Gunpla/Plamo General

**MELEE GROUP BUILD (FINAL WEEK)**

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 photos of your entry to [email protected]
Start Date: 4/1
End Date: 5/31

Broke the connector on the shoulder to body piece of my Barbados for group build as well as one of the fins on his chest.

Praying the glue holds.

I think I am going to go back to just making OOB kits.

>>15564455
Praying for you

PG GP03 Dendrobium when?

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Been doing the HG GM Sniper II, nearly done, but there's this waist piece? And it just slides in and out, there's no connection or lock, if I attach the top it's gonna fall off the legs the second I put it any way other than standing straight up. Am I missing something or is it really made like this?

>>15564566
There's nowhere for the top to connect to the legs other than that?

>>15564571
The top connects entirely to the waist, no connection to the legs whatsoever.

>working on first kit using spray cans
>Instantly feel the desire for an airbrushing set up
It's coming out fine, but there's so many factors at play also fuck the summer humidity

The base colors are done at least. Hope I don't fuck it up harder then I already have.

>>15564625
>that black barzam
mother fucking delicious.

>>15564625
> that Serval-Barzam

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>>15564625
>Kemono Friends custom Barzam
Nice

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>>15564625
>dat red Barzam
>Servalzam
>black Barzam
>mkII body Barzam
>AGP Barzam
this is peak MS design

Noob here. I just finished a HG G-Arcane 1/144. All my previous builds were 1/100 HG kits which I butchered because I didn't use nippers or perform any sanding.

The only problem I had with the G-arcane was that sanding was straining on my eyes if I spent too long working the kit in one sitting. The sanding was also quite basic cause i don't really intend to do any spray painting, and even if I do I don't really expect perfect removal of the nub marks.

Anyway, I have the following kits, and could use some advice on which one I should tackle next to get more experience:

MG strike freedom 1.0
MG Freedom
MG gundam double X

HG fenice rinascita
HG unicorn full armour destroy mode

RG-whole bunch of them

I am thinking of the MG strike freedom 1.0, cause I am planning on getting the MG 2.0 in the near future.

>>15564566
Did you forget the polycap that goes in the middle of the waist?

>>15564693
You absolute beauty. The piece had three so I missed one. Thanks!

>>15564566

There should be a polycap in there according to the instructions.

Did you perhaps forget to put it in?

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>>15564625
What kind of retardation is this? Buying and customizing a Barzam kit is a good thing... but buying several number of these kits?

What the fuck is happening to Nips these days?

>>15564748

Expendable income and no significant others/families to put it towards.

In essence, they're living the dream and the nightmare at the same time.

Is Coveranon kill?

>>15564748
Also, gundumbs are super cheaper in glorious nippon because that's where they're manufactured, meaning no markup or shipping and import costs.

>>15564828
I wonder if Barzam is selling well. Maybe the guy got so many because the retailers all marked them down.

>>15564691
You mean mg freedom 1.0 right
Cuz freedom has a remastered but strike freedom doesnt.

If thats the case start with the 1.0

>>15564830
The kit has been out for less than a month. Stores won't do big clearances on a newer release until they're trying clear space for the big new monthly release and even then they keep a couple of the kit around, just not the huge pile of them.

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The hg ground gm looks a lot better with the head from the ground war set

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>>15564625
Sugoi!

>>15564957
What happened to my image?

>>15564959
I am the only one that doesn't get the Japanese mlp meme?
I really like a lot of Sol and cgdct but this just doesn't click with me

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>>15564965
For one thing, Jap MLP is Precure. For another, it's a genuinely well-written show that's not a SoL or CGDCT.

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Barzam is for patricians only

>>15564979
So the gooch hole is really supposed to be in the middle and not the side, huh?

>>15564968
i didnt get any of this.. could someone translate ?

>>15565010
MLP: My Little Pony, Western girl's horse show made to sell toys.
Precure: Pretty Cure, Japanese girl's magical girl show made to sell toys.
SoL: Slice of Life, a type of genre where it's characters living their daily lives and not much happens. Examples: K-On, Yuyushiki, Hyouka.
CGDCT: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things. A descriptor of a show where it is exactly what it says. Usually coupled with SoL shows.

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Show me your biggest, rarest and most expensive kits you got.

>>15564986
It varies, even bandai and sunrise dont seem to know for sure as on the original art could be either.

>>15565032
Bootlegs are not kits.

>>15565043
Really?
Shit, why are all of mine on runners with instructions then?

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>>15565032

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Got an MG Strike Freedom to do custom work. Alright lads, which one?
>inb4 golden joints
Don't like them either, but the one I got is an FBM, they look damn pretty and would be a waste so I'm trying to figure a color pattern that makes it less polluted than the regular model.

How's MG Providence in terms of stability?

>>15565077
Nigga the answer was always right in front of you. Titans colors.

>>15564748
Barzam Man has been obsessed with Barzams for a long time, and he's had a bunch of custom and scratchbuilt Barzams shown off before. It's only natural he'd buy 30 of the HG once it was announced.

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>>15565032
is this rare?

Is Barzam the best grunt HG of all time?

Also, since I wanna pick it up and display it against my RG Zeta, MK. II, and HG Revive Hyaku Shiki, would picking up the HG Nemo be a good decision too? Would be nice to have grunts on both sides, with The O eventually joining in down the line.

>>15564968
What friend are you?

Does anyone use ingrown nail clipper as substitute for side cutters?

Thunderbolt Gouf kit fucking when?

