Gunpla-Plamo General

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>>15760537
= 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

SEND YOUR SHIT TO: [email protected]

>>15760540
Going to totally submit my T H I C C // D I A S

>>15760540
O shit, rain has stopped for a bit, maybe I can actually paint my Virtue this week.

Inb4 too windy to paint.

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providence has a handsome face

Anyone happen to have the lineart for the Tieren Ground Type on hand?
The link in the OP only has the space type, and everything I can find is either too small or low quality. I could make it myself but I'd figure to ask first.

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How can this compete in the world stage? NA will get swallowed up again. Just like every year...

>>15760733
>compete
Bruh contests are all about stacking as much shit and stickers and scribing on a kit as you can manage.

>>15760733
The Greek god theme is neat at least and it's well made but I agree it doesn't stand a chance.

But who cares?

>>15760742
the dude did literally none of that shit. the hills are like plaster or paper mache.

>>15760753
>How can this compete
I'm saying it can't and there's no point competing anyways because it isn't about art or style or anything subjective, it's about dat greeble.

>HLJ Baund Doc
>loses to shitty clusterfuck diorama

>>15760733
JUST

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A question, /gpg/. Do you apply most of the stickers on your kits, avoid using them (except maybe for foil stickers), or wait until you get water slides/dry transfers?

>>15760537
should probs remove discord from the op seeing as the gunpla channel is dying what with mods kicking all the big builders out

never stop pred posting doe

Anyone know where I can order a limited edition RG Unicorn?

>>15760787
check the guide

>>15760591
it's not very small though

>>15760787
https://www.usagundamstore.com/collections/rg-kits/products/pre-order-rg-1-144-unicorn-gundam

>>15760770
>>15760770
If I get an MG and it has dry transfers, I use as many as I can without overcrowding the kit. I just really love applying dry transfers, plus they look better than stickers or waterslides if you aren't going to do much with the kit.

>>15760770
I use some of them depending on whether or not I think it looks alright. RG sticker sheets are completely absurd though and the kits tend to look fine without them.

>>15760742

What do you think it SHOULD be about?

>>15760537
Is the guy who photoshops the covers back? Hey OP you done school?

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>>15760742
>>15760761
It's not about how much you stack or scribe shit, it's about how skillful you are at stacking and scribing.

And painting, and posing, and cleaning it up.

As much as they are not to my preference, I won't deny that the clusterfuck of parts that have won GBWCs before weren't made with the utmost care and detail. I won't deny that every single bit of the kit, even stuff you don't see, is painted, weathered, and built to perfection.

Of course, creativity still goes into scoring as well, that's why pic related won 2015.

>>15760906
We have better builds in these threads than this >>15760733

>>15760931
Interesting

>>15760931
>a diorama of a dude making a diorama
I love this

>>15760770
I don't use stickers, I use the waterslides or dry transfers, but not stickers.

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Finally done. The biggest fuck up was that the chrome paint looks better on small decals than on joints or gun muzzles.

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>>15761050

>>15760770
I used to use the stickers but after making all of the SEED 5 and then getting their water decals in the premium package Providence I don't want to top coat before water slides, which is why I'm glad Bandai seems to release waterslides again, although it's almost only 1/144 that's not part of some p-bandai bullshit.
A MG X and XX double pack like the ones some of the UC monoeyes got would be cool

>>15760733
Why do you think that will be the US rep? The national winner always ends up being either from NYCC or the online entry. Usually its the same guy every year, except last year when he didn't enter.

>>15761094
isnt that the canada rep anyways?

>>15761094
its canada

>>15761099
>>15761102
Oh, I forgot Canada was added this year.

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Built the Rezel Ab Defense unit, thing is a nightmare to keep on the stand without some balancing. But it looks Fucking awesome on display, heavy as it looks too feels like it weighs at least 5 pounds in my hand.

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>>15761115
my friend went to that gbwc. showed me pictures and honestly thought this should have won

>>15761150
Much better than the "winner" imo.

He was robbed.

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>>15761150
Jesus fuck.

That thing lost to THIS piece of crap?
>>15760733
What the fuck were the judges thinking?

>>15761150

This is miles better than the winner but that is some basic bitch scratch work. Seriously just big pieces of unmodified strip, zero curves, etc. Look at the skirt armor ffs. Might have been a factor.

>>15761150
The paintjob here is horrible, but the MS concept is pretty cool.

>>15761166
Meijin is a tough judge

>>15761150
>>15761195

In addition, everything here is additive, which is much easier to do than removal, and you need both to really make the surfaces interesting.

>>15761200

I agree the overall concept is very cool, just the details let it down.

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>>15760770
I'm thorn, I have a HG prototype Gouf that comes with a few stickers. I normally paint my kits and don't use stickers, just waterslides/dry transfers, but these stickers seem to really fit with the kit. Since I normally don't use these stickers I have no idea how good they will look on a painted kit with a topcoat.

What should I do anons? Use the stickers or not? Will they look absolutely horrible or are they ok? I don't really want to ruin a painted kit with something that will look bad.

>>15761214
some of the pictures i've seen, they look horrible the way they peel of because they don't stick perfectly or go into the panel lines like properly set water slides

I don't think water slides for any Origin kit exists.

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>>15761214

Order decals from samueldecal or use generics. If there are no waterslides for that kit specifically, you can still use the lines by cutting down the stickers to use them as masking, like in pic. Stickers are always going to look like stickers because of the thickness, unfortunately.

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>>15761214
I guess you haven't seen a lot of kits with modern decals. They haven't come a long way but there is progress. If you take your time applying and get them down well with a qtip you will be shocked at how nice it looks.

