Gunpla/Plamo General

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>>5552326
First for kimaris is actually growing on me

posted this in the /m/ thread but didn't get a response

Are Kotobukiya kits generally good? I'm asking because preorders for http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10377656 finally started

>>5552330
Third for Gaelio is the actual hero of IBO and Mikazuki is the main villain

>>5552343
I don't actually watch IBO

>>5552340
Yes, they're probably the best outside of Bandai and have been getting better over time, but you probably still want to have some experience with models before diving in to their kits as they require a bit of work

>>5552340
The EVA ones are shit.

>>5552340
Yeah, Koto kits are generally on par with Bandai in terms of ease of building. They tend to do some painting on the runners for certain items, which is cool for straight builds. Also, I've noticed for things of a similar size they tend to have more pieces than say, an HG, but not as much as an MG on average.

>>5552348
>>5552349
>>5552352
Thanks, guys

So I've been seeing these shiny red beads in some people's MG Zaku's eyes that look better than the ones they come with, does anyone know what they're called?

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>>5552340
As someone who has worked on a few Koto kits I can tell you that the plastic they use is slightly harder and brittle than Bandai's, similarly, the tended to have somewhat bad gate placement, leaving plenty of seams and nubs to work with, like that Huckebein Mk II of mine in the OP pic.

However, that was with their old kits, their latest releases are on par with Bandai in terms of quality, if not even better since they tend to come with a already colored parts, such as the eyes and head cameras, and a extensive number of parts molded in faithful colors, making a straight build require minimal paint apps.

If anything, their downside is the price of their kits, which is really higher than Bandai's, just check out how expensive the Muv Luv and SRW kits are. That aside, I'm sure that Xenoblade kit will be really good

>>5552364
There are many ways to upgrade lenses.

Could be a external lens kit like the builders parts, or a sanded down clear sprue with silver paint behind it.

>>5552330
That version is so much better than the original and I hope it gets 1/100.

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>>5552377
My nigga
Although, I feel that the front "legs" in quad mode are too spindly , and the lance shaft is too thin for the weapon.

>>5552364
Rhinestones? They're fake gems that usually come on a sheet for decorating, and gunpla modelers will use usually them for camera/scope lenses.

>Practically 0 hobby stores in my country
>Can't buy paints and shit online because of a 5 orders per year limit and jacked up shipping prices, AND because it'd get customed to hell
>Stuck with shitty tools and craft store paint
I chose the fucking wrong pastime
Anybody know how to get less brush strokes on some shitty ass brush-on primer that you can't dilute even a bit because otherwise it just stops adhering altogether?
Otherwise, any other ways to prime plastic or whatever?

>>5552401
>5 orders per year limit
Wait, what the fuck? Explain this.

>>5552409
Yup. None of them can exceed $200 either
It's some bullshit they made up because everything is taxed to hell here so people started buying shit from outside the country and that apparently hurts the economy

>>5552422
Brazil?

okay so i ported my full list of gunpla to myfigurecollection but i don't know how to get the url to the list for other people to see it

>>5552429
[spoiler]Uruguay[/spoiler]

>>5552435
Not sure if better or worse.

>>5552401
Are you cleaning the parts before you brush on primer? Sometimes the mold release on the plastic can make painting or priming difficult.

>>5552435
I think Argentiana is even worse, I remember some guy saying there you only get a 2 order limit per year
that sucks

>>5552442
Yeah, I thoroughly washed the part I'm painting using warm water with a bit of dish soap in it
The primer is just absolute trash

>>5552444
Seems that way
I guess I don't have it as bad as I thought, even though they probably have a few hobby stores in Argentina

>>5552422
>>5552447
That sucks. Sorry about that.

>>5552450
things maybe change with Macri there now, but south america overall is really fucked when trying to import stuff for hobbies and else

>>5552346
O-oh

>>5552422
>>5552444
Socialist economics, everyone.

>inb4 Trump adds a 35% tariff on all imports

>>5552700
Why though? Makes no sense for it
Also lets try to not shit this up with politics, lets stick with zeon being dirty hypocrites and the feds being weak hypocrites

>>5552401
>>5552409
>>5552422
>>5552444
I wonder if there is a loophole for these kinds of situations. For example, what do they do about 'gifts' sent over by your 'friends and family?' There has got to exist some sort of workaround, one that could be risky due to having to trust other people to uphold their word, but a workaround none the less. I am sure one exists

>>5552422
Paraguay dude here (sud america). We can bring w/e we want and we just have to pay 16$ for each 1kg. But we have no hobby stores here.

>took all the lead suits out for a picture day

http://imgur.com/a/A090r

>>5553185
>All the lead suits
>No Astray, Zudah or Crossbone
6/10 just because you have G-Saviour

>>5553226
I'll happily take a six out of ten.

>>5553185

>imgur
>laughing ledditors

Fun collection, though.

>>5553287
I'd have linked the album on MFC but I haven't fiddled with the site enough to know how to do that yet.

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>>5552422
Feels good being American holy fucking shit.

>>5553330
Laugh while you can
When Trump gets elected say goodbye to your chinese robot toys

>>5553339
Nigga please, even if Trump wasn't a backpedaling panderer none of his shit's gonna get passed, he's pissed off too many people in both parties.

