Welcome to the 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!

>women

>>5817305
Keep that in /m/ for christ sake

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I made an offhand comment to my dad about how I accidentally bought the wrong kind of paint meant for airbrush and he said that he actually does have an airbrush. Neither one of us knows what brush it is or anything because we were not at his house. I'm excited but at the same time it is probably made for models, does that matter?

>>5817361
models like warhammer and trains and all that? that's exactly what you need

>>5817366
I fucked up and meant to type probably not made for models. Again, I have no idea what it is.

>>5817370
Patiently wait until you can get it.
You're an adult over 18 aren't you?

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PREORDERS REOPENED

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=FIGURE-021661

>>5817527
I don't like these skinny notshinki bodies, but I wonder if the twin braids head will fit on a FAG.

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>>5817527
I would want to wait for these two, but having different skin tone means the bodies aren't really compatible...

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>>5817554
>140 mm vs 135 mm
I'd say pretty close, but owing to the proportions the MD heads might be a little smaller than the FAGs.

Although, I doubt it'll fit with the new neck joint. Too lazy to find a proper pic, but it looks pretty ugly.

What's the best way to tighten really loose ball joints

>>5817577
A dab of super glue or future should do it

>>5817556
It's a shame there's no substance you can apply to a model to change the color. Really, it sucks how all products are forced to stay their production factory colors.

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>>5817624
Applying color substances to the surface of an articulated figure you actually want to vigorously articulate is a somewhat losing proposition my dude.

I would suggest recasting and tinting the resin instead.

>>5817624
It means I can only use the body for one or the other, unless I want to paint the sniper girl brown as well. A binary option.

Stop acting like a pretentious prick, and maybe not jump to conclusions next time.

>>5817644
I'll vigorously articulate you, mate.

>>5817644
>Apsalus kit
I'll vigorously articulate your neck

slighlty off topic, but I am heading to Stone Mountain Georgia this weekend and was wondering if any locals knew of good places to get gunpla, or really any gundam stuff(Assault Kingdom, Converge etc.).

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>>5817665
watch out for the Hill Witch.

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>only done a few kits before
>most complex thing I've done is a mg zaku 2 2.0
>came out pretty good
>massive eternal diamond hard on for sazabi
should I? will this thing murder me and leave me in a highway ditch?

>>5817729
Nope it won't murder you but you'll have fun with it still.

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This has to be the most naked looking mech i have seen out of ibo.

>>5817739
Is that a hockey stick? What's up with IBO's obsession on making sports Gundams?

>>5817743
Mexico has Tequila Gundam. Canada has Hockey Gundam.

>>5817739
As always the IBO line art always looks off. I wish we got at the very least mock ups since they always looked better in 3D.

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>>5817756
das rayciss

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>>5817644
>women building gunpla

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>you will never have this

>>5817806
Even if I wanted it, I still have absolutely nowhere to put that fucking behemoth. It practically demands its own dedicated table, just for it.

It's nice that it comes with a HGUC Sinanju though.

>>5817806

The Zeong or the girl?

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>>5817811
I just can't justify spending 400+ on a single gunpla kit, if it was instead a big zam I would though but that's never ever going to happen. The thing can actually hold up other gunpla in its hands though, It's just too fucking huge, atleast a big zam would take less space I would think

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>>5817828
>I just can't justify spending 400+ on a single gunpla kit

its $200 u.s from japanese sites. Makes more sense than dendrobium which doesnt fit on any shelf or display ever due to the shape. Least Neo zeong can sit on the floor. The real unobtainable gundam is the 1/35th ex-s. Too much money.

>>5818090
I though someone made that?
Also iirc it broke because it got knocked over either by some cunt or an earthquake.

You ever be working on something and really hitting your stride and going into full zen building mode only to realize how late it is and that you need to go to bed because you have class/work in the morning?

Because ai hate when that happens. It's like modeling blue balls.

>>5818210
No, I have the opposite problem. I don't bother starting any anything because I don't want to go through all the setup and have to stop after 5 minutes to pack up again so I can go to bed, so it takes me forever to do anything.

>>5818204

yeah thats a real kit. at least 6 builders have done it properly. Its basically a gigantic resin kit supported by a microphone stand.

>>5818210

Doing that pretty much every week. Including today.

>>5818090
While I understand the idea of wanting to tackle that kind of challenge, I have less than zero interest in the EX-S.

>>5817756
I'd buy a hockey custom gundam

>>5817756
>>5817786
hey, I'm mexican and I love the tequila gundam, its so damn silly
too bad we will never get a kit out of it

>>5817644
>painting inside

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>>5818796
>painting outside
>getting bugs and dust in your paint job
>not painting inside with a spray booth

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grazes are the best. post yours pls

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>>5818906
Waiting for the ground type to come before I finish this project.

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>>5818906
Here are mine posing in the box because I haven't built them yet

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>>5818989
Ground type is a great kit.

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>>5818906

>>5818989
They made a kit of the ground type?

Also, where's the big gun from?

>>5819025
I plan on giving the ground parts to my custom graze mainly backpack, leg armor and feet. Unfortunately I glued the Ass jetpack so i hope the backpack doesn't get in the way too much.

>>5819033
It's from the Barbatos that I sacrificed for Gusion. Also yeah it's under the name 1/100 Graze Kai/Ground type. Same deal as the 1/100 gusion one frame and two armor parts to make either of the two.

>>5819033
1/100 ng graze custom/ground type. Comes with parts for the custom, ground type, technically the normal type if you mix and match, and even the bazooka shoulders.

