Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General

>>5583270
I'm interested to see how this turns out, keep us posted

I got my first Converge figure: Zakrello
He's pretty cool. They have a ton of detail for $6 and at such a small scale. Now I want some others. Any recommendations?

>>5583460
Ask the Roobot Damashii thread.

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>>5583420
Don't forget to slap a Type-R decal on the shoulder. That's like, +5 horsepower right there.

Question, whats your preference with knife poses?

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>>5583460
desu, get everything you can get your hands on.

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Now I've seen molding errors, but this is some next level shit.

>inb4 buying 4D kits

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>>5583555
It was easy enough to fix.

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>>5583561
You'd think 1/6 kit would have twice the detail of 1/12, but nope.

Will need to cut some grooves here.

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>>5583565
I don't know why they think that's where the handle should go, I ain't putting it there.

Should be a fun little kit.

>>5583569
The barrel and M203 is way too long

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Toying around with a color scheme. Not sure if I should make the shoulders red or leave them as is.

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>>5583588
I think it's more ideal to have only the upper arms be red, but that's just my bloody opinion.

>>5583600
kek'd

>>5583600
I think I'd lose too much red if I did that, and a flesh tone on the arms would just look silly.

april restock list pls

>>5583628
You don't use flesh tone, just more brown.

Also, you've got red on the head. That's already way more red than on Mundee.

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>>5583600
nice one

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>>5583638
Alright, alright... made a few tweaks, and I think it turned out better.

>>5583665
the 3 should be on the side of the arm

>>5583530
Aren't these worth tons individually because people feel empty if they don't have the entire collection?

So far, I've only bought standalone ones like Operation V and Knight Gundam.

Gonna get my first RG
How's RG Zeta?

>>5583530
Converge are pretty cool, but I feel like they've settled into more "standard" SD proportions. I liked the very beginning of the line, when the proportions were weirder, like the super long snouts on the Zakus and Goufs. I would have liked to see that carry through to more exaggerated proportions on the rest of the line. Heck, they even normalized the snouts when they did the reissue Zakus. Shame.

>>5583779
You'll love the Expand gashapon ones then.

>Google+ layout
Noice

Fuck, it happened here aswell

test

>>5583800
Wait a minute.

>>5583729
No don't do it. Out of all RG kits to avoid it's the zeta gundam, Combination of loose parts and construction makes it very easy to break if you aren't careful.

Anybody know of a way to purchase a B-Club kit that is out of print? Is there a service that might be able to help, or am I just SOL?

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>It's Friday fellow name-fags.

What is going to be your weekend project?

Also, this open camera app I've seen suggested around here works really well. I need to adjust the image size though. Before I cropped it this pic was over 4 mb.

>>5583844
Is that so? What are the other RG kits that I should avoid too?

>>5583891

The older ones.

RX-78, Zaku II are hand grenades

GP-01 has the core fighter in its chest, so stability is shot unless you put it on a stand.

>>5583886

Bend over and get the lube.

>>5583895
>>5583891

i've heard the RX-78 is fragile but I don't have one. As for the zaku, i have one and i think it's perfectly sturdy.

from what I know, RX-78 and zeta are the only really bad ones.

what a silly website

>>5583904
Ok thanks for the info. I already decided to get 00 Raiser

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I know it's supposed to be stylized, but why does the High Res barbatos frame look likr such ass compared to the much cheaper ng and hg?

>>5583913

It's supposed to be rusting?

Probably working off old lineart.

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>>5583915
It's not supposed to look rusted, especially with the armor being titanium plated. Its just a secondary frame color to break up the grey.

And it's based on stylized lineart, not old lineart.

>>5583913
The colors they chose are ugly, but it's a frame, the appeal is all the pistons and shit.

Reply to this post, and the name that appears is the name of your next custom.

GO!

>>5583945
Aight.

>>5583945
It won't really work though
Maybe as a callsign

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I'm getting in my RG barzam conversion kit from the chinks soon. Is there any other non resin conversion kits that are interesting? Also open to 3rd party accessories like guns and flight packs and swords. God damn I love knockoffs.

I'm in the early stages of planning on kitbashing the sprukit master chief with a gundam to make one of these.

>>5583945

Rolling

>>5583945
pls be gud

>>5583989

good name for a fancy lady suit

New to this, for painting parts do I want to take out the polycaps before priming the parts or will they be fine most likely?

>>5583588
>>5583600
yer bloody wanker.
[spoiler]i rike it.[/spoiler]

>>5584020

they will be ok, but it will gum them up a bit and the paint will flake off (can be good or bad I guess)

It's best to just wrap a little tape around them if you can. You could take them out but then you have to clean the holes out. Often you can't take them out because you are welding the parts they are inside.

>>5584034
Yeah I haven't done any gluing yet because I wasn't sure on the polycaps thing. And yeah the tape sounds like a good solution, thanks.

