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Gunpla/Plamo Secret Santa

Signups have ended and I'll be sending out pairings over the weekend. If you haven't received a paring by Sunday night, please email me and let me know and I'll see what's up.

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Just finished my first custom build. Comments/critiques?

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>>5319458
>Rear view

>>5319458
>>5319461

did you put your wallet w/your picture in background on purpose?

Also thats a fucking beauty saloon makeup mirror.

>>5319475
Dude's asian, his mom and aunt probably run a nail salon/massage parlor.

>>5319461
>>5319458

Anon looks fat in that pic.

>>5319475
Huh, didn't even notice that when I originally uploaded, honestly. I'm so used to having it on that side of my desk that I completely forgot about it.

>>5319458
- Airborne gunk/paint clots everywhere. On the left shoulder pad, on the left thigh, and on the left ankle. Nuke it from orbit.
- The upper side of his shield is driving my OCD up the wall. Can't tell if it's just paint sludge or a paint+nub mark combo. Sand that shit like there is no tomorrow.
- Some seam lines are okay, although the ones on his legs make me think of the Mariana Trench. Mask that shit. It isn't hard. If you don't know how, look it up on JewTube.

And for the love of God, hide your personal stuff when taking a photo.

>>5319489

actually you should use that mirror to take better pictures of your gunpla.

Redirect the lights to your model, yo.

Anyone else like to toss in a small extra thing with their SS? Like an AK figure or stand or something similar?

>>5319458
You hispanic bro? You look like a fat me

>>5319532
Gonna toss candy and a card.

>>5319532
If I had substantial extras I would. I'm just making a funny card related to their pick and some candy.

>>5319544
>>5319543
Well yeah, of course candy counts. As long as it's not those shitty fruit flavored candy canes.

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I posted this on /m/'s /gpg/, I figure someone here might be interested in it.

>>5319546
I get tons of Japanese candy for christmas every year, I pass some of it along in my SS every year.

>>5319553
That's cool. Oh, and the "Lets mix crushed peppermint bits into fucking everything" candy is just as awful as those fruit canes.

>>5319547
That zaku is pretty dope, the gundam looks chicken legish

>>5319546
Nah its a local favorite of mine, golden plum candy. It has a lihimui plum in the center of some candy

>>5319547
The Zaku looks fun, but those knee joints... eh. I can tell they'll need to be glued already.

>go to nakano mandarake looking for jesta cannon
>not there whatever head home
>check site at home its at nakano now

Fucking reeeeee

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Ordered this fella the other day. Really liking the designs of the CBO series. They're finally making original designs that aren't derivative of RX-78 ot Zaku.

>>5319598
Did you miss like 80% of the g-reco designs?
I think it's even the same mech designer.

>>5319602
Yeah but I really like this one. I'm not a watcher of anime, I just build the models.

>>5319602
Ippei Gyobu(Grimoire, Montero, Gastima, Gaeon) designed the Man Rodi, Gusion, and Kimaris.

>>5319606
Well I'm the same here.

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>tfw rain

I just wanted to paint an action base with a color I don't need. (Mr color copper, it's a little light in tone.)

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Good thing I have the MG jesta to build.

Why is it so nice?

>>5319568
That's a custom from 2002

>>5319632
Jestas a cool, ain't nothin more to it than that.

>>5319632
I asked my friend to buy me an MG Jesta while she was in Japan.
Should be shipping anyday, Im hyped.

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post your HG nevers

>>5319944
i don't have the time to put all of the Shuffle Alliance and the rest of the Wing Gundams into one picture

>>5320001
>>5320004
inb4 pics deleted again

>>5319944
I think this might have a chance of getting an RE/100 release some time down in the future. They can just reuse joint parts from the GP04. But yes I agree this suit needs a kit regardless of scale.

>>5320012

what are they

>>5320021
Shitposter from /m/ just spamming random gunpla images again.

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Got some stands.

>>5319458
>>5319461
Looks great anon. A few things; you may have over sprayed a few pieces, and some of the detail paint is a bit iffy (did you use acrylic?). Other than that I like it.

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Maybe you guys remember me, i ordered my first 2 kits a while ago.

I build this Guntank within the last hour and now i was about to start priming it.
But the box and the instructions only give me one variant of painting it: plain gray, which looks utterly boring.

Are there alternative paint (or camo) schemes for that particular model somewhere?

Besides, are all Gunpla kits as easy and good to build as this? The fit of the parts is great and it almost fell together.

>>5320037

bandai models are entry-level. Even a 12 years old japanese kid should be able to build them without any struggle.

And yes, there is only one "official" color for early type guntank but it doesn't stop you from experimenting new schemes.

>>5319970
M-Maybe when gunpla gets big in the west...

>>5320018
that won't be in scale with the rest of my suits reeeeeeee

also gonna throw hidden shadow of g and le cygne up on that bitch

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>>5320037
You could do blue like the original manga version lineart (It's grey in the series itself though). Although yeah, Origin guntank doesn't have a lot of color variants. Just make up your own if you want something other than what's provided, that's half the fun of gunpla since it's so easy to work with as models.

>>5320093
Thanks for the pic.

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>comes with the Barbatos
Well, I guess I'll use it for a custom. The transport itself looks cool though, could use some painting though.

