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]
USE AN ACTIVE EMAIL ADDRESS

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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First for Doki Doki Love Deathbeams

>>5907574
What is wrong with the decals on his right arm?

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NUBS PARTY

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>>5907609

I built a RG RX78-2 before and all the parts kept falling a part, then a friend of mine told it me it was one the hardest kits for beginners... was he right? should I give this another try? I had plenty of fun assembling, just got frustrated with the result.

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Mad science progresses!!

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Thoughts on this? Haven't watch IBO myself but thinking about getting this HG model. Both new one and the normal Astaroth.

>>5907826
They aren't from the show anyway, they're from the sidestory

>>5907708
You mad man!
What are you even attempting here!?

Stop, mankind wasn't meant to play god!

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>>5907679
The RG RX-78-2 is a grenade at times, it was the first of its kind in the series, later on thry become better, like the MKII, exia, wing etc

RGs are meant to look good posed, not to play with btw

HGs have more playability

>>5907453
>pour type gundam markers (you clean it with lighter fluid and qtips)

Different anon here. I'm going to start painting my kits soon, are pour type markers okay to use for painted kits too or are they recommended just for straight builds? Also, what is the paint base on them? From the lighter fluid tip I'm guessing enamel?
So basically is there any difference between them and a regular enamel wash? It seems like they're less hassle.

>>5907861
I'm not 100% sure what type of paint they are, but enamel is a good guess. Also, I've never had good luck with them on painted kits oddly enough. Either I wasn't waiting long enough or something, because they never came out nicely.

>>5907916
Thanks for your answer. I'm assuming your attempts on painted kits were on top of a gloss coat, right? What exactly went wrong?

Getting paints where I live can be a hassle, but getting enamels even more so (only acrylics are readily available). Off the top of my head I think I can only get Humbrol and Ravell enamels here. I know they're not very popular paints for gunpla, but will they work for panel lining?

>>5907919
Yeah, it was over gloss coat. And the only thing I can think of is that the coat wasn't completely dry or not thick enough. I haven't really experimented much with it recently. There is also a guide to using acrylics for panel lining in the guide, and it's not like you can't just remove the paint if you don't like how it looks.

>>5907920
> There is also a guide to using acrylics for panel lining in the guide
I'm going to be painting with acrylics (Tamiya and Vallejo, probably) and I was planning on using future to gloss coat, so I was under the impression that doing panel washes with acrylics wouldn't work due to damaging the coat below.

I guess I'll try both the pour type markers and Ravell or Humbrol enamels and see what works best, unless you have any other advice.

>>5907921
That suggestion was just if you're not painting, if you can get the pour types they should work.

>>5907679
You have posted this same thing at least once in the last 3 or 4 threads.

>>5907708
What are you even doing here?

>>5907679
>was he right?
It's probably not the hardest kit for beginners, but it definitely not beginner friendly. Since it was the first RG, it has issues that were worked out in new RG kits. It also has enough fiddly bits and gimmicks that bandai basically upscaled it for the MG RX-78-2 3.0
>should I give this another try?
If you mean the RG RX-78 specifically? I wouldn't, but it's your money. If you mean another model? I would say yes. Most gunpla aren't nearly as bad as the RG RX-78. If you want to do another RG, the Mk.II is arguably the best of the line. If you want something simpler/less expensive, Gyan revive and any of the IBO kits are beginner friendly kits.
Now stop posting your sob story every thread and go build some models or something

Probably a stupid question, but how do you guys deal with the autism of watching series/ buying kits? I always look at cool kits on the shelf but i often leave them there cause i have no Story background on it and I always end up buying IBO/ unicorn/ g reco sets cause are the only series I watchedand I don't have time to keep up with everything.

So I've been wanting to get a hyaku shiki for a while now. The problem is a lot of them are that chromed yellow, which is nice but I'd rather get one that's flat yellow so I can paint it. Any one have any recommendations?

>>5907832
Does this mean that HG Red frame is better for this than RG Red frame? The re-released Red Frame is a bit chunkier overall though.

>>5908071
Hyaku shiki revive

>>5908072
RG red frame is fine. Shit's sturdy

>>5908071

Just strip the plating off or get the Revive version.

>>5908075
So some pics of the revives sprue. Is it molded in metallic plastic? Looking at it I might just panel line and top coat it if the seem lines aren't to bad.

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>>5908071
The hguc revive is sexy as fuck and is unplated.

>>5908092
It's that swirly gloss injection puke gold like on the rg strike freedom and similar recent gold colored kits.

>>5908100
It has the same ugly face as the 2.0 MG, though. The old HG has a much better head.

>>5908103
It's different from SF's. Revive Shiki has a very dull gold, whereas SF has a more vibrant hue.