There's no doubt that waterslides and dry transfer look better, but when a kit comes with decals like those, it'll always look some better with it, even if you use them sparingly as details.

It's better to try and know for the future than to go off someone's opinions then find out its wrong later.

I got a lot of bad advice from this thread from people who didn't build a lot or hadn't tried shit. They read the guide or other people's conversations then theorycraft and advise others.

Try one in an inconspicuous spot, they come off easy.

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>working on groupbuild
>cleaning gates on small pieces
>can't fucking grip the piece
>tweezers wrapped in tape for grip
>part rockets off into oblivion

How the fuck do you work with small parts? Is there some secret I'm not aware of?

>>15761271
Yeah, here's my secret. Was cutting beets for the wife last night at 4am before bed.

Looked at my beet juice soaked hands before heading to bed, and realized that they were stained from the juice. And all the hundreds of tiny cuts on my fingertips were panel lined with beet juice, stood out big time.

So the moral of this story is, everyone who doesn't have specialized tools for the job either sends pieces into orbit or cuts their fingers up.

>>15761271

I just use my fingers or hold the piece against a cutting mat, not really too tough.

>>15761227
>>15761229
Yeah I'm not even going to bother with waterslides for this kit, it's not worth the money for me.

I might actually try the masking trick, since I normally do a lot of masking anyway, so cutting up the stickers is not that much work. Thanks for the tip!

>>15761232
Yeah true, the only kit I ever used a sticker on was the HG Kämpfer, but looking at it now that wasn't so bad. I think I'll just try the out as you said and then I'll judge if I want them on or not.

I can always go for the masking option the other anon mentioned.

>>15761271
I've yet to encounter a piece that is too small for me to work on, so I can't help you there.

>>15761271
Get yourself one large transparent plastic bag and shove your manly hands inside it.

>>15761271
Take up guitar.
in a few weeks you'll develop callouses thick enough to be able just cut the pieces on your fingertips no problem.

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>>15760591
Freedom can go and suck a dick

>>15761289
>>15761296
>>15761303
>>15761308
>>15761361
Thanks for the replies. The problem here is that I cannot get purchase on such small, smooth pieces.

I've got some backup pieces and I'm not going to worry about making it pretty. Judging from my last groupbuild it doesn't really matter, so I might as well go balls deep.

This shit is going to get weird.

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>>15761386
>dat giant hardpoint connector

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>>15761392
I'm currently applying the decals of the giant backpack, should be done with that in 1 hour or so

>>15761392
It looks so much better without the starfish on its back

The guy I was learning from left the discord to avoid drama before he dug into detailing so now I have to figure it out on my own.

how2intoDetailparts?

>>15761427
tf kinda drama could there be over plastic models?

>>15761455
afaik it wasnt about plamo but mods not modding or too much modding so people left or started being more active on other discords

>>15761427
>>15761455
>>15761475
The discord server is run by Snapshit-Kun so there's inherently drama. I imagine the friend got fed up with hanging around such a toxic cesspool and went to work on his own. When the guy who runs the chat is a cancerous sore the whole of the group is then given the disease.

>>15761483
I think he's talking about the /m/ discord not the /gpg/ discord run by snapfag. Shit's got real in the gunpla part of the /m/ discord, its mostly underage, a few redditors, people crossposting all the time from snapshit's discord with their circlejerk squad of -kun suffixes, and more.

>>15761166
this is the score for the winner?

>>15761455
snapfag's discord a lot of people are part of that and m discord but snapfags isn't drama its mostly dead with his little circle of underage kids hanging out

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>>15761483
On /m/ server it is undergoing serious rumblings, with advanced shitposting (such as people who are not into gunpla starting fights) older experienced members leaving or finding new primary homes, and being left with the shitposters. I think Alphonse said it best when he told the admin he was doing a good job of sending off good members and keeping the cancer. Its been bad for about 3 weeks so I've been on the /r/gunpla server where even if everyone is terrible at least you can talk shop.

>>15761386
>>15761392
>>15761397
Looking sick.
I'm considering getting a Providence just because it looks dope. How's the build?

>>15761525
very straightforward
if anything, the dragoons can get tiresome due to how many they are and the little paint detail the small ones need

>>15761512
>12 new members in a couple days
>dead discord
> TFW you unironically hate people for putting together models in there spare time

>>15761533
m discord has hundreds of members, does that make it a hundred times better? /gpg/ defense force folks, looks like m discord and gpg are both dogshit since one is run by a shitter tripfag and he has his own gay as fuck themed group of people who can barely snap kits and he thinks people adding more discords to their server list with a population of like 6 active members means its popping

Guess I did the right thing by not joining any discord server at all.

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>>15761544
Can someone explain what is really going on in the two servers? New to gundams and wanted to join to find people to talk to but now they both sound bad. What happened?

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>>15761528
Neato. I just finished the Nu Vka the other day, so I can understand Funnel/Decal burn out. After I finish my Tallgeese and Geara Doga MGs, I'll probably look into the providence and the RX78 3.0.

>>15761551
One sucks, the other sucks worse and is run by one of the boards biggest shit posters.

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>>15761551
One server is run by a tripfag that's disliked by the majority of the thread and is primarily focused around gunpla. It only has like 1/10th the userbase of the other server however and gets spammed in threads because no one wants it in the OP.

The other server is just a general /m/ one that also has text channels for other /m/-related stuff like tokusatsu and /m/ vidya, but apparently has some drama going on that's leaked into these right now (I wouldn't know exactly what happened since I disabled desktop notifications since they take up like 2/3rds of the right side of my laptop's screen with them on and don't really pay attention to what happens in the gunpla channel asides from looking at kits people post).

