Cdr Fokker

Hey, how about moving the pic of sharon up a little, and the "macross plus" text down a little, to better fill the spine and give some more room between the pic and the text?

Agree totally on the newest lineart box being the way to go. As for the spine, the desert one is okay, but I think a few other pics should be tested in its place. The rest of the box should basically be left alone, but I can go either way for the spine. On a side note, I finally got the extra cash to order the SDFM boxes (have been a bit tight on money for a while). Yay!

Yeah, Anasazi37 is distributing some of his waterslide Yammie decals through TMP. Which is quite nice.

Revised Yamato stats for me: 1/48 - 4 (1 more may be coming soon...) 1/60 - 5 (6 if Q-Rau is included)

The only HG product I didn't mind buying was the Animeigo SDFM sets, as they do have a legitimate license to the SDFM animation, that much is for sure. And I generally despise HG for their business practices and ignorance of the fanbase. I really feel that the world would be much better off without HG at all.

While the X-35B/F-35B was designed to also have VTOL capabilities, it was designed primarily for STOVL, not VTOL, operations. Hence why the B has been referred to as the STOVL (not VTOL) variant, and why the one test X-35 had 'STOVL' painted on its tail as part of the insignia. Which is why it's kind of funny how the VTO capability - which is kind of an "extra" from the design perspective - is that which is being bitched about. Yes, VTO is nice and the X-35 was capable of it, but that is not what was in mind when it was designed.

I have part of a set I picked up at ACen, I think they're pretty good. Some of the new K&M figures are way better (GBP, Tomahawk Destroid), but these are pretty decent. I still need Roy's fighter and Max's battroid... if anyone has these (boxed, or at least with the Monster parts) at a decent price, LMK.

IIRC, the F-35B was designed solely with STOVL in mind, not full VTOL. So why the bitching about not being able to take-off vertically?

Why is it that the -1A DYRL Max never gets any love? Oh well. Custom fodder.

They probably won't even bother, and will dump "Clash of the Bionoids" to DVD and pass it off as DYRL.

Oh sh!t. This has to be a sign that the end of time is near, right?

Maya 5 is way better than 3, and the Relic tools were compiled for 5 as well (though not "officially"). It'd be much better to have more people who know, use, and have Maya 5.0.1. And the Relic docs suck when it comes to getting a number of things set up in Maya to export... they aren't very clear at all, and skip over essential little points that you need to know. Actually, most of the relic docs suck. The FX Tool ones are okay... so much of the art pipeline documentation is tips and techniques - most of which are totally unneeded/outdated now.

Major, when's the last time you converted models and textures to HOD format? While it isn't hard, it is rather time consuming to get everything set up, prep the model and textures, export, tweak, re-export, etc And those of us on the team who formerly did conversions (i.e., basically the only ones capable at the moment) are pretty busy now...

Preferably, the modelers need to have and be able to use Maya. I don't really have the time anymore to mess around with importing, fixing things, prepping for export, and exporting... Alfie is pretty busy as well, so we need Maya people! Go to the forums - http://www.doc34thfist.com/macross - for examples of the models and textures we have in-game and in-progress

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The Ghost is a definite for me. Still contemplating whether or not I should get the booster... the thing's just so big, and then I'll need to do a custom transport/launch vehicle...

Hmm, you know what I like about this one? It doesn't have the *&$! word homeworld in it! ... Just because you're modding a game doesn't mean you're obligated to put the original title in the mod's title...

Nice! Hey, now we know that it is possible to get a Valk flying in reality... Now then, would anyone like to kindly donate several thousand dollars so MW can have its own actual jet turbine R/C Valk? Well, dual-engined, actually... maybe fully variable? Hehe...

The 400mm's are probably the same guns as the HWR-00 MKII Monster (if these emplacements are in fact on the Macross) - its main armament consists of four 400mm (40cm) cannon. As for the AAA systems; as others have said, most likely controlled through a computer operator. When Sharon took over the Macross, she would have overridden the "operator" factor and controlled the systems direct through the "intermediary" - the computer systems.

Yeah, I'd like a set as well... lost a few of my missiles early on

1... the HW2 project is quite a way from a release...

Cobywan has a thread HERE where he was asking for meshes to use for CNC stuff, if that's the kind of thing you want...

Alright, time to screw decision making and order both of these cases! Maybe I can use one to store extra Yammie parts or something with the other for DVDs...

Yeah, a real crappy option! Really, why get a MPC over even a bootleg? They really have nothing going for them, except maybe for the novelty and because you have everything else...

It seems like he is not going to be doing DYRL fists. I mean, there is little use for them and its not like he's just recasting stuff (like in the case of TV hand recasts). Basically, these will be like DYRL versions of the big TV hands - somewhat bigger (more like they should be), better looking, sturdier, but not capable of folding back into the arms for transformation. VERY small price to pay, IMO, for such great hands.