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9 hours ago, Thom said:

Paint it brown...

No!! It will look like a 💩log. Although it would be funny to make it float in a pool for April fools 

4 hours ago, m0n5t3r said:

Not really that excited to watch it myself. And I have no interest in rewatching the entire Seed and Destiny series before watching the movie. Just gonna watch it for the Mobile Suits, the action scenes and just for the sake of completing the series.

I kinda forgot a lot about the series and thought I needed a refresher, although I’m thinking it probably isn’t that necessary 

1 hour ago, m0n5t3r said:

so I'm moving on to Gundam 00 and maybe finally watch the new Gundam Seed movie. 

I still haven’t been able to convince myself to watch the new seed movie. I told myself I needed to rewatch the seed and seed destiny shows to catch up and it was kinda like torture with how bad they were that after Macross got added to Hulu I sorta forgot all about that seed movie.

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

Aria Bladeheart.

Looks kinda neat, but you gotta wonder if it’s an April Fools joke when the company logo is FU

14 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

I liked the first couple in the series, but that last one really doesn’t hold up after rewatching it. Hopefully this one will be good because I actually like this spidey

On 3/30/2025 at 3:40 PM, KOG Water Dragon said:

No sign of VE-1 or VT-1 either.

I think they will be a little further down the line. The VT-1 would be more interesting though due to the figures 

53 minutes ago, mikeszekely said:

Huh.  I'd have never thought of it on my own, but I guess I could see her as Sayla.

Nah, she’s gonna be Christina Mackenzie 

1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

Whoops. Yeah I was referring to rivets on the model kit not the anime.

Yeah, I got what you meant. I just thought it was an odd detail for them to add to the kit.

1 minute ago, Papa Rat said:

Its wild to imagine how large the text on these giant ships would be. Also this kit has visible  rivets which I find hilarious. Rivets the size of baseball stadiums. Lol

I honestly don’t really remember ever seeing rivets on the ships

Dill Weed hmm hmm hmm

I think the figure for Nash looks a bit off in the face, but the others look pretty great

4 hours ago, sh9000 said:

I'd buy one in 1/18 scale and 1/12 scale.

Hope we get the awesome pilots and maybe mr eyepatch to boss them around as well 

On 3/30/2025 at 1:53 AM, kajnrig said:

I keep mixing up Fujimi with Fine Molds

Just remember that one is more famous for aircraft and ship models and the other is more famous for lobsters 

8 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Going to slap this together tonight. 
Should I have any concerns regarding the old decals failing? If so is there any sort of method anyone can share that can increase my odds of them successfully working?

Maybe test that spot that just states the scale on a scrap piece of plastic or a plastic spoon. They can turn brittle, but on the bright side, they never show markings in the series or movie for Zentraedi 

1 hour ago, pengbuzz said:

Agreed; perhaps this thread should be locked?

Maybe. There are already a couple threads about Robotech and how it might continue or not. Maybe mash this bit into one of those as another option 

1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

I hit it with a light gray/yellow ochre. It really gave some decent definition in what’s a very dark paint scheme. I need to keep practicing. Less is more. 
really appreciate the suggestion. ✌️

It looks a lot more lively now 

37 minutes ago, Old_Nash_II said:

https://deadline.com/2025/03/richard-norton-dead-mad-max-actor-stuntman-trainer-1236354235/

Farewell to one of the great antagonists of my favorite old martial arts films

 

I remember seeing him in quite a few movies. He always stood out in them and always took a beating. 

7 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Anyway... seems the OP for this thread posted this and then dipped.  They don't seem to have been back to the boards since about 3 minutes after the thread was made.

There are times when I thought I’ve had a great idea and posted about it and then finding out almost instantly it wasn’t such a great idea after all. And maybe that’s what happened here. Hopefully the guy doesn’t take things personally and will come back

7 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Totally. I think the texture at this scale is not working. Overkill. 
I like the idea of adding some highlights. It’s so murky, the colors are all the same value at this point. It needs something to pop. 

Yeah, but I don’t think it needs a lot, just a little highlighting to bring it out

11 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Baby steps in hand painting. I had a lot of fun with this tiny bugger, but went a little off the rails from what I had envisioned. I don’t think I like the end result very much yet I had a great time along the way. 

tried to get a better pic with a paper background. Lol

I kinda like em. It’s a bit heavy on the texture, but not bad. Maybe try some dry brushing of a lighter color over the area the light would hit and it might make things a little less muddy looking 

18 minutes ago, sketchley said:

I believe it is related to situation 1.  Specifically, that the company that owns Robotech aggressively blocked imports of Macross goods into certain countries for several decades.  It may also be due to the owners constantly trying to sell Robotech goods, and that keeps it fresh in people's minds.

Definitely agree here. It’s 2025 and we barely got access to the majority of the franchise. And we’re still missing the og and the movie on streaming. It’s like an ongoing battle that they’ve basically lost, but don’t want to give up.

2 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

BTW: Did Imai ever issue the VT-1 valk kit (saw the pic you had on the WIP page)? If not, I'll have to find a regular VF kit and do some mods!

I don’t think they ever did the VT-1D from the movie ,but there was the VF-1d from the show

Saw this guy at bbts for preorder.

7 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

Not only is there a positive future for humanity throughout the ongoing Macross series, attacks by Protodeviln, Vajra, Galaxy, Windermerians and other assorted baddies as well as untold deaths and injuries due to said attacks notwithstanding, but there's also been an inbuilt continuity from the very beginning, Macross II notwithstanding, under Kawamori's overarching vision and creative control. Moreover, with new characters and story arcs introduced with every new series, the overall lore from which the next story can draw is enriched even while the new series is advancing the whole. Robotech by its nature is frozen in time and all efforts by HG to try and expand on it have failed. It's a series on life support, and while Macross will likely find new visionaries to carry it forward after Kawamori, the same can't be said for RT which is only supported by an aging fandom while Macross continues to find new generations of fans every 6-8 years or so. 

 

I kinda feel like Robotech is definitely on life support, while Macross is in the retirement home but recently got a prescription of viagra now that it’s streaming everywhere. Hopefully Macross finds the fountain of youth with the new series 

13 hours ago, Shawn said:

The pricing on the Milia kit is surprisingly high, but then I see it is a Resin kit. Very surprising.

It’s about the same as their other resin character kits. According to the description it will be about the size of a 6 inch scale figure, which would probably be  out of scale for her Queadluun Rau unfortunately. But I still put her on preorder