Gunpla/Plamo Thread

== ACE PILOT GROUP BUILD (FINAL WEEK) ==

Starting September 1st, you have two months to build, customize, and paint a mobile suit of your choice into your own personal design. This can range from just a repainted Zaku to a kitbashed Gundam loaded with any spare rifles and Rocket Launchers you can find. Any suit from any series is fair game, just stick to 1/144 kits and you're good. When you're done feel free to post it in the thread, but also send pics to [email protected] so that all the entries can be judged/posted at once when the group build is over (If you don't want to be judged for the contest just feel free to mention it when you send in your pics).

Prizes include:
>1st Place: Any HG kit under $25 + an Action Base 2
>2nd Place: Any HG kit under $15
>3rd Place: An Action Base 2
(Note: Shipping is to USA and Canada only)

Group build ends on November 7th, lets gunpla!

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First for CHAR KICK!!!

>>14899904
end yourself

November Restock is out, use it in next thread
http://bandai-hobby.net/site/schedule_images/nouhin.pdf

New Gunpla releases:


HGIBO 1/144 Geirail: 10th November
HGIBO 1/144 Io-Frame Shiden: 10th November
HGCE Strike Freedom Revive: 10th November
IBO MS Option Set 6 + HD Mobile Worker: 10th November
The Origin 1/144 Guncannon Early Type: 17th November
Full-Mechanics 1/100 Barbatos Lupus : 17th November
HGBF Transient Gundam Glacier : 24th November
RE1/100 Bawoo : 24th November

>>14899895
Ewww what an ugly paintjob.

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>>14899455
>>14899455

Here's the real thread guys

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How many VOTOMS kits are there?

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>>14900107
So i guess these guys are gonna be p bandai.
Not sure if it's old news or not but I'm not hurt.

>>14900132
A bunch of old kits in various scales from when it was airing by Takara, a couple of modern 1/48 by Bandai (Around master grade level), some SD kits by Kotobukiya, and some WAVE kits that are 1/35

>>14899904
Childish.

>>14900135
they aren't

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I don't have much interest in customization, but I really want my kits to turn out looking good like they do in the promo images. What process do I need to make my kits look like pic related?

>>14900208
Intermediate airbrush skillz

>>14900215

Whats to airbrush? I just figured that was a matte topcoat.

>>14900236

Some things need painting. Like the inside of thrusters in that kit you posted. I don't know if THAT KIT SPECIFICALLY needs paint there, but 9 out of 10 times they need the inside of the thruster painted. In order to remove seam lines you will have to seam weld then airbrush a new coat of paint over to really get rid of it.

>>14900236
Kits in promo images are usually airbrushed, a matte topcoat wouldn't make it look that good.

>>14900208
Literally just follow the painting guide on the back of the manual. All the paints should basically be mr.color paints and you will need and airbrush setup and appropriate respirator.

And yes, the ones in the pics on the manuals and box are 100% painted.

For their promo pics at webshops they sometimes just line and touch up the bare plastic.

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>>14900148
>Childish.
Yes, and?

>>14900135
>>14900178
>they aren't
Good, because they help my need for SYMMETRY!
Though now I'm wondering if they can be done with two Guntank arms...

>>14900296
Are you really so annoyed that people called your build crap that you're going to just keep posting stiffly posed pics of it in every thread?

>>14900296
At least you know you are.

>>14900322
>>14900320
He's genuinely autistic, give him some slack.

It was either in the last thread or the /toy/ thread.

>>14899910
I just block every name/trip fag in these threads, they're always terrible

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>>14900330
yeah, here it is

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>>14900330
>He's genuinely autistic, give him some slack.
>It was either in the last thread or the /toy/ thread.
Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified, AKA "You're some kind of autist?"

What makes my obnoxiousness really obvious however is that I live in the middle of fucking NOWHERE and shit like this is some of small amount of human interaction I can get.

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>>14900148
>4chan is a mature place

>these plastic toys made for children are way above your skill level.

anyone in the US have a PG Unicorn full armor parts set for sale?

>tfw these generals were great before shitposter-kun and his alternate personality started posting
>now there's another one
Great

>>14900619

it's probably just snapshit with a different name

>>14900383
Just fuck off

how come this general is so much slower than the /toy/ one?

