Gunpla/Plamo General

Dear /m/ gunpla posters. Could you please keep your threads to a minimum. Up to four separate threads are up on the catalog sometimes. Please be considerate.

Best regards, the rest of /m/

>>13486800
It's our resident shitposter who creates all the duplicates. If a mod would ban him we'd all be happier.

Sincerely,

/gpg/

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>>13486800
We unfortunately have a few shitposters, and a lot of anons try to follow the "don't give the faggots attention and they'll go away" philosophy. The problem is that recently one of the shitposters has been making bait threads and has started incessantly samefagging all in a desperate attempt to fish for (You)s. There's also a Valvrager bait thread that pops up from time to time, but that's not the most pressing problem we have right now.

Our deepest apologies /m/.

>My Schwalbe Graze commander horn just snaps in half when I'm sanding it

Welp.

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Is this some trap card I'm supposed to activate?

I don't browse /m/ often and even less GPG but:
What's the best way to know who is who so I don't feel the shitposters and be part of the problem? I feel like even mentioning like so is being part of the problem

>>13486940
the tripfag sanpfit-kun. his shitposting used to be contained to this thread but i've seen that his autism has spread to other threads on /m/

If you see him post just filter him asap

>>13486958
>implying he doesn't also post anonymously

>>13486910
>drop Marasai head
>horn is bent all out of wack
>bend it back
>not even a stress mark
I don't know how it worked but it did. And people still argue UC isn't best.

>>13486940
If its a blurry g-reco kit with nubs and or posts saying "its toys" is the shitposter snapfagget-kun. Any posts saying "awesome or cool" is him samefagging along with sna or sn. Thats him. Beamknight is easy, if its outside kn a ledge its him. Pt-knight posts time to time. Asceandent posts too, nice builds but hes kinda of an elitist ass at times. Then theres crashman, that hawaiian and ant if he didnt get killed in bongland

>>13486958
Okay thanks.

I'm only interested in UC anyways so I dont try and have an opinion in these threads because 90% of it is stuff I dont really like and I refuse to buy kits for the sake of buying kits if I dont watch that specific anime. I do plan on getting VOTOM kits and Dougram kits because those are other shows that I watch. Does anyone have experience with non-Gundam stuff? Is that even gunpla?

>>13486992
I'm gonna be blunt, all of what you said was gibberish to me. What I figure is ignore all shitposters. Only few times I posted my backlog and my progress I was laughed at for being a rookie or ignore outright. I prefer older kits and UC kits that I assume that have been done to death in these threads.

It's still nice to see the occasional post of some old MSG stuff once in a while.I also dont really like the super master craft super grade kits because like the older shows I feel that less is more and leaves more to the imagination.

>>13486937
It's for the arcade game on the back of the card but you can put it in a GP Base or whatever

Also there are two of them in there

>>13487001
Frame arms is a really cool line since its based off random linearts and designs, really good for customs, then there's rhe frame arm girl line


>>13487021
I was just giving info on some people here

>>13487058
Yeah I appreciate it. I'll figure it out or forget. Thanks man.

>>13486940
What you said. If it feels like it don't reply. And chances are it's desperate samefagging so people can respond with 'don't feed etc'

It's too meta.

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>>13486992
There are three hawaii guys posting here. I hope you mean the dude on Kauai. That guy is the real hawaiian

>>13487161
Theres a dude in kawai that builds?
I just thought it was me and the anon in honolulu

>>13487178
>>13487161
Rip the fallen hero stacks

>>13487061
I'll help explain what my fellow anon said..

Snapfag-kun is our local, blatant shitposter. Usually, you can spot his stuff with blurry pictures of recent HG models (G-Reco line, Revive RX-78-2, Turn A, etc.) that are unpainted, horribly filled with nubs, and unlined. They are also posted in stiff poses. He also spams pictures of models, custom or showcase, with dumb file names or the wrong name of the MS, along with saying "ASTRAYS ARE UGLY" and likes to avatarfag (pictures of MSPaint drawings reacting to something unseen on the monitor). He also samefags to himself, usually poorly done and quite possibly purposely done with the names "Sn" and "Sna". It's pretty sad, even more sad that /m/ takes the bait, but I'm starting to think that he replies to himself as an angry retaliator so that he can get people to respond to those posts, telling them to stop replying to the shitposter, when in reality, they could potentially posting that to the shitposter. Filter him immediately, don't assume anything, report everything.

Some okay trips are beamknight87, who does little mini-reviews and showcases of pictures outdoors and they look wonderful. I'm getting an MG Gundam X because of that faggot's pictures.

There's AsceandentÆ, he makes some damn fine custom builds.

Crashman is a bro.

ANT (A New Translator) is a pretty cool dude who also makes cool painted builds. However, he's been missing, aside from the occasional post outside the general.

Have a nice time at /gpg/, anon, and stay safe.

>>13487198
D R S O D A

>>13487198
I don't know if he prefers /m/ or /toy/ but don't forget richigo. Probably the best modeler in these Gunpla threads

>>13487210
I was thinking this too

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So apparently Super Fumina is getting articulated fingers just like the Revive Qubeley.

