Gunpla/Plamo General

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***GM Group Build***
Rules:
Pick an HG GM, and paint and customize it. For it to count as a GM, it literally just has to have GM in the name on the box, otherwise, no, it doesn't count. As far as customizing it, I'm going to place a limit on that. The limit is 50% additions to the kit.
To define 50%, look at it like this, you could take a GM Custom and replace the arms (including shoulders), legs, and backpack and I'd call that 50%. I'm not counting handheld bits in that. If you're unsure of something please ask in IRC, the thread, or email.

Due Date: 8/12
Submissions go to [email protected]
Submission format
Please submit photos in jpg via a compressed file (zip, rar, or 7zip), please don't link images to imgur or photobucket or the like. Please also name yourself, even if it's a pseudonym. Also indicate your participation in the contest below.

***Contest***
Instead of doing just a generic group build this time, there's going to be a prize pack. The prize pack will contain a GM Sniper K9, a set of glass paint mixing jars, and a Tamashii stand (sized for HGs or RDs). Shipping is at my expense.

Rules for the contest:
If you wish to enter the contest I'm going to actually need some proof. Please send me pictures of your kit as a work in progress and a final product with a timestamp and your email address. I hate to put his burden on you guys but this is the internet and people suck.

Judging
Regardless of who wins the contest proper, all entries will be made available on a blog post on Saturday, August 13th. Actual judging will take place Saturday as well, with the winner announced that evening. The winner will be contacted via email and be given a two day grace period for responding. PLEASE USE AN ACTIVE EMAIL WHEN SUBMITTING!

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>>5738118
Do Jegans and Jesta count as GMs per the "For it to count as a GM, it literally just has to have GM in the name on the box" rule?

>>5738161
Doesn't count per last thread. It's not just on the box, but the actual name.

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>>5738169
Got it, next thread please make a note in the rules post, so others won't get funny ideas like me.

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>>5738118
Still best Jim.

>>5738211
fuck you dad you don't even build gunpla anymore

How essential is lacquer thinner for Tamiya putty? I cheaped out at the hobby shop..

>>5738465
what? why would you thin putty?

just sand it bro

>>5738472
Sometimes I like to have it be a little thinner for seam filling idk

>only gm I like is ground type
>no kit made this millennium

>>5738465
It helps out a lot. Too much thinner turns it into primer though.

>>5738473
I prefer super-glue +baking soda for filling, Super glue's already water-thin, dries with no shrinkage and you can work on it immediately.

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>>5737168
Finishing a secret project, and -Finally- assembling my 24th Unit Roundfacer that I'll then NiceBlog about it because I was asked to.
THEN I'll break open that Space Command GM because I just got an idea for it.
Maybe get back to my GM Double Riders too...

>>5737244
I need to get a new one. I spilled lacquer cleaner in the bay, now I can't fold it up :(

>>5737296
>>5737305
Yeah, see if you have a Games Workshop outlet in or near your area, their paints are made for handbrushing.
errybudy loves gunmetal

>>5737336
Micro Sol is for softening the decal, so you can get it to flatten around uneven surfaces.
Micro Set helps it to set and adhere better.
I think?

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how is the astaroth HG?

>>5738481
You could kitbash the old hg with the hguc ground type or maybe even the ez-8 or ezsr if you want some sort of custom or commander version.

The limbs are basically identical to the ground types and the only real mods are really either the legs or waist which basically just involve swapping the pegs which is fairly simple.

What kind/brand of putty do you use?

>>5738481
I'm 99.9% sure the Sniper II is just a command type painted blue and the Sniper II is modern.

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>>5738700
I fucking read ground type and thought you meant the command type ground version.
Kill me.

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RinaSHITa.

Should I build the PG Zephyrantes or Dendrobium? I need the space for when the Neo Zeong comes in September

>>5738707
Full Burnern obviously

>>5738700
>>5738703
The sniper II has a number of minor detail differences from the command version anyways.

>>5738700
>>5738703
Legs and backpack are different.

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Hi. i have a question about lacquers paint. i read that if you thin MrHobby colors with Leveling thinner you have the same paint has Gaia notes or other Lacquers brand. is that true ? i don't want to put too much money right now in this type of paint. thanks.

>>5738561
Its fucking garbage

>>5738539
>I need to get a new one. I spilled lacquer cleaner in the bay, now I can't fold it up :(
Put foil on the bottom when you paint. Helps with clean up too.

>>5738800
It's a synthetic acrylic lacquer. You can thin it with leveling thinner like Tamiya acrylic (also synthetic acrylic lacquer). You get better flow and better finishes but it probably won't be as durable as Gaia but strong enough since you should be putting topcoat on it.

>>5738958
thanks. and it is the same process with Mrhobby aqueous by ading leveling thinner ?

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sword impulse better be a regular release

So I just got my HGFC Nobel today. If I can get more at retail msrp and free shipping should I? Or is that hoarding and scalping behavior. This completes my HGFC collection!

>>5739014
Now complete your HGUC collection.

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>>5738996

>>5738971
I've never used that but google says it's a water based paint, it probably won't work with any strong solvent like Mr Leveling Thinner.

>>5738951
Why would you not want all that wonderful paint splatter?

>>5739047after testing with brush and a little of airbush (flat white,pink and clear yellow) it seems to work well. i just don't have the glossy effect of lacquers paint.

