***READ THE GUIDE*** https://docs.google.com/document/pu b?

NEW MG ANNOUNCEMENTS WHEN

>>14640637
HOLY SHIT MY BUILD WAS USED FOR A THREAD STARTER

>>14640650
Why do you have a cucumber on your desk?

>>14640683
to stick in my ass when i yank it

>>14640683
It helps for rubbing out mistakes with the drip-type gundam markers

>leave work early to topcoat kits before I have to leave town tomorrow on business
>it's raining

Kill me.

>>14640683
Its not my desk, I build on my kitchen table, and I moved it to the counter to pose.

>>14640707

Why don't you have a desk?

>>14640707
Have you ever found plastic in your food?

>>14640707

Why are you building in the kitchen? Are you a woman?

>>14640716
I do, its just too small, and already filled with my PC shit.

>>14640717
Nope, I wet my sticks and do a thorough cleaning of the whole room. I'm a bit of a clean freak since the kitchen is in the way to the rest of the house.

>>14640725
No, but I have man tits. Does that count.

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GIVE US THE SWORD TOO DAMMIT

>>14640777
Excalibur will be apart of the Sword Impulse.

Just curious, does anyone know if putting some future on clear eyes (on 1/144's like the Revive RX-78-2) a good idea? Would it make the eyes a little bit more visible?

Name brand decal set or bottle of vinegar?

>>14640829
Decal

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>>14640777
>Oh god, a Blast Impulse, finally!
>P-Bandai.

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What are all these for?

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Newbie here, what kind of decals are these? I read the guide but I'm still not certain. It's from the Formula Skell by Kotobukiya.

>>14640930

Carving wood.

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So, Edgy Gundam groupbuild. Are you guys up for it? No prizes or anything, just something to get some creativity brewing in the general. Was thinking it'd go from the start of September up to Halloween, two months should be enough for customizing an HG.

Only requirements that I can think of is the finished model must have Black as a primary/secondary color and you have to make an Original the Character backstory to go with it.

>>14640954
Make a poll.
I'm all for it though. Might motivate me to start my grimgerde custom.
Would be pretty interesting to see us try to outedge eachother.
Maybe invite /toy/ as well?

>>14641001
GelgoogGuy already said the next /toy/ build was going to have an SD theme. Kind of funny how that turned out.

>>14640932
If it has a wax paper protective sheet then it's dry transfer

>>14641035
It doesn't seem to have that, I think it's just a regular sticker, I guess I'll try cutting out a number section and testing with it.

https://youtu.be/Zcuhpzs7nLk

>>14641025
SD huh. I can get behind that too.
Their GM group build turned out pretty neat.
Number of entry seems pretty low though.

>>14640932
waterslides

>>14641054
desu the only reason it got so many entries was because of the prize; I have a bunch of kit's in my backlog that could probably go to a better home, but none of them are edgy.

What's the best hguc gelgoog to get? I've heard they are all the same, is that true?

Why does most people, aka the "purists", gets triggered when someone buys a bootleg than a bandai kit? It's pretty much their own money so why bother? It's like the majority of this hobby has been decided by bandai kits not by skills.

>>14641111

Yeah they all use the same mold so it's just whatever you think looks the coolest.

>>14641117
Where do people even buy bootleg shit?

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>>14641117
>the majority of this hobby has been decided by bandai kits not by skills

>>14641117

who are you even talking about

>>14641131
Oob looks better than that

>>14641130
third-world shitholes

>>14641139
some shit community

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>>14641117
>supporting chink thievery

Guys can anyone tell me how long it usually takes for Tamiya extra thin cement to bond?

>>14641166
3 months

>>14641166

What do you mean bond? That stuff works fast and dries quickly. If you mean when you can start working on it again, I'd give it 2-3 hours to be safe.

>>14640954
I'd be down for a group build, it sounds fun. I just got two GMs in and two zakus and a gouf are on the way. Although, more fancy robits might be better for edging.

>>14641130
If you're a good builder, it's the same value but cheaper.

>>14641177
>2-3 hours

you are retarded

>>14641187

For extra thin that's fine unless you're slathering it on.

>>14641183

This isn't really why people buy bootleg shit, also the question was "where"

Typically 3rd party kits are different in some way, not just direct knockoffs (though they do exist) and typically they take more time and effort to fix, so whether or not they are a value depends how much your time is worth.

>>14641001
Alright, I'll make a poll in a few days for what group build we do. Any other suggestions? I wanted to do a Melee focused group build after /toy/'s GM one since those entries were all ranged focused, plus there's plenty of material to work with in IBO/Build Fighters kits

>>14641195
>>14641177
Thanks, I left it like four hours already but I'll give it another because I'm not sure what constitutes slathering this stuff on.

>>14641195
try sanding and working glued plastic thats 3 hours old
doesn't work

>>14641220

It doesn't work if you're using regular Tamiya plastic cement, but extra thin works a lot faster.

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>>14641131
lel this is the same kit but done by a pro

>>14641212
IDEAS. How about a "fab" build? After the club footed johndas baby that was the fabgeese, people have been talking about doing their own. But not having it be shit. Or maybe like a race car themed one, Like muscle cars with flame decals n shit, or maybe more of a need for speed style?