Heads up guys, Secret Secret Santa Pairs are going out!

>>5320142
I'd be down to get one if the price wasn't artificially inflated ten bucks by tossing in a Barbatos. I get that they can't really sell it by itself, but still. My inner shekelmeister doesn't approve.

>>5320142
>literally GN-Arms all over again
At least Exia had red rubber parts and Dynames had the pistols. This one just includes another gun?

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>>5319944

Pairs are pretty much done. If you haven't received one yet and you signed up, check your other email accounts because there's like a 20% chance I need more information from you.

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Some crossover here from the Transformers threads, since I figure you guys might know better: Those Bandai Tamashii Nation's stands, will those work well with Voyager (usually 7-8 inches tall or so) or Deluxe (around 5-6 inches) Transformers? Are they stable? Mostly looking for something to help display the jet/helicopter/various flying Transformers, and these stands looked like they might do it, and I know a lot of the Gundam kits come in various sizes and have similar "chunky" body styles.

>>5320263
Yeah, the Tamashii stands are pretty good. For Transformers, check out the trident, but you might want to look at the action base 1 since it's mean't for MGs, which are a similar height.

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>>5319598
That's pretty derivative anon

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>Go to hobby shop a bit out of my way that I haven't gone to in like 2 years for reason's I can't remember
>See this
>Remember why I don't go there normally

I mean really? Trying to sell a free promotional item?

>>5320221
Anime correct katana is included. Apparently the one the hg came with was based on some earlier lineart and is missing the guard on it. The booster is also compatable with graze kai.

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>Get my Secret Santa partner today
>He's Canadian

Canadabros can you help an American out on where to buy Gunpla from without having the shipping be rape and/or the order coming in January?

>>5320312
Hobbywave has flatrate shipping to US and Canada, good luck finding anything in stock though

>>5320312
I mostly buy from the usual japan sites, HLJ/amiami/HobbySearch and for a couple of HG boxes its usually 1k to 1.5k yen for SAL, it consistently arrives in a couple of weeks

Depends where in Canada though

>>5320268

Is that the full name of them? Action Base 1?

>>5320336
Yeah.

>>5320346

Looking up the action bases...Do they only come with those weird trident things? I don't think any Transformer would sit on that, like, they don't really have plugs in their butts/sides/back/etc for something that shape. Are there versions with those waist hugging/holding claws like the Tamashii stuff?

>>5320353
Nope, might want to grab the tamashii trident then.

>>5320279
Why is the one in front holding an electric "Caution: Wet Floor" sign?

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Dear Hawaiian anon, if you're sending Hawaiian candy with yours then I'm sending you Old Bay seasoning with mine.

>>5320356
>>5320362
Is there something wrong with your head?

>>5320360

Alright. Guessing something like "Bandai Tamashii Nations Act.5 for Mechanics Clear Action Figure" is probably my best shot, they seem to be the biggest(?) sized ones?

>>5320387
>Bandai Tamashii Nations Act.5 for Mechanic
Yeah that should work.

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>Ordered for my SS pairing
Hope it arrives on time for you friend.

>>5320385
Define wrong

>>5319458
>>5319461
sup Jersey bro, looks good

>>5320300
Its like 50 cents. Better than like 100% mark up on ebay

>>5320383
Oh cool never seen that before. Can it be used for chicken?? But in order to ship the candy i need to ship the gift to my place first. Gonna try to send it out so youll get it by christmas or after

>>5320586
It can be used on pretty much anything, it's just primarily used on seafood, primarily steamed crabs. It's basically a mildly spicy, peppery seasoning powder.

But yeah, chicken is fine, old bay wings are a favorite bar food in MD.

Remember guys, order your SS's stuff ASAP. Not just so it gets there before Christmas but also because the further into December you wait, the more gunpla end up sold out and marked up. It happens every year.

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this thing has a silly beam emitter but i like it

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>>5320625
Sillier than chin emitter?

>>5320657
Don't you be talking shit about precious sweet baby Dana-chan. I don't need DNA to curse you.

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>>5320661
I called it silly, not shitty anon. I love sneaker dragon.

>>5320675
Good. MS Girl Danazine when?

>>5320300
You know if it's water decals at least it would be worth something.

What RGs do you guys like?

>>5320831
Regular Zephyrantes from 0083 is great. Just looks awesome and is great to build. I recommend finding some way to stiffen the center spine joint or it will tip to the side with the shield in its hand, and I found the gun a little too fragile during assembly, but it's awesome regardless.

>>5320601
Sounds good m8. I just ordered it and it says itll arrive by January, but most times for me it comes in a week or two earlier. So again sorry in advance if its a lil late

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I haven't been watching IBO. But I love the look of this MS. Has it shown up in the anime yet? And if so, can someone post a screen? I need to see what it looks like in color.

>>5321054
Not yet, but it's pretty sexy. It should show up around the kit is released.

Okay, so what exactly are the SEED Remaster kits? I've never been clear on that.

>>5321086
Its like a reprint of the first hg kits with slightly better articulation or something

>>5321088
How can they improve stuff if it's a reprint?

>>5321086
>>5321088
>>5321090
Slightly updated colors and decals from what Dalong shows. Same articulation.

SECRET SANTA STATUS

POST EM

>>5321109
Ordered. Can't show the order because that spoils what I got the anon.