>>5739073
I found that the paint recedes and thins, but it was a rather wet coat. It might be possible to get away with multiple very thin coats.

>>5738118
If I'm in the middle of working on a gm already could I submit that?

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Secret project complete, I made a cute!

>>5739741
Fucking bearguys emasculating my hobby.

>>5739741
Hmmm... BearGM III...

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>>5739741
>>5739749
Hit it with some Alclad Black Chrome after the base coat for that Extra Finish Coating look.

>>5739201
That's fine, just follow the submission rules if you're interested in the contest.

>>5739759
shiny

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I'm glad the experiment worked, I wasn't sure how well the Black Chrome would work over non-black and especially light colors.

>>5739741
Are you a faggot or something?

>>5739780
Nah, I'll bet he's just some jerk who used a cheap kit instead of a spoon to test a paint over other paints

>>5739785
So... a faggot.

>>5738937
What's wrong with it?

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>>5739787

Anyone ever really make a bearguy look nice, paint, topcoat, panel line etc, and give it to a girl? How'd it go over?

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Mostly finished my Schwalbe graze.

Looking at the pictures, probably gonna pull the thrusters off and paint them the same silver as the guns and shoulderpad boosters.

>>5738539
That looks so cool

Does anyone else use a pencil for panel lines?

>>5739878
I have. Works decently

>>5739878
I used a mechanical pencil for my Gouf Custom's panel lines. 0.3 mm lead was surprisingly difficult to find. I had to go to a legit art supply store to buy it.

>>5739886
>>5739878
0.3mm lead can usually be found at art stores, or places that sells civil engineering shit.

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>>5739878
Yep, usually do it on white kits.

>>5738561
Typical IBO Gundam kit, need paint to make it look nice.

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Question for you fine people, I recently built this guy and the LBX Inbit, and their stickers do NOT want to stay on for shit. I was wondering, if I spray some clearcoat on these fuckers will the stickers stop peeling?
I really don't want to paint them, I feel like the stickers work fine. I just wish they'd actually stick.

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>tfw my friends got me gunpla for my birthday
feels good man, can't wait to build the Hrairoo Gaplant

[spoiler]I jokingly said to my friend to give me a bionicle but he actually did it[/spoiler]

>>5739966
Spoilers don't work on /toy/, friendbot.

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>>5739975
in my moment of weakness i forgot this fact, feel free to call me a cocksucker

My best friend is in Japan right now and he told me he'd grab me a kit. Anything he should be looking out for specifically? I told him the Gerbera Tetra. I don't want to make him get anything too huge or expensive.

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Finished with the decals + topcoat.
How does it look?

>>5739966
Oh, at least he got you the best of the new ones.

>>5740002
>dat split horn
How embarrassing.

>>5740002
Yer better off using the static horns over the transforming ones.

>>5740002
Is that Ver Ka or OVA?

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>>5739966
>tfw no friends to buy me gunpla
>can't even buy it myself because got laid off recently and need to hold on to the meagre amount of savings I have until I can find a new one

>>5740002
Post it properly senpai and replace the split v fin with the single horn gosh.

>>5739957
It'll still peel off.

Peel them off altogether, apply a thin layer of PVA glue on the surface put the stickers back in and apply pressure for about 2-3 minutes.

>>5740050
This is ver. Ka.
As for the split horn, my excuse is that I'm planning on displaying it in destroy mode after letting the paint dry completely

>>5740053
>no friends/relatives to buy me gunpla or videogames

I dread the day when I become jobless. Probs gonna be one of those homeless bums who beg for money

>no talent so busking is out of the question
>fat and small dick so cant be a male stripper/prostitute

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Go ahead and guess what I'm gonna make.

>>5740339
A zaku I and a Powered GM?

>>5740339
Powered Zaku

>>5740339
A hipster GM?

>>5740339
Some disastrous kitbash that will end up looking like they had hate sex.

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>>5740343
Ding ding ding! Anon wins the prize. A nice, crisp brofisting.

>>5740352
>>5740356
>>5740358
Thanks for playing folks, but there can be only one winner.

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The new ground and custom graze parts are really nice.

>>5740422
>those nubs on the feet
How shameful.

>>5740430
Nubs are removed. Those are just some white stress marks. The feet had these thick ass cnnections to the runner.

Are there any places that sell individual pieces besides gentei and random people on ebay? I need the ankle guard assemblies from the MG crossbone but gentei will take 4 months to get the code and it'd cost me like $20 for the ~8 parts from the guy on ebay.
Alternatively does anyone wanna do some sort of part swap or something?

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So, like most of you I've been a Gundam fan for a long time, watched the series, the movies, the OVAs, read the mangas etc.

However, I have never built Gunpla.

That changed tonight, I wanted something easy so I bought this.

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>>5740465

All the plastic thingies I don't know what they're called.

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>>5740469

The manuel, in jap because of course.

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>>5740470

>nigga they all chinese

also I cant into compressing pics either

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>>5740473

fucking little nubs shieet

>>5740465

If you don't have one already, get an exacto/hobby knife, You'll need it for cleaning the nubs off.

Some spure nippers would be a good idea too.

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>>5740478

and he's done

how to fix nub marks?

>>5740480


Shave them down with a hobby knife or sand them. If there are still stress marks, rub it with your fingernail and it should reduce them.

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>>5740479

only have my hands

>>5740480

anyways here's the little fucker looking like a boss guarding my battlestation from feddie scum

>>5740473
>>5740470
>>5740469
>>5740465
Literally.

