Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General

>>5877768
Align your shit anon

What a trashy OP image.

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>underslung arm cannon
>armored joints
>forward facing shoulder armor that actually protects a whole lot
Still, dont like the boxy chest, head air intakes and the tiny waist.

>>5877822
wait I just realised the shoulder armor probably wont swivel forward independently of the arm.
Still nice design though

>>5877849
I especially like that the joints are armored.

>>5877822
>No Heels too.

Muh dick

Sadly still no sign of a 1/144 Graze Ground type.

>>5877872
And it looks to be the case even when articulated. Its only major weakspot would be its waist, which can be defended by its arms.

...and that new metal gear rex head gundam has two massive sickles to exploit that weakness. Shit, thats a genius counter to all gundam types.

>>5877881
We get the next best thing, a ground type newgraze

>>5877882
Well least that's the silver lining, time to winterize it when it comes out.

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>>5877885
Planning on a quadruped custom myself, and if design permits, maybe a chicken walker.

I know a nip did it with a standard graze, but I like this one better.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>5877943
Wow, a GM. How exciting for you. I wonder what kind of interesting unique weapons it will come with.

>>5877953
it comes with the mk II's beam rifle, hyper launcher, as well as the GM type C gm rifle and spraygun :)

>>5877822
>protect all the joints EXCEPT THE FUCKING WAIST
WHY

>>5877943
kill yourself zeta

>>5877977
that isn't nice

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I'm pretty sure this is gonna need more than one stand to hold up. Well no secret this will have back problems.

>>5877768
you put in a lot of effort for it to look like shit

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Well this is a fucking hope killer, I thought it was a custom stargazer for the chance for an actual hgce star gazer but its just a shitty re-use of the Delta frame.

>>5878027
Whats with the heatsinks and liquid cooling down below

>>5878039
Don't know, maybe it's there just to make it look cool?

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>>5878038
I'm not quite sure I follow, a HG stargazer exists.

>>5878043
I meant a New mold like how HG Strike before was updated as HGCE Strike or how the Original HGUC Gundam redone into HGUC GUndam Revive.

>>5878038
>literally looks nothing like the stargazer
>you for some reason assumed it was going to be based off a stargazer mold
???

>>5878052
The name it had was Luna Gazer.

Now that the Bawoo is out of the way, RE100 Leo fucking when.

>>5878052
Stargazer is ugly anyway. The fake Deltagazer looks head over heels better.

>>5878052
>Silver with glowing lines
>Stargazer's forearm armor
>Backpack is supposed to unfold into something like the stargazer's ring
>Named "Luna Gazer"

>>5878061
>they share forearm armor
>this is literally your only argument that still doesn't explain why they'd make a new stargazer

>>5878061
Its "backpack" is a pair of straight wings.

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>>5878061
>make a custom gunpla
>slap some kampfer forearm armor onto a wing zero
>if bandai were to make a model of my custom they for some reason should base it off the kampfer mold

>>5878061
Its a stargazer themed delta, not the other way round.

Now stop being retarded

>>5878064
Not him actually, just commenting on the "Looks nothing like the stargazer" when it's blatantly themed after it.

>>5878065
There's a preview pic of them unfolded to form a sort of octogon ring.

>>5878071
I don't give a FUCK if it's themed off the stargazer it still actually looks nothing like the stargazer save for black lines and forearm armor please shut your retard mouth up

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Okay everyone shut up

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>>5878073

>>5878074
The flight deck looks to be scratch built, but yeah its pretty sloppy. Funny thing is, they displayed it next to a properly done flight deck from a commercial kit. My guess is that it wasn't to scale, so they had to build one themselves

>>5878072
>Getting this mad about been wrong

>>5878087
Explain to me in high detail how I was wrong. Unless you want to tell me the Luna Gazer should be made using a stargazer mold despite ONLY the forearms being actually from the stargazer

>>5878073
THIN

>>5878089
The only guy saying that he wanted it to be based on the stargazer was >>5878038 >>5878049.

Everything after that was in response to >>5878052 saying that it "Literally looks nothing like the stargazer" when its visual aesthetic, gimmick, and even name is based off of it. Nobody after those first two posts I quoted above said anything about thinking it meant it should be based off of the stargazer and not the delta.

In fact, the original guy never even said it should be, just that he hoped it was. Most likely he originally thought that it might be because the first image of it to go up online was a lot smaller and blurrier, and once the clearer image came out it was obviously based on something else.

>>5878103
Someone gets it.

>>5878103
>paint a turn X in the same colors as a Mk II titans and call it the turn x titan
>now both of these mobile suits look similar
nice logic ahmed

>>5878103
the delta looks literally NOTHING like the stargazer
it doesn't matter if it has a call back name
it doesn't matter if the paint scheme is shared
the robots look NOTHING alike

>>5878109
>the robots look NOTHING alike

Other than the color scheme, glowing lines, and forearm armor you mean.

