Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General

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SD Group Build

Rules:
Pick up an SD anything, plane, Gundam/other MS, whatever, if it's generally an SD it counts (so I hope to see someone do a D-Style). Obviously, per all group builds, you'll want to paint it.

Submissions:
Email it to [email protected]
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Due Date: November 1st

Good news! A kind anon has purchased some prizes for the group build. He has decided to do a random drawing rather than judge them like I did in the previous group build. Winners will be contacted via email.

For those curious, I intend to start the secret Santa signups on October 1st.

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Slow day in Gunpla land huh

So the legs on my Fuunsaiki snapped off (both of the rear legs that have the bar connection to be specific)
How should I go about fixing it?

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>>5901216
I'm stuck at work for at least another hour.

I'm looking for some kind of clip on a stick to hold my Gundam pieces while I airbrush them. I was thinking of buying alligator clips and Elmer's gluing them to bamboo skewers. Anyone have any experience with this?

>>5901319
That's pretty much what most people seem to do as far as I've seen.

>>5901319
You probably don't need to glue them, but like >>5901324 said, that's what most people do. It's either that or sticky tack

>>5901319
that's the gold standard, don't forget a block of cardboard to stick them in for drying

>>5901184
Finished handpainting an amazing red warrior. Well the paint was too thick, will post results once it dries

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I think we have a strong new contender for worst ma/wavewider transformation.

>>5901448
Fucking lazy as shit. Sausage, Bandai.

>>5901448
Oh come on they're not even trying with this one!

>>5901448
This has gotta be a mistransformation or something.

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>>5901496
Nope.

>>5901499
The art looks miles better than the real thing though. Which isn't saying fuck all if anything.

>>5901448
It's really bad, like, completely pointless bad.

>>5901502
Pretty much the only good things to come out of the entire ova were gyancelot, finally getting a g-bit head, a little bit of closure on the reiji/aila subplot from s1, and seeing golden god superior kaiser animated (the way they summoned it was stupid though).

I hope whatever designs they come up with for the BF ova are better than the disappointment we got with the Island war ova.

>>5901319

I use these personally

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/301436477594?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

but I handbrush

>>5901590
Could you post any of your kits? I'd like to see the results. This is me>>5901386

I assume we have a few crossboarders from /m/ and such, how do you guys feel about the current topic of Tomino hating Gunpla/PlaModel culture, and his insistence that PlaModel didn't nurture the franchise, but obsessive female fans that would contribute to fanzines and crowd recording studios or meet ups.

http://dargol.blog3.fc2.com/blog-entry-4241.html

(It's not really new or anything since it's from the late '90s, but there's a resurgence on the topic)

It makes me wonder how many of my favorite creators hate me for buying into commercialism, actually. Supposedly Tomino has on record said he would shut down the Gundam Cafe if he could, as well.

>>5901694
my grandma hates blacks and the chinese

>>5901694
Tomino shouldve really just went ahead and killed himself in the mid 90's, fucking whiney senile old fuck.

>>5901694
>I need you to support my product, because I am an artist trying to make a living
>Whoa, whoa, that is too much support! Now that I am comfortably surviving from my artistic output, I feel the need to let everyone know I am against capitalism!
Honestly, this is how I see this sort of thing. An artist like Tomino wants to have a job, but they also don't want to admit they are not creating art purely for it's own sake. It's as they say, "art cannot exist in a vacuum". Without an audience, your writing is literally nothing. Fucking hypocrites.

>>5901694
fujos are pretty fanatical

>>5901694
I don't know how he can see gunpla as a drain on the franchise, it's the best hook I've found to get people interested in gundam.

The biggest drain on the franchise has been the lack of curation regarding new material. It ranges from good to horrible, with several universes and timelines with varying feelings and flavor. They pushed the pretty boys in the series, which is what led to obsessive female fans.

I really don't like seeing the guy who wrote turn A gundam blaming other people for obsessive female fans.

Stay on your best behavior guys or Khoda might screencap your post with a witty caption on her twitter.

>>5901719
Literally Who?

>>5901448
Waveriders are shit anyway. We just got fullcircle with them.

>>5901730
Paraphrasing another anon: planes that transform into robots are cool. Robots that transform into planes-- not so much.

>>5901719
Who? No, seriously. Who?

>>5901719
Dont know who that is but that faggot can screencap this all he likes

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I've been looking for a certain gundam model kit for a while now and my total lack of knowledge on gundams in general is really killing me. I need some help tracking this guy down. It's got lanky arms that fold up into his shoulder jets because I'm guessing he fights in space? It's got a tan colorization bandit's head has like 5 dots I believe in an upside down T for eyes if I'm remembering correctly. It's definitely gotta be a grunt or something along those lines any help tracking this down would be so much fucking appreciated. Thank you in advance!

>>5901773
Gogg.

>>5901775
Eh, sorta that's not it though. The one i was talking about was thinner and actually had 5 dots no just one big one for the eye. Also, I think he had gun hands? Not quite sure on that part

>>5901785
Acguy.

>>5901787
>Acguy.
That's the one they turned into a bear right? no this guy had massive rocket shoulder pads his arms went into it. It's been five days, I'm starting to think I imagined this robot. hes gotta be one of the newer ones mabey

>>5901773
Sounds like the Hyakuri.

>>5901793
Hygogg

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>>5901773

>folding up lanky arms
>five eyes
>tan

sounds like the Hyakuri from Iron Blooded Orphans.

>>5901694
I take everything Tomino says in interviews with a bucket sized helping of salt regardless of the topic.

>>5901187
Just a few more days of curing, then it's on to topcoat and piecing back together for mine.

>>5901386
Is it done yet?

