Gunpla/Plamo General

Our next Group Build!

Field Repair

Basically what this means is that rather than the mobile suit being fresh out of a factory, it's quite the opposite. Whether it's trudging through dense jungles or dodging debris in asteroid belts, your mobile suit has seen some better days.
You've been out in the field for quite a long time now, nearly half a year of active duty in the front lines and your personal mobile suit's pretty banged up. What's worse is the fact that there isn't a maintenance bay within several thousand kilometers of your local area that's capable of making any major repairs. Your unit's engineering crew has resorted to patch work and jury-rigging to keep your machine operational. Stray fire might have crippled its legs and arms or otherwise dealt considerable damage to a mobile suit's systems meanwhile some units have simply lost bits of armor and panels to the elements and have been forced to patch weld metal sheets over the exposed inner workings.
In any case it's beaten to hell but somehow you and your team have somehow kept it chugging along and now command's ordered all units operating in your theatre to fall back to form a defensive line against the enemy offensive.

Deadline: March 7
Send submissions to: [email protected]

HLJ Sale going on. How are those Frame Robo kits?

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First painted kit, C&C is welcome. I know I fucked up the top of the shield a bit, tried to use a gundam marker for it and it got messy. Same for one of the eyes.

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>>13852708

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>>13852687
Those aquatic suits though.

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>>13852708
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Just finished my 1st lining attempt. Also used a pin vise to make hole mounts in the cannons for beam sabers for a "cannon" effect. Any way I can improve on lining?

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>>13852726

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This is nice
http://nov.2chan.net/y/res/3478985.htm

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>>13852736

>>13852726
>>13852736
Looks like you poorly assembled a kit and went over some grooves with a sharpie. I wouldn't quit your day job just yet.

>>13852708
>>13852712
>>13852714
>>13852726
>>13852736
>>13852739
>>13852747

Pro-tip: Resize your photos to make the more obvious flaws harder to see

>>13852751
It's not as bad as some of the stuff snap-fag posts

>>13852751
are you not supposed to go over the grooves? also i realize now there are a bunch of grooves here now. also as for making lines without starting edges or blotches, does that improve with time or does having shaky hands mean im fucked?

I know this isn't Gunpla, but where the fuck can I get good torrents for Gundam? I can't find anything.

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>>13852803
bakabt
>>13852810
i can dream, cant i ;_;

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>>13852747

Those are not beam cannons you silly dork

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>>13852815
God bless anon.

>New builders come in looking for advice
>Spergers shit all over them

Never change /m/

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>>13852747

>>13852787
just go and kill yourself, you'll never improve. dont even bother practicing.

>>13852815
So my confirmation email isn't coming. Am I autistic?

>>13852859
looks like mandarake. it could take a week.

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Contributing.

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Sup, give me some tips on painting this piece of shit

>>13852859
I got my confirmation from them pretty fast, but my tracking shit after it was shipped. It's been 3 weeks

>>13852872
The first thing I would have done would be seam welding, and to also thin your paints

>>13852868
Don't ever fucking reply to my posts again unless you have something to contribute for this thread.

ITT: people still don't know how to not reply to bait while master baiters rake in (you)s.

>>13852877
But it takes forever to thin my paint and apply layer after layer

>>13852884
You could use spray cans I guess?

>>13852886
I'm really limited to acrylic because I don't have any open space to use spray cans and it's still too cold out for me to spray anything. Thanks anyway though!

>>13852909
Yeah, the weather isn't too good right now and acrylics kind of suck for painting. So I'm not really sure what to say, but using Tamiya acrylics might be a good start

>>13852921
>acrylics kind of suck for painting
[Citation needed]

>>13852938
The guide

Any advice for some one who loves gundam and model kits,so he order some from hobbylinkjapan and put them together but has shaky hands and is to afraid to put paint on them to make them look better.

>>13852921
You are retarded.

I just got a HG Zaku 2 thunderbolt from a friend and I'm still a bit new to gunpla, should I paint some parts like the mono eye and lenses?

I have some experience painting minis, but not models.

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Progress shot. Anybody else partway though something they're having fun with?

>>13853038
It's really whatever you're comfortable with. What kind of minis have you painted? How well do *you* feel you painted them? Depending, you may be skilled enough to lay into it and do some more complex work.

The mono eye and it's lenses, depending on your skill set and personal standards, may be something you want to hold off on painting until you're more confident in your skills - at the moment, you seem like you're not so sure of yourself yet.

>>13852787
Ignore that faggot; you are, just people tend to use colors that act as darker versions of the main color for panel lining, so it looks like the gunpla is shadowed instead of traced. For red, you'd want to use brown instead of black. For white, grey.