Also, I have some particularly poor looking gashes from trying to use my hobby knife to remove nubs (Have sanding sticks now which are working so much better), what stuff can I find locally to fill those in?

>>5583947
Huh, not bad.

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I'm looking into making a compilation image of Barnes and Noble Sengoku Astrays.

Anyone mind sharing any pics of them they have?

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>>5584105

Not astray, but I do have bird mode.

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>>5584108

Also, check out my Transformer

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>>5583982
Fuck, you reminded me of the Mk. I prototype. Some Frame Arms and MSG kits should do it for the details and weapons yeah?

>>5584108
That actually looks kind of cool. Could work as harpy monstergirl.

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>Kit Never

What suit are you keeping a candle lit for?

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>>5584199
There are more gundam kits available that I could ever build, I have cravings for other mechs.

Specifically the Xenoblade X mechs.
They're forever never evers

>>5583904
My Zaku likes to have several of his hip plates go flying with projectile velocity if I try to repose him, otherwise not nearly as bad as many others. And yes I have tried to stiffen up the joints a bit does nothing because they just aren't loose in the first place and any more would make them impossible to stick in.

>>5584199

Messala Dinofaust, Thunderbolt Guntank/Acguy/Gouf,

G-Recten and Hecate

I wasn't even crazy about G-Reco I just like those designs

>>5584212

>Recten

My nigga.

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>>5584212
>Not Thunderbolt Gogg

You look me in the eyes and tell me this shit don't look tight as fuck.

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>>5584199
At last my wait is over

>>5584218

that's true colleen, you can add all the thunderbolt kits

>>5584218
Almost all TB suit looks good

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>>5584227

TB Acguy looks mean.

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>>5584227

>almost all

>>5584247

god I hate that thing

I understand why it's neat from a functional perspective, but that's not why I care about giant humanoid robots tbdesu

>>5584247
>>5584251
>not liking Ball, The Gundam

It's ugly but I can't hate it knowing it's a fucking Ball with shit slapped all over it

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>>5584251

It's also not UC at all, and everything else is modified UC.

>>5584254

>he doesn't know about ball gundam

>>5584218
That looks like the missing link between gogg and hygogg.

>>5584247
It looks so out of place for a UC unit, more fitting in 00 or seed.

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>>5584105
a BN compilation? I got ya. this isnt everything I have seen before, but this should help ya.

I will start with my local BN's astray, an actual decent build, only issue i noticed was the blade was warped. other then that his nubs were all filed down that I noticed. Still need to get around to remembering to take my camera for the Gundam Fenice display. He actually panel lined it and everything.

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>>5584105

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>>5584291

>>5584311
I will never understand why over half of them have their hands reversed or upside down.

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>>5584218
>>5584212
>>5584244
I was wondering about this for a while now, is Thunderbolt canonical UC? or is it some alternate reality spin off UC?

>>5584105

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>>5584327
can't find it in my collection but I see one with an upside down Vfin.

>>5584331

It's an alternate universe, that's why the model numbers are identical to the 0079 suits and they have their own HG line. Author said banrise basically didn't care at first so he just did his own thing which let him be more creative with the direction and not having to fit in the rest of the stuff exactly.

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>>5584338

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>>5584345
gotta say I really hope they decide to use it as a 'reboot' for the gundam UC series. It's got the best of both worlds, creative freedom and ability to make use of the more iconic UC suits without falling into the trap Seed did.

>>5584357

I'm fine with it staying an alternate universe, comics do it all the time because you can't tell as interesting stories if you have to stay in the confines of everything that has happened or is happening or will happen. It leads to the weird issues in gundam where like half the suits are prototypes etc.

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>>5584364
More production type gundams would be nice, and some of them being field modified like how barbatos being constantly changed, or the Ez-8 being made from scrounged up parts, oh and Karens GM head gundam.

>>5583945
Let's see what I get.

>>5583945
What will it be?

>>5584375
>Brian Goodwin
I just played Firewatch this past week. Hated the game, but that kid made me feel something.

Also, nice variety.

>>5583945
'K

>>5583945
Hmmm.


>>5584397
That was meant for a post on how my collections beginning to get too large, was gonna ask what kind of glass shelf people prefer for display.

Jesus fucking christ what the fuck is with capcha? It either refreshes an image i click on with a new image or give me buggy fucking street sign capcha that marks as incorrect.

>>5583423
You know the last thread isn't even in autosage yet right?

Well this is just rude.
http://www.gundamplanet.com/mg-xxxg-01h2-gundam-heavyarms-custom-ew-ver.html

>>5584429
I thought it was real for a second but then it hit me that it's April fools.

>>5584436
>MG
>Not P Bandai
No one should fall for this

>>5584429
FUCK

Maybe by the time I actually know what I'm doing a real one will come out. I want to do a custom paint job on one of those for a friend who I showed Build Fighters and Wing to and Heavyarms Custom was his favorite thing.

