Gunpla/Plamo General

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>>5603699
just bought gundam dakka for 10 bucks
can't wait to build him
i love the legends bb series so much

>>5603817

that is an immensely fun kit, I love the full extra armor set and the little gun cart

How hard is it to add joints to a resin kit?

>>5603826

not enough information

>>5603817
>>5603825
i also saw bb legends unicorn knight for the same price, is he as fun as commander?
might get him too

>>5603842
If you mean the exact kits, I'm looking at a couple on E2046, Dairaioh and Gunleon (Maybe Huckebein boxer?)

>>5603817
It's a great little kit. Lots of accesories and the base unit is good too. My only complaint is that the "Shopping Cart of Doom" gimmick is kind of lame.

>>5603876
I used a bunch of parts of it for a custom, so it's neat in that regard too.

Just noticed something and it has me wondering:

We are all used to looking for the gunpla reissue schedule at the first of the month. As far as I know, they don't release it until the 1st.
On April 8th, Hobbysearch put out their gundam model kits news email. It has tons of preorders for reissued 1/144 HG SEED kits, for June.

How do they have preorders up for June reissues? Is there some kind of retailer advance order list?

>>5603913
Major retailers and distributors get the lists in advance and the lists themselves are compiled months in advance (Which is how Derringer always knows about upcoming releases). The one we see on the 1st is just the publicly released list.

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Anon who is just starting to get into plamo here. I got my proto man and roll in today. Had fun putting them together, but again terrified of trying to paint them since no matter how much I research I'll probably fuck it up. Maybe someday. Got 3 other kitside coming

>>5604010
grab a nail filer and clean up those nubs
after that just topcoat them with flat spray

>>5603848
It really depends on if you want it to look decent or not. If you just want articulation, it's easy as shit to make a figma style joint.

>>5603845
Not as fun as Command Gundam, but still really nice

The whole line is great, I'd know because I have them all and I have them all because they're all great

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>>5603817
got this shiny fucker on PO, can't wait for next month

I can find the original heavyarms gundam and sandrock and there ew custom variations but the kai versions of the models keep alluding me. If someone can point me to the 1/144 or 1/100 kits or anything.

>>5604132
there arnt MG versions yet and the old 1990s kit arnt worth the trouble.

pack up your fanboyism for EW suits and buy something else, its worth waiting for the MG versions whenever they come out; the old ones are just too dated.

>>5604132
Wait until Bandai realize that they need to make an RG of all EW gundams

>>5604132
>If someone can point me to the 1/144 or 1/100 kits or anything.

There are no model kits of the Kai upgrades of the TV designs for those two. If you really want them you will need to get the Robot Damashii figures, which are not model kits but are very nice.

>>5604145
MG*
TV gundams and OZ grunt suits**

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There's something off about this heavyarms, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

>>5604216
what the fuck is up with those knees?

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>>5604221
never seen a Hazel Custom?

>>5604183
An RG Heavyarms EW is neat tho

>>5603817
Legend BB is my favorite line right now, and I always recommend it to newcomers. The kits are pretty easy, yet satisfying builds, and they typically have AMAZING color separation with minimal stickering. Plus at least one vac metalized part in every kit, which is really nice.

Okay, so I wanna know how to paint intricate parts without slop. I see some builds with insanely clean paintjobs on areas that I simply can't imagine hitting cleanly with a brush or being able to mask off with tape successfully. And yes, I have some very fine brushes, and my hands are relatively steady...I just don't get it. I feel like I'm missing a piece of this puzzle.

>>5604259
Maybe try a reverse wash?

i fucking hate you guys
someone in the previous general suggest i watch build fighters and now i want amazing zaku, gm k9, kampfer amazing, fenice, bearguy and bb knight
this series is amazing after ibo

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>>5604259
Patience, masking liquid, being smart about painting order, forced part separation, reverse wash, did I mention patience?

>>5604265
It's amazing after anything post-1995.

It's mostly the reason why I've only bought kits from BF and not BFT. [nospoiler]Except for Ral's stuff, since he was the only person to splurge about LARPing while Gunpla battling. Even Meijin played along with their game.[/on/toy/]

>>5604216
Looks pretty heavy to me.

>>5604221
Gundam Heavylegs

>>5604283
Ironically despite most of Try being meh, it completely sold me on the Destiny. The R-Gyagya is also pretty good too.

Sahelanthropus is done. The REX mode isn't worth attempting, even with a stand. Pics to come shortly.

dear volks,

ims yen xing please.

thank you

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Why are 0080 MS designs so sexy?

how could I make RGs more realistic without weathering?

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Efreet is awesome dont know why people never mentions it when every new promo pic was up.

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>HGUC GM3
>Tiny bottles of paint
>Gesso
>Full of tiny detail

Should I bother painting thing or just leave it with stickers (or no stickers)?
Last time I did something like a full paintjob (a old 144 Altron gundam) I want to kill myself.

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Been sick for the past 3 days, in the moments of coherence I've been applying decals to my PG zaku. Micro Set seems to do crap all, MicroSol seems to be nice though.

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>>5604583

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>>5603817
the topcoat's curing right now, but i snapped a couple of pics

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>>5604600
MUH GUNS

>>5604600
>>5604602

Noice.

>>5604508
Nope

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>>5604583
>building gunpla while sick

I'm not sure if I can do that, and I sure don't want to try.

>>5604328

What's wrong with the REX? I was actually thinking about getting it next month.

>>5604719
REX mode of sally, not the kit.

>>5604741
Ah, I misread that. Sorry.