>>5553353

Good. Maybe then I can stop getting fucked by Bandrise, and I can start buying plastic crack without having to fucking fly it overseas first.

>>5553353
>trump is hitler XD
its time to stop posting.

>>5553353
>implying any of those are a bad thing
>implying hitler was actually worse than the allies or soviets
Literally the only thing Hitler did differently is that he did genocide the German way, efficiently.

>>5553330
>tfw canadian
>tfw terrified of possible (completely random) import fees on my recent order

Either they ignore it (80% of the time) or they slap a 40% import tax on it. Fucking retarded man.

/pol/ pls go

>>5553353
I don't even like Trump but this is dumb reddit tier shitposting.

Nice gunpla thread
Can't wait for the HG 1/144 Hillary

>>5553417
>Not waiting for the MG trump full armor and 1/1 no grade great wall and paint it with mexicans tears thinned acrylics

Jokes aside please take pol back to pol

Anyone here recommends the old zaku II? I noticed my backlog is lacking zeon suits. Also what gouf do you recommend? what about the hi zack?

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>>5553430
>the old zaku II?
Which one?
Also, if you want some Zeon suits, the Zudah is pretty damn good

Are there any good MS-05 Zaku Is that aren't some character's custom? Because the only MGs I can find are like 17 years old and look pretty crappy, but I want the first mobile suit.

>>5553448
The 2003 HG Mass produced Zaku II

That zudah looks cool as fuck will get one for sure. Thanks anon

>>5553430
hi-zack is not a zeon suit

>>5553489
I now that that's why I asked last, sorry for the misundestanding

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So I was looking to get Bighands McGee here, but some of the places that are taking orders are saying she'll ship out in April, while others are saying that she won't ship out until the end of July.

Who's telling the truth? I don't know the inner workings of Japanese model companies so I'm having trouble making a judgment call, here. If it's April I'll go ahead and order now, but if it's July I can probably wait a little bit longer.

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>>5553457
It has an oversized head and being an older kit AND a Zaku it has kinda poor articulation
Something more recent would be the F2 Zaku which is pretty much the same but with a few added details. It doesn't come with a bazooka though, you get another gun and grenades instead

>>5553430
Zaku II FZ and Zaku II F2 are the way to go, not to mention Zaku II Renewal is coming.

>>5552340
HMM kits are worth their price

>>5553495
April, at least according to Amiami where I per-ordered her from

Either way you probably want to pre-order early, where are you even finding pre-orders available? these fuckers always sell out in a matter of days.

>>5553545

Amiami, Amazon, a couple of other places.

Guess I'll do April, then. Thanks.

>>5553499
>>5553497
Thanks anons I'll go with the F2 then

Why don't more kits make use of panel lines to disguise seams?

>>5553578

easier when you are designing the kit and the suits at the same time, see how well origin kits work

Is there any way to add a backpack to the HGUC Victory Gundam without having to cut it apart?

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>tfw make a piece out of styrene and it looks so good
>realize you have to make identical versions for the other sides

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Spicing up this Byarlant Custom, not really sure how far I will be going with it, just having fun trying to make my own little changes. This is by far my favorite part of building.

>>5553640
Carefully measure the part you made and begin from there. As you work on it keep comparing it against the first until it matches.

>>5553771
Really like those shovel-like parts on the vents, nice job

>>5553456
New Zaku 1 kit was announced recently, it'll be out in may

>>5552330
I fucking adore suits from ANY series that have spiderlegs/treads and a normal humanoid torso

I'm gonna have to get this

>>5553926
Cool, what grade?

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>>5554032

New boatgirl, Luka-Worker.

>>5554029

neat shoulders. where from?

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>>5554044

Option Set 2.

Any one able to make a good recommendation for a taobao middleman? Or at least a cheaper and reliable one?

>>5553495
Koto Japan is releasing it in April and good luck finding a preorder from them. Preorders sold out in like an hour of becoming available.

KotoUS gets there stock june-july. Places like amazon stock from them.

>that kit you really want to start but can't until you finish your current project

What's her name?

>>5554110
Kitbash I want to start. 00 and Astraea. If it turns out like I want I'll probably enter it into the US GBWC.

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>>5554110

My friends got me this bad boy for my birthday. They're the best friends I've ever had.

I think when I'm done splurging on Iron Blooded Orphans stuff, I'm going to sit down and build it behind a waterfall like a monk.

MC Models Qubeley Mk1

>>5554110
God gundam custom, i need to finish my zeta type d if my airbrush decides to work

>>5554110
nothing, im a snapfag, so i actually finish stuff.

dont have to worry about weather, cleaning airbrushes, waiting for cement to dry, etc.

>>5554121
>God gundam custom

You have my attention

>>5554112
But... 00 and Astraea are pretty much the same suit...

>>5554221
Fuck me I'm retarded, confused Exia with 00

>>5553561
>Amazon
Don't do it.

>>5554239
why not

>>5554110
RG Alex conversion.

Gotta finish up my Qan[T] Reborns first.

