Kelsain

Ignoring all posts this morning, just in case... Look forward to catching up with you all after Chihiro's out! Part on dudes!

Fully realistic, emoting, CG guardian, FTW!!!1! j/k

True, and there's a distinction between what's the simplest explanation in the actual fictional universe and the simplest explanation for the narrative. And really, that's where you win or lose fans. I love stories that throw you big WTF moments like this, or Lost or Battlestar. It's the ability to follow up with an explanation that shows the writers put real thought behind it and incorporated it well that makes it satisfying. This is where Lost, er, lost me: mystery after mystery with 1 contrived backstory after another. I just got tired of waiting for any exposition for all the shows events (They may be resolving it now, I dunno, it's a little too late for me). Battlestar almost had the same effect a few times, but Baltar keeps me tagging along. IF the writers have to invent some crazy, over-contrived (lets face it - it will be kinda nutty and contrived) reason for the Macross (or M-alike) sitting on Gallia4 or just blow it up and move on; I'll be quite disappointed in the show. I'll still watch it though, I mean it's Macross after all. But it would feel a little empty if the Macross gets destroyed (completely that is, I'm OK with severely damaged and repairable).

VF-11B This is a habit I can't afford to form, but I'll make this one exception. I luv it so.

I'm invoking the Razor in the following way: If it looks like the Macross, characters call it the Macross, and there's no canonical proof that there were ever any other ships that looked like the Macross; then it's probably the Macross. Now if they show us otherwise, ok; but I think that'd be kind of a cop-out. Meh, either way we'll just have to wait 'til Thursday (or in my case, Saturday am to see Chihiro's sub)

Sorry, couldn't help it... Prime just looks so sleazy!

Well, one thing's clear at least... I'll have to stay away from the entire forum until the subs come out, b/c I want to see and find out what's going on at the same time. Dern foreign language cliffhangers... Just to throw in my 2 cents, I'm gonna claim Occam's Razor and think it's probably the SDF-1 Macross. I think Zinjo has built an interesting case, but it's about as clear cut as Guld's dastardly sabotage from the M+ OVA. It does seem to require a lot more additional circumstance and information, but who knows! I hope it's the Macross and I hope it doesn't get blown up or left behind... I can't wait to find out! *Imagine the amounts of win seeing the Macross & Quarter fighting alongside eachother...

Fanart or not, I has a new wallpaper... and: I would love a poster of All that VF, it's purty!

I've been thinking about the earlier comment (sorry, don't remember who said it) that the Zentran rebellion was like a GI Joe battle. At first, I was feeling the same way. The Q-reas stayed on the ground, nobody was hitting anything... I was kind of indignant, b/c Ep1 made it look like we were getting another gritty Macross series. Between all the poor VF-171 pilots and Gillaim, it seemed we would have another SW-1 scale bloodbath on our hands. I'm still a little disappointed that the series has taken a softer touch, but I've been thinking about Temjin's insurrection a little more. What if it both sides were playing along with the plan? I mean, as agile as the Q-reas are, they could have dispatched the commander & adviser easily. Also, there's gotta be more than 1/2 dozen of those suckers at the base. And why not send out some other Q-reas or Regulds from the ships hangar instead of threatening to obliterate the base? Maybe they were just posturing b/c they were complicit, or b/c they really didn't want to fight... Also, do you think there's any significance to the name selection in this group? Temjin, Ogodai? Both fairly important Mongols there... Temjin was Genghis Khan's given name, and Ogodai Khan was his heir...

Or maybe it's a module that can be fitted easily into the cockpit. Perhaps Mikhail had the module swapped from his VF into Alto's for Ranka's trip home. Then he would follow behind with Sheryl's ship using the standard fold systems.

If they do make a VF-0, my only request is that it be properly to scale with the VF-1. But, since they didn't do that with the 19 & 21, I'm not holding my breath.

What would be cool is if they could design the Armor pack as an accessory that would fit on the VF-1 body; somehow maintaining the posability of the original. But honestly, I don't see that working. Really though, even in SDFM, the armored 1J lumbered around like Randy anyway. I think they should release a VF-1 Brownie. I'd spring for 1 more of those...

