Gunplastic Model General

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== THICK MS GROUPBUILD ==

Build a kit of your choice that's heavily armored, and thick in the thighs/arms/torso/general area. Examples include:
>Dom + Dom Variants
>The O
>Virtue/Seravee Gundams
>Gusion/Man Rodis
>Full Armor gundams (If they're heavily armored, and not guns strapped everywhere like the FA Unicorn)

Non-Bandai kits are allowed, so feel free to whip out a Frame Arms kit or something and work with that as long as you make it thicc as fuck.

Start Date: 6/15
End Date: 8/31

GroupBuild Dude, I would like to personally define thicc as at least 3/4ths the width of the HG Barbatos' mace.

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>be away from gunpla for a few years
>lurk a few threads
>decide to get a kit or two from Hobbywave
>find out they're closing

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>>15620366
>that pic
While /m/ was arguing about the meaning of "thicc", /toy/ was arguing about the legitimacy of a bootleg kit.
Never change, you two.

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I do love me some SDs

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How did I do guys? I've got silver gundam markers coming in the mail for the darker panel lines

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>>15620642
It wasn't about legitimacy, some autist was throwing a fit about the kit because while the ms mode is decent it doesn't really work in the drone mode correctly and lacks another gimmick or two. He started running his mouth off about other third party and bootleg kits and proved he didn't know shit.

But yeah, yesterday was a spergfest for both the threads.

>>15620749
Regular gundam markers aren't for panel lining, the tips are too thick. You're pretty much just going to smear silver on the parts all along the panel.

>>15620776
I bet it will happen again.

>>15620366
custom images being shit like this are why the /m/ general is terrible reddit tier casual garbage.

>>15620781
>smear
Then you wipe off the excess.
You can paint all over the damn thing like a retarded monkey on drugs, you just need to clean it up with paint thinner or cotton swabs and it'd look decent.

Do any of you guys use gloves when building gunpla?
I use cheap latex gloves in order to keep the pieces fingerprint free, plus it makes it easier to hole the pieces; however I want to move onto a more permanent solution as I go through gloves pretty quickly.

Any recommendations?

>>15620789
Such is life on 4chan.

>>15620749
Just use black panel lining markers bro. They're not so much "black" as they're an inky dark blue. It'll show up and look much better than whatever shitshow you're going to make with the silver gundam markers

>>15620838
I was wondering about this as well.
I have a seriously bad case of hyperhydrosis so if I just hold a piece it'll get marked with heavy sweaty fingerprints or if it's in my hand it'll more or less get drenched and ruin or erase any panel lining. I just have to handkerchiefs I hold all my pieces with but I'm curious about other easier methods like gloves.

>>15620865

You sound like the towel terran

What are some goods and relatively cheap evangelion models? I did some digging, but apparently the older (1995+) kits have rubber issues. The fact that they're all basically named the same doesn't help either.

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My body is ready

>>15620886
But was your bank account?

>>15620896
>He doesn't have a decently paying job that lets him dump several hundred dollars on his hobby every month.

>>15620902

Jokes on you, I do it anyway.

>>15620749
fucking phoneposters.

>>15620776
>and lacks every gimmick
ftfy.

>>15621011
this actually happens with any digital camera with auto turn, since rotating the picture is handled in exif data and most boards scrub it
although probably a phone since no one bothers to whip out the canon for posting their robots to east russian mecha shoutfest

>>15620910
Madman

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What do you do when running out of space anons?

Don't say buy more shelves it ain't an option anymore.

>>15621042

Take old kits to the gunpla graveyard.

>>15621021
>since no one bothers to buy a canon when they already have a camera in their smartphone

>>15621042
make a diorama of destroyed mobile suits

>>15621042
Buy fishing wire and suspend 'em from the ceiling

>>15621042
Make a new house using the boxes of the kits

>>15621042
Cycle kits periodically. Store some in the closet and display others. Take it as an opportunity to dust, repose, and appreciate.

>>15621011
Too lazy to tilt your head huh? Bet your neck got a lot of fat you can't bend it.

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>>15620789
Missed those times when pinoy gunpla modelers are bashing each other on Facebook just because of bootleg kits. I wonder then that one will come back again?

>>15621086
What kind of Gunpla do you think Ponchy Hitler collects?

>>15621042
Try and fit more in by playing tetris. I hate to do it, but it's the only way at the moment. I've considered getting acrylic risers to get more out of my shelf space.

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>>15620705
I know they're cheap SD kits but I really wish they stepped up their colour game on the weapons.
I was surprised to see they provided blue wrap-around stickers for the 0-Raiser's wings yet nothing for the GN-Rifle, the rifle tips could have been molded in white since that's the only colour they are. I'll probably use a white Gundam Marker on them tomorrow.

Fun build though, I've got SD Banshee Norn and FA Unicorn to do next. Also a Real-Grenade Zeta

>>15621109
I would love to see and buy some MG or RG like SD or something, with actual work instead of shitty stickers for colors

>>15621076
this is the only correct answer.