>>13487182
Well kauai is kinda the "empty gets hit by the storms" island. Never been, heard its beautiful but i do not want to be there whenever the state is in a storm watch

>>13487210
Yea i forgot him tol. Insanely rich builder, id say hes like the bruce wayne of the threads

>visit nearest barnes and nobel to see if they have the infamous sengoku astray
>they actually have one in display
>backwards knee and reaching with open hands

at least the v-fin is still attached and the stickers are applied accurately

however I was suprised by the small quantity of gunpla considering the comments from /m/, there's a bunch of mini bearguys and a couple of HG/MG/RG sitting in a tiny shelf and that's about it.

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>>13487210
Yeah, I almost forgot Richigo. He's a damn fine modeler, his Gerbera Tetra had my mecha boner as hard as diamonds.

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>>13487248
For reference

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>>13487198
>I'm getting an MG Gundam X because of that faggot's pictures.
glad I helped to waste your money!
also ledges are superior, this is an undeniable fact! unless you are a moron and let your kit fall down, destroying all your hard work in a split second, if that happens, be sure to jumpr right after it, maybe you can catch it first

>>13487198
Alright cool

I know this sounds quite like shitposting now, but I can't see myself ever going beyond HGUC or the older kits that I've glued. I've done some entry level painting, whether its a hatch or a gun that needs it, but I have really bad shakey hands and less time than most. But still I try and avoid posting because of the elitism, or higher standards most of you guys have - not a bad thing I get it, it's a bit of a club but still kinda cool to dip in once in a while.

>>13487252

You should have taken a pic.

>>13487272
it would just look like any other pic of barnes n noble astrays, it was uncanny how the one I saw looked just like the ones posted here

>>13487254
Im so glad i only bought the 1/144 xi. I have no space for the 1/100. forgive me if thats the 144 size

>>13487269
No worries m8, its all fine unless you post it and say theres nothing wrong and reject any criticism

>>13487285
Nah I usually just get completely ignored. I built a 1992 kit of a Gerbera Tetra and that faded into memory. It lacked the quality that you would see today and ended more pinkish than red, but still though it was a great kit and the instructions were superb.

I lack a good camera so I dont really bother posting much anyways.

Here's a picture of most of my backlog. I've done a few kits since. The last kit I've done was the 1999 Zaku III Mashymere custom and I gotta say building it sucked ass. Probably my least favorite kit so far.

>>13487267
Man, gotta love that delicious moon-Gundam.

>>13487269
It's all good, like >>13487285 said, you just have to be willing to accept criticisms. We're all here to make you get better and it's good to branch out and try the other scales, there isn't much difference besides more parts and an inner frame.

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>>13487301
Forgot to attach photo.

>>13487248
>>13487256

This is just getting stupid now.

These are copied from two threads ago.

>>13487309
>>13487301
Its all good dude. No one really gets on other peoples cases unless your an ass about it. Most of my stuff is more or less the same as yours, just through in some gbf and random grunt units. I honestly love the oldschool kits, theyre cheap and fun to build

>>13487324
well thank you anons for not being nig nogs. I was pretty burnt out on building these kits cause I've been hitting it hard but knowing that its all good and shit kinda makes me wanna go back in it. Thanks gaymers.

>three Gunpoa/plamo generals cluttering our board right now
This is why literally everyone except you autists think gunpla should be an autoban word.

>>13487368
Blame the shitposters? Everyone serious here keeps it to one thread. It's the resident shitposters who keep making duplicate threads.

>>13487368
Go cry to the mods then, and see if they do anything about it you big baby

>>13487368
>A half dozen IBO threads
>Kamin Riders or whatever its called all over the place

Bad day at work hun?

New thread
>>13487388
>>13487388
>>13487388

>>13487374
>this thread was made after you guys made a new one just a few hours before

Are you genuinely retarded or are you your so called shitposter?

>>13487368
One's the old, dying thread, and the other 2 are shitposters.

Just report.

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>>13487368
About time this shit got banned on /m/

Plastic toys belong on /toy/

>>13487397
No that was the shitposter making the thread early. See >>13487396 as an example of what we're trying to ignore and move on about our business.

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>>13487411
>The sole reason mecha shows are created

>not belonging here

You guys are hilarious.

>>13487368
It's called the Janitor's have abandoned ship in the face of rampant shitposting and aren't going to come back. Best we can hope for is some mod looking to take a break from /tv/ /v/ or /a/.

>>13487424
You know since were at it, lets list all the things that should be by that dudes logic
>allow samurai dramas to be posted since its tokusatsu aswell (toku is use of special effects, not all toku is super hero)
>ban discussion of sentai, kamen rider, anything live action since thats /tv/
>any animated show should only be duscussed on /co/
>car threads should be allowed
>ban any discussion of non mecha things since this is a mecha board

>>13487434
/v/s mods are angry sjws or people who hate fun.

so when is the next 1/100 kit gonna be announced? I want my goddamn Reborns Gundam!

>>13487434
We actually did get a mod/janitor in here recently, it's why the shitposter laid low for a while, in hopes that they would stop looking
And he was right

Snapping together an HG Graze. What an experience. I'm basically building a little MG.

Gunpla has come so far.

Anyone notice that no one's reviewing the Super Fumina?

>>13487569
Maybe they're afraid of it.

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>>13487569
>tfw because it was such a finical flop we'll never get a Super Gyanko or Super China.

>>13487569
it's because they don't want to admit they bought one

>>13487583

If this is the best they can do, it's for the best.

>>13487569
I have one. But my camera is shit and the last time I posted you all said my images were too big blurry and jpg.