That thing is beautiful

>tfw tallgoose mg restock

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>>15564625
Gotta post the original image for context

>>15565146
>ingrown nail clipper
They're called "nippers" you autist.

>>15565154
>Thunderbolt Gouf
>beautiful
As degenarate feddie, even I have to agree. You zeek samurai scum.

>>15565183
Oh. Thanks

>>15565032
Jokes on you. The only kits I own are either Expo/Convention, P-Bandai, Magazine, or Bandai Hobby Pro-Shop Exclusive and I have 2 of every one ever released. With the exception of the contest prize kits like GBWC etc. I only have one each of those. Those are just too damn expensive to buy 2 of...

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>>15564443
Hey guys

My 13 year old sister wants me to help her get into gunpla. What are some good suits for girls besides the Bearguy 3? I want to get a list and let her choose one.

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So apparently the guy that did this used a Strike MG and a God Gundam MG. Anyone know if there would be a guide or a known way to kitbash a 2001-ish kit with somethong more modern?

Anyone know a good place to find pin up girl decals that look good on MGs?

>>15565222
I had her pick from GN Archer, Bearguy 3, and Nobel Gundam and she picked the latter

>>15565222
Qubeley Papillion, Miss Sazabi, Nobel, ZAKU Warrior Live Concert ver, GN Archer

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Why is HLJ's payment system so retarded?

Why can't I just put in my credit card info and be done with it instead of responding to some email that'll be lost in my inbox thanks to a billion sites spamming me with constant bullshit even after I tried to unsubscribe from them?

>>15565089
Outside of the hands not holding the beam rifle well at all, I haven't had problems.

>>15565062

They're still bootlegs.

Opinion check, what color should missiles in missile pods be?

Red? Orange? Metallic? Something else?

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Do seam lines really bother people? I've never really cared about them all that much desu.

>>15565278
Red missiles are best missiles

>>15565289
1. Yes, seam lines are eye-cancer.

2. How does one get the rough, cast steel look of the brown parts of that gouf?

>>15565289
They break immersion and highlight that the model is a plastic toy instead of a scaled model replica of a giant metal robot. It looks really bad when the kit is otherwise painted and looks good.

>>15565289
>Do seam lines really bother people?
Sure, as it means the person who made the model was too lazy to do a good job.

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>>15565278
The general idea is a white-gray body with a much more noticeably colored nose cone. Some kind of warning color that says "Hey, this part explodes! Treat with care!" I think some shade of red or orange would do the trick.

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>>15565306

Yeah I see that for missiles mounted on plane wings etc.

How would you approach something like pic related? They are molded in a block of missiles.

>he uses black to preshade red and yellow parts

STOP

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>>15565311

>>15565315

I guess dark brown would be better?

>>15565318
black looks good on cool colors brown looks good under warm colors

Is there a reference chart or something on what to use to clean up different types of panel lines on top of different types of paint?

>>15565321

I see. I assume you were referring to me as I posted the red helmwige backpack in the last thread. It's my second preshaded kit so the advice is helpful.

Is it easier to cover the dark brown than the black is?

I needed to do quite a few coats in order to make it look decent, so it would be nice to have to use less paint. Though I guess it's kind of convenient that it's hard to accidentally cover up completely.

>>15565289
Can one fix seam lines without having to paint afterwards?

>>15565311
>>15565316
Masking. It even has a panel line dividing the body and the nose to make it easier for you.

>>15565352
If you don't need to use putty, do a nice job at sanding and topcoat, it could work.

Honest question from someone just getting into kitbashing and scratchbuilding since I didn't see it in the guide:

How do you guys create mounting points for parts that do not have existing ones? Take for instance attaching something via peg or ball joint to an arm/backpack where there is no mounting point or where the existing one is of a different type (square shield hole vs round shield hole).

I have a lot of spare and option parts and a few kits I have ideas for but I lack the experience of attaching non-standard parts without just using cement.

>>15565224
Guide: Learn to mess around and know that you'll HAVE to scratch build at times. Use third party joints as needed. Not much more to kitbashing than "figure out what works and get it to look pretty by the time it's over".

>>15565352
Liquid cement melts the pieces together, after which you sand to improve the blending effect.
Topcoat to make the seam even less noticeable.

>>15565368
Make a hold with a pin vice and the appropriately sized drill bit. Widen it by sanding to the correct shape.

>>15565368
Bump.
>>15565384
That's what I figured, but I wasn't sure if there was anywhere to find some proper techniques for certain situations. Thanks

Speaking of kitbashing, what is good to use for grappling hooks or other kinds of string/tether? Trying to google search with keywords for ideas only comes up with how to do LEDS (wire) or pre-existing kits. I want insulated copper with I guess, but pretty thin?

>>15565362

I haven't really done any masking before (my first thought was to hand paint the missilies instead) so could I get some advice on how to approach it in this example?

As discussed we would want three colors, dark grey or metallic for the massive slab of metal, white or bright gray for the missiles and red for the tips of the missiles.

Which order for the layers/masking would make the most sense? And should I use masking tape or a masking liquid?

>>15565276
I'd wager that pic is worth more than most peoples entire backlog.... and car.
Bootleg or not, badass models are badass.

>>15565391
Definitely something I've considered, just not sure what diameter pin vice would be most appropriate?

Anyone have suggestions? I'm speaking in HG scale.

>>15565454

3mm pegs seem to be the standard for gunpla and frame arms.

