Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General

Grunt Bash Group Build
It's time for a new group build, and damn simple one. All you need to do is combine a grunt design with a one off design, including named Gundams, Sazabi, Kampfer, and the like.

Due By: November 10th
As always, send it to (and post it here!): [email protected]

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Gunpla/Plamo Secret Santa!

Sign ups run until December 4th. I'll try to have everyone paired up by December 6th.

Like last year, I'm going to have everyone fill out a Google form so I can collect the information easily.

Also, if you have some kits in your backlog that you are willing to part with feel free to email me a list and estimated values.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iduhozmHMzffAXj9FHLGXiOgY6cDLxjiC8yaZuV66-s/viewform?c=0&w=1

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First for FAGs

Out of all models which one would benefit from stiff abs joints for master grades?

>tfw new kits arrived
>revive gundam
>gm striker
>zaku 2 ortega with dat axe

what make first senpaitachi

also i'm getting a hi-nu ver ka in a couple weeks purple or royal blue for colour, gonna try get ice white for the white parts and then add some grey for part separations

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>My second RG

Jesus Christ
So many pointless tiny little pieces.
Never again

>>5259730
If you've read We're Federation Hooligans, the GM Striker, otherwise do the RX-78-2

What's the best place to order Bandai Premium stuff? I want an Origin Worker in Ral's colors.

>>5259796
Gentei Kits.

>>5259793
i'll read it I guess

>>5259797
Oh hey, they have the Prototype Gouf kit too. Thanks, Preordered.

So I just ordered the PG Unicorn LEDs.

And then preordered the PG Banshee's expansion set.

...I think I'm going to be making an expensive purchase soon. Never built a PG before, but I feel the time has come.

>>5259808

just did the same

bought two astray red frames to have double weeb katanas.

rip

>>5259800
It's a really good series and will make you love the GM Striker so much more than you probably think is possible

>>5259820
did you sell the other frame tho?

Bandai Hobby Release/Restock 2015-11:
http://bandai-hobby.net/site/schedule_images/nouhin.pdf
http://pastebin.com/paQefuYR
Main Gunpla lines first, no offense to SD lovers but I'm dead tired and I'll be saying "Night!" to /gpg/ in a few minutes. I'll do the rest tomorrow.

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Whatcha building folks.
Building the most based Jegan at the moment.

I have a feeling that painting the vent parts yellow and black is gonna give me hell though.

>The MId year campaign ended only a month ago
>The New year campaign starts in less than two weeks

Damn that's fast. And those HG sets look to be the worst set prizes this time. The IBO one only has 6 kits and half them are Graze, while the Origin one is he same amount and half zakus.

Meanwhile the RG set has ever RG outside of teh wing crammed into it, makes me wonder when they are going to start doing with it what they do with the MG sets and start only picking a few from the line for it.

>>5259210
>>5259213
Not clear what your goals are here... are you doing it open cockpit or closed? Closed cockpit looks like it'd be (relatively) easy; you're talking about puttying over most of the canopy (I'd use milliput) and rebuilding a new canopy shroud.

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>>5259882
Just finished snapping this guy together, I have a feeling it's going to be a bitch painting the little details on my kit too.

>>5259790

>not loving all the tiny little pieces

this is what makes RGs great

baka desu sempai

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>>5259882
Just working on a GM custom. A little nervous as I just tend to build, apply stickers, and place on shelf. I'm actually going to try painting it and applying transfers, and all that fun stuff.

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Damn it. It's not fair making the box art so tempting.

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>>5260010
Im probably going to buy it fucking hell
Even though there are heaps of other MGs out there that I could be building

>>5259865
>Zaku F2000
muh dick is ready

>>5260010
Really another one?
Fuck you bandai, I already fell for your scam twice.

When was the last time the 1/100 Mirage Frames were reissued?

>>5259882
Need Kshatriya now

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>>5260054
Forgot pic

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>>5260053
At least this one actually has several additions and changes to the design and isn't just added details on the original.

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>>5259882
Just finished building these two and I plan on practicing painting on them. Any tips on how to paint the visors? I want to try avoiding using stickers but I don't know how to paint them to have the same effect as the stickers.

>>5260121
>size
>orientation

desu

>>5260124
Is it too big? Sorry. I uploaded from my phone and the picture doesn't look big when I view it. Dunno why it's sideways though, original picture isn't sideways.

>>5259820
Should've just bough the sengoku and the regular one and you would've had three katanas

>>5260051
Better make it thrice.

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>>5259882
PG Banshee, been going slow on this one. Just snap-building until I get some touch-up paints for later on I hope.

>>5259808
Trying to hold out until I get the Armed Armor VN / BS Part Set, before I go for the LEDs myself.

Enjoy it, will be a bit of a long build for a first PG; but not a bad choice at all!

>>5259496
Thanks for using my pic!

>>5259928
I'm actually going to be painting that one in AfrikaKorps colours, when he finally arrives.

does anyone know why are there extra pairs of hands in the polycap runner that came with my Gyan?

None of them fit with his arms or anyone elses.