I did not expect the Luna Gazer post to cause a shitstorm at all. To be clear I saw the name Luna Gazer on a website, clicked on it to get a better look and only saw a delta frame with Gazer parts and motifs on it, and lamented the fact it wasn't a custom gazer just a Delta with some Gazer theme on it. So that killed my hope for an HGCE Stargazer.

>>5878113
Are you actually retarded? Please just tell me now. If you actually consider those three things as basis for considering mecha designs as similar please just hang yourself.

>>5878114
Be less retarded next time.

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>>>>

>>5878108
>>5878109
Just to clarify, there are two interpretations of " looks" going on.

The first being superficially, where only design cues are taken from and integrated elsewhere like this lunar gazer, in which the delta "looks like" the stargazer.

Second, is where parts of the original design is copied entirely and pasted onto another kit(ie reusing molds) like how the ezsr "looks like" the ez8.

What I'm saying is, this argument is pointless, and people should read and understand the meaning behind words before posting

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>>5878118
See they look absolutly NOTHING alike.

>>5878114
There isn't a shitstorm. Just one turboautist. Pretty sure everyone else knew what and how you meant it.

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>>5877768
that pic gives me an idea.
it would be a good idea, but im not a hipster (or autistic) enough to do it.

but someone should lay a few sheets of a build out inside a [IN CASE OF BOREDOM BREAK GLASS] case

should we forward this idea to reddit for meme points

>>5878118
>the black lines don't even look the same
>shoulders are completely different
>chest is completely different, not even colored the same way
>waists are completely different
>thighs on stargazer have black lines, luna gazer does not
>the knees' black lines aren't even remotely similar
>luna gazer's lower legs don't even have the black lines
>the feet look nothing alike and the black lines are even different
good thing lady kawaguchi had the foresight to install similar forearm armor because now they're completely similar designs

>>5878039
i was just about to say the same thing.
I dont think they are even connected to anything

>>5878126
Sounds pretty cringy tbqh

>>5878131
Read this
>>5878042
And have a laugh

>>5878126
That doesn't look like a real gun, also ammo is nailed to the display box, I call shenani- oh its in the filename.

Anyway sounds like a shit idea and you should kill yourself for using reddit

>>5878134
maybe to you, but you're not a normie. They'd eat that shit up.

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>>5878141
i said reddit to be ironic you silly willy

>>5878134
compared to the nerf guns a emergency box saying [In case of nerf fight] or all those other normie shit.

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>>5878148
Sorry friendo, have a cute pajamas baselard

>>5878150
All non emergency item emergency boxes are cringy.

>>5877903
Zudah?

>>5878188
A little bit

Hang on a sec

Does this come with an entire flesh colored "body" and alternate hair? If so that could justify the high cost of the exclusive

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>>5878372

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>>5878373
another shot

>>5877903

what's this suit called? is that just an HG? i fucking love it

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>>5878424
hg, no idea, its a new suit

>>5878424
Gayrail, the ancestor of Graze.

>>5878436
>gayrail

>>5878435
hey bastion where did your bird go

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Starting to paint my Tryon 3, figured I'd do the smallest part first. Time to move on to Sora Tryon

>>5878027
>Added another even bigger fuel tank

What are they thinking?

>>5878435
Nooooooooooo!

Fucking nippon ruined my favorite rollypolly gundy

>>5878027
>>5878516
I swear that has to be the Perfect Grade Unicorns Fuel tank.

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As a follow up to the RG Astray, I plan on doing 2 shades of green for the next one, question is what kind of color i want, deciding between flat, gloss and metallic. What are your opinions on that?

Do you guys have any methods to making wider panel lines, like something like 0.5-0.7mm before using specialized chisels?

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Are these new? I did not know Revell was making 1/144 scale vehicles.

>>5878774
they look pretty new, i haven't seen one of their boxes that looked like that before. I should look at my local store for these, I love small tanks

>>5877768
>Not even upright in Dollar Store frame
Come on nigga step it up

>>5878151
Is that Gainer?

>>5877768
Out of the many you could of picked something better,

>>5877768
With the rate at which Bandai's gunpla tech advances, HGs could end up looking like this in 10 years.

>>5878811
???

They could already do that if they want. Molded joints is a thing. HGs have branched out. IBO and revive stuff is pretty simple, mainstream HGUC tends to be the same, and Origin kits have a lot of parts and I'd say are halfway between HGUC and RG.

>>5878073

>wake up
>realize I haven't visited /gpg/ in a while
>stop scrolling when I see this abortion

I feel a little queasy now. I'm going back to bed.

>>5878073
Strip it, primer is. Use a metal ruler and some masking tape. Seriously, it's not hard and you'll be very pleased with the end result. Paintbrushes aren't made for straight lines, they just aren't and they are incapable of it.

Lighter fluid is a good way to clean enamel paint off paintbrushes right?

>>5878871
What about those striping brushes that bike artists use and those other super long bristled brushes?

>>5878945
Try mineral spirits?