>>15565222
Here's a list of ACTUALLY feminine-looking anthropomorphic mobile suits with existing real life model kit equivalents:

>Farsia
>Nobel
>Nobel (Berserker)
>GN Archer
>Mack Knife [Mass Production Type]
>Clanche
>Miss Transzabi

>>15565278
Metallic Red-Orange. duh.

Metallic paintjob to tell your enemies that when it hits, it hits hard.

Red-Orange to show your enemies you mean business. Red OBVIOUSLY makes the missiles go faster, and combination caution-orange to give fair warning on anyone to think twice before they cross you.

>>15564625
>>15564959
SugoiI! A friend who is good at being overlooked and neglected!

>>15565128
BARZAM isn't a grunt

>>15565306
>>15565290
>>15565278
>morons who don't know the color "red-orange" exists

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So?

>>15565575
>taking pre-existing recolors and reminding us of the shitty hi-nu redesign

stop posting

>>15564830
It's only going for 1200 yen most places. Amazon.jp has been "sold out" since launch day but it's still available on there from the third party sellers. I imagine it's doing better than most B-list MS but Bandai's a few years too late to really cash in on the meme-wave.

>>15565297
>>15565301
>>15565303
>being bothered by seamlines on a toy despite a lot of irl things having seamlines
REAL-LIFE Grade 1/1 Scale. AUTISM EMBODIED™

>>15565575
The Hi-Nu in nu Colors Already exists as a real kit. It's called GPB Colors.

>>15565601
(You)

Hi guys, question
Mr. Super Clear is top coat, right? Like the same as the blue can Mr. Top coat?

What MGs do you want to see in the future? Personally, I really want a MG God and Shining Gundam 2.0s

>>15565636
Same.

>>15565636
X Maoh
Crossbone X Maoh
GM Sniper K9 Ver Ka

>>15565311
I want to combine both ab units together.

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>>15565687

You can do a mix of them, or put some of the parts on at the same time. I'm not sure if pic related works when transformed though.

Can someone tell me what the fuck is the deal with the MG Master Gundam?

How is it possible that the outdated HG 1/100 Master can pull off the Wing Cloak just fine yet the MG version kit with better gimmicks cannot?

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>>15565725
forgot pic.

>>15565636
Guncannon 2.0

>>15565636
MG Maxter
MG Gouf Thunderbolt Ver.

>>15565636
GM cold climate type

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>>15565495
Thanks man, probably should have just taken a caliper and measured it.

>>15565636
Tryon 3
Shia Qanta
Zaku Origins
Kampfer 2.0
Alex 2.0
The O version Katoki
ZII
ZZII
Atlas Gundam
Gn Archer
Arios
Virtue
Dynames
Blue Destiny

>>15565636
I want a dynames

>>15565636
Geara Zulu Guard Type
F91 2.0

>>15565636
Psycho Gyndam MK II

>>15565636
>year 2017
>suiton is still being a MG tryhard
Fuck you. MG Neo Zeong & MG Dendrobium, you cockjuggling thundercunt.

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Holy shit doing all the panels on this kit took fucking forever, even using a wash.

>>15565077
mid-lower.

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>>15566152
>Shia qan[t]

My man

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God DAMN, never before have I seen so much divine intervention needed to get a kit sitting on an action base. Z+ 2.0 never ;_;

>>15565725
>>15565732
It has a better, more visually appealing sculpt. That's all.

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>>15565032
Damn Richigo TWO elyn kshatriyas?

shout out to FK, wherever you are. Thanks for making a special Christmas for the less fortunate of us.

>>15565315
Honestly there are very few colors you should use black to preshade, and mostly it's just dark shades of a color.

Also Gray I guess.

>>15565636
Kshatriya
Hy-Gogg
Apsalus

what paint should i use to color the visor of an old gm mg?

>>15566366
>Z+ 2.0 never ;_;
I know how you feel. I just want 2.0 MGs of these so badly. If the MG Zeta can get a 2.0 with better articulation and added waist swivel, why not the A1 & C1 am I right?

Fucking bandai cucks.

>>15565636
MG Jegan. Is that so much to ask for?

>>15566394
Is that the RG Heine? It's so damn good looking. I really wish they'd release a HGCE Destiny REVIVE already I mean c'mon... They already made a Strike Freedom...

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>>15566387
>It has a better, more visually appealing sculpt
>reiterating the point of making a MG version of an old kit
You know... thanks for replying to my post, but I already knew that since that's basically what MGs are. And that's not what I was fucking asking.

Sorry if I sound rude, it's just that it kinda pisses me off when people like you reply to a post with a question, with some kind of answer that doesn't even answer the actual question at all.

I was asking why a MG of all things removed a gimmick that an outdated old HG had.

>>15566528
Because the Execs in bandai want to cut corners as much as possible.

>>15565636
>tfw no MG Tieren with enough details/optional parts to put your average 1/35 tank kit to shame

>>15565636
I always wanted an MG GINN, especially after 00's MG GN-X. Some Wing grunts would be nice too. Bandai sure hates anything that isn't UC.

>>15565636
X Maoh
Fucking anything from 00 that isn't piloted by Setsuna
2.0s
BF shit in general. Could even tie into the 2.0 point above.
>Kampfer 2.0, Kampfer Amazing.
>God 2.0, Try/Build Burning

>>15566528
because they wanted you to keep buying the old hg 1/00 in addition to the mg 1/00. The pegs on the backpack are the same diameter.

>>15565618
anyone?

>>15566733
Yes

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>>15565032

>>15566774
>not having two
pathetic.

