Gunpla-Plamo 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

so who else is planning to mod the new fumina? what ever happened to the anon with the acguy fumina who posted here?

>>15657470

How is the groupbuild going for everyone?

So far I have done a few things I haven't done before, such as drill holes and glue extra pieces on, though I have only used builders parts and campaign parts/an easy kitbash that required holes, so nothing complicated, but still something new.

I also tried out using a chipping fluid which has worked well for the most part, and I will do a bunch of other weathering related things for the first time as well.

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>>15657525
I just finished mine today. I think I could have done the leg coverings better, and the paint around the mega particle cannons could be cleaner, but overall, I'm happy with the result.

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What is the worst kit you've built? The fucking MG Unicorn was the fucking worst, it was a slog to get through. The legs were so fucking boring to build, and overall it was just not fun. I don't even know why I didn't like the build process, it's just out of all the kits I've made the Unicorn was the worst.

>>15657547
I've always wondered when I see people do this, but what's your process on achieving that look for the beam saber effect parts? It looks really nice.

Also really like your build in general anon

>>15657551
I didn't hate my mg Banshee build, but the legs were definitely not a fun part of the build, nor were the shoulders

>>15657608
Thanks, man!

All I did to achieve that look was paint the whole thing pink, then airbrushed a white gradient in the middle. For a little extra, I heavily diluted some Tamiya Chrome Silver in Pledge, so the clear coat has a slight sparkle to it.

>>15657617
Great, thank you! The effect parts have really been getting full looking to me, so this is a great help.

>>15657646
Dull**

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>>15657467
>>15657467
Hey, that's me.

Got a couple more kits in today. I'm about done with the Guntank. It's pretty bland colorwise, so it's gonna be a fun kit to practice detailing. I'm tempted to try hand painting the whole thing, but I'll probably spray it and hand paint the small stuff.

>>15657525
Depression and stress hit me hard so I haven't done any work in weeks. Probably not gonna finish the Virtue I had planned in time for the deadline but oh well.

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>>15657829
I feel you. I've had a bunch of work related stress the past couple weeks. Everyone is doing some mandatory overtime, and I'm plain burnt out. This Guntank has helped me decompress, though. One gin away from finished snapping.

>>15657617
What was your final coat/tip coat? Also Future or something different?

>>15657934
Future mixed with Tamiya Flat Base.

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>>15657946
Ah, I've used that trick as well for my first painted model, the old HGUC Gouf. I'm working on a second model currently but it's customized so it takes awhile. Have you used Tamiya Flat Clear, just their own topcoat? I bought some bottles to try it and compare to the Future mix.

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>>15658047
And some work in progress painting for the current build.

>>15657804
Wait, the Nu Ver Ka has some Unicorn Psycho Frame running through it?

That's kinda neat.

>>15658198
It's pretty neat and impressive, especially once all eight funnels are active.

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So /m/ did I do good ?

>>15658250
You better not just snap fit that thing anon, make it worth buying.

>>15658250
>Still in box
0/10 kys

>>15657551
The legs being a nightmare seems to be common with the Unicorn across all grades. The HG Unicorn was my second kit and it took me everything in my power to get past that hump because it felt like they held up the whole process.

>>15658265
i was thinking of two toning the wings and stuff with like a lighter green. def painting the white trim maybe using that metal leaf stuff i dunno !?! the worlds my oyster you know?

>>15658347
btw i mean the trim stuff on the arms around the wrist

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>>15658352
The "Sleeves"

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The rest of the parts for my Nobel GM finally arrived.

Gonna scratch build the skirts, chest details, knees, shoulders, shorten the feet to get rid of the high heel look, modify the head a bit, then paint it.

It'll probably be a while before I finish any of that though, I still want to enter the THICC-build, I have some tank kits to finish, and my nephew wants me to help him build and paint a HG Loto.

Any tips for how to get the off-white color of the normal GM?
I'm just gonna use krylon or rustoleum spray cans, would priming it green then spraying white on top do the job?

This old GM is a surprisingly good looking but simple model compared to some of the other older ones I've built, I want to use what's left of it for something like a GM light armor but >no head

>>15657408
shopvac with nylon stocking over the end

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Also, any tips for how to seam weld the head but still but still be able to keep the visor and camera completely clean?

I tried masking the visor on that Patlabor kit in the background and it turned out poorly, I'd prefer to have the visor as a separate piece I can put in after painting the head, and I want to put a shiny silver piece behind it to reflect light back through the visor and look all nice.

I'm gonna cut those round circular parts out, they're more of a challange to seem weld, and I can just scratch build some replacement versions that'll look a bit better thanks to having a real panel line, might even make an extra piece to show them pulled out to reveal that they're Vulcan ammo drums like i seem to remember seeing in some piece of artwork.

>>15658368
>Nobel GM
This is based off the high grade model ?

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>>15658395
Yeah, wanted to build a cute GM girl and I figured combining the old HG GM with the HG Nobel Gundam would be the best way to do it.

She'll contrast nicely with the thiccness of this Zaku I if I ever make a kit of it, I had an idea to combine the 80s model with a HG+lots of pla-plate/clay/sanding to get the proportions and look of this artwork.
I might've done that for the thicc-build but I barely had enough money for the GM and Nobell Gundam.

