The Gunpla and Plastic Model General

File: EXTRA.png (208KB, 480x360px) Image search: [Google]

208KB, 480x360px

== THICK MS GROUPBUILD ==

Build a kit of your choice that's heavily armored, and thick in the thighs/arms/torso/general area. Examples include:
>Dom + Dom Variants
>The O
>Virtue/Seravee Gundams
>Gusion/Man Rodis
>Full Armor gundams (If they're heavily armored, and not guns strapped everywhere like the FA Unicorn)

Non-Bandai kits are allowed, so feel free to whip out a Frame Arms kit or something and work with that as long as you make it thicc as fuck.

Start Date: 6/15
End Date: 8/31

>>15629020
If I ever met you in real life, I would pretend to be your friend, and then I would come into your house under a friendly guise and break all your gunpla, and computer. I would steal your money, and leave you for broke.

When are you going to understand that NO ONE likes you? When are you going to get that you are WASTING YOUR TIME. Is it fun to you to be the most annoying shitposter on /m/? Either you're a troll, or you're so mentally retarded that you actually think you have even a modicum of respect here.

Just fuck off already, no one cares about you, your discord, your shitty builds, or your horrible opinions.

>>15628993
>really only snap and panel line
>know this won't get me any votes
>still gonna enter

I'll make up for it by making a team of THICC. Unless more than one kit isn't allowed.

>>15629028
Don't. The namefags thrive on the negative attention. The only way to hurt them is to just do what everyone else does and pretend they don't exist.

File: 76527b.jpg (122KB, 913x645px) Image search: [Google]

122KB, 913x645px

Is it retarded to try and build something from the 90s for my first try?
I picked up one of these at a flea market because I like Macross but I've never built any of these before
Is it even worth trying or should I just keep it in the box as it is?

>>15629030
I just can't fucking take it anymore. I'm a decent enough guy, I'm well liked, and I treat my friends well with compassion and respect, but I am not even joking when I say I wish something really bad would happen in shitfits life. I wish he would loose his house, or get an STD(not that he even has sex), overdose on drugs, fuck, ANYTHING.

I'm done after this post talking about it, as I know you're right. But FFS enough is enough.

>>15629029
I think it is. Could just do a kitbash

>>15629029
Just do your best, we all love seeing work that at least some effort has been put into. Plus that's the best way to improve, and a fun way to do it!

I'll vote for you because I love seeing people developing this hobby.

>>15629036
Give it a try, I built a few 80s gundam kits that needed glue and paint when I was 12.

>>15629038
I think a kitbash would looks like shit since I don't paint. The mobile suit would end up looking like I just finished leveling through Outland.

>>15629042
The votes mean nothing to me, vote for your favorite. I just wanna enter [spoilers]and have people call me a snapshitter.[/spoiler]

>>15629037
That's why 4chan has filters, mate.

File: a reminder.png (26KB, 711x243px) Image search: [Google]

26KB, 711x243px

A friendly reminder that the pastebin in the OP is first for a reason.

You may now return to your plastic.

>>15629028
I bet he actually secretly sands off all the nubs after posting photos of it to make us mad

>>15629037
Dude it's gotten way better, for nearly 6 months straight he spammed threads to the image limit, so much that we were making 2 threads every day and the janitors were never cleaning it up
Now he can't even get a dozen pics in before they get deleted

>>15629045
get some cheap acrylics from walmart
they sell 2oz bottles of matte paint 50 cents a pop and gloss/satin for like a dollar
ez peezy

>>15629065
He doesn't.

File: 312e7DNBBIL.jpg (11KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

11KB, 500x500px

What do you guys use for accurately getting ratios out with Tamiya and Mr. Color? Just bulk disposable pipettes? Any recommended brand?

>>15629087
whatever is cheapest

>>15629028
His builds are better than anything you or anyone else have made.

>>15629050
Add Muni to the list and you're golden

>>15629036
ARII Macross model kits were notoriously bad. Keep in mind they actually came out in the 80s and the 15th Anniversary kits from the 90s were a reprint using old ass molds. I've built one before and it was a real headache. Sink holes that need resurfacing, piece that don't line up properly, very little detail, barely any articulation and inaccurate sculpts. Also you have to use a ton of glue, paint and putty to even make it look decent.

You can build it, but it'll put you off working on models as a hobby.

Start with a simple HG model instead.

>>15629087
I use straws and my eyes to gauge.

>>15628992
Excellent pic again.

File: mobile.png (523KB, 1000x606px) Image search: [Google]

523KB, 1000x606px

Bandai announced the next Ver ka

File: IMG_20170621_022239_426.jpg (68KB, 1080x1080px) Image search: [Google]

68KB, 1080x1080px

It's slowly coming together.

>>15629281
Legs are too short.

>>15629281

Needs more decals, and longer legs as the Anon above noted.

>>15629284
Looking pretty interesting Anon

File: IMG_47402.jpg (190KB, 560x840px) Image search: [Google]

190KB, 560x840px

>17 year old kit
>Numerous seam lines
>Beam sabers aren't clear
What went wrong here?

>>15629393
The fact that you bought a 17 year old kit and expected it to be on par with modern ones.

>>15629394
>You bought a 17 year old kit

Not exactly, that's a just released kit for a current anime project and is one of the lead ms and heavily featured alongside the gundam in the promotional material. Bandai just reused one of the oldest hguc for it and made it p-bandai.

>>15629393
Uh, the seamlines are part of the challenge.

At least REAL modelers wouldn't complain about them. Kid, have you ever built a plane model?

>>15629444
It's literally a 17 year old kit.

A 17 year old kitbash with literally no new parts included.

You could arguably make a better model by buying its constituent parts and making it yourself.

>>15628992
Great stuff.

File: mYIBWZor.jpg (261KB, 1456x2588px) Image search: [Google]

261KB, 1456x2588px

My T H I C C B O I is making good headway. Plaplate is both arduous but also addictive. Super glad I followed that one anon's advice and bought a respirator or my brain would be mush from the fumes alone.

>>15629284
that's a big boy

>>15629487
What would happen if I took off the plaplate?

