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 of the MS 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!

First for guntank is best

>>5788117

this

>>5788117
>>5788128
third for fuck your opinon

old thread was only on page 5. wtf u doing gelgoog?

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>>5788117
Guntank deserves more love.


Anyways, I come to you guys with a bit of a conundrum I posted last thread. I may have gotten my hands on a Daibadi/Dimension Diver Aphrodite A garage kit. A couple of other dudes in the Daibadi thread also want some, so I'm trying to find recasters or the like so we can get some copies and distribute them to the guys interested.

If any of you guys know any recasters, or have skills in this, do tell or visit the thread sometime.

Does anyone have an airbrush friendly primer they would recommend?

I'm new to airbrushes so I don't want to fuck it up

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RG really helps to soothe the burn out I've been going through working on a gnx. what's more fun than high detail and high posability. Also been a while, why is there a separate thread for scale models.

>>5788221
Mr surfacer

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I've heard people say the RG RX-78 is terrible. What's supposed to be wrong with it?

>>5788221
>>5788229

bingo

get 1200, or 1500 finishing surfacer if you're not doing much changing to surfaces

>>5788229
>>5788235
Thank you!

>>5788221
Tamiya's Liquid Surface Primer.

>>5788228
Pretty sure it was one or two guys who really disliked the fact that the thread was 95% gunpla

>gunpla are kiddie toys
>no skill required
>gunpla discussion all day erry day
>no one ever answers non gunpla questions
>non gunpla posts were very quickly drowned out
Were some of the arguments brought up.

Shitposting happened and the dude forced his Scale Model thread with "no gaypla allowed" in the OP. More shitposting occurred when the thread was deleted, and then the moderate faction created what was to be the current Scale Model general and it stuck.

Personally I was against the split, but I guess it worked out okay in the end.

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>>5788233
It was the first RG so bandai didn't really know all the problems that would arise from a 1/144 inner frame. It's basically a grenade.
If you wanted a decent 1/144 RX78, I'd probably suggest the hguc G30th since it has all the panel lines from the RG.

>>5788273
>It's basically a grenade.
What does that mean, parts fall off? Could you just glue lose parts in place?

>>5788228
A couple of guys got mad about the low amount of non robot posts and how few people were responding to them so they complained and started their own threads. Then they had their own division as it turned out they were being started by a guy who actively hates gunpla and would shitpost anything he percieved as not belonging in his thread.

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>>5788263
>>5788282
funny thing is that now there is enough non-gunpla related posts in the other thread that they would not be drowned in gunpla here and all would have benefited from knowledge sharing

p.stupid imo

>>5788277
not. a . gun. perry.

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>>5787308
Well, shit. I thought I had Command locked down.

>>5788311
Report it, it's that image spammer guy from months back.

>>5788317
And in hindsight that's a terrible, terrible pic.

>try to make my own wash for tie fighter, turns out shit after multiple attempts
>buy dark wash for grey vehicles
>dries and can't see it
im gonna kill myself jesus christ

>>5787472
>gloss>wash>flat

I don't want to coat any of it. I just want to do a panel wash. It's the 1/144 Try Burning, it's not really worth all the resources or time.

>>5788348
Just use a mechanical pencil or go buy one of the markers suggested in the guide

>>5788348
>it's not really worth all the resources or time.
that's the spirit! we need more gunplars like you

>>5788379
Those always turn out looking really thick and you don't have much control over the color. I used to use Sakura microns.

I just want a paint that flows well, cleans nicely, and won't damage bare plastic. Does such a thing not exist?

>>5788391
It's not the paint you need to worry about, it's the thinners. You could try an acrylic wash, instructions are in the guide.

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I know 1/72 is supposed to be small but damn

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The whole tank is just 14 pieces, with three sts of the same part. Glad this comes with two, since this was like 25 dollars on hlj. In hindsight I probably should have bought the 1/35 version

>>5788422

well you bought the smaller scale of one of the smallest vehicles

>>5788280
I just built it and it kind of blows

>only two sets of hands, closed fists and awful poseable ones
>Poseable hands fall apart, I've already lost a thumb
>stickers didn't stick very well
>skirt armour always falling out
>weight is poorly distributed so it falls over a lot without a stand, even in the most basic pose

It does look really fucking cool all tarted up with stickers and panel lines though

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what do you think of pre shading your kit ? do this really help to have a more realistic kit or this is kind of overplay ? i dont see a lot of modelist using this technique in "classic" modeling. thanks

>>5788479

I see lots of aircraft modeling guides about preshading when I google for stuff.

I like how it looks, but I don't any fancy paintwork myself, I can barely do normal paintwork.

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>>5788479
I've come to like doing it. I don't necessarily know about realistic, but it certainly adds more depth to the model and looks cool. And once you get the hang of it shading/highlighting only adds like a night or two of extra effort to the painting process.

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What do you guys think of this?

I honestly haven't been excited about any kit for the new Try OAV. This just looks kind of boring to me.

>>5788479
No. The point of preshading is to create realistic shadowing in areas that might not be subject to proper natural shading due to the scale. It's like ambient occlusion in games.

Putting it on panel lines is stupid and makes no sense. Corners? Yes. Crevices? Yes. Deep lines and gouges or details hidden underneath something like that Kshatriya's leg armor? Yes. Panel lines? No, especially not if the shading bleeds outside of the damn panel lines. It's become less about realistic shading and more about random detailing.

