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Wow...thanks for the warning...I had thought about it! Thank you thank you thank you!

cool! Looks like the same kit...(or mainly) Thanks for sharing!

LOL....you win...back is tight...but getting better...ill be back to work tomorrow...

Captain...HP is bragging about a new one that is supposed to fix some of the problems...and cut the price way down...the salesman bragged "someday when you need a part for your washer/dryer youll just pay online, download, and print it! " Sure...he's a salesman...and they are a long way away...but it's cool to think on!

i saw one of these on Ebay...it looked to be exactly the same as the Bandai kit (or so close the part sprues matcched) I take it this is not the case? Can you show more please!? Thanks...sorry...Im a huge VF2 fan...

great idea with the magnets!!! Ill be stealing that one!

IIve seen demos of this...it would be very very cool for the hobby if they ever got cheap enough...

One Klump...you sound like me...I'm hoping they boot his butt too!

quick update....no update. I am going to give Tanmen till April 6th....1 month from his last email...then I will pleasently ask for an update.

YES!!!! DITTO! Ken...your to anal retentive...who cares if the molds are disorderly...as long as the parts are nice...and those look very clean! Nice work! Keep it up...and please keep the pictures coming when you can...I'd love to see this come together.... Mods....any chance we could get this pinned?

gorgeous molds Valkyrie! Very nice work. Man..I want to cast in the Matrix....

WOW MIKE! Its wonderful! I got to see this thing in person..and you can't even fathom how big and solid it is...Im super jealous of the owner...what a gorgeous model!

Man oh man!!! I just got mine...and WOW! What a cool cool kit. I dont have the time to write a proper review till midweek...but let me just prime everyone by saying this is an excellent kit. It's big...details are sharp, and it's cool. Im going to pull out a Glaug Model. and start snapping some pictures when i get some good sun. Excellent work MN!!! THANK YOU! (As an aside...for those of you who have not seen the new and improved Gnerl Pod....also excellent work! New details, cool packaging...Ill probably review that too )

The Gurab is right around 3.5" tall...the Ligia on the ground right around 2"...and the one flying is a whopping 6+" tall

Darn it...I dont have the style sheets! But..in terms of scale...here is a resin 1/72 scale Legioss (just the body...unbuilt...a Valkyrie Legiss and Tread recast! ) Also, a 1/35 scale pilot, a 1/48 scale pilot and a 1/12 scale Ride Armor.... End result...I would agree with Captain...they are too large...but I would also agreee...I think they will look cool with my 1/72 battroid and Legioss and Tread...so Im okay with the scale issues....I would guess they are about 30% to large. (as an interesting aside the Reppu 1/48 Eager is about 50% bigger then the 1/72 Eager....so it would seem that is too large too )

thanks for the positive comments everyone! Unfortunatly, I have not built a 1/72 scale Legioss yet, so I can't compare them to it...but I do know the Legioss is considerably smaller then the VF1, so I woudl guess in Battroid it would be not much taller (if at all ) then the Gurab....and the Ride armors would be tiny! (just imagine the size of a 1/72 scale pilot with a little extra mmmumph! )

very very nice work!

supplies came from: Smooth-on Polytek Vagabond (though not displayed) know how came from A close family friend who does sculpting and recasting for a living Lots of help from Captain America, MSLZ22, Valkyrie, Fulcy, and others too I am sure I am forgetting who offered advice and input Lots of trial and error...costly and time consuming..but generally fun.

It's like the psycic friends connection! Yep...321...quick and painless. Pressure tank for details, dry mold release to cut down on cleanup...Urethane molds (and a lumbar support on my chair! )

finally...for those who want to see more...some links to a couple more pictures of close up's of parts and other comparison shots. Again..I just want to publically thank Grayson and my other benafactor...this has been a fun little project and they were fun to build up this afternoon...next week Ill get to painting. Also...for those who will ask (or may) I will be making a few of these kits...some are already owed to the benefactors...there will most likely be a few extra. I don't make a lot of anything...cause thats the boring part...but if your interested in a kit drop me a PM and we can talk about it. I will try to make sure everyone who wants one has a chance to get one... Comparison Shot with Hase 1/72 Another Compare Gurab Parts Gurab parts Gurab Parts Ligia parts Ligia parts Ligia parts

and with the big guns...my favorite! and and

Now...onto the Gurab... couple shots without the big guns... and

All in all I was extremely pleased..both with the castings and the kit...so today, layed up with a bad back I was able to cast up the firt couple batches of parts and then quickly built up some kits to test fit everything. First, let me be clear. I cleaned the parts for the pictures in about 20 minutes per kit. I built the kits in about 30 minutes per kit...I plan on going back and cleaning things up...and painting..but this was just a test fit...also...a few parts are alpha parts...and are prior to minor mold rework..the gurab for instance is missing a toe..that won't be the case on the final real versions...anyways...onto some pictures. Sorry...I just really liked these so I wanted to share. and and

So...I got to work recasting these kits..thanks to Grayson and my other benefactor...I first noted how may pieces there were...they are small kits..but actually bigger then I expected. The first kit with the two (Ligia? ) has something over 30 pieces..the Gurab is close to that for just 1 figure....WOW! Anyways....I cast all the pieces. If I have any complaints about the originals its that the quality of the casts was not great. Seam lines were bad in areas..and similar to Valkryies Monster report some parts were obviousley from chewed up molds. I didn't think anything was to bad though, and I didn't want to touch the originals (change them...clean up) so I cast as is...here are the results. The Ligia kit and the Gurab kit