Focslain

47 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

As noted previously, it would appear that this latest Macross production is likely operating on similar production timing to what was used for Macross Frontier and Macross Delta.  

If that is in fact the case, we shouldn't expect to hear anything of significance until mid-September at the earliest.  The last two times it was a title reveal in September, followed by the first trailer in late October, and then the cut-down teaser edition of the first episode airing in the last week or so of December.

With Shoji Kawamori slated to do a panel at Otakon, what are the chances we might get an announcement there? Or might it be better to place money on after he returns from the states?

52 minutes ago, Convectuoso said:

@Focslain do you know what these are for?

Those are the a type of zodiac metal. You earn them playing the events both during the songs and for completing achievements. Their another type of currency. In the store you can get a 5* plate for 30K/40K as well as other things.

On 7/9/2018 at 9:00 AM, Convectuoso said:

What do you mean by "gift"? 

How do you do that?

Tap the hanger in the upper left, there will be three options to the right, select the bottom one. This will get you to the gift giving screen. The idol will ask for a type of gift, but any gift will work. If you give them the type they ask for then it will give a bonus 50% XP. You can do this once per day.

If you've been playing the last couple of events you should have more then enough gifts at this point and the last two birthday events have given idol specific gifts that will give not only a good amount of XP but always bonus.

Hoping this gets a pre-order on CDJapan, if not guess it's time to bite the bullet on the VFG as well.

1 hour ago, hachi said:

Wouldn't it be better if they sell the license to a Japanese company? Surely they'd get more than if they'd sell to HG? HG turns out crap comics which doesn't help...

Have to wait for the renewal in 2021 for that to happen.

Quick and fast transaction with @kajnrig. 

Thank you all for helping feed another collecting habit.

So these arrived yesterday from @kajnrig. I'm done collecting (til August), my wallet needs a break.

Already in the case, that shelf is crowded.

12 hours ago, kajnrig said:

Sold a couple, added Figuarts Zero Mirage.

Oh you frakker, adding another I'd like after pulling the trigger on a prior order.

It's all good. I need to stop honestly.

2 minutes ago, Hikaru Ichijo SL said:

I finished Ouran High School Host Club it was good but I like my Harems the other way.

It's rare to find reverse harems, Ouran Host Club is a good series. That reminds me I have to finish watching Brother Complex.

4 hours ago, hachi said:

Nendo for Yang Wen-li is up for pre-order: https://hlj.com/product/gsc90580

I say the Galactic Empire (Reinhard) still wins. I would have called it a tie if they included a console for Yang to sit on.

They also need him to have the indian style legs. If they had at least those I'm sure someone would make a console for him.

20 minutes ago, sketchley said:

Today, there was a big earthquake in Osaka.  And guess who lives uncomfortably close to the epicenter! 

What's Not Lying On My Workbench

A bunch of stuff took some nosedives off the shelves during the earthquake.  Basara -being unique- took his own route, down the back. 

 

There was some serious forces at work.  Here are a couple of shots of some heavy bookshelves where the earthquake moved them to (left) and after they were moved back (right).  These are rather heavy pieces of furniture!

 

See all those books?  That's about half of what was on one of the bookshelves pictured above!

Anyhow, Lego cleans up easily.  Model kits... not so easily.  The final two piccies are what needed to be repaired (luckily [or annoyingly] it was mostly a bunch of ridiculously small pieces).  Alas, the VF-2SS might not be fixable.  I could only find one of the two fang-like pieces that holds the joint for the wing in the backpack.  Everything else seems to be OK.

Oh, that white thing in front of the Gundam in the last pic?  That's part of my keyboard.  The quake knocked the tower on my desktop over... onto the keyboard.

Ouch man, well glad to see your doing ok. Good luck on the repairs and hope your place is still structurally sound.

4 minutes ago, Sildani said:

So... it takes four N-V’s to make one Macross Cannon, or four N-V’s were used to make four Cannon-class vessels? I’m dense today. 

Four N-V's to make one cannon. Technically if I remember correctly there was only three in the OVA.

And thank you @Seto Kaiba for the answer, guess having a toy of the Elysion will be on a smaller scale then the Quarter, but dang that give a bit of scale to all the other Macross' in the franchise.

44 minutes ago, rdrunner said:

Thanks, slowed down quite a lot the last couple of days, still on prize list 6 hoping to get that 2x 4* card prize... and I think I'll be done after that.  The next set of 4* cards is two lists away and there's no way I can get enough medals before Saturday.

About the idols, I have been very biased and just used Minmei and Sheryl as my main so far.  Maybe I should start using some of the Delta Walkures....

Use who you want as mains, but cycle your support to keep everyone close to level. That way when the next event comes around you have a decent selection for bonus card placements.

Personally I cycle between Mikumo, Makina and Sheryl as mains. 

So after looking over the Macross Quarter toy I got I was wondering. If a toy of the Macross Elyison from Delta was made in the same scale as the Quarter, how bigger/smaller would it be?

