Plamo/Gunpla General

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== 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]

what the fuck happened to the thread pic

>>15801092
I just want to see the nastiest autist slapfights among the train and military modellers. I want to see how BADWRONGFUN they can go.

Can a kit be gloss coated after a flat coat?

So i started painting my first kit

I dont like how the kit feels with a matte finish. I actually didnt know it would turn out like this. I like the colors but not the feeling.

Is there a way to get it looking glossy without painting it again?

Matte finish gives me goosebumps and feels like sandpaper.

>>15802709
Gunpura is freedom

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Does anyone know how good pour type gundam markers are?

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Reposting because I felt that not many people saw it or will see it in the old thread.

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>>15802786

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>>15802787

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>>15802795
For those who missed it, it is a destiny in the style of IBO or more specifically like the barbatos lupus Rex.

No price or release date has been announced as of yet and I believe it will be 1/72, judging by the pictures.

>>15802723
>So i started painting my first kit
>
>I dont like how the kit feels with a matte finish. Is there a way to get it looking glossy without painting it again?
>
>Matte finish gives me goosebumps and feels like sandpaper.

Different matte formulations have different kinds of coarseness.

Mr Hobby brand and Tamiya are very fine grained compared to other brands.

>>15802801
More like a Destiny in the style of a clusterfuck.

>>15801058
What's it like being employed by the anti-Christ?

>>15802744
They pale in comparison to a proper enamel or acrylic wash.

>>15802821
More importantly does he do children's parties

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Left or right?

>>15802868
Right, maybe lighten up the orange a bit.

>>15802868
Right pops a lot more.

>>15802868
Definitely the right

>>15802868
Right is more pleasing to the eye but left makes more sense. Kinda like camo painting for space MS (looks cool but it's dumb in-universe)

>>15802868
I'd say right, but tint the grey slightly violet

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>>15802903
>>15802900
>>15802874
>>15802878
>>15802889

I felt like there was a bit too much of a contrast between the blue colors so I adjusted it a bit, and I also took your suggestions in mind.

>>15802958
Love it, looks much more ready for space use

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>>15802683
== GUNPLA GENERAL DISCORD ==

Get in here: https://discord.gg/gEGpkQ

good god I have such a spending problem with this stupid hobby

>>15802958
i want to fuck it

>>15802980
I feel you, but when you own everything you want it won't be so bad anymore.

>>15802998
I still have a fairly large wishlist lol. I thought being exclusively 1/100 would help save money, but how wrong was I

>>15803003
Well I go exclusively 1/144 for variety and because I'm a huge autist. I considered costs pretty early and went for great deals as they showed up on ebay to finish my collection early, desu. It's why I had a backlog for so long, I was buying them like mad while they were going for good prices. Now I just sit around waiting for something I want. It's great, you'll get there if you're a serious collector.

>>15802962
>>15802990

Glad you like it. I wonder how well I will be able to do pre shading on it though, there are so many fairly small parts, for example on the legs.

>>15802803

I have no hobby shops by me that sell Tamiya and Tamiya.com tells me that my card is declined.

I'm also not about to spend $5 + shipping for one 10ml jar of paint on amazon.

>>15802729
Never tried but a gloss coat would probably work. Might be slightly discolored due to the double layer but its probably fine if both coats are suitably even and thin

>>15803014
Fucking up my first preshading attempt made me consider assembling kits after preshading to check for flaws. Has anybody done this?

Which do you guys recommend for the MG ReZel? The standard one or the type C Defenser? The Defenser is easily more bad ass, yes, but I like the blue body red visor color scheme of the standard ReZel better. Help me out

>>15803003
In a sense, it does. They make less MG kits than they do HG kits

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>>15803054

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>>15803054

I really love the type C defenser b-unit look. From what I've heard, the standard MG Rezel is pretty solid.

>>15803007
Why don't you panel line one of them?

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Big ass box for the Hamma Hamma. The artwork is really pretty...

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...and there's a TON of parts, I'm really excited for this one.

>>15802958
That's sexy as fuck anon

>>15802709
You know, almost every time I've been to a train or military forum I've only seen what seems like old guys giving advice and occasionally arguing sideways by recommending something over someone else's recommendation. Not to say they don't get into bitchfits, just that I've never seen them.

>>15802729
Matte is supposed to be rough. It's literally chunky particles designed not to reflect light. It also makes the kit's joints slightly stiffer and gives you better grip.

>>15802868
HADES SYSTEM ONLINE

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>>15802709
The go onto a military modeling forum and mention anime girls on model planes, cars, tanks, and mecha musume stuff in general. I have never seen more vile spite at my local ipms meeting than when the topic randomly came up one meeting.

>>15803174
Cool.

Someone here on on /toy/ talked about their dad getting bewildered about paint jobs on a model or something, because his dad was used to reading up about the subject of the model in order to figure out how to paint it, rather than having sheer leeway on what to do decide.

Forgot if he gave his dad a gunpla or some racecar model or some scifi model at that time.

>>15803174
they bitch about that?
considering the general acceptance of the eggplane line within the community, that's rather contradictory

>>15803250
>eggplane
Pardon?

