Gunpla/Plamo General

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**MELEE GROUP BUILD**

Build/paint a robot with a loadout focused on melee combat! Anything from shields to swords to lances to axes to bare fists is fair game. There's no room for ranged weaponry here, however, so anything resembling a rifle, Rocket Launcher, cannon, pistol, or any other ranged weapon is a no-go (Small ranged weapons that are built into the kit itself like head vulcans are ok, however).

More clarification here:
>If the body part has a built-in ranged weapon (head/chest vulcans, claw beams, etc), then that's fine. If it's a separate part like the Alex's arm vulcans it's best to leave those off.
>Melee weapons with in-universe ranged capabilities (Like the Kimaris's lance or the Gyan's shield) are fair game too.
>Any scale and any brand is fair game here, you're not limited to just using Gundams this time around.


Send your entries to [email protected]
Start Date: 4/1
End Date: 5/31

i want to make love to Gundam Ez-8

>>15488506
>OP feels like he's Chris Jericho
FILTER IT MANNNNNNNNNNNN

>>15488506
>CONSENT
G-Saviour OP image fucking when.

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Anyone here make Dioramas? I remember a while back someone posted pictures of the custom stands he made. They look pretty damn cool and really gives the sense of scale to MS that is normally lost when they're 1/144.

>>15488542
I wanted to make it look like a war photo. If that Nazi Zulu guy could produce a good enough photo you bet I'm making a WWII alt-history Nat Geo cover.

>>15488549
No one has posted a high quality G-SAVIOUR yet.

>>15488534
i see you are a /m/an of taste as well

>>15488549
>acknowledging the existence of G-Savior

Wew, lad.

>>15488559
no I meant the OP message. That filter list awfully sounds like "The list of Jericho"

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>>15488562
>he doesn't want to acknowledge the sexiest Gundam

>>15488564
Yeah, but there are legitimately good reasons for it. Trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls and all that.

>>15488566
Where can I buy a G-Savior in Greenhills?

>>15488566
>dem hips
I take it back

>>15488573
WasabiToys never ever

>>15488566
say what you want about the movie, the savior is a pretty outlandish good looking gundam. needs more screen time

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>>15488589
forgot pic

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>>15488476
to answer this anon, its the hguc with Lightning Gundam Full Burnern parts added to the existing hard points

>>15488585
Wasabi isn't ever going to restock it. They probably don't even know what it is.

Currently looking for a good color scheme for the Amazing Strike Freedom.

>inb4 Kira Yamato colors

>>15488585
Wish they'd carry some P-Bandaids.

>>15488600
amuro ray colors

>>15488604
I think there's one shop in Shopsville Plus that has P-bandai.

>>15488609
Genki Panda is more reliable as a source.

>>15488605
>amazing Strike Freedom in Dijeh colors.

But yeah, I think I've fallen in love with the ASF's scheme. Removing the yellows I think really did the balance good.

>>15488609
There are a few. I just wish Wasabi Toys would carry them for pre-orders because I'm autistic and would rather do everything via their nice little website rather than sending Facebook messages and standing in line at fucking BDO.

>>15488636
>BDO
Goddamn that bank.Who the fuck has manual lines for banking in 2017?

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>>15488650
>He doesn't BPI

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can i get a quick WIP r8, should i go crazy with scribing?

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>>15488845
and a pose

>>15488558
This is incredibly cool I think I might try this

>>15488558
>no comfy watering hole with ancient overgrown MS
god it's EEnE jealousy all over again

>>15487980
Posting this again pls respond

>>15488845
>>15488848
I like the white highlights you added. Really makes the design feature pop out more imo

>>15488940
It can work if you follow the directions closely, meaning spray at around 20 celcius and 50% humidity, and are careful not to apply too much at once

>>15488980
They'd better put Eugene's face on the box.

>>15488980
THEY'RE STILL MILKING IBO?

>>15488980
I just want IBO gundams 2 through 7 to be fucking made

>>15489072
IBO is popular, more news at 10

>>15489091
Personally I'd like calamity war versions of all 72

>>15489092
Shhhhh, /m/ is still having a hard time accepting that, they get real badly triggered if you bring it up.

>>15489152
As would I but I'm not holding my breath on that

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>>15489072
Its not their fault IBOs designs are sexy af

>>15489208
Oh certainly, I know it'll never happen, but a nigga can dream.

>>15489210
Lewa pride world wide.

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>>15489222
>Lewa pride
Well hello there

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G-Self MG when?

>>15489335
Eventually.

>>15489335
You know damn well when.

>>15489335
Never :(

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Asking once more, is there a scale of bootleg hands that fit the crossbone X1 MG?

>>15488980
Reminds me alot of the G-Exes.

>>15489373
Bandai makes 1/100 scale hands in a variety of sizes

>>15489517
Oh great! Do you know a good place to order them?

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Does anyone have pictures/a guide for placing all the decals on the Origin Char's Zaku? They're not all shown in the manual. I know where most of them should go, like the thin lines, but I'm particularly confused about 20 and 21.