>>5260010
>buying a kit for the boxart
wut,
why the fuck would you do that?

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>>5260247
Hell if I know, I just stored them away in the box.

>>5260247
I think the HGUC Gyan uses the same polycap runner as the old HG Endless Waltz kits

>>5260247
Gyan uses the same shitty exposed polycap joint layout and runner as later 90s 1/144. The hands are part of the runner and were used on the HGEW kits.

>>5260247
>>5260252
>>5260255
>>5260259

Poor hguc gyan. It's probably the worst of the hguc line in terms of engineering. The base body is like if they mashed 90s and 80s 1/144 engineering together and then gave it decent weapons rather than some of the innovations that other early hguc were trying out like the knee and elbow joints being seperate parts you didn't have to lock in place if you were seam welding.

>>5260010
sadly no core fighter
but at least its eyes are saperated meaning no stickers involved and its made out of neon yellow like the banshees psycho frame

>>5260255
>exposed polycap joint layout
I fucking hate that so much.

i have to pose his arms just right so his elbows don't stick out like a sore thumb. I'm new as fuck to gunpla and my oldest kit before him was the HGUC 79 gm and I fucking loved him to bits.

Gyan's feels so damn old by comparison, like he needs a lot of work to be presentable.

>>5260276
IIRC at that point in Origin the gundam had no core fighter (in origin the core fighter is just a glorified escape pod rather than a rarely used part swapping gimmick and even the GM has it).

>>5260285
ahh i see thanks for clarifying that.

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>>5260287
I don't remember when it was actually added though. It was either at jaburo or later when they upgrade the gundam to pic related and add the magnetic coating.

>>5260310
Why does Origin Gundam always hold its shield upside-down?

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>>5260318
So that when it raises the arm up to block the visor gap is by the face to look out of without needing to rotate anything.

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>>5259928
Yeah I gave up on the cuffs and used stickers for them.

>>5260010
That head looks really small on the art there. Also, isn't it the RX-78 01?

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>>5260354
>Yeah I gave up on the cuffs and used stickers for them.

baka senpai

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>>5260362
No. The -1 was a completely different color and had a visor. The rx-78 just has a swappable backpack in origin. The only inaccuracy is that the v-fin is white.

>>5260362
Nope. The 1 was destroyed as soon as the Zeeks made it into the colony.

>>5260380
The thing that killed it (Zaku reactor going critical at close range) is actually what blows the hole in the colony.

>>5260378
And actually, the v fin is white in the image because okawara colored it like that. It's yellow in Yas's watercolor pages in the manga.

>>5259790

Why does everyone like Titan colors. All it reminds me of is gaudy edgylord teenager color pallete selection, like when you let them customize their armor and the first thing they do is dye it dark red and black.

>>5260378
>>5260380
Ah that's right. Is that what >>5260327 is supposed to be then?

>>5260436
Because minty white Gundams and GMs are in everyone's collections

>>5259928

Always thought the Zulu would look good with two pauldrons instead of the stock Zaku shield covering.

>>5260436
I'd say they look decent of most suits that aren't Gundams.

>>5260285
If the Core Fighter in The Origin is anything like the one in 0079, that's one hell of a complicated escape pod.

>>5260448

AEUG colors has a nice off-white, and the Nu has solid use of white and dark color contrast. It only looks goofy in the RX-78-2 color scheme. Which unfortunately is what gets used constantly for flagship Gundams in most new series.

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>>5259882
Gotta finish panel lining these bad boys.

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Who's next?

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>>5260354
What, no if anything that'll be the easiest part. Reverse washes are easy. I was more concerned about the little chest details and the lower leg thrusters

>>5260449
Sounds like you're thinking along the lines of the Guards type zulu. I'll personally stick with the standard and Zee Zulu for now.

>>5260467
Barbi.

>>5260478

>magazines all over the front skirt breaking its profile AND looking stupid AND being a bad place to put extra magazines to begin with

YA BLEW IT

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>>5260446
Yes. It even says "RX 78-1" on its torso.

>>5260454
Pretty much. It's a little simpler than the tv series one though. Instead of a complicated fold up thing, its chunkier and just sits in the torso upside down. When it ejects it basically blows the bottome wection of the ms off and flies straight out of the bottom of the torso.

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>>5260524

>>5260524
Bottom section*

Sorry, my phone is being an asshole.

>>5260010
holy fuck...

i'm going to japan in two weeks and I was going to take only 1 MG back (maybe 2 if I get a p-bandai from mandarake probably jesta cannon) and I was planning on getting Hi Nu ver Ka but this makes it a bit more difficult.

>>5260010
Why the fuck would you depict that shitty knee gimmick on the box? Otherwise yeah, it looks cool.

>>5260010
I just realised that the shield is upside down

>>5260580
it's actually right side up

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>>5260590

>>5260144

pg lol

not mg

>>5259838
nope! why

>>5260602
In origin its right side up.

>>5260378

I got a set of the gundam planet nippers today.

Actually, super solid. I did some comparison cuts with my tamiya nippers.

