Bandai DX VF-31

[Chronocidal]

The more I look at the open weapons pod, the more I want to make single piece sets of doors to swap in and out.  The little hinges inside and the misshapen doors kind of ruin the look for me.

Not that I leave mine out of fighter mode anyway, but you know...

[spacemanoeuvres]

11 hours ago, Saburo said:

 

This is such a wonderful picture 

Makes me want to pickup some figures but I can't afford to go down that rabbit hole lol

Many thanks for the great pics!

[Saburo]

9 hours ago, seti88 said:

Ah cool! yeti stand to the rescue! Already made me imagining 5 valks lifting off in one pic!

I am already thinking about the shot of all 5.

Yep, YetiStands are awesome, it great that the VF-31 can be shot in an almost vertical position on the stand.  Not many of the other Valks can do that.

 

7 hours ago, Xigfrid said:

Saburo, these shots are amazing! I really don't like fixed figures in general but these blend very well with this perspective.

Thank you @Xigfrid!

 

1 hour ago, M'Kyuun said:

Hell of an eye, Saburo. Always a treat when you share your photos. I have my -31 sitting in front of me, but somehow even seeing it in person doesn't compare to your glamour shots!

 

BTW, in the shot where he's holding his gunpod, did you use the poseable hand or the fixed pose? I tried and failed to get mine to hold it with the poseable hand and just stuck it back in the backpack. Kinda vexing on a high-end toy.

Thank @M'Kyuun I appreciate it!  I do my best to enhance but not over due it the pics.

The poseable hands are terrible for holding the anything but the knives, I tried to use them but the gunpod always falls out of position.  I used the hand with the index finger extended, the extended finger helps keep the gunpod aligned straight.  I wish Bandai has figured out a way to put a slot into the handle that fit into the palm it would work better.

 

7 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

This is such a wonderful picture 

Makes me want to pickup some figures but I can't afford to go down that rabbit hole lol

Many thanks for the great pics!

Thank you @spacemanoeuvres!  I was planning to do a Walkure and Valk photos and I found both sets for a really good price on Ebay and ordered them.

[Slave IV]

10 hours ago, Saburo said:

Haha ok, I guess I am not a monkey. 

Opps sorry I missed your question, I used a YetiStand to elevate the Valk.

 

  Nice pic!  Yes, it will be a while before Delta Platoon is complete, its going to be along wait, at least Mirage is next and I hope the VF-31E is next. I think Chucks Valk is more interesting that Arad's because the Radome.  More than likely Arad's is next for PO and last will be Chucks.

 

Nice to know a Yetistand can hold the Valks vertically. I've been planning on displaying most my 31s just like that with SHF Walkure figures.

9 hours ago, seti88 said:

Ah cool! yeti stand to the rescue! Already made me imagining 5 valks lifting off in one pic!

Yep! Been thinking about that since before any of them were released. 

[Valkyrie2008]

Saburo, your photos stunning as always and I do notice that you always improve yourself. 

[M'Kyuun]

1 hour ago, Saburo said:

Thank @M'Kyuun I appreciate it!  I do my best to enhance but not over due it the pics.

The poseable hands are terrible for holding the anything but the knives, I tried to use them but the gunpod always falls out of position.  I used the hand with the index finger extended, the extended finger helps keep the gunpod aligned straight.  I wish Bandai has figured out a way to put a slot into the handle that fit into the palm it would work better.

 

Thank you @spacemanoeuvres!  I was planning to do a Walkure and Valk photos and I found both sets for a really good price on Ebay and ordered them.

I don't think anyone would notice or care if you overdid it; you do more than fair justice to these figures. You're doing Bandai's job for them, beautifully showing off their product in a public setting- free advertising for them, and your work sells it better than official photography.

Fixed pose hand- so I'm not the only one having trouble trying to get it to stay in the poseable hand. Y'know, if they'd designed the hand guard to swivel from the front instead of the rear, there would have been ample clearance to make it work, as the hand wraps around the grip just fine, and has sufficient tightness to hold it, but it has to remain straight. there's simply no way to attach it to the arm that way because of the guard. Poor engineering, at least where the gun is concerned. Everything else on this valk is well executed,  a far more enjoyable toy to transform than the -262.

Thanks for the response, Saburo. Much appreciated. Looking forward to a group shot once all these -31s are released.

[Scyla]

I hope Bandai does all the SHF Walkrure Girls. I need to recreate that picture:

 

[Slave IV]

8 minutes ago, Scyla said:

I hope Bandai does all the SHF Walkrure Girls. I need to recreate that picture:

 

I'm already thinking about what parts I need from @ChaoticYeti to acheive something like this!

[packrat]

VF-31C same mold as VF-31J? Thanks

[Saburo]

 

6 hours ago, Valkyrie2008 said:

Saburo, your photos stunning as always and I do notice that you always improve yourself. 

Thank you @Valkyrie2008, its nice know that the improvement is noticeable. Its been small refinements in the shoot and processing.

 

6 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

I don't think anyone would notice or care if you overdid it; you do more than fair justice to these figures. You're doing Bandai's job for them, beautifully showing off their product in a public setting- free advertising for them, and your work sells it better than official photography.