>>5554244
On the popular FAG releases they tend to oversell Preorders. A lot of people got screwed out of Gourai because when they finally restocked they made them a new listing instead of filling the remaining preorders.

>>5553495
So wait, are these things pre-existing mechs transformed into little girls?

>>5554253
Oh, it's a preorder thing. Not preordering shit from Amazon feels like it should go without saying for some reason

>>5554260
They are mecha musume. Basically "What if Mechs were girls" and these in particular are based on the Frame Arms. Don't think about it any deeper than that because that's all there is to it.

Is there an anon who's built the 1/144 MC Model Penelope here? I got mine yesterday, and I'm wondering what the beam saber effect parts are made out of. The manual lists them as resin, and I'm not sure if that's some sort of error or if I need to go and grab a particle mask.

>>5554260
Yes. Don't think too much about it.

>>5554206
Its a recolored custom. But im kinda basing it off sengoku arms gaim, so instead of melee its more firearms based, also somewhat ditching the samurai god motif for more of a god of war theme, still unsure if i should give it the noir backpack

>>5554312
It's actually made of lilipop, suck on it in your mouth

>>5554324
You better post progress m8

>>5554312
it's made of hardened chinese splooge and tree sap

>>5554333
I will, only got the core lander built so far, i can post the mk1 version i made about 2 years ago, smallkine warning it looks bad

>>5554495
Well I like G Gundam and Caymen Ryders so hit me

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It then finally arrived after 3 weeks of waiting

Not gonna build it for a while since finals ain't over yet.

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>>5554496
Well this is the only pic i could find, had to adjust the brightness on it, couldn't find a pic of it with the mega beam rifle

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Guys I have plan to play around with the dinosaw from Bara's 6th form.
I want to bash it with G-Exes by replacing the arm joint with the dino head. I was wondering which side I should make the joint between the head and the upper arm

The black arrow is where I am thinking where the joint should be made

Guys I ran out of Tamiya epoxy putty and i can't get anything of that near me anytime soon. So I was wonder if miliiput work as well?

Got something pretty cool from Mandarake today. DHL'd it so should come in by Tuesday.

It's pretty cool. You guys might be interested in it.

Have we actually got anymore info about the RG Wing Gundams?

>>5554691

no. next RG is the 00 Qant

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Do these color schemes look too busy? Any Suggestions/preference?

>>5554588
I wanna say the arrow on right.

>>5554765
>Do these color schemes look too busy? Any Suggestions/preference?

forgot to add that the only difference is I inverted the grays on the pauldrons.

>>5554765

It's a little busy. You should draw back the contrast between the different shades of grey and your white.

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>>5554851
someone added a bit on /m/ I think it looks pretty neat

>>5554864

Yeah, that looks fine too. Go with it.

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So I got a bottle of this for cheap. (Well as cheap as I can find where I am)
Does any one has enough experience to tell me how many coat of spray I need to fully protect my paint job? Do I need to worry about melting tamiya lacquer paint?

my one coat of spray is like 2 back and forward strokes and do it for all 6 sides of a item.
Thanks

>>5554765
I've been doing something similar: >>5549561

>>5554886
One or two works, and I've used it over Tamiya just fine.

>>5554928
I know, that's why I asked you about how you detailed your frame, hahaha

>>5554930
It's surprisingly well detailed, I'll try and get a shot of it in the sun after work.

>>5554886
Make sure you spray on a warm day that isn't humid as hell, and go light on the coats cause those spray cans tend to barf out the paint

>>5554886
when I spray this its over a gloss finish because the matte finish itself isn't durable
(used it on boomboxes, gunplay, ect)

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Post your wishlists
>HGFA Serpent Custom
>Zaku I Sniper (kirks custom)
>Unicorn Marasai
>Vaff
>HG Jesta & Jesta Cannon
>Super Custom Zaku F2000
>Zaku II (shins custom)
>Zaku II Thunderbolt
>Psycho Zaku Thunderbolt
>Graze (standard hg)
>Ryusei-Go
>Schwalbe Graze
>Hi-Mock

>>5553565
Best of luck. I got the Feddie captured Zaku II F2 from Stardust. Its ankle joints wont fit the polycap, too small.

>>5555109
??? You mean it's a tight fit? I can't imagine the part outright not fitting at all unless you're assembling it wrong

>>5555112
too loose (haha). No, its the right part. I tried other caps (from my Dra-C, since has no legs it had leftover caps), its the ball-joint. I'm gonna have to coat it in cement to make it thicker.

>>5555109
you probably used the wrong polycaps

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN986529/Sci
>50 yen
>50 fucking yen
jesus crhist, just how many of these fuckers do they have? and here I thought I'd already got this guy dirt cheap last time around, I'm tempted to order a couple extra, they're fun little guys

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>>5555764
>http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN986529/Sci
its too late I already ordered a billion and haven't built any yet ;_;

>>5555764
It's shit. Not worth 50 cents, especially 50 cents + extra cost it'll add to your shipping for any existing orders.

>>5555764
>What do you MEAN there is another container of these?!

>built RG GP01 as third Gunpla
>kinda shit but not terrible
>kinda want to do a GP01FB RG now
>hate spending money on almost identical things
Convince me /gpg/

>>5555951
Paint it darker colors and pretend it's a mysterious rival's/prototype suit.