>>5878945
Should work fine. If not, mineral (white) spirits will do the job

>>5878823
The salt from those crusty old men from the scale model circles will be enormous in their bewilderment at Bandai.

At the same they bitch endlessly at Revell.

>>5878073
Zuikaku or Zuihou?

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>>5877768

>>5878980
>>5878981
Ok, thanks guys.

>> Bandai plastic is notorious for reacting badly with white spirits and other enamel thinners. You really really need to glosscoat it well first. Doing the wash on bare pladtic will destroy it and even those wash markers for gunpla mention not to uses them on bare plastic.

What is it about Bandai plastic that makes it so fragile?

>>5879135
I use the markers on bare plastic. I attempted using them on coated plastic and it fucking sucks and now my panel lining is gonna be shit, but oh well. Live and learn

>>5879143
The lining pen or specifically teh wash marker?

>>5879167
The Gundam Lining Markers

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>>5878027
This thing looks so fucking retarded. With all that fucking shit on it's back it's center of mass is gonna be way behind it. What's the fucking point of AMBAC on this stupid thing? Why don't they build a giant fucking fighter instead?

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>>5879167
>teh

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>>5879190
>Not realising it was a typo

>>5879190
That's like the most common typo ever. What's your point?

>>5879173
It's the Pour type wash markers that can damage the plastic if you don't coat it. The regular lining markers are meant to be used on bare plastic and using them on top of a coating can gunk them up.

>>5879224
I'm going through the latter right now, but it's more like they're drying out.

>>5879174
It was a case of "We have limited supplies and time, just slap everything left in the hangar on the prototype frame we've been experimenting on".

It wasn't a bunch of Zeon MS designers sitting down and trying to come up with some super design It was a bunch of scientists specializing in prosthetics and nerves working with engineers on a Zaku Himo frame testing it at the base for a new control method for MS that directly links the pilot to the machine through prosthetic attachments. Then the FA gundam raped a bunch of their pilots and MS (They were a fairly small base so they only had a handful of MS and pilots to begin with) so they basically armed up the prototype with everything they had and threw it at the gundam.

>>5879224
I've been using pour types for years now with no real side effects. I also clean up the lines with Zippo lighter fluid though.

>>5879235
Really? I've heard some horror stories with the pour types and enamel washes in general on the bare plastic. Especially once the star wars kits came out and a bunch of modelers who don't normally build bandai stuff tried them out.

>>5879174
>ambac
>backpack is literally just a shit ton of thrusters

>>5879237
Yeah I don't do enamel on bare Bandai plastic. Koto's stuff doesn't mind it so I stick to pour types and lighter fluid, even though I have mineral spirits.

>>5879135
Polystyrene reacts to almost everything.

>>5879258
>>5879237

If that's so, why do they tout that military model kit brands, or rather, the other model kit brands not react as badly (err, crumble) to enamels and Tamiya panel line wash or Model Masters enamels? What's in their polystyrene formulation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoDk_p1SUVA
Does this seriously work?

>>5879295
>that much thinner on bare plastic
i mean it might work but you almost might melt your piece

>>5879300
He's using water, anon.

>>5879234
Not him but yeah I see that now that you explained it. Wish the ova would've explained it a little bit better. It just kinda seemed like here try this test unit, oh all of the sudden its red and has a lot of weapons.

>>5879295
or you could just use tamiya accent wash...

>>5879331
$3 compared to $20+

>>5879338
well try the video method and let us know how it goes.

>>5879237
pour type plus abs plastic is the problem.

The pieces will shatter or split.

Most gunpla kits are comprised mostly of non-abs plastic, so just pay attention to which sprues you have that might be ABS, the sprue often is labeled as such both directly and in the manual, and are typically sprues with joints or hands and such.

>started with a 1/100 Barbatos
>ordered rg sinanju and mg thunderbolt
>those haven't even gotten her and I've already put in an order for rg chars zaku and mg nu gundam ver ka
I've been in it for a month and this hobby has already sufficiently raped my wallet.
/blogpost ;^)

>>5879387
I constantly look at kits to buy even though I have four projects in the works, one of which consists of three kits at once.
I am planning on going to HobbyTown in less than a month for another kit.
I'm guaranteed four kits for Christmas, if not more.
IT
is
NEVER
enough
I've been at this for the same amount of time as yourself.

>>5879267
Who knows, but it's very likely they use different blends to that end.

I want to get an RG, should I get a zaku, z'gok, exia, or something else?

>>5879387
>Get hyped over new kit
>think about getting it
>Then picture the unbuilt kits in my backlog
>Urge to get another kit dies
>Over next couple days stop really caring about it as it was just temporary hype anyways

The ones you keep thinking about getting after like a week are the ones you actually want and aren't just new kit excitement clouding your judgment.

>>5879393
Z'Gok

>>5879390
Gunpla is at best steady in price and at worst inflates (rarely reprinted kits like AGE, GM 2.0, Nobel berserk mode, etc.). So sales tend to give high incentive to buy even if you have a backlog.