Honestly it's just petty arguing, just join whichever one you think you'll like being in more.

>>15761572
>doesn't interact with gunpla channel
>doesn't know what happened
>responds defending m server and shitting on the gunplageneral server preferred for being about gunpla
>shits on unrelated tripfag
Truly damasu. Both suck, one is 100% people there for nu facebook for /b/ kids who might like robots and other is snapshits secret club but pls join and keep me company

>>15761392
You can really tell a lot went into designing the providence so that that big ass backpack didn't overheat it.

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>>15761656
BEHOLD THE TURTLE BACKPACK

>>15761656
Yeah, its not like they could have said it was a newtype or cybernewtype powered cooling system that is nanocoated on

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>>15761700
this thing is ridiculous and I love it
as expected, the backpack makes it very heavy, but the legs can support it

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>>15761202
I wonder what it'd take to truly blow away Meijin. I want to see some no-name kid enter GBWC for the first time with an amazing display and get a perfect score from him.

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>>15761656
>>15761708
can you imagine Raw's glee when he sortied in this thing shooting every fucker in sight regardless of what forces they were in?

>>15761700
Is he turtley enough for the turtle club?

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Does anybody know of a good 1/144 sized radome? I prefer the design on the Beam Smart Gun, but I'm looking at the Ez-Sr and the Ewac Zack as well. Thinking of making a recon-type kitbash.

>>15761727
ewac zack is great, used it in a kitbash already

MGs that will eventually maybe happen but you want right now.
>Zaku 3.0, with an actual monoeye and not just a sticker
>GM III because the HG is pretty dated
>Jegan because why the fuck has it not been released yet fucking Bandai are a bunch of Zeekfags
>Geara Zulu because I'm a Zeekfag and they released the Jesta so why not the Zulu
>Den'An Zon

>>15761825
>Den'An Zon
Nice try anon, but I see what you're trying to pull.

When preshading, how do you deal with very small pieces or other pieces where doing the "shading along the edges" isn't feasible? Leave it completely unshaded or shade the entire piece?

>>15761825
GM III still holds up pretty well, apart from the 100 degree leg bend and lack of ab crunch. But I just want that thing in MG form already.

>>15761825
Crossbone 2.0, since you know. Anime soon ;_;

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Let's change things up a bit.

Post your first ever non-gundam kit.

Unfortunately this was my second ever model kit after I watched the first frontier movie. & then I watched the second and felt betrayed by Alto's choice.

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just primed my groupbuild entry and have a very amateurish question
i know there are scratches and imperfection on it after i primed it. my question is since i know i will weather it, my question is is it worth it to sand things down and re prime the parts or keep the imperfections to show its been used in battle

>>15761881
Sounds like an artistic choice. If you want to create your own story for the battle, I'd say do a good paintjob by sanding and priming. If you just want greebling for pigments to get caught on during weathering, imperfections from laziness work fine.

>>15761875
I'm wrapping up the first half of my first non-gundam kit as an adult. It's a tamiya m60a2 but I'm not showing it until he's at least been primed. Still got a little sanding to do.

>>15761881
Artistic choice, me personally I would only sand to re-weather if i really really cared what "kind" of damage it was. Does the gundam have a story? Or is it just a battle damaged gundam?

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Time to get started on this stupidly big lizard now that I finally decided on the colors.

>>15761905

Weathering does a good job at covering up flaws. I'd say fix them if you feel like it, you can get away with not doing so if you feel like being lazy.

>>15761905
as someone in the /m/ discord I think your mistaken, the plamo chat is only one channel with what was about 6 regulars down to 3 now tops. probably 5% of the total population actually do models and 13% actually post, upwards of 95% of all posts are in offtopic, begging the question of what the discord is for, and the videogames isnt mech videogames but just videogames in general, swept by flavor of the week shit.

There were a few who weren't religious about the hobby but serious about it, half left, there were a few who like the hobby and do it regularly, but don't post as often, they are not affected.

a friend of mine pushed me to join and then a day later he was banned for a few weeks without any clear reason, he's been back a handful of days and the mods are worse than ever about being useless or just childish. If you could read the chats right now you would never defend it.

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and here is it with the backpack complete, it is quite impressive and bulky

>>15761986
I really hate the 90s gundam trend of shoulders getting progressively wider and pointier. It looks so dumb.

>>15762000
Muh golden ratio of mecha

>>15761875
My first ever kit was my first non-gundam kit, the kotobukiya metal gear rex. I have since lost a minor part while moving but besides that it looks alright as an OOB kit. Taking it apart seems somehow terrifying because it's not that stable, so if I ever paint it I'll probably just go the tank route of doing the priming and basecoat with airbrush and most of the detailing by hand.

>>15762029
How was it compared to bandai kits?

I'm fairly experienced with bandai kits now, pretty good at straight builds.

I must have that kit, how is it?

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>local store stocks P Bandai EW MGs at $75 each
>Tallgeese 2 and 3 both sell out before I can reserve them
Did I miss out? Are the Altron or Sandrock worth it?

>>15762074
Even as my first kit there weren't really any problems. Some of the tiny details that aren't articulated anyway tend to come off so they might be worth gluing on, but I haven't done so and somehow managed to not lose those.
It's a solid kit with lots of interesting engineering if you're used to just gunpla, thanks to how different the design is. I've heard people say that koto's plastic is somehow worse than banda's but I haven't had any issues with it. The worst point is that the railgun's ends tend to join together, but I nipped off a bit of a clear runner and stuck it in at the end and I'd say it's hardly visible unless you know it's there.

