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For those new to gunpla/plamo or even just new to this thread; please read the guide. Please read it before asking questions as there is a chance it has already been answered there.
For those unfamiliar, "plamo" is a shortened form of "plastic model". If it's made of plastic, someone can probably help you here.
If you're new, you're gonna fuck up. Don't worry! If you're experienced, dont make the new people worry!
>Why won't anyone answer my question?
Try being specific, especially about your materials and process. Post pictures whenever possible; even if the kit/part looks bad, you are more likely to get help posting pictures.

>Links
A guide to other types of plamo:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20-By-Step
Kawaguchi Gunpla tips:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx-SoCOivVEHNDOl16VWLB3A
Gundam Lineart:
http://seesaawiki.jp/nuriesozai/lite/d/MenuBar1
https://gundma.imgur.com/
Another gunpla guide:
http://funakatown.com/images/Building_Gunpla_Final.pdf

June Restock: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iDQXNM56s6aGj_AJASi1HELsBBt5df2g8v2z43GKk7o/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0

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Old Thread>>14362062
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1st for HGCE Destiny Gundam inevitable
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>>14374371
you say that as if there's a problem with that
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>>14374380
>yet another seed kit.
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Giant Macross plamo.
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>>14374391
how much is this gonna cost estimated?

i REALLY need it.
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>>14374394
It is from MAXFACTORY, so probably a lot.
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>>14374391
Speaking of which, did we ever get a release date for the 1/72 Siegfried for this month? I have it pre-ordered so I was just wondering
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So I just found out that Aoshima made pre-painted model cars. It seems that Bandai and Koto aren't the only one who pander to non-painter, huh.
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Kinda disapointed to learn that the DM Strike Shoulder packs are replacements for the shouklders and not external add ons like the Bandai, but I guess that's the difference in engineering between Bandai and the pirates
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>>14374619
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>>14374429
http://bandai-hobby.net/site/newitem.html

25/6
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>>14374387
It's SEED or HGUC. Pick your poison because nothing else is getting kits unless it's a new show.
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>>14374658
what this
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D'aww.
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>>14374371
>Impulse, Strike, Freedom and Destiny all have HGCE's

poor Athrun.
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>>14374684
He'll get one eventually Fllay.
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>>14374676
> RG Zeta
I'd be crying too.
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>>14374684
It's probably because he's not main charcter enough. He's just the side kick to Jesus and Oscar.
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I am making a thing

none of the joints are glued and he isnt glued down so his articulation is intact.

working on thickening the trees atm.
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>>14374665
Alright, thanks
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>Frame arms girls
When will the cancer end?

I recognize its a necessary evil. There are more degenerates buying FAGs than people buying frame arms kits. I just hope they don't abandon the frame arms in favor of the girls. Bandai would.
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>>14374324
>love building Gunpla
>have a hard time holding a job due to illnesses
>never have the cash to pursue latest idea
>always uninterested with my current kits due to my current ideas
>don't have confidence in my own skills to finish my customs
>by the time I get into the building groove a new job always starts up and ends the same way

It's a vicious cycle of heart break and no confidence. I feel drained just looking thinking about my gunpla
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>>14375423
They probably won't Frame Arms seem to sell pretty decently as-is. Not to mention they're already milking the cute girls people with the addition of the Cu-poche line.
Which according to that other thread will be releasing Frame Arms Girls soon toothough I for one embrace the mecha musume
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>>14375423
> I just hope they don't abandon the frame arms in favor of the girls.
Koto just announced two new kits.
actually, it is really just one which you can put together in two different ways.
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>>14375448
If you're really sick so often then just start cheating disability benefits.

Join the thousands, if not millions of your fellow citizens in reclaiming your tax dollars for personal gain!
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Guys, i'm thinking of buying the Crossbone Gundam X-1 Full Cloth. Should I expect any problems building it?
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>>14375521
Peacock smasher is heavy as hell
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>>14375514
Change the colors and it looks like a Verus mixed with the Ares.
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This kit started out as a poorly done paint job, but after trying to remove the paint it looked like weathering, and now the whole thing is done, how does it look?

http://m.imgur.com/a/9x6OT
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>>14375674
>painting with the safety flags left on
I'm so triggered right now
>he panel lined the safety flags
THAT'S NOT HOW YOU FU
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>>14375521
Don't expect it to be able to hold the Peacock Smasher or the Muramasa Blaster without doing some modifications first.
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Panel lining the 1/100 Grimgerde right now.
Damn I've fallen for this design hard. Such a shame it was barely animated in the show, I love everything about it.
It could use a little more white on its color scheme tho.
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How is Katoki's MG Hi-nu ? Is the original better or really dated?
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Any tank/ship/plane/diorama-fags here? Do you post or lurk any other communities outside /m/? Any suggested forum to broaden my horizons?
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>>14375845
/toy/ has a dedicated non-gunpla plamo thread
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so how do i use my hlj coupons? before confirming an order or when i get the paypal mail?
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>>14375855
This >>>/toy/5733109 ?
I will try to ask there, thanks.
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>>14375829
Dumb looking. Just get that beautiful royal blue.
Then again,
>hi-nu
Just get the nu.
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>>14375882
>just get this completely different design

You want a Zaku? Just get the RX78-2.
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>>14375888
Tbh, that's a pretty good suggestion. Zakus a shit.
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>>14375674
I've said it over and over again.

Random black smudges =/= weathering.
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Sup nerds. I've been out of the loop for a while (last kit I bought was MG RX-78-2 3.0 and I never finished it because I lost the fucking head crest during a move goddammit) but I've been watching my new Zeta blu-rays and I'm getting that itch.

Is there any scuttlebutt on an MG Zeta 3.0? Is the RG kit worth it?
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>>14375829
If you go in expecting the Nu Ver. Ka but better, you'll be left a little wanting. It's really solid though.

The original MG isn't that bad, but the Ver. Ka is mechanically better in every way and it just looks like ass in comparison to Katoki's, seriously. It's not the Hi-Nu without THICC.
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>>14375946
>MG Zeta 3.0
Kek fuck no.
From what I've heard about the RG is that it's basically a hand grenade, so depending on your country it might illegal to own it.
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>>14375946
Based on what other anons have said, you can transform the RG Zeta ~3 times before it breaks.
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>>14375950
I like how the one on the left looks more
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>>14375950
Dem Katoki proportions
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>>14375926
What smudges? The one on the legs? Anything other then that?
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>>14375959
>>14375965
Fuck. I'll probably just get the 2.0 then, and with my luck a 3.0 prototype will show up at a show next month.
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>>14375789
I fucking know right? I originally thought it was pretty cool, but once I built the kit i fell in love with it. It definitely deserved more screen time.
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>>14376029
Plastic pieces that assemble to form a robot, probably.
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>>14376000
don't listen to them anon I like my RG zeta in robot mode a lot more than the MG 2.0
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So I was browsing through my old email and I found one from Hobbysearch on the 2nd of June saying that 00 Raiser 1/100 NG Designer color ver. is getting a restock in August. Does this mean that the other 1/100 NG 00 Designer versions might be reprinted as well? I'm rather new to this hobby so I don't know if the 00 Raiser Designer ver. gets restocked more often than the others.

