Neptune_Minowa Posted August 8 Posted August 8 Last render for today. Found the Tornado super parts in the files and decided to use em. Also used custom colours cus why not? Quote
guyxxed Posted August 9 Posted August 9 Okay, you're shaming me into needing to learn rendering because that looks really good! The details really pop out nicely and I think the new colors look great. Did you make the two seater cockpit as well, or is that something you found? I've only come across single pilots in the models thus far, but also didn't dig much farther than my NUNS project required. Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 9 Posted August 9 4 hours ago, guyxxed said: Okay, you're shaming me into needing to learn rendering because that looks really good! The details really pop out nicely and I think the new colors look great. Did you make the two seater cockpit as well, or is that something you found? I've only come across single pilots in the models thus far, but also didn't dig much farther than my NUNS project required. Its called MF_25Y in the files for the 2 seater version. let me double check. Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 9 Posted August 9 5 minutes ago, Neptune_Minowa said: Its called MF_25Y in the files for the 2 seater version. let me double check. K found the location. its in the M_T folder under mf_25y Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 9 Posted August 9 so i have found a paper model of a VF-31. It will have to do for now until i can get my hands on a official model Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 10 Posted August 10 so i have been looking around for Macross Delta scramble files to extract the models and cant find anything. Anyone have a link or somethin i can use? Quote
PointBlankSniper Posted August 12 Posted August 12 I assume the model is animated in game, so do the missile tubes and the chest armor pod actually depict anything inside? Or are they just duds like the DX? lol Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 12 Posted August 12 On 6/25/2024 at 5:25 PM, guyxxed said: Wrll, it took a lot of internet sleuthing as well as the kindness of a few strangers to point me in the right direction, but I've now managed to get some models of the VF-31's. These are from the Delta Scramble game and are mapped in very odd ways, but are still very nice models. Here is a quick attempt at putting Alto's colors on the 31J, which....mostly highlight that Alto's colors are a bit boring. Iconic, but not as interesting as I had hoped. Anyway, some pictures while I futz around and see what other ideas come to mind. And ,yes, the mission container is missing, they're separate components in the game and I haven't finished pulling everything back together yet. Feedback and suggestions welcome. ayyyy VF-31s. i need to get my hands on those. Quote
guyxxed Posted August 12 Posted August 12 1 hour ago, Neptune_Minowa said: ayyyy VF-31s. i need to get my hands on those. PM me and I'll try to put together a guide for you. Fair warning, it's not hard but it is considerably more fiddly (and the tools a lot more crude) than what's available for Macross 30. Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 12 Posted August 12 Just now, Neptune_Minowa said: heh Funny Bug go bzzzzzzz had to manually place its limbs in the correct position as best as i could with limited resources that i had. Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 13 Posted August 13 22 hours ago, guyxxed said: PM me and I'll try to put together a guide for you. Fair warning, it's not hard but it is considerably more fiddly (and the tools a lot more crude) than what's available for Macross 30. i gave up as its way to confusing for my smol brain Quote
guyxxed Posted August 13 Posted August 13 So, I've mostly been playing with the Al Shahal map and have gotten it rebuilt back to "design intent" (Put the ground and river back at least to the extent it existed in the game), and am going to start filling it out with any details I can glean from the show. Why? I dunno, it's a cool setting and I have half a mind to use it in a Unity game thing I've been mucking with in my spare moments. Anyway, it's fun. What's really struck me as I've played with this, though, is the scale of it all. The map itself is around 15km from top to bottom. The port area looks super cool, but it never sank in to me before how massive it is. The central tower is 380m tall, not counting the arches that support it. That means it's as tall as the Empire State Building, and it's suspended about 100m above the lake on the arches! For fun, I dropped the Yamato (2199 version) into the scene, and it fits comfortably in the main channel. That's Ozma's VF-31 standing on the deck for reference. The Quarter (also ESB sized) and a Gaiderol (also from Yamato, and looking pretty at home in a Macross environment since the Gamilas were kind of proto-Zentradi anyway) are just to fill out the scene, althrough it looks like the Quarter is getting ready for a WMG showdown with the Yamato! Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 13 Posted August 13 16 minutes ago, guyxxed said: So, I've mostly been playing with the Al Shahal map and have gotten it rebuilt back to "design intent" (Put the ground and river back at least to the extent it existed in the game), and am going to start filling it out with any details I can glean from the show. Why? I dunno, it's a cool setting and I have half a mind to use it in a Unity game thing I've been mucking with in my spare moments. Anyway, it's fun. What's really struck me as I've played with this, though, is the scale of it all. The map itself is around 15km from top to bottom. The port area looks super cool, but it never sank in to me before how massive it is. The central tower is 380m tall, not counting the arches that support it. That means it's as tall as the Empire State Building, and it's suspended about 100m above the lake on the arches! For fun, I dropped the Yamato (2199 version) into the scene, and it fits comfortably in the main channel. That's Ozma's VF-31 standing on the deck for reference. The Quarter (also ESB sized) and a Gaiderol (also from Yamato, and looking pretty at home in a Macross environment since the Gamilas were kind of proto-Zentradi anyway) are just to fill out the scene, althrough it looks like the Quarter is getting ready for a WMG showdown with the Yamato! Ok thats cool af. That map is massive. Looking forward to see what you do with it. Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 13 Posted August 13 (edited) Started on making a Folder of all the stuff im working on. They should only be one for now but they will be updated later. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eSf7-LF9-aEy-Zb9P99X-C9ITg7ZWq7X?usp=sharing VF-25 Alto Custom with all of the Super parts i could find with textures. Open with Blender 4.0 or later thread is over here Edited August 14 by Neptune_Minowa Updated Link Quote