>>14641131
This isn't the texture of a Zaku, this is the texture of Stucco

>>14641230
>that
>pro

>>14641290
DUDE THERE IS CONTRAST AND INTENSE COLOR LINES, IT'S SUPER PRO 10/10 DON'T YOU SEE IT

>>14641290
>>14641306

that looks nice why are you being retarded

>>14641290
http://www.geocities.jp/kikori2004/MSV-R/HGUC_MS-06FS.html

you and your ilk are the problem in these threads
you cant even appreciate beautiful work or have fun with this hobby anymore, it's all just shitposting, bitterness and whining about "nubs" and "thinning paints"

im constantly disappointed these threads are filled with nothing but underage amateurs

>>14641312
put your trip back on snapshit

>>14641117
the bootleggers just rip off bandai, and if bandai doesn't get money then they don't make any kits for the bootleggers to rip off, meaning we don't get any gunpla at all

>>14641290
I mean, I think it looks pretty nice.

>>14641311
It's >nice , not >pro
I'm not saying it's not enjoyable

>>14641336
you're right
pro is an out of box build laced with gundam marker and rustoleum clear coat

Pro literally just means you get paid to do it, autismos.

>>14641339
This is a point of view.
>>14641357
Pro is when you can actually paint a Maschinen Krieger kit and it looks good in the end

>>14641357
>>14641339
pro is doing mods, adding option parts, a good pose, highly detailed, competition level work.
what that guy posted was basic.

>>14640930
curved blades are for making curved cuts as they apply the bladed edge as you twist and turn the knife

chisel blades are for scraping along smooth surfaces, good for getting superglue off desks

Pretty sure the one second from the right is for making very small cuts where the offset blade and small size makes it easier to see what you're doing, but I've never found a use for it.

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>>14641369
>no visible seam lines
>scribed panel line detail
>shaved feet bottoms for wider stance
>perfect paint

lol so basic!

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>>14641369
+1
To me, this is a bit more pro = Metal texture, rust pigments, decals, etc

>>14641393
>that
>pro

>>14641369

No, being pro simply means you get paid for it and make a living out of it.

Some guy in his basement putting together sick looking models with godlike detailing isn't pro unless he's getting paid for it. He's good, amazingly skilled, a god, whatever, but he's not pro.

Some guy who just does a basic panel line/seam weld/top coat job is pro if the company pays him to build kits for promotional photos and he can keep getting that kind of work at least semi-regularly.

"Pro" is only a measure of skill in that if you are a pro, it implies you are good enough that other people will pay you for your work.

In relation to that kit, it's not amazing, but it's a nice and clean job, and looks pretty good.

>>14641393
but that looks like you literally dunked it in the sewer for a minute then topcoated it

>>14641400
It stills looks better than the other model imo

>>14641400
Can you post a pro picture please?

>>14641387
anyone with half a brain and three hours of time can do this

>>14641408
There are two schools : realism and anime-like style. I prefer the first.
Oil drippings and paint scratching looks better to me, but I'm your Ma.K basic fan so I'm biaised

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Meanwhile in Australia.

>>14641424

Afterimages with mass?!

>>14641422
This guy's style is a bit between the two

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIVEf7Tg5TP/

let's say that the panel lines are actually pigments, so that everybody's happy

>>14641413
>3 hours

please try for yourself
I'd absolutely love to see yourself slowly dawn on the realisation that you're talking out your ass

>>14641422
>realism
those stippled rust lumps are, like, 15 inches in diameter.

Also, if it really is a Dom, then the rain wouldnt streak vertically since the robot can practically never keep it's legs vertical.

>>14641422
yeah, random streaks, out of scale mud and dirt is not realism bud

>>14641452
Seems like /m/ prefers the anime-like style

>>14641424
Is that the RG?

>>14641463
Doesn't look like the MG to me

>>14641457
Strawman

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>>14641463
Probably. I don't think it's MG scale, and it's using at least part of the clear version.

>>14641131
Why'd you leave your zaku outside anon? No one should pilot that!

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>>14641463

>>14641457
The problem with that "realism" is that it's not realistic because of the scale. Most of the texturing and weathering would be gigantic if the robot was 144x bigger.

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>>14641457
Anime Style and Realistic Style are both fine. It's just that things like the textured weathering in >>14641393 don't work on a 1/144 scale kit because as that one guy said, those indentations on the chest and skirt and shoulders would be fuckhuge, while on say a 1/35 tank they'd be around 2 inches IRL.

Here's an example of realistic detailing that I think looks good. The weathering is subtle and isn't too distracting, and the little details like the wires in the torso really add to the look of the product.

>>14641457

they are models of anime robots after all

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>>14641519
Meanwhile I'm not really a big fan of something like this. It's like someone rubbed shit on all the edges of the pieces in a way to make it look like paint chipping, but it just comes out wrong in the final product.

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>>14641528
And to finish off I'll post an "anime style" build that I think looks good. I hope my Guncannon II kitbash I make when the Origin Guncannon comes out looks as good as this.