>>5321109
>Didn't think I was getting a christmas bonus
>Just get email saying we're getting it now
Fucking hell so close to the deadline too

Status: Regretful

>>5321152
Something up, FK? At least comment with your pictures, thought you were that Snapfag that loves G-Reco for a sec there.

>>5321161
Nah sorry man just posting old pictures. I'll stop sorry ya'll.

>>5321162
It's alright. You been building anything special? I remember when the SS rolled around last year you mentioned not having much skill in painting, did you get better?

>>5321167
Nah I haven't done any of that. With my job sadly I haven't had any time to build a kit since about a year ago. Owning your own business kinds sucks.

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>>5321109
Throwing everything in the cart now

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>>5321109
Mine was vague and I can't decide on what to get him. There are too many options and I don't want to get him something he already has.

I'll have to take the leap and hope for the best.

>>5321109
Too paranoid to sign up.
You guys have fun though.

>>5321109
Status: I wish I had money for that.

>>5321054
My favorite Graze so far.

>>5321109
Got confirmation of purchase :/ and tomorrow gonna get the card and candy

>>5321250
Go with something at least semi mass-produced, at worst if he has it he has two of something it isn't silly to have two of in a display

>>5321250
Are you Snapfag-kun? That image reminds me of the reaction images he posts, sorry if you're not.

>>5321457
Sorry I'm not.
>tfw finally picked out something that might be decent
>have to pay twice what it's worth in shipping to make sure it arrives on time

Back to the hunt once more...

>>5321250
Grunts, it won't matter if he has another one.

>>5320383
Ayyyy fellow MD anon

>>5321539
Last I checked there's like 4-5 of us that browse this general.

>>5321109
Haven't got my email yet. I think I should probably email GelgoogGuy.

>>5321109
Ordered and sent. Should be arriving in just about a week. Though I can't say I've ever heard of the town before.

Crossposting this question:Are the blades on the Mineshima D-25 nippers thinner than the Tamiya 4123?

>>5321880
>ever heard of the town before
Did you try google mapping it?

CAN YOU FAGGOTS STOP SHITTING UP OUR THREADS

>>5321109
Sent, should got delivered to Savannah shortly.

>>5321886
That's not his point, smartass.

>>5321109
Ordered for my Tucson Zeek bro

>>5321109
Got some ideas for mine, might get to use my gp points finally

>>5322006
>>5321109
>>5321969
>>5321880
>>5321624
>>5321344
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>>5322006
Glad you guys are enjoying yourselves.

>>5321109
Going to wait to buy the kits until Wednesday when I check my local shop because my usual places to grab everything in one order are sold out at the moment of what my SS wants. If they don't have thrm I'll have to split it between several orders from different sites.

>>5322156
Outta curiosity, do you partake in the secret santa too or no?

>>5322210
I do when it's necessary to equalize things, like this year.

My partner bailed and now I'm stuck in the wait list. Guess no Christmas this year.

Long-time modeller, first-time Master-Grader here.

Are all MG kits this heartbreakingly perfect?

>>5322357
No.

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>>5322362
Ah.

Well, despite it being the Double-X, it was less than $50 and exceeded my expectations.

>>5322372
Yeah Double-X is pretty new and generally well liked. The farther back you go the more disappoint MGs get.

>>5322372
Try building one from before 2007.

>>5321109
Have to wait until my local stores open up to call them and see if they will do gift orders. If not then I guess I'll do it through amazon.

>>5322357
The older MGs while still decent can't hold a candle to modern MGs.

Having said that, I'm working on the CA 1.5 78 and I like it so far aside from the elbows.

I can't justify the huge shipping price $41(!) for the Gundam Planet nippers alone. How good are Mineshima's D-25 nippers while I rot in the Godhand waiting list?

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>>5322448
they are based.

>>5322448
you can get the gp nippers off Amazon for $35 flat with free shipping. possibly cheaper if you do some stuff

>>5322411
I remember seeing MG kits at cons back then, but I got burned after SEED gave the kits less flexibility than Al Gore, I avoided them for a bit.

>>5322482
They don't want to ship GP nippers to Canada. Ebay charges a bit higher than GP's retail price.

>>5322491
and for the shipping to canada thing i asked GP about it and they gave me "well thats what usps charges can't change it :("

>>5322495
Yeah, GP uses priority mail by default for some reason. I wonder how much FedEx or UPS would charge.

>>5322448
why not grab the newer tamiya side cutters #74123

So, would any of you smart, charming anons happen to know if the small size of Kaku hands would fit/scale with older cheap-ass NGs like the EW Wing and G Gundam kits?

>>5322499
why not stop being a tamiya shill?

>>5322571
Or you could buy a regular nippers and not some big brand name one

>>5322576
or you could stop being a voice of reason 'muh generic brand' shill

>>5322592
or you could stop shilling ridiculously overpriced nippers

>>5322555
Anyone?

>>5322571
>>5322576
>>5322592
>>5322599
Samefag. Get bored of shitposting in the other thread, shiftfag?

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>>5322006
Good to know!

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non scale Shiranui progress

>>5322601
Not me bro. I just dont see why anybody would pay more than $20 for nippers when any kine can do the same as an mlg kawai ugusama nipper

>>5322633
You're forgetting that the nippers are made of superior Nipponese steel that has been folded over ten thousand times and can cut through even the strongest of plastics and resins.