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Started work on my custom 1/100 graze tonight by eorking to add a cockpit hatch. Using a Flit pilot from AGE-1Normal. I've been going over previous episodes in the show and have gotten a pretty decent idea of what sort of detail to add in.

>>5555974
How is IBO

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Oh my god this thing is sexy. Should've held off for a few days and gotten this instead of the Werewolf.

>>5555979
good 1-5 ep, then went downhill from there
it's a dissapointing series where they rather talk than show
kudelia is shit and everyone else are bland
but atleast mika is an unrepentant pyscho

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>>5555979
The series is meh. Not great but not offensively bad either. It starts off well enough, but the middle is lackluster. It's picked up after the Dort colonies crap though.

If you give it a watch prepare for some heavy QUALITY though.

>>5556002
What am I supposed to be seeing here

>>5556007
>main character gets challenged to an honour duel between giant robots
>lolnope just gonna kill you guys instead fuck honour

>>5556002
That animation doesn't look too bad.
>>5556016
I'm not familiar with IBO but I assume it's still about a war right? Or was this some shit outside a combat zone?

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>>5556007
A "muh honor" group that had already lost the the protagonists twice and pissed them all off by killing their friend suddenly popped up in front of them, got out of their ms, and demanded a 3v3 duel and said they were going to give them 30 minutes to prepare.

While they were still talking the gundam launched and started attacking them.

>>5555958
Honestly I'd just like to do a good job on it and strip half of the regular GP01 as a showcase of the RG frame.

>>5556020
it's about a bunch of orphans turned PMC going on a long road trip and bumping into mercs and a kinda military being jerks

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>>5556007
A man getting hit by an MS sized mace, notice the paste left of his body stain the snow red after
And that was probably the least gruesome of the 3 deaths
Dino mace is really growing on me

>>5556069
You mean a bunch of orphans becoming islamic terrorists and an idiot woman who isn't helping anything.

>>5556083
Wait, are we talking about IBO, or 00?

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>>5556020
Mars wants to be independent, a Titans-esque military basically runs things, and its about a group of child soldiers and their 300 year old ms relic escorting a naive independence group representative to a negotiation with someone who can potentially grant the independence while they run into shit along the way.

>>5552326
Man, those mold lines and gaps in those guns! Needs green stuff or liquid green stuff prior to primer.

>>5556083
but kudelia SUGOI

>>5552326
Seam lines needed to be filled before painting, fyi.

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>>5556088
>>5556095
Seam welding is such a pain though.

>Another reason I will never git gud.

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It's official, it's called a sprue and not a runner.

>>5555984
What is this sexy thing?

>>5555984
I'd just use that to make a silver Magatsuki

>>5556151
Frame Arms Durga II I think. It's a Durga variant for sure.

>>5556151
>>5556156
Definitely Durga II, dalong's got his review up
http://dalong.net/review/kotobukiya/fa30/fa30_p.htm

>>5556150
That's how you identify cheaply made replicant kits. They bootleg so much shit out there in the colonies, so you gotta be careful about who you buy your spinner kits from.

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>>5555096
>a new Gundam Maxter kit :(

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>>5552326
First time putting a market to a gunpla. I think I did pretty good.

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>>5555096
>>5556270
New MGs of any G sui- I mean, fighters.

>>5556353
Looks nice. You do any topcoating, or just panel lining?

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>>5556358
Thanks.

Just panel lining on this one but I want to work my way up to doing some painting in the future.

>>5556366
Topcoating takes literally no effort
>buy Tamiya plastic matte coat
>disassemble main joints of Gunpla (head, torso, arms, legs
>spray one side
>let it dry
>spray the other
>reassemble

I need advice on loosening RG Frames. I only own one so far, but the joints are so fucking tight it feels scary to move them. So I've been hesitant to buy any more even though so many of them look rad.

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How's the Kotobukiya Gurren Lagann kit?

>>5556369
Will give it a shot soon then

>>5556378
You probably used sandpaper to clean up flash, right? Take that to some of the joints.

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What would be the best inexpensive base for grimoires?

>>5556378
Better too tight of joints than too loose in my opinion.

>>5556369
Keep in mind you still want to read the guide. There is an art to spraying, and you CAN fuck it up. Quite easily, actually.

>>5556384
Tamashii Stage Act 4/5. They come three to a pack. I don't understand why people even use Action Bases, they're gigantic and kind of an eyesore IMO.

>>5556380
Don't practice on your gunpla just yet. Go out and buy a cheap set of plastic spoons that you can experiment on without worry. They're a good substitute for painting/topcoating/weathering practice, and if you fuck up, throw it away and try again.

>>5556467
Tamashii stages can have QC problems

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whats your backlog /toy/?

>>5556521
No pic

HGUC GM3, Advanced Hazel, Crossbone x1
NG High Mobility Psycommu System Zaku, Psychom Zaku
NG G-Saviour
NG Dahgi-Iris

Currently I am think very hard on whether to paint them or not.

>>5556471
????????? And????????

>This is much better than that product that isn't good
>W-well there's a chance it might have some issues like all mass produced items!