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>Going to glosscoat gold painted parts
>One of the pieces has a speck on it.
>Going to lightly rub it off with a latex gloved hand
>It was a chip, not a speck, and I ended up rubbing off enough of the gold that I need to now spend an extra day and repaint the piece before glossing it.

Are the HG Brave or Brave Commander any good? The lack of polycaps is a bit concerning.

>>5908100
That really should not arouse me.

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>>5908210
They're pretty cool, although the joints can get loose with time. Biggest problem I had was the thighs popping off iirc

is the beargguy and 00 raiser guy here?

can you talk about your process and materials used for nub removal, panel lining, decals, and top coating?

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Whatcha workin on?

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>>5908395
Tofu Cherudim

>>5907829
>>5907949
Most of the mad science is going into the beam shot rifle and trying to connect ps parts to abs parts. Beyond that I'm finally filling in the weapons backpack and need to stick the fanny pack mount on the back hips.

>>5908100
Damn that's saucy.

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So, I got a Kestrel today.

Anybody know where i can find scans for the jointing process for it and the Rasiel?

Any1 here with a lot of experience on SD kits??? I want to buy a couple and don't know what to get. I'm considering these two.

http://hlj.com/product/BAN958520
http://hlj.com/product/BAN975324

>>5908613
From what I understand SDs are desperate for paint.

>>5908613
Go for the latter, it's perfect with just some lining, Legend BB kits in general are usually really good quality

>>5908656
From what I understand you like to talk about things you don't have experience with

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>>5908663
my mistake

>>5908656
>>5908663
>>5908674
the brand new SDX or whatever they are are desperate for paint tho :^)

so

anyone got any pics of well-painted SDs? i've thought about getting one and painting in all the missing details just as something to do for a while

>>5908678
Dont sully the SDX line, you fucking cunt.

>>5908707
he meant Ex standard probably

>>5908613
The Hyaku Shiki and Re-GZ will need much more paint applications to look accurate to the box art. The BB Senshi will need some apps too, but theyre not as ornate and need major detail work as the Sen/Sangokuden kits.

The Knight Gundam actually looks pretty nice even as just a snap build.

>>5908710
yeah thats the one

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>>5907609
>>5907609
MORTAL NUBMBAT!

NUBNUB NUB NUB NUBNUB NUB NUB NUB NUB, NUBNUB NUB NUB NUBNUB NUB NUB NUB NUB, NUB NUB NUB NUBNUB, WOOOOH!

>>5908674
That's not a BB Legend, but I'm sure you can't tell the difference

>>5908257
Seconding. I would appreciate some advice from a fresh outlet.

Is one able to paint the transparent parts of a kit and keep that transparency going?
I wanna paint the green bits in the GM Sniper II's head into orange.

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working on a new custom gunpla.

>>5909200
Nice dick

>>5909200
big dick delta

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I really really like how this grimgerde is turning out.

PG Unicorn head is by far the worst assembly I have ever encountered. I don't even care about finishing this piece of shit anymore.

>>5909314
Stop using your feet to assemble gunpla, mate. I know it's possible but that doesn't mean you should do it.

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Should I thin these guys? When I tried the matte on a spoon it resulted in small white particles so I'm pretty sure that one needs thinning, but I've heard gloss varnish doesn't have such particles and is just one uniform layer. Any tips?

>>5909356
The white particles in the matte are what makes it matte and if they're showing up on the surface it generally means it's not mixed properly.

I think generally it's advised that you not thin varnishes because it can weaken their protective properties, but a lot of people do when they're airbrushing because unthinned varnishes can be really difficult to spray.

>>5909358
Well, it sprayed alright when I tried so I guess I'll just have to shake the bottle a bunch and see if it turns out alright.

>>5909356
Yes, you need to thin vallejo varnishes. They are far too thick straight out of the bottle and won't level properly if you don't. Just add a little water if you're airbrushing and let the parts sit a couple days before final assembly and you should be good.

>>5908795
>SDs need paint
>post an SD that needs paint
????? ??? ? ?? ?? ??

>>5909449
How did you get it to stick to the wall like that?

>>5909451
Super glue.

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>>5908434
Turned out pretty meh.

>>5909451
Sticky tack.
Forgot to fix the image.

>>5909457
It's ok.

What daki is that?

>>5909459
My waifu Nepgear.
I commissioned it quite a while ago.

>>5909457
>Pooh
>Gundam
>daki of 12 year old
Autism

>>5909457
Didn't know this was a cringe thread.

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https://www.nippon-yasan.com/18674-mg-1-100-gundam-heavyarms-kai-ew-limited-edition-2nd-batch.html
Can someone tell me about this? Is it a straight re release or is it going to have new joints and shit?