>>5322640
I dont trust nippon shit steel since its inferior to steel forged everywhere else
Also
>almost 2016
>not forging your own nippers

>>5322644
>2015
>Letting Nippon steel fly over your head

FLORIDA BRO I GOT YOU 3 THANGS BE READY

>>5321250
I had the same problem. Not sure which of the 2 versions they wanted
Simple solution: They're getting both.
Plus some surprises from my backlog

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>>5322626
>dat gouged arm
>not welding seams

>>5322655
For SS? Is it the one in [spoiler]Weston?[/spoiler]

>>5322716
Oh, right, no spoilers on /toy/. Why is that? Is it because people would hide hotglue pics or something?

I own GP nippers. They're pretty nice. But I'm fairly new to gunpla so I don't have anything to compare it to.

>>5322721
No not really. Theres no way to really spoil a toy release where as on /m/ or /v/ you can spoil a show or a game ending

I wish I could ask santa on an update on the gift coming for me so I don't miss it. But I feel like it's too early to ask. If it gets stuck in the post office because I didn't see it, it'll be a real pain

>>5322726
That makes more sense. Still, there's a usefulness to spoilers for joke reasons. Even if that isn't the intended use, it's used for that plenty.

To whomever ended up with me, appologies for the long list. It's a generic list of kits I want to obtain eventually. If you want me to shorten it, just let GG know.

>>5322741
uh....

>>5322735
Yea it sucks but i think it would trigger some autistic people or wed get alot of whats under your post

Kinda related how come mods dont permaban anymore? /mu/ finally did it with this korean shitposter but everywhere else they just say fuck it

>>5322762
Mods definitely still permaban. It's just easy as fuck to ban evade, especially on a phone that just randomly generates an IP if you're not on wifi and resets when you clear the cache. . Snapfag and Greg are ban evading.

>>5322762
They still do permaban but it doesn't really work that well when you can change your IP address. Hell, when I use my phone's mobile internet I have to occasionally toggle it a few times to bypass other peoples bans so I can post. (does it count as ban evading if it isn't your ban but your phone's network can use that IP?)

>>5322792
You could at least post pics of a guy getting double penned.

>>5322792
this is a sfw board. you'll be very lucky if no one reports you.

>>5322801
>>5322802
>replying to known shitposter
Let's not turn this into /m/, shall we?

>>5322782
>>5322787
Yea i reread the faq and mobile users can pick up others ip, and with this its easy to evade cuz of dynamic ips or something
Still surprised no ones doxxed snapfagget-kun

>>5322792
>P-Bandai and the western market

>>5322825
Because I have no fucking clue on how to do anything

To my recipient: Be glad that my store is sold out for most of what your list, you get the most expensive item you wanted (the other shops I order from would charge almost the same amount for the cheaper stuff).

>>5322842
Theres websites that would dox, but its mostly internet white knights like "ill dox this website you think is scam cuz theyre evil"

I just wanna know the kids address is so i can either swat him or send him alot of pizza

>Start small business
>Business explodes
>Very little time for Gunpla
>Keep buying kits anyway

I'll be able to build a fort out of my unbuilt kits, soon.

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>>5322873
Wish I could find out the progress for my gift
The curiosity always eats away at me.

>>5322881
>Build for out of kits
>fort explodes
>literally
>by some magical luck parts from different boxes exploded into eachother and created the greatest kitbash of all time
>you go on to win the GBWC

>>5322618
L-Lewd Dom...

>>5322881
Lucky you, [spoiler]fried-kun. You don't have any old g gundam kits you'd wanna trade for a GN Archer, would you?[/spoiler]

>>5322921
Oh lol, I keep forgetting what board I'm on. Long day.

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>>5322156
Thanks for sending me the email last night, I've sent my package, which my recipient should receive early next week.

>>5322357

ever since the 2.0 kits started getting released MGs have gotten very good

>>5322873
My local store helped out with the order so it's now in the hands of the local posting system (I'm also pretty sure that it was their first Secret Santa/gift order)

>>5322907
le fucking ebin underrated post roffle xD

>>5320586
100% of free is still free.

>>5321054
Reminds me of a combination of Briareos from Appleseed, and that one bunny-looking "cop mech" from that one other anime. And a bit of G-NX thrown in, for good measure.

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My friend posted this as a hint for one of my gunpla gifts for christmas. It's definitely some sort of sazabi right?

John from Ohio here. I hope my list wasn't too much for whoever recieved me.

>>5323131
Pretty sure the Sazabi Ver.Ka has square 'holes', so it could be the old one.

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>>5323167
I see
He gave me another hint too
This looks like a jagd doga but apparently the yellow is an eye

Hi guys. Hope you like my review of the Revive MK II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zoC-jJ8-Wc

>>5323280
he's full of shit, obvs a YAKULT DOGE

>>5323446
>The new guy from the last episode browses /toy/

For some reason I'm not surprised at all

>>5323483
so reddit gets ryan, we get new guy and gunpla.tv gets syd?

