Thom Posted March 5 Posted March 5 13 hours ago, pengbuzz said: Looks like someone beat me to the punch... this is why I was building the 3 3/4 inch figs. >_> Okay, that would be not just cool, but kewl!
sh9000 Posted March 5 Posted March 5 21 hours ago, Chas said: Wonder what scale that works out to? 1/18 scale.
pengbuzz Posted March 6 Posted March 6 9 hours ago, sh9000 said: 1/18 scale. So, the figures are about 4 inch (same size as the ones I'm working on).
Bolt Posted March 12 Posted March 12 https://www.instagram.com/p/DG-GB1OSntj/?img_index=4&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Bolt Posted March 12 Posted March 12 This one is the beez neez.! https://www.instagram.com/p/DG4p1M9MZ4u/?img_index=1&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
pengbuzz Posted March 18 Posted March 18 2 hours ago, electric indigo said: It would make a bit more sense IMO for a battle pod to open liken this, instead of the "cram-a-thon" special.
Papa Rat Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) 6 hours ago, Bolt said: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHNKNF4RE1X/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Wow! That is a thing of beauty. Edited March 18 by Papa Rat
electric indigo Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Click on the hashtag for a recent stream of great Macross kits https://x.com/nseman/status/1902338487141220587
Papa Rat Posted March 22 Posted March 22 5 hours ago, sh9000 said: By kakiyama_kakio. Wow that is beautiful. Painting goals. ♥️
Big s Posted March 23 Posted March 23 7 hours ago, sh9000 said: By kakiyama_kakio. Is this the Wave kit with added articulation? Looks really cool
pengbuzz Posted March 23 Posted March 23 4 hours ago, Papa Rat said: Wow that is beautiful. Painting goals. ♥️ I'd like to see one of those painted like: Spoiler An ice-cream truck!
Papa Rat Posted March 23 Posted March 23 52 minutes ago, pengbuzz said: I'd like to see one of those painted like: Hide contents An ice-cream truck! Hahaha. Yummmmmm
Thom Posted March 23 Posted March 23 11 hours ago, pengbuzz said: I'd like to see one of those painted like: Hide contents An ice-cream truck! Spoiler And it shoots scoops of ice cream from those cannon!
Chas Posted March 23 Posted March 23 It's painted beautifully, no doubt, but I think the rust pattern is kinda bizarre and from a distance a little too close in colour to the sand - which makes it look like caked on (or a settled layer) of sand, but again with bizarre placement. Mostly it's that band on the bottom of the thigh section - then nothing on the knees - and again on the bottom of the shins fading as it goes up. It just looks weird to me.
Bolt Posted March 25 Posted March 25 https://www.instagram.com/p/DHlEZ1cpanD/?img_index=1&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Thom Posted March 25 Posted March 25 39 minutes ago, Bolt said: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHlEZ1cpanD/?img_index=1&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== That is a lot of work to get that model looking even remotely right!
Papa Rat Posted March 26 Posted March 26 (edited) On 3/24/2025 at 6:36 PM, Bolt said: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHlEZ1cpanD/?img_index=1&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Wow! That’s really nice. I just ordered Arii kit the other day. I will be coming back to these images for inspiration. Edited March 26 by Papa Rat
Big s Posted March 26 Posted March 26 On 3/24/2025 at 6:36 PM, Bolt said: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHlEZ1cpanD/?img_index=1&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== This guy has some serious sculpting talent. It has the basic silhouette, but just about everything is completely redone
Thom Posted March 26 Posted March 26 4 hours ago, Papa Rat said: Wow! That’s really nice. I just ordered Arii kit the other day. I will be coming back to these images for inspiration. 3 hours ago, Big s said: This guy has some serious sculpting talent. It has the basic silhouette, but just about everything is completely redone Compared to the starting kit, it looks like with the amount of work, you'd be better off starting from scratch.
Big s Posted March 26 Posted March 26 2 hours ago, Thom said: Compared to the starting kit, it looks like with the amount of work, you'd be better off starting from scratch. You’re probably correct, but I love the effort to try and be able to still say it’s the old model. I think if starting from scratch, the model could have even better proportions though and I don’t think it would have been beyond this guy’s skills
Papa Rat Posted March 26 Posted March 26 2 hours ago, Thom said: Compared to the starting kit, it looks like with the amount of work, you'd be better off starting from scratch. Totally agree. I appears the OG kit is there just as comparison reference.
Chas Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Looking at theses pics a little closer I'm pretty sure @Papa Rat is correct and this is a straight scratch-build with the kit there for comparison.
Thom Posted March 27 Posted March 27 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Chas said: Looking at theses pics a little closer I'm pretty sure @Papa Rat is correct and this is a straight scratch-build with the kit there for comparison. Yep, scratch! Thanks for posting this, it so very cool seeing the process. Though, it should be a bit longer, I think, as the plastic model always looks a bit stubby. Edited March 27 by Thom
Papa Rat Posted March 27 Posted March 27 I’m going to do a straight build of the kit when it gets here but the idea of scratch building one sounds like fun. Or maybe having a 3d print made.
SteveTheFish Posted March 27 Posted March 27 I began working on the entire Zentraedi fleet sometime last year. I should get back to it. I had a decal rip, so I dumped Micro Decal Film into my airbrush and sprayed it all over the decal sheets. Hopefully that will keep the decals together.
Chas Posted March 27 Posted March 27 22 hours ago, Thom said: Yep, scratch! Thanks for posting this, it so very cool seeing the process. Though, it should be a bit longer, I think, as the plastic model always looks a bit stubby. Well here is the complete set of process pics from the IG post. I simply cropped a few to highlight the scratch building.
electric indigo Posted March 29 Posted March 29 Step 1: Block out the shape Step 2: Add details Done! __ So I heared you like Launch Arms?
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