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Daysleeper

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  1. Hmmm.. I just realized that, for a set for Max, some minor adjustments to the all-white scheme might be neccesary.. his shoulders are white, so the decal intended for that should not be - it could remain it's original blue. The same goes for his tailfins. Likewise, the logos that go on the front of his lower-legs would also end up on white plastic, and could remain unchanged. Hmmm.. that's about all, that I can see.. Well, apart from the fact that the hollow sextagons(?!) included in the patterns for the legs/ankles would have to be filled with blue.. I hope I'm not being overly imposing, here. ^^; I'll pay you?
  2. Awesome! You just had that lying around, huh? This could definately work out, I think.. I'll just have to determine whether or not the Minmay figure and logo's would look good, or would perhaps require a white border.. That, and I rather fancied the alternate Minmay graphic used on an older Minmay model, which you posted at some point. She was humorously dressed up as a Valk.. I saved it somewhere .. *looks* Here: Having that on one of the boosters - probably on top of the booster-engine-cover - would provide even more eye-candy. If this is possible, then I would definately want to order this custom set from you! (And as for asking for permission: it was a simple gesture of respect.)
  3. I've given this some thought, and - with your permission, of course - I'd like to try an alter the Minmay Guard set in such a way as to make it work with the Max 1J colorscheme. Mostly, it occurred to me that if the traditional guard is blue on white, then perhaps for Max they ought to be white on blue.. an Inverse Minmay Guard, if you will. That won't work for all the nuances of course, or for the Minmay-graphic, but I want to play with the concept a bit. Ideally, I'd want to extend the theme to the FAST-pack at least somewhat, too.. but that will probably be aiming too high at the moment.
  4. Thanks a lot! I simply must, above all else, start with commending you on the excellent work on the set in question, and all the other sets you've created. I've created simple stickers for an old Transformers G1 Overlord once, and the difficulty I had with that really makes me appreciate the kind of work that had to have gone into creating a set that actually neatly wraps around so many features on the valk.. In addition, the second-hand valk I have clearly demonstrates the need for custom decals: some of it's stickers really do not look that great. Trust me, it's more a question of convenience than creativity! A local import-store - I live in the Netherlands - just happens to have a stock of these two 1J aces. So I was simply pondering my current options. And I suppose my sense of aesthetics tends to be as skeptical as yours; hence why I posted this thread in the first place. It is rather a shame, though. I absolutely adore the look. I just do not possess the neccesary skills, at this time, to properly prepare a valk for a "true" Minmay Guard custom. I mean, I've seen the pictures you've posted of the set applied to an uncustomized VF-1S Roy, and despite that being mostly white, the standard decorations do get in the way. In that way, the two colored 1J's actually seemed like more viable options, for a total customizing-noob like yours truly. I think, if the blues would contrast enough, it has the most chance of looking half-way decent on the Max version, because of the conformity with his color-scheme. But the chance that some of the blues would simply not show, even if made opaque, would be very present.. I suppose my only other option would be to commission someone on this forum with more expertise in customisation to strip my Hikaru for me, but I can't say I'm looking forward to the cost and hassle that'd be involved in shipping my valk half-way across the world for that. A very tempting offer. The possibilities are virtually limitless.. In any case, thank you so much for your reply. I was a very pleasant surprise to see it show up. Who could possibly be more qualified to answer these particular annoying questions, after all? :>
  5. (BTW, hello, I'm new! Both to these forums as to Macross collecting. Anyway..) Once I discovered Twin Moons Anime, I was instantly drawn to the Minmay guard decal set created by the local Anisazi37. It was quite unique, amidst all the more conventional Macross decal sets available. However, I am also currently considering buying either the Max or Milia version of Yamato's 1/48 VF-1J Valkyrie. So now I'm trying to decide on whether or not this decal-set could possibly look good on either of them.. Max I'm most skeptical about; it'd only work if the various blues would contrast enough to be visible. But with Milia I'm worried the colors will clash. So I guess I'm looking for some input. I couldn't find any reference of anyone actually ever trying to slap these decals on these particular toys - or anything other than a variety of 1S Valkyries, actually - let alone pictures of it.. Perhaps I should fire up my laptop and try to create a composite image .. a virtual model, if you will. But before I go through the trouble, I thought I'd ask. If it doesn't end up looking good.. I might have to consider removing the decals off my second-hand 1/48 VF-1J TV-style Hikaru (which got me started on Macross collecting).. which I'd really rather not do. Any help would be appreciated.
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