VF-11 IHP+Revoltech-stein

[big F]

Mental note when giving stuff to EXO one should specify 1 or 2 rather than a couple

Edited July 31, 2008 by big F

[EXO]

Mental note whe giving stuff to EXO one should specify 1 or 2 rather than a couple

that's what she said...

[big F]

ROTFLMAO

[Valkyrie addict]

HAHA! what's going on here?

EDIT: removed pics...updated

Edited August 1, 2008 by Valkyrie addict

[Valkyrie addict]

ok, all the hard work with the joints is about 98% done

here's the nose


also, manage to improve the 'pelvis area' and locate it higher making it more line art accurate, the small highlight is where the peg use to be


thighs movement...you can also notice I manage to improve the legs and make they angle outward


filled empty space in this part, left a little space to allow the pelvis area to house in here; also, when attaching the front part of the torso, I was only left with a very narrow space to glue and it would most likely break, so I added two pegs for better attachement


you can see here, I can manage 4 degrees of movement, if you look closely, the front part of the torso get's push a bit forward, it can manage this and not break cause the pegs I added are rubbery and can manage the stress


here's the pelvis area housed


it can stand!


with the backpack, I will not be modding this area, it actually ended up looking quite nice


little pose for you guys




that's it for today, overall, I'm pretty happy with how this is coming out, and thanks for all the encouragement guys

Edited December 29, 2013 by Valkyrie addict

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

Looking damn good!

[miriya]

Valkyrie addict, you are a genius. This is a true work of art/determination. Looking at this thing I am wondering if Recoltech will make one.

[ruskiiVFaussie]

Valk Addict your a legend.

[Valkyrie addict]

ok, did a lot of testing, fitting, sanding, sanding, sanding and more sanding, fixed a few issues

change the tabs I added on the pelvis, the one I had before were out of putty and were too brittle and eventually came apart whenever I moved the legs, so added a resin tab that this time holds like it should


this piece on the torso was ending up flat, I cut and sand to shape the way it's on the line art and scribed some lines, wasn't very inspired taking pictures so excuse the crappy pics, hides a lot of detail


ok, attached the FAST packs on the legs and back, also added the head, for some reason the revy VF-1 has the joint of the head in a 90° angle and limits the head movement from side to side, I just drilled the hole down, opened a wider space for the joint to house in there and attached the head, moves very good, this time I didn't need to copy the revy way, hehehe

and here it is...


crap, the shield's crooked, don't worry it's suppose to move from side to side...yes...those are extra magazines on the shield, recasted them out of the Wave VF-11B from putty, that gunpod sucks, its the one that came with the kit, I'll be recasting it from the Wave kit too

again, sorry for the crappy pics, had to play with the brightness/contrast to show properly, I'll later take much better pics

now...... POSE DAMN IT!!





just in case you're wondering, where's roy...




thanks for all the responses guy, glad you guys like

Edited December 29, 2013 by Valkyrie addict

[valkyrie13]

thanks for all the responses guy, glad you guys like

I am speechless.....

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This is just awesome, Valkyrie Addict!

[Valk009]

Been away for a while and only saw this thread today, really two thumbs up!

The original VF-11 kit was never that great to start with, the original sculptors never gave much love to it, using existing Bandai model parts to save time. Good to see that with the Kaiyodo Revoltech ball joints, one can really make a good looking battroid out of it, makes me want to dig out my kits to build one

[renkenjutsu]

Simply wow o.o Now all we need to complete this thread is to see it in color :3

[ruskiiVFaussie]

Your VF-11 creation f'n rules!

Edited August 4, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie

[Fly4victory]

YEAH!!!! Your work is better than what we will see from Revoltech.

Now get back work and paint it. but don't forget to pull a mold first.

[promethuem5]

Excellent idea for a project... I've thought about doing this myself, but haven't found a good kit to do it to. My only question for you is how the resin holes will stand up to repeated posing of the Revy joints... I wonder if they won't wear down, necessitating some poly-sleeves for the RT joint mounting spots.

[Kicker773]

awesome!!

[Nexx]

Great job !!! congratulation !

[Valkyrie addict]

thanks guys

just a tiny winy small update, using recasted putty thrusters for the FAST packs and modding them to fit from the Wave kit cause the one this kit brought were a couple of ugly ass squares, and I'm gonna try to see if I can make the FAST packs attach with magnets and forget about the ugly drilled hole

umm...no painting yet, the project's is now mostly on hold, trying to get everything needed to see if I can make good molds to recast it, but I won't make any promises, so don't hold my word on this

[ruskiiVFaussie]

It looks good un-painted! Hows the tightness? Good as a normal revy? And what's the weight like? feels solid?

