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Unfortunately, I'm a stubborn ass about decals. Never could place them all that well back in the day. And I still stink at applying them now. Oh well, it's been fun experimenting with these stickers (in a glutton-for-pain kinda way ). I applied the pilot name stickers and they looked solid as hell. Unfortunately, my grubby, sweaty fingers mucked up the lettering. I've further refined my so-called "technique." So, now the designs are a little better protected, and I don't have to handle the -21 with kid gloves that much. Unfortunately, the stickers now have a little bit of a glossy sheen to 'em now. Oh well, I can live with it. Deceptively simple, yet nicely understated. I like it!

I think if Luca had to do it all over again, he'd name 'em: * Nanase LB * Nanase RB * Nanase C And instead of the Judah System, he'd refer to releasing the Ghosts as "Unhooking the Straps." I know...

Picked up the Imperial Knights comic pack yesterday. Cool little pair of buggers. Hate to say it, but these were the only SW figures I've been itching to buy this whole year. No doubt it's been an awesome year for vehicle fans. But the action figure side of things has been a little lacking at times. It still amazes me that Hasbro takes FOREVER to release the figures that most fans are often clamoring for (such as DSII Luke and Bastila).

Zero Booster, Guldkill, and Vajra Fodder => For their most memorable appearances in Macross. OR Earth, Wind & Fire.

Being the idiot perfectionist that I am, I actually took this one off (I didn't cut the top edge properly). I'm just printing these off of my regular old inkjet. They don't look too bad on top of grey or relatively light colored spots. But trying to put these stickers on the black parts hasn't been working out too well. It's definitely been a learning experience trying to get these right. First, I tried to print out some light-grey stickers, but it was ridiculously hard to see 'em on the Blackjack. Then, I tried a sneaky method to white-back some of the lighter stickers (using those little white-out/correction tape mechanical rolling thingies). But trying to remove the excess white background was messy and didn't leave stickers looking all that nice. Just a few hours ago, I tried an even sneakier method. This one involved using the correction tape method above and printing the light-colored stickers with a black background. I'm letting them dry right now. If it works out, I'll post some pics.