>>5584429
>get email from GP
>skim it and see that at the end
>think it's just them restocking the original MG because I don't know Wing
>see link in /gpg/ and find out it's their April Fool's prank

>>5584465
It's honestly not that hard to make. It's just a paintjob on the MG EW and then adding on the guns from the old 1/100 kit.
That's literally it

>>5584481
Yeah, if it comes down to that it might be what I do.

>>5584345

Manga is AU OYW that went on longer and second volume has insane monks fighting Zeon remnants.

TV series is just a UC sidestore and it is canon. All of the variants are just regular suits with cool backpacks, due to the colony debris.

>>5584429
Fuck that, it's the most commonly done kit of heavyarms and is the version with the least heavyarms-like colors.

Give me a modern kit of the TV version with the RD's proportions.

>>5584506
>Manga is AU OYW that went on longer

Not exactly. The war still TECHNICALLY ends with the signing of the surrender and the forming of the republic of Zeon, but the zeon military basically says "Fuck that shit" and carries on fighting.

>second volume has insane monks fighting Zeon remnants.

That's past the second volume. The first several volumes deal with events in the thunderbolt sector and carry into the battle of A baoa qu.

>TV series

There is no TV series. It's several short OVA released over the internet to advertise the manga and renew interest in the kits.

>and it is canon
Gundam (And Japan in general) doesn't really give a shit about canon and even then it's not really part of the main series setting. They straight up aren't variants either, they share the exact model number as the original MS.

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>Eagerly waiting for a big kit to arrive in the mail
>This is gonna be the highlight of my otherwise shitty and difficult week
>Holy shit it got here today
>They sent the wrong one
Hopes dashed, nothing to build this weekend, now have to hassle with sending this big thing back and hoping they'll send me the right one this time.

>>5584549
Is the kit worse than the one you wanted? Might be worth a try.

>>5584546
>That's past the second volume. The first several volumes deal with events in the thunderbolt sector and carry into the battle of A baoa qu.

I meant, the second part of the manga, the one on earth.

Used to comic terms, not manga ones.

>>5584506

Citation fucking needed

>>5584551
I don't know if it's WORSE necessarily, but it's not what I wanted. Ordered HMM Geno Breaker, got Geno Saurer instead. Both Raven Vers.

I guess a Geno Saurer isn't the worst thing in the world, but this is probably the most I've ever spent on a kit so I kinda wanted it to be exactly the one I wanted, y'know?

>>5584574
"If it's animated, it's official!".......which was said by a producer in relation to a question about which MS designs are canon as with side stories, manga, and MSV there are a ton floating around.

People misquote it a lot and think it means that all animated UC series are canon to the main animated timeline.

>>5584590
My personal rule is everything is canon unless there is a direct contradiction, in which case I pick whichever thing I like better.

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>>5584199

>>5584199
Any Shuffle Alliance.

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Working on a paint scheme for the GM. I'm thankful for any and all feedback.

>>5584732
Looks nice, just add grey to the circular bits on the side of the joints.
I'm doing a GM Cannon II currently. Gonna try to add the twin loto tank treads and weapons to it.

>>5584364
>I'm fine with it staying an alternate universe,
well I didnt mean 'reboot' as in it becomes the new 'official' main series UC. Why i put reboot in quatations in the cause I wasnt sure what was the best phrasing for what I meant.

I just want a big UC based series that is set in an alternate telling of the one year war and thus allowed to do quite a bit of creative designs. the fact thunderbolt exists and is showing some level of popularity gives me hope this could occur.

>>5584741
Not to mention the UC Canon is already a huge clusterfuck.

>>5584741

oh I see what you mean, yeah I'd love if they would do more than how short the OVA is supposed to be

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>>5584741
What you're looking for then is teh Gundam Origin Manga. Basically it's a retelling o fthe original series with changes to the characters, MS, history, and lots of background information added.

The current OVAs are just adapting the manga original flashback chapters.

>>5583982
look up 'Frame Arms'

>>5584740
The Type32 treads? how would you fit them on there?

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Well fixed the problems with this dumb thing, now I'm gonna paint it up like a shard of the aggrocrag

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>>5584761
>>5584741

Origins is fucking fantastic. It changes things slightly to make stuff more sensible, but it still respects the source material. Also, god tier Yaz art.

>>5584819

What the hell am I looking at?

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>>5584830

it's a starcraft 2 pylon usb charger that had a terrible paintjob from the factory

>>5584835

It looked like a dragon dildo.

Not that kind of /toy/, buddy.

>>5584837

Ok dad

>>5584109
my autism is in overdrive

>>5584837
Im not your buddy pal

>>5584853
He's not your pal, friend

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I tried to make a few variants of the first one. I'm leaning mostly towards 1, but i'm not quite sure which to go with.

feedback is appreciated ofcourse

>>5584877
I like 2.