I know that the normal 1/100 NGs are getting restocked next month, but I really want those LED on the S2 units.
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>>14376223
http://hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?Word=1/100+designer+gundam&DisplayMode=images&Dis=2&Sort=std&qid=CCJQRKTY2F3YQ&set=1&q=1&SeriesID2=3223

Seems like they are all backordered.
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>>14376233
>On HLJ they are all backordered
That's just HLJ being HLJ. Backordered is their way of saying out of stock, but you'll be put on a list for if it ever does come back. The same kit could be backordered for a year and you still won't get it.
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>>14376223
It's possible but as the 1/100 Designer ver hasn't seen a reprint in literal years it's not exactly probable.
Also I think if such a high interest kit was getting a reprint amiami would already have preorders up, like they have for every 00 reprinting so far. Both the 00 HGs and the 00 1/100's have had preorders available for about two months prior. I'd be really surprised if such a sought after kit didn't get the same treatment.
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>>14375514
>>14375520
this one is way better than the other
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>>14376364
It is the same kit, just arms and legs swapped and different extras (rifle or hands).
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>got good job
> can get all the gunpla I want
> no time because of job and gf
> my backlog is increasing exponentially.

and I just purchased a pg zaku. I would love a nice middle ground.
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>>14376438
>and gf
Gunpla > gf
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>>14376438
Basically this
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>>14376438
Donate some to me
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>>14376438
>>14376443
Just make you're gf a gunpla gf
Gunpla gf > gunpla > gf
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>>14376438
I'm in the same boat. For now, I'm snapping kits as they come, but only paint those that will be on display.
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>>14376462
Yeah that's pretty much what I'm doing. I've got like 4 kits buildt that are waiting to be painted
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So what are the exact release dates for MG Powered GM, HG Origin Gundam Local Type, and MG Full Armor Gundam next month?
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Guys, does anyone know when does amiami restocks "builders parts" series?

I need some for a future custom
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Working on my first custom, so far pretty simple, 00 with the harute head and right arm.

I want to do something fairly asymmetrical, but not sure where to go from here.
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>>14376438
>>14376443
>>14376458
>tfw my gf wants to make the Super Fumina as practice for her BJD's
>tfw she wants to build the Tieren Taozi because Pink is her aesthetic

I'm thinking about getting her a Strike Rouge, maybe even another pink MS if I can find one. Char's Zaku is out of the question since she despises Char with a burning passion.

I'm kinda in the same boat in that I can't paint, just snap and panel line with Gundam Markers, and decal/sticker kits because I'm moving in July, and am currently staying at my parent's house in between the move. I don't wanna spill paint anywhere, and also don't want to try to dig through my packed stuff and find the paint.

>>14376507
Do they even reprint the builder's parts? I've been seeing the costs for those on Amazon fluctuate a lot. I thought I heard that the Weapon System builder's parts are discontinued, but idk, Bandai does some crazy things.
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>>14376527
If you want true asymmetry start with the head
Make one side rounded and clean, and leave the other side that stock kind of jagged
Then, you use that to influence the rest of your design.
If I could suggest a Transient arm with a 00Qant backpack I feel like you'd be most of the way toward an asymmetrical 00
Maybe a leg off of the 007S/G?
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>>14376531
get her the RG Strike Rouge so she has something more detailed to work with.
Maybe Geara/Rozen Zulu?
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>>14376527
Why don't you swap out the right shoulder piece for something else and remove/replace the drive on the right side.
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>>14375502
>reclaiming your tax dollars for personal gain!
Fuck yeah dude I love being disabled and stealing that MASSIVE $2000 a month to buy crack and hookers. Somebody call the conservative police on me before I start buying imported goods with America's money!
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Still have a ton of touch ups to do on this, but I'm digging how the color scheme turned out. Gotta strip some parts though.
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>>14376539
I feel dumb for not thinking of the head. I like the harute head, and was thinking of something a bit more subtle than the fenice,

>>14376554
I haven;t watched 00 in a while, but the GN drives are a means of propulsion right? I was thinking of maybe only mounting one side of the raiser, but I think keeping both drives, or taking both off.
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>>14376584
>disabled
There's the debate.
>Somebody call the conservative police on me before I start buying imported goods with America's money!
Competition is good.
>reclaiming your tax dollars
Only a statist would be mad about that. An actual "conservative"--whatever this is supposed to mean--would probably laud you for that.
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For the anon wondering where I got the G Unit kits, they were at my local hobbytown USA, and was the case for some other anons on /toy/
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>>14375550
Speaking of Xenoblade:

HYPE HYPE HYPE
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Is there any guides, or is even possible to do stuff like this with styro/plaplate?
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Another update on my current build
Hi Nu now has shoes and shorts
So far so good, but I HATE the bending mechanism they implemented this time, which depends entirely of a weird channel-slot piece right at the knee
In my case, the thing is so loose that by merely picking it up, the legs immediately bend 90° backwards, good grief I plan to leave this merely standing up once it is complete
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>>14376890
>ver ka.
There's the mistake.
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>>14376861
Gundam Scratch Build Manual 2 has a very easy tutorial for making all shapes of thrusters with polyester putty.

That book is worth its weight in gold.

www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4048913832/

Ships internationally.
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>>14376546
I was thinking of getting her the MG Strike Rouge, since it's bigger, and not as fragile as RG's. How is the fragility of the RG Strike? I've only build the Freedom, and my sister the Strike Freedom and Destiny. There's also the Justice, or the Aegis MG/HG. Any other pink, not-Char kits out there? Her favorite colors are pink and light blue, so a pink and light blue one would probably make her day.

>>14376599
It looks a lot like the Red Astray's color scheme. You're gonna panel line it, right?

>>14376890
Really digging your Hi-Nu. Did you paint the silver on the ball joints, or is that how it comes stock?

I've actually just finished putting the decals on my Nu ver ka. Gonna top coat it tomorrow, since it's dark out, and I don't want it to get too humid and mess up the top coat.
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>>14374658
Dem fags look sweet.
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>>14376935
I think there's also a pirate available on Sadpanda of all places.
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>>14376938
so far, I painted the inner frame with gunmetal, used gold and silver for the balljoints at the hips, shoulders and ankles
hi nu has LESS decals than the nu
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>>14376935
>>14376970
Thanks anon, I will look into it.
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>>14376970
The first book is crappy photos instead of scans.

The second book is partially a combination of the monthly hobby magazine articles which were scanned but the final book has lots of edits and extra stuff.

But cmon it's the price of a low end MG and literally has infinite potential.
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>>14376854
I'm glad I'm not the only one here with a pre-order
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>>14376854
>>14377016
Ares when?
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>>14376938
I've built the strike recently and can say it's pretty decently sturdy. The only parts that ever give me any grief, and only after extended play, are the bicep armor and the armor piece for the ankle guards.
For the former I think it's because they have the sliding armor going for the arms, but for the latter it's just a relatively loose connection I haven't really bothered to troubleshoot. Neither of them are particularly bad.