Unfortunately there is no 1/144 hg.

Strong contender for best kit of 2016 in my opinion.

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>>5818906

I'll go back and paint the big boosters on his shoulders and legs eventually. Probably.

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>>5818474
thats ok, not all of us can have good taste.

>>5817806
I have a preorder set up for the rerelease in August though.

So you're wrong.

For both the kit AND the girl

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>>5817806
>Perfect Zeong

plb pls

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I'm hand painting priming with Vallejo Surface Primer, pic related, and it just feels way too fucking thin. There are bubbles and shit on the plastic when I brush it on and it pools down to the bottom. I've read up but everyone has said nothing but that it's great primer. What am I doing wrong?

>>5819254
the black is perfect in my experience, but the white can be a bit thin, but i believe it shrinks when it dries so you're supposed to slather that shit on

>>5819254
>>5819254
That's funny, I have heard nothing but bad review of their primer. Paints are amazing, their primer is terrible. You should be priming with Tamiya.

>>5819254
Wait, you can hand paint primer?

>>5819267
yes you can, it's basically wet putty, gsi or tamiya maybe also sells primer in jars

>>5819272
What brands of primer are best for hand painting?

At least, what would you anons recommend?

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Just found out that the UK is having a gundam convention in a few months time.
Are they fucking serious with these prices?
20 quid to enter a build comp on TOP of the entry fee?

>>5819281

vallejo primer is garbage. However the same recipe that makes vallejo model & game colour airbrush well fixes that.

vallejo homebrew acrylic thinner:

1 part flow medium
1 part acrylic paint retarder
3 parts isopropyl alcahol (purer the better)
5 parts distilled water

mix up a big bottle, thin it with that.

>>5819292
>Are they fucking serious with these prices?
No, they are trying to ruse you.

>>5819299
Check out the website, there is literally nothing happening to justify that price.
https://g-con.uk/

>>5819295
Wow, thanks a lot anon.

What should be my primer:thinner ratio?

And do the normal acrylic paints need to be thinned too, or are they fine as they are?

>>5819311
I don't understand why people ask for thinning ratios. Take some paint, add some thinner, get a plastic spoon, test it out. If it's too thick, add some more thinner. Too thin, add some more paint. It's that simple.

>>5819321
Well.. I guess that works too.

I'm still pretty new to painting though so I'm just afraid I won't be able to tell what's considered too thick or too thin, unless it's so drastically thick or thin that it's just completely obvious.

>>5819326
Just test painting some spoons and you'll get a better idea of it after a few coats

>>5819330
Alright, thanks for the advice.

So I don't paint that often but my airbrushing is pretty average. However, I'm about to start on painting some Frame Arms white/orange, mainly using Tamiya paints.
My question is: should I prime everything white and only airbrush the orange parts, or should I prime everything grey and airbrush white and orange? Is there a great texture difference between Tamiya primer sprays and airbrushed paint?

>>5819267
You can for small surfaces. It won't look good on large surface since the brushstrokes will be obvious.

I tried vallejo once. It was terrible.

>>5819281
Most of them aren't meant for handbrushing.

>>5819292
Don't bother and go have a nice dinner.

>>5819333
Prime white so the underlying color don't bleed through. Grey primer will dull the white and orange but if that's the effect you want go ahead.

A properly applied primer layer should be smooth regardless of airbrush or cans.

>>5819292
The first prize has a value of several thousand dollars. That's why you have a 20 quid entry fee.

>>5819374
Isn't it supposed to be a trip to japan or something?

>>5819374
you mean the trip to japan?
you DO know it doesnt cost "several thousands of dollars" to get from the UK to japan, right?

>>5819382


You do know that lodging, airfair, and food together will probably bring that trip close to $3000 right?

Unless they aren't covering food and they would be putting the winner up in a really poor quality air bnb, or a hotel in the middle of nowhere.

You can't argue that even at a most basic level that that isn't a rather extravagent and costly prize for a model competition.

>>5819382
Usually, when win a "trip" it covers at an absolute bare minimum the travel and lodging expenses. It's not just the flight.

A halfway decent hotel in tokyo can add up really fast.

>>5819333
Just prime everything white and you'll save your self a TON of hell.

>>5817624
>>5817644
Color dye + hot water to recolor plastic is something the mechanical keyboard crowd does with PBT and ABS keycaps.

I wouldn't probably suggest it for plastics that aren't ABS, sorry.

>>5819471
Dying only works well on light plastic.

>>5819475
That too. They only tend to dye white/grey/beige keycaps for color changes.

The other way is to have pigments/dyes that they mix into liquid resin for the color they want, see artisan keycaps. They've done colors of various hues, intensities and multi-color keycaps (see "double shot"), up to and including combinations of opaque/translucent/frosted and/or metallics.

There are some artisan keycaps, where they were pretty good at working with resin that they can make keycaps of character faces/heads with translucent eyes that light up from the keyboard's LEDs.

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>Sort all my kits to either put in storage or keep some on me
>Realize I have alot
>Nearly 6 more in HLJ Private Warehouse

>>5819607
stick.... stick your dick in it

>>5819607
>buying all the bearguys
Why nigga? Why?

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>>5819612
A..Anon...

>>5819607
It's not that much. You have a lot of small stuff that won't take long at all.

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Great another Astray frame to milk, introducing Lord Astray.

>>5819607
Compared to my buddies backlog i say it won't take you very long to go through it.

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What's wrong with Vallejo primer? This was done with their acrylic primer as the colour coat and I've had no problems.

>>5819692
That's one angry chest.