>>15488845
how DO you go about scribing? It's not something I've done before, but I'd like to add some more detail.

>>15489587
Only really try it if you will be painting your kits as there is no good way to fix errors without putty.

>>15489587
>>15489648
Hit post early. You will need a scriber, don't buy the one by tamiya grab a higher quality one. You're essentially just scratching in new panel lines.

Practice and patience will be needed and you will screw up or make bad looking ones.

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How do you guys prep for paint? I'm realizing that cutting and sanding everything beforehand then going to paint all at once is kind of a fucking mess.

I should have my groupbuild entry painted by the end of the week.

It occurs to me that I may want to practice airbrushing on a throwaway kit first.

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Is it wise to put another coat of flat clear? Can't completely remove the shine.

>>15489648
>>15489650
Heh, sounds like a fun challenge. Guess I'll be giving it a shot in the future. Thanks anon!

>>15488951
uhhh i cant tell if b8 or if you are just a newfag.....

anybody here have experience with spraying wicked colors? i'm spraying the pearl black now and it keeps clogging up my brush or just spraying weird. I did a full breakdown and clean of my airbrush and i'm thinning it some more even though it's "airbrush ready" but i keep getting clogging issues.

>>15489657
Nothing wrong with a bit of shine anon, it's not glossy at all so your flat coat worked.

nyaa is down guys what do we do-
oh wait, we've been paying for our entertainment from the very start

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>>15489811
Are you implying that we pay for the anime? I tried downloading the new Thunderbolt three hours ago, I failed.

>>15489816
He means we support the company by buying kits. No matter how shit the series is.

Newbie here. Having trouble finding the exact markers listed in the guide. If I just went to Hobby Lobby and asked for fine-point grey and black markers, would whatever comes up be suitable for a first-timer?

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What are you guys working on?

>>15489855
my hobby lobby didn't have any pens like the gundam panel line pens that worked for me at all. some people just use pencils and shit but it looks bad imo. if you want the specific ones look on amazon or usagundam. if you wanna get adventurous look into tamiya panel accent, it's just paint you drop in the panel line and it fills on it's own, shit is magical.

>>15489859
Would a Blick Art store? I feel like some place in a fairly large city should have 'super fine point' black and grey markers. I only ask because I'm going for a supply run tomorrow morning.

>>15489861
Just order some. I'm certain you could find some from any USA based store. Or just order them from amiami along with a kit so it's worth the shipping fee.

>>15489861
go ahead and check them out man but i've had no luck with em and i live in one of the largest cities in florida. if you have any like actual hobby shop for trains or model planes they are almost guaranteed to have panel lining tools whether it be the markers or accent paint.

>>15488573
>Greenhills

Holy shit, now I know who you are Finfag. Do you buy kits online? The prices in the toy stores are ridiculously high, I'm looking for alternative.

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I'm working on making this bigass fuckin' Zaku less boring as shit. You'd think Bandai would work one or two interesting gimmicks into something the size of a small child, but no, it's just a roided out high grade.

So far I've converted the leg tubes from solid chunks of plastic to having coax wire as a flexible core, then I'll do the rest of the tubes the same. It's probably the most pointless upgrade, but it adds a bit of fun to it.

After that, I'll probably make some thrusters out of aluminum on the lathe to replace the flat bottom molded in shit Bandai cut corners with.

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>>15489858
working on painting my exia amazing, this pearl black is a pain to spray but looks nice.

>>15489726

I would try adding a couple drops of thinner into the paint cup. Its possible your needle is to small, so a little thinner should help.

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>>15489858

My Destiny

>>15488594
>>15488566
G-Saviour's design is cool, but the movie and its on-screen (yes on screen, fuck retconning stats that has no relation to how it behave on screen, even MS from Gundam X appear more nimble than the pieces of molasses they call MS in the movie) is utter garbage.

>>15489240
Take that back. Take that back right now.

>>15489928
Is DMG your destiny?

>>15489928

I'm honestly surprised there aren't more cum stains on that

>>15489928
is that an RG destiny?

>>15490004

MG

>>15489987
I'm sure that some black light will reveal it to be completely stained

>>15489928
>>15489654
Does everyone use different plastic bags to store parts in while building? I mean I just take the biggest runner bags and use those.

>>15490013

Yeah they're pretty convenient i'd say

>>15489858

did you use a TB command horn?

>>15489858
Getting my life in order

>>15490078

Nope I just used the old curvy horn from the sniper kit and changed it. The change in the head shape was a big challenge because the thunderbolt zaku head is a lot smaller and the curve is steeper, so it sits at the front.

>>15490085

I still haven't figured out if I want to do the head vulcans or make something like a sidepod because there is basically no room left on the horn side to do a vulcan

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RE/100 XI GUNDAM

NOVEL VERSION

>>15489928
> that cutting mat

I'm not sure whether I should be impressed at your refusal to hide your power level.