>>5323446
Wow, might invest in a tamiya weathering kit

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i kinda want to change it to gold...

hmmm

wat do

>>5323567
>paintbrush
>clear yellow
>non-ham hands

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>>5323583
i have plenty of gold paint, just wondering if it'll look too tacky if all the details were gold.

suppose i could try with some lineart.

pardon the dust.

I don't want to learn how to paint. I have no passion for it and better uses of my time, and I really just want a nice-looking Z'gok, a Hygogg, an Acguy, and maybe a Zock to put on my shelves. Is it practical to hire someone to paint a model for me?

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>>5323729
Just top-coat them after building and call it a day.

>>5323741
I admittedly do not know what that means.

>>5323747
>doesn't know what topcoating is

Holy shit. Literally how new?

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>>5323747
Top coat cans are a way of making your models look good through matte.
You can however also choose to give them a glossy finish as well.

Pic related, one on the left is out of box snapfit
One on right is matte finish from top-coat can.

You said you don't like painting but what about small details on models that can't provide all the colours? Do you still use a paintbrush or gundam marker to fill in those details to make it show-accurate? It is really easy to paint small details, you can just use the markers themselves as well, however you may get more neat and precise paint with a small brush.

>>5323280

If that's not a jagd doga, I'll eat my fucking hat.

>>5323786
I would love to receive a dragon dildo. So yes.

>>5323765
At this point Im willing to accept that the kit in question just has the jagd doga somewhere on the box art, meaning its a CCA kit

>>5323762

>topcoat magically changes silver to trans-orange

neat

>>5323807
Oh, no the clear parts are masked because they produce a foggy effect or something like that.

>>5323807

no you dummy the orange parts were simply masked in the before shot
clear coat causes translucent pieces to fog up

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>>5323280
It's the old Sazabi MG, Jagd Doga's just in the boxart

>>5323861
o shi
nice, it may appear that my friend got me that kit

>tfw got my secret santa package
I promise I won't open it yet

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Need to snap something this kurismasu. MG Rezel or strike freedom? I just got new nail clippers too.

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>>5323864
>people on /r/gunpla opening them as they get them

>>5319458
>>5319461

What parts?

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>>5319447
i'm having a hard time deciding which MG to buy today, /toy/. i currently have The MG F91 (Harrison Martin), MG Zeta 2.0, RE Dijeh, and the whole SEED Aegis team MGs. help me decide:

A. MG FA Unicorn
B. MG The O
C. Hyaku Shiki 2.0 + Mega Bazooka Launcher
D. Aile Strike RM + RX-178 Mk II (2.0)

pic semi-unrelated, i've must finished the Zeta 2.0

>>5324264
Hyaku Shiki 2.0 + MkII 2.0

>>5324264
The O + Action Base, if your budget allows it.

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shit yeah three-part displays

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>>5324316
even SEED is marginally better in a three part display with giant, gaudy effect parts

>>5324316
Whoever thought beam V-fins was a good idea seriously needs to kill themselves

>>5324323
No worse than a round mobile suit covered in triangles.

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>>5324330
The chest isn't actually that bad but everything else on is just awful and screams DDR with all the triangles.

>>5324316
We need a pic of one of those guys riding that bicycle

>>5324348
He's got sensual, smooth legs, at least.

>>5324352
Joke's on you, Spacenoid. It's a lamp.

>family member somehow guessed incredibly accurately about me being a snapfag
>out of nowhere got me that 1/100 shin musha gundam kit for christmas early

I'd actually like to put some work into this on, get it a nice stand and put it in a display cube if I dress it up nice enough.

>>5324352
okay just checked with my tallest guy, the Nu. Not even close to reaching the pedals or the handles.

which do i start on first guys

mg zeta plus c1 or mg hi nu gundam ver ka

thinking zeta desu senpai baka

Has the New Year campaign started yet for online retailers?
Rather, will I be getting the campaign cards if I order from HLJ/amiami/etc. right now? Usually HLJ has it on their front page that the campaign is happening, but I got the email from Gundam.info awhile ago and there seems to be nothing up.

>>5324411
Yeah, baby. GundamPlanet's even got it going.

>>5324411
I thought the campaign was region locked

>>5324408
Hi nu. Think of the C1 as a cooling down exercise

>>5324266
why? budgets aside, i'd like to complete the argama team later on.

>>5324419
I forgot to mention these will be full paint jobs so i'll probably be working on one for weeks

>>5324414
I feel cheated, neither my HLJ or Hobbywave shipment had a card in them

>>5324422
zeta, hyaku shiki and mkii just makes sense

>>5324414
Wait, really? Why isn't HLJ posting that on their front page? I wonder if GundamPlanet is just ahead of the game this year.

>tfw open kits I got for a present last year and they have a bunch of old campaign cards in them
;_;

>>5324418
Maybe, if you're in the middle of nowhere, South America. Canada here and I got cards in my old local store.

To the guy in Cali, enjoy your new pony dildo.

>>5324437
I'm jelly.

>>5324435
do u know wat regionlocked means lmao

>>5324435
Hlj is based in japan and the gundaminfo campaigns are for gaijin so they rarely get the cards.

>>5324448
>>5324446
Gundaminfo campaigns are for the white man? Well, shit, I thought it was the other way around.

>>5324448
>>5324463
The gundaminfo campaign in North America is basically run by bluefin.

