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Tim Wing

Here is my proposed shell for my full length articles: Mecha and vehicle template, full article Manufacturer – Numerical Designation – Name – Description from: by: edited by: [Brief description paragraph] Attachments - Reference File - Gallery General Characteristics - Type: - Place of origin: - In ...

Tim Wing

So, in my free time (which I have allot of right now) I've been nugging away at my fan-site. Rather than slowly doing a bunch of super in-depth files, I've been focusing on getting stub files plus uRRG reprints up instead. So, at this time, I was wondering if I could get a bit of a peer review on th...

Tim Wing

Thanks guys! And no need for any worries while I'm in Afghanistan. We are doing zero kinetic missions... I mean zero. The only ones really going out are the SF teams, and even they are relegated to pulling out cordon while the Afghans kick down doors. So, no fun for me on this one. :/ If anyone is i...

Tim Wing

Hello everyone, Sorry for being gone for such a long time. As you may have noticed, Robotech Illustrated went down some time ago. What with moving and settling into a new city, I lost track of it and forgot to renew. The good news is that I moved again, and now that I have some more time on my hands...

Tim Wing

I agree, the GMU was/is pretty silly. But then again, I get the feeling it was designed to be more of a "play-set" in the eventual toy tie-ins for the Sentinels cartoon.

Tim Wing

Thanks! Love your work by as well. Especially the level of detail! (Okay... we can quit with the double dutch rudder now. Regardless. love your stuff!)

Tim Wing

Thanks man! Like I said, I wasn't really sweating it.

Any way, I'm always interested in doing some freelance artwork myself. Any idea if they Palladium would have any interest?

Tim Wing

Well, the proportions are exactly the same, so to my eye it looks like a trace. But! I've traced many a shabby image from the OSM or some other source, and then modified it and turned it into something different myself. So, no blood, no foul.

Tim Wing

Hey guys, long time no post, I know! So, I just received my copy of Robotech Expeditionary Force Marines, and I turn to page 126 and think: hmmmm... that looks familiar! It would appear that Walton did a trace job on my GMU artwork from the uRRG circa 1999! I'm not butt-hurt. Actually, I think it's ...

Tim Wing

Honestly, after looking back on my post, I think the mod's reaction was perfectly fair. This is what happens when I post something late at night... after about four Manhattans! That being said, my intent was to find a legal download, if available. They don't seem to be available though, so I shall b...

Tim Wing

Yeah, I kinda posted without thinking last night. I would really prefer legal downloads. I have no problem with paying for them... it's just that they don't seem to exist. Which is silly... We are living in the digital age now. As much as I like physical books, in many ways a digital copy is better....

Tim Wing

Any one have or know of a source for downloads/pdfs/scans of the Macross Chronicle?

Preferably from a source that won't give my computer the HIV.

Thanks!

Warning: These forums have strict rules regarding posting or requesting unauthorized copies of copy written material.

Tim Wing

Well, Anti-Unification League for pre 1st Robotech War... I think EBSIS is still perfectly viable for the post war period. The Soviet Union was certainly a part of the United Nations Earth Government through the first war. But during the reconstruction period, there is no reason why they and the UEG...

Tim Wing

I have a bunch of the old comics from the eighties as well. Honestly, Area 88 along with Nausica of the Valley of the Wind are my two favorite manga. And Initial D... because race car.

But, yeah, I had no idea there was a new version till today. And I agree, its even better than the original!

Tim Wing

In case you've never seen it (I just now discovered the new version, looking for a pic... up till now I had only seen the old three part OVA from the eighties. So, yeah, my week has been made!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgCQWt0pbhs

Tim Wing

I've always taken liberties with the listed mega-damage and MDC ratings in the game. Of course, my back-ground as a tanker influences me a great deal on this... I have some idea of what can kill what. Still, that land ship makes my sphincter twitch! lol. I think the writer that came up with that wa...