The GP set has a nicer, smoother cut, noticable, but still stresses the plastic. It's not like those cut comparisons on their website where it's just a perfect smooth cut, those shots feel like bullshit, but definitely a better cut overall. I might order a second pair.

>>5260718

I got my Gp nippers today, too.

One side is completely blunted. Wut.

>>5260724
>One side is completely blunted

maybe they were going for the Xuron style cutting action

>>5260724
One of the sides on mine is also blunted and the other sharp. Still produces a better cut than my tamiyas, which are sharp on both sides.

>>5260718
You need godhand nigga

>>5260736
>$100 for cuticle cutter failures

>>5260736
Looking at the cut comparisons between god hand and tamiya, and looking at what these gp ones are doing, nah. That isn't worth the markup.

>>5260718
>>5260745
Post actual pics of the cuts?

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>>5260752
I'm taking some now.

I have a better camera for macro pics somewhere, trying to find that, in the mean time, here's this one.

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>>5260759
And now the real winner.

>>5260724
One way cuts are more uniform. As you use your nippers the halves will misalign. It happens to all scissors and if you drop an expensive pair of scissors, like the kind that tailors use, you're fucked.

>>5260759
Are they better than Xuron 41C?

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>>5260767
Go find some from actual in hand comparisons. The GP official cut shots are just as clean as those, doesn't mean that's actually how it cuts most of the time.

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>>5259865
>>5260036
FUCKING FINALLY!
The waiting has paid off. I've been waiting for like a year and a half for the F2000 to get a reprint. I couldn't bring myself to pay upwards of 60+ for that guy.
God damn that just made my day

Just finished topcoating my kit and now it looks like it's covered in ice. What did I do wrong? Using Tamiya spray cans.

>>5260882
>sprayed too far
>sprayed one spot too much
>didn't do sweeping movements when spraying

post pics

>>5260759
That's pretty nice.

>>5260574
Because muh splitting parts. Or something.

>>5260882
Enjoy frosting. >>5260887

>>5260436
>Why does everyone like Titan colors.


It is the only proper and correct color for the "Mark 2", the Black Gundam

>>5260986
BLACKED

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Need help. New to washing/drybrushing. What is the best ratio of paint/diluter for a wash, and can I use water to dilute instead of thinner?

>>5259865
Updated with SD/BB Senshi, Star Wars plamo, Space Battleship Yamato and everything else.

>>5260999
BASED
A
S
E
D

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Looking over my first kit and seeing all the room for improvement. I can't wait to get more kits and get good.

Thanks to the anon who posted about the $7 GMs. I'm going to have a small army soon.

>>5260718
>>5260724
just wondered into this thread and saw this.

god hand do 2 nippers.

spn-120 which have one side blunt one side sharp
and
spn-120s which have both sides sharp.

this is a feature not a defect.

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>>5260887
It was pretty windy today, so I sprayed a bit close.

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>>5261042
>It was pretty windy today

>>5261046
Yeah, I'm probably gonna invest in a spray booth or something. Spraying outdoors in North Texas hasn't really been working out.

>>5261047
Buy a bathroom exhaust fan, an AC filter, and a Sterlite container and you're pretty much done.

>>5261047
>North Texas
I was having this same issue.
Anon, are you my Affranchi Char?

>>5260121
Silver basecoat with a clear color over. Take your pick with the silver, Tamiya makes a bitchin' set of clear colors.

>>5261048
Cool, thanks. I'll look into actually building one here soon, because I've got a lot of kits that need building/topcoating. Can't be wasting money on cans that will fall to Texas weather.
>>5261053
Did you make the change to airbrushing?

>>5261076
I use sprays with some hand painting, since I have old habits from when I used to play 40K.

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i want to make a custom of the "ferrari gundam", is this close enough?

For reasons I don't want to say, I snapped a gundam faceplate in half while sanding and fucked up again trying to re-fit by filing the edges

Anyone got advice on scratchbuilding a faceplate?

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>>5260247
Out of all kits Gyan, really needs a remake.

>>5261112
>I wanna buy a barbados gundam and pretend its a ferrari gundam because theyre somewhat similar, is painting it red enough to call it a custom?

'no'

>>5261112
>is this close enough?
For who? It looks like a red Barbatos to me, but who am I to ruin your imagination?

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Before...

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...After

http://otakurevolution.com/content/elyn-hobby-1100-kshatriya-main-body-complete-0

Still starting on the wing binders shortly. With any luck I'll get them complete and at least have two with working LEDs.

I have a Zaku II that has a rather bad paint job. Should I just prime over it or should I strip the paint first then prime?

>>5261184
post pics

>>5261181
Looks amazing. Lining is so defined.

>>5261184
Strip and prime again, you should get the paint job you want in as little coats as possible.

>>5261181
Those thrusters look gorgeous.

>>5259865
>8th ms ball mg restock
>no ez8 mg restock

Why

>>5261048
So after looking around the house, there isn't really a good room where I can set up a booth and direct the air out of a window. What now? Could I just set up a spary booth in the garage?