>>15628992
these covers are always great

>>15629487
Give the sub-arms articulated hands.

>>15628882
thanks, it was my first time masking to do camo. used airbrush, which i still need some practice on

>>15629575
>insert bane meme

>>15629487
Keeping the head as is, or making modifications?
I'd try and suggest making it slightly wide with some additions or just the neck a bit longer

>>15629487
DUAL DICK HANDS

>>15628992

Master Grade #200 WILL be G-Self

Is it worth it to buy P-Bandai kits? I'm looking at the Pale Rider and Tallgeese III MG

>>15629837
Sure, it makes you stand out from other builders.

>>15629837
>Is it worth it to buy P-Bandai kits?
I donno, do you actually want a kit of the subject material? Can you get the kit in a way that is not P-Bandai?

Really, the question you ask is pretty dumb.

File: 1452780796450.gif (555KB, 500x281px) Image search: [Google]

555KB, 500x281px

>>15629837
Depends on how much you value the MS. I have a lot of P-Bandai kits, and I've been happy with all of them except one because I'm an MSV junkie. Only one I wasn't happy with was Banshee Novel Final Battle Ver. because the joints were EXTREMELY loose for some reason. I was hype as shit when all the Jegan variants started coming out and I've got a bunch now, and will be trying to get them all. Fucking plastic crack.

>>15629837
My general rule of thumb is
>Just the same kit but different color scheme and maybe one weapon
No
>Kit that's has unique new weapons or otherwise changes to body
Yes.

>>15629949
I agree with this. Like the GM Sniper II white dingo version. Just get the regular sniper and paint it the color scheme you want. They're models for Christ sakes.

What should I get for my next MGs?
Tallgeese, Proto Zero and Epyon
-or-
Ex-S Gundam

I forgot how to thin Mr surfacer 1000. It's 2:1 with more thinner right?

>>15630006
Highduck and co.

Ex-S is just too fucking big imo.

>>15630012
Depends on your airbrush and compressor settings. Somewhere between 1.5:1 to 2:1 in my experience.

>>15628992
>Phil T. Liberal

Thanks, OP. You have a real talent for this.

>>15629487
As a fellow plaplate newbie, how do you make boxes/ closed square shapes? Trying to make square claws for a project on a small scale. Anyone else that knows is welcome to explain also.

>>15629487
how do you get those curved shapes with plaplate

>>15630006
Tallgeese. Even if it's not the best kit, it's still the best mobile suit.

File: 16992018_106950449833702_5907187934730258104_o.jpg (165KB, 1050x592px) Image search: [Google]

165KB, 1050x592px

Suitons backlog.

File: G7O33jg.png (633KB, 645x710px) Image search: [Google]

633KB, 645x710px

>>15630194

>>15630194
Who is suiton

>>15630194
and that was almost a year ago... how many is there now?

>>15630194
>two 007S/G(I)s
>one billion Aile Strikes
To what end?

>>15630230
He's some dumb motherfucker who always used to shit up GundamGuy's comment sections when that blog was still active. I think he may have been doing the same thing on ngee khiong back in those days. The fucking faggot wouldn't stop posting about wishing for a MG Exia Repair II. Like, the nigger was obsessed with it.

>>15630249
nonstop kitbashing

File: kamiyyuandkamiyyu1.5.jpg (2MB, 1440x1436px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1440x1436px

About to have a good time with these lovely ladies

File: image.jpg (448KB, 1536x2048px) Image search: [Google]

448KB, 1536x2048px

What should I remove to get the total (without shipping) to around £50?

Alternatively what could I replace?

Any recommendations on hg are much appreciated.

File: banzai hobby.png (110KB, 908x973px) Image search: [Google]

110KB, 908x973px

>>15630389
Step 1- dont buy from HLJ
Step 2- buy from Banzaihobby

There is no step 3

>>15630389
>SEED HGs
BRO DON'T DO IT!

>>15630412

Placed my first order with them recently, I'm really hoping that it does dodge customs...

>>15630420
There not that bad anon. You just need to put in some elbow grease to make them look decent.

>>15630412
I've heard of them but have never ordered there.
Would you recommend them?
Any hassles with shipping or anything?

Also why shouldn't I order from hlj I've had no problems with them in the past.

>>15630412
>tfw wanna buy some 40k minis
>tfw wanna buy some more plastic crack
>tfw probably won't buy anything

>>15630469
>Would you recommend them?
Dude, he just did that.
>Also why shouldn't I order from hlj?
~56 GBP vs. 75 GBP

And they say burgers are "poor" at "maths".

>>15629050

You retards think "Triple Double Crunchwrap-Kun" actually exists.

>>15628992
>Phil T. Liberal
>Koch Servative
Oh, you.

>>15630486
People with a double-digit IQ have no place calling anyone retarded. Especially someone who can't even build a proper model kit.

>>15629127
Your rhetoric MIGHT have some validity if he didn't constantly post his horrendous, nub-ridden kits. Literally ANY amount of effort is objectively more than what he does so no, sorry, but your dumbass remark holds no weight here.

>>15630483
Yes I'd wholeheartedly endorse banzaihobby.
generally much cheaper then HLJ, plus if you ask nicely they MAY under declare your package for customs.

>>15630498
>calling tripfag stupid
>while responding and giving him attention despite having a trademark (literally, in this case) -kun suffix designating him as a shitposter
he's not the only one outsmarted by a potato

For those of you who've built or interacted with both, how do you like the new Zeta HGUC vs. the old one?

File: IMG_20170621_180958.jpg (660KB, 2560x1440px) Image search: [Google]

660KB, 2560x1440px

Next up, panel lining!