Tim Wing

It could just as easily be seen as an AE (even w/n the idea the ship is actually there aspects of its flight may still be subject to AE) I'm trying to avoid chalking things up to animator errors where possible... (This, of course is not ALWAYS possible... obviously, Roy's VF-1S didn't suddenly spro...

Tim Wing

And here you go.

http://www.robotechillustrated.com/batt ... d-fighter/

Of specific interest might be the Bioroid's dodging abilities. Nothing is written out in Game Statistics, but you should be able to extrapolate what they would be. (Look under the Armor section of the entry.)

Tim Wing

I've always taken liberties with the listed mega-damage and MDC ratings in the game. Of course, my back-ground as a tanker influences me a great deal on this... I have some idea of what can kill what.

Still, that land ship makes my sphincter twitch! lol.

Tim Wing

The most likely answer was it was an animation error and the key animator for that sequence was told to put "ships" in that brief scene. This is my feeling as well... but now we are stuck with the mistake. Thanks B-team. lol. As for the Daedalus, I'm pretty certain it had anti-grav... we ...

Tim Wing

Oh, yeah, as far as using it, I guess make sure whatever parts you do use don't contradict the 2nd ed... and use some common sense in what parts you make use of. (*cough* Land Ship.)

Tim Wing

I think we can all say that the reason we play 2nd Edition is because the 1st edition was so fundamentally good! Sure, there is allot of weird stuff, like the land ship... and pretty much EVERYTHING in Lancers Rockers! And there were lots of mistakes in regards to mecha, such as the Oberth-class bei...

Tim Wing

I'm thinking the Delta-V requirement would be significantly less. As long as the anti gravity system is installed, it would be able to get the ship to high altitude, low earth orbit, at which time there would no longer be enough of the Earth's gravitational field for the system to act against (assum...

Tim Wing

Another thing to consider: Both ships has artificial gravity by the time they were attached to the SDF-1... not something you would need on a conventional surface ship. (Though, playing devil's advocate, this could have been a general gravity field created by the SDF-1's anti-gravity pods... the sho...

Tim Wing

That was the going opinion while I was writing for the uRRG.

Tim Wing

Prepare for controversy!

I just finished my Daedalus file, and I posit that the class was originally meant to be space capable. Why? Because we see ships of this class fighting in space in Robotech Episode Three.

Anyway, here is the full write up:

http://www.robotechillustrated.com/un-s ... essel-slv/

Tim Wing

Jumping in kinda late here... and, full disclosure, I did not read EVERY single post in this argument.... Also, my comments are from a strictly "show" point of view and include no references to the RPG. From what we see in Robotech: the Macross saga, earth forces have only one advantage ag...

Tim Wing

Okay, force structure for the Destroids on the Daedalus explained... as best as I can.

http://www.robotechillustrated.com/un-s ... -regiment/

Tim Wing

So (leaving the markings on the US Army Tomahawk alone... we'll have to agree to disagree on that one) I'm trying to construct an order of battle for the Destroids on the Daedalus... As best as I can tell, the animation sheets are a little vague on what number stands for what... We can all pretty mu...

Tim Wing

Decided to actually do some writing today. Short article, but plenty of cleaned up images from the MOSPEADA art book.

http://www.robotechillustrated.com/refu ... t-vehicle/

Tim Wing

*sigh* Ship or base affiliation... the US Army has bases, yes?

Yep, but we don't have markings on our vehicles to say what base the vehicle is from.

It's like this: Both the US Army and the Australian Army have M1 tanks. But the way in which we mark said tanks is different.

http://www.airforce-technology.com/proj ... e-tank.jpg

http://d35brb9zkkbdsd.cloudfront.net/wp ... 703768.jpg

Tim Wing

Eh... close, but no cigar my friend. Per the notes in the production line art, that position is used to mark only the Destroid's platoon assignment. That marking would be read "D-23 Platoon", according to what's written in the line art. As the OSM also organizes Destroids into Batteries r...