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There are a lot of flaws here and there, but I'm happy that I finally graduated from snap-fit.
This is my WIP of groupbuild, thank group build guys and all participant for inspiring me to do custom

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>>15658545

>>15658047
Yeah, I've used it before. I used it for all my builds prior to this one, actually. I think the flat clear is a little more matte, but I could probably achieve the same effect by adding more flat base next time.

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>>15658548
More images can be found here.
http://imgur.com/a/wRYEt

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>>15658550
>>15658548
>dat knife handling

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>>15658559
>He's never seen Zee Zulu

>>15658545
Hey man, I'd see if you could enter this guy for the THICCbuild. He's appropriately THICC.

>>15658549
That's good to know, I want a flatter look than on that Gouf for some works, and not needing to mess around with imprecise ratios is helpful. Any thoughts on >>15658105?

>>15658617
>>15658105

I'm no expert, I only started seriously painting last year. I like the colors, but I think the metalic on the shovel(?) could be smoother. Was that an issue with the paint, or the piece itself?

>>15658642
The piece was fully scratch built, and so out thing it over meant there was less perfection in angles/curvature I guess as opposed to machine molding Bandai does. I couldn't sand the putty further without the piece detaching segments. But I'm going to cover it with grime and dirt so the texture might not be so bad.

I'm gonna be at anime expo for the next few days. Anyone know of any booths with P-Bandai stuff? Also I'd be down to buy a fellow /m/an a beer or go for a toke if any of you wanted to meet up.

>>15658656
Oh, cool. Now I'm excited to see how it turns out!

>>15658667
Thank you for the motivation. I really only have a few parts left unprimed, some that needed seam correction and got it and 2 hard parts that I'm doing scratch building on with lots of mistakes because it's my first time. Figuring out how to make desired results but not look ugly.

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Which colour scheme looks better?

>>15658705
I barely see changes aside from the bottom of the feet not being red.

>>15658714
one's orange, one's yellow.

>>15658705
The shade of yellow on the left looks better than on the right. Otherwise >>15658714

>>15658722
>>15658714
So red feet or dark blue feet like the Mk-II?

Why does gloss coating metallic paint make it less shiny?

>>15658368
neat. i would like to make my own take on girly gm someday

>>15658782
because you're putting something between the light and the pigments so it reduces the amount of light that passes through

Does anyone have a HG Kampfer AND HG Grimgerde or Reincar? Curious if the shoulders/arms fit the kampfer, they seem tallgeese-ish and I think that could work with the kampfer

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Why do people with no business building gunpla the people who want to be known? This guy's "gunpla review page" is just himself describing his ineptitude. He literally destroyed the waterslide decals. Those decals are what makes that P Bandai kit 4x the price of the original release.

>>15658974
>I did prime the kit
>After applying the waterslides

?????????

>finally about to start my first painted kit
>feel super guilty about the kits i've already built that are just snap builds and panel lines

is a pre-built K'Shatriya worth disaseembling and repainting? i don't want to break it, but maybe I'd be better off just getting the repaired K'Shatriya?

>>15657525
I've decided on the concept, cleaned and assembled most of the parts I'll be using but haven't had the time to do anything more due to finals. I hope there aren't too many people using the Mobile Worker as a base because it's the only actually kind of thicc kit I have.

>>15658391
Seconding this request on how to separate the visors properly,

also requesting how to do it for the GM Quel's visor while assembling the head separately

>>15658432
If you end up doing that, I'd like to see your progress and maybe a few steps.

>>15657470
>>15657525
if i used a gusion but with the torso and waist of the rebake would it still be allowed?

>>15658391
Masking for the visor should be really easy though. A lot less effort than anything else.

Just stuff some tape on it.

>>15659152
You just used Gusion Rebake.

>>15659201
i meant the fat arms and legs of the normal gusion

>>15658198
Yeah. It's got a small transformation gimmick where all the armor kind of just pops open slightly to reveal it. It's really cool just looking through the box and manual. I'm excited to start on this thing.

>>15659031
There's no apostrophe in the name, but yes. Kshatriya is one of those kits that has an impressive standing no matter what it's doing, it can easily be a centerpiece with enough TLC.
That being said, do your practice kit first and then do Kshatriya right, she deserves to look good.

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So think the Blue destiny has a shot as an mg kit or as a Re-100?

>>15659311
P-Bandai MG with old Ground GM frame

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Would you describe the grey on this kit a mix of just black and grey or is it something else?

>>15658368
Fucking CUTE. God damn I love GMs and this is already looking neat, looking forward to how this goes.

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Following on from the SD 00-Raiser the other week, I finally had time to build this guy.

I was surprised by the amount of detail in this little guy, the gold stickers were actually quite nice and I've never had an SD kit that came with detailing stickers before.

Only nag is the arms at the ball joints seem to just fall out under any slight movement.

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>>15659540
Next is Full Armor Unicorn when I can find another free weekend.

>>15659540
SDs are, honestly, surprisingly fun. If you're enjoying SDs of regular kits, you'll probably love the Legend BB series. Devil Dragon Blade Zero and the Knight Gundam(s) are great choices; Unicorn Knight also looks great, but I haven't built that one myself.