I've got two questions. What is a good, durable primer to use, I'm not a huge fan of Vallejo's. On top of that, what would be a good varnish to use, too, that's not acrylic based? I've got a Graze I still need to top-coat cuz I just don't trust Vallejo's varnishes, plus it gums up my airbrush, even with thinning

>>15630787
for primer, i either use mr surfacer or the tamiya primer that are laquer based. for top coat, i just use the tamiya rattle can, never tried applying topcoat with an airbrush

File: 2002_kung_pow_enter_the_fist_003_400x400.jpg (17KB, 400x400px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 400x400px

>>15630578

>>15630787
Primers:

Choice of
Mr. Color whatever, plus Mr Base White/Base Black
Badger Stynylrez
Mission Models Primer
Tamiya Liquid Surfacer Primer

Stynylrez when fully cured can take wet coats of Mr. Color.

MM's Primers claim to be able to take lacquer paints on top.

Mr Color and Tamiya need no explanation.

>>15630194
I'm pretty sure he has some kind of mental illness.

>>15630194
There are five Aile Strikes there. What the fuck.

>>15630294
>The fucking faggot wouldn't stop posting about wishing for a MG Exia Repair II
Holy shit that guy, it's been ages.
>>15630249
>>15631151
Strikes are like the bread and butter of kitbashing.
The design is extremely versatile and it's almost impossible to fuck one up unless you're a crappy builder.

Does anyone know a decent place where I can place pre-orders for the RG unicorn limited edition?
I'm trying to get a kit but some of the stores I'm finding look a bit sketchy.

>>15631209
You do know that the RG Unicorn Limited Edition has nothing different from the normal one except a different picture on the box, right?

>>15631214
Yeah, I'm aware.
The price for it doesn't seem to be any different from the regular version though

>>15631219
Where is the price not any different?

I'm seriously asking, I'm in moonland and almost everyone has the limited edition one at 1000-2000 yen more for just a different box art.

File: 6yC1h6pr.jpg (301KB, 1456x2588px) Image search: [Google]

301KB, 1456x2588px

>>15629727
I've been contemplating adding some bulk to the head but haven't thought of what yet save for a /seeecret/ change to the spike on top. But I'll continue to think of ideas for a bulkier noggin.
>>15630030
Well, two ways I do it are a.) I trace a shape, copy it on thin plaplate, cut them all out, cement 'em all together in a big stack, then whittle and sand until it has the desired shape. B.) Is that I create a shape foundation, fill it with layers of plaplate/cement or that crazy epoxy putty, then seal it up with plates that match the outside shape. Fill any gaps with tamiya putty and sand to shape. Sorry if this is hard to understand, its kinda hard to explain! The chest in pic related may help explain B. A little better, I hope!

File: 20170620_181423.jpg (3MB, 4160x2340px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4160x2340px

>>15630082
Sorry man, I missed your post. I got the curved bits by cutting the shapes I wanted on thin plaplate, tracing each shape using the piece I cut out rather than the "template" so that its size increases a little with each trace. This compensates for length loss during the next phase. Anyway, I cement the plate to the curved surface, and once its stable, I cement the next, slightly larger plate onto it. Then the next even larger piece onto that one. Whittle, putty, and sand to desired shape! Pic related is just how many shapes I had to cut put for that one section.

Hello there, I want to get into painting but I don't want to spend Money on Tamiya stuff, also because I have literally 100+ acrylic colors in My House,but, is there something I should take notice about acrylic (something Like "if this acrylic says it has x inside better you don't use it)? Or can I use all of them without have to worry about anything?

P.s. Yes, I Will thin My paints, of Course.

>>15631376
An acrylic needs to be safe for plastic. Hobby paints are specially formulated for plastic.

There are many brands available for you, Tamiya, Citadel, and Mr. Hobby being a few of the more popular brands. You can search for other brands by yourself.

What brand do you have?

>>15631383
I cannot check right now (I'll surely do it later)
But I'm almost sure that it isn't any brand you suggested, I guess it's way more generic.
I don't really want to buy hobby paint, when I have so many colors to use.

>>15631400
is it apple barrel? i know thats what they sell pretty much everywhere

>>15631400
You kind of have to, considering that art acrylics aren't the same as hobby acrylics.

Read the guide for more information:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Tr8UyF2Xg5Ojqw0sxcO7oIG7IIsJPes3lMO5pHZKu5o

>>15631264
I don't know, I kind of really like pinhead's tiny head, gives it a certain goofy charm, looking forward to the spike mod though

>>15631235
Banzaihobby had it for $25, but they have it backordered

File: 1463370229230.jpg (82KB, 555x526px) Image search: [Google]

82KB, 555x526px

>>15630412
>banzai hobby
>MG Sinanju for 50 dollars
>MG Sword Impulse for 30
>MG Age 1 for 23
>Almost every RG for 16
Oh fuck me.

>>15630504
Stay mad.

File: Gundam Kimaris Nuke.jpg (37KB, 600x849px) Image search: [Google]

37KB, 600x849px

>>15630749
Keep it up.

File: GENKI.jpg (111KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

111KB, 1280x720px

>>15630412
God damn, they're competitively priced.

File: 1399341396160.gif (863KB, 1440x1080px) Image search: [Google]

863KB, 1440x1080px

>>15630412
You fucking tripfag asshole! That was my site for guaranteed release day kits for cheap with out having to refresh the night of release to make sure I get it.
Go back to hlj reeeeee

File: IMG_2835.jpg (98KB, 570x480px) Image search: [Google]

98KB, 570x480px

It is time.

>>15631751
What's that 00 beside it?

>>15631751
Is this the real life or just a fantasy?

>>15631751
>P-Bandai

>>15631751
>premium bandai
Even if it's fake I'm angry

>>15631751
biggest question

Modified GM quel frame or new frame ?

>>15631771
MG Mk-II 2.0 frame

>>15631751
That's bullshit, but I believe it.

>>15631774
is that a jojo reference

>>15630787

Use the vallejo flow improver and you'll have to clean your airbrush a lot less when using their paints in general, including the varnishes.

As for primer, mr surfacer.

>>15631751
Bandai must be so disillusioned with its own consumer base it's not even funny. A bootleg has existed for 2 years and this is the best they can come up with. Thank fuck third parties exist because without them the 1/100 scale has been in such a sorry state for years.

File: 130.jpg (146KB, 960x606px) Image search: [Google]

146KB, 960x606px

How's the HG Red Warrior?

>>15631855
Red.