>>15803259
google

":In addition to luminescence in 50 places, you can enjoy a realistic image with gimmicks such as opening and closing corners, changing the mode of the face, deploying shoulder, waist and knee parts. In addition, a new decal by the mechanic designer Kataki Hajime will be added."

So maybe it is going to transform?

>>15803310
I thought that was some sort of misspelling or something.

>have SD planes
>complains about anime
wew

>>15803250
Eggplanes aren't half naked teenage kawaii anime girls that make them feel like pedophiles for owning merchandise of.

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>>15802680
hey that's my first out of 3 Sinanjus

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>>15803336
you should see what the eggplane girls like to wear, in their vans

Eggplanes are cute, if they're like $10-12 a piece I'll buy 5.

>>15803364
>they're $25
What the fuck Hasegawa, for that price they better be pre-painted like the display photos.

>>15803336
Technically neither is the Garupan stuff, the KanColle stuff, or the Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio stuff. It might be associated with girls but you don't get decals to itasensha up your Tiger, it's just the old mold with new decals and a license.

I guess the Arpeggio stuff is a little more non-traditional though, but I can forgive the penchant for wanting to give gravity cannons to real ships.

>>15803373
I was talking more about the FAGs with the half naked part.

>>15803367
Eggplanes are like 10-15 bucks each or 20 in packs of two. You just have to order them from overseas and pack them in with whatever other plastic you're importing to make the shipping costs negligible per unit.

Man, as much as I like the hamma-Hamma, I'm just not a fan of those skirt thrusters. No idea how to fix it yet

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>>15802786
>completed figure
>with broken pegs
>and shitty joints
>and missing parts
>and shitty paintjob

Just make it a plastic model kit, fucking chinks.

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ahhh yeah. got this guy in the mail today.

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Working on a Gear a Doga custom. Do you think I could pull off using this shotgun from an old halo reach statue with some painting, or should I try making something out of this Koto Strong rifle?

>>15803470
GA GA GA- GA GA GA GAO GAI GAR!

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>>15803475
Also, still struggling with a color scheme. I'm tempted to say fuck it and do a desert color scheme.

>>15803478
I like the orange one, but swap the orange and grey on the shins

>>15803400
Where can I get this kit?

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>>15803493
I like that. Good call.

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>>15803506
Reminds me of the autumnal variant of Platanenmuster.

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What makes the Zeta RG so bad? I might get the Amuro RG, I'll never put it in Waverider mode, and I have plastic glue just in case parts slip off.

MG Providence Gundam is Panel Lining Hell. Someone please save me from this nightmare

>>15802829
It pays the bills and gives me the much needed medical insurance. Otherwise I'd probably be dead by now

Bare plastic kits can be top coated with lacquer, right?

>>15803521
It's just fragile. Also, you should know that the Amuro version is a metric fuckton of stickers. Emphasis on stickers and not decals.

>>15803521
the hip joint is incredibly fragile, and this doesn't apply only to transforming it.

>>15803563
spraycan primer is lacquer.
spraycan paints are lacquer.

have a wild guess.

>>15803602
Soooooo

no

>Mega Size Unicorn dispatched
Get Hype

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>>15803636
I'll get hyped when I see what the new HGUC will be... or not... if it's not the R-Jarja I just don't know...

>>15803641
Why should I care what you think, you don't even build Mega Sizes.

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>>15803644
Does this count?

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http://p-bandai.jp/hobby/special-1000007825/

Looks like they're still putting out IBO kits via p-bandai. Ground type Grazes finally.

Here's hoping they do an individual release for the Tekkadan colors Landman Rodi.

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Has anyone ever tried to partially assemble a painted kit and then spray it with a topcoat? I assume it will be fine, but I'm wondering if there are any tips for doing it.

I have to go through some weird build order shenanigans with my groupbuild.

>>15803661
Unless they do the Rodi variants, I'm not interested.

>Labrys
>Garm
>Spinner

>>15803526
Did you buy Tamiya panel line accent color?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIba2eCQjZE

Manual panel lining on kits like that is hell.

>>15803665
I would murder someone to get kits of the other Rodis, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

>>15803661
>ground type Graze
Isn't this just a Graze Ritter painted in a different color? I'm pretty sure you could just buy a Graze Ritter kit and get the exact same result from painting it, unless these kits are somehow cheaper (and they're P-Bandai, so)
Still, I do like that we're getting more IBO kits.

>>15803673
No. They have a bigger sword that goes onto the backpack, different feet, and the standard graze shoulders. The ritter could be equipped with ground type equipment though.

All of these parts you can get through the option packs so yeah it's pretty much just a recolor, which is pretty standard for p bandai stuff. It's for snap fags who don't paint.

>>15803673
No. It's a normal Graze with the options parts from that one set that gives you the feet and the backpack from option set 9, the sword from option set 4, and the Ritter leg boosters.

>>15803684
>>15803686
>Option set stuff
Hmm. Maybe I'll do some math and consider them then, I could always use more Grazes.