>>14641519
I see the difference. I often forget that it's 1/144
>>14641520
Huh. I get it now
>>14641528
I still think it would be pretty great if it was a bit more subtle, but I prefer this to super neon lines

>>14641528
I think people just forget to make up a reason why the suit is weathered.
Like, if the pic in your post was, and I'm assuming they're going for a rusted effect, fighting in a wet or swampy environment, the legs could be more rusty than the rest, with the level of rust fading as you go up the body. Torso, arms, and head could be scruffed up too. Make the side of the gauntlet more damaged than the rest of the both arms, because he uses it to block unavoidable attacks when he can't bring the mace around fast enough. With the mace, make it look used by scratching up one side slightly more than the others, to show that the pilot maybe just unconsciously prefer one side of the mace instead of rolling it around.

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I spent two fucking hours arguing with retards on Facebook who claim third party kits are bootlegs. They also don't give a shit about anything not made by Bandai, and when I bring up how superior many of these third part products are they just go back to muh Bandai and muh morals. I know, >Facebook, should've expected this level of retardation.

Would you nip and sand nubs for an SD kit? Or is it okay to ignore considering I'll be painting it?
They're really small as far as I can tell, and I'm able to kinda just push them out of the runners.

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Thought I would ask, is the original HG GM worth a buy? like $8-$10.

>>14641644

paint does not hide imperfections, it often highlights them.

>>14641662
Well, thanks, anon. I'll double back on them before priming.

>>14641655

everyone should have one yes

>>14641673
fooking noice

>>14641609
>Marcus Aurelius: “If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

If it's still on your mind and annoying you, just close your eyes and take a few deep breaths, with every exhalation visualise in your head all the bad and annoying thoughts leaving.
Clear your mind like that for a few minutes, then just focus on something else. You'll forget all about it in no time.

Don't let retards like that bother you, or trigger you, and put you in a bad mood, Anon. Too much stress over trivial things isn't good for your health.

>>14641655

It's kind of shit but for 10 bucks you can't go wrong.

Loose snapped SD that I plan to paint soon.

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>>14641688
This was actually pretty insightful anon, thanks a lot

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>>14641723
Why do I always forget the image?

>>14641731
SDs are fun to paint, especially those feudal Japan ones with a billion yellow trims ala Sinanju

>>14641662
Retard

>>14641290
You're crazy.

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So i Finished this yesterday. its my second model and i didn't do much to it. I don't think is to terrible but i do have a question if i had wanted to do the detail line what would be the best tool to use for such a small model. This one is 1/48 scale.
P.S sorry if the Picture is bad

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I'm loving every bit of this Freedom 2.0

Much to my surprise, this little guy was packaged with the Kshatriya. Gonna be tricky to hand paint him, but also probably fun.

>>14641401

this guy gets it

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>>14641817
That's right.

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>>14641520

but, its not anime

Picked up a DM Tallgeese 2 to start building gendums again.
What kits would make me into building MS again?
Bandai couldn't offer me more unique deisgns than Kotobukiya anymore.

>>14641863

The first step is you drop your tripcode.

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>>14641863
>DM Tallgeese 2

>>14641861
Anime ja nai?

>>14641926
>gunpla
Disgusting.

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>>14641932
>>14641861
You stop this now.

>>14641771

You're shit at painting and putting your paint on too thick.

Primer can hide imperfections to some extent, but paint doesn't.

>>14641926
Why the fuck would I even buy an online exclusive when I'm saving up for an HMM Gojulas

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>>14641972
I SAID

STOP

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>>14641944

>judau

what is that, some kind of girl's name?

>>14641976

I don't know why you are so mad

I mean, this is nothing to puru about

http://www.benwd.xyz/spread/goto.php?u=50331626

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>>14641994
What are you talking about? She's right here.

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B-club stuff is so cool

I'm such an autistic indecisive faggot that can't decide shit on his own, please help me!

What "economic" nippers and scribbling chisel should I buy?

>>14642045

If you want budget nippers get the Xuron 2175ET. They're better than the 410s in the guide, by a small but noticeable amount. But that said it's really a better investment to eat the extra 10 bucks and buy some Tamiya nippers.

Any 5 dollar pen scriber will do.

>>14642067
what about the "GN-125"? also what place Is the best to order paint and supplies?
There are no hobby stores in my town.

>>14642045
why the fuck would you even pay $20+ for a nipper wen you can just use a cuticle nipper or better a nail cutter for just $2.

>>14642077

Aren't those God Hands? Those are considered the best but they sell out almost immediately and then you have to pay rape prices for them like 70+ dollarydoos. If you can get them for non-rape prices be my guest.

I just buy my shit from Amazon because I don't need that much paint.

>>14642085

we're not all cheap ass filipinos like you

>>14642085

>being poor and retarded

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>>14642004

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>>14642089
I found this, but I have heard bad things about the rakuten store front, so I'm not sure If i should get them.

>>14642106

Oh fuck you live in Mexico where Amazon shipping costs like 50 dollars or some shit.

Yeah, there are a couple Mexicans in this thread that should be able to help you out much more. I think beamknight is one. I'm sorry and good luck.

>>14642106

unless you're a snapfag, I don't really see the point in investing in godhands over xurons unless it comes with some sort of nipako figurine as well

those are cute

lets face it, you just want the godhand because it will make you feel closer to the imouto on the package

>>14642096
>being practical actually makes you retarded

I realized it after buying a robo cat when I could buy an MG FAG on the same price

>>14642106
God hands are the beats of nippers. You're buying a brand.
Prove me wrong.