>>15631536
Isn't that just regular pricing for nippon

>>15631771
It says mkII 2.0.

>>15631860
What's the point of having a 3.0 frame if you just use the 2.0 frame forever?

>>15631865
The rx-78 frame has different proportions from the mk II. "3.0" wasn't intended as a new sub line anyways, it was the plan B name they had to go with because the name they wanted to use for the MG of the 1:1 statue got caught up in legal shenanigans.

>>15631751
>HUUR DURR LET'S MAKE IT WEB EXCLUSIVE
FUCK YOU FUCKING FAGOTS

File: 1454803838788.png (1MB, 960x720px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 960x720px

>>15631751
>P-Bandai
FOR WHAT PURPOSE??

Is there really that limited a market for AoZ shit? I mean, it's the main suit, isn't it? Surely they could have taken a "risk" on that.

>>15631870
what did they want to call it?

>>15631887
A big gundam

>>15631889
for you

File: 1498063272561.gif (2MB, 159x146px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 159x146px

>>15631889
>>15631891

File: 1456300282362.jpg (31KB, 304x335px) Image search: [Google]

31KB, 304x335px

>>15631856

Why does Prime92 get a lot of hate?
Some of her paint jobs/customs are decent.

Is it because you don't like her distorting her voice?
Is it her hands?
Or is there any other reason for it?

File: 1497420258601.png (116KB, 307x347px) Image search: [Google]

116KB, 307x347px

>>15631924
>her
wait is that what the voice distortion is for? prime92 is supposed to be a tranny but can't even do a shitty tranny girl voice?
how embarrassing

>>15631924
The voice, the hands, all of her early customs were awful and she gave horrendous painting advice, she often tries to talk about shit from a kits source material despite not haveing watched, read, or even done basic research on it.

>>15631924
I don't really have a strong opinion on her, but I legitimately can't watch her videos because of the distorted voice.

>>15631924
I dislike videos that make my ears bleed.

>>15631751
Where's that sauce at?

File: I AM RAGE INCARNATE.gif (1MB, 320x227px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 320x227px

>>15631751
>p bandai

>>15631990
Reddit has the same reaction to P-Bandai and I love it.

>>15631751
Why even bother making a new 1/100 if it's going to be P-Bandai? They can't possibly make money on that.

>>15631751
It's a retool of the Mk-II 2.0.

>>15632013
They make more money per kit than they do selling to distributors. Mass releases earn more money overall if the kit is popular but for other things a smaller, more limited direct sale release like P-Bandai can be more profitable.

>>15632013
>new

Its using a 12 year old kit and slappng on maybe 3 new runners. Its going o be hguc tristan all over again. Dude they are going to make gangbusters on the small amount of people buying.

>>15631887
30th anniversay ver. They didnt go with that since it came out 2 years after the 30th anniversary.

>>15632037
You're talking as if the Mk-II 2.0 is as garbage of a kit as the HGUC Alex. Asides from the hands the Mk-II is still the basis for the majority of MG design philosophies these days

>>15632047
Aside from the hands and lack of AB connector, you mean.

File: 19366356_1832445530104557_2031092268867213338_n.jpg (84KB, 720x960px) Image search: [Google]

84KB, 720x960px

Sometimes Facebook builders are alright mane

>>15631879
>Is there really that limited a market for AoZ shit?
Yes.

A lot of people have a hard time grasping this here because it's pretty much an echo chamber for the idea that *insert niche series* is popular, but if a series doesn't have at least have an anime that's serious points against it.

AoZ didn't do too hot back when it was still fresh and new and got general release HG kits. I don't know why you would expect it to do better now.

File: msg_sg_03.jpg (208KB, 900x654px) Image search: [Google]

208KB, 900x654px

1, 2, 3, or 4?

>>15631751

Second time I consider getting something P-bandai, but I probably never will.

>>15632064
Honestly, I think this release is Bandai testing the waters on that front. Even if they're recycling the frame, it seems like there's too many new runners for your ordinary P-Bandai release. It might be like the Pale Rider, where they intend to steadily dripfeed out the various variants through future P-Bandai releases.

And if it all sells well enough, then maybe they'll take that as proof that AoZ is popular. Too bad that's never happening.

File: 1375859732784.png (305KB, 500x405px) Image search: [Google]

305KB, 500x405px

>>15631751
.told myself I wouldn't buy any more kits till I finish most of my backlog
>this happens

>>15632076
3 really suits ALICE.

>>15632076
4 > 2 > 3 > 1

File: e963c07agw1f4heh0o3ufj20sg0izdjm[1].jpg (146KB, 1024x683px) Image search: [Google]

146KB, 1024x683px

>Bandai announced MG Hazel Custom
>MagicToys shows off MG Advanced Hazel

>>15632062
Gundam Heavytoes (with some funky pronunciation it's kind of cool)

>>15632076
I like 2 the most just because it creates and amusing image of her sniping someone from afar, much as I like up-close-and-personal battles in my Gundam.

That said, I agree with this >>15632106 Come to think of it, I'm surprised they didn't have at least one blonde hair option given that one illustration (unless it's not official as I thought).

File: e963c07agw1f4heh267rej20sg0izgpg[1].jpg (149KB, 1024x683px) Image search: [Google]

149KB, 1024x683px

>>15632158
stretchy arms and extendo fingers

>mg Hazel
> p-fucking bandai

Are we all cucked ?

>>15632076
They all work to some degree:
1. fits with the 'Superior', but in a positive way
2. cute, extravagant lining-up-the-shot expression
3. as already mentioned it fits with ALICE
4. always good to have something with aggression

>>15632076
Expressions aside, it's a shame they didn't do for her like the did with Banshee and give her a see-through suit. It would've fit a space-only(?) Gundam nicely.
>but will it bend
I wonder how close to the transformed states one can take this

>>15632158
AHAHAHAHAAH
Bandai can go fuck themselves then

>>15632170
Does it come with spare rifles for the sub-arms?

