Look at the image below and tell us it isn’t a still from the iconic Super Dimension Fortress Macross anime series from 1982:
Convinced yet? Here’s the zoomed out image:
Yup, no kidding. This fine piece of work is by Twitter user Annkoromoti, a talented sculptor, modeller and diorama maker from Japan. If you haven’t caught on yet, this is the iconic VF-1 Valkyrie from the original Macross anime, and what the artist has done here is literally recreate the image of the fighter jet/mecha hybrid sitting in the hangar with a cell-shaded paint job.
Just for show, below are side-by-side comparisons of the VF-1 Valkyrie in the anime and the diorama:
Here’s a closer look at just how detailed the Valkyrie is:
Seriously, if this isn’t talent, then we don’t know what is.
Aside from this sick VF-1 model diorama, Annkoromoti has also done up the VF-1A Super Battroid, also from Macross.
Marion has a serious RPG addiction. Sometimes it bleeds into real life; he forgets to sleep because he thinks he has a Witcher’s body clock. Forgive him in advance if he suddenly blurts out terms such as “Mind Flayer” and “Magic Missile”, because never once does he stop thinking about his next Dungeons & Dragons game.
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Natalie