>>15761950
Your numbers are really off and if you dislike it so much you should leave it. Its a discord for the whole board to use, its really that simple.

>>15762092
If you like the designs you should get them, they're both fairly new so it's not like you're playing with fire.

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>>15762141
I'm not angry with the discord nor was I saying anything inflammatory. On the contrary I enjoy it.

It is a bad place to talk gundam models though right now, so I don't.

In the name of conversation, which of my numbers do you have contention with?

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>>15760733
>this man burned not one, not two, but THREE Pale Riders on this project

>>15762153
We get it you're butthurt your buddy got the boot and is now on thin ice.

>>15762150
I mean, I want to get all of the EW MGs eventually, but the ones I actually wanted now were the Tallgeese 2 and 3. The Altron's nice but I'm not sure if it's worth that much to me right now when I could just get another MG for less, like the Build Strike.

>>15762177
If you intend to get all of them eventually do not pass this up. Take every chance you're given to make that collection happen before artificial scarcity slaps you in the face.

>>15762190
I suppose you're right. I should get Altron right? Sandrock Ew doesn't really look that different.

>>15761893
>>15761916
>>15761918
i might sand and reprime the really obvious parts, like the arms and upper thigh, but im curious how weathering looks on not smooth surfaces. thanks for the replies

>>15761875
Can't find the pic but mine was a Unit 1 Rebuild, cool as fuck but man those kits are not that great. I love the fleshy rubber over the arms tho

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>>15762195
The old Sandrock isn't even an exclusive- there is a new Sandrock Custom EW that should do nicely next to the others, it's gonna be another P-Bandai exclusive though so keep an eye open or set a preorder now. Release is set for October.

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>>15762209
This is the one they're offering.

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>>15762226
They must be taking preorders or something then because that's the new one, this is the old one

>>15762229
Yes, it's preorders. Would you say it's worth it then? Or is it better to get the Altron now?

>>15762226
>>15762229

I always really liked Sandrock's shoulders.

>>15762232
I still like Altron more, but if you dig the Sandrock's sick cape I wouldn't blame you. They're both exclusive kits though so they're basically equally as valuable.

damn
tamiya putty and mr surfacer smell much stronger than i thought thank god i used a respirator
looks like my windows are staying open tonight though

>>15762249
>They're both exclusive kits though so they're basically equally as valuable.
Right, I'll definitely preorder one then.

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>>15761727
Check out:
https://hlj.com/product/BAN981588

A bunch of radomes in 3 sizes.

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Can somebody important tell Bandai to make a modern High Grade Tallgeese. I want more Tallgeese.

>>15762287
Dear god.

>>15762287
Is that you Pablo?

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I'm back lads
Anyone got any F91 kits to post?

>>15762338
I would if they would make them.

>>15762287
JUST

>>15762343
...oh yeah

>>15762351
All the kits I've seen for it are prohibitively old. Old kits are worse than third party.

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>>15762309
yeah, I know its shitty, that's why I want a modern one, so I don't have to suck it up with crappy walmart acrylic on the old one.
>>15762328
is that you guy who calls me Pablo for no discernible reason? can you get bandai to make us better Tallgeese?

>>15762363
There's nothing wrong with the Tallgeese itself, it's what you did to it that's wrong.

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>>15762358
Now HERE'S a series with kits

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>>15762368
well this kit out of the box is in all white, so i don't really know what you would expect somebody to do to it. also what about it that I did is wrong so when I inevitably buy another I can not fuck it up. also i don't think i did to terrible a job seeing as i don't have an air brush, and i think i did an okay job grtting rid of the hideous seams that used to exist on the front and backs of the legs. help me sir.

>>15762287
>>15762363
>>15762385
>kill me

>>15761986
Looks great! Did you simply topcoat it?

>>15762385
Buy some Tamiya masking tape, you've got bleeding everywhere. And some basic Tamiya putty, I can still see the seams on those legs you're talking about. And stop using that shitty Walmart acrylic, it's likely garbage just from these images alone. If you're just handbrushing, look for Vallejo paint, it's the best for handbrushing and thins with water. Read the guides, there's two in the OP that are invaluable resources.

And please, for the love of god. THIN YOUR PAINT.

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>>15762287
>>15762363
>>15762385
I personally don't think it looks so bad. Like sure it's not going to win any awards, but it's not red cliff levels. A lot of people just lurk in these threads, they might not understand how normal grade kits are by default.

>>15762423
Addendum: You did put some effort in, which is commendable. But I'm sure you can do better. Next time try picking up the MG Tallgeese, it'll look a lot better than >>15762428 this stone statue.

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>>15762410
that's right, a mere topcoat was good enough for me, although some little details have paint all over the model, black and gray for the vents, silver for all the cannons of the dragoons, those even need red in some section, etc

the worse was the decal hell, I combined the decals of the kit itself and the ones of the effect parts

as for the latter, oh boy, this is going to look great when I attach them, problem is it will take a lot of space which I no longer have to properly display it

Now that HobbyWave is gone, any good site to buy gunpla from in Canada? Besides hlj or amazon. I'm not a fan of the shipping prices and towns from hlj, and amazon doest take paypal

>>15762440
>>15762428
Fuck that. Get that kit again, but this time paint it as a stone statue.
LIKE A GLORIOUS GREEK GOD

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What's the best 0083 kit /gpg/?

>>15762472
dendrobium

>>15762423
Finally somebody with something to say.
This is the only model I've used this Walmart paint on, only the white BTW, everything else i have is Testors, some of it model master some of it not. I really did try to thin the crap out of this white paint just using water but i guess it needed to be done further. It was VERY THICK when i first squirted it into a bottle lid.
Thank you for the advice.