Are there seriously so many people building gunpla that have literally no idea about gundam?
Just now I saw a guy on /toy/ saying he only seen IBO and Seed

>>14900653

it depends on the day, sometimes this one is faster sometimes that one, depends on level of shitposting or discussions

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>>14900619
Honestly the whole board has been in decline ever since that one guy started shitting on Getter Robo in every thread

The death of these generals on both here and /toy/ is just an unfortunate side effect

>>14900669

I feel like even with the newer people there's less of a desire to think things through and really understand the process and more just crazy overshooting

>>14900653

I try to keep the generals going. But then you get dum-dums who make a second thread so you end up with 2 active generals. Mods must be held down by earth's gravity

>>14900696
I wish you took the time out to use an image of a build posted from the last thread. What do you have against that?

>>14900711
Don't respond, just ignore.

>>14899895
Excellent choice of color pallet, but THIN YOUR PAINTS.

>>14900711

Why should that matter? I try to use mostly gunpla related images.

>>14900735
As someone who has had their image featured several times, it makes me feel closer to the community and encourages me to get better. If it's just silly "gunpla related" images, I wouldn't really give a shit. It's usually why I overlook your threads.

>>14900742

I don't think any of my kits have ever been featured. Which is fine, none of them are really noteworthy at the moment. But I'm working on it.

>>14900750
I don't think you post enough of your stuff, honestly. I've seen like a Zaku and that's it.

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Any suggestions? things to remove? Add? Ive never done an mg before so im getting a few

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>>14900754

A lot of stuff I'm trying to get painted. But work and weather hasn't been cooperating. This is only a 1/4 of the kits I have, that's not counting my backlog

>>14900783
Sorry about the Hyaku.

>>14900769
>MG Tallgeese
>MG Wing Gundam
Making a Tallgeese Flugel?

>>14900696
>>14900711
>>14900735
>>14900750
>>14900754
The main reason airbrush threads are not encouraged is because he's filtered by many people for association with snapshit. So his threads won't appeared for many therefore results in even slower posts.

>>14900769

I am not really a fan of Amazing Red Warrior. If you want a Build Fighters MG the Fenice Rinascita is basically perfect. If you want an RX-78-2 there's the 2.0 for all the goodies or the Origin for the latest engineering and posability.

>>14900897
i'd go for the fenice if hobbywave had it in stock

>>14900907
get the origin rx-78 or turn x both are great

>>14900916

Turn X is kinda rare and expensive as fuck, so he might want to start with something smaller and more widely available.

Another option would be Gundam X/Double X. They're well-engineered, solid, gimmicks are well executed, they look good, and they're both somewhat cheap.

>>14900674
>I feel like even with the newer people there's less of a desire to think things through and really understand the process and more just crazy overshooting
I actually do think things through, I just have very little practical experience.

>>14900923
gundam x is bad and turn x is not expensive, only if you're poor

>>14900937
70 dollars for a model kit is expensive regardless of income. it depends on how much a person values it.

>>14901143
where are you shopping? 4800 yen on HLJ and $52 on hobbywave

>>14901146
>only looked on amazon
i didnt look very hard. my bad brother i assumed it would be similar elsewhere. though shipping from them would even the price out.

>>14899541
Literally whatever catches my fancy. I have a huge backlog so I just think, "Hm, this would be cool" and then I build it.

I generally try to do HGs and bootlegs before MGs and PGs, as practice.

>>14900669
The general on /toy/ isn't dying though. It's been moving at the pace it currently is for over 3-4 years. If anything it's gotten faster.

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>>14901200
>The general on /toy/ isn't dying though. It's been moving at the pace it currently is for over 3-4 years. If anything it's gotten faster.
Yeah, /toy/ is actually a fairly slow board, it can take weeks for thread past the bump limit to finally drop off.

>>14900236
There's this great thing called the guide

you should give it a read

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Can any gun guys tell me where wear builds up the most on a pump action shotgun? I'm looking to weather this shotgun a bit, but I have no experience with firearms.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10368098

So, I fucked up.
A while back I went to a hobby shop out of town and bought some kits and a tamiya brand topcoat to see the difference between what I have available locally. Looks like I grabbed gloss instead of matte and all I have left to topcoat next are a Gouf and Hy-Gogg which don't really seem like the shiny types. I got an MG Kampfer, but I was saving a "wet look" for that to see how it works.

>>14901250

This is something you should ask /k/.

>>14901250
Along the pump slide, trigger and handle. Where else would it wear? Anywhere that comes in contact with moving parts will experience wear and tear.

>>14900608
>supporting P-Bandai jewery

http://www.gundammodelcenter.com/gundam-central-daban-model/Gundam-central-mg-daban-gundam-pg-unicorn-full-armor

>>14901250
If your gun is worn down with grime, you ain't taking good care of your gun.

>>14901295
It's going to be used in a GM Ground Type custom, in the jungle, so I don't want it to be pristine.

>>14901257
If you're panel lining, should you glosscoat or mattecoat?