>>14642118
Well nipako sure is cute, but the fact that those are less than ten dollars while being a quality product surely is inciting.

>>14642130
Well everyone here always talks about how godhands are 1000% quality and in this case they are cheaper than the "cheaper alternative".

In the end I'm asking about the page, Is rakuten good? Is it worth it?
If not I guess then the Xurons might be better, but I'm still undecided.

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>>14642008
id love to get a $100 bclub zaku and make resin recasts of all the parts but im shit at casting

>>14642132
>>14642139

I think you mean enticing

From my understanding rakuten is one of those proxy things so I wouldn't be suprised if you ended up paying over 20$ when the additional fees are included

I haven't used rakuten in particular but I did buy a cd through a proxy once and it ended up costing around 50$

>>14642155
yes, you are correct I meant "enticing" but fucking spell check told me that was wrong.

Anyways jsut checked the page and the shipping rates on rakuten are abyssmal.
I guess I'm gonna have to find a better alternative.

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Topcoated the turtle team hetzer today. Still working on an antenna and the gun turret. Lots left to do but I think it looks pretty nice so far. I haven't done a tank in years so I learned a lot in the process.

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>>14642177
BANDAI PLEASE RESTOCK THE EYE-ZACK REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>14642177

this is the dragon kit with shitty chink decals for reference

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Does quality of nippers really matter at all? I just use some wire cutters I got off of amazon for 5 bucks.
I cut short of it being flush, and use a metal file to sand it down.

>>14642177

Turtle team is for gays. Nice work though.

>>14642181

Not the E-Wak-E-Zak

>>14642188
no it doesnt matter but fags here will argue with you forever about needing to have the best quality tools

>>14642191

the turret does look like a penis somewhat

>>14642191

I kind of agree, but I have kits for several teams and this was the simplest build so I started here. I have a really nice Pz. IV ausf. D kit from tristar (wanted to do the german gray so I went D) and a full PE set including fenders. That's going to be a major project.

>>14642177
Looks real nice anon

>wake up
>still no tallgeese

>>14642203
The official kit (Which is really just the Dragon kit) for Pz. IV D is really nice. Everything went together real nicely on it and I did't notice any QC issues at all.

Can someone reccomend me some nice sanding sticks? The ones I use currently wear down too quickly.

>>14642224

do you wash them?

>>14642224
Buy a few sheets of sandpaper, glue and a pack of wooden sticks for cheap.

There you go, disposable sanding sticks for an eternity

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>>14642203

Here is the PE set.

RG for scale.

This is going to be scary.

>>14642232
>>14642224
Not him, but wetting the sticks don't dip, just splash enough water that the paper can collect plastic dust.
Water bends popsicle sticks and you probably won't notice until you got a half pipe on your gunpla. (Exaggerating, but you get my point.)

Where can I get SD Gundam gunpla?

>>14642224

squadron tri-grit are bae

>>14642234

I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.

>>14642247
The same places you get regular gunpla.

>>14641609
third party kits are bootleg though. Literally using trademarked property

Where to buy tamiya cement, styro and paints?

>>14641688
marcus aurelius?
Do you mean zack?

>>14642260
Other way around. All bootlegs are third party, but not all third party are bootlegs. A bootleg is a cheap copy of an official product made by another company. A third party kit can be an original mold with no official kit to be copying off of.

>>14642268

>Tamiya cement
Internet
>Paints
Local hobby shop, internet
>Styrofoam
Go to supermarket fresh foods department, ask if they have any styrofoam they're throwing out

Reposting from last thread

Dragon Momoko's prototype PG Unicorn: http://imgur.com/a/bIRew

>>14642275
it doesn't matter if its a copy or not its still using banrises intellectual property for profit.

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>>14642260
>>14642275

Also, third party kits can also be made under an official license (Such as the kits sold at C3). Third party just means it wasn't made by the main company.

>>14642280
And that's why it's third party. A bootleg is a more specific form of third party kit that's directly copying an existing kit.

>>14641926
>recommending P-bandai scalping

>>14642295
>>14642289
because of people spending money on KO kits that's why p-bandai exists and why we can't have nice things like HGCE blast impulse so shame on you.

>>14641320
>the bootleggers just rip off bandai
>Implying Bandai has kits of the Xi and Penelope
>Implying Bandai has their own Akatsuki MG
>Implying Bandai sets the standard for detail
>Implying Bandai has a Strike Noir 2.0

>>14642302
>being poor

>>14642304
>Exclusives are justified by people not buying non-exclusive figures

I bet you get triggered by conversion kits too

>>14642254
Where do you recommend doing that?

>>14642327
Read
The
Guide

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wait dont tell me you fags actually have some moral problem building unlicensed kits/garage kits/ knock offs

>>14642340
I have no moral problem but some of the kits are just shit

>>14642340
It's not that they have a moral issue, it's probably that they are such pros that they are sponsored by Bandai

>>14641835
That's an adorable loto twin model.
Or is it just loto?

>>14642340
Obviously I care about Bandai as a company and don't want to support a company that undercuts bandai or diminishes the specialness of official gunpla. Plus most bootlegs are shitty quality. why would I pay for that?

>>14642359
>Caring about a massive company as if they were much smaller and needed your help
How much did they pay you to say that?

