HardlyNever
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
HardlyNever replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Can't speak for the Photon, but where I work I have access to a Form 2 resin 3D printer, and I still have issues with consistency in detail. Sometimes I get almost exactly what I want, and sometimes it is a fuzzy mess. But that printer is a bit on the old side, at this point. All I'm saying is resin doesn't always give you the best detail, either. -
Similar situation. Only I don't actually want a DYRL Kakizaki at all (only a TV one). My fear is that if this barely sells, we'll never even seen a TV Kakizaki, so I'm considering possibly grabbing one just to subsidize poor Kakizaki. I would probably end up selling the DYRL Kakizaki, as well.
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"Soul web" sounds like a robot lol. Just call it Tamashii Web exclusive (TWE). I think that's the right way to go with him, though, and I hope they do the same for his TV release.
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I'm a bit confused. Is this a new display we're seeing pictures from? All the DYRL VF-1As were shown back at the Tamashii Nations event last October, so we've seen these figures on display. Is this another display that is currently going on, and somehow supports DYRL Kakizaki being the next release? I can't tell just from the social media posts.
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I think this one has jumped the shark. It was entertaining for a bit, but I think we crossed the fun-to-annoying threshold.
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Got'chu fam
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Chances of a Bandai YF-19 reissue any time soon (within the next few years) are incredibly slim. If you want one, I'd start shopping around now. They aren't that far above their original MSRP anyhow, so a theoretical reissue (which probably won't happen) wouldn't save you much. Arcadia might try to make a "premium finish" version of their yf-19, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that, either. And that would be quite expensive. A 1/48 yf-19 or yf-21 is basically never going to happen, at least not from a company like Bandai. That scale kind of works for the VF-1 because of its relatively small size, but a 1/48 yf-19 would be quite large, and would likely be a $400+ product.
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Personally, I felt like he was trolling after the 2nd or 3rd post, so I kind of ignored him after that. But we do get some odd-ball, genuine posters here everyone once and a while, so I'm not as quick to label someone a troll here as I might be on some other forums, so I kept out of it. Either way, it's been a slow few months for Macross news, especially for this DX line, so a little trolling/possible misinformation can be a nice distraction from the silence we've been dealing with.
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It definitely could be. And I agree we'll probably get a TV Kakizaki eventually. I was just saying (along with others) that the pics from above are meaningless with regards to knowing what Bandai is planning.
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Yeah, I thought the TV Kakizaki VF-1A DX claim was intended to be a joke, since that clearly isn't a DX valk at all. Perhaps it is a self-bamboozle, though. Either way, I would not assume anything based on the information we have. Leaks seems to be very rare for Bandai, at least leaks that make it to us. But people claiming to have insider knowledge still seems to happen from time to time, even on small forums like this.
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Regarding the carrier designation, I think "Prometheus" is the "more correct" carrier designation for the M&M 1Js, but it's SDFM which is riddled with various production errors, so it can be pretty hard to tell what is intentional and what is in error when you starting dealing with this minutia. A Blue/white Max 1J valk is first seen in Episode 24, and it appears to be launching from the Prometheus, as far as I can tell. Then we see another blue/white valk in Episode 25: Virgin Road, which most of the community has decided is a different valk from the episode 24 valk. It has become known as the VF-1D "Virgin Road" edition, despite being clearly being shown with a VF-1A head in the animation. But because it has two seats in it, and some toy companies made that version as a VF-1D, some of the community has decided it was the 1A head that is the anime production error. It could well be, who knows. I've never seen any official statement to conclude one way or the other. We then see the M&M blue and red 1Js in episode 27. I don't think you see where they launch from, specifically. They are already launched when we see them.
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I'd say more than a bit. I'm right there with you. There are a lot of things I enjoy about Japanese culture, within the scope of anime/manga etc., and even beyond that scope. But the whole "lolicon" thing and general fetishization/sexualization of young girls is definitely something that disgusts me within Japanese culture. I'm not saying its generally accepted behavior within Japan at large, or that everyone there is ok with it, or that Japan alone is guilty of this behavior, but it definitely has a strong hold in certain parts of Japanese sub-culture. And it's pretty f-ing disgusting, imo. I should have known what to expect just based on the brand name alone, I guess. I thought it might be just a random brand name, and not actually exactly what it says. Nope, of course it's exactly what it says. To each their own, I guess. It's definitely not for me.