>>5260247
I thought it also came with the HGUC Guncannon's hands.

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>>5261230
Bruh, ducts and a folding table.

>>5261238
Looks simple enough. Only downside is I couldn't really keep it there all the time because I do actually park my car in there.

>>5261244
If you have an exhaust fan in your garage, I'd suggest running the duct to it, but yeah, it's pretty compact.

>>5261246
Naw I don't have anything like that in there. I'll just have to decently long duct point out towards the door or whatever.

>>5261176
There seems to be a finger missing...

>>5261042
Aaaayyy lmao. I just sprayed the same piece yesterday. And mine build and panel lining looks just as horrible as yours.

>>5260737
>Scalper prices is retail price
hurr

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Just finished weathering a Graze, any thoughts?

>tried to remove safety nub from hg gundam vfin
>part broke
> no problem I'll just make the other side short too
> vfin looks hella tiny now

I think I fucked up guys

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>>5261424
Silly anon how do you even manage to break a v-fin with sandpaper?
You did try sanding it down, right? you wouldn't trust your knife with the job, surely

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How much work does it take for Koto kits take to look decent?

>>5261418
>Isn't available for retail
durr

>>5260010
Couldn't even try to make it look anything like the Manga

Was the Gundam's V-Fin white in the Origin by the time of Garma's death?

I hate how everything has to be fucking MG-ified and made bland as fuck. It's like the design team begrudgingly made this an Origin version

>>5260615

>>5260602, look who has autism now, faggot

>>5261420
Looks too worn down and randomly weathered in my opinion. At least for a Graze.

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Just snapped my Diva Colours Adele that's been sitting in my backlog for years. I thought it could use a weapon with a bit more oomph so I gave it the rocket launcher from the old customize campaign parts.

Unfortunately, it can't hold it very well, even when braced against the shoulder, but using the gigantic shield hides this fact pretty decently.

Right now it's disassembled. Gonna work on seam welding in abit. Thinking of painting the blue parts a dark shade of red and some but not all of the white parts a dark shade of grey.

>>5261434
looks cooler with them, like fletching on an arrow

>>5261456
>randomly weathered
This. Weathering is almost never done well.

>>5261449
Seems like they based the colors on the lineart, which has the white v fin. Its only in the watercolor pages that Yas did that it's yellow.

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>>5261452
>"I have autism"
>N-no faggot, you have autism!"
k

>>5261434
>you wouldn't trust your knife with the job

not him but I wouldn't use nippers to cut such a small piece off an already small piece. filing and sanding will take more time, but you'd literally have to have hot dogs for fingers to fuck up

>>5261469
Clippers should rest easily on the v-fin though and once you cut off the majority of the safety nub, you can just sand down the rest.

>>5261420
Suffer from "random black splotches" weathering.

Don'f do that. It doesn't look like burns or soot or anything other than sloppy black paint. Its the most common mistake I've seen beginners make when weathering.

Look up "chipping", "pigments", and "streaking" in relation to weathering plamo for some basic techniques. There is a wealth of guides and how to videos out there.

>>5261456
Eh, I'll try again. Any tips to take into account?

>>5261469
Kawaguchi does it with nippers.

https://youtu.be/R7GeC5ZdRkY

You trying to say Kawaguchi does it wrong?

>>5261474
Cool, thanks.

>>5261479
>Not available in your country ...

>>5261482
Enjoy your 20 million ISIS terrorists infiltrating your country, Kraut-kun.

>>5261482
youtube unblocker senpai, get it, love it

>>5261526
Not Kraut-san, but did not know this was a thing. Will have to remember this for later.

>>5261458
What parts are you gonna leave white?

They might not look as good next to the darker red and dark grey parts depending on where they are.

So before I give it an attempt tomorrow, has anyone here built the Metal Earth Guardian from Halo 5's limited edition?
How does it compare to High Grade shit and RG, since those are my only previous experiences in building from sheets, not counting Beyblades and B-Daman.

>>5261390
Yeah, it kinda has me down. I think I'll give it another shot with Aile Stike in the garage or something. It never comes out this bad when I'm just using normal paint. This is my first time topcoating.

>>5260436
>black
it's mostly dark blue you faggot

>>5261597
Tell that to everyone who paints their gunpla in "titan" colors with black and red you retard

>>5261600
okay they can fuck off for being retards for not painting it blue nice ancedotal evidence you fuck baka desu senpai

>>5261600
No one does that and calls it TItans colours. If they do then they're fucking colourblind because it's clearly dark blue and not black.

And it's not just dark blue and red, there's prominent yellow parts too.

>>5261603
Your tears are too salty

>>5261608
nice meme
back to /v/eddit senpai

>>5261606
See>>5261600

>>5261612
again anecdotal evidence eat shit you retard if they paint it black they're fucking faggots for not painting it right

>>5261614
See>>5261608

>>5261621
I see your reading comprehension and puzzle solving skills are quite low. On behalf of this thread, I ask you to stop posting shitposter.