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>>5901773
>>5901775
>>5901785
>>5901787
>>5901793
>>5901812
>>5901855

As anon said, it's definitely Hyakuri.

>>5901775
>>5901787
>>5901855
How the fuck did you get any of those out of that description? It was SUPER clearly the Hyakuri.

>>5901888
they're memeing

>>5901878
awwwwwww yes that's the guy fuck yeah. thanks guys!

>>5901888
I forgot IBO existed.

>>5901239
Show pictures from the Dalong pages or manual where it snapped. Generally plastic cement and pinning will fix most anything.

>>5901694
He can say whatever the fuck he wants. If it weren't for GBF enticing me in with a neat battlebots/custom robo thing and cute scenes, I probably wouldn't have ever gotten interested in Gundam in general and came to appreciate the shows for their own merits, instead of just for which ones have the best models. A lot of my favorite suits don't even have models.

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Work in progress what do you guys think? any tips and tricks would be strongly apriciated

>>5901997
That's one nasty leg seam and the bullet holes look too "clean", maybe dry brush some black around it, but it looks nice otherwise.

>>5901997
A) I really hope you aren't planning on using that lighter for "Realistic weathering" purposes, because if so it won't work like you're thinking.

B) Good god seam weld those legs and arms.

Other than that the bullet holes look nice. Like you actually looked up what something like a line of machinegun fire would look like on armor instead of just randomly adding holes everywhere like I see a lot of beginners do.

>>5902029
kek dont worry i wont burn down my house I smoked buddy and B i know im broke for plastic cement right now at the moment and thx for the bullet holes props I was actually doubt full abouth how they looked ,Its still a long way from finish

>>5902023
Yeah i know its a work in progress

>>5902023
Yeah i know its a work in progress but thx for pointing it out I almos left them like that

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I painted my first gunpla. How did I do?

>>5902075
Hard to tell (picture is way to blown out, get a better backdrop or something), but aside from the colours, the paint job looks decent.

>>5902079
Sorry about the quality of the pic.

How would you guys practice seam welding?

The mace thing from the Barbatos is really erotic and I need to fix it somehow.

I was thinking about buying some sort of saw and cutting spoons, but that would set me out of $30~ dollars.

>>5901973


Yeah, the only reason I got in to gundam as a whole was gundam build fighters and the gunpla it spawned.

Now I'm all over UC stuff.

>>5902064
>kek dont worry i wont burn down my house

I meant more "Don't try to create realistic burn damage with actual fire" because melted plastic does not look like burned and melted metal and armor.

>>5902075
Paints could be thinned more but overall nice work.

So I was reading the directions on my Alclad bottles and I noticed that the non-high shine metallics (Gunmetal, Steel, Magnesium) don't say to use a gloss black base. They say to just spray the paint straight onto the primer.

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>>5902075
>that color scheme

>>5902173
You can but the gloss black is meant to "help" the finish of a high-shine metallic to give it the mirror-like finish. The more perfect the surface of the glass the more uniform the mirror-finish of the metallic color is, which means higher shine and less distortions in reflections.

The alclad metals are reflective on their own so they technically don't need a gloss black base unless you want that mirror-like finish. And you can usually still get a non-mirror metallic look just by not polishing the alclad after it dries even if you do use a gloss black base, though it might be shinier than if you spray your metal over satin or flat.

>>5902183
I'm doing a gold and "Black" paintjob using Polished brass and gunmetal with various non-mirror metallics for the frame (Mostly steel). Basecoating the brass pieces tonight with gloss black and since I'm a lazy shit I was wondering if I could just skip basecoating the gunmetal and steel parts or if basecoating would even make a noticable difference to them.

>>5902075
Those scissors in the back made me think you were going for some sort of Gurren Laggan look.

But kill yourself, it looks like fucking trash.

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Can't wait to see what the tiddies on this look like if/when it gets the FAG treatment.

>>5902225
I pity the actual frame arms. All people care about is the anime girls.

>>5902228
They keep making frame arms so it's got to be selling...right?

>>5902228
Plastic robots are obsolete, plastic ass is the future.

>>5902194
You don't need a gloss black base coat for any of the regular finish metals, only the high-shine ones. There's a list on their site for the two categories.

http://alclad2.com/how-to/

>>5902183
Why gloss black specifically? Why not gloss yellow or gloss green?

>>5902236
It's important to note that the core tenet it is that no matter what colour or type of paint you're using, your choice of primer/undercoat will affect the appearance of it.

>>5902141
Practice with pieces of the runner

>>5902241
Black contrasts the best I guess? Not really sure why, but I've experimented with metallic paints and they always seem to look better on a black base

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>>5901955
The bar snapped on both sides and unfortunately got lodged inside the hips. I was honestly considering cementing it in place but pinning it would also help. Thanks anon!

>>5902225
anything less than DD cup would be inadmissible

>>5902249
I'm planning on replacing those barpegs with ball-joint polycaps on mine. Fuunsaiki needs to be more poseable.

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>>5902233
Speak for yourself, I wait for the day I can have an Einerad/Gedlav kit.

>>5901365
That's what the hlj boxes are for

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>>5901997
Strap some fireworks to it

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>>5901601

sure but its nothing special, im still pretty new at this

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>>5902438
Holy shit is the whole thing painted? If so that's amazing!

Do you use primer? And how many coats and how long do you wait between each coat?

Pic is mine

>>5901694
Didn't Gundam almost get cancelled until bandai started making model kits

>>5902588

I don't use primer unless I change the colors drastically. might not be for everyone, as I rarely touch my kits. I only use 2 coats and the shortest I'll wait is a day, only because I only paint a little at a time.

half of it is about getting the paint to the right consitency. I use vallejo's right now and just thin with water, but I'm researching other brands as per the guide.

the other half is about being really fickle with the brush and making sure paint doesn't pool up or have any bubbles. usually it takes lots of repetitive small and quick strokes. it does take some trial and error to get it down

>>5902228

I would kind of like more of the gundam armor girls. it would be cool to have both versions, but i don't like the designs of the ones that are out now.

