Talos
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Nah, all the back issues are expensive on Amazon.co.jp. New you can get for, IIRC, 580 en. Back-orders in the States, at least, you're more likely to get a good deal on eBay. I'm glad I got all of them when they first came out, including 6!
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You know, Rodavan, there is landing gear line art for the second-generation VF-19s....you can always use that as a basis. http://www.macross2.net/m3/macross7/vf-19custom/vf-19custom-fighter-landinggear.gif Also, there should be stuff in VF-19 Master File. I will look at my copy when I get home.
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It's roughly one a year, hulagu.
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Remember, Millard said specifically in the movie that he would cover it up for Isamu, just like his superiors had when he was that age. Isamu more then likely stayed in the service. The question is whether he forced into a Kirkian career path or not That being a promotion that got him out of a pilot's chair. And yes, Myung probably totally goes after him to beat out some of his worse tendencies.
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I googled it a bit ago and it looks like it was published in 1999.
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Thanks. It's been updated since then, though I haven't worked on it in awhile now. Got busy around the time I started adding the canards, so they aren't shaded at all yet! EDIT: I started fiddling with the VF-5000B forward fuselage as well. The lines and shapes are really rough, I just want to get a general feel for the proportions before I polish them. And yes, I will be doing the VF-5000G sensors too. I think I've been more productive today then I have been in months!
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I finally got around to drawing the Hasegawa-style GU-11 gunpod and integrating it into the VF-1's I did.
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I would be happy to help with that in any way I can. For me, there's two types of profiles that I do. I either have the shaded and detailed ones with more realistic colors, or the unshaded ones like on March's M3. But yes, you put the outline on top, then make an empty layer underneath and a white layer beneath that. Set the outline to "Multiply" (Google if you need specific instructions on that step), then just color in the transparent layer. The multiply removes all white from the outline. Don't use paint bucket, do the outline first, then fill. Or you can use pathes to outline it like I do in GIMP. It's a PITA, but it gets results. I do simple fills with the pencil and then the paint bucket with my unshaded ones like above.
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Minor update for today. Someone was asking for some small mods to my VF-1D Macross the First ver. that I did for Mr. March's site. Since I had the markings already done for my VF-4, it was a simple matter of dropping them in and also updating the paintscheme a bit (pretty much coloring the back of the knees). Anyway, it's not much, but enjoy!
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It wouldn't be hard to, I already have the UN Spacy text that I've used for years, such as on my VF-4 profiles. When I did those, they were simple, unshaded color profiles in the style of Mr March's, so I didn't put much in the way of markings on them. Just the kite. We all expect pictures of the cruise jacket when you finish, of course!
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Ah yes, the new VF-1D head... I remember when I first got Macross Ace and saw that. It was a really interesting design, partially since I always thought the old head was ugly as sin. Awhile ago I used the sketches in the back of Macross the First tankobon vol 1 to add the head in to the VF-1D I was drawing at the time. It came out pretty well, I think. I did up two color side views for Mr March's site, which allows a comparison here with the TV-style VF-1D side view he already had. Regular VF-1D (done by Mr March) http://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/vf-1d-valkyrie/schematic-vf1d.gif Macross the First-style head VF-1D http://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/vf-1d-valkyrie/schematic-vf1dmtf.gif Virgin Road MtF-style VF-1D, just because it turned out awesome http://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/variant-vf-1d-virginroad/schematic-vf1dmtf-virginroad.gif
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I know, I know. It was a quick scan that I did back when MtF vol 1 came out to show Mr March and Seto what the new head looks like. Unlike the Patlabor line art I've been coloring, I wasn't going for perfection with it.
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How's this? I scanned it from Macross Ace #5.