Also, go over your gunpla after panel lining with an eraser to clean up any stray marks

Take a look through the guide for tips.

>>13853069
Mostly stuff for tabletop like Skeletons, sisters of battle, Thousand Sons, and Dark Angels.

Honestly, all I want to do is just paint the lens just a solid color, possibly doing some lens effect and not something crazy like free handing.

>>13853105
When it comes to gunpla, you can replace the lenses with crystals.

i know when it comes to /tg/ they may look good. but replacing the material close to lens is even better

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Is there any news on a Leo kit? Other than modifying a Tallgeese I, there's only an action figure. It' my favourite suit, I'd like to get a couple, to build a standard, then customise.

>>13853116
no kit, but there's that one overpriced 3D-printed conversion kit by that one guy

>>13853113
Thanks for the tip.

>>13853116
they are making an re/100 (maybe) maybe
MAYBE

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Uteyo uteyo uteyo!

>>13853116
There is LMHG Leo.

>>13853169
You can't fight anyone halfey!

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Just finished my MG Turn-A. Really fun build.

>>13853116
Are there any old Leo kits from when Wing was new?

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>>13853247
Looks cute with the hg butteefly wings

>>13853249
There's one, it's shit, and it only ever had one print run so it's extremely rare.

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Finished detailing him and his accessories last night.

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what u think m

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>>13852868
I'm in the middle of panel lining my HiNu Vrabe. Gotta say those vents are a nightmare, thanks bandai.

>>13853268
Nice wings. Seriously.

>>13853314
Not if you use thinned paint

>>13853038

I would paint the details, especially on a thunderbolt kit where there are many thrusters and little grey dots etc. Just paint the details and then get a can of matte (or flat) topcoat and the model will look nice.

>>13853303

looking good, too bad there are like 2 people here who can appreciate scratch/modding and how much work it takes

if you're not a trip making some chink resin conversion you can expect 0 discussion

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>>13853303
Is this some kind of Zeta MK-ll? I like the it

>>13853303
Looks solid! What are you going for conceptually?

>>13853303
have you you mocked up how you expect it to look on paper or photoshop or anything like that? looks like a pretty interesting idea

>>13852708
>>13852712
>>13852714
Every thing is painted right? How did you managed to get the paint on so thick? Also panel line it properly, some are too thick and you even lined the fucking seams.

>>13852854
fuck off shitposter

>>13852938
>>13852953
He probable meant hand painting, which isn't the best for hand paint.

>>13853268
The Shining Finger effect part looks like shit.
Where can i get a better one before i build my Turn X?
i don't know how to model with clear plastic

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What color scheme should I give my GX custom? I was thinking going grey and green?

>>13852673
Stupid question, but does it have to be a grunt unit?

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Putting my extra polycap to good use.

>>13853733
White and Green

>>13853733
navy and orange

>>13853477

The seams aren't lined, they're just not completely closed due to the figure and therefore visible. I'm not trying to hide seams yet, not master autist enough to be bothered by them at this point

>>13853733
Nah, it can be anything really

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>>13853745
Keep the white parts white and the blue parts green?

>>13853765
Sweet.

>>13853753
Elaborate...

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Holy shit, I didn't know these were a thing but they're so fucking cool!

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>>13853840

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>>13853843

>>13853783
What do you mean?
So let's say it's the OYW since that would be the easiest, you can be some random zaku assigned to some insignificant theater like Africa as a glorified guard where resupplies are infrequent but guerrilla forces keep fucking up your shit. You're gonna need to patch up your crap in between supply drops with whatever you have before the tribals show up again to throw grenades at your face.
On the other side, it can be a super secret Feddie prototype gundam that had escaped from an attack on the site where it was being developed and has to make it's way on land to another friendly installation while being hounded by zeek ground forces. Keep in mind the secret base is thousands of miles away from any other real friendly military encampment so the only things you have to repair your suit are pieces you can salvage off the zeon forces you destroy in skirmishes.

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>>13853854
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>>13853856
These are better. It really fits the zeonic theme

>>13852708
Considerably better than my first painted kit. I'm still too ashamed of it to post it, trying to fix it. Primer and color coats didn't like each other.

>>13853268

Hg wings work with the MG?

Off to ebay if so.

>>13853783
>X with Double X shoulders
fuck you heretic

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Last picture of the Phenex for now. I hate forgetting how I pose things when I really like them a certain way.

>>13853903
Please don't give him attention.

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>>13853783
that a mini cooper that you're driving in? My dad used to have one of those, def a fun car.