>>15490113
I think a lot of that image makes it clear there's no one to hide it from

>>15490113

I'm a girl btw

>>15490113
when you have a robot kit there is no power level left to hide

you might as well have yellow energy and that WSHHHWSHHH noise around you

>>15490013
Yeah. After I paint parts I put them in different zip log bags. I keep all the unpainted parts in one bag (unless it's a bigger kit). It helps me keep track of stuff.

>>15490125
Same.

>>15490104
NO WAY FAG

>used to make fun of gundamguy
>now he's gone
>wonder what happened to him
>other places less convenient
>nyaa dead too

DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT
TILL ITS GONE

>>15490135
I disagree. I've had normal and geeky girlfriends. The consensuses I've gathered is that you can pass of gunpla and robot stuff as adorable and/or acceptably nerdy. It can be seen as just a quirk.

However, having figures and pictures of anime girls crosses the line. It becomes weird and most girls would be creep out.

>>15490151

>implying anyone on /m/ talks to girls

>>15490151

this is my experience too

/m/ is about as acceptable as you can get on the animu spectrum

the age of moe has its costs

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>>15490154

>>15490166

that's more like girls night out tbqdesu

>>15490166

Nice x1c

>Tomino also stated that he barely watches anime unless it is work related

XD

>>15490160
Robots -> signs of masculinity

It's no coincidence Bayformers and Pacific Rim are so popular in the USA (land of the strong and girthy)

>>15490195

>the year is 2045
>nagano is seen as a visionary in mecha design
>japan's taste for thin robots hits unprecedented heights
>Gundam Tube Fighters is topping BD sales
>kits are just an inner frame of tubes for "maximum mobility"
>kits still cost 2200 yen

>>15490151
>I've had normal and geeky girlfriends.
Fuck you

>>15489657
How exactly can you get a good pose out of the Tallgeese? I've got the Tallgeese 2 but im finding it hard to get a good pose on him, mainly because the legs arent that great and i snapped one of the inner parts in half and had to glue it. Its driving me mad because i cant get a good pose of him on my shelf with out it just standing there, plus i have to use the gun as a stand pretty much

If anyone else could help that'd be great because I'm rather shit at posing them.

>>15490205
>Everyone builds model kits
>You're lame if you don't build model kits.
>Each house has one Gundam in a display box to represent your family
>Gundams are passed down from generation to generation

>>15490334
So what is your family's personal Gundam?

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>>15490365
Nothing too fancy, just an MG FAZZ with redone proportions and custom detailing.

What is yours?

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>>15490400
My family has passed down this Kshatriya for over 200 years.

>>15490400
A shitty HG Aile Strike with horrible nubmarks and thick panel lines.

Reminds us where we all started, and how far we've come.

>>15490365
A RG Zeta Gundam

>>15490365
HGCE Strike.
I will teach my children to praise Jesus Yamato.

>>15490449
>Not just a Figurise Bust

>>15490459
>Implying I don't have one

>>15490334
>zeekfag teenager rebel doesn't want to accept his family's gundam
>escapes from home after one last discussion than ended in screams and tears
>meets other people, learns about love, life and good sanding techniques
>years later, older but wiser, comes back to find his father in his deathbed
>tears of regret for all the lost years run down his face
>the father tells him that it's okay, that he finally found his place and that he's proud of the man he's become
>with his last strength, he passes the Gundam to his son
>father dies peacefully, his soul finally free to rejoin with the Earth

>>15490472
>he displays both Gundam and Zaku side by side
>one to remember his past, the other to inspire his future

>>15489654
Depends on the kit. Right now I'm doing Hyaku Shiki 2.0 armor pieces first, those alone are taking up all my alligator clips.

After that's complete, I'm spraying the inner frame.

>>15489657
You could, it will dull it a bit

>>15490472
>>15490483
>zeekfags
>having any redeeming qualities

No he'll spout on about how war is so horrible then end up continuing the conflict even though the war is over.

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>>15490483
wholesome/10

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>>15490365
>Little brother takes our prized Build Burning one night
>Wrecks it in a Gunpla Battle

This is why we can't have nice things

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>>15490365
Every new generation adds something to it until it is no longer recognizable.

>>15490104
Get me a kit of the Novel Version Gustav Karl.

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>>15490365
>Gundam
I miss that term. all the kids are building Man-Machines now.

>>15490104
FUCK YOU
MAKE THE 1/100 REBORNS GUNDAM FIRST
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>15488558

Imagine all the heavy metal poisoning those inbred natives must suffer.

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>order respirator with A2P3 filters
>get A2P2 filters

Are they trying to kill me?

>P3 is a buck more expensive than P2

Now I understand

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>>15490365

Modified Bawoo in the family colors, Primer Gray

>>15490365
a hi-mock
we couldn't even afford a hobby knife to de-nub it
we also live in a cardboard box and sustain ourselves on rainwater and caught vermin

>>15490434
That's depressing

do you guys apply every decal to your models and go full dalong or...?

how long does it take for hobbywave to ship? I had ordered a sazabi ver. ka and a green LED set from them on friday 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't arrived.