>>14901306
gloss

>>14901306
Gloss, but you can also do a final topcoat as gloss for a kit if it's meant to look shiny.

>>14901250
The slide rail for the pump will obviously scrape down to the metal over time, as well as the slide for the ejector. The trigger guard and trigger will both wear down around the edges from hands/gloves running over them thousands of times, as well as the rails on top and the stock is bound to wear no matter what with plenty of inward scraping along the end

How do you guys get into pla plating gunpla? My imagination must be fucking terrible because I don't even know what to do with it.

>>14901306
Gloss, so you can wipe away any execs or spills. If it spills over on a matte coat, you won't be able to wipe it away.

I figured out a new cheap source of sprue cutters. You can buy cheap pairs of flush cutters from your nearest hardware store and run the back of the cutters over a file until they are perfectly flush, then sharpen them with a but of 600~ git sand paper.

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And that's the Ace Custom done. The 'Ground Type' anyway, I didn't get the Binders and Railgun done in time for the contest. Oh well.

Please excuse poor photography.

>>14901425
Noice.

>>14900937
Terrible opinion, Anon. MG Gundam X is an excellent kit minus the issue of the weak cannon joint.

>>14901425
Hey, you got five days, amigo.

>>14901425
And I've just realised the light has caught the chin badly and made it look like a dumb open mouth. FML.

>>14901425

Looks nice but the caution sticker on the dick is just a little much IMO.

>>14901435
Didn't think that until you opened your dumb fucking mouth.

>>14901444
That's two dumb mouths in two posts. What can you do.

>>14901225
Hey i own a bunch of those little guys

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This is the true power of Hugo!

>>14901545
looking nice man

>>14901545
Sahelanthropus? Truly, you are Hugo, aren't you?

is the MG Jesta a solid build? Kinda leaning to either the MG or the HG Jesta Cannon. There doesn't seem to be any big differences between the HG and MG versions.

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I think I didn't wait long enough to play with my guy, but here's a kit I recently topcoated.

>>14901524
>Hey i own a bunch of those little guys
Yeah, they're really great if you want something besides spoons to test out your painting techniques on.

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>>14901561

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>>14901564
For the life of me, I can't figure how to work those fucking fingers.

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>>14901565
Final pose I left him in because I didn't wanna fuck anything up.

>>14901559
I've heard good things about the MG Jesta. The biggest difference between the gm and hg version is the amount of detail really. Also, the connector between the backpack and shield is articulated in the mg version. The hg version just comes with two separate connectors for collapsed and extended

What would be a good pg to get? I want to do my first one over winter break. I was thinking unicorn and getting the l.e.d.s for it too. But I'm more of a zaku fan and was considering the zaku or chars zaku. Any perfect grade suggestions?

>>14901788

Mega size is better

>>14901795
I'm looking for something with a bit more detail

>>14901788

Get whatever looks good on Dalong.

>>14901788
All of the PGs have their issues, especially the older they are. But, they're all super fun builds with a lot of shelf presence. Just don't expect to be doing all kinds of crazy dynamic poses like with other kits, they're all bricks.

>>14901811
I'm awful at posing so that doesn't bother me too much. I'm mainly looking for a fun kit during my few weeks off to do. I'll probably end up going with the zaku

>>14901811
>All of the PGs have their issues, especially the older they are

But the Strike Freedom and OO Raiser has more issues than the older Mk-II, Strike and Zaku II

>>14901826
Just get whichever one you like the most that is within your budget. Strike, Unicorn and Mk-II are the most solid. Astray is ugly. Wing Zero and OO Raiser has terrible weight issues.

I'm building the Char Zaku now, so I cant really vouch for it yet.

>>14901309
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>>14901409
Thank you. Will one coat be enough? I tried three with a bootleg Infinite Justice and it looked like a mess, but I'm afraid of thinner and shit melting my kit.

>>14901811
Does the PG RX-78-2 have any noticeable problems? I'm not planning on doing any PGs right now, but if I ever do, it's got to be grandpa Gundam.

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For some reason when the land combat gundam was released and they showed it's connection to the waterproof gundam I went on a limb and suggested it might get a model. Sadly it was pbandai. Now we have that orange prototype guncannon and possibility for the standard prototype gundam around the corner. Although they changed the origins prototype design for some reason when I came across this guy I had a feeling we might see it originfied as well.

Reworking the prototype or just straight up land combat type I could see this around the corner. We have a land combat type, this is full armor land type. It shares the beam saber storage style. Using the missile pods from guncannon origin and standard cannon for the back. The reason I hope my feelings right again is we might see a standard or origin full armor gundam help gap the bridges in msv and msd lines.