>>5819697
Since it's acrylic based it doesn't bond as strongly to the plastic as other types of primer would, and any subsequent coat of paint is then more prone to being scratched off. This is a lot more important to gundams and mecha, since they have many points of articulation, than to other types of plastic models, such as AFVs and planes, which typically have a lot less moving parts.

>>5819763
Acrylic polyurethane
Do keep in mind that I take these out and stuff them in by bag during daily use. The centre piece is an aluminium plate and the outer section is plastic. I've had more problems with solvent based primers in the past (especially modeling focused ones) than with polyurethane

>>5819766
Hey, if it works for you, then it works. All I know is that people have had problems with vallejo primer peeling and scratching off. I've never tried it myself, so maybe those people are just incompetent

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>>5817665
Yeah, I'm in Roswell. I know of nothing on the East end around Stone Mountain, buuuutt.....
Kennesaw Hobbytown USA: Largest Hobbytown location in the nation, good selection
Duluth Hobbytown USA: closer to Stone Mountain, okay selection
Galaxy Quest Comics: about 20 minutes north of the Duluth Hobbytown on a low-traffic day, selection size about the same as the Duluth Hobbytown but they might have some good options (still half-regretting not picking up that MP Bawoo when I was up there the other weekend)
If you trek all the way out to the Kennesaw Hobbytown, also maybe stop by NicoNico in Town Center Mall, though they'll likely mostly be Seed HGs.
And if you really want to field-trip yourself, there's Anime-Zing Escape all the way down in McDonough. I've never been in the store myself (because all the way down in McDonough) but they have enough overall stock of all kinds to have a full vending set-up at the two major anime cons out here.

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HARO HARO

>>5819607
>a lot

you probably think having a hundred bucks makes you a millionaire

>>5819774
EVERY DAY

EVERY FUCKING DAY THIS ASSHOLE JUST SITS THERE WITH THAT STUPID FUCKING LOOK ON HIS FACE

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brehs

amiami shipped this out with air small packet on friday and it is here in Australia on wednesday. They might be replacing HLJ as my primary retailer now..

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At what scale do miniature weapons look best with 1/144 and 1/100. Brought those 1/12 katana from my local Japanese market and personally I think they look a bit small for 1/144.

>>5818906
I really liked ibo but the mobile suits did't really feel like gundam without the zaku inspirations so prevalent in most series, Speaking of which does anyone have the PG Zaku 06s? Was thinking about getting it as my first PG kit since I've never done one of those, they much harder then mg?

>>5819774
put candy inside him

>>5819887
>he fell for the hi-mock meme

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>>5819896
That's the plan!

>>5819887
>3.62 MB, 3006x5344

>>5819925
>he fell for the caring about bandwith/ file size meme

>>5819945
Weak bait
1/10 apply yourself

>>5819697
I regret buying the M50x over the Custom One Pros everyday.

Rather, I wish I had the K553

>>5819960
I already had a pair of K7XX's so I thought I should branch out. I was thinking of buying the M50x's but after listening and wearing a friends, I felt pretty happy with my choice.

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>>5819971
I want the k7xx too, but /hpg/ says that its shit compared to the k702/712.
I'm also tempted to buy a ciem for the same price, since I'm tired of sticking silicon into my ears.

Anyway, back to models: how do we fix this FAG? I was thinking, if we just flipped the collar piece 180degrees up and sanded it down, as well as removing the twintails and ribbons on her thighs it could turn out ok

>>5819980
The collar and hat feels a little too big.

And yes koto we know they are FAG but there isn't any need for ribbon.

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WHEN? WHEN? WHEN?

>>5819980
Day one PO

I'm getting FA:G Architect soon but was wondering if the skirt is removable? Asking for custom reasons

>>5819873
I would use amiami if they weren't constantly out of stock of everything I wanted

>>5819980
>Removing the twintails
What are you, gay?

A airbrush is 100% required for doing decent painting yes?

>>5819873
Same bra

Amiami has some products listed cheaper than HLJ and i've never had their packages targeted for tax
I'm not a fan of their site design tho

>>5820017
you could omit the skirt but it'll expose the hip joints i believe. You'll have to do touch up of sorts

>>5820042
not really but its much easier to gitgud at it than handpainting

>>5820042
In short, yes.

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>>5820037
I take that back, the more I look at it the more I like the twintails

Also, theres apparently a FAG showcase event called #真夏のFAGOFF on twitter

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>>5820057
>FAGOFF

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>>5820059
I know, I had a snicker when I saw the tag too

>>5820057
>FAGOFF

Thanks, Japan.

>>5820057
>FAGOFF

Do they know that people in the west are laughing over that? Also damn, I like how he did the hair piece. Did he do any WIP pics of it?

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>>5820090
>implying they care what people in the west think

>>5820090
I remember seeing it a while ago, but I forgot his twitter handle.
Anyway, I'm sure it wnet something like this

>apply putty to hair piece
>gitgud
>sculpt hair

>>5820052
>>5820056
guess I'll stick with no paint until then, time to just get autism good at avoiding blemishes when cutting

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How does the ZZ Gundam HG hold up? I'm keen to get it after seeing it in action during ZZ. I need some Judau in space.

>>5820127
you watching ZZ for the first time?

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>>5820153
Yeah, way past moon moon (which which was literally just two episodes, I expected 5, it was ok)

>>5820164
You know, Unicorn did a pretty good job filling in the holes left when ZZ ended.