>>5261627
I'm sorry senpai but you obviously can't handle people liking certain color schemes I think you need to leave the thread and kill yourself

>>5259790
RG's can be alot of work depending on your tolerance for tiny parts. I was extremely patient but I got my MK II to look really clean OOB. Almost lost my sanity but it was worth it.

>>5261621
Take that shit back to /jp/. We don't need that here.

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I take it Modelers-G is not accessible to anyone else? Tried on my PC and phone, brings up a login prompt but I don't have an actual account.

>>5261662
Yep, not working for me either.

>>5261112

how do you usually make a concept color like in the picture?

>>5261732
Not him but probably the replace colour adjustment in photoshop.

>>5261732
>>5261735
But if you want accurate shades of colour you're better off finding lineart of the suit and colouring it.

>>5261552
Metal earth stuff is different from plamo. You need to carefully cut each part out to avoid nubs, carefullh dhape each piece by correctly bending it, and once the model is complete it is a statue with no articulation unlike gunpla.

>>5261740
Carefully shape*

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>>5259790
>That Barzam Head

I got the same third party kit, I know you suppose to use the support that came with the 3p for the refined head to mount the vulcan pod.
But for some reason I can't get the vulcan pod on to the normal Barzam head using the original RG kit's support which I think one suppose to (see image.)

Anyone know what I did wrong?

>>5260992
>ratio
cant really tell you, too many variables to keep in mind; pigment density, thinner use, type of paint, colour differences etc etc

>can I use water to dilute instead of thinner
No. Water has surface tension.

>>5261867
So, soapy water?

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>>5261441
a lot actually i have pic related and the amount of work that has to be put into making decent is a lot.some parts break when fitting in stuff polycaps dont stay in cementing is not needed but recommended seal of all the seam lines sanding to make edges look sharper and etc. sadly havent done any of those dont really have the time.

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I might have gone overboard with the gundam marker...

>>5262009
The kits I ordered are here but i really want to replace my xurons, should I wait for my gundam planet nippers or just assemble them now?

>>5262015
>>5262009

didn't mean to reply senpai

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>>5262016
>see a (You) popup
>get excited

I-its okay, anon.

>>5261441
>>5261964
>parts break when fitting in stuff
This is a big issue, at least with their Eva kits. I had to sand down a lot of parts to fit in the way they intend them too.

>>5262019
Cheer up puppers.

>>5262015
I say get started. So long as your current nippers aren't horrendously broken they should be aokay to use. Just leave a bit more for you to sand off or shave off with a hobby knife.

>>5262009
Not bad, anon. Some spots could be better but pretty good still.

>>5262009
You can just use some alcohol on a q-tip and take off the parts that are too heavy.

>>5262067
Shit I didn't even think about alcohol, you can see where I tried to clean up the edges on the round piece on the bottom of the rifle.

>>5262070
Yeah, man. I like to put on gundam marker really heavy, then go over it lightly with an alcohol q-tip! Makes it look more like shading and less like it was colored in. Good luck!

>>5261923
adding a little bit of detergent to water to break its surface tension is ok, but remember, it inhibits the toughness of acrylic paint. You'd better be top coating that shit if you do use soap water

>>5259496
Question to you masters out there: Is vallejo matte varnish basically the same thing as matte top coat?

English isn't my native language and my google fu didn't help me to find the difference between the terms topcoat and varnish.

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>Mirror Turntables go for around $30 -$40 on eBay

Are these just inflated prices, or are they really that expensive? I feel like these little display trinkets should be around the $10 range.

>>5262218
make your own

Yes, it's the vallejo topcoat. I've been using that stuff on my last few kits. It works pretty well. Just a few things to remember with it.

1-Shake the bottle really well before using as the flattening powder stuff likes to condense on the bottom if its been sitting around for a while.

2- Thin it with water. You may want to add a little retarder or flow aid as well if its drying out in the brush and clogging on you.

3- Its seriously Flat. Don't do more than like 2 coats or it starts to sort of fog up and white out the colors. And don't spray it on super heavily either or else it will run and dry into panels and grooves.

4- Give the parts a few days to cure before doing final assembly. While it can be picked up and handled a bit when its dry, it will scrape or scratch off until a few days have passed and it has fully bonded to the parts.

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>>5261548
This is just a very quick mock-up I did. Shades are probably gonna be different, but I was thinking of mainly leaving the very front chestplate white and flanks of the torso white.

Haven't decided on a colour for the feet yet. Was going to go with red to make the look uniform but might also do a different shade of grey.

>>5262218
Just get a 6 or 7 dollar clear turntable off of deal extreme and put something on it.

http://www.dx.com/p/solar-powered-display-rotary-turntable-turnplate-silver-156338#.VjkfYeJ3upo

Should hold up to anything other than a Big Zam.

WW2 group build going on in the other thread if anyone wants to join.
>>5256719

>>5262319
Only if they let me build a Zaku I and paint the US Flag on its shoulder shield.