>>15803673
>>15803684
>>15803686
>>15803687

It's also a two-pack, you get both kits. Which when you add the cost of needing to buy the multiple option packs it IS cheaper. So long as you live in Japan, and just want the Ground Type Graze and aren't interested in the other parts that come in the option sets.

>>15803688
>tfw I'll never live in Japan

>>15803693
I do.
I tend to be leery of P-Bandai stuff that's just recolors because they're usually overpriced between the normal colored kits being sold at discount prices from other retailers and P-Bandai's shipping costs, but this one might actually be a decent deal in the end for some Ground Type Grazes.

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I know how this general reacts to greeble on custom kits but found this while looking for ideas to use on my own Turn X and thought it looked pretty neat. Wonder if the sentiment is shared or if you guys hate greeble on principle.

>>15803714
That isn't overdone at all. You can tell what the kit is, and the details don't detract from it's silhouette or shape. I like it.

It's all about execution for me. Greeble is best when it adds to a piece and complements what it's on, not overwhelms and overshadows it.

>>15803666
No Satan, I'm a poor fag so I use extrafine point Sharpie and alcohol wipes

>>15803714
Depends on how much greeble and for what purpose.
That Turn X is clearly a stylistic choice, it's the kind of greeble you'd see on 70s scifi props like original Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica. While it doesn't serve a PRACTICAL purpose it has A purpose. The pattern on the legs even gives it a kind of "ancient aliens" vibe. It's neat in the way it uses greeble "artistically."

Greeble for the sake of greeble, just for simple "wow factor," is what's bad. When people just make kits as busy as possible (like a bayformer, or many GBWC winners), in those cases it's always just a obvious mask to cover up a total lack of any real creativity.

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>>15803724
If you're lucky and you live near a model shop, they sell for like $3. Importing is a bitch though,
>>15803714
>>15803726
A few threads ago there were rants about bad weathering and overdoing decals. I gotta say, I only like weathering on dioramas, and most decals (even official ones that come with kits) are dumb.

>>15803714
Like most modeling techniques, a lot of it comes down to how you use it. Unlike most kits that just pile on the greeble, I think this actually works well since it emphasizes the crazy tech level of the Turn X. It's not just detail for detail's sake, but reflects the nature of the suit's origins. It definitely feels reminiscent of Syd Mead's retro scifi aesthetic.

Someone clearly spent time thinking about it, whereas bad greeble for the Turn X would be throwing in a bunch of wires, pistons , or riveted panels everywhere.

>>15803731
I agree that weathering tends to work best on dioramas, SOMETIMES it can work well enough on its own, but it just always looks better with some "context."

Decals like your pic are too busy, but I don't mind warning labels too much because I've actually seen real life military vehicles up close, and that shit isn't nearly as complex as a humanoid robot but are still COVERED in random warning labels and inspection stickers. Realistically a mobile suit would actually have warning labels on every single moving part, removable panel, and access point, it'd be just as bad as that pic if not worse minus the random text blocks on the shield.

>my order of gunpla from another continent is going to get here faster than paints from New Hampshire
>ordered the paints a solid 4 days before the gunpla

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I looked at the guide and noticed the mask cartridge for North America must be a 60921. Is this one ok? It says organic vapors so I take it that means it can only work with paint fumes and not dust from sanding?

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>>15803750

>>15803726
Isn't it established too, that the Turn-X looks like it does (asymmetrical and such), because it's self-repair nanomachines just kind of went nuts? Random greeble would make that much more sense in such a case.

Apparently the new rg kit is Johnny Ridden Zaku II

The Return of Johnny Ridden anime when

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Right, so RG GM and HGUC R-Jarja coming at the end of the week then?

>>15803827
>RG GM
Nani?

>>15803839
Talking out their ass.

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>>15803827
>not RG Union Flag Custom

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>>15803796
Confirmed

>>15803039

Preshade as assembled as you can. For example, if a shoulder pad is made out of two pieces, assemble them loosely before doing the shading on them so that it matches decently once assembled properly.

>>15803863
P-bandai retools ensures.

All RGs have had an MG now.

>>15803863
What a disappointment.

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>still no RG Turn A

>>15803863
So no Dom, Gouf and GM.

>>15803714
At this point it doesn't have enough greeble - the X-top looks pretty bare in comparison

>>15803863
RGs and MGs doing MSVs now, they are unlikely to release all MSV variants across all MS types.

I still trust in Robot Damashii in releasing a comprehensive line of MSVs, even if they only release the main ones that had a 1/144 kit.

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I may have just bought the crossbone x1, x2 and x3 mg ver ka kits from Nippon

>>15803880
That's really cool, does it say if it's using the Sniper II frame or just the 2.0? I see "2.0" in there somewhere

>>15803880
Gundam/GM 2.0 frame.

A bit late really, they should have done it back in 2010.

>>15803174
In all fairness there is nothing dumber then painting something like "cute" anime girls on war machinery. I know I'm threading a fine line here, but while I love anime I can't for the life of me understand the obsession people have with little anime girls. It worries me.

