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Nor you Sempai!

Sheesh....the VF-0 is a monster!

Hey Wm, I forgot, your photo subjects don't move. Yeah, my rule of thumb is based on street photography, where I'm in a dynamic setting and usually only have one chance to get "the shoot". Come to think of it, yeah I've shot a building at 1/8 sec.

I use to own a 1986 RX-7 GXL back in high school. Rice burner, 130mph on Virginia coutry roads and snaking thru Blue Ridge mountains. Aaaahhh...those were the days, great memories.

When I start earning money again, I'd be really tempted to get an RX-8, particularly in red.

Skull Leader's Lackey? Sempai!!! Watcha lookin' at?

Sheesh...everyone getting worked up on this? Personally, I've never seen any incarnations of Kite. I'm surprise of all this hoopla...and no one bats and eye over Eva, especially in EoE.

I am not sure if this is good news or not. I really like Arnold as my Governor.

Well, I was thinking he should declare Kah-lee-fon-yah's independence so he can become King.

Psychiatrists call this schizophrenia.

I smashed me G.S. up in the pissing rain...I took about twenty leapers at once, got a first class ticket to Brighton and set off to my land of dreams....

A tough guy, a helpless dancer.

A romantic, is it me for a moment?

A bloody lunatic, I'll even carry your bags.

A beggar, a hypocrite, love reign over me.

Schizophrenic? I'm Bleeding Quadrophenic.

Kawaii!!

Speaking of PpG, anyone ever checkout out Powerpuff@Japanese?

This person (he/she?) "puff-izes" anime characters and other popculture icons. Pretty interesting.

There's LOTS more at the website.

misa is so much cooler than minmay.

Why do I get the feeling you're biased?

Anyways, after watching FB2012 (the true ending to SDF), it doesn't seem so bad for Minmay. I'm sure she could pick any dude (except Hikaru, of course) on the Megaroad.

Hopefully I'll have some flightline stuff with the other Valks soon.  In the meantime - I've been asked a lot about photography tips - so I'll post some here:

Those are some excellent advise on metering/gray card, aperture, depth of field, and shooting angle.

I'd just like to add, shutter speed is another important consideration. The longer the shutter speed, the longer it must stay open for proper exposure. Shutter speeds are in fractions of a second (unless it's longer than a second). For example, 1/125 is 125th of a second (or 0.008 seconds in decimals). Anyways, for general hand-holding photography, at least 1/250 or faster is recommended. Any slower, you should consider using a tripod. However, from personal experience, I've been able to get fairly sharp shots at 1/125 or 1/180 when I'm leaning up against something to keep me still. The shutter speed setting affects your aperture setting, thus, affects your depth of field (DOF). So keep that in mind too. For example, given a specific light meter, a faster shutter speed would require a larger aperture (i.e. smaller f-stop number, f/5.6 is larger than f/13), thus a smaller DOF (i.e. a narrower band of sharpness). It's all about balance and what you particularly want in your photography.

p.s. Eagerly waiting for flight-line shots.

p.s.s. Any wallpapers yet from you talented graphic designers?

One man's sushi is another man's bait.

I have a record (vinyl) collection that I'm sure most people wouldn't care about. But if my apartment was on fire, they would be the only thing I'd consider trying to go back in and save.

For you Americans: Try spending some time outside of the US, and you'll know what I mean when I say Americans have a distinct "accent", whether if you are from NY, south, mid-west, Cali, Texas, etc. Although, they may all sound different to you now, after coming back to the US you'll notice the general underlying accent common to all. It's a throaty "nasal" sound (think of it as a mild version of "Revenge of the Nerds" speak). Any of you MWers in Europe/Asia/Oz know what I mean? I spent 5 months studying in Germany. Never met another American for the entire time, until the very end. I could spot (hear) him from a mile away. It sounded gawd awful to me. Yet, my Spanish gf at the time, loved my voice. Weird.

BTW, I learned French girls can make ANY language sound attractive, even Deutsch.

I'd still like to know where Basara thought he was going without a fold booster at the end.

Same thing with Gamlin and Mylene.

Does it really matter? Not part of the story.

We know Basara has a propensity to go off and wander. And we never actually see Gamlin or Mylene leave. For all we know, they could have called back to request a couple of boosters.

Yep, after splattered with blood, Basara wipes the visor.

I like the Zolan Patrol VF-5000 Star Mirage.

Fantastisch! I see a Deutsch influence.

nah...it's not appropriate to mix wm's work with other rif raff. He should have his own section called WM Models

I see your point. MWWM Models.

Is it just my imagination, does anyone else notice an EVA influence?

I like this one the best...

I dunno guys...looks to me she just gave birth.

Pink Valks?

I'd like to see Red Comet build a Pink Paper Monster to go with his Pink Valk.

As WM Cheng's biggest fan, I just want to say I don't think this topic should be pinned. Instead, I think WM Cheng should just get his own section in the MW Forums and MW models section.

I think that section is intended for straight up product info, not modelers' buildups.

I suggest posting Wm's work in the MWAT section...

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/mwat/_mwat_menu.htm

Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Detail shot of the back weathering which I am most proud of.

I love this view so much.... The weathering streaks behind the vents. The wing sweep weathering lines. The airbreak metal struts. The panel & rivet fading on the black. etc. Those little bitty details and the rest, make it more than just a model. A masterpiece. Bravo!

I think I've seen that Misato resin before.....it'll look GREAT when you're done.

Damn!.............

That said, I still feel that Milia should look prettier, Max should be less hippie, Rex should appear more

Oh gawd! If they had shown more of Rex and the biker gang (I'm a huge BGC fan ), I wouldn't have mind all the fruitiness. M7 would have been my #1!

You guys make this Anima Spiritia sound like endorphins or adrenalin. I guess I need to sit down and watch M7 for myself.

Not quite, but close. Research has shown that endorphins and adrenalin are highten when people are scared, frightened, excited, in love, etc. But what research has not shown is "why" or "what triggers" those biological/chemical processes. IMHO, it's closer to electroencephalographic (EEG; in layman's terms: "brainwaves"), which is measurable, quantifiable, and can be amplified. EEG is energy (e.g. also light, matter, heat, etc are all forms of energy). And any of you who are familiar with science/physics/engineering, you know energy can neither be destroyed nor created, but rather, transformed.