>>13487583
That's okay. Fumina can get fucked but I wouldn't want them to ruin Gyanko with an awful Super version of her.

>>13487605
>I have one.
Congratulations on wasting your money.

requesting the picture of the guy who was coughing up blood after spraying lacquer.

>>13487605
>actually bought a Super Blunder

>>13487583
imagine actually thinking it was a flop

>>13487309
>dem old ships

im jelly, always wanted to buy all the old ship kits and 1/550 mobile armors to make an old school MSG display. the 1979 MS kits were shit but the vehicles all look great with a bit of effort.

>>13487583
Seriously ask yourself if you want a super China. Remember that fan made bear China? Its gonna be that but creepier


>>13487618
Correct me if im wrong, but isnt that dangerous to spray without protection like a booth?

>>13487622
I'll tell you one thing that flopped.

MUH DICK!

>>13487660
> coughing up blood after spraying lacquer

you tell me, anon.

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>>13487675
No i mean isnt that the one that has a high chance to ignite?

Also some cringe for the thread. Being apart of hugbox groups is the best for this kind stuff

>>13487618
>Only kind of protection I use when spraying lacquers is a disposable face mask
Sometimes I forget to
I just want to die early

>>13487690
The colourscheme is actually decent, but the execution is fucking degenerate.
It's from Reddit isn't it?

Why are Gundam Planet's prices so damn high? Holy shit

>>13487646
>make an old school MSG display.

Dude that's kinda what I was gonna go for one day.

>no big tray kit or dabube

>>13487720
Mechanauts, a fb page full of "your fav anime is shit" and what not. Colors are nice except for everything waist down. That bright blue for the entire throws it off

>>13487720
>spoiler

Look at the filename.

>>13487569
Mine doesn't arrive until next week.

>>13487618
>>13487675
That pic is actually misleading. In the original post it was a nosebleed.

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Hello people. Posting some ok deals on Amazon.

>>13486776
Which is the better color for the physical swords of 007S:

Gray, Gunmetal or German Gray?

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im planning on painting my f91, should i putty in the f and 91 on the shoulders? i cant tell if it looks nice or goofy with them

>>13487848
Of fucking course you should, it's one of the defining features of the suit.

>>13487848
>>13487852

i just realized i can just switch the shoulders

Someone on here pointed out that there was a devil gundam SD on mandarake a while back and I bought it, so now I'm returning the favor. There's another one up on manda for 1k yen if anyone's interested.

>>13487973
Yo! That was me, anything new up?

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Whats with wing type customs and having dark colors + an edgy sounding name?

>>13487848
It would be too bare without them, that's a lot of empty white space.

>>13488118
As far as in the show, the team is a bunch of crazy people and the main character can't into social contact. Even if they were just being accurate to the show, it would make sense to have customs like these. Plus there's plenty of melee, which tends to bring about customs like these from what I've noticed (like the Astray and Exia do, same reasoning).

>>13488140
But it seems to be the major theme for wing. Its either something with a bunch of melee weapons with a name like "death reaper blossom" or have it that the only thing custom was the wings. The only wing custom that seemed to break that trend was this cool knight looking one
figured there be more angelic based customs

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>>13488167
I agree. Oh well, it happens. I was working on mixing the old Wing Zero 1/144 and my crappy Strike Rouge (was my second kit, so it didn't come out great and I don't mind). Will get back to working on it once I figure out painting and seam welding so I can finish it up. This is very much a WIP so it'll be less shit eventually.

Is it worth buying from one of the expensive american stores to get into the new years event? How good are my chances of actually winning something?

>>13488201
More chance of not winning than winning. I've seen people buy around 10 products and not get squat.

>>13488201
Standard gambling stuff. Just don't expect to win anything, and don't buy just to enter the competition.

>>13488223
Well I do want some BFT and Reconk kits, but I'm mulling over where I should buy it from. Even a single item would more than make up the price difference for a few HG kits.

>>13488191
That looks really cool. Got any more pics?

>>13488223
What do these cards even look like? Sometimes when i get a kit theres this ir scanner thing, probably got like 5 of em over the course of 2 years. They were in moonrunes so im guessing that was it?

>>13488248
I'm >>13488191, sorry but that's the most recent picture. I could take some other angles tomorrow if you want, it's night now and I wouldn't have good light. I appreciate the compliment. Does a white/purple color scheme seem good to you?

>>13488265
Oh thats alright. But as for the color scheme i dont see anything wrong, sounds cool, do you plan on adding a third color for better separation?

>>13488283
I will make the little "ball" in the chest gold. I haven't done a lineart since it would be tough to mix the Wing/Strike, and the Portent pack doesn't have lineart. Small gold detailing sounds good, I'll decide as I move further along.

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first time using macro, still a bit blurry for some reason

>>13488333
This is painted, I take it? The gun looks nice.

>>13488345

yep, Its a bit more of an olive green than the forest green it comes with

>>13488333
Get another light source that isn't your camera's flash Flay/

>>13488349

except, I used a lamp and not my flash.

also flay a qt

>>13488347
The gun looks to be gunmetal? How did you paint the suit/what brand did you use?

>>13488352
Then it wasn't bright enough. Also it may be that your camera is potato quality?

I'm transporting a couple intricate gunpla customs for an even soon. Does anybody have tips for transporting them?

Right now, I'm thinking of packing them with soft foam in standing positions.

>>13488356

gunmetal is correct. handpainted with vallejos.

