GRAND CANNON Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 (Advanced apology for immaturity....) I just soiled myself!!! Quote
Anasazi37 Posted February 20, 2004 Author Posted February 20, 2004 (edited) To answer the questions posted: UN SPACY: If I wasn't busy making decals, I could probably get something like this done in about 3-4 weeks. That's not solid time, though. A few hours a day. Since y'all keep buying sets from me, this custom took A LOT longer than expected. Min sent me the valk mid-December. Now that Twin Moons will be carrying most of my sets, I'll have a little more time to work on customs. Graham: I missed the leg attachment problem last night. I guess I was more tired than I thought. Good eyes! Please feel free to use any pics you like. Thanks for forwarding this thread to Yamato. Eternal D: I've tried printing the decals both as opaque and semi-translucent. I'm personally much happier with the semi-translucent because it doesn't jump out at you like the solid ones do and detract from the overall effect. It also allows the underlying paint job to come through so it's a little more realistic. The occasional light spot is where some nasty little air bubble refused to go away. With decals this large, the occasional bubble is unavoidable. Vermillion One: The only difficult large decal was the Minmay on the right leg. Keeping with her character, she was quite stubborn and didn't want to stay put. I had to cut the decal in a few places with a very sharp Xacto knife and use a lot of Micro Sol. Eventually she settled down. The small blue stripes for the knees were the most difficult to apply because the surfaces curve in so many directions. They tended to curl away except on the flat surfaces. I fixed that by letting the flat sections set, then made small incisions in the decals where the surfaces curve, then used a lot of Micro Sol and patted them down repeatedly with a Q-tip until they stayed in place. The RMS-1 decals were also a little difficult since the missles taper towards the front. I ended up cutting the front of the decal about every four millimeters to a depth of about seven millimeters. The end result looked like fringe (until the decal was applied, of course). I'll get battroid pics uploaded later today. I have to run some errands right now. Edited February 20, 2004 by Anasazi37 Quote
rnurmin Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 Wow This is a FANTASTIC custom, Devin. Awesome Job Quote
rocco_77 Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 (edited) Wow that is beautiful... EDIT: removed a stupid question. Edited February 20, 2004 by rocco_77 Quote
g3173 Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 Hi Devin, You have to make those FP decals available! That custom looks great! Min is one lucky collector. /gene Quote
Angel's Fury Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 Great detail on this bad boy Anasazi37! Most especially with Minmay decals on its right leg & leg armor! Can't wait to see more pics! This has been your best work by far! Keep up the excellent work! Quote
Jawjaw Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 Good gravy that looks like it was very difficult to get all those decals right. You did an incredible job. Quote
Nani?! Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 Drool... Sweetness to the highest degree. To think you did all that with decals. Truly amazing. Quote
Godzilla Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 That looks damn good. Too bad I can do that. I must take baby steps to work on my current project: Kakizaki's DRYL vf 1/48 and Max's VF-1S. Quote
DatterBoy Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 Quite nice, tho I am not a fan of the orange tiped nosecone. Great work. :Dat Quote
sbarrett4 Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 Hi Devin, You have to make those FP decals available! That custom looks great! Min is one lucky collector. /gene I'd buy a set of FP decals if you made them in 1/55. That is one sharp custom you made there. Quote
Isamu Atreides 86 Posted February 20, 2004 Posted February 20, 2004 damn, those things are sweet. great job, Devin. Quote
BoBe-Patt Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 WHOA!! Now that's some major droolage!! Man, I wish I can get one of those. Hmm.. Hey devin, you think you can do a JM like that for me? Quote
gnollman Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 Day-um.... That's some incredible goods you've got there.... and some incredible skills to make it all possible.... Paint me green.... Quote
Anasazi37 Posted February 21, 2004 Author Posted February 21, 2004 Okay, last set of pics! Sorry for the delay.... Battroid Quote
Anasazi37 Posted February 21, 2004 Author Posted February 21, 2004 And my personal favorite, Armored Battroid! Quote
izzyfcuk Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 Now that' s a freaking nice wallpaper, it's gonna stay there for a long time i really admire your skills, i hate you for giving yamato ideas to milk me Quote
