1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144

[sh9000]

1 hour ago, vlenhoff said:

This pose is straight out of a poster i've seen somewhere. Good job!

Thanks!

[Lolicon]

3 hours ago, Saburo said:

Thank you @Lolicon, you are too kinda. I know I have had quite a few boring posts. ice shots to everyome!

 

Great shots everyone!

Well hey, I've developed a new appreciation for the effort you have to put into your shots. From getting camera settings right, to painstakingly setting up each shot, then post processing it... then having to reshoot it because you left a panel out of place or something. 

That last one might just be me. 

[Saburo]

11 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Well hey, I've developed a new appreciation for the effort you have to put into your shots. From getting camera settings right, to painstakingly setting up each shot, then post processing it... then having to reshoot it because you left a panel out of place or something. 

That last one might just be me. 

Hehe. Yes there is a lot that goes into a shot, thank you so much!  Oh yes, the dreaded reshoot.  I have had so many shots where I see a part is out of place or not set correctly or something got bumped or shifted while adjusting the placement of the figure/toy. It can be frustrating if you have figure that just doesn't want to cooperate (Sentinel Ride-Armors), but int he end the results are worth it.

Here is reshoot shot where the first shots of the VF-1A the Max pilot figure shifted so he was leaning to the right when I was placing the Valk.

Edited November 4, 2019 by Saburo

[jenius]

Reshooting drives me nuts... It's even worse when doing videos. You'll be stitching things together only to realize you messed up along the way but now you've continued shooting so you have to go back, transform the toy, maybe transform other toys, and redo the video. 

Maybe a 'spot the issue' group of photos would be fun.

Edited November 4, 2019 by jenius

[Lolicon]

4 hours ago, Saburo said:

Hehe. Yes there is a lot that goes into a shot, thank you so much!  Oh yes, the dreaded reshoot.  I have had so many shots where I see a part is out of place or not set correctly or something got bumped or shifted while adjusting the placement of the figure/toy. It can be frustrating if you have figure that just doesn't want to cooperate (Sentinel Ride-Armors), but int he end the results are worth it.

Here is reshoot shot where the first shots of the VF-1A the Max pilot figure shifted so he was leaning to the right when I was placing the Valk.

Oh yeah, those damned pilots. I blue tacked mine into their seats so they wouldn't flop around the cockpit.  But yeah, like on my latest batch of VF-4 photos, I ended up reshooting the battroids like 4 times because there was one little thing or another. And even the final product isn't perfect, but it was late and I just said screw it.

2 hours ago, jenius said:

Reshooting drives me nuts... It's even worse when doing videos. You'll be stitching things together only to realize you messed up along the way but now you've continued shooting so you have to go back, transform the toy, maybe transform other toys, and redo the video. 

Maybe a 'spot the issue' group of photos would be fun.

Yeah, that sounds pretty frustrating.

I wish I had saved some of the screw ups, but here's one from awhile back. This one is an especially insidious one for me, because I often don't spot it till it's up on my 4k monitor. It's really easy to see on this one, but often it's very obscure. Can you spot it?

There's a stray cat hair on the right air intake. This happens all the damn time to me, and most of the time they're next to impossible to see even with the valk right in front of me, as the hairs are very fine. Only on the big monitor do I usually catch them.

A stray hair just randomly floats in on the air from time to time.

And sometimes I catch more than a hair in a picture.

Edited November 4, 2019 by Lolicon

[Shizuka the Cat]

4 hours ago, Lolicon said:

There's a stray cat hair on the right air intake. This happens all the damn time to me, and most of the time they're next to impossible to see even with the valk right in front of me, as the hairs are very fine. Only on the big monitor do I usually catch them.

A stray hair just randomly floats in on the air from time to time.

And sometimes I catch more than a hair in a picture.

Meow!!!

[apptt4]

13 hours ago, Lolicon said:

that's a good kitty.

Edited November 5, 2019 by apptt4
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[DewPoint]

Someone is trying to send you a message of sorts?  Like where's my snacks?

[Lolicon]

35 minutes ago, DewPoint said:

Someone is trying to send you a message of sorts?  Like where's my snacks?

Harvey Dent always wants snacks, especially freeze-dried chicken. (Yes that's his name.)

It wasn't the first time he photo bombed me.

Edited November 5, 2019 by Lolicon
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[Saburo]

10 hours ago, jenius said:

Reshooting drives me nuts... It's even worse when doing videos. You'll be stitching things together only to realize you messed up along the way but now you've continued shooting so you have to go back, transform the toy, maybe transform other toys, and redo the video. 

Maybe a 'spot the issue' group of photos would be fun.

I can imagine how frustrating it is for video, I know there is alot of work that goes into them I give you lots of credit on all the work you do for your video reviews @jenius! 

 

8 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Oh yeah, those damned pilots. I blue tacked mine into their seats so they wouldn't flop around the cockpit.  But yeah, like on my latest batch of VF-4 photos, I ended up reshooting the battroids like 4 times because there was one little thing or another. And even the final product isn't perfect, but it was late and I just said screw it.

Yeah, that sounds pretty frustrating.