>>13488357

well, it was taken at night. I'm using a samsung galaxy s3 camera. I'll have an s5 soon though. also the lamp was orange as fuck so I turned on the cool filter

>>13488289
Sounds pretty neat

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>>13488359

put one in your left hand and the other in your right

>>13488393
Okay, I mean, sure, driving is going to be pretty difficult, but I'll give it a shot.

>>13488404

get your mom to drive you.

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My stuff from the summer sale on HLJ finally came in.
A, B and C packs. I thought I shipped it during the time when they were handing out the second three, really wanted the shield, but this works too, I managed to get three after all.
Unfortunately, something inexplicable happened to the Plata Liquido paint.

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>>13488512
There's no liquid inside, the whole thing seems to have opened and the alcohol all dried out, only particles remain.
It couldn't have frozen because the freezing point of alcohol is -114 and we don't get temperatures like that on Earth naturally.
Should I contact HLJ? It's not like they'll offer a replacement, will they? I've heard that even if they do, you have to pay for the shipping.

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>>13488525
If you ordered it way back during that campaign they may tell you to fuck off for taking so long, even if you explain that you only got it just now.

>>13488512
I hope you bought lots of white paint.

So, /m/, I have a desire to build the ultimate GM.

I was thinking about starting with the GM Sniper II, which has the highest performance of any OYW era GM, and adding parts from the GM III including the lateral leg thrusters and shoulders/arms. What other parts could be thrown into the mix? The shoulders of the GM III have hard points, and I suppose I could do something with the backpack thrusters. Or should I go off the reservation entirely and start adding non-GM parts?

>>13487820
I ordered a AGE-3 for £10 not long ago.

I was pleased.

Wow Vallejo German Gray just keeps impressing me every time I use it, today I primed and painted Barbatos' footclaws

The Off White I bought on accident is actually pretty close to the pure white of Barbatos' plastic too so that's good

Masking those form 4 shoulders is so daunting and yellow paint is an as whole, especially compared to that lovely smooth gray

>>13488643
>as whole
Autocorrect is an as whole too

>>13488643

form 4 shoulder? whats that?

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>>13488656
the white shoulders

I have a few metallic gundam markers for small details, but the green one isn't metallic at all when I use it, its defective. im wondering if I should buy another one?

>>13488591
I bought AGE-3 Normal, Orbital, Fortress, AGE-2 Normal, D.Bullet, AGE-1 Full Gransa and 2 of those G-Bouncer variants at SGD$10 each at a warehouse sale 2 years ago.

Posted this earlier.
Which is the better color for the physical swords of 007S:

Gray, Gunmetal or German Gray?

>>13488674
Nice.

>>13488678

your talking about seven sword right?

http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/GN-0000/7S_00_Gundam_Seven_Sword

it doesnt have physical swords.

the grey on the gn swords is closer to german grey, but it wouldn't look bad with gunmetal either.

>>13488689
Yes.

well physical as in not the beam ones.

>>13488656
Form 1 is no shoulders with the gauntlet arm, form 2 is the Graze shoulders, form 3 are the blue and white modified Graze shoulders, and form 4 is what the other anon said

It's weird but it's an official thing, the manual specifically talks about how the kit has both form 1 and form 4

>>13488700
Form 2 is blue/white shoulders

We don't know what Form 3 is yet.

>>13487198
i'm scared to even mention g reco kits in these threads because of him

Amiami has Super Blunders back in stock.

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anyone collect old no grades?
i kind of like the weird proportions

>>13488750
>Rozen Zulu's retarded ancestor

I'm interested in getting some old kits that have no newer kits, mainly for practice masking and painting

>>13487820
>1/144 Turn A
stop this

Which mg/design would be best to do warring states/ Japanese mythology based build. I wouldn't want to use one of the existing shin musha MG's

>>13488821
RX-78/Turn A vs oyw zeon suits which are all onis

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I might have painted too many spoons.

>>13488740
O-oh

I just assumed since they promoted the Graze shoulder equipped option so much but then again that brings up the hookshot thingy so okay fair enough

Huh, well we have to find out soon since we're right at Jupiter

>>13488741
I know that feel

>>13488585
The GM Striker beam javelin thing

>>13487313
More like two weeks ago.

>>13488891
I actually remembered that I've already got a set of spare Jesta arms and shoulders that should fit the GM Sniper II's polycaps. So those may get worked in.

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>>13488821
If that's the look you are going for, I would suggest the Mushas to at least bash with. Even if you don't intend to make it the base unit.

My own take on the Japanese feudal military/mythology angle

>>13488963
Are there any mounting points on the back of the Sniper II? You could paint either the GM Cardigan or Thunderbolt GM's arm shield things and put those in. I also feel compelled to make the ultimate Zaku

>>13488191
I dig this, definitely toss up more pics if you have them. I had a similar idea of kitbashing Wing Zero and Build Strike after watching Yugioh 5D's. I thought creating something like Stardust Dragon would be neat because I liked the way it looked and the color scheme seemed similar to something Gundam-relative.

>>13488239
So anyone know the chances of winning a single item? Anyone care to share their past experiences?

>>13489277
I've entered 9 times and won one gold build strike

I've been building some gunplas for a while now but I have issues with dealing with foil stickers. I'm wondering if paint brushing enamel gloss would be a better as alternative for the majority of the foils?