There's really not a large number of pink suits to choose from, though. At least, not a lot that come to mind.
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Anything coming in the /m/ail, m8s?
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>>14377153
Forgot fucking pic.
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>>14376709
It's hard to do subtle asymmetry without it looking mismatched.
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>>14377171
Gonna start on my DX after I finish this RG Destiny (which is taking me fucking forever, if I haven't said so already I have).

Other than that, nothing on the horizon for a while. I've got most of the kits I want. Still looking out for a Zudah, but nope nothing for awhile.

I just got my DX, V2AB and V-, in the mail last week, however.
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>>14375789
Here's a shitty photo with my shitty phone of my shitty model halfway through the shitty panel lining. Can't really see the panel lining. I think they're kind of ok looking.
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>>14377207
Grimgerde looks like shit. I dont understand why you people like it so much.
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>>14374684
>no Slash Zaku Phantom aside from the bullshit "collectors grade"
GEORGE IS GETTIN UPSET
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>>14377304
it just looks so fucking generic
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>>14377304
Well it's not our fault you have shit taste.
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>>14377171
I also nabbed an Origin MG. I bought myslef a Zaku II HG from Origin as well and a Gundam mk. II revive because I completely fucked up my first one beyond the amount of effort I want to put forth, which was my first kit. Rounding off my thing is a Freedom Revive and a few action bases

I have the Kyrios and Dynames 1/100 NG on backorder for next month as well. This is gonna be my biggest haul ever once those come in stock and anything else from July's restock list that interests me.
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>>14377304
>MUH TALLJIZZ INTENSIFIES !!!
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>>14377390
You're the one who likes it and you're calling me the one with shit taste?

The retard level of your post made me think I was in r/gunpla for a sec there.

>>14377541
Tallgeese was a good design though. It's an insult to the Tallgeese for that piece of shit to even be compared to it.
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I have't built anything (I only do MGs) since Build Strike

What are the new releases after that for MG beside Freedom 2.0 and Hi Nu?

>tfw already have Freedom

what's the difference between the original and 2.0 beside the 100 times better cover art?
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>>14377568
Notable ones are the Fenice MG, Origin RX-78-2, Edgy Exia, and Double X.
Be careful with your freedom legs.
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>>14377555
Ok ok you win.

The Grimgerde is better than the Tallgeese.
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>>14377555
>LOL XD look at me! i made a le reddit reference!!

nah son, you have shit taste. kys.
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>>14377595
holy fucking shit

this happened to my strike freedom full burst after a week

i was so fucking mad

thanks I think I might have to rethink the decision even though I'm a freedomfag, what about hi nu?
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>>14377600
Also a bit off topic but anyone have a high res scan of freedom 2.0 box art?
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>>14377568
>I only build MGs

Go grab an IBO or Origin kit and have some fun putting it together for a change of pace.

As for new MGs we've got FA thunderbolt Gundam next month, and Psycho Zaku sometime in Autumn.
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>>14377568
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Can I have some advice of storing my gundam siunce I recently moved countries and I luckily kept ALL of my gundam boxes and put them all back in the box and still haven't take them out again yet

Do the parts and joints get weaker and shit?
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>>14377603
I've been thinking about Hi Nu and the RE GP04 if I dont get Freedom 2.0

are Seed kits just bad? out of all the MGs I have I actually think 00 kits and Nu ver ka were so much better than the seed kits in everything
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>>14377615
the polycaps might loosen after many years

but not really no unless you are in a tropical climate where it rapidly gets hot or cold.
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>>14377599
>>14377596
Different anon, but the Grimgerde is completely retarded. Even if you can get past it's retarded long mouth thing and bunny ears, it's still basically all one garish shade of red barring the absurdly large amount of exposed parts, which are astonishingly primitive looking, and that shitty looking gold Skyrim paddlesword. It's armor isn't even consistent. Half the time it looks like it's trying to rip on the Swordfish and the other half it just has Graze parts slapped on. Each limb follows a vaguely consistent aesthetic, but the mobile suit as a whole fails to do so at all. Grimgerde is among the worst meme suits I've ever seen.
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>>14377625
Just from Britain to Canada which was real cold

I'm scared of my v fins snapping off in the box maybe I should have removed them before putting in the box
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>>14377600
Hi NU has no glaring issues from what I can tell, but I don't own one.
IIRC someone here a while ago got one and was bitching about how much waterslides there were and building the funnels is a ticket to no fun land.
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>>14377604
I really fucking love the colors on the X and DX MGs.

Fuckdamnit, why doesn't the X have the harmonica?
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>>14377043
I personally want the Urban
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>>14377684
Because it'd be weird if the normal X had the Divider X's harmonica.

It'd be like giving the twin buster rifle to the Wing Gundam.
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>>14377568
The Freedom 2.0 is similar to The Origin where it looks graceful and natural in basically any pose and some design features are better depending on your taste. I prefer the original Okawara design but the 2.0 has grown on me. I shaved off the parts on the cannons and shoulders and shit though since they look retarded
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>>14377692
Not really, just make the kit 500 yen more expensive with interchangeable parts. Besides, the X isn't nearly as different from the X DV as the WZ is from Wing.

I just want the harmonica so I can give it to the DX for best X.
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>>14377623
the gat series mgs are considered some of the best
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What are some HG kits that feel bulky, hefty, sturdy, etc? Like I built an AGE 1 Normal and an Acguy one after the other and I just felt like I had more fun with the huge Acguy while I was worried I was gonna break the Age. So I want to try out more bigger mobile suits. And please don't tell me to just buy MGs instead.

Also, it feels like newer designs just get slimmer and slimmer with their proportions. Do you think that's just a design aesthetic or is Banrise it wanting to make cheaper kits? Line up an older zaku kit against an Origin one and it's freaky how much smaller they made the Origin one.
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>>14377682
I've built enough funnels now I have both strike freedom and nu Ver ka

Both kits were a fucking disappointment I don't know if I want to get hi nu now

I still can't believe what full burst did to me I should have just bought the regular version
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>>14377717
The original hi nu Ver ka was were received I think

Nearly as tall as average mg I think but I don't know I only build MG and tried RG once and it was fucking zeta
It's still sitting in its fucking box

Newer kits are less bulky and more detail from what I gathered on mg since I have the original freedom and was looking at 2.0
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>>14377738
I didn't mean Ver ka it's late

It's the original hi nu HG
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>>14377717
>Line up an older zaku kit against an Origin one and it's freaky how much smaller they made the Origin one.
They can't be saving that much plastic. In any case, going by body size the HG Thunderbolt Psycho Zaku is probably larger than any other 1:144 Zaku.