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Sorry, that was a typo. I meant to say that racing white was pretty far off from what I was looking for (definitely too warm). I also don't have any Yamato 1/60 DRYL valks, so I can't compare there. But AS-20 might be close to what I'm looking for. I think there might be just a touch of blue in the color, but it's hard to describe. It's definitely not warm. This pic from Anymoon captures the color pretty well, I guess? There are so many variables from lighting of the picture taken, to screen color, it can be really hard to color match just on the internet. Thanks for the help. I might try one more color and live with "close enough." This project has gone on longer than I wanted, anyhow.
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Cross-posting for more visibility (since there are more model-kit type people here). Any help on matching the light gray of the DX vf-1s would be great:
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I tried using just the primer (unfortunately, racing white wasn't pretty far from what I needed). The primer itself is just a shade or two too dark, so I figured I'd kind of try to sand a little off to make it lighter. That sort of worked, but it ended up kind of splotchy as well: It looks pretty good, but the color is still just a bit off. If I were going for some kind of weathered or even cell shaded look, it would be fine. But as-is, it still isn't quite right. And I found out the hard way that Amazon does not accept returns on things like spray paint (I guess the can makes it a shipping hazard, but they have no problem shipping it to you... whatever). So I'm not too keen on ordering a bunch of different colors that I can't return in order to get the color just right. So I'm hoping someone can vouch for one of these colors as a near exact match; otherwise I'll just call it good enough for now and move on. Here are the colors I'm considering: British Navy Grey Light Gray (USAF) or possibly Royal Light gray, which is probably too blue. This is what color the primer is. The color on the cap is nearly an exact match, but it ends up just a little too dark. So it's really hard for me to tell what is going to work best
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So Tamiya racing white was definitely not the color I was looking for. Any suggestions for matching with the grayish-white of the including hands? I haven't tried it yet, but it almost seems like the primer itself might be pretty close to the color I'm looking for. Is there any harm in just using the primer and not adding any paint?
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This is one of the few known flaws across the vf-31 mold. It seems to vary a little bit by each specific copy (some have it worse than others), but there is no way to completely eliminate the gap, as far as I'm aware. You can try what @no3Ljm suggested, but like he said, there is a trade-off.
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Thanks for this! As far as putting it on a stick, I guess I just use some blue tack or something? I've seen set ups where they put the non-holding end of the stick in some styrofoam. Any recommendations for tack?
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Here is where I'm at with the hand now. Any recommendations for painting on resin? I need to match the color to the rest of the valk/hands:
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Well I finally have a TV-style fist that is close enough to what I want. I've got a slightly better hand mold curing right now, but this is more or less where I'm at with it. My goal wasn't really to create something that looked like it shipped in the package with the rest of the valk; just something that looked passable from 2-3 feet away (generally how far away when I look at my display). I might revisit the sculpt at a later date, but I think I want to move on to other things for the time being: The last thing to do is to paint this in some way to match the off-white of the rest of the valk/hands. Anyone have any suggestions for painting on resin? Haven't really done that before, so any paint recommendations would be great (even better if you know a color that will match).
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Quick question, as I struggle to keep up with Gunpla news. Am I completely crazy, or was there some release/announcement of a release for new TV series-style Gundam Wing MG kits? I know this has been around for a while, but that is the only TV show style MG kit I've been able to find (I know there is a lot of EW variants available). I thought I read/heard somewhere that Bandai was releasing some TV MG kits, but I could be completely misinformed and/or have had this in some sort of fever dream. Does anyone know anything about this, or am I going insane here? Were they a different grade, maybe?
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Missile effects for the TV style missiles (and maybe the reaction missiles) are on my to-do list, after I finish my current 3D printing project. Will I ever actually get around to it? I dunno. Missile effect parts for the box missiles would be harder, because there is no real port to plug them into like the removable missiles have. But someone with more time/talent than me could probably do it.
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Anyone with digital calipers and a DX 1/48 hand want to give me a ball joint measurement (in millimeters)? I used the calipers we have at the 3D printing lab here, but I'm not sure how accurate they are (the battery was dying, and there might be user error on my end). I got between 5.1 and 5.15 millimeters, but the final product looks a little on the small side to my eye (I won't be able to tell for sure until I get home). I'd like to do another print now, if this ball joint is in fact too small. I'm thinking it is closer to 5.5mm around. I know 6mm is too big, as I made one that size already. This 5.15mm ball joint might work, but if I could get a second opinion on the measurement, that would be great.
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Same situation with NY. I ordered the SS parents June 7, also got the email that they "just found out" the release date changed (lol). I wonder if any of us are going to get December/January shipments, or they are just going to scalp most of their first wave for more profit. Either way, NY just went from "not my first choice" to "absolute last resort only" for me.