>>15566711
>Fucking anything from 00 that isn't piloted by Setsuna
I just want my fucking HG Seravee Gundam II...

>>15566505
Yeah it's the RG Westenfluss
I'm just as surprised as you are but they're probably tiptoeing, they just did impulse after all

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>wheathering unpainted kits

>>15566811
Jokes on you, I'm about to put down a satin coat to bare white plastic and add some streaking and chips in the next couple of days to >>15566327 just to see if it can actually be done well with the right surface prep.

>>15566820
jokes gonna be on you mate. be sure to post pics. I'll rev up my "char laughs at you" images in anticipation.

>>15566826
You sound like a riot at parties.

>>15566820
>>15566826
No, the joke is on you both. I'm gonna fully paint AND weather a snap built HG without fixing the seamlines OR shaving/sanding the nubs aside from the joints.

Then I'll post it here just to watch you guys cringe.

Eat it you autists.

>>15565636
2.0 of the gp series and ez8
Is that seriously too much to ask.

To anyone who has painted the 2.0 gouf or zaku, how did you deal with the piping?

>>15566938
If you're painting them, lay them on a piece of the runner and spray them

Are there any cheaper clear matte cop coats that get a similar effect to Mr Super Clear? They're not sold anywhere else except eBay in my area and I'm getting tired of paying the extra $15 on a single can that could much better be spent on more kits.

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>>15566327
I know the feel

They should sell the Gundam Frames individually without the armor. Most of them look better as a skeleton than fully armored.

>>15567199
Would've been neat to have a scene where some faction is ambushed while in the middle of repairs, and a naked frame has to fight the invading MS. Frantically dodging flying rounds and melee weapons while it worked hard to destroy the enemy. knowing that without the paint armor each received hit was more likely to do catastrophic damage.
Shit, that's another thing I'm disappointed in IBO now.

>>15565032

Holy shit those Qubeley kits are cool.

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>>15565450

>this ugly shit is expensive, that means it's good!

These giant pointy panel laden kits are the stanced cars of the gunpla world.

>>15567477
FINALLY. Someone gets it.

>>15566528
You can't be rude to someone when you don't even understand something you're trying to dismiss. The complete version of my opinion would simply be that because the MG version prioritize aesthetics over gimmick/playability, it had to make due with a better looking cloak/joint setup instead of one that would allow for a folding-out gimmick. I mean, it's pretty obvious that it had to be this way when the cloak shape-morphed every time it was deployed or retracted in the show.

Instead of saying all that, I simply replied with a rhetorical question that should not only have been a sufficient answer to your question, but also left room for discussion in case you have any worthwhile opinion of your own or rebuttal. Instead you completely missed the point and got "impatient" with my "non-answer".

Ironic that you should post that image in reference to my post when it is much more applicable to yours. Let's move on, however. Given that you have a serious answer, do you have any thoughts?

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>>15565032
These are not big, but they certainly are rare and a little expensive.

>>15567577
>MG version prioritize aesthetics over gimmick/playability
Not that guy but I'm sure the whole point of MGs was to be able to show off the gimmicks AND give great aesthetics simultaneously. Like how some HGs like the Zeta can't transform properly without partsforming to compensate for the smaller scale, so the MG makes up for it with better engineering thanks to it's bigger size while still looking good at the same time.

>>15567609
Generally, but each waves has different priorities. The G Gundam series of MGs generally cared much more about stability (full body frame with screws) and aesthetics (Shining Gundam's tweaked head design). Focus on engineering and mechanical gimmicks comes and goes.

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>>15567577
>aesthetics over gimmick/playability
>what is the Z 2.0
>what is the Astray Blue Frame 2nd R & Red Frame Kai
>what is the S & Ex-S

>>15567477
What the hell is this?

>>15567647
>what is reading comprehension

Just go away.

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>>15567577
they can engineer the Zeta & Delta to have poseable, fully transforming frames and have waist swivel but they couldn't engineer a pair of wings the size of the entire MS's to still be able to flap open and cover the entire body like the MG Deathscythe Hell or be like the wings of the proto zero that still spread and pop open?... What?

I mean, I get that most of those are more modern than the old MG Master so the engineering has evolved, but if the original HG 1/100 could do it just fine, why can't a same scale MG be engineered to do the same? It couldn't have been that complicated to do right?

>>15567679
It has more to do with shape shifting parts, like I said. The shape of the wing binders parts are not the same as the cloak parts. Watch the show, look at the lineart or examining the new 1/144 HGFC and you would see what I mean. If they wanted to be accurate to both the cloak and wing binder linearts, they would have had to include extra parts and made it a partsformer. This would have been possible, but I guess they didn't deem it important enough.

Hey /m/ Been building for a little over a year and I'm ready to take it to the next level. Im really torn on what method of painting I should use as a beginner? Handpaint, Spraypaint, or airbrush? Handpaint seems like the logical choice for starting out, but I don't want my kits to look like shit. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

>>15567919
Spray can for a kit or two, then if you still are interested invest in an airbrush.

>>15567942
Ok awesome. Thank you

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>>15567919
Tamiya White Primer. It is almost impossible to screw up a coat of white primer. Tamiya also makes light grey primer, rust red and even pink. If you are wanting more colours, seek out the game shops for Army Painter sprays. (pic related). They are very expensive, but are a great source of bright colour in a fine matte spray.

Are there any models of the colonies, or large spacestations/ships from gundam?

Like the Whitebase or Side 3?