http://dalong.net/review/hg/ht05/p/ht05_45.jpg
http://dalong.net/review/hg/ho01/p/ho01_41.jpg
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>>14377718
What's your frustration with the Nu ver Ka? The funnel connectors?
If that's the case then there's no worry, the funnels connect to the body in a different, more sturdy manner.
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>>14376938
Light Blue bear guy family with future pink petite guy
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>>14377767
So many fucking waterslides and impossible to pose without the stand

And building funnels was not fun and neither was waking up to them falling off the back

Not to mention the Fucking hand JUST HOLD THE FUCKING RIFLE AND STOP FALLING OFF REEEEEEE

But it's not the worst kit I've had, strike freedom full burst was
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>>14377664
kys
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>>14377786
>this guy understands mecha designs way more than me
>can't come up with a comeback
>lel kys m80
Well, at least I tried.
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>>14377780
Just build a hg. MG is too much for you to handle.
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>>14377829
It is still a solid kit I had fun building it

Just got tedious at the end

00 raiser was something j completely enjoyed and my favourite MG so far
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>>14377043
>>14377686
You're all wrong

Inferno for life
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>>14377881
shit taste
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What was the best kit of each grade overall?

Also what's the difference between RE 1/100 and MG
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>>14377664
Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like, your OPINION, man.
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>get gundam breaker 3 because i'll never into customs on my own because im bad
>end up running stock geara doga for most of the game
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>>14377172
Are there any good examples to use as reference? I guess just going all out asymmetrical with it may be easier.
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>>14378022
That sounds fun af actually.
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>>14378003
Such is the curse of video games.

I've mused on the idea of 3D scanning runners and actually putting together a kit in 3DS Max and customizing it that way before building it. Might be fun.
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>>14377780
>So many fucking waterslides
They're optional you know. You're not obligated to put all of them.
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>>14377827
kys
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>>14377717
Messala is nice and big
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>>14377595
How would you even fix this issue?

Super glue? Buy the panels again?
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>>14378027
Might even be able to do this with just a cheap Kinect, 3D Builder, and a model display turntable.

Fuck, now I really wanna do this.
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>>14378120
Super Glue/Plastic cement, Pin Vise, metal rods.
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>>14377983
It's hard to name a "best" kit in each grade, because so much is based on your preferences. However, the engineering of the kits keeps getting better as time progresses, with the exception of some of the HGBF kits as they use older molds for some of their parts.

It's difficult to go wrong with a recent HGUC for HG or a newish MG (e.g. Double X) for MG. I haven't built a PG kit so I'm going to stay away from talking about those, but I know that FG and AG kits aren't worth your time. As the guide says, you start having to deal with engineering and construction problems more once you build an MG older than the first Aile Strike. I'm partial to the Mg Hyaku Shiki 2.0, but I'd go to dalong and see what you like the aesthetics of, then go look more in-depth at the engineering.

RE/100 kits are MG-sized kits with less detail. Think 1/100 HGs with a little more detail than normal HGs but less than a comparable MG.
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>>14377881
>Not Best Girl Lailah
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All the XCX mechs are fucking sexy, okay?

Except Amdusias.
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>>14377171
Wave Knight Of Gold.
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WHO /wels/ HERE?
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>>14378170
I can agree there.

Me thinks lvl30 Amdusias looks alrite desu desu.
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MG X2 Crossbone any good?
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>>14378285
I've read that it's got a few joint issues, but supposedly the Xbone frame is pretty solid.
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Regardless of the proportion changes, the Revive Guncannon is still a damn sturdy kit.
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>>14375504
>>14375509

This thing would be incredible if not for those retarded feet.
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>>14377153
I just got these in the mail.
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>>14378350

>3 GN Archers
>FAG
>Neptuna dakimakura

It all makes sense.
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>>14378350
Everyone's getting FAGs these days.
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>>14378355
It's ok cause GN-Archer-chan is cute. CUTE!

Add
>PG Norn
>Kira portrait.

Fuck, I kinda want a PG.
I like 00, but I feel like there's something kinda weird about the PG's proportions.
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>>14378360

Why don't you get one?
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>>14378360
Not me, they're too expensive.
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>>14378350
>hotgluing gn archers
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>>14378362

You literally cannot go wrong with the Zeta PG. A friend of mine owns one. I'm jealous as fuck and working my way up to my own.
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>>14378374
I honestly don't care for the Zeta enough to want it as a PG. That and I just really prefer the look of the RG to it.

Hell, there's something *off* really about nearly all of the PGs, except oddly enough, the Unicorn+variants and the Astray but it's >so ugly
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>>14378364
I'm waiting for the new ones.
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>>14378355
>>14378360
I have another GN Archer built, and also a Materia Normal and Stylet.
Then I have two unbuilt White Materias, Gourai, Architect, and one Stylet and Normal Materia.
No double Jinrai because limited to one.

>>14378371
Lewd.
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>>14377717
Virtue, Seravee, Gusion, Sinanju, Sazabi.
Nice big suits, off the top of my head.
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>>14378350

>That picture of Jesus Yamato
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>>14378393

Aren't a lot of PGs kinda old? That's probably why. Compare something like RG Zeta and RG Destiny to the MGs. The MGs get BTFO in everything from engineering to surface detail.

>>14378397

Why do you need four GN Archers? Do you do unholy things to them?
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>>14378409
It was just 50 yen, and my walls are pretty much bare.
Will probably go up by SF and Freedom.

>>14378410
Well one has been done unholy things to, the others I got because I could customize a bit or maybe pass it to someone who wants one more.
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>>14378430
>Well one has been done unholy things to

You monster.
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>>14378397
I wish I had your income. I'm up to 3 rg's and 2 hg's.(and like 2 ag's)
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>>14378434

I have a similarly sized backlog and I'm not a rich guy. It's all about budgeting and if you would rather have an HG or eat.

I choose the HG every time.
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>>14378430
>Well one has been done unholy things to

Go on.
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>>14378441
B A S E D
Food is for the weak
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>>14378430
>Well one has been done unholy things to
Public ban, pls.
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>>14378433
>>14378447
>>14378459
Not-Plastic sement.

