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A monlhly manualdevoled to teaching bow to dearn to draw the BO BOTECHTM animaled cartoon characters and fighling craftin an i nlefligentand easy to understand way. Each iu ue

willcovef one ormore characlers ordevi ces from each ofthe three majorstorylines that make up the RO BOTECHTM saga. Each storyline willbe featured in rotati on. lssues 1 through 4 willfocus on the M A CROSS characters,issues 5 lhrotlgh 9 willcoverth* SO UTHERN CRO SS characters and issues 10 through 12 will coverthe NEW GENERATION characters. Issues 13 through 24 willrepeatthe rotation examining new m aterial from each storyline.

W RIU EN AND COMR LED BY ROBERT A.M ILLER

DANA

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Rank: 1st LIEUTENA NT A G E:18

M TW ORK BY HARMO NY GOLD U.S.A.,1NC

Z O R P RIM E Rank: BIO RO ID PILO T

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Age:U ND ET ERM IN ED The child of Max and M iriya Sterling, Dana is a graduate ofthe ROBOTECH M ilitary Acade m y fo unded in the afterm ath of the firstRO BO TECH W ar. Her status as a child ofthe heroes ofthe firstRO BOTECH W arsmakesherchoice of involvem ent in the m ilitary m ore ofa lark than a vocation.She hasa genuine innocence com bined w ith a brilliant m ind.Her Zentredian m other's heritage gives her the ability of pre-cognition concerning the RO BO TEC H MA STERS, their schemes,and the thoughts ofthe renegade clone,ZorPrime.She acts asa catalystto m uch ofthe action during the Earth war against the ROBOTECH M ASTERS.

zoç Prime is the Iast hope of the ROBOTECH M ASTERS to regain the secrets of the protoculture factory and RO BOTECHN OLOG Y.W hile spying for the R O B O TEC'H M A ST ER S , Zo r gradually com es to learn thathe is a clone ofthe fatherof RO B O TEC H N O LO G #;The originaI scientist Zor.Because tbe originalZor disagreed with fellow scientists he hid the RO BO TECH data along w ith the protoculture factory aboard the SDF-I and sentthe battlefortressoutinto space. ZorPrlm é realizes he is being used by the RO BOTEC H M ASTERS and turnss against them . His aclion s lead to his tragic sacrifice, the destruction of the ROBOTEC H MASTERS,andtheinvasion of the Earth by the parasitic Invid.

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TA B LE O F C O N T E N T S IN TR O D U C T IO N .................. 2 EN T ...NG .,.................,....... . .4 DAMOVEM NA STERLI .

FRO NT VIEVV ,......,............. . .. . . .. . . .6 PRO FlLE ..........,...,.. . .. . . . . .. , . . . . . . . .7 EXPRESSIO NS ...............,..,. . , . . . . . . .8 FULL FSG URE ...................... . . . . . . .10 ARMO RED FIGURE ............... . . . . . . . . .12 FIG ZOBA RCK PRI MURE E .................... . . . . , . . . .14 FRO NT VIEW ........................ . . . . . .16 EXPRESSIO NS ........,..,........., . . . . . .17 FU L.L FIG URE ................ . . . . . . . . . . . . .e!8 MO R ED G U RE ............. . . . . . . . . . . .20 H OAR VERC RAF1 FT SID E VIEV# ............,......,. . . . . . . . , . . .22 TO P VIEVQ ........,........... . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 ANG LN EDGVI EVV R EA DI LI ST......,............... . . . . . .26

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W elcom e back m icronians. In this fifth issue of TH E H O W TO D RAW RO BO TEC H 'Mseries w e w ill be dem onstrating how to draw the heroesu villians and m echa of the RO BO TEC HTM anim ated television series. The next four m onths w ill concentrate on the characters and m echa of the Southern C ross Saga,

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concept and thinking behind the draw ing of character or m echa and then construct the im age piece by piece, This w ill give you a greater ability at draw ing the characters,first from m em ory and eventually from im agination, in any pose or situation you choose. Construction stepsto finished draw ing w ili be show n on ghost im ages.This w ill allow you to see the foundation f/rm s necessary to m aking sure that the relationships betw een various parts; faces, body or m achines, are alw ays correct.

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T here's no realexpression on his face yetthe tiltseem s to give him a na ive sense o f w o n de rm ent.

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N ow start connecting the basic triangles w ith the parts of triangles that abound on this draw ing.U se sim ple hines to draw in the handle bar and front Iight assem bly.

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