>>14642363
I live in north america they already gave up on us once and really still don't see us as part of their market.

>>14642359
>caring about some 10 cent injection molded plastic made by a big corporation on the other side of the world

you couldnt be any gayer literally

>>14642371
If they gave up and don't care about you why do you still support them? You're like an abused spouse who doesn't want to leave their partner because you love them when it's obvious that they don't love you back

>>14642359

have you ever actually built a 3rd party kit or are you just spewing shit you read

>>14642387
>battered spouse syndrome.
Huh. That's a pretty apt assessment of all of us, really.

>>14640932
How readily do you reckon the Formula kit can take to replacement armor parts, to convert it to the other light/medium skells?

>>14642359
go to fucking Tao bao or ali express, and tell me which fucking kit is cheaper than the original bandai ones.

Quick answer, fucking none, besides there are a lot of custom resin full/conversion kits that are not available by bandai.
If you are a real builder you won't limit your self for such petty things.

Guys how good is this primer? Is it sandable?

https://www.amazon.com/Pro-White-Acrylic-Gesso-32-Ounce/dp/B0027A7C2K

I would love to have one big bucket and just take a bit each time than having to buy a shit ton of small bottles.

>>14642413
thats like house paint you retard

>>14642444
IIRC it's actually for Canvas painting. But yeah, not really that suitable for model kits. It's water based by the look of it and probably won't adhere that well to plastic.

>>14642454
>>14642444
Any recommendations on bulk model use primer?

>>14642459
why do you need so much primer

one decent coat will do it

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Hey guys the indecisive mexi-anon from before here, I found this at amazon mexico.

It's pretty cheap and eligible for free shipping, anyone has any experience with this brand or specific model?

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>>14642472
>it's pretty cheap
>$1.382.54

>>14642472
you want a small $150 hobby compressor you fucking tool not some shit for a auto repair garage

>>14642472
I don't really trust amazon in Mexico that much just yet
I've heard from plenty of people that when then try to buy shit sold by amazon USA it isn't in stock and takes ages to be delivered

>>14642480
Its pesos you retard

>>14642480
It's mexican monopoly money.

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This fucking dinosaur and its stupid fucking guns are gonna be finished within this week, i fucking swear to god.

>>14642480
>>14642488
That's like 70 USD amigos hahaha.

>>14642493
I have ordered a food scale and a 1287gb SD card before and arrived pretty fast, the only problem is that aduana(customs) opened the package, nothing was missing and amazon told me they would have replaced or refunded me if something was, but I'm still weary.

>>14642501
>>14642507
So why hasn't he just hopped the border?

>>14642545
Just swim across the border and come to America. You can pick fruit for $0.13 an hour and if you get one of our girls pregnant they can't kick you out.

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>>14642191
Anzio best school

>>14642558
w-what?

>>14642562
because, only this kind of hobbies are expenssive, living in mexico is super duper cheap, and I can have fresh fruit and veggies for less than a dollar and let's not forget about actual cane sugar in our soft drinks instead of shitty refined sugar.

As long as you live the hikki life mexico is a great place to live.

>>14642177
I've had a GuP tank kit lying around for ages because I was too ham-handed to do it justice. Now that I'm into gunpla I feel like I might be able to do it though. What kind of glue did you use? I know pretty much nothing about non-snapfit models.

>>14642621

plastic cement and superglue depending on the parts

The gluing isn't really the hard part compared to fitment and cleaning up ejection marks etc. And painting/weathering.

>>14642630
Cool, I have both. I guess I'll find out how bad the rest is after I've got the thing assembled.

>>14642464
Probably to have a constant supply of for future and continued use, you literal retarded person

12mm miniatures did not prepare me for the 1/144 people real grades come with at all

>>14642558
Is snapfit namefag evolving?

>>14642459
Nope. Just buy some mr leveling thinner and 5 bottles of tamiya's surface primer in a bottle. It'll last you like two dozen kits unless you blast the stuff.

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Group Build ideas so far (For September/October)

>Original: The Character - Make the edgiest mobile suit you can think of, and come up with a cringey backstory for it
>Believe in Gunpla and Hold a Determination to Fist - Make a melee-focused mobile suit, with no ranged weapons. Swords, Axes, Lances, Fists, and anything of the like are a go
>Dazzling the Stage - Whip out that Bedazzler and make the most fabulous mobile suit you can. The classier the better
>You gotta find first gear in your Gunpla Robot Car - It's time to pimp your gunpla and make it themed around a car of your choice. Muscle car, off roader or street drifter, it's up to you how you want your kit to look

Give any other ideas you have and I'll put up a poll for them in the next thread along with the ones here.

>>14642719
I'd really rather you guys just do something where I can use the kits I have at home right now.
I already had an SD, so that fits for /toy/'s.
I bought three mass produced suits for an FB group build. All I have left is a fucking NG. What do you want from me, man?

>>14642719
>>14642747

How about an SD build?

>>14642302
The funny thing is the DM Tallgeese 2 and 3 were designed before the P-Bandai kits, taking some cue from the old 1/144 and 1/100 wing kits for the design of certain parts.