>>5902364
I kinda wanna see what it would look like with four moving limbs, never really liked the static poses. Post pics if you go through with it!

>>5902588
Paint is too thick and brush strokes are evident. Yellow on the crotch is really bad, and the grey isn't much better. I find that generally, primer *really* help. It makes it easier to get an even colour, and helps the paint to adhere better. Overall, not a bad first attempt, but next time practice a bit more on spoons, don't paint so thickly, and get some masking tape (which would have helped with the paint on the crotch)

>>5902658
Alright thanks for the advice anon. :*

I wonder how all the handbrushed gunpla and kits don't have those weird specks and lumps in the paintjobss, when a lot of painted wargamming minis (other thread, other board) are full of it.

Do those people not clean off the surfaces of dirt before priming/painting?

I just ordered 5 kits from HLJ, apparently I am getting 10 of the customize campaign packets with them. Any chance that I will get all 8 of the parts or will I be stuck with whatever they decide to throw in the box?

>>5902765
I got 8 of the packets from HLJ and got one of each one, so you should be alright.

>>5902765
>>5902778
It's 8? I thought it was 6?
In any case
>Please note that packets are selected randomly, so it isn't possible to request specific HG Weapon Parts. There's a chance you might receive more than one of the same HG Weapon Parts.

When's the ZZ kits coming back into stock? I wanted to get a hamma-hamma.
If I ordered one would I also get stuff from the campaign?

>>5902761
Thinning paints before hand painting seems to be lost on a lot of people.

They might not be 100% as good as the Alclad stuff, but I'm really loving the Vallejo Metal Colour paints so far. I don't have the space to spray lacquers, so this is the next best thing for me and it comes out gorgeous.

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sup /toy/,
i had a question for you guys since i've never seen anyone else ask about this (at least not recently). i'm planning on buying some metal pipe parts for my next zaku kit. i've never painted metal before, so do you need special paints for them or will tamiya primer/lacquer paint do nicely? if anyone knows any good sellers as well, that would be nice too. thanks.

>>5902804
Should be sometime this month.

>>5902818
Tamiya primer will work fine. Clean the metal with denatured alcohol before priming.

>>5902761
You ever watch videos of mini painters? A lot of them paint from the pot

>>5902818
For paint itself alclad is god tier.

>>5902850
He meant literally metal, not metallic paint.

>>5902847
I do this, and still get smooth paint jobs, so I have no idea what the deal is.

>>5902803
http://bandai-hobby.net/site/customize_campaign2016.html
Its 8. I figured they'd be packed randomly, I was just wondering if anyone has gotten theirs from HLJ to see what to expect

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>>5901184

>Endless Waltz Tallgeese
>RX-78 Version 3.0
>Gundam Zeta Ver 2.0

Can some rate my Master Grade choices so far and recommend two more MG's to buy or one Perfect Grade please?

I'm thinking of getting one of Char suits as my next one.

>>5902941
Decent choices. Atleast you didn't go with something horrible like the MG The O, anyways If it's a char suit I reccomend you The Char Zaku 2.0 or the Gelgoog. Both kits are good in their own right, but the piping is a nightmare for the zaku.

>>5902980

I built a HG Char Zaku before and it was the worse gunpla experience i've had so far because of those pipes and the skirt bit so now you've said that it'll probably be the Gelgoog my mane, thank you.

>>5902980
Why is MG the O horrible? I've been eyeing it for a while now.

>>5902924
Took you guys fucking 3 threads to post this shit.

>>5902988
Problem for me is that Polycap joints on a giant machine does not end well. Mine just can't really do even the simplest of action poses with out it slowly reverting to its standard standing pose. I really wish they just held back on it for a few more years to design it around using ABS joints.

>>5903014
Multiple times I've gone to look for that page only to see nothing but last year's on google. Doesn't surprise me.

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planning on making my local type into char's local type. but should i do it zgok style and have char's red on the limbs, or zaku style and have it on the body?

Any specific type/brand of glue to use ? When it's plastic on plastic I usually just use plastic cement or some revel modelism glue I had laying around, but when I try metal or others on plastic, like when repairing a joint by pinning, it doesn't seems to do the trick.

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Anyone else got their preorders in for this sexy resin wing-shit.

>>5902806
>>5902847

>>>/tg/49260464

Notice the specks on the surface? This is what you mean, right?

PG ball when????????

>>5903185
Zaku style is more iconic, so what do you think?

>>5902650
It'll be a good while before I do, it's deep in my backlog stack.

>>5902818
>>5902842
Yep, Tamiya's primer states on the can that it's good for plastic and metal. Personally I recommend the Fine primers, they go down much more smoothly.

>>5902988
It was rushed because it won a popularity poll, so it's not as good as it could be (another glaring gripe: it reuses the pipe-armor runners from the MG 1.0 Gouf instead of having a dedicated runner of its own).
The only good point I'll give it is the gunmetal frame.

>>5903307
Isn't that just from either the flat finish or drybrushing?

>>5903307
The stuff they do is a lot smaller than gunpla, and pretty much any paintjob will have imperfections when you zoom in that close to it. If the people with "Smooth" handbrush results in this thread took pictures that close in with proper lighting you would see surface imperfections as well.