>>5909473
>see D-Hell
>see Altron

exact same frame, exact same kit except for the gatlings

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>>5909468
http://imgur.com/a/Cb7gJ Here's the rest of it, prepare your sides

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>>5909473
Its a master grade of EW heavyarms kai using the mg heavyarms EW released a couple years ago as a base. Not the old 1/100 hg mold.

It's also P-Bandai so you're stuck paying middleman mark up if you're filthy gaijin.

>>5907826
This one is much better than the other Astaroth. Can stand without falling from its feet, nice weapons, not back heavy. The only complain I have with this kit is no extra part for extra hand and the waist section is so thin and ugly. Nevertheless it's a 9/10 kit.

>>5909464
>hating pooh bear
pleb

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Finished a thing.

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>>5909477
>>5909479
Thanks, if it's Kai then I'm going to have to get it.

>>5909478
sorry to say, but not a fan of any of the choices you made with the color scheme. would've went with blue or red or even purple GN condensers before yellow, but that's just me.

>tfw fixated on building gundams to avoid dealing with my dying mother

>>5909530
build the pain away

>>5909530
My dad passing is what got me into toy collecting so, I feel ya man.

>>5909540

I only started butting them after finding out she has 6 months. Found out today it could be far less.

>>5909530
Sorry to hear it anon, I lost my mother last year. Just keep yourself busy, it helps. Personally, I've been online pretty much 24/7 since then.

>>5909547

Buying*

>>5909547
That stinks, man. My dad just died out of the blue, so it wasn't something I prepared for. So I just got really fucking depressed, then started buying toys to cope.

>>5909494
how isthis kit?
I've been thinking about picking it up to go with my UC revives.

>>5907827
I see.
>>5909489
Thanks for the insight. Guess I'll skip out on the first Astaroth then.

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>>5909564

Near Flawless. Absolutely perfect color separation, so if you're not the painting kind, you're gonna get an accurate depiction no matter what.

The only Issue I'd say is with the waist, there's no sort of crunch. Merely a swivel that is very limited. Additionally, the head MAYBE gets 15 degrees of movement side-to-side.

Other than that, it's everything a guntank kit should be, which I suspect is why we'll never need a revive. Got it right the first time.

so i bought some kits off hobby link for the first time and got 2 kits that are going into the personal storage. i already logined into paypal on the site but they havent taken money yet. how long does the order stay in processing, its already been almost a day.

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cool kit so far!

>>5909582
this is probably going to be my next pick up

>>5909671
PayPal is usually slow. I generally expect not to see charges for 2-3 days after I make a payment. The trick is to make sure HLJ shows payment received.

>>5909700
does it usually take them 3 days to actually take the money from my account?

Is it okay to use cheap acrylics for general plamo stuff? I'm just starting out and I think I'd be wasting it if I got expensive paints while not knowing what I'm doing. The acrylics I have seem unbranded (they have Milomex .Ltd on them and I got them years ago from Lidls). For any brand of acrylic, is thinning them with just water okay or an absolutely bad thing to do?

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How do I prevent my spray paint from leaving tiny bubbles? Does it have anything to do with temperature? What's the lowest temperature I can paint in?

The worst thing is I tried to fix it by sanding it and repainting but the grit was too low so now it looks worse...

>>5909707
Yeah. They're pretty shitty all around but everyone takes them so you're kind of stuck. Keep an eye on your bank balance and you'll be fine though.

>>5909712
The problem using cheap acrylics is that they their pigments are too large, making it hard to get a good, even, streak free finish, even after multiple coats. You can give it a try if you want, but generally you'll either end up with a streak filled mess or a >thin your paints

>>5909712
Yes, don't fall for the kike "model" paints

>>5909712
> I'd be wasting it if I got expensive paints while not knowing what I'm doing
Your thinking is completely opposite from reality. You spend $$$ for the convenience or lack of knowledge, you save $$$ if you take time to experiment and learn.

>>5909729
thanks for the info anon. there site is apperantly so shit that it registered 2 seperate orders for a ver ka sazabi

I've seen a set of four gundam figures going for about 8 bucks a piece at a local bookstore, they are very small, the size of these other collectables that have been popping up like the little Disney pig hamster tube character things.

I wasn't terribly interested in collecting them since there were only four, but are there any good robot models of a similar size (about 4 to five inches tall) that are part of a larger range? I can't really get excited for a small figurine set unless it feels like it has some heft to it.

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and another finished project that I forgot to post when I actually finished it...

>>5909457
>>5909478
Nice colors on it.

>>5909851
> dem gears tho

Post Grazes.

>>5909797
Whose site? PayPal or HLJ? Either way for a mistake like that there's a decent chance you did something funny. HLJ's customer support should be able to fix it.

