/GPG/ - Gunpla And Plamo General

>>15748828
I paint my kits, so that is not a problem for me anyway. Having said that the procedure for glossy is still the same, you just need to use even finer sandpaper.

When airbrushing, how do you get all sides of a piece without smudging it?

>>15748927
Dual action airbrush, blow air onto the paint at a low psi to dry it to the touch.

Is the shitposter gone?

>>15748967
Snapshit? He's always here.

Are the decals you get from SamuelDecals waterslides?

>>15748989
Don't reply, that's still the shitposter.

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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

SEND YOUR SHIT TO: [email protected]

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It's kinda neat that her brother made Gyanko's gunpla girl.

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First time doing a sticker heavy build.

It's nerve wracking and I already fucked up several time but I'll see how'll do (the picture is not mine)

>>15748927
Either what the other post said, or stick them on skewers so only a small part that isn't visible doesn't get covered.

>>15749046
I swear to GOD if I see that GODDAMN gunpla ONE MORE TIME...

>>15749046
>an eight year old can make a mecha musume it's no big deal

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Think I've learned my lesson about getting old HG kits, what a pain in the ass this guy was.

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>pre-order XN-Raiser from usagundamstore months back because I didn't believe Derringer and I was worried it'd sell out if I didn't preorder.
>get an email from who I believe is the owner
>think nothing of it because I had to make an account, probably some automatic thing
>pre-order Altron yesterday from them because I did the math and the price to pre-order and ship with EMS is more than it would take to order from usagundam and I had a 10 percent off coupon, even if it gets here a month or so later. Not like it's getting built for a while
>get an email from the same guy saying how he wanted to thank me for my business and how there's nothing more rewarding than a repeat customer and how grateful he is.
I'm just using them for the occasional p-bandai pre-order.
I don't know what to feel.

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>>15749082

Anyone have experience building IBO kits?
Is it just me or are the polycaps loose in general? I've built two and they both seem to have that issue, although I might just have bad luck or something

>>15749090
Any problems in particular?
I'll admit that I've eyed that one in the past but do the problems just stem from it being old as shit?

>>15749152
My Astaroth Origin has some loose arms. The Rouei is fine but it's still a shit kit

>>15749082
Come on, this isn't as bad as the countless fuminas.

>>15749090
If i were you. i'd get better and learn to kitbash that with the hguc gouf custom.

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>>15749100
If that's true, that's honestly heartwarming. I'll buy a kit from them when I can.

>>15749152
>Is it just me or are the polycaps loose in general?
No, it's fairly common. The IBO kits are readily apparent with cost-cutting measures outside the designs to the kit manufacture itself. At least they're not absolute shit like the G-reco kits, but in the end Bandai sold plenty of IBO crap kits.

I'm so disappointed in the shitty Shiden myself. The legs and shoulders are atrocious.

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>>15749156
Most issues are due to being old as shit. It suffers from all the problems the zaku III had but managed to make them worse from seem lines to just general engineering and mold quality(lots of flash). If I had just snapped it together it would have been done in an hour and a half tops as it is incredibly simple with a very low parts count but I had to at least put a little effort into this one. The seem lines you can still see I sanded the everliving hell out of and while I can't even feel them on my nail they can still be seen, it won't be cured without either paint or putty. The hand MEANT for holding the sword does an awful job of it and the armor plat that covers it isn't actually large enough to fill the massive gap it leaves. Luckily the kit DOES come with a bunch of PC extra hands and with some cutting I got the sword in and plate on while looking and holding better than the piece of shit they expected you to use. There is no torso twice and the head doesn't really stay on, I'll be working on it again in the future at some point, especially the eye piece. It wouldn't be that hard to make it a rotating piece that can look around like any zaku so long as you sand it round but they had to go for the oblong shape and actually give you stickers for looking left/right for some reason. The legs manage to be worse than the Zaku III's and are beyond salvation, the flight type will never do more than wave it's arms around and even if you put it on a stand it will never look like it's flying.

I don't really hate the tubby little fellow though just building him was awful.

>>15749194
I have a gouf custom to build still but I don't want to destroy that kit just to improve this one.

>>15749100
Did you reply at all? They sent me a thankyou on my first purchase as well and I also thought it was automated so I ignored it.

>>15749246
If it's any consolation I think you did pretty well with the seems. I wouldn't really notice them with a casual glance.

is there a worse feeling than forgetting to put a polycap in place?
Especially with those old mastergrades where you have to screw shit together. The kampfer is really a pain in the ass

>>15749342
I almost always do this when I'm building the second foot and feet always snap so fucking tightly together.

>>15749296
Thanks. I did learn to let the cement settle a little more before going at it. I think that caused the majority of my issues when it came to the seems

>>15748853
How fine we talking? I have 2000 grit sandpaper, that good enough?

>>15749090
>These old kits are bad
>Didn't even paint it

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Holy shit.

Is $40 US reasonable for a RG Sinanju? That includes shipping.

>>15749557
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10394019

yes.

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>>15749465
It can get in line behind the others I haven't gotten around to painting yet. The overall look is fine, the kit is bad because of ill fitting badly sized parts and draconian articulation.

For the record the Zaku III had similar seem problems but was a much nicer kit to build overall proving they did have it in them to do better back then.

>>15749212
Haven't seen many shiden complaints. Interesting.