>>5584877
I like 2 best, specially the lack of perfect white, it might work with 1's lighter grey better

>>5584886
You might be right. The white does look a bit bright.

>>5584858
I'm not your friend, guy

>>5584877
2

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>>5584199
Just give me an HGUC
PLEASE

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>>5584920
You have an RE 1/100 at least. Give those that really need it one.

>>5584920
>what is the 1/100
are you retarded?

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>>5584199
Someday.

>>5584925
>HGUC
Learn how to read.

>>5584931
>MUH 1/144 SCALE
fuck off, be glad you shit at least got a fucking kit

>>5584931
Learn how to read between the lines.

>>5584964
Irrelevant. I only own 1/144. Therefore, I want a kit that scales with the rest.

>>5584968
Start buying 1/100 kits then. Problem solved. Now you can enjoy the best of both worlds.

>>5584969
I don't like 1/100. Too damn big.

>>5584971
Son... you might just be literally retarded.

>>5584973
Because I don't like 1/100? Get a grip and go outside.

>>5584974
Because you used literally the worst justification for not liking 1/100.

Considering massive 1/144 units exist that are nearly the size of 1/100s and there are 1/100s that are the size of 1/144s saying "They're too big" is a terrible justification.

Saying "They cost too much" is a far more acceptable reasoning or "Not enough units that I like to justify getting them" (though there's clearly one you do quite like) would be better than just "they're too big."

>>5584971
If you go gradually they should still fit inside.

>>5584979
The average 1/144 is much smaller than the average 1/100. Sure, there are some things like the Psycho Gundam or the Dendrobium that are bigger, but I don't have those so they don't apply to me. Biggest 1/144 I have is the Delta Kai.
Fuck off.

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oogssg-fag here,

just finishing up the parts now.

is there anything i should prep my paint for?

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>>5585000
wrong pic

>>5584982
>>5584981
>>5584979
>>5584974
>>5584973
>>5584971
YOU JUST GOT PRANKED
HAHA GOT EM
APRIL FOOLS FUCKBOIS

>>5585002
Mix up some grey, especially for the stripes on the sides of the legs, the backpack thrusters, maybe the recesses on the GN Drives, the trapezoidal ridges on the clear parts of the GN Swords, the areas on the giant white sword pieces for the Buster Sword that gets exposed in shield mode (there's also raised areas in shield mode that should have some green), and the trim around the faceplate. Maybe parts of the feet if you're up for it, like the sides, bottom, and the topmost ridge.

There's also the clear parts that are molded in plain clear and the yellow for parts of the v-fin.

Also, use the images on the box and in the instructions for reference.

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>>5585018
thanks

What models are the most play friendly? Or should I just stick to RDs?

>>5585037
You should just stick to RDs. They use hard PVC and solid ABS so it'll be a lot sturdier than the polystyrene and soft ABS with hollow parts of gunpla.

That said, most HG 1/144s are pretty playable. I mean, you don't want to bang them around or anything but they're not hand grenades, especially if you glue down some parts that aren't meant to move, like V-fins

>>5585037

stark jegan is really solid

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>>5584835

Doing the inserts on the big sides a darker candy red

I did some shading first with transparent smoke to make it more interesting on such a large surface. The rest will be gold and the center gem thing will be green, it's supposed to be like all blood elf burning crusade looking.

>>5585072

I've started on the crystal too, but the first coat is clear yellow so it looks like a giant piss rock right now

>>5584968
keep waiting another decade then faggot

>>5585037
RG 1/144

>>5584968

You scalefags are the worst.

>>5584877
I like 1 best, 2 is fine too, but a bit too dark with the white.

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Should I add an orange?

>>5585124
definitely

>>5585124
You fruitcake you.

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>>5585124
I don't see why not?

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Seeing some nice custom Graze builds. I wonder if anyone started doing Zeon based builds or EFSF customs of the Graze.

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>>5585127
>>5585128
>>5585133
Better?

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>>5584199
But it did get a kit.

>>5585140
I like it

>>5585102
By that I meant the grey is too dark for the white. I prefer the off-white look better. But I Prefer 1's greys.

>>5585139
came.jpg

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oogssg fag here with an update,

not doing any major detailing yet.

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What went wrong?

>>5585200
Wrong board and thread

.

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>>5585200
If its models nothing went wrong at all because we get the Amazing Fucking Red Warrior!

>>5585200
You missed /m/ where there are already like 3 threads currently up for it.

We talk plamo here and the models for it were pretty nice. .

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>>5585206
>Red Warrior
>good

>>5585210
It's bad because Char wasn't using it, only some Japanese kid wearing upside down sunglasses.

>>5585210
So what would you call good then?

>>5585210
Pretty late for an April Fool's joke, eh?

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>>5585210
>Not liking red warrior

It's a happy medium between regular RX-78 and FA Gundam. It's got more armor and guns than the original but isn't as slow as the FA.

Plus it's red.