>>5903421
i really like z'gok because i like char's red. but im thinking that the zaku might come out better since they both have defined chests

>>5903445
yeah, z'gok was all arms, brother.
i'd like a char's hygogg maybe

>>5903508
that be easy seeing how you can just lift the zgok colors

>>5903424
Yep if they held The O back another few years and phased the polycaps out with abs joints it would of been on par with the Sinanju and Sazabi Ver Ka.

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>>5903508
Heya Someone tried their hand at it.

>>5903563
i think it would have looked better with the crotch and waist being bright red.

>>5903563
I like the two tones more.

>>5903658
it does have 2 tones though

>>5903671
Huh. Can't really tell, mate.

>>5903677
its legs and arms and waist os "char red" and the chassis is a normal zeon red. i think the shoulders are char red too

>>5903254
http://www.scalemodelguide.com/construction/materials/learn-glue/

>>5902818
Metal should be lightly sanded and cleaned thoroughly before priming. You MUST do basic surface prep for metals.

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What's everyone building tonight?

>>5903852
I'm painting a Gusion Rebake into Tan armor into an Olive Drab and the white parts into a whitish Gray color.

Will be painting a Carta graze kitbashed with some Scwhalbe graze parts, jet black with a lance gun to give it a black knight motif. Might add a cloak to it too. Now i Just need a big shield to go with it.

>>5903688
If I squint real hard, it looks like that.
Should've just done pink.

>>5903889
That second one sounds like a lovechild of sorts.

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>>5903852
Haven't build this one yet

Are the old TOMY Zoid kits still out there?

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>>5903852
Got most of the armor on grimgerde painted earlier and now bouncing back and forth between these two.

>>5903913
Liger's on my wishlist. These still get re-releases from time to time, especially Ligers. I think.

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>>5903852
We who are about to snap salute you.

Someone please tell me where I can download a bigger desk.

anyone ever do mg sazabi? can they post picks

>>5904008
FOR THOSE ABOUT TO PLA
WE SALUUUUUUUUTE YOUUUUU

>meanwhile on reddit
>Vallejo sucks!
>worst paint, it peels and chips!
^
|
|
>>on bare plastic
>>"What? I don't bother sanding or priming the plastic? What's the dishwashing soap for?"

JUST

>>5904008
Tell me where I can torrent a bigger apartment and more money.

Also shit, are you me? Our desk layout is strikingly similar, but I try not to build on my work desk since cleaning up is ass. What cunt?

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>>5903852
Not quite building yet, but planning out how to do this city diorama. All I got down so far are the poses and a building I want to buy, but need to work out making a broken bridge and streets.

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>>5904044
>reddit

I had heard stories

>>5904053
>What cunt?
Are you asking what I'm building or was that a traditional Australian greeting?
If it's the former it's a Stylet, I left the manual in the picture. If it's the latter, 'what cunt' to you too.

>>5904044
You know what's really funny? I've tried handbrushing some of their greens onto bare plastic before. When that shit cures it is suprisingly durable. I stripped it eventually but had to resort to soaking it in purple power for a week and multiple scrubbing sessions with a toothbrush to get it off.

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>>5903852
Snuck Vader into work tonight to finish him. Sorry for the blurry pic

>>5901875
Here >>5902588

>>5903852
The thumbnail makes its head look llike a smug duck's face.

Hey, I know this is a long shot, but is anyone willing to sell me the left shoulder of their Graze standard type so I could use it for my 1/144 Barbatos?

>>5904204

im a lazy shit.

>>5904204
Buy a graze variant that has an extra shoulder. Or buy a graze and the weapon add-on that comes with replacement shoulders

Hows the MG Ball?

>>5904204
I'll sell you the full kit too if you want.

>>5903852
Space Backpack for the g reco. I'm only now just finishing all the recon guises kits

>>5904079
Go to Reddits /r/gunpla and sort by controversial of all time. You'll see some shit.

>>5903973

Dude, what's that on the left?

>>5904418
Flat from Turn A. It's the old 1/144 kit.

>>5903852
I'm still fucking waiting on shipping

I built my first kit recently, an HG 1/144 Gundam G-Arcane and not too long after that I built an HG 1/144 Barbatos.

The difference between the two in terms of articulation is incredible to me. I can hardly touch G-Arcane's waist without the thing falling apart, whereas everything on Barbatos feels so tight and stable.

What I'm wondering is, are all of the G-Reco kits as fiddly as G-Arcane? Or is that normal for kits with alt modes in general? I have a G-Self that I sort of bought while I was still giddy from finishing my first gunpla, and I'm worried that it'll have the same issues that G-Arcane does.

Has anyone else had issues with HG Dynames or the other 00 S1 Gundams having tight as fuck wrist joints?

>>5904482
I don't have any issues with Gaeon being unstable, so I doubt it's a general problem with G-Reco kits. Probably just an issue with Arcane.

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>>5903852
Just primed my Zuda to make a Hunter of Black Clothes version. Not sure how I'm going to do the emblem on the shield though, I don't want to order a sheet of custom decals until I have enough decals I actually want to fill one up.
Also building my Nu ver Ka.

>>5904463
Damn that looks bad.

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>>5904508
Please don't bully the Scramble Gundam

>>5904044

I handpaint vallejo on bare plastic. I haven't had any problems with it once I let it cure and clearcoat it. Well, I accidentally scratched it once with my fingernail trying to swap particularly stubborn hands.

I dont have an SD and neither will I be able to get one by the time the contest is over. Can I mix scales to attempt to reach the same effect?

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>>5904376
>That girl that keeps posting selfies

>>5904565
So many changes needed to that bastard. So many changes...

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>Average skill of modeler in the other thread

>>5904596
I'm half convinced it's a dude posting and he just got some chick to pose with some of his models.

Still, the clear difference of the comments about a girl posting on there vs that thread on /toy/ the other day about the globe are great.