As for recasting who knows, a sane person would think Revoltech would release their own seeing how they already made the 21 and 19.

Edited August 6, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie

[grapetang]

Neat! Great job!

[Valkyrie addict]

tightness is pretty good, I intently drilled the holes on the resin a tad narrower than the revy joint so it could be tight, sometimes a bit too tight, it feels very solid and is lighter than I expected, it's a bit bigger than the revy vf-1 so it's slighty heavier

and yes, if revoltech would came up with a vf-11b a sane person would rather go with a 15 bucks toy than a more fragile super poseable model that would be maybe 5 times that price

recasting is mostly a no-go, I was craving the idea so I could have several of this for me and do several schemes but this fvcking stupid little country I am doesn't have jack-sh!t of what is needed to do a proper recast, in fact I haven't found anything I need and by hell I'm gonna order this sh!t over the internet, I'm gonna try for the rest of the week IF I can find what I need on heavy industrial places but I highly doubted, I'm frustated! :angry: :angry: :angry:

[MechTech]

Talk about a multi-media kit!!!

This should help your trouble. I've used Micro Mark more times than I can remember. And oh, they have an export kit for you!

http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?M...ct&ID=82084

It may not be great for mass priduction, but it will educate you. I'd guess you could get a couple of kits out of it. Plus molding requires a little practice. - MT

[diabloM]

Great job~! you are the man, man~!

hmm...how about trying to make a valk by using the roy's parts? (is it possible? as the parts are stylised and out of proportion)

Edited August 7, 2008 by diabloM

[Valkyrie addict]

hmmm...interesting, thanks MechTech, every post of yours is always very savvy and full of useful information, and it's on sale for USD 69 bucks, hahahaha! I might give it a shot if my search over here yields no result

thanks diabloM, I haven't really given much thought to what to do with the dismembered Roy 1s, maybe custom painted or frankensteining it into a joke machine like it was mentioned, or whatever, don't know hmmm...someone already did it, check it out:

Kaiyodo Revoltech thread

[miriya]

Dope!

[ruskiiVFaussie]

hahah gerwalk actually looks pretty damn good! Kinda half SD likeness.

Edited August 7, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie

[renkenjutsu]

I'm tempted to do that to my own roy revy after watching those pics Sacrilege, I know.

[Valkyrie addict]

hehe... gerwalk does look cute

anyway, recast idea is dead, I will be ordering what I need from the net and practice with it (thanks MechTech) but I can't wait for 2+ weeks for it to arrive since by then I will be no longer with as much free time to continue this project and will be doing a lot of traveling...

maybe in a distant future I could recast it but I don't know if making a mold out of a finished model would ruin the paint

anyway, small update for tonight and tomorrow I start priming...

I was looking at episode 1 of Macross Plus OVA and notice that the little things outlined are hollow, so I drilled a hole there, as well as the head laser


now, this isn't exactly cannon, I wanted to make the FAST packs appear more accentuated to their need in space flight, the thrusters are flat, but decided to rather add thrusters that stood out like the original VF-1 FP, so I made this out and added them


I almost added one big thruster here but luckily I noticed in time that two actually go here


and finally, I was getting a huge ugly disgusting gap in the torso...so I added sidecovers


well...priming starts tomorrow...thanks for looking

Edited December 29, 2013 by Valkyrie addict

[MechTech]

So when can we put in our orders? . It looks great, more like a prototype (and much better looking) than some of the stuff we've been waiting on and drooling over here. - MT

[Fly4victory]

Those additions are excellent.

Hope revoltech gets the message and quickly makes a large VF-11.

Recast will trash your paint which sucks. I hate waiting on supplies also.

Guess you will need build do a second one.

That one will be the production model for fielding, this one the test version.

[eugimon]

wow, what an incredible job. amazing work!

[Valkyrie addict]

sneak peek...still not finished, but I had to see how it look with the rest...

[miriya]

It looks great painted!

[Kelsain]

VA:

To paraphrase Ranka: So pretty...

I love your Max& Millia shelf!

I also like your new avatar!

Edited August 19, 2008 by Kelsain

[Fly4victory]

You're avatar is still as entertaining as the first time.

The VF-11 is a little work of perfection.

The VF-4 and VF-22s look great also.