There are actually very few P-Bandai knockoffs, which is a fucking shame because fuck paying $120 for the MG Banshee Norn. Bandai is fucking retarded, it's one of the two leading suits in the fucking finale of Unicorn. How did it get shafted so bad? Two versions, BOTH P-bandai, fuck Bandai. How can you have TWO MG Banshee Norns and have them both be P-Bandai? It makes literally no sense.

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>>14642764
Because.

>>14642764
Why not just get the PG?

>>14642598
>drinking soda
Wew lad.

>>14642764

regular banshee is bae tho

>>14642813

Mexico has amazing soda. I remember that one summer when I went there and got hooked on Manzanita Sol. Then the bastards at the airport wouldn't let me take any back so I just drank 2 litres of it in the terminal while shaking my fist at them.

>>14642828
I'm surprised they didn't blacklist you for making terrorist threats.

Or was this before the whole 7/11 shindig?

>>14642843

It was before 9/11 and smartphones or else I'd be an internet meme.

>>14641111
Jaeger is best gelgoog. The gelgoog cannon too, then probably the marine

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>>14642858
Jaeger's a brick that can't articulate for shit.

The Mass Produced/Cannon Gelgoog is currently the best HGUC.

>tfw Gelgoog Revive never.

>>14642872

Don't they all use the same mold, so they're all bricks that can't articulate for shit? I used to have a Gelgoog Marine and it could basically do 3 poses and that was it.

>>14642872
I wanted to grab one along with a guncannon MP but hobbywave was all out. Building a new 3D printer so I'm going to see if I can design and print some parts to update old kits' articulation. First up is the GM Command spacey, guess we'll see what happens, the first version of the printer is almost done.

>>14642895
I only know about the Marine and Jaeger.

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Post some sexy Doms!

>>14642895
>>14642914
>>14642917
Looks like according to kekecarrotcake187 it's okay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhI4lZExOlU

>>14642917

I built the Marine as one of my first gunpla ever and then threw it out sometime ago because it was this horrific nubbed up and gouged shit. And now I have a Gelgoog Cannon in my backlog.

The Gelgoog mold is both old and limited by the design of the mech. So you got these zero articulation legs and the best you can do is have the legs slightly bent forward and like an inch apart. And the elbows are the standard old crappy elbows.

I must have fiddled with my Gelgoog Marine for an hour trying to get a good ground pose, but you're basically limited to

>standing "display style" with legs close
>standing neutrally with legs slightly apart
>standing with legs slightly apart aiming gun forward
>standing with legs slightly apart aiming gun off to the side
>standing with legs slightly apart holding gun ready but not actually aiming at anything
>the above three but with one leg out a little further and bent at the knee slightly more in a more aggressive stance

That's basically it. Like, it's OK for what it is, but it's not good.

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>>14642941

>>14642895
Gelgoog/cannon uses a newer mold and is slightly better. Not by much though, none ofthem have swivel thighs and all of them have shit ankle articulation.

Does anybody have the color guide for RX-78 Char Custom RG? I want to paint my HGUC Revive RX-78-2 in that style, since I'm getting the Origin MG.

>>14643109
Shit ankle articulation is a given for HGUC at this point. Very few of them have good ankles even though it would be fairly simple, just put a swivel inside the bottom of the leg. Combined with a ball joint it'd give a ton of range of motion while looking decent.

>>14642961
>kekecarrotcake
I get this reference

>>14643300
So does everyone else, faggot

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Char aka mobile suit gangster

>>14643405
Origin zaku is without a doubt the best 144 zaku yet

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>>14643419
Its got so much detail and doesn't fall apart when you look at it like RG

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>Thunderbolt Zaku I Anime Ver doesn't come with an open right hand so you can react that scene from the anime
Boo!

>>14643405
a masterpiece!

Anyone wanna do a mass drop for airbrush + compressor?

Has anyone tried the Truper AERO-35?

It looks cheap and Truper has normally good quality control, the Badger Co 105 it's kinda expensive for me and the Iwatas are far out of my league.

>>14642340
I'm more concerned about people enabling the Chinks.

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>>14642764
I'm still buttblasted that the Heavyarms and Altron being P-Bandai when Deathscythe Hell got a normal release.

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Anyone have the AWOT HGs?How are they? They look a little dodgy to me, especially Raphael, but I just love the suits.

>>14643919
Raphael is a decent kit. Pants on head bit is just as much of a brick as it seems but my only complaint with the Raphael is it's 90% leg and all the color separation on it's feet are via sticker.
I've heard Zabanya goes skimp on its bits and doesn't have enough to seperate all of them much like the Hi-Nu.
Harute seems alright but no one talks about it.
QANT is good, heavier on one side because of the binder but plays just as well as the base 00.

The fact that origin will continue beyond episode 4 and do the loum arc at least confirms we will get some gm origin ver kits in the next year or two. Finally my friends the wait is almost over

>>14644145
You realize though they will be shit like the local type gundam pos they released

>>14644175
Local was okay. Early guntank was pretty good. Lets see how these early guncanons are

Are Amazon sellers as reliable as dedicated sites like amiami or hlj? There's something I want that's fairly obscure

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Uhhhh

>>14644200
>cropping out the placard

Those First Grades were built and painted by LITERAL first graders. A local school did that as a class project, and they all entered the GBWC junior category together.

Any pics of the winner (the fucking rad Trans-Am one)? That one was beautiful.