Upload to imgur.

And save the image.

Imgur has great compression

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>>5740480
>>5740484
Gotta get you some tools and read the guide, but you are on the path of SD Zeke master race.

Resizing images is also not a bad idea. Just open them in paint and scale to 50%.

>>5740485

next time I guess

anyways that was it for my first gunpla, I'm thinking of getting a SD GM to sit across the Zaku on the monitor stand

also, my fave MS is the RX-178, I would like to make a more up to scale version of it

any recs? I literally know nothing about high grade/real grade/whatever

>>5740496
Just read the guide, it has all that in there and more.

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>>5740493
>>5740500

t. hanks

have a picture of a ronaldo figure taking a shit

>>5740496
The RG MK.II is a masterpiece and a really fun build. There's also a new HG revive version that's nice too. Those are the two newest kits. There's also MG 2.0 version, which, and a PG as well. Like Gelgoog Guy said, check the guide for information on the grades.
Personally, I would recommend getting a bit more practice and eventually picking up the RG MK.II

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>>5740507

>This is the face of passing a big fat shit.

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Fuck the knee transformation, I can't get it to stay in place in either one.

>>5740530
I built a MG FA Unicorn about a week ago, my problem is when I look at it in Unicorn mode I don't really want to put the warning stickers on it. The unit is just so damn pretty when there's nothing else to draw your attention away from the lines of the unit. But the red stickers do work well with the red psycho frame.

>>5739848
Oh shit nigga, this pic been posted in the General yet?
Plamax (and Combat Armors Max) continue to live on.
October release, Combat Armors Max Bushman
Display prototype Cherno Alpha
Plamax minimum factory Planelegs, Nipper girl, and display prototype DYRL Minmei (get her in August)
...
Oh yeah and HOLY SHIT 1:20 VF-1A/S

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So just finished building this team, I dont know what it is about them that I love, didn't even watch the series lol...

Anyway I was thinking of trying to emulate the camouflage cloth that the Eliminator has, maybe like a Mirror Vinyl Fabric or a Lycra?? Idk does anyone have any ideas?

>>5740611
Cherno Alpha? We've known about that for a couple of months now.

>>5740647
We all have, I'm just saying what was in the case in the pic.

>>5740485
come on man, its not often we see someone post clear hirez pictures usually its some grainy shitfuck shot with a poloroid at 8000 iso, scanned and uploaded here after being compressed 3 times over.

>>5740614
what is this, team primer?

>>5740611
They keep showing Cherno prototypes but still no updates on Gipsy

I'm getting worried, guys

>>5740438
>Not removing stress marks.
Get a small file and some 800 1000 1200 grit sandpapers. If you work slowly and steady with the file you can remove it with ease.

>>5740830
I'm going to be painting the kit. Its already been smoothed with 1000 grit. There's just a little bit of discoloration.

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Ausfag here wanting to buy my first airbrush setup but I'm having a lot of trouble finding a suitable respirator. I know the Gunpla Guide states A2P3, but all I can find without breaking the bank are A1P2 cartridges.

This is basically all I can find:
http://www.shop3m.com.au/safety-protection/respirators/3m-spraying-respirator-kit-6251.html

Any Aussies or Eurofriends here that can offer some advice? Is A1P2 enough? I will mostly be using acrylics but do plan on using some lacquer based spray paints and top coats.

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This guy actually looks pretty cool.

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>>5740880
brb, piercing the heavens.

>>5740858
Go to Bunnings. They have a mask there that's green and you can get filters for particles, vapour or combined. That's what I use.

>>5739849
the paintjob looks fucking ugly m8

>>5740830
Only paint can cover up the stress mark unless you want to sand down and misshapen the part. (damn those marks that appears no matter how careful you are at trimming it.)

>>5739984
id let you suck my cock if you know what im saying

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It's times like these where I once again realize I suck at posing my kits.

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All this time and still not even a whisper of a Xamel.

>>5740936
i need this

>>5740880
>>5740884
>Asymmetrical arm design done this well

be right back, I just need to jack off 'cause otherwise this is gonna last way longer than 4 hours

>>5740113
Someone post the screenshot of that gunpla hobo story

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>>5740858
Join the Gunpla Builders Australia facebook group and ask there. I live in California but it's worth being a member to see what these guys are up to. Some people are real pros and are still on their way way but everyone competes in the GBWC every year. I would take advantage of it if I lived in Australia, the admins run Hobbyco the official distributor in AUS and import P-Bandai for the cheap with pre orders too.

>>5740970
The best designs are asymmetrical like the Zaku II, it takes a decent amount of skill to find that balance.

>>5740928

impulse looks pretty decent but i'm not sure what's supposed to be going on with freedom

if he just got hit by impulse's swing, it doesn't really make any sense

also trim those v-fin nubs

>>5741073
freedom is backflipping out of the way of the attack

Any way to figure out exact measurements of parts not in your possession?

>>5741076
look up item on dalong and then scale the cigarette box to another photo on dalong of a mech you own

>>5741073
Well that's a kit reviewer's picture. I just felt how lacking i am with posing when i saw how much can be done.

I'm a newbie who is starting airbrushing. I've bought Tamiya acrylics and their brand of thinner, X-20.

The Tamiya website says 2 paint:1 thinner works best, have you found that to be true?