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>>15802868
Right, it looks really nice with the darker colors.
>>15803475
Give Emile back his shotgun please. You can't deprive the coolest looking spartan of the coolest looking shotgun.
>>15803478
>>15803506
I like the orange aswell. The dark and orange color scheme can look really cool and intimidating. I did a simmilar color scheme recently (pic related), you can see how that looks as a reference.

>>15803714
I'm not going to lie, I think it looks amazing. The "knight" look fits the Turn X really well.

>>15803907
I was 100% sure that was rotated, oh well.

Anons I have a question. I recently got a display case for my gunpla, but there is only one spot in my room where I can/could place it. Sadly this spot is partially in direct sunlight for 4 hrs of the day. This causes some kits to be in direct sunlight for an hour at most (with the sun shifting). Now the sun is going through the window glass, blinders that only partially block out the sun and then the glass of the display case. Should I be worried of my painted kits getting discolored or will they be fine?

>>15803863
This better not reuse the old RG Zaku engineering.

>>15803880
>GM Sniper II
>GM Sniper Custom
>GM II
>GM Sniper II White Dingo Custom
>GM II Unicorn Ver.
>GM Space Command
Year of GM. Would've been nicer if most of those weren't P-Bandai, but I'm still glad as fuck.

>>15803687
You're looking at 5000 yen plus for two Grazes and two sets of the option parts needed to make them ground types with the swords. And that's going off JUST Amazon.jp's discounted prices and before any shipping of course.

The P-Bandai Ground-type set is actually a better deal.

Wtf bandai? Msv to the max?

>>15802683
godspeed, the man doing the nobel gundam custom for this, i pray you went through with it

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It's time for your examination

>>15803942
I figured they'd make Unit 2 P-Bandai.
I imagine Unit 3 will be the same.

>>15803863
This gives me hope for a RG Psycho Zaku. Probably p-bandai though...

>>15803880
Wait is it P-Bandai or Standard release?

>>15803976
What's NOT P-Bandai these days?

>>15802801
>>15802795
>>15802787
>>15802786

Yuck.

Was hoping for a Destiny 2.0 kit, personally, but I see it's not Bandai.

>>15803907
I remember your Vidar. Was that spray paint or an airbrush?

>>15803731
>>15803741

I don't see why basic weathering such as rust and chipping etc would need a diorama in order to look good.

If we were talking about major battle damage like lost limbs and the like I'd agree though.

>>15803976
Regular release.

The wording didn't use "to be shipped on the certain month" which is usually associated with made to order p-bandai releases.

>>15803880
MG GM Night Seeker when?

Full Armor Thunderbolt or ZZ ver. KA?

>>15804012
Airbrush, I had some issues with the nozle that's why the paint is thicker sadly.

>>15804052
FAG

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>>15803904
>there is nothing dumber then painting something like "cute" anime girls on war machinery

What about painting them inside war machinery?

>>15803904
The fact that it's so dumb makes it the best.

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Currently experimenting with 3D printer for my Kampfer MG. Canons look good and work with no issues. Might still swap some parts to have them better suit overal suit design.
Knife still needs some work but it looks like I fucked up in printer settings.

Any suggestions on color scheme? I was thinking about making it desert camo but I can't decide on what color to choose for thrusters.

>>15804052
Neither

HOW DO I STOP PROCRASTINATING ON MY BUILD

>>15804111
Forest camo might be cool, if for no reason other than hiding artillery equipment in the forest is somewhat reasonable.

>>15804138
Stop posting here, start building

>order a bunch of kits from P-Bandai
>never build them out of fear of fucking them up and never being able to get them for a relatively reasonable price again

Why live?

>>15804138
Honestly?

Schedule building time. it really works wonders if you're just not "feeling the mood". Even if you want to do only 30 minutes a day.

Now 30 mins isn't much time to accomplish much (unless you're only building an HG and you're not doing any painting)

but, and this is the important part, it does give you some sense of accomplishment. And you keep doing more little by little. Set a timer though. That way you know you're doing the full 30 and not stopping early or going over.

Because if you go over 30 minutes, then you could justify not having to do your 30 minutes tomorrow. And then you'll slip back into procrastinating again.

Then, after a week or two, increase your scheduled building time as you see fit. But never skip a day unless of illness or some other life reason preventing you from doing it

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>>15804138
I'll tell you later.

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https://twitter.com/zickform/status/900009396989607936

What do you guys do with your boxes once you build the kits?
I've got a stack of boxes that I haven't been able to throw away because I like the artwork but they take up a lot of space.

What do?

>>15804241
Stack them up in the corner of the room as a trophy of your past works

>>15804241
Make more space

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>>15804111
>>15804140
Which one /m/?

>>15804264
They're all pretty good, though I'd go with top left. Green paint jobs are my thing

>>15804264
The white and gray one. Or the Desert colors.

The normal Kampfer is already a dark blue so the black seems kinda redundant.

>>15804152
Buy 2

>>15804241
Throw them the fuck out.

If you like the artwork download a picture of it online. keep a folder of Gundam Artwork you like.

