David Hingtgen

Very large, good scans of the animation models of all 4 main VF-25s in practically every mode with every armor/pack variation: http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?show...mp;#entry622964 (every Frontier fan should have a copy of these scans just for sheer reference value) I doubt that every valk was entirely redone prior to the final animation. A weird pose in the OP doesn't counteract every other image. What we really need are some good screencaps of a "bare" battroid in a "normal" pose for comparison.

That pic there has me wondering what finish is used---you can clearly see the parts seams, so it's not puttied/sanded/painted----but it is awfully smooth for not being overtly glossy---yet the big wing piano hinge is not the same shade as the rest of the plane. Un-puttied seams and painted? I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do--I am NOT going to paint the white--not on something with this many moving/scraping parts, all white areas will be left white plastic. But I'm wondering if I should use pens for panel lines, a wash, or what. And then do I seal it? Again---I intend for mine to be "played with" and "toyistic"---thus the finish needs to be durable, and not impede anything. Layers of paint and clear may cause clearance issues. I never seal pens, and that one is clearly penned with pure black ink--and it looks remarkably good for that---if that's over base white plastic, I may go with that. But if that's penned ink over painted white, I may go with a wash, to really eliminate as much "plasticy" look as possible.

Zero was a nice "bump" but pales in comparison to the last year, and especially the last few months.

Man, I really should try to find that article again, if my memory of a translation is going to be used as a reference...

And I was speaking just for myself, not as a mod. (though this thread has been closely watched by all of us since the first post--threads like this never end well)

I wasn't being literal, more like "I agree with previous descriptions of how bad Escaflowne was hacked up".

Seconded---Escaflowne on Fox is only slightly less hacked up than Macross was in Robotech...

I thought I noticed that Brera's eye color seemed different. (plus his uniform)

Apologies to Mr March for sucking his bandwidth.

Are you sure it was actually posted? There's no record of it. Unless whoever deleted it subsequently deleted it from the "archive" as well---which is rare and very paranoid behaviour for a mod.

General help that could (or not) fix various issues: Media Player Classic---Options>Playback>Output. Upper left section will be direct showvideo. Select VMR9(renderless).

Sorry, but Megaforce is specifically not allowed by MW's rules.

Just an FYI, I've found pics of Yamato's entire booth--and there's NOTHING new. Just 1/60 v2 Roy and Hikaru, 1/48 Max 1A and some non-Macross stuff. They either didn't bring any VF-11 stuff at all, or they're saving it for later in the show or something.

Interesting---Brera's VF-27 says "Antares 101" on the legs.

I tried many codecs and found that the CCCP+Media Player Classic blew all the others away in playback performance. It also plays back more files than anything else--there are a few that it doesn't like, but they are rare, and always old.

I don't have a problem with the fighter mode of any of them, but the 1/60 is fat in BATTROID, which is its most distinctive look. The VF-25 looks pretty typical in fighter mode as valks go, no sleeker than an Sv-51. But battroid mode? Its anorexic compared to many.

I never torrent, I always do direct download. Plenty of places to get both GG and Lunar versions. Personally, I find MKV's via Media Player Classic to be the most trouble-free, regardless of which group made it.

Along that line of thinking: One of the many articles I've google-translated from the Chara Hobby show said something along the lines of "The 1/100 is supposed to be line-accurate, while the 1/60 is designed to look like a sturdy typical Chogokin". Honestly, with how fat the 1/60 is looking lately, I wouldn't be surprised if Bandai purposely is making it chunky like the 1/55. Which would suck, as the VF-25 is the skinniest valk ever and is DEFINED by how thin it is compared to others. I mean, we've seen the 1/100 and 1/72, there is NO need to have legs that thick on the 1/60.

More:

Posting this here as well: I made an updated purple version of medium Phoenix armor for females----same as the one I did earlier but now includes textures for "far" distances. Pic: Download: http://home.mchsi.com/~ncc42768/PhxMpurple.tpf Scorpion light armor, in a sort of "Air Force blue" tone----works very well with Liara IMHO. Pic: Download: http://home.mchsi.com/~ncc42768/ScorpLblue.tpf And I'm still open to a recoloring request or two. I can't turn leather into chainmail, but I can make red or blue into green or yellow, etc.

The tailfins clearly aren't black. And no MP seeker has had "contrasting" tailfins yet.

Gah, the new figs have already been posted... (at first I thought they were resin models, then I saw the stuff around them and how "shiny" they were)

No "big wing" -19 lacks the canards. Also, despite having the same wings, the YF-19/VF-19A, and VF-19P/Basara's, have different tailfins----the P and Basara's have VF-19F/S style tailfins, as well as the F/S style of wingroot/LEX.

The -19 family is more complex than you'd think. Making a VF-19F/S from Basara's would take a lot of work. You can't just repaint his blue and change the head, cough cough.

Stickers to make different sets---no way. The missile hatches alone preclude that possibility. Still, since the 1/60 looks "fatter" in every pic, I worry about full armor being possible. VF-25's are very skinny so as to allow such thick armor.