File: wrong decision.png (306KB, 541x479px) Image search: [Google]

306KB, 541x479px

I should have went with MG RX-78-2 The Origin instead of 3.0

>>15632206
Yup. Modernization is cool, but 3.0 is just too much.

>>15632206
It's fine, now that you have the 3.0 you can put its head on the Origin's no problem.

Considering their height, where does dust, earth and mud make sense on gundam kits?

Anything past the feet or lower legs is probably too high for mud, but on the other hand who knows how much dust and earth would be put into the air when a 20 meter tall robot moves or uses thrusters.

>>15632245
pretty much just the feet and maybe the knees and hands
one good rule of thumb to make your mud and stuff look good is to keep the little pilot figure around for a sense of scale. Mud splotches only get so big, after all

>>15632250

That's another thing I'm having some issues with, the scale.

Applying 1:35 armor logic to 1:144 gundams might look silly if you consider reality, but if I were to stick to the scale you might barely be able to see it at all, which is also a little boring.

I'll just try to keep things small, don't think I can pull off what would actually make sense anyway.

I'm doing more or less a desert build at the moment, so I feel like dust could be literally anywhere.

This whole imagination vs reality thing is really bothering me, I want to do cool shit but I also want it to make at least some sense.

>>15632273
For a desert build I'd think sand would build up in natural creases on the gundam and in the joints. And your flat surfaces should have paint damage from getting sandblasted

>>15632295

I'll be using a chipping medium so the paint damage is covered, though I were under the impression that it would be more concentrated on the edges and the like rather than the flat, open areas.

File: 1339314088509.jpg (492KB, 1236x1600px) Image search: [Google]

492KB, 1236x1600px

>>15632245
Depends on what kind of environment you envision your model to be walking around in. For places with large bodies of water where the mobile suits may have taken a dip, like a coastline or beside a lake, you'd figure there would be some amount of water wear on them, but for inland forest environs the wear may be limited to just the boots and shins. The ground is more sturdy and rocky so less gets kicked up. Swamps and rain forests are somewhere in between the two so you'd have the dirt and mud along with the splashing water to add on top of that. Deserts that have sizable dunes would have sand get kicked up all over the place and cause a dirt buildup in various crevices and joints throughout the mobile suit.

Does enamel paint or thinner do anything weird to rubber power pipes? First time I've ever seen this material in a kit.
It's the MG Geara Doga for reference.

>>15632322
actual hard chipping is on the edges but the paint would just get slowly worn away by being in a desert environment

File: 800px-Merkava_mk_iv084.jpg (109KB, 800x600px) Image search: [Google]

109KB, 800x600px

>>15632324

I was thinking something like middle eastern desert, as I am inspired by the merkava tank in terms of the color scheme.

I am going to have some rust on it since it seems like rust is present to at least some extent even in the desert, and I don't intend to have it be well maintained. Not mad max, but still in that direction.

I guess it would be (mostly) too dry for any mud, but with quite a bit of dust.

>>15632339

How would you achieve that kind of effect?

>>15632331

Enamel paint can harm all kinds of plastic if you don't have any paint protecting it.

>>15631924
I remember a video where she showed how to paint a sinanju candy coat and
>didn't use primer
>covered the part in some silver paint not designed for hand brushing
>covered that in like 20 layers of handbrushed unthinned tamiya clear red.

>>15632422
Things in a desert will rust, but very little, and in a dry environment it won't really corrode and eat away at metal, so you'd just have little spots of surface rust. And no rust streaks since that's caused by water
As for gentle paint wear and dust, tamiya makes a product called buff for that, I think it's basically a very clear light tan color

>>15632442
So how did the candy coat turn out?

>>15632206
I should have went with the 3.0 instead of the Origin. Maybe I'll pick up 3.0 if it's ever on sale and swap the heads and legs.

>>15632458
Thick and uneven after going through like 6 jars of tamiya clear red. Also visible brushmarks in places.

>>15632458
Exactly as you would expect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3EbBVuHZNE

>>15632458
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3EbBVuHZNE

>>15632457

I was already planning on using the equivalent of a tamiya buff overspray (I'm using vallejo) for dust, so that's nice.

Water is actually not needed in order for metal to rust, as it is the oxygen that actually causes it, but you're right about rust streaks.

I did use a rust color for the paint layer that will be exposed when I do the chipping so I might need to add some metal to them to simulate the sand "cleaning up" the rust, but it's fairly brown so it might not matter that much regardless.

File: 87942137984621345.jpg (17KB, 300x300px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 300x300px

>>15632466
>>15632468
>>15632471
Jesus christ. Also what is up with that audio filter?

>>15632488
The GOAT color for rusted chipping is vallejo german black brown.

>>15632501

I'll keep it in mind. What color would you use for chipping that hasn't rusted?

>>15632158
BANDAI BTFO

>>15632554
Probably something like black grey.

>>15632498
I think she doesn't want anyone on YouTube to hear her real voice?

>>15632488
What kit are you working on in particular? The vast majority of gundam designs are made out of some variant of titanium, which has white rust, not brown.

File: 1476929995507.jpg (201KB, 999x1651px) Image search: [Google]

201KB, 999x1651px

>>15629284
I'm excited to see where this is going

Brawler Flauros or lots and lots of guns Flauros?

>>15632617

I think going full lore here is something I'd rather skip, I prefer using the typical brown-red rust color. White for rust would look quite odd to me.

Besides, at least according to a quick google search on titanium rust it doesn't seem like it rusts much at all, and I do want a fairly worn look.

And the kit is The O.

File: 000_eddie9590.jpg (161KB, 640x963px) Image search: [Google]

161KB, 640x963px

>>15632665
What the hell is that net-like texture that Kazuhisa Kondo-style MS have, and how do I recreate that on a model? Shit looks fucking cool. Is it supposed to be a Ghille net without the foliage or something?

>>15632775

Zimmerit maybe?

>>15629284
Why are you hiding the vagina canon ?

>>15632777
Oh shit, that does look like a match. I never even knew about that stuff.

>>15632158
>>15632170
Price? Also where will I be able to pre-oder it?