>>15659445
it has green in it

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>>15657525
I am torn. I was going to do a simple custom of the eye-zack but after fooling around with a bunch of spare parts I ended up creating a fat gundam.

>>15659613
Thicken up his arms, too.

>>15659613
any plans for the backpackyet? i like it so far

>>15659670
I have the empty armored shell of the alex backpack (Its actual backpack got used towards something else) that I'm using pla plate and some spare thrusters to turn into a new backpack.

>>15657525
not much other that almost done seamwelding. i also need to customize the arms so it can use the modern hg hands. after that, i will start painting. i also might have to readjust the handles of the weapon since those are adjusted for the older, smaller hands

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>Use a Gundam marker for the first time
>Expect stellar panel lining results, everybody makes this sound so easy
>Apply and remove the excess with a cotton bud
>My face when the bleed off just leaves smudges all over my Gunpla that I can't rub off

H-help

>>15660042
you're not supposed to rub it off with a dry swab. dip it in alcohol

>>15660042

Just use a copic marker if you want ez panel lining on bare plastic.

I'd recommend an actual panel wash but it's a no go on bare plastic.

>>15660049
Fuck, not a single damn person in the videos I watched mentioned this. It looked like they were just using dry cotton buds, hell some were even using their thumbs to rub off the excess as they applied it.

>>15660054
If it makes you feel better, I had to figure that out myself. You have to be careful though, if you douse the tip in alcohol and rub, then you'll remove the panel lines you want to keep.

>>15660052
I'm guessing panel wash without a coat of paint would just weaken the plastic and make it split?

>>15660060
Do you have any specific suggestions for which sort of rubbing alcohol would be best? I'm not particularly skilled in painting so it's only going to be used for removing excess from panel liners.

>>15659613
That looks cool, where is the chest from?

>>15660054
I use dry ones as well. You don't need to use alcohol unless you're panel lining with enamel, which you shouldn't do without a topcoat anyway.
You should let the ink rest for a few minutes before wiping if you get smudges.

>>15660091
I believe that is the alex chobham armor chest.

>>15660063

Yes, enamel paint/thinner and lighter fluid both make the plastic brittle. I have no idea why there seems to be a bunch of guides/videos about enamel washes that do not mention this.

>>15660209
Weird, that's something that should absolutely be explained to newbies. I know I like to be quite vigorous with paints and such to make sure I haven't left any part untouched. So if I started using panel wash and that was never mentioned, I'd have just dumped $70 of Gunpla down the drain.

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>That's how you're meant to do the piping for Zakus

MOTHERFUCKER

>>15660271
I am glad we no longer have to do manual piping for newer kits.

>>15660271
There are little ridges/bumps that keep the piping in place. It takes a considerable amount of force to push or pull them over those ridges. On one of my builds I ended up turning the side of my fingers raw because that was the only grip I could get on the bastards. Ended up using pliers to pull them and it was still an arduous process.

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>>15657551

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HAMMA HAMMA HAMMA HAMMA HAMMA HAMMA

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>>15660459
thin torso: very hawt

>>15660463
thats a cool green rozen zulu anon

>>15660504
>P Bandai exclusive! Make sure to buy it goy
Seriously though, expect that to happen.

>>15660463
>>15660459
THAt is going to look great next to the Ver Ka ZZ

Is Bandai ever going to release a modern hg gelgoog? I want to get one but all the old models looks like ass.

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Anyone have the P-Bandai Tallgeese III? Is it worth the jacked up price?

>>15660605
The Tallgeese mold is pretty good aside from the waist, and the Tallgeese III has a decent amount of new parts for the mold so I would say yes. I bought Tallgeese II also though, so I really don't mind dropping extra for P Bandai. I just fucking buy it if I like it.

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Does anybody know why the HGUC Unicorn rifle is like this? It is not the same peg as the hold in the hand.

>>15660605
I do, one of my first P-Bandai ever.
Worth it for me as it's my favourite Tallgeese design.
Only difference from the regular release aside clolour scheme is the head, railguns, shield+heatrod, and the inclusion of waterslides instead of stickers.
The regular MG is also great and is one of the cheaper MGs out there.
Still waiting on some deals for the P-Bandai Heavyarms Kai.

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Anyone got recommendations for "fuck off" type guns in the 1/100 scale, resin? Maybe something similar to the Ground Gundam's huge gun.

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http://bandai-hobby.net/site/c-circuit/result201704_05.html
Bandai put up the winners for their group build thing. A lot of them are pretty neat.

>>15660866
>See file name
>Check post number

Nice dubs.

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>>15660782
some off the top of my head
gpo2a bazooka
ex-s
fazz
for ballistic weapons, some of the zeon bazookas are pretty big

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>>15660866
>>15657470
I didn't think you could make a Graze THICC, but that's the power of creativity/kitbashing for you.