I wish I had saved some of the screw ups, but here's one from awhile back. This one is an especially insidious one for me, because I often don't spot it till it's up on my 4k monitor. It's really easy to see on this one, but often it's very obscure. Can you spot it?

 

There's a stray cat hair on the right air intake. This happens all the damn time to me, and most of the time they're next to impossible to see even with the valk right in front of me, as the hairs are very fine. Only on the big monitor do I usually catch them.

A stray hair just randomly floats in on the air from time to time.

And sometimes I catch more than a hair in a picture.

 

Haha, lucky for me I don't have pets, but I do not like dust. Its good I can remove dust in post. Photoshop is my friend.  We should move the Photography/Video discussion over the old MWF photography thread.

Also you have a very nice helper in your photos.

Edited November 5, 2019 by Saburo

[Lolicon]

4 hours ago, Saburo said:

Haha, lucky for me I don't have pets, but I do not like dust. Its good I can remove dust in post. Photoshop is my friend.  We should move the Photography/Video discussion over the old MWF photography thread.

Also you have a very nice helper in your photos.

Alrighty, better get things back on track. 

Edited November 5, 2019 by Lolicon
stupid dust

[sh9000]

[Saburo]

[Saburo]

[Lolicon]

Dusted off an oldie.

Edited November 9, 2019 by Lolicon

[sqidd]

The red with the panel lines is fantastic.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

Dusting some valks a couple days ago at night (poor light cellphone pics):

[nightmareB4macross]

3 hours ago, Ignacio Ocamica said:

Dusting some valks a couple days ago at night (poor light cellphone pics):

Such a beautiful collection.

It brought a tear to my eye.

It’s always amazing to see such wonderful things I such a small space. Especially when the owner is just maintaining them and doing an amazing job caring for his collection.

This would make a great front drop for any hangar.

[Saburo]

New shot of the YF-29 30th Anniv color Ver.  I haven't done this studio setup in years.

[505thAirborne]

1 hour ago, Saburo said:

New shot of the YF-29 30th Anniv color Ver.  I haven't done this studio setup in years.

That's a damn good picture Saburo, not one of my favorite Valks.... but now I kind of want one now. 

[nightmareB4macross]

Nice pics everyone!

Here a little something... I was trying to fit the Bandai arm cannon on the YF-19 from Arcadia and it turned out better than I thought.

The arm cannon does not attach to the arm like it should because of the slots and pegs on the Bandai. But if you origami this into a small packet on the back of the packet a small handle will makes itself available and so the Arcadia can hold the pack to give a distinct weapon.

I thought it worked out pretty well.

Edited November 25, 2019 by nightmareB4macross
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[nightmareB4macross]

Option 2 and handle.

Edited November 25, 2019 by nightmareB4macross
Pic.

[sqidd]

That's cool!

[sh9000]

27 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Option 2 and handle.

Very impressive!

[Saburo]

On 11/23/2019 at 5:11 PM, 505thAirborne said:

That's a damn good picture Saburo, not one of my favorite Valks.... but now I kind of want one now. 

Thanks @505thAirborne !  My job is done here.

 

[seti88]

4 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Option 2 and handle.

 

 

What the!!

Wow... the 19 is turning into ..

 

and from my old comics recollection, the moment i went ...what the!!!!

[peter]

Reposting a pics from the original post, got buried fast with all the chatter about the new Hikki 1S, lo!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of you mil guys will get this pose.

 

 

I can't imagine Max giving anyone the knifehand, but I'd imagine it would be a $hitty experience because he seems like a pretty chill dude.

 

 

I was trying to recreate that scene where Max finds himself in a Zentradi washroom but this was the wrong angle and there was no urinal.

But the washlet didn't turn out in this photo.  I think the Zentradi wouldn't have been so pissed off if only they could $hit in luxury.

 

[MacrossMania]

11 hours ago, peter said:

Reposting a pics from the original post, got buried fast with all the chatter about the new Hikki 1S, lo!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of you mil guys will get this pose.

 

 

I can't imagine Max giving anyone the knifehand, but I'd imagine it would be a $hitty experience because he seems like a pretty chill dude.

 

 

I was trying to recreate that scene where Max finds himself in a Zentradi washroom but this was the wrong angle and there was no urinal.

But the washlet didn't turn out in this photo.  I think the Zentradi wouldn't have been so pissed off if only they could $hit in luxury.

 

This is pure Macross love.  Awesome photo set.  And if you don't get why the DX 1/48 is the best one out there, look no further than the gerwalk mode here.  Pure badassery IMO.

[Slave IV]

Really nice pics @peter!

I saw them in the other thread and if the like actually showed who did it, I would use it more often. Anyways, I love seeing outdoor shots. Thanks for sharing.

[vlenhoff]

Great fun @peter!

[Saburo]

[Saburo]

[sqidd]

[borgified]

Bare bones DX 1s looks good for now. Upon getting the SSP and Missile set together on the valk is another large leap. 

[sqidd]

5 minutes ago, borgified said:

Bare bones DX 1s looks good for now. Upon getting the SSP and Missile set together on the valk is another large leap. 

My head is going to explode!