Krylon paint is great for models.
>>5904625

>>5904010
Old one or ver ka? Ver ka pictures can be found anywhere because it became so popular that it ended up bckming babbys first painted build because of how easy it is to detail it up. Still a great kit though

>>5904648
thats kinda my main question. is the ver.ka that much better to make it worth near $100

What's the minimum curing time for Tamiya cement and thin cement before I can start sanding and puttying the plastic?

>>5904739
>curing time for Tamiya cement
Do you have any idea how plastic cement works? It's not paint. It doesn't cure. It contains solvents that melt the plastic and allows the melted plastic to be welded together as the solvents evaporate. The only thing you're waiting on is for all the solvents to evaporate and the plastic to reharden.

>>5904652
What do you mean the old mg psazabi is that price range too

>>5904044
Vallejo is actually one of the best to hand-paint on bare plastic. Of course, you can't play with it, but it'll certainly resist until you can finish the kit and topcoat it.

>>5904619
christ

>>5904749
oh shit really? i dont bother to check because i was shopping around for the ver. ka. what would be getting the point in the old one then? does it do anything better then the ver.ka

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Going to paint my Cherudim, but I'm not sure what to use for the circled parts.
For the chest I'm not sure how to go about adding more black to it.
Would full black for shoulders be too much, maybe?

>>5904774
How about orange?

>>5904745
Yeah, is it really 24 hours for minimum?

>>5904754
No, it's not. It's why they make and recommend a primer.

>>5904745
You do know that what you described is basically the curing peocess right?

>>5904794
All paints do. But if you were going to handbrush straight onto bare plastic, vallejo is one of the better paints to do it with. It's one of the most durable water based acrylics I've ever worked with.

2 weeks til the UKs first gundam convention, Anyone else excited?

>>5904972
Is it still looking like a disorganized disaster?

How many Titans Mk-IIs are too many? I've got five or six and I suspect I might need some clinical help.

>>5905051
Are they all different kits, or do you have some duplicates?

>>5904775
Orange worked extremely well for the ends of the shoulders, fits the theme very well. Thanks.

>>5905057
Two duplicate HGs. The rest are different, although I can not remember which from where as they are currently packed away in box.

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>>5904376
http://imgur.com/a/BCjtS
I'm dying looking at all these shitty color schemes

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>>5905182
jesus fucking christ

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>>5905182
My shitty Bawoo doesn't seem so bad after that, it's still shit but not that bad.

>>5904482
G-arcane was meant to partsform so it is gonna disassemble a little bit faster than other kits.

>>5905182
i like how the wings turned out. but just fuck everything else up senpai

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Do they make HG sets for G Gundam mobile suits? I've seen ones of Burning and Master, but that seems to be it. Any of the Death/Dark Army mobile suits for example? I had a lot of the figures (normal and SD) that were sold in the states, but it sounds like that series wasn't very popular in Japan.

>>5905248
Oh yeah and pic related was my first Gundam model kit, I forgot to mention that. I liked it, very easy to put together and looked great. I've been thinking of buying a few more kits.

>>5905182
The painting seems decent, but those pastels. I mean it was a good job with bad choices, right?

>>5905260
bad is underselling it. its literally a retarded decision, they have never done mobile suits im full pastel because it looks like shit.

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Not sure why I put off building Durga for so long. It's been fun to put together and honestly, I'm digging the design more than Magatsuki.

>>5905273
How is the Koto plastic compared to gunpla? I'm hesitant on starting my Formula...

>>5905296
Not any real different honestly. The only thing to be careful of is pointy corners. Koto seems to have way more sharp points than Bandai.

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Just finished barbatos , Has anyone done the RG red astray? I was eyeing him next and wondering if it's worth picking up.

>>5905343
havent built one. but ive seen them everywhere. it seems like everyone and their mother has one. so it must be pretty alright

>>5905343
It's a very solid and mobile RG. I think I've spent more time posing it than most of my other kits, and the only parts that have ever come off are the tips of the toes.

>>5905343
>Finished
>Not lined, coated or painted
No anon. You've still got to finish it, it's just snapped together.

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Starting the second part of my three part project. What's everyone building tonight?

>>5905465
Gonna paint my grimgerde some more then work on the diorama project some.

>>5905343
I bought the RG Astray because I wanted to try building an RG and I already had most of the other suits in other grades. Personally I was pretty disappointed because I enjoy seeing how things fit together and suddenly go from anonymous plastic bits to joints and entire limbs and shit the most in building gunpla, and the Red Astray (and possibly all other RGs) comes with a mostly pre-assembled inner frame and just lets you stick on the armor, which the Red Frame has little of. If you're buying it for the collecting it's fine, it's amazingly poseable, but if you're buying it for the building I'd recommend you get any MG instead.

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Jesus can finally stand up

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judging by how much fun the full armor was to put together. this guy is gonna be great.

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>>5905410
To be honest I just like building them and posing . I tried to panel line my rx79 g and I just didn't feel comfortable doing it. I'll go back to barbatos in a few weeks and try my hand with him . It's only my third kit .

>>5905553
what marker are you using? it probably too big. get a grey gundam marker or something

>>5905484
Thanks for the response , that actually sounds perfect for me . Besides him I was looking at ez8 build fighter and GM sniper 2 . I'm heading to a con next month in Tampa . Maybe I'll find something there .

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>>5905556
I have them and the fine tip ones. I just don't have a steady hand . Might try a tooth pick and some war hammer paint .

>>5905561
it just looks like your problem is your pushing down way too hard anon. try rubbing it down with a qtip after you mark them

>>5905507
How are the joints on it? I have that in my backlog and was gonna start it later today

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>>5905572
I'll give it another go , can't get better if I don't try .