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>>15621129
>>15621129
Definitely, the EX-Standard kits are a step in the right direction but I agree with a MG/RG.. would be nice.

>>15621076
>Store some in the closet
What if you run out of closet and space above your cabinets? I've already had to cut tons of boxes into flat shapes to store them.

How did /gpg/ dig the Hyaku Shiki Revive?
>>15621076
>take it as an opportunity to repose
Christ almighty, you devil!

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>>15621145
>Anon wants higher part separation and less stickers on SD kits
>"the EX-Standard kits are a step in the right direction"

This is a joke right?

>>15621042
Take old kits out back to be shot. #NoRoomForInferiorMS

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>>15621086
>pinoy
>mentioning anything from that garbage-tier, shitpeople country

>>15621211
I like their cakes

>>15621221
Filipino cakes are shit
- half Filipino person

>>15621222
Who shat in your cassava, Jose

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>DRAGOONS R' Us

So, can I add even more?

>>15621149
>How did /gpg/ dig the Hyaku Shiki Revive?
Also, out of curiosity, how does the super Gundam kit's backback look with the Revive Zeta?

>>15621204
Jesus, I must have seen a cherry picked example, I didn't think they were that bad. I retract my statement

>>15621147
I store the kits in buckets with soft cloths to keep them safe and store all their accessories in ziplock bags in a box

>>15621319
i mean they do have better proportions and pose ability, if you were looking for a challenge the ex standard stuff is good, filling voids, detail painting, all while being cheap.

I snooped around lately and I saw clearly, that a couple of the hobby shops in town are getting supplied their gunpla from Bluefin, via UPS.

The shipping crates clearly are stamped with Bluefin as the sender.

Despite what Derringer says, this is what's happening, and with the combination of UPS shipping, and shipping from the USA, it's no wonder Canada experiences 300% price hike for gunpla. It's insane.

Isn't it high time Bluefin sets up a Canadian branch or operation so they can get directly from Japan instead of middlemanning from the USA?

>>15621359
>A FUCKING LEAF
Who cares?

>>15621429
heres ur (you)

>>@15621440
>(you)
>nocaps
I don't accept.

>>15621147

Why are you saving all of your boxes? Sounds like a massive waste of space to me. Which reminds me, I should get rid of a bunch of manuals.

>>15621478
Feels wrong to throw them away, especially considering I'll need boxes to store gundams in once every surface in my house has been filled up.

>>15621483

I save my PG unicorn box for that reason (it has a plastic handle so I figure it could be useful at some point), and a few to help organize larger painting projects, but I don't see the point of saving them if you have to flatten them anyway.

Remember that we're talking about model kits, not figures. There's nothing wrong with getting rid of the packaging, so I'd suggest you get over that feeling and save yourself some space.

>>15621483
I keep a strip from the side of the box.
I'm planning on making a collage with them at some point.

>>15621515
I usually cut the side strips off and keep the tops in a big plastic storage file, because I like the pictures. I could just download the images online but it's a different feeling I can't explain having something physical.

>>15621579
I know what you mean famiglia, it's why a lot of people still buy floppies.

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>Jesta has an MG
>Geara Zulu doesn't
Not really complaining, but considering that Bandai usually prioritizes Zeek mobile suits over Feddie ones, it's weird that the Geara Zulu doesn't have an MG. Especially when it's a pretty popular ms with a good looking design.

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I attempt to modify. Make more original, soon.

MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom
Archetype Next: She

>>15621615
On the other hand, though:
>Geara Doga has an MG
>Jegan doesn't

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What's the problem with using screw nuts as paint agitators? The anti rust coating will hold up to being immersed in lacquer solvent, right?

>>15621145
You can buy the sd ex standard oo for an articulated arm with elbow joints. They fit perfectly

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>That feeling when you're about to click accept on a $100 order.
>An order for a single item.
>It's not even a kit, it's a tool.

Hold me /m/, the wallet rape is going to sting on this one.

>>15621825
The wallet just a tool as well, you are the rape sting. <3

>>15621825
god hand nippers? airbrush?

btw how important is it to have thin nippers so they can fit under the gates? cuz my nips are regular sized and doesnt fit well under the gates and ends up cutting close.

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thoughts on these for light weathering? think about the weathering you see on box art

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>>15621839
A "looks suspiciously like a sex toy" static grass applicator and some static grass packets bundled together. I'm sick of trying to make a diorama or base and it ends up looking like part of a golf course.

Spent a few days doing research on them and different companies (Apparently a lot of underpowered Chinese shit out there), looked into how much it would cost to make my own (Not much less and for a lot more effort involved it turns out), and grabbed a brand that had good reviews and good looking examples.