P-Bandai Tallgeese Flugel WHEN? I'd be willing to pay like 10,000 Yen for it.

>>15749521
Yes the legs have very good articulation. Upper body is a bit of a letdown.

>>15749100
I wish they updated their site layout. Them and Gundamstoreandmore.

>>15749246
If it was me i'm more than willing to sacrifice a kit for kit bashing, only thing that would need a transfer is the shoulders, legs, fins, and backpack.

Is the HG GN Arms compatible with RG Exia?

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I've got the hg 00 and hguc f91 I'm pondering with building next but can't decide. Any preference?

>>15749521
This thing is some kind of engineering miracle I swear.

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Only two kits away from the 200th Master Grade being released. I'm hoping it's either the G-Self or Char's Zaku 3.0.

What do you guys think it'll be?

>>15749898
>zaku 3.0
is this really necessary

>>15749898
Unicorn 2.0

>>15749898
Zaku II 3.0 would satisfy me as a zeekfag, but it'd pretty unnecessary, I'm not too sure what could be done with a new Unicorn either. I'd really like some left field fan favorite or something else unexpected.

>>15749898
I want a G-Self, but the pessimist in me agrees with >>15749905. The 1/1 Unicorn's being set up at Odaiba and Bandai's shown that they can make a stable small-scale transforming Unicorn with the RG, so it's a pretty opportune time to milk the Unicorn cow again.
I'm expecting/hoping that the 199th MG will be a GM like they teased a year ago.

>>15749915
Is it time for an MG Bound Doc?

>>15749898
dynames, kyrios, virtue 3 pack

>>15749923
Baund Doc would be hilarious, especially if it was a ver. Ka or some shit.
I really don't want another Unicorn but that's what I'm expecting. Does that new Sandrock not count as 199? I never saw the tease but if it's supposed to be a GM I'd kill for a Jegan, especially since the Geara Doga and Jesta already have MGs.

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>>15749898
I want a Knight gundam, so I can display it with my Musha.
But the probability is almost zero anyway.

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>>15749939
Bandai doesn't count P-Bandai kits or exclusives. The GM thing was part of a display showing off the then-unreleased GM Sniper II and GM II, but I'm hoping it hasn't been forgotten. Check the walls behind the display cage.

>>15749945
they're making a robot damashii or something

>>15749898
Knowing Bandai it will be another Zaku II.

I wouldn't mind a Zaku I 2.0 though.

>>15749569
Zaku 3 is newer than the gouf flight iirc

>>15749949
It's another ruse, the next GM MG isn't even on display.

>>15749898
Either Strike Freedom 2.0 or Unicorn 2.0

>>15749949
I bet a GM III MG based on the 2.0 frame would sell like hotcakes.

also MG or RE/100 Jegan please

>>15749898
Hope it isn't another Kira or Setsuna suit.

When would the next RG after Unicorn be announced?

>>15749905
I...Can totally see that happening.....

>>15749923
Bound doc has a better chance as a re 100

>>15749949
If you noticed in the back ground there is a Gm III and Striker. Subtle hint at those two being a model?

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>>15748428
so i looked a bit harder and i found a place really close to me called turn 4 hobbytown which was semi-recently brought under the hobbytown usa umbrella
guess i was being too specific for google earlier

>>15749898
>implying it's not RX-78-2 4.0

>>15749898
>it'll be Barbatos
>anti-IBO fags REEEEEEEEEE so shrill-ry their kits shatter

I CAN'T WAIT!

>>15750104
There's already a 1/100 Full Mechanics Barbatos, what would the point of a MG be? It'd be literally nothing new.

>>15748993
Sam sells waterslides anon

>>15750122
For starters it would not be an upscaled HG.

>>15750162
>full mechanics
>upscaled HG
Alright, how about the High Resolution Barbatos?

>>15749582
Can he hold the Beam Magnum in one hand? That's all I care about.

Banana gee.

>>15749446
Hell yes. I sand down nubs with a file and then use 1000 grid sandpaper to to even the surface. 2000 should make it shiny again.

>>15750165
Are you retard? Never mind I already know the answer to that.

Go look up the HR Barbatos, make sure to note the price tag as well as how it's put together.

>>15750197
Look you fucking nigger, you're not getting a MG Barbatos. The FULL MECHANICS is literally meant to be a MG-Lite, so you've gotten all you're getting. There are NEVER going to be any IBO MGs, just 1/100 and FULL MECHANICS

>>15749163
Except that Gyanko is fucking ugly and it's anoying that people are pushing to make her a thing.

>>15750200
Careful with that autistic shrieking anon, you'll wake your parents.

>>15749055
Holy fuck, I want that Chamber!

>>15750200
This, this reaction right here. This is why announcing an MG Barbatos will be the most glorious thing bandai could do with the MG line.

>>15749156
Only kit that has issues for me is the Barbatos. It's legs keep bending forwards over time.

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>>15749898
I wouldn't hate a Destiny 2.0 MG. Ideally with proportions closer to the MB
But that doesn't matter because we're getting Unicorn 2.0 anyways. I honestly don't care about the 200 itself, I just really hope that now that the IBO line, Unicorn RG, ZZ ver KA, and the Star Wars line is done we can get more MGs per year again. 3 last year, 4 the year before, and shaping up to 4 this year is fucking dumb when we've gotten twice that in the past.