>>5604554
Part of me thinks the Efreet looks totally rad. A smaller part of me thinks the design is a little stupid and edgy feeling and the particular shades of color they chose look like cheapo crap. I dunno. I'm probably gonna buy it no matter what anyway since it's pretty cheap and Re/100 is my favorite line right now.

I'm pretty new to Zoids in general, so all I really knew of was the HMM kits. And then the other day I found out there were all these designs and toys and shit that existed in like, the 80s and 90s, and there are a TON of rad ones. I want HMMs of some of those guys! How often does Koto generally release new Zoids HMMs?

>>5604698
Building is kinda my mindless zen, so ...ehhh? I dunno.

Do you guys determine your paintscheme from what colours are available or from what looks best?

>>5604767
Little of both. Tamiya makes about every color you could want, and about thirty shades of green, grey and blue for military stuff. Just dont go with really garish or clashing colors and you should be fine.

>>5604756
>>5604756
Difficult to answer right now, we really can't predict for sure atm. In the past with the first hmm 'chapter' we saw saw a fairly large number of releases each year. However if you want to include strictly new designs that number was pretty low, usually two iirc. But if you increased the restrictions to include models that are mostly the same but have some new stuff aside from just reprints, the number was closer to maybe four a year of new things after the first two or so years of the line.

Then the 'chapter' ended in 2013, it finally restarted last fall with the release of the deathstinger which had been announced over a year ago iirc. The wonfes immediately after that saw them revealing the next hmm was the iron Kong pk variant which has a lot of new stuff going on. it is releasing in August, so we should hear something at the next wonfes for after that release. it seems they are starting off slow atm with this second chapter of the line, one entirely new and really pricey kit for its size, and one remake with a lot of new stuff that while not too pricey for its size, is still very pricey in the first place. Although one could perhaps count the command wolf repackage as being part of this.

They might be testing the waters first with big lower numbers produced models that they will be more likely to sell a larger percentage of while news spreads that they are back in action. But who knows at this point.

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New images of the mecha exosuit thing by Koto

Not digging the way the legs/quad treads were designed

http://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/fa-blog/fa-blog-73145/

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Ran out of top coat, however, Sally's done!

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>>5604822
This is definitely my biggest, most ambitious project to date, and I think it turned out kinda alright. Might go back and fix the shield, at some point.

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>>5604823
Learned how fickle waterslides are, especially for a first-time user.

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>>5604827
Here he is, next to my previous MGS-related attempt at camo. Definitely a marked improvement, I think.

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Okay so, the listing for the Guarayakha Special says

>To celebrate the 20th anniversary of "Virtual On Cyber Troopers," Hasegawa releases this special kit of Guarayakha!

And then there's this display of pics, which is confusing to say the least. I mean, I assume that giant orange thing is way too big for the 3360 yen price tag, but on the other hand, if this is just a Guarayakha repaint, why does it cost more than the standard one? And for that matter, which is it? The pink or the red? I'm so confused as to what I could potentially be buying here.

While we're at it, how are the Hasegawa Virtual On kits? This might be my first, if I can figure out what it is I'm getting.

>>5604816
It looks...sorta cool, but isn't this just another retool of that one kit that everyone says is really troublesome and full of problems? Also, that sniper rifle (?) is hilariously massive and I imagine the kit can't actually support its weight.

I don't mind the treads though. They're okay.

>>5604822
>>5604823
>>5604827
>>5604830
Not bad on the camo!! Get some more topcoat stat though, the plasticky sheen to the other parts really brings down the look of the kit as a whole.

>>5604841
Thanks, and I definitely will!

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http://hobby.dengeki.com/news/187245/

Hello, yes I am excite

>>5604920
BASELARD?

>>5604837
>thr orange thing

Jaguarandi,you fuck

Fucking shitters in my Virtual On

>>5604924
B
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>Spend the last few nights going nuts making sure the angles are correct and pieces aligned proply on my scratchbuild project.
>Notice today that the row of cubes my desk is at my job slightly unevenly aligned.

I think I may need to take a break from modeling.

>>5604841
Not sure what you mean by it being a retool. It is two kits that you can combine together in a variety of ways. The picture you are looking at has the two kits attached to a third kit which is a full frame arms kit and not an add on like the other two. So the shield and gun bit do not go with the two Add ons but most likely to the frame arms upper body that is in the middle. The actual kits being promoted are the treads/legs and the big guns backpack at the very top. You can easily tell the difference because the products being promoted are painted and detailed while the frame arms is bare plastic.

You combine them to make a large exot suit you can put FAGs, figmas, etc inside of. They are designed to be extremely modular and customizable

>>5604931
B A S E L A R D

>>5604920
>>5604924
>>5604931
>>5605103

More like BASEDlard

>>5604920
>stockings

Nice.

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>>5605171
TIME TO FAP
I just hope she does not vanish in seconds like her sisters

>>5605314
This one doesn't really do anything for me honestly.

1/100 Akatsuki up for reserve. Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

>>5604822
>>5604823
>>5604827
>>5604830
Awesome work. I've been afraid to get Sally myself because of some bad experiences with Koto kits before, but I'm really tempted to get it.

>>5604929
I'm admittedly a casual, I just really liked playing it in the arcade back in the day and always liked the look of the designs.

>>5605344
I'm guessing this is a painted build, right? That red looks like candy coat. But if so, why did they leave the hands unpainted? They look so out of place.

>>5605426
>this is a painted build, right?
WRONG! YOU ARE WRONG! WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG! WRONG!

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>building HG X1
>accidentally over sand the yellow chest piece so there's a small gap
>same thing for the skull
>some parts have horrid nubs
>just somehow lost my knife
y God

I went and checked out some gunpla groups and forums outside of here and /m/

It gives me the impression that the hobby is entirely dominated by angry elitist manchildren.