Anubis Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 (edited) My goodness, I never though a Minmay Guard could look that good. The new Fast Pack color looks a lot better on the valk than the other Minmay Guard's did, too. Awesome, awesome job. Edited February 21, 2004 by Anubis Quote
Smut Peddler Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 Hi Devin, You have to make those FP decals available! That custom looks great! Min is one lucky collector. /gene What he said. Quote
UN Spacy Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 Once again.....this is simply amazing. Hey ansazi? Did it take you a while to figure out where to place the Minmay Guard decals on the Strike Cannon and Fast Pack? Great choice with the decals on the missile sets. Are you planning to do anymore customs for MW'ers in the future? Quote
Macross_Fanboy Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 ~Sniffs~ It's as beautiful as my ex. Quote
Golden Arms Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 (edited) Words don't even describe the quality of your work so I won't even try. Edited February 21, 2004 by Golden Arms Quote
Radd Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 Graham: I missed the leg attachment problem last night. I guess I was more tired than I thought. Good eyes! Please feel free to use any pics you like. Thanks for forwarding this thread to Yamato. I noticed that in the following batches of pics, in gerwalk mode and whatnot the legs are still not coonnected to the upper plate like they should be, and the arms are not correctly pushed forward in any of the gerwalk pictures. Trying to be extra careful with the new sticker/paint job? Excellent work, mind you. Absolutely astounding. This sort of thing is something I've been waiting for ever since the 1/48ths were announced. I can't wait to see even more 1/48 customs, especially those that are at least half as good as this. Quote
Anasazi37 Posted February 21, 2004 Author Posted February 21, 2004 (edited) I noticed that in the following batches of pics, in gerwalk mode and whatnot the legs are still not coonnected to the upper plate like they should be, and the arms are not correctly pushed forward in any of the gerwalk pictures. Trying to be extra careful with the new sticker/paint job? Yes. I am trying to not manhandle it so it's still minty-fresh when min gets it. I don't like to transform customs very much--especially one as complicated as this. You never know when the evil paint scrape monster might rear his ugly head, no matter how well you plan. It's going to be REALLY hard to let this custom go to its new home....sniff.... Edited February 21, 2004 by Anasazi37 Quote
JValk Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. You are simply amazing! This makes me want to "go yamato" so bad, but...must...remain...loyal...chunky...monkey! VIVA LA VIVERATOR!!!! Quote
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 I too am not a fan of the Minmay Guard scheme, but still...HOT DAMN! Your decals have reached the level of uber-sweet, Devin. Quote
min Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 It's going to be REALLY hard to let this custom go to its new home....sniff.... i feel like such a villain! its so beautiful! Quote
bigkid24 Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 The new color of the FAST packs goes REALLY well with the Minmay guard scheme. That looks great. Quote
g3173 Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 It's going to be REALLY hard to let this custom go to its new home....sniff.... i feel like such a villain! its so beautiful! Hey Min, If you feel that bad, i'll take it! Quote
Anasazi37 Posted February 21, 2004 Author Posted February 21, 2004 (edited) Just uploaded some new Armored Battroid pics. I didn't realize how fuzzy the old ones were until this morning. Enjoy! Edited February 21, 2004 by Anasazi37 Quote
Tristan Lindo Posted February 21, 2004 Posted February 21, 2004 too.....much.......goodness for one thread Quote
Anasazi37 Posted February 21, 2004 Author Posted February 21, 2004 Did it take you a while to figure out where to place the Minmay Guard decals on the Strike Cannon and Fast Pack? Figuring out where to place the decals on the armor and fast pack was probably the most difficult part of making this custom. I finally hit upon an idea. I took a picture of the valk in armored fighter mode from above (plan view) so I could get a good idea of where the fast pack would overlap with the tire tread pattern on the chestplate. I then brought that picture into illustrator and extended the chestplate designs to use as a guide. Once I saw that it would overlap with the barrel of the cannon and the front part of the left booster, I masked off those areas with tape and then scanned the tape sections into Photoshop where I created a template from which I could drop in the tire tread pattern in Illustrator. That's actually how I did each section of every Minmay Guard set, so I have the system down pat. Quote
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