>>15750210
What's the deadline for a MG Barbatos? I want to ram my cock down your throat when you're fucking WRONG.
>>15750203
Mad little cuckboy, huh?

>>15750200
The Full Mechanics line is just Bandai rebranding their IBO No-Grade 1/100s to give them a proper name. It's not like 00 or AGE never got any MGs because they already had 1/100s.

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>>15750228
Your unbridled anger over the mere idea of an MG Barbatos hypothetically existing is easily the funniest thing to happen in /gpg/ in a long time, anon. Thank you.

>>15750231
Wing as well had 1/100 HGs way before it got any MGs.

>>15750259
I'm not even mad about the idea of a Barbatos MG, I'd probably buy it. I just want you to be wrong and suffer.

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>>15750263
Nigga you're the only one who actually cares!

Oh man I can just by how you're acting now if it actually gets announced it's going to be great!

>bandai in charge of scale

Holy fuck the Loto is tiny.

>>15750298
That's why you get two in a box.

>>15750300
Yeah but that looks fucking TINY, were they really that small in the anime? It's going to look wrong next to my HG kits.

>>15750302
Yes. They were transforming APCs, not really "proper" mobile suits.

>>15750302
Yes. it's only 10 meters in the anime compared to its 20 meter contemporaries.

>>15750306
>>15750309
I guess the firepower and two pilot requirement threw me off, then.

>>15750298
Which is why they're so cute. Even if their "transformation" is kinda dumb.

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>>15750315
I think it's mostly a problem of a tank mode without a tank's main gun. This looks a bit better, doesn't it?

http://schizophonic9.com/re4/rg_unicorn.html
I see a little slot sticking out underneath the barrel of the Bazooka. Obviously for the Full Armor add on

>>15750335
I'm more interested in the Mega Size Full Armor add-on.

>>15750312
Yeah, but they're good at carrying infantry. Not having a rotating turret is a large down though.

>>15750340
They've got a machine gun for anti-infantry. Once I get my kit(s) I'll see if it has any form of swivel and if the "turret" superstructure has any left to right movement.

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>>15750343
Did someone say SWIVEL!?

>>15750338
>Mega Size Full Armor add-on
Anon, please. My penis can only get so erect.

>>15750348
I wish I understood this meme

>>15750349
It's gonna happen. Considering the P-Bandai PG Full Armor retails for 7020 yen, I'd expect a list of like 6000 yen (since it's a Mega and not PG) although I mean it could end up being as detailed and cost 8000~ yen instead.
It's not going to be cheap but having a 1/48 Unicorn (already one of the bigger mobile suits in the biggest scale) with the ridiculous bulk and height of the add-on weaponry is going to be insane.

>when the 1/1 Unicorn gets converted to Full Armor

>>15750355
You're better off this way

There are a lot of GM kits recently, but where the hell is the Aqua GM?

1/48 Psycho Gundam when? It'd only be 85cm tall.

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>>15748723
Thanks to whoever made the guide, probably will by my first kit soon.

Made a pepe for you guys

>>15749898
Why not have 2 MGs instead of 1?

>>15750348
I unironically like Jobby.

I'm about to buy all of the IBO Chara Stands, someone stop me.

>they release a custom based on the gn-x IV before the kit exists
>and its p-bandai

What the flying fuck bandai

>>15750338
Just when you thought they couldn't make a bigger dildo than the PG FA Unicorn boosters

>>15750348
The meme makes no sense but it cracks me up every time. I think it's his voice.

>>15749898
it'll be Barzam baby

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How do you mask really complicated shapes, specifically 3d shapes on a surface or the visor of a GM?

I'm trying to learn, but I can't come up with any viable solutions.

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Can you fit RGs onto these somehow? They all have the box-shaped connector that only fits onto action bases.

What if the 199th and 200th MG end up being a 2.0 version of the GP-01 and the GP-02?

When did you decide to make the jump to painting? What was your first step and first kit?

>>15750755
I painted my very first kit, a HG GM.

How do you get rid of seam lines? Where in the process does this happen?(i.e. after painting, assembly, etc?)

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>>15748723
When THE FUCK did this kit come out?
Blue destiny EXAM system is my FUCKING JAM DUDE
I NEED THIS SHIT

What's the best version of the RX-79 out there? All lookin' like pretty dated kits.

>>15750763
this month probably like last week

>>15749898
Baund Doc

>>15749100
Everyone seems to have good experiences with usagundamstore but I dealt with terrible customer service from them which makes me not want to order from them.
Anyone here ever got in contact with some guy named Adam Ryan from their store? Guy is a complete ass.

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>>15750763
Also, THIS!

>Found out some chink hobby magazine issue came with a full GM Sniper Custom kit
>GM Sniper Custom is one of my favorite designs
>Already sold out everywhere

Fuck me, guys
Anyone else have a kit that's so rare you wish you'd just never found out about it since now you know you're missing something in your life
like a hole that can never be filled

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>>15750821
C-type will also be smex since it comes with the parts to build the F as well.

>>15750821
The version of this from unicorn is already out on HLJ (Sold Out that is)

What the hell is the difference between the current RG Amatsu Mina and the P-Bandai RG Amatsu that isn't out yet?

>>15750201
>it's anoying that people are pushing to make her a thing.
You are like two years too late.

Speaking of P-Bandai, how does Samueldecal compare to Gentei kits? What's the best P-bandai proxy for NA?