Fixed pose hand- so I'm not the only one having trouble trying to get it to stay in the poseable hand. Y'know, if they'd designed the hand guard to swivel from the front instead of the rear, there would have been ample clearance to make it work, as the hand wraps around the grip just fine, and has sufficient tightness to hold it, but it has to remain straight. there's simply no way to attach it to the arm that way because of the guard. Poor engineering, at least where the gun is concerned. Everything else on this valk is well executed,  a far more enjoyable toy to transform than the -262.

Thanks for the response, Saburo. Much appreciated. Looking forward to a group shot once all these -31s are released.

Haha thanks M'Kyunn, that would be the dream if I could shoot official product photos for them. I'd even take payment in Valkyries as a freelance photographer.

Agreed,  one of the blemishes in the VF-31 IHMO engineering is the poseable hands and another is the metallic flake canopy, these are minor issues in a great toy.

 

4 hours ago, Scyla said:

I hope Bandai does all the SHF Walkrure Girls. I need to recreate that picture:

 

I am already planning to do this shot, I am working out how setup the YetiStands for this shoot and I'll be using the SQ Figure Walkure. Hopefully the all the Walkure SHF Walkure before then.

 

[no3Ljm]

Love the photos, Saburo!

 

[sh9000]

Nice photos Saburo.  I love the before and after of this one on facebook.

[David Hingtgen]

55 minutes ago, packrat said:

VF-31C same mold as VF-31J? Thanks

Different head.  Two lasers instead of one. 

[Saburo]

3 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Love the photos, Saburo!

 

Maraming Salamat @no3Ljm!

 

2 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Nice photos Saburo.  I love the before and after of this one on facebook.

The 2nd one I did not edit, EXO edited my photo.

[no3Ljm]

11 hours ago, Saburo said:

Maraming Salamat @no3Ljm!

Walang anuman, pare ko!

 

[packrat]

On 5/2/2017 at 9:38 PM, packrat said:

VF-31C same mold as VF-31J? Thanks

 

On 5/2/2017 at 10:34 PM, David Hingtgen said:

Different head.  Two lasers instead of one. 

Thanks, may I ask if any others share the VF-31C mold?

[barurutor]

It's all here, take a look and decide if any of them are 100% alike

 

[packrat]

Thanks

53 minutes ago, barurutor said:

It's all here, take a look and decide if any of them are 100% alike

 

Thanks great resource. Paint, minor head variations, VF-31E radar dish different. Seems 99% same mold, unless there are hidden mechanical design differences

[General Rasp]

Looking at the picture I wonder how they are going to do the radar dish.

[seti88]

here is a preview tucked away...31e folded

 

 

 

[IXTL]

Re-posting some old pics of the DX 31E prototype from earlier in this thread

 

 

[spacemanoeuvres]

3 hours ago, IXTL said:

Re-posting some old pics of the DX 31E prototype from earlier in this thread

 

 

Cool  I like the c, e, and j the most right now. Will definitely try to snag doubles of each. Any word on the 31-e release/po?

I wasn't able to secure a 31-c during po either 

Edited May 6, 2017 by spacemanoeuvres

[snakerbot]

36 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

Cool  I like the c, e, and j the most right now. Will definitely try to snag doubles of each. Any word on the 31-e release/po?

I wasn't able to secure a 31-c during po either 

Well the F was still available on Amiami until just the other day, so maybe that's reason to be hopeful the C will be easy to find at release.

[SuperHobo]

Got Messer yesterday and had some time to "mess" with him this afternoon. Enjoy. 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 6, 2017 by SuperHobo

[Slave IV]

9 minutes ago, SuperHobo said:

Got Messer yesterday and had some time to "mess" with him this afternoon. Enjoy. 

 

 

 

WTF, lol. Nice!

[derex3592]

 i'm disturbed by what I see here ....

 

[SuperHobo]

21 minutes ago, derex3592 said:

 i'm disturbed by what I see here ....

 

 

But deep down , you know you like it. 

[wmkjr]

1 hour ago, SuperHobo said:

ot Messer yesterday and had some time to "mess" with him this afternoon. Enjoy. 

Hey! Hey! Hey!  Where's the pixelated censor? I know this is valk porn but sheesh!   Nah j/k. Great shots!

Edit: Here you go

 

Edited May 6, 2017 by wmkjr

[davidwhangchoi]

1 hour ago, SuperHobo said:

Got Messer yesterday and had some time to "mess" with him this afternoon. Enjoy. 

 

 

 

 

amazing!!!

[SuperHobo]

25 minutes ago, wmkjr said:

Hey! Hey! Hey!  Where's the pixelated censor? I know this is valk porn but sheesh!   Nah j/k. Great shots!

Edit: Here you go

 

And this is how memes are born. Excellent. 

[spanner]

LOL! great photos SuperHobo! 

[SuperHobo]

2 hours ago, spanner said:

LOL! great photos SuperHobo! 

 

I thoroughly enjoyed messing with Messer. It did in fact get kind of messy. 

[Skypoet]

12 hours ago, SuperHobo said:

And this is how memes are born. Excellent. 

 

Messer XXX Centerfold!

[Mommar]

I only just got around to taking the missiles off of my 171's and trying them out on my 31's and I LOVE how it looks loaded out.  I highly recommend it and anyone interested should pop over to the Workshop thread and hit up Xigfrids shape ways for some Masterfile load outs.

Edited May 6, 2017 by Mommar

[no3Ljm]

Great shots, SuperHobo.