>>5788133
I was at work. Our VPN broke last week and we have ~3000 laptop users.

>>5788515
Paint the clear bits solid.

>>5788515

I like the new gyan but other than that not much

>>5788515
I think revive Zeta is gonna look pretty good

hope it'll be out soon now that the pretool is out of the way

>>5788537
>Paint the clear bits solid

You can't tell me what to do bitch.

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Still amazes me that they went to the effort of designing a pretty unknown ms into a custom unit in Buildfighters and not make it into a model.

>>5788591
Too late amigo. Nah but seriously, that's my plan for it. Also gonna go for a brighter orange or maybe yellow. I like yellow for some weird reason.

>>5788515
An insult to the Zeta design.

>>5788738
Wait what. That's supposed to be a Zeta? It looks so blocky and fat and the "transformation" is laughable.

>>5788776
It's the Scramble Gundam, to honor the 30th year anniversary of the first Gundam video game, Hot Scramble Gundam, on the Famicom.

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>>5788780

Most arbitrary anniversary celebration ever? I think so.

>>5788565
I don'really see anything on the design that could be reused towards a revive zeta. The general outline is the same or similar but all the detail is different. People were saying "revive zeta soon" when lightning and then lightning zeta were announced as well.

>>5788780
>It's true.

Wow.

>doing waterslides for tie fighter
>pretty much only have the windows left
why bandai why

>>5788515
Holy f**k

That color scheme and blue clear parts.

I thought Lightning Zeta is the worse.

>>5788822
It's almost as if HGs there days have internal structures that can be reused

MK.II revive is out, Hyaku Shiki is one the way, seriously anon, think

>>5788878
It's mostly only the limbs that have inner frame nowadays outside of the IBO HG. A revive Zeta would need a substantial amount of new parts. Not saying it's not in the works/on the way, just that it probably won't be reusing Scramble gundam runners.

>>5788515
looks terrible
the Gyancelot is the only worthy design so far, everything else is straight garbage

>>5788515
I would recolor the orange into an icy blue when i do get it.

>>5788273
took them a few good tries before they got the inner frame down. Though they really need to work on the frame for transformables. Zeta is basically an even bigger grenade. I wonder how much worst the ZZ can be.

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>>5788422
I want that CV. How much was it and what scale?

>>5788951
Wouldn't the ZZ be less fragile since it's a partsformer? Then again, the last RG with a core fighter was the GP01, and people have mixed opinions on the stability of that, but a ZZ would probably at least be sturdier than the Zeta.

>>5788974
Yeah about that' my rg GP01 had very flimsy shoulder stability and i am convinced that the joint for it cracked and made it looser.

>>5788968
I don't see an aircraft carrier?

>>5788905
It'll probably reuse the runner that has the internals and the bicep/lowertorso

>>5788905
Red Warrior was like that right? Almost no reuse (or none?) of parts with Revive RX-78-2.

>>5788515
I don't mind the colour. I think it would've looked better if the backpack had an extra middle part that formed a bird head in flight mode.

>>5789088
To my knowledge the Revive and the red warrior share no parts. Each of the Revive releases so far have been an all new mold. I think even the Hyaku shiki is going to be a new mold (Using the mega-shiki would mean using the delta plus runners, which are several years old now, use the old polycap tree and layout, and would have a ton of superfluous parts wasted).

>>5789096
I think the Red Warrior was the prototype for the Revive RX, some aspects are similar but improved.

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Has anyone here got experience with Liquitex products, specifically their varnishes? I saw some at a store and wanted to check before buying. Any good? Mostly aiming for the flat varnish. Intention is airbrushing it over Tamiya brand acrylics.

>>5789137
It's great, you just have to thin it down.
Never tried it over tamiya though.

>>5789139
What do you thin it with? Pictures of sprayed models if you have any to post would be helpful.

>>5789137
I use a bunch of liquitex stuff and haven't had any issues except for the matte varnish. It has murdered several of my models with frosting.

>>5789144
Conflicting results from what >>5789139 said. Everyone's got different experiences. What could it be that made it frost? Do you live somewhere humid?

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>>5789023
CV33, Italian tankette.

>>5789146
I'm Australian so I guess you could say that.

>>5789188
Tanks.

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>tfw got paint mixing down to a science

>>5789277
how many PPM are you diluting to lol.

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Progression my brothers. Now we can commence dismantling and masking. Btw what has happened in /m/? when did things become such as is?

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What if two guns?

Having troubles thinking of where to mount the orange gun since the barrel is kinda too thick and there's no easy way to slap it on to the backpack.

>>5789277
>literally using test tubes

>>5788780
That's a weird celebration, but the game's soundtrack is crackin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYk6DayXoQg

>>5789349
Isn't that basically just the Zeta gundam OP?

>>5789277
Huh. I should get a glass dropper bottle for my levelling thinner too.

>>5789388
It is. It's not basically, it is.

>>5789345
There are no test tubes in that picture though.

>>5789277
Lab technician equipment and model kit paint. As long as your tech is clean your Gundam won't catch MRSA

>>5789277
no labels on eppendorf tubes. fail

>>5789349
Should have gone with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7saVOX0YtQ desu family.

>>5789558
While we're talking about Zeta OP's, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAB_HDpekgw

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>>5788163
Bumping this request.
It's a chance to earn some neckbeard money!

>>5789277
Remember to autoclave that shit when you're done.