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So my buddy just gave me damn near the entire IBO HG line, plus a few other kits. He'd already snapped all but two together already, and there are nub marks galore, but hey. Free gunpla is free gunpla. I gotta sort through all this shit though, all the spare parts and other jetsam are in one ziplock bag, so this is probably gonna be an all night thing. We got:

Frame Shiden
Geirail
Grimgerde
Flauros
Vidar
Amida's Hyakuren
Hyakuren
Julieta's Reginlaze
Hyakuri
Hugo
Graze Custom II
Gusion
Graze Ein
Thunderbolt Zaku II
RG Z'gok (the only one I already have)
Grimoire
Oowashi Akatsuki Gundam
Gundam Ez-SR
Banshee Norn Unicorn Mode
Gundam X
Hi-Mock
Space Jahannam
and The Origin Black Tri-Star Zaku II

Oh and a sealed CGUE Type D.E.E.P.ARMS.

I don't even know where to begin with all this.

>>15660042
>>15660054

If you're using panel lining markers this genuinely should not be an issue, I get them off with my thumb just fine, cotton swabs are just for aesthetics

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>>15661246

>>15661246
I actually like it strangely enough.

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>>15661248

>>15661253
>Solid color beam saber
Ugh. And the proportions for this guy feel so weird. Almost like it's a Gundam that was repurposed into a GM.

>>15661253
What anime is this girl from?

>>15661257
What? It's a very typical transparent red saber. Almost every kit comes with that

>>15661253

>Jim has been hitting the gym

I'm happy he's getting his time to shine.

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>>15661253

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>>15661270

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>>15661272

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>>15661275

>>15661270
No fucking way is this real. I refuse to believe that the Phantom is actually getting a model kit. Holy shit.

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>>15661277

>>15661246
shit
>>15661248
might be good, gonna see the unpainted face first
>>15661253
good
>>15661272
tryhard overdesigned crap
>>15661275
good
>>15661277
jesus thats big
>>15661279
unneeded add-ons crap, they can just sell it as weapon pack but jew need to jew to feed the little jew

>>15661278
NXEDGE, so an SD-styled figure.

>>15660459
TABLE FOR HAMMA?

>>15661291
Damn, guess it really was too good to be true.

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So I finished the FA-FAZZ

>>15661292

>It has the alternate head from the manga remake

Well, time to preorder. Hope we get BD-2 and BD-3 too.

Who am I kidding. They're gonna be P-Bandai.

>>15661270
First one of these figures I'm actually considering getting.

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>>15661275
>Another Zaku

>>15661355
This isn't a new announcement, we've known about it for a while. Also its coming with nearly every weapon the previous Origin zakus have had in one kit which is the real draw of it.

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>>15661275
>Another Zaku

>>15661364
>This isn't a new announcement
I haven't been up on gunpla releases so consider me late to the party.

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>>15661275
>HG

>>15661287
I think the only things that are the same on the Astaroth are the frame and the left arm. Maybe the backpack?

>>15661275
>another Zaku HG
>STILL doesn't have the classic gun
God Fucking Dammit.

>>15661448
you get a ton of zaku rifles left over from the other origin kits

>>15660968
Why did he buy all that to give it away?

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Right, thats half of a customers order done.
Now to wait for the parts to arrive from china to make the rest.
Lighting is RGB and usb powered.

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>>15661471
close up.

>>15661459
He's very non-materialistic, so while he does buy shit, if he ever has to move or something, he usually just throws shit away instead of packing it up and taking it with him.

No idea why he does this, but he does.

>>15660052
there's Vallejo acrylic wash that you can use on bare plastic

>>15661395
>>15661448
>another HG
The MG is literally perfect, why would you need something different?

>>15661471
are you selling this? how much?

>>15661503
I'll be taking some commissions once parts arrive for the next batch.
£30 plus postage

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I've finished snap fitting my HG revive Qubeley. It looks gorgeous straight out of the box. Everything fits just right. I highly recommend this kit.

>>15661504
Do you have a page for ordering stuff or an email address for contacting you?

>>15661448
Good. Im sick of every zaku under the sun coming with that thing. If you want one then just get one of the dozens of other 1/144 zaku kits.

>banzai hobby order dodged customs

God bless, my wallet thanks you.

>>15657467
I made a big mistake. I watched the gundam franchise (From origin to Turn-A) and now I feel the need for some gunpla. So i bought my first ever Gunpla (HGUC Gouf custom). Can't wait for it to get here.

Also, why are there almost no Turn-A gunpla? I know it has the most Love it/Hate it designs out there, but the lack of proper Turn-A line is disappointing.

>>15661710
There's only the MG Turn A, MG Turn X, and HGUC Turn A in terms of recent gunpla, but there are some old 1/144 and 1/100 kits from the Turn A line like the Sumo, Flat, and Kapool.

>>15661710
Only the mainline suits hold widespread appeal, so your only option for the grunt suits are the really old kits.

Also the Ɐ Gundam MG is an excellent model kit, you should get one if you're ready to upgrade from HG to MG.

>>15660042
Just use your fingers

Man I'm glad I settled for a $15 Gunpla for my first attempt, guess I'm gonna use this to just practice sanding down nubs and other shit.

>>15661539
You're going to do more, yes?

>>15661865
He doesn't need to.

>>15660904
Arms need to be beefed up, but looks good anon

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Box art hype

>>15661917
Pretty neat.

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Final paint job. Time to get that backpack finnished so the Vidar has some more weight on it's back and it stops tipping over.

>>15661890
Follow the replies, thats an entry in the bandai contest thing.

>>15661917
Huh. Pretty nice.