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Current WIP on the Kotobukiya ZoE kits

Loads of panel lines
Waiting for my glossy top coat so i can start panel washing the red lines of anubis

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>>13489303
Here a close shot of vic viper's visor/face

damned size

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Testing posting.

Ignore.

>>13489281
That's pretty bad. Guess it's not worth buying from american stores.

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Guess what arrived!!

>>13488585
GM Cardigan backpack for SUPER SPEED + extra arms for extra weapons

>>13487198
Snapfag is right about astrays tho.

>>13489173
There are no mounting points there, though with some careful trimming there could be. And if I was going to go that route I'd be tempted to put in funnel racks rather than hard-mounted shields or subarms.

Because why the bloody hell not?

>>13489277
>>13489277
I've won 7 times

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>>13489430
Cardigan's add-on set is compatible with most HG GM kits, as long as they have the two holes in their back to mount stuff.

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Hello /m/. Yesterday in the /toy/ general I asked Gelgoog Guy how to thin when airbrushing. What in the fuck am I doing wrong?
>Thin at a 1:1 ratio using 10 drops of paint and 10 of thinner
>Give it time to sit there for about 30 mins so the chemicals can mix and all that
>Put the mixture into my airbrush
>Attempt to just use air
>Paint comes out when it shouldn't
>Dissasemble airbrush
>Same shit that happened when I used the shitty Master airbrush, it's all covered in paint
>Cleaned it up with isopropyl alcohol since posting this.

Help please. When this happened with a non-brand brush, I could assume it was due to their quality or my bad thinning. Now I'm lost as to why. I don't get it, I did what I was told for thinning, my brush is decent (Badger Patriot), it should logically work.

I hadn't messed much with my airbrush beforehand, I'd disassembled the back a few times to get the feel of it like you're meant to. Did not screw with the front. I was attempting spraying at a consistent 20 PSI.

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Is the HG catsith worth a buy?

>>13487309
Whats that ps2 game like?

>>13489826
You haven't played Gundam VS Zeta? It's an earlier version of the current "VS" series on PS3. Somewhat slower combat than the modern ones but it's still good. The story has a bunch of what-if scenarios.
>You can fight as a Zakrello and Big Zam

>>13489822
Damn, you fucked up a second airrbush already? Maybe you should just hand paint instead.

>>13489834
I understand it's quite annoying and I must seem like a retard, but can you try and help instead of being snarky. Everything has a cause, and the faster I learn the faster I'll be out of your hair and making decent models.

Anybody have experience with the Kotobukiya Break Blade kits? I'm very interested but hesitant to jump into an unknown quantity.

>>13489826
Hi, I posted that pic.

It's definitely my favourite of them all, considering im a strictly UC kind of person I really like the campaign you get to play through. There's a lot of grinding and repetitiveness but you play it for the medium not really the gameplay. You can make alternative timelines like if Garma survived the war and was apart of Neo-Zeon etc etc. Lots of missions. Last time I looked I was '168%' done the game. You can even unlock the pscho gundam mk II and ZZ Gundam for Kamille to use.

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>>13489825
It has to fit like this on an action base 2 because the rear skirt armor gets in the way.

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>>13489841
>and the faster I learn the faster I'll be out of your hair and making decent models.
Have you considered trying to figure it out, like, on your own, dude?

>imma keep pestering you until you help me
is not a winning strategy around here

>>13489822
when you say the paint comes out when it shouldn't, how are you pressing down on the trigger? Are you just pressing down and pulling back? Is the paint just dripping out the nozzle?

>>13489841
You could also ask like actual airbrush enthusiasts or people who do much more with them on paint forums or the likes.

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Finished building the Star Winning last week. First SD I've built but it was pretty fun; wanted to practice my (mediocre) painting skills haha. Bought it for under $6 with a coupon I had from a local hobby shop.

Overall I thought it came out pretty decent, but there's still many areas I want to clean up/go over with more paint (looking at you gunblade).

While it's obviously limited in articulation, the transformation gimmick is pretty fun to play around with.

>>13489853
>Be inexperienced
>Doing something wrong
>Ask for help since by doing it myself I could screw up worse
>"No, fuck off"
>>13489854
Nope, I merely pushed the trigger down, no holding backwards at all.
>>13489860
Well, I'm familiar with this community and wanted to check here first. If I can't figure it out I'll go elsewhere.

>>13489862
is it? pretty much every review said it was shit due to all the stickers, lack of articulation and overall fragility

>>13489868
>be new
>do something wrong
>ask for help
>get a bunch of generic advice (since nobody really knows what you did wrong, including you apparently)
>leave
>come back later
>same problem
>ask for help again
FTFY

guess what, we still have no idea what you did wrong, time to own up and stop using "muh inexperience" as an excuse

>>13489169
astrays are so ugly

I think, since I don't have work tomorrow, I might get back to working on my HGUC Zeek Mk. I. It's just sitting on my desk in my bedroom, near-half assembled anyway.

BTW, how do I shot topcoat? What's the best method and what, exactly, do I need to do before I drown my gunpla in acetone/nail polish remover?

>>13489882
Personally I think some reviewers were expecting too much out of the kit since it was associated with the Build Fighters line. At the end of the day it's still an SD kit, so limited articulation should be a given. Especially with its 3-way transformation gimmick.

I agree that it is sticker city though. I think I ended up only using three main ones (eyes, core fighter hatch, and gunblade sight). My only real grip with it is that the right arm tends to fall out of the polycap it's connected to. But that can be remedied pretty easily.