>>5323762
I've literally never bought gunpla before. I read the guide and found out I would need to paint these puppies and really didn't want to devote the time, or especially the money to painting. I've also never liked painting or drawing. Ever since I was little, it's filled me with nothing but frustration at how bad I was at it.

>>5324550
what did you get that doesn't look color accurate to what you expected?

>>5324552
I haven't gotten anything yet, actually. My friend got a Gabthley and it definitely looks like something you would want to paint, and that kind of discouraged me as to whether I should actually get a gunpla or not, as I've always struggled with painting and drawing. You wouldn't think it, as I've got great hand-eye coordination, but I'm just no good at them and looking at my attempted work always fills me with disgust and self-loathing. Do you have a Z'gok? Does it look okay OoB?

>>5324550
>>5324569
you could always look at reviews online.

FLORIDA BRO YOU GETTIN THREE THANGS ON THREE DIFFERENT DAYS THEY SHIPPED OUT THIS MORNING

>>5324569
If you don't want to paint, look at dalong's pics before buying.

Most gunpla does look pretty good without paint btw, its just a bit of paint makes them look even better.

NC bro I'll hopefully have it shipped tommorrow!

>>5324569
see>>5292396

>>5324616
He's right tho. Just dive in and give it a try at worst you're out like 15 bucks.

Go get the revive Gundam and a grey fine point Gundam marker. Also read the guide.

>wake up this morning
>See email from local hobby shop
>They've sent my SS gift
>gave me the tracking#
>Even made a new version of their logo with "Secret Santa" on it to be put on the box.

It's the little things.

>>5324662
If the guy I want want to get into the hobby because he's a pussy ass faggot, let him. You won't be losing out.

But yeah. You gotta fuck shit up before you get good at it. I've been snapfagging for a while have since decided to start at least detailing / painting non color accurate parts and I've been enjoying it a lot more.

Still uncreative and shitty to come up with my own color schemes though.

>>5324717
The fuck, lousy phone autocorrect shit.

*doesn't want to get into...

>>5324717
>Still uncreative and shitty to come up with my own color schemes though.
I've used the Gundam Breaker 2 game for color scheme designs. Not 100% accurate but you can get an idea of what your parts will look like in each color.[spoiler]it's a pain in the ass if your kit is considered to be a rare one that you have to grind for[/spoiler]

Did my Secret Santa in Savannah get his package? Looked like it delivered.

>>5324717
I usually spend a week trying to think how to customize stuff

>>5324809
>Spend a month trying to find a decent idea for a kitbash and finding all the components
>All the kits are laid out in front of me
>Nagging feeling that the finished product will look like ass
>Put away the kits and think up a new idea
And the cycle starts again

>>5324816
And that too. I have a drawer full of wip

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so that was an interesting build, clear parts are always brittle as fuck so nub removal is difficult, but doable without sandpaper. the chrome parts look great but are fingerprint magnets and the undergating isnt perfect, so you can still see nubs if you know where to look.

the HG is fun to build but i cant wait for MG, its still lacking in alot of details in the joints and parts separation that can only be done in a larger scale.

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Any guesses on what these are going to be for? So far the option sets haven't really been "general use", they've all been earmarked for specific suits.

I'm guessing the Man Rodi and the Gusion. Those are the only kits announced so far that don't have any extra weapons tied to them.

>>5324936
>clear

screeeeeee, my eyes!

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Will the real color scheme of the F91 Harrison stand up?

Why is the MG version so based? did they just not want to print out white stickers too for the HG?

>>5324969
HG colors are based on the Crossbone manga, MG colors are from the later Steel Seven manga.

>>5324969
The HGUC is the design from Crossbone, the MG is the one from Crossbone Steel Seven

>>5324936
>Translucent plastic
>Translucent joints
D-do you want your gunpla to violently explode on you someday?

I realize it's not a gundam, but I splurged and bought this kit. Anyone had any experience with the EVA kits. I watched a video and it looks like it'll need quite a bit of paint to look decent. I just started building gunpla and haven't even tried anything other than panel lining yet. Did I fuck up?

>>5324993
not bad
rubber sleeves crack if you don't lube them up often

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>>5324993
Forgot pic.

>>5324936
Now take the Gold parts and put them on a non-clear HG. It'd look amazing.

Though I'll never understand why the Core Fighter and V Fin use yellow and not gold.

>>5325034
>Though I'll never understand why the Core Fighter and V Fin use yellow and not gold.

Because they're supposed to be yellow?

>>5324989
Clear plastic being inherently brittle is a misnomer. The properties vary by the particular plastic mix. I'm sure this'll hold up fine.

>>5325045
But why use Gold and Yellow together? Why not just one or the other? It looks so strange to me like one is supposed to be the other color.

>>5325015

Thanks for uploading that anon, hot damn, I love Ikuto Yamashita's paintings.

>>5325057
Because one is the basic V2 and the other is the Assault parts, it's literally as simple as that

>>5325057
the gold parts have an anti-beam coating, Hyaku Shiki style. the yellow parts are just yellow parts.

>>5325070
Thank you. Thank you for the literal explanation. I'm talking from a design stand point. It's so strange to me.

>>5325071
I guess that makes sense but... eh. I feel like at that point all the yellow parts should just be anti-beam coated.