Holy shit, it makes this and the /m/ general look like a god damn oasis.

>>5605495
Well damn.

>>5605325
>not liking the super cute little bunny girl

Is it common for the MG Zeong to have brittle ABS plastic?

>>5605510
Certainly not. Did you panel line the bare ABS before assembly?

>>5605495
r/gunpla is a bigger hugbox than the ones here desu.

>>5605495
I'm guessing you don't mean facebook and reddit since they'll praise anything there.

>>5605525
>keeping up with reddit

>>5605516
No, I just got the kit from ebay a while ago and sprues L and H were crumbling about as easy as crackers. If this isn't a common occurrence I'll order from Hobby Link next time...

>>5605531
Man that sucks, if it's not too late maybe contact the seller? Not sure what would cause that.

>>5605495
You should see some of the gunpla events people run.
>>5605526
Reddit, yeah, hugbox. Facebook pages, ehhhh. The one I look at has had like 3 circle jerk posts in the last week moaning about how sick they are of people building models that aren't up to their standards, and is frequented by some people who are known manchildren in the gunpla community.

>>5605525
Also
>/toy/
>hugbox
Fuck off back to /m/ snapfag.

Does Kotobuki or anyone else make some parts like EW Altron's extendo arms, or Epyon's tail?

Like some big joints I can connect and connect to make it as long as I want. I don't even know what kind of joints those are called. A lot of the joints I see seem to be for legs or arms, and not like a snake/tail.

>>5605526
>>5605557
Some Facebook groups are very toxic. Some are actually helpful though, mostly ones that deal with bootlegs / knockoffs.

Reddit is too 'nicey nicey' that you get downvoted like fuck for pointing out that their lighting is shit or that they should turn the flash off of their shitty cameras.

4chan gunpla threads are the most in-between ones I've ever read through.

Dont get me started on dedicated forums.

Got my GM Type C kits today for a book project.

I really underestimated how cool the gun gimick is, they have little bolt assemblies you switch out and shit. If you are /k/ you should get this kit. Get the space type for the LMG variant also. I think I'm going to chop the carry handle and make a rail with a camera scope based on the look of the RX-78 gun optic thing, but sort of elongated.

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Zeta Gundam best Gundam.

dalong.net is pretty amazing when you consider how much effort he puts into maintaining that site and scanning every manual etc. Even just doing poses with a photo setup takes longer than you'd think. Guy is a machine.

>>5605810
He is gundam.

>>5605810
>>5605824
He is gunpla.

And also since releases seemed to be slowed he had jumped into those ancient kits.

>This 1/100 zaku i is amazing. The mono eye can move!

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>>5605863
Tbh his reviews sold me on the 1/100 Zaku II. I just want it to display next to my 2.0 and F2.

>Zaku II 1.0 will never get reprinted
Fug.

Anyone have that guide for how to break down boxes into a folder so you can store the extra parts in a ziploc bag and the manual inside of it? My stack of boxes is going to become unmanageable soon despite my best efforts.

>>5605867

I still prefer that skirt design

>>5605810
But he doesn't do BB Legends, does he?

>>5605900
He doesn't, pretty disappointing, i wonder why though? I'm glad hes showing ancient kits, its an even better archive for gunpla now, so hopefully he'll get on the legend BB SDs eventually

Also i wonder what his logic for what Koto kits to cover and which to not is, I want to see dalong doing silly poses with the F.A.G.s

>>5605925
The only logic I can see behind his not doing the bb legends is that he doesn't have those hundreds of old bb senshi either. He also doesn't have sengokuden kits. It may just be a thing where there are too many of the things out there and he doesn't feel like commiting to getting all of them so he's sticking to the ones from the main series.

>>5605344
had me going for a sec there
i thought the bb legends quality had dropped so much

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I feel like the EW version of the Shenlong looks better with the Tallgeese's halberd than its own beam trident.

Something about how the bigger shield looks next to it.

>>5606058
Are both kits bootlegs?

>>5606135
The Shenlong's the real thing.

DM TGII is bad enough, I don't even want to imagine how awful a Daban Shenlong would be.

>>5605925
Me too. The frame arms girl just got a reprint so it's not that hard to find one now.

>>5604837
Hasegawa isn't a very good brand from what I hear. Plastic is very cheap and brittle, very easy to screw something up and bust a part, especially if you're a bandai fag that's used to being very abusive to your kits.

Personally I wouldn't go for a hasegawa kit just because I've dealt with volks which is pretty brittle as is, I can't imagine something more cheaply made than that. That and hasegawa doesn't do oratorio tangram, which is what I grew up with and will only buy kits for.

>>5606136
Oh yeah?

I heard the DM TG wasn't bad.

Anyone here painted their RG inner frames with gunmetal? planning on doing it

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>>5606170
How do you plan on getting the paint to stick?

>>5606173
acrylic doesn't stick on it?

>>5606176
The parts have a rubber consistency to them, I'd assume paint would scrape right off once dried. Acrylic especially.

I've never attempted painting them though so it might work.

>>5605600
Ballden Arm Arms comes to mind.
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10314796
Depending on your willingness to customize, there are other things that have lots of joints:
Flexible Arm A http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10364761
Flexible Arm B http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10364762
Powered Arms Powereder http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10285233

>>5606179
I've seam welded parts with the polycaps inside before painting, and the paint just flakes off of polycap material. So for my part, no, it doesn't work.

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super kawaii

>>5606319
>b-baka hentai

Graze-chan needs to be blushing.