If you're a fan of the suit I'd say pick it up. You can have more fun with it compared to its predecessor.

>>13489890
Alright, I evidently can't win this one. I'll check other forums and test more. Good luck in your plamo pursuits and sorry to bother.

>>13489928
One shitposter gone. Too many left to go

>>13489928
Read the Guide and the OP.
The OP says how you should ask questions. Break these rules, we break you.
If you are gonna ask questions, post pictures that clearly show the problem and describe the steps you took up to it.

>>13489943
I've read the guide and OP multiple times. I'm providing as much info as I know on the problem, and explaining the steps I took. Other than what I've given on the matter, I don't know anything else to add, so I can't elaborate.

>>13489951
Figure out what you did wrong then get back to us. Pictures of messy parts and a "I'm inexperienced please understand" attitude don't lead to anything productive.

>>13489822
>Thin at a 1:1 ratio using 10 drops of paint and 10 of thinner
>Give it time to sit there for about 30 mins so the chemicals can mix and
all that

What... what?!?!

The chemicals will react if you just leave them sitting exposed to air. You mix'em and shoot them through the gun, letting them sit does nothing you want.

Also your ratio is wierd. 2:1 or 30:70 are more common. When in doubt, you look up whatever instuction the product comes with.

Paint coming out when you press the button means that your seal is either defective or you assembled the gun incorrectly after cleaning.

>>13488750
It's too bad, the Hamma-Hamma was a suit I'd like a modern kit of.

>>13489964
Thank you. /toy/ believes my nozzle and needle must not have been perfectly aligned or put on. I didn't do much to that at all, but I do understand that without knowing I could have botched it. I'll keep testing, with water for now.

>>13489841
there's nothing better than self-learning, i mean in physical ways.

read some manuals about air brush things & the assembling diagram. you should get something more out of that at least. RTFM: 101, just like plamo build: 101

posting in any board for solution of a problem was like 50% chances to be doing things right or wrong, unless a video of your steps then it could be more solid rather than just pictures.
full detail of pictures of the step is acceptable.

you remind of my so called past friend where he likes to spout big time bullshits about things etc etc but when come to reality of doing that things he was like "wtf was that things?"
he could talk all about fixing a car but when handled a toolbox for him to do that, he will be a know-nothing fucktard. simple to say, he's a motherfucking big talk fucktard & have no base: 101.
just saying.

>>13489822
I had something like this happen with my iwata airbrush. The front nozzle qas caked in dried paint so that was an easy fix, there was some more inside so i just soaked it in a water/alcohol mix till it came off. But what broke my brush was the needle got jammed somehow and i couldnt remove it.
Idk what youre doing to break it

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>>13489975
Not in the air, in a glass sealed lid. I'd transferred from the paint jar to there, then added the thinner and mixed it, not straight into the airbrush cup. That's one thing I was unclear on, my fault for not mentioning it.

As for the paint ratio, I'd been advised to do that. The paint (Model Master acrylic) has no specific thinning ratio, the Testors FAQ doesn't mention it and I had checked that before airbrushing.
>>13489983
I appreciate it, I'll keep at it.
>>13489993
Will check the nozzle and all when I'm testing.

>>13487690
what the fuck happened here. From what I can make out of that blurry ass picture the entire top half looks like it was painted decently but then it looks like they just dipped the legs into a gallon jar of paint.

How does this happen?

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>I'm brainstorming G-Arcane color schemes because I think the colors it comes molded in are atrocious

>>13490027
It happens by not posting asking for critism or just asking how it looks

>>13490018
All I can say is Testors is lying out their ass. If you try to shoot their acrylics straight from the bottle expect a clogged nightmare.

So I'm picking up the kotobukiya Jehuty soon, and I'm planning on doing the blue lines in a metallic blue. Normally I'd do a panel wash, but I've never liked doing that with metallics. Would it be feasible to do a kind of reverse wash in that situation? My thought was too lay down the actual color of the armor and then apply the line colors kind of sloppily and removing anything that goes out of the lines with alcohol.

>>13490056
I don't doubt you, but I did thin in a way that people thought was ok. So then, I am going to clean the airbrush parts more with some glass cleaner.

What ratio should I be thinning at, then? Instead of 1:1.

>>13490071
Try 30:70, maybe? Some dude online remarked that he goes up as far as 10:1 thinner:paint with model master and still has issues and the books suggest dicking around until you got it figured out for your specific product and spraying setup. Don't panic, just keep on trying and spraying.

>>13490068
>So I'm picking up the kotobukiya Jehuty soon, and I'm planning on doing the blue lines in a metallic blue. Normally I'd do a panel wash, but I've never liked doing that with metallics. Would it be feasible to do a kind of reverse wash in that situation? My thought was too lay down the actual color of the armor and then apply the line colors kind of sloppily and removing anything that goes out of the lines with alcohol.

I was just looking into getting this kit, and maybe a Break Blade Delphine as well. I look forward to your impressions from building the kit, and also where do you plan on buying it? The amazon prices are kind of ridic.

>>13490132
1:2 thinner:paint is okay but your thinner should have a lot of liquid retarder and flowaid

>>13490132
>>13490187
I'll work on that, currently cleaning the brush up with glass cleaner.

The worst part is that shitposter has a 4chan pass.

