Gunpla/Plamo Thread

>>14964892
>GM

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***Graze Group Build***
Rules:
Pick any 1/144 or 1/100 kit from the Graze family (Pic Related), and paint and customize it. As far as customizing it, I'm going to place a limit on that. The limit is 50% additions to the kit.
To define 50%, look at it like this, you could take a Graze Ritter and replace the arms (including shoulders), legs, and backpack and I'd call that 50%. I'm not counting handheld bits in that. If you're unsure of something please ask in IRC, the thread, or email.

Start Date: 12/1/16
Due Date: 2/1/17
Submissions go to
[email protected]
Submission format
Please submit photos in jpg via a compressed file (zip, rar, or 7zip), please don't link images to imgur or photobucket or the like. Please also include some WIP photos of the kits being constructed/painted/etc as validation that it's your custom.

So im doing some christmas shopping for myself and i cant think of a good suit to pair with the Rx-178 and by that i was thinking of titan or feddie suits but the best i could think of is the Palace Athene any suggestions?

>>14964910
Super Gundam for the G-Defensor, Hyaku Shiki, Rick Dias, Nemo, Psyco Gundam, Zeta Gundam, ZZ, Bawoo.

>>14964901
Do you actually use IRC?

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>>14964911
seems like a lot of alex love recently. that new twilight axis hg looks a lot like the baby of alex + nu.

>>14964936
Stop replying to the spamming shitposter.

>>14964935
I don't personally, but it's there in the OP so I left it in there. I'm more likely to respond in the threads since I keep it open at all times. Email's fine too, I'll be checking it regularly once the groupbuild starts up.

>>14964901
Is there a prize?

>>14964977
Pride and satisfaction in your work

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>>14964977
I wasn't gonna do prizes originally, but I suppose a single first place prize wouldn't hurt. How's the sound of any two 1/144 kits or a single 1/100 kit under $40 sound?

This Thanksgiving, what I'm thankful for is groupbuild dude

>>14964990
>>14964911

Interesting. Having built the 1.0 Kampfer, and been interested in the ALEX for a while, I'd be curious to see what the precise differences in the kits are.

>>14965028
None, they're part of the MG GM Sniper II display.

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>there are people right here, right now,
>UN
>FUCKING
>IRONICALLY
>believe the dollar store bootleg paint garbage on left looks better than the right

>>14965039
who are you quoting

is $32 a good price for the RG Sinanju? This includes shipping and taxes, etc.

>>14965110
Yes

>>14965039
Learn how to paint and modify, crybaby.

>>14965110
It's a shitpost. The one on the left is the old MG Hyaku Shiki, the one on the right is the new one. Also, greentext doesn't necessarily mean quoting.

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welp
I guess I tried

anyone seen MG Kampfer in stock anywhere?

>>14965130
What happened

>>14965127
looks like you don't know who you're quoting

>>14965130
>Gold weathering on red

Don't know why you didn't just use silver, but it's not completely awful. Good edgework at least

>>14965133
Well, that's embarrassing.

>>14965130
Trying for battle damage or weathering? Also, what exactly did you do?

>>14965130

Tell me what your plan was and how you feel it turned out

Not kidding, it's helpful to do this

>>14965130
Bit heavy on the dry brushing there. Also, a lot of it doesn't make sense (eg. panel line on the back of the left shoulder)
When weathering, less often more. It's a good idea to take breaks so you can get a good look at what it really looks like

>>14965132
I went for gold paint on red parts and I don't know why as >>14965136 said.

>>14964994
Sounds like I'll be buying myself a graze for Christmas

>>14964987
This too

>>14965039
yeah i have the shiny one and its alright but it looks like poo and doesnt sit well with other kits on my shelf

>>14965139
Pure instinct but it turned out meh

>>14965150

so you learned instinct is retarded when you're trying to make something look like something and you should think about the end result in the future?

>>14965155
I guess yeah.
Well nevermind this was my first drybrushing.

>>14965157

It's really not a loss when you learn something from it, it's a big part of this

Does anyone know much about the limited edition stands are coming with the IBO kits? I bought a few of the kits cause I just finished first season of IBO and wanted some, and also because I have no stands.

okay so me and my gunplabuddies were looking at some shitty leddit kits, and we saw a really bad one with no stickers, no panel lining, no anything. Naturally, we found it funny, and i started cracking snapfit-kun jokes. However, some of them didn't know who he was, so i tried to look some of his picture up online. I found what seems to be his tumblr, and...

The kits. They all had stickers. Is that tumblr account a fake or did snapshit miraculously improve while i was away? This can't be real.

>>14965169

>Hey guys, I'm TOTALLY not snapshit and please DON'T visit my STUPID IDIOT tumblrrrr and comment about it xD

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>>14965169
I only put the eye and camera stickers on nowadays. My G-Reco kits are sticker-laden, someday I will do more with them but not today.