>>5606179
Do they? I just finished building the frame on my RG Z'Gok (my first RG btw) and the frame doesn't feel like polycap material to me...it feels solid and doesn't have that rubbery give I associate with polycaps.

>>5606157
Whoever said that must have really low standards.

It was one of their first kits, it's good for what it is but it is most certainly not good.

I wanna get more into gunpla but the continuous slowing of releases makes me think that the hobby is on it's proverbial deathbed

>>5606644
Nah, they're just focusing on releasing more Japan-exclusive shit.

/m/ got me nothing so i'm trying here.
Are Vallejo Acrylic paints any good? I want to try my hand at painting and don't want to wait on shipping.

>>5606728
Read the guide. It's literally right there.

>>5606173
>>5606179

You can wash and then sand them to get better adherence. Most of the grip paints have comes from mechanical grip so a sanded surface will be better for accepting paint.

>>5606644
>Continuous slowing of releases
>More HGs than ever before

???

>>5606644
Assuming you're talking about MG like all those other doomsayers, you know that Bandai reprints their older kits regularly, right? You're not contractually obligated to only build the newest kits, so what's stopping you?

You have over 200 MGs to choose from.

>>5606644
dude what.....even if stuff are geting slow you have SO MANY STUFF alredy there.....NOBODY have all the gunpla and is not like you have the space for it (there are few like dalong that can efort the time and money for all the gunpla) why the fuck you care when you have plenty of stuff to buy

>>5606810
The true enemy now is P fuking Bandai...this is the cancer of gunpla.

>>5606728

Yes but don't forget to prime.

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>>5606810
English, PLEASE.

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Haven't built anything since November, finally got around to top coating this guy since the weather is slowly getting nicer. What should I build next to get back in the swing of things?

>>5606147

Hasegawa are decent quality but mostly deal with the military/ship/aircraft end of the market & definitely arent friendly to snapfags or people without modelling skills.

Having built several of their virtual on kits, the plastic definitely isnt cheap, the fragility comes from extreme colour separation resulting in tiny parts, some very thin. You are right someone used to bandai snapkits only would probably wreck one. Also the ridiculous amount of waterslides on some of the VO kits is insane.

Koto Virtual on kits are MUCH better, pity they dont have the license anymore, I would love to see them produce another line as good as their Tangram kits.

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bigger than I would have guessed.

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>>5606179
The paint can be scratched off easily, ugh.

>>5607194
Oh great, now I see the binders as giant laughing mouths. Thanks a lot asshole.

>>5607220
"HAW HAW HAWW"

>>5607215
Did you prime it at all?

>>5607239
no. making the paint thick might ruin the inner frame

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>>5607194

It is a miniaturized mobile armor.

>>5607265
if only i had that one doujin with the butt-salas on hand.

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>>5606810

lewd!

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>finish my HG Hyaku-Shiki
>crack his face plate
>glue it back
I hate breaking things

>>5607287
And somehow lost the stickers that came with it for his shoulders. I'm just a mess.

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>>5607287
And with my old BD-1

>>5607265
>tfw no modern Bigro kit
HG Mechanics revival when?

>>5607325
>HG Mechanics revival when?

After Nightingale and Neo Zeong flopped, never.

>>5607336
>Neo Zeong
>flopped

Everything is gonna be a flop if you make shit all and never restock though.

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So I'm going to be doing my first order from mandarake ever.

I placed an order yesterday, and the site told me that an invoice will be received in 3 days. Email just came in now, asking if I want to apply for insurance?

I'm paying ~9000 yen in total and will be using EMS shipping. Do I need to insure my package? From the page they sent me, it seems like EMS covers for packages under 20,000 yen?

>>5607684
dont need to pay extra insurance, unless you live in a dodgy country, i suppose.

also, might be useful to ask them how much DHL is, sometimes it's a couple hundred yen cheaper.

>>5607692
Live in Canada, so I guess I'm safe.

I just picked EMS since I know EMS ships to PO Box offices (I keep my hobby secret from everyone in my house). Does DHL ship to PO Box offices?

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>>5607697
>I just picked EMS
>Live in Canada
You chose poorly. Prepare your anus for HST of 9000yen + $10.

SAL next time unless you like paying more.

>>5607763
I have 5 days to make changes to the order (I think, I haven't paid for anything yet).

Does SAL ship to PO Box offices? This is my main concern in choosing what shipping method I want to use.

I have a query for anyone that actually owns one of the original Koto HMM Geno Saurers. I would like to start by saying that I am well aware of the problems that plague this kit, but despite that I still really want one [no spoilers]and I already have the Berserk Fury, I just also would really like a GS.[/ontoy]

So mostly what I'm curious about is how well your Geno Saurer has held up over the years. Is it still in one piece? Does the idea of posing it terrify you? Is it worth the hassle at all, or would it be better to just get a later release and paint it like the original? If anyone here has owned one or kept it around for a long time, I'd just like to know what your experience was.

>>5607766
>Does SAL ship to PO Box offices
As long as someone signs for the delivery, I don't see why not.

EMS is exactly the same in that regard, as is DHL.

>>5607771
Using Canada Post as my PO Box (they offer free PO Box office storage). I guess they sign for the delivery, I've ordered shit from Volks before and had them deliver to my PO Box office with no issues (granted I used EMS, hence why I thought to follow the same procedure).

>>5607771
Also, before I make this purchase, I noticed this

Condition: not assembled /Package damaged
※all items are secondhand and sold in “AS IS” condition, so please expect some minor stains/damage on both the?package and its contents.

I don't care if there's dents or someshit on the box, but what I noticed was;
>expect some minor stains/damage on...its contents

What should I be expecting with this? I don't want to spend all this money to receive damaged shit.