Granted I'd personally would love a normal msv prototype gundam with its slimmer limbs and such to help differentiate it, I could see the origins rock this especially with the visor.

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>>14901917

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>>14901918

>>14901143
?
what if you're rich?

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これだろそれ

Is the Gerbera kit any good?

>>14901955
they're still making crap for that game? why not make it an actual full PS4 game already?

is the MG ReZel type A+B any good? I've looked around and it looks good but its kinda expensive.

>>14902025
they're not stopping as long as it makes money

>>14901561
You just sprayed topcoat on top of just the plastic with the decals applied? Or did you paint color on it before the top coat?

I ask because I am thinking about spraying a matte top coat on upcoming gunpla and some Robot Damashii mecha toys after I apply some decals to them, and Im looking for a good matte topcoat that will look nice on bare plastic and hopefully blend the decal edges to the surface plastic.

>>14902052
No amount of topcoat can hide the edges of stickers sadly, you can trim the edges and use matte topcoat and it will be less noticeable from a distance but if you don't want to see edges at all you gotta use waterslides

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i think /m/ dislikes this kit but i thought it was cool

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1st build, I used some spray paint cans that are apparently for cars on this kit, any suggestions on how to improve?

Metallic silver on exposed parts of the inner frame and thrusters, metallic black on some pieces and flat top coat on the armors.

>>14902175
i'm still new to this so i can't really give you tips, but it looks pretty damn good for your first build

>>14902174
The design is fine to me, the kit is primarily based off of an older kit so it isn't exactly up to modern standards, but my main issue was with the colors. However, I really did what you did to it

>>14902185
Thanks, there's actually a noticeable fuck up on the backpack the decals I put in we're in reverse.

Where do you guys get masking tape? I saw a three pack of "modeling masking tape" for like $20 at Michaels but at that price it'd better prime and paint the model for me.

>>14902192
haha, i haven't built zakus before so i wouldn't know. still a great job though

>>14902197
a hobby store? i usually get mine there for like $4

>>14902202
I'm just not sure which brand to buy. There are no hobby stores in my city so if it's possible to pick it up at Walmart/Staples that'd make my life easier.

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>>14902189
thanks anon.
the green this time was actually not so bad, but i already had a portent with a similar colour scheme so i painted this to match

>>14902205
i use tamiya ones, since i tried normal masking tape when i was first starting out and its terrible.

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Finished the MG Hyaku Shiki last night. I kinda botched some of the panel lines, especially on the backpack. Great kit though, although the bazooka doesn't really fit over the shoulder well.

>>14902211
>>14902211
This looks really good

I ran out of Zeon kits to build and still have 5 non-zeon kits in my backlog

I want to build a White Zaku

>>14902286
>buying non-zeon kits

>>14902304

its a race car, spaceship and french street kit

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how do I topcoat?

Just spray the whole model or do separate joints or do only armor plating?

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>>14902356
mind you i aint no expert. but i get a good effect by taking the legs off and just spraying the model.

>>14902221

>although the bazooka doesn't really fit over the shoulder well.

I'm glad they kept this "feature" of the clay bazookas

>>14902356
Separate the extremeties, torso, and lower torso.

>>14901545
looks good. are you gonna keep the weapons? once there on it's gonna change the silhouette a lot.

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>>14902534

>>14902211
What kit is that?

>>14902573

Shia Qant.

>>14902573
It's the shia qan[t] from the build fighters try ova

>>14902175
Honestly?
Its looks great from those (albeit blurry) pictures.
You count have chosen a better kit than an MG 2.0 zaku for your first build.

I got a 14 dollar refund on amazon because of a damaged kit I received.
Help me to decide how to spend it.
I can get a cheap kit or supplies to begin scratchbuilding.

>>14902205
>>14902197
If you can, get tamiya's. The stuff at Michael's is probably testor's, but I can't speak to the quality of it. Tamiya's on the other hand is amazing. What you don't want is regular masking tape or painter's tape. Regular masking tape has too much adhesive and doesn't do a good job making sure paint doesn't bleed underneath. Painters tape is way too thick, and I've also gotten paint bleeding underneath it

>>14902211
This thing looks much better in blue. Great job anon

>>14902705
Get the astaroth my dude

>>14902705
Did you get to keep the damaged kit? Cause that sounds like battle damage time.
Or spare parts time, either or.

>>14902763
I did keep it. Also, the kit wasn't actually damaged, but the box was

>>14902710

Testor's enamels are pretty good for brushing, except for some asshole colors like red and white, and they airbrush well enough as long as you thin the hell out of them. Testor's acrylics, on the other hand, are almost all fucking garbage and the only good one is flat black, which brushes on amazingly well.