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>>15568236
Plenty of ship models for things in Gundam.
As for colonies, you'll want to search up models of O'neil Cylinders.

>>15568255
That's a model kit of a space colony right? Who made it again?

>>15568255
>>15568286
Any models of Solomon?

>>15568286
Space Settlement kit by Wave.

does anyone know of any 1/100 or 1/144 scale non mecha models I can put next to my children's toys to make them seem big?

>>15568255
currently having a tattoo commissioned of an o'neil cylinder inspired by gundam, the artist is god tear, gonna be sick

>>15568301

That scale is rare, but kits do exist, at least in 1/100. Just google 1/100 military models.

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Fuck screws.

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>>15568390
Building the God and Spiegel Gundams, I feel your pain.

Got a wild hair to do a God Gundam in Nu colors. Yes or No?

>>15568390

Bought that kit, I have never built a kit with screws before. Just how bad is it?

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>>15568394
Black with gold accents worked on God Master. I say go for it.

>>15568398
Not him, but they're finicky and small. They also strip easily in my experience.

>>15568403
I actually found out about the God master today while looking for custom God Gundams. It looks pretty sick to me.

>>15568305
better show some damn pics when it's done. and they better not have been taken with a damn potato.

>>15568409
>owtheedge wings
>animal ears underneath v-fin
>"pretty sick"
shit tastes fampai.

>>15568437
Those wings are a combo of God's back halo wings and Master's vampire wings. The animal ears are a smaller golden Master's head ears.

>>15568437
The colors, sperglord.
And the giant G wrestling belt is also cool.

>>15568301
I know there are kits of tanks and other military ground forces made in 1/100, I have a couple made by a Russian company called Zvezda, they're made to be used in some tabletop game.

1/144 aircraft and helicopters are also a thing.

>>15568463
>the giant G wrestling belt is also cool
no argument here.

>>15568453
>>15568437
>The animal ears
ok, this I cannot unsee. that shit is just ugly.

>>15568403
what's the purpose of those claws on G Gundam's arms again? Do they actually do anything besides being there?

>>15568493

they look cool

>>15568493
Pretty sure they just look cool. They'll up during the Burning finger, but that's about it.

>>15564625
>black on black violence

That poor Gouf

>>15568493
in one scene, they pierce through another gundams eyes

>>15568394
There's at least like, 5 places they tell you to screw on the MG God Gundam that don't even do anything either. I really want them to actually make new G-Gundam MGs already

>>15568541
Same. That's my hope for one if the new Mgs this year.

>>15565194
Sorry about the other anon. Yes I used them and baby nail clippers and they worked but the stress marks after the cut were p bad

>>15568398
Screws on the knee joints have to be screwed allll the way in if you want the inner frame to fit right, had to twist them in with pliers because as >>15568407 said, they strip very easily

I dunno if I can justify getting the MG justice now that I already have infinite justice

But I bought both freedom

also are they actually gonna let RG unicorn transform?

What the fuck

>>15568898
why not

ok then

yes

the actual fuck

>>15568913
>why not
Justice and Infinite justice look pretty much the same beside the backpack

>>15568898
Yeah because bandai wants to top the hand grenade that is Zeta and Sinanju but in seriousness the Unicorn is under the evo line.

What becomes of this i will wait and see but seeing as how this year up till Unicorn it was all remolds, they might actually put in a lot of effort this time not to make a hand grenade and actually turn out decent or okay and not plastic grenade levels of bad.

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>>15568973
>they might actually put in a lot of effort this time not to make a hand grenade

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>>15568973
My RG Sinanju and (multiple) Zetas have never grenaded. Maybe stop being a hamhanded beast and you won't have any more problems? Just a thought.

>>15568986
>do you ever transform it?
>do you re-pose it often?
>do you even ever play with it unlike every other joyless adult who buy 2 or 3 of each so they can display it in the different modes each of it has, completely defeating it's purpose of being a toy in the first place?
It's "hand grenade"-iness is subjective. Regardless of ham hands.

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Okawara lines/numbers > Katoki warning labels

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I still need to do some detail painting on the tank half along with finishing the weapons, but I'm happy with how this is looking so far (Not so much that decal on the backpack, but the rest is fine).

Is it just me or does tamiya's acrylic flat coat not protect against anything? Is there anything else anyone can recommend?

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au reviour

>>15569216
More of it. The Testors shit doesn't work too well either, you gotta fucking nuke the thing with the overcoats, but in small amounts with time to dry in between or it'll get frosty.

>>15565297
its called the cast iron effect (serious):
use a sponge and dab on some putty.
prime and paint.

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Will be buying a Demonstrator and two giant gatlings. Now i need to think of what to paint it.

>>15565243
How is that HLJs problem? Learn to e-mail manage you pleb.

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Well guys, this is my groupbuild. It isn't complete, but I'm done.

Between my fuckups on every step of the build and painstakingly time consuming fixes, stiff joints and a bulky frame that make it impossible to pose without moving two other things unintentionally, the sword being too damn heavy, and Vallejo paint being wholly and completely worthless even with their polyurethane varnish so much so that just the friction of the sword resting on the shoulder rubs paint off on both points...I give up. The more I try to pose it, the more paint chips or rubs off.

I tried my goddamned hardest.

My last step was to paint a strip of cloth white for the handle.

I don't know if it's my depression or not, but I'm not sure I even want to continue this hobby anymore if acrylic is useless and the other options are health hazards.