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>>15490953
I did go full decal retard tier with both my Nu and Hi Nu ver ka

>>15490993

Thinking bout doing the same with my Destiny

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>>15491000
>>15491000
it was tiring and tedious as fuck... but well worth it in the end

will do the same with the MG Providence

>>15490953
For some models I'll apply a few decals, for others I'll apply none. Though I just finished a MG Acguy and am considering applying every decal it comes with.

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>they will get away with this
why did you let bandai do this?

>>15491021
what is this, the prototype, jesus

>>15491021
>dat fucking rifle
haha holy shit

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>>15491021
I love this for the sole fact that I fucking know it pisses off Reddit.

>>15491021

Looks like a shitty bootleg

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>needing legs

>>15490365
A GM Ground Type and a zeek colored Graze Ground Type.If a divorce happens, the side that demonstrates superiority will receive the GM.

>>15491021
I can imagine the stickers now

>>15491068
What even is this and why have I been seeing it posted everywhere on this board?

>>15491518
That's a recent Chinese bootleg of the Woundwort, a fairly popular suit from Advance of Zeta that Bandai has never made a kit for.

>>15490104
Motherfucker do not joke with me about my Hathaway's Flash. I would straight up murder a man for this kit.

>>15490630
I would literally rape and kill everyone on 4chan for that. Possibly not even in that order.

What are your hopes for Shizuoka?

>>15491648

Ga-zowmn

>>15491648
When is it?

>>15491667
5/13

>>15490255
>mainly because the legs arent that great and i snapped one of the inner parts in half and had to glue it
You're just a ham-handed bastard

>>15491648
MG GM III

>>15491648
It's that time of the years again to summon Derringer

>>15491530
It's more a 3rd party kit rather than bootleg since as you stated, no Bandai kit of it was ever produced.
Let's hope that Bandai would get off their asses and more kits would get the Providence treatment.

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>>15488845
You know, looking at it i feel like i sorta ruined the flauros aesthetics by widening it, it used to be so sleek looking now it looks silly. I based my mods off the actual lineart of it and it is pretty wide

>>15491773
I think it looks better wide. I think the actual problem is the white breaking up the color too much.

>>15490166
kill, marry, fuck

>>15491525
I mean nice boxes I guess, but did you build them yet?
I like the sonico mug

>>15488596
Could we see some pics of how that attaches? Looks good, I'm curious.

>>15491648
HGCE (Anything Athrun)

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>>15489858
Coloring the HGCE Strike Freedom to become a new version this thing

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My GM sniper is getting impatient with my progress on his legs.

>>15490488
Pics?

What do you do when your color scheme is more colors? I'm worried about getting pieces painted the wrong color or mixed up, but I don't want to take multiple weeks to paint it either.

I know the orange parts on the Try Burning glow under a blacklight, but do the blue pieces also do that? I dropped a small translucent blue piece and I've been looking around on the floor for a good 15 minutes and have found nothing and I'm considering going to walmart or something and finding a blacklight specifically to find it if it does glow under a blacklight.

>>15492010
Yes the blue parts glow as well, almost all the clear effect parts in the HGBF line do

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Oh boy

>>15492093
The grenade of possibility. I hope they figured out a way to not make it a complete clusterfuck like the MG. If it's good I'd be more then willing to get the P-Bandai Banshee and Phenex along with the Unicorn whenever they're released. But holy fuck I have zero faith in it being remotely good.

>>15492093
Just fucking kill me.

>>15492093
This isn't real right? I want to be hopeful but this thing would probably wall apart if you blew on it.

>>15491021
We won't. No one will buy this piece of garbage.

>>15492104
Look at it this way, no one in their right mind believes this thing will be solid, so with expectations set rock bottom if it turns out to even be remotely capable of holding itself together, we'll be amazed.

>>15492093
[citation needed]

>>15492119
https://twitter.com/HobbySite/status/859637824794099713

>>15492119
https://twitter.com/HobbySite/status/859637824794099713

>>15491749
it is a bootleg, it's ripping off this resin kit from C3, which actually is a licensed kit

http://www.gundammodelcenter.com/model-legend-rx-124-tr6-woundwort-gundam-aoz

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>>15492121
>>15492123
noice

>>15492093
somebody shop this to "Explosion Embodied"

>>15492093
A new weapon to smitten my enemies.

Thank you Bandai.

>>15492093
I will praise the ambition but man that is going to hand grenade like no tomorrow....maybe there going to use the frame for the Nu Gundam.....

>>15491021
Can we just take a moment to reflect that we went from some throwaway AU having a inner frame for it's HGs to a UC OVA getting a rehash of a decade old mold for it's lead Gundam?

We've come so far from the 00 days.

>>15492123
Except for the part where it has completely different arm and torso construction and completely different articulation where the ML GK has pinned pieces.

Just ordered my first Gunpla, the RX-78-2 Revive and a couple Gundam fine point markers. I'm very excited. Before I run to get a pair of cutters, sand sticks, and an X-acto, I noticed the description for the model mentions that it uses a special gate system that doesn't leave a nub.