Tamiya is definitely better hands down, so I second the suggestion if the person asking can find them.

>>14902796
Just ordered the kirara custom tetra for 35 canadian dollars from nippon-yasan.
That's really cheap for a premium bandai. Is there a reason why?

>>14902796
I was referring to masking tape, but yeah, I agree with your thing on their paints

>>14902849
Pbandai is only particularly expensive if you buy from price gougers or are after a kit that has not been printed in quite a while.
They usually follow stock kit prices by +/- $10 otherwise.

>>14902854

Oh, my bad, I missed the part about it being about tape since I automagically assume paint when I read "testors and tamiya".

I second your stance on Tamiya tape being great. One wouldn't think there'd be much of a difference when it comes to tape, but Tamiya tape both sticks well and doesn't leave behind any spooge when removed like cheapo masking tape does.

>>14902861
Thank you.
That makes a lot of sense.

>>14902536
Nice!

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Here's my Desert Dom Tropen, which is actually a normal Dom Tropen I painted brown. Did you guys know the normal Dom Tropen kit doesn't come with the under skirt thrusters, whereas the brown recolored kit does? I'm salty about that.

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Looks like the Metal Build Strike Freedom is finally getting a 3rd party kit made.
And this time by Daban.
Seems like they're stepping up their game.

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>>14903015
can you actually build metal builds?
Because I saw an unboxing and they already ship it built.

>>14903074
The companies that make the 3P kits make them out of plastic, and yes you do build them.
Bandai MBs are just metal figures though, yeah.

>>14902211
The main thing I hated about it is the sword. Shit's gay.

>>14903145

Then change it. It's the most easily replaced part. In fact it doesn't even need a sword.

>>14902952
Yeah, no reason to buy the regular dom tropen, not sure why there aren't more warnings out there about it. Guess we all just kinda, know.

how would you make a battlefield-repaired full armor gundam?
something that would give the same feel of "this shit is all wrong, but works" as the astaroth gundam, but with four shields and a fuckton of guns

>>14900146
How are the Wave kits?

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>>14903218
Stop trying so hard. This is /m/ we have our own hamburger here.

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>doing work on room and other parts of the house last year
>decide to put gunpla in old gunpla boxes to store them until I put shelves up after finishing the drywall and painting
>get shelves
>put stuff on them
>forget about gunpla until it's too late
>fast forward a year
>on a whim decide to get another shelf to finally have some gunpla back in my room after spending a year focusing on other things
>can't remember where I put my two favorites, a Dra-C and a Zaku II from 0083
>go through all the boxes but they're not there
>finally remember a shoebox in my closet
>they're both in there almost cuddled next to each other

It was adorable. I still need to put the shelf up, however.

>>14903280
there's also that guy from unicorn that was toasted by sinanju

>>14903280
>>14903335
I'll leave it to the Photoshop-literate to put Kai's romance on a package of pancake mix.

>>14902175
did you paint piece by piece?
you did assemble once and then dismantled it to paint, right?

Can I topcoat by spraying completed parts like limbs/body/head individually or should I do it piece by piece?

>>14903423
I literally asked this question today already

Quick question. I've built half a dozen to a dozen kits since starting, mostly snapshit but steadily increasing in quality as I learn how to better hide nub marks and detail, but I have yet to do much in the way of painting.

I plan to get an airbrush eventually, but I need to use spray cans in the short term so I can finish someone's Christmas present. What should I look for in my sprays? Is there anything that I absolutely should not use?

>>14903496

Use Tamiya cans.

>>14903496
Hopefully this is helpful
http://otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide-spray-can-tutorial
http://otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide-paint-references

Also, like >>14903505 said, safest bet is to just use Tamiya cans if you can

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I just wish the body would bend a little more forward so the elbows could touch the knees.

>>14903697
Is that the revive?

>>14903423

>>14902356
>>14902513

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How is this kit? I never see it mentioned.

>>14903814
It's not.

>>14903816
Not what?

>>14903759
Yes

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>>14903814
It's pretty good. Small though.

Dont bend the leg too much or it'll be too loose that making it stand up gets annoying, though you can always use the wings to support it.

Holds the buster rifle much better than the MG though, that's for sure.

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What's the smallest physical representation of the VF-31C?

I saw the MechaColle model, but 10cm is still too long for my purposes. Is there, like, a cheap gacha toy or something?

Time to decide my next snapbuild.

Revive Gyan, Reginlaze, or Hugo?

