once I begin the painting. 

Ho my! That was a 4 years old model!

This is probably VF-0D PF announce that decided me to revise this model, with a full opening mode and a more accurate head sculpt.

The Human bird head is available in 3D print direct order from me.  More info can be found a my 'newly made' Facebook page.

Nice custom

3 hours ago, Lolicon said:

how big is that photo-booth !

2 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

This picture makes me melt !!!   Such an amazing banking pic!

That picture and your comment reminded me this video too

There was a set made by Valkyrie Factory that had 2 MDE missiles, you should send an email to showZ store since they import Valkyrie Factory sets. 

https://showzstore.com/c/valkyrie-factory_0548

Or try on taobao