fulcy Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 (edited) Alright, it's that time of the year again - time to update you guys on the progress of the AG. I haven't had much time until recently to work on it - and I seemed to kick some butt on it this weekend. So, onto the pics! There's a nice overall shot - you can see the shoulder armor, and the arm armors from last time. Lets check out the shoulder armor up close. You can see that the shoulder armor is actually a cast - I went about as far as I could with the bondo/ren/styrene originals, so I made some quick molds, and made casts to continue the work. The ones on the right shoulder were the first pulls from the mold - you can see the huge air bubble in it. The ones on the left shoulder are the much nicer second pulls from the mold, and are what I am detailing up before the next set of molds. You can see the added X's on the bottom, to mimick structure (I originally thought they should be cut into the surface, but after some brainstorming with the GF, figured that they should be raised from the surface). Next up on these guys will be more details, and figuring out the hinge mechanism for the door. You can also see the arm armor has been tweaked a little - sanded the end so that it tapers towards the hand. Now for some detailed pics of the arm armor. Alright, you can see the taper again, and the missile conveyor - modeled roughly after the ones in the booster tip for the 1/48 fast packs. Actually, I chopped up one of those boosters, to use for that grey block at the one end. I have to start on the actual structure now, not too sure how much internal detail I'll be adding to these guys, since they are so small. Last, and certainly least the leg armor. Alright, this is the first go with the leg armor. You can see first off, that I did cut the fin off the lower leg to accomplish this. For now, that's what I'll be working with, since it'll produce a much sleeker leg armor than trying to fit the fin inside the armor (that, and Chris said he's prefer a sleek leg armor, and would sacrifice the fin). The armor pretty much form fits to the outer surface of the outer leg, and there will be a front, back, and inner piece, that will basically enclose the entire leg. The curve of the armor will be the same for the inner half as the outer half, and armor bulges will be added to beef up the armor. Phew - enough talk, now just drool all over your keyboards Edited August 6, 2004 by fulcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 (edited) Damn you Fulcy!!! My keyboard shorted!!! um, how am I typing this then. So you tore up the legs of a 1J and parts of a FP set? Edited August 2, 2004 by >EXO< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Ocamica Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 (edited) EXO, Rob tore up the legs of a VF 1S!! Take a better look at the pix Great work Rob it's turning up really nice!!! Edited August 3, 2004 by Ignacio Ocamica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcy Posted August 3, 2004 Author Share Posted August 3, 2004 EXO, Rob tore up the legs of a VF 1S!! Take a better look at the pix Great work Rob it's turning up really nice!!! Yup, it's a 1S - and it was one that I parted out to members here, and the legs were left over, so they are being sacrificed for the cause... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 (edited) lol... I said my keyboard was shorted didn't I? haha. Seriously looking good. When's the next update? Edited August 3, 2004 by >EXO< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Ocamica Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 lol... I said my keyboard was shorted didn't I? haha. I need to get my MW post count up Now I must wait patiently for Rob's next updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirohawa Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
do not disturb Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 things are moving along nicely. i can't wait til you get this badboy finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 Wow, Fulcy! You are coming closer and closer to realising the dreams of macross toy junkies everywhere. At the rate you're working, you'll have this finished before Yamato releases its Zero toys.. or Monster. Whichever they get around to releasing first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcy Posted August 3, 2004 Author Share Posted August 3, 2004 Wow, Fulcy! You are coming closer and closer to realising the dreams of macross toy junkies everywhere. At the rate you're working, you'll have this finished before Yamato releases its Zero toys.. or Monster. Whichever they get around to releasing first. Don't you mean last? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dat Pinche Haro! Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 (edited) most of the pictures on my side aren't loading EDIT...nevermind...i just had to refresh the window...sorry Edited August 3, 2004 by Dat Pinche Haro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel's Fury Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 That looks cool fulcy!!! Keep up the good work and keep us updated!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 Wow, Fulcy! You are coming closer and closer to realising the dreams of macross toy junkies everywhere. At the rate you're working, you'll have this finished before Yamato releases its Zero toys.. or Monster. Whichever they get around to releasing first. Don't you mean last? ha! or maybe it should say "ever" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 I can't see the piktures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaajin Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 EXO, Rob tore up the legs of a VF 1S!! Take a better look at the pix Great work Rob it's turning up really nice!!! Yup, it's a 1S - and it was one that I parted out to members here, and the legs were left over, so they are being sacrificed for the cause... 1st of all, that was amayy-zing-2 ...you know...you could earn lots of money if you mass produce em ...so dont keep it to yourself... secondly, i tot haterist was looking for a 1s tail fin, why not offer him the part he wouldn't want to resist ($$) aaajin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 When's the next update? C'on Rob... it's been a whole day already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
do not disturb Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 secondly, i tot haterist was looking for a 1s tail fin, why not offer him the part he wouldn't want to resist ($$) aaajin another member was nice enough to help me out already and i think fulcy sold his spares to my most favorite person on this site. thanks for thinking of me aajin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 Looks damn nice. Hurry up and finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
do not disturb Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Fulcy, i posted this in another section but thought i would be cool if you could incorporate this into your design, its just a small suggestion, hope you don't mind. something just popped into my head that i thought would be a cool feature...the 1/60 GPB just sits there, i mean, its cool but it just sits there. no real features other than a the little flippy pieces but that ain't much. so i was thinking for the GPB in 1/48 scale, yamato(or people making there own) could make the inside section of the armor vinyl. meaning, they insert a piece of vinyl or something where the missiles are displayed and have it so you can individually put in and take out each missile.....does that make sense? like for the shoulder armor, it wouldn't have to be thick piece of vinyl, just enough to hold the mini missiles in place. yamato wouldn't have to recast them since the FP mini-miss would work fine and the guys who are making them, can also do this and add a little bonus feature to their work. i don't know if any of this makes sense but i think it would be neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristopherB Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Rob, Everything looks great. I received your PM, and appreciate it. Best wishes, and God speed. Sincerely, Christopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 WHy doesn't the pictures load for me? I wanna see it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bub Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Me too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcy Posted August 6, 2004 Author Share Posted August 6, 2004 Alright, uploaded the pics onto MW, cause it appears there is a limit to my transfers on verizon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcy Posted August 6, 2004 Author Share Posted August 6, 2004 Fulcy,i posted this in another section but thought i would be cool if you could incorporate this into your design, its just a small suggestion, hope you don't mind. something just popped into my head that i thought would be a cool feature...the 1/60 GPB just sits there, i mean, its cool but it just sits there. no real features other than a the little flippy pieces but that ain't much. so i was thinking for the GPB in 1/48 scale, yamato(or people making there own) could make the inside section of the armor vinyl. meaning, they insert a piece of vinyl or something where the missiles are displayed and have it so you can individually put in and take out each missile.....does that make sense? like for the shoulder armor, it wouldn't have to be thick piece of vinyl, just enough to hold the mini missiles in place. yamato wouldn't have to recast them since the FP mini-miss would work fine and the guys who are making them, can also do this and add a little bonus feature to their work. i don't know if any of this makes sense but i think it would be neat. I was already thinking about making the missiles seperate - need to think about it though. since there are 15 missiles per shoulder armor, there would need to be 30 missiles recast for each set of armor. I don't know how feasible that is, on larger production runs - would need to make a heck of alot of molds just for the missiles then... But, it is an interesting idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Knight Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Any updates on this much-anticipated project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcy Posted January 2, 2005 Author Share Posted January 2, 2005 Haven't had a chance to get an update on here - have uploaded some progress pics to my brand spankin new webpage - check the updates... http://mechaskunkworks.home.comcast.net/ag.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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