Bolt Posted October 30 Posted October 30 Wow! I didn't realize Hasegawa's smaller size was so great. They're not gonna mingle too well in diorama format without some forced perspective intended.. Quote
Big s Posted October 30 Posted October 30 1 hour ago, electric indigo said: PLAMAX & Hasegawa Interesting to see them side by side. I like the Plamax better as far as looks and pose, but I think the real win is when they put the Plamax armored Valkyrie next to the ugly hasegawa one. 10 minutes ago, Bolt said: Wow! I didn't realize Hasegawa's smaller size was so great. They're not gonna mingle too well in diorama format without some forced perspective intended.. a lot of the height looks due to the tiny hasegawa feet. The dual cannons are also quite a bit shorter giving it an even shorter appearance Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted October 30 Posted October 30 I like the PLAMAX. I do. It's got that nostalgic anime feel. But I also notice some things I don't like. The jet intake/vent area looks really short and stubby. Doesn't look like how it would look in fighter mode. IMHO. The arm armor pieces go really high up, pretty much to the top of the shoulders. I don't think other versions look like that. And I don't think the lineart looks like that. Hasegawa's are shorter and I think I prefer that. The gigantic hands which just really don't look like they'd fit into the arms easily. Just some small nitpicks. I do like the bigger feet. Quote
Bolt Posted October 30 Posted October 30 (edited) 1 hour ago, Big s said: lot of the height looks due to the tiny hasegawa feet. The dual cannons are also quite a bit shorter giving it an even shorter appearance I mean even the head lasers are taller and basically everything else. The feet next to the Plamax do look diminutive but i never felt that the feet were an issue with Hasegawa before. Also, the arm armor goes very far up to like the shoulder, which i'm not sure follows the line art either. Either way, it look like it really dominates the arm on the Plamax. Edited October 30 by Bolt Quote
Big s Posted October 30 Posted October 30 2 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said: I like the PLAMAX. I do. It's got that nostalgic anime feel. But I also notice some things I don't like. The jet intake/vent area looks really short and stubby. Doesn't look like how it would look in fighter mode. IMHO. The arm armor pieces go really high up, pretty much to the top of the shoulders. I don't think other versions look like that. And I don't think the lineart looks like that. Hasegawa's are shorter and I think I prefer that. The gigantic hands which just really don't look like they'd fit into the arms easily. Just some small nitpicks. I do like the bigger feet. 1 hour ago, Bolt said: I mean even the head lasers are taller and basically everything else. The feet next to the Plamax do look diminutive but i never felt that the feet were an issue with Hasegawa before. Also, the arm armor goes very far up to like the shoulder, which i'm not sure follows the line art either. Either way, it look like it really dominates the arm on the Plamax. Everything from line art and anime can vary rather widely. Here’s a few line art pics and they’re pretty different from each otherdefinitely bigger feet and usually shorter intakes, but I’ve seen contradictory line art showing longer intakes. The dual cannon is usually huge in battroid, but when shown straight up or in fighter, they end up shorter. Some images have shorter arm armor and others up to the shoulders. They probably would be longer for fighter mode transformation, but again the artwork is a bit all over the place. these were just a few quick images, but trust me, they’re pretty wildly all over the place Quote
Big s Posted October 30 Posted October 30 Here’s another odd line art pic where it’s kinda between the two. The intake looks more like the hasegawa, but then the arm armor is much longer up to the shoulder Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted October 30 Posted October 30 15 hours ago, Big s said: Here’s another odd line art pic where it’s kinda between the two. The intake looks more like the hasegawa, but then the arm armor is much longer up to the shoulder Armor up to the shoulder is one thing. Armor up to the TOP of the shoulder is a little different. Anyways, I just know I like a battroid that looks like actual pieces of the fighter, and convincingly looks like it COULD turn back into a fighter if it wanted to. Some battroids are so changed and anime-ish that if you chopped up the pieces and re-assembled into a fighter, you just know it would look hilarious. With a stubby nose, tiny wings, etc. Quote
Papa Rat Posted October 30 Posted October 30 12 minutes ago, KOG Water Dragon said: Some battroids are so changed and anime-ish that if you chopped up the pieces and re-assembled into a fighter, you just know it would look hilarious. With a stubby nose, tiny wings, etc That would be a fun project case study. I have a few Hasegawa battroid kits in the stash. Maybe I turn one into a fighter? I like this idea. 👍 Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted October 30 Posted October 30 2 minutes ago, Papa Rat said: That would be a fun project case study. I have a few Hasegawa battroid kits in the stash. Maybe I turn one into a fighter? I like this idea. 👍 I did a lot of the old Arii 1/100 fighters/gerwalks/battroids back in the late 80s/early 90s. Even back then as a young fellow, I was troubled by the differences in proportions between the modes. Nose cones being different shapes, chonky battroid legs compared to sleek fighter legs, etc. Quote