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>>5820164
by the time you finish char's counterattack you should go for a sazabi, it's the best mobile suit in the entire series, nothing even competes. Any ZZ Gundam HG kit should be fine, I personally have never seen any problems with any kits involving mobile suits used by protagonists, they put in some extra effort I would think since they are the most popular. Also Gundam kits from universal century series up to char's counter attack tend to be good for new people since they don't have too much crazy shit particularly lots of the later wing designs can be a littler tricky to do for someone new among other things, a zaku 2 for instance is the perfect thing to start with do to it's rather simple design, just about any HG from char's counter attack and before are good to start with.

>>5820193
Sazabi is boring, Nightingale is far superior.

>>5820193
>>5820199
Neo Zeon pls leave

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>>5820193
I already watched CCA in the middle of watching ZZ because I was a little impatient actually haha.

Already have sazabi and nu gundam hg, sazabis legs fall off a bit too easily however.

>>5820127
It's brickish, but looks nice and imposing.

Also, consider a Tryon 3 to go with it.

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>>5820199
>>5820202
I'll fight you
>>5820203
>Already have sazabi and nu gundam hg
excellent taste anon.
>sazabis legs fall off a bit too easily
what part is lose? there are some tricks to slightly thicken parts to make them say, same thing you do with figma joints, pretty sure it's in the op here or in the figma general is has the technique in one of the guides.

>>5820216
Y'all got your head punched off by the Nu

lol

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>>5820223
still got much cooler kits then the nu, even the boxart is just better

>>5820239
>thinking Sazabi is cooler than Nu

Typical Zeonism.

>>5820242
Like I said earlier, Sazabi is boring. However, I'll take boring over hideous any day.

>>5820247
You're entitled to your opinion, even if its horrifically wrong.

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>>5820242
>Typical Zeonism.
you know full well Zeon is the best
now only if we could get a 1/144 big zam, I don't care how expensive it would be, I just love this guy.

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>>5820253
Whatever you say, Gayndumb fuccboi.

>>5820112
Doesn't hurt to try painting. You'll probably end up using the same paints and using a brush for small detail anyways

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>All this pleb taste

Not surprising, but still disappointing. Posting the actual best Gendumb design in hopes of providing enlightenment to others.

>>5820294
why is it wearing skates?

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>>5820294
If it ain't got Gundam in the name, it isn't one. Posting the ACTUAL actual best Gendumb design.

>>5820298
>If it ain't got Gundam in the name
neither of those look like actual gundams though, the thing you posted has a sazabi head

>>5820303
Describe what feature makes something look like a gundam.

V-fin? Nope.
Mouth vents? Nope.
Two eyes? Nope.

There are counter examples to every feature. The only unifying element is if it's called a gundam by sunrise.

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>>5820303
>neither of those look like actual gundams though
Good.

>>5820305
Exactly.

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>>5820298

Uups, meant to say 'best' in terms of overall mecha design. I don't like using the term mobile suits for whatever reason.

Here's another great and overly neglected design, from the same person.

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>>5820306
It gets even more muddled when you add in things like certain gundams are just a gm type grunt with a different head slapped on (or vise versa) and how under the armor almost everytging in 00 S2 had a stereotypical gundam style head. Even the Mobile armor.

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>>5820305
>makes something look like a gundam.
just has to be based on this in some way, this thing right here is the Gundam
>>5820306
with stuff like this it's just a name and not the gundam mobile suit archetype

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>>5820308
>'best' in terms of overall mecha design
Still wrong.

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>>5820313
Gotcha. I guess this is no longer a gundam then.

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>>5820318
But these are.

>>5820318
torso and arms are copy of the original gundam so yes they are both gundam archetype mobile suits

>>5820313
anything with G in reco is a gundam, IBO Gusion is still a gundam as well. Deal with it.

Striker Custom is not a gundam same with the Hazel reserve Quel.

>>5820355
desu it's called gundam gusion so

>>5820359
Doesn't stop people from saying its not a gundam.

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>>5820355
>IBO Gusion is still a gundam as well
of course it is, under all that welded on armour there is this, classic gundam inspired torso and head

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>>5820366
Actually it looks like this under the armor. The rebake was primarily made by combining spare parts from barbatos, graze, and repurposing parts of the original armor with the coloring being that pale brown because the nano-laminate coating came from the hyakuri.

>>5820366
Basically anything in IBO that uses a Gundam frame is a Gundam.

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has a p-bandai kit ever gotten a full release?

have there been any hints or rumors to sandrock or heavyarms getting an MG?

>>5820420
>have there been any hints or rumors to sandrock or heavyarms getting an MG?
is this bait? unless you mean the EW movie versions?

>>5820421
i do. heavyarms custom with 4 gatlings, sandrock custom with a cloak.

sorry, wasn't sure what designation to use. EW used to mean endless waltz but now...

>>5820426
>just scratchbuild it :^)

>>5820444
y-you too

>>5820420
Not exactly, no. They take the exclusive thing seriously and iirc there's some legal thing that prevents them from releasing it as a regular release if it was marketed and originally released as a exclusive release.

However there is absolutely nothing preventing them from recoloring or tossing in a new weapon and releasing it as a new version as a regular release.

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The Gusion, would probbaly look more awesome if its actual size was larger, and be something if the Gusion's frame stood out by being the large one.

>>5820670
The whole point is that all of them use the same frame.

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When you follow some chick on instagram for her gunpla, but she's also into artsy nudes and boudoir

>>5820850
>less silicone, more plastic

>>5820862
>flat as a board
>silicone

>>5820862
>less fleshbag more plastic
ftfy

>>5820850
name?

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Does anyone use this to clean panel lines?