>>15762477
>dendrobium
good taste my man

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>>15761727
I just glued a disk onto a GM head to make a cowboy themed Kitbash. This model lurks in the background as a break from other projects. Been working on it for ages. Note the dangers of not using primer as the paint is wearing on the edges!

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>>15762440
I actually already have the MG Tallgeese, it was the first gunpla I ever did. except on that one i didn't paint the white, because i didn't have any white paint. i've since followed it up with a couple of HG, and i wanted a HG Tallgeese to take stupid pictures of them doing stupid things. My greatest wish is for Bandai to make a modern HG Tallgeese.

>>15762456
I quite like this idea. I will be stealing it.

>>15762490
looks more like a gun samurai than a cowboy

For painting white, I get painting in thin coats, but it still comes out a tad grainy. I use Vallejo white, but would it be better to switch to Mr Color for it? Or does Mr Color harm the plastic?

>>15762453
Canadian gundam?

>>15762506
why do you think mr color would harm the plastic?

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>>15762505
Works for me.

>>15762513
Isn't Mr Color lacquer based? I know enamel isn't the best for bare plastic, but I didn't know how lacquer was either, since it's not great for ABS and Bandai moved away from it

>>15762276
Just as a warning, be sure of your decision if you only want one. Before this reprint was announced, the Altron was priced extremely high, above $120 last time I checked.

>>15762531
It's the thinner that fucks with the plastic, but laquers in general are not very good for handpainting anyway. White is usually a tougher color to nail anyway, even with airbrushing primer whites. I suggest sticking with Vallejo

>>15762529
>>15762490
If you put it on upside down and put a dome on it, would look exactly like that cowboy hat. The way you did does have a certain charm, but it looks like a rice picker GM.

That said, the neck is skinny and would look great with a little bandana around it.

>>15762593
>Just as a warning, be sure of your decision if you only want one. Before this reprint was announced, the Altron was priced extremely high, above $120 last time I checked.
Well, Altron was the only one left when I put in my order, so that's what I got.

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I completely forgot about the Metal Build 00 Qan[t] announcement and now all the pre-orders are booked everywhere I go.
Am I totally fucked?

>>15762608
prepare to have to pay scammer prices over 40k yen

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>>15762618
FUCKSHIT

>>15762630
Um
What suit is that?

>>15762645
Gouf Amphibious Type.

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>>15762657
That's no Gouf boy! No Gouf!

>>15762505
I dig the build man, very cool looking. Mind sharing some details with someone looking to get into kitbashing so I can kind of see how it came together?

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just finished building my waifu
panel lined, decald, top coated
sex

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>>15762812
First off, Kit bashing is like playing with lego. Must of the time is spent looking for the right piece. It's also expensive, as you are using multiple kits for one finished robot. But I find it fun. Don't be afraid to redo anything you slap together if it doesn't work out. I must have gone through 5 backpacks before I ended up with what you see.
The Samurai-rice-picking-cowboy is made from:
-Powered GM (Most of the body)
-Gundam The End (guns, hands and hips)
The head is from some GM that I forgot, with a neck extension to allow more movement. The "hat" is from an old Revell kit. The Jet Engines on the backpack are from an Orguss kit.
The theme I was after was a kind of light ground based scout. Brown and tan always make a good colour scheme, and a disk radome makes a great hat.
Pic is another build I posted earlier of a kit bashed Gaza. All the various colours help to see what goes into a kitbash.

>>15762645
>>15762657

that's a marine hi-zack

>>15761825
>MG Zaku 2.0 only has a sticker eye
What the fuck? My HG Zogock (fun fucking build) has a real monoeye.

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>>15762920
looks great anon. what you gonna build next?

>>15761825
GIVE ME THE MG JEGAN FUCKING HELL BANDAI
>>15762931
it has a molded monoeye but needs a sticker for color, not sure what he meant by "actual monoeye"

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>>15762428
I agree, I received two of these things as gifts. With a little TLC, they can come out looking decent

>>15762986
>With a little TLC, they can come out looking decent
Yours didn't. Thin your fucking paints.

Anyone got their RG Unicorn shipped out yet?

>>15762490
Rice farmer gm

>>15762986
This is the first negative feedback I've given here. My first day I saw everyone just wanted to ignore or shit on (even mildly) people's work. So I try to drop everyone a compliment as long as I can find one.

Those my friend are just ugly, especially the panel lining and paint.

>>15762281
That's perfect, thanks anon

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>>15762986
Thought the one on the left was the Fabgeese at first glance. But no there's no meme magic in there, only a need for thinned paints.

>>15761202
I want him to see the best work ever and go "A-meijin!"

>>15761214
All the HG Origin kits are getting water slides this autumn, search for origin water decals om HLJ and won't use the crap stickers

>>15761050
>>15761053
Is he dead?

>>15763160
https://hlj.com/product/BANN19604

looks like this one's actually released, though it seems to be missing some decals for the prototype gouf

>>15763027
ANT got his already. Mine should come in within ten or so days.

>>15763188
Just trying to get a feel for the release schedule, I'll get mine later than everyone else because I put it in the same order as the MSM Unicorn.

>>15763197
Well, the Mega Size Unicorn releases on the 24th. Your kits are probably going to reach you sometime in September, unless you live in (or really close to) Japan.

>>15763182
>>15763160
Huh, I guess the Gouf is going into the backlog for now cause for those prices I'll get the waterslides. thanks for the tip anon!

>>15763221
>tfw everyone is going to be RG Unicorn posting while I wait for my Mega Size
At least I'll get to shitpost bigger and better.