>>13490569
If he did then he would be able to post these faster
i assume that 4chan pass makes you immune to flood detection and the 60 sec wait

>>13490583
It doesn't. It just lets you not have to deal with the captcha.

>>13489853
Speaking of which, what are some good, fine tipped nippers I can use that aren't Godhand yet? Should I go for tha Tamiya sharp or that Xuron? How good is this GSC nipper in the pic?

>>13490605
That's an actual godhand iirc. It's just been stamped with the GS racing logo.

>>13490028
Edgy/10

You might as well cast a clear piece for the center and paint it green.

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I know this pic is pretty shitty, but I'm just posting it cause I took a pic to show a friend and I don't take pics often.

I've never actually watched Gundam.
If I want to get into gunpla, does that matter?
I already made an HG Zaku II

>>13490630

yeah, it makes you a pleb

>>13490028
Ignore edgeposter, it's a decent start. Find a place to put more green, and maybe tone down the radioactivity a bit.

>>13490626
nice color scheme

>>13490649

I thought so too, at the time I painted it, but now I actually prefer the original color scheme. I think its the reason why I haven't altered the colors on anything I've made since.

>>13490028

That's honestly pretty shit. The body is just a giant block of black and the green cockpit seems almost random. Break up the black..

>>13490668
what he said

black and white don't go together.

black and dark grey do. but then everything is pretty dark.

be more creative

>>13490635
Watching the show makes me a pleb, or not watching it makes me a pleb?

>>13490695

not watching it

u must b new around here

no offense

>>13490718
If I wasn't new do you think I would be asking about watching Gundam?

Am I allowed to get into Gunpla without giving a fuck about Gundam?

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is it just me or is this some lazy runner engineering?

>>13490734
lurk moar

>>13490737
Considering the main characters of both Build Fighters shows knew absolutely dick about Gundam when the shows started I'd say yes.

>>13490737
Yeah.

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>>13490737

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>>13490737
You'll enjoy it more.

>>13490739
Why? Nubs are mostly at spots where it's a flat surface making sanding easy.

>>13490796

that part on the bottom right is just huge

it could have been like at least 4 separate pieces

>>13490813
They just used an existing template.
Why spend more cash on new runners?

>>13490825

i'd formulate a reply but I'm not buying this kit anyways so idc

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first time using lacquer paint

How scratch resistant are sheets like this? Hasegawa has similar stuff.

http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/2482/MSS+04+GSR+Chrome+Master.html

>>13490860
Not bad.

>>13489964
When he figures out what he did wrong your advice will already be worthless to him though.

>>13490813
For what reason exactly should they mold it as four separate pieces?
Can you give any good basis for that?

>>13491161

easier to paint in different colors

>>13488750
Yes! I have a GM Cannon and a G-Defenser sitting in my backlog.

>>13489588
Cardigan subarms on the back mount, and mount a Qubeley-style funnel rack on the back skirt?

>>13491211
can you show us that GM Cannon anon

>>13490813
>>13490739

It's because of the inner frame. They want to keep the costs down, but adding a full inner frame increases the parts count. So they take some parts that would normally be a couple of different pieces and lump them together into one piece instead in order to keep the relatively same number of parts/runners per HG kit.

I don't know about the Graze, but the Barbatos was the same way on a couple of parts.

>>13490734
Ignore the shit poster. Buy whatever kits you think look cool. You don't need to watch the show, although you may like a design more or less because of it.

What's are other safe ways to strip enamel off of kits besides bleach baths?

>>13491320
Purple power strips almost anything if you leave it to soak long enough and doesn't damage the plastic.

>>13490860
Is it a grenade like everyone says it is? I want either this or the MG

Which brand silver/aluminum/steel paint has a more coarse grain? Vallejo or Tamiya? I'm deliberately putting a stripe of coarse metallic next to fine metallic grain for a certain effect.

>>13491336
It's not really a grenade, it's just that the transformation gimmick is flimsy.

As long as you keep it in either MS or Waverider mode, you'll be fine.

>>13491336
>Is it a grenade like everyone says it is?

Just don't transform it.

>>13491334
Specifically PP or any degreaser will do?

>>13491375
Don't know, I've only used purple power for the serious strips and it's the one I see suggested the most, otherwise I use windex as that strips most acrylics and that's mainly what I work with.

>>13490860
Nice detail on the gun.

>>13490605
Mineshima D-3A Plastic Nipper was pretty good, but need some mods & sharpening skill to make it the best tool. mine was a little tardy in rivet hinge & half ass finishing cutter blade although it stated from Japan.
few fix could solve the major issue & produce awesome cut.

just remember do not borrow those tools to anyone who making vapor coil & gunpla at the same time.

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Painted up the frame of my HG barbatos this past week. Then I realize that I forgot to sand down the mold lines, but most of those will be covered by the armor anyways.

The armor is primed and I'm going to be painting that up next. Working on a little mars diorama base too.

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>>13491599

>>13491345

can't speak for tamiya, but vallejo silver literally comes out as a paste. gotta water down as neccessary. it can be pretty bumpy, im currently working on how to get it to go on smooth without being runny.

>>13491599
>>13491614
>those fucking feet
is that frog gundam thing really gonna have the same frame? I can't really see it

>>13491668
Yes. They'll probably just plug in and be covered up.

do people actually think astray looks cool? or is it all part of an elaborate prank

>>13491874
do you actually pretend to be different people? or is it all part of a retarded shitpost marathon

>>13491896
the thread-ly "astrays are so ugly" posts got me thinking about it

>>13491874
its just one faggot
I personally love the red and gold frames

>>13491919
Because people can't have different opinions that aren't the norm.