>>5879174
It looks like it has a camera tripod glued onto it's back.

I decided to pick up Zeta again after dropping it a long ass time ago, now I feel once again the MIGHTY NEEDE for a Rick Dias kit. Does the HGUC still hold up?

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>>5879557
It's a brick, but looks-wise it's okay.

>>5879393
Exia is really solid, zaku is a fragile handgernade like the RX.

I would recommend either Mk II as the most sturdy (and therefore best imo) RG

>>5878373
>>5878377
:/ Not feeling as much impact as the Koto Craftsmanship Gourai had.

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>current Graze releases: 18
>G-reco: 12

>Lunar Gazer
>no ring
ree

>>5879639
Good. Graze is god tier design.

>>5879642
Its great but not perfect

>>5879639
G-reco suffered from absolutely terrible engineering

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Wait what this can't be legit can it?
Pre-orders open? I thought she already came and went?

>>5879647
Looks pretty legit, maybe koto us had a late shipment or something

>>5879638
Baselard's recolor is better

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>>5879647
>>5879662
No... No that's not a pre-order anymore...

>>5879664
Why does it matter, hurry up and fill in your credit card info.

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>>5879668
Oh I am, standard shipping estimate's only $12 for me.
I just thought I had missed out on it by now.

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Finished my work on the RG Zeta, thought the build was pretty good, don't understand the hate it gets outside of the transformation

>>5879674
The leg join at the hip on mine broke i ended up bricking it. Mine was just flimsy.

>>5879674
I've never read jojo but I think jojo posing is pretty fabulous

>>5879674
Is that an RG zepyranthes?

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>>5879691
indeed

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>>5879694
>gondola zeta
Perfect. In fact you should disassemble your zeta right now

>>5879696
I mean all id have to do is remove the back armor piece and the entire chest/arm assembly should slide right off

later maybe

>>5879639
Hime please leave and tell Yayoi to come and enjoy mecha with us. She is a good /m/ daughteru.

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lord help me, i want to buy this just for dynames' pistols

probably wouldn't even build the GN arms

is there any cheaper solution to getting those specific pistols onto the HG dynames that doesn't involve scratchbuilding?

>>5879745
Go to some sub-***** and offer to buy them? Buy the kit and then sell the rest at a discounted price?

>>5879647
>>5879662
>>5879664
>>5879668
>>5879673

Koto US always gets their stuff months after its released in Japan.

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>>5879745
Buy the Gundam Astraea type-F, it literally comes with weapons stolen from other mobile suits, including the Dynames' Pistols.

>>5879772
oh nice, thanks for the info

it even comes with one of the rocket launchers alllelujah used to blow up a space orphanage!

>>5879745
I bought it for the pistols then sold it when times got tough. Regret sets in

I just broke a piece of my PG Unicorn. I'm never going to be happy again.

Do the little 1/144 scale pilots come from model kits or on their own?

>>5879674
how to spot a jojo newfag
>only knows part 2 posing

Cleaning up pin washes is so incredibly tedious. But it's the last step I need to finish.

>>5880036
Kits. If you want the most infantry for your buck, buy the K9 Dog Pack or a Ground War set.

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>>5879642
>le thin waist: the show
>god tier design

I just looked at HLJs website and they are much better than my local webshop. How long does the shipping take? Two weeks?

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>>5880042
ikr

>>5880109
Depends on the shipping type. Regular (SAL) will usually take about 2 weeks. I've gotten orders as quickly as 1 week or up to about 20-25 days if they're slow (but the upper range is pretty rare). EMS usually takes less than a week, is more expensive and you may be liable for additional fees/taxes on arrival depending on where you live.

>>5879936
Hey idiot plastic cement exists.

>>5879642
shit taste right there, frankly all ibo designs are shit.

>>5879244
>Koto's stuff doesn't mind
This, so much this.

Yet some idiots keep calling Koto's kits inferior in quality when they're much more durable.

>>5880145
You're shit.

>>5880047
Everything after painting feels tedious, really.

>>5880145
The gusion and kimaris trooper are nice. The blue graze and ground type too

>>5880145
somebody sure doesn't like change

>>5880152
>change is a shitty frame arms rip off
>can't even pull "frame arms clone" right
suuure, anon suuuuure

>>5880157
>>change is a shitty frame arms rip off
What? The Grazes are AC knock offs and the Gundams are Mortar Headd knock offs.

>>5880163
I knocked your mom off.

>>5880163
>The Grazes are AC knock offs
recognized that right away

the tiny waists was a tip off too

Barbatos has a AC4 feel to him, especially in the legs.

>>5880148
Koto plastic is more brittle and tends to snap more easily. Which is probably a result on whatever mix they're using since neither PS nor ABS are brittle plastics unless they've degenerated in some way like being molded under unusual temperatures.

>>5878435
also this is straight up ACV

[spoiler] And that's why I initially hate it

>>5879674
in b4 someone makes a third-party set of RG Zeta joints/frame parts made of metal and other replacement parts

>>5880177
Come on now, that's a Tieren. If anything ACV took the Tieren and went wild with it.