>>14965169
I don't care if he ever improves, he's still a scourge to the general. If he improved and somehow got good will with us I might care. His other personas can all go under the same category.

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>>14965216
uhhh
>>14965222
god fucking dammit you ruined my joke you shit

>>14965231
dangit bernard

>>14965231

get fucked you're so predictable

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>>14965231
>Digimon

>>14965231
Yo what's that code geass link nigga?

>>14965231
anon.... so many tabs..

>>14965231
nice crop fuckface

How is testors liquid cement? I can't find my tamiya cement anywhere so I'm stuck with this one

Is it alright or should I just buy another tamiya liquid cement?
It's really bothering me how a command antenna is broken

Any good black friday sales for gunpla anywhere?

I really like the Revive RX-78-2, I think maybe even more than the RG. It seems like the right blend of the animation concept and "realism"

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>>14965284
>Barely 49 tabs
>A lot

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>>14965320

Still have to do detail paint/wash and weapons but genuinely enjoying the kit so far. I have a guntank on deck after this guy, and then will get a revive guncannon to finish the set.

>>14965039
>Fuck personal preference I'm going to be a nazi and tell you that this kit should only look a certain way

>>14965373
>nazi
wow

>>14965373
What does national socialism have to do with anything?

BE MORE INTERESTING

how do i paint

Just ordered an AGE-1 Normal HG for something to work on next week, how is it? Been meaning to pick one up for years and just never bothered for some reason.

>>14965529
Handpainting, spray paint or airbrush? Depends which one. YouTube is your friend.
>>14965551
For the time and up to now it holds up very well, same with the grunts from that series. Solid choice.

>>14965578
Which one produces the best results while being light on the wallet?

>>14965660
Depends, what are you painting

Any other cluttered kits where I can attach as much weapon to it as possible? Already got FA Unicorn and Astraea Type-F.

>>14965670
Perfect Strike

>>14965660
Depends on your maximum budget. Airbrush actually is the lowest cost over time, but it has a very high initial cost compared to the others.

If you're looking to spend no more than $X/lifetime, spray painting is the easiest/cost-efficient, but spray cans are tempermental. You can easily ruin a project with a single bad layer of spray paint when it's too humid, too cold, etc.

Hand painting never works out well aside from small details no bigger than square 3-5mm. Any larger and brush strokes become readily apparent.

>>14965670
The Thunderbolt FAG or Psycho Zaku.

>>14965284
Nigga I have over 300. The sadpanda and all the porn I never get around to is a worse backlog than my gunpla kits taking up space.
>it swells to over 500 during post-comiket season
>my penis just can't keep up, I'm not 18 anymore

>>14965660
Handpainting is cheap to set up but you'll get worse results than airbrushing, results also largely depend on your skill with the brush and getting the paint consistency just right
Airbrushing is expensive to set up and requires a bit of knowledge but after that the costs will be the about the same as hand painting, and the painting itself is pretty easy
Spraypainting will give you something inbetween airbrushing and handpainting but the cost of spray cans will start to add up rather quickly. You also have less control over how you paint when using spraycans

If you're planning to paint a lot, get an airbrush, or go for handpainting if you don't have enough money and don't want to save for an airbrush
I wouldn't go for spraycans personally considering you can't mix them, so you end up having to buy a different can for each color

>>14965529

it's really easy you just THE GUIDE

>>14965660

Topcoating the bare plastic gives you the best results for the least money. Most handpainters I've seen on here can't even match NOT painting.

>>14965691
Just hand paint with enamel because that stuff dries in a nice even coat due to their long cure time

Mixing gloss and semi gloss mr. colors.

is that a good idea? Whats the result?

And mr. Super clear semi gloss after painting then detail, and a top coat.

am i doing this right?

>>14965705
test it on a fucking spoon

>>14965705

how do you have these supplies and not know this shit

do you just buy whatever you see on weeb blogs or something

do you even have an airbrush?

>>14965711
i dont even own any paint yet god damn. I have zero fucking supplies.

I do have an airbursh, never used it though.
i wouldnt be asking if I had this stuff.

Calm down anon.

>>14965551
It's great. Probably my favorite HG.

>>14965713
read the guide

>>14965713

well FINE

Mixing gloss and semigloss paints is not a big deal for us because post people gloss coat anyway at some point. If you buy flat paint you will regret it because it's inherently textured, so gloss coat stays pretty textured. Generally get gloss when you can.

>>14965673
Speaking of Perfect Strike, is the backpack from the HG remaster version compatible with the new revive version?

>>14965713
>>14965705
>am i doing this right

stop pretending then faggot

>>14965578
>>14965718
Well that's good to hear, looking forward to it.

>paint goes on too thick
>rub it off with thinner
>overthin the FUCK out of the paint because fuck me if it goes on too thick again
>apply it
>it doesn't sit perfectly even and now I have an unlevel paintjob
fuck me
can I just like take 600 grit to it and "polish" it until it's level or do I just have to apply more paint and make sure it levels out this time?