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So, out of the box Barbatos has no decals or anything like that for these areas, but they're obviously supposed to be pretty brightly colored. Would Gundam Markers work? Sorry if it's a dumb question, but I've been having trouble tracking down a solution that doesn't involve airbrushing.

>>5262354
have you tried out hand painting?

>>5262358
I wouldn't mind giving it a shot, I just wondered about the markers because I've never used colored ones, and they seem like they'd be closer to the actual color because they're "Gundam Red" and "Gundam Yellow."

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>>5262319
Let me know when they do a 6-days war.

>>5262365
If you're worried about it then just grab the markers, I think those markers also give you the option to use a brush if you want to later on in your backlog

>>5262372
Yeah, I read that detail too. Cool, any guidance helps, thanks.

>FedEx guy just dropped off my 1/100 Kampfer
>as I'm outside picking up the box, some basketball american in a truck gives me the dirtiest stare as he drives past
Fucking hate this neighborhood. No joke if the Chinese come and kill everyone else living here I would not shed a single tear.

>>5262374
tREAD carefully in THEse parts when asking for GUIDEance

>>5262402
>Tread carefully in these parts when asking for guidance
Fix'd it for you senpai. Might want to get your keyboard looked at too, it's randomly making capital letters where there ought not be any.

>>5262366
>building kike shit
Remember the 6 gorillion.

>>5261735
yes, photoshop cs4

>>5262402
I've read the guide quite a bit, and have had great success because of it. I know how gundam markers work, but not how close they are to the actual plastic color in the particular situation I asked about.

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Can anyone tell me what this 10-16 instruction means? This came up after the backpack instructions and after i assembled the while figure. Its my first build pls humor me

>>5262454
Plug adaptor piece to connect it to an action base

>>5262454
It's just showing how you can connect it to an action base

>>5262454
showing how to use the adapter so it can fit on an action base

>>5262459
>>5262460
>>5262461
Oh. Okay.

What's an action base?

>>5262459
>>5262460
ahh ok. thank you people!

>>5262463
leave

This is not me

Is some kind of metallic green the best for the eyes of gundams?

Is there any reason to buy a dual action over a single action airbrush?

>>5262519
Silver+clear green is what I use paint wise, there is a gundam marker variant though I can't remember which one due to minimal use of it.

>>5262529
yes

>>5262529
There is no reason to waste money on a single action. Might as well use spraycans.

>>5262530
The gundam marker fucks up with top coats though doesn't it? I most hand paint small details so I was looking through Vallejo stuff on amazon

>>5262532
>>5262533
But adam savage said not to bother with fancy dual action airbrushes and that all the people who make movie props use single action brushes

>>5262539
of course, can't counter such a solid arguement from a gunpla meister such as Adam Savage

>>5262539
>large 1:1 props
>small 1:144 models

>>5262543
https://youtu.be/CBHQ7lQGOf0?t=26m18s

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>>5262547
>no respirator
>no spray booth
>all that over spray and wasted paint

fine example he's leading

>>5262196
Yeah, same stuff.

>>5262319
I might build my stug I guess.

>>5262533
>There is no reason to waste money on a single action.
>except all the hundreds of reasons

Use both single and dual myself, and they both have their purposes. Anyone who says otherwise is parroting and probably has never built, much less painted, a kit in their life.

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Are there any places in the US that can do plastic chroming? I want to give the Metal Garuda parts of my Musha Victroy a nice gold finish, like pic related.

>>5262581
I'm not the anon you replied to but I have been following this discussion pretty closely as it's something I might have to think about soon.

>>except all the hundreds of reasons
>and they both have their purposes

Could you please further elaborate on those reasons/purposes for me?

>>5262591
You could also remove the current gold on it and repaint it yourself to save cash.

>>5262591
Just find some modeller to spray alcald for you?

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Asking advice, reposting from /m/:

>So I'm looking at the teeny tiny clear parts on my RG Astray Red Frame. It's the head lenses, all four of them.

>Now, I know a lot of gunpla modellers don't like to deal with clear parts and just paint over it, but I know that aircraft modellers actually do put up with clear parts and carefully mask in the frame around the "glass".

>It would be far, far easier to call it a day and use the dry transfer decals on them (whichever of the two sets) to color in the frame parts.

>I just tried masking over the topmost lenses to leave out the frame for priming and painting, but I couldn't get a clean enough cut with Tamiya tape.

>Is eyeballing it with Vallejo primer and cleaning up the spills my only resort? These clear parts are teeny tiny shit.

>See pic, it's what I intend to do.

Your thoughts on masking off such a tiny piece?

>>5262600
Not him but single actions are usually cheaper and a greater number of them have wider nozzle options. ex. the Paasche H is a great cheapo brush for laying down primer, base, and top coats.

You also get a more uniform spraying volume, which helps with larger surfaces. The dual actions are best suited for the more artistic stuff like doing shading or detailing medium or small sections. DESU, in general dual action is typically good enough up to MGs. A 0.5 or 0.6mm nozzle gives enough coverage to prime, top coat, or lay down base coats because gunpla has good parts separation. Still, for the people that are willing to spend a few extra bucks and want to shoot primer or top coats with an airbrush I'd recommend getting a Paasche H. This isn't a paid commercial, but buy it.