>>15763027
Yeah mine got shipped yesterday

Anybody with experiences or opinions on USAGundamStore? Is it a decent service?

>>15761700
Did you add any small color details anywhere? Or iss it oob?

>>15763307
not him but here >>15762451

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It isn't much, but just wanted to enter the THICC build for shits and giggles.

>tfw looking forward to snapping together my MSM Unicorn and my RG Unicorn, then posing the MSM holding the RG in its hand with the caption "Don't talk to me or my son ever again"

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I swear I am never going to properly comprehend just how much of a behemoth the Mega Size Unicorn is until I have it in front of me.

>>15763369

I would have bought it if it were unicorn mode. Guess I'm the odd one.

>>15763370
I want a Unicorn mode Mega Size more than the Destroy Mode, don't get me wrong. But Destroy Mode is going to look hella cool and who knows how many months it'll be before we get the Unicorn Mode 1/48. Hell, what if it ends up being P-Bandai?

>>15763369
1/48 Barbatos when?

>>15763385
>1/48 Barbatos
You know I'd buy that.
Which variation, though? 6th form, Lupus, Rex?

>>15763387
Lupus, of course.

>>15763389
I was going to make an argument for Rex but after actually taking a good look, Lupus does seem like the best option for a 1/48.

>>15763393
Different anon. As long as it comes with the fuckoff mace I'd buy it. Solely for the mace.

>>15763394
>1/48 scale piledriver mace
You fucking know it.
The question is, what would you even use the mace for if not the Barbatos? A Perfect Grade kit?

>>15763398
I'd tighten the pegs on something tiny and have something with a ridiculously oversized mace. Maybe a Loto, Ball, or Kapool.

>>15763407
I understand what you're going for here but it'd just end up looking bad on a kit like a Loto, Ball or Kapool honestly.
You'd want something like an Astray or Strike Gundam that is no stranger to oversized weaponry.
Still, you'd have to hold the mace up on a stand of it's own since I doubt even an Action Base could survive the immense heft of a 1/48 Mace.

Actually, on quick introspection a great 1/144 scale kit for a 1/48 Mace would have to be the Dantalion and its gorilla arms.

>>15762923
What the hell Gaza kit came in orange?

>>15761523
>tfw the r/Gunpla server is literally better than the /m/ one

>>15763385
1/48 Ball (Type K) when?

>>15763180
RIP Jim

Has anyone here tried to make a Leo from a MG Tallgeese? If so, did you try to make it shorter?

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R8 my lazy recolor that I might use on an MG Zaku

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>>15763824
Panzergrenadier/10

>>15763369
definitely putting my rg kit right next to my mega size unicorn now

Does anyone have any lineart for the GP04 Gerbera? I can't find it in the links in the OP, or on google.

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>>15762338
I mean I got this but its not much to look at sadly

>>15763876
I got really confused and thought the arm on the kit behind it was part of it.

Now I want to make something like a Gilgamesh Gundam

>>15762986
Is that Tallgeese based off the custom shown off in BF when Niels is introduced?

>>15763922
Valkyrie was two tone green and yellow.

Am I naive to hope for a new R-Jarja as it was in the latest episode of Twilight Axis? They could reuse most of the R-Gyagya.

Maybe a RE/100?
P-Bandai?

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>>15763824
10/10 Love the flecktarn. Makes me want to try some partizan.

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>>15763462
Ancient Shitty Gaza D.

>>15763952
No. I don't think twilight axis will have anything to do with it though.

With the RE/100 line any kit could become a RE.

It wouldn't be p-bandai it would be a brand new kit.

>>15763671
>Type K
Get that shit out of here, vanilla Ball or bust.

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What do you guys think about these desert colors?

>>15764377
looks really cool

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>>15764377

Too dark with too many colors for that kind of idea in my opinion. A lot of the color separation looked hella weird to me but I have a preference towards not having it for the sake of having it.

I messed around with it and made it to my liking.

>>15764427
I was gonna say before about the brow, but you fixed it anyway. Much better as the color of the head

>>15764427
I like the guy's original colors better.

Will an IBO stand fit the Sazabi ver ka?

>>15764516

It's a stand breaker, keep it on the ground.

>>15764516
>tfw didn't get the special IBO decal stands
At least I ordered all of the Chara stands.

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Well my most recent order has arrived, in two parts. Was kind of worried because the latter half was late.

First up the long awaited SUPER ZAKU.

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>>15764561
Just in case the super zaku wasn't enough to get rid of all these fucking gundams, I brought in some heavy ordinance.

>>15764568
haha oh wow, post pictures when building anon. I've never taken on a kit that big before.

>>15764523
Are you saying there's no stand to hold this beast?

>>15764568
Has anybody completely ruined this kit yet?

>>15764427
I think I'll tone down the contrast like you have it, thanks

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>>15764568

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>>15764624
Aw I like it with the darker brown, it reminds me of Dot Blaze

I want to see a Mega Size Unicorn vs a HGUC Neo Zeong.

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>>15764568

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>MG GM Command just got announced
>P-Bandai

>>15764657
I hate the limited time "Buy Now!" nature of P-Bandai.
I'm going to have to source my Pale Riders pretty soon because if I don't have a pre-order in on them I probably won't be able to get them, they'll sell out super fast and be scalped for the next year or more.

>>15764618
I'll have to, but it will be a while. I need to cut my teeth on smaller kits to warm up.

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>will probably wait 20 years before they make RG Overflag

>>15764675
That's a pretty lowball estimate there.

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i thought his antenna beside his head was supposed to be grey

If Gundam rakes in more revenue each year then why is there a sharp increase in P-Bandai releases in the last 2 years or so?