As a side note, I live in a humid area and have flow aid, is it worth putting that into the mix?

>>5741229

Rule of thumb for pretty much any airbrushing is thin your paint to a milk like consistency.

>>5741326
What kinda milk?

Whole?

2%?

1%?

Skim?

Fat free?

[spoiler]Soy?

>>5741330
Pretty much any milk. Also the other thing to remember is if it doesn't seem like it's flowing right, check your PSI, it might be too high or too low.

>>5741330
Activated almond milk

>>5741326
>>5741342
I'm not >>5741330 but thanks, I'll experiment and try it out.

>>5740858
>i can't afford proper cartridge
>can i use one that won't protect me
can you get a gently used refugee lungs where you live? if so, you don't really need a respirator

>>5741229
Tamiya acrylic? Half and half works just fine for me for most colors. Maybe 60/40 paint/thinner.

Is 15 psi too low?

>>5741398
I don't understand this mindset.

You know the risks. You know the dangers. Why are you seeking our approval for it? Either dive in and loose however many years off your life, or don't ask dumb questions and do the right thing.

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wip
can you fill it
i got a lot of fillings
I fill you tonight
can't fight this filling
...

>>5741436

No, if your paints are thinned correctly you should be able to spray most stuff at 15 psi.

So my shipment of 12 kits came in for a few kitbash projects
I'm excited to get some spray paints soon but somehow I wound up with a RG qan[t] instead of a HG one, at least I didn't pay anything extra and it clearly says HG qan[t] on the order
On the other hand I need to re-order it
Considering I've only built 2 HG kits and an old 90s no grade kit I'm honestly a bit intimidated
At least I'm getting paid tomorrow so I'll have to money to order it again

>>5741558
the rg is better than the hg don't order the hg unless you're that curious

>>5741566
Nah, was using the HG in a kitbash as the torso so that's why I was buying it

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Finished snap building a Sazabi Ver. Ka.
I knew it had good articulation for a bulky suit, but I never realized how ridiculous it'd be. It pulls off a gorgeous kneeling pose without any cheating.

>>5738561
Damn that looks fly as hell.

>>5738561
Garbage like the manga. i don't recommend this guy but I do suggest the Origin form.

>>5740614
Team SRJobbers.

>>5741676
Wasn't that EVERY team except Team Tryhard?

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>>5741229
>>5741326
>>5741342
>>5741354
Hi again, this is Tamiya question anon. I went and painted up some spoons. Do they look alright to all of you?

>>5741870
they look fine

how many coats was that?

Are the F91's decals waterslides?

>>5741891
Check dalong but i'm pretty sure they're dry transfer and stickers.


its only been in the last couple years that only the new Ver Ka kits (not even sure if TB is going to have them but god I hope so) have waterslides.

You'll need to buy them off ebay, samueldecal or get the official gundam decal ones.

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>>5741897
I couldn't find the answer through Google translate. I have them infront of me. I ask because the guide says waterslides come on blue paper.

>>5741907
those are stickers

>>5741888
That's good to hear. I believe I used 3-4 light coats. Not sure exactly when it counts fully as a coat, but I seemed to be doing a normal amount and not caking it in paint.

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>>5741907
Top are dry transfers, bottom are stickers. Waterslides are more blue than the sticker sheet, which (pic related)

>>5741907
If it comes with a thin piece of paper, it's dry transfer.

If it's light green, it's stickers.

If it's blue, it's waterslides.

If it's Kotobukiya, it's always waterslides whatever the color.

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I realized I posted this on /m/ instead of /toy/ earlier..

Finally got around to starting a project that I might enter for the group build, depending on if I can figure out how to do everything and somehow find a space to paint.

I'm pretty excited, this is my first time really doing something outside of just seam wielding and panel lining aside from that one GM Cannon I kind of gave up on for now a little after starting.

I haven't completely decided yet on what to do about the shoulders. I really like how the old Perfect Gundam shoulders look on it, but it leaves the shoulders and upper arm with no articulation at all, but I don't know any other feddie suits with big, blocky shoulders like that.

How are your projects coming along for the group build?

>>5741907
am I the only one who loves dry transfers because I FUCKING LOVE DRY TRANSFERS

>>5740936
Try was such a fucking shit show. Hey, check out these kits you can't have! Like HG Barzam, or a super Xamel!
Here, have some more shitty zeta suits, or another build jeganfuckyou!
>they called it build burning not knowing about the dub of G
fuck's sake, all of them should be castrated. The show may have been slightly redeemed if he did shining finger or burning finger once but fuck that. Oh, and here's domon at the end. What a fucking disgrace, as if domon would've trained such a retarded shithead.

>>5742095
As someone who likes G. Domon was a retarded shithead

>>5742194
He really wasn't.

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Just curious lately, what's the longest any anons gone without buying or building a kit? Currently been in a bit of a burn out, since my last kit in Oct of a PG Banshee.

Just been strangely okay with this stretch of disinterest. Worried now.

>>5739878
Every kit. Though it's only temp measure before I use the simple gundam markers nowadays...
Pic-related I redid the lining past that point finally.

Now that I remember the DM knockoff of >>5739930 I had, actually didn't work well with the gundam markers unless I'd gone over it with the pencil first for some reason.
Also anything special up with the Mandy markup on the MG Tallgeese III lately?

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>>5742262
>burning out from snapfagging a PG

>>5742297
Maybe he built all the HGUCs non stop before doing the Banshee.