I think it would looks cool with a titans style color scheme (since that looks good on almost anything imo) so it would be very dark blue or black chest, navy blue body, then red feet and yellow accents in other places

OR

I could also see it looking cool with a tan/biege desert style paint scheme. I think it's a cool idea that you put physical weapons (for the most part? I don''t know what your headcanon is with your custom) but it made me think of it as a "Gundam X Physical" like the Virtue Physical from 00 (pic related is what I'm referring to). I think it would also be real cool with that sort of style.

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>Yen is getting stronger to USD

>>13853919
It's a 2004 scion xb
I like the idea of the tan scheme. It's meant to be a cover-laying suit. It's down to either the white-green or the tan.

>>13853886
It looks good though~

>>13853851
Wrong post there, friend

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You can sorta use that jewelry box for size comparison.

>>13853927
Don't forget to report all spam from the shitposter so that we can make this thread great again

>want to build
>feel like not painting kits is a waste after snapfitting dozens of them
>no money to buy paint
Should I just go for more snapfits?

>>13853991
Sure, carry on being a snapbuilder.

>>13853986
I don't think it's going to happen, anon. Mods will delete some of it but they're either unwilling or unable to just ban him once and for all. And he knows it and he's just going to keep doing it.

God these threads have become such shitshows...

>>13853991
Do whatever makes you happy.
If you want to paint kits, save up for that.
If you're happy just snapfagging, do that.

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>>13853998
Just make a solid effort to ignore you-know-who and post more original content. I'll take more posts like >>13852712 any day because even though his build isn't spectacular, it still shows more effort than what Snapfit does.

>>13853991
>Should I just go for more snapfits
Only if you want to be treated as a pleb.

>>13854136
still over 200 posts to go until the thread sages
what ar u doing nigger

>>13853303
Turning the MKII into a Zeta? That's very interesting. I can't wait to see the end result because the head looks awesome so far. Curious why you're scratch-building the Zeta's chest rather than just modifying it.

>>13854052
What color scheme are you going to use for the right custom?

>>13853268
They're chinese knockoff mg wings

>>13852669
>read the guide

too bad the "guide" is shit and full of misinformation

Snapbuild is best build!

Unless you're Snapfit, in which case your builds are shit.

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>>13853941
>MXN still weak to everything

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>>13854169
This is what I'm going with right now. I need to redo the legs for their seams, but everything's kinda been at a halt since early September with this guy

>Amiami trying to charge $40 for shipping

so how many strikes do you get with them? because i'm not paying that

>>13854223
Care to share, or are you just shitposting?

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>>13854266
Here's a buttshot. Yes that's a MG Aile Striker pack

Only 100 more to go! Ganbatte shitposter-kun!!

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Last picture of the Hi-Nu for now. I like it this way.

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>>13854267

Anyone have the GP base card image? I don't see it in the OP or lineart links.

stop dumping hundreds of random images just to kill the thread faster

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>>13854377
This thing?

>>13854288
I'm wondering this too since I want skip out on the FAG i pre-ordered since the new ones were revealed

>>13854461
Why don't you just try selling it? You'll at least break even with the bullshit aftermarket prices FAGs go for.

>>13854458
That's it. Thanks.

For some reason the only clean one I could find on google was some huge size and I don't have the base on hand at the moment to figure out the correct size to resize it to.

>>13854465
I know that if I buy it I will become attached and keep it, and even if I were to sell it I'd probably refrain from going for scalping prices

In case the mexibros from last week are lurking, I made a shit album of photos with the results of comex paints.

http://imgur.com/a/6QOq0

I kind of liked the primer, but some of you may not like the flat coat a lot as it looks semigloss on the picture. I was really sick so please excuse the shit everything, if you need anymore info or wanna call my photos shit go ahead.

>>13854318
I don't understand your filenames, but your models look good.

>>13854560
You must be new here. It's a shit poster that re-posts the same images in almost every thread with all file names.

None of them are his.

>>13854575
Huh. I've been visiting lurking this general for about a month and have never seen them.

Man, GunplaGen really hasn't changed

Shitposter-kun and FakeThread-kun are still doing their thing

>>13854616
It's cause they're /toy/ disinfo agents trying to trick people into going over to /toy/'s gunpla thread.

>>13854502
neat
but yeah, that flat coat looks very glossy
what was the name of the comex product specifically? and its price?

>>13854656
It's less glossy IRL, but I think it's also because I didn't shake the can a lot, or it's an effect of the spoon because the top part is really flat.

The primer is aerocomex primario gris, and the top coats are transparente and transparente mate from aerocomex as well, the prize is $46.5 for a 400ml can.