>>5607784
They are making it clear that it's a used item, and to expect semen.

>>5607784
>minor stains

Dude probably came in the kit, so it depends on how you like used goods.

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>>5607784
It's called "disclaimer".

Have you ever bought second hand goods before? There is no warranty on used shit, deal with it.

where's a good place to get a gn archer? i see it's restocking but i know hlj prob has a million and one orders for it.
also when is tom sending out the architect?

>>5607794
>>5607795
I mean, as long as there isn't damage to the parts itself, I couldn't care less about semen meng
>>5607796
Never bought second hand items.

Is mandarake pretty trustworthy about used products? What are the chances my shit will be fucked up?

>>5607803
Nips are really butthurt about pristine packaging, a single dent would make them drop the price faster than you can say "fucking impure sluts"

>>5607803
They make bank on stupid baka gaijin and only exist to laugh at you as they send you vials of ground up plastic.

>>5607692

DHL is a terrible idea from mandy compared to EMS. the difference in shipping cost of a dollar or 2 can mean 2 weeks longer with DHL.

>>5607811
>sends you a box of assorted plaplate, putty and joints
>and a small image of the mech

Haha build it yourself gaijin

>>5604286
Snap-fit Simon had one of the actually good episodes that had an animation budget over the price of half a bag of chips, so it's not much of a surprise.

>>5604554
Efreet is a good design, but if I got one I'd have to paint it because I hate the bright red shoulders.

>>5605810
Dalong is raw data for Gunpla. Feed him kits and he'll expand his encyclopaedia.

Not your first pick if you want fancy camera work though.

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13,000yen

Why must you make me so poor japan.

>>5607884
I just wish someone would translate some more of his site, and make it slightly less the space jam movie homepage-ish. Though as slow as it is I wouldn't want it to be more fancy, but larger images would be great

>>5607820
That's weird. Ausfag here, but if they ship the item on Monday afternoon via DHL, I get it on Thursday morning. Same deal with EMS and I get it the next Monday. Australia Post is a bit slack.

I've only ever chosen EMS on bigger stuff because fuck paying 100 bucks for DHL for a 30 dollar model kit with an oversized box.

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Left or right?

>>5607947
Left

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>>5607803
>What are the chances my shit will be fucked up?

This is their concept of a "box severely damaged"

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>>5607803
And this is a "defective head" that warrants slashing the price of a 'special version' to more than half of the regular version.

>>5607948
great choice

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My first none-Gundam kit and I love it.

>>5607947

White devil.

>>5607984
If only the actual barbatos kit looked like that

The artist did good work incorporating the design elements of the gundams though

>>5607998

I agree.

And if the Barbatos has the same personality as the mobile suit, she's bae material. She's ya ride it out bitch.

Guys, should I pick X-20A or Hobby Colour Thinner as my acrylic thinner of choice?
I mean surely they're interchangeable?
Or should I not waste my money and just keep using distilled water?

>>5607983

i hope all those nubs are still on there because this was a hasty test fit before you go back and fix it for painting or something

>>5608003
Isopropyl and acrylic retarder
I use X-20A as well when shit doesnt mix well

>>5608002
I'd ride her all day and night, if you know what I mean
Red valk welcome too

>>5608008
Oh yeah, I just wanted to get the thing together to get a sense of size and weight.

>>5607594

Stocking a two foot tall mobile armor or even shipping it is the least appealing thing for any retailer.

>>5607983
good for you. thinking of getting a ship as my first non-gundam kit

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wish i had the skills to make digital camo
think sd command here would look really good in one

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>>5608086
trolley of DOOM!

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>>5608090
remember the basics of CQC

Does Tamiya make any matte spray paints? It feels like every one I've encountered before is metallic or gloss.

>>5608086

There is no need to be ultra skilled if you use the correct materials.

http://www.anarchymodels.co.uk/

Remember to post the results later anon!

>>5608102
You can check their website, they lost their paints there.

>>5608102
the standard TS line is generally all gloss unless it specifically states it (Matte Black, Matte White), the AS line is all military colors and applications so it sprays on thinner in a dull matte coat.

>>5608109
so these are sticker stencils?

>>5608158

The best way to look at them are like masking tape with fancy patterns. You still need to paint, but it makes creating the pattern a lot easier.

>>5608086
>>5608090
>>5608096

nice pics

>>5607910
Where can i get this?? Xevious is awesome shit

>>5607947
Is purge by nuclear fire an option?

What do you all use when applying putty to a part? Newfag to seam welding here, using a toothpick seemed to not be precise enough and made sanding down the thickly placed putty a pain. Should I just pick up an applicator?

>>5608444
Go to a craft store and get you a pallette knife

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>>5608544
This is one I have, sorry for the small picture but it's what I found online. The knife is 3 inches long, but I think it's too wide to be usable for this?

>>5604010
Wait what? Theres megaman plamo?

>>5608632
Kotobukiya's 1/10 Rockman series (yeah, I'm being that kind of ass, but know that you're still correct). Their Zero seems to be the only one they haven't reprinted, but the three in that pic can be found for around 30 USD. HLJ has Rockman (Megaman) for 2400 yen and Amazon had 2 separate listings for Roll (one at 20 USD), although reviews seem to say they are the exact same thing, so pick your poison.

They're great kits.

>>5608654
>TFW Rockman zero is my favorite mega man design
Just fuck my pay check up I guess.

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In the cold light of day, this guy looks even better. Also, it's April, why the fuck is it still fucking cold?

>>5608090
Easily my favorite Legend BB gimmick. Knight Gundam's centaur mode is a close second.