Tim Wing

Per the above, the point is that we know EXACTLY what the markings in that location are used for because the people who created this show quite thoughtfully documented it. That insignia is the marking of a base or ship that the Destroid is assigned to. The US Army has ship in the future? Sweet! But...

Tim Wing

As I pointed out in my first reply, that position on the Destroid chassis is used for the base/ship affiliation markings according to the notes on the production line art. The golden triangle with the "D" and crossed hammer and torch denotes Destroid units assigned to the SLV-111 Daedalus...

Tim Wing

Like the gold triangle with the D and crossed torch and hammer, that marking identifies the ship or base that particular Destroid is assigned to. In this case, since the Tomahawk in question bears markings for the annihilated US Army, its affiliation markings are probably those of a base that was d...

Tim Wing

US Armor Regiments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coats_of_a ... _Regiments

US Infantry Regiments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coats_of_a ... _Regiments

US Army Divisional Patches

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_i ... tates_Army

Notably, the pick is a traditional symbol of the Army Corps of Engineers... but no luck here either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coats_of_a ... Battalions

I would hazard the guess that the symbol was for a newly constituted "Destroid Regiment".

Tim Wing

The third one would most likely be a unit insignia as well, though for a US Army unit (leg of the Tomahawk on which this appears say US Army). Of course, there is no real world Division within the US Army that has a patch similar to this... nor for US Army Regiments, armor or other wise (at least, n...

Tim Wing

I had a twenty four hour duty shift yesterday... passed the time by writing about the UEG. First Draft: The United Earth Government (UEG) was the world governing body that arose in the wake of the Zentraedi’s decimation of the Earth’s surface. Based somewhat on the structure of its predecessor, the ...

Tim Wing

I'll hit this one up when I have some time. (I'm in the Army, but I do have a bit of "Squid" knowledge as well.)

Tim Wing

Officially, Moran doesn't seem to control anything... Yeah, but officially according to what source? I just want to be able to reference if that is the case... No states mentioned... and, to be frank, the simplest explanation for that is that those destroids are ones salvaged from some US Army depo...

Tim Wing

Post-war, it's never explained except as a puppet government to disguise the fact that Earth is now ruled by the military. Or that the central government and the military are effectively the same thing. Just because the government officials don't wear uniforms doesn't mean they are not implicitly p...

Tim Wing

So, here is a question: What is the general structure of the UEG? Of course, I know that the UEG is described as a "feudal" system, but what does that mean? Obviously, it is not a system of barons and landed gentry (with serfs and peasants) who owe elegance to a King. But it surely is simi...

Tim Wing

cameos of the Arcadia and an Orguss-like mecha

I've seen the Juton/Orguss mecha... but I'm going to have to go back and watch again for the Arcadia. Funny!

Tim Wing

Eh... No. The "book" Unnamed Unit Second Squadron: VR-052 MOSPEADA is NOT a Japanese sourcebook for the original Genesis Climber MOSPEADA. It is a dōjinshi. In this case, an unauthorized work self-published by a circle named Mechanized Unit about four and a half years after the original G...

Tim Wing

but where the Outriggers at in the picture?

That's the one that broke Spain's foot. lol.

Tim Wing

Found a good scan of the book: VR-052 MOSPEADA Unnamed Unit 2nd Squadron.

Added captions to the photos, and posted the original book in its entirety. Enjoy.

http://www.robotechillustrated.com/refu ... -squadron/

Tim Wing

Even at Stage5 it is an unknown. They would first have to develop a lactose tolerance, a trait that did not even appear in humans till late in our evolutionary history.

Tim Wing

Do the Invid eat ice cream?

Tim Wing

This thread got me thinking on my way into work today: Why doesn't HG or Palladium commission a new novel series that is 1) consistent with the new canon and 2) actually well written.

Hell, I should write a manuscript and submit it! lol.

Tim Wing

No PM needed jaymz, I'm always interested in seeing what you've got in the way of ideas!

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