>>14903637
See
>>14903280

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Well guys I've made a few rg kits and some hg kits, after a two months of this hobby I finally ordered some master grades. I got picked up the wing gundam proto zero. And the nu ver ka. Can't wait till next week

>>14904162
Nu Ver. Ka is a good kit, have fun.

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Apparently the G-Arcane kit doesn't come with the skirt things shown in pic related. Is there some kind of addon that I'm just not finding on hobbysearch, or was this likely scratchbuilt?

>>14904231
scratch

>>14904239
Thanks

>>14904162
nice blogpost

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>>14904257
Nice contribution.

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Well these turned out pretty damn nice.
Gonna be giving the sinanju one away as part of the prize pool for a build off on the UK gunpla modellers page.

>>14904365
What the fuck are those?

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>>14904369
Illuminated displays.
the one on the right is going to be used in a hangar diorama at a modelling show this month, the sinanju I did for shits and giggles

>>14904389
Amazing

>>14904365
>>14904389
what do they look like with the lights on?

>>14904389
Oh my

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>>14903637
WOW!

You sure spoiled me!

>>14902952
>that heavy gatling gun
Where'd you get/make that exactly? I love it.

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>>14903814
It's a great kit. It sort of can't hold the gun up with one hand though. You will have to tighten that joint with some paint.

I want to get the WZC too.

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>>14904433
this is with the kitchen lights switched on too if thats what you mean.
they're pretty fucking bright.

>>14904629
Is there a tutorial on how to make this?

>>14904629
That's pretty spectacular dude, some lucky brit will be very happy

>>14904629
holy shit that's cool

>>14900783
should've stuck to collecting bigass holywood action hero toys fag

>>14904629
>>14904389
>>14904365

How did you obtain/build these?

>>14902305
>french street

put your zeon ms on it and have them stomp around

>>14904754
Made them myself with my laser and a shitload of design time

Assembled my Man Rodi today and I gotta say, its a nice kit. Very wide range of motion all around, great detail, no flimsy joints or finicky bits like the Z'gok E arm segments. I'll post picks of it tomorrow since its late and I need to go to bed.

I'm just impressed with all of the high grade IBO kits I've assembled to far.

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>>14904769
>Made them myself

So I see richigofuckyourselfintheass is still attention whoring and samefagging to inflate his ego.

Seriously, how pathetic is your life?

>>14904769
so you etch the image into the surface, then run some LEDs or something to light it via the base?

>>14904814

you're clearly extra assmad, but I wish it was at least gunpla and not "cool shit you can't buy"

>>14904477

It's the Giant Gatling HG build custom option part thingy. It's kind of spendy, but goddamn it's awesome as fuck. Plenty of extra bits for various configurations, and it's damn near as big as a HG.

>>14904679
Own a laser cutting/engraving business and an expensive laser.

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This is one sexy negro. I want one (For no other reason than because blue with gilding.)

>>14903814
I killed mine trying to do the arms. Was to heavy handed and snapped the wrist piece. And sadly Bandai's parts site doesnt have this kit available for some reason for ordering new runners

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Pre-orders came in, $80 shipping for all of this.

Please ignore the figure

>>14905142
I don't want to say you have shit taste, but...

Out of all the 3rd party/bootleg companies which one has the best quality kits?

>>14905164
>Calling the Scopedog, Spiegel and EZ8 shit taste

>>14905164
Thanks, I enjoy them all too

>>14905142
Ya know i would be surprised Fumikane did the frame arms girl but i know better

>>14904808
Yeah, Richigo has a fucking LASER etcher.

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thoughts? I'm still trying to sort out the colors. I think I might want to use a lighter brown maybe.

Definitely still want to go with splinter camo on the green parts

>>14905298
The camouflage on the v fin doesn't look so hot.

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Recent work.

>>14905298
yellow eye camera , leave the v-fin in grey or the same tone as the chest vents, and maybe get a ligther brown , or make the base green a bit darker , like jade green or something.
other than that its and awesome scheme , now i feel tempted to buy it

>>14905480
You're not going to keep it on those colors, are you? It's not very well lit so I can't see everything but the green parts at least clash quite a bit. Might want to make it the same blue(?) as the rest

>>14901545
Whats a Hugo?

>>14904365
Richi would you consider making some to sell?

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>>14905533
No, it will all be painted so there's no clash. Right now it's just in the fitment stages, trying to fit pieces and keep as much range of motion as possible. All because of a broken command horn and 4 extra Neue Ziel kits lying around.

>>14905606
I don't see how he could, given that Bandai/Sunrise would be well within their rights to shut him down immediately.

That said, I love it and want some too.

>>14905618
I honestly wouldnt put it past some of the salty fucks here to report him either.