Do I even need a cutter in that case? Does someone have a picture of this unique gate?

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>>15492093
I don't know what I wanted in the next RG, but it wasn't Unicorn.

>>15492157
It's a wedge. Kits have been doing it for a while.

You still need nippers, knife, and sand a little like normal.

>>15492093
Thanks for the 00 10th Anniversary Bandai

>>15492183
You got your P-Bandai Advanced GN-X, be grateful 00fag :)

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>>15490365
I really wished they had something more than just a hg of it.

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Quick question about this stuff, are you supposed to add a clear top coat before using it to prevent the plastic becoming brittle and then add another clear coat after you finish applying it?

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>>15492093
>PG detail in 1/144 scale

GO GO GO

>>15492207
The unfortunate part is that it's going to have exacerbated MG instability at 1/144.

>>15492197
Gloss clearcoat before applying it.

>>15492093
>It reuses the mkII frame somehow

How much do you want to bet?

>>15492232
alright will do.

>>15492145
Thats why its a bootleg anon. Heck even the dragon momoko destiny didnt replicate the attachment to the backpack the same way as the original or how the gogo kampfer doesnt have the same head as te resin kit it was stolen from.

>>15492238
It would certainly increase the handgrenade potential.

>>15492093
weaponized gunpla

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Does anyone have experience with Vallejo Model Air? What psi should I be using for this?

I was planning on buying an Iwata compressor today, but it only goes up to 18 psi, which I'm told is on the low side.

Any help would be appreciated.

>>15492093
>Buying RGs
Garbage kits.

>>15492379
spotted the hamhands

>>15492238
>Now begins a new challenge towards "possibility"

I'm sure it'll be a new frame given the Unicorn is Bandai's poster-child Gundam of post-2010 [/spoiler]which they can proceed to fucking milk dry for P-Bandai dosh[/spoiler].

>>15492389
Enjoy your shit kits.

>>15492397
Enjoy your shit dexterity.

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More mg zz prototype pics

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>>15489858
Painting my 00-7Swords

>>15492455
I hope the end result isn't a grenade. My V-Dash Ver.Ka looks great but likes to jettison her hardpoints.

>>15492462
After building the delta plus,
I think bandai would figure out a way of securing the g bomber mode of the zz

>>15492375
I dont use model air, buy model collor and I thin that stuff (model air apperantly doesnt need to be thinned for airbrushing) then paint it at 15 psi. I do however sometimes use higher psi for primers.

18 psi does seem like a low maximum, but for shooting paint it should be enough.

As for model air, I have no idea how they hold up, but I gebrally love the Vallejo products.

>>15492462
Just use glue like a sane person.

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>>15492467
I know it's quiet and will fit my Iwata airbrush without needing adapters. 10-18 psi seems worryingly low, but I'm just a rookie, I don't know anything.

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>>15492093

>>15492480

18 is indeed a bit low, I think you would want to be able to use at least 30.

As said primer will probably want more than 18 psi.

>>15489858

Preparing a bunch of cheap kits that I don't care too much about for painting, I should receive my first airbrush within a week.

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>>15491653
Agreed.

>>15491525
just posting some backlog?

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So while trying to transform my VF-31J kit, I accidentally broke off the top half of the head turret. I'm still kind of new to gunpla, so how can I fix this shit?

RG Unicorn will be the most stable and powerful of all RGs ever made, and you cannot do anything about it.

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Can't wait to build these after I finish my Destiny lads

>>15492581

Gluing the piece back together works perfectly fine.

I'm a girl btw

>>15492676
Me too! :D

>>15492093
why
fuck this

>>15492686
As a guy that'd be painful
As a girl that'd probably be extra painful. Pieces might fall off while inside.

>>15492581
>mfw this exact thing happened to me
It feels nice knowing I'm not the only one.

>>15492694

A 1/30 unicorn head might actually be pleasurable.
1/144 too small to please.

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>>15490365
Is that even a question anon?

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>>15489858
Hlj contest is over so I'm back to working on Cherno. Closing seams and filling in a couple of detail gaps at the moment.

>>15492405
Enjoy wasting your money.

>>15492786
Enjoy your lack of finesse

>>15492786
Enjoy being a basement dweller forever

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Hi there.
How did you mix paint ? you thin it before and mix after the 2 colors or you make the mixe out of the bottle and thin it after ? is that a problem if you mix 2 thinned paint (like two gaianotes paint or Hobby colors pre thinned in a bottles.)

>>15492850
sorry to double post. but to be more precise its for airbrushing.

>>15492850

I don't believe having paint pre thinned in the container you store it in is good for it.

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Workin on my MG Ingram. Got the special flash set and not sure what unit I'll decide to do.

>>15492797
>>15492809

Enjoy samefagging.

What's a good pose I can give to my tallgeese ? It looks really nice except for the FUCKING HANDS, but I can't pose it for shit without an action base. It doesn't have the liberty a Zaku would have for example, when it comes to posing.

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Welp, I finished painting my first Gundam. What a journey. I still need to do decals and a flat coat, but otherwise it's all finished.