>>15565636
MG REBORNS FUCKING GUNDAM

>>15568986
Of course it won't explode if you don't ever touch it.

>>15569661
Can you not topcoat It? A decent semi gloss would protect the paint.

>>15569661
I feel ya brother, as a guy who also suffers from depression working up the energy to paint and spend large amounts of time on details can be an uphill battle. Despite the reservations of the general as a whole I prefer to snapbuild and work on minor details just to ensure that I can actually get a project done. I've painted 5 kits thus far but honestly that's over the course of 6 years building kits.

>>15569661
I really don't understand why you're getting such weak covering with vallejo, I've only done like three kits and a tank with the stuff but I can scratch that shit with my fingernails quite badly and nothing happens. Acrylics are entirely fine, it has to be something on your end though I have no idea what.

>>15569861

He probably too impatient, acrylics dry quickly but durability is another thing. It needs time.

>>15566327
>>15567132
dont get me started on the water slides for these star wars kits. A fucken 99 cent store sticker has more adhesive then them.

>>15569926

For some reason I actually like the stickers the star wars kits come with. I'm not sure what's different about them compared to your average gunpla sticker but they feel a lot better.

Are the accesories/backpacks from the bb senshi line compatible with sd ex standard kits?

>>15569153
That looks great, man

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MY GOD, HE'S GOING TRANS barzAM!

After flipping through the MG Gouf Custom manual, it's interesting how much more advanced the MG Zaku II is.
6 years isn't much but an amazing amount of development was done.

>>15569783
>polyurethane varnish

>>15569861
>>15569917
I let it sit for a whole week before assembling.

>>15569926
Definately. I used microsol to get them to stay in place before brushing on some gloss later to prptect them, but had to get rid of a couple because they peeled up and moved just from touching a brush to them lightly. Bandai's waterslides have been terrible lately, I had this same issue with no adhesion with their thunderbolt FAGs decals.

>>15569982
Depends on the age of the kit, but most bb senshi are all around better in the accessory department than ex standard kits. In fact, the only thing ex standard does better than bb senshi is the articulation on some of them (but otherwise the articulation was about the same as modern bb senshi). In pretty much every other way they are worse than modern bb.

>>15570315

How many layers of it did you use? I have a bunch of spoons where I used the vallejo top coat and I'm having a very hard time making a dent in them, they are also >a week old.

Did you thin using water or the brand thinner?

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>>15570442
oops forgot to write my spiel.
anyway, here's my long overdue to be posted group build entry the "Zulu Survivor". An amalgam of lots of ideas i didn't think through and had no experience executing but, actually went way better than i expected.
More pics and some wip here: https://imgur.com/a/6d1ZA

>>15570442
nice weathering and camouflage, though I have some gripes with the foliage camo. It looks more like moss than foliage. also why is foliage stuffed into the hand and knee joints.

>>15570360
My test spoons were more durable only a few days after even without a topcoat. My spoons were one coat, and kit were 2 lighter coats so it's possibly the paint is thinner as I was afraid of covering the details.

Aside from shearing off on ball joints and pegs, and where sharp edges hit each other, the paint is holding up just fine. I'm actually wondering if I missed topcoating the sword and the paint is rubbing off. I'll look into it later after a nap.

I used brand thinner.

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>>15570459
Was mostly an idea i ran with after impulse buying some of the stuff from the model trains section in my local model shop, not really with any intent towards realism (or actually fitting with the rest of the design).

>>15570442
Nice pattern you got going on there.

>>15570472
sorry, all I see is a tall man sucking a baby bottle, holding green hard candy, and with broccoli all over him.

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>>15570494
Thanks bud, actual design is def the thing i'm weakest at right now.

>>15570472
>>15570442
I think it looks pretty cool. Good job, anon.

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>>15570494
fucking murdering me right now

>>15569661
What kind of primer did you use? Vallejo paints/primer both need a bit of "tooth" underneath, so you either use Mr Surfacer 500/Duplicolor, or Vallejo's in-brand primer, anything else is too fine-grained for their paints to adhere to.

>>15569661

>>15570360

>>15570468
Each of you three anons: Were you using Vallejo Model Color or Model Air? Which primer were you using?

>>15569661
>I don't know if it's my depression or not, but I'm not sure I even want to continue this hobby anymore if acrylic is useless and the other options are health hazards.


Wait for July/August for Mission Models to release their Automotive colors line then. It's like Createx Auto-Air, but for models, so it doesn't need to be overly thinned down like Createx.

>>15570507
I've read that before but never could remember where it was from... any help?

First time painting a kit, when is the best time to assemble it? I have the base colors done, and all that's left is gloss coat > decals/panel lines > matte coat > finish

Will the world end and my life be ruined if I assemble after gloss coat?

And on a completely unrelated note to my question, anyone entering into the GBWC at A-Kon in a few weeks?

>>15570201
Actually looks pretty good. Maybe you should paint it up and make a custom!

>>15564625

beautiful....

>>15570653
As long as you mask properly and don't get too thick a coat on any joints or connecting parts, you should generally leave assembly to the very last.

>>15570657
Or maybe he should leave it as is.

>>15570692
Aye aye!

>>15570556

I used the vallejo primer, but am switching away from it as it isn't sandable. I have used both model/game color and model/game air.

Both are fairly durable when cured and the primer/top coat are also cured, but on the spoons that I only used the paint itself on, the air versions are for some reason way more durable than the regular one.