Or, if you want to see it in your house, just cut off the front of the box. Hell, make a decoupage if you like.

The boxes are a useless space waster, though

>>15804241
>>15804273
This. As much as I wanted to, I eventually had to throw out the boxes to make space for more

>>15803714
i like it, looks like a relic thats been dug up from the ground

Do you have any ideas for materials to use for flexible tubing? Preferably something that won't tear or oxidise after a week.

>>15803714
It has somewhat Michael Bay look to it. In more tame and good sense of the word.

>>15804264
green, brown, or white looks great for a more militaristic color scheme, black if you want to make an ace custom suit.

>>15803880
YES i need more sniper gms in my life

>>15803942
i thought this and unit 3 would be p bandai. i wonder how popular blue destiny is in japan

>>15803880
Hahahahahaha cmon you give us this shit bandai? What a let down. RG announcement disappointing as fuck too.

>>15804138
My freedom 2.0 has been displayed at 80% completion for 8 months now. I know the feel.

>>15804331
What is the next RG? I can't find anything about it

>>15804336
RG Zaku II High Mobility Type [Ridden Custom]

>>15804339
really....? I like Johnny Ridden but....cmon, they could have at least done his Gelgoog. (or even better, Anavel Gato's Gelgoog)

>>15804339
sounds like they're warming up for the RG psycho zaku

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>>15804390
>those fucking sleeves in 1/144

>>15804264
bottom left!

>>15804241
Break them down, throw out the bottom, fold the top into itself, store it in a tight bundle with the rest of them. Maybe I'll line a wall with them someday, who knows, but they really don't take up any space broken down like this. I've also kept some of the bigger boxes for part storage.

Bandai probably used a fuck ton of resources on the Unicorn of course the next RG would've been some filler shit.

>>15803863
I'm going to be slightly upset if this isn't p-bandai when seven swords 00 and full saber QAN[T] weren't.

>>15803869
What about Gold frame amatsu mina?

>>15803880
>The MS I've always wanted an HG of
>Released in MG

O...okay I guess.

I wonder if there's still a chance of an HG release. I'm just an autist and don't buy MG's because all my kits are HG and it'll bother me having that one large one with the rest.

>>15804449
This has more new parts than either of those.

>>15804531
Put your trip back on Snapshit. Get some pills for your autism if it really bothers you that much.

>>15804227
>Still waiting for a P-bandai

Guess this'll have to do
I've never worked with resins before though and I heard it can be deadly.

>>15804540
Could be that it's a prototype for the actual plastic model

>>15804535
What?
Wanting an HG to display with my other HG gms makes me snapshit?

>>15804553
Snapshit won't buy mg's either for the exact same reasons and has autism. Quite a coincidence

>>15804556
yo I'm not that guy but I like all of my toys to be of similar size, means I can get up to shenanigans like Gundamu high school with my figmas.
Grade autism is not necessarily actual autism.

>>15804566
He has something obviously. If I had to guess I'd say down syndrome.

>>15804566
do you paint, panel line, topcoat, or do anything with your gunpla beyond just fitting the pieces together?

>>15804572
Standard cleaning and lining, Vfin sharpening and cleaning safety flags off of other edges like wings and shoulder bits as well.
No airbrush to speak of, yet. But I've started experimenting with epoxy and scratchbuilding so I'll get there eventually.
Why do you ask?

>>15804580
Move along, citizen.

>>15804550
That's pretty clearly a resin cast. Its too smooth and you can see the big chunky gate marks. Bandai prototypes are 3D printed and have a much rougher exterior.

>>15803904

>He lets pride control his life

Any more info/pics of that GBF Cheridum Saga kit?

>>15804657
no, but they're probably be more at the end of the week at that expo.

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>>15804657

>>15804663
Do you have the hg G-Self Perfect Pack?

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Yes I do.

>>15804679
You planning on painting that thing Snap?

>>15804687
Why do you ask him this?

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>>15804687
No. I think it looks amazing as is desu.

>rehashing the GM sniper
Sasuga Bandai

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>tfw preordered the ZZ ver. Ka
ganbare motherfuckers

>tfw you break into snapshits house and paint all of his kits

>>15803880
Hell yeah! I hope they will make the HG too. I always loved its retro and prototype design.

>>15804714
What is that feeling?...
Triumph?
Guilt?
petty glee

>>15804714
>not just bashing his head in

>>15804756
That'd be quick and painless.
I want him to suffer.

>>15804763
bash him in the head slowly

Do you have any other G-Reco Kits?

Snapshit comes home. I'm still in the middle of painting one of his figures.
I subdue him with a sharp blow to the head, then tie him to a chair.
He awakens, and I walk over and force his eyes open a la clockwork orange. I have all of his favorite kits in front of him, ready to be painted and panel-lined. He has to watch as I do each of them one by one with my airbrush. I lock his hand in place and put a gundam marker in it, and drag the panel lines against it forcing him to panel line it by his own hand. He screams in agony. The kits are shadowed perfectly, and although they lack greeble they are GWBC material on their immaculate paintjob alone.
He shrieks, his precious temple having been defiled.

