megaprime Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Does anyone know where if there is somewhere where I might be able to find desktop wallpapers (preferably HD) of Bandai Chogokin valkyrie models in various poses? I'm particularly keen on a wallpaper of the YF 29 Durandal Alto custom in batroid mode. I have searched on google but have had no luck so far. Quote
mechaninac Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Check here... pictures by Macross World's own MacrossJunkie. Quote
megaprime Posted March 11, 2014 Author Posted March 11, 2014 Thank you. Very nice pictures indeed. Unfortunately a lot of them are not HD (1920 x 1080) and all have a black background. I'm not very fussy, am I really? Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Actually, most of them are far in excess of 1080p (with the exception of the pre-renewal ones) with many of my recent ones over the past year or so being over 4900 x 3000 resolution. The Alto Durandal is one of my older ones so some of them may be smaller when I was trying to conserve bandwidth and space. I still have the originals, so maybe I should replace the ones in the album with the full sized versions. The viewer window resizes the images to your screen size, but clicking the download button gets you the full sized image. Can't help with the black backgrounds though, sorry. Takes me long enough to do all the weathering work and shoot the photos If anyone wants to photoshop backgrounds into them, they are more than welcome to do so. Edited March 11, 2014 by MacrossJunkie Quote
plastik Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 MacrossJunkie, I can literally look through your album all day and not be bored. Megaprime, If you're not specifically looking for toy pics you can find 1080p movie screen shots of Alto's YF-29 at the site below. Unfortunately there aren't any battroid mode pics.If you're not in a hurry I can take some screen grabs from the movie later and upload them on here for you. http://ghostlightning.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/macross-frontier-as-mecha-animethe-7th-of-6-posts-on-the-wings-of-farewell/ http://ghostlightning.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/the-second-of-six-posts-on-macross-frontier-sayonara-no-tsubasa-a-tale-of-two-movie-adaptationstengen-toppa-gurren-lagann-vs-macross-frontier/ http://ghostlightning.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/going-beyond-the-impossible-the-reconstruction-of-the-macross-frontier-canonthe-5th-of-6-posts-on-the-wings-of-goodbye/ Quote
megaprime Posted March 11, 2014 Author Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Actually, most of them are far in excess of 1080p (with the exception of the pre-renewal ones) with many of my recent ones over the past year or so being over 4900 x 3000 resolution. The Alto Durandal is one of my older ones so some of them may be smaller when I was trying to conserve bandwidth and space. I still have the originals, so maybe I should replace the ones in the album with the full sized versions. The viewer window resizes the images to your screen size, but clicking the download button gets you the full sized image. Can't help with the black backgrounds though, sorry. Takes me long enough to do all the weathering work and shoot the photos If anyone wants to photoshop backgrounds into them, they are more than welcome to do so. I stand corrected. Apologies. And thank you very much for the amazing work you have done. My Mac is proudly wearing the Alto Durandal in Batroid mode as its new wallpaper. I'm happy with the black background (although I do think that the red colour of the Alto will stand out more on a white background). Strangley enough there seem to be no Bandai Macross desktop wallpapers at all on the web. It is surprising considering the popularity of the series. @plastik: Thank you very much for the offer. I'm not sure if I am in the minority but I am more attracted to the battle scenes in the movies rather than the singing and non-military part of the story. And at the moment I have this obsession with the Alto Durandal Valk (maybe because it is my favourite colourway and I missed the chance to get it at normal or half inflated prices). It reminds me very much of my favourite artwork from artists called Tokyoplastic. I would post a picture of it here but unfortunately it doesnt allow me for some reason (it says: Error, This upload failed) Edited March 11, 2014 by megaprime Quote
megaprime Posted March 11, 2014 Author Posted March 11, 2014 Actually, I think I have sorted it out: Quote
plastik Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) I just rewatched the entire final sequence of Wings of Goodbye and apparently there aren't many scenes of the yf-29 in battroid mode. there's maybe like 3 or 4 good shots but thats about it. https://www.dropbox.com/s/vaqfx53ieofjtri/Alto%20yf29.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/3b4yy93t60ue2ip/Alto%20yf29_2.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/0wkh2sqozz31bzy/alto%20yf29_3.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/1scmskypqn0rcnu/Alto%20yf29_4.jpg Edited March 12, 2014 by plastik Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Those are some awesome screen captures Plastik. Too bad Bandai's DX Alto YF-29 is such a horrible floppy mess. -b. Quote
Tochiro Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 For good pics of the 29, you could also use the HUD-free valkyrie viewer in Macross 30 (PS3). Quote
plastik Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Those are some awesome screen captures Plastik. Too bad Bandai's DX Alto YF-29 is such a horrible floppy mess. -b. agreed! floppy mess is accurate. That's why I leave all of my bandai birds in fighter mode Quote
lykiat Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Check here... pictures by Macross World's own MacrossJunkie. The pics are awesome, I can just look at these pics all day and admire the art of the valks and the pictures Quote
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