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Variable Fighter Master File VF-19 Excalibur
Talos replied to nexxstrait's topic in Movies and TV Series
Hmm, I haven't opened my copy of MF in awhile (since I haven't been working on my profile drawings), but you're right. I checked one of my scans on my computer, the page with the Angelbirds scheme, and it has the VF-19C with the original wing. Thanks, sketchley. -
Variable Fighter Master File VF-19 Excalibur
Talos replied to nexxstrait's topic in Movies and TV Series
Thanks, glad you like them! Just need to actually sit down and finish the line art one of these days, then work on shading and coloring them. As far as the tail, there were stability problems with the VF-19A, so I think the enlarged tails were an attempt at fixing that. I don't remember why the C/D went back to the old tail. Pretty much. One of the biggest differences is the wing. On the VF-19A and the YF-19, the trailing edge of the wing is angular and has an extension on the inner flaps. The VF-19C has a wing like Basara's and the VF-19P in M7, with the straight trailing edge, as seen here. http://www.macross2.net/m3/macross7/vf-19p/vf-19p-fighter.gif -
Haha, thanks March. It'll look good on the M3 VF-2SS article when I get it done. What are your thoughts on the VF-5000? Also, get on MSN more!
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Hmm, let's see if this generates any more comments then the beginning of the VF-5000 accurizing. For a long time, I've had a half-done (literally. Half the fuselage and wings were missing, not to mention the tail) VF-2SS sitting in my size chart. I got tired of looking at it, so I did up a quick, all-new VF-2SS boilerplate to drop into the chart for now. The plane is low on my priority list to complete. Enjoy the little 13.505m plane.
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Variable Fighter Master File VF-19 Excalibur
Talos replied to nexxstrait's topic in Movies and TV Series
Check out the post right above your's. Sketchley's been doing a translation of some of the pages. As for the design, read back through the thread. There's a lot of discussion on that very topic. It wasn't to cut costs, but to integrate the VF-19F/S back into the main VF-19 family. I much prefer it to the vastly different one you see in M7. Liked it enough that I've been working on a profile view of both models, but I haven't been able to touch it in months, unfortunately. I like being able to use the VF-19A fuselage for it. It definitely enhances the design. If you look closely, though, the VF-19F canopy and intakes are actually different then the VF-19A's. The intakes are deeper and the aft part of the canopy has been reshaped.
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The left-most one isn't, but the Mylene scans and the one of Veffidas standing are all from the Macross 7 book. When I get home this evening I'll scan up Max.
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Whenever I look at that Mylene, I can't help but think of Ishtar... There's some other good art I need to post from that, I just haven't gotten around to breaking out the scanner! The prototype character art in the book makes the entire thing worthwhile.
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That saves me two pages of scanning, then!
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The other things that stand out to me here are that she's wearing a military uniform (instead of her mayoral civilian clothes in 7) and the UN kite on her shoulder is red and white. Most of the others (Max's and Gamlin's, for instance) are Macross II-style red and gold, which makes sense since they were probably drawn shortly after Mikimoto finished his work on that show (Macross M3 has the same color insignia too). Also of note is Max's dress uniform in the concept art has a Skull patch on his left breast. I'll try to scan another one later tonight. I'm trying to avoid destroying the book, which makes clean scans difficult. The Milia one becomes massively distorted about two inches to the left of the art there due to page curvature towards the spine, so I got lucky. Hmm, what next? Blond Basara, Green-haired Mylene, or Max with a Skull patch and Macross II kite (but basically like his finished self)?
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I was scanning some stuff from the This is Animation: Macross 7 book that I got in Akiba recently and figured since I had this nice scan of Milia anyway, maybe I should post it here for everyone else to see. It's an early concept piece for her in Macross 7. The others are interesting, like Mylene with her mother's hair color, Gubaba as a ferret-like creature or all-grey, blond Basara, etc. Enjoy!
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I've always considered myself more of a draftsman type, so I usually stick with 2d for the most part. I've fiddled some with 3d models, but my skills in that area aren't that good yet. Anyway, I threw together a boilerplate VF-5000 outline to use as a placeholder in my VF size chart I've been updating with my newer VF drawings and was struck by the inaccuracy of the thing....so I started correcting it. So far I'm just working on getting shapes how I want them. I recontoured the lower nose, deepened and straightened out the intake/upper legs, deepened the engines/lower legs, moved the ventral fin forward and rotated it some (though I haven't cleaned up the area it used to cover, fyi), and added the complete head turret that was completely missing.
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hellohikaru here drew the Double-G General Galaxy logo that you see on Guld in the above screenshot. I think he did the Shinsei one you can see on some of the YF-19 techs in the same show too, but I'm not sure. I would send him a PM.