>>15632757
Even more guns

>>15632158
>>15632170
>>15632174
>>15632182
>>15632188
but it fucking sucks and is dated. the bandai HG is better in every way.

>>15632800
Well, that's one vote for a HWS Flauros.

>>15632801
How the hell can you possibly conceive that 'it fucking sucks' from some pre release pictures of a kit that isn't even out yet? And it's good to hear that the hg has an LED slot, clear green parts for the eyes and scopes and an inner frame if the original magictoys hazel is anything to go by.

>>15631758
I too would like to know this

>>15632856
I think it's just a re-release of the 1/100 00 kits with new "designer" decals. I could be wrong though.

File: 201706230827267e6.jpg (425KB, 800x1317px) Image search: [Google]

425KB, 800x1317px

New pics of MG Hazel, up for order on P Bandai site. ¥4860 is a pretty shit price.
http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000115790/

>>15633129
I fucking love it.

>>15633133
As much as I hate bandai reusing frames so much, at least they chose one of the best frames in the MG line to do it with.

>>15633139
>one of the best frames

>Has ball joint hips
>Best

File: 20170622_194259.jpg (2MB, 2615x2354px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2615x2354px

I finished panel lining, so I've done all I can do with this until my decals come in.

>>15631924
The true old fag back story is she got real butt hurt about rrobb chucking his wing gundam off a roof when they announced a better version. She was trying to get him forced out the community because of his model abuse but we all know it was because he was the biggest gunpla channel and she wanted that spot for herself. After rrobb left she quickly became the top gunpla reviewer until zaku, type v3, and mecha came along

>>15633451
Wish kakarot would do more videos.

>>15633451
I miss rrobbert so much ;-;

At least Zakuaurelius, Type V3, and Mecha Gaikotsu fill in the hole but Zaku and Mecha don't do great reviews.

>>15633730
>Zaku and Mecha don't do great reviews
Neither did rrobbert.

>>15633738
Thems fighting words around these parts.
>>15633730
We just need someone like jobby that actually knows source material. I think mecha only watched ibo and gbf and zaku only does new kits and neither of them have a lot of background knowledge

>>15633716
God Kakarot is such a fucking autist it makes him rather relatable. His reviews are honestly not terrible obnoxious and show what everyone wants to see. It could be worse.

>>15633756
He's pretty entertaining, specially when he goods up on some models and parts unintentionally disconnects. Like with the HGUC Zeta.

>>15633750
>Thems fighting words around these parts.

I agree, I don't need a fucking 3-4 part reviews for a HG or 5-8 parts for a MG. That faggot was milking views for ad money

>>15633738
They were FAR more scripted and in-depth than Zaku and Mecha's reviews senpai.
>>15633750
>We just need someone like jobby that actually knows source material.
Idk, at least with Jobby his reviews are good enough and have enough comedy to keep my autistic ass entertained.

Honestly the only time I've had an issue with him not knowing the source material was when he hadn't seen IBO so he got all the IBOfags saying it's the best Gundam evar!!11!!11!!!!1!! in the comments ;-;

File: 1497667461546.gif (135KB, 241x200px) Image search: [Google]

135KB, 241x200px

>>15633716
>a fellow kakarotfag

my nigger

>>15633829
>They were FAR more scripted and in-depth than Zaku and Mecha's reviews senpai.
They were also unnecessarily long and split up into to too many videos.

I just prefer shorter reviews that are to the point.

https://youtu.be/jgTz6HbjT0I
This made me laugh more than it should have

File: mg hazel.jpg (175KB, 600x917px) Image search: [Google]

175KB, 600x917px

>>15633129
Bit late to the punch there.

File: Img9282 web.jpg (297KB, 770x840px) Image search: [Google]

297KB, 770x840px

Is this worth the $90?

http://volksusastore.com/webstores/hobby/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=4643

>>15633860
Just made ne miss steve irwing. What's funny about it aside painting on sprues

>>15633876
Just the idea of an entire series of video tutorials dedicated to painting one model each, instead of one video on how to paint any model.

Also the painting on runners and the paint bottles just laying around his spray booth.

File: 20151102174409df4.jpg (151KB, 1500x1186px) Image search: [Google]

151KB, 1500x1186px

>>15632206
>>15632464
i'm stuck in a similar dilemma. I want to get the 3.0 but people suggest the Origin instead. I do know the Origin version has odd knee armor.

>>15633902
Have you considered the 2.0? Classic 0079 proportions, tons of optional parts (beam javelin!), sturdy, and that fantastic inner frame.

File: 1487429512815.png (276KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

276KB, 1280x720px

>>15633902
3.0 has excessive parts and color separation which makes it flimsy, and, combined with all those stickers, it looks as if Katoki did another take on it. The only complaints I've heard about the Origin are the pinhead and its knees. Alternatively, as other people said, you can buy both and kitbash yourself a perfect RX-78-2

>>15633902
3.0 for fun building and realism.

2.0/Origin for extra stuff and anime look.

>>15633902
Is the rx-78 origin a good choice for my first master grade?
I'm trying to graduate from RG same scale autism.

>>15633964
Yeah.

I recommend the 2.0 or 3.0 instead though

>>15633964
Only if you want an RX. Any MG is as good a place as any to start.

File: 1493573059756.jpg (29KB, 640x480px) Image search: [Google]

29KB, 640x480px

>>15633860
Welp, that was terrible

>>15633975
His techniques are much better suited to warhammer figurines, he should really stick to those.

File: sadasd.jpg (2MB, 2592x946px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2592x946px

What RGs have the best articulation and playability like the Exia? I'm planning to get my next one this week.

>>15633978
Zeta

>>15633978
Mk 2. Great articulation and very little worry of breaking it. My only complaint about the playability is the little cable things can pop out and they're a bitch to get back in.

>>15633978
Strike

>>15633978
Unicorn

>>15633978
Sinanju

>>15633986
>>15633982

But Strike is an older RG right? Also I've been eyeing the RG ARF for a while now. Is it good as well?