>About to use a static grass applicator for the first time.

>>15764682
Looks nice, is that the P-bandai MG?
>tfw kinda want to buy the RG Mk II and Zeta Limited Color editions
Save me from this P-Bandai hell

>>15764682
Wait what is this kit?

>>15764657
>>15764682
>it's the sexier space variant
Well, I'm sold. Probably going to try and make 2you4 work with P-Bandai this time.

>>15764686
Probably BECAUSE of the increase in P-Bandai releases. P-Bandai releases happen because Bandai expects to make a bigger profit by selling these kits directly to consumers than if they were to constantly keep the kits in production. GM Command probably would've sold well as a general release though, but hey, I'm not one of Bandai's financial analysts so what's my opinion matter.

>>15764716
its p-bandai
>>15764733
gm command space type

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>>15764673
A quick shot at the box within the box.

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>>15764739
Fuck me, I always forget to attach my images. http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000117133/

>>15764742
is that a dragon scythe in the background
you dork

>>15764744
fuggin.. DAMMIT BANDAI
I'm still going to preorder the hell out of this, if no other p-bandai kit. Tallgeese III can wait

>tfw I'm going to buy the MG Space Command Type and COMPLETELY forget about my half-painted HG Space Command Type
rip little guy

>>15764682
>Year of the GM!
>Oh you wanted regular releases? Fuck you
And I still buy them

Is bandaionline an alright shop?

>>15764632
I'm kinda torn really, might come down to a coin flip

>>15764568
>>15764628
>>15764653
>>15764742
i've wanted this thing for a while AND i have the money. what's the worthwhile price?

>>15764763
About $35 before shipping. It should have just been a normal release at that price

>>15764767
>$35
The HGUC Neo Zeong was a 25000 yen list price item, about the price of a PG.
You might be thinking about the SD Neo Zeong.

>>15764682
>>15764744
Based on GM Sniper II with new head chest(only the right arm cover is new) and backpack and legs and rifle, your not going to be able to raise the right arm all the way up b/c of the antenna lol.

>>15764778
Oh lol sorry I was still caught up in the GM hype, I didn't even look at what you were referencing

>>15764742
>dat dragon cane
wut

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>>15764657
>P-Bandai
FUCK YOU

>>15764778
is it still 25000 yen? or does it go for more now? what's a good price in dollars

>>15764812
I would expect to pay between 250-300 USD for it.
Supposedly it can be had for as little as $256 Canadian Funbucks but that seems odd as Amazon.com sellers have it at like $370USD
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/offer-listing/B00SXYSHGO/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

which MG Tallgeese is the best? original, II or III?

>>15764851
III, duh
Naw it really just comes down to which design you like the best and how much you're willing to pay. But the III is one of those cases that should've been a normal release because of how different it is to the I and II. All personal preference

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>>15764739
>Probably going to try and make 2you4 work with P-Bandai this time.
Tested it out with something cheap, and I've done it.
I'm free from middleman markups forever now.
I'm still stuck with paying twice for shipping, and forwarder fees, but 2you4's an incredibly cheap forwarder.
Derringer, how long until full US P-Bandai?

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I'm trying my hand at hand painting. I think I'm doing okay. I've made the mistake of using tamiya acrylics for the job. It doesn't seem like I'm going too thick, but I notice some parts are darker with the faintest hint of brush strokes.

This is only two coats in with a couple hours between each.

Anyone got any critiques or advice for me?

>>15764948
Don't use Tamiya acrylics for handpainting, they're extremely difficult to handpaint with.

>>15764851
Personally T2 is my favorite, but T3 has a lot of cool gimmicks and a lot to like. It's up to your taste

>>15764946
>Derringer, how long until full US P-Bandai?

As soon as Bandai hobby stops being a Japanese Business*

*A business run as retardedly as possibly due to cultural reasons

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One last photo for the contents of the mighty box. There is a lot of stuff in here.

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>>15764972
wew

>>15764972
goddamn...

>>15764953
Yeah, I learned that lesson after I already got my paint. I feel like I'm getting the hang of it, though. I'm gonna see what I can do with this HG as a practice kit, and if I feel the need, I'll order some Vallejo or something when I actually paint a kit I care about.

I finally got the revive HG BD1 and goddamn, I am fucking impressed. You get two separate heads, one for normal mode and another for EXAM mode. I'm not a decisive guy and tend to get ocd-ish when I can't have both of something, that was the biggest problem I had with the old HG BD1.

>>15765009
You'd hate the Origin Guncannon Test Type then.

>>15765009
Technically they just wanted people to have the option to use the game head or the manga head, but the extra head is nice in general. It's not like with the first Blue Destiny or the Pale Riders where you have to pick one and stick with it.

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What the fuck? Why would Bandai completely cease using unique molds? The Zaku I can understand, but the others aren't something to defend.

>>15765079
Oh shit, now I don't want to build that Rick Dias I've had sitting for almost 3 or four years

>>15765079
well shit, need to buy a perfect gundam soon then.

>>15765079
>English websites as a reputable source for Gunpla
Until I see the nips talking about it I'm calling bullshit. Bandai still reuses their ancient as fuck Dunbine and Zabungle molds.

>>15761523
HOLD THE FUCK UP
FUCKING ALPHONSE AS IN MASON REED, GAY FURFAG THAT SHITS UP /o/?
WHY IS HE EVERYWHERE

>>15761825
GP01 2.0 using upscaled RG parts. Please Bandai. It's my ms-fu.

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fuck you bandai

>>15765079
How's the MG Full Armor? I got the MG Thunderbolt Full Armor and I've been considering the MG Full Armor to go alongside it.