>>5608782
>Also, it's April, why the fuck is it still fucking cold?
I don't know, but I live in the southwest and it's a welcome change from blistering heat and dead plants everywhere.

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>>5608782
Really wanna get better with Waterslides

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>>5608792
And I need to work on my forced perspective.

>>5608787
Lucky you. I live in Massachusetts, no fun allowed, and schizophrenic weather patterns.

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Why is she so sexy?

>>5609001
Those legs and feet. What is this, perfect graze? That's what it should be called.
After you slap a commander's horn on it, at least.

>>5608623
Anybody?

>>5609142
It'll work for now, but you can get sets of smaller ones for like $6 from harbor freight.

>>5606319
You have that already? Shit, what country are you from? It takes us two months here before we get new kits.

>>5609158
Not mine, got the image off the net.

Though living in Asia means that we get kits within a week of release.

>>5609013
Graze Ground type. According to the Ritter's manual (Which included some info on the ground type) the regular graze has some trouble with operating under gravity. The new feet and thrusters are to increase its mobility under the effects of gravity and atmosphere to counteract the issues a normal graze experiences.

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You know i noticed that Gundams designed for sniping is pretty rare. Why is that?

>>5609167
Gundams, or MS in general?

For gundams specifically, the gundam is usually the lead or a prominent character. Snipers aren't really prominent in most scenes since they have to be a long way off from the target to work effectively, and it's not seen as very heroic either.

For MS in general it's kind of like artillery MS. Yeah they exist, but does it really have any justification for needing to be a giant humanoid robot to fill the role?

>>5609171
For Gundams i mean. The concepts interesting to do. But that's just me wanting something like Sniper Duels between a Gundam and an enemy Sniper mech.

>>5609167
Ships already fulfill this function and with greater firepower. Ship sensors have far greater range than any MS and ship cannons are usually depicted as being able to reach further than any MS weaponry can, which is why ships can start firing from afar and MS can't do anything except close in and get into range.

>>5609167
there is only 2 known sniper Gundams

>>5609146
Thanks based GG.

>>5609167
Stationary giant robot snipers with big as fuck, bright as fuck, loud as fuck beam weapons literally have one shot to make before they completely defeat the purpose of firing from a concealed position.

>>5609167
As far as I know, the only Gundam snipers that I know are Dynames and Cherudim.

Few MS as well. Well i think because it's goddamn impractical as well as no action scenes to get views and fans.

>>5609167

Boring as fuck

>>5609217
Nu HWS, V2 (Buster), Dynames, Cherudim, Freedom, Strike Freedom, Exia R3, Zabanya, and Lightning all explicitly have sniping capabilities.

Meanwhile Wing, Wing Zero, X, DX, Launcher Strike, Buster, Blast Impulse, Blue Frame, and probably some AGE variants don't straight up have a sniping display but possess weapons with ridiculously long range so they may as well be snipers.

>>5609287
Oh and there's technically the Gusion Rebake too, but its sniping mode is sorta lackluster.

>>5609287
Gp04 as well

>>5609312
No, there's a difference between having a Long Beam Rifle and actually being able to shoot absurd distances.

I mean shit, if we just judged by the size of the gun then damn near everything would be a sniper.

So I accidentally tossed a part to my protoman, the part that holds his shield on his back. Any way of being able to order a new part? I tossed the part order pamphlet before realizing I lost the part also

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>>5609330
Make a new one using cut-up runner parts and glue.

>P-bandai geara doga and zeta plus unicorn color

Well at least it's few color swaps and new sleeves pattern.

>>5609367
Is it just the old Zeta mold? If so, talk about lazy on bandai's part.

>>5609372
Lazy is the natural form of P-Bandai.

It's why they're not general release kits.

>>5609372
Thats not fucking lazy, thats cost effective. They are expecting retards to buy it.

>>5609367
>Geara Doga is just FF's wrist Sleeves markings tacked on the original MG Geara Doga
Just buy one kit (like the previous MG Full Frontal Geara Doga), recast the Sleeves pieces, and put it on the regular kits.

Same applies to the HGUC, of course.

>>5609394
>They are expecting snapfags to buy it.
ftfy

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>>5609367
>still no standard MG Geara Doga reprint

Yesterday I said I was put off getting into gunpla because I'm concerned it might bite it: to clarify, even though there's a lot of stuff available now. If bandai drop it then they'll no doubt stop reprinting kits and I really can't be bothered busting my ass for models.

>>5609434
nobody cares. dont get into it if you dont want to, you self-important fuck.

>>5609434
>Bandai
>Stop making kits

Maybe in another couple decades when they go full pachinko like konami or something.

>>5609434
Oh yeah, sure, they'll just blow up their factories, destroy all their molds, and personally search and destroy every kit in existence.

If you don't want to do it, then just say that. Stop coming up with stupid excuses.

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Sadly we will never get an Aqua GM, as lame as they are in the OVA or any story in general I like their design.

>>5609451
I really like it to, but yeah, literally never.

>>5609451
I guess we can give the koto speargun to a regular GM and call it a day.

>>5609451
maybe after freedom revive 2.0

>>5609336
Thanks for the idea. Gonna try this when I get home. Quick question. Will holding a lighter to runner parts for a few seconds making them easier to c? Or should I just carve away with an xacto and not try heating them up?

>>5609532
Easier to cut* I meant

>>5609532
>>5609534
Yeah, I wouldn't recommend using fire. Use nippers. If you need to cut anything thicker, get an xacto saw or something.

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Is anyone else disappointed in the proportions of the 1/100 Grimgerde, or is it just me? The arms are longer and the torso is shorter with less of a waist section, for example. Head seems bigger too. It just seems...clunkier, and not as cool looking as the 1/144. And that kills me, because I really wanted a bigger version of this fucker.

