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  1. electric indigo
    I once had a Mortar Headd kit crushed by a piece of acrylic sheet I wanted to use as a backdrop. Still hurts... My Minerva needs some pressure: This place is buzzing as we make the best of the Big Crisis. Keep on modeling & #flattenthecurve.
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    Very impressive work, and congratulations on the quick finish! And you really nailed the color palette. I suppose the decals are third party again? With the RE/100 hands, there's room for improvement, but the weapon fist and the open hand don't seem to look too bad.
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    I always imagined Lucas wanting to get over the live action shootings as quick as possible. There was also a nice passage of inner monologue fleshing out Dooku's character in the novelization that made the Emperor's betrayal more significant, but of course the movie had to waste it's time with overkill space action (buzz droids wtf?!) and Obi Wan's & Anakin's jump & run adventures.
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    At this very moment in the film I felt a spark of hope that the story would actually surprise me and reveal the Separatists as the origin of the Rebellion, but that was too much to expect. Oh and to the people that damn the sequels for their reliance on supplementary material, that accounts for the prequels as well. I liked ROTS much more after reading the novelization.
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    Unfortunately, the only idea the Dark Side users seem to get from their new freedom is to erect a military dictatorship, so it's a lose-lose choice.
  6. electric indigo
    Not necessarily, according to this article: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a29847417/f-16-drone/ The F-16s turned into QF-16s have had a service life before, so the net cost for the drone are much lower. I'm not saying the stealth FSAT is redundant, it's just the $10m = low cost bit that baffled me.
  7. electric indigo
    Let's face it: If you aren't born in the right family, you're doin' s##t in the Star Wars universe. Lately, you don't even get the girl.
  8. electric indigo
    That's what I meant. Add another million for the AIM-120, and it's a pretty expensive fireworks from my perspective. For comparison: An F-16 seems to start at $19m per unit...
  9. electric indigo
    10 million is considered "low-cost"?
  10. electric indigo
    There's no magic involved: I use Schmincke gouache which comes as a paste in tubes, in a wide range of colors. You mix them with water and use them as you would with any other wash, either apply them with a wide brush and wipe away the excess with a damp cloth, or paint directly over the panel lines with a small brush. Due to the higher surface tension, they will not flow as easily as enamel or alcohol based washes, but you can apply and correct endlessly (with a wet brush, paper tissue, or your fingers) without marring the base paint, and you have zero fumes to deal with. My favorite is the cool grey color for panel lines on white paint, like here: - I hope you hands get better soon and we see more electric magic from you.
  11. electric indigo
    The plan here is to stay fit & build a Fitter
  12. electric indigo
    Just back from "The Invisible Man" and I highly recommend it. Cool modern update of the classic, Elizabeth Moss is killing it in every scene, and great cinematography & sound design. The theater was hooked.
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    In all fairness, when the OT came out there was literally no competition to the designs. Fast forward 40 years, and the number of star fighter iterations has exploded exponentially. If you don't want to cut all ties and have someone like Syd Mead do a take on Star Wars, the margin for original designs gets smaller and smaller. And IMHO there were cool new designs in TFA like Kylo's shuttle and the troop transport, the new Stormtrooper just nails it, and BB-8 is genius. But I agree with you that these examples don't balance out the many not-so-great derivations, and that the ties to the OT are too strong. Design-wise, the prequels managed to transport the idea of another era, while the sequels are stuck one minute after ROTJ and sometimes go backwards from there.
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    Excellent job on that Alex. I'm glad you didn't hide it in that shoebox armor.
  15. electric indigo
    I stay away from clear coats as much as possible and use Gouache paints and chalks for panel lines and weathering. But large decals leave you no choice.
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    Actually, they are little warning signs that pop up to recommend you not to stand in the line of fire:
  17. electric indigo
    I will watch it next after finishing The Crown. Also, this looks promising:
  18. electric indigo
    Leaked pic of the F-35F
  19. electric indigo
    Awesome finish! Now onto the FZ...!
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    That's coming along real nicely. I'd give the decals a light dusting with grey to tie them in with your beautiful weathering.
  21. electric indigo
    Was this already posted in the remake thread? Critiques are quite promising over here.
  22. electric indigo
    The planes look a lot nicer than the watches IMO.
  23. electric indigo
    You have to admit that recycling ideas from other genres (and even other SF stories) is the DNA of Star Wars from the very beginning.
  24. electric indigo
    That's a nice backdrop you got there
  25. electric indigo
    Wow!
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