>>14965743

you better let that shit fully cure but yes you can

how defined is the area? I had a flake lift off when removing masking one time, and I masked AROUND the chip and basically "filled the pool" and everything was the same height

Guys I have a question, I'm looking into start painting my kits, for now I want to try hand brushing, I'm gona use Tamiya acrylics is what we have for the most part in my country, my question is, Is the Tamiya lacquer thinner safe to use indoors? I have read that the regular one isn't so great

>>14965736
don't be bully.

>>14965775
If you have proper ventilation, you'll be fine. If not prop up a fan by a window so you get fresh air coming into the room/sucking out the fumigated air.

>>14965787
So you wouldn't recomend it if i wanted to paint in a cold night?
If i wanted to do that the regular one would be okey?

>>14965787
Different anon. What does "proper ventilation" even mean in terms of modeling? Aside from having a spraybooth when painting and wearing a respirator. It comes up when people bring up safety but I can't get a good grip on the details.

>>14964936
It's most likely the Alex, granted it'll be called something else as it's not experimental anymore. Gm custom and gm cannon 2 rely heavily off its frame as it was. Then add the experimental 360 cockpit way before it was normalized in suits.

It was tuned for new types specifically Amuro. The war ended, it was heavily damaged and put in storage. Some manga already show Titans found and repair it. So either they keep that idea, upgrade to full armor, something happens and further upgraded to what it is now.

Don't underestimate it either just because it's overhauled tech from yeeeeears before. Pale rider was upgraded and took on a repaired queen mansa and char counter attack era units. Probably gonna destroy it, tie up loose ends.

>>14965678
I would argue that handpainting is cheaper than spray painting, but the learning curve is much higher. Also, it's not impossible to get good results handpainting, it's not even hard to get acceptable results, but it does take a lot more time and patients

>>14965775

what country

>>14965834

if someone is young enough to be into gunpla and so poor they can only afford to handbrush they should be working instead

>>14965775
Laquer thinner will make handpainting a pain in the ass. It will dry extremely quickly, which means more obvious brush strokes. If you're going to use tamiya acrylics for handbrushing, try thinning with their acrylic thinner, or even just with water

>>14965836
Spain

>>14965847
I suppose so, but that's a different argument

>>14965853
I see... I'll try the water first since it's the easiest one

>>14965854

Both portugal and france have vallejo distributors, maybe grab some there if it's close? Really is a lot better to handpaint with.

http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/es_ES/distribuidores

>>14965869

>paint called vallejo isn't even sold in Spain

I did not expect this

>>14965869
I know vallejo the paint comes thinned already, my understanding was that they aren't as good for handpainting because of that but i'll grab some colors and give it a go

>>14965870
Nah we have it's just that I read that because it comes thinned it wasn't as good for handpainting

Thanks for the answers anons, and sorry for any misspelling

>>14965892

I always thin vallejo paints with a little bit of water for handbrushing and they work really well

>>14965898
It's dificult to find colors that match the gundam ones?

I'm considering breaking down and buying a Unicorn kit, but I'm not really sure where to start. I despise the Full Armor mode and would like to avoid it, but the thing looks so plain without the extra weapons. Which kit is gonna give me the most bang for my buck while still looking good? The PG is well outside of my price range.

>>14965924

Not really, they are very easy to mix and you can just make any colors you would need. They also have a large variety of premade colors. Because they are acrylics with no solvents you can mix them and store them in little plastic bottles even.

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>>14964880
Say I wanted to have both a 1/100 Rebake and Gusion. Could I just build a Rebake from the combo kit and then use the inner frame of a cheaper kit like the normal Barbatos for the Gusion? I'm looking around and it seems this way but I'd like to be sure. Dalong is just a little indecipherable sometimes.

anyone else going to gundamplanet tomorrow? we should have a really gay /m/eetup/

>>14965691
Dont listen to this anon about hand painting. It can look just as smooth as airbrushing, it takes a great deal more effort and time. There are, however, airbrush techniques that you just cant realistically replicate by hand painting.

>>14965955
This was something that was questioned a lot when the kit first came out. It turns out that there are slight differences, such as in the waist, that prevent you from doing so. With modification however, it is possible.

>>14964936
God i hope that's not final, it looks fucking archaic

pre ordered unicorn colours marasai MG

does anyone have the regular marasai MG?

I wanna switch the power cables. what do you guys think

>>14965997
I see now, it doesn't look too bad. Though it's annoying that Bandai would package them in such way that no matter what you'd have to junk at least one set of armor pieces. Too bad I can't use the 6th form frame and just keep the dinosaw and mace.

>>14966025
It's modified from the old HGUC NT-1 Alex. You can see the thighs and upper arms are taken straight from it with no modification

>>14966034
Yeah, they went full jew on it

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Bawoo is looking pretty good.

http://hobby.dengeki.com/reviews/298383/

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Anyone else going to get this?