Even then there are other options like Koto's stands

>>5556527
Just thought it was something he should know, got a set of tamashii stages and most of the smaller joints cracked before long. Don't need to get so defensive.

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I think something went wrong with my gundam

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>>5556521

less than a quarter.

>>5556521
>>5556604

Why does it happen? How do we just accumulate this much shit?

>>5556666
>Ooh this looks cool, I'm gonna buy this.
>Eh, I'll build it after my current project/when I have time.

Rinse and repeat.

>>5556595
It's like if Katoki was inspired by Mengele.

Looking to get a new point and shoot, any suggestions? Mine is over a decade old and it has reached the point where even my phone camera is better.

I've been strictly a Bandai guy for years, but now I'm looking to branch out a little bit.

1. How are Wave kits? Some of the Ma.K stuff looks good to me, but I haven't heard much about them.

2. Why the heck are HMM kits so expensive? Some of them look cool to me, but that price, man...what's so special about em?

>>5556366

jesus christ, stay within the lines, man

if you make a mark outside a panel line you can just wipe it off with a finger before it's dry

>>5556378

what joints are you having problems with? it can be a little scary when the frame is bare, but once the model is put together the outer armor generally prevents anything from breaking. tight joints are a good thing.

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What's an easy way to achieve a shading effect like this one?
That little bit of darkness adds a certain quality to kits, especially white ones, so I'd really love to know how to do it.

>>5556753
Look up "preshading".

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>>5556753
It's called preshading. To put it simply, you airbrush dark highlights onto the kit and then paint over with light coats of your final color. The darker color showing through gives that effect. I'm fairly sure you need an airbrush for this, I don't think you can do this with rattlecans (or at the very least, it would be really difficult).

>>5555974
How'd you add the hatch? What kind of connection does it have at the bottom?

>>5555096
Anything Victory.

>>5556528
You can loosen the screws. They only Crack if you don't know what you're doing

>>5556780
What about the clips

So I just found out about BTModel Zoids. How do they compare to the real thing?

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>>5556768
It's literally just a hole I cut in the top for now. Because of the way the chest armor attaches I just tilted it forward a bit for the pic, there's no actual hatch mechanism.

>>5556666
For people like you and me (plebes) if something is so expensive as to be exclusive yet still desirable, we'd buy one and call it a day (a set of nice golf clubs, cars, holiday homes etc) because taking a step up and buying another one is cripplingly expensive.

However, our hobby is a collectors hobby to which there is time expended on each consumable that is purchased and taking the plunge and buying another one before the current one is finished is only the cost of a meal or so.

That's the spiral

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>>5556818
you're not supposed to "collect" unbuild kits tho

>>5556846
This image upsets me.

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I'm thinking of doing something probably stupid and buying a 1/72 F15C just to get the decal sheet. Think the emblems will fit on the 1/144 Muv Luv F15s?

>>5556846
>you're not supposed to "collect" unbuild kits tho
>I make up arbitrary rules for people lel XD

Guys, I only own one kit at a time because something something hoarding, so every time I want a new kit, it's already sold out on the big 3, so I always have to pay ebay rape prices!
If only there was a better way. I mean, I don't want some random anon on 4chan to call me a hoarder, that would be so embarrassing, so I only own one kit at a time!

>>5556759
>>5556760

But that's by TYPEv3. He's a fucking scrub that doesn't paint- doesn't fully paint most kits and goes everything else poorly

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>>5556927
>decal sheet for 1/72 plane
>will it fit on a 1/144 model
Are you going for "comically oversized"?

Meanwhile http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYKP-303/Sci comes with a sheet of waterslides for all 1/144 TSFs, including F15.

MYK Design also makes 1/144 decals for all kinds of planes.

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>>5556933
>being this triggered

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Built that Grimo. Wanted to build a fleet of these but painting the hands was such a pain in the ass.

Love the fuck out of this kit. So nice and compact.

I have a question, I lost the v-fin of a kit, the age 2 dark hound, and was wondering what would be the best material to replace it.

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>>5557054
Sadly, the standard decals don't help me, since I'm going for pic related, Ace Combat Zero colors. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10321578 comes with extras of various sizes so I thought maybe I could find some the right size for shoulder/chest/skirt. The ones on the wing tips are clearly oversized for my needs but there are for example Ustio flags that are half that size on the decal sheet.

I'm poor at eyeballing this kind of shit, though, so perhaps someone with 1/144 TSFs can help me out or suggest something else.

I'm just ordered an AC Grind Blade and I'm going to try to mod it onto something completely unfitting like a Zaku.

Wish me luck!

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>>5556846
I sort of am (definitely is) a hoarder but I don't possess any of those characteristics though.

Maybe I belong in a nuthouse?

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>>5554930
Got some better shots.

>>5556705
Skip point and shoots and get you a used DSLR, even an older one will work better.

>>5556753
>>5556973
I think that's just smeared Gundam Marker.

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>>5557400
It's either a real touch marker or tamiya weathering set directly onto bare plastic. Real preshaded white looks more like this.

When done correctly its much more gradual and smooth looking.

Kawaguchi has a couple guides on doing shading work in the official gunpla videos for anyone interested.

