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  2. Thom
    Wheel of Time - cancelled.... https://ew.com/the-wheel-of-time-canceled-after-3-seasons-at-prime-video-11741261 I know it was contentious, they messed with the story in the first season and it only improved a bit in the second, but By the Light, was the third season so damn good - so they must certainly cancel it! And part of the reason was it's hefty price tag?! Excuse me, they kept Rings of Power at a price tab of 1 Billion!? Not a big fan of it, I like RoP enough, but between the two WoT was so much better! Especially season 3. Even if it had never improved past that, it still made RoP look like a stink pile. Just goes to show another example of executive stupidity. There're saving me money though. Makes me think twice about paying for Prime Video and there is certainly no reason now to buy the first two season on DVD. So, thanks amazon, I guess...
  3. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    Just an update (as the weekend starts). Maybe I'll get around to making another post on Sunday/Monday, idk... First pic for your attention, additional in the spoilers... I have a more final-ish shape of the VF22S bay door, added the detail (probably didn't need to just yet), accounted/adjusted for stand-off tolerances (exact placement and mounting maybe this weekend...), and printed it up on the lower res printer just to get it out fast (accounted this is just another iteration). I know there is a feature (optional) I want to add to this design. For the hell of it, definitely OTT and unnecessary, I separated/exploded the canopies... I'll work on the assembly this weekend and adjust if needed. Separating the supports from the canopy frames was a bit concerning, lol. I also added heatshield detailed versions as well. I added the "CANOPY KEEP CLEAN" marking to the side of the canopies, but its tiny as hell... it's there on the clear test parts for this batch but you'll need a magnifier, lol. Not sure how much more I can size it up (the first screenshot in the set is what I have it as currently). IIRC the size I went with on the head laser/antenna does not fit on the canopy unless I place it under the panel line (above the cutout tab), where it is not on the Bandai YF-21 DX and I do not want to do that. The "NO STEP" marking does not work well at all. I've tried several different methods and because of the shape and faces of the canopy it does not emboss/want to play well at all, lol. Worst case I'll just nix/skip the emboss markings on the canopies entirely and not even bother with them on the head pieces as the real estate/surface areas are tiny, idk...
  4. Seto Kaiba
    Just cast Jack Black as Let Me Solo Her and make the whole thing a comedy. It'll save a lot of trouble in the long run.
  5. Old_Nash_II
    Monster Hunter too
  6. Hikuro
    Wow geeze, what would have possessed you to of bought it? I mean.....I guess it makes for a neat conversation piece 😛
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  8. Papa Rat
    Little buddy says hi. I think it came out ok. Pretty much a straight build. I think it needs some weathering.
  9. jvmacross
    Open ended game world, eh? Maybe they'll get Jack Black to star in it....
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  11. JB0
    Screw this, they should make a movie out of Metal Wolf Chaos instead.
  12. Big s
    Having no story means they can’t screw up the story. I’m sure it may actually work for the oddballs at A24. Most of their movies don’t seem to have a story and by the end of their movies, you’ll often ask “What the heck just happened?” Just gotta hope it’s not one of their movies where you have to ask “Why did I watch this?” I still remember watching the Green Knoght in the theater. My lady hated it, while I enjoyed it and a large part of the theater room emptied by the halfway point. One of the few movies I went to see with a large amount of walkouts
  13. Big s
    I’m no engineer, but might be something to do with keeping air flowing evenly. But I’m really just guessing. I’ll just call em speed lines for now
  14. Tking22
    How is this going to work exactly? Especially in a giant open world, open ended game like Elden Ring? Most people play From games for the gameplay, the story is nearly non existent in game unless you go out of your way to lore dive. I can safely say having played every From game, I have no idea what is happening in any one of them, the story isn't presented in a traditional manner at all, I watch every cut scene, talk to every character, and still have zero idea where I am, who I am, what's happening, who the bad guy is, it's mostly just nonsense and fun gameplay.
  15. Thom
    Good news! Love more fantasy coming along.