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>tfw considering buying another kit for foil stickers since I ruined a bunch
It's annoying since I can't find anywhere that does the shiny green

Also, would you guys recommend the HG Gouf Custom, or the MG?

>>14966093
both are good so it's down to preference really

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>>14966093
The HGUC actually has a small peg inside the arm connector that enables it to support the full weight of the gatling cannon.

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I'm thinking of grabbing the Astaroth or the Astaroth Origin, if anyone has them how are they overall?

>>14964936
>BanJew releases another shit to earn shekels instead of releasing a REVIVE Alex.

>>14966093
JUST PAINT IT YOU SHIT. It would cost less than a whole model.

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>>14964936
Looks like it will only have a 90 degree bend on the arms and legs. I don't buy this shit.

>>14965130
Not bad but it looks like it got some rust or something.

>yfw RE/100 Mars Zeon suits
>yfw RE/100 RF Zaku

>>14966105
They're quite decent kits. However I hate the weapons rack of the origin as they always hinder the movements of left arm.

>>14966101
>>14966099
Ah that's alright then, was just curious since the MG is a little bit older was all, may go with the HGUC more likely

>>14966108
I don't have any painting tools etc for it right now, and it's the tiny lettering etc that i've rubbed off of them
Plus I can get it for cheap with some voucher codes

>>14965966
>FILEYOURNUBS

>>14966105
I have the origin, and its pretty great. All the IBO kits are great DESU

I don't have the necessary space to paint my kits, what's a good alternative if I wanted to panel Line or change the color from yellow to gold?

>>14966129
>Snapshit
>Filing nubs
You might as well ask a tiger to go vegan, or Richard Dawkins to believe in a higher power again.

>>14966140
I don't really care about snapfit-kun but how does he even put these things together without trimming the nubs?

I have to trim them for things to even fit.

>>14966093
MG gouf custom is one the earliest MGs and it kinda sucks.

Articulation is poor and seam lines abound. I hear the MG 2.0 Gouf is quite good though

>build fighting mech
>give it a kick ass fighting pose
>build normal mech
>can only give it a "i has gun" pose
Is there somewhere i can get ideas for good poses? I'm really unimaginative.

>>14966093
I have the MG and really did not enjoy putting it together, it's a boring build because of its age and has very little range of motion. And I don't think I'm ever going to want to put power cable rings together again, I guess it must be an acquired taste/skill for Zakufriends.

>>14966303
The boxes and instructions themselves usually have a few decent poses.

>>14966303
Read the guide.

>>14966057
If I have the money, fuck yes I am. TV ver best ver.

>>14966057
Yes. I also want to pick up the Shin Godzilla color Rebuild kit.

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Is this pose possible to pull of with HG or MG?

>>14965988
You can't just say that without giving any sort of proof

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>>14966356
Everyone who saw this is thinking the same thing: Revive fucking when?

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Thank fucking god, even if Shino's faggot ass gets the Flauros, at least it won't be fucking pink.

>>14966570
Probably still being worked on and hasn't been painted yet.

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>>14965734
Yes. The revive aile pack has the same connectors to the perfect pack. Just swap the battery extension on the new aile revive pack

>priming thin yellow parts with white
This is hell, if I hold them next to a light source they just end up shining yellow anyway.

>>14965988
Any tips for hand brushing then?

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>>14966570
Shino's pink gundam > your taste

>>14964901
Grimgerde is a Graze?

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>This thing can actually be posed with the fuckhuge sword with no external support at all
Bandai did it the absolute madmen

(Please don't bully the fucked-up Exia on the right, that was my first kit and I still haven't got around to fix it up)

>>14966895
Aaaand once again I forgot 4chan doesn't like my phone's EXIF rotation tags. How typical.

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>>14966898
>phoneposter
>unloading a huge picture for no reason at all
>snapshitter

>>14966885
Grimgerde to the Graze is like Tallgeese to the Leo

>>14966918
you forgot
>00 fag

>>14966662
Red is way worse imo
>>14966822
Use primer, apply thin coats

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>>14966895

Anyone got that G-Line resin kit? I just discovered this MS via GGen Genesis and I fell in love with it - only to sadly find out there are no Bandai kits of it.

I never got a resin before, I assume it's harder than a regular kit?

How hard do you think it would be to custom build one?

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>>14966965

>>14966965
Thank you Anon, I really screwed up that post.
>>14966985
kek
>>14966924
Actually I only got the Qan[T] because HLJ had a pretty good sale on it in late September, around 1650 yen or so. Haven't bought another 00 kit in years.

>>14966662
Try priming it with grey first, then prime white over that.

>>14966969
It's a statue I think, it's not a figure.

>>14966918
(you)

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Graze and Razor kitbash for the group build

Too edgy?

>>14967075

Looks pretty good. Just don't paint it black and red.