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How does one buy the Dragon Momoko kits? Manda or Alibaba?

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>>5880176
Tell me what else I need to know about Koto's plastics, because I'm preparing to paint the inner frame on my skell.

>>5880194
If you're seam welding anything Koto's plastic doesn't do as well with Tamiya cement and I recommend you just use putty to weld the seams.

>>5877953

Ironically the Type-C has one of the most unique and interesting weapon systems outside of unicorn

>>5880197
Tamiya ABS cement no good for Koto plastic? What about those other plastic weld brands like Tenax 7-R?

>>5879174

Ambac is bullshit based on real principles that are just advanced enough to make people think it explains giant robots. Do not be an ambac poster.

>>5880207
Unless it's something other than thin or extra thin, I've simply had no luck with Tamiya cement. I did buy a thing of Testors to try, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

>>5878756

if you have a flat headed scriber (like mr line chisel, not like tamiya 2 or carbide scriber) you could cut your line width into dymo tape and use that as a guide, removing only what is visible. Even depth will still be hard though.

>>5880216
Testors plastic cement is only halfway decent at best, for modelling in general. Forget it.

>>5880082
The only grunt suit better than a Graze is a Zaku. GM ranks just after Graze.

Leo is shit.

>>5880194
what game is that?

>>5880410
>not liking based Hi-mock

>>5880420
Xenoblade Chronicles X.

https://youtu.be/doGcZ7si11s
https://youtu.be/HpE12k6IA8s

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>>5880172
>The Grazes are AC knock offs
>comparing that ugly thing to an AC
Anon please don't do this.

>>5880183
ask samueldecal if he has one in stock

Hey, what's the best way to ship and move completed gunplay?

I remember one Anton's horror story of using newspapers and having the ink bleed to the plastic. Would paper towels be better? I'm also guessing breaking them down into the torso and limbs would be a good idea, but I'm not sure.

>>5880502
Maybe use some sheets of plastic like how figures such as Revoltechs, Figmas and Figuarts are shipped?

>>5880502
i'd wrap them up in several layers of toilet paper

a tip i read was to remove the v fin and wrap the model in a few layers, put the v fin on their chest and then wrap it some more

>>5880502
Paper towels and bubble wrap. Really, newspaper? What is this 1990?

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>>5880216
>Unless it's something other than thin or extra thin, I've simply had no luck with Tamiya cement
What do you mean?

There's absolutely nothing wrong with Tamiya cements on Koto plastics.

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Meanwhile in FAGland

Anyone have any experience with the Sparmax TC-610H coimpressor? How does it compare to the one recommended in the guide (the TC-20T)?

>>5880550
Literally the same thing but in a metal shroud that probably does nothing but trap heat. There might be better quality control but that's a gamble.

>>5880536
Huh, maybe I wasn't using enough of it when I was trying to weld the pieces? I know with Bandai plastic, it's not quite a little bit goes a long way, but I never needed what I felt like was a lot.

>>5880540
A new materia type with actual feet instead of boots?

>>5880576
It's not exactly the same thing. The sparmax is 1/6hp, slightly weaker than the tc-20, but the case actually looks pretty handy and it does look a little more solidly built. They're both probably made at the same factory, though.

My problem is this. The TC-20T costs like 100$, but since it's so big, importing it to my country (and buying an adapter for 220v) would run me about 200$ after shipping and taxes. The Sparmax one I can get from sealmodel for 180$ before shipping, but since they offer shipping by sea it'll probably end up around 250$ in total. It'd cost a little more, but I'd be paying a much lower markup. So I'm wondering if it may be justified to get it instead, if it is actually higher quality.

>>5880630
How's surface shipping for you? Because sealmodel's surface shipping to the east coast US can take anywhere from 1.5 month to 3 months depending on when the ship sails.

>>5879621
>The black colors permanently get replaced with the Char colors

I am upset now

You know with how they have a 3.0, Amazing Red and Origins. Where the hell is our 3.0 Zaku or Zaku Origins and Amazing?

>>5880638
It'd probably take that much if not longer, but I'm in no particular rush. If I do pull the trigger on getting an airbrush I'd want to buy some paints, thinners etc from them anyway; both because they're the cheapest and because you can't get certain brands where I live (no Tamiya or Mr Hobby, just stuff that's more geared towards military modeling like Vallejo, Humbrol, Ravell, etc).

>>5880540
First Bunnylard and now this? Marvelous. She doesn't look like a small child which is even better.

So, question from a beginner:
I'm trying to paint my 1/144 Barbatos, and I don't like sticker so I'm trying to paint the little things on the shoulders red, and I got it a little out of the line so I was using some thinner to get off the excess, and instead of getting it off, it's like... smearing into the plastic? How do I prevent that?