I learned a ton. First of all, I learned how to properly use my airbrush (including how thinned some paints need to be and how to go about cleaning it). I also learned a lot about masking and how fucking easily Vallejo paint comes off Jesus fucking Christ. I also learned a lot about doing enamel panel washes and how FUCKING EASILY VALLEJO PAINT COMES OFF. Jesus Christ, I put on a gloss coat and let it dry for 24 hours and all it takes for the paint to rub off is a light dabbing from a W-tip. Fucking hell dude. I like Vallejo and I certainly had an easier time with it than with Tamiya, but I think I'm going to have to do at least two coats of varnish from now on.

I also did some seam welding. The knees, arms, and shoulders all came in two parts and had massive seamlines running down the middle. I welded and sanded them into one piece, and I think the results were pretty good. I also got to experiment with using paraffin wax sheets to wrap the grey arm parts while I painted the wrists and shoulders. That worked pretty well.

Overall I'm pretty happy with it. I learned a lot and I think my next one will be better. I'm either doing a EX-S Gundam or a GP04.

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Sorry about the shitty camera :(

>>15492658
As in cement glue?
>>15492752
Indeed.

>>15492945
Just use the TGII's sceptre pose. You can remove the extension from the barrel of the dobergun to get it to fit, check out the TGII's manual on dalong.

>>15492957
Use a red marker for the dots on Turn A's thigh.

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>>15492093

>>15492953

You should wait 48 hours for vallejo paint to cure.
What did you use to remove the excess enamel? That might also have been an issue.

>>15492953
I haven't had any trouble with my vallejo coming off. Did you use primer?

>>15493218
I used Vallejo primer underneath. Most of the paint came off in corners or raised areas, which I'm assuming is where the paint pooled away from while drying or where my q-tip caused more abrasion.

>>15493208
I was waiting 24 hours. I guess I'll give it more time next time.

I was using Testors enamel and Testors enamel Thinner for the wash.

>>15493232
vallejo is water based acryllic, even their gloss coats. this means enamel will destroy them in seconds. the gloss isn't meant for protection, it's meant to give paint a shiny coat.

>>15493244
You can use an enamel wash over vallejo gloss varnish just fine. Just let it cure before you apply the wash. It will flow and clean up just fine.

>>15493262

Is there any difference between using (zippo) lighter fluid and using enamel thinner for the cleanup?

>>15493267

zippo and other naptha based thinners are much less harsh than enamel thinner, so it's less likely to mess with your clear while cleaning

>>15493271

All right, thanks.

On the gloss coat topic I kind of wish I had access to Future but I do not. I saw a page full of equivalents to it but did not see one for my country.

>>15493271
Really? Hm, then that might have been my problem on the Hazel. I guess I'll have to pick up some Zippo fluid.

Can you use Zippo fluid to thin the enamel? Or should I be using enamel + thinner to do the wash, then Zippo to clean up?

>>15493286

vallejo gloss is fine, lots of people use it
future is ok too

Mr. Super Clear is the top dog in my experience, and is stronger than anything else, never have to worry about washes eating through or fingerprints, it's amazing

In the end you just end up trying to use lacquers as much as possible because paint strength is really really important in gunpla.

When I want to handpaint a detail or something I will use vallejo because it's so effortless to work with, let it cure and then coat it with Super Clear to seal it.

>>15493292

I mix my enamels with zippo for washes, works fine.

>>15493303

I can see why, I'm just getting started airbrushing (my shit hasn't even arrived yet) and I wanna give acrylics a go in the start at least because I thought it would be easier to clean up, less smell, healthier etc (though I guess the last point is "unnecessary" since I have ventilation booth + respirator).

I will certainly start using some lacquers, for metallic colours they seem to be by far the best choice, and the vallejo primer isn't perfect either since as far as I understand you can't really sand it, which you generally can with lacquer primers.

Lacquer paint seems to be less common in my country than acrylics (noone carries the "normal paint" mr color lacquer) , but I think at least the mr color primers and top coats + alclad etc is available.

MG Char's Zaku II v2.0 doesn't have any waterslides in the kit or does it? I see a light blue sheet in there, but I'm not sure whether this is a waterslide sheet or not

>>15493341

Pretty sure it comes with stickers and dry transfer decals.

>>15493334

The metallic true lacquers like alclad are very different than the "lacquer based acrylics" like Mr. Hobby as you will discover. Alclad is more like fine metal particles suspended in very "hot" thinner, they get shiny by the fast evaporation, but they are basically just sitting on the surface.

Alclad is actually very very fragile and you should order some Aqua Gloss with it if you want to clear it. (Make sure to follow the instructions on the aqua gloss if you don't want to take your airbrush apart and clean it.)Other wise many clears will slightly disturb the metallic surface and your shiny nice piece will get all glittery.

I mention this because people hear "alclad is a lacquer" and then think "my clear is a lacquer, so lacquer on lacquer is fine!" when nothing could be farther from the truth. I personally switched to Mr. Super Metallic for metallic parts I need to work with or mask because alclad makes me add an extra step of aqua gloss + cure waiting.