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>>5556521

This...and then 3 more times this. Plus the 10 that I just bought from HLJ and some stuff coming from Taobao.

I should really build more, but I only work on one kit at a time and have a heavy work-load and a family and buying stuff is easy.

>>5556604
youre an animal.
ive only got
>danboard
>HGUC byarlant
>HG mechanics dendrobium and nue ziel
>RG 00 raiser
>HG stargazer
>HGUC rozen zulu

>>5557486
>GM
>GM Command
>GM Cold District

Nice.

>>5555096
>1/100 NG 00 gundams
>Full Armor Gundam (fucker is 2700 yen, way too much for a HG)
>Transient Gundam HG
>Build Gundam MK. II MG
>Wing Fenice R MG
>1/100 NG 00 Gundams
>Gundam Heavyarms MG
>Did I mention 1/100 NG 00 gundams?

>>5557625
Yeah the FA Gundam is a bit much.. like with the Psycho Zaku you get at least a MGs worth of plastic, the box is bigger than some MG boxes ffs. But with the FA I just don't get the price tag.

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>>5556521
already finish the Two Tachikoma, the Eva-01, the HGUC Gouf and the HG Try Burning.

Anyone knoe a good paint ratio for Paint to Thinner to Retardent for handpainting? I did my own ratio based off the ones that I know of but I doubt that did much considering one of my painted areas had the paint scratched off.

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>>5556521
Only about 2/3rds or half. Too lazy to count. Not to mention I dont really want the answer...

>>5557715
Build the R-Gyagya and tell me what you think of it.

>>5557715
My backlog and yours have 8 kits in common. Clearly, you have good backlog taste.

>>5557719
R-Gyagya is a work in-progress, and I was too lazy to remove it to take the pic, I accidently snipped off a minor little detail (which you can't see anyways), and I became disheartened. It's a nice kit though, so far, though a bit loose in spots. I plan on giving it a metallic silver and gold paintjob, which has put it further behind on my backlog. Petitguy is also completely finished, and was too lazy to remove.

>>5557725
Clearly you do as well.

>>5553926
Sorry for the late response, it's 1/144 hg gundam the origin. It's up for preorder on hlj

>>5557754
Meant for
>>5553989

>>5553456
Zaku I Thunderbolt is still available in places, if you don't mind the orange. Even then you can paint it, and the backpack can be swapped for a lot of other random HGUC packs if you don't like the Thunderbolt ones.

>>5557754
>>5557779
I'll look for those then. Also I noticed the old ass MG Zaku I on HLJ for a decent price, would it be worth it?

>>5557796
It's basically a 1/100 HG so I guess HLJ's price isn't bad.

>>5557292
looks sweet, I'm looking forward to detailing my kit later on. hopefully soon

>>5556604
I'm kind of glad I haven't reached this point yet.

>>5556604
I wonder how big your actual collection is.

Thinking of giving my Barbatos sword to my Zaku and maybe the Graze Axe to another zaku too.

>>5557974

2 rooms floor to ceiling. I banned myself from buying any more before christmas. Shits got out of hand.

I'm actually planning to sell about a third of them soon.

>>5556604
Sad thing is i think my collection is already nearing that.

>>5558230
okay. do you want a fucking medal?

>>5558256
They look like Christmas ornaments

>>5556521
6 MGs, 4 RGs, and 30 HGs for my backlogs plus the 6 kits that I am waiting for.

>>5558261
Nope but i want to know if anyone else did it to see how it looks.

>>5558279

have you tried taking the literally 10 seconds it will take to put it in the zaku's hand yourself?

>>5558239
Got any MG Goufs you wanna sell?

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How hard is this thing to get a hold of?

>>5558331
if it's just a normal MG astray not hard but it looks like the version without the big sword which would mean it's a webstore exclusive so you would have to middleman from japan to get it

>>5558331
Have you tried Amazon?

Is there an SD RX-78 that comes with a lot of weapons?

>>5556666
Painting is hard yo.

>>5556707
>>5556707
1. I only know that they come out in limited numbers.

2. They're like MG level man. Or you're not looking at the wrong HMM. Iguanadon or something is cheap. The smaller kits are cheaper.

>>5556760
Can this be accomplished with brushes? Like put in pre-shading with a brush than spray over it with a can?

>>5557446
Here's also the thing about the preshading. If you ask around the guys at your local IPMS, they'll tell you that choosing colors for your preshades is key. Like you don't preshade black on everything. You preshade grey to white, dark green to green, dark blue to blues, etc.

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>>5558345
This older release has 5 weapons, which include the Rifle, Bazooka, Beam Saber, Hammer, and Javelin, as well as a shield. But it's hard to find since it's an older release that wasn't that popular.

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>>5558391
Here is a closer look in a more pristine condition of that kit.

>>5558391
That is the Gensou SD Gundam line by Bandai Toys Division, thus it's not in Bandai Hobby's reissue rotation.

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Force Impulse is shown, anyone put the picture up yet?

>>5558342
Is it still being sold or was it a timed exclusive like SHF figuarts are? Should I check with a middleman or just go straight to mandarake?

>>5558546
It pops out in PBandai time and again.