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>>5788098
Thanks for using my Ez8, GG.
I also tried spraying Tamiya acrylics thinned with their own acrylic thinner and Mr Leveling Thinner, and here are the results. The left is acrylic thinner and right is the leveling thinner and each has been cured to for 24 hours. It looks like both still scratch off about the same. I haven't tried straight up lacquer paint yet, but I'm guessing all paint will scratch off probably. Good to know of thinner options though.

>>5789822
Primer and topcoat help a lot for scratches, also if your acrylic is water based you should let it cure for longer, like a week

>>5789822
Welcome. Give a darker color a shot, you can tell it's going on smoother and more level with the Leveling thinner.

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>Ez-8

my nigga
pretty impressive for a 2000 kit

>>5789822
I primed the spoons with Mr Surfacer 1000, and even with primer and topcoat, paint scratching still occurs. For example, my Ez8 in the op image, you can see a big spot of scratched paint on its left bicep near the should bit that would make contact with it a lot. The lacquer primer and topcoat had a few hours to cure as well. I didn't know about water-based acrylics needing a week and after looking up Tamiya acrylics being water-based, I think I'll give that a shot with my next project. Thanks!
>>5789871
That's true, it does look smoother. Right now, I've still got 1 1/5 bottles of Tamiya acrylic thinner left that I think I'll go through first before exclusively using Leveling Thinner. The quality man in me says to switch now, but the value-oriented me is saying to finish what supplies I have right now first.

And for anyone that wants to thin Tamiya with Mr. Leveling Thinner, the ratio is the same as if thinning lacquer paints with lacquer thinner, 1:2, paint to thinner

>>5789873
That does look good. Can you point the feet out a little more to pose it better or are the ankles not articulated well enough?

>>5788487
Gundam noob, what model is that?

>>5789885
Oops, meant to quote >>5789870 instead

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So the one with the cannons i thought was a grunt that used a gundam frame as a basis, nope turns out its a gundam, so we get 2 new gundam frames so that leaves how many frames left of the use able ones?

>>5789896
The legs part above the feet can be moved , so the ankles will move around just fine

Only problem I found is that little white antenna on the head. It can be break so easily so you gonna need to glue it.

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>>5789898
Slightly modded HG Graze Custom.

>>5789912
there were 72 Gundams, so we've got a ways to go

>>5789942
Thanks! Also the guns look really under detailed are all like this or others can be bought?

>>5789912
>>5789943
This is implying those two aren't variations of each other or any Gundams seen in the series/side story, but there would 19 usable frames left by the time the series takes place, and then 65 actual Gundams in total.

>>5789943
Yeah there are 72 frames but I remember that more than half of them were destroyed or beyond repair, want to find out how many of them are still intact and functional.

>>5789943
Don't have the source on me, but a while back there was an official clarification that while there WERE 72 frames, after 300 years only like a dozen or two are still around/in workable order with the rest being lost or destroyed.

>>5789951
65 actual Gundams left unseen*

>>5789885
>I primed the spoons with Mr Surfacer 1000, and even with primer and topcoat, paint scratching still occurs. For example, my Ez8 in the op image, you can see a big spot of scratched paint on its left bicep near the should bit that would make contact with it a lot. The lacquer primer and topcoat had a few hours to cure as well. I didn't know about water-based acrylics needing a week and after looking up Tamiya acrylics being water-based, I think I'll give that a shot with my next project. Thanks!
Tamiya acrylics are synthetic acrylic. With lacquer thinner you're going to get near lacquer qualities and shouldn't take a week to cure. The reason water based and weak acrylics take long to cure is because the moisture needs to gas out in a dry environment but lacquer thinner evaporates rapidly.

Few things to note. Even with a primer you need to prepare your surface. That means washing thoroughly and preferably giving it a good sanding with a medium grit. This is just basic surface prep and even a little bit of oil or grease can ruin adhesion. To put this into perspective, surface prep can make the difference between a few lbs of strength on a superglue weld vs a dozen lbs, it's huge.

After your prime you should check if it's smooth, you don't want it to be grainy and textured but you don't want it to be like a gloss coat, sanding here with a high grit may help. Mechanical grip counts for a lot. And keep in mind lacquer takes at least a day for a full cure.

>>5789972
Ah, then good to know about what Tamiya really is.

Before any serious painting job, I always be sure to prep, soaking all my parts in soapy water for hours and leaving to dry for pretty much a day.

The pieces feel smooth enough to the touch after priming, unless Surfacer 1000 can't achieve the amount of smoothness you're saying by itself. I've read many sources giving what is the curing time for acrylics and lacquers, with the general consensus being that acrylics take 24 hours and lacquers 1-2 hours, but I'll try 24 hours each and see my results.

>>5789982
>The pieces feel smooth enough to the touch after priming, unless Surfacer 1000 can't achieve the amount of smoothness you're saying by itself.
You want it to look flat but without any rough texture. If it's glossy or semi-glossy it's not ideal.

>>5790014
It does look flat and does not have a rough texture then.

>>5789972
>Tamiya acrylics are synthetic acrylic
>using meaningless buzzwords without understanding what they mean
nigger, acrylic does not seep out of fucking trees

>>5789972
So I should wait a full day when doing a second coat of lacquer when airbrushing?

>>5790074
Just do it when it's dry.

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Hey Gerbil, Bandai stole your GM color scheme.

>>5790332
Did they just paint a regular version for the P-Bandai product pics?