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>>15621839
I took a bench grinder and shaved down a tiny but nice nipper I found in a old tackle box. I made the cutters a lot more narrow to help get into cramped runners easier

I believe being able to cut the gate where it connects to the runner is more important then getting a clean cut. If its going to be seen and you don't paint the kit you must avoid stressing the plastic. Filing and sanding a nib is way easier then trying to get a stress mark out of dark blue plastic

>>15621847
I dry brush with acrylic for weathering but I would like to play around with a Tamiya set some time to see what I could do. I think C would be the most useful.

Hg ez8 or ground gundam? I can't decide

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>>15621042
I burn them because old kits are shit.

>>15621094
I don't know, Nazi Gunpla I guess?

>>15621912
I try to cut where the gate connects to the runner but when i cut down the nippers travel away from it and cut too close to the part. idont have access to a grinder though so il prob get better nippers.

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>Asymmetry does alot to improve things

Now to paint this thing.

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Has this book series been scanned? Any link to it?

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>>15621853
>implying it isn't actually a fleshlight that jacks off your dick using weed
>implying it isn't a weed fleshlight that doubles as a bong so you can jack off your dick and smoke it at the same time.

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>>15621926

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>>15621968
Those shoulders are a tactical mistake. If it were used in a real battle and there was an enemy MS capable enough of getting close to it, it could theoretically use those handles on the shoulder to tear off those entire arms. Specially when grabbed from behind.

Just sayin' from an engineer's standpoint.

>>15622139
If there was a mobile suit pilot skilled enough to get close and tear off the shoulders by physically ripping them off with their own suit, then he's fucked anyway.

>>15622139

if a mobile suit pilot is skilled enough to get in close and tear off the arm with the handle in the shoulder, then said pilot is skilled enough to get in close and shove a beam saber into the cockpit

>>15621968
How was the build in your opinion? I'm considering getting it. I still have mixed opinions on the look, partly because it's hard to make out much and everything outside of the main body just kind of blurs together.

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So I'm planning on getting the G Gundam HGFC Hyper Mode Set so that the Gold Build Burning I won off a campaign before can duke it out with Hyper G, but I heard bad things about the HGFC G Gundam... How bad is it exactly?

Also, love how sharp the remastered blu-ray is, almost like I can taste and feel the burning passion just from the op:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss1D_-fnT1c

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>>15622169
You should hear the English version. The lyrics are actually pretty romantic. Usually english translated lyrics are pretty shit when you sing it, but G Gundam's Trust You Forever is apparently an exception if you can forgive the japanese-english accent.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-WuBmDTV_Y

>>15621642
noice

>>15621926
The fucking EZ-8 of course. Don't listen to that other guy he's clearly zeon.

>>15622238
>>15622127
Not much space in my suitcase. If i get the ez8 might just give it a gm head.
>>15622139
>skill
Just use a high speed suit. With a wave rider mode

>>15618694
I've now primed this guy and it's left me wondering what color the gunbuster even has. Some portray it as purple, others seem to think the purple tones were from the lighting and it's actually grey. Does anyone know of any paint guides/tables? I haven't been able to find any online so far.

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Are there any magazines about gunpla building/painting etc that have been translated? I'd also like more images like the one here, hoping to find something I haven't seen before.

Should I order the 1/100 Daban, astray gold frame amatsu mina or go for the rg?

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THICC

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The shield/wing/forearm-thing looks overly complicated for my taste

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There are some tiny metallic/chrome details

>>15621935
The real Build Burning Gundam.

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>>15621949
>>15621953
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>>15621963
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>>15622119
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>>15622137
AKG stuff

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First time building a RG kit. Completed the inner frame and feel very satisfied. Planning to paint the inner frame since It's a clear ver.

>>15622695
00 Raiser, you're in for a nice treat with that kit, though i reccomend a base if you plan on having it docked with the 0 raiser.

>>15622695
Why it got a dick?

>>15622843
It's the power of Trans-Am.

>>15622324
speaking of wave riders, Is the new HGUC Zeta worth it?

What color would make sense for paint chips? is there any "canon" on this area (as in what would be directly beneath the paint), or should I just look at real life examples?

I want to make use of a chipping medium so I need to know what to use beneath my base coat. I could use a rust color but I'm doing a desert based color scheme so I'm not sure if that would make sense considering the environment.

>>15622983
In the Universal Century canon, mobile suits used titanium alloys with fancy names like Luna Titanium, Gundarium Alpha/Beta/Gamma. Titanium oxide is white (it's the pigment used in white wall paint), but matte white looks like gunpla plastic. So idk. Maybe that's why you only see modellers do burn-marks. You could use rust colors but the idea of 20 meter robots made out of (heavy-as-fuck) steel is kinda dumb. Anyway it's all made up fiction so meh, who cares.

>>15622825
>00 Raiser
>When it's CLEARLY a QAN[T] head
Step it up.

>>15623003

I'm fine with pretending that they could rust like steel would, but seeing as rust would be somewhat limited (but not nonexistant) in a desert environment I wonder what color they would have by default. Can't go wrong with the typical inner frame grey, I guess.