>>5742095
Why would you expect them to be aware of what a gundam was renamed in a foreign country re-dub from twenty years ago?

>>5742365
Snap building HG kits are like eating chips for me. That's why I usually build MG so I don't go crazy and fill my room to the brim with miniature plastic robotmen.

>>5741676
>>5740740

What other names are there aside for these two heh.

But yea, aside from the uninspiring colors and the nature of the team, I still liked the look of it.


I still think they jobbed way too much though. That shit was retarded.

>>5742383
Team not-dragonar

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>find pic related at a yard sale for $2

Can kids around age 10 put these together without much trouble? I really lack any interest or ambition to build it myself, it's a really plain/boring looking robot design so I'd be better off giving it away.

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>>5742383
Well they're based on Dragonar.

>>5742397
>Can kids around age 10 put these together without much trouble?
Yep. No glue paint required.

>it's a really plain/boring looking robot design
I'll fight you m8

>>5742397
With supervision a 10 year old could probably build a PG. Just might need help with cutters and knives.

>>5742397
>its a really plain/boring robot design
holy shit you did not just call the Jesta that, its the most operator as fuck mobile suit mang

>>5741606
>that motion blur on the shield decals
HAYAI

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Giant (1/20) Macross plamo from MAXFACTORY.

>>5742600
Have they given release dates on the Pacific Rim stuff yet?

I've been itching for an alteisen for a while now, but I wanted to know- which one is the best engineered out of the koto kits?
I have no idea what the production order is, but the one I'm looking at is the Alteisen Progressive, I know there's also the Alteisen Riese, and I suppose the "regular" [spoiler]older?[/spoiler] Alteisen?
I posed this in an older gunpla gen on /m/ but either they don't own any Alteisens or anyone that does isn't around yet.

>>5740898
You mean this one?
https://www.bunnings.com.au/protector-respirator-kit_p5822368
https://www.bunnings.com.au/protector-combination-respirator-filter-twin-pack_p5820080

It does look as close as it gets to the rest of the world. I'll look into it, thanks dude.

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I am making a thing

none of the joints are glued and he isnt glued down so his articulation is intact.

working on thickening the trees atm.

>>5742819
Looks like something from a comic, looking pretty good so far

>>5742852
thanks anon

I have never watched the whole gundam seed/ spin offs so I don't actually know about the astray, but I do like the design of astray

>tfw work
What is free time?

>>5742854
Here's both SeeD Astray's Episodes

https://youtu.be/ie7Z07BWBG0

Any tank/ship/plane/diorama-fags here? Do you post or lurk any other communities outside /m/? Any suggested forum to broaden my horizons?

>>5743142

There's a military plamo thread elsewhere on the board, most of them hang out there.

How is the Katoki's Hi-nu? I can see on dalong it has a bigger backpack than the original, but it cause any balance issues? And overall, how does it compares to the original MG?

>>5743147
This >>5733109 ?
I will try to ask there, thanks.

>>5743142
I have a half painted merkava waiting to be fixed up, and a couple other kits in backlog. Used to post in the plamo general until the huge shitshow and that fag finally got his way and developed an offshoot general.

I also use Google.

>>5743150
>How is the Katoki's Hi-nu?
amazing, one of the top-5 best MGs with essentially no major issues. its very loyal to the original artwork and includes as many gimmicks and little known features of the design as possible, especially when you get the HWS add-on set.

>I can see on dalong it has a bigger backpack than the original, but it cause any balance issues?
maybe, but it comes with a stand and you can use the fuel tanks to support the back.

>And overall, how does it compares to the original MG?
better in every way unless you are some kind of freak that actually likes Izubuchi's Strike Freedom-inspired redesign.

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So I was browsing through my old email and I found one from Hobbysearch on the 2nd of June saying that 00 Raiser 1/100 NG Designer color ver. is getting a restock in August. Does this mean that the other 1/100 NG 00 Designer versions might be reprinted as well? I'm rather new to this hobby so I don't know if the 00 Raiser Designer ver. gets restocked more often than the others.

I know that the normal 1/100 NGs are getting restocked next month, but I really want those LED on the S2 units.

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>>5742397
>plain/boring

>>5742262
Maybe a month or so?
I Just hate feeling rushed because I only have a little time. Right now I have a Kamiki Burning and in a few days I've only built the arms, torso, and head.
If at any point you feel like building is a chore it's probably time for a break is my mindset.

October is a pretty far while back anon, maybe you should get that looked at.

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managed to progress a little bit this weekend on this hi nu

>>5743028
thanks/ i'm watching them now.

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Figured I'd ask this here since it seems more relevant:

Where can I find 1/144 scale USMC/USN/US Army rondels/decals without breaking the bank? Just got pic related and the Gouf REVIVE from Gundam Planet and was wondering how they'd look done up in MUH MODERN MILITARY livery. Also because I tried free-handing with my Gundam Markers, and it was awful.

My google-fu is turning up straight shit and everywhere I looked has either decals for specific military craft or straight up zilch in the 1/144 scale.

Hey i want to make some custom decal sheets. What kind do you use for printers?

>>5744063
Easiest way would probably be buying a cheap plastic model aircraft. Some sort of 1/144 jet fighter would probably work best as a lot of them were upwards of 15m long, but a 1/72 model of a smaller plane might be easier to find while still providing appropriate sized decals.