>>15661292
da bu de da bu dai

>>15661882
>Let me just leave this canvas blank, that'll surely impress the judges

Snapfitters are cancer.

>>15661539
Congratulations, you something literally everyone can do. Such an achievement

>>15657547
Legs and arms look like ginger stalks.

>>15662103
Fuck off, it feels rewarding to finish a build and you wanna show it off. Not op.

>>15662103
Why are you acting like he's bragging about snapfitting? He's saying the kit is high quality and recommends it, you autist.

>>15662059
Snapbuilds are best builds.

>>15662129
>Fuck off
No
>and you wanna show it off
If you wan't to show off expect to get criticised for it.

It's nothing impressive to snap some kit together, everyone can do it and it most definitely isn't an achievement. So don't expect me to go and congratulate anyone and tell them they did a good job when they didn't.

>>15662149
samefag, please

>>15660042
I've had good results using rubber erasers for that.

>>15662158
except no one asked for congratulations, he just said it was a good kit and recommended it, this isn't snapfitkun or something
would you be having an autistic stroke if he used a promo shot instead?

Reminder that anyone buttblasted by the sight of snap built kits is a falseflagger that probably can't build shit but wants to stir up trouble.
As someone that paints and scratch builds stuff, I'm just happy that there are more people that can enjoy the hobby too.

>>15661278
I wish it got a model. At least an MG that isn't terrible.

>>15662167
>anon gets pissed because someone critisized his post
>gets baited into raging
Who is the autist here?

>>15662167
The whole post is literally: "I snapped fitted something, it looks great like that". The very act of posting like that is inviting a response.

All I did was make a sarcastic comment on that. It's not like it was even a mean comment.

It's you who went apeshit over it, mr defensive. I'm not the one who needs to resort to calling people autistic.

So instead of acting like I'm the idiot how about you just chill the fuck down and not try to blow everything out of proportion?

>>15662196
>>15662199
>>15662167
Daily reminder that the act of replying to a post does not mean that the poster is foaming at the mouth in sheer rage at what they are replying to.

>>15662205
People who resort to namecalling and generally agressive posting are.

>>15662211
I've stopped posting on /m/'s /gpg/. Y'all are a bunch of whiny ass holes and need to get over yourselves.

/toy/s is much more civil and you can actually get decent advice.

>>15662241
Why are you still here then?
Go away.

>>15662246
I like the OP images. They are the only good things that come from this thread.

>>15662199
>>15662196
this was my first post in this chain, fucking calm down you spastics, if you get this asshurt over the mere concept of adding all the trimmings on their gunpla you need to fucking reevaluate your life

and why

are you adding

entire spaces

between sentences

>>15662253
that's called reddit spacing

>>15662253
>>15662267
>Such obvious samefagging
Anon, who are you kidding?

>>15662299
>everyone disagreeing is one person
I won't even bother with the screenshot because you'll just cry photoshop

>>15662308
Ok anon

>>15661926
That color scheme looks really good man, that rifle looks great! Looking forward to seeing it finished up.

>>15662299
>>15662308
>>15662332
this is what I mean you faggots. Can't you just talk about plastic model kits of robots without being so spergy?

>>15662336
>>15662336
I'm sure your calm and composed response will make it them stop. Good job defusing the situation.

>>15662333
Thanks, it'll be done in a day or two.

>>15662356
This thread needs a janitor so fucking bad...

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Snapped together the 1/100 Serpent Custom. I've been getting a lot of armored core vibes, so I replaced the dome gem with a more skyeye look with multiple optics. Any thoughts on a good color scheme?

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>>15661275
>Another Zaku

just making sure I didn't go full retard, clear paint does what it sounds like and works on visors right? I got clear orange for a gm

>>15662562
yes, but make sure the piece you paint it on is clear and colorless to make it that color.

>>15660648
Backpack

>>15661865
More kits? Yeah I guess.

>>15662103
I think you completely misread my post. I was showing off how good the kit looks out of the box even before applying stickers and panel lining, not my snap fitting craftsmanship.

It's not even the first time I post a build right after snap fitting it together, the offended reaction is surprising _(:3

>>15662336
They played the chimp out game on a 4chan board, nobody wins

>When you're a newbie and start to get the basics down

Is proper nub removal the most satisfying thing or does it get even better?

>>15662714
good topcoating

>>15662714
Scratch building. The satisfaction of making something from almost nothing.

>>15662714
>Watch my friend build a Gunpla
>He just cuts off the nubs with the nippers
>Always wonders why there's stress marks left at the cutting point he can't remove

I wanna strangle him, just fucking take the time to sand down the nub for Christ sake.

Is there any lineart for the regular lupus? I didn't see any in the links in the OP but I'm sometimes blind. Though I guess I could just use the lupus rex or normal barbatos lineart.

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>>15662465

Decided to go with something more militaristic.

>>15662714
Literally everything else involving painting.

I remember starting out though and gouging the shit out of the plastic because I didn't want my kits to look like Blue-Destiny. Once I learned the proper way to take down a nub with a knife almost as well as sanding I was pretty happy.