File: 1489884857912.gif (1MB, 480x351px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 480x351px

>>15633981
>transform rg zeta
>five joints break
>look at rg zeta funny
>it explodes
>stiff breeze rolls by
rg zeta crumbles in to dust
>say "kamille is a girl's name"
>it shatters in to a thousand pieces

>>15634001
The Strike is arguably when RGs started getting gud

File: 1490763907635.jpg (34KB, 960x498px) Image search: [Google]

34KB, 960x498px

>>15634004
>messed up my meme arrows

>>15634004
The RG Zeta's Bio-Sensor consumes your frustration while building it.

>>15633971
>Any MG is as good a place as any to start.
thanks. time to graduate from HGs and start on that MG EX-S.

>>15634067
>MG EX-S
The madman

File: VH3.jpg (543KB, 756x1008px) Image search: [Google]

543KB, 756x1008px

Post your WIPs anons. Gonna start painting my next batch of parts today, looking forward to finishing this thing.

>>15633978
Look at the designs yourself and think "does this thing seem like it would have any serious structural problems?"

Nine times out of ten the answer is both obvious and correct. Wow, who would have thought those giant backpacks on most of the SEED RGs screw up the balance? Who could have foreseen the Zeta and Unicorn's (and the latter doesn't even have to come out, we already know) transformation hurt its stability? And who, just who, could have guessed that the Core Block system means the RX-78-2 and the GP-01s' torsos fall off really easily?

>>15634095
>Salty, The Post!

>>15634097
Your point?

File: IMG_3339.jpg (927KB, 1920x1280px) Image search: [Google]

927KB, 1920x1280px

>>15634092
Not a WIP but just finished this for a build comp.
Converted a Vaught F4U Corsair cartoon plane to an Ork Vort FU Corzerr.
First time doing weathering, always been a factory fresh builder/painted before this.
Plus the idea of flamethrowers on a plane... How could that POSSIBLY go wrong?

File: IMG_3346.jpg (971KB, 1920x1280px) Image search: [Google]

971KB, 1920x1280px

>>15634103

>>15634097
How does that make what they wrote wrong? You really can guess that something might have issues just by looking it up.

I know /m/ has a culture of spoonfeeding now, but you really should try to encourage people to learn things on their own.

>>15634103
>>15634105
thats ork enuff ta work.
but needs mo DAKKA

>>15634103
>>15634105
I like the weathering, it doesn't look overdone. Also Waaagh!

>>15633820
>Not watching just the review and verdict
That's some next level autism, son. you must be prime

>>15631924
Her? Those are not girl hands or voice

>>15631924
Her? Those are not girl hands or voice

Tfw no Jabman025 love here. Honestly my favorite reviewer

>>15634227
He's my go to for 1/100 reviews

For the HG SEED line GINN kits, do the wing binders swivel or are they stationary?

>>15634227
I love his reviews cuz he's got this unique voice for a gunpla reviewer that doesn't make me want to kill myself, has good and in-depth reviews that aren't overlong but cover all the details, and the "oh and... One more thing..." segments are charming.... But once I saw his room and on video and.... Dear god... That wallpaper. He still loves with his parents doesn't he? Please say no ;_;

File: 1493707733935.jpg (2MB, 5000x5000px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 5000x5000px

>do video reviews of gunpla
>choose not to trim or even clean your gnarled yellow jagged fingernails which are in shot and in focus for 95% of it

>>15633978
>RG Exia
>best articulation

Not with those thong skirts it doesn't

>>15634247
Check Dalong.net

>>15634247
I think they move but yeah, check Dalong as >>15634331 says.

>>15634092
I'm digging those colors, my man.

>Decided to get into Gunpla
>Fucking terrified I'm going to wreck my first model

I've watched all the tutorials I can find and got the tools ready. I'm just gonna stick with removing seams, excess template plastic and using a Gundam marker to highlight the panels, but I haven't made a model since I was like 13.

File: Char Zaku II.jpg (65KB, 650x650px) Image search: [Google]

65KB, 650x650px

>>15634468
Also I figured a Zaku would be a good starting point since it's not littered with wings and other parts that stick out a mile. Was this an okay choice?

>>15634468
As long as you're just straight building a high grade, I don't see anything going wrong with your first build unless you try to do fancy shit.
I snapped the v-fin on my first kit trying to remove the stupid safety flag

>>15633129
>85 USD on usagundamstore

wtf, is it really that hard to get a hold of these things even for pre-order?!

i am recently getting back into gunpla and i don't realy get p-bandai shit. so its limited runs?

>>15634501
They're for color and/or part variants and for suits which don't have mass appeal.

>>15634479
>>15634468

Just be careful on small parts, especially on fins/horns when grinding down nubs.

>>15634507
Hmm. Are there any people who do resin recasts of them, or of the alternate parts like the White Dingo release of the GM Sniper II?

>>15634564
If you're lucky

>>15634501
>i don't realy get p-bandai shit. so its limited runs?

Limited runs sold through Bandai's Japan based webshop that blocks direct shipping to foreign addresses, so unless you live in Japan you have to deal with mark up from middleman services.

>>15634568
Well, time to get to scratch building.

>>15634262
What reviewer is this?

>>15634871
fucking most of them

>>15634587
Wasn't the P Bandai shop supposed to start being shipped to overseas vendors starting with XN Raiser? What ever happened to that shit?

>>15635008
Bluefin distribution is getting select kits last that I heard.

File: IMG_20170225_104443-01.jpg (2MB, 3030x2765px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3030x2765px

>>15634479
Your fingers are going to hate pic related.

>>15635118
My thumb fucking suffered because of these.
But it's ok, the final result is worth the pain.

>>15635118
Why couldn't they have just used a spring for these like the leg ones?
If they need to stay in shape well just run some wire through the spring.

Does Bandai just want to make us suffer?

>>15633867
No.
Its one of the older kits from volks.
The terror mirage and l.e.d v3 way better choices

>>15635118
>built the MG a few weeks ago
>can still feel the pain
What engineer would ever think those fucking things are okay

anyone interested in a video of me pissing on an HG deathscythe?

>>15635118
Hello darkness, my old friend.