I'm not so sure about using actual metallic paint and then doing the chipping medium/basecoat over that.

>>15623022

Never mind that last sentence, I'm reading the weathering magazine volume about chipping and they did it using an alclad metallic. Guess I can choose between rust and actual metal.

>>15622590
Yeah keep in mind this is a professionally done up kit, the actual one isn't going to look like this

>>15620902
>Land a job that pays $8000 a month straight out of graduation
>Workload is fucking insane, leaving no time to build Gunpla.

I-I guess I'll be building my backlog when I retire then

>>15623135

And that is the reason why I will probably work with some ~40 hours a week job even if the pay won't be good compared to what I could earn if I were prepared to work myself to death. I do want some free time.

>>15623056
Isn't it a 3d render?

>>15623022
>>15623003
you COULD just repaint it and pretend it's some post apoc AU where they would be patched up with steel and shit since omega lunar gundamium titanium alloy would be scarce

>>15623158
yes

>>15623163

it's for the group build so I guess it could just add to the weight" of it.

Actually I'm considering doing two layers of chipping so at one point I would have a rust + steel covered piece and then covering that with the base coat. I could motivate the rust by the age of the mobile suit despite it being desert colors.

>>15622695
Hope you enjoyed AKON anon

>>15622621

>>15622111 Those nub marks are about to give my brain a damage. I want badly to take care of her.

>>15622983
Well... if you look at it from scienific point of view. Gundanium is a alloy of Lunar titanium and electrically neutra iron

The raw titanium has a blueish color to it and raw Iron is a light gray.

Mixing them would give you a very dullish gray blue and it wouldn't be shiny.

As for suits made with Hardened steel that's just a dark or lighter gray. It can be a rainbow of colors though if it's heated but that would be hard to pull off on a model.

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>>15620374
is this THICC enough for you?
I even left a massive pair of metal screws inside these to add some weight

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>>15623326
side view, those decals were a bit tricky

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>>15623330
this thing has terrible seamlines all over the place, fortunately, it seems the armor parts cover most of them just right
also, the feet are pathetically tiny, so I'm sure it wll have a hard time to support to whole body once complete

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Just got done snapping the new HGUC Zeta. It's a pretty nice kit. The pseudo inner frame is nice and the articulation is pretty good. Better than most HGs. The shoulders in particular are MG levels of articulated. There were some issues though. The wing binders however are kinda lacking. They only move really in one direction and you can't change the angle of them reletive to the rest of the MS. The red parts on the wings are stickers and honestly it's not really acceptable. With the detail on the rest of the kit there is no reason they shouldn't have been separate red peices. I'm gonna have to strip the stickers off and paint them. I haven't transformed it yet so we'll see how well that works.

>>15623343
The legs are a little too short. A ver Ka would look much better.

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It looks like shit but fuck it. It's my first gunpla and I love it. Shitty ass stickers and all.

>>15623326
>>15623330
>>15623335

Looks cool, where are the pieces from?

>>15623393
Would be a great model to practice paint and weathering on.

I don't see any nub marks so you got that down path.

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>>15623343
>I haven't transformed it yet
Don't bother. It'll leave this minus the arms. Fucking torsoformers...

>>15623467
Yeah, Its so cheap I figure i can get another one to practice painting on. Then I can compare the two. To see my improvement.

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Is it possible to love the zeta too much?

>>15623505
I don't see any of them with an tenga hole mod so I think you're okey for now.

>>15623473
>>15623343
There ya go
>>15622932

>my woundwort as OP for both /gpg/s at the same time

life is complete. i can die now, from bootleg plastic fumes.

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going to post a couple of pictures of a zudah i did. still need to do the zaku machine gun. painted him in city camo colors and used the patterns similar to the normal version

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>>15623633

>>15622169
Quite the opposite the God Gundam is a really fantastic kit.

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>>15623640

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>>15623645
p b a n d a i

>>15623650
delet

>>15623650
This is the only kit I want from Twilight Axis. Why was the Tristan the only one to get a release.WHY! Why use the old Alex mold when you maybe could have used Mk II. Anything but this.

>>15622404
I got one about someone customizing the 1/48 gundam that was translated. My hobby place started handing them out to get people interested in gunpla. Its a pretty nifty pamphlet

>>15623473
>transforming at a 1/144 scale
do you want instability or a solid form retard?

>>15623473
anon, thats the old hguc

>>15621935
>Setsuna_joins_ISIS.jpg

>>15623461
its the 1/72 VF-0S Reactive Armored kit from Hasegawa

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>>15623693
it's a fairly old kit, from 2010 more or less and it was discontinued everywhere, I got this one from Rakuten

>>15622695
Where did you get that chair?

>>15623592
so how was the kit overall, not too experienced with bootlegs so i assume their quality up to bandai. is it fragile or is it sturdy enough to hold poses

>>15623684
It's an example. The new HG Z does the same thing. Leave an entire torso What part of
>It'll leave this minus the arms
didn't you get?