Alternatively, try looking up some tutorials on painting this kind of stuff. I'm sure you could get some decent results with gundam markers, some masking tape, and a little know how.

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This is nowhere near done, but the colors are turning out good.

>>5744084
find a printer than can print white ink or else you are fucked.

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Second model down, thinking about trying paints with my next kit. Fuck stickers.

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>>5744096
That they are. Looking forward to seeing more.

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posted in m, but looking for suggestions on how to do an asymmetrical 00 design, started with some harute parts, trying to do more subtle asymmetry.

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>buying pre-built gunpla

A child probably made this, but dem nubs, holy moley!

oh well, Iove doing this type of repair work anyways.

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loving those heels

>>5743391
He's right. The regular jesta looks boring, like it's missing something.

The jesta cannon however looks great.

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also new backpack thing

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x2

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here it is being used as a sword sheath just because they can

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something something october, something something 420 blazeit

no clue about the gun though, pretty sure its a new mold for the green dude

>>5744240
>>5744244
Sinanju pack ripoffs?

>>5744259
>thruster block with the all time favorite propellant tanks
>"sinanju ripoff"

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oh yes

>>5744237
>Guuuuuurrl

>>5744261
>twin vertically aligned thrusters with propellant tanks mounted below
>obvious mounting options on the upper sides for more thrusters

Yeah rip off.

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heres hoping all those pieces are seperated

>>5744237
Those heels and feet in general are disgusting.

>>5744270
I'll rekt u m8
That said, you can clearly tell there isn't going to be much ankle articulation

>>5744270
Also you could probably flip the heel 180deg

>>5744266
On closer inspection, perhaps you're right. Though I maintain that vertically stacked thrusters with propellent tanks isn't a design pioneered by the sinanju.

>>5744268
>Koto
>separating pieces for lazy faggots
pick one

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sorry if this is off-topic,but does anybody know what these are? i need them in my life

>>5744331
Muscuto.
Got 3 of them on order myself,
The maker actually took international orders a few months back
https://twitter.com/muscuto

>>5744264
...A Gourai recolor with new accessories? Am I seeing that right?

>>5744341
>https://twitter.com/muscuto
this is freakin amazing.do you happen to have a link to a shop or something?
cant seem to find a place to order

>>5744341
HE DID!? WHEN!? IS HE TAKING ANYMORE!?

Fuck I need to read his tweets more often. Does he take orders in English or just moonspeak?

>>5744341
God dammit. This just makes me wish I could go to AK-Garden.

>>5744348
>>5744349
No shop just yet, one of his tweets had a link to a google document outlining the order procedure. His English seems to be okay.

[email protected]

muscuto 注文書 order form

Order list order list

1.

2.

3.

名前 name :

Name fli kana (japan only):

住所 address:


国 country:

ZIP Zipcode:

Phone number phone number:

支払い方法Payment method(bank OR paypal)


I ordered 1 of the sand ver and 3 regular grey PMG-03 versions.

Cost me just under $250

>>5744240
>>5744244
Definitely going to buy them.

I have watched some tutorials on youtube and I keep seeing people saying "Now I am going to paint with lacquer" and then they use Tamiya's colors. Aren't those supposed to be acrylic or does Tamiya make lacquer too?

>>5744362
thanks for the effort,i appreceate it.
too bad i got about 500€ of orders ahead of me in the next months

>>5744362
You're my hero and my favorite tripfag richigo.

Love your work too, I used to see it all the time in the facebook gunpla group before it got shut down.

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>>5744343
Little Armory version.

>>5744365
Tamiya is an acrylic that can be thinned with either Alcohol or Lacquer thinner. They make their owner thinner of both types and you can use stuff like mr. color leveling thinner as well.

>>5744413
Got it, thanks, but what is the point of using Tamiya as lacquer paint instead of regular lacquer paint? The lack of toxic fumes? Drying times?

>>5744418
Easily available most places, cheap, can be stripped with windex, tamiya is good paint with nice colors in general.

No matter what if you are using lacquer thinner you are going to get bad fumes and it is going to dry insanely quick because that is due to the thinner and not the paint itself.

>>5744427
>because that is due to the thinner and not the paint itself.
I thought the whole point was the paint itself (pigments), not the thinners. Well good to know then.

Question, when it comes to Tamiya spray cans, is ts-34 camel yellow or ts-37 chrome yellow better suit gundam yellow, for vents and v-fins. I'm kinda in the mood to go for gold colors but it might not suit every suit.

>>5744434
I would've said regular yellow, actually.

>>5744441
Oh, my regular hobby store didn't have ts-16 yellow so I missed it for consideration, gonna hit up some other stores to check supply

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Just postin some Red Alert 2 stuff from ICM, Hasegawa and Zvezda, combined together.

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aaand that's all for today. Time for sanding!

>>5744521
Cool! Not that the flak truck is the first unit I think of when remembering RA2 :)

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>>5744521
>>5744524
>>5744526

>No plamo of tiberian sun mechs.

>>5744561
It's a very good design. It would have been so easy to just put an M1A1 turret on legs and call it a day, but the side turret and asymmetry really sells it. Would be a cool plamo

>>5744561
GDI a shit, undying god emperor kane 4 lyfe

Titans and wolverines are really cool tho

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Question

Just wondering if I am using Tamiya's lacquer can spray. Do i still need to prime a kit or just the pure spray do the job in term of durable paint?