>>5821068
dont

>>5820753
yeah okay the shit plot device was created to make shit designs we all know about IBO

>>5821068

All you need is some rubbing alcohol bruh.

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>>5821223
>mfw Tamiya put alcohol in a bottle and market it as a plastic model cleaner

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>>5821258
>Mr.Hobby/Creos Gundam lining mechanical pencil :^)

>>5821276
admittedly, it is a 0.3mm pencil, which is hard to find outside of engineering school stores and online

>>5821282
You can take a 0.5mm pencil and just rub the tip at an angle on some paper to make a chisel point to fit in the panels.

>>5821291
You can, but effort. Effort that can be easily overcome with a tool.

I just bought a .3mm mech. pencil at hobby lobby. Easy enough. That 40% coupon tho.

>>5821301
Effort can easily be overcome by being a tool as well. An overspending one.

>>5821325
We're in a hobby, there's easy ways to do things and there's cheap ways to do things. I could make a Master Grade without nippers and just twist the parts off, but I don't because I bought nippers.

>>5821337
I started off with a set of dull wirecutters before I got some nice nippers.
Got me through HG MK II and MG EZ-8, old faithful.

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Tonighted I decided that before I go all out with painting I should do a quick test of the colors I wanted to try and the new paint for the frame on a crappy test kit first

The colorscheme is ripped from the Frame Arms (the non-FAG one) Gourai color guide, but slightly tweaked for a little more brown and with tamiya instead of mr.color. the frame was done with Alclad Magnesium. I basically speed painted it all within like an hour to an hour and a half using lacquer thinner, gave it an hour to dry, and then threw on a quick flat coat.

Overall I'm glad I tested it. For the most part I like it, but I need to use less white for the highlight as it faded the color more than I wanted, especially on the black-brown. The magnesium worked well though and has a nice dull metallic sheen.

I think this is going to look great on my graze.

>>5821506
I like that "not black" looks much nicer than straight up black

>>5821740
you better not be trying to hide that shit senpai

>>5821740
I gave a Genoace purple legs

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>>5821747
might as well own it i guess

i used to be shit and honestly i still am but at least i don't try to use dry-erase markers on gunpla anymore

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current progress on the full armour, liking it so far.

going away from the manual and building frame first, very little armour detail which is a bit disappointing but the frame is pretty cool

>>5819374

The trip (if it ever happens) will be accompanying shit-head Shane to Japan on one of his regular business trips. Ergo, he can claim the ENTIRE THING back against VAT as a 'business expense' and have it cost him and Chilly Nippon absolutely fuck all.

And G-Con, as sad as I am to say it, is going to be Dashcon 2.0 Britbong edition.

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MG GN-X A SHIT

Not really.

>>5821768
Well I assume the lack of detail is on account of the joint covers. Sometimes I'm annoyed about frame details covered up by armor but I still want the size, versatility and detail of an MG

>>5821781

Well we'll see. I'll be going if it's dashcon 2.2 gunpla boogaloo. Then I'll take some photos and we'll have something to laugh about. If it's not then everyone's happy.

>bought a 1/35 guided missile weapon set to stick on my FAG
>picked up a kimaris trooper as well since it was cheap
>while waiting for change, my mind wandered off elsewhere
>owner asks jokingly if I was going to slap the missiles on the trooper

I almost told him "no its for my fag" before I caught myself and said "N-no" instead

But I admit, it could be interesting.

>>5821830
Oh and the guy before me bought about 7kg worth of paint and thinner, the absolute madman.

He said "With these and the rest at home, I'll even have enough to last my next life"

>>5821830
Weebs are more common than you think.

ALL my local retailers know what's up. The chick at the craft store knows I need that fabric for a con, and she wants to know who's going to be on those pillows I'm buying. The dude at the hobby store knows I'm going to spray that TS-80 on an anime robot, and asks if I want to preorder Baselard.

You should be open about these things, that's how you get introduced to communities.

>>5820420
Never. Just wait for a re-release and get it early. Before prices get rapey. They might release a GoL version for full release, but I seriously doubt it.

I kitbashed mine with the old 1/100 TV Altron wings, and with them there is seriously little pose-ability.

>>5821948

I remember those pictures. Unless more than one person did it. Then it may have been someone else

>>5821797

I was going to go but am apparently no longer welcome so I shan't bother wasting my weekend.

You can be our canary brave Anon.

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>>5821990
this guy?

>>5822014

Yep. That's the one.

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What do I do with 6(six) gun pods?

>>5822073
Two on each arm, two on the back or waist?

>>5822080
I bet that'll look ugly as sin

>>5822082
Yeah probably. Personally I'd use them on a Frame Arms Stylet or one of it's sister units, they all have an aircrafty feel to them.

>>5822073
Dick Cannon

I didn't know /toy/ also had the shitposter.

>>5822083
Too bad all my flight type units are getting grounded.

I'm cannibalising parts from my Montero and overflag for the stiletto, and probably converting them to ground units of sorts.

>>5822086
I dunno, maybe I'll stick a pair on kimaris trooper's butt hover device

>>5822095
>>5822146
I want to know. I want to know what it thinks. I want to know what levels of insanity you'd have to plunge into to dedicate your life to a task as mundane and repetitive as this. I assume its not a bot or a program, but an actual person with thought, conscious that sits behind their screen of their monitor, with motivation and drive to complete this task. Are they human? Are they capable of other tasks, perhaps more complex in nature? Have they ever interacted with the outside world? Have they ever communicated with another human?

