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by Dark Duel
Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: Art and Multimedia
Topic: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff
Replies: 406
Views: 209418

Re: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff

I've not really been keeping up with the IBO stuff for a while. I might take a look-see. In the interim, since the new movie introduced a Destiny Spec 2 for Shinn, I recently got the idea to apply the same concept to my old reinterpretation of the Destiny from my rewrite - which was destroyed in its...
by Dark Duel
Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: The Official Gundam SEED FREEDOM Mecha Thread Mk I
Replies: 33
Views: 6391

Re: The Official Gundam SEED FREEDOM Mecha Thread Mk I

I think there might have been a few of them in one brief shot of one of the later battles in Destiny, but apart from that and video game cut scenes, then yeah.
by Dark Duel
Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:14 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: The Official Gundam SEED FREEDOM Mecha Thread Mk I
Replies: 33
Views: 6391

Re: The Official Gundam SEED FREEDOM Mecha Thread Mk I

I am really liking the Millennium . Probably the first new design in this movie that I can say I like in its entirety. I mean, there've been a couple of mech that had elements that I liked to their designs, but none of them that I can really say that I like the overall unit itself. Not so this ship ...
by Dark Duel
Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: Zeon MS Frame Compatability
Replies: 14
Views: 2012

Re: Zeon MS Frame Compatability

I'd imagine there would be a fair amount of commonality of internal parts among any of the designs that were introduced as part of the United Maintenance Plan , since IIRC that was the entire point - standardization of parts among the various different production lines to streamline production and r...
by Dark Duel
Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:20 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: The Official Gundam SEED FREEDOM Mecha Thread Mk I
Replies: 33
Views: 6391

Re: The Official Gundam SEED FREEDOM Mecha Thread Mk I

hitokirigarou wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:07 am Are these upgrades for the Rising Freedom and Immortal Justice real?: https://i.imgur.com/2kUWvnJ.jpg
It's hard to tell because it's so blurry, but those look more like modified versions of SF and IJ to me.
by Dark Duel
Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:34 pm
Forum: Art and Multimedia
Topic: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff
Replies: 406
Views: 209418

Re: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff

Can I share it on a couple of Gundam forum threads I am part of? A few others were not much fans of the design either. Yeah, sure. And thanks for asking. Also I think it would be quite interesting for some mobile suit designs to share parts, especially as it looks like another similar arms limitati...
by Dark Duel
Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:06 pm
Forum: Art and Multimedia
Topic: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff
Replies: 406
Views: 209418

Re: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff

Very nice. I actually like your version better than the canon ones. Thank you. I admit, the GELGOOG Menace(I really hate that name) as originally designed was a good starting point, but the head was just too "Zaku" for my taste and I wasn't fond of the shoulders. Fortunately, it was an ea...
by Dark Duel
Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:24 pm
Forum: Art and Multimedia
Topic: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff
Replies: 406
Views: 209418

Re: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff

So, inspiration struck this weekend, and I've been fiddling with the GELGOOG Menace a bit. This is the result . Switched out the shoulders and tinkered with the head to make it look less Zaku-like, and put beam shields mounted on the forearms(as opposed to requiring a separate shield). I also gave i...
by Dark Duel
Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:58 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Gundam SEED FREEDOM Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 151
Views: 36518

Re: The Official Gundam SEED FREEDOM Anime Thread Mk I

So Gundam News has released new character information. For the new Characters There's Agnes Giebenrath voiced by series regular Houko Kuwashima, who appears to be a new pilot. Toyah Mashima - A young Orb member , who may be a figurehead Alexei Konoe - a ZAFT Captain Albert Heinlein - Its not clear ...
by Dark Duel
Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:15 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 660
Views: 75982

Re: The Official Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime Thread Mk I