>>13491941
The blue frame with the gun sword is pretty cool. Red frame took along time to grow on me. But is the green frame a legit one or a fanmade custom?

>>13491942
replying to every single image that has an astray with "astrays are so ugly" is not sharing your opinion, it's spamming

>>13492064
I was implying that there are people who like it and there are those who don't. Just because one side is very vocal doesn't mean it is true as he asked here >>13491874
I find it weird that people have trouble differentiating blatant shitposting from legit posts regardless of their opinion.

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POST GRUNTS
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>RG Z'gok is on sale on HLJ
>Urge to make an Airman Custom is rising

>>13492075
Do you have any proof that it's not the same guy spewing the same shit? No?
I find it weird that people have trouble differentiating blatant shitposting from legit posts regardless of their opinion. :^)

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>>13492241
Reminds me of that video of some guy making an Airman with the MG Z'gok.

Though looks like it was taken down.

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>>13492221

>>13492221
Is it wrong that I don't recognize the grunt on the far right?

>>13492319
It's a Hygogg, you stupid shit.

>>13492319

dude, thats a gogg. and I watched 0079 like 10 years ago

>>13492323
wut

>>13492323
nigga that's not a damn Hygogg

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>>13492323
>>13492327
>>13492330

The Hygogg is a derivative of the Gogg shut up.

>>13492332
>shut up

who?

>>13492317
Nice poses

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>>13486776
The guide really helps, yet I can't do anything since I'm a poor sod. Even a little pen for panel lining is still a bit too much for my expense.

I guess this will be my one and only gunpla I can afford, and even then I didn't notice all the dust on that.

Just want to know if what I'm doing is okay, since I'm not really an expert in this.

>>13492452

are you 18 yet? go on welfare. free money

>>13492454
>>13492452
Don't do that, save it for people who actually need it.

>>13492454
I already passed my twenties.

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>>13492452
At least yours is a hell of a lot cleaner than mine
I need to take it apart and get rid of the nubs

>>13492460
Woah you're not kidding. Do you have some kind of acto knife? I did the nubs using that without any sandpaper or files etc. It would make wonders to the nubs.

>>13492474
I don't, and there-in lies the issue.
I had to use my clippers to the best of my abilities. I'm going to search for one to see if I have any lying around, otherwise I might have to go and buy one

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>>13492452
you call that dusty as hell?

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>>13492539

you call that dusty as hell?

>>13492539
Jesus christ please spoiler that next time
How can anyone even let that happen

>>13492479
You don't have sand paper?
Nail files?

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Flag Status: Half Mast

>Super Fumina sells out again the moment it went back on sale

Why

>>13492552
It's the Creepy Woody of gunpla

>>13492548
I've got a nail file but it's a bit shit
I've cleaned it up a bit since that picture I took immediately after assembly

>>13492554

Are there pics of Super Fumina creepily fondling figures yet?

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so apparently dragon momoko destiny is a thing

>mfw i wasted $ on the mb destiny

>>13490860
Avoid sticker decals. Waterslides son

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Almost done

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>>13492649

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>>13492655

>>13492659
looks great, anon

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>>13492317
> putting zeek MS into EF MS groupie

disgusting. absolutely disgusting.

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>>13492700
>Mad feddie regular army babbie detected
>Not getting the best from both worlds

>>13492700
Technically the zeta color Nemo is an AEUG MS.
Also I really like posing the zaku in kung fu poses.

>>13492711
> Titans
> good

>>13492632
Source?

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I don't really like using sticker on the pink symbol part, so I just go and buy some pink ink pen and do it like I'm doing panel lining.

I'd say it looks good

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So, in the past 5 years we've had: Gouf Custom HG, HGBF Gouf R35, Origin Gouf and we will be getting Revive Gouf. How profitable is the Gouf compared to other Zeon suits?

>>13492940
I'd say about this much

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So daban are doing a thing.

>>13492632
This is old news. This was announced before the Akatsuki

>>13493207
the hell is that? unicorn using the red frame? but which one? RG, MG or PG?

>>13493443
they recycled the hands from a PG red frame knock-off, not the whole thing dummy.

Whats the best 1/144 ZAKU II kit?

>>13493538
for what exactly?

>>13493556
just the best looking maybe, i dunno. Didnt really think the question through

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>>13493573
>dalong.net
>form your own opinion

>>13492539
how is this kit?

>>13493538
If you want the original design, the old HG kit if your only option, but the most modern standard Zaku is the F2 type, although they both have the same knee and elbow articulation
i prefer the original though

>>13493759
Thanks thats all I wanted to know

>>13493759
what about the RG?

>>13493870
don't know tbqh family

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So is a third party going to make an RG conversion for this or....

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http://blog.livedoor.jp/hacchaka/archives/51964693.html

http://blog.kenbill.com/?eid=807

Review of the Hyakuri and Hyakuren.

It seems like people aren't reviewing the Super Fumina all that much anymore. That's a shame.

New thread
>>13493927
>>13493927
>>13493927

>>13493931

ignore shitposter

>>13493919
Huh i was kinda right, the flight pack is separate

>>13493919
What a nub nightmare to clean up

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