>>14378434
I'm lucky that I have it. For a few months ago I didn't even have one.
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What's the point of having a GN Archer if not to debase it?
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>>14378467
S L U T
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>>14378472

>That yellowed plastic
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>>14378475
>weathering
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>>14378478
Hehe
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Can't find glue bottle to fix right arm, and there's no way in hell that I'll be buying another
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>>14378503
I know wrong guntank
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Guys I will freely admit that Archer is best girl.
We need to give some of the other girls some screen time too though, honorable mention to G Arcane the new girl on the block.
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>>14378520

G-Arcane has a snake face and man hands.
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>>14378528
I don't see it friend, all I see is a young girl wishing she had been lucky enough to be born GN Arcane
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>>14377153
RE/100 Efreet
1/100 Grimgerde
RG 00 Qanta
YF-23 Black Widow
1/100 Graze Kai
MG Gundam The Origin
1/144 Black Tristar Ortega: The Origin
1/144 V-Dash Gundam
1/144 Leopard Da Vinci
Lance/Double Blade
Shield
Double SMG
Bazooka/Handgun
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>>14377153
Wing Zero Honoo and two Meteor Hoppers.
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I have watched some tutorials on youtube and I keep seeing people saying "Now I am going to paint with lacquer" and then they use Tamiya's colors. Aren't those supposed to be acrylic or does Tamiya make lacquer too?
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>>14376935
>That book is worth its weight in gold.
>still no scans
;_;
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>>14378528
And a big chest too.
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>>14377153
shiki 2.0

paint
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>>14377153
MG Hi-Nu Ver Ka.
HG Dunbine
Inflatable Gouf Saber and Shield
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>>14377153

>HG AGE 1/144 G-Xiphos
>HG 1/144 Gouf Ignited Isaac Custom Plastic Model
>HG 1/144 Gaia Gundam Plastic Model
>G Bouncer Plastic Model from "Mobile Suit Gundam AGE"
>HG 1/144 Zaku Warrior Live Concert Ver. Plastic Model
>Macross Delta 1/72 VF-31J Siegfried (Hayate Immelmann Custom) Plastic Model
>HG Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 1/144 High-Mobility Zaku "Psycho Zaku" (GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT Ver.) Plastic Model
>M.S.G Modeling Support Goods - Weapon Unit 34. Knife Set
>Super Robot Chogokin - Ginat Robo THE ANIMATION VERSION "Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still"
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>>14378602
>Inflatable Gouf Saber and Shield
Best beach equipment ever.
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>>14378611
ZAKU JIA NAI
>>
Wait you guys buy plamos in a huge bunch?

I rarely buy more than 2 MGs per purchase, is it cheaper to buy it in bunch? Where do you guys buy them from?
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>>14378618
Generally you pay for shipping apart from just the weight. I think i will probably wait for some more HLJ sales on things I want before I send it all out. Just keep it in your private warehouse honestly.
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>>14378618
It cuts back on shipping, especially express shipping.
My last order was about $180 in merch and $50 in shipping. I got EMS and it was in within a week. Consequently I could have bought about $80 dollars of that merch two weeks sooner, but the shipping would've been something like $30 or $40 depending on the weight, and then the shipping for the $100 dollars of other merch would've been another $30 or $40. Again, all with EMS.
Some people buy off of HLJ and use their private warehouse program to store kits until shipping them off in bulk, which achieves the same effect over time. Personally I use Amiami though.
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>>14378602

>Not getting the Zaku water gun
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>>14378656
Not available currently man
>Feels Bad Man
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>>14378650
Does amiami have a private warehouse function? I've heard they're cheaper.
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>>14378659
No they don't, but they are generally the cheapest and they update stock pretty regularly. I shop around but I like Amiami for their prices most especially. It helps that I generally only order things once in a few months so I'm not really impacted by the lack of private warehouse.
The comeuppance is that I do have to live with it if something I intended to get goes out of stock, but I usually plan around that possibility.
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>>14378650
I use HLJ private warehouse and I find it pretty convenient.
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>>14378662
Makes sense. I prefer HLJ for the ability to store shit up and send it all in one shot; it's mainly to save on shipping. Splitting up orders would essentially be paying a few extra kits' worth of money for nothing, and my working hours make collecting mail inconvenient, so I'd rather get them all in one go.
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>>14377153
MG F91
Bunch of gundam markers
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>>14377153
>HG Jim off amazon for group build attempt
>Going to order Plaplate and sculpting putty soon
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>>14376438

I don't like when people complain about having things I can't have.

Maybe she will like me soon...
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>>14378702
Gunpla > gf.
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I just finished watching AGE.

Why is there no MG AGE-FX? I though bandai had a prototype.
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>>14378707

Because AGE was an embarrassing flop.
>>
Is there any way to get a decent quality WoundWort kit?
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>>14378711
Seed kits sells so well though
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>>14378711
So when they run out of design to remaster?
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>>14378718

SEED wasn't an embarrassing flop. SEED was a huge success and sold like pies in the sky. AGE was so bad the only people watching by the end were diehard gunota who will watch anything.

10/10 kits though.
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So guys this is my first time doing some panel lining, used a grey gundam marker and was wondering if it looks decent to any of you
I've done some on the blue parts too with a black marker but they don't seem to be standing out so well
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>>14378728

Blue is a dark color so panel lines don't stand out very well, but it still looks much better than no lines. Also that looks good, not too thick.

I stopped using markers for gray lines because a 0.2/0.3 mechanical pencil is much easier to use and offers more control so you get some really nice subtle lines. And then there's panel washing.
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>>14378733
Yeah, just a little dissapointed it's not standing out as much as i'd hoped for the darker colors, but at some parts I can notice a difference at least, also for red and yellow pieces, will the black be better for standing out than grey?
I've heard of the panel washing but i'm thinking i'll leave and learn that till i'm a little more familiar with everything else first
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>>14378752

It depends on what you want. A lot of people use gray for yellow because black is too high contrast and brown for red as it looks very natural. For red you can try black too, it doesn't look bad if you go light.
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So I just assembled my first 1/100 gunpla, and I just have one question:

How the fuck did they make hands? What sort of japanese voodoo have they used to make the joints bendable from a single sprue?

HOW?
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>>14378705

I've been building nonstop for almost six months. Eventually I'm going to run out of money or find a gf. Then run out of money.
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>>14378771
which 1/100? MG?

post pic anon
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>>14378797
probably the zaku.
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>>14378771
Nobody knows.

Some of the things Bandai does with plastic are literal magic that nobody can explain.
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>>14378771
I had this same mindblowing euphoria during the build of my first RG.
Joints and fingers completely ready for use straight off the runner. They even managed to top that magic by making the Astray innerframe multicolored so it works OOB.
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>>14378797
Its the 1/100 MG Gundam Origin. I was just stunned when I assembled the hands, as a long time warhammer player/collector I know a thing or two about plastic sprues and assembly. But this is just a league of its own.

HOW!? REVEAL YOUR SECRETS!
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>>14378850
that's the new hands right?

where they are flexible and functional straight off the panel and no assembling needed

I never had that MG but of all the ones I had you still had to get each individual fingers and assemble the hand can you provide a pic?

the older 1/100 had much more simpler hands that's literally 2 pieces, I think my Nu Verka had the hand you're talking about but I can't remember, its been a couple years
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>>14378860
I think these are the ones he's talking about.

>>14378850
I wanna say they just make a runner with the half the pieces, evenly spaced, like the palm and middle phalanges, and have the gates be really small, then just put that runner in the next mold (alternatively, just have the mold pull back on that parts where the other phalanges and wrist connector would be) that has all the other missing pieces and just re-pour into the new mold. Since the orginal pieces has such small gates, then it's easy to just bend the joints a little, and have them move, but not come undone.