I voted for the 11. As much as I love the VF-1, 19 & 25; the VF-11 hold a special place in my heart. Like many, it's debut in M+ was the first post-Robotech, REAL VF I ever saw. It is so clearly the offspring of the VF-1A, it even has the same facial features! Finally, the dialog that refers to it as the VF Thunderbolt got me. It wasn't a Valkyrie at all! It had its own label & everything. Of course, there was the bayonet & Isamu kicking so much ass. Probably the most memorable moment in all of Macross for me. It's also probably the only 1/60 I'll be buying, if it gets the green light.

I'd LOVE to see fanart of that!

This is kind of what I was thinking. On one hand, you'd think if Frontier was the 'roving capital' of the NUG, the NUNS military wouldn't be so incompetent. I guess its possible that the military may have hung Howard out to dry and deliberately staffed the fleet with green pilots. However, remember in both versions of Ep1, Glass is first shown behind his desk and the description "Frontier Presidency" is shown on the screen. That, more than anything, says to me that there may be several presidents out there. Likely they'd be given more sweeping authority than the mayors in order to safeguard and better control the larger and further traveling fleets. *edit "They're given more" sound more definitive - I'm only speculating. Switched to "They'd be"

Hey guys, a while back I posted the attached scheme for my custom VF-1A, including a cute anime angel for wingart. Unfortunately, my hard drive has crashed, and I seem to have lost all of my pretty lineart, color schemes and everything else. In this case, of particular note was the angel for the tail. It was one of a series of slightly ecchi angels (just slightly provocative poses) that were wearing scifi armor and little targeting monocles. There was also 1 for each major color: red, black, gold, green, blue, etc... Has anyone seen anything like this out there? I've been searching for a while but I can't recall where I found it. Maybe this isn't the right place for the question, but it is color-scheme related... *Edit: Almost forgot to say thanks for any consideration or help!

I was looking at these again, and while they do look sharp and clear and beautiful - they do lose a little bit of illusion. The pics on the right almost look filmed, with higher contrasts and variance in focus. Eh, maybe it's just me. They're also a little more forgiving on any animation errors. Maybe I'm just used to washed out and blurry M7 - maybe that's the way I think it's supposed to be...

Cool! Thanks Graham! I'm liking the Cheyenne2. It takes a lot of the best destroid elements. You've got the variable legs and vulcan cannons of the original Cheyenne, built-in missile launchers like the Phalanx and the BIG arm cannons of the Tomahawk. I wonder if it has hands on the back of the arms like the Cheyenne. All it's missing is some wicked gun clusters... As for the Quarter Pounder, I still really like the attacker mode... But I'm disappointed with the cruiser mode. I just think they could have integrated the arms and the legs a little better, maybe given it more of a Meltrandi Gunship silhouette. Right now, it just looks kinda like an asymmetrical White Base with wimpy struts connecting the main engines. It does, however, seem to spend most of its time with those legs tucked into Island1, so it's not bugging me THAT much.

I think the problem with the full armor system is its acceleration. In Ep7, the whole squadron (or flight) was already up to speed when they attacked. In Ep1, Ozma had to accelerate from a full stop in the asteroids, while Gilliam was already flying about at speed. Normally we're used to a VF transforming and zooming off in a heartbeat, but look at how long it takes Ozma to get out of those asteroids.

Wow, those look FAR better than the ones I have. I might have to update my M7 collection... Secondly, seeing the Macross7 in that rich and sharp of a picture REALLY makes the difference in size apparent between it and the Frontier. *was gonna post a comparison, but can't find a good pic of Frontier right now...

I meant in the transformation, not stylistically... I'll have to wait for clearer pictures, but I don't see the white shoulder markings on the dorsal or ventral surfaces. Of course, if the intakes stay on the chest instead of the legs, then there may be some more areas in there for shoulder armor. On another note... Am I the only one who thinks about Gatchaman when I see the VF-19S?

Looks like it does transform just like the 25 - the arms are even the same shape. I can't figure out where those big shoulders are coming from, though...

Could be superheated plasma confined within a magnetic field around the blade. That might explain the bright blue color and the "Shifty" appearance of the glow.

But then why would he shoot Luca's gun away when he could cut it in half with his mind? (Sorry if it's already been said... didn't feel like searching for it...)

Ah, but their bloody, lifeless husks littered the floor of the Vajra ship, evidence of Brera's handiwork.