>>15623682
>do you want instability or a solid form retard?
>what is the HGUC ZZ. asshat?

>>15623715
It's basically an upscaled 144. All it has is basic articulation. Doesn't transform like the actual MS despite being a 1/100 scale in these modern times where bootlegs are already pretty good. Giant gun doesn't transform into a big hand either like it's supposed to. The manipulator arm in the dick only opens about 35 - 45 degrees and has no articultation aside from that, making it useless and pointless. The only thing they got right was how the legs fold.

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>When you actually put together the kit you wanted to do for the Thicc groupbuild but then you decide just doing panel lines + a gloss coat is enough to make it look alright

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It's been a while since I've put together a kit around this size, been beating around the HG bush for to long. I've got something else planned for the groupbuild that should provide enough work for two months.

>>15623728
so you would rather have a hand grenade with messed up proportions than a partsformer with good proportions? anon these are model kits and not toys, you arent really suppose to play with them. Change hobbies and buy transformers and while playing with them make gun noises while they are in your hand you autismo

>>15623746
>hey kid, ever heard of the obari diet?

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>>15623748
>so you would rather have a hand grenade with messed up proportions
>what is the MG 2.0
>model kits
>not toys
>you arent really suppose to play with them
>yet marketed to kids

>>15623626
Looks really good dude! Great job!

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Time to find out if E2046 recasts really are shit

>>15623734
that kinda sucks, i almost never keep my ms in ma/transformed mode so the lack of transformation doesnt bother me too much, but i understand it can be a huge turn off. really wish they made a separate part for the claw mode if they couldnt make it transform, thats what i really wanted

>>15623820
They're hit and miss.

>>15623660
That's the way of Bandai saying "Fuck you, now if you want a decent kit, then buy this p-bandai and give us all your shekels".

Japs are really the Juice of Asia.

>>15623640
>>15623645
>>15623650

If we have the biggest dick in Asia, that would belong to Bandai.

What a dick move, its the only decent kit in the show yet a P-bandai one. What they expect? Otakus giving away all their money for this?

>>15623742
>>15623746
You need to make a diorama of all your Gunpla fighting it, and have Dark Prison playing in its presence.

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>>15623835
Yeah, I can tell after going over the parts. Stuff I've noticed so far:

>The stock knee joints are too large to fit properly. Either I'm gonna have to trim the knees or the inside of the legs
>A bunch of the thinner parts (Like the blade that goes on the front winch) are slightly warped
>Looking at how the feet connect to the legs, I doubt that I'll be able to have them in any position other than a static standing position once done, which isn't that much of an issue probably
>There's some parts with unfinished molding, so I know I've got my work cut out for me at least

>>15623932
What is that gray stuff?

>>15623876
I've pretty much stopped expecting anything good from Bandai ever. Probably won't even get a MG GM Command despite already having the Sniper 2.

>>15623945
It's just blu-tack, nothing special.

>>15623932
e2046 stuff is pretty much only acceptable to me by sheer virtue of actually existing.

GK-M is way better quality, but their catalog isn't nearly as big. It kinda sucks.

>>15623950
Oh, I thought you had some how made a joint from sculpty. I was about to pray to you.

>>15621483
I've thought about cutting the sides off of the box from the first gunpla I've ever built and displaying it like a poster.

Have any of you guys done any character resin kits? I've got two I've been saving for a rainy day, and I'm dreading even attempting to paint the eyes. I'm under the impression that some kits have water slides, but these are old as fuck and as far as I can tell none were ever made for the kits. What black magic do I have to do to have the eyes come out looking quality instead of QUALITY?

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Has anybody got experience with the 1/72 Kotobukiya zoids kits? I was thinking of picking up pic related

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Just about done with this guy. I'm just waiting for my decals now. While I wait, I'll gloss coat and panel line it, but there's not much left to do.

>>15624018
Learn how to draw

>>15623828
>really wish they made a separate part for the claw mode if they couldnt make it transform
Why would they, at the scale they pirated it, it should at the very least have been able to do just that.

Let me get this straight: Samueldecal only lets you print decals in solid colors, and only in the eight or so colors they specify, right?

>>15624068
I like the color scheme.

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>>15624068
>>15624068
>>15624068
Anon, this is looking SO SLICK. That color scheme is great and the paint is on point!! Consider me a fan!!

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Happy with how this turned out, for a straight build. Probably should've gone with gray panel liner for the white parts though.

>>15624242
Hey thanks man. I'm still loving your The O Gyan. Very nice!

>>15623056
Worse, it is CG

Vidar feet or avalance dash for ice skate aesthetic? I'm gonna pre emptively get one kit or the other in the chance that the G Gundam is the next group build

>>15624325
Avalanche, go all out

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>>15624062
it looks great
in my backlog

>>15624062
My experience is that it's good but fragile. The Panzer needs painting for a few of the missiles and the base Liger Zero has spots that need glue (like the sides of the body that the front legs mount to for example).