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>>14967080
Not sure what colors to use yet, but I saw a Zaku recently with a really nicelooking color scheme that I've been thinking of using too maybe

>>14967075
Looks like it might be pretty cool actually. As the other anon said, the color scheme will be what saves or ruins it.

>>14967075
Hey guy, same idea anon from earlier. How did you attach the shoulder pieces for future reference?

>>14967075
Can we talk about that google image search in the background

>>14967210
KEK, good eye anon.

>>14967075
>not looking at labia piercings

immature

>>14967036
I guess I'll have to try that. I tried adding an extra layer of white today and it's helping, but not quite white yet.

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>>14967197
I'm only testing out what looks good on it currently so all I've really done is trim the pegs on the shoulder piece thing so it doesn't block the way when I jam the razor shoulder armor on there. Friction is doing an okay job at keeping it on for now.

Once I start doing more serious work on the kit, I'll trim the pieces so that it can slide down more and have a better fit, and then cement the shoulder armor on that one piece or something. It doesn't seem too hard to do, so you shouldn't have any trouble either.


>>14967234
>labia piercings
Come on anon, have some class

>>14967100
Thomas?

>>14967283
Who?

>>14965126
Then why the fuck wouldn't I pick the kit with superior proportions and engineer, you dumbfuck nostalgiafag?

>>14964901
well shit, I got a few graze kit spare parts that can probably make one and a half graze of mix match parts but I dont think it count as they were snap built ages ago to test fit kit bashes.

>>14967282
Great, thanks. Yeah, the support piece is roughly box shaped so I had thought it could work.

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>>14967283
made me laugh

>>14967287
pic related

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>>14967388

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>>14967513
The Grimoire got some great customs

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Well it really does look better with silver instead of gold.

>>14967719
Oh yeah

>>14967552
That is fucking awesome.

>>14967728

we keep you here so the rest of the world doesn't have to deal with you

we are heroes

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>>14967075
If you noticed the Gunpla first before the breasts, I have good news for you!

>>14966570
WHY DOES HE WEAR THE MASK?

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>>14967765

Does anyone here have the HG Age 1 normal?

Would you mind letting me see how the feet and ankle armor connect to the legs?

>>14967805

just go to dalong

>>14967841
Literally who?

>>14967885
This is some advance tech shitposting.

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Turn x is done. Great kit.

>>14966822
1) Buy the expensive brushes
2) Use acrylic paints, they are safer for the plastic and cheaper to use
3) THIN YOUR PAINTS.
4) Make sure to remove excess paint from your brush tip
5) Apply thin, and I mean THIN, layers and let each layer dry for at least 12 hours
6) Keep your coats as even as you can
7) Don't plaint very light colours of dark colours. You will wind up having to put too many layers to mask the dark under coat. The paint will be visibly thick at best and full of little textures at worst.
8) If you have to paint a very light colour over a dark colour, like white over black, just dry brush on a single layer of barely thinned paint. If you do it right it wont look any different than the rest of the paint. The same come be done with any small highlight regardless of colour
9)If you are doing a reverse wash, use an enamel coat for the highlight layer, and an acrylic coat for background layer. The enamel is tougher and wont have any chance of coming off from the solvents used for removing the acrylic, it also mikes the highlights shiny which gives them a nice pop.
10) If you do fuck up and leave textures, finger prints, or brush marks on your paint, you can always gently buff them out with a piece of 2000 grit sand paper, before applying and gloss coating

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>>14967946

side

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>>14967951
back

>>14967719
Just a touch heavy with the weathering on the upper body IMO but other than that it looks great, anon.

>>14967719
You should add some more weathering other than drybrushing stuff if the paint's this messed up.

>>14966570
PLEASE BE PINK

>>14967946
>>14967951
>>14967956

That looks great, nice work

>>14967761
what's going on in this picture

Is the ComArt paint that comes with some HPCS airbrushes good for plamo? My cousin surprised me with one and I'm wondering if I can use it for some projects I have in mind.

>>14967946
>>14967951
>>14967956
It's bootiful. What did you like about the kit?

>>14968179

use it on paper to learn how to paint with the brush

they are nontoxic and matte, so likely not great for this, but other people might have used them and can say with experience

Who were the winners of the last group build?

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>>14968266
HOT DAMN that is beautiful

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microscopic pic

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>>14968283

nigga that aint impressive you can literally brush paint onto something flat and just press these face down into it, you don't even need to use a paintbrush on the piece

>>14968283
That's no microscopic.

Try building a 1/700 ship model and then come back.

Bandai is babby tier at every level.

>>14968309

you and your 1/700 ship meme every time this shit comes up oh my god

>>14968311
[picture of shit on penny]
bandaib babbby tear hurrdurrdurrrr

>>1496818
It's a really unique mg. You won't build anything like it. Great acessories. good articulaton considering it does the split up into parts gimmick.