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>>15570653
top coats and gloss coats dont need to have absolute 100% overage, just on the outer surfaces that are visible when the kit is assembled. plenty of people built the kit in sub-assembles then top coat entire sections at a time rather than piece by piece.

I cannot find any First Parties that have 1/100 pilots in stock. Do any Third Party make these or are there any Alternative i can use?

>>15570784

Safer to assemble after the top coats though, the top coats are there to protect the paint and not just for looks.

I usually assemble some parts after the gloss coat is cured, some of the panel lining can't be done unless assembled.

>>15570551
I was using Vallejo's primer. I think I need thicker coats and more topcoat. I have a throwaway GM coming soon that I'll test it on.

>>15570558
I'll keep an eye out for it.

>>15570551

Guess buying mr surfacer 1200 was a mistake. And the black one that I also bought only comes in 1500. Wouldn't 500 cover up finer details though?

>>15570853
http://www. maschinenkrueger.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23:vallejo-model-paints&catid=18:tools-and-supplies&Itemid=22

From experience, the following was true about some primers having enough "tooth".

Surfacer 1200 is generally for gunpla, 1500 is when you plan to have a gloss paint job/clearcoat like for car models.

>thicker coats

I think Model Air is the way to go, too bad about the whole color range being different though.

>>15570884

That seems to be mainly for handbrushing the model colors though. I have been handbrushing it without issue on top of the tamiya fine primer in the past, so I don't think I buy it completely.

Slowpoke here

Where did you anons who used GG go after the site stopped updating? Are there similar sites out there?

>>15570903
gundam kits collection if you are too lazy to bother translating.

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>>15570201
just gonna suggest it now cuz I know I won't be building gunpla for a while

Bar-EXAM

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>>15570915
>too lazy to bother translating

Thanks anyway.

>>15570919
Or you could paint up custom bearzam.

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>tfw a tiny white piece shot off a runner while I was cutting it and I have no idea where it went

Time to tear the whole house apart. Pray for me, anons.

>>15570954
>looking for the piece
Run your hand across the carpet / floor and feel for it. You'll never find it with your eyes.

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>>15565687
You mean like this?

>shitty webcam pic from years ago

>>15570954
Use a vacuum cleaner with a sock attached via runner band to the hose. It'll pick it up and catch it for you.

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I've only build one gunpla in my life...I guess the words "complete disaster" describes it well

>>15571031
Doesn't look too bad. Did you use pencil for the panel lining? The smudges look very much like graphite.

>>15571036
I used an staedtler rotring

>>15570968
>It'll pick it up and catch it for you
Along with every other same sized piece of dirt on the floor.

>>15571049
How much shit is lying around on your floor? How big is the piece? Is it indistinguishable from the debris lining your carpet?

>>15571061
he already found it dude
>>15570998

>>15570954
>>15571049
my floor is a fucking mess but when that happens i usually just shine my phone's flashlight perpendicular to the ground as see what casts a shadow.

Dont know if you guys shun third party kits like reddit does but here is a red frame which is currently on sale at half price - without shipping its £8.


https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/DABAN-6601-Gundam-model-MG-1-100-MBF-P02KAI-Astray-Red-Frame-Mobile-Suit-kids-toys/2491016_32736387318.html?spm=2114.12010612.0.0.OvuEKL

Between the Barzam and the Mk-II, what do you think the odds of a new Quel are?

>>15571061
>How much shit is lying around on your floor
Most of the shit on my floor is nubs I cut off that flew off the table. And most of the time those can be a pain specially when a nub is about as big as a v-fin gem or detail part that suddenly fell.

Is there a Third Party GN-X 1/100?
Or somewhere i can buy one for less than $50 Plus postage?

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>>15570998
Jesus Christ, this kit has been a nightmare. Can't even get the fin to lay flat to glue it properly, gunna go to the pharmacy to get some krazy glue, if that doesn't work I'm throwing the whole damn thing in the trash. No HG is worth this much of a headache.

>>15571211
just use some mr. cement to weld the piece back together.

>>15570442
>dank/10.

>>15571218
>just use some mr. cement
Don't have any right now. If this doesn't work I'll sand it back down and just put the kit away for now I guess. This whole experience has just been incredibly frustrating is all, this isn't even the first piece that has broken. The plastic is incredibly brittle in this kit for some reason, maybe because it's old, idk.

Can I use Tamiya primer with Vallejo paints?

>>15571277
Vallejo is acrylic and water based, are the Tamiya paints also acrylic and water based? If so then go for it, if not then it'll still be fine, just don't mix the two.

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good enough for now I guess

>>15571300
tamiya fine primer is a lacquer. all true primers are lacquers

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>>15570442
Looks great and I like the cammo paint. The chest piece stands out though with lack of cammo. I think the moss/trees would look better with some type of netting though. Without it it makes me think its so old shit started growing on it, witch is cool. But that thought makes it look weird cause nothing is weathered. Good job though, I love the zulu.

>>15571277

Yes.

>>15570954
I feel you, I lost my Zaku Sniper's monoeye that way. Searched fruitlessly but never found it so I just made a new one out of a beam saber runner.

>>15571270
>>15571211
>this kit has been a nightmare
>throwing the whole damn thing in the trash. No HG is worth this much of a headache.
>The plastic is incredibly brittle in this kit for some reason, maybe because it's old, idk.
Ok I'm calling BS on this right now. My old Hazel Kits are just fine. And I recently bought a Hazel Custom last 2 months ago and built it just fine. Blame your ham hands maybe. Just because you're a shitty builder doesn't mean it's the kit's fault.