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>First time building gunpla
>Get HGCE Aile Strike as well as some tools
>Buy a mini stand because why the hell not
>Find out it's actually two stands instead of one per pack

So what goes well with the HGCE Aile Strike?

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Do you think Kawaguchi's signature raises the value of a kit very much?

Not that I'd sell this one. Just wondering for insurance purposes because that flood guy from /a/ is making me paranoid.

>>14644228
Kawaguchi is a fictional character, like Santa Claus. A random middle-aged Chinese man with glasses portrays him at gunpla events. How do you explain him showing up at multiple Gunpla expos while working on new gunpla kits back at HQ, at the same time?

>>14644257
He might be one of those Newtypes.

>>14644228
Remember to top coat it.

Or waterproof the entire fucking cardboard.

>>14644223
Something with a visor. They go well with everything.

>>14644192
g-guys? ;w;

>>14641413
>idiot, the post

>>14644223
Treat the other stand as having a HG Blitz with Mirage Colloid on.

>>14644372
Dude, it's not even 7AM EDT, so most of the US is asleep right now. That being said, I haven't had any problem with amazon sellers

Any1 knows how to enter this competition???

http://cpg.gundam.info/menus/?_ga=1.222963099.1803930762.1471772566

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This wouldn't leave my head until I made and shared it, so here you go. Sorry it's a chop job.
Fun fact, the man who lettered "For The Man Who Has Everything" also lettered Watchmen, which was a basis for comic sans.

Fuck you assholes who bought the Super Fumina. We didn't need another failed abortion now in titan colors.

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just snapped these guys together!

if anyone wanted a quick review:

1. wing honoo is awesome but manlet sized compared to everyone else. shield is difficult to pose with and although the wings can do a lot, the limitations are there. the flame swords are really cool and a huge selling point.

2. transient really needed some more clear blue on the kit, but that's personal opinion. the tridents are well implemented and fun to pose. the bottom clear part on his backpack kept falling off, have to look into that.

3. portent i bought just to complete a team but she ended up my second favorite, her wings everywhere are fun to fiddle around with. however, i've had one arm fall off at the bicep over and over and it's getting annoying. really interested in a 00 shia qanta but wished it had green clear parts instead

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>>14644750
and another 'team' i put together

What's a good spray-can primer? Hand-painting primer is nice, yet I'd like to use spray-cans to quicker see how much I fucked over puttying.

>>14643919
They're all pretty good, but yeah, you need stands for all of them.
And by all of them, I mean Raphael, Zabanya and Harute, because why would you buy HG Quanta? Go for Real Grade, best spend 1000yen more ever.
>BTW HG GNX-IV and Seravee II never

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>When idolshit distracts you and you accidentally leave out an important piece

>>14644862
>when you sandwich two parts together into a snug fit but forget the part inbetween them

FUCK

>>14644862
Kentaro Miura's Life, the piece being Berserk

>want to change to amiami from hlj
>amiami orders are always closed for anything I want

>>14644862
>when idolshit distracts you and you put a whole arm the wrong way around and you proceed to spend the next whole hour taking it apart carefully but its too tight and you eventually taking it apart bending your fine tip tweezers permanently and scratched inside of plastic

>>14644760

I've used Tamiya primer cans. Work really well but can get expensive, especially when trying to prime something big like the 1/48 RX-78-2

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So, in /m/'s opinion, whats the best PG.
The one that every gunpla owner should have in their collection.

I finished my Char Zaku PG a while ago and ive been itching for another one. So what is the one that is just the absolute best (be it in terms of final look, good design, fun to build, etc).

>>14645287
Best frame is usually said to be Mk II. Best overall kit is the GP-01 since it's both variants.

>>14644750
I haven't had any problems with my Portent.

Anyways, I'll probably get the Honoo at some point, I've always liked the design of it.

>>14644223
Get the RG Skygrasper, that or the old EX kit

>>14645287
best articulation? PG Strike.
best frame looking? PG MK II.

Why is the MK III so beautiful to look at?

>>14645322
>>14645300
How is the PG Astray? It looks like a fun kit.

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>>14642941
The Dom and its varients are some of the best looking suits imho

Been thinking of getting back into gunpla after a few years of not really feeling the buzz, but my backlog consists of

>an incomplete MG Freedom
>MG Zeta 2.0
>MG Exia Ignition Mode

What do I do?

>>14645387
finish what you started

the freedom first

I need to finish build strike too

>>14645387
Finish your MG.

Then buy the Kampfer MG.

>>14645372
not that impressive or fun actually.
it still based on PG Strike frame, some of the armor part makes articulation a turned down.
get PG Asrtray because 1000x folded steel Katana purpose only, not a good idea. unless you have tons of cash to spend.

>>14645287
>>14645300

While I don't own one personally (I really want one) You are getting 2 kits in 1 with the GP-01. You do get a cool hangar display and mechanics similar to the ones that came with the MK II.

Zeta is really good. I expected PG detail and a full transformation a disaster, but it holds together very, very well.

MK II is great as well. The tough choice is getting AEUG or Titans.

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So haven't you built a relationship with a qt?

You can't marry your gunpla, afterall.

>>14645575
>You can't marry your gunpla, afterall.