The primer is also available in rust and white, think I'm gonna stick with this primer and try the topcoat in a finished model.

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Posting some legit snapfag OC now that the autism has ceased.

This thing, like Victory Gundam itself, can only be described as a beautiful nightmare. Going from 2 SEED MGs to this little monster was like jumping from algebra to trig.

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>>13854715
also, weird things happen when Superbowl intoxication turns to other activities late at night.

Pic related

>>13854715
ur first mistake was victory

>>13854726
>>13854635
>>13854616
>>13854595
Hello, Snapfit-kun! You seem to have forgotten your tripcode!

>>13854752
victory is just shit tho

>>13854752
I'm not Snapfit-kun.
Trip for proof.

Why did Messala never get a MG but The O did? it looks awful

>>13854891
Get out.

Anybody that has a graze and a hi-mock, can I see a head swap please?

I have an idea for a custom, but I need a rough idea of sizes.

>>13854926

Okay, I can do this, I just have to dig the Hi-Mock out of my back log.

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Modifying an old RizeGreymon kit because the gun arm is kind of silly.

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>>13854995
Does anyone else think the neck is too long or is it just me? Nothing is attached permanently yet if you notice the blutack.

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>>13854926
>>13854978

Okay, done.

>>13855011
That actually looks pretty cool!
What does the mock look like with a graze head?

>>13855013
You ask for so much. The Hi-Mock was in the backlog and is not built. This may take a few hours.

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>>13855011
Thanks anon.
Exactly what I wanted to see...with a little bit of work, my custom will be amazing.
Nice dubs by the way.

>>13855016 by the way, I'm not this anon>>13855013

>>13855024
Oh, okay. The Hi-Mock can go back into the back log.

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>>13855025
Thanks for letting me get a look at that.
With some work, I can get that to look like (pic related)

is hobby search's reserve the same as a preorder?

So uh, I've recently started seam wielding my kits using Tamiya cement, and I was wondering if all the time I spend inhaling that weird cement smell is going to fuck up my health?

As much as I'd love to have better looking kits, I don't really want to die from cancer over it.

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>>13855061

Cancer? No. Killing Brain-cells? Yes. Open a window and use a fan.

If you kill enough brain-cells, you may find life is enjoyable.

>>13855041
That already has a kit, bruh

>>13854616
At least image spammer is gone right?

What happened to him anyway? I just know out of the blue he stopped one day

>>13855090
Nah, he was just in here but the mods/janitors started deleting the spam and I assume banning him so we usually get a week or so before he comes back and starts shitting up the place.

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>>13855041
Wouldn't a FLAT's head look better? The kit is 1/144 too and should be very cheap considering its age.

>>13855101
The flat is disgusting looking
Holy shit.

>>13854715
>MG V2 is already on hobbysearchs bargain sale
wut

>Be that anon enamored with the GN-XII
>Watch through 00
>Flags look like robots on stilts, Enacts are bland, and Tierens look strange
>Come end of part 2 and the movie
>The Flags are now my favorite suit from the series and the GN-XIIIes seem sort of dull

That was unexpected.

>Tfw no Master Grade G-Self
Also why the bully for people who want to snap build and line only? Why does every model have to be painted to perfection?

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>>13855115
That picture is a gashapon toy.

If you think this is disgusting it's an unpainted no grade.

If you think the design is disgusting fuck you flats are great.

>>13855219

It's because you're on 4chan and people form bonds by shitposting.

>>13855219
>Also why the bully for people who want to snap build and line only?
Not really a thing.

People here want other people to improve; that's all it really boils down to. If you actually try and fuck up, that's fine as long as you're not red-cliff bad. If you are, you should kill yourself. What people dislike is the fags who suck at snapbuilding, don't make an effort, and then come and show off their kits as if there's anything worth looking at.

>>13854995
Looks interesting

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This looks neat.

>1/72 scale

Fucking why

Does anyone know when the EZ-SR Maxima is supposed to come out?

>>13855227

I ordered the FLAT 1/144 kit a while ago, I hope to do it after the psycommu zaku and zaku tank are done

>>13855323

>FSS style
>10000 short straight angles

I'm not sure they've ever seen a single FSS design, because this qubeley somehow looks even LESS nagano

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soon....

What's that 1/100 new MS kit is from IBO that's coming out in March?

>>13855532
either the Grimgerde or the Barbatos Form 6.

>>13855550
>Barbatos form 6
Ew.

>>13855219
Because you're literally doing gunpla wrong when you just snapfag. If you dont take the time to truly put the model together instead of hamhanding it and calling it a day, dont fucking bother with it. Just buy a figure or something if you're just going to leave it as is out of the box.