I'm using Testors Enamel Fl. Red along with Testors Enamel Thinner & Brush Cleaner.. I know these aren't recommended paints for this, but I only have a local Michaels and this is all they carry besides cheapo craft paint (and they're easy to quickly pocket while walking down the aisle)

>>5880669

>stealing shit they barely sell any of anyway
>increasing likelihood they will just drop the product
>stealing 3 dollar a bottle paint

fuck off poor thief

>>5880675
I've literally just started the hobby, I lifted one bottle of paint and one bottle of thinner to see if I enjoyed the hobby... I'll probably end up buying the good quality stuff from online if I end up liking it, I just don't want to ruin the model more by putting more red on it, or if it's just because I'm using enamels

>>5880669

>using shitty paint
>stealing shitty paint
>trying to paint in tiny details, probably for the very first time, with said stolen, shitty paint
>thinks it's going to look good using subpar paints, and having no skill
>thinks asking for help will, in fact, help in some way
Just lol. You want advice? Don't be a thief. Gid gud. Don't cut corners. Do your research.

>>5880446
>comparing THAT ugly thing to a Graze

Old is good and new is bad, right?

>>5880693
Remember these are the people that will call something like the Gusion ugly while in the same breath applause the Zock's design.

>>5880680
You could've just bought them like a normal human being.
I'm completely serious when I say this, fuck off and never come back.

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>>5880701
>the same breath applause the Zock's design.

The Zock is actually one of the most OYW suits. It's literally a submersible with guns in every port and rockets to escape quickly. It's crazy Zeon bath tube suit but it's pretty badass.

>>5880701

I like BOTH

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>>5880713

most badass*

Also, it fucking murders things in We're Federation Hooligans, along with the Agg and Zogok.

>>5880711
meh I don't see the deal with $5 of shit no one is gonna notice is gone, if I knew there was gonna be a bunch of white knights here I woulda just gone to reddit

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>>5880717

Pic related.

>>5880717

Zogok has always been one of the secret most badass zeon suits Im glad he got love in Unicorn.

Does anyone remember that custom Zogok with the tiger striped yellow loincloth? I really liked it but can't remember where I saw it.

>>5880719

>screwing over minimum wage retail slaves so you can ruin a kit

fuck off

>>5880719

maybe you should go to reddit then, sounds right

>>5880723

>google custom zogok to look
>almost all results are awesome

this is how you can tell high taste suits

>>5880719
>no one is gonna notice is gone
t. man who has never had a job

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>>5880727

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>>5880723

That sounds awesome. I can't hate Unicorn when it gave us high quality animated 0079 MSV's and kits for them.

HGUC Agg and Agguguy when?

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>>5880729

I came here to tentacle rape you.

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>>5880701
>Remember these are the people
>everyone is against ME

>>5880719
Maybe you should just try not being a shitty person for once in your life.

>>5880728
>>5880725
>>5880724
I mean, I used to work at said Michaels, and I can go ahead and tell you theft there does not affect the employees at all

>>5880739
>I used to work somewhere, so theft is acceptable

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>>5880734

It's always about you, Haman, isn't it?

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>>5880727

>>5880744

I really think I am sexually attracted to primer colors I have several suits I haven't painted for this reason

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>>5880743

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>>5880747

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>>5880744

haha holy shit

>>5880746
It honestly looks better than most other colors you could paint something in.

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>>5880723

Remembered, it was a finalist for the build fighters build contest, it's in Episode 17 of season 1

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>>5880755

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>>5880768

BARZAM WHEN?

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>>5880775

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>>5880778

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>>5880768

Oh right, Mao's mentor's cabinet of customs

>>5880713
Zock is one of the worst designs out of 0079.

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>>5880793

It's a pinecone of death. And that's fucking awesome.

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>>5880797
>le angry jew face

>>5880793

aesthetically yes, but functionally it makes more sense than most of the aquatic suits

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Working on the Build Burning now. Also figured I'd stick some aurora film under the clear parts. It shows up slightly better under the orange than the blue ones though.

I also considered doing the backs of the pieces in silver but I've done that before, and wanted to see how aurora film would do for this.

>>5880826

I can see it in the camera pod but not really behind the clear pieces

>>5880831
That's just the regular sticker..

>>5880832

well there you go

>>5880826
Put glitter glue under the clear blue parts. It gives it a plavsky particle like effect.

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>>5880720
For context here, the GM pilot is being sarcastic. He gets handlocked with the Zogok then when it launches its blades to fly back around and hit the GM in the back he instead lips it over and kills the zogok with its own returning blades.

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>>5880856
And on that note, if you like GMs then go read Feddie Hooligans.

>>5880410
Leo is awesome though. Also Graze is very Leo-ish.

>>5880656
>She doesn't look like a small child
Uh...

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My most recent build. As usual, I fucked up, but gave me lots to learn from.

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>>5880944
And another angle

>>5880944
I like it, only really see a problem with that one skirt sticker desu

>>5880942
Go away old man

>>5880540
>feet
>cute twintails
>actual molded chest
>cat ears
Cute/10

>>5880944
>>5880952
are you the guy that tried to apply the sticker on the shoulder shield/armor with water in the /m/ thread?