>>5585075
Post it anyway.

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>>5585207
Only a handful of kits had issues but even then they were pretty good kits.

>>5585226
I think Red warrior is the perfect balance for armor and weapon without losing too much speed.

>>5583887
FINALLY refinishing the shoulders for Barbatos.
...
No that's it I'll have to wait for those and the GP Base to cure before moving ahead with other stuff.

>>5584199
Mahiroo.

>>5584199
Will never see the Abigorbine even though sunrise actually put the effort into making it a custom unit.

>>5584583
>most I've ever spent

why are there so many plebs in this hobby?

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I hope this is the right thread
I've never bought a model kit and want to start from something relatively cheap
Is this a good buy?

>>5585358
LMHG Neon Genesis Evangelion - EVA-01 Test Type Plastic Model
on AmiAmi

>>5585297

At least there's an Abigor... You could probably make those mods pretty easily.

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>>5584884
>>5584886
>>5584898
>>5585102

I present to you the GM alex!

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>>5585358
>>5585360
Well...that wasn't a bad kit for its time, but it's WAY outdated. Like 16 years outdated. If you want an Eva 01, Koyobukiya's recent one (pictured here) is a little pricier, but is an infinitely better kit.

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>>5585358
>>5585360
And if you just want a cheap starter kit in general, I highly recommend starting with one of the 1/144 Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans kits instead. They are marvelously cheap, really well made, and almost any one of them would make an excellent intro into model kits.

>>5585206

literally the most boring suit of the season

>>5585459
Would it be possible to give this guy's arms to the LMHG? Or are sizes too different?

>>5585481
Uhhh...maybe? It's been a long time since I built the LMHG and I don't have it with me, but I seem to recall it being about a similar size to the Kotobukiya kit. I could be wrong though. But why would you want to do that? You'd just pay a high price to have nice arms on an otherwise oudated and sorta shit kit. And the shades of color wouldn't match up without painting. And you would probably need to do extensive modification to get the joints to match up. It's a pain in the ass and not worth it whatsoever. And if you are the guy who was asking about it in the first place, it's REALLY not the kind of thing a newbie modeler could or should tackle.

I don't usually do gloss coats (spray can), but i keep getting that orange peel effect, and i don't know what i'm doing wrong. any help ?

>>5585491
>an otherwise oudated and sorta shit kit
The arms are the only bad thing about the LMHG. Otherwise it's a great kit considering it's age.

>And the shades of color wouldn't match up without painting
>without painting
Pfft.

>And you would probably need to do extensive modification to get the joints to match up. It's a pain in the ass and not worth it whatsoever.
Making new arms from scratch would be an even bigger pain in the ass.

>>5585499
Okay, fair enough, maybe I am remembering the LMHG too harshly. After all, I DID build it right when it came out...which again, was 16 years ago. Not sure why you're scoffing at painting, are you suggesting a newbie who's never built before should jump right into painting? And yes, sure, building new arms from scratch WOULD be a pain in the ass, but isn't that kinda off topic? I'm asking why go through that pain of replacing the LMHG arms in the first place, rather than just building the Koto kit as-is?

>>5585507
I'm not that guy. I was making a snarky remark againt snapfags.

>are you suggesting a newbie who's never built before should jump right into painting?
Why not? I did.

>why go through that pain of replacing the LMHG arms in the first place, rather than just building the Koto kit as-is?
Because the Koto kit is Rebuild garbage and the LMHG has the most accurate proportions out of any TV Eva figure or kit ever released.

I've never watched Gundam, but robot girls are my fetish and GN Archer and Nobel look erotic as fuck. Should I get them?

>>5584357
>>5584316
Why does every single one have fucking Coldsteel Gundam?

>>5584316
Is this the B+N in Winston-Salem?

>>5584338
>Sengoku Astray's bigass hands dual wielding forward-facing beamsabers

That would actually be pretty fucking effective.

Building my first RG (Z'Gok) and the joints on the frame are tight as fuck and kinda scary to move, to be honest. Any tips on loosening before I start putting the "armor" on it?

>>5585524

put the armor on first, then move it. the armor prevents it from bending in fragile places where it can break if you try to move it naked.

>>5585226
>>5585253
The red makes it go faster!!!

>>5585461
Speaking of which, how are the Iron Blooded Orphans 1/100 kits? They're really cheap, but I guess they don't have a grade so I'm worried about the quality.

>>5585253
Strangely i prefer the GFF version over the new MG and HG, GFF has more meat and armor but not too bulky, while the new hg and mg body is repainted rx78 without added bulk.

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>>5585511

Yes, but be prepared to pay rape prices for them.

G-Arcane is cute, too, if you want grill suits.

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Havn't posted for a while since I got back from Japan. I've been slackin, and I really want to decal my Tallgeese and waterslide my Nu Gundam.


Anyhow I decided to decal this old MG up,
I reckon I may clear coat it instead of matte coat this time.