YOU CAN'T STOP ME

>>14645575
>>14645657
GUNPLA IS FREEDOM

Anybody have any tips for cleaning up/wiping off old panel lining? I've bee thinking of going back & cleaning up some older kits.

>>14645473
I guess ive always sorta worried that the UC based gundam models would be kinda bland and a step down from the zaku's difficulty. From all the pictures ive seen, the frame looks less complicated and theres less armor and just overall looks simpler.

I could be wrong, though.

Has anyone tried the Truper AERO-35 airbrush?
How does it compare to the Badger Co 105?

daban vs dragonmomoko?

>>14645701
Zippo lighter fluid and a Zippo light.

Saturate your gunpla in lighter fluid. No, you're gonna really soak that bitch. Like an entire bottle's worth on just one.

Now that your gunpla is good and ready, use your Zippo to light the Zippo lighter fluid on your gunpla.

The fire will burn away all the panel lines while leaving your gunpla unharmed. But this'll only happen if you use a lot of fluid. Too little and it won't work. It's everything or nothing with this method.

>>14645756
Daban is literally just shittier knock-offs for a slightly cheaper price, and Dragon Momoko does it's own thing and has fairly minor flaws.

>>14645575
but I build gunpla specifically so I don't have to bother with people

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>>14645777
this seems legit

>>14645701
Get a q-tip with rubbing alcohol. As the name suggests, rub the shit out of the panel lines.

>>14643722
It got a normal release years ago. The market changes, what would have sold well years ago might not sell as well now.

>>14644145
>The fact that origin will continue beyond episode 4 and do the loum arc at least confirms we will get some gm origin ver kits in the next year or two

The Loum arc has no GMs. At best we'll get a HG Origin gundam.

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>>14645575
I bought a Ball Twin set when my local Hobby Town went out of business specifically for this.
>Still no qt to introduce to the joy of gunpla

>>14645796
Would lucky 777 lie to you?

>>14645860
They'll retcon them in. Screenshot this post so you can show your grandchildren I was right.

>>14644372
Yes, most are. Amazon is not ebay. It's not random Chinese dudes selling you knockoffs and factory rejects at full kit price. They're stores that have agreed to Amazon's rules and if they do break them you can get a refund through amazon and the store can lose its account on the site.

>>14645868
>GMs
>Before teh gundam was even made

Nah, it will just have the guncannons flying around getting slaughtered even worse than during the assassination.

>>14642340
The boot legs are never as good as Bandai stuff, but there are uses for them. I hate bootlegs that just copies the bandai runners and cover art trying to fool people into buying their shit they've put no work into.
But then there's bootleggers like Dragon Momoko who base their kits on Bandai engineering but add their own touches on a model.

To be blunt. Design, availability and scale are things Bootleggers can offer but seldom do.

For westerners the bootlegs are just about as expensive as the real stuff anyways so it's never worth it if nothing of the three caveats above are relevant.

>>14642747
Couldn't you just do those with an SD if thats what you have?

>>14645902

>edgy SD

>>14645908
Why not?

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>>14645796
I surely can't think of a better way

>>14645575
>Wing kits
>Freedom

Can't fool me. She is a fujo, the kits are actually hers.

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>>14646000
>she built all those kits
>she still can't build a relationship with you

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>>14645786
Daban is stepping up their game with this MG Zeta 2.0 enhanced detail.

Why can't bandai release RE kits quicker?

I can't afford MG kits anymore due to recent event

>>14646069

But REs are only slightly cheaper than MGs.

>>14646073
recent MGs are atlast nearly twice the price of a RE and by RE I don't mean nightingale

>>14646079

Those are ver. KA shits which are always huge and expensive.

>>14646080
but freedom 2.0 is 1000 yen more than MK3 excluding tax and shit

I bought freedom 2.0 anyway

I still want an RE Doven Wolf. ZZ version, of course.

>>14646089
is MK3 supposed to be bulky?

I like it

Also I can't get my delta plus to stand, am I supposed to waste an action stand just to let it stand still?

How's the RE GP04?

>>14646104
Yes.

Good.

Delta Plus, I think, looks best in a nice action pose.

I'll just leave this here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImeAXFV6aqE

Any1 here built the 1/100 OverFlag??? I want to pick it up to try and custom paint it but I don't know if I should bother with the 1/100.
If it's not any good I'd rather go smaller scale and pick up the 1/144 version.

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>>14646165
its great, leaps and bounds better than the HG Flags which are known to be the worst of the 00 kits. the 1/100 OverFlag is pretty much a MG in surface detail and design, its just too skinny for an inner frame. the joints and assembly are pretty unique and it has all the gimmicks you would expect, plus the transformation is pretty solid once you get the weird rotating chest to work. the biggest downside is that it needs a lot of white paint, which is a pain on an all-black kit.

>>14646135
It looks like he's not waiting long enough between coats, but what do I know.

>>14646135
Do yourselves a flavour and just skip to the last ten or so seconds. Only good part of this video.

>>14646135
cant stand that guy's accent, like some sort of SEA sub-human pretending to be a game show announcer.

>>14646127
recommend some poses please

the art on the box isn't helping and I can't get it to hold its rifle

>>14646135
wait I thought you have to put topcoat into a spray paint gun and then spray it

no one told me you can buy cans and use it like that what the fuck

>>14646521
read the guide