Aoshima VFG

[TMBounty_Hunter]

VF-31D boxart

 

[Chronocidal]

So I just slapped together one of the 31As recently, and went together pretty cleanly.  Figure is fine, don't know why they're cats, but it's a decent Figma-ish figure.

Valk itself is a pretty nice mold, and will need a lot of painting, but holds together pretty well.  The stand socket underneath happens to fit your typical HMR-compatible stand, so that's definitely a plus.  I think the wing panels need a better snap/latch though, since they're just laying against the legs, and like to flip up on their hinges if you bump them.  Definitely a decent mold of the 31, with a few proportional tweaks to the legs and gunpod/weapons pack area.

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[CrossAir]

Hell,  I want that Ozma VF-25. Where can I place my preorder?

[Sanity is Optional]

I'll grab one, but I still wonder why they can't have a Sheryl or Ranka figure wearing Alto's VF-25?

[Chronocidal]

My guess would be licensing fees, really.  They probably can save a decent chunk of money by not having to either license the designs, or pay the original character artists for official art of them.

[ChristopherB]

Latest additions to my collection! I appreciate you looking and let me know if you have any questions/comments. 

 

[Focslain]

11 hours ago, ChristopherB said:

Latest additions to my collection! I appreciate you looking and let me know if you have any questions/comments. 

 

You lucky son of a...

[sh9000]

[Chronocidal]

Hmm, I'm thinking the plain valk proportions on that one aren't as good as the 31.  Legs look oversized, or the tails undersized, or both.

Could be a lot worse, but I've already got plenty of the 1/100 VF-25 kits, so probably pass on this one.

[kajnrig]

Agreed. Ironically, the VF Girl herself looks way better than any of the others ever did.

[CrossAir]

It took me some time but today I managed to finish the VF31-D Skuld fighter at least  Perhaps I start with the VF Girl tomorrow as well when I find the time.

The VF-31D is by now the eye-catcher between my two other VFG VF-31. Now Bandai, please give us a 1/60 DX version of the Skuld!!!

 

[Bolt]

Love the 31-D

On 8/12/2019 at 11:27 PM, ChristopherB said:

Latest additions to my collection! I appreciate you looking and let me know if you have any questions/comments. 

 

Dude! Congratulations on acquiring the much coveted YF-19 special

 

[Mazinger]

Wow, that  VF-31D really pops! Congrats.

[tekering]

23 hours ago, CrossAir said:

This is fabulous, clean work, and it really makes me wish Aoshima had given these kits proper cockpits.

The panel-lining is sublime.  

[CrossAir]

17 hours ago, Mazinger said:

Wow, that  VF-31D really pops! Congrats.

 

16 hours ago, tekering said:

This is fabulous, clean work, and it really makes me wish Aoshima had given these kits proper cockpits.

The panel-lining is sublime.  

Thank you guys! And I agree it would have been cool if Aoshima had included the option to build it for display in fighter mode with a real cockpit and perhaps even with some landing gear.

[CrossAir]

Now that I finished the catgirl, too, here some pics of todays photo session:

[tekering]

Great photography, and fantastic color choices!  

[arbit]

Looks great. I was wondering where that valk girl was. Love your painting.

[Chronocidal]

I just got my kit from HLJ as well, so time to start slapping it together.  I think my only real gripe about the fighter mode is that the wings need some sort of latch to lock into the legs... which, now that I think about it, might not be hard to add.  I did the same sort of mod to a couple of my 1/72 VF-25 kits, so it might work well here too.

[CrossAir]

Yes, the wings don‘t stay tight in fighter mode. When re-adjusting the valk during the photo shots I always had to push the left wing back in its place again. Some latch would help here, especially if you want to display it over head.

[CrossAir]

9 hours ago, tekering said:

Great photography, and fantastic color choices!  

Coloring was a little bit inspired by the pilot suit of Lockon Stratos from GUNDAM 00. 

[Kelsain]

Great job, CrossAir! I forget, are these supposed to be modified X-Gears for regular size pilots? Or modified Valkyries for macronized pilots? Either way probably works...

Although, given those eye decals, I'm surprised I haven't seen one painted up as Cattra yet.

[Focslain]

On 10/28/2019 at 4:10 PM, Kelsain said:

Great job, CrossAir! I forget, are these supposed to be modified X-Gears for regular size pilots? Or modified Valkyries for macronized pilots? Either way probably works...

Although, given those eye decals, I'm surprised I haven't seen one painted up as Cattra yet.

Modified X-Gear, they are used in racing competitions according to the inserts.

[TMBounty_Hunter]

Boxart

 

[Sanity is Optional]

@VF-Zer0S posted these in the toys forum.

Looks like Aoshima is going to announce a VFG 25G.

http://figsoku.net/blog-entry-185117.html

[Chronocidal]

2 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

@VF-Zer0S posted these in the toys forum.

Looks like Aoshima is going to announce a VFG 25G.

http://figsoku.net/blog-entry-185117.html

Mnn.. no, too bulky, that's got to be Alto's with the armor pack, and Michael's rifle.

That might be fun to make though.  

[Sanity is Optional]

I'm thinking supers personally, a lot of the apparently leg bulk is probably just from the outboard jet engine and how the legs open up.

Then again, might be armored, there's something that might be the ball-mounted laser cannons in that backpack mess.

[Bolt]

I'm starting to like these.

[CrossAir]

I see no additional pack at all. It's only the silhouette of the backpack with the Battroid arms/shoulders in front as well as the unfolded engine compartments at the leg section. I assume differences will be the sniper rifle, the head/antennaes and parts of the girl.

Edited January 27, 2020 by CrossAir

[Sanity is Optional]

It looks kinda like there's super-boosters in the backpack kibble.

Also the tweet that went with the image is:

Spoiler

#マクロスモデラーズ

#SHOWROOM

昨日の #VFガール 新作シルエットクイズは妄想が捗ったかな

答えは2/9ワンダーフェスティバルにて

圧倒的ボリューム、更なる進化に目が離せないだぞ～これは要チェックだな

#アオシマ

Which translates to:

Quote

#Macross modelers

#SHOWROOM

Did yesterday's #VF Girl new silhouette quiz improve my delusion?

The answer is at the 2/9 Wonder Festival

Overwhelming volume, keep an eye on further evolution-this is a must check

#Aoshima

The bits about "overwhelming volume" and "further evolution" seem to hint that it's more than just a VF-25G version.

[Focslain]

I have enough of these, please don't tempt me with an armoured version.

[Sanity is Optional]

If they make an armored VF-25F, wielding Michael's sniper rifle, and with the girl being Sheryl...

Well, I'ma need at least 2 if they do that.

 

If it was Bandai rather than Aoshima then they'd definitely do it, with a Black Bunny Sheryl as a P-Bandai release.

[renegadeleader1]

I was thinking about buying one of these VFG's and decided to look through the previous pages to see what people think, and I think I'll still get one.

 

I noticed a common complaint I see people asking "Why swimsuits?" I think it might have something to do with invoking the Race Queen look or corporate sponsor "Budweiser girl" type look.

[Chronocidal]

I'm not going to knock the figures, because they're well crafted, and easy to put together, but the entire reason I picked any of these up was to get more 31As.   The fact that they're so close in scale to HMRs is just a bonus, and I barely see a reason to display these in anything but fighter mode.

The figures are just kind of a side project that I might use for something somewhere down the road, but I'm not huge on character models or figures.