PetarB Posted February 8, 2009 Author Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) Well due to the tragedy engulfing the eastern seaboard of Australia, my weekend has not gone as planned, and I wont be ready for orders quite yet. Apologies for the delay, but I hope your thoughts are with the families in Victoria. As for me, my thoughts are with central coast of NSW. My family is okay, but we have people who have lost their homes. Anyway, enough with the doom and gloom, even though I can't take orders yet, I can give you some new pics. Should be ready to take orders next week - apologies for the delay, but its unavoidable. Edited February 8, 2009 by PetarB
electric indigo Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 Wow, those pilot guys have some tight asses! But seriously, brilliant work, especially on the face.
cowie165 Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) Well due to the tragedy engulfing the eastern seaboard of Australia, my weekend has not gone as planned, and I wont be ready for orders quite yet. Apologies for the delay, but I hope your thoughts are with the families in Victoria. As for me, my thoughts are with central coast of NSW. My family is okay, but we have people who have lost their homes. Anyway, enough with the doom and gloom, even though I can't take orders yet, I can give you some new pics. Should be ready to take orders next week - apologies for the delay, but its unavoidable. Glad to hear your family is ok Petar. We used to holiday in Marysville. I think the figures are around 65 fatalities now - those pictures on the news were horrible. If there are any believers out there in MW land, there are a lot of people that could use your prayers. Edited February 8, 2009 by cowie165
MechTech Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Don't you hate it when reality gets in the way!? The important thing is your family is alright. As of this morning, they were saying 131 perished. I'm praying for you guys over there. And to keep on thread, the figures look great! Hikaru looks a little Zentraedi with a green face. - MT
jardann Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 Prayers and good wishes are definitely sent your way for your family and everyone in the country. I hope that your family stays safe and that there are no more lives lost in the tragedy. Thanks for the update! The figures look fantastic. I don't know if you caught it, but there was a thread over on SSM about the need for seated pilot figures. Those figures will fill a definite need even if only in the Macross universe. Take all the time you need while you have more important matters to watch over.
PetarB Posted February 10, 2009 Author Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) Thanks for all the kind words. I was on the phone most of the weekend, it felt like... To Macross Frontier fans (and believe me, I'm one) there will be news, sooner rather than later. In the meantime, here are some more pics with old - and new - friends! This is just to show the fitting in the Hasegawa Valkyrie, and the new Moscato Commanchero. Because of the way these are cast, they have a bit of a shim on the base, so they just can't go into the Hasegawa Valk for example, out of the box. The base of pilot just needs to be run over some sandpaper a bit before they sit in properly, but for that, you get no clean-up on the top - no flash, etc. All the detail is preserved, as it's a one-piece mold. The standing figure will be a two piece mold, but flash should be minimal, as you saw in my previous post. All I did was remove the sprue on top of the heads and bottom of the feet. Edited February 10, 2009 by PetarB
cool8or Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 Looks great! Do you will sculpt other pilots (like Destroid Pilots) before starting a sale?
jardann Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 They look pretty sweet in the seats! And they are coming out at the right time too!
neptunesurvey Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 Looking great. I will be needing a dozen or more from the way things are looking.
Grayson72 Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 I may want to take off some of the canopies to my completed TV versions and retrofit pilots in (they're only glued on with white glue)
PetarB Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Ready, set, go! This project is finished, and ready to buy, if you're interested. Head on over to Studio Starforge for details on ordering. Each set contains 6 figures + a custom decal sheet as shown in the above links. They are pressure cast in high-quality resin while the standing pilots have some flash, the only clean up on the seated pilots will be running the base across some sandpaper. They are designed for use with various Macross garage kits, and Hasegawa's Valkyries. Price US $10.00 + shipping and handling (detailed on the site) Payment, via credit card or Paypal, just follow the links on the site. Other payment types can be arranged. Thanks for everyone's support in this project, and on this thread! Edited February 23, 2009 by PetarB
Ranger565 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Ready, set, go! This project is finished, and ready to buy, if you're interested. Head on over to Studio Starforge for details on ordering. WOW nice job man! Glad the Pics I got you really helped. I will be sending you my order tonight. I guess we have to reg on your Page. FYI in Advance I will be buying 3 to start
PetarB Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) You DO NOT have to register, just hit the 'buy' button. And Ranger565, be sure to PM me your order name, since you were so helpful you get a nice surprise in your order... Edited February 22, 2009 by PetarB
cowie165 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) disregard. sorted. Edited February 23, 2009 by cowie165
PetarB Posted February 23, 2009 Author Posted February 23, 2009 Looks great! Do you will sculpt other pilots (like Destroid Pilots) before starting a sale? Sorry cool8or, I never saw this post for some reason, until now! If these go well, I will certainly do Destroid Pilots later on this year. The thing with Destroids is that when you put a pilot next to them, or on them, suddenly it gives it a better sense of scale.