>>14905598

a suit from IBO season 2

>>14905683
Oh. haven't started S2 yet, waiting for more episodes so i can binge. Is the pace even good enough to justify waiting?

>>14905693
Slow as a snail after the first 3 episodes. Just like s1.

>>14905618
What is comiket
What is daban

Making these and selling isn't a big problem. Just don't do it too big. Not like you could, only a handful of people would buy it anyway.

>>14905710
Thx, if its that slow I'd rather waste my time every week than watch it all at once and feel unacomplished.

>>14904365
Seconding that other anon, I'd definitely buy one of these.

>>14905714
He's just one of the guys complaining about last episode being "filler" because it didn't have giant robot action and advanced the plot instead.

A terrorist attack goes off on Earth and the Tekkadan Earth branch is essentially cut off from the mars branch and their leader is out of commision. Currently it looks like they are being set up as the fall guys for something big about to happen and Orga is sending several people to Earth to check things out because the way their comm requests keep getting blown off is suspicious.

Overall S2 has been better so far and the action will be back next episode by the looks of the previews.

>>14902765
They let you get a refund for just a damaged box?

I can see this being abused

>>14905611
>4 Neue Ziel kits

But why

>>14905611
>>14905480

Would you mind taking a few pics at each stage and uploading them to imgur as a set once it's finished?

>>14899895
i know of a couple of kits with that gun in the OP, but for the life of me, i can't find them being sold in accessory packs by themselves.

what is the cheapest kit you guys know of where i can get that submachine gun?

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Where are the arms for this Byarlant Custom Custom from?

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>>14905870
looks to be off a valvrave suit.

I was at my hobby store yesterday and with the top coats they had gloss, dull, semi gloss , and wet. What is a wet coat and what does it look like?

>>14905878

"wet look" is a name some brands use for their glossiest finish

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>>14905877
>Kit bashing between franchises

absolute haram

>>14905862
Most 0080/0083 GMs have one. Just check dalong to make sure before you buy

>>14902690

Yeah, I have a shitty camera, I also like the Zaku and didn't feel like working on something I don't really like.

>>14903350

Assembled a part then assessed which ones should be colored what and then disassembled and painted it one by one, probably wasted alot of paint in the process.

I watched alot of guides and read alot of inofmration that resulted in a ruined 1/100 Graze.

Didn't want to ruin my first Zaku cause I like this zeke piece of shit so much.

>>14905877
>Unironically want one of the Valvrave kits just to see what they'd be like to build/paint
>Would prefer VVV1 because Protag status or VVV3 because Rip and Tear
>The only ones in-stock on HLJ are best girl's and worst girl's Valvraves

Amazon it is, I guess

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>>14905884

>he didn't use Code Geass kits for gunpla modding back in the day

>>14905883
Even glossier than their gloss coat?

>>14905870
Google search yields
>http://plaview.blog76.fc2.com/blog-entry-120.html?sp

So yeah there's Valvrave parts in there.

>>14905920
Expect to paint a lot of things.
Or apply a lot of stickers and still have a few items that have to be painted for color accuracy.

But I've heard the kits are solid.

>>14905786
They were on sale at a LHS @ $8 each.

>>14905810
>>14905810
Sure. I build slowly due to life getting in the way but I do document the builds that are custom. It gives time for interesting back stories for the creations.

>>14905883
>>14905950
It looks like wet latex usually so yes. Its not a metallic shine its a rubbery shine. You can get the same effect from clear coat over luster pearl gloss plastidip or metallic pearl gloss plastidip. Wet is meant for being another layer over your original finish.

>Full Armor MG arrived
Jesus this is a huge box. I shudder to imagine what my first PG box is going to look like.

I'm kind of new to gunpla and i was wondering whether i should by a gundam marker for panel lines or use paint?
the paste bin says the top coat could make the markers run, does that happen often?

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>>14906282
for got pic, just bought this

I'm trying to round out missing tools for my toolbox. Anyone have any experience with a good razor saw?

>>14906282
Markers can be quicker and more convenient, but a panel wash can get into smaller crevices and gives you the ability to use whatever colours you want, which can give a better.
Also, you don't need to use a gundam marker, as the guide points out, Sakura (also called Pigma Micron) and Copic markers work too.
Another think to keep in mind is that if you're painting a kit (I assume you're not, but just for future reference) you will have to do a panel wash.
As for top coat making the markers run, sorry, never tried so I couldn't tell you

Oh, and one last thing. For best results, as a rule of thumb, grey panel line on lighter colours, black on darker, and brown on reds

>>14906289
What's the popularity of the GatlingGouf? Easily available for a reasonable price on Amazon?