I did some experiments using Tamiya's TS spray with Mr. Surface 1500.
For what I can tell, besides needing more number of coats without Mr. surfacer to cover the bare plastic color, when nail scratching, the end products durability is about the same.

What is you guys' experience on this?
Pic some what related to Gunpla/Plamo

>>5744670
Anyone who tells you to not prime something is talking shit. It helps the paint bind, gives a uniform colour to coat over, and helps protect your plastic from reacting with the paint meaning not only will the finish be more durable but the actual plastic part will be as well, which is ridiculously important for gunpla with all their moving parts.

>>5744670
if you dont prime and you use laquer/enamels

the gunpla will become brittle as FUCK and you will have fucked up tremendously

always prime.

>>5744763
Clearly his experimental results prove otherwise. I've not painted enough to know, but priming is heck of a lot useful in surface prep.

>>5744657
I bet zeon and nod apologetics form the perfect overlapping Venn diagram, disgusting is what it is.

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>>5744775
Bow before the might of my amassed artillery and banshees.

I should try a grimgerde in NOD colors.

>>5744793
>Cobra rejects talking shit like they're tough

Enjoy Ion cannon.

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So i joined a local group. Were having our first buildoff at a con next year
Theres sone good builders, but alot of pleb stuff like painting on runners

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>>5745129

>>5745129
That Zephyranthes does not deserve that torture.

>>5745129
Looking at the sprayed part it's probably done with an airbrush too.

So guys. MG Unicorn or Banshee for my next MG???

>>5745410
which do you like better

the banshee comes with its weapons but the unicorn can hold its shield and has the beam rifle

>>5741606
Really want to get this guy but I'm not too comfortable with splurging 90 dollars for it

Might as well just wait for the RG shinanju in the meantime

How is the MG Heavyarms EW?

>>5745480
Fun to build, just remember to glue the ammo belt, or you'll have a fun time picking up the pieces when you try to pose the gun and belt together.

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Put together a ZSS shield liger MK2 from the HLJ sale. I don't see a lot of zoids in these threads, anyone else like some zoids?

These are pretty nice, most of the parts have prepainted details and stuff, so it looks really good snapped together. Pretty good articulation and really high parts count for the size. How many parts do RGs have? because it feels like this may be similar.

Gold plastic shows nubs like a motherfucker though, probably gonna have to paint them anyways. Its also pretty small. Probably about the size of a HG gunpla if the gunpla was standing the same way on all fours.

Does anyone have/has heard of the ZXL chisels? They look to be like marginally cheaper chinese clones of the BMC ones but you have to order them off ebay.

Any experiences? I know richigo gets a lot of shit through taobao

Planning on building the REVIVE Gyan, any tips?

>>5744763
>>5744770
>brittle

Do they still have that problem?
I thought that whole issue is more to do with the ABS plastic that Bandai went mad with it few years ago and not the old PS plastic.
I remember Bandai has to have an official statement telling people to stop painting over the ABS pieces because they will crack due to chemical reactions.

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Anyone know any sets this comes in?

>>5745696
Dynames Arm Arms, I suppose.

>>5745696
>>5745712
I recognize that background http://hobbynotoriko.yumenogotoshi.com/hgbf-dynames-aa.html

>>5743804
Jesus that wing gundam looks like it's getting fucked against the wall.

>>5744230
What's wrong with having nubs on a prebuilt kit?
It's waay better than a botched nub removal job.

>>5739957
You could try this:
http://toyhax.com/main-menu/1924-stickerfixer-adhesive-applicator.html

>>5745727
>>5745712
Yeah I know it is part of the dynames arm arms set but I didn't know if another set or something had this as it didn't seem like the dynames arm arms set had anything that was soley exclusive to it but just dynames and a bunch of campaign parts

>>5745763
The frame is specifically labelled Dynames Arm Arms, so, for now, seems it's exclusive to that model.

it's definitely not in the other Arm Arms sets, trust me, my father works for Bandai.

>>5745763
The moonrunes literally have Dynames on it.

>>5744230
Why didn't you get the Legend BB version? It's so much nicer.

>>5745817
I dont want to pay 15 bucks and then botch it.

I got this for like 30 cents and is perfect experiment fodder.

Can anyone who has built the IBO weapon set one tell me if they've suffered bad parts alignment? Seam welding the cannon and the lance has given me nothing but suffering.

>>5745670
I'm utterly confused about all this talk of ps/abs plastics. And I thought the brittle issue was just from top coat over whatever which of the above, but that it was ok if you painted first since you're not supposed to have too coat and paint of the same composition right? Shouldn't we just make a list of "do not paint /top coat the following MG frames"?

>>5745763
Its only with that dynames. No other arms arm have that since each one has its own gimmick, dynames being sub arms
-dyanmes arms arm owner

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Thoughts on this kit? Whats a good price point?Considering getting it with my bonus.

>>5746244
Looks very cool
You should get it

>P-bandai Hg revive real type colors uses water decals

Is this what a miracle feels like?

>buy new kit
>unbox to have a look at the manual
>parts are broken off the sprue
>damage to a large piece

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>5745474
You could snag one off mandarake for $40-50 plus shipping.

>>5742612
Anyone?
I've been looking over Dalong's pictures but all I can tell is that Riese has more detail and part seperation but Progressive seems like it's simplified for better articulation.
If anyone owns either I'd really appreciate a nod either way or even just impressions about the one you own.