Because there's blue corners on that thing. See the Thrusters and neck guard.

>>5790332
Is that Lydo wolf colors?

>>5790387
Yep. They're releasing his GM Sniper II as a P-Bandai kit http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000105753/

>>5790427
I see. I'm okay with it being a recolor. WIsh they gave his GM a special sniper.

>>5790332
Man, that's really nice

>>5790384
would not surprise me. its a rather cheap and fast way to put out a model for official shots rather than crank out a prototype with the colors.

The Double X MG has the loosest joints I've dealt with so far. Fucker is impossible to even stand up.

Pretty disappointing.

hey friends. I've been working on some Zoids lately and before I start working on my Command Wolf and Liger Zero (Jager CAS, complete box) renewal/re-release I wanted to grab a couple of customize parts.

I looked through a few lists and I've got the part #s, but does anyone know a good place and/or vendors, etc where I can actually buy them? Amazon and ebay is mostly new Kotobukiya HMM, or really, really old Tomy (which aren't peices I'd want to use), and the big three easy mode (amiami, 1099, HLJ) just have a single part (which is one I'd buy and muck around with, but not much for selection).

Any advice or suggestions?

>>5788229
I really, really like Mur. Surfacer 1200 and 1500. It thins very well (I was lucky and found a bottle of the drying retardend+lacquer thinner and Mr. Surfacer in the same store), lays down very well, and sands very nicely. My only regret is that I used it all up and now if I want to do a good job I need to buy more.

>>5790511
Its probably mandatory to buy a stand for it with how top heavy it is. The stock wing innerframe isn't probably able to handle having that.

>>5790332

>talk shit about the guntank
>GM kit is P-Bandai

this is what you get for bully

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earlier or delayed?

>>5790832
Delayed by a month.

>>5790832
I was thinking of getting this.

I got some Mr. White Putty tried filling some seam lines for the first time. Squeezing out a dab onto a toothpick and spreading it, I found that it started clumping really quickly. Am I doing something wrong, or is that just how it works. Also, should I have gotten tamiya or some other putty instead? The Mr. Putty was cheaper and the Chinese guy at the counter said it was "most popular brand"

>>5790893
GSI is pretty popular. If it smells like solvent I'd try using a teeny bit of thinner and turning it into more of a paste.

I think I have a tube of Tamiya that I've never used, but my favorite filler is Mr. Surfacer and Games Workshop's Liquid Green Stuff (which is an acryl and can be thinned with water and brushed on). I have a tube of Testor's putty that I used on a Command Wolf and that was a big fucking mess.

>>5790893
I use Mr Dissolved Putty (for some things anyway) and you can thin that with lacquer thinner so I assume the same thing applies to the non-dissolved version.

>>5790893
Mr. White Putty is trash imo. I prefer the Tamiya putties and Mr Surfacer 500.

Are there actually people who don't ironically like turn A?

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>increasingly large caliber
who excited here?

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Man, all this time and all these advances in technology and Bandai still can't make gold plastic that doesn't look like ass. I wish they'd given us a chromed HS. Or at least released both and given people a choice, it's the 200th release FFS. Splurge a little, damn.

Sooo...can anyone recommend me a nice gold rattlecan to make this thing look presentable?

>>5791143
>actually wanting chrome plating
What the fuck is wrong with you?

>>5788117

My wife has been building an MG Gun tank, i'm pretty impressed with all it comes with. Springs for all the treads and what not and then it even has LEDs in the head. Need to try and find batteries for it, though.

>>5791143
its a great compromize between the painters and snap builders. try krylon gold.

>>5791148
I like chrome on the HS. It's how all the Hyakus I ever owned were, and it's how I've come to love em.

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I recently ordered the AC 03-AALIYHA kit and have heard a few people say its joints are weak. Its not too big of an issue but can anyone confirm this?

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I have two tricky Z-related painting questions for you fellas.

1. I want to paint the internals of the Zssa gunmetal, but want the missiles to stay red. What is the best way to go about this?

2. How on earth do you paint in those white lines on the Zudah? Crazy good hand control?

>>5791171
I'm not sure myself, but maybe next time you should ask questions like that before you buy. Just a tip for the future.

>>5791194
Yeah I normally check this kind of thing but I really wanted to finally get this kit regardless of flaws, and loose joints are fixable so I should be fine. Thanks for the tip though.

>>5791191
For the white lines on the Zudah, I think they've got a bit on an indent on them. So just follow the lines and don't mess up.

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Noob question I guess

So I'm building a Volks kit that requires you to cement parts together. Most parts are loose fitted and fall out the moment you move the kit.

I plan on painting the kit, but how do I go about painting if I need to cement parts together? Do I just have to mask off sections that require different colors? Obviously I can't spray paint parts individually then expect them to hold together with cement.

What do you guys do when a kit requires you to cement parts and paint? What would be the path that would cause me the least grief? I've been putting off this kit for months now because I'm afraid to proceed with the next step.

Anyone build the Hi-Resolution 1/100 Barbatos? Just wondering if it's just a mirror finish 1/100 model or something different entirely.

>>5791387
Entirely different. Just look up images of it and the 1/100.

I need some help anons. I'm getting myself a Grimgerde, but I'm not sure if I should get a 1/100 or the 1/144.

Anyone here able to give me a good argument why I should get either one?

>>5791484
RE 1/100 Grimgerde is great

Go for it anon

Does anyone have the tutorial to put the 1/100 gusion parts on the barbatos frame?