Btw Im seriously keen to see the #200 HG announcement soon.

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>>5585626
Oh and heres an angle with my roommates american flag lel

What are those MSS Zoids on HLJ and should I get Command Wolf or Sinker?

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>>5585639

>>5585511
>>5585619
GN Archer is on the April restock list

>>5585626
I'm pretty sure #200 is Force Impulse.

>>5585677
I personally don't own any but spent a long time researching them to see if I wanted them for my collection. Sinker is really the only one I am leaning on the most to get but only because the likelihood of it getting an hmm are so low.

First you need to realize these are 144 scale, so half the size of the original and hmm zoids. Their articulation appears pretty decent for their size, and no where near as complex to build as an hmm. Of course on the flip side not being complicated means it has a lot less of the really interesting main body articulation the hmm has. The 144 scale could prolly be a good thing if you want to display the zoids with hg gundams, compare just how much bigger a gundam is then a zoid. But you really want to double check the price of the command wolf with its hmm counterparts and decide wether or not it might be better to just spend a little extra for the bigger one then the little one and feel like you did not get your money worth.

They also come with diorama bases, excluding the great saber iirc. Not too shabby but the best one imo is the translucent ocean that the sinker comes with. You stick a light under it and you got an awesome display piece, heck could then easily use that for some other aquatic based model kit as well like maybe a zgok

Personally I say the sinker since he really won't get any other models made in other lines and he is shockingly articulated from what I hear despite being such a simple design.

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>>5585723
Couple things I forgot to add. First is because of how tiny these guys are compared to an hg, the parts can be very tiny and difficult to work with, so just be careful with them.

Second is apparently the instructions are not as Non Japanese friendly as bandai or kotobukiya. I hear they lack symbols and just use words instead for things like 'snip this bit here' or 'be sure not to accidentally snip too much here. That sort of thing.

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>>5585712
Nah mate, force impulse was announced, #200 had no name and was a mystery.

>>5585712
Nope that's 198

#200 will be a zaku II. And people will buy it.

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>>5585763
Wrong its another RX78-2 revive but its origin version this time

Ok but seriously, what do people want a new kit/revive of? I wouldn't mind a GM revive at this point, but not really sure since #200 doesn't state if its a revive or not I think.
Hell a Hyaku Shiki with updated articulation akin to MG would be dandy.

>>5585870
ALEX.
REVIVE ALEX.

>>5585744
>>5585763
>>5585870
>>5585876
Whats the chances of it being another extreme gundam or something completely original?

>>5585870
Iirc the #200 was announced as a revive at the gunpla expo it was first teased at. It was also displayed next to two other upcoming revive releases (force impulse and gyan).

It's going to be a revive. As a serious guess I'm going to say it's going to be Zeta or Nu.

As a huge anniversary release it's pretty much garunteed to be a gundam and a lead one at that.

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>>5585976
>Come see the happiest Gunpla in the world, in our fabulous beerquarium

>>5585988
Gonna be RX-78-2 Ral Custom.

>>5585988
What if it turns out to be the G-Saviour complete with a complete redesign of the series?

>>5585870
Kits that deserve a revive are as follows.
GP01,GP02,GP03, Zeta, Kampfer, Hyakushiki, and Alex.

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>>5585988
Those proportions...

>>5586031
>Kampfer
What's wrong with the one we have?

>>5586055
It's a nice kit but an upgrade is nice to see. Oh forgot to say that Exia needs a revive, the kit was made when Bandai was still using old joints that really didn't make exia all that much pose-able.

>>5586063
I read that as "I pull shit out of my ass and have no idea what I'm on about"

>>5585744
Which is more superior, Gundma Ver.3 or Origin?

Which Gunpla is the most advanced tech wise? Is it the PG Strike, MG Gundam Ver.3 or something else?

>>5586071
Exia - Single jointed with slightly over 90 degree arms, limited jointed ankle, ball jointed legs that cannot do a full split, the plastic used for the arm joint is prone to wear out, same with the head, the waist has no crunch and is limited to swivels.

The exia will benefit from double jointed arms, the newer plastic used for joints in revive kits so it doesn't wear down as quickly, a torso crunch, better hip and ankle articulation will make it pull off better and more dynamic poses for melee, and the GN Sword needs the ability to have its gun and blade move away from the hands completely so exia can pose with any of the 7 sword in hand without it getting in the way.

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How'd I do on the hand-painting front guys?

>>5586097
Don't be a pussy, do the stripes as well.

Do 1/100 HGs take less time than MGs?

>>5586120
There is no such thing as a 1/100 HG, just non graded 1/100 kits.

But yes, they usually are simpler and quicker than MGs, comparable to HG kits, just sometimes slightly more complex due to the extra space to work with

>>5586130
Or Re 1/100

>>5586120
There are no hg 1/100 unless you count wing,g and X kits. Only no grades or re 100 kits, they take less time but the quality varies, anything outside of Iron blooded 1/100 will lack an inner frame, and the Re-100 kits be a step up from other 1/100 kits and 1/144 hg kits but below master grade.