Oh, and the polycaps the Panzer's big fuckoff guns plug into perished and cracked after like a year for me, so watch out.

>>15622586
>>15622588
>>15622590
>>15622591
>>15622595
>>15622597
I can't wait to see by how much it will deplete my bank account.

>>15624242
>>15624297
>circlejerking and sucking each other's cocks

>>15624455
>Being a supportive community

>>15624455
There's no need to be upset. I'm sure people would compliment your kits too if you worked harder.

>>15624362
Cool, do all the kits have similar problems or just the ligers?

>>15624455
they were being ironic

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>>15624473
Honestly only built the Liger so far, but knowing Koto the others will have similar issues. I have pic related in the backlog and as far as I can tell it needs a lot of paint on the guns etc.

>>15622169
bought an old kit of the God Gundam back when G Gundam was still having re-runs in the US. It had the regular colors on the outside of the box. But when I opened it, it was gold chrome hyper mode.

Anyone here owns an Origin HG Char Zaku 1?

Does it have some unused commander horn part left in the mold somewhere?

>>15621847

The weather masters are quite useful. However, unless you want an extremely strong effect you should start slow and small and work the area outward.

Also Snow in set B is kinda useless for gunpla and A is all kind of redundant.

Snow is useless mostly because its used for highlighting terrain and such. As snow would actually kind glob and stick to something instead of just being flat or as an edge highlight its kind bunk for gunpla. Everything in set A kinda fills the same purpose and doesn't look radically different.

D overtop of metallics can give a very cool heatstain effect and C is really good for making shit look old and busted.

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Got my stuff for the group build today, I hope there is no such thing as "too many weapons".
I'm gonna go heavy object on this thing.

>>15624555

What are they, exactly? Pastels? Any point in getting them if I already have washes/oils/pigments?

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>>15624455

>>15624568

They are very similar to pastels. Though a little more geared toward being used on plastics. They are extremely easy to blend though which makes them very useful after the fact and for getting smooth application. Something that with paint would take a long time any many layers to get nice gradients.

They serve a purpose but if you are already fine with doing weathering with washes/oils/pigments then I would suggest just doing that.

Personally I like them because they have a real gritty look to them (because it is powder consistency) that a wash just doesn't look quite the same as.

Obviously though it depends on your skill level and application. If you are good enough you can make anything work. It's just a matter of time investment.

>>15624470
>I grew up without a supportive community, and so we don't need it here

>>15624503
>and if that don't work...
>use more gun

>>15624562
are you incorporating YOOOOOOO in some way?

>>15624766

Don't think so, I was just pleased with getting it.

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so thats why amiami wanted $45 for shipping
i thought it was gonna be hg sized or something

>>15623650
Based on the arms and feet classic byarlant is incoming and this is just a tease for the main course.

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>>15624455
>(you)

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>>15623714

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>make holes for gatlings
>realize they can't spin like this

Time to say goodbye to logic, I'll be using them anyway.

>>15624967
Just pass em off as a triple barreled cannon

>>15624993

Yeah, true. It bugs me a little still though.

Also, is it supposed to take a ton of time to drill holes with a pin vise? I'm making some more holes now and it's just taking me forever. I am using a smaller drill bit though. I guess medium sized but not tiny.

>>15624967
>>15625052
you could find/make some sort of dish to mount them into

Anons, how do you do touch ups on paintjobs? I have a piece that 've painted in two colors (dark grey and orange) and I've had some grey particles find their way unto the orange part.

Is there a clean way of fixing this with a normal brush?

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seeing as how i cant afford to buy an airbrush kit right now what kinda enamels and acrylics do you guys use? I'm still new to painting kits so I don't know

>>15625059

Yeah maybe, if I find something like that that I can fit into the holes I just drilled. I'm really a beginner at all kinds of customizing beyond painting, so at the moment I'm mostly settling for drilling and plugging shit in.

Which brings me to another question, how would I go about gluing a flat piece onto a slightly curved surface? It's not pure plaplate but rather detailing items like those in the builders parts sets, so I'm not sure if I can just bend it with the help of hot water.

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what i'm in for?

>>15625262
>Asks what he's in for
>After he places his order

Why do people do this?

>>15625267
To show off, of course.

>>15625267
it was more about for beign a pre-owned item, even if i don't like it i think i can sell it 12k + more or less 6k shipping is a good price for this kit i think

>Building a Dragon Momoko MG Tallgeese I
>Encountering my first fitting issues
>Can all be fixed with cement, but still frustrating

This kit is going to make my hair turn grey isn't it?

>>15625309
Why would you buy the DM TG I when you can just get bandai's? It's not p-bandai like the other TG's.

>>15625309
The Bandai one isn't even that great I don't even know what would it be with a bootleg.