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>>5909554
>My dad just died out of the blue, so it wasn't something I prepared for.
Some times it's better that way, currently my Father is basically killing himself with his drinking, and my mother and I are at the point where we're looking to move out because he's a festering Nurglite mess.

>>5909582
>Other than that, it's everything a guntank kit should be, which I suspect is why we'll never need a revive. Got it right the first time.
Well we've not got the Origin version, which is also pretty baller.

>>5909965
>Post Grazes.
GRAZES?!?!

>>5909417
>doesn't know what BB Legends are
>still pretending he has a valid thought
??? ????? ?? ????????

>>5909851
Participating in /toy/'s group build?

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New here (btw this is cool this board exists) my ex got me into it. I'm obsessed with bearguys lol.. Just got this the other day he's so cute :3

>>5910041
Faggot

>>5910041
How old are you?

>>5910041
He is cute.

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So, got into gunpla a month ago. This is my second try at panel lining. I' ve read in the guide that the second big step is top coat? Where do I start?

>>5910045
25 lol

>>5910059
Well you talk like a fucking 12 year old

>>5910056
I like Tamiya flat (TS-80). Other people swear by Mr. Super Clear. Others use Testors. Ultimately, flat finish looks best overall for most kits. Some kits look nice with a satin or gloss finish, but it all depends on the kit, paint scheme, and so on.
Generally speaking, when using a topcoat over lines and bare plastic, people are talking about flat.

>second big step
It's more like the first big step considering panel lining is baby steps

>Where do I start
Buy what ever matte coat you want (Tamiya, Mr. Hobby, Testor's), buy a mask and filters, find a place to spray, and just do it

>>5910059
are you a grill?

So I feel like this is a pretty silly question but I was wondering, if I'm planning on painting a kit at what point to I apply paint? Straight off the sprue? Or would that compromise parts fitting? Also do gunpla kits need priming?

>>5910275
Do not paint while on the runners, it will end up looking awful. You should be priming if you're painting. Read the guide.

>>5910275
Read the guide.

>>5910283
The guide is bad, m8.

>>5910280
>>5910283
I've had a look over the guide, though bits of it are certainly helpful there are just a few bits that felt a little bit unclear. Essentially my plan is to paint a 1/144 Graze Custom up with a few extra markings/ware ect. Maybe I missed it but I didn't really see anywhere talking about when in the process I should apply paint. I'd assume once everything is off the sprue but before assembly.

Hey guys, what's the best epoxy/CA for gluing resin parts to plastic?

Is there a particular brand I should look for, or can I just run down to Wal-Mart and grab some Gorilla Epoxy?

>>5909478

>Monotone colour scheme is almost always boring.
>Some of the white looks painted and some looks like bare plastic.
>Decals look like a brand sponsorship.
>Autism pillow.

You can do better anon.

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>>5910298

>>5910302
That is perfect, thanks man!

Madness is getting to the VERY end of a kit, only to realize you're missing ONE SINGLE PIECE. Fuck!

>>5910301
It was a definite laze job
I just painted the green and clear parts, I left the white because I was too lazy.
It was meant to be a car inspired paint job, since I based it off the Trueno, I stuck those decals on it.
But yeah it was a shitty job desu, I ran out of top coat anyways, and I just lost motivation in the middle of it.

>>5910300

More or less any will do, I tend to steer clear of gorilla glue because some have a weird rubberising agent in. But other than that any CA glue or two part epoxy will do the job. For epoxy make sure you get one that allows enough working time and mix it twice as much as you need. For CA glue make sure you grab some kicker or you'll be holding parts forever waiting for shit to dry.

>>5910307

Let that be a lesson then anon. If you get burned out, put it down, do something else, come back to it when you can give it the attention it deserves.

>>5910314

Ah, cool. Thanks.

>>5910303
>>5910302
>>5910298
>>5910289
The best part of this, is had anon read the guide they would have found the link to the site that has this chart. It's really early in the guide too.
But hey, spoonfeeding wins every time. People just say they have read it, they never actually read it, follow links, etc.

>>5910318
Definitely. The only "excuse" I have is my in general burnt out, growing disinterest of the hobby in general.
The "magic" just disappeared one night, and I had just bought the airbrush to try and actually do something.

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>>5909478
Anon, you painted the wrong one black and white.

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Finished my Proto Wing Zero kit (Missing a barrel. Not sure if it dropped out of the box or what, but emailed Bandai for a replacement)

>>5909457

I'm gonna be the odd man out and say that you did pretty well.

I think you're well aware of the problems with it, but I get what you were going for, and it's not a bad idea.

Might consider adding some misc. white mobile suit decals to give it more of a giant robot look because as it is now, it just looks like a branded action figure.

>>5910462
>emailed Bandai for a replacement

lmfao@u

>>5908601
pls respond

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Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.