In hindsight that makes even less sense actually. Why would you only coat certain parts? Let alone those specific parts? Like the shoulders make sense as they're pretty big, but why the knees or crotch? Why not the head or chest? Ya know, the important spots?

>>5325082
>In hindsight that makes even less sense actually.
Whoa man, maybe you should, you know, get a job working for Bandai designing Gundams! Show that fool Katoki how to really design a Gundam. :^)

>>5325092
You sure showed him.

>>5325082
Because the V2, both in universe and out of universe, was designed with yellow before the Assault armor was designed with gold? Maybe it's anti-beam coating or something

Anyone here use bhiner? What's the point of their shop and ship for me vs. ship for me only options if I already know how to look for exactly what I want on taobao?

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>>5324583
Are you New York Bro? If so, thanks a ton, your stuff is preparing to be shipped.

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yo, who like's deals?

>>5325252
That store's apparently had pricing errors all over their shit for the past month; they've already pulled everything from their storefront to fix it.
Expect your order to get canceled like everyone else that ordered under the pretense of DEALS.

Anyone got a link to a good deal on a starter acrylic paint set that would have all the basic colors for a decent price? Looking at Amazon, I might as well go to my local shop. Also, I intend to hand paint if that matters.

>>5325274
http://smile.amazon.com/Acrylicos-Vallejo-VAL-70103-Wargames-Basic/dp/B000PHCTR0/ref=sr_1_4?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1449552267&sr=1-4&keywords=vallejo+paint+set&refinements=p_36%3A1253560011

Just pick up some of Vallejo's thinner and you're good. If you've got a hobby lobby nearby they should stock Vallejo though.

Would LBX or Sprukits fall under this thread?

>>5325354
Is it a scaled plastic/resin kit? Yes it counts
Is it a figure that requires no building or anything? Nope wrong thread

Other than that whatya get?

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Is it possible to do preshading on colours? I wanna do some preshading on a blue/purple

>>5322411
I thought the first Aile Strike MG was considered a good breakpoint for separating the old from the new, can't go wrong with the 2.0s though.

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>>5325082
the shoulders dont even make much sense, those things are supposed to be I-Field generators and should be blocking beams on their own anyway.

>>5325377
>those dusty stands
Would it have killed you to wipe em off before you took a picture?

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>>5325377
>regular gunpla
>clear stand

>clear gunpla
>regular stand

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>>5325367
You mean you want to preshade on bare blue plastic without priming first?

I see some misfortune coming your way and soon, young one.

>>5319447
so my MG Ex-S just arrived.

what should i expect?

>>5325400
No of course not

I meant preshading is usually done with white/grey is it possible to use other colours

>>5325364
Sprukits are how LBX was localized in the States. They also made Batman and Master Chief sets and imported some Pokemon ones recently.

The Level 2 Batman sample I was sent is a great example of how a Plamo kit should be: Rendering detail and color with the plastic and being insanely poseable.

LBX kits seem less faulty than Japanese ones, though they are pretty much the same. You still get paper capes, though.

>>5325427
Of course you can. But how well it will look is another matter.

>>5324775
This is late but sure did, waiting til xmas to open it. Hope you enjoy yours too

To my secret Santa in Western Australia: make sure to post when you receive it so I know when you got it! It should arrive early next week.

>>5324613
For what, exactly? I don't get it.

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Finally got to do a little more work for the haunted grimoire. Blew out the face, finished out the channel for the LED for the head unit in the upper torso, sculpted and made a mold of the baseform that'll become the ghost face that'll be part of the ghost effect coming out of that damaged head and chest unit.

I'll do a clear cast of the head tomorrow and if I have time I'll start work on making the ghost effect.

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>>5325510
And another angle.

So much gore.

I'm actually worried that the LEDs will be too bright, so I might stop and put some opaque black paint on the inside of the head to prevent light bleed.

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>>5325511
Spooky LEDs are good to go.

>>5325367
>>5325427
I think you're confused or I'm confused about what you're trying to say.

When you undercoat a model, the colour you use as your undercoat affects the colour you apply over the top of it. This is why it's generally recommended that you apply bright colours over a white or light grey undercoat and dark colours over a black undercoat. When you pre-shade what you're doing is adding shading to the undercoat so that when you apply a colour over the top of it, that shading still shows through the colour (because the colour you're applying is in thin, slightly transparent layers).

>>5324584
So this http://www.dalong.net/review/mg/m61/m61_p.htm is without paint? If so I might totally consider getting one of these sexy beasts.

Tips on sanding? Using sandpaper, I often accidentally sand the areas around the nub, nothing serious, just slight discoloration on the plastic. But I'd like to know if there are ways to reduce this

>>5325519
Yes, all dalong pics are without paint, though he does some panel lines on the models.
That picture you linked is an MG, 1/100 scale, if you didn't know.

>>5325522
use a popsickle(is that what the americans call it i'm not sure) stick to reduce the surface area affected by sanding

>>5325518
i mean like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4mh7gjpsyE

>>5325532
That's what I just described. He started with a white undercoat, shaded the parts he wanted shaded with black, then went over the entire thing with thin layers of the final colour he wanted the piece to be (which in this case was white) until the colour was build up enough and the shaded part is tinted slightly. The more layers you do, the more subtle the shading becomes as the final colour becomes more solid.

White -> black shading -> tint with whatever colour you want.