>>15571344
Never had this issue before, dude. The fin broke on TOUCH. It's a really great looking kit so far, but there is definitely a difference in plastic quality. I'm sure it's ultimately my fault, but I doubt this would be happening on a newer kit.

>>15571305
watch out for the hands, Hazels always had fragile hands and will crumble as soon as you try to make them hold something.

>>15565072
Fuck off tomino

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>painting kits when they're just gonna chip anyway

>>15565032
>all the china bootlegs being stocked at your local store are marked up ridiculously

also what happened to AKOhobby? Finally got my hands on a cheap GM Ground type and now I can't buy their upgrade kit

>>15571453
Thanks for the heads up, anon. The trigger finger especially does look really thin.

>>15571493
Where's the rest of the screencaps/copy pasta of this incident?

>>15571493
>>15571552
I wanna know too. I've heard about this but never really found the origins of it.

>>15571886
>>15571552
where were you when snapfit is die?
I was at home gluing fumina when moot ring
'snapfit is kill'
'no
and you??????

>>15571898
the fuck... did you just have a stroke?

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>>15569926
Paint them instead

>>15572120
I just ended up buying some mr mark setter for the water slides.

>>15571493
What happened here? Some random dude spraying some paint in kits?

>>15572298
He had an Arts degree. Or so he claimed.

>>15572298
Spraypainting lacquer paint straight onto the runners, indoor with no mask

>>15572319
>>15572304
>>15572298
in his bathtub iirc

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>>15572168
you should have been using that stuff from the beginning.

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>>15571520
AKO closed down years ago. i bought my GM-III back in June 2013 and they were gone some time after that.

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>>15564566
dat pube

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>>15572409
There are alternatives

>>15569661
hexing build with Crypt Blacksword?

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Spiegel

>>15565725
>>15565732
>>15566387
>>15566528

Just get the RD and the expansion parts and be a good goyim

I am getting another MG this weekend, already built a shiki 2.0. What do you guys recommend that isn't crazy expensive? Thinking maybe freedom 2.0

>>15572304
>>15572319

Who is he?

>>15572504
>Just get the RD and the expansion parts
For what purpose? That shit doesn't have wings that spread open and turn into a cloak either. It's even worse since it's not only a partsformer, it's also NOT a gunpla.

can i remove a spray flat lacquer topcoat if i don't like the results?

>>15572565
No. Hell no.

>>15572565

On plastic? Yes. It's lacquer, which is a bitch to strip but it's possible.

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Been watching some reviews of this guy. What's all this about mould degradation and the inner frame being fucked?

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>>15572419
did someone say PUBE?

not mine, grabbed this from gunpla threads, long ago.

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>>15572808
>Click pic
>Wait, this looks familiar
>Oh god
>Fuck

Did not expect to see my own pube posted on the internet today. That pic is old enough that when I stupidly posted it the regular gunpla generals didn't exist on /m/ yet. I'm not even sure it was /m/ I posted it on.

>>15572720
The Frame is definitely overused ever since the HG Barbatos 6th form was released. Almost every Gundam save for Kimaris and Gusion uses the same frame. Though I think its more to do with the soft polycaps that are the real fault.

>>15572934
it sure posted in /m/. lurking this board, like almost 8 years or so.

unless you have posted in other place.

>>15571031
>Painted
Very nice.
>Didn't remove the safety gates
So close, yet so far.

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This is fine for an out of the box build? I panel lined with Gundam markers. The tamiya and mr. hobby stuff seems really expensive to import to the states. Pic related is accessible in my rural area.

>trying to finish up my shitty custom for the groupbuild before tomorrow.
>spray topcoat
>realize you smudged some yellow paint on the green
Hold me anons, I just want this ride to end

>>15572960
Goddamnit, i just got it and now i find out. How bad is it?

>>15564957
even the new revive one?

>>15572453
Guts and Dragonslayer from Berserk.

So kind of, actually.

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>>15564443
My sister and I built a Nobel Gundam together and she wanted to do another one, so I let her pick any from my backlog and she chose the Gouf. I'm so proud, guys.

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Got more gold paint, what should I bling up?

>>15573130
It can work if you're very careful to apply thin coats at first so that the marker lines don't run

>>15564443

planning to buy some wing stuff

Should i buy Dragon Momoko Deathscythe TV and Proto Wing Zero?

>>15573065
>safety gates
what safety gates?

>>15573726
on the crests horns . i didnt know it was a thing till like 2 weeks ago. now i have to go through all my models...

>>15573456
That pic IS the revive one. What are you, blind or something? Look at the elbow joint. Look at how far it can bend.

Plus the whole purpose of the extra Ground Type Head in the Ground War set was to make the old HG Ground Type look better because it actually had a clear visor instead of a kibble head with green sticker.

Though I'm not a fan of the fucking Ground Type Revive not having an opening hatch like the old 144...

>>15573731
I actually like the shape of some of the v-fins with safety gates. Makes some of the non-edgelord kits look like they have wing fins instead of sharp pointless antennae...

I remove the safety gates on the astrays though because I like to pretend they turn into sharp boomerangs they can throw in case of emergency. But for waverider's and non-melee kits, the safety gate stays.

>>15573640
The blade of the sword.

>spray gloss in thin coats
>it's not very glossy at all even after several coats
>spray it in heaver coats
>oh hello orange peel or general "wavyness" in the reflection

I'll never be able to do this right, I just want a clear reflection of my working lamp.