>>5880540
Bandai really needs to learn a thing or Two from Koto, maybe next time they make something better than the Super Fumina's creepy look.

>>5881044
Yes, anon, I am.

>>5881047
did you ever work it out, can you show us a pic?

>>5881047

have you tried applying heat from a hair dryer for like 10 seconds and then pushing it down

might lay down better if you do its carefully

when are we getting d.va bastion and zen kits.

Blizzdai plz

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>>5881056

>>5881081

no I just want them to exist

>>5881050
>>5881051
I'm already done with it, but I just ripped that big sticker off the shield.
Like I said last night, that wasn't even one I applied with water. I just happened to place it poorly and a lot of air was trapped underneath.
Instead, I just replaced it with a few generic caution/warning stickers.

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>>5880669
>>5880680
>>5880719
>>5880739
>Stealing shit
>Let alone petty shit
>Bragging about it and wanting legit advice on how to use said stolen goods
>Hurr durr Reddit doesn't judge me for breaking the law
>Hurrrr white knight fags

Seriously I hope a Mod see's this and bans you for not only admitting to doing an illegal act but bragging like a faggot and getting all pissy when confronted.
You legit deserve to be banned and I hope this catches up to you and you get arrested for it.
Over a fucking $5 amount of goods you could have purchased like a normal person.

Way to go.

>>5880669
All I can think is give the area you want to paint a gloss top coat.
What kinda brush are you using?
Maybe try with a finer point if you're using something rather broad/flat.

>>5881101

>faggots are stealing paints
>stores stop selling them
>I can't find model paints anywhere!

seriously fuck that guy

>>5881101
>>5880675
>>5880684
Are you guys that fucking lame?

>>5881108

lol totally lame broski!

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>>5880669
>>5880680
>>5880719
>>5880739
>HURR DURR, I USED TO WORK SO IT'S OKAY TO STEAL

are you from tumblr or something?

>>5881108
>dude brah you don't steal shit all the time what a fucking square!
hang yourself you jabroni scum

>>5880942
Comparatively at least. Unless she's just petite as an actual woman I'd peg her I. Her early teens while most of the other FAGs are barely pubescent.

>>5880693
No I don't give a shit about new vs old. The problem here is that the graze is shit.

>>5880536
How much cement do you slap onto the seam for you to succeed? Does Gelgoog Guy remove too much cement off the brush?

I have way more success seam welding with regular cement over the thin cement.

Some of you guys are alright

Don't go to the michael's craft store tomorrow

>>5881129
>It's about 0.29ml per mm squared of surface area on one side of the weld. >Multiplied by 1.37 for kotobukia plastic.

There are somethings that can't really be taught because there is no hard and fast rule.

>>5881129
Different guy here. I was wondering if anyone outside of the guide's writer felt the same. Saw some people on YouTube doing it with the (Testors) thin and it seemed simpler but I got fairly shitty welds out of it. Guess I need to go find the regular now. Is Tamiya best or does it matter much?

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What's in the box, in the box? What's in the box today?

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>>5881155
Wait, whaaaaaat? No way!

>>5881155
Ausfailure television programs

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>>5881156
Oooh, shiny!

>>5881152
>Is Tamiya best
It's almost like you have never heard of this thing, that all people have, called "an opinion".
Not everyone has the same successful results with the same products. Some people like different factors, like viscosity, drying time, aggressiveness, and so forth, when it comes to their preferred glue.
If you spend your whole life asking what other people like best, you are missing out on discovering what YOU find best.
For example, I prefer Plastruct Bondene for seam welding. Never heard of it? I'm not surprised. :^)

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>>5881156
>still no FA Unicorn Plan B

why even live.

>>5881163
Because when a hobby has been around long enough, plenty of people will have already done the testing. There is generally a community available to assist, but occasionally there's a few assholes like yourself

>>5881167
Have faith in our glorious Chinese overlords, Anon.

>>5881163

Not him but that shit is great. Jesus christ the smell is one of the worst though.

At least its a strong reminder to wear your mask. It's also very fast drying so its tough for really large parts, but it really zips styrene sheet together like crazy.

>>5881156
>buying Daban
>ever
Enjoy your loose joints

>>5881168
>plenty of people will have already done the testing.
Silly child, how foolish you are. I'll give you one free hint: Feel free to use your googles. Look on modelling forums, threads about favorite glues. You will notice 5 different modelers have 5 different preferred glues. Now fuck off.

>>5881187
It's as if the concept of tightening joints don't exist.

>>5881191
>Silly child, how foolish you are. I'll give you one free hint: Feel free to use your googles. Look on modelling forums, threads about favorite glues. You will notice 5 different modelers have 5 different preferred glues. Now fuck off.
You mean every 1 out of 5 will have a different preferred glue

>>5881173
>cementing one of the most chemically reactive plastics you can get
>Wow this stuff cements styrene!
Wew

>>5881214
If one is cheap enough to buy Daban, why would they bother tightening joints?