>>15493334

Also as for giving acrylics a try at first, that's a great way to start and it is much easier to work with. You could do the whole kit in acrylics, let it really cure for a week or so, then do a lacquer top coat and it will be really strong too.

The only lacquer products I personally think are nearly necessary are primer and top coat, and both can be done with cans very well. You need a good surface and you need it to not get worn away when you pose the kit.

>>15492144
IBO kits look like RGs next to this piece of trash. I bought the Alex just recently and have no desire to buy it again.
Don't get me wrong, i like the kits from 0080, love me some Zaku Kai and GM Cold, but fuck this thing. If they wanted to make it look like the Alex fine, but use the newer Revive style not the older stuff.
Even Build Fighters had better UC variants than this.

>>15493346
Thanks

>>15493357
>If they wanted to make it look like the Alex fine, but use the newer Revive style not the older stuff.
This is what bugs me most about the Tristan kit; it shows that they have no intention of making a modern Alex kit any time soon.

>>15493347

I know it's fragile as fuck + takes a lot of prep work. I think I'm gonna give some of the AK xtreme metal paints a try because they seem to be like easier to use/more durable alclad, but we'll see. I have at least noted the existence of the aqua gloss.

>>15493355

I still have some spare cans of tamiya primer and top coat that I can use.
I do want to see for myself just how fragile something done in all acrylics is though. First few kits will just be practice anyway.

When I made my bulk order of paint I hadn't found a good source for the mr color stuff yet, but now I have.

Isn't lacquer supposed to be a no no on RG inner frames by the way, as they have ABS parts?
Or is painting those inner frames insanity in general due to how they are made?

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Built the vual and it's not the best kit ever but it was still a fun build.

>>15493368
The Alex kit we have does need a renovation. If it warranted an HGUC and an MG before, a Revive kits is also needed. Alex is the main Gundam from a mainline UC series, maybe their going by HGUC production order in issuing the revive kits, as it seems they are. So it will be a while if they do at all.

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>>15492895

>>15493415
How easy is it to make Symmetrical with marching arms and legs on both sides?

Im more pissed about the zaku III. Its even older and more badly in need of a new kit than the alex. Not only is its engineering woefully out of date, its proportions are fucked as well.

>>15493425
>Im more pissed about the zaku III. Its even older and more badly in need of a new kit than the alex.
They are suppose to reissue that actually....in Char colors. The opponent to Tristan is a Char color Zaku III, custom type actually.....
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Danton_Hyleg
Here's the pilot.

>>15493421
Simple. You will need to have two of them and do some minor part swapping.

>>15493468
So like Astaroth then, good, i want do something skeletal like and the left arm with right leg should be a good base.

>>15493443
I know, that's why I brought it up. It was the perfect opportunity for an updated kit, same as the tristan, and they blew it.

>>15492895
Enjoy being wrong

>>15492118
I get the feeling the psychoframe will be molded into the frame parts and the body parts that would normally move won't and you just take them off and put them into a different position. But this thing is gonna get milked to hell, so it's obvious that it's gonna be a whole new frame. I can't wait for the RG Phenex coated in gold meikki without any undergated parts that'll be P-Bandai and cost like $60 before reseller markup. I can only hope they do a Full Armor Plan B kit.

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anyone got lineart for the denial gundam? need it for a thing...pic not related just latest straight build

>>15493678
You actually bought, and built this....madness....

Though i would so totally build a 1/144 Zeal, Sadly i must content with the 1/550

>>15493687
tax returns came in and it was in stock for once so i figured what the hell

>>15493693
....meh...good enough reason as any i guess.

Just finished my Gundam Local Type. Great build, going to buy more Origin stuff now. Zaku I is next.

Newbie here. I goofed and got what seems to be an 'X-Acto #1' when the guide mentions a #17 or #18. Did I fuck up?

Guys where can I get Super Mini Pla?

Really craving for that GGG and Daizyujin...

>>15493782
oh and I checked Amiami and HLJ they have orders stopped or something..

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I hate putting decals on REEEE
i'm a girl btw

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I really like this pose.

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>>15489858

Just finished this dumb guy

Gunpla level is pleb but I like how it turned out

>>15493828
>i'm a girl btw
and I'm the goddamn fucking Pope but you don't see me bragging about it

>>15493828
>destiny
>girl
Checks out.

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Did a little more work on this nerd today. To complement the expanding knee of the zaku I sniper I changed the "claw" gimmick of the thunderbolt zaku I foot to be like a foot support. I'm really happy with how it fits the project. I also am changing up the rifle a bit; I want to make the grooves on the barrel tip look like the ones on the gun next. I also made a little smoke grenade with a cracker bottom to hang on him somewhere.

>>15493371

Painting RGs can certainly be done, and at least Mr. Surfacer is fine on inner frames, but I think many painters avoid RGs because all of the pains of painting moving parts get even worse with RG size parts. The paint changes the tolerances proportionally more the smaller you get, so every layer you do is scarier. I like the RG line, and I plan to paint a couple that I have, but anything else seems more fun whenever I have to actually decide... I think most serious painters build MG because if you are going to go through the work it's a nicer size.