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>>15748723
Hi guys! I'm new to gunpla and got this thing. What I am in for?

Also I'm deciding if I'll get 2 Astaroth Reniscimento or 1 Efreet Schneid. What should I get next?

>>15750863
>I'll get 2 Astaroth Reniscimento
Why two?

>>15750863
Murder midget.

>>15750863
>What I am in for?
A model kit? You tell me.

>What should I get next?
What do you want?

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>>15750863
Rodi!

>>15750879
God knows somebody needs to buy 'em, they sold like shit.
Maybe I'll buy the Tetsu Hana Dan Complete Set and get a Landman Rodi. Depends on how I'm feeling and what else I buy/don't buy.

>>15750890
I plan to get the set for the Landman Rodi and the weapons.

>>15750890
Rodi is cute! Cute!

>sold like shit
That's Bandai's fault for not packaging it with the land legs.

>>15750869
I'm not a fan of asymmetrical designs. A white-gray mobile suit would looks nice to me! :)
>>15750870
Yeah, he looks awesome in the show though I didn't watched the whole anime.
>>15750873
I want the Astaroth R but Efreet looks cool to me as well. Too bad my budget is limited for this. :(
>>15750879
Yeah! Once I got my two Rinascimentos I'll add those large shields to make Garm Rodi!

Thanks for the answers guys!

Hey guys, my uncle's brother has a friend who knows a guy whose second cousin is Hajime Katoki's son's uncle and he said the 200th MG is going to a Unicorn Ver Ka.

>>15750914
Well the Astaroth R and Efreet are the same price, so you should probably get the Efreet.

>>15750926
To elaborate on this- the rumored lineup I heard was;
MG Banshee Norn Ver Ka (MG 199)
MG Unicorn Full Armor Ver Ka (MG 200)
MG Phenex Ver Ka (MG 201)

>>15749898
its obvious

RX78-2 Extra Finish Origin Final Battle 3.5 ver Katoki KAI 200th Anniv Edition Xtreme Blast Mode in Clear Color + 711 Decals x Linkin Park Tribute.

>>15750905
Land legs weren't even a thing in the first season, let alone when the kit first came out.

>>15750954
As much as I would like to believe they were pulling the story out of their ass as they were animating it, these things are in development for so long they had to have known that there would be land legs and that the spindly space legs wouldn't be popular.

>>15749046
Would you make a gunpla of your sister /m/?

>>15750914
If you're on a budget, then you probably shouldn't be buying two Astas.

>>15750348
I like this guy but don't like the way he manhandles gunpla. Jut ain't right.

>>15750655
wait what

>>15750849
The feet and lower legs are the same as the red frame and the shield/blade/rifle/thingy is different. It still has the Blitz arm though and I don't remember if there's anything else.

>>15750914
>to make Garm Rodi
Woah there champ, you know the Garm and the Man have a completely different body structure right?

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>>15751001
>>15750655
I mad

>>15750914
>A white-gray mobile suit would looks nice to me!
May I suggest Lunagazer? G-Exes is also a nice one (for cheap, too). If you're interested in MGs, the Sinanju Stein (at $60) is a really attractive option.

>>15750715
You could always paint before inserting the visor.
Either that or cut out the shape.

>>15750719
The newer RGs have bandai's standard peg hole as well as the square hole. If it's an older RG and it isn't too heavy you can use the claw-thing to hold it.

>>15750947
FINAL MIX

>>15751012
Nothing is impossible anon.

>>15750982
If I had a sexy, dominant onee-san, I totally would.

>>15751022
>paint before inserting the visor
But then I can't fill in the seam.

>cut out the shape
I've tried that, but I mess it up every time. Getting good is hard.

>>15751015
Yes! I plan to buy a Lunagazer though it's not a priority right now. I'm having a hard time finding G-exes and the Stein here though I hope they'll get reprints soon.

>>15751000
Too rough for your swivels?

What does "Ver.Ka" mean ? Please dont be rude.

>>15751000
You do realize the swivel shit is sped up and he's not actually being that rough with them.

>>15751045
He throws the kits around for sight gags

>>15751036
What country do you live in? Can you not get them on Amazon?

>>15751043
Redesigned by Hajime Katoki, who's infamous on /m/ for giving mobile suits longer legs and putting red decals everywhere.

>>15751013
They're actually make a kit of this?
Could be quite cool, actually.

>>15750763
Less than a week ago.

>>15750821
Still pissed that they made this the p-bandai and the Schneid the standard kit.

>>15751047
The worst I've seen is him drop a piece or knock them over. Nothing that's likely to damage anything outside of a highly explosive RG.

And he hasn't done it to anything he's actually put work into beyond snap-fitting (which is rare to be fair).

>>15751048
Thank you anon, it makes sense now

>>15749898
It'll be Zeong 2.0.

>>15751043
Version Katoki

>>15751048
>Redesigned by Hajime Katoki

Not really. The Hi Nu Ver Ka is actually the original Hi-Nu by Izubuchi before he went modernistic in his design philosophy.

>>15751279
Then why is it called "Ver Ka?" Shouldn't it be "Ver Izu?"

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How much harder are RGs and MGs compared to HGs?

