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  1. electric indigo
    B to the F to the G derex, good luck painting that monster.
  2. electric indigo
    Great details, but isn't it a bit small to be 1/35?
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    Those releases are aimed at the collector/toy crowd, not the modelers who sand, putty and paint their kits. Blame Koto for making dubious marketing decisions, but this has nothing to do with the quality of their AC line from a modeler's perspective.
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    The AC kits are certainly not of the shake-n-bake type, but the quality of their moldings and the level of detail prove that Koto is the right manufacturer for the kind of machines like the Rex. And judging a kit by the color of the unpainted plastic - come on. I got pretty decent results with my Aaliyah. Aaliyah album
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    Have you ever build one Koto's Armored Core models? Best Mecha kits around in their scale. In fact I secretly hoped for years that Koto or PLUM would finally get around offering a Rex one day.
  6. electric indigo
    Is there a date on the Pegasus yet?
  7. electric indigo
    FSS stuff
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    My Drossel is on it's way from Japan. I will take pics when she gets here.
  9. electric indigo
    Target exercises (and testing my patience) with my compact:
  10. electric indigo
    Black Lotus anyone?
  11. electric indigo
    This will be the one "video game adaption that does not suck" movie.
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    Saw it with the GF and I think it's a great medieval fantasy movie and doesn't pretend to be more than that. Vivid visuals, great FX (esp. the Troll) & costumes, loved Ravenna's castle, very good soundtrack. Steward and Hemsworth were the weakest links in an otherwise OK cast, and the elves' realm scenes had a bit much sugar coating, but Theron was perfect in her evil queen role. Even the dwarves worked well this time.
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    What the American concept designers of today lack in robotic designs, their fellows from the 70s spaceship department had in abundance. The Buck Rogers Starfighter, Cylon Basestars, X-Wings (Basically everything from the drawing boards of Johnson/McQuarry) and the Syd Mead stuff are timeless classics and excellent examples how far you can get with basic shapes. I don't think that "form follows function" or an engineering background produce better designs. Is the Metal Gear Rex a functional design? Not really; but on an artistic level it produces a maximum of expression from a well-balanced composition of basic, blocky, mechanical elements.
  14. electric indigo
    FYI the space cucumber (from the original maker) is on sale right now: http://stores.ebay.com/Scale-Solutions-Models
  15. electric indigo
    Perfect sky + sun last weekend; some unprocessed shots from my compact.
  16. electric indigo
    Looks like Bandai will re-release a bunch of other more or less vintage Macross kits in June. I spotted the 1/72 Battroids, 1/100 Destroids, Stormattacker Macross and Mac7 Valks at Hobbysearch listings.
  17. electric indigo
    Meanwhile, in space:
  18. electric indigo
    In ten years we'll laugh about what recent SF present us as the next technological level. Except that we still won't have flying cars then.
  19. electric indigo
    * RAAAAGGEE *
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  21. electric indigo
    Still here.
  22. electric indigo
    Even bigger pics at Hobbysearch
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    They have some cool kits in their production line. Check out the Garland. http://mrd-3d.com/mp_a.html http://mrd-3d.com/anime/garand.html
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    That is actually quite profane: I put the model on it's stand on a sheet of black cardboard on my kitchen table. Light its natural, indirect light from the nearby window. Adjusted contrast and blacked out the stand and background in Photoshop. I shot the model underexposed to get a good depth in the shadows, then emphasized the highlights back with graduation curves. Zoic must have done something similar in their postproduction. The metal effect comes from the Kosutte powder, but it's quite subtle and you have to turn the model against the light source to catch the specular highlights. The camera is a point-and-shoot Canon Powershot 220 HS.
  25. electric indigo
    It looks like the Raptor rejects human lifeforms onboard. Somebody call Lieutenant Fukai.
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