>>15494042

looks nice and really nice picture

>>15488566
amateur custom restyled art doesnt count, ever.

I need to get into gunpla again.
Playing AC4 and hearing of the th unicorn announcement has me wanting to get back into it.

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only Efreet Kai happened, Sniper II became MG and Barzam became HG

>>15494375
huh it went in order too, MG jegan it is then

>>15494375
>if this is going in order we're going to get the Reborns gundam after a fucking Leo
Just end my life.

>>15494375
What's the Bellpepper going to be if/when it gets something? RG or RE/100? Bandai may be madmen, but I don't see them doing an MG.

>>15494411
Kshatriya? prob re 1/100, they made a huge ass Nightingale after all

>>15494411
iirc, they said for them to do a mg they need to incorporate metal in the inner frame, so best bet is to do a re/100 and make a bunch of parts hollow like nightingale

>>15493244
How well does Vallejo gloss varnish stand up to gunpla being handled?

And if not, will Tamiya clear coat spray be alright to topcoat Vallejo paint layers, or should I go straight to Mr. Top Coat?

>>15494375
>tfw you will se a RE 1/100 Xi in your lifetime

>>15494428
only if a 1/100 Jegan is next and the patter is confirmed

>>15494408
Fuck you.

>>15494428
>tfw doggo gundam will take 10+ years to make

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shouldn't this be considered consumer fraud?

>>15494452
did they claim the tristan to be anything other than a 1/144 scale tristan

>>15494452
Both main suits in Twilight of Axis are lame as fuck.
>Main Gundam is Alex with a MkII backpack
>Main villain is a Char's colors Zaku III
How fucking dull can a LN possibly get?

>>15494452
not if they put a note saying that it's painted

>>15494452
Nope. See those moonrunes in the top left corner?

>>15494452
even nips are mad at this shit

>>15494446
No fuck you, the leo is dogshit. It's essentially the same as a Tallgeese except without anything that makes it cool. At least tallgeese (III) has a cool gun and thrusters, the Leo is straight up gay. Even GMs have 31 flavors.

>>15494474
Wing
>'95
00
>'07

I've been waiting twice as long as you have for a basic grunt suit.

>without anything that makes it cool
I disagree, and think it looks cooler and has more customization options because it isn't some super special one of a kind prototype suit.

People like Char's Zaku...
>it's just red

>>15494494
People like Char's Zaku II because it's a Zaku II, a good looking unit. The Leo is completely unappealing in every sense of the word. The gun looks like it's a spray gun and it's dorky as shit.
And you can fuck off because The Wing Gundam itself has as many MG variations as 00 has MGs, and then every "major" suit in Wing has one as well, even if Altron, TIII, and Heavyarms fell victim to P-Bandai jewery.

>muh grunt wank

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So what do you guys think about Thunderbolts Ground Type S? I thought I liked it, but the life-raft feet are starting to bug me, and the saber hilts being mounted on the sub-arms seems wrong. I almost prefer the blocky simplicity of the thunderbolt GM

>>15494534
Another anon who complained about the feet here. I think I'll either sand them into flatter shapes or just replace them with something else's. Maybe the Thunderbolt GM's feet.

>>15494534
The previous thunderbolt GMs were better.
Between this and the cheap-ass Tristan and Zaku it makes me wonder if the alleged Unicorn RG and upcoming ZZ MG is sucking down all the engineering guys.

>>15494428
>Implying by then there won't be a 3rd party MG of it

>>15494560
At this point I wouldn't wonder.

That RG Unicorn is gonna need all the help it can get.

>>15494534
the feet can deploy air bags

>>15494534
i've always hated the ez-8 head, it always bothered me. basically have the same thoughts as you, not a fan of the life raft feet and thunderbolts fascination of subarms are starting to get to me. it was cool seeing full armor gundam having them, but giving it to every suit loses its charm. biggest draw of the ground type was the huge camping backpack and artillary gun. without it, kinda looks generic in a way, but i guess thats the point

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>>15488566
Just got my invoice from Mandarake.

>>15494670
>gee saber
lol

>>15494670
>ordering one item from japan
Why?

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>>15494452
>>15494463
At least the Byarlant will be cool

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>>15494735
And it won't get a kit.

>>15494681
Shipping stacks
And if you're not American it's impossible to get it anywhere else, and American stores over charge way too much

>>15494474

you have extremely casual taste

>>15494534

really just inferior to the TB GM in every way

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>>15492496

>>15488506
Qucj question do I gave to use paint for tightening up loose joints or can I just use the tamiya plastic cement or clear nail polish?

>>15495136

Nail polish would probably work best

>>15495139
Thanks, that is all I needed to hear.

>>15495195
Thanks, that is all I needed to hear.

>>15490125
>>15492676
>>15493828
>>15495195
k

>>15495298
>>15495298
>>15495298

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