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>>15662716
>mfw the final spray is done, equivalent to nutting full force
>the completed work now looks fucking fantastic after the effort to properly sand, mask, scribe, paint, and line

This anon knows what's up

>>15661917
>Boosts behind you
>Nothin personell, feddie

I just started doing this about 6 months ago and never bothered to put on any stickers, thinking it was too much effort. However, I got the Atlas Gundam today, and the kit has a lot of stickers. I decided to put them on, and it looks really awesome, especially compared to all my other HG kits. Can't believe I didn't just take the effort sooner.

>>15661253
>the payout after following advice from /fit/

>>15661253
Holy shit, that chest. It's the same gimmick the Origin Zakus and the ANIME RDs use for more range of motion.
GM/GM just keeps getting better and better.

>>15662059
Is everything a competition to you, faggot? These are big boy legos, not everyone feels the need to melt all the parts down then recast them to make a custom kit.

>>15663293
>These are big boy legos
They're model kits, fag. Sure you can leave them completely alone since modern kits are very well built. Do you want a cookie and praise for following a fucking instruction manual?

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>>15663293
>trying to start up shit from a 9 hour old post that already ran its course

>>15663304
Nothing in his post suggested he wanted any kind of praise, retard. It was literally just a statement, "I have finished snapping my new model kit together", followed by a recommendation to buy it.

>>15663304
there seems like a huge disconnect here between people who come to talk about how cool and good the model kits are vs people who come here to talk about themselves and what they've done with them. m8 I think some people just think the toys are neat.

>>15663331
>>15663304
this is some textbook projecting

>>15662465
If you duplicate pieces of the armor in epoxy putty or resin and add greebles to it, you can turn your Serpent into an AC/VD style design, I can see already where to re-arrange the dupe armor pieces and make knee shields and make giant torsos.

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>>15663386
>RE/100 Hamma Hamma
>ZZ ver Ka

>>15663386
why is it a green rozen zulu?

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Please forgive the potato pics.
1/100 Zaku F2000 resin conversion arrived today.
Quality is pretty good.
Pour tabs are absolutely huge though.
Some hinges will need tightening.
She's pretty damn thikk.

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>>15663406
And this is just obscene.
In the best possible way.

>>15663406
cant wait to see the final product. are those metal spikes?

>>15663463
too much pink/10

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>>15663475
you shut the fuck up
and it's SALMON

>>15663475
>>15663481
to be fair the only red suit Char ever piloted was the Sazabi.............and he died in it

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>>15663335
>huge disconnect

It's just this one person projecting his need for validation onto someone who was clearly not asking for praise in any way. Then tried to turn it into an argument about snapfitting vs modding/painting to divert criticism from his irrational behavior.

>>15663304
>>15662059
>>15662103

This thread is not a curated magazine. I hope no one's been discouraged from posting pictures of their gunpla.. Gunpla is welcome in the gunpla thread, even if it's just be told to thin your paints or fix your nubs.

>>15663463
Was a little surprised that in your video you said you couldn't get the decals to settle due to the rougher surface of the paint, I was just wondering if you gloss coated the suit post paint?

When I hand paint larger parts a coat goes a long way to evening out the surface for decals.

>>15662987
The stuff you build sounds so cool! Can we see it?

>>15663463
>>15663535
Also same went for panel lining, you wouldn't have had that problem with having to paint the over mistakes with a coat of gloss, lining would have travelled much better.

>>15663539
I gloss coated everything well before decals, I may have cut them a little large though. the lining was odd it would not clear from areas I wanted it to....no idea why

>>15663558
get some mark softer, can make a worlds difference to the decals, should take the wrinkles out. absolutely worth it for decals on round surfaces. for lining, grab some enamel paint and thinner and drop some in. i used testors and it worked before buying the tamiya ones.

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>>15658974
>implying this is bad

Anyone here have an MG Acguy? Worth the money?

>>15663755
Honestly it's not that bad. I have a Metal RD EX-S gundam, a $170 figure, that has some huge nubs that were just painted over. It's a joke.

>>15663797
yeah but this was made by this fucker
http://gundamguy.blogspot.com.au/

>be me
>doesn't have proper tools
>relies on copious amounts of super glue to fix snapped parts
>builds look like shit when finished

>>15663814
How many parts do you snap?

>>15663817
Just the thin ones usually

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>>15663814
>buy a pair of basic nippers when you're buying gunpla
>add an extra like 5% to the cost after shipping

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>>15663825
I have a pair of scissors I use to cut the pieces of but they're shit

>>15663824
How? Only thing I've broken was the Gouf Custom's internal head piece that holds the top.

>>15663835
You'd be surprised

>>15663831
cheap nippers are like 500 yen and they do the job

>>15663831
anon

ANON

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Waiting for a day that isn't a humid hell hole sucks. Never gunna get my thicc build painted at this rate. So fuck it, here's my latest project, /m/. I like where he's going so far. Thinkin of using the gusion rebake full-city's torso and legs, but keeping the rad skull head, maybe paint the chin white so it doesn't look like a skull sticking out its tongue, though.

>>15663755
If someone just wants to do a quick OOB review of a kit, there's no point cleaning nubs.

In fact, it's actually good because you'll be able to see which parts will present a problem nubs wise.