>>13852868
Fuck off Snapfaggot

>>13855586
>painting something that's already the right color when you can just top coat it and get the exact same result

?????

>>13855592
>slightly off colors
>not all pieces the correct colors (small pieces especially)
>not making your own color schemes

>>13855599
Found the HG baby.

>>13855610
But anon, 1/100 is the worst scale. Its meant for hamhanded fucks who cant deal with the intricacies of the superior 1/144. 1/144 scales so much better with other things, doesnt take up unnecessary space and is cheaper and has more variety. MG is a blight upon Gunpla and has no reason to exist. If you want ig buy a PG otherwise stick with 1/144

>>13855586
Original poster here, I just really enjoy the process of building something. Its very soothing to take a few hours to carefully cut, sand, and top coat (with maybe some line painting where there should be stickers) a model. It reminds me of when I when younger and spent countless hours building and playing with bionicles and zoids. Plus unlike figures, when you look at the displayed models you can go "I built that."

>>13855618
Find me an HG build a finicky as 3.0's elbows and knees.

If gunpla was not meant to be snapbuilt, it would require glue, have waterslide transfers instead of foil stickers, and would be molded in one color of plastic.
End of argument.
Sure you can put more time and effort into them. But does Bandai intend for you to do so? NOPE.

>>13855626
>more parts = better!
How is that even relevent anon? They'll both look the same on the outside at the end of the day, and you can easily make an HG look multitudes better than an MG out of box if you spend even a little time on it.

>>13855636
>Its meant for hamhanded fucks who cant deal with the intricacies of the superior 1/144.

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>144 SCALE IS BETTER YOU FUCKER
>EAT A DICK BRO 1/100 MASTER RACE
>NO U

wow what a degenerate convo this is

>get an email from hlj
>payment
>wut
>super zaku f2000
uh, okay.

>>13855634
That's not entirely true though. Even in the plug in anime snapfags are shunned as shown in Try. They're clearly meant so that if you're incapable of anything else, a snapfit could look decent but they're meant to be worked on.

>>13855621
I'm just a snapfag but the problem is when people keep posting their snapbuilds to show to everybody but don't want any criticism. There is no reason to post your build here unless you want feedback since we can just google images for any snap builds. It's just like showing everybody that you can follow the instructions and produce the same result most can. Worse is that they post kits that aren't denubbed or are poorly made and get butthurt that it gets pointed out. They use these threads as their personal blogs and get offended when criticized. Sure its fine if you just want to snapfit but don't post it unless there is a reason for you to do so.

>>13855667
>That's not entirely true though.
Yes it is.

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>>13855673
Then how come bandai has it's own brand of paint and accessories such as Gundam Markers and paint?

>>13855667
>Mao builds a kit in a truck with nothing but clippers and a file and is commended for it
>hurr sunrise call u snapfaggot

>>13855683
>YOU'RE NOT BUYING YOUR CAR RIGHT IF YOU DON'T BUY IT WITH ALL THE FEATURES
Oh wow.

>>13855683
those are made by gunze sangyo though, a division of Creos Japan.

>>13852708
FUCKING ASTRAYS ARE FUCKING UGLY AS FUCKING GODDAMN FUCKING SHIT FUCKING FUCKING FUCK MOTHERFUCKER GODDAMN IT

>>13855710
It sure is a thing.

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>>13855710

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Post Guncannons. I want inspiration for my own custom.

pic related but not mine

>>13855672
Oh no I agree with everything you just said. Just wanted to give my 2 cents.

Gonna create my own custom Graze soon, but I want to make a cool backdrop for it. Anyone have tips on diorama building?

>>13855746
>Anyone have tips on diorama building?
If you have never built a diorama, keep it simple. besides that, i recommend googling for some guides. Not "gunpla diorama" though, don't use Gundam in your searches. Look for train modeling guides and warhammer 40k terrain guides. Look at "cool mini or not" and look for the very best dioramas, then the artists who make them. Google those artists, look for how-to's by them.
Once you have soaked up some game, then start looking at gunpla dios, and how you can apply the techniques to gunpla.

>>13855746
You should look into Fine Scale Modeler.

Been looking at pics of MG Kampfer because I'm interested, and is it just me or is the gap between the head and torso unnaturally wide?
If anyone has it, could you comment on whether the neck really stands out as online pics show?

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>>13855716
Not mine but very sexy. Posting another after that I also think is a nice take on it.

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>>13855716
>>13855846
Here is the other.
The proportions you're giving the legs are interesting, but that shield has some rubbed off paint or something at the top I think.

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Is it Guncannon time? Finished this guy a few weeks ago. Wish I fixed the seam on the rifle but other than that I'm quite happy with it.