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>>5790332
god damn thats nice, too bad you'll have to paint the rifle.

admittedly i borrowed the paint scheme for my GM from a lineart thread, but that one is really slick for an official recolor.

>P-Bandai
of course.

>>5791576
So, how much will shipping be for this thing? Last time I bought a Koto kit (a purchase I deeply regret), it jumped from about 50 to 100 bucks because of shipping alone. Never was able to finish the damn thing either

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>>5791579
Forgot pic

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Group build entry is finished.

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>>5791609

>>5791387
Hi-Resolution simply appears to be the product line, it's very stylized, and a lot of the parts do have a metallic coating finish.

>>5791624
shouldn't the two-pod gun supporter be at the bottom, instead of up?

Gonna buy a GM Sniper II to color what theme should i go with it?

Winter - White, light grey, grey.

Police - Black White Blue

Char - Red, blood red.

>>5791753
Police, would be something different to the other two which are somewhat commonly done.

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>>5791763
So plan on coloring after this as the first of my gm sniper II. So what's more preferable? Black limbs white torso with blue highlights around the body? Or white limbs with black torso and blue highlights?

>>5791191

I can't post a pic from my phone, but what I did was line all the red parts with a copic pen then used an insanely thin brush to paint around it as a guide. That way I didn't have to paint directly up against the parts I wanted to stay red.

When everything was dry, I just re-lined with the copic and everything looked fine.

>>5791771
>>5791753
As a continuation which GM SNiper to use as a base? Gm SNiper II or GM K9 sniper without the dog pack?

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attempted to paint the graze, at-least till i ran out, so aside from the shoddy work well does the color work together?

>>5791918
Sniper II if you want normal Police and K9 Sniper if you want SWAT Police.
Maybe Black limbs/White torso.
Don't forget some red highlights for the siren lights.

>>5791973
I was thinking of putting the red on the visors.

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Who comfy building rn? (rx-78-2 Revive)

>>5791143
Paint it you lazy shit

>>5791227
I was considering the very same kit, and was turned off by the need for cement and the tiny parts. I'm far from expert, but it seems to me that the best way would be to build it and stop periodically to paint after segments are built and are recognizable, but before completing the entire model.
Unless you're really focused and have tons of time, in which case you could paint first. But that would require some rather extreme patience.

>>5792389
I am you idiot, that's why I asked for gold paint recommendations in that very post.

Gold paint still isn't as good as vac-metalized gold in my book, at least not when it comes to Hyaku Shikis.

>>5792389
Learn to read.

>>5791143
I usually go with lacquer based gold paint, you can try one from testors.

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>>5792628

>>5792588
Alclad makes a nice lacquer titanium gold that I bet would look good. I think they make a standard gold leaf as well.

>>5792648
I see a lot of people use their Brass as a gold substitute as well.

>>5792628
Does this plastic look brittle to anyone else?

>>5791171
older kotobukiya kits had really bad poly caps apparently. some one was posting about how their Soluh had gone to shit at the joints which made me worry about my Kos Mos

>>5792737
One look often says it all, its definitely shit plastic.
Who's making this kit again? most can't match Bandai's plastic quality, let alone if model kits aren't their primary focus

Does Kotobukiya have a public monthly restock schedule like Bandai does?

>>5792792
Does kotobukiya ever reprint?

>>5792812
They reprint some of the more popular Frame Arrns and Zoids kits

>>5792812
Zoid HMMs get reissued. I just bought a Command Wolf renewal.

That's all I know for sure.

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>>5792628
Ooh, love that detail on the top of the head. And internal electronics, fun!
>>5792737
>>5792768
It's Max Factory, their plastic is actually a bit softer than Bandai's. The polycaps are dense and tough as hell though.

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now i have the fun job of masking the windows to top coat. really wish i had that liquid masker

I fucked up. I left my nippers in the living room after a building session and a family member mistook them for wire cutters and tried to cut some chicken wire for their own project. My nippers have such deep dents in them now.

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>>5792900

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>>5792907
You can practically see right through them

>>5792907
Ah shame. Had a nice pair wrecked this way too.

>>5792907
>>5792912
What nippers were these before they got mangled?

>>5792751
Huh I didn't know that. My Dual Face kit was made back in 2007 a bit before the AALIYAH was released and it still has really solid joints and the poly caps don't seem to be worn out, especially the arms. As for Kos Mos, it would probably depend on which version you have. Best of luck to you.

>>5792792
http://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/schedule/

>>5792914
$20 from Hobby Lobby, I can't seem to find the same type online, but they were bought about a year and a half ago

>>5791171

ive noticed people say this a lot but ive never had any trouble, ive built 11 armored core kits now, mostly older. Its not a big deal since you can always just swap them out for the newer msg koto polycap sets anyway.

>>5791227

depends on the part. any pieces that are going to be the same colour anyway just glue & deseam. things which involve multiple colour pieces being assembled, test fit, deseam, then unnassemble & paint. When you reassemble it makes life easier requiring way less masking if you only have to touch up the seams.

>>5792648
>>5792654
Where do you buy Alclad in rattlecan form though? I don't have an airbrush.

>>5792940

alclad doesnt come in rattlecans.

>>5792940
Ask your hobby shop. Alclad is supplied by Horizon Hobbies so any hobby shop that's selling RC stuff should be able to order you some no problem( as long as it's available, obviously).

otherwise, google.