>>5586097
>neat brush
>patience
>tape

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>>5586146

he was hand painting Mr. Color

>>5586140
So the 1/100 IBO kits are good?

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>>5586157

there's only one problem with them

>>5586157
Yes.

>>5585870
It's Exia or Zeta.

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If I want to replicate this, do I want semi-gloss or matte for the overcoat?

hey, i'm thinking \of buying a pg, any recommendations?

>>5586087
They meant the "an upgrade is nice" bit, m8. They're calling bullshit on why you said the Kampfer deserves a revive.
I'll second that it does deserve one, though. Sure, the current kit is fine, but that's despite its age, thanks to the quality of the base design. It's precisely due to the great design that a revive would be so killer.

>>5586316
I think the hg doesn't need a revive anytime soon nearly as much as a remake of the Kampfer for Master Grade, that kits like ancient now.

>>5586342
Oh man I'd be all over that shit.

>>5586345
Yeah what i wouldint give for the kampfer to be able to hold his chain mine in the air without glue or making a custom peg.

>>5585870
Abulhool, obviously.
Sefer Rasiel will also do

>>5586350
I wish if we get a Kampfer 2.0, we get an MG Kampfer Amazing out of it as well.

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Epic pose time.

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Tiny project for the evening, putting an orange SMD led in the barrel of my metal slug kit.

How good are the SRW kits? The fact that they are so expensive means that there is somehing

>>5586415
Where do you get these again? I love me some metal slug.

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>Bandai re-releasing the Thunderbolt HGs with slight color changes and calling it new kits
>still no news on the Thunderbolt MGs
I just want my MG Thunderbolt GM, dammit

>>5586372

how about just having an mg kampfer amazing with option parts instead?

Josh Darrah (Aus GBWC winner) is posting all his mods with full WIP guides for his Zeta+ C1 that he's entering in this years GBWC on his facebook page, thought you guys might be interested

>>5583716
lmfao no, they're gashapon shit

>>5586527
And still nothing on TB Gelgoog or Dom.

>>5586581
he's a rad guy

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catch you, catch me

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Does this look alright? Anything I can do to improve it?

>inb4 NOT THE RIGHT CAMO
I don't have the skill or patience to do the ACU, and I think tigerstripe looks cooler

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>Hear a crash from my closet
>Go to investigate
>Cat had managed to climb up onto the shelves
>On the ground are the first two diorama I ever made.
>All the trees snapped off and a ton of the branches and foliage too.
>Basically irreparable now.

>>5586623
>owning a cat and ever, ever leaving breakable shit where they can reach it
>>5586616
Is that the bare plastic underneath, not even a primer?

Is there a noticeable difference between white and grey primer?

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>>5586631
There quite literally is nowhere in my apartment that she cannot reach. I long ago gave up on it.

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>>5586631
Yeah. I REALLY liked the base colour, I wanted 3-color camo, and I couldn't replicate it myself.

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I got new lighting and have a new camera coming this week, it's amazing what a difference it makes even with just the lighting. This is just a phone pic.

RG Transformable Unicorn when

>>5586352
>>5586507
>>5586648
april fools is over, namefag

>>5586648
Don't you need a license to handle explosives?

>>5586648
Eh imagine them doing a fully transformable ZZ instead.

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How are the 1/100 IBO kits? I had a read on the wiki and apparently they've got less detail on the inside i.e no skeleton, but they're largely similar to an MG in outward appearance. They're pretty cheap, and I really like the simpler and more militarstic look of the Graze.

>>5586783
Wait scratch that, I was confusing what I read with the Reborn 100 series having a detailed outer but lacking an inner skeleton. So yeah, how's the lower than MG quality on the IBO 1/100 series hold up in practice?

>>5586783
>>5586786
I don't own it but dalong is a thing you know, along with a few youtube reviews out there

But if I remember right its a great kit, not quite as crazy articulated as the HG (no splits I think) but still pretty damn good

>>5586783
>>5586786

The IBO kits are fantastic. They have an inner frame, but overall have lower parts counts and simpler construction than a real MG kits and exclude several of the gimmicks that MG have.

The kits themselves are great though and I would definitely recommend them.

>>5585459
>>5585461
Thanks a lot for recommendations
Although I've never watched Gundam the models you recommended seem pretty cool and they all are really cheap

>>5586647
Nice shot, and nice paintjob. I thought the GP02 was ugly for so long but lately I'm developing sort of a weird fascination with it.

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I like Ace Combat. I also like Muv-Luv. Should I go through with this? Painting it should be easy enough, and all I really need is to get custom decals made.

>>5586814

Thanks, I like him because he's clearly a UC styled gundam but feels really different because of the chunk. I wish there were more gundam type suits that could have very different proportions like that.