Any cool RG's with opening cockpit?
Or is that a MG and higher thing?

>>5910540
All RGs have opening cockpits, they just don't have little figures in the cockpits like MGs do

>>5910520
Kek, they've already responded m8. All I needed was the kit number, pic of upc label, PoP and the part number

>>5910336
I've read it and visited the links. Like two years ago.

I just got the tamiya scriber and holy shit this is so much easier than trying to score styrene with a knife. It's like a hot knife through butter.

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yes! my pic was featured in the op

no but seriously it feels a bit strange seeing 'read the guide' plastered on the front of it

I feel a bit violated, like gelgoog guy put his hand on my butt and squeezed it

>>5910269
Haha yeah :x

>>5910850
how much do you weigh?

>>5910853
300lbs haha

>>5910850
>>5910856

I was typing a reply and then I remembered I had something to do

>>5908057
>deal with the autism of watching series/ buying kits

>needs a back story to buy kits.

Pretty sure your autistic too

>>5908057
>Reconquista in G
>kits
lmfao

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Is there any way to rejuvenate a dried out panel lining marker? My gf borrowed mine to panel line her bearguy and forgot to put the cap back on. My local hobby shop closed down so I'd have to wait on shipping for a new one.

>>5910918
Dip the tip in warm water.

So I heard zakuaurelius got fucked by flips. He got invited to an """"event"""", the organizer had promised to pay for his trip expenses including lodging but got nada

>>5910925
Water doesn't seem to be doing it, I tried an absolutely tiny amount of isopropyl and it started again briefly but died again. I fear it may be too far gone.

>>5910864

>greco

>story

hedoesntknow.jpg

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>>5910853
84lbs
Pic related me with a mg

>>5910933

White girls ain't SHIT!

>>5910933
Dam. Hmmm cuddling an model building right. U got a bf. Tell him he's a lucky guy.

>>5910933
Can totes fit inside that box, kek

>>5910918

How about finding a girlfriend who isn't a completely retard and has some respect for the possessions of others?

>>5910973
Shit you're right, time to dump my gf of several years over a misplaced top on a $3 pen.

>>5910974

If she doesn't respect your stuff, she doesn't respect you. Have fun watching her going to town on some BBC.

>>5910976
Are you ok? Do you want to talk about it, anon?

>>5910976

You alright, man?

>>5910933

84lbs? Shit.

Fuck gunpla, take up eating as a hobby before a strong breeze carries you away.

>>5910462
Please let us know the response

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Finished my HG Grimgerde. Working with gloss is a pain in the ass but damn if alclad metallics don't look sexy on grimgerde. Really glad that I scratchbuilt a visor piece too.

>>5910990

Pretty hot.

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>>5910990

>>5910977
>>5910978

I'm lonely, anon.

>>5911002
Go build a FAG then, plastic will always be better than flesh.

>>5911002

It's okay, man. People are rough everywhere. They're not all pieces of shit. I promise. You're gonna be okay, buddy. Just do you.

>>5911004

Don't think I'm quite to FAG collecting levels yet, bud.

>>5911005

I don't think everyone is shit, I just don't know why the only people I want to like me, don't and the people I don't care about, do.

>>5911005
>They're not all pieces of shit. I promise.
This is a lie.

>>5911011
You know this for a fact, do you?

>>5911008

Sounds like you're putting value on the wrong people, man. Fuck those people that don't like you. Keep those folks that do close. They'll do ya right.

>>5911030
This is not a blog you cocksucking retards. If you're lonely and want a bunch of lonely people sucking your cock go to r9k and get the fuck out of a gunpla thread. Especially those of you who are encouraging such shitty pitiful pathetic blogposts. I'd rather a thousand snap tags than this.

>>5911048

Nice gunpla you posted there.

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>>5911048
I think I know why the people you want to like you don't like you

>>5911057
>>5911058
>blogposting is ok
nah

>>5911061

Nice. Gunpla. You. Posted. There.

>>5911048
who hurt you anon

>>5911062
You too buddy.

>>5911048
Are you okay anon

Do you want to talk about it

>>5911048
>I'd rather a thousand snap tags than this.
But gunpla fags are snapfags.

>>5911048
Nice blog post :^)

>>5911048

I'm sorry my pain offends you.

>>5910918
Tried just rubbing the pen?

As in get it into your hands and rubbing it, cap onb with the tip aiming downwards, works on dried ink, may work here.

>>5911048
your gimmick is retarded. Impotent rage on a toy board, on fucking 4chan is so unrelentingly pathetic.

>>5911002
I'm lonely too, anon. At least we have our plastic.

>>5911102
Tried it, nada. I guess it was pretty close to giving up the ghost anyway after 10 or 11 kits.

>>5910933
Seed is shit. Gain some weight, stop wearing that choker.