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>>5792919
>Dual Face

mah nigga. that kit is great. Such a fun build.

>>5792947
God damn those look really cool.

How tall do they stand? Can you compare their complexity and articulation in the context of a Koto Zoid HMM? I've been a fan since my brother and I first got our PS2 way back when but I don't know much about their model kits.

>>5792907
>>5792912
Damn man, those are fucked....

I would be so mad if my expensive nippers got wrecked like that by a family member. I make sure to always lock em up back in my tool case after use.

>>5792951
It's a bit of open art house with my family, I blame myself more than I blame my family, but I still am feeling the pains

>>5792947
Until its hip polycaps tear and it takes a nosedive off your shelf.

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GunPepa? GunPe? What the fuck do i call this?

>>5792907
I read an interview with the bluefin guy on ANN yesterday and they're about to release a Mr hobby nipper set soon on the US market, might be worth checking out?

>>5792960
I think that was the kit they were selling at AX. it seemed sort of like a scam.

I'd buy Tamiya or Grobet side cutters for 20 bucks, or buy the nice Tamiya ones for about 40-50.

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>>5792950

they do vary in height depending on design, most sit between hg & mg in size, with some exceptions. The older ones are definitely better value for money than the new ones (the next & variable infinity series are the best). They seem to be getting smaller & more expensive with every release. Due to the armor designs a lot of them (but not all) have hindered articulation without modding.

>>5792967
Neat. I'm disappointed I didn't see any Armored Core stuff at AX. There was only a tiny amount of Zoids representation as well, and no 'traditional' hobby items either.

I did manage to swoop a Liger Zero Jager kit for a great price, though.

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>>5792950

and heres one of the biggest which is bordering on PG size & reissued at the moment for 6k yen.

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>>5792950
Most AC kits are roughly 7 inches tall and they don't have an extreme amount of articulation but they are fairly pose-able and the feet are pretty good at bending with the leg as you move it. I would recommend getting one. They're really fun to make and pretty much every part is interchangeable with other AC kits including new gen AC stuff.

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>>5792947

and this is one of the newest, also 6k yen (and smaller than a lot of HG's). Basically anything based on armored core V or later just isnt worth the money.

>>5792973
I really wish I had that kit. It was on sale at amazon for less than it was on ami but after I ordered they refunded me and said they didn't have it. Should have known it was too good to be true.

>>5792976
That sucks. I got it for $32 bucks with prime shipping or something. Should've gotten a few more desu. Still haven't built it yet though, it's on the backlog.

Question, saw a MG red frame on genteikits that I assume is P-bandai, but it just seems like the ordinary MG with a shield and beam rifle instead of the tactical arms but more expensive. And speaking of astrays, is it only the blue frame that comes with adapter parts for seed striker packs?

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>>5792976

as much as I love armored core & that design I can bring myself to pay 6k yen for that. Kotobukiya have really priced themselves out of the market for the last couple of years, all their kits are getting smaller & more expensive. I really want the dodonpachi ship but 5,400 yen for pic related is ridiculous. I pretty much only buy older koto kits off mandy now.

>>5792986

*cant

>>5792986
I agree with you, 6k for something so small is a no go. Occasionally I see the price drop on amazon again and I'm waiting to see how low it will go but for now I already spent my budget on AALIYAH, Selena, and pre ordering the new Kos Mos re-release. I'm actually really excited to build Selena because I was such a big fan of it when I played AC 3.

>>5792998
>Selena

Nice. Thats one of the last ones on my list to get. It seems to show up regularly on mandy so i'll grab one next time i see it. I assume you got the alliyah unsung not the normal alliyah since it got reissued? It was a fun build.

>>5793029
Nah I got the Supplice aaliyah(not the night version, the regular one), which I'm happy about since I've wanted it for a while. Ami stocked it again and I ordered the last one on Tuesday and then it went to back order. I'm not sure if its a reissue or just extra stock they had.

>>5792938
Ok yeah but how does glue fit into the equation? Is it ok to cement 2 parts that have already been painted? Won't that fall apart because you aren't bonding the actual plastic but just paint?

What about in cases where 1 part is opaque and the other is translucent? Once painted, the translucent part will just look smudged from behind once you cement it, no?

>>5793038

just checked, they reissued the normal alliyah and the alicia unsung, nineball seraph, lahire stacis & the noblisse oblige. They seem to restock every couple of days if they go out so koto is still on the production run. With kits that good on reissue it makes it hard to justify buying the new tiny ones.

>>5793074

it comes down to common sense. sand joining surfaces bare before gluing, in the case of transparent parts, use transparent glue designed for clear parts, your call if its easier to pre paint the opaque parts before assembling or assembling & masking the transparent parts off after.

>>5789277
gives me shivers of having used to work for a crazy chinese doc in a lab... never even got published. Changed to another lab where I got published three times within half a year after that.

Also fuck that particular type of pipette. Hella tricky to learn how to use.

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Mg EX-S Gundam reprint when?

>>5793139
from memory it was restocked relatively recently, you might be shit out of luck

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>>5793146

>>5793146

yup it got a reissue a couple of months back. long gone now.

>>5793167

dont feel bad. Its possibly the most annoying MG build on earth. Go get the sazabi ver ka and actually enjoy building it.

>>5793173

Nah the most annoying MG on earth is the Crossbone Gundam X-1 Full Cloth.

I found the EX-S to be a brick, it wasn't a particularly difficult build, and it held up to posing quite well, the only problem is it only really has one pose.