>>13855898
Looks neat. I've personally never been much for red MS unless it's a Char suit.

>>13855716
That actually looks pretty cool

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Why haven't I heard anything about the kits from last month? Revive Qubeley is an easy 9/10 with the only downside being the little pink stickers used on the binders. Wing EW is a pretty solid RG, and the Kimaris's bulky frame and Lance are just Unf.

Was thinking about getting GP03 MG. is that a good idea or is it a crappy model?

>>13855362
It probably has Katoki legs x2 and stiletto heels.

>>13855995
It's a pretty good model despite its age. Kind of limited in some aspects, but it looks the part.

>>13856000
cool.

>>13855785
I like your style of advice giving. Theres a lot that can be made from junk like Styrofoam and cardboard, so just go thru your recycling bin. Its free and great to practice your skills/ideas on.

I would add that keeping the scale of the diorama as consistant as possible. In my own research I've found that dioramas with inconsistent scale look bad, regardless of the level of detail.

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>>13855956
Not my Cannon but I saved what the guy eventually evolved it into.
Super dig it. Like, would partner in gunpla battle dig it. Y/N?

>>13856092
I see he added on Virtue's legs, but I'm not too confident on who some of the other addons belong to.

>>13856104

The arms and shield are definitely Bawoo's.

>>13856092
Are those the MP Guncannon's cannons, or just mods of the regular one's?

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Hello /m/, how are you? So I just finished building a stock MG banshee (fucking nub marks are a bitch to get out on it) and now I'm looking at doing a lighting mod for it and its sister unit the Unicorn. However, I'm not sure how to mount the LEDs, let alone the battery placement and wiring, for the inner frame. Is there someone that documented the process somewhere, or do I have to just fumble my way through this? I've seen other kits that people added the lights in that look great. One in particular that somehow added lights into the vibro claws and shield. I've no idea how they manage multiple LEDs on such a low voltage, so I'm not sure on how to go about this. Do you have any suggestions on parts I may need, or tutorial locations I can reference for something like this? Pic is the Banshee in it's current state.

>>13854674
Fucking based.
BCSanon here. I'm gonna topcoat my X and HeavyArms MGs when they arrive.
Thanks a ton, based CDMXbro.

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With my last Dom finished my Tri-Stars are complete, fucked up a few decals but i still love it.

also did they intentionally fuck up the spelling on the Tri-Star names? it sure as hell isnt Guyya or Mush

>>13856156
is that the knock-off set or 3 bandai kits?

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>>13856158
MG Doms, they are older kits though

>>13856166
ah, you can get a knock-off MG Dom Tri-Star 3 pack on Taobao for about $25, always wanted one but the box is huge.

>>13856156
>>13856166
Maybe it's just me, but I like the monoeye kits where the camera eye seems "shadowed" within the head more than seeing a clear visor and the actual camera behind it.

>>13853991
I had the same feeling, but i decided to paint all of my old unpainted kit so they don't look ugly next to the painted ones.

>>13855710
I'm not going to comment about the paint but the chest is a little too big compared to the skinny hips dude

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Why don't I have a Neo Grade Gouf Custom. Why must my life forever be incomplete.

>>13856238
>that tiny heat axe

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>>13856114
>>13856104
>>13856120
Arm and shield are def Bawoo, abeit the shield is modified. The shoulders are GN-X. Would recognize them anywhere. The missile launcher is a straight mystery to me though I really like what he did with the antennas.
Those look like slightly modded MP Guncannon cannons to me.

Its not a 10/10 by any means but it has a real support-bro feel to it.

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>>13856254
only have two other shots of it saved in my Guncannon folder.
Wish he took better quality pictures but eh.

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>>13856258
The only other good shot Ive seen that DOESNT seem to be from a shitty cameraphone.

>MG Geara Doga actually has an option part for a commander fin on the head
Welp, never knew that. Next purchase confirmed then.

>>13856304
Its a great kit, easily my favorite even if it doesnt look terribly like the sexy lineart. just have fun with the shitty rubber tubes

>>13856253
When you have the heat sword the heat hawk is just a bonus. Maybe throw it like a tomahawk into some GM's chest.

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>>13856262
I hope some day to make a custom as cool as that.

>only built HGs
>buy a RG Char's Zaku because why not

Holy shit the inner frame makes building limbs so much less of a pain in the ass. My eyes have been opened.

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What are some good non-overrated nippers to get?