Bonus question: How would a toy of the Macross cannon from II compare?

3 hours ago, NZEOD said:

those guns look so much like Tau weapons.

I'm building a District 9 themed Tau army

Well your not wrong, those are the heavy rail rifle from the current Tau broadside kit. Love to see your work, you doing a riptide up like the mech suit at the end of the film?

Also started work on the new big knight kit. Which after I finish this 40K mecha run I have a gundam to build.

Like to thank @Mechapilot77 for quick delivery of my first macross class toy. I hope they make a Elysium version cause this Quarter class is sweet.

So this technically arrived Monday from @Mechapilot77, but only just got pictures last night.

This thing is huge, larger then my Pegasus model 

Might play a bit with it this weekend to transform and see if it will still display well on the mantle. It's too big for the glass case.

9 hours ago, rdrunner said:

Been working on the event this week but i can only consistently pull off all the level 3 challenges (+80/100%) at normal difficulty. At around 220k points so have gotten all the 4* nurse cards I could from this source, and working through the 5th reward list to try to get extra luck slots on the card. I can only get around 36 medals max each turn at 2x and max bonuses. 

Your doing good, your farther then I am. Only at 120K pts and that is with doing Hard mode level 3.

Make sure to cycle your idols on the event song so they can get some XP.

Speaking of have your been leveling their intimacy as well? (few pokes a day and a gift) 

That will net you a XP bonus for them as well as some titles.

13 hours ago, kajnrig said:

Ohhhhhh, that tagline OHHHHHH YOU CLEVER BLIPPING BASTARDS

Yeah, I want MWC once it hits PC (hopefully steam). Over the top mecha action? Yes please.

50 minutes ago, rdrunner said:

I think it was around the last week of May, can't remember but no big deal I guess. 

Pretty much, if you follow the official Uta Macross twitter account and the ENG variet you'll get most of the news.  

So while looking at the vendors at a nearby sci-fi con I found these three little ladies.

Might take the second Sheryl with me to cheer for my knights on the battlefield.

On 6/10/2018 at 2:57 AM, kajnrig said:

I just see "Darling in the FranXX," and then I see this recc'ed, and then I share. Someone let me know how right or not this is.

 

On 6/10/2018 at 12:34 PM, Stampeed Valkyrie said:

OK first off.. I want my 18 or so minutes back from watching that video...

If I wanted my anime to be realistic..  I'd be watching TV..   and on top of that if i wanted to analyze and use logic to decipher problems.. I'd be at work...   again Anime..  not real.. nuff said.

Needless to say.. there are some good points made in regards to general plot progression.. however since this video was made before the latest episode (ep.20 as of this post) some of what he critiques is already obsolete.

However after episode 20  at this point even I am trying to figure out what the hell I just watched..   

MB's batting average is meh.

Haven't seen ep 20 but if most of his critiques are invalided that is a good sign that Franxx is heading up and not down as (per the video) ep 19 was a low point. Personally I found it akin to ep 19 of Delta when Berger gives a brief history lesson of the franchise and before Seto drops in, yes I know some/most of the stuff he was spewing was wrong.

If we take his critiques on just ep 19, yeah he has a lot of valid points. The episode itself was really not needed, at all and opened a lot of plot holes.

4 hours ago, NZEOD said:

Any Primaris marines you find... smash them! Those 2W Hellblaster swinging jerks have been a pain in the ass to drop. Especially with Girlyman back on the field!

Primaris aren't too much of an issue for knights. Two main weapons shown on the above models, the avenger gatling cannon (12 shots S6, -2AP, 2dmg) and the Helverin autocannon (2d3 shots S7, -1AP, 3dmg) are very well suited for primaris. Also I've fought bobby G with knights (per codex) and he lasted a turn before he was thrown from the field. Seriously two fails against a 6dmg weapon and his out.

On a side note one of our Tales group is doing Imperial Fist primaris, he hates my knights and they are only getting worse for him now that we have a proper codex. Soooo many good relics, praise the Omnissiah.

And to keep on topic, it's a bit rough, but here's another WIP of the small knight.

3 hours ago, Marzan said:

You should check out Steins Gate 0 (well if you've seen the first one too). Its a great watch! And Legend of the Galactic Heroes, while nowhere nearly as good as the Artland OVA from the 90's, is still pretty decent.

Honestly I have to re-watch the 90's LoGH soon, most likely after the season is done since it will be months before we see the season two movies. Give a good side by side for eps 5+

I will say that after listening to the book, LoGH is the most direct adaption I have seen to date. Like it seems that the script is just the novel with maybe a small tweak. Heck up until ep 7 it was running at a chapter per episode.

Noticed it's been a while since we got a new post.

So I pretty much finished my first full knight for House Jenius, I just need to do the house emblem.

Also going to be working on another xenotech version of a new kit GW is releasing this weekend. Hope to have it done by friday night for a game this weekend.