aceoftherebellion Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 That actually brings up a good point. Has this board ever had a thread just for "latest macross toy hauls"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelS Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 lol guess not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benson13 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I still need to get one of these. I love capital ships. It sucks that you rarely see them made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I love cap ships too. I really want Bandai to make Battle Frontier and/or Battle Galaxy. Those two ships looked pretty awesome and their carrier modes really look like carriers. Sort of like a further development of the Uraga class carriers (another design I like) and made transformable. I know there was some mention that a person at Yamato was tossing around the Battle 7 idea, but I really don't like that particular ship with its yellow, blue, white and red primary colors and that it looks like it has a big red "M" on its chest area. It just looks too corny. Going back to the Quarter, I was bored and decided to start drawing panel lines on the Quarter because it has such large open areas of no details or anything. It just looked so bland like that. I practiced on the flight deck. This is how it came out using a pencil. Trying to decide now if I should continue with this or abandon the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 That's a very nice improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrentonx Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I could get behind a V2 Quarter. The floppiness of the original scared me off of ever getting one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceoftherebellion Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Think they'd make more than 20 of them this time, or would we all get to enjoy another round of Bandai Renewal version fun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benson13 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) Trying to decide now if I should continue with this or abandon the idea. Do you have a before pic for comparison? One thing I have learned so far is if the Junkie is doing it, it's gonna look great. Edited November 5, 2012 by Benson13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reïvaj Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Trying to decide now if I should continue with this or abandon the idea. Keep on, MacrossJunkie!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Well, I decided I would attempt to do this on the rest of the MQ. I had been thinking about doing it for a while since the images of the Quarter on the Macross Mecha Manual site, as well as the anime itself, showed similar panel lines in some scenes. I worked on the deck portion a bit more. I added more lines using a strip of masking tape as my guide. Then used the masking tape to fade the lines more by putting the sticky side down on top of the lines and peeling it off repeatedly. I lastly put a flat coat on it to further reduce the contrast and to remove the reflective graphite sheen that made the lines shiny in the light. I'll do the underside of the carrier deck next, then the gunship before moving on to the Quarter itself. I really don't know what I'm doing here, but I think the results are passable. Here's how the deck came out (the lines might be too subtle to see well with the 800px resolution. Click on image to see larger size): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reïvaj Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelS Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 where on earth did you get those fighters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 where on earth did you get those fighters? The MQ came with them. I just had to paint them up a little bit. They're still out of scale with the Quarter as they're a bit too big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelS Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Well you know heros are always bigger than life lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoexcaliber Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 HLJ has a 50% discount for the Macross Quarter right now. Better grab it fast if you're interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Mingus Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN958453 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 SWEET!!! I've been looking for an excuse to pick this up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) I got some time to work on my Quarter some more. I have most of the visible surfaces done. Not my best work, but I just want to finish it up at this point because it's so tedious and difficult trying to draw lines on this, especially where there are bumps and curves on the surface. I also took a break from the paneling and painted more detail on the miniatures using some gundam markers, which feels akin to painting a 1/48 plane model with a basketball. It seems some of the lines are a bit too subtle and hard to see under certain lighting. ARMD-R: BASTER-L: Edit: Added more storm attack mode pics with a little more work done on it. Edited November 16, 2012 by MacrossJunkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twoducks Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 AWESOME! Had it looked like that out of the box it would be as hard to get as the renewals and not on a bargain bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsain Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN958453 Aww. Moving this month. No money... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caslon Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Very good:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullmilitia Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I just threw one in my private Warehouse, hard to beat a 17 inch long cruiser for 100$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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