>>5881217

I meant the speed at which it does so you goob, like you can just join pieces at 90 degrees and its done with one stroke

>>5881214
Have fun trying to tighten PG joints with varnish and tape. The only reasonable option is to make plastic slurry and hope it doesn't permanently damage the joints after you apply it.

>>5881160

>that clear post circle on the surface

lol indistinguishable from bandai!

>>5881101
hes an idiot. reddit judges more than anywhere they're all moral fags. They jumped down my throat for saying I was attracted to high school girls

Not that guy but I used to work at a hobby shop, stole hundreds of dollars worth of gunpla and paints. I just boxed them and shipped them to myself using the company stamps.

I have enough kits to last me the rest of my life.

>>5881253

I stole 10 more than this guy and actually I was paid to take them

>>5881246
that wasn't my argument at all. Just saying actual redditors are more moralfaggy than anyone here

>>5881257
Oh I understand now. Sorry I misread your post.

>>5881222
>cheap

tell me again where i can order a Bandai PG Phenix?

>>5881262
Will Bandai even make one though. Was Awakening a regular retail release or some exclusive?

Also, joints on a PG Unicorn doesnt matter since it'll just stand there looking badass.

>>5881256
doubtful, I supposed I was paid to steal because I did it on company time. Even took over 2000 cash. best job ever. I carried around a plastic fruit bag in my back pocket every day so in case I got caught I could suffocate myself real quick instead of go to jail.

>>5881272

wow thats awesome I just have a good job and can buy all my toys with the leftover money

>>5881279
I'm not gonna lie and say I'm not jealous of you. I'm also not gonna lie and say if I had a good job I wouldn't still steal.

Some people just like to steal, and a few are even good at it.

>>5881045
Bandai needs to learn more than a thing or two from Koto, Koto has them beat everywhere except market penetration, yet even in that Koto is getting the upper hand.

Luckily, Bandai are retards who'll keep shitting Super Fuminas and Zakus left and right. They'll never learn, they'd scrap P-Bandai had they a braincell or two.

>>5881288
nah frame arms girls are just a fad. The actual frame arms aren't even popular.

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>>5880862

Did the fourth volume of Hooligans ever get translated by No Zaku?

Also, still waiting on katana.

>>5881292

my problem is that the mecha aspects are so sidelined, people just like them because they are animu girls

>>5881288
>they'd scrap P-Bandai had they a braincell or two.
citation needed

>>5881292
Meh, FA:G line is growing every second and so does its community. Those in denial are no more than foolish wishful thinkers.

>>5881301

most things are growing anon

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>>5881294
Yes. All volumes have been translated, Katana is supposedly in his backlog if I remember right.

>>5881288
You say that like Bandai isn't making more profit than Koto, hitting a wider market, and didn't report an increase in profits last year.

>>5881296
>people like mecha musume because they're mecha musume

Holy shit

>>5881311

yes

>>5881309
>Bandai
>profit > consumers
>Koto
>profit = consumers
point made, have a nice day

>>5881316

you're not making any points and neither is he because neither of you have any real facts you're just spewing shit

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what's with all the shitposting today?

>>5881323
gunpla babbies being triggered, move along

>>5881318
>because neither of you have any real facts you're just spewing shit

At a recent gunpla expo bandai announced sales were up in 2015. Bandai is also a much larger company that regularly throws like half its catalogue back into production and when they release a new kit it gets several production runs before being moved back into the on and off production. Their stuff can also be found in a wider variety of stores due both to Gundam being well known and that the kits tend to have a lower age rating and are more beginner friendly.

Koto is a smaller company all around and tends to focus more on the collector and regular modeler markets. A lot of their stuff never sees a second production run and for as popular as FAGs are they still took a long time before they could do a second run of them.

Don't get me wrong, Koto is a great company and I like their stuff, but they aren't Bandai is size and the two aim at different sized markets.

>>5881332

THIS is shitposting you autist

>>5881336

you are using different measures to reach the conclusions you want

you are saying bandai is bigger so it's better and it's still doing fine

he is saying koto is growing faster

both of you have already concluded on your positions so who gives a shit

>>5881288
>they'd scrap P-Bandai had they a braincell or two.

You say that like Koto doesn't have webshop exclusives.

>>5881336
>bandai announced sales were up in 2015
Yet Bandai like Hasbro with Star Wars keeps spewing out shittier shit every year, profit is simply an excuse to sweep their glaring problems under the rug and continue their streak of mediocrity.

>>5881348
>Yet Bandai like Hasbro with Star Wars keeps spewing out shittier shit every year
Have you not built any recent HG kit?

>>5881323
>today
You mean the past 3 threads or so?

>>5881353
/toy/ always has shitposters, can't degrade this place into a hugbox

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>Muh Koto
>Muh Bandai

MEANWHILE AT MAX FACTORY.

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>>5880650
Seriously why do we not have an Origins Char Zaku yet?