>>14904769
Can you share the .lsr files?

>>14906315
Gouf Custom thoroughly styled on the main protagonists in 08th MS Team.

>>14906320
yeah but who the fuck actually watched 08th MS team
I did

Anybody do anything specific to get motivated to take on your backlog?

>>14906328
I watch the anime to pump myself up.

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>>14906351

>>14906328

I think about customizing my kits

>>14906310
Ahhhhh, Thanks. that was very helpful.

>>14906315
Its like $15 on amazon and it looks really sick with that Gatling shield. Plus it was the first thing I got in Gundam Breaker 3 and I loved it. I Justed dl'd 08th ms team going to watch it this weekend

>>14906306

Zona absolutely, avoid x-acto (but their metal mitre box is great)

>>14906434
That's the impression I've been getting looking around too. The two on Amazon I'm seeing are either the 11" one, which is pretty big, and the 9" one, which seems like it has a really shallow blade. Which one would be better here?

>>14906439

9" should be more than enough, as long as the blade is tall enough to stand in the mitre box thats really all that matters

>>14906441
The blade's 7/16" deep, but if that's enough then I'll go ahead and pick that one up. Thanks, anon.

>Want to get perfect grade
>Don't want to spend a whole lot so looking at 3p
>ebay listings all have stupidly high shipping
>aliexpress doesn't accept paypal

what do?

>>14906465

get a better job I guess

>>14906465
Get a credit card. Seriously, it's not that hard to do. Just make sure you have enough money to pay the bill. Also, always pay the bill in full.

>>14906465
>>14906467
>>14906470
Or you could just go on craigslist and find people who need help moving furniture or some shit. Easy $100 right there.

>>14906470
I already have a debit card, I've been thinking of getting a prepaid visa but then you go through the hassle of Paypal trying to ban you for using a credit card which is the stupidest shit on the planet. the credit card won't really help with shipping and where I am most 1st party PGs are all $400 which is way too much for a 12-inch tall plastic model

>>14906472
>Cash can be used for online shopping
Sure Jan

>>14906480
>Cash cannot be deposited into a bank account.

>>14905142
Oh shit, I didn't know there was MJP plamo...

>>14906483
I know that you can do that, but paying through bank transfers and credit cards just sounds really complicated and convoluted to me.

>>14906487
When was the last time you had a bank account? Chase charges you nothing for their services. You could always connect your bank account to a paypal account and deposit cash into an ATM that'll instantly go directly towards buying shit online.

It's a hell of a lot easier than whatever you're imagining.

>>14906494
I already have a bank account, I use a credit union, and I live in Canada so a lot of stuff doesn't ship here.

Next time I'll get advice from someone who isn't a yankee twat

>>14906479
If you get a visa or mastercard CREDIT card, can't you then just buy through aliexpress? I don't understand why you're so fixated on paypal

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>>14906495
I think you'll find that's our word.

>>14906495
>getting uppity and giving attitude to people who are giving you genuine advice
How about next time you stop acting like a little whiny cunt? Shut the fuck up if you don't want advice, you ungrateful little shit.

>>14906495
Using a credit card or paypal to order things online or setting up a paypal account are no different in Canada than it is in the US.

Learn it anon, things are quickly going wireless nowadays as the primary payment option. That and banks and online shops make it really easy to set up accounts and pay your bills.

>>14906485
Yep, Gold Four just came out recently too

>>14906315
It is a Gouf... with a gatling shield. I'm not sure how that doesn't just scream BEST EVER to you. I am sure that I probably can't explain it though.

>>14906315
It doesn't have sausage fingers.

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I wanna make a blaxploitation Gundam but don't have many ideas.

I'm thinking the Bearguy's head for the afro with a normal Gundam head modded in and some kind of Dom's legs for the bellbottom pants look. Any suggestions?

>>14906765
I definitely want to see this

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>>14906765

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>>14906978

desu that looks more like those hats they wear in russia

>>14906978
>destroyed universe meme isn't dead still

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>>14906993

fucking word filters

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Behold, the Man Rodi is ASSEMBLED. I didnt have a stand on hand for posing so jury rigged one out of some loose backpack parts and a pair of pliers for the time being.

I'm just gonna leave it like this until my other 2 kits I need for my custom Rodi project reach me. Once the parts I need are here I'll break it back down for sanding/painting and post the final build

If anyone is considering buying one of these for themself I'd be happy to answer any specific questions about the kit for you

NEW THREAD

>>14907008
>>14907008
>>14907008

It's a few posts early, suck it up.

>>14906765
Don't forget bling everywhere. And you need GN Archers, FAGs and Gundam Portents as honeys.