I've built nine HG kits so far and i'm getting the itch to go bigger and badder with a kit to act as my center piece but I don't quite know how in over my head I'll be

>>15749898
MG Guntank. Screencap this post

>>15751300
My very first kit was the MG Unicorn. You'll be fine if you go big.

I haven't built any RGs, but one can assume they'd be difficult due to the size and number of parts.

>>15751300
define hard.

Because the plastic is just as hard as HG kits

>>15751300
>MG
Not even remotely
>RG
Maybe a little, but with nine HG kits and the proper tools you should be fine.
You want a centerpiece that you might fuck up/be in over your head on? Get a PG.

>>15751300

not hard or complicated, just more content

its like building 3 hgs into a single kit

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>>15751279
Another thing about "Ver. Ka" is that all gunpla from the early 2000s onward are almost all "touched" by Katoki after he took over the Gunpla department. Stuff like HG F91 and MG Shining/God Gundam all obviously feature katoki's aesthetics despite not having the Ver. Ka label.

There's also things like Victory Gundam, Unicorn Gundam, etc. that are all designed by Katoki himself but he slaps the "ver. Ka" label on some releases of them anyway. I guess "ver. Ka" is really just any release that Katoki could flop his dick about however he wants for it.

>>15751313
I'd look at the Ver Ka as having his personal seal of approval. If it's a kit he was heavily involved in and thinks is excellent, he slaps Ver Ka on it.

>>15751300
HG isn't at all. They're just bigger and have more parts.

RG is going to depend on the kit and how well you can deal with microscopic parts though the process of building is the same.

>>15751316
>>15751043
"Ver. ka" means katoki was involved in the kits creation during every step of the process. Proportions, engineering, decals, runner layout, etc all are in accordance to his vision of the kit. They are his personally designed kits beyond just doing the lineart.

Also, is captcha screwing up for anyone else today?

>>15751316
I think it's just a way of him making a kit but freeing himself of the need to try and match up with what we see in the anime/manga/etc that might not always reflect his original design work the way he wants.

It's more, "this is how I personally want it to look," and not, "this is a close representation of the media it appeared in."

That and it's just a marketing gimmick.

>tfw Hajime Katoki will never thank you for buying his kits

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>>15751330
If that's true, he sucks at it. The joint designs on the V Gundam MG was awful.

Ver. Ka is a brand, don't romanticize it.

Is there a way to buy standard hands for hg kits, like open hands, grip hands, etc...
>>15751313
The kit in the middle of your pic is supposed to be the HG one from 2013 ?

>>15749046
You could say it's very

Incesting

>>15751367
Bandai sells 1/144 and 1/100 hands in their builder's parts lines.

>>15751364
Kinda. The Unicorn variations, Victories, and original Sinanju were rife with issues, but the rest of the line is stellar.

>>15751300
RGs can be harder because the pieces are so small. Detailing becomes harder, an pieces are easier to break/fall off.

MGs aren't harder, they just take longer to assemble.

But its not like there is anything inherently different in the techniques between an HG, MG and RG. There wont be any curveballs. For the most part it the different grades mean more or less detail number of pieces and or size.

I built two HGs just to test my skills on because they were cheap if I fucked up something. After that I moved straight to MGs.

>>15751367
Okawara art - Robot Damashii - High Grade 1/144

Without painting, how does one get rid of stress marks on plastic?

>>15751419
>Without painting, how does one get rid of stress marks on plastic?
You don't.

>>15751419
Cocoa butter

>>15751419
You CAN remove stress marks by applying heat but you SHOULD NOT because you risk warping the plastic. The line between removing stress marks and melting the plastic is hard to control (there isn't really a line)

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>>15749039
I'm working on some new techniques for the groupbuild, and I have a convention later this month. I hope I don't have to rush through painting this build to get it in on time.

I like trying out new techniques, but I can never pull it off. So since I'm making do with subpar skills, I tend to build and paint fast and reckless.

This is going to get weird.

>>15751419
you can't

>>15750715
before u assemble the head, you can mask the visor, trim it to shape, take off the mask and set it aside, assemble the head/seamweld and apply the mask again

>>15750715
The easiest trick I've found for masking a GM visor is to assemble the head with some tinfoil covering the visor then take some tweezers and pull out the tin foil when you're done.

>>15750655
Sakibure also only got a BF custom, though at least it was a normal release.

>>15751364
Katoki does have hit or miss kits Victory was his second jab at a fully transformable suit and on top of that it was a tiny gundam to even consider fitting a complex transformation gimmick in it. he also has his good kits like the Wing series kits, the Proto Zero among them as well. But his best kits are the Sazabi and Nu gundam.

>>15751364
Im not romanticizing it. Ver. Ka on a kit literally means he peraonally was involved in its entire design process beyond the lineart. Its the selling point of the kits.

>>15751466
What convention?

>>15752091
Bulk of the mg wing kits aren't ver. Ka. They're just using his redesigned lineart and are normal mg kits.

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Tamiya is always out of the panel accent colors for black. How do I make my own panel wash? Tamiya enamels thinned down 1:1? What brush to I use?

Alternatively, other ways to panel line that AREN'T using the regular Gundam Markers.