>>5609434
Plamo is a time honored fucking tradition, Bandai are at the top of the plamo game, and it has never been more popular. They're never gonna stop, it's a HUGE moneymaker for them and nobody can match their quality and engineering. So stop being such a fearful little shit and either do it or don't.

>>5609329
I meant more for being in the same category as the 'not dedicated snipers but might as well be with ridiculous long range weapons.' Compared to the standard beam rifles the previous gp series used, it's got to be a really long range weapon.

Also does anyone know just what the heck all those grips and triggers are for on it? Especially the third one that looks like a motorcycle handle, that always bothered me, cause I already guess the other two are the firing trigger and the beam bayonet trigger. It doesn't seem to have anything else that a third trigger would be needed for.

>>5609652
If they are reusing inner frame parts from the other 1/100 then it's certainly possible they are screwing with proportions.
>>5609434
Even if they suddenly stop making kits at all, it will be a decent number of years before the price sees significant rise. Look at the zoids kits for example, took a couple years after the line went on hiatus before koto saw the need for reissuing them. And I don't think they were doing a steady stream of reissues during the production of new kits either, so many of those reissues were a much greater time period then just a couple years.

>>5607820
complete & utter nonsense, at least in my personal experience. i use DHL all the time through them, it's often a lot cheaper than a dollar or two AND comes quicker. im in the southeast US, if it makes any difference,

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Shit, I was building my HGUC 1/144
Gundam MK.II and the V-fin snapped, anyone know if I can just glue it back?

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>>5609918

>>5609918
>>5609922
You'll never know if you don't try.

Then again, I won't know because I can't see dick from your bigass, blurry mobile phone photos.

>>5609918
>>5609922

jesus christ do people even look at their pictures before they post them

>>5609947
>>5609928

Fools, it's clear and obvious what is going on in that image are ya blind?

The first one is clearly a bald clown figure wearing a yellow scarf. Second one is the nose clearly broken in half and the two halves of a yellow mustache.

That said >>5609918 yes you can glue the nose back on but sadly while you can make it look like new it is forever ruined now that it will never honk again.

Post a Gundam in a maid or swim clothing!

>>5609001
>she
It is an it

>Get text from apartment office that my package arrived.
>Think about kits all day.
>Go to pick it up after work.
>Apartment office closed early with next to no warning.
>Again.

I swear they pull this shit at least twice a week

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>>5609264
Responsible for blowing out the engines of a Zanzibar-class cruiser from the ground, and also destroying a 1/3rd of the Apsalus.

Extremely impractical weapon though.

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>>5610474
Don't Forget that the GM Sniper Custom pilot,Tenneth A. Jung was the Federation's highest scoring ace, with a kill record of 149 mobile suits shot down and 3 ships destroyed during The One Year War.

Honestly I see Sniper Units have a very good use as Mobile Suits while ships can hit very far they still need a unit to move around quicker than a ship and take down units that ships can't handle while retaining a good amount of power and flexibility.

>>5609513
>>5609468
>>5609451
I have a hunch it's gonna be a P-bandai of either GM 2.0, or hguc GM II remold, no complaints though. both molds are great. Can't say the same for the Zeta Plus if they're using the ancient zeta mold.

>>5610474
>>5610575
He said gundams.
I would've mentioned the GM Sniper k9 earlier if he didn't because despite being a model it's really fucking cool.

Primed my Cathedral Gundam for gold painting today. This will be my first time properly fully painting a kit. The fear of fucking up stress is real.

What do you guys prefer to do with your real grades? Paint them or leave them as they are and display them?

>>5610692

I leave them, painting RG's can be a huge hassle just in tolerances

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At my local model meeting the other night a guy brought in something pretty interesting for "show and tell".

From front to back the scale gets progressively smaller on everything.

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>>5610704
When viewed from the front it gives a sort of forced perspective of a battlefield.

>>5609451
I really can't see Bandai making that, GMs don't sell well, and as far as I know it's only animated appearance is comically trying to stop the Shamblo and getting destroyed by it.

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Any opinions on either of the RG GP-01s? Any issues I should know about?

Also, I'm not sure what's going wrong exactly, but the collapsible calf panel on my RG Z'Gok doesn't seem to be working right. It feels like it's getting "stuck" somehow, and when I do finally get it the knee to bend, it partially pops the calf armor apart when I straighten the leg! Is this just an issue with this kit, or did I actually do something wrong here?

>>5610708
That looks pretty good from that angle, but why is that Ferdinand so far up front?

Can anyone recommend me a good masking fluid? I have one that I bought for unrelated watercoloring projects, but it's sorta thick and goopy and I can't really see using it for precision masking on Gunpla.

Also, I'm pretty new to masking on Gunpla, but do I need to worry about the fluid peeling off other layers of paint if I'm doing a multi-layered paintjob?

>>5610802
Microscale makes a good masking fluid. Make sure to layer it on.

>>5610796
I own the RG GP-01 FB it's a nice kit but very loose for me, the thing is flimsy due to the coreblock system.

>>5610809
>coreblock system
Sorry, not sure what this is?

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>>5610812
The escape plane that fits in the torso.

It seems like it's really hard to find a nice gold paint without going to airbrush. Can anyone recommend me a good handbrushing and rattlecan gold paint (pref Tamiya for the latter, as I can get it easily)?

I'm ideally looking for something like Tamiya's Silver Leaf, but...y'know, gold. Something with that sort of shine and consistency.