>>5558331
Pretty weird that they made the Vanilla astray as a P-bandai.

>>5558331
https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1032419179&ref=list

Why would you want it though? Getting the Kai + old Aile Strike + black and red paint would be cheaper.

If I can find my extra Strike shields and rifles, i'll give it to you even. I have too many of those things

>>5557054
>Meanwhile http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYKP-303/Sci comes with a sheet of waterslides for all 1/144 TSFs, including F15.

Does anyone know if it still comes with the Laser-class and decals or was it just for preorders?

>>5558568
At the time of the Kai's release, that was red frames current form in the series and thus had the most current exposure and relevance for maximum sales. Years down the line they were doing a spat of p-bandai astray releases alongside the release of the new hg astray and the new manga starting so they took the opportunity to toss out a mg of the regular one as a p bandai since the original astray manga was a decade old at that point and they didn't want to cannibalize sales from the hg newly released.

>>5558583
I see, though it still perplexes me that that didn't wait a bit longer to make it standard like a year after kai.
I can understand blue frame though but red frame is still a weird one to see P-Bandai.

>>5558577
or you could buy the third party conversion kit.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TGF-Gun-Shield-Backpack-kit-for-Bandai-1-100-MG-MBF-P02-Gundam-Astray-Red-Frame-/281717046698?hash=item4197a4fdaa:g:RzAAAOSwpDdVdpOL

dont forget your flight back too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Effect-Wing-Flight-Backbag-for-Bandai-RG-MBF-P02-Gundam-Astray-Red-Blue-Frame-/272172585337?hash=item3f5ec01179:g:aRcAAOSwwE5WaO1y

>>5558625
That flight pack is 1/144

>>5558579
That kit hasn't been reissued by Koto, so whatever stock is still out there IS the first release (with the bonuses).

Is the 1/100 Barbatos a legit MG or an upscaled HG?

>>5558686
The 1/100 IBOs are not MGs, but they're higher detail than HGs.

>>5558690
Wow. The inner frame is pretty detailed, can't wait to see what the MG looks like.

>>5558676
pretty cool
dem piledrivers
too bad he'll be kill in the next ep

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>>5558641
Oh, cool. What other kits in circulation come with little BETAs? I'm late to the party so I had given up on the idea of a diorama, but if it's possible without breaking the wallet in two and force-feeding one half to the other, I'm all up for it.

>>5558629
ugh too many links, theres also a 1/100 version.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EffectsWings-Flight-Backbag-for-Bandai-MG-MBF-P02-Gundam-Astray-Red-Blue-Frame-/281861225932?hash=item41a03cfdcc:g:epsAAOSwLzdWTZBc

>>5558727
cheers

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Did we really need a 2.0?

>>5558817
>did Bandai really need more money?

>>5558817
Yes.

You dont have to buy it.

If you want your way, go work for BANDAI.

>>5558834
If I could get Bandai to hire me to decide what kits they made I would.

>>5558817
Sure why not. There's nothing quite like spiky and opening parts.

>mfw kotos violence ram can move via motor
I need to get the power assist unit

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Finally getting around to painting the zaku. Airbrushed and coated for now. Once I get the body done itll be time for some weathering and drybrushing.

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decided on the layout and finished modding the shoulders and pack for extra mounts
total armarments are 2x 9.8m Battle axes, 1x 120mm rifle, 1x anti ship bazooka, and 2x Revolver type Grenade rifles. member 2 of 3 for my graze squad is coming along
>I need to get the power assist unit
any where i can still buy this? i cant seem to find it on 1999

>>5558817
Yes it did.

>>5558910
Looks like it's making the same pose as Venom Snake from the thumbnail

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>>5558929
you mean the peace sign? I was more thinking of the end of Stardust, but whatever references kids get now works I guess.

>>5558912

>Graze Clusterfuck Custom

what, are you trying to win a gunpla contest in japan or something

>>5558988
Looks like it could use more dakka to me. Like more missle pods, twin gigantic gatlings over the shoulders, and the arm mounts could hold double giant gatlings!

But yeah, does look a bit too busy, less he's going into a gunpla contest.

>>5558988
Gbwc is going tk be absolutely filled with graze this year. Just like last year was filled with grimoire and petit-guy

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>>5558959
No no, I mean the arm, combined with the trashcan make the thumbnail look like its replicating this.

The colors are even switched (V.Snake - Green , Arm - Red / Trashcan - Red , Arm - Green

Just a silly coincidence.

>>5559021
ahh

>>5558817
well.....the firts one was realy outdate BUT there are many other older gundam that realy need it MORE like the GP series, G gundam....etc etc. But you know....this one sell better and actualy i dont have a freedom so im ok with this (i like it more, fuck canon shit for model kits)

>>5558700
>What other kits in circulation come with little BETAs
I ain't listing that shit for you, do your own damn research:

http://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/product-category/plastic-model/
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/search?searchkey=muv+luv+kotobukiya&sold=0

>>5559019
Calling it this year, ton of graze, and actually a ton of early-type guntank.

>>5559066
We saw guntanks last year and its sort of "out of season" due to being slmost a year since its release now. Expect a resurgance of thunderbolt stuff though.