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>>14968309

boats are impressive

>>14968320

>muh PE helicopturrrrrs

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Spent the day messing with and sticking more things onto the edge Graze. Kinda bummed that I won't be able to work on this more until after the semester is over though.

But damn, I never knew kit bashing was so much fun. I'm glad the last group build got me inspired enough to try this.

>>14966570
They're still restoring it. Expect a pink paint job during its debut.

>>14968406

I'd stick with the regular graze legs.

>>14968406
How'd the legs fit on? Aren't they meant to snap onto AGE 1 legs?

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>>14968428
You think so? That option is gone for me now since I completely destroyed the lower half of the inner leg frame to make the legs fit.

>>14968448
Yeah, it wasn't easy. Well maybe it is, and it just seemed hard for me since this is my first time doing anything like this.
What I did was cut out all the pegs and other things inside the Razor legs to make it hollow enough to have the inner frame fit in. It still didn't fit though, so I cut the frame too and now it looks like this.

Someone else could probably think of a much better and cleaner way of doing this, but this is my first time doing any modding/kit bashing so it's kinda messy.

>>14968471

It'd have been a lateral move anyways. Looks good with either legs.

>>14968276

That was the /toy/ winner. My bad.

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>>14968240
Third Place

How's the quality of the 00 season 1 1/100's? I was thinking of getting the Kyrios and Dynames.

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>>14968549
Second place

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>>14968568
And first place

>>14968549
>>14968568
>>14968572

Those all look great. I personally like the G bouncer the most. Good job, anons!

>>14968572
I wish this guy had taken some closer shots. I like it, but there's so much empty, wasted space in each picture.

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>>14968583
If you think you can do better, feel free to prepare for the next month's groupbuild

>>14968609
i know it's tempting but please don't reply to the shitposter

>>14968568
>Graze with a beam weapon
That should have been an automatic disqualification.

>>14968609
I'm still surprised the FA Extreme didn't place in top 3, the builder did such a good job with all the scratch built parts and painting.

>>14968609
It amazes me how little effort went into most of these. I shouldn't have expected better from /m/.

>>14968609
>those two grazes
Are the entries for this contest going to be like that too?

>>14968662
Don't know about the guy who made the green Graze but I'm not entering this time, I don't need another Graze kit and I need to practice my shitty painting skills before I re-enter, so you don't have to worry about that.

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>>14968631
To be fair, the gap between second and third place was larger than the gap between third and fourth place. I really dug the top-4 entries.

>>14968645
>>14968662
The High-Mobility Ground Type one said that was his first time hand painting in the thread, and the Knight Custom said in his email that he was afraid to even post his in the threads due to his skill level.

Everyone's first kit they work on is usually pretty bad, whether it's their first build or first paint job.

I don't get why anons are shitting on the contestants of the last group build, unless those anons are snapshit or just shitty people

some novice/snapfit builders just went and did something outside of snapfitting a kit, you should be happy for them regardless of how it turns out

how about we all just enjoy the hobby

>>14965955
What unit is this?

>>14968735
i think thats the hi res 1/100 barbatos

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>>14968735
Barbatos hi res.

I like the idea of the Hi-Resolution thing, I hope they improve the quality and make it a whole line with of other series as well.

>>14968749
Why dude its just a MB by another name

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>>14965955
Everyone post your favorite dalong google translations

>>14968761
No it's not. They're model kits for one, they're like half the price, and they've got way more detail.

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>>14968631
thanks man, to be honest, i just need to get better at painting. planning to enter the groupbuild again, but still thinking of ideas

>>14968791
Good luck on the next group build anon.

Did you hand brush or use an airbrush?

>>14968800
i airbrushed the larger parts and handpainted the details. this was my second try at airbrushing and i still need to improve

>>14968837
Wow, you did a pretty great job, especially if it's just your second try.

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>>14968288

enough building, time to call it a day

>>14968876
>dat head

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>>14968894
delet this

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Nobel gundam is such a fun kit to play with

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>>14968383
not all helis are PE.

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>>14969007

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I just spent three fucking hours de-nubbing and assembling a kit.

THREE FUCKING HOURS OF MY LIFE GONE. I haven't even lined and coated it yet and that's next on the agenda.

I used to be a snapshitter and I liked it, or at least was okay with it. I was always disappointed with how my gunpla looked, but I could at least play with them.

Now I know what I'm doing because you taught me and gave me resources I never had ten years ago for gunpla. Now I can't STOP doing what I know is what I'm supposed to do.

I used to snapshit a kit together and have it ready to have mock battles in an hour and a half.

Release me from this hell you've brought me to, /gunpla/.

>>14968549
I like it, I just can't get over how silly it is to write "CUSTOM" in katakana it is on the chest. It's like a guy wanting to tell everybody else that he's totally an Ace pilot and he's totally got a lot of kills that were really confirmed and he's a famous guy so you don't gotta check on it.

