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  1. tekering
    Waiting for paint to dry has been a real struggle for me, especially with this unseasonably wet weather and omnipresent humidity. 😩 That has more to do with lighting than the type of camera you're using, actually. Now, concerning color, some of you may remember the work I did color-correcting Southern Cross DVD masters to get accurate color reference for this project: Having done this work, and established a consistent set of colors for the 'Lloyds, here's a pop quiz. Which color accurately reflects how the biovers were painted in the anime? 🤓 The answer, of course, is... ...all of the above. Turns out they vary greatly from one episode to the next. Thanks, Tatsunoko. But hey, at least we have official merchandise for color reference: Now all I need to do is source Zentraedi markings for decals...
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    Sold! 😃
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    Armored mode isn't terrible, but... the less said about the bikes, the better. Ugh. If that oversized Invid was going to happen, I might've bit regardless, but there's no way I'm gonna shell out for these tiny figures that scale with nothing. I'm a Mospeada whore, but I still have some self-respect, you know?
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    No other issues, until you try to transform it...
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    Jesus, what a labor of love! 😍 Mean AF indeed.
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    They are the same product. 😅 Tamashii means "spirit." Some product listings render the Japanese phonetically, and some translate the word into English.
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    It's a re-shelled MP Bumblebee 2.0, how utterly disappointing.
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    Great to see some legacy ship designs get some love. 😃
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    You've earned it, man. You even talked Cap' into making more of 'em! Sorry, I already deleted the camera data. I do have a couple of alternate angles, however: I'm driven by the thrill of competition.
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    Trying to tell the story of Dune in under three hours was stupid. It's my favorite scene, next to the opening sequence with the Guild Navigator; both, significantly, not from the book. I think Lynch's biggest problem was trying to adapt the novel too closely, incorporating too many secondary characters that served no purpose in his film (Princess Irulan, Thufir Hawatt, Duncan Idaho, the Shadout Mapes, etc). Hew too closely to the text, and you end up with dreck like that SciFi Channel miniseries... Like, I didn't like what Lynch did with the Harkonnens, but at least it was interesting, you know? I have high hopes for Villeneuve's film, if only because it's just the first half of the novel. The sequel (if it even gets made) will likely be weaker, simply owing to the nature of the story.
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    Hey, show a little respect. If it weren't for @Podtastic, we wouldn't have our glorious 'Lloyds... and the demand for a scale Hovertank is now that much bigger, thanks to his commissions. I also addressed that detail, but my approach was quite different; I assumed we were looking at something like hydraulic pistons attached to the control rod, rather than objects in front of it. I carved channels into the shaft of the rod and did a little kitbashing there: Again, enjoying the collaboration!
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    It's an awful failure, on multiple levels. The proportions are way off, the head is an absolute disaster, and the pose is totally impossible for an armored Valkyrie to achieve. Oh, and it appears to be jogging IN SPACE. 🤨
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    XTB wins on accessories alone! 😃
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    Hey, I'm still detailing my hover sleds! 😬 Oh, another one? 😮 You're in a very vocal minority, my friend. 😅
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    I recently revisited the Dune miniseries from 2000, which expands the story to four and-a-half hours and relies heavily on CGI... yet still felt much more claustrophobic and constrained visually, lacking much of the scope and spectacle of Lynch's film. Nonetheless, I was amazed at how faithful both versions adapt the book (warts and all). If the trailers are any indication, Villeneuve's film will have an even greater scale to the visuals, but is likely to veer further from fidelity to the source material; in fact, there's more new dialogue present in the trailers alone than previous film versions contained in their entirety! 😅
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    It's about goddamn time! 😃
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    So, it turns out watching paint dry is every bit as boring as it's cracked up to be. In the meantime, fun with poses!
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    And indeed it should not. Yes, it's difficult to contribute to a discussion when you don't hold the majority opinion, especially on this forum... I wouldn't. I'd say Liam Neeson and Ian McDiarmid gave the only convincing performances in the prequels. I certainly wouldn't argue otherwise...! 😅 Rogue One, too.
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    That's a sentiment not often heard within the fandom... but aligns with professional critics, I think. 🤓 That's a sentiment rarely heard within the fandom... or professional critics, for that matter. I've never heard anyone praise The Rise of Skywalker while harshly criticizing the prequel trilogy in the same breath. The prequels suffer from some of the most awkward acting and dialogue ever committed to film, but those are superficial problems; Rise of Skywalker, on the other hand, has much deeper conceptual flaws, actions and consequences that are not only nonsensical in their own right, but incompatible with the Star Wars mythology as a whole. While the prequels remain a disappointment to many, Rise of Skywalker has quickly become a laughingstock.
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    I was about to say the same thing. In fact, it looks a LOT like MP-44 (which, as you say, isn't a good thing).
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    The proportions certainly suggest as much... Those concepts are antithetical.
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    I'm the type of collector to whom these terms are synonymous. Engineering is important, intuitive design is important, material quality is important... but visual accuracy is paramount. It can't possibly be better, if it looks worse. 🤨 "Novelty?" That speaks volumes about the failure of Hasbro's marketing and distribution model, doesn't it?
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    Christ, another Target exclusive. It'll be hard enough for US residents to score one, much less those of us in Asia... 😩 Using more rigid plastic would be an excellent starting point... on the cannons themselves as well.
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    Now that @Boobytrap is making progress, too, I feel like we've got some real collaboration going on here. It's great to see him implement some of my suggestions as well; I've never built a model kit concurrently with anyone else before, so it's quite a new experience for me. Here are some relevant screengrabs for you, man: Oh, and these are for @Tober.
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    Your attention is most appreciated, guys. Here's a look at my pre-shading technique with the surfacer, before the primary color is applied: At Cap's suggestion, I'm going with a "slightly less well-maintained" look for the biovers. 😅
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