>>15752199
Enamel paint thinned down a whole lot. It can be done with enamel thinner but the most common recommendation I hear is with lighter fluid. I can personally confirm this works, done it several times using Testors enamels and Zippo lighter fluid. It's also cheaper than enamel thinner, one trip to the supermarket will last a while for low cost. There's not a definite ratio I've seen, but onky a few drops of paint will do and a higher concentration of thinner. You have to do it over a gloss coat if you're panel washing, otherwise it won't flow well as might harm paint or plastic underneath. It cannot be flat, that smudges, it has to be gloss. I've used Future floor polish to good effect as the gloss before panel washing, for what it's worth.

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MG or RG 00 quan[T]?
I can't decide, they both look really good.

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>>15750755
Mine was my MG Sniper II. It involved a lot of mistakes and learning experiences. It was when I found out you can't panel line matte finishes easily. I think it came out alright for my first try though.

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Can I get some help picking out a paint job for the Tallgeese? I'd like to paint mine, but I've been wracking my brain trying to find a scheme I like. I'd like to avoid browns and greens, but I love those colors a lot. Im going to try to repurpose the sword from a grazr custom to make it more knightly, and maybe do a cloak.

>>15752402
I love it. I think your color separation makes it visually interesting enough without the panel lines.

>>15752368
Both are good the mg however has a slight weight problem with the gn binder making it lean to the left more often, can be fixed with a top coating.

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>>15750755
My first paint project was the Astray red frame. It was a nightmare painting the inner frame.

>>15752368
RG, you can also buy a Full Saber version for non RAEP prices.

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>>15752431
Thanks. I've since quit using the cloak, and have been debating adding a different rifle and painting/weathering that.

Second paint job was the MG God Gundam. I just used some more metallic and darker colors, but I really liked how it came out.

>>15752454
IIRC, didn't you use gundam markers for that? That seems like a nightmare. I may have you confused for someone else, though.

>>15749898
Gundam Evolve RX-78-2

>>15750827
It's like 12 bucks on Amazon, dude.

>>15752572
The one with the magazine is a modern kit. I don't think he's talking about the ancient MSV one.

>>15752532
I used a really, REALLY fine brush for the inner frame.

>>15752632
Yeah, I can see how that'd be a pain.

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>>15752410
I wouldn't fuck with the Tallgeese since I think the default color scheme is perfect, but perhaps something like this?

>>15751302
Bait or retarded, what is your angle

>>15752800
About 45. There's a lot of elevation but not that much depression.

How bad of an idea is it to make an actual cloth skirt for my girly Gundam?

>>15752815
I say go ahead
include that frilly thing anime girls wear under it

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Added to the backlog today, with my first MG to boot. What am I in for with these two?

>>15752841
a model kit

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>>15752863

For the guys who use gesso and future to prime parts should I use the stuff from the guide or will regular gesso that I find at the crafts store work fine

>>15750598
2/10

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Shamelessly shilling the 1/100 Tieren because I'm halfway down putting this thing together and it fucking kicks ass in every aspect.

>ordered HG Guntank from Japan
>taking too long without tracking
>order again but for some reason i can use prime 2 day shipping
>get prime delivery yesterday, Japan delivery today

It was a fun build. Probably my favorite so far. Should I keep the second one or return it?

>still have to build Gouf, Gyan, Chars Zaku

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Just noticed these on my box.
what are the suits in the background?

>>15752980
They look like Garm Rodis. Kinda weird looking, but Garm Rodis nonetheless.
http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/UGY-R45_Garm_Rodi

>>15752841
missles on the heavyarms needs to be painted

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>>15752731
Here's what I've thrown together so far. You're right about the Tallgeese already having a good scheme, but I just feel like it looks a little plain in MG form.

>>15753008
Been needing to get some paint pens anyway, this just gives me an excuse.

>>15752943
I've never heard anything but praise for the 1/100 Tieren from anyone who's built one. Might grab one if I end up liking the HG's build.

>>15753112
>tfw keep spending money on Gunpla because none of it is going to arrive and I'm impulse buying
>going to get like 20 kits trickling in over the course of a week
N-no, you can't tempt me to buy a Testament.

>>15752995
>tfw Garm and Spinner Rodi kits never
Damn you bandai

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>>15753146
Labrys never, either.

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So I noticed that the Graze Custom sword will fit in the tallgeese's shield without modification. I just can't attach the sub arm, which is fine for what I may try to do with it.

>>15753288
Groovy

>>15752150
GenCon in Indiana.

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I just bought 4 kits last week. But Canadian gundam is 10% off everything this weekend. I want a star build strike, either hg or mg. Havent decided. I might spend a ton

>>15753286
Isn't that just literally a Landman Rodi with a new head?

>>15753298
Are they? I'm not seeing it.
I did some research and while I suppose there'd be the convenience of getting kits within a few days rather than waiting a month for shipping I just didn't like the prices overall.

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>>15753298
>Star Build Strike
>Juaggu
>Bad Action Base
>Sixty-two dollars and thirty-four cents with shipping
Jesus Tapdancing Christ, what is wrong with your country? That shit shouldn't cost more than 30 dollars.

>>15753307
Black Tri-Rodi

>>15753308
Canadian dollar is worth like 3 American dollars

>>15753311
Or the other way around, fuck idk I'm tired from blood loss due to drunk gunpla

>>15753311
I'm really sad to say that you've got that wrong, friend.

Canadian Maplebucks are in the trash right now.