>>15625351
Because I managed to get this kit fro €8,- at some local shop and I figured that it would be a fun challenge.
>>15625418
You know I'm actually surprised by how good it looks. So far I've run into some fitting issues sure, but all in all this thing will actually turn out to look nicely.

It'll just take me a while

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>>15623650
>>15623645
>>15623640
>p-bandai
and here I thought the byarlant was the chosen one.

well guess I go back to wishing upon a shooting star for the zeta version to be made in a HG.

>>15624470
>Being a supportive community
>on /m/'s /gpg/

Why are the IBO 1/100 kits so fuckin cheap? I got the Kimaris trooper for 30 bucks

>>15625607
cause that was the point of them dude. I wouldn't have bought half as many as I did if they were 40+

I know I'm supposed to ignore it, but I'm seriously curious, is he autistic? like what's the point no one really cares it just seems to happen every thread like clockwork, there's no bait even it's just weird

>>15624470
The only supportive community I believe in is the one with tough love

>>15625706
It's encouraging, he's gone back to spamming cause no one is responding to his shitty kit pics

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>>15625690
>>15625692
>>15625694
>>15625696
>>15625699
>>15625704
>>15625747
>>15625764
>>15625836

>>15625706
I always remember to report and hide, despite some fears i'll be banned for reporting spam

>>15625860
Id love a red Tallgeese,

>>15625826
oh, that's good then, I guess, the desperate death throes of a shitposter

>>15625868
can we just take a moment to think how big a MG 1/100 la vie en rose would actually be? i cant imagine it so could someone put it in perspective?

>>15625811
If you think 'tough love' is being an asshole for no reason then you're part of the problem.

Supportive =/= hugbox. Learn how to be a normal goddamn human being already.

>>15625897
It's not actually that much bigger than a regular battleship and the Dendrobium is not much smaller than the Albion.

A 1/100 would probably be the size of an average bedroom but I think a 1/144 is feasible if you were gonna set up a massive diorama at a convention or something.

>>15625897
243.31 inches in length

>>15625913
>20 feet of plastic space ship with dozens of little arms
so would it come on comically oversized runners that need hedgeclippers and orbital sanders, or a million normal runners?

>>15625913
>A 20 foot model kit
How long would it take for someone to complete something of that size

>>15625280
>>15625262
If past pre-owned, damaged packaging order from AmiAmi and Mandarake are something to go by, it'll probably have the glue holding the box flaps together gone, or one of the corners are crushed.

Or one bag has been opened.

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>>15625897
>>15625912
It never occurred to me how fucking huge a Salamis Kai 1/144 would be until I saw this. Like conceptually I'd love to have one but it would take up the same space as a coffee table.

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Is there a good Nelly Brain plamo? It's my favorite Nagano design.

fellow /m/en, I just ordered a RG QAN[T] for 2000 yen from HLJ, how much screwed I am?

>>15626434
Only one item? Enjoy those shipping charges.

>>15626445
Actually it's something like 800-900 yen, and it usually increase with every item. I was planning on buying a couple of markers and hands anyway.

For now I'm going to put it in the warehouse, so I can make up My Order later on and split the shipping costs.

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The new group build idea inspired me to make this monster. Not sure if I'm actually gonna enter her in the competition (do FAGs even count?), but I'm gonna finish this regardless, see where it goes.

>>15626489
/toy/ is actually having a FAG group build right now I believe.

>>15626489
Since non-gundam kits are allowed I expect FAGs are too

>>15626541
and regular frame arms as well

>>15626489
thicc her up a bit and she'll be good to go

>>15626489
Seeing this makes me want to hollow out a virtue

>>15626612
See if you can stick a nadleeh in there?

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And so it begins.

>>15626617
I thought some one did that way back when 00 was airing. I'm gonna see if I can fit a fag in there

>start on my groupbuild project
>my last project still has a bunch I need to do

Damn groupbuild.

>>15626457
Nice.

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>giving this thing a color scheme
>platinum joints or bust

Or... is going full Hi Nu with Violet/White better?

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>>15626704
will do this to the shoulder too :D

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I'm probably done drilling holes now, time to clean up the pieces in the kits while I think of what else I want to do.

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http://hobbynotoriko.yumenogotoshi.com/hguc-zaku-3c-ta.html

>>15626805
>p-bandai recolor of a 17 year old kit

Ew, gross.

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>>15626841
>this bait pic is 5 years old
>still no real thing
F90 is very gimmicky suit like Strike, why wont bandai jew it out

>>15626873
no one knows what the F90 is, as opposed to the Strike. you'd think it'd be a great Build Fighters suit.

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>>15626876
fucking normalfags

>>15626873
Too niche, too old.

Prime candidate for a RE100 though.

>>15626661
That's going to look really good.

>>15626941
Can someone explain this meme with the ugly dog and the filenames to me?

>>15626953
Snapfit gets pissy when he doesn't get attention so he spams the thread with his trip off.

>>15626962
Oh.