  16. Duke Togo
    Somehow, GRRM will find a way to have himself further distracted by this.
  17. Old_Nash_II started following [A24] Elden Ring Live Action
  18. Old_Nash_II
    https://www.bandainamcoent.com/news/elden-ring-live-action-film-adaptation-announced Waiting for something good
  19. Chronocidal
    The most prominent aircraft I know of with similar features is the F-16, which is discussed here, with some up-close photos of what those stripes look like. The TLDR is that they prevent static build-up that could interfere with the radar. http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/140762-f-16-nose-cone/ Whether they were done for any reason other than aesthetics by Kawamori is up for grabs, but given he has an aerospace degree, I would not be at all surprised if he was fully aware of their real life purpose. I definitely learned something new though, I always figured they were structural stiffeners, or vortex generators. The YF-19/VF-19 nosecones have something similar, but they tend to be drawn as a more aerodynamic shape, so stiffeners/generators seem more likely.
  20. Shawn
    The artist is Naochika Morishita, who is rocking it lately. The recent YF-19 Fast Pack, Gluag, Queads, now this. He used to do some Macross Zero kits from Wave years ago if I recall This is really great box art.
  21. 26662
    Introducing Lewin's take on Metroplex. I don't have space for it so it's going directly into storage as is. Shipping label said it was just over 100 lbs. but it sure felt a lot lighter than that. The shipping estimate was 40-70 days by boat, and it took 43 days from date of purchase to delivery.
  22. Bolt
    I like the illustration, i see they are using another artist now. Sounds like a question for the mecha fun type thread . Lol. But perhaps a special "chaser" vf scanning or recording equipment design. I only say that because it doesn't appear to be a standard VF-11 feature. I'm probably gonna break out and get one of these. I love VF-11's and the boosters are cool.
  23. kajnrig
    Now that it features so prominently, I have to ask: Do those three accent lines on the nose of the VF serve any purpose? Or, would they serve a real-world purpose on a real-world aircraft? I know I've seen similar features before. I'm curious if they're strictly a consequence of design/engineering/construction, or if they're intentional like vortex generators and the like.
  24. KOG Water Dragon
  25. Bolt
    Finding a crashed ship that apparently had hatches and levers (etc.) suitable for giants undoubtedly influenced SPACY in their design process. The Spartan seems to be a hybrid design between the heavy Destroid concept and the more nimble VF battroid designs.
  26. Radioguy
    Well, they changed the box too, apparently. Looks like they Photoshopped out the UN Spacy tampos from even the box images, and did a new print run on the box. Some great comparison images at the link below: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/fugu-model-fg-01-god-of-flame-1-60-jetfire.1252186/page-93#post-23371581
  27. Pontus
    But seriously (well, half), these things have shoulder mounted missiles, cannons front and back... and freakin' valks have hands for no apparent tactical reason other than holding a ridiculous, handheld gun that makes zero sense (if design was considered BEFORE they knew they'd be tackling space giants). At least Spartans have big, heavy duty hands for both load handling and non explosive, close range tactical use on a SPACE ship where you don't exactly wanna be firing inside your own ship. In that regard these things make perfect sense.
  28. Tking22
    I'm waiting on Dark Ages DoomGuy, the Figma Eternal DoomGuy was absolutely awful, and basically only looked good standing in a vanilla pose. Also, if the cape isn't soft goods, it's the easiest pass ever, if they go with a big ass, heavy plastic cape they will ruin the figure period.
  29. M'Kyuun
    I must've missed this post earlier. This looks amazing. I'm curious, did you build this in LDD or Studio2? I ask b/c I struggle with any number of things in Studio, especially its abysmal hinge tool that works improperly 95% of the time. Since I build transforming bots and sketch them in Studio, that hinge tool is a necessity and the fact that it seldom works right vexes and frustrates me to no end. An updated UCS style Imperial Shuttle is overdue and hopefully they'll produce one in the near future that addresses the faults of the first.
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