How do I get replacement parts /gunpla/? I accidentally my kit's right arm and its irreversibly damaged now

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>>5905507
Perfect Grade?

Fair warning, his joints cant support his wings at all

>>5905182
>http://imgur.com/a/BCjtS
The paint job is decent, but god those colors

>>5905607
nah, its the MG 2.0
>>5905577
I assume you are asking about the hip joints, right? my advice is to sand the pegs a little before inserting them into place, that way they will have an easier time to move and rotate
I don't plan to move around the legs too much due to the snap off problem people have reported, so try just to be extra careful with them
aside that, the rest of the kit is pretty solid. I particularly love all the groves and panel lines all over the armor

>>5905507
The decals, are they waterslide or sticker?

I have the effect parts and the waterslide it comes with is pretty sweet

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>>5905652
Forgot pic

>>5905652
you get stickers and dry transfers
if you are getting the waterslides then you are better off using those

>>5905590
I'm having a hard time sharpening the edge of that blade. I've gotten the tip sharpened.

Any tips? I've tried lapping it with a chisel and slowly moving along the edge with sandpaper and an even smaller sanding stick, but I can't get the edge to happen.

Alternatively I'll have to break out the Aves Apoxie putty and extend the edge outward so I can grind it down more easily.

Any tips?

>>5905661
The decals are metallic in nature though. So i have to come up with a good paint/color scheme to match the decals.

Cant wait to see yours finished

So I have heard some conflicting info on this.

Can you do an enamel wash straight on top of alclad without gloss coating it first?

>>5905182
>a e s t h e t i c m e m e s

>>5905637
Good to hear, i was gonna sand down the pegs a bit as a precaution. I did the same with my origin rx 78 since the pegs were similar and have been able to get much smoother hip movements

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>tfw drilling and sanding resin

>>5905182
>http://imgur.com/a/BCjtS
I don't know. It's ugly as fuck but I quite like the scheme.

>>5906059
Execution is horrible but I'm on board with the idea, always wanted to try more colorful pastel schemes but this one's got too many colors and its all shitty "metallic", never mind its also painted badly

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post displays

>>5906103
You need to do something with that nightingale to make it not just a huge lump of ugly red plastic.

>>5906105
Was gonna two-tone it but I got lazy and then when I stopped being lazy I ran out of primer.

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>>5906056
Drilling is literally nothing, shavings are too large to get airborne.

Sanding should never be dry.

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>B-1 droid already released

Oh right, no SW kits outside of japan.

B-2 should be next.

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I need help. What Tamiya paint would I go about buying to match the green of the hg graze? I got an idea for my first custom.

>>5906205
Pink

On holiday in Korea, learned about Gundam from randomly visiting a Gundam base here and now I've spent $100 on HG's I liked and an MG and 1/100 HG. I imagine this stuffs gonna be harder to find or at least more expensive when i move back to Australia?

>>5906103
Looks comfy as fuck.

>>5906344
>I imagine this stuffs gonna be harder to find or at least more expensive when i move back to Australia?
Isn't everything else aside from genocidal wildlife? Good news is shipping shouldn't be awful for you iirc.

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>>5906344
If you live in South Australia near Adelaide, Shin Tokyo has 35% off so HGs are around $20-25 dollars, MGs are $50-100 depending on size

the best if you want a hg and dont want to wait on hlj SAL

If anyone wants a PG SFreeom this place is dumping their stock

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BA165506#.V9WLQq2KSdt

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>>5906103
that HG shelf could use some risers.

>>5906111
I want to be double triple quadruple safe, how do I limit shavings and drilled fragments limited to a closed area and un-airborne?

>>5906609
Find any semiconductor fab near you, ask to borrow their clean room. Bring your own hazmat suit and a full water tank large enough for you to fit in and do your work. Keep the workpiece under water at all times, as well as all used tools. Make sure to go through biohazard decontamination procedures when you leave.

>>5906619
Adversely you could put an ad on craigslist to be a babysitter and surround the work space with children and tell them to breath deeply, in effect using them as large fleshy filters

>>5906609
To be 100% safe? By not drilling or shaving. There are a variety of solutions for you if you need to drill or shave, but do you think posters here are going to be experts?
There are all kinds of dust collection systems for carpenters, that literally suck the sawdust off the table as boards are being cut. Nothing like that exists specifically for models, but nothing is stopping you from going to Lowe's or Home Depot and buying a nice system. Alternatively, you could get some kind of attachment for a shop vac and work near it.
Use your brain.

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Hey! That's my bearguy as OP! Thanks!

Currently building the RG 00 Raiser and RG Exia Redframe.

>>5906641
>exia red frame

Bah, Astray rather.

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Does anyone have any experience using pic related instead of Mr. Top Coat?

I have a ton of gunpla I need to top coat and seem to be burning through the top coat cans quickly and that shit is expensive and take time to ship here.

>>5906511

Shit i should just stock up now then. HGs here start at $10 and MGs $30

>>5905254
>>5905248
Ok, maybe better question is if there's a site that lists all the model kits? I didn't see any in the guide.

>>5906652
iirc someone a while back said it comes out a bit on the thick side, since it was designed for more... large scale applications

>>5906657
Dalong has most kits(some of the oldest too, but not say, wing/g/V/etc. old).

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>>5905248
The only modern G Gundam HGs we got were Shining, God/Burning, Master and Nobel.

No luck if you wanted a 1/144 Tequila Gundam I'm afraid.

>>5906641
Is that a snap build? Jesus I don't see any nubs, stress marks, or sandpaper scratches.

