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Wich version of the Vampire? The final, M3 version or the earlier Macross 7 version? I believe mahq lists them as two seperate Valkyries, but that's not totally correct.

Either way, I believe most people just reuse the art found in the Design Works book, and other than screenshots from M3 or M7, that's all I can think of.

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So the Vampire is a later variatian of the VF-14 Hunter? Or is it the other way around?

I'm pretty sure that I remember it was called Hunter in Macross M3.

well there are two versions, the VA-14 and the VF-14 Vampire. (this is according to the compendium. It seems that the VF-14 was first designed, however early in its development a parallel zentradi model was developed in parallel, which became the VA line. It had heavier armor, but a more powerful engine, thus preventing a sacrafice in performance.

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yeah, according to the compendium, the VF-14 and VA-14 ARE two different machines, just very similar. It's never specified... but I've long had a suspicion that the VA-14 was really more of a testbed for the larger engines that would soon become the standard in fighters like the VF-19 and 22.

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BUMP!

I was re-watching the M3 clip and realised that Max and Miria were using different mechs at the beginning and ending. (d'oh) At 1st i thought they were using the VF-4 throughout but wondered why the VF-4's battroid looked really weird at the end. Then it occured to me it wasn't the VF-4. :lol:

Was about to start a new topic when i found this thread. I was feeling confused watching the video. Took some screenshots:

The clearest animated form a VF-4 battroid we're ever gonna get:

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Cutlass in fighter mode, mid transformation and gerwalk mode:

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And the Vampire causing me confusion. Its fighter mode looks somewhat like the variable Glaug.

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The whole mecha lineup. WTF? VF-4 doesn't look like that?! :lol: Now i'm the wiser. Stupid me.

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Whoever wants the full sequence of pictures , good enough to make an animated gif or flash can get it here.

http://s9.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2QFPZUDLGHKX0364GAUAOJTBI8

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The top two pics aren't of the VF-4, they look like the VF-5000B.

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Geh?! Even more confuzzled. No wonder it doesn't quite look like a VF-4 in battroid mode.

That means in that opening scene where i'm quite sure Max was using the VF-4, Miria wasn't using the VF-4. Gotta go home to check later.

Whitedrewcarrey:

In a way it looks kinda cute, almost like a JM. I'm not really fond of the newer VFs with the cockpit as the head though. Was the VF-9 called the VF-X-11 during prototype as described by MAHQ?

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The top two pics aren't of the VF-4, they look like the VF-5000B.

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Geh?! Even more confuzzled. No wonder it doesn't quite look like a VF-4 in battroid mode.

That means in that opening scene where i'm quite sure Max was using the VF-4, Miria wasn't using the VF-4. Gotta go home to check later.

Whitedrewcarrey:

In a way it looks kinda cute, almost like a JM. I'm not really fond of the newer VFs with the cockpit as the head though. Was the VF-9 called the VF-X-11 during prototype as described by MAHQ?

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I don't think any of them use the cockpit as the head. They have an obnoxious folding nosecone that buries it inside the chest, though.

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Oh, what i meant was I didn't like the designs where the nosecone of the air craft forms the head making them look like pinheads.

In fact the VF-9's head isn't the nosecone but it still has a pointy head.

:rolleyes:

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Oh, what i meant was I didn't like the designs where the nosecone of the air craft forms the head making them look like pinheads.

In fact the VF-9's head isn't the nosecone but it still has a pointy head.

:rolleyes:

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Ah. The Pope-heads!

They do look goofy.

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Actually, the VF-9's cockpit is in roughly the same place as the VF-1. It doesn't have a heat shield, though. Instead, the two forward canards fold over the cockpit.

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Not the canards, the wings.

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I´d love to build a model of the VF-9, all the lineart in The Kawamori Design book plus all the great pics contain almost enough info to do it, just: where the heck is the location of the nosewheel? The VF-X-10 has a bulge under the cockpit and there is enoughspace for the gear, but the VF-9 has the "shoulder" gunpod in its place. Does the gear really retract INTO the gunpod? There is a sketch of the FV-9 that shows the tire right under the pod but no gear struts are shown.

Are there any views in the game where you can see a VF-9 with the gear down?

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Actually, the VF-9's cockpit is in roughly the same place as the VF-1. It doesn't have a heat shield, though. Instead, the two forward canards fold over the cockpit.

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Not the canards, the wings.

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Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!

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