>>5746418
>regular releases don't come with waterslides

If they upped the price of kits by 200 or 300 yen and included waterslides Id have no qualms.

>>5746830
I don't really think anybody would. The quality of waterslides vs stickers is really way too massive to argue against.

>>5745129
I've never understood painting on the runners. It first looks like an inherently lazy move, but even they have to realize the massive hassle this creates.

>>5747013
Honestly that only works if there is under gating, and even then that's someone questionable. But I'd do it to Hyakushiki revive if it does have an undergate just to electroplate it.

>>5747079
Yeah, but if you're going to the trouble of electroplating, that's a whole different universe from >>5745129

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>>5747013
>painting on the runners
The only valid case I can think of is when your parts are so tiny that securing them for painting is a pain in the ass and the nubs are on the pegs and won't be seen.

Not a typical case for gunpla but you will see it in other kinds of plamo a lot.

>>5747079
>>5747013
Guy who posted it. To make triggering even worse, he did that to a rg. As for "why people paint while on runners" is because they might think its easier, but then you get nubs and discoloration from doing so. Theres a couple of members who paint on runners, one of the worse was someone pearl coated and metallic painted a noble while she was on runners. When he posted the final pic, i couldnt look away from the sanded, top-coated nubs

just received my MG 2.0 Freedom and Infinite Justice from hlj, these look sweet as hell

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So I have a White Ogre Zaku II unbuilt waiting for me to get better, but when I do I want it to be weathered. What's the best basic weathering kit? Is the Tamiya ones good?

>>5747079
How do you even go about electroplating a kit? Sounds kind of interesting.

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>>5747130
or if you arnt painting the entire part and are just using the runner to hold the part.

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>>5747131
Fucking hell, pics?

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Saw on Amazon that this was on sale for a really cheap price. Can anyone vouch for the quality?

>>5747242
It's an easy to build kit pretty good articulation from revive and all gundam project joints, big improvement over the original hguc RX-78 only flaw is it doesn't come with the hammer the 30th anniversary versions come with.

>>5747242
It's a good kit. Sturdy, but doesn't have very much surface detail, and some people don't like the proportions.

>>5747277
I also saw the stand being listed for les than $10, would you recommend picking that up as well or is it really not needed?

>>5747242
Is it really less than $20?!

>>5747287
The gundam itself doesn't need a stand but it's always nice to have for aerial action poses.

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>>5747294
Alright gonna order it along with another one to got with the Orphan

>>5747291
The MSRP is 1000 yen, so it SHOULD be less than $10, regardless of whether that's USD, CAD, or AUD

>>5747302
less than $20*

God damn it

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>>5747190
Ill post some of the plebness
The nigger has clips. Like why paint on runners if you got clips

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>>5747324
Here's the noble, weathered with tamiya stuff before being assembled

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>>5747329
Then the final

>>5747332
Also realized you cant see it well, but the forearns have gouge marks

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>>5747242
Totally worth it.

>>5747137
buy a bulk pack colored pencil, a low grit sheet of sandpaper and a sponge or bushy loose brush

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>>5747409
Paint the black around the eyes yo

About to buy my first airbrush. I don't have any of this stuff. What should I get, the Eclipse Iwata set with the compressor and stuff right?

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I made my GM III that I use in Gundam Breaker 3. But now it's 3dpd.

So I'm still fairly new to gunpla. Never painted, only done HG and one IBO 1/100. So I'm a fucking peasant. Anyway, I'm looking for a specific recommendation. I got too many manly robots. Not that it's a bad thing, but I need some robotits. I need some GURL gunpla.

>>5747782
Nobel Gundam
GN Archer
Any FAG (Frame Arms Girl)

>Sand nubs off
>Nub is gone but left with a discolored splotch on the plastic
>scratching at it with finer grain sandpaper does fuck all
So is the only way to make that go away is prime and paint over it?

>>5747799
Cut the piece off from the tree with your cuts far away from where it connects to the piece. Cut the nubs off the piece cleanly with an x acto knife. Now shave off the pieces of the nub still that yes are still on the part with the tip of your x acto knife. Now sand over just exactly where the nub was with an edge of 400 grit sand paper you've folded up multiple times. Now wet sand it through every grit of sand paper being careful not to sand too much. It should look good when you're done with 2000 grit.

>>5747830
>expecting me to do all this work for each and every nub

>>5747799
It's a darker shade of the plastic's color? If so, I've heard that's caused from the injection process. The trick in that case would be lightly sand and hope you're lucky. Try to take off the least amount of material as possible.

>>5747845
you're only supposed to do it on visible nubs.

You've obvs sanded too much though, get 2000 grit and sand the whole surface til the shade is uniform throughout.

>>5747845
I do, it takes me three days to build a HG.

>>5747799
Pretty much. Top coat will also make it less obvious but it's a case by case thing. (white discoloration on black plastic will be worst than on light green)

Gonna give the gundam hammer to a federation grunt. Which one should use it?

>>5747896
Byarlant

>>5747896
GM sniper II.

New thread: >>5747946

>>5747830
>2000 grit.
2000 grit doesn't do squat for me. Hell, not even 1000 grit does anything. I have to use 400 before I get results.

>>5747873
plebs don't know. this is how you get the most value out of gunpla

>>5747751
Looks awesome. Really like the color scheme too.