I agree that hiring different designers to handle different lines was a pretty good idea, and I'd like to see more of that in the future. For my part, I loved the relative simplicity of Calibarn. No frills, not much in the way of gimmicks from a design standpoint(at least not until Eri lent her the ...
by Dark Duel
Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:28 am
Forum: Art and Multimedia
Topic: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff
Replies: 406
Views: 209418

Re: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff

So far, I've had no problems with it since I started using it.
by Dark Duel
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:20 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 660
Views: 75982

Re: The Official Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime Thread Mk I

BrentD15 wrote: Sun Jul 02, 2023 10:48 pm And let's not forget the best bit:
Spoiler
Elan Prime resigns with the following email:
"Thanks for everything. I'm sick of all of you and I'm quitting."
That's classy and hilarious.
Yes. That was pretty good too :D
by Dark Duel
Sun Jul 02, 2023 12:51 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 660
Views: 75982

Re: The Official Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime Thread Mk I

So I watched the episode, and I have a few thoughts. There are a few things it did that I'm not too satisfied with, but overall I prefer it to just about any ending we've gotten since 00, so I'm basically content. First things first...Calibarn. I've known ever since I saw the second OP that we could...
by Dark Duel
Sun Jul 02, 2023 12:37 pm
Forum: Art and Multimedia
Topic: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff
Replies: 406
Views: 209418

Re: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff

Thanks. Of course now in light of Ep24 I'm gonna have to go back and tweak the V-Fin in ALL of them, but that's fine. It probably would only take a few minutes to make that correction. EDIT: And it's done. I went ahead and updated the links in my previous post. Also fixed a coloring mistake on one o...
by Dark Duel
Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:40 pm
Forum: Art and Multimedia
Topic: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff
Replies: 406
Views: 209418

Re: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff

Spending my time off photoshopping in between other chores, so next up is a bunch of Calibarn recolors, as promised. The first batch is based off the Lfrith lineage, including Elnora's prototype, the pre-production model, Ur, and Thorn: 1- Lfrith: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53013190009_28b6...
by Dark Duel
Thu Jun 29, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: Art and Multimedia
Topic: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff
Replies: 406
Views: 209418

Re: Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff

Thanks for offering. Switching gears again to WFM, I have a crop of recolors of the Schwarzette, inspired by the Darilbalde and the three Dilanza variants: 1 - https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53011453830_ea4c334973_b.jpg 2 - https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53011304759_bd87994629_b.jpg 3 - ht...
by Dark Duel
Thu Jun 15, 2023 1:30 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: New Macross anime from Studio SUNRISE
Replies: 40
Views: 6610

Re: New Macross anime from Studio SUNRISE

YF-40 or VF-40 would be more likely IMO, given that we’re at forty years of Macross and the last two major lead VFs were the YF-30 and VF-31 on the 30th anniversary, and the VF-25 for the 25th anniversary of the franchise
by Dark Duel
Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:50 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 660
Views: 75982

Re: The Official Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime Thread Mk I

Oooooh boy. Martin and Nina playing hot potato with the death flags, here. I think at this point it's pretty certain one of the two is gonna die, with IMO Martin being the slightly likelier of the two. Old man Zenelli threw a hell of a curve ball there with his suggestion to Miorine that she cut Gra...
by Dark Duel
Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:55 pm
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: New Macross anime from Studio SUNRISE
Replies: 40
Views: 6610

Re: New Macross anime from Studio SUNRISE

As long as it's not more Delta , I'd love to get more Macross. Considering that we're smack dab in the middle of the 40th Anniversary(from what I can find out, the original series aired from late '82 to mid-'83), I'd expect something more substantial than another sequel though, so I will eagerly awa...
by Dark Duel
Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:01 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 660
Views: 75982

Re: The Official Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime Thread Mk I

Well, that was an interesting episode. It's a shame the Darilbalde got trashed again , but on the other hand, it was worth it just to see the Michaelis get cut to shreds. Shaddiq and his little estrogen brigade getting arrested was also good to see. Was cool to see Kenanji actually piloting again, t...