>>15765151
cancer finds a way of spreading

>>15765160
pls tell me its not MG... i can already tell its p-bandai

>>15765160
P-Bandai?
no clue what this shit is though

>Dear Gunpla fans- we've decided to shut down the regular store-based distribution system. Going forward we'll be selling every kit we produce via our P-Bandai webstore to cut out the middleman. Please look forward to it! -Bandai

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>>15765169
Custom GNX http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000117108/

>>15765160
Oh.. Im kind of disappointed it's not an MG

>>15765167
hg
>>15765169
its from one of the bf manga, dont remember which one

>>15765177
Wanted to call it a GN-X but I'm kinda ignorant about 00 suits and it looked a bit different.

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Holy fucking SHIT, panel washes are the bomb, fuck gundam markers. Vallejo just got thier hooks into another customer

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>HG Pluma set
>P-Bandai
Bandai please fuck off

I'm actually getting a little sick looking at all the P-Bandai kits from this past year or so. All of this shit that is limited time that'll take years (or never) to be obtainable again or otherwise come with a heavy premium not that P-Bandai isn't already a ridiculous Premium.

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>>15765079
>Final production
>All of those were literally just reprinted on the 28th

>>15765223
Trips decides next build from my backlog.

HGUC The O
HGUC Gouf Custom
HGUC Jesta
HGUC Unicorn Destroy Mode w/ Base
RG Mk. II
RG Red Frame
MG Heavyarms Ver EW

>>15765282
>implying anyone is going to roll trips
Just build The O

>>15765151
Maybe the /mo/ thing brought him here

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>>15765287
Hey, I'm trying to have fun with the thread.

>>15765160
What the fuck did they do to my GNXIV

>>15765282
check em

>>15765177
Can't tell if this thing is a new mold or the old kit with new shit slapped on top of it.
It better be come with a non-custom configuration option, because this thing is a mess.

>>15765303
I went ahead and looked back through the thread for you. I found two instances of trips (both 000)
In other words, you have a 1/150 chance of a reply to your post being trips. You'll be here quite a while waiting.

>>15765282
>trips

Just build the Gouf

>>15765160
Surely this means Bandai will release regular GNXIV soon, right? And it will be a regular release, right?

>>15765185
If you're into their panel washes get a few bottles of their acrylics, I hear they're great stuff.

>no Reborn RG
>no Overflag RG
>no GN Archer RG

>>15765350
Good.

>>15765173
>Dear Gunpla fans- we've decided to shut down the regular store-based distribution system. Going forward we'll be selling every kit we produce via our P-Bandai webstore to cut out the middleman. Please look forward to it! -Bandai
Given the number of P-Bandai exclusives that have been announced lately it legitimately feels like this is exactly whats happening.

>>15765350
>Overflag RG
How. All Flags are skinny as fuck. What more could they add to the kit in detail.

>>15765361
It unironically is, ask Derringer if he shows up. They're moving to do direct-to-customer. The uptick is that it should hopefully open up to the NA market. It's just going to be an especially rough transition period for us.

>>15765350
>wanting GN Archer without the matching Arios.

>>15765369
I live in moonland where its super easy to get cheap Gunpla, and even buy from P-bandai occasionally and this still turns my stomach.

I don't think I'd continue this hobby if I couldn't pick up kits at marked down prices.

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>>15765369
This feels really sketchy.

>>15765385
>>15765403
It costs Bandai less to sell directly to you, especially with the P-Bandai model where they take a pre-order to find out exactly how many to produce and have no excess kits laying around.
It just makes business sense. Although of course with a direct-to-customer model the customer also usually gets some of the savings.

>>15765409
Wouldn't it be harder to recoup the cost of the moulds with limited runs, though?

>>15765412
Why do you think they use the same inner frames for all of their kits? All you're really paying for at this point is new armor pieces.

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gonna get my first kit, what should I get? I've made models years ago. I like Gundam Wing. I can spend a bit on it too.

>>15765436
>Frogposting
Perfect Grade Wing Zero. Don't worry about tools, you're good to go as is.

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>>15765443
>Frogposting
What can I say, I'm a giant faggot

thanks though

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>>15765443
>Perfect Grade
>first kit

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>>15765151
>>15765162
>>15765300

hahaha nah, i just happened to have the same name as /o/ alphonse

I picked the name cos im a massive patlabor fag, unaware there was a trip on /o/

but as said before, ive found several discords with gunpla in them to keep it varied, theres good communities out there if the /m/ discord isnt to your liking

>>15765459
He's a frogposter, so yes. Perfect Grade for first kit.

Ready for all the P-bandai RG Unicorns?
P-Bandai Green, Full Armor, Green Full Armor Unicorn.
P-Bandai Banshee Norn and Norn Green
P-Bandai Phenex.
At least the RG Banshee will probably be a normal release.

>>15765409
>Although of course with a direct-to-customer model the customer also usually gets some of the savings.
>implying Bandai won't maximize profits and will sell kits at the same MSRP as always despite lower production and distribution costs.
Welcome to reality. Bandai will put their investors' interests before their customers'.

>>15765472
Well yeah, of course Bandai is going to be greedy. They've gotten away with it so far and will either continue to get away with it or will crash and burn hard at which point it's a lose-lose because they'll be putting out a lot fewer kits at that point.
It's just that most businesses do offer lower prices when they do Direct.

>>15765160
If they are to release an HG GN-X IV after this, it will be a p-bandai product for the 00 Gundam 10th anniversary and not a mainstream retail release as they can't fit it into an expired line. This is unless they do a renewal 00 HG line.