>>15804690
Do you have any other G-Reco kits?

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>>15804776
Yes. I have every G-Reco kit in existence.

>>15804771
>he actually left his trip on and fucked up his bait
And now we know that nobody actually responds to him.

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>>15804778

>Actually samefagging
Was getting caught part of your plan?

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>>15804782

>>15804771
Lol at snapshit

>>15804771
>>15804776
Anon come on, the fun is over.

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>>15804781
Shut your fucken mouth.

>>15804784
I'll see you in hell

>>15804791
Lol at you surviving the abortion

>>15804793
The fun is only beginning when I see your mom tonight for some anal play.

Don't reply to bait.

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>>15804795
>The salt
Dude, just take your L like a man. Don't be a pussy for once.

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>>15804799

>>15804799
But anon gunpla is all snapshit has
He must defend himself for his own dignity or else he has nothing

And a lot of kitskits

Anyways what is everyone working on?

Are there any guides for painting in details on to bare plastic?

>>15804806
http://gamerabaenre.com/?page_id=1202

>>15804809
Meant for>>15804807

>>15804806
Nothing, I'm funposting from the bathroom at work. I'll be working on groupbuild tonight though. I get to paint the parts that are the most exciting color ever tonight.

Grey!

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>>15804774

Wait are you me?

>>15804825

If you have time to shiptoast, you have time to sneak a little tray table in there and work on some nubs on company time.

>>15804679
I want this. So I can paint in the sticker parts and panel lines and add topcoat

I just wish I wasn't poorfag in need of yellow paint.

>>15803521
RG Zeta a shit. It looks really good, but be prepared for total hip dislocation every time you try and pose the legs, leaving one or both legs dangling awkwardly. Also trying to get the chest sitting nicely is a real crapshoot thanks to all the extra articulation from the transformation mechanism.

It is a fun build though, and like I said it looks killer, you just have to hope and pray something doesn't go wrong every time you touch the damn thing.

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>>15804806
I'm gonna start trying to translate this mess of a lineart into 3D this weekend hopefully. The kit itself has been sitting on the backburner for like a year now.

>60 more posts
>most of it is about snapshit

How disappointing.

>>15804807

Vallejo acrylics
Thinner
A brush

I bought dymo tape for panel lining and the bastard hardly sticks to the plastic, what should I do?

Graze Ritter HG is pretty cool, but pretty fragile. i wish it got a MG.

>>15804896
I cannot abide by those stripes my dude. Is there nothing that can be done to improve them?

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Just Finished my first sort of diorama. The Graze was old as fuck and I wanted the barbie to do something cool.

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>>15804939
The stripes need to stay sadly, it's part of a package deal.

>>15804896
>>15804950
What is this anime now?

I'm getting a Virtual On vibe from the pink one.

>>15804807

Stick to acrylics. Enamels and lacquers fuck up brushes if you don't know what your doing,

The valejo line has a ton of awesome Primers that are acrylic. I think Tamiya does too but they are rattle can only. MR primer is really good but be sure to get a laquer based thinner to clean your brush.

You a 1000Grit Sandpaper and sand down the part you want. Not hard just make sure its got some cuts to it. The primer you use will clean out the cuts while sticking to the plastic giving you a nice flat finish. From there its what you want to do.

For beginners try to use a towel. The thinning ratio is normally "like milk" Which means you want the paint to be sorta like jello or a smoothie. Basically you don't want watery paint. Take a drip of paint and put it on the towel. If it spider webs out that means the paint is very thine and wont stick. If it just globs that means the paint is to thick. This is a good trick to learn thick from thin.

And lastly onto enamels. You can hand paint Enamels but don't use them for Armour pieces. Use them for fine details like gold parts, Pistons, that sort. But never put Enamel on a base coated acrylic.

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>>15804968
Boku no Karaoke Power Armor Symphogear, I've already got 4/7ths of the main cast done so I figured I might as well do the rest.

>>15804988
Oh, I'm only like half way through the first series. I guess that explains the stockings.

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>>15804968

>>15804947
>people that build well but dont take pictures correctly

PLEASE JUST TAKE IT OUTSIDE OR HAVE PROPER LIGHTING

>>15804998
Easier said than done, senpai. That's why I don't take any pictures. I'd rather have no pictures than bad ones

>>15804806
RG Z'gok. Probably the strangest kit I've built yet (I'm a Feddiefag), but it's lots of fun.

>>15804998

Thanks anon. As long as its built well that what counts. But ya. Taking a fuck off huge thing like that outside is a lot of work. And so is buying a light box. I just want to show off my passion and have others give me ideas on how to improve.

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>>15804556
I can't be snapshit if I actually sand nubs, panel line, seam wield and occasionally paint my kits.

I just like HG's more since I like displaying all my kits together, and having one be much larger than the rest will really bother me.
Besides, I'm a college student without much extra spending money so spending $15 to 20 every month or two on a new kit feels a lot better for me than dropping $80 or so on an MG.

Pic related, some kits I have displayed.

I'm not your enemy, brother.

