Chronocidal Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 At this point, I'd just scrub the printing off, and do all the windows by hand with a gundam marker. They're already recessed, should make painting them easy, if you can get the sloppy prints off without damaging the paint underneath.
derex3592 Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 Speaking of Trek ships that are actually done properly.... finished filling in the windows on my Diamond Select Toys E today, I'm gonna get some cheap spray paint and paint the base like a communicator from Nemesis, then I'll call it good to put on my desk. Should I mask off all the clear bits and give it a flat coat???? It's already pretty flat honestly.. not sure if it's worth it.. Opinions welcome..
hachi Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 SH FIguarts Sheryl I also got my 1/12 Blame! Killy and Safeguard figures, will post a review later on.
General Rasp Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 3:05 PM, anubis20 said: I wanted some Evangelion 3.0 figures and it was either these or the RAH ones. Had to go with the cheaper option Nice! I recently got Eva-04 and was pleasantly surprised with it. I have some of the original Revoltech Eva toys and the new one is much better. I am looking to get EVA 13 next. Any thoughts?
anubis20 Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 52 minutes ago, General Rasp said: Nice! I recently got Eva-04 and was pleasantly surprised with it. I have some of the original Revoltech Eva toys and the new one is much better. I am looking to get EVA 13 next. Any thoughts? These are definitely better than the old Revoltechs. Paint apps are much better. EVA-13 is pretty good but the hands use a different system than Unit 4.Just be careful when swinging the hips outward, its different than on Unit 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Received my Re:Edit Howard Armor which is rumored to be the end of this line and im ok with that Also got my Ocular Max Frenzy and Rumble
Podtastic Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) Tempted to get Eva'a now for some reason. My VF2SS finally completed its sentence at the post office hub. Now here's a combat scene I'd want to see in animation. Edited February 12, 2018 by Podtastic
Mommar Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 53 minutes ago, anubis20 said: These are definitely better than the old Revoltechs. Paint apps are much better. EVA-13 is pretty good but the hands use a different system than Unit 4.Just be careful when swinging the hips outward, its different than on Unit 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Received my Re:Edit Howard Armor which is rumored to be the end of this line and im ok with that Also got my Ocular Max Frenzy and Rumble Let us know what you think of that House of M Armor.
Chronocidal Posted February 12, 2018 Posted February 12, 2018 17 hours ago, derex3592 said: Speaking of Trek ships that are actually done properly.... finished filling in the windows on my Diamond Select Toys E today, I'm gonna get some cheap spray paint and paint the base like a communicator from Nemesis, then I'll call it good to put on my desk. Should I mask off all the clear bits and give it a flat coat???? It's already pretty flat honestly.. not sure if it's worth it.. Opinions welcome.. So, as a thought.. and this might be one heckuva project to undertake.. you could partially flat coat it. I wouldn't suggest touching all the individual panels by a longshot because that would be literal insanity, but blocking off some of the larger sections and making them more or less shiny than others is a long-time practice of Trek CG artists. Just the nature of having some panels painted on bare plastic already will do this, but you could mask off a few of the larger blocks of color to add to the contrast. The Diamond Select Enterprise Refit mold actually achieves this in the molding itself, instead of painting it, by molding the Aztec pattern in two levels of smoothness. You barely notice the difference, until you tilt the ship into the light, and the different levels of reflectivity make the pattern stand out. It's not quite as impressive as seeing the pattern painted in subtle shades, but I bet it's massively less time and labor intensive. Anyhow, just a thought. Now you've got me thinking of how to touch up mine too. For what it is, it's probably not worth the effort on the DS one, but I'd love to give that treatment to an actual model kit.
sh9000 Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Podtastic said: My VF2SS finally completed its sentence at the post office hub. Congrats. I like that old school ship from V on the left.
borgified Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 Since that these last few postings are about Star Trek stuff, I've been thinking about getting the Diamond Select Klingon Bird of Prey thanks to you guys. Regardless I'm also into the Star Trek and Star Wars lore (more into the latter). Just a thought: Has Eaglemoss dug themselves "Deeper in the Grave" (so to speak) in the in regards to their products in QC issues? I know that its a hit and a miss in the stuff that they issue out, it seems that most of their customer base clientele has received their products with glaring issues. Not to derail the thread even more, I've been collecting 3rd party Transformer items and various companies have issued corrected parts/items in regards to their previous products after hearing reviews. * Note: I'm not just picking on Eaglemoss or Takara/Tomy (in regards to Masterpiece TFs) as an example, it's just when you have any company that's producing items and you get a flawed one, you're going to get more backlash if something goes wrong (or as they all say: YMMV [Your mileage may vary]). If this write up in not appropriate to this tread, please notify me and I'll remove this post.
derex3592 Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 So I went to my local HobbyTown USA today for some paint and happened upon this... anybody know anything about Hot Wheels Elite making Star Wars ships??? Kind of surprised me. I like their 1:18 cars, they aren't Autoart quality, but very good for not as much money. It didn't look half bad, but I thought it was a little high at like $65. Thoughts??? (Sorry, don't know where else to post this, so I picked here)
Mommar Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 Meanwhile, somewhere in Denver a couple of potheads haven't been able to figure out how to hand a package off to USPS for five days...