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did a little more on the long term project, when exams are over I will be able to get much more done. The little cutout on the chest for the closure thing was tough to get even

>>5610875
I've had very good luck with Tamiya's basic TS-21 Gold, but its not overly shiny but I like the finish

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>>5610802

Liquid mask is not all it's cracked up to be, I think eventually as you build a lot you learn that it just seems intuitively attractive but it's really kind of a trap.

It has several good uses but they are pretty specific. Often you are better off masking with tape because it is extremely exact and can do most things better. You only put the time in once with tape. For the record I've used microscale and both versions of the gunze stuff. It's also annoying as shit to get out of paintbrushes, even using chemicals.

All of the silver on the arms was done with tape. Because of the little raised oval parts, I think when I was newer I would have tried liquid because they are round, but it wouldn't have been as exact.

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>>5610938

The one thing I would really recommend is getting several very thin tapes, they come in extremely handy. I have like 0.5mm, 1mm, and 1.5mm and they are great for gunpla

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WIP Gouf shoulder with weapon. Not necessarily looking for critique but if you've got any I'll listen.

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Fairly new to Gunpla, I wanted to get an Aires because of it's large, powerful thighs. Bitch of a time finding a kit though - all I can seem to locate are the Tamashi action figures.

Anyone care to recommend a currently available kit with similarly plump thighs?

>>5611029
there are no Aires kits, period. your only choice are RD figures or ancient Resin kits long out of production and impossible to find.

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>>5611029
You'd love the Hyakuri, friend. Damn cheap too.

>>5611035
I think e2046 actually has preorders for an aries gk at the moment.

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>>5611038
That's pretty good mang, thanks.

The Hyakuri should hold me over 'til I scrape up the dosh for 1/35 Power Dolls kit they made back in the day.

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Coat's fully cured and I couldn't be happier

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>>5611083
>Coat's fully cured and I couldn't be happier

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>>5611084
Getting the gun to even sit in the arms right was a pain in the ass, it's worse than the Tallgeese's dobergun

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>>5611087

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>>5611091
and with that I only have 2 more kits in my backlog

Gonna have to decide on either Turn-X or Gouf 2.0 next.

>>5611069
Yeah. I'm >>5611019 do you mind taking a look and telling me your thoughts? Obviously unpainted, no finalized plans just was brainstorming.

>>5611092
You know you want to take that heat rod in like the dirty slut you are.

>>5611083
I don't understand chest vents. Why put such a weak spot on your frontal armor, instead of routing it to the sides or the rear? Also, they look more like heatsinks, which makes marginally more sense.

At least the leg vents has good head on profile

>>5611038
I'm not the biggest fan of the Hyakuri head, but Gyoubei's style is so distinct I can't think of what to replace it with.

>>5611101
when you're arguing about the practicality of a giant robot chances are anything about it is highly impractical, at least it looks neat.

>>5610938
Jeez, can't wait to see that finished, it looks amazing.

>>5611101
If your mobile suit is actually taking hits on the chest you're probably not gonna last long enough to worry about the vents. There's a good reason beam blasts have to be dodged instead of blocked most of the time.

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>>5610938
Well, I sorta can't imagine how it's done, is all. See, straight edges and simple curves are pretty easy to imagine how to mask with tape. But I'm looking to work on some BB Sangokuden kits, which are full of curls and kanji and unnatural shapes that look like a masking nightmare. Any tips?

>>5610953
Where'd you get your tapes/any brands to recommend?

>>5610704
>>5610708

shit anon, that is so fucking cool.
A simple idea, yet well executed.
Props to you friend.

>>5610708
This is awesome, but the incredibly poorly done cloud wallpaper brings down the entire thing. He should do away with those walls and do some nice shots of this diorama in front of the actual sky.

>>5610938
What is that you're working on there? It looks so interesting.

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>>5611029
Want to buy my resin GK of it?

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Okay so I'm genuinely stuck.
Friend A who has MG Gundam 3.0 used the copper stickers for the elbow parts; they peeled off almost instantly.
Friend B painted those parts; they peeled off too when the arm was bent at the elbow.

Is there no way to get proper coloring and maintain posability for the 3.0's arms?

Friend B's painted parts did not look thick. Any comments from others who have painted theirs, please?

>>5611200

Not him, but I paint a lot of SD Sangokuden kits; which means I fuck them up a lot.

I can offer 3 pieces of advice based on what I've gone through.

1. Always go with solid masking tape if you can help it.

2. Remember that there's more than 1 way to skin a cat: For details like the ones on the sword of the kit you posted, one could consider covering the entire surface with one large piece of tape, and then carefully cutting out the raised designs with a fresh x-acto blade.

3. Reverse washes are a thing you can do sometimes: With my most recent project, I made pretty heavy use of reverse washes. Just paint the whole piece gold, then cover it up with a layer of black enamel, and then go over the raised detail with a VERY small q-tip or similar tool that can soak up a little lighter fluid to quickly wipe away the black, revealing the gold beneath.

Hope this helps, man.

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>>5611200

I reverse washed mine with enamels

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>>5611221

it's a psycommu zaku old kit, I'm taking a break on it because I have a project with a time factor

all of the red on here was tape masked also

New thread: >>5611541

>>5607983
wait, what???!! how are you able to pose him like that???? Am I missing something?

>>5611353
The engineering's just fucked in this case. I dunno, sand down the elbow parts until it stops scraping and then paint it?

>>5610796
I have GP01 and the only problem I have with it is the flimsy core clock system and the shield really doesn't like to stay in. Besides that it is great.

>>5607287
>>5607309
Was always thinking about getting the HG HyakuShiki, but I always wondered, how does cutting the parts from the tree affect the gold?