>still have to do some light sanding sanding, final cleanup, and painting for my group build.

Having a job was a mistake.

>>15805042
>$80 for a MG
Where the fuck have you been buying kits?

>>15805055
Overpriced local shops. Their HG prices aren't bad though.

I've snapped two kits (barbatos lupus and graze ritter), how do I get into painting/welding seams? Painting seems overbearing.

if i paint outside with lacquers without wearing a mask will i die?
i'd do it inside but the smell is pretty bad and i don't live alone

>>15805076
Well, you need to paint if you seam weld.

Painting isn't too bad. You could start with some spray cans and see how you like that.

Airbrushing is much cheaper in the long run, you just need to pay $100+ up front.

>>15805083
>die
No, but it's not good. Paint outside if you want, but get a suitable respirator asap.

>>15805076

Spray cans.

>>15805083

Get a respirator, trying not to breath fumes in gets tiresome after a while.

>>15805076
short answer: read the guide
long answer: watch some youtube videos and get yourself a bottle of cement. for painting, vajello is a really good brand for hand brushing details.
>>15805083
to be safe, still get a respirator.

>>15805014
>I'd rather have no pictures than bad ones
Stop being such a whiny little faggot who is afraid of failing.

>>15805063
At least you aren't buying them from that one amazon seller that adds the trading cards and jacks the price up to a ridiculous sum. In some cases you'll end up paying more for the card than for the kit itself.

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>Order two bootleg kits from China on Monday
>They're already in the UK
>I'll probably get them by Friday
Fuck me that was fast.

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>keep ordering from amazon because its easy and takes 1-2 days

am I retarded

>>15805119

Depends on if it's a good deal or not. I feel like prices can vary a lot. I don't even get free shipping as an option very often due to my country not having a dedicated amazon site but when I do it can be sort of worthwhile.

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Construction coming along slowly, I'm not in any hurry with it. Don't care for those brown plates though, they will need paint.

>>15805203
Jesus fuck man that's big enough to kill a man

>>15804950
I mean, I know they're her stockings but could they be changed to not go against the shape of the legs so badly- or so you have any leg mods in mind to sort of smooth it out?

>>15805083
Yes

The fastest time to mortality was within 3 months of continued exposure, reported from one of the normie modelling forums.

>>15805224
Buy one for your kid as a Halloween costume.

>>15805308
>Paying $200+ for a childrens Halloween costume.

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>>15805271
I could theoretically just putty out the holes where the leg spikes go, but I dunno. It's probably the 5-minutes in Paint edit for the stripes lines that's getting to it.

>tfw my RG Sinanju arrived today
Can't wait for my stands and RG Unicorn to get here, I can probably get the Sinanju built before I get my RG Uni.

>>15805076
You don't have to paint the entire kit to start, you can just do small details until you get the hang of using paint, just make sure you use good masking tape, regular store shit does a terrible job on small stuff

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I'm loving being out of my building rut.
Most of the paint done for my Frame Arms: Girl GN-X crossover.
Just the custom faceplates and weapons to go and she's set.

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>>15805457

>>15805391
>rg sinanju arrived today
I'm sorry for your lots.

>>15805391

Just be aware that you will probably not be able to pose it with the shield without it leaning a lot, and I do hope you have an action base for it.

Also, be prepared for the toes to randomly pop off. Other than that it's an all right kit.

>>15805399
Holy shit you have to tape off pieces? How often/why do you have to do that, because that turns me off to painting big time.

>>15805488

Depends on the color separation. Basically, if a kit has a ton of stickers and you want it show accurate, it would be quite a bit (unless its small details that you should handbrush), but it can also be very rarely.

I have painted 10+ kits and I only felt the need to mask on two of them so far.

>>15805500
So you'd be taping off areas so you can paint them the sticker color? Sorry, I don't really understand the purpose of why you tape.

>>15805479
I ordered the special Sinanju AB so it can be posed on that next to the Unicorn on the Unicorn AB, I did my homework. Supposedly the kit is absolutely beautiful and would be perfect if it wasn't such a hand grenade.

>>15805507
To boil it down to an incredibly simple scenario for you- imagine you have an arm that is half white, half black. If you try to spraypaint/airbrush it plain. you'll find it near impossible to get a nice clean line down the middle with one half black, one half white.
But if you paint it white, then tape off the right side you can paint the left side black and you now have an arm that is half white half black with a perfect line down the middle that looks nice.

>>15805326
>Paying $200+ for the best childrens Halloween costume.
FTFY

>not just buying your kid a wig and a mask and dressing him up as FULL FRONTAL

>>15805518
Ohhh I see.

I was thinking I'd paint the parts before assembling, would I need to tape then? I would be a highish quality air brush because I could use it for art.

>>15805465
i love the gn drive placement

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>>15805528
The bottom-line for tape is pretty simple- do you want to paint one solid part more than one color?
If the answer is Yes, you need tape.
If you're going to paint each separate part one color, then you don't need tape.
Here's a quick visual example to hopefully help.
The arm on the left doesn't need tape. The arm on the right needs masking tape.