>>13856411
>he didn't read the manual

>>13856421
Not mine, I stole it off my Facebook feed

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I hope i can find the armor part above the elbow. or else i'm fucked. The tiles aren't helping either

>>13856439
Its pretty easy to google reviews for gunpla nippers. Asking basic questions tends to tick people off here. There is a guide in OP that goes over tools.

>>13856461
Relax Jimmy, I'm not actually asking for advice, I just thought it would be funny to share a pic of what I feel is a fucking overrated nipper.

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>>13856464
alas, hamhands are incurable, so is stupidity

what's the difference between a broken nipper and a poorly snapfagged MG? both are a waste of about $40

>>13856411
Read the guide.

Google is your friend.

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ITT: Old kits you snap built and want to work on and fix again.

A friend recently gave me a dark hound and now I want to work on the Age-1 and FX that was a bit messily snap built a few years ago

>>13856411
Jesus, how the fuck did you manage that?

>>13856545
I'd have to assume using it improperly.

Mind though he said he grabbed the pic somewhere and is the nipper and mg shitposter that's been lurking here.

>>13855709
It's unusual how common it is for people to decide to use Astrays as their first kit to paint using Gundam markers. Myself included.

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>>13855323
Literally no reason to even bother with that when this exists.

>>13856557
What kind of paint are in those markers anyway?

>>13856566
I think it's a kind of acrylic, I can't check since mine dried up and I threw them away some time ago.
The issue is that yes, you probably do need to thin them out. Pressing the tip in to get them in a small palette and dripping some water in, followed by mixing, is how it should probably be done. Unfortunately, I didn't learn about the magic of thinning paints until after I had used up my markers, as well as after I spent an entire pot of Citadel paint painting a toy Clonetrooper blue with green highlights.

>>13856376
That gold Bolt Gundam reminds me, what's a good suit that'll look good painted in metallic/reflective gold? I'm a spray can pleb for now, but I've been curious about using Krylon gold for something or other, I just can't figure out what.

>>13856585
Hyaku Shiki

>>13856603
Bit pointless, innit? It already looks good in gold, it's not like I'll be breaking ground or anything by painting a Hyaku Shiki in its natural color. It's like saying to paint an elephant grey, y'know?

>>13856617
when you cut the 100shiki parts from the runner that gold coating gets marred to shit

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Going to build my spare Gaeon soon. I wont be putting any stickers on it. For desk use.

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>>13856617
Paint the Mk II's points gold. Titan colors of course.

>>13856539
I still have all the Gundam kits and Zoids from years ago, but most of them are missing too many parts to salvage

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>>13856649
Joints. I want you to paint the joints gold, fuck this overcorrecting phone.

Taking a photo of two kits from my shitty unexpanded-for-a-year-collection as consequence, pls bully me.

>>13856564
1/144 with 1/1000th of the detail the 1/72 scale will have.

>>13855061
The warning label on the Tamiya extra thin cement warns of sterilization IIRC

>>13856769
>mindless panel lines and extra angular blocky edges qualify as "detail"

Right-o senpai.

>>13855145
Barely 500 yen cheaper than the hlj standard price, and not to shill but freedom 2.0 preorders at hlj are up again

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Post you graze's

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>kit requires minimal work to prep for priming

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>>13856799
Zomfg I'm so fucking tired of the graze

My first kit ever

>>13856817
Cool! I want one but a revive was announced iirc.

>>13856817
The nubs

>>13856817
>2.78 MB, 2236x2236
>grainy
>nubs
>nail clipper

>>13856817
it looks like your first kit wants to kill itself

>>13856817
> -1
Not even the original picture.
This has been posted here before.

>>13856906
Yeah. That's my WIP gyan.
I'm in Greece at the moment so can't really do anything with it until I get back

i need some more precise chisels where get

i can't afford BMC

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What is this?

>>13857014
boring gimmick that got old real fast

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>>13857014
>that mouthplate

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>>13857034
More like pic related. Most of the designs in IBO are supposed to be inspired by medieval armor, remember?

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>>13856903

>>13856133
You're welcome bro be sure to spray from about 20 cm in short brusts so that the pain doesn't pool and ruins your model, you can practice on the runners or plastics spoons first and shake the cans for about 2 minutes

>>13857014
>
grimgerde valkyre or whatever from iron blood orphans

>>13855073
>>13856772

Jesus, I didn't realize this hobby could potentially fuck me up so bad.

Makes the hobby feel a little more overwhelming. I.. I just wanted to have a good time with my tiny plastic robots.

>>13857245
You're dealing with paint and chemicals here anon. Of course you're going to need to take precautions.

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Its a gun, its a plastic model. Therefore its a gunpla

guess the kit

>>13857346
kancolle model kit

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>>13857346
>that "i'm getting too old for this shit" little guy
I love them

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now I have to Gaeons. One for display and one I can mess around with.