>>5586816
Why not?

>>5586631
>owning a cat ever

should've stopped there. cats are meme shit pets for shit people.

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seeing this image, I'm fairly convinced that the gusion parts are almost interchangeable with barbatos.

What's a kit with a lot of thrusters I could harvest from?
Or is there separate packs with just a lot of thrusters?
I also got some styrene sheets today, for those that scratchbuild, what's your process? Like do you start off by sketching a rough design of what you want then cut it out into rectangles using a knife and a ruler?

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So i heard the former pilot of Blue Destiny is a jegan pilot now. Should i paint the regular jegan or ecoas jegan to blue destiny colors?

>>5586895
how big

cause thunderbolt psyco zaku comes with like 50 of them

>>5586867
Only almost. You will need to modify the thigh to knee joint on the barbatos frame in order to fit the frogman gusion parts.

>>5584583
Contact who you bought it from and get what you paid for. Genobreaker is an ungodly fun build.

>>5586906
A variety would be best.

>>5586895
There are lots of bits sold separately for people wanting to do mods or whatever if you have a browse through the sites that sell gundams.

>>5586907
Yeah but like

Why not use the Barbie frame for Rebake rather than regular Gusion

>>5586788
>>5586790
Thanks guys, I went ahead and ordered it. I need to slow down on the kits I buy though, I've been in Japan a few years and I'm still not over the novelty of getting these things dirt cheap compared to what I'm used to so they're starting to stack up.

>>5586939

Well, there's only so many Gundam Frames in universe. I don't imagine they had much to work with besides the frame that was already in the Guison.

How would I go about doing micro-engraving/detailing on small parts

i wanted to put the UNO on the MG duel's headpiece since i think a sticker might look tacky

>>5587013

You've got a number of options.

1) Get a dremel and a small engraving bit (Don't do this, if you're not surgical with a dremel)

2) draw the emblem onto the headpiece with a pencil or a ballpoint pen, then take to it with a metal needle of some sort. Most x-acto blade sets will come with a head like this. Start by gently following the design just barely exerting any pressure; then slowly deepen the scribed detail over many passes with the needle, and once you've achieved your desired look/effect, you're done. Tedious, but doable.

>>5586783

They have a lower parts count and less colour separation but essentially you're getting almost MG quality for a cheaper price. They're great kits that become better value for money the more work you're willing to put in them. Give it a full paint job and you'll think it's an MG.

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i goufed

>>5587076

>Buying a gouf.

You didn't gouf anon.

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New photo stuff is here

I still have to learn to use it a bit better though

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>>5585606
I quite like them. They're a bit more detailed than 1/144 kits because they have more space afforded to them. And they're not all that expensive either, so I think if it comes down to it, I'm probably going to stick to 1/100 IBO kits.

>>5586867
If you look at them closely there are different connection points for attaching the armor.

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This is certainly coming out better than my Venom Snake camo.

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the RG of the old grand daddy is not the grenade everyone complains about
it only needs you to be careful with it

>>5587433
Something about clean crisp versions of the grand daddy is so much better than a heavily battle damaged version

>>5587433
The shoulders man. The shoulders are the worst.

>>5587433
>>5587452

I also hate the shoulders, especially the little part in the middle of the top

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if anything, the skirt armors are the ones that like to fall off at the drop of a hat
its also way smaller than the recent revive HG

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Bought an EW Heavyarms and tried to fit the chest plate from the regular Heavyarms, also tried to look use the original back skirt, that backfired hard, I've had to re cement both the ball joints from the EW into the original waist because of the back plate being not wide enough.
/notmyblog/

>>5587528

You don't need to worry about blogging if it's actually related to the subject of the thread

>>5586646
I really hope that the base plastic color wont look so off when you top coat it. But the stripes looks nice

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>>5587528
Forgot a picture of the waist, chopped the peg off a Sandrock Custom, somehow lost the right leg ball joint from the ballden arms I was using, so I had to take one off of an old Nataku I had, and the leg doesn't properly fit on the left leg joint.
This project is a mess.

>>5587016
both ways will end in tears unless he has done it 100+ times on a practice piece

>>5587013

you are never going to be able to do this at the scale you are talking about, the sticker will look infinitely better than what you will do to it

>>5587016

>engraving with dremel

confirmed you've never done this kind of work

>>5587640
It doesn't come with the bloody sticker

>>5587591
I might try that otherwise I might try doing a quick stencil and airbrushing in a darker orange to try and mimic depth?

>>5587651

you are talking about scribing three letters and three numbers in the space of less than 1.5x1.5mm right

>>5585677
don't know about MSS but HMM Command Wolf just got a reprint so you can find them cheap right now

>>5584108
Mine has the same setup

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>>5584108

New thread: >>5587885

>>5587500
I miss the great color separation on real grades.

Noob question, but are the decals that come with Real Grade kits stickers or waterslides?