>>5910990
>>5910993
This is some damn good work. I've been looking to pick up the Grimgerde. It seems like the new age gentlemans MS, so I was thinking of painting it white.

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Girlfriend and I got a camera, so decided to snap some shots of my Dom. Will post more if wanted.

>>5911134
Pun intentional or not, I giggled.

>>5910926

Who's zakuareals?

>>5910926

Well, that's what that string-bean lookin' motherfucker gets for trusting a fucking southeast Asian nerd """event."""

Trust nobody when living or travelling abroad. The locals are fucking with you, bro. The locals ALWAYS fuck with you.

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>>5911142
There IS an upcoming event in the Philippines though. Probably thought that he was gonna go to that.

>>5910926
Maybe they told him they could bring his hairline back from receding.

>>5911143

Oh yeah. That looks like it was made by people with their shit together. Totally.

>>5911156
It's been going for at least 5 years, they probably do.

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>>5911132
Do it, based on that one customized to look like tallgeese white looks good on it. Just remember to sand down the mold lines on things like the shoulders and biceps. I forgot about the ones on the biceps until I was already into the painting stage.

>>5911159

5 years isn't shit.

>>5911171
longer than you've been alive

>>5911169
That is legit as fuck

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Anyone else excited for this guy to get an MG finally?

>>5911143
I'm puking just looking at this mess of a design.
At least it wasn't full on typography, that shit is a telltale sign of amateur trash

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>>5911226
g-con in the UK can't do much better...

>>5909692
Is that the Virtue? The Newbury Comics I work at just started selling the 1/100 HG kits; that was one of them.

>>5911135
What... what was the pun?

>>5911320
Probably "dom".
As in, dominatrix.

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I got woken up as my mailman tried to break my door down to give me my HLJ Private Warehouse shipment.

But ayyyy Campaign parts.

>>5911357
That's a nice pair of Gyans and Gyancelot. We clearly should be friends. The rest of your order is good stuff as well.

>>5910933
height?

>>5911137
Strayan builder, posts oob reviews on youtube but shills an australian retailer at the beginning of each like no tomorrow

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>>5911315
yup, it's the virtue nadleeh combo. i'm liking the kit a lot so far. requires some painting but the articulation and surface detail are both surprisingly great for non grades.

i've been on a huge 00 binge, having built the kyrios, dynames, MG ignition mode exia, and now working on this within the past month.

>>5910981
Indeed, 84 lbs has gotta be pretty underweight, granted I don't know how tall you are, but you should probably eat more. inb4 wonky metabolism and you eat fuckloads

>>5911435
I hate that laffy taffy shit that comes out of its head.

>>5911370
5ft haha I'm not tall so I don't look deathly skinny how I think others are picturing me lol

>>5911460
i think it suits the pilot and also serves a functional purpose (acts as power cables from the gn drive to the virtue armor) but i can understand why you'd dislike it

>>5911463
>>>/soc/

>>5909992
yea its all good now, its been a headache but from now on it should be simple to order from hobby link

Isn't all Gunpla snapfit though? Like I'm not going to have to glue my HGs, am I?

>>5911472
No. No modern kit AFAIK requires plastic cement, but you'll have seamlines, some less noticeable and ugly, some disgusting or terrible looking ones, but you'll have to use plastic cement to get rid of those if you are bothered by them.

>>5911169
What parts does this use? The shield, dobergun and head crest are obvious, but am I missing any other subtle details?

>>5911472
this is the tiniest example, but i found the yellow vents on the HG seravee fell out often enough for me to glue them. might've been a bad fit. but for structural integrity, no you won't need any cement.

>>5911481
The "dobergun" is actually the ground types cannon if you look closely, and the head crest is most likely scratchbuilt given its thickness. The thrusters are either from the G-bouncer/G-xiphos or those pod things from that bf motorcycle kit. I can't tell.

The chest vents are just scribed straight onto the armor.

>>5911490
Definitely G-bouncer/Xiphos pods.

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>>5911134
I dont know if its the lighting but the scraped paintjob almost looks like (literal) birdshit, which is actually an amusing idea, birdshit weathering, has it been done before I wonder?

Its a really nice picture though anon

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What are you waiting to arrive?

>>5911571
An HG GM and Zaku II, the Mamoru Nagano collection, and 3 MSV artbooks.

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>>5911571
Waiting for Baselard FAG and Gigantic arms to be released.

>>5911268
I saw that the other day. It's fucking vile.
What's worse is that all it would really require was some adjustment to the type to make it miles more acceptable. Though ideally doing it over since god only knows what is going on in that picture.

>>5911463
three two three seven four 1 twelve 93

>>5910926
Does he know those sea monkeys hate whites? Not the quiet contempt or xenophobia of East Asians, outright despise.