>>15635118
about halfway through that i came up with a way to get it done without killing my hands, and i'm surprised nobody thought of it before me. just cut the rubber part right beside the tube section and it slides right off no problem

>>15634103
needs moar dakka

>>15635302
Was just about to say this, it made removing the power pipes a breeze. Before I figured that out I swear I was gonna get a blister or something.

>>15635278
Sure go ahead, just keep you genitals out the shot

>>15635318
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIVux5BNzbg
don't worry it's completely sfw

Give me your advice for posing. I'm trying to recreate the gainax pose because I'm an uninspired asshole, and it is just not working.

>>15635302
>>15635317
This is what I did, but I was still careful since I accidentally cut too deep one time and the runner broke, leaving me to transfer the pips over by hand. Even then, my fingers were crying and it took a couple hours in total to do all of the pipes.

>>15631947
>>15634217
>>15634218
It's a girl. Not everyone you don't like is a tranny, SJW, liberal or whatever boogeyman you're scared of this week.

>>15635349
Obari

>>15635406
I would not be surprised if Prime92 is actually a tranny. I really wouldn't. Maybe that's why it uses a voice modulator. Because it can just barely pass physically, but the voice is still incredibly suspect. Why else would there be a need to hide your voice?

File: Mangatsu.jpg (885KB, 4128x3096px) Image search: [Google]

885KB, 4128x3096px

From time to time, i go on r/gunpla to compare and contrast here and there. Then i run into something like this

File: 1454285885943.png (196KB, 640x480px) Image search: [Google]

196KB, 640x480px

>>15635424
Jesus Christ how horrifying.

>>15635424
This looks like something you'd find in a shittily-coded Game Maker-made horror game.

File: C2zFZ3u.jpg (2MB, 3072x4608px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3072x4608px

>>15635424
True, but then there is also this

>>15635118
>those Zaku tubes

I'm so glad the Geara Doga went with rubbery hoses for its zaku tubes, between that and the Gouf, and the Marasai, I dont think my fingers could've done another one

>>15635462
That's a mighty shiny Hi-Nu. Shame about the silvering on those decals though.

>>15635424
CRAAAAAAWLING IIIIIN MY SKIIIIIIN

File: Gold.jpg (2MB, 3072x4608px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3072x4608px

>>15635462
That one was very nice, minus the weird marbling on the backpack

More P-Bandai kits annoucnced
>RE100 Bawoo Mass Production
>RG Astray Gold Frame Amatsu
>HGUC Efreet EXAM

>>15635536
What's the difference between Amatsu and Amatsu Mina again?

>>15635664
The feet and ankle armor. Yeah, that's it I think.

>>15635664
Its legs and some weapons I think

File: JPEG_20170623_181147.jpg (48KB, 508x678px) Image search: [Google]

48KB, 508x678px

>>15628993

Zaku III would work right? I mean look at those legs.

File: 19417459_1107227646046169_6599370895498174914_o.jpg (282KB, 1002x1280px) Image search: [Google]

282KB, 1002x1280px

Update on the Real Grenade Unicorn

File: hj170808-899x1280.jpg (219KB, 702x1000px) Image search: [Google]

219KB, 702x1000px

Green Bawoo
>Yes, it is P-Bandai

File: hj170807-1280x1157.jpg (305KB, 1000x904px) Image search: [Google]

305KB, 1000x904px

MG GM II Unicorn Ver
>Surprise, it is P-Bandai

File: hj170804-948x1280.jpg (171KB, 741x1000px) Image search: [Google]

171KB, 741x1000px

That RG Unicorn articulation!!
>it sucks

>>15635760
I always thought MP Bawoo didn't have the crest on the chest.

File: dsc08280.jpg (261KB, 1024x768px) Image search: [Google]

261KB, 1024x768px

>>15635755
>>15635769
The face vents is just a panel line (not a hole anymore)

good thing it doesn't look like it has a oversize gaping mouth like the other RG

>>15635762
What isn't P-Bandai anymore?

>>15635762
Where the fuck is the AEUG version

>>15635787
ur mum lol

File: wip.png (735KB, 625x1000px) Image search: [Google]

735KB, 625x1000px

HG Gouf custom. Did a claw mod on the open hand.

>>15630599
pls rebsnod

>>15636072
Jesus christ. Thin your paints.

>>15636078
how do you thin spray can paint?

File: scream.jpg (42KB, 720x480px) Image search: [Google]

42KB, 720x480px

>>15636086

>>15636109
You want me to scream at it? How is that suppose to help? I am confused.

I want to buy two of the Unicorn Nemos.
I want them to escort something.

A Jegan, perhaps?
Maybe the eggstoast Jegan?

>>15635424
S A F E T Y N U B S
A
F
E
T
Y

N
U
B
S

>>15636263
Safety first.

>>15635424
This is the redcliff of our decade.

>>15636322
and it's a strike Freedom, It might even be Red Cliffe's eventual upgrade.

>>15636139
Unless it's black crinkle finish or like rustoleum paint then you applied it way too thick, if it looks covered after only 1 or 2 coats then you messed up

>>15635424
Oh boy.

File: Fllay's Mad.jpg (35KB, 800x450px) Image search: [Google]

35KB, 800x450px

>>15636342
>Gundam SEED COLDSTEEL
THIS OR WE RIOT

>>15635406
This has nothing to do with /pol/shit or even whether or not I like prime92, There's just nothing even remotely female about that voice or those hands and no amount of goofy voice distortion can hide it.

>>15636263
he had to leave them on or he'd get cut on all that edge

So with the latest part of HLJs sale they discounted a whole lot of Kotobukiyas muv-luv kits and I was thinking of picking one up, which would you guys recommend?

>>15636398
see
>>15630412

Sometime later this year I'm planning to get Granddad as my first Perfect Grade. Does it have any major problems? I'm aware the articulation isn't as good as newer PGs, but I don't mind as long if it can do Last Shooting.

what's the best version of the GP01? The RG?

>>15636495
There's the pg as well but the rg is arguably better and less expensive

>>15636496
Yeah the PG is a little above my price range
and I don't exactly have room for a gundam the size of a 1 year old