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>>15663463
Oh shit, Jabman lurks here? (If it is really you) Love your reviews, man. Informative, and down-to-earth, plus those "oh and... One more thing..." Segments are always charming. You convinced me to get the MG Zeong and I've never been happier. Keep up the good work!

>>15663921
Plus Hacchaka's really more of a figure blog. If you want better Gunpla reviews check out Kenbill, Hobby no Toriko, Schizophonic, or くらくらプラモ.

>>15663904
I know your pain, where I live you are never more than a kilometer or two from a large body of water. Thankfully it dropped below 60% today and I was able to get some spraying going

>>15663831
You must not have a job yet? A nipper is like eight American dolarinos

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>already pre-ordered
i hope they make more crossbones. full cloth would be awesome.

>>15663921
I don't agree on that one. In my opinion, you want make yourself look credible. Now I might be the only one who does this, but if I see a review and the thing has ugly nubmarks all over, my immediate thought is that he's a shitter and his opinions should be taken with a grain of salt because something as simple as nub removal or panel lining was not done.

>>15664066
Not that otherguy, but I don't understand the mindset.
Anybody who wants a kit, and has the ability to do such things, will. Reviews should be more for children/casual fans that want to see how this will look like, out of the box, with minimal effort.
Reviews, for the most part, aren't for people like us and if they are we know the right places to look.

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A or B?

>>15664165
B

>>15664165
B

>>15664172
>>15664179
Was sorta leaning towards that. Thanks, duders.

>>15662875
Pretty cool.

>>15663293
see >>15663305
Good to know that I was right and that you were just a shitposter

>>15663406
>1/100 Zaku F2000
I had to google that thing, jezus what a beast.

>>15663463
I'm not going to lie Jab, I think the paint is too thic, still I'm a huge Kämpfer fan and I think the Char colors look fantastic on a Kämpfer.

>>15663831
>>15663814
>>15663824
Are you using a hammer to build?
No seriously, get a pair of nippers atleast. You don't even need to order any from Nipland. They cost nothing even in your home country.

>>15663904
Looks like it'll be a big boy. Keep it up

>>15664165
A

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This may be my least favorite kit so far, no waist, the transformation causes the kit to be completely unstable, the legs basically wobble off to the pount i had to pin them in. Nothing really clicks together. The best thing i can say about it is that it looks really rad if you get it in a good pose.

>>15657551
>>15664257
Whoops meant to respond to this

>>15663797
Can you post pics of it? the whole thing that is.

when working with mr surfacer and tamiya putty would any old plastic gloves work or is there a specific brand i should look for?

>panel wash refuses to flow into half of the finer panel lines

Guess I used too much paint for each layer, first time I use chipping fluid so I have like twice as much paint on the pieces as usual.

>>15664303

I just use disposable vinyl gloves, they do break occasionally but they are disposable after all.

Guess I should get a permanent solution too since I can only really use each disposable glove once as taking them off always inverts them and I'm too lazy to fiddle with it.

>>15663831
>Scissors

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>15663755
This is what my first Gunpla looked like. It was thrown out by my second build because it was botched that badly.

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Anon who received this >>15660968 here. I didn't realize how rough of shape most of this shit was in. It hurts me.

Been sorting through the ziplock bag of spare and additional parts/weapons, but I just can't place these. The three guns on the left. Two appear to be should mounted somethings, and the bottom one is a mini-gun. Halp?

Shit on the right is mostly polycaps so whatever. A few thruster bells and a few things that seem non important otherwise I'd imagine they'd be on one of the kits already.

>>15664385
Those two tiny guns look to be the ones that get mounted on Graze Ein's shoulder bits. No idea about the mini-gun, maybe it was from last years summer event where they gave away weapons and stuff for free if you bought a kit?

>>15664385
Looks like some weapons from one of the customize campaigns

>>15664385
the 2 small cannons look like the are from the Graze Ein the mini gun is from a weapon campaign looks like you have the foot tops for a Zaku

>>15664387
>>15664388
>>15664395
Yeah, you guys are correct. Thanks pals.

>>15664165
C

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Vidar Hollandia is done.

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>>15664839
From the back

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>>15664839
one more

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>>15664839
And what it is based on.

>>15663831
At least grab some jewelry cutters at Walmart for six bucks or something.

>>15663814
>be me
Be gone plz

>>15661471
It looks really cool, thats acriliyc with laser engraving right? i'm planninig making some of this for my kits thanks for posting it

>>15664839
>>15664840
>>15664844
>>15664847
Very nice job, looks clean! I'm not crazy for the design itself but your build is quality regardless.

>>15664839

Looks nice, what kind of action base is that?

>>15665111
>>15665128
Thanks anons. It's the IBO action base I got a while ago when you ordered IBO related stuff at HLJ. They are quite nice if you want nothing but a straight up stand.

>>15664839
A1, bro. Good job.

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Something something determination to fist

>>15665259
That's a cool v-fin idea.

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>>15665259
Gungnir?

>>15665259
is that supposed to be a peacock shrimp gundam?

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>>15665259

I believe in you!

>>15664839
Looks good, mate. Those thrusters look sick.