>>5262608
You want to change the color of the rim? Just wing it with a fine tipped brush.

>>5262617
Ah I see, thanks pal.

>>5262620
So fine-tip it with vallejo primer and then go in with color, huh?

I burnished the tape to the edges of the lens with a toothpick, but even a clean cut with the corners and edges this close to each other causes the fibers of the tape to show.

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>>5262617
>Paasche H
>unironically buying museum piece
Do you use a CRT monitor too?

>>5262608
Try a liquid mask.

Is white or a reflecting coat a better backing material behind clear parts?

in b4 Hasegawa clear holo finish sheets for topping the clear parts.

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Meanwhile at Koto.

>>5262636
I have a Paasche VLS.

Is that a good one?

>>5262602
How does alcald compare to actual chrome? I want to find something as close to the finish of the original chrome parts as (reasonably) possible.

>>5262688
Then get Spaz Stix chrome. Topcoat will mess up the shine, even Alcad's own topcoat does it slightly.

>>5262636
CRTs are the way to go if color accuracy is a concern.

>>5262693
CRTs are the way to go for basically everything but convenience

>>5262656
Yes. YES.

>>5259865
>Bandai Hobby Release/Restock 2015-11:
Are these preorder dates, or street dates?

>>5262656
>Third FAG
Holy shit has koto found the newest recipe for plastic crack?

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>>5262717
Because they had based humikane to design the girls, and the sculptor was actually good. Was it apsy?

Anyway, that's a winning combination however you look at it, the only problem would be price and finding the right time to release it on the market.

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>>5262715
納品予定日 - "Delivery date/Scheduled delivery date," so I'm guessing that's when the stores'll have them in stock and they'll start selling them about two days afterward, seeing as how the pdf release lists dates for the Graze Kai, Byakuren, and Hyakuri two days before what's shown on the IBO site's Gunpla section.

>>5262730
If FAGs had meat like that maybe I would actually buy one.

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>>5262748
I'm guessing it wouldnt translate well into a model form. Besides, fumikane doesn't draw very meaty girls, so there's that.

>>5262748
But anon, more plastic means they'll cost more.
Economically speaking, flat=best

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>>5259496
anyone bought the red oni babe? how was her build?

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>>5262760
>Where did I see that art style before
Fuck, he drew Bismarck didn't he; now I have to go out and make a custom FAG

>>5262761
All that says is that flat is for plebeian poorfags and health is for patricians.

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>>5262780
Doesn't matter to me as long as I get the only things that matter.

>>5259499
When are we expected to ship our gifts? Before x-mas or?

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>>5262779
All the Germans and Taihou. He's done many other things as well

Does anyone knows where you can download IBO lineart?
It doesn't have to be clean, but I need it for deciding on a custom paint for my Schwalbe Graze.

>>5262600
I only have a dual action but feel a single would be better suited when laying down primer or top coats since you want to cover everything anyway.

Though I suppose touch up of said paint would be better suited for a DA.

>>5262643
The back? Most recommendation is silver or chrome.

>>5262656
Looks like they found a winner.

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>>5262812
Well here's a normal Graze, just draw the rest anon

>>5262730
>Was it apsy?
nope, Yasutomo Shimizu
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/search?typ1_c=109&cat=gundam&sold=0&state=0&sortid=0&target=producer&searchkey=Yasutomo+Shimizu

>>5262825
Bless this soulless nip machine for giving us fags.

>>5262823

Thanks kind anon, can I have some source so I won't have to ask for next time?

>>5262834
http://gundma.imgur.com/
For some reason it's not on the OP here but the /m/ gunpla general has it

>>5262840
>dem Greco designs

Thanks anon, even if now I'm sad for all those nice Greco designs that will never get a kit.

>Go to base coat my Barbados's inner frame
>Realize my gloss black is 99% empty and what's left has dried out anyways

I swear this always happens.

>>5262817
I don't have those. Do you mean to say "I should paint the opposite side of the clear lenses with silver?" The lenses are pretty thick. Maybe I should try a comparison of brightness with silver vs white.

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>tfw there will never be a Stamen or GP-01 MG 2.0

why even bother guys how can i be a man of destiny

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>>5262912
>how can i be a man of destiny

Sometimes you can't be the winner, so better let those thoughts return to oblivion.

>>5262831
Randy?

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>>5262463
A display stand to display your models in more dynamic poses that wouldn't be possible otherwise. They come in various sizes and colors (that you snap together) and can have a theme as well.

I have a small set of Vallejo paints but it's missing red and yellow

>Vallejo Acrylic Paint, Deep Yellow
>Vallejo Red

These should work fine for mixing right?

>>5263079
Vallejo flat red is too dark red a color for gunpla's usual red. Use scarlet or vermillion to your taste.