Valk009 Posted February 25, 2009 Posted February 25, 2009 Placed an order alreday yesterday, two thumbs up for the great work! The pilots will help me complete a Club-M VE-1 kit I have! I will need to do some modifications but should be very straight forward.
cowie165 Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Placed an order alreday yesterday, two thumbs up for the great work! The pilots will help me complete a Club-M VE-1 kit I have! I will need to do some modifications but should be very straight forward. Me too. And a set of SW pilots I'm very excited.
mano_l Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Already place order, waiting for my kit arrive
big F Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Placed my order thanks Petar. Now get busy with the next set
PetarB Posted March 5, 2009 Author Posted March 5, 2009 Hi folks. Thanks for everyone's support on these. It seems a lot of people have been wanting some figures! Anyway, I've run out of resin and still have a few orders to take care of so if you've ordered within the past week, I wont be sending out your order for another couple of days - I'm waiting for more resin to come in, should be here by the end of the week. Thanks for your patience. I've seen a couple of photos sent to me already, I'd love to see some more. I'm not going to get to paint any up for another week unfortunately... Thanks again for everyone's support. Im already planning the next release, but it wont be for a couple of months at least.
Major Focker Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 ..so if you've ordered within the past week.. i guess that applies to me. anyway, also picked up the SW rebel set. now if only there was an imperial set as well..
Ghadrack Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 Oh jeez, I'm sorry I missed this thread, I'll try to get my order in over the next few days. The sculpts look great and these are a sorely needed fig for Macross modellers. I too look forward to your destroid pilots if you decide to do them.
Amirn Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 Are you offering the decals? I dont see them listed, but you have it flashing on the main Page.
PetarB Posted March 5, 2009 Author Posted March 5, 2009 Not yet, but I really like unusual decals and have some experience in producing them - I'm hoping to offer some custom decals soon in the future.
cowie165 Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 Pilots arrived yesterday. UN Spacy + Rebels. For anyone reading, they are very well packed (quite cleverly actually). Some have a *tiny* amount of flash, and the detail is so crisp! These guys are going to come up really well, I'm sure. A big thanks goes out to you Petar, I'm grateful for your effort and really impressed by your fine-scale sculpting. Great work. Mark
cool8or Posted March 7, 2009 Posted March 7, 2009 3 kits purchased today!! Finally my Virgin Road, my Dragon and my Cat's Eye will have Pilots!!
Ghadrack Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Placed order for a couple sets just a few minutes ago. Thanks for the offer. If you do Destroid pilots you'll see my business again. -Zach
THOR Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Awesome pilots but those decals put them over the top! I love the battle pod "kill" stencils, too cool! More "kill" stencils would be awesome in 1/72. Not just Macross but also Starwars, Babylon 5, StarTrek, Gundam, whatever, good and bad guys. Keep up the good work! -Thor
RogueTrooper Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 PeterB If you start offering up decals do yu think that you could do some 1/144 scale one aswell. I got stash of chara-works valk im upgrading and it would be cool to have some unqiue ones.
big F Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Received my order two days ago. Excellent job. I really like what I see. They make the Hasegawa ones look a little poor in comparison IMO. Thanks Petar.
PetarB Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 (edited) This weekend I will be posting up a paint-up of a couple of the figures, and also showing installation in a Hasegawa Valk and another resin kit. On shipping; I've had a couple of people chasing up their order, only to receive it a couple of days later. That's fine, please get back to me with any queries, love to hear from you, but keep in mind that 1) Shipping is from Australia, and might take a couple of weeks to get to you and 2) Shipping usually occurs on the back end of the week, so if you order on a Monday it might not go out until Thursday/Friday. I apologise for any delay. Edited March 12, 2009 by PetarB
ruskiiVFaussie Posted March 14, 2009 Posted March 14, 2009 (edited) Pete!!!!!! Can't wait to see some painted up mate~! You still cool with bringing a few sets to the con for us to buy on the day? If you prefer payment beforehand instead of cash let me know!! Also as i told ya i'll be in Bris on the 19th and 20th if you want to meet up i can buy some then instead if you want! But would be more special at the Mac Aus con. I'm down for atleast one of each set, and my fav so far is Hikaru (minus his helmet!) Brilliant works of art Edited March 14, 2009 by ruskiiVFaussie
Gabe Q Posted March 14, 2009 Posted March 14, 2009 I got my pilots! Thank you very much! Love the decals
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