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Got a phasma kit today, the mirror coating is amazing. Shame it doesn't come across as well in photos

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>>5559080

>not undergated

why bother

>>5559155
most of it is undergated, there's a couple of bits that aren't

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>Want to make a police unit looking graze
>accidentally forget what I'm doing halfway through and it ends up looking like the police cruisers in my county

oh god what have I done, I have to go through with this now, guess I'll finish clearing nub marks like on the gun, do paint touch ups and finish the other leg

at least it was a good time to test painting for only ten bucks

>>5559173
>Want a police graze
>Made a police graze

I don't see the problem.

>>5559175
It sort of went from "cool space age police" to "mid-florida hick county" within a day, is what i mean.

>>5559173
less your one of the edgy "fuck the police" shitlords, it looks fine.

>>5559173
>>5559183

These guys are right! Fuck you, >>5559173
! Enjoy your well painted model, that easily reads as a police vehicle, fucker!

>>5559196
FUCK, HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT MYSELF

>>5559198

Well, what the fuck do you expect?! Waltzing in here with a competently made model! You brought it on yourself, bumblefuck!

>>5559200
that's it, I'm never doing gunpla again

in fact I'm going out to my shed to hang myself with a piano wire, where eventually the fucking police in cars that look like my graze will show up to find my body, only insulting me more

>>5559181
>Gjallarhorn offers pseudo-retirement position in bumfuck nowhere to well-respected older man
>He misses the real action he used to see
>IBO shit happens
>He gets back in the fray with his police graze

>>5559203

Yeah, try not to make anymore nice looking kits on your way out there, shithead.

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>>5559203
spite them and freebleed all over their asses first, my radfem kommrad

>>5559213
>He kills the only black tekkadan member

>>5558912
You can check ebay or wait for hlj to restock

>>5559213
>gets attacked by a #alldebrismatters memeber

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>>5559308
>gets attacked by a #alldebrismatters memeber

This guy specifically.

>>5559359
He looks too Punjabi to be black, the only black tekkadan member ive seen other than the mechanic was one of the lil kids

>>5559359
Ugh, this style really look awful on anyone that isn't caucasian. Why did they even bother.

>>5559415
I think Chad Chadan looks alright

What's a girly paintjob to give an MG Zeta Gundam?

>>5559475
Pink and those adhesive plastic gems for phones you can pick up at the check out in wallmart. They really work and look girly as fuck.

>>5559430
And at least his name is better than "Ride Mass".

>>5559475
Yellow and white.

Both Pink and purple have already been done before.

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>>5558912

>>5559483
>>5559485
Anything else I can do to "Girly" it up without going too overboard?

>>5559492
Cutesy decals.

>>5559492
Anon, go full pastel, make an Easter color scheme with a basket and bunny ear head band.

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>>5559492
Fuck around with proportions

>>5559475
Change it's colours to pastel light blue, pastel pink, pastel yellow and the black to light grey.

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>>5558988
>>5559490
rotating the side boosters seem to even out the balance a bit, was going for a more CAWS suit with anti ship weapons

>>5559708

This is nice, good job,.

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>shit you can do with MSG Generator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFFvHUxM2Fc

>>5558817
Better than all the fucking zaku, doms, goufs, gms with some minimal color changes we get every fucking year.

>>5560124
>gms with some minimal color changes
hwat

>About to start my yearly big project that involves a lot of scratchbuilding.
>realize I forgot to bring a ruler with me when I moved.

Don't you just hate when you get all hyped up for a project and then something like this happens? It's like the blueballs of modeling.

>>5560124
But we still don't have a MG gouf custom 2.0

>>5560128
Ok let me clarify it:
>rehashing the same mold
>add some new weapons/small detail

Where as MG 2.0 are always new frame and mold and etc.

>>5560135
>Where as MG 2.0 are always new frame and mold and etc.

The Hyaku Shiki 2.0 reuses parts from MG Delta Plus. Specifically leg parts.

>>5558817
Well they need to get on to making the damn Wing Zero EW into a 2.0 or get to work on a 2.0 of the Kampfer.

>Finish assembling MG Marasai
>Prepare to cement it together and then paint.
>Realize that I'm not so confident of my painting skills and wonder how long it'll take for each individual piece to be hand-painted along with the Mr.Retarder shit.
Crap, I need a fuckton more alligator clips than I think I do. Anyone got any music to paint shit during so I'll get a bit more confident.

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Mistook this for a future MG for a second, why must they taunt us

>>5560152
>Realize that I'm not so confident of my painting skills and wonder how long it'll take for each individual piece to be hand-painted along with the Mr.Retarder shit.
Get some plastic spoons, dude. Ain't nothing wrong with fucking up on one of those.

>>5560082
How terrifying.

>>5554765
Doing an RG-style color scheme? What others have said, the grays are too stark from the white, not so radical a difference in shade.
Also, notice how the upper chestplate is effectively three, four sections and many of the yellow parts are sectioned (everywhere) or can be (head crest)? That's more points to do shade differences.

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Has anyone attempted to make GM Amazing Red Warrior?

New thread: >>5560299

>>5557625
Build Gundam MK.II is one of the shittiest MGs ever released. I hope you realize what an old kit it is.