Jasonc

On 4/11/2021 at 11:27 AM, vsim said:

Nice! That's awesome!

Thank you. This build has had some challenging parts, but is fun.

I only have the missile launchers and the last forearm being worked on, but I am almost out of flat paint. I should have more in by the time I need it.

Here's the build so far. I know the picture is busy, but here is the almost finished work.

So, here is left forearm.

I realized after the pictures that I put on the back leg slides wrong. They work the same, but were changed after I uploaded the pictures (was too lazy to redo them). My big error, was forgetting to put in the arm joints before sealing everything up on the main body, so I unscrewed everything and have those going in tonight. I am now  finished with the left forearm completely. Those pics are coming in about 10 minutes. I'm still working on the right arm, but I am working hardest on the other leg now, as I want to get the body on something it won't need to lay down on.

6 hours ago, Mechapilot77 said:

checking in after years of forgetting this awesomeness existed... can all the parts needed to make these be sourced here?

https://www.shapeways.com/shops/xigfrid3dshop?section=VF-9&s=0

 

 

That is where I got mine from, aside from pins and screws. Those can be bought through eBay and Amazon though.

I managed to get most of the left leg done, as well as the most intensive part of the left arm. So far, I'm happy with what it is looking like.

2 hours ago, derex3592 said:

those look great! 

Thanks. I'm now doing some dark grey trim on some of the pieces, and by tonight, I think I'll be done with all painting on the gatling gun parts. Wednesday, I take a break from the upper body sections, and go straight to the feet and legs mostly, but I will be working on all of it at the same time.

Here are the galling guns. I used a 1.5mm hand drill to drill in the barrels to give it a more realistic look for both. I did A LOT of sanding and primering on these. Once I felt it was smoothed out enough, I did a heavy coat of matte black. Then I used a gloss clear to be able to apply weathering and not have it stick to the matte so heavily.. I wanted to weather the metal look a bit, so I used Tamiya weathering master set c for the metal effect on parts for areas that would be changed and repaired a lot. Anyways, hope they look alright. 

I'm waiting on the rest of the kit to come this week.

On 3/24/2021 at 12:56 AM, Xigfrid said:

That’s looking really great! 

Just a note about the head, there is a rail inside to put a plastic visor. You can cut it from any clear or colored “eating” plastic box. 

On the one below, I have used a chameleon colored plastic behind and clear plastic on top of this one. 

What is chameleon colored plastic? Is it something that can be bought?

Here's an update. The main body is about done, but I need to put in the thrust nozzle and the white tower on the right side of the main body.

And one more fore the front.

Early painting and weathering after the long and arduous task of sanding and primering about 3-4 times each piece. Still needs some finer details, but overall, I'm happy with the results.

I'd love to see a Sivil figure, but I am happy to see a good sculpt of Basara, and hopefully Mylene looks really great. I have the old scale resin kit of Sivil, and that is a hard one to beat though.

Reviving an old topic, I know, but I finally got my first pieces together to start building the Cheyenne II. I haven't had a lot of desire to work on a couple other projects I have available, but this something that I am really excited about.

On 2/18/2021 at 11:58 AM, jvmacross said:

I really like the clean look of your T-Rex Zentran figs....they look "store bought"...

I also bought a set of DarrinG's Z-Pilots and the M-Pilot....very nice customs....

I think DarrinG "retired" from Macross collecting years ago....but glad he made these figures available....it's a shame we still have not received any mass-produced enemy soldiers after all these years.....

I kinda wish the Female pilot was still around. I wish I had the money back then to get one.

On 2/28/2021 at 4:39 AM, Podtastic said:

Niiice. I especially like the lilac and purple T-Rex Zentraedi.

Thanks. I really wanted to paint one in that color, but as the options for the T-Rex kits were green or brown, I Had to go outside of the box on working on that one. I've been trying to see if there are any other colors to paint others in, but for now, I'm going to start work on another project soon, so I may be moving from creating a Zentraedi army. Although, there is a Golg Bodol Zer using a figure in the right scale to 1/60.

1 hour ago, jvmacross said:

I really like the clean look of your T-Rex Zentran figs....they look "store bought"...

I also bought a set of DarrinG's Z-Pilots and the M-Pilot....very nice customs....

I think DarrinG "retired" from Macross collecting years ago....but glad he made these figures available....it's a shame we still have not received any mass-produced enemy soldiers after all these years.....

Yeah, I wish more were made. I still have a few of the Trex kits just lying around.

On 2/11/2021 at 9:56 AM, Axelay said:

Huh. Do you have any photographs of this? I wonder if it'd be possible to transplant parts into an existing bad leg in order to make one good leg?

The part that broke is part of the specific side's piece. Because they are rivets that broke to the right side, there isn't a way to fix it, except by the way I was able to.

1 hour ago, Convectuoso said:

@Jasonc

I know the CM's figures look better overall, but they did the main cast mostly in DYRL outfits, and I prefer thir SDFM looks.

Your Zentraedi soldiers look amazing. Where did you get them?

 

True

In the first picture, the Zentran figure on the far left is by DarrinG. The Meltran figure is a custom I did using a kit bash of a Milia 639 figure and parts of a Wave Moveable Body to make a Meltran action figure. I think I used a Gundam figure's head for the face, and just painted the cap to match the dark red. The figures on the right that I made are Trex Zentraedi kits that I put together in the 3 more popular colors.

That looks impressive. I hope there are more updates soon.

9 hours ago, Convectuoso said:

I'm not criticizing your shot, but KC's figures instead. I know that it's what's available, and that's the worst part. I was really excited when I saw they were going to release these figures in their SDFM uniforms, until I saw their faces.

That's why I stuck to the CM's figures. Sure, they don't pose, but if I'm going to creatively put them in a shelf or on display, they don't need to move. 

I do though, think differently about Zentraedi figures

I definitely like fighter best. But that's my opinion of most valkyries.

On 2/5/2021 at 5:08 PM, Ignacio Ocamica said:

Wow looking very nice!!!

We definitely need more pics!!!

More up...

I still need to put magnets on the arms for the gun, but honestly, I've been lazy.

9 hours ago, valhary said:

Amazing job!!!!!!!! we need more pics

I'll try to get some more pics up at some point. I still want to make the gun connect, and I need to find where I put the tires.

Aside from some decal trimming,  it I'd done.

2 hours ago, DownIsUp said:

Do you mind posting a link in this thread? That sounds pretty interesting 

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/zentraedi-glaug

This is where I got it from. Again, it is quite expensive, to print, but it is a pretty cool print.

1 hour ago, Rhubarbarian said:

Mine showed up today after shipping Monday morning from AmiAmi, DHL is fast. But this is the third Arcadia/Yamato release I've gotten in the past few months (the others being an Sv-51 and a VF-22) and I am dying without Yeti stands. I love the launch arm stands for VF-1s, but they always seem out of place for other releases. Time to dig for old FlightPose stands, I suppose.

Did he go out of business?