Big s Posted October 31 Posted October 31 4 hours ago, GMK said: Max Watanabe has completed his Strike VF-1S Looks great Quote
Papa Rat Posted October 31 Posted October 31 (edited) 16 hours ago, GMK said: Max Watanabe has completed his Strike VF-1S Very interesting modulation. Is this his signature style? Brush painted? Edited October 31 by Papa Rat Quote
Big s Posted November 1 Posted November 1 6 hours ago, Papa Rat said: Very interesting modulation. Is this his signature style? Brush painted? He’s changed his style drastically over the years. He was really famous for popularizing preshading, then he went with a rainbow splat undercoat and now it seems to have evolved away from airbrush to brush painting more often Quote
GMK Posted November 5 Posted November 5 Max Watanabe mod of the VF-1S Strike into a SDFM Super. only nitpick is the pilot. Quote
Big s Posted November 5 Posted November 5 (edited) 2 hours ago, GMK said: Max Watanabe mod of the VF-1S Strike into a SDFM Super. only nitpick is the pilot. Pilot and arm packs aside, it does look pretty cool Edited November 5 by Big s Quote
Thom Posted November 6 Posted November 6 5 hours ago, GMK said: Max Watanabe mod of the VF-1S Strike into a SDFM Super. only nitpick is the pilot. Hey, really nice job! Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted November 6 Posted November 6 4 hours ago, Big s said: Pilot and arm packs aside, it does look pretty cool What's the difference in the arms again? Quote
joscasle Posted November 6 Posted November 6 Arm packs and the pilons are from movie version. Well and the pilot too Quote
Big s Posted November 6 Posted November 6 4 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said: What's the difference in the arms again? The arm packs end in more of a flat shape at the end where the two missiles are on the movie version and tapered on the tv version Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted November 6 Posted November 6 15 hours ago, Big s said: The arm packs end in more of a flat shape at the end where the two missiles are on the movie version and tapered on the tv version got it, thanks Quote
joscasle Posted November 7 Posted November 7 (edited) The other difference between the TV version and the movie version is the configuration of the 'hard points' to carry the missiles. The TV version has 3 hardpoints instead of the 2 hardpoints of the movie edition, but in the movie edition the VF-1 can carry 2 missiles in one single hard point. TV image from episode 27 Movie Edition Edited November 7 by joscasle Quote
VF-1A Grunt Posted November 7 Posted November 7 7 hours ago, joscasle said: The other difference between the TV version and the movie version is the configuration of the 'hard points' to carry the missiles. The TV version has 3 hardpoints instead of the 2 hardpoints of the movie edition, but in the movie edition the VF-1 can carry 2 missiles in one single hard point. The TV version started with two hard points per wing at the beginning of the series, when they were armed with four sets of three AMM-1 missiles. Then they switched to three hard points when they were carrying the reaction missiles. One of those inconsistencies in the TV series where they adapted things to what looked good, I guess. The Master Files books and the Hasegawa weapon set accounted for all this by showing five hard points on each wing. Quote
Big s Posted November 8 Posted November 8 I kinda think they just screwed up, but who knows the tv ones only had two hard points on the wings until the super packs and then three. Maybe the model companies were on to something when they put one nuke on one pylon and two on the other Quote
Big s Posted November 14 Posted November 14 4 hours ago, GMK said: Over the shoulder shot of the Plamax GBP-1. Can’t wait to get it. Quote
Papa Rat Posted 20 hours ago Posted 20 hours ago 9 minutes ago, electric indigo said: Beautiful work from HJ 💙🩵🤍 Quote
Big s Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago 2 hours ago, electric indigo said: Beautiful work from HJ They got those side vents open for that battle with the upcoming Queadluun Rau Quote
GMK Posted 15 hours ago Posted 15 hours ago Plamax have released their official pics of the GBP-1. Quote
Papa Rat Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, GMK said: Plamax have released their official pics of the GBP-1. I’m all in. Just got my preorder submitted. Hope this one stands on its own accord. “Looking at you Hasegawa “ 😠 Edited 13 hours ago by Papa Rat Quote
Big s Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago From these two pics, you can see some pretty great leg articulation and of course the bonus hottiealthough they kinda left the face a bit unpainted giving a kinda nightmarish look Quote
joscasle Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago I was thinking in pass this release, BUT no. I will buy one jejejej Quote
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