It's a perplexing yet terrifying insight into the deepest levels of psychological hell and awe that a human can attain. Layers upon layers to untangle and understand, yet in the end there is nothing to understand. Sanity and insanity, both merge into a primordial soup of dismay and lunacy.

They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. But what about doing the same thing over and over only expecting the same result over and over? Is that sanity? What is it?

I want to know.

>>5821751
disgusting

>>5821830
>being a degenerate

>>5822006
>but am apparently no longer welcome
What did you do?

>>5821782
I always forget that thing exists and I built the damn thin

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>>5822326

Pointed out some of the organiser's hypocrisies.

Most notably by posting a picture (from this thread in fact) of the back of Chilly Nippon's van from LCC. Where they had a PG Unicorn, painted and such which had been donated to them for the show to display, just chucked in a box. I asked if this was how we could expect them to treat stuff that was lent to them for G-Con (as they were begging for built kits at the time) and Shane went full tinfoil hat on me. He accused me of breaking in to there van and various other things, which I hadn't obviously as it wasn't my photo; and regardless the van was clearly being loaded up at the end of the con and was left open on the street. But that's beside the point.

I used to work as an events manager, for my sins, and I offered him some assistance with the event as it was (and is) clear that he was floundering and received nothing but a curt rebuttal. I believe Richigo also offered to make some trophies for the comp and he went off on one at him too.

Also, it would seem that the only reason they even announced that the con was delayed was because I and some others forced their hand by pointing out the lack of updates and info. Not that that's changed their practices because the G-Con website is still pic related as he's too busy pretending to book orchestras for symphonic renditions of the mostly pretty poor music from the various series.

>>5822509

their van*

Retarded.

>>5819980
I don't see anything wrong with her. I like how they omitted any skirt funny business and put the focus on her thighs. Also, twintails are love. When is she supposed to be up for PO?

>>5820294
What is that? Google thinks it's a Halloween costume or some shit

>>5822509
Yeah, that doesn't sound like you did anything wrong.

Just like that guy who made Clem and Thosegundamguys all pissed off for pointing out that they fucked up at SCGMC.

There's something about people who run gunpla events being pretty much the worst people to do it.

>>5822578

I think there's just something about small-business people in the hobby industry generally. If you criticise them in any way they blow their lid and accuse you of 'trying to hurt their business and their family'.

No mate. YOU did that when you did 'X'. I'm just pointing it out.

They love to blame others for their fuck-ups and act the victim all the time...a bit like the Japanese in that respect. So in this instance Shane's in the right job (though I believe he himself is Malay-Chinese, and they're a whole other bunch of cunts).

>>5822578

>Just like that guy who made Clem and Thosegundamguys all pissed off for pointing out that they fucked up at SCGMC.

Whassat then?

>>5822614
Besides the fact that they themselves enter the contests they're also judging, they fucked up and awarded one of the prizes to the wrong entry. Instead of contacting the two people involved (The guy who won it by mistake and the guy who should have won) they made an announcement on their own page first. The two people only even heard about by seeing comments on it from unrelated sites and when the lack of contact was brought up they apparently went full nutjob over it.

Or at least that's how I remember it.

>>5822614
From what I recall, last year at their southern california gundam model competition they totally fucked up and apparently called the winners wrong in a lot of categories completely. They then made an announcement about it really quietly on one of their personal blogs and didn't make an effort to tell any of the people who were affected. One of those people, who posts here and is the guy who does the canofbeams customs, told them that not telling people about it and just waiting for them to stumble on it was a really poor way to handle that and Clem, one of the guys from that group, blew up like a child about it.

I went back and found the blowup on their thosegundamguys facebook page after I first read about it. Clem got really pissed off really fast.

>>5822509
I just took a look at their website, they have updated it in the sense they've added a date and location. Every section on the activities is vacant though, no mention of guests attending, no panellists, no vendors. Is this just going to be a room with some tables and Shane's stall?

The only reason I'm attending is to win the UK's first Gunpla contest, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle the cringe if it turns out to be dashcon, I know I said I'd get footage but I'm not sure if my body can physically withstand that kind of concentrated cringe without appropriate shielding.

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>>5822073
only 6?

>>5822630
>>5822637

Cheers chaps.

>>5822648

Please try. I wish to live vicariously through yourself. And considering the quality of most of the shit that gets posted on and around G-Club, as long as you don't just snap it and paint it using Tippex you're probably a shoe-in.

>>5822734

Oh my work is a little better than that. I won't post any up though as it seems people from Japan Cool are reading this. They just updated site with the one and only vendor attending the event.

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just pulled the trigger on getting a ton of one year war hg kits, what's your favorite one year war ms /toy/?

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>>5822845
My favorite suit is the Guntank but I've always been scared to pull the trigger on the MG because I already have so much shit to build.

>>5822845
NT-1 Alex (REVIVE KIT WHEN BANDAI)
MS-18E Kampfer
MS-06D Desert Zaku (Not to be confused with MS-06D Zaku Desert Type)
GM Camouf
RX-77-2 Guncannon

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What's in the box? In the box. What's in the box todaaaaaay.

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Oooh, a QR code! Fancy!

>>5822859
the hg is super fast to do since guntank lacks legs

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>>5822918
Ok, I'm done. It's a Zaku Tank.

>>5822917
>china
a gundamn or Zuku?

>>5822921
>motor king
doesn't bandai have exclusive right?
also more pictures

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>>5822927
>China
>caring about licensing

Anyhoo, some sizeable parts in there, Sharpie for comparison.L ots of really good surface detail too.