>>15664839
it looks more industrial than jet fighter, especially the guns, but good either way

>>15664844
>that angry look
The Vidar's head really is intimidating

>>15665259
I'm feelin it
But I think it needs either pointier shoulders to go with the v fin or bulkier ones to go with the arm bulk

>>15663463
How is the Kampfer? I'm considering picking up this among other two right now.

>>15665259
It always confuses me how people get such clean bends on their plaplate. What method did you use? Heating things up with water never gives me enough stretch to make a half circle, and holding it over fire while it works is easy to mess up.

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Progress on the 1/100 zaku F2000 resin conversion kit.
Uses the MG 2.0 zaku frame.
Gotta say, I'm impressed.
No bubbles in any of the resin at all.
Everything fits together well (a few loose clips but some hot water fixes that)
Lots of part separation to make painting easier.
Replaced the metal spikes with bandai HD parts.
I'll be replacing the verniers with some aftermarket ones too.

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>>15665881
sideways photo, well done me. well done.

Every instance of panel lining I've seen looks bad or completely unnoticeable, how many of you do it? How do you make it look good?

>>15665941
Tamiya accent color instead of god awful pens or markers.

>>15657551
I feel your pain

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>>15665847
This was my first time really messing with curved plaplate, and I tried using a blow dryer to help ease the plastic into bending, then used large alligator clips to make sure that the curves kept their shape. It's not a perfect curve if you look up close to it, but it's passable enough for me after some sanding. I used the arm pads from a HGFC Shining Gundam as a base, and with a bit of trimming they fit onto the arm holes on the Build Burning easily. Now onto trying out a few things for the scarf.

Also thanks for
>>15665329
>>15665354
for reminding me that only the front-most part of the arm piece connects to the sides.

>>15666055
>used large alligator clips to make sure that the curves kept their shape

I'm having trouble imagining how you did it. Can you show me your setup and/or describe it better?

>>15664839
>>15664847
ever thought of trying to get a copy of those jet decals and put it on the gundam? really like the lion decal on the jet

Just got a neo iwata from a hobby train place here in maple syrup land.

What other musts should I get for my setup? I intend to get an inexpensive compressor with no tank to start but in a few weeks to a month get a nicer one.

>>15666446
Model train places in maple syrup land? All I tend to see are RC/drone hobby stores.

Check the thread size on your compressor. Should usually be 1/4" NPT that you can get from Canadian Tire.

Also get a regulator and moisture trap.

Get a braided hose too, the other kinds of air hoses lose about 5 psi or more coming out of the compressor.

is it one of those bigger train store chains or is it one of them small mom and pop neighborhood sort of places with autistic and/or old people milling about and tending the store?

>>15666486
Canadian Tire huh? It's run by an elderly widower, and mostly older men just kind of shuffle around. I only have gone in to get topcoats before today.

I appreciate the help, my friend works at a Timmy's next to the place and I'll be back there tomorrow. Have any other airbrushing advice? Currently I was considering buying some random brand paint there but honestly I'd prefer if I didn't have to thin or custom color at first, one skill at a time.

So what are some techniques you think would be useful in upgrading older kits to look nicer?

I'm working on a very old kit and would like to make it look reasonably nice. I know with my skill level it will not achieve greatness, but at minimum it can be a stepping stone I can be proud of.

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>>15666084
I'm probably not describing it right. Set it to get the bend you want, glue it down, then apply a force to the part using the clips so that the ends are being forced onto the piece in a way that forces it to bend properly. This way the plate doesn't unbend back into a straight piece and ensures a better connection between the plate and the part.

Also trying to decide between two colorschemes, the only real issue is whether the arms should be black/red or white/red. Here's white

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>>15666640
>>15666642
I'd say black (or better yet, dark grey) is closer to Hibiki in G, but I think it would probably stick out a bit too much.

White arms would probably flow with the custom's overall color scheme better.

In the end, it's a gunpla custom based on an idea, not the idea itself, so it doesn't have to be completely accurate, IMHO.

Remember all the way back in 2015 when we both planned to do Airgetlam after finishing our Gungnir Marias?
Did you ever get around finishing yours? I got a bit too busy with real life after my custom of S1 Hibiki.

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>>15666664
This is the first real work I've put into my gears since I finished the Ichaival Heavyarms asides from snapfitting the base-kits. AXZ starting up kindled the fires for it so I'm going back into this one and possibly DessScythe. Still need to grab a 00 Qant for Ame no Habakiri, although I might try bashing it with Shia Qant, not sure yet.

I never figured out a good kit for Airgetlam but I bought that Koto MSG beast sword just to see what it'd be like and it's way too big for any HG, but it does give a good idea for how to make something like that.

>>15666094
I did think about it, but since it's just a HG I figured it would be a waste.
The lion looks extremely cool on the F16 though.
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>>15665453
Thanks

>>15666690
On one of the two /m/ discords I idle in someone recently mentioned a koto impact knuckle, what scale and how well do those koto weapons fit with the bandai kits? I'm not concerned if it's not perfect but I'd like a good idea on how it will look with whichever scale before I buy some.

>>15666728
how well did the reddit reveal go?

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>>15666733
Nice.

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So, metallic paint. Pretty glossy.

Do I still need to gloss coat before decaling?

Gonna matte coat in the end because of weathering.

>>15666875
That is absolutely awesome looking. Tips for someone who wants to move into painting soon?