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>>15626351
>thinking this will ever be physically possible as a plastic model
>thinking Bandai will ever bother making a kit of it

Git gud son

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>Friend decided to gift me this
What am I in for when dealing with this?

Any spears/really long gun barrels?

>>15627158
Transient Gundam, the various Kimaris gundams, and the Shenlong/Altron all use spears

>>15627152
a very good ibo model, just some annoying stickers, though i personally didn't bother using.

>>15627152
Less nubmarks than other IBO models
Heavy weapon rack on the left side of the kit
Overall this one is pretty good.

>>15627170
Thanks

>>15627158
the zudah has a really long sniper rifle

>>15627195
Nice

>>15627195
Nice camera

>>15627288
It's legitimately better than Fllay's literal shit quality pics at least

>>15627152
I have it in my backlog and I'm looking forward to it. It looks fucking great and I'm hearing good things about the kit itself.

>>15627152
you'll be seeing red

Someone's mad today

When are new kit announcements made usually? I just got into the hobby right before Shizuoka so I'm not sure what to look forward to.

>>15627195
Not even I have such a bad camera, and I use a phone.

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>>15627415
Usually magazine scans are out around the 23rd to 25th.

Don't expect anything new for this month though as they already blew their load for the next month or two at the last hobby show. The only reveals to look forward to are pic related.

>>15627463
I'm pretty sure one of them is a reborns gundam and that one will pave the way for an HGAD 00 series gunpla.

>>15627523
There's nothing wrong or outdated about the hg reborns though. And iirc that was the booth for the new buildfighters stuff. The one on the far left is very blatantly a barzam as well, especially from the different angled pics of it (upside down triangle body outline, big prominent crotch, headfin).

>>15627529
The ball jointed legs just gets to me.

>>15626805
Man at least with the Build MK2 they gave you clear beam saber parts

>>15627536
The hguc zaku III was one of the first several hguc and is so outdated that it doesn't even come with beam saber handles at all. Just the toothpicks and a shallowly molded detail on the underside of the front skirts (Where the sabers are stored). I don't think the TA zaku III has any new parts at all. The main body is from the mashymre custom, the backpack from the original, and the rifle is from that blue geara doga.

>>15626876
They could of make an f90 series ova but they choose not to.

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Wtf /m/ !?! My first gunpla and I don't know what happened too many pieces and It didn't come out anything like the box art I followed all the instructions too !!

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>>15627618
More pics ... t

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>>15627624
I weathered it a bit and tried panel lining but it got crazy and i got my dick caught in a ceiling fan so I was just like fuck that

>>15627618
>>15627624
good lord

>>15627618
is this considered thicc?

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>>15627618
That looks like an AT-XT. It's neat.

>>15627624
Is... is that hot glue?

>>15627618
>>15627624
the first mistake you did was buying a gay mans mobile suit

>>15627630
If that was your first gunpla, and there are a bunch of kits in this picture, then WHO WAS PHONE?!?

>>15627692
Yeah the booklet said to use it

>>15627618
>>15627624
>>15627630
This is how you troll kids

>>15627726
Those are my dads he works for bandai

>>15627848
My dad works for Gundam and he says you're lying

>>15627906
I bet your dad doesn't even know about the new burning barbatos for gundam build fighter try two ova

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meijin can't stop building more

>>15626286
Encase it in glass and use it as an actual coffee table.

>>15627906
my dad is a gundam so fuck you

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>>15628047
how- how did it fit in your mom?

>>15628075
Please don't call anon's dad fat. Have some respect for the dead.

>>15628075
His Mom is a Mobile Armor.

which airbrush would be a better starting point, a badger 105, or 155?

>>15628129
155's siphon assembly wastes paint just trying to reach the straw and overcome the pressure.

If you want a siphon airbrush that badly then look for a Paasche H.

>>15628230
I'm not particular, if siphon is a crappy type then I'll go with the 105 or an iwata then

>>15628075
He just did!!! I don't wanna talk about it

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Is the Hime Brain pretty decent for an old HG? Been playing and loving the hell out of Super Robot Wars J, and just got her, and really love the look, and abilities of it in the game.

>>15628295
Just looking at it, it looks pretty shitty to be honest. Like a really stiff looking model, that shot isn't doing it any justice. But seriously though, anon. If you like the mecha and there's nothing else, fucking do it anyway because that's all you'll get probably. I got the 1/144 Turn X before we got the MG and I didn't care despite the kit being old because I loved the mecha.

>>15621149
I actually just finished the hyaku shiki revive, just the HG but it looks pretty good. My only issue is the gold coloring doesn't look all that good.

>>15628378
I've never seen gold plastic look good on any kit

>>15623626
>>15623630
>>15623638

Nice Zudah anon, looks good

Your masking neds some work though

hand painted or airbrushed?

Does anyone notice that Snapfit doesn't post his cancer discord when the OP is made by that one anon?

>>15628992
>>15628992
>>15628992

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About to have a good time with these two lovely ladies.