>>14969037
Heh, you haven't even gotten to seam welding, puttying, priming, seam welding and puttying again because the putty didn't correct it all, painting, waiting between coats and then for a day to days depending on weather, coating so you can detail it, and then coating again for it to be "done".

It gets better anon, it gets much better

But for real, try painting a kit if you haven't, it may be intimidating but the results and process are pretty neat and very fulfilling.

>>14969044
oh god I didn't even mention a lot of that time assembling was cementing

I still have to sand off those fucking cement weld overflows

god fucking fuck

>>14969047
Don't worry anon. It's a hobby, not a job. There's time when you have time, don't force yourself when you don't feel like building. The best tool is morale.

Could I melt down some runners in acetone to make a sort of cement?
When using ABS in 3D printing it's a common trick to put printing residues in a flask with acetone and melt it down to make something that works like a cement but I don't know if it works for other plastics like PS

>>14969037
>finally get a good looking paintjob after lots of effort
>go to pose the model
>all the paint near the joints or anywhere that there's movement comes right off
Oh, ok, cool.

>using a hobby knife to custom cut masking tape on a part
>knife slips and and scrapes off a noticeable amount of paint
>you had already masked and painting two nearby sections

>get jumped on by a bug while airbrushing
>drop a part with wet paint on it onto carpet

>finding fingerprints in your painted part

>go to remove some fluid from around a decal so it will dry more evenly
>the decal gets sucked up and attaches to the napkin
This ones's not so bad, pretty easy to fix. But every time it happens I feel like I'm being punished.

Gunpla can be tough. But it's one of those hobbies where when you do it right and it looks good, you look like a goddamn magician. And there's such a surreal satisfaction to applying the final topcoat to a model that has all of its panel lining and decaling done.

>>14969052
Melting chopped up runners from model kits in a jar of plastic cement (which contains acetone, as that's relevant to your search) is a way to make a specifically colored putty-like mixture from what I've read. I.E melt blue runners, get blue putty, stuck into the blue model piece and sand for same-color indistinguishable seam without the use of paint.

>>14969059
>using a hobby knife to custom cut masking tape on a part
>knife slips and and scrapes off a noticeable amount of paint
>you had already masked and painting two nearby sections
literally retarded

>>14969065
I'm not proud of being clumsy and not the brightest. Just giving examples of legit hardships I've encountered (or put upon myself).

>>14969052
Yeah, it's a somewhat common trick. You can melt HIPS in plastic cement, which is probably some cocktail of acetone and other junk (including HIPS resin melted in there).

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>>14969052
>>14969060

>>14969008
What the fuck? Who has this kind of patience?

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Here my groupbuild idea, kinda based on the srw V main mech... not the most original idea .... want to rate the concept

>>14969376
I feel like you're onto something, I dig it

>>14968609
Seeing those hi-mobility types makes me wonder, what would a lo-mobility type look like? Other than a ground type.

>>14969396
Fat with loads of big guns

>>14969376
Swap the legs for more arms!

Skip leg day!

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>>14969037
I spend up to 5 doing that, 3 hours is nothing

Though desu thats because im watching gundam and patlabor atm while i build so it takes longer

>>14969037
So, what could you do with that 3 hours if you had not been building gunplas?

>>14969090
You know? I could've gone my whole life not knowing this information.

Now I do, and my life has improved. Thank you.

>>14969090
This can be used for Unicorn (or Fafner) crystals if you use a clear runner, FYI.

>>14969592
I could have masturbated to code geass porn

a hundred and eighty times!

>>14969376
That's looking good, anon

>>14969037
>Now I can't STOP doing what I know is what I'm supposed to do.
I know that feel.

>>14966110
are you blind?

Guys I got a question.

Can you combine Hyakuren chest and waist with Raise legs and Ritter head and arms ?
I think that would make a good mix.

>>14969951
What is this?

>>14969992
Pretty sure it's the base from that new campaign.

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>>14969951
Post 'em

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>>14970019

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>>14970019
dont have them yet but these will be arriving in a couple of weeks

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>>14970019
I'm going to get most of them anyway.
Except clones as Aim'as Kyakuren or Gusion and Kimaris.
Also except Barbatos, Grimgerde and Lupus too cause I got/will have them in 1/100 scale.

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>>14970019
Bingo I guess.

>>14970038
How many more years are you going to be here snapshit

>>14970135
thats just a line bingo

you gotta get the whole thing

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Double Bingo fuckers.

I just finished building the Zeta Plus A1 as my first older MG and how the Hell do I connect this thing to an action base? Only the fork thingie fits and that doesn't hold it in place at all. Is there no other way?

>>14965660
My question is: Which is least likely to kill me if I don't have a mask?

I just want to paint my Kampfer's arms dark blue so they match up with my Kampfer Amazing.

>>14970386
You have to balance it on the forks. Just tilt up the forks until it is holding it in place like a booster seat.