>>15753314
Yeah I just got it backwards, dollar is shit, and with shipping costs and times involved I find it better to but the occasional order from Canadian gundam as long as they have the kit in stock

>>15753308
Yeah his prices are not actually as competitive as he'd like you to believe, you'd have to live near Hamilton (where he's located) and pick them up to get a reasonable deal and even then. Still, 54.34 CAD to USD is 41.35 USD.
HLJ doesn't even have all the shit in stock, but it'd be 3145 Yen (36 CAD, 28.50 USD) + 15.70CAD (12.40USD) for shipping.
So $40.90 USD and you have to wait a month for unregistered SAL.
>>15753311
>>15753314
I like to pretend it's that bad too but it's not quite that fucking far gone yet. It's kinda rebounding too which is hopeful.

>>15753059
Don't bother with paint pens, just get actual paint bottles and brushes. It's so much nicer to not be limited by some shitty tool like markers, plain old paint and brush give you so much more variety and use of applications. A set of nice brushes is like $5-10 and whatever color won't be much. If you're willing to put in effort anyway just go the full way. They also give you the application of techniques like weathering and whatnot.

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>>15753291
Groovy indeed. I dug a little channel into the handle to accommodate the peg on the TG hand. It's not pretty, but I'll clean it up later before I do any painting.

>>15753349
Paint the sword bronze.

>>15753335
I'll likely never fully paint kits, just minor details. As it is I'm content with snapping and panel lining. Brushes is a good idea though now that you talk about it like that. If only for small details (missile tips, thruster bells, piping, etc.), what do you recommend?

>>15753377
Spotter brushes, anything with a super-fine tip. You don't really need anything bigger unless you plan on actually hand-painting entire pieces and not just small details.

Speaking of painting, do we have any really advanced painters here? I have a stupid (and technical) question.

>>15749835
Buy the RD all gunpla of master gundam is shit

I'm fucking wasted at 3AM
time to build gunpla

>>15753291
Who the hell are you ?!

>>15752410
Titans colors

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>>15752410
>>15752731
>>15753042
Personally I went with the standar color scheme, but I made the light grey parts much darker, the yellow more orange and the dark blue I made black. I love the original white color, but this way it's a little more detailed.

Is Micro Sol the equivalent of Mr.Mark Softer? I heard from another source that Mr. Mark was more aggressive on acrylics.

>>15749898
I want a 2.0 gp01/fb but after announcing the rg unicorn and the 1/1 scale statue its going to he a unicorn 2.0.

Wouldnt mind that also

>>15750615
Meee 2

>>15753485
>I want a 2.0 gp01/fb
does anyone in japan even give a shit about stardust memory?

>>15750942
But we already have those
My uncle who is friends with the brother of kawaguchis helper said that the 200th mg is going to be the nightmare frame astray 3rd revise.

>>15753491
It got a reboot manga, and the kits from it all sell decently enough.

>>15753496
I should have elaborated- they're all on the Unicorn 2.0 MG frame which has near perfect articulation. It's seriously the best MG frame ever made, you're going to love it.

>>15750926
There already is a Unicorn ver.Ka. it was literally the first unicorn MG. It's going to be Unicorn 2.0.

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>>15753502
>a better frame than the Gundam 2.0's
>let alone the Zaku 2.0's
Next you're going to tell me every single piece is undergated, every tiny detail is molded in-color, and there are no decals to apply because they're all printed onto the pieces via rubber stamp, a la Lego minifigs.

>>15753288
I hope the next group build is a solid weapon only build. That'd be nice.

たぶん略奪者が勝手に使っているものと許可と了解を取って使ってるものの区別が制作者もみんなつかないんだろ、話だけなら10年以上前だし修正版も製作サイドの都合のいいものに変えられて別物になってるのも多いし使う奴が能無しなら作品も能無しになる

>>15753557
gesundheit

>>15753450
painting the inner frame darker does make it more aesthetic. is it a legit Tallgeese or the bootleg one?

>>15753593
Dragon Momoko bootleg, you can tell from the panel lines on the shoulder armor, they aren't there on the Bandai one.

>painting the inner frame darker does make it more aesthetic.
Yeah it brings out the color of the armor more

Anyone have a pic comparing a candy coat using alclad chrome vs silver from another brand? Can't find anything on google/

>>15753511
Maybe he means Unicorn Ver.Ka Ver.2.0

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Post good things about this kit.

>>15753634
he bust 'em!

>>15753634
It's a great kit to kitbash with the Duel AS

>>15753634
Big gun.

That's it

>>15752731
Where is that shield from?

>>15753634
It's a really solid kit, doesn't have much gimmicks outside of the gun, but you can split it apart and change barrels, it looks really good just top coated as well

>>15750942
Well the 100th mg was Turn A so it only makes sense that the G-Self would be #200

>>15750942
MG Phenex would be so good

>>15753897
Enjoy your nubmarks, Apollo

>>15753634
not as stupid as heavyarms

>>15753042
darken up that blue and make it a nice nu-style custom

Mg or hg build strike?

Is mg fenice renascita any good?

>>15754080
>Even considering the HG when the RG exists.
The answer is all and then kit ash the HG

>>15754104
Yeah

>>15753720
Kabuterimon Gundam?

>>15753450
That does look good. I feel like the geese is one of those kits that benefits from a repaint in its normal colors.

I'm >>15753349 >>15753288. I'm thinking of painting this either in Nu colors like >>15754046 suggested and painting the sword with a white blade and either gold or beam pink on the edges or a more Spartan theme with bronze and red.