>>5906670
Probably because it looks like he took more than 15 minutes to do it

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>>5906672
[spoiler]it takes me hours to snapbuild even hgs and they don't look half as good as that[/spoiler]

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>>5906675
Same. I'm terrible, but I blame it on early onset arthritis.

>>5906670
Thanks. Its the HG Bearguy III.

I'm really anal about nub marks so I can spend 30+ minutes on one piece just shaving it down, sanding it, and lining it. Then I top coat them all and assemble.

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Currently Bandai is having a vote to see who is most interested in what UC adaptation happens and the votes are as

Unicorn Sequel
Hathaway Flash
Crossbone
New UC original

At the top currently is Crossbone followed by Hathaway Flash.

>>5906706
>animated Crossbone
As much as I want this, I just know they would go with the fugly genericon Katoki redesigns for the MS instead of the great manga renditions.

>>5906706
>Unicorn Sequel
Didn't Unicorn end though? Why would there be a sequel?

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>>5906685
>>5906679
>>5906675

Here is a WIP of my 00 Raiser. Probably put 30 hours into it so far to give you an idea of how long I can take.

>>5906553
Abit too clustery for me but looks good. Some Risers would def bring it up and clear space.
Have some cool diving aerial sword dashes going on.

>>5906718
>Why would there be a sequel?

Because it made both bandai and sunrise a buttload of money and they want more.

>>5906511
Where is this located agin? The giant like 1/1 Gundam.
Doesn't the Cockpit open? I thought I read that somewhere. .

>>5906553
Nice flight type Gouf.

>>5906706
No option for Thunderbolt? I thought there was still a lot of material that the OVA didn't cover?

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>>5906553
wow i just realized how old that image is.

>>5906751
i actually ended up giving that one away, its a neat kit but kind of dated and not built as well as i could have.

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>>5906794
also those shelves are pretty much out of room so i started throwing some HGs on a bookshelf nearby.

>>5906743
The big one right now is at Odaiba in Tokyo, outside the mall that has Gundam Front Tokyo on the top floor.

The cockpit didn't open when I was there.

>>5906778
The following arc is still ongoing and there isn't a good place to end a followup ova series yet. The current arc is also less popular than the first arc.

I'd honestly rather get the MSV-R or feddie hooligans adapted over the rest of thunderbolt.

>>5906826
Feddie Hooligans was good stuff.

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>>5906743
This one here is a photo thats mine, I visited there 1st of February this year, was spectacular and shiny. I journeyed through Nagoya and and reached Tokyo just to see it and buy the mega size gft Gundam.

When it turns its head and lights up it plays various music from 0079 then it starts playing music from other series. Then it looks up and does the ventilation smoke effect. Quite spectacular I would say.

Also check out the gundam cafe in expocity, statue of the RX78 and Char Zaku going at it, and you can sit down in the cafe. Line up only takes 10 mins as well and the menu is entertaining.

>Just picked up the mg Wing Gundam Proto Zero EW kit
>It has a sheet of water slide decals
Fuck, I'm terrible at these things

>>5906899
I didn't even put them on my heavyarms, I tried one and my hamfisted attempt only put a no step decal on my index finger so I gave up out of shame

>>5906902
It would be so bad if I didnt have cats shedding everywhere

>>5906899
>>5906902
The trick is to use a small paintbrush to position the decal while it's wet.

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>>5906899
>mfw I ordered water slides for an RG

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>>5901448
Meh, it's a tacked on Wave Rider mode, but the kit looks alright otherwise.

>>5904209
>Buy a graze variant that has an extra shoulder. Or buy a graze and the weapon add-on that comes with replacement shoulders
Graze Ritter should have spare regular Graze shoulders, right?

>>5904455
>I'm still fucking waiting on shipping
Same, going to be at least a week before my Lotos get here.

>>5906152
B-1 IS LOVE, B-1 IS LIFE!!!

>>5906921
i bought waterslides for my rg gp01-fb

it was a relaxing experience that paid off. the only hard parts were the foil parts that i had to cut off from the sticker sheet and put into place

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>>5906660
>>5906652


For anyone interested I did a comparison spray of Mr. Top Coat VS Krylon Clear Coat Matte Finish.

Left is Mr. Top Coat Right is Krylon

>>5906950
Left looks far better. The one of the right looks goopy

>>5906952
>>5906950
Also, sand your nubs better anon, jeez

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>>5906950
this is why we buy mr super clear

>>5906952

Yes it does, and the Krylon also too twice as long to dry.

>>5906953

This was the first gunpla I ever built so the nubs are aweful. I use it to test out ideas/techniques now.

I've gotten a lot better, see my Exia
>>5906728

>>5906679
>early onset arthritis
F

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And done with Durga. I like it way better than Magatsuki, even if it only really has the lance/mace. Sadly it was overcast today and I couldn't go outside for pictures where you can see the details in the clear pieces.

>>5906962
God I love a proper matte, I feel a lot of people don't know what matte should look like and do a shoddy job, regardless of brand

>>5906962
>look up mr super clear on amazon
>$22 a can

jesus fuck

>>5907142
hobbywave is where i get mine

>>5907105
How do I do a proper matte?

>>5906962
Mr Super Clear is NOT lacquer-based, right? What is an alternative choice for sealing between paint coats/colors? Vallejo matte varnish okay?

>>5907179
m,r top coat is acrylic, mr super clear is lacquer

desu i've never had a problem with putting super clear over my shit so long as i wasn't an idiot

>>5907179
Like that guy said, Mr Super Clear is lacquer-based, but I've been airbrushing Mr Super Clear Gloss for clear coats after my acrylic paint coats for panel lining, decals, etc. and nothing ever happened. You just have to properly wait for the paint to cure before spraying it on, just like anything else.