PointBlankSniper Posted August 14 Posted August 14 Very cool to see all those gargantuan objects together for scale. And looking forward to the G Drive filling up with goodies, even though I will probably do nothing with them lol Quote
guyxxed Posted August 19 Posted August 19 So this happened today. Didn't set out with this in mind, was just flipping through reference images for Al Shahal and kept bumping over the Type 106 (or the "Regult Rhea", as I like to call it), and kept thinking to myself "it's really weird this wasn't in Delta Scramble, it's just a cool design. Someone should make it." Then I thought, "It's just a kitbash, I bet I could put it together fairly quick." And then an hour or so later this is sitting on my screen. Still some texture work to do, and a bit of modelling on the shoulders to make it anime accurate, but overall...yeah, it's a kitbash, exactly what it looks like. Was fun to throw together, though, and a nice distraction. Never underestimate the power of rabbit holes, is the lesson here, I think. Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 20 Posted August 20 19 hours ago, guyxxed said: So this happened today. Didn't set out with this in mind, was just flipping through reference images for Al Shahal and kept bumping over the Type 106 (or the "Regult Rhea", as I like to call it), and kept thinking to myself "it's really weird this wasn't in Delta Scramble, it's just a cool design. Someone should make it." Then I thought, "It's just a kitbash, I bet I could put it together fairly quick." And then an hour or so later this is sitting on my screen. Still some texture work to do, and a bit of modelling on the shoulders to make it anime accurate, but overall...yeah, it's a kitbash, exactly what it looks like. Was fun to throw together, though, and a nice distraction. Never underestimate the power of rabbit holes, is the lesson here, I think. Thats a kitbash? Looks legit to me. Nice work. Quote
guyxxed Posted August 20 Posted August 20 Thanks. I really just took the original Regult model from M30, put the Type 104 texture on it, then started deleting parts and adding in Queadluun Rhea parts. The only thing I made myself was the tubes on top, everything else was just grabbed from other models (with some stretching). The fact that it looks right just means that's also how they did it for the show. 😉 Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted August 20 Posted August 20 1 hour ago, guyxxed said: Thanks. I really just took the original Regult model from M30, put the Type 104 texture on it, then started deleting parts and adding in Queadluun Rhea parts. The only thing I made myself was the tubes on top, everything else was just grabbed from other models (with some stretching). The fact that it looks right just means that's also how they did it for the show. 😉 mhm i ironically thought it was legit a first glance as it fit altogether well. Quote
PointBlankSniper Posted August 22 Posted August 22 If that's how they did it in the show, I'm expecting a lot more frankenmechs in the next series. Maybe even frankenvalks lol Quote
guyxxed Posted August 30 Posted August 30 Thanks to Reaper7092, I've now been able to access the SV-262 models from Delta Scramble. Elvis is in da house! 😉 As a quick celebratory project, I made the Mirage version of the Ba. Enjoy! Quote
PointBlankSniper Posted August 31 Posted August 31 😮 More goodies! Kind of curious to know if the shins actually have a hatch and carry the sword inside. I assume they didn't bother with those, but it would be nice to know. Same for missiles in the pods. 🙂 A livery request if you get around to Lil Drakens, is to slap some Mirage colors on her pair. I wish they made them match her colors in the movie lol Quote
guyxxed Posted August 31 Posted August 31 14 hours ago, PointBlankSniper said: 😮 More goodies! Kind of curious to know if the shins actually have a hatch and carry the sword inside. I assume they didn't bother with those, but it would be nice to know. Same for missiles in the pods. 🙂 A livery request if you get around to Lil Drakens, is to slap some Mirage colors on her pair. I wish they made them match her colors in the movie lol There is a version with the Lil Drakens, so I'll put it on the list. And, no, there's no sword compartment or missiles in the pods, although both exist in the model directory. Roid's plane is holding the sword in battriod mode. It's a crazy complicated model even so, which I suppose matches the design and toy, a million little bits and pieces. Quote
guyxxed Posted September 3 Posted September 3 Had some time, so here you go: Mirage 262 both with original Lil-Drakkens and color matched (sort of, it got to be too much pink, so I slid them down to purple, which I think looks pretty good). Also, here is the sword wielding Roid for fun. He looks kind of bored, but I haven't messed with posing these models yet, so anything more dramatic will have to wait. Quote
Neptune_Minowa Posted September 3 Posted September 3 8 hours ago, guyxxed said: Had some time, so here you go: Mirage 262 both with original Lil-Drakkens and color matched (sort of, it got to be too much pink, so I slid them down to purple, which I think looks pretty good). Also, here is the sword wielding Roid for fun. He looks kind of bored, but I haven't messed with posing these models yet, so anything more dramatic will have to wait. Roid be like: "Why am i here?" Quote
PointBlankSniper Posted September 4 Posted September 4 Not gonna lie, I think the purple you used for the Lil Draken are closer to Mirage's color. The Draken III is actually a little too flourescent. But I'm not complaining. The contrast with both shades nicely follows the rule of "super parts are more drab". Recoloring the Lil Drakens really does make the whole thing look more correct. The official colors should honestly just be retconned like this lol. Apparently, there is a version of Roid colored (hijacked?) Ba units that oddly don't share the same livery patterns with a the other Windermere units. Didn't even realize that was a thing until I saw MAHQ. Not gonna ask you to make that lol, just curious whether it's in the game files, since I barely remember those from the show. I'm guessing those were the grunts Roid hacked, that I thought were the same as his actual unit all this time. Quote
guyxxed Posted September 4 Posted September 4 Yeh, I think you're right. I took the color from a screen grab, but putting it up against the toy, it is too bright. Here's a downshifted version. Also, yes, the Roid Grunts (Roid Minions? Roid-lings?) are in the game. Nothing too exciting, but here you go. Quote
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