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Why can't I stop building RX-78-2 kits? I feel like I'm going to know this fucker inside and out before this obsession is over.

>>5789096
I think the Gouf used some R35 runners.

>>5793186

i guess it comes if your painting. the exs or the fazz....both are horrible

>>5793196
Usually got the best engineering and it's just a great design. I'm wanting to get a Mega Size RX next. The amount of display in Gundam Front sold me on it regardless of how much of a large HG it really is.

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>>5793196
lose control anon

>>5791941
Hand brushed?

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finished my very first kit yesterday night, I think it looks pretty good except for the obvious nubs on the arm pieces.
what do you guys think?

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>>5793401
tried some elementary wearing/dust on the legs and bottom part of shield, and some around shoulders and other parts

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>>5793403
>end blog

>>5791941
Looks alright if a little boring. Line it and put some decals, or just a simple stripe of color would improve it.

>>5793401

You've missed a nub on the top of the right chest vent, it could do with some panel lines, but otherwise pretty good for your first attempt.

>>5793401
looks aight. I'd panel line and sticker/waterslide that bitch though. It's going to give it so much more depth with just those two simple things.

>>5792986
Can you imagine it? Their Formula skell kit might be too small to accommodate Frame Arms parts or the koto option sets?

You think it might be plausible?

If they were compatible I would grab those two other FA kits and make a Verus knockoff.

So guys, when you store custom mixed paint into a jar, how much acrylic medium and/or retarder do you add in to make it last a couple weeks?

And the other thing: How much solvent(99% iso/distilled water/vallejo thinner) do you add in compared to thinning it for actual work?

>>5793458
I use 33mm jars with gaskets, so I seal that shit as tight as I think I can. I haven't painted since last fall or something and everything is still pretty useable, at least looking through the jars.

It really depends on how air tight you can get your containers.

>>5793471
"Maybe if I force the meme enough someone will laugh!"

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>>5793483
This isn't even bait, why are you falling for it?

>>5793361
Yeah it was handbrushed.

>>5793437
I was planning on adding some left over decals on it but It's time i get a new sheet of decals for it. Are there IBO decals out from third parties yet?

>>5793167
>>5793139
September

Hobby search has it up

>>5793496
This dog is fucking ugly.

>>5792737
It's not a finished product, that's for testing the mold

Why would they make CHerno blue?

>>5793452
>>5793442
I-I did panel line it though....

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Working on a color scheme.

mite be lewd

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>>5793543
>mite be lewd

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The Neon Bearguy 3000..

How is the PG Zaku? I've only ever built MG kits and the PG Zaku is the cheapest so I was thinking of giving it a go since its the cheapest one and I do love me some Zakus

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http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10402234

So what are those supposed to be, some sort of S.I.C. gundams?

>>5793570
S2 IBO upgrades.

>>5793570
does he still have his other arms?

>>5793570
>literally no orange or white on the kit, it's all stickers
>the same gundam frame again
>massive seamlines
>cheap, gummy plastic
>most of the details will be missing anyway
dunno why you guys are excited for IBO kits

>>5793628
>massive seamlines
>cheap, gummy plastic
>most of the details will be missing anyway

You didn't build any of the IBO kits did you?

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Barbatos came alot earlier than expected. So after building these two I got to say it was pretty fun, instructions were easy enough to follow and tge finished products look great.

>>5793559
Sponsored by Razer (tm)

>>5793628
>>5793632
And also, the one in the image is a painted rapid prototype. They always look gummy and we don't know what sort of part separation it will have yet.

>>5793559
Clu sure fields some strange units nowadays.

>>5793632
bought everything up to the kimaris desu

I jsut noticed that Graze looks similiar to Overwatch's Bastion, should i attempt to color one in Bastion colors?

>>5793628
Cause they look cool and I want to give the IBO line another shot after the looseness of my Hyakuren and Barbatos form 4.

>>5793628
Are you retarded anon? The IBOs use the same quality HIPS plastic as the HG/UC kits. The material engineering is perfectly fine.

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The most impressive thing to come out of the S2 IBO line.

>decal is plastic

>>5793657
you made the mistake of buying a Hyakuren should of bought the graze, those things are the best the line has currently brought out.

>>5793646
No

>>5793673
None of the Graze designs "click" with me that much, besides the Graze Ein and maybe the Ritter.

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>>5793636
ayy

does anyone use fg-site? seems like it hasn't been maintained in years or something.

>>5793671
>good thing
you can easily recolor the emblem instead of having to redraw it if you do a custom
>bad thing
can't remove the emblem from the shoulder, probably some seams too

>>5793519
that's not a gunperry you braindead schmuck!

>>5793677
The Graze Ein is the best of the graze. The ritter is the fanciest of the Graze.

>>5793726
I'm sad that there wasn't a Graze or other suit with a knobbed mace.

>>5793733
>knobbed mace
Season 2 we may see one, i mean they gave a cricket bat to barbatos.

>>5793726
Ein is the fedora edge lord of Grazes.

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>>5793733
mixing parts is FUN
(also ground type 1/144 when)

Any got that formula for homemade acrylic thinner?

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>>5793646
>>5793675
yes

>>5793761
No

>>5792812
Only the popular ones. Actual good kits like Jehuty would never be restocked


Anyone here who has built an old HMM kit? I bought Lightning Saix and I don't know if it's good.