>>15754215
Not that anon
Thats the nightmare frame astray 2nd revise i think

>>15754678
Nice. Do you have the HGUC Byarlant Custom?

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>>15754701
Yes. I have that as well.

>gunpla unboxing video
For what fucking purpose?

>>15754717
Do you have the HG Unicorn built?

>>15754721
To show the runners and parts, and talk about it for people who don't want to use Dalong's site

>>15754723
Yeah but I don't feel like posting that one. It's trash. I have the FA red version.

>>15754721
This >>15754725 also YouTubers have schedules to keep

>>15754751
Or you haven't fucking built it yet.

Okay, guys. What's the most durable real grade I can get?

>>15754760
Zeta

>>15754760
Believe it or not, the fucking Unicorn of all suits might be one of the more stable RGs, along with the Mk. II

>>15754760
Mk.2 and the 00 stuff are some of the sturdiest stuff in the line.

>>15754753
Every video gives them some form of income.
Got a kit?
Why not drag it out with an unboxing video, a speedbuild and then review?
Or make 3 - 6 part 10+ minute long video series per kit just to really milk out the amount of money you can get out of it?

>>15754784
>unboxing video, a speedbuild and then review
This is reasonable
>3 - 6 part 10+ minute long video series per kit
This is not

>>15754751
Cool. Do you have the FA green Unicorn?

>>15754725
>>15754753
>unboxing
>quick look
>review

>>15754775
>>15754766
>>15754764
What about the Red Frame?

>>15754793
Good thing Robert quit Gunpla. 12 videos for a mg review gtfo.

>>15754798
Mine's pretty sturdy.

>>15754784
>unboxing video, a speedbuild and then review?
MechaGaikotsu

>3 - 6 part 10+ minute long video series per kit
rrobbert184
His reviews were nice though so I don't mind it too much, I just rarely every watching anything except the (MS) and (Verdict) videos

>>15754797
ZakuAurelius

>>15754796
Don't you fucking change the subject I wanna see Snapfit's FA Red Frame.

>>15754828
>ZakuAurelius
I just don't really understand the point of an unboxing video. I realize they're basically slaves to Youtube, but you can get everything relevant from the review.

>runners
You can see part separation and nub marks/kitbashing potential from an OOB review. A good reviewer should talk about stickers and runners/whatever anyways.

>reading the manual's lore and specs
Not deserving of 10 minute long video, that can easily be touched on in a review or quick look/speed build.

It just seems like the other videos render the OOB video pointless.

>>15754820
>>15754775
>>15754764
>>15754766
Thanks, guys. I think I'll give the RG Exia another try. It was one of the first gunpla I built and I ruined it. It's been a year since then.

>>15754831
Why? It'll look like shit.

>>15754854
Hasn't stopped him before, what's stopping him now?

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>>15754854
>>15754859

To hell with both of you!!

>>15754872
Good. Now show me a Real Grade.

>>15754881
I don't own any real grades. I only own HG's and HGUC 1/144.

>>15754893
Or maybe you're fucking lying

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>>15749521
Is that the first unicorn to even be able to do that?

>>15754936
This just makes me more hype for the 2.0 (or 3.0, depending on how one sees things)

>>15754872
Awesome looks good. Did you get the hg efreet schneid?

>>15749521
I know it's not the kit, that's just how the unicorn's knees are and there's really no engineering way around it because of the transformation, but god those knees look terrible the way they bend.
Still a fantastic kit. If only they'd put as much effort in to making a new frame for the RG Sinanju instead of reusing a frame from a kit that doesn't even have a heavy backpack, because that makes sense.

>>15754896
Nah, the RGs don't have the toy like look with their complex color separation.

>>15754948
The 200th MG is Unicorn 2.0 with tons of undergating.

>>15754960
The 200th mg will be a mg super fumina. Screencap this.

>>15754955
No I am not interested in that one. I am slightly interested in Nimbus's Efreet but it's a P-Bandai so I probably won't get it at the rate I take my OYW kits off the shelf and put them into boxes.

>>15755021
Show me the fucking Real Grade Snapshit

>>15755021
Oh. Do you not build P-Bandai kits?

>>15755049
RGs are trash.

>>15755064
Don't change the subject, where is his Real Grade

>>15755070
Sounds like the best line for Snapfit, I then.

Where is the Real Grade, Snapfit

>>15755075
He knows better than to deal with trash kits.

>>15754760
>Durable
>Real grade
In all honesty either mk2 or unicorn. The rest will break if you even look at them weird

>>15755091
The fucker doesn't panel line and genuinely likes G-Reco, you expect me to believe that he's smart enough to know what is and isn't trash?

Now show me Snapfit's Real Grade.

>>15755092
Well, we'll see. I just dropped some money on a RG Exia. Honestly, it's just something to hold me over until I save up enough money to get an airbrush. When that happens and I get some experience with it under my belt, I'll get something sturdier.

>>15755064
His mom won't buy him anything that expensive.

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>>15755064
The Byarlant Custom 2 is a P-Bandai. I own about 15 P-Bandai kits if you count effect parts and duplicates.

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>>15753042

>>15755144
Where is the Real Grade you hack

NEW THREAD
>>15755163
>>15755163
>>15755163

>>15749898
EX-S 2.0
full articulation and transformation