>>5908973
>>5908257
You guys still interested? Been absent for a few days and just saw these posts. If there is some interest I could put together an imgur gallery or something.

>>5911193
I would be if the cocksuckers at bandai didn't make it P-bandai.

>>5910918

Dude, those markers use lacquer thinner inside. Not alcohol, not water.

>>5911169
Noted, thank you.

>>5911562
It's supposed to be silver, but I never ended up top coating upon finishing. I've seen bird shit weathering on PG's before.
Thank you!

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>>5911562
Here's another. When I was weathering I ended up using my silver gundam marker. I guess I'll have to use a darker silver.

>>5911887
Looks good, but the weathering is too heavy IMO. Some of the black spots also look weird, especially the ones on the chest and the top of the head.

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>>5911571
LOTO!

>>5911782
That's not stopping me from gettig it, I don't mind paying a bit extra for someone to middleman it

>>5911910
I see what you're saying. Thanks for the input!

>>5911952
I thought that was a unicorn loto at first.

>>5911985
>I thought that was a unicorn loto at first.
Wait, did you mean the Loto FROM Unicorn (Which it is), or a Loto made up LIKE the Unicorn Gundam?

>>5911987
A loto that looks LIKE the Unicorn.

>>5910984
Confirmed the pieces I needed for the kit I needed, asked if there were any additional pieces needed and asked in my response to include the UPC label with Importer info and copy of receipt of sale

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Safety first.

>>5911968
If you haven't already, weathering guides for model AFVs can help out a lot

>>5912013
I just wrap a t-shirt around my face

It works ok I only get minor hand tremors these days

>>5912013
The yellow ones are fine for airbrush/spraycan too? As long as it says OVP100 it doesn't have to be type 60921?

>>5907609
This looks good to me, what's wrong with it?

>>5912102
No, yellow don't block particulate (the paint), just the vapors. Yellow/pink are fine though.
You can refer to this guide http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/40744O/3m-respirator-cartridge-and-filter-selection-poster.pdf
You want it to block "certain" vapors and particulates, and have an effectiveness rating of p100

>>5912143
>>5912102
sorry, should be "certain organic" vapors etc.

>>5911143
This aint the event bruh.

kikebook/events/1778501832431502/

>>5911357
>2 set Cs

Please christ let me get at least one

>>5911142
Actually he was invited to 3 events, the other 2 was successful. The other one however was a different story. The organizer fucked every one including the sponsors, not just zaku a. He promised to pay for his airfare, etc. but did not deliver despite having an entrance fee for his event (only, since the other 2 events are free) AND after soliciting kits and money from the sponsors.

On his page, he posted that his event was successful but he blurted out to the local community playing the blame game for his fuck up.

>>5911746
yes please!

>>5912058
I've seen a bunch of videos when it comes to weathering. I was doing another kit and was highly displeased with the look, so I tried my hand at dry brushing on a 1/144 and it ended up looking a lot better than I thought.

I still have other ways to weather a kit I'm willing to try, but at this point I'm still in the physical learning process.

>>5912074
>minor hand tremors
That's not acceptable.

Speaking of which, and toxicity of materials, the /tg/ WIP thread is full of people with hand tremors and nerve damage and can't into safety.

>>5912312
How is it that we of all people end up the most concerned with safety precautions in model building?

>>5912373
/toy/s are serious buisness

>>5912373
Dunno. Was at a model meeting tonight and a military modeler guy there doesn't bother wearing a mask while spraying alclad.

>>5912373
Bunch of pussies with weak immune systems due to spending all their lives pampered in their parents' nouse's basement and never going out the house.

>>5912373
Most people playing /tg/ related stuff do not paint at all and of those that do only a fraction use an airbrush or products with strong solvents. Combined with the fact that the biggest name company has such a cultlike stranglehold on a lot of them, they don't look outside what that company provides and as such most /tg/ related painters are years behind other types of scale modellers.

The people selling crushed glass to use as snow some years ago was pretty funny though.

>>5912518
Please don't tell me they actually bought that.

>>5912518
>cultlike stranglehold
That is frighteningly accurate. A coworker of mine drank the kool-aid on that one years ago. I've been weaning him off of it slowly over the past couple years thankfully, but every now and again I see a relapse and go WTF dude.

>>5912518
>Most people playing /tg/ related stuff do not paint at all and of those that do only a fraction use an airbrush or products with strong solvents
what are you talking about? I paint /tg/ shit all the time, by hand, using vallejo and other water based acrylics. most of /tg/ shits all over airbrush painters and doesn't use laquers or enamels, which are the two harshest paints I can think of, which /toy/, /m/, and loads of model builders do use. seriously, have you ever been to /tg/ and looked in their wip thread? all hand painted

>>5912373
Prevalence of rational thinking?