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>>5822934
Closer shot of surface detail. And all those wires! I just see myself botching the LEDs terribly.

Oven just beeped, gonna have breakfast first.

>>5822935
Oh wow, that wiring will require some actual legit soldering work.
That should be fun.

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>>5822935
Why will i bot the LEDs? Because my hands are too shaky to properly solder stuff together, kek.

>>5822934
I just can't tell if it's a bootleg or not, At least I know bandai for using good plastic and quality control.

>>5822947
>No bandai logo on the box
>"Motorking" logo instead

>>5821751
Is that Sharpie?

>>5822957
so it is then, I wouldn't know if they ever let other company do the tanks stuff which I think I remember seeing some of the fed tanks being done 3rd party by a big ww2 model kit producer, can't remember which

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inner frame more or less done

reasonably solid in most places, notable that the torso needs the outer armour to assemble solidly and you need to put outer armour on in order to get hands.

theres quite a bit of detail in the head

>>5823003
what kit is that anon? nu?

>>5823021
MG Full Armour Gundam Thunderbolt ver Ka.

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>>5823027
not familiar whith it but it looks pretty neat, keep us posted.

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>>5823003
So that's the level of inner frame detail bandai can shit out in 2016?
Fucking seriously?
Lets compare that to the Nu ver ka from nearly 4 years ago.

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>>5823055
Yeah richigo, its fucking abysmal, look at these leg frames.

I get the feeling bandai said "fuck it they're just gonna cover the shit in armour so put as little frame detail as possible in

>>5823062
The 1/100 graze frame is way better but I guess it has to be.

>>5823062
That.... hurts me to see.
More money for third party and MG 2.0 zakus

>>5823066
They just reprinted a bunch of the 2.0 decals too, might want to snap up the good quality ones.

I'm a little disappointed seeing how much this bloody kit cost but considering its all going to be covered I'm not going to paint it I don't think

>>5823055
What do you expect? the nu is high profile as it gets.

>>5822845
GM Sniper II and Kampfer

Man, why are 0080 MS designs so good?

>>5823072
And the thunderbolt isn't?

This is bandai's big offering this year besides the Psycho Zaku and I can already imagine how much cost cutting they'll do to get that out at an acceptable price since that gold will probably need to be plated

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>>5823072
then how about the MG 2.0 zaku frame from nearly a decade ago?

>>5823081
Can't blame them when it will all be covered up by the trashbag cover.

We KNOW bandai can do crazy amount of details on their kits (see star wars ship holy shit) and that is what hurts the most.

>>5823070
Thanks for the heads up anon, got any links?

>>5823086
Trashbag is where that shit belongs.

>>5823086
The problem with that logic is a lot of people HATE the trashbags(myself included) and won't use them.

I'll probably put them on and dry brush around to make them look less shit but its my least favourite thing about the thunderbolt designs.

Has anyone got any ideas for something to replace the maroon? I really don't like it that much. I guess I could go Parade/RX-78-2 colours but eh.

>>5823087
It's all in the nouhin which I translated earlier.

http://pastebin.com/eKMRamhB

sold at all our favourite retailers.

>>5823087
I know right? It is faithful to the manga but damn it looks terrible.

Wonder how it would look without the covering.

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>>5823090
Forgot my picture

>>5823094
I'll put one up as soon as I finish building it, probably later today or tomorrow.

>>5823081
zaku is in same category as the nu
>>5823080
>And the thunderbolt isn't?
it's just not on the same tier as Amuro's last ms or most of the classic stuff which is almost universally popular with people since everyone has seen them. Also that thing has so many external accessories I can see why they cut corners on the internal frame.

>>5823097
I always liked Mr color's red madder. It's so...red.

And from some point of view the normal gundam IS the inner frame. (Let's just think of it that way)

>he fell for the mg full armor thunderbolt gundam meme

>>5819771

Different guy, but thanks for the recommendations. For the longest, i thought the Kennesaw Hobbytown was the only place near Sandy Springs.

>>5823142
I wanted to fall for it but the price kept me back. I dunno, I've been really cheap lately.

Besides, the HG is pretty cool anyways.

>>5823195
well HGs are dirt cheap, get 3-5 of them for the cost of just one of the fancier MGs

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>>5823081
I think you'd enjoy the 1/100 Barbatos. Also I really want a damn MG Barbatos.

>>5823209
those shiny bits painted or do they include metallic parts nowadays?

>>5823142
I didn't have a 1/100 RX-78, although I am tempted to get the red warrior and the origin.

I'm actually liking it so far, i'm very disappointed to tell you all that the trash bags aren't optional, the bicep armour doesn't fit tightly to the frame and is just floating there, the trash bags will give the armour the thickness for the bicep armour to fit snugly.

>>5823204
An MG costs 3-4 times more than the average HG kit and comes with double the plastic and detail in most cases, for what this lacks in frame it more than makes up for it in armour and weapon detailing. Also the time investment is just as significant if you're painting instead of snapping.

>>5823209
I need a MG G-Self first :(

>>5823209
How does the paint on the waist piston handle wear and tear? Also, that's quite a few seamlines there, ugh

>>5823243
>>5823254
>>5823258
It's actually metallic sharpie, and surprisingly well once it dries.

>>5823262
what kind? were those parts originally grey?

>>5823281
Yep, silver and gold.

>>5823286
well they look so good I couldn't tell if it was painted or it came that way on purpose

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>>5823294
Used it here as well. It's pretty nice for how cheap it is.

>>5823343
got more? the technique is interesting even though I most likely won't use it since I like to make stuff get as close to the show as I can, which lucky for me does not require much.