That would explain why, if you pop one of the fingers out where the phalanges connect, they don't stay as secure, since the gate was the connecting factor. At least that's what I assume.
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>>14378865
Oh those I like those

when I first got one I nearly didn't know where to cut since I was used to the old "thumb and first finger were seperate and then theres the rest 3 stuck together" and you gotta attack them to the palm and the back of the hand armor
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>>14376861

think about the shapes you want to make, then cut out the pieces that would make that shape

that's really all there is to it, you just have to plan and use some problem solving
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>>14378865
It's the same technique as RG frames...if you look at the material, you'll see it is made out of two types of plastics with different melting points/glass-transition temperatures.

>Mold core components in PP plastic (melting point ard 130 deg celsius)
>Insert cores into 2nd mold (not sure how exactly it's automated)
>Mold exterior components in ABS plastic (melting point ard 100 deg celsius)
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>>14378904
That's the basic process I assumed they did. Although, the 3.0 hands seem to be made with the same plastic all around. I wonder how they get around the same melting point problem with those.

In other news, finally finished decaling and topcoating this guy! All I have right now is my shitty phone camera, but I'll try to find my good camera and set up an adhoc photo booth to take better pictures maybe, since it shouldn't be to much of a hassle. Any feedback?
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>>14378995
Pretty nice

Why the inconsistent panel line darkness?
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>>14379000
I used grey for all the panel lines, and some of them just wouldn't stay on, around parts where the actual armor bits separate for the "psychoframe" gimmick.

The calves just kinda rubbed off as I manhandled them and put decals on them. Might do some touch up tomorrow, after the topcoat has finished curing, but the oneson the shin I might have some trouble with, since they don't like to stay on when I pose him.

I'm only using Gundam Markers, as I've mentioned before, since all my paint is currently stored away in-between moves.
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>>14378995
It's not the same plastic... if you look at the runner markings or the instruction manual it says ABS+PP. They managed to dye both plastics such that they look similar, that's impressive.
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>>14378995
You look like you did a much better job than I did with my Nu Ver ka, I didn't even bother with all of the water slides because it was a hassle

Also what tools do you guys have for model building? I can't be arsed to turn on my vpn and open the google docs guide

I just use a small tool set box i got from amazon it does the job but I think I want more

is there any merits in top coating?
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>>14379033
>is there any merits in top coating?
Yes, a few

>Ensures consistent gloss/matte texture throughout whole model
>Acts as sacrificial, protective external layer
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>>14377153
>3 SAL boxes from HLJ sale
>1 SAL box from Hobby Search sale
ffffffffffffffffffffffffff
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>>14379024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRafVSm0Hm8

Fucking Bandai with their black magic witchcraft. There's a reason their top tier!

>>14379033
I like the little decals and stickers since it makes the robot look more like a machine than a cartoon robot. Although, there is a charm to having a robot that looks like a cartoon, but that's what HG's are for.

As for tools, all I use are x-acto's and clippers. I have some sanding sticks I made from sand paper and Popsicle sticks, as well as a pin-vice and paint brushes/paints themselves from my 40K models. Also a mini screwdriver from the half-dozen or so laptops I've gone through that have needed replacement RAM/HDD's and the like, but that's mainly used when I need to make a stand.

Also, as >>14379038 put it, topcoat is good to make one consistent texture over the whole kit, as well as protects paints from chipping too much.

Also it keeps decals from sliding off and running away to start a family.
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>>14378707
We'll get it one day.

We'll probably have to wait a long time though, like the MG GX
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>>14378850
This. I used to be absolutely astounded that they had come up with the idea to have multiple colour plastics that fit together without glue. The stuff we see in gunpla these days blows it right out of the park.
>>
How hard is it to get P Bandai stuff? That 21st Century Gouf looks pretty neat.
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>>14379112
pretty easy
just expensive
>>
What PG kits do any of you guys think are worth it?
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>>14378285
it can't hold the shot lancer to save its life
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>>14379136
astray and zaku and unicorn
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>>14378350
Should i get a FAG?
I recently got a frame arms kit for stylet interceptor.
>>14378397
How good is stylet FAG?
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>>14379231
If you like cute girls, why not?
Stylet is sharp as fuck, but I can't really comment on it more since it was quite a while since I built it.
>>
>HGUC Crossbone X2
>P-Bandai
sons of bitches
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>>14378995
needs funnel beam effect parts
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>>14379231

If you want a FAG get one. The biggest issue seems to be "if I buy this what will my parents/friends/women I want to bang think?" I have no shame and feel no reason to justify my hobbies. I am also sure that if you build gunpla at all people already think you're a freak. So go for it.

Stylet is one of the best FAGs.
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How are the 00 S1 NG's and HG Kyrios? I want to get Kyrios but hg arios is such an awful kit.
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>>14376854
Have they announced an Urban yet? I won't even think of giving these people my money unless there's an Urban in the works

Or a Mastema
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>>14379336
>tfw only Exia and the 2 00s got MGs

Not even sol braves, 00 kits were so fucking good I wished they'd atleast make the main 4 into MG
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>>14379388
Arios definitely needs another fucking kit because the hg is horrendous and afaik the 1/100 isnt any better.

>tfw no dynames and cherudim MG

JUST
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>>14379398
Did 00 MS just wasn't popular or what?

00 raiser is still my favourite MG to date

I wouldn't get NG 1/100 unless its something you really wanted
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>>14379336
The HG Kyrios is a lot worse than the HG Arios, having built both. The articulation and mobility is awful and anything red is via sticker application. It's missing a lot of details.
Because I'm such a huge 00fag I still have the NG Kyrios on reserve and I've heard it's a lot better.
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>>14379398
especially since HG Cherudim is a pile of shit especially GNHW/R
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>>14379024
Is that the same witchcraft they used on the TIE advanced wings?
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>>14379336
The NGs are pretty good, much better than the HGs.
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>>14379446
No, 00 was incredibly popular which is why it's weird.

>>14379460
>hg cherudim is shit

Nigga what? Are you sure we are talking about the same cherudim here? The HG Cherudim is one of the best hg's i have built. It has a fuck ton of weapons and also great articulation, what did you dislike about it? The only thing i didnt like about it was that the color was kind of weird so i repainted it into a lighter green.
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>>14378350
>Salamis and Magellan kit
WANT
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>>14378721
Same as G-wrecko. kek
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>>14379574
>>14378350
Fuck that, Ra Cailum when?
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>>14379574
I think the somewhat larger ones will get restocked soon? Very cheap too.
http://hlj.com/product/BAN934060/Gun Might still be in stock
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>>14379583
>G-Reco
>10/10 kits

No.
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>>14379574
I've always wanted to try a 1:144 scratchbuild Salamis and stick some Balls on it.
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>>14379585
General Revil when?
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>>14379292
>he doesn't stalk GundamPlanet and GundamGuy for P-Bandais all the time
>he doesn't pre-order ASAP whenever one you like goes up
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>>14379336
Amiami is restocking the 00 NGs next month so just pre-order those. Also, I built the Kyrios with low expectations because everyone shat on it and it is better than expected in some ways and fucking disappointing in a lot of other ways
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What scale Ball would I need to make pic related?