>>5907179
>>5907185
An anon from the custom thread there said:
>"Super clear uses a stronger solvent. It is more durable but will attack enamel and acrylic paints underneath."
>"Yes both are clear paint, but you need to be aware what paint type is chemically weaker than what other paint type you're using or you'll end up with a mess"
They didn't confirm the acrylic/lacquer thing. You'd think looking at their item descriptions in the shops would help but it's always just one sentence flavour text. All I want is something good for acrylic & (watercolor) pencils...

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>>5907164
Don't be afraid of spraying up closer and laying it a bit thick, or at least do multiple coats. The classic 30cm distance you'll be told about online is a fucking joke, sure spray cans lay on thick but at that distance you're putting your shit to waste and only lightly sprinkling your kit.

Keep it even and under light there should be minimum highlights, the plastic shouldn't really shine though a layer of spotty top coat, it should be an even rough layer that diffuses light.

I'm no expert though, that's just what I've figured out on my own experience and in contrast to builds I've seen online I prefer my results.

Made a quick comparison out of stuff I found online, it might not be the fairest due to completely different builders and photo set ups but you can tell the left is a pretty bad matte

How would I achieve a candy coat or a titanium finish for white?

>>5907211
Almost all lacquers will attack weaker paints. Most of the time you can put it over well-cured acrylic that's a good acrylic to begin with but also had a week to cure.

>>5905667
All i did to the blade was paint it and sand down the nub bits.

>>5907216
this, the pic i posted with the matte was not sprayed from 30cm, i've never sprayed that far before

>>5907222
Alright, Top Coat it is then. Thanks, m8.

I have a bunch of acrylic paints I bought years ago but never used, they're probably not great but I'd rather not blow even more money on a hobby I'm just starting. Is it dumb to thin acrylic paint with water, should a special thinner always be used?

>>5907242
>They're probably not great
Anon, before you waste hours and make us all assmad at your decision, for the love of God tell us the paint brand or provide a picture. No matter how great you may be at thinning nothing good comes of craft paints on gunpla, Reddit is lying if they tell you otherwise.

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Finally getting around to painting my first Gundam in years. Working with Tamiya paints has been quite a learning curve. I'm used to Reaper and GW paint, so the quick drying time has been a challenge to adapt to. I've finished painting all the white parts, and I'll work on the red parts the rest of this week.

If I'm panel lining with enamels and cleaning the lines with enamel thinner, is it ok to do that over an acrylic clear coat? Or will the acrylic be destroyed by the enamel thinner?

>>5907308
Enamel thinner only thins enamel paint, anon.

>>5907308
Tamiya paints aren't meant for hand brushing

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A LAWS

In all seriousness, whoever suggested the RG Raiser, thank you!

>>5906706
Thinking about it. If crossbone does get released it might release anime versions or ova versions. If that happens we might finally get a fucking Crossbone x2 and x3 as normal releases.

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thinking to get all this shit as starters, am i doing alright?

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>>5907221
I used Alclad's Black Chrome over this whole thing.
I had to darken it a little extra though, one of the belly stripes came out darker than the rest on the first pass, so I had to tone everything else to match.

>>5907373
Yes they are, you just have to thin them properly.

>>5907441
Needs something for lining and a top coat. Aside from that I will say I'm liking my Xurons so far.

>>5907443

any suggestions? I built a RG before but it sucked badly (it was RX78-2, somebody told me it was the worst kit for starters ever as it keeps falling a part)

>>5907441
Grab the Squadron nippers, and the pour type gundam markers (you clean it with lighter fluid and qtips).

>>5907451
I'm a nooblet myself, but you are missing those basics. Kit-wise, the guide has some suggestions, the one I got worked well enough for starters.

Come to think, I hear lots of love for the IBO kits out, are they good for beginners?

>>5907442
So that purplish toned thing is titanium, huh? Is it possible to layer clear pearl over titanium for a prismatic finish?

>>5907453
You forgot to tell him not to use gundam markers on bare plastic.

>>5907441

I would say you don't need all the different kinds of blades with the knife. For basic stuff, at most you'd just need the one knife, but I'd recommend buy extra of the #11 blade for back up.

>>5907477
I use them on bare plastic all the time with zero issues. Just make sure it's not ABS.

>>5907468
Purplish?

>Gundam builders are this retarded
I give up trying to help.

Do you guys have any tips for applying waterslides to heavily contoured areas? I'm going to have to put the shimapan on my FAG shortly here and after fucking part of the bottom of the egg plane even with softer I'm wondering if there's something I don't know.

>>5907498
>people are retarded
Surprise surprise

>>5907493
All the non-yellow parts.

>>5907509
Oh. Yeah that's just white paint followed by the Black Chrome, gave it all a Titanium Finish/Special Coating look.

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I really like the Proto Zero redesign so far, much cleaner than the original

>>5907499
apply setter, manipulate to desired location, dab out all the excess to fix in place then use softer?

>>5907442
So all I need is white paint over the chrome? Should be easy enough. I wanted to give one of my own kits a titanium finish, and I thought I would have to use pearl white or something.

>>5907532
No it's white paint, and on top of that is the Black Chrome. While testing it out I noticed that it just had less and finer flakes than the regular chrome, so I got the Petitguy to see how it worked over colors other than black.

>>5907540
Did you prime anything special or put anything underneath the white paint? Like

Primer > white paint > Alclad Black Chrome ?

>>5907527
Did that, still ended up with wrinkles. if that's all there is to say though I guess I'll just have to try again and suck less.

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>>5907547
Pretty much that.
> Tamiya fine white primer
> Testor's enamel paint
> Alclad Black Chrome
Though, I only used the white primer because I was using color match/close-enough paint (or painting over white for the bow)