>>5823396
Nah, that's it for now, but I'll probably use the bronze one on my 1/100 Graze.

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>the only model kit of this thing is like 90 bucks

Fuck you bandai, fuck you with my love my anger and all of my sorrow
Ruined my day, now I'll never watch ZZ just because the pain will be too great to bear. It's like being a super robot fan all over again.

>>5823501
I'd say maybe a RE/100 someday, but Queen Mansa is a fucking colossus of a mobile suit, so who knows.

>>5823501
what do you expect thing is huge, I wish I could get a mg sazabi for 50$ but that's never going to happen, too much plastic

>>5823528
I'd expect a Kshatriya RE/100 before they even touch the Queen Mansa, but even that's a long shot as is

>draw a straight line
>scribe a crooked line

:^)

>>5823551
use a straight edge next time

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>>5823551
Stick a strip of dymo tape along the line before scribing.

What're the best non-hobby brand topcoats?
I've got like no hobby stores near me so my only options are hardware stores
I don't want to order the tamiya stuff off of amazon because of the huge markup, and the small can doesn't look like it'll last long

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Main body done, i'm liking it so far..

>>5823612
What do you the chances are that they reuse the frame for a Thunderbolt GM? I'd be fine with it being P-Bandai.

>>5823602
go with dedicated gunpla stores that have online sites

>>5823612
seeing how it has a second layer of armor I really understand why thy skimped on the frame now. looking good though

>>5823617
i love the GM but zero, all of the runners are marked with Full Armour Gundam TB and there is nothing generic that would hint at a GM release.

>>5823621
Even without building the extra armour you can see everything in the design is built around it, there are small grooves everywhere for things to be slotted on, the skirts rotate around so the external armour can be clipped on its pretty cool really.

>>5823262
Did you just draw it right on? Can you see the penstrokes? Or did you do something crazy like an alcohol wipe to smooth things out?

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>>5823626
Dang, was just hoping that Bandai'd show some visor love after so long. Guess I'll just pray for an Origin Guncannon then.

>>5823657
strangely they haven't done an mg origins char zaku yet, and that thing is milked to hell.

>>5823744
Probably because they put out the HG. I wouldn't doubt it will get an MG announced around the release of the final OVA when it actually turns up properly rather than that brief bit from the start of the first.

>>5817815
RG Sinanju

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If anyone is interested, the joints at maximum extension/exposure without the trashbags/covers

>>5823781
The arms can't fold flat? That's terrible for a recent MG, and one with such a huge spotlight on it. Wtf are they doing baka senpai.

>>5823793
They can do a full extension, sorry I meant the joint being exposed not the flexibility.

>>5823781
honestly it looks much better without the hefty bags

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>>5822742

You mean the 'artist' they've brought in.

Yeah, what a raw talent....

I suggested Gavin Manners (and when I chatted to him about 6 months ago he seemed keen) because he has actual talent. But that obviously never happened.

>>5823793
What does it even matter you fucking faggot? When Are you ever going to bend the arm completely and leave it like that?

>>5822982

They're not 'letting' MK do anything. China just don't care.

>>5823843
Jesus fucking Christ, that's awful.

>>5823632
Yeah, the strokes are more noticeable up close though, and no, I didn't do anything fancy.

>>5822917
That is not a reference I ever expected to see

>>5820193
God I love the poise and proportion on display here. There's something sort of dynamic and organic and flowy to this silhouette that almost reminds me of the Queadluun-Rhea. I wish there were a figure or kit that actually tried to portray the way this lineart feels.

>>5823081
The 2.0 frames were basically made to have the armor half off right? They certainly loved to show stuff like that off on the box pics around the mid 00s

>>5823757
I dunno, psycho zaku and then char's zaku? I'm surprised enough they'd put out two zakus in a row, especially since both the origin and tb kits have new-ish HG releases

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>>5823550
>Kshatriya RE/100
>even that's a long shot as is
Eh...you do know it's one of the potential picks for the line, right? I mean sure, it doesn't have a proto or a solid slot confirmation yet, but the inclusion in this lineup means Bandai is realistically considering it.

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>>5823064
Yeah, for a modern frame the Graze is pretty decent. There's a fair amount of stuff to pick out with paint if you feel so inclined.

To be really honest, I feel like Bandai started moving away from frame detail because it serves such a niche market in their overall group of buyers. I know only a handful of people who fully detail and display their frames, and they're the super high level guys. Most of my gunpla building friends disregard the frame entirely. And I gotta admit, even when I built my first MG I felt really underwhelmed when it was done. I felt like all that great detail was hidden away and the finished product ended up looking very smooth and simple. It was kind of a letdown.

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I want a big Zaku head to put on my shelf. Ideally, it would be cool if it were a wearable mask/helmet, but I don't think that exists outside of cosplay/customs. This is the closest thing I could find, and it was only sold as part of a smartphone package in Japan. Sooo...anyone know what my best option is for a big ol' Zaku head? I'm hoping there's something better/bigger than the 1/35 kits.

>>5824187

I think that's about it really. I think Richigo ordered one of those off of Mandrake but it was some horrendous price. Too rich for my blood certainly. I've just contented myself with two of the Ramba Ral sets with the 35th scale heads. The few other busts I've seen have all be modified casts of those.

Fuck this powered gm aaaaaaaaaaaa

New thread: >>5824315

>>5820112
Hand painting is zen. Airbrush is babby mode.

You can get good results from hand painting but a good hand painting is subpar compared to good airbrushing.