>>14970400
Oh man, that really limits cool poses but I guess it can't be helped.

>>14970455
It's a little unfortunate, but older transformable models had a LOT of problems. Be thankful that the Zeta Plus A1 and C1 don't fall apart at the slightest breeze or have their connectors snap off.

>>14970342
>13/24
Save some for the rest of us!

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So I have begun building the HG Gyancelot. This kit is the first I plan on dedicating actual work to.

I've bought some recommended supplies for removing seam lines and some tamiya primer/paints so I can hopefully have a very nice looking kit once this is done. I plan on following the tutorials laid about by the youtube posted.

https://youtu.be/6H_M2sNFlZA

I am going to fully assemble the kit first so I can easily group parts for painting without losing track too hard.

The painting itself will be by hand rather than airbrush. Any tips out there? I'm anticipating a lot of experimentation with paint mixing since I could only get flat purple tamiya paint and I'd have liked to add a metallic sheen to it so I was considering mixing the purple with some metallic silver.

>>14969508
[CLANG]

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Looking to start scratch building next year. Thinking of grabbing these as supplies. Anything I'm missing out on?

>>14970632
Im probably retarded but whats scratch building?

>>14970656
Making parts from scratch

>>14970656
building extra parts/customizing existing parts from scratch material.

>>14970632
Yes, you will want Dymo tape which guides the scriber very well. It is essentially a tough but removable plastic lining that sticks onto the part, so you cut against it and your scriber won't move.

>>14968609
Is Heavy Zaku gonna be a new meme?

>>14970399
Acrylic paint should be fine

>>14970803
HUH? THATS NOT A ROBOT ??

>>14970693
Thanks
Hadn't heard about this in any of the research I've done so far

>>14970803
I don't get it, why post that here?

newfag, is airshit and snapshit the same poster?

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>>14970879
It's the shit poster the mods won't do anything about.
>>14970890
Might as well be.

>>14970894
Well yea I know that, but why? Snapshit spams the same barely assembled kits every thread, but then there's Walking Dead anon and maybe this guy. What're they working toward?

>>14970894
Mods here are useless. I got a 3 day ban for reporting one of his posts

>>14970905
attention, by trying to troll the threads and samefagging for (you)s. just filter him and go back to building.

>>14970915
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>>14970930
dude u'r epic...

How many shitposters are there?

>>14970986
There's Snapshit and Airshit, Black Knight, Art Rhymes, Walking Dead, I think there was that Silverhawk guy for a week, and now this guy.

I almost want to try figuring out a way to get all of them into one custom for a contest.

>>14970994
What did Silver Hawk guy do?

>>14970994
Black Knight is just an oldfag /m/ shitposter, he's not like the Snapshit duo and Imagespammer/Walking Dead dude who are all the same person holy shit who would have thought.

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? :)

>>14971058
Think you need to drop the yellow. Maybe use the grey for the head instead.

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>>14971072
Its supposed to be based off of Saber from Fate/Stay Night. Her hair is blonde so I wanted to do some sort of yellowy/blonde on atleast one part of the head.

>>14971097
Ah, okay. Probably just a paler yellow than that, and a command horn or the Nobel's bangs.

>>14971097
i'd recommend maybe only the top part to be yellow, and maybe change it to a lighter yellow. maybe use the shwalbe or the ritter version so you can "replicate" the side skirts on saber. maybe add more gold trimmings on the legs too

>>14971111
You think I'd be able to somehow incorporate Nobels bangs onto a grazes head? Or I wonder if just swapping out the whole head would work.

>>14971123
Good idea. I never thought about the side skirts on the other kits. I'll look into that.

>>14971097
>>14971111
>>14971123
>>14971126
Why do something like this? It's not like it's actually going to resemble Saber aside from the most basic of thing, a color scheme. If you want Saber get a Saber figure, or hell, customize Super Fumina.

>>14971126
Should be able to glue them on, but I think the Nobel's head mounts on a larger balljoint than the Graze has.

>>14971138
The build-off, dude

>>14971144
Not in the sense of why a Graze, why a model that doesn't remotely resemble a human?

>>14971058
use gold instead of yellow

>>14971138
Yeah I know that its not actually going to resemble Saber. I'm just taking the color scheme.

>>14971145
Why would I want to try and make Saber from a gunpla? Its only supposed to be loosely based off of her design.

>>14971145

The Graze actually seems like a decent fit, since it has the armored high heels and its shoulders sort of resemble the puffy sleeves.

>>14971159
The Graze Ritter would probably be better. Then you could just paint the headcrest itself gold and have it look alright with the colorscheme rather than painting the entire head, which makes it just look off compared to the rest of it.

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Was just about to start painting


how make better?

>>14971213
looks good to me, personally, i think the stars would look better on the shoulders and maybe make the hand covers a different color

>>14971213
Do you have any waterslides for a US flag to put on a shoulder or something?