>>5324348
I shit you know, I thought this was a giant chicken from the thumbnail.

>>5325530
Awesome. Yeah, I know about the different grades. Honestly, as far as putting them together goes, I have no doubt it would be easy for me, it's just painting that I'm not confident in.

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does applying mark setter on the decals discard the need to apply topcoat after?

>i'm such a lazy piece of shit but i don't want those precious decals damaged in the future

>>5325510
>>5325511
>>5325516
Looks pretty damn cool anon. Wish i knew how to led stuff. I have a couple small ones but too scared to try it. Also were both working on a grimmore, thats pretty cool. Would post a pic but i have a potato camera

>>5325558
>does applying mark setter on the decals discard the need to apply topcoat after?

not at all. they're still just as fragile with setter applied. You still need topcoat to protect them.

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Post comfy gunpla

>>5325630
You still haven't finished that Jesta, huh?

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>>5325650
Im not the MG fingers pointing jesta anon, thats just a liddle hg feeling comfy

I do wonder if he has finished his jesta though, I am getting the MG jesta pretty soon so im excite

Holy crackers, why is the MG Z'gok like $60+ when the HGUC is only like ¥530 each?

>>5325662
Where the hell are you looking, anon?

https://www.hlj.com/product/BAN922718/Gun

>>5325664
Everywhere but the right place, apparently... Thanks, anon. Thankfully the blue one is the same price.

>>5325667
No problem.

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So I was looking at dalongs review of the G30th HG Gundam, but then I realised it looked like an improved version of the hg gundam I got with the "Gundam vs zaku" hg set. Is this the sweet spot between the revive and the old one?
The arm joints certainly look better than the old one.

http://www.dalong.net/review/hg/hgn1s/hgn1s_p.htm

>>5325671
Argh, the blue one's on back order. That sucks. I guess I'll get the HGUC ones from amiami and come back to HLJ for the MG.

>>5325713

the rx78 from the gundam vs zaku is 1996. Yeah the g30th is a lot better but shitty compared to the revive or the RG. Theres so many rx78's now its silly. Get one of the best MG's (2.0, 3.0, O.Y.W or origin) and call it a day.

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>>5325755
I was lucky to get a zgok from my store for just $14 australian dollaroos

>>5325755
Oh shit I got the really old one? Damn no wonder it looks so ancient. Im still curious how the posing is compared to the revive however.

I have the 2.0 (havn't done the decals on it yet because I want to keep the cartoon aesthetic) but I am tempted to get the origin gundam for the differentiation between the old ones.

I pretty much have more grandaddy gundam variations than I do for other kits.

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>>5325751

if your the cant paint guy from earlier, look in to the RG zGok if you can deal with a smaller more detailed kit than the mg

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>>5325758
whoops meant to say it was a zgok hg*
that I got for $14

they had the blue hg as well
not an mg, but I would love one as well actually

>>5325759
I think I may as well start a zgok collection as well

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>>5325650
>>5325661
Still in progress. Painted some detail with tamiya enamel gun metal. Got to love hand painting enamel.

>>5325762
>z'gok is so good even ancient kits looks alright

>>5325771
oh wow that looks sweet, I can't see myself using gunmetal much, silver for thrusters and such I can. But maybe I will try gunmetal on the pipes.
(if they have a gundam marker version because im a casual)

>>5325759
Yep, that's me. Is it only available in red? I don't have a hard-on for the Char versions like so many others do. I have to admit, though, that Z'gok is looking damn fine.

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>>5325762

the HG zgok's are really good. Super poseable for breakdancing and impressing hitler.

Georgia bro, I'm happy to report that I was able to find one of your kits at a decent price. It won't make to you until after christmas. For that I am sorry

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>>5325784

It is available in blue but

>P-bandai exclusive

expect to pay more on mandarake.

>>5325771
Did you handpaint that or just lots of masking I see gunmetal/chrome/silver pipes on a lot of painted kits but I never really bothered to figure out how it's done

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>>5325798
You paint it on anon ...

>>5325805
Aren't you a clever anon!
It's not like there's a lot of ways to paint or anything

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>>5325786
mein neger
he truly is a lot of fun, but he needs a blue zgok and an acguy to back him up soon I reckon

>>5325798

not him but I used to mask and spray a lot of different tones but now i just handpaint details then enamel wash them to tint them all different shades of metal all over the kit. It saves loads of time masking. Stuff like chrome still needs to be masked though.

>>5325819
Really? I was looking for a way to get that color without painting. You see I'm just not good at it but you'd think otherwise if you knew me.

Nopaint guy from earlier I the thread, here. Just wanted to clarify that this anon >>5325821 is not me so y'all don't get confused.

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>>5325796

What scale were the action figures they used to sell in the states? Also, is there any SD in particular that's really good for paint practice, or do I just choose one I like?

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>>5325828
I painted the EX SD RX-78 a while ago to practice my painting, so you can try those kits. Try masking with hobby tape if you can, so that it doesn't spill over into unwanted areas. And remember, patience is virtue.

>>5325836
Thanks, anon. I'll give the little guy a shot in the future.

>that Z'gok in the background
kek

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Found these little knock-offs at a stationary store right below where I work, pretty sweet for $5 a pop though and they had 5 or 6 different ones.