Do they even sell balls that small?
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>>14380008
been done a couple years ago on /toy/, ask there
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Hey guysos,

Any recommendations for getting replacement parts? I have a MG God Gundam with a broken arm and a MG Kampfer with a broken knee. I'd like to fix them both up..
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What do you guys recommend for a first MG kit that involves little to no painting
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>>14380262
MG Unicorn
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Just found out these exist and that they're rare as fuck

Reprints ever?
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>>14380274
Never ever.
I don't know man, maybe.
They said Liru would be never ever.
2016 has been full of goddamn miracles.
Keep hope in your heart anon.
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>>14380274
I don't mean to be rude, but I googled "Gasaraki model" and there was one on amazon for $50, which is super reasonable for a kit that came out over 10 years ago. There's also an Ishtar on eBay for $30 as the second result.

That really doesn't strike me as being very rare.
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>>14380262
Unicorn.

It doesn't even need panel lining.
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>>14379626
Yeah. I guess AGE at least had the dignity to get good kits.
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>>14380326
>>14380267
Thanks homies.
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So guys. MG Unicorn or Banshee for my next MG???
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>>14380679
phenex
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>>14379626
They were more like 9/10. Good form, but lacking the fine details.
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>>14380725
things like the g-self was severely lacking in basic detail
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>>14380801
What the G-Reco kits really lacked were polycaps for the hands. That was the one thing that killed me. Also I feel it had too much of the wrong plastics on other plastics and not enough polycaps. Like the G-Lucy's binder-funnel things get loose after a while for that reason. It's clear from every kit(I own every kit) that the engineering was not well-thought out. I KNOW every kit is rushed, but I love em all anyways.
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>>14381015
god 90's high grades are the worst

it looks like you jizzed all over it
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just got a MG V Ver ka. Special Edition with Clear parts and the Core Booster Ver Ka for the V Dash equipment for 50$. Did I do good /m/?
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>>14381303
I don't know the price for either of those but it sounds like it
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>>14381312
I'm thinking of building it with the Hexa head, equipping the Dash parts and giving it a Johnny Ridden style color scheme or some such. Thoughts?
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>>14381322
sounds good.
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>>14381343
you sound good anon
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>>14381369
gay
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>>14381369
thank u c:
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>>14381322
>Johnny Ridden style color scheme

yuck, stick to Zakus and Gelgoogs with that edgy red mess.
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Got a hg of Char's Zaku II (the origin), can anyone recommend a color panel liner?
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>>14381542
brown
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getting to the harder stuff on this guy, but finished the tops of the shoulders, which I think turned out really well, and did some work on the guns. I added a second rail/antenna thing on the guncannon style gun but I want to detail it more. I fixed the absolutely retarded holes on the bottom of the main one. I also did some minor fixes to the regular gun such as filling the gaps below the sensor that are just open. I filled in some of the random holes in the grips also, no idea why they thought those were a good idea.
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>FAGs are so popular they're limited to 1 per customer now
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>tfw like Titans colors a lot
>But the colors are the worst to denub
Fuck.
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>>14381020
it's not a hg, it's normal 1/144
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There wasn't any MG IBO right?
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>>14382362
No. And there probably won't ever be one because they tried to redo the whole 1/100 NG thing. Which I'm fine with personally.
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Bought a cheap lightbox, testing it out with some of my previous kits.
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>>14382393
The glow in the dark paint I used for the beam parts here seems to degrade pretty fast, I didn't have any problems with it when I first painted it but it's been starting to flake off lately.
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>>14382402
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>>14382406
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>>14382393
Link? I've been looking for one too since nowhere in my house is good for pictures
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>>14381975
Looks great anon. Really love the shoulder detail. Not sure if you already mentioned it but are you going to keep that part around the neck yellow?

Posts like yours are what made me want to get better at building. Keep it up!
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>>14382611
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>>14382611
Rad as fuck
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>>14382611
this kit was hand painted
I'm gonna kill myself
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>>14382554
https://www.camraz.com/shop/twone%C2%AE-folding-portable-lightbox-studio-take-pictures-like-a-pro-on-the-go-with-a-smartphone-or-dslr-camera
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>>14382629
Thanks anon
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First time getting a good amount of cement to ooze out. Usually I get it pretty spotty. Can't wait to sand it down in the morning.
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>>14382611
>>14382615
I would kinda like a personal scheme to be used on all gunpla I build, but I guess it would get boring
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>>14382697
I'm of the same mind. Maybe just do a series. 2-3 kits with a similar scheme.
"ace pilot's selection" like how char has his zaku, gelgoog and zgok.
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>>14382684
>dat smile
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>>14382697
I do that.
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>>14382702
>>14382684
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>>14382718
kek
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What's up with the individual foil stickers HG Gundams have for the eyes? Is it supposed to make the eyes look like they're glowing or some shit?
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>>14382611

>full black

what a waste
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>>14382813

it's for the people who paint the background black to avoid the stupid eye stickers trying to lay flat over two raised eyes
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>>14382990
Only ham hands have issues with the eye stickers. They're probably the easiest stickers that come with a kit
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>>14382994

I'm talking about making it look better than the sticker, not the sticker being difficult
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>>14382994
>>14382999

or for example, if you are doing a different paint color for the backing, then you still have 2 little eyes to lay on top of the different color
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>>14382606

Thanks, I appreciate it. This project is so long and honestly tedious that this kind of thing does help me keep going.
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Is there a place where I can order more stickers for individual kits?

Just took out the stickers for my RG 00 Raiser and I noticed a lot of the writing that's on the foil green parts for the legs have stuck to plastic packaging
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>>14381826
freedom 2.0?
looking good
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>>14383047
Our literal guy at Samueldecal
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>>14382988
>colorblind

what a waste
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Anyone get a payment request from HLJ 1/144 G-Xiphos reissue? I ordered one after I saw their reprint announcement, and now they are sold out at the other japanese retailers.
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>>14383268
Calm down anon, it's barely past midnight on the 22nd over there.
Expect your payment request within the next 36hours.
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>>14377153
Nothing because I'm a neet
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>>14383280
Thank you for the kind words of reassurance, I was getting pretty worked up over here, with all the pacing and hand wringing. I probably should stop chugging these 5 hour energy shots.
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Regular Gourai or the new Type 10 variation?
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>>14383247

A super dark gray still would have been infinitely better. True black only works in gloss.
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>>14383313

Put anime eye stickers on a Gm or get the kys variation
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>>14383306
>I probably should stop chugging these 5 hour energy shots
Most definitely, you might be slowly killing yourself. That shit is beyond not good for you.
Anyway, I'm sure you'll get your robot payment request tonight or so, they're usually pretty quick about that, as soon as they have the stock in.
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>>14383313
Regular, there's not that much special about the variation unless you really like the reds it uses.
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Would you buy Super Shia?
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>>14383757
Yes
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I hear they're phasing out MGs, is this true?

