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The 'Hey look at this really cool model build I saw' post
Goodman Models replied to Shawn's topic in Model kits
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Thanks. Yeah after I get done with touch ups and some brush details I have a nice brown oil wash ready and waiting. 👍
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Looks really good! One thing I might suggest is an oil wash: thinned down oil paint applied into crevasses and corners to bring them out more.
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Well, you're not wrong. 😄 I was just thinking that the hybrids, given their heightened durability and abilities relative to the average human would stand a far greater chance of facing down a Xenomorph. I'm sure acid will do a number on them, too, but they definitely have an advantage. Too, it seems like Weyland-Yutani already had a weapon that could subdue the Alien, if only for a short time. Morrow, a cyborg, seems to know what he's doing from experience and has thus far demonstrated greater success at non-lethally subduing an Alien than ever depicted in the franchise, AFAIK anyway. Since the Colonial Marines were neither hybrids nor cyborgs and didn't have Morrow's fancy bug-zapper/webber-upper, I'm thinking all were shelved and buried prior to Aliens, or at least that's the story they'll tell for continuity's sake. The Xenomorphs are equal opportunity killers.
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Made a ton of progress on that old IMAI Ley Type today. So far all airbrush but going in for a bunch of cleanup with brush touchups/details. Then it’s full blast into decals, panel lines and weathering. Hope to finish it up this weekend.
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Looking great!
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Well, we know what happened to the rich.
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"Practically everyone dies" is pretty much the default/only Alien story ending. They all get there sooner or later... the only question is how.
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Considering that this show is a prequel of sorts to Alien, I'm hoping that continuity is at the forefront of the writers' minds as they plot it out. Little rankles more in a franchise than mussing up continuity and I hope Hawley and crew are cognizant of it every step. I am curious, however, if it's going to be revealed at some point that the Maginot collected their Xenomorph specimens on LV426, hence Weyland-Yutani's interest in sending the Nostromo crew there to investigate, with Ash acting on their behalf to ensure new specimens are collected and brought back. I'm assuming that the Xenomorph currently causing all the havoc in Prodigy City will eventually be exterminated, and likely too, the Maginot's W-Y cyborg security officer, Morrow, unless he somehow changes his allegiance, or feigns doing so. Too, the eggs and facehuggers will likely all be destroyed and all knowledge of them erased, meaning our intrepid hybrids will be mindwiped or just executed to prevent their spilling the beans. Morrow is really a wildcard in this series, and IMHO, the most interesting character given his knowledge of the Xeno, especially his knowledge of how to fight/subdue it, and his steadfast loyalty to Yutani. Since the rest of Maginot's crew are dead, Morrow's the only one who can tell W-Y about the Alien, so it remains to be seen what happens. I'm spitballing, but it seems that, based on the comments made in Aliens by the Company execs, nobody's ever heard of what Ripley describes to them. Either that info truly isn't known to W-Y, or it's known only to a select few and closely guarded.
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All Things Videogame Related: EXTREME VS!!
Valkyrie Hunter D replied to Keith's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I guess after seeing the Back to the Future train I was expecting something bigger, but this is nice too. -
looks really good. i need USA amazon to ship
- Yesterday
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Great to see Christie back, and I liked the little joke pertaining to Sandman. The first half was good and I am looking forward to the rest.
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Not sure if this got posted, but…..
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So, I may have snuck a Macross-7 reference into my next book.
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I'm been looking into this for a while, especially after some of my white lego pieces from the same set yellowed yet others haven't. Same story with another set but with light grey peices. It's like those really used vintage Stormtroopers from the 70's, where every peice is completely different tone of yellow except for one that is still reletively white. There's many factors behind yellowing and a lot of times is a combination of many elements to even just a single one like humidity or sunlight, or to artificial like cigarette smoke or the chemicals released by it's packaging. Sometimes, and here's the shocker, it's not even about coming into contact with any external element, but just the quality of plastic simply aging. At the end it really comes down to that, to the quality of plastic and paint. With plastic it's initial reaction could be when exposed to the air too soon atfer injection or when the mold isn't cleaned sufficiently between a certain number castings. While for paint, some external element got mixed during application, and for both plastic and paint apparently a likely probability, the chemicals that form them just weren't mixed 100% properly, or some batches just weren't at 100% exactly of all the compounds that form them. And... there's no escape when yellowing starts. Followed a quite a lot of video fixes where the white returns to it's pristine state... but guess what? The yellowing returns and at sometimes even faster after each treatment. I have one interesting item however, a Bandai Gundam Fix Figuration from 2002, the Gerbera Tetra I believe it's called, which is painted all matt white minus the disguise armour. Anyway, it's 23 years old endlessly posed, displayed in humid enviroments, displayed in hot dry enviroments, display in a very sunlit room, moved between 3 different countres, even left it closed in some cheap plastic packet for years and... it's still pure white. Meanwhile, other Bandai items that were once white and barely touched while stored in cool and dark cabinets, are now fit for a desert storm sequel. That said, along with the dreaded yellowing, most of the early 2000s figures and toys made with PVC like the early Kaiyodo Evas or Bandai statues, have an even worse reaction when going against time... they release a sticky thing goo which is almost impossible to remove, and if successful it clearning it off, eventually returns. I can testify to this nightmare with many casualities. And at times, this PVC instead of releasing that sticky goo, dries up so much that it begins to brittle apart, especially at the joints where there's less paint. So diamonds may be forever, but toys sure ain't.
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Thank You !
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My plan is to display the Sentinel Legioss + Tread in fighter and the Pose + in soldier. Assuming we get a green tread :P.
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Heat Ray Godzilla.
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The Pose+ has cool features too be sure but why prioritize them over full length vertical stabs and a less gappy fighter mode (esp. around the arms)?
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That was one of the theories that a former member on the boards mentioned it @Pontus (have zero idea if it’s actually true). Styrofoam and plastic clear trays are made from stuff that can “gas” out fumes and leech onto the surface of the next item that it contacts it, plus that item itself that we got it also may have other materials that have off gasses that may cause yellowing as well. It’s like pleather on some 1:12 and 1:6 scale figures. Pleather is a curse in these things as it know as a cheap version of synthetic leather and it will destroy itself in very humid environments, but there are cases that it has zero effect on other instances. * Sidenote: Bonded leather materials are also s*** as they will definitely degrade overtime and you’ll be left with multiple flake material that looks like snake that just recently molted.
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I didn't have any issues with the VF-171EX Revival either. Everything worked and had the right friction right out of the box. The only issues I've ever had with the Revival Valkyries has been with Alto's VF-25F having a one loose shoulder (which I was able to fix), the VF-25F Tornado's loose cannon/back panel, and the recent VF-27γSP joints that I mentioned.
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I actually have the renewal 27y and the renewal Alto 171EX with the corresponding add on set @Apok451, so I don’t have to waste my money in getting the Revival versions of each. 🙂 I’m wondering if we’ll ever get a Revival Maruyuma 171EX as I’ve seen the prices on that starting to get to mid to high 30kish yen on those. The yellowing is another issue on those if you do manage to find one at decent price.
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I'm only getting storm arena Ken and Ryu because I like their younger looks too, but cancelled Arena's Sagat. Sticking with Jada mostly. I'll buy whoever makes the better females especially the faces. I want more of an anime head. Right now, not liking either company's prototype heads for alpha chun li.