Podtastic Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 5 hours ago, sh9000 said: Congrats. I like that old school ship from V on the left. Made by Factoria3D in Spain.
vlenhoff Posted February 13, 2018 Posted February 13, 2018 On 2/2/2018 at 10:42 PM, orindlt said: EFX 1/100 Falcon. (I have a somewhat ok collection of starships here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/57620536@N06/page1 ) Wow, fantastic collection Orin
spacemanoeuvres Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 Got my VE-1s from CDJ and DX Kai From Mandarake
Sanity is Optional Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 So, HLJ apparently just stocked a bunch of stuff, like Arcadia VF-4Gs, Messer VF-31, Premium Hikaru VF-1S. Yeah, I bought things.
Sanity is Optional Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 22 minutes ago, enphily said: Omg. It looks like a mistake We'll see, got a VF-4G and a YF-29 (Alto, for ¥14,450!) on order in case it's not.
no3Ljm Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sanity is Optional said: We'll see, got a VF-4G and a YF-29 (Alto, for ¥14,450!) on order in case it's not. I stumbled on a YF-29 earlier too. And after I placed an order it went to Discontinue. I wonder if it’s just a glitch. Edit: Got my email order confirmation 15mins ago. I posted this link in the Items of Interest at HLJ thread. https://hlj.com/search/go?w=1%2F60 dx macross https://hlj.com/search/go?w=dx macross Edited February 15, 2018 by no3Ljm
Sanity is Optional Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: I stumbled on a YF-29 earlier too. And after I placed an order it went to Discontinue. I wonder if it’s just a glitch. Edit: Got my email order confirmation 15mins ago. Oh, I got order confirmations for both (and the Alto YF-29 is still listed as available), but I'll hold my breath until it's in my private warehouse. Edit: if this is real, I'm wondering if some scalper or store went belly up and their stock got auctioned off, between this and the Yamato V1 VF-1s that showed up on Hobby Search a while ago. Edited February 15, 2018 by Sanity is Optional
Chronocidal Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 Just checked, and placed an order for a premium finish Roy VF-1, let's see if that happens. If so, I think the only other one I'd get is a Hikaru 1J.
no3Ljm Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: Oh, I got order confirmations for both (and the Alto YF-29 is still listed as available), but I'll hold my breath until it's in my private warehouse. I checked again and Alto is now discontinued. 1 minute ago, Chronocidal said: Just checked, and placed an order for a premium finish Roy VF-1, let's see if that happens. If so, I think the only other one I'd get is a Hikaru 1J. Yeah. I’m tempted on getting another Armored VF-1J.
Sanity is Optional Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 50 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: Yeah. I’m tempted on getting another Armored VF-1J. Well, they have one less now.
Chronocidal Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 I admit, getting another Roy is a little excessive for me, so I'll probably let go of my early Arcadia Roy with the stand. I'd rather have it match all my other DYRL valks, but I can also replace the pilot and packs, and pass this one off as a TV version to display along with the premium M&Ms, so it kind of works out. Assuming there aren't a ton of tampo markings on the head, I can even swap in the head from my original Yamato TV Roy to get the correct arrow color.
Slave IV Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 Damn, all that is really tempting...the VF-4G, YF-19, VF-0S, Premium 1S...Damn, I want to buy them all. But the Armored 1J for that price...I'd feel like an idiot not picking another one up and I don't feel like feeling like an idiot.
Sanity is Optional Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, Slave IV said: Damn, all that is really tempting...the VF-4G, YF-19, VF-0S, Premium 1S...Damn, I want to buy them all. But the Armored 1J for that price...I'd feel like an idiot not picking another one up and I don't feel like feeling like an idiot. ¥62,870 later I feel your pain. I'm just glad I already had an Arcadia YF-19.
Slave IV Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Sanity is Optional said: ¥62,870 later I feel your pain. I'm just glad I already had an Arcadia YF-19. LOL, yeah...I almost wish I didn't see these posts. I'm sitting here with my finger on the trigger for the Premium Roy 1S but I passed the first time so... I have all the others including the armored 1J but I just couldn't let that opportunity pass. If I didn't have the YF-19 or VF-4G (or needless to say, M&M), those would be so instabuy it wouldn't be funny.
Lolicon Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Chronocidal said: I admit, getting another Roy is a little excessive for me, so I'll probably let go of my early Arcadia Roy with the stand. I'd rather have it match all my other DYRL valks, but I can also replace the pilot and packs, and pass this one off as a TV version to display along with the premium M&Ms, so it kind of works out. Assuming there aren't a ton of tampo markings on the head, I can even swap in the head from my original Yamato TV Roy to get the correct arrow color. Hmmm that sounds like a great idea! All that Macross stuff suddenly appearing on HLJ... My wallet would be a lot lighter tonight if I didn't already have all that stuff. Or put another way, my wallet was already made lighter by those things.
spacemanoeuvres Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 Jeezoman those were hard to resist. Most stuff is discontinued again; *phew* bankruptcy avoided lol
Chronocidal Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 I'm actually wondering how many of these they actually had, if any, or if it was actually a glitch. I placed the order for a Premium Roy to go to my warehouse while it read "in stock," but I haven't seen any update past the order confirmation. Maybe it was late enough in the day that it won't register until the next business day, but now it's listed as "discontinued."
spacemanoeuvres Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 Yes, I'm curious to learn who will actually receive what they ordered. Keep us posted!
GabrielV Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 Last night I saw a regular VF-0S on there. I wanted it, but it just wasn't worth $350 to me right now.
Sanity is Optional Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 Well, as of today the 3 things I ordered yesterday are still showing up in my open orders. Still haven't been charged, but it did say stocks in 7-9days.
ZorClone Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 there was an Armored VF-1J?? I can't find it now.
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