>>13857762
Wow that's great! I wonder why no one else does that.

>>13857790
Well ,you see. I thought the first one I shipped got lost in the mail so re-ordered it. The one that I thought got lost came a few days after the re-order. I always had a spare inside a box for like a year.

Oh look someone is replying to themselves again

>>13856566
Enamel

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>>13857346

I need to figure out whats the real scale of this kit

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>>13857942

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>>13857953

Really, anon?

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>>13857953

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>>13857953
Who makes the kit?

>>13858058

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10294587

How are the cutters in the Tamiya Basic Tool Set?

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>>13858066
>sold out everywhere
fug

>>13857958
its much better than your shit

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>>13858120

>>13857391
I hope anon paints him like old man wayne, he's the definition of that.

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Mexico EMS sometimes surprises me with their fast levels.

I'm having an issue with my airbrush I've never experienced before. It's not spraying anything until the trigger is all the way back, then it will kinda shoot a big, spattery load and resume spraying normally. But after I'm done that trigger pull, it goes back to refusing to spray paint until I pull the trigger back completely.

I have no idea what's going on. Anybody able to help?

>>13858259
let me know how the X is, i'm wanting to get one considering how cheap it is, but my autism doesnt let me order kits from shows i havent finished

>>13858304

disassemble it, clean it?
boil it in hot water

>>13858108
They're ok if they're literally the only pair of nippers you own.

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>>13858313
Not that anon, but it's one of my favourite MGs.
The articulation is what you should expect from a master grade, and it looks pretty damn nice, especially if you count the holofoil satellite panels(pic doesn't do them justice) and the nice large beam saber blade compared to the typical thin ones on most other suits.
On top of that it's a nice simple enough build with just about no real issues you encounter during the build.

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>>13858259
yeah, sometimes they are super fucking fast, that's nice
>>13858313
the X is fucking great, get it now

>>13858361
>>13858360
i'll defintely keep a eye on it then, but i'll still wait since i just bought RX-78 Origin and Destiny. i dont want my shelf to be a Sea of White

>>13858390
So get the titan pattern mark 2

>>13858407
Give the X it's "Under the Moonlight" colors.

>>13858411
I second this motion

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>>13858411
i might actually give that a try, i wanted a X2 Crossbone but i've got to tone down my multiple kits so that would be a nice dark MS. think i still have a purple spray left from my Zaku heat hawks. any recommeneded blacks for that?

>>13858411
You mean its Kai colors. Under the Moonlight could either be Rick or Kai.

so should I get X or double X?

>>13858500
Both

>>13858500
you can judge from >>13858360s pic

normally i'm always more is better but i kinda like the X more

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Dubs confirm 200th HG Revive is Turn X.

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So I just finished snapping and light sanding this guy together, no stickers since I'm planning on painting it up.

Building this right after the RG Wing EW just shows how far kits have gone in the last 18 years.

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>>13858665
Also has anyone found a good way to separate these old front skirts so they move separately like the more modern type of front skirt with the balljoints?

>>13858515
>>13858500
they're both pretty nice but I'll probably get the double X first cause I like the golden panels

>>13858671
Cut in half
Drill hole with pin vise
Stick a pin in one
Drill hole in the other
Connect them together

>>13858634
I wish

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>>13856411

ahahaha memehand karma I love it

MG Hazel 3rd party kit or NG 1/100 Barbatos.

If I can only afford one, which one should I get?

>>13858923
masturbatos

>>13858923
Barbatos is like $20, get the Hazel since you won't be sure if it'll stop being readily available in the future

>>13858972
You bring up a good point. What are the issues I should watch out for when building the Hazel?

If I apply a flat clearcoat over gloss enamel, does it make it flat or some horrid abomination?

Asking because the paint that I want is gloss but I don't want to mix 2 flat colors because uniformity.

>>13859159
It will make it flat but depending on the gloss may take extra layers to get an uniform flat

>>13859215

Okay, thanks for the help!
I kinda thought it would but I don't feel like
trial and error'n it.

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This kit reminds me of an old SEED kit
-Horrendous seam lines, especially on the forearms and thighs
-Not the best arm articulation
-Fun to build
Please ignore the nubs and plastic cement for now; I will be sanding that off tomorrow. This has definitely been an interesting experience with my first Kotobukiya kit.

>>13859305
so we should wait for gunpla prices to go down?

New Thread >>13859471

>>13856464
whoa look that this comedian, that's so funny bro!..is that the kind of fun shit they do over there at autistshitposterville?

>>13858678
then why fucking ask