Valkyrie Hunter D

The darker color Yamato used for the accents are very close if not identical to Intermediate Blue (FS 35164). I used Testor's Model Master version for my low-vis custom and its an excellent match. The overall color is a neutral gray, so yeah, you're seeing the colors correctly.

A while back, Sephiroth gave out a tip to use Goo Gone to clean up the splotches of "weathering" on a low vis. It works wonders on those icky sticker stains too. All you need is couple of cotton swabs to apply the stuff and a paper towel to wipe up the mess.

Wow! Hmmm, the shoulder pieces seem like they're too high; they look as if they're floating and not actually mounted on the shoulders. The chest also seem to be of a different shape, but they still look good. Regardless, that's a lot of hard work and it really looks promising. I'd definitley have to get a set when the project gets that far.

By accident I found that Goo Gone can negate the effects of super glue over time. I used the stuff to clean up a low-vis, but some of it pooled around a wing panel that was super glued back on. A few days later, that same panel just popped out again as if it had never been glued. I don't know if it'll work with that canopy assembly though, the seam looks real tight with little room for any Goo Gone to settle into. You just might have to slice the sucker off, EXO.

Nice work indeed! Are the yellow stripes painted or are they adhesive pin stripes?

Yep, like mister e said, FPs are mainly used for space combat so attempts at retaining any low vis scheme would go right out the window. Besides, having matching FPs would make it look really dull IMO.

Wanna see Anasazi's and Takatoy's work in action? Stop on by: http://www.yellowlightman.com/mfc/thumbnai...ls.php?album=24 Many thanks to yellowlightman for helping me and other MWers out .

Y'know, that first link would probably be a lot more profound if I knew Swedish. Then again, maybe not...

99? That's a trick question. According to Kyosuke it's 100. According to Ayukawa it's 99. I prefer the cats way. What way is that? It's too ********* long, I'll just teleport it. It's not a trick question, the debate about the number of steps ends during the "Message in Rouge" OAV. Madoka recounts the steps and finds there are 100 steps, proving Kyosuke was right all along. Sorry if it seemed too hard a question, I thought someone would get it real fast since that staircase is a very important location in many episodes of KOR. In any case, I hand the mic to Dangard Ace since he got the closest to the right answer.

Okay, in Kimagure Orange Road, how many steps are on the flight of stairs where Kyosuke and Madoka first meet?

What are the Tenseiga and the Tetsuseiga? (I hope spelling doesn't count)

Word on the street is that the latest KOF games will be released for the PS2 in the near future (with Metal Slug soon to follow-woo hoo!). Check it out: http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=133 Ahh, you can't beat 2-D goodness.

Out of 10, I'd give it a 6. Crash wasn't horrible, but I think the attempt to bring Largo back fell flat. And the old suits looked better than the ones Crash introduced. Dig that theme song though!

OMG!! Take that back!!! This is my 4th fav series of all time and in a way I've come to despise the 2040 version. Nope, I'm not taking it back That "ape-woman" crack came straight from Nene in part 8 when Linna and Priss were giving her a hard time during training excercises. BTW, did any of you get a chance to read Adam Warren's Grand Mal? If you hate what he did with the Dirty Pair, you'd probably want to steer clear of it. Warren didn't take too many liberties with his take on BGC, but he does add a little more detail about Sylia and her origin. Overall I thought the story is kinda stale (rogue vengeful android, yadda yadda), and his drawings are too clean and simplistic.

What do I remember most about Bubblegum Crisis? The D.D. battlemover! Only one of the several gorgeous pieces of mecha to strut in BGC. The music? Yeah, it rocks, even the background music (especially in eps. 5&6) is good. I also remember how the art got progressively better with every episode...then they ran out of funding and it ended with part 8 which felt like a "filler" episode Whoops, my vote goes to the ever-elegant Linna. Despite her name, Priss is too much of an "ape-woman", Sylia is too cold, and Nene...has pink hair.

Weird, I'm working on nose art for my valk and this thread pops up. Being a member of the "Green Dragons" I'm making this caricature into a sticker (props to those who knows where it came from ):

(drumroll) and the winner is: bsu legato! C'mon down and grab your can of squid! It's all you, bsu.

Not the Shelby, but the red car he drives in Riding Bean. Oh yeah, "Roadbuster" is not the answer I'm looking for .

Well, I'd hate to kill a thread, so here's another question: Bean Bandit's custom made car, the Bean Bandit Special, is also known as "_____" .

Woo-hoo! BTW, DA it's um, VALKYRIE Hunter D . Jeopardy style: A popular anime hero who makes a brief cameo in the Fist of the North Star movie of 1986.

D.S. Tannhauser...I think...?

Heh, I played all the Zillion games on the old Sega Master System first not knowing there was anime series for it. Back when anime videotapes were going for $30 a pop, I saw the Zillion tapes Streamline put out, and had to buy more when I saw the first tape. I wanted to see more of the transforming ATV that was in the intro, but that didn't happen with the few tapes that were released. Anyways, I too am really hoping this collection gets published stateside. BTW, I know there was a Japanese version of Lazer Tag that used models of the Zillion guns, but was the anime based on the toy or vice versa? I could've sworn the anime was based on the Lazer Tag toys, but I'm not sure.

Very convincing! Who made the box, and how exactly is a custom box made?

I'm into all kinds of rock, but I seem to be stuck in the 80's when it comes to artists I like. I dig some J-pop and good anime/videogame soundtracks are always good to find. But if I had to pick one fave band, it would have to be the Cure.

Sculpting and facial details are excellent, but articulation is basically nil. I got the regular Deunan during my hunt for the similar resin kit and I'm quite happy with it. It looks a lot better than what I could do with the kit. The guns and armor represent their manga counterparts to a t. And each fig also comes with a dvd with different clips of a CG animated Appleseed story. Actually, there's no cohesive story, it looks a demo piece if anything. Come to think of it, that Deunan figure in the pic EXO dug up looks very close to the Deunan depicted in the dvds. I'm guessing those figures are based on the upcoming Appleseed flick, which could explain the chicken-legged landmate.