Zinjo
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That is beautiful work!
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Love the wallpaper, any chance you would be willing to provide get a high res version without the text and rendered jet glow? I wouldn't mind playing with that in Photoahop wall to see what I could do with it. The highest resolution you can make would me appreciated, since it is easier to shrink an image in PS than it is to blow one up. The renders are so sweet! PS: If possible a copy of that outstanding "Galaxy" graphic in hires too... I'd appreciate the chance to play with this beauty...
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Macross Frontier Movie 2 thread - Now available on Blu-ray/DVD
Zinjo replied to Tochiro's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
I wouldn't give humaity that much credit, particularly if they emulate their progenitors, the PC. If makind had that much power, no doubt it would corrupt them like it did the PC and plunge the galaxy into another devestating civil war! In 60 short years mankind has re-discovered much of the technology of the PC age and thus far we've not seen the dark side of the ambition that such power tends to initiate. -
Would love to know how to get these outside of Japan?
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And the point of a 3D DYRL would be? 3D is still a gimmick. Avatar showed the studios how 3D "should" be done, with immersive environments that were never the focus of the film only an enhancement that took the movie from a cinema viewing to an experience. Nothing since has really come close to that level and that is mostly because the films were never written with a 3D camera in mind. Others are simply given the 3D treatment because the Hollywood accountants that run the studios "think" it will bring in bigger ticket sales. More often than not they are wrong. Taking a film that was never designed for 3D and giving it such a treatment really will not make the movie any better than it already is, so why bother? That money would be better spent doing a proper restoration of the 35mm print, by restoration technicians in Hollywood ( I do not know of anywhere else where the same quality of restoration work is being done). 3D is a gimmick and will remain so until directors learn what Cameron already knows and stop trying to shoe horn a 2D movie into a 3D projector by poking sticks in the audience's eyes...
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Bandai needs to take a few pages from their Gundam lines and release or license decal sheets for these 1/100 scale fighters. Hasegawa has milked their limited Macross licenses very well over the years doing simply that. Bandai could release VF-17 and VF-171 kits from common molds (except the nose), VF-27G and B versions, all the VF-25 versions, VF-4 versions, VF-2SS and VF-2J kits, Luca's ghost fighters, would also be the basis for the Galaxy ghost fighters, etc... They are passing up a market that has never been fully exploited the unreleased Valkyries like the VF-4, VF-11C, etc... I would bet they are selling more 1/100 scale YF-29 and VF-25F kits than they ever sold VF100 or Hi-Metal toys. These snap together kits are cheaper to produce and infinitely more customizable than any of their other Macross kits. Itashi decals are nice, but fans want squadron markings and generic decal sheets like the Gundam kits have. I'm sure many fans would love to be able to buy several VF-25A kits to accompany their VF-25 Alto, Ozma, Micheal and Luca customs. Then pit them against a squadron of VF-27B and G fighters from the Galaxy.
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Internal alpha has been released to MW already. Hopefully the link in this thread still works...
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It's from www.pixiv.net
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Finally able to use akt_m's new V25 FSW model! Here is a wallpaper of the first VX-29 test plane. The Double Nuts: HD: 1280x1024: Enjoy
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Ahh, "Char's Counterattack", still my favorite!
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What is the font used on the Antares lettering on the leg? I've been trying to figure it out for months...
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That's a pretty cool idea! Except you might want to accomodate all formats, since it appears the cg artists around here tend to use a variety of programs.
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Macross Frontier Movie 2 thread - Now available on Blu-ray/DVD
Zinjo replied to Tochiro's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Hi Boss a few of your spoilers didn't quite work out... -
Macross Frontier Movie 2 thread - Now available on Blu-ray/DVD
Zinjo replied to Tochiro's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
So what is the significance of Sheryl's flag? -
Nice Thanks
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What does it say?
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The AAB or "Squires" really should be attached to the SAP pack somehow, though no extensive information is available. So we can only speculate how they would be deployed and initially "assigned" to the various fighters... However, they are one of my favorite inventions of that series. The idea was probably taken from Gundam and then ultimately incorporated into Macross Frontier, via the RVF-25+Ghost system.
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Well, there is the physical resemblance...
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I agree in the sense that every Macross series since SDFM has followed the corporate formula. The musical love triangle with transforming jets. M7 leaned heavily on music, while MF has leaned heavily on the love triangle. Where we see the creativity and originality in Macross is the OVA and movies were the production team has greater freedom from the corporate sponsors. Since typically the money is coming from many different sources and all their contributions seem to be fairly evenly distributed, none has a large enough stake to dictate what goes on the screen. That is when the Macross universe is truly explored. Home video and film offer the ability to create edgy sophisticated stories that just wont fly on network TV, no matter what the time slot.
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Macross Official Setting and the Expanded Universe
Zinjo replied to sketchley's topic in Movies and TV Series
Wow this is so Trekkie! Kawamori is on record as stating that all productions and media are "dramatic interpretations" of the events in the Macross universe. At best all we can take from Chronicle are the mechanical and historical references of the universe as facts, the details can be considered "interpretations" according to Kawamori. Similar how "The Longest Day" and "Saving Private Ryan" depict the D-Day invasion dramatically different, the historical facts remain constant, the dramatic details are different. The same can be said about "Midway" and "Tora Tora Tora". This is the position the creator has taken and we should keep that in mind before reaching for our gunpods... IMHO, the real questions are how do we explain things like Spiritia and the impossible ablility to stop a PD Buster Cannon blast with the power of song? Did Minmay actually sing an ancient PC song during the final battle of SW1 or not? These "soft" details are much more interesting. -
OK another one. I tried to depict the test flights of 1st generation VX-29's since we know the YF-29 was a cobbled together Vajra specific prototype. They had to start somewhere. Using Aktm's original forward swept VF-25 as a basis and Ren's outstanding Macross Quarter as a background, I composited a wallpaper depicting Test 1 and Test 2 doing a flyby. I could have used Aktm's superior new renders of the FSW VF-25, but it would have taken far too much work in photoshop to get the look I wanted, since those models only have a basic surface texture. So I opted for the less detailed, but textured old version. I believe it was a better choice as they match well with Ren's MQ... The newer renders would have overpowered the image. So here there are: HD Wallpaper: 1280x1024 Wallpaper:
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Macross Frontier Movie 2 thread - Now available on Blu-ray/DVD
Zinjo replied to Tochiro's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Anyone have a picture of the cover? -
MMM, shiny good....
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True, the Russians were not known for naming their fightercraft, however they did do it all the same. Foxbat, Berkut, Fulcrum, etc... Not Terribly imaginative, by our standards though.
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I am just not getting the Japanese fascination with photographing food! It's about a lame as updating a facebook page hourly! "I am now sitting on the commode..."