>>5262794
Seconding this, info on what goes down after sign up and matching would be helpful. We obviously get in contact with the person we are matched with by mail for the sake of if something is out of stock, explaining something to them, etc. [nospoilers]I mostly just want to talk to them so I can make friendships with anons ;_;[nospoilers]

>>5262794
>>5263092
Before Christmas is generally the idea, but the past two I've had people have issues and stuff had to wait. Only had one person actually not ship anything out (out of...20~ pairs).

How long does it take e2046 to fill pre-orders?

>>5263100
As long as it takes for you to burst into treats.

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>>5263120
>Burst into treats
How does that work? Is it some kind of special Gunpla technique only nips know?

>>5263098
Not a bad ratio. Thanks for the info. It's nice that people pull through, I imagine it's joyful having the anon you sent gifts to post about it and showing WIP.

>>5263090
yeah this color looks perfect, thanks.

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>>5262656
More info about new FAG
>Frame Arms Girl Frame Architect

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>>5263192
Oh hey the hair's different

>>5263196
Oh boy another shitty FAG

How long is it going to take them to make one that's actually worth buying?

>>5263198
>muh opinions

>>5263098
You should use a picture from the other thread for the next OP.

>>5263198
I've never gotten one yet, mainly because I didn't particularly like what the gourai and stylet were based off of. I might pick up an Architect rather than a Materia now since this one actually has nicer hair/face

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>>5263196
Oh boy, another one
>Frame Arms Girl Jinrai

i still don't understand what purpose the black leg that fags come with serves

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>>5263235
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be the Zenrai but the romaji got fucked up along the way

>>5263237
I just thought it was a clever way to hide a stand if you wanted them to pose them without the armored legs.

>>5263237
I thought of it as a dressing/undressing thing.

>>5263198
To each their own, I guess. Personally, I love FAGs so much that I'm tempted to buy some military models and kitbash.

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I heard we needed more FAGs
>Frame Arms Girl Fleswerk

Type 48 when?
Baselard when?

>>5263268
After Cutlass and Revenant Eye

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putting this fucker together while watching some mobile suit gundam

im in for a good night

>>5263275
Is this one of your first models? There are newer Goufs around. Or was it in the backlog? Happened to me, got mine before the R35 and Origin type came out.

>>5263280
It's one of my first models since childhood, yeah. Gouf's my favorite design & it was like 3 bucks on mandy, a no brainer for me. In due time I wanna get one of the brighter colored custom ones.

>>5263275
I got MG gouf custom in the mail just yesterday.

Everybody post goufs.

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>>5263310
Some sexy MSV. Model never, as usual.

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>>5263310
>tfw I still haven't got around to priming this since my in-line water trap STILL HASN'T FUCKING COME AFTER BEING SHIPPED MIDWAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER
>don't want to ruin it without a water trap
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>5263196
That boxart face just screams of resignition and sarcasm.

>wow. I can't wait to see what custom some people will make of me.
>are you done yet.

>>5263237
Following the art.

>>5263349
hnnng
So kawaii desu senpai

>>5263349
>custom
>who am I kidding, they're going to snapfag me anyway

>>5263346
>>don't want to ruin it without a water trap
Do you live underwater or something? I've been airbrushing for 2 years now, not a single fucking drop of water in the trap. Not one. And I live a few miles from a lake.

>>5263404
I've just found that mine splatters after going for a bit but i'm thinking thats just the cap filling up with paint

it also gets reasonably humid here, usually between 60-80%

>>5263406
>mine splatters after going for a bit but i'm thinking thats just the cap filling up with paint
wut

More likely the paint dries at the tip and plugs the hole which the air then bursts open and you get splatter. Reduce pressure or add more thinner and retarder.

>>5263409
alright thanks anon i'll try again when I get free time, fucking uni exams at the moment then I'm going to japan for a couple weeks so I have no time to airbrush

>didn't stop me from buying more kits
>backlog is growing and I still haven't finished the gouf I started in august

at least i'll be able to pick up some Zeon gundam decals as well as the Gouf ones since I hear they're actually in stock over there.

also going to get a hi nu gundam ver ka but fuck knows when i'd finish that project

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>>5263262
>dat baselard tho

>>5263496
What? They're bringing another artist?
Dat baselard tho

>>5263496
"Baselard fag" is a rather unfortunate name.

>>5263535
>baselard
>lard

Oh that poor fa:girl. I am sure anyone who buy her will be a good master...right?

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>>5263496
Looking at those unpainted prototype pics makes me think that FAGs would look much much better with their bodies painted to look like they're wearing a shiny skintight body suit instead of bare skin.

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>>5263530
>moar base lard

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>>5263239
>迅雷
That's no Zenrai, boy, no Zenrai.

>>5263583
Looking real shinki there

>>5263583
Where are you getting these scans?

>>5263583
>>5263496
>Baselard is a bunny girl

Why does that work so well?

>>5263611
It is, as they say, that ass.

And ears too.

>>5263611
Because she's cute.
butt

New thread: >>5263640

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This is the unicorn head stand, are these hard to find and can I only buy them with the HG unicorn special edition set?

>>5260467
Yes, do barbi