>>5912531
I think you need to reread that.

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>>5912373
id say there is a difference mindset for people who build models for a game and people you build a model to look good. though i thought they just hand painted with citidel paint or whatever its called

ive also been to my fair share of /tg/ related event, they dont seem to be the types to take care of themselves too much.

>>5912537
i definitely do. to rephrase my arguements and all that, strong solvent paints aren't great for /tg/ stuff, sorry for the mixup

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>>5912373
>we of all people
>of all people
what other people are there to talk about?

/tg/ is mostly handpainting as it's been said

/m/? nigga pls

/toy/ modelling threads easily have the most spraying going on

you know /tg/ seems to be pretty good when i comes to painting, but they are never too imaginitive with their colors. at least thats how i feel

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>>5912554
>you know /tg/ seems to be pretty good when i comes to painting, but they are never too imaginitive with their colors. at least thats how i feel
Most of the time it's because a lot of autist will shit on your color scheme for not being "MUH CANON!"
To this I shall post a picture of the Hello Kitty Necrons

How are the old Aestivalis kits by Kotobukiya?

>>5912573
ha, i actually like that a bit. arent these expensive? maybe they just dont want to take the risk, i mean if you fuck up a gm its whatever, but if you fuck one of these up, its an actual hit.

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>>5912578
The big fucks are always expensive, but you can get really creative with some of the miniatures.

>>5912276
Alright, ill see what i can throw together tomorrow for you.

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>>5912578
Actual former /tg/ resident here. I created this abomination of an army after having pneumonia and living in a state of delusional fantasy for a week as a result of fever + the good meds

i just almost destroyed my rg sinanju by dropping my cigar near his head during the build. just goes to show that you should be fucking around while making your kit

>>5912605
how did /tg/ like it? more importantly, how do you feel about it. i like them

>>5912607
Your lungs might be fucked but at least your robits are okay.

>>5912609
I needed to thin my paints. Also, I think they still refuse to acknowledge me over there and I'm banned from every GW store in my area. My friends thought it was great though and maybe one day I'll get around to finishing my Santa's Workshop Imperator Titan

>>5912605
>Frost Legion
Be proud of that abomination, anon.

>>5912613
>I'm banned from every GW store in my area.
What?

>>5912613
>Santa's Workshop Imperator Titan
Ineverknewthatineededthis.jpeg

>>5912612
i only smoke one a week, its not too bad.

>>5912613
why did you get banned? are you an autist?

>>5912312
>Hand tremors

Holy shit, that's horrid.

I spray several times a week, usually dozens of pieces at a time and have been for years. I do it for work and for my hobby. I can't imagine how fucked I'd be if I just didn't use a mask.

What the hell are they doing?

>>5912616
>>5912624
Apparently I didn't take the game seriously enough and was making a mockery of the hobby and there are only two stores in my area, and both are run by nazi tier traditionalists

>>5912613
>I'm banned from every GW store in my area
Storytime, pls.

They opened a games workshop near me. I went and watched their employees give bad advice in a painting tutorial.

I'm not great at handpainting by any means but it irked me.

>>5912613
I also need to one day redo my Jesus primarch

>>5912627
give us the story anon, im actually interested to here how this went?

>>5912628
When I first started building the army, it was out of a friends game shop, which was a third party tabletop gaming store.

He ended up closing due to bad debts, so I moved my hobby to the closest GE. At first it was fine, the then manager liked my design, but it was taken over by someone else and when I tried to play the army at a Rogue Trader tournament, despite being by the rules of WYSIWYG, the new manager said it was too offensive to allow there. When I tried to complain that it was rule compliant, he banned me. And sent a message to the other store in town to extend my ban there, claiming I was a disruptive customer

>>5912637
What a dick.

>>5912637
So you can have gorey figures with guts everywhere, half nakid shit, and totally-not-niggers-orcs, but a christmas themed army is offensive?

>>5912641
A lot of the other players at the store shared the same mentality, which is when I realized, if you're in a GW store and playing WH40k, you're probably an autist. Fantasy players, not so much, just the 40k ones

>>5912637
have you just tried talking to the other stores and explaining the situation? or they all autistic. what was so offensive about it

>>5912647
So as >>5912573 was saying, most 40k players in general are severely autistic about their canon color schemes and hate fun. Also I maaaay have created a custom primarch based on Jesus, since that's the whole point of modern Christmas

>>5912652
so you had a guy look at jesus, i cant imagine warhammer fags being pc. ive always wanted to get into 40k, but i hear stories like this and it kills interest. guys in the other gunpla thread are brainstormimg a gunpla game. if we could get gelgoog guy and some /tg/ fags, maybe we could make something.

>>5912