>>5793401
>>5793403
>>5793407
How did you file and smooth out the nubs?

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>>5793757
I got excited because I thought it was a green virgo judging from the thumbnail.

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>>5793646
>Graze
I guess the head, but I feel that Tieren is a better match overall

>>5793837
What if i try swapping the tiren head with the graze on the 1/100 one?

>>5793801
Lightning Saix is cool. My friend built one in front of me.

I think it's probably got the best articulation of the toes/claws that I've seen of the felinid/vulpid Zoids. I haven't seen a Gun Sniper in person so I can't compare it to the dinosaur types.

My original RHI-3 (white) Command Wolf was also excellent out of the box. The only reason progress on that has stalled is because I lost the jaw and melted a "shoulder" pad.

>>5793726
Engineering speaking I'd say that the graze ein is actually one of the worst Graze. The closed fists it comes with look like shit, the feet aren't on very secure and are very easy to see becoming loose as hell and falling off easily over time, and the pile drivers on the arms love to fall off.

It's otherwise solid though and I love mine.

>>5793840
Tieren head doesn't sit on a polycap or similar balljoint.

Anyone tried using a Frame Arms architect as a 2nd frame for a 1/100 Gusion/Rebake?

I picked up the 1/100 version for the Rebake specifically, but it seems a waste to not use the Gusion armor for something.
I have a couple sets of Ballden arms, but I was wondering if anyone had attempted something similar with one of the bare Frame Arms frames. The ballden arms parts don't look sturdy enough.
I'm sure I'll end up doing lots of cutting either way, just looking for good posability once I'm done. Thanks in advance.

>>5793810
>modern oz suit kits never

>>5793890
Architect frame is too small proportionally to work for what you want.

Is there a FAG kit that smiles?
they look like a bunch of emotionless dolls

>>5793966
Stylet and materia both have smiling faces.

>>5793978
Architect has a subtle smile.

>>5793966
they're not supposed to smile
They know they are just going to be sexual objects for sweaty neckbeard degenerates to hotglue twice a day. They have nothing to smile about.

>>5794010
They're sluts, all robowaifus are

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>>5793891
>best mook never

>>5793671
so this gonna be barbatos mk II? looks cool.
I hope they fix those ring-ankles with something to secure them , i hate how easily they pop out and ruin the pose without a stand

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Sloppy, sloppy most-of-it-was-built-from-midnight-to-3-AM build.

I like how blacked out and stealth it is, though. There aren't even any decals beyond a small sheet of Brad's little rose that are optional.

I might go back and detail it later.

>>5794169
should've bought this.
someone said that the connection in the torso snaps very easily that's why I bought Saix

>>5794179
I can see that happening. It didn't feel super secure, but that's where the articulation is.

I'm not the type of person to continuously pose and play with my models, though; I like to get them set once or twice or three times and that's how they stay so I'm not super worried about it.

I wish I had a quality painting station set up so I could airbrush comfortably. I've got 1.9 Command Wolves, Zero Jager, and some Tamiya models I want to work on but only if I can get them just right.

I wonder what they will come up with if IBO kits get into build fighters.

>>5794397
We'll probably see various custom grazes if BF gets a third season, we definitely won't see any during the OVAs
and by custom I mean its colored differently. I feel like a black gusion might also show up at some point, probably glossy.

>>5794442
That or they might actually give us an original gunpla that uses the frame of a gundam.

>>5788163
>>5789746
Since when the hell are Aphrodite A's tit's so big? They dont even look like they can oppai missile either...

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>>5794397
I'd expect something like this, except PLAVSKY PARTICLES instead of BEAMS.

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>>5794514
>>5794442
That reminds me i'd be interested to see someone try this with gusion.

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>>5794486
Hey, Koji did the same thing in his struggle against Gerberos J3, and besides, they do like to call it /d/aibadi.

I do see what you mean though. Nipple rockets probably.

>>5794520
OH SHIT WADDUP?

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Looks like daban arent dragging their heels

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It's frustrating how there are so many great designs in the Gundam mangas but everyone seems to want variations of the same suit over and over. Thunderbolt f.e has introduced a lot of great designs past where the ONAs end and it's sort of disappointing to seem no English speaking people even acknowledge them.

>>5794659
A gold plated phenex by bandai would probably be p-bandai AND prohibitively expensive so good for anyone who wants one.

>>5794665
That looks pretty easily made though, you just have to add some shit to the legs and mess with a helmet. The shoulders are basically heavy arms shoulders and the rest is pretty similar to rx-78

>>5794665
>complains about repetitive designs
>Posts ANOTHER rx-78 clone
Just switch to IBO you colossal faggot, it's the only line with any semblance of variety

>>5794665
That's because people don't read the manga. They just watch the OVA for the pretty fights.

>>5794823
This. There are so many suits with no kit and you're bitching about not having Gundam With New Hat.

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>>5794397
Isn't there some weird rule that they can't use mechs until like 5 years after the series or season it's from finishes airing? I remember hearing that somewhere but I don't know if it's true.

>>5794659
Oh damn. I would've figured they'd just put out a conversion kit. Curious, any mentions on the pricing for it yet?

>>5795312
It's more of contracts expiring with certain networks so they don't pay a hefty premium for cameos.Like how the Exia Amazing Repaired was shown on the day after the contract over 00 season 2 expired.

>>5790332
Is that just a recolor with nothing new added in?

That sucks then.

>>5791609
>>5791624

Looks sick, any more pics?