>>15805550
Oh I get it. Thanks man.

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>>15805559
Glad to help. Just to make sure everything is fully explained, here's both arms in the same colors. The elbow piece is a separate armor piece that can be taken off and sprayed separately, so it can be painted a different color. Same with the hand. But the main arm is mostly one big piece, so it can only be one color without tape.
Hand painting follows different rules but then hand-painting is a whole different bag of worms and can be difficult to do. You'll still want masking tape even if you do hand painting, though. That little orange sliver on the right arm is something you'd have to mask even if you handpainted it.

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>>15805386
heres an attempt for the leg stripes cause i was bored.

>>15805457
>>15805465
Do you have any wip pictures of increasing the bust? FAGs are so flat I wouldn't want to display one on my shelf.

Also it looks great, good job.

>make mandarake order
>notice there's a Fenice R MG for 2000 yen
>wonder what's wrong with it, buy it anyways despite already having one. Worst case scenario it's painting fodder
>everything checks out and is even in better condition than the one I ordered from Barnes and Noble about a year ago which had part of a runner snapped
>box isn't even damaged, the Amazing Red Warrior box was worse
I'm genuinely confused, but not complaining. Any halfway modern MG for the equivalent of 18 dollars is an outright steal.

>>15805629
Mandarake is loved for it's autistic polices on packaging. If the price was that low, it's probably due to a barely visible crease on the box.

>if its not UC then its SEED episode

Where the fuck is the Ironblood RG

>>15804778
Is that a Geara Zulu in the middle?

>>15805693
I don't see how an RG can support the upper boddy with that waist.

>>15805694
I plan on buying some nail polish topcoat to tighten the shoulders on that.

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>>15805702
That's a Jahannam.

>>15804580
>cleaning safety flags off of other edges like wings and shoulder bits
I don't really build gunpla what does that mean?

>>15805787
Pointy bits on the kit come rounded so that retarded children like snapshit don't poke their eyes out while playing with them. By cleaning them you're restoring them to their original pointy eye stabby glory.

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>>15805796
Nice

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Apparently they have every mg crossbone kit x1, 2, 3 and full cloth on mandarake, I know because I bought them all

With IBO over, why isn't Bandai churning out a MG a month like they used to?

>>15804988
What's the orange kit? I dig the head

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>http://www.gaijin-gunpla.com/2017/08/rg-unicorn-review-97-1/

>97.1%

I've got a bunch of cured acryllic paints on some parts from my first attempt at (hand)painting. Is there any good way to strip them so I can get the part nice and clean and go over it with an airbrush/spray can and do it right this time around?

>>15805099
I think I've seen one or two of those. I'm not sure why the seller thinks that'd actually sell for that high, I doubt anyone would do it unless they're retarded or for some reason really love trading cards.

>>15805831
But anon, it has NO ARTICULATION and I don't like the build design!
9/10!

>>15804806
Finishing up painting on my Gourai FAG. Just finished putting on some gloss topcoat too. I'll probably start detail work tomorrow, so far really liking how the colors have come out.

>>15805831
Well yeah, it's not nearly as good of a kit as the Skygrasper Launcher/Sword pack.
http://www.gaijin-gunpla.com/2016/10/rg-skygrasper-launchersword-pack-review-98-6/

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>>15804771
>>15804778
Woah. I just realized snapshit is actually called snap shit.
For years I've been reading it as snapfit and just thinking everyone was just being insulting.

>>15805837
Probably some paki cunt hoping a 12 year old that saw IBO on toonami will spend 3 minutes researching gunpla before getting his parents to buy it.

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>>15805819
Get ready to be stiffening those joints and painting the kit my man.

How to get a beam saber unglued from testicles?

Asking for a friend...

>>15805877
oil up

>>15805877
blow torch

>>15805877
circular saw

>>15805796
>>15805805
As a side note, its also so that the thin fragile bits don't snap apart during transport.

>>15805820
Because star wars kits.

>>15805969
Man, fuck star wars!

>>15805819
Ah yes, when I was young and poor, I, too, used my semen to weather my gunpla.

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>>15805829
Build Burning with the hole for the V-Fin filled in and replaced with the V-Fin from an old MG GP-01. The gauntlets are pla-plate over the armpads from a HG Shining.

>>15805819
>>15806048
Would still probably win a GBWC

>>15805465
>>15805457
DAMN SON. The shoulder width looks a bit narrow, but otherwise this is fantastic.

>>15805855
I dunno what's going on. There's a snapshit and snapfit in this thread.

>>15804806
Trying to figure out how to do winter camo on my 1/100 Tieren

>>15804806
THICKimaris for the group build.

>>15805831
That dude Syd is a Jobber left hobbylink.tv to a retard and a balemic girl.

God the MG Z'gok is so campy, but man does it remind me why I hate polycap joints so much

>pure white gun
I'll never understand this weak bait

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Very soon...

>>15804331
GTFO you shit taste faggot

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>>15806229
>put all this work on my tristan
>snapshit's still looks better

that's it, im quitting model building.

>>15806303
Please don't encourage the local autist.