Also what do they usually pump out during the 'off-season' so to speak, when no anime or OVAs are airing?
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>>14382718
Context?
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>>14383840
>I hear they're phasing out MGs, is this true?
No.
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>>14383318
What the fuck are you on about?
The model isn't "full black" at all.
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Airbrushing

When do I actually prime and paint the kit?

Do I do it all per colour at a time, and then assemble? Or do I have to snap fit it to completion first? I'm a mongoloid and can't really find a clear answer in the guide regarding this
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>>14383957
kill yourself retard
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>>14383318
matte black with other parts gloss looks p good
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>>14383957
READ THE GUIDE

snapfit, go over it when its built and plan. do you need to mask? can you seperate the parts you need to paint?
same color same time then reassemble
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I'm a girl btw
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>>14384009

I am a dog btw
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>>14384023
>tfw your dog gets jealous you spend so much time touching plastic model kits.
>tfw she flops down in front of you while you're building and whines
>tfw she wishes she was a gunpla.
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>>14384036

Have you tried setting a kit on the floor
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>>14383840
They aren't phasing them out entirely, but many things that would have been normal releases 5 years ago like Tallgeese III, Amazing Exia, Crossbone X-2, GM Cannon, or Altron Gundam are pushed to P-Bandai releases. Hell 5 years ago the MG V2 would have had a premium version that came with the WoL like the MG Destiny did.

Consider that in 2011 we had 10 MGs released and right now we're almost halfway through the year and the only retail MG released so far is Freedom 2.0. while there's been four P-Bandai MGs (Not counting effect sets and clear plastic/metallic versions, which should be the main draw for P-Bandai in the first place) in the same amount of time.
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>>14384053
i'm scared she'll mess up my paint job
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I just want to say the 21st century colors gouf has the best box art this year period.
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>>14384055
Wait I counted wrong, there's only 3 regular P-Bandai MGs in the first half of this year (Eric Mansfield Zaku II (Pic Related), Zeta Plus ver. UC, and Geara Doga ver UC.), with GM Powered and Hyaku Shiki Kai coming next month.

I'm not saying that every P-Bandai kit should be a retail release (Like we don't need every C-lister Zeon Ace's Zaku II clogging shelves.) but Bandai should realize that some things might have some use as regular releases. It's part of the reason why I moved from MGs to HGs since at least there I know I have a variety of kits coming out of the pipeworks every few weeks while I'd have to wait months for a new MG now.
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Seen some discussion ITT - been thinking of getting all the 00 S1 main suits in 1/100.
The MG Exia and the 1/100s of the other 3. Do any of them have any considerable flaws or are they fine?
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>>14383047
Samuel Decals has loads of different 1/144 00 decal sets to rice up your kit.
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>>14384108
I'm still baffled that we got the White Ogre Zaku II
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Did i do gud
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>>14384235
P-Bandai wasnt really a thing back in 2009.
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>>14384235
Speaking of White Ogre, what's the best way to weather him? Are the Tamiya weathering master kits good?
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>>14384063
I really want to get all three of these but my backlog is already so big. The water slide decals make them worth the cost I'm sure.
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>>14384108
>having grade-autism
Just get what you like from whatever grade.
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>Tuh-my-uh paints
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>>14384738
ive always pronounced it Ty-me-ya, no one has ever corrected me. how should it be pronounced?
>>
>>14384738
>>14384740
TAr MEAt YAcht
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>>14384740
tah-mii-yah
It's just romaji, so it's exactly what it looks like.
>>
Could someone please help teach me the ways? I haven't built a gundam in over a decade. When I was knee high to a boll weevil I just cut the parts off with an xacto and snapfitted the little bastard, nubs be damned. Now I'm looking to get back into it for fun, but don't want to be such shit at it, I got some cutters and two of the new IBO 1/144 kits. I've been cutting on the thick part of the runner, but then it's still attached so I cut it right up next to the part or a little off. Then I sand it with paper...no matter what though I'm getting white spots, I'm guessing from stress on the plastic. How do I make that stop? Is there no way you just have to paint? Is it because I'm doing 1/144 kits if I do a 1/100 will they cut cleanly? I'm even trying to be very deliberate with my sanding. I start with a low grit and work my way through 6-7 papers to a 1600 or so.

Suggestions?
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>>14384981
readtheguide.org
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MG Zaku 3.0 when?
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Got some Tacticool Jegans, Frogs, and Beam Javelins during the HLJ sale. Didn't find too much I wanted to get, but I'm happy with what I got.
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So I've got the chance to get the MG Kampfer kit from a friend of mine, I'm a big fan of it's design but I've never worked on any of these older kits. Does anyone have any experience with it and think it's worth it?
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What's the best GP01 kit, full vernian or not?
I remember snapfitting a HG GP01fv a few years or so ago when they brought over some gundam kits to the west and want to make one now.
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>tfw no I.W.S.P for PG Strike Rouge
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>>14384740
>>14384738
Fucking gaijins


>/out/
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>>14385078
you can never have too many GM variants.
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>>14385078
>no Jesta Cannon
D R O P P E D
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>>14385087
>Haha just check Dalong!
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>>14383129
Yea m8, it's been good so far
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>>14385339
I'm new to GMs, but I already love them all. I need more.
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>>14385778
Did you paint that? Really love the painting and colors on your GM III bud. Still need to pick up one of them one day.
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>>14385339
Jegan variants are fantastic.
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>>14385799
Yes. Thank you! I didn't notice the seam lines on the shins until after I was done, though.
It's honestly a really great kit. I have to thank Gundam Breaker for introducing me to it.
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>>14385339
what are the blue and grey kits?
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>>14385909
Pale Rider Ground Type with a Powered Arms Powereder and an Tamashii Limited RD Nero.
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any place to find 3D printer gunpla files ?
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>>14386271
>this kills the Katoki
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>>14386271
I see Barbatos is adapting to Mika now.
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>>14383757
Where did you find this?

I know I would
>>
Finally basically done with this build.

Just need the gunpod and stand, as well as a few accessories.

Good build, but too many decals and color sepeartion for the tornado pack was kind of shit. The silhouette is amazing though.

Still, in time for the 1/72 VF-31!
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>>14386531
Pic...
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>>14386536

looks nice buy a camera tho
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What's on your desk rn?
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>>14376438
I got my gf into gunpla with the sd series exia, she painted them n put nail stickers on em. Now she used parts from barbie (wings and other accessories) with rg zgok.hopefully she'll be working on a catwoman mecha soon. Its def a good idea to get your significant other its a lot of fun
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>>14386579
>Char unlocking the Moonlight Butterfly for the battle of Jaburo
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>>14386682
>I hope Amuro-sempai notices me.
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http://blog.kenbill.com/?eid=908

>decalfest
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>>14386736
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>>14386738
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>>14386743
>>14386743
>>14386743
poppin' fresh
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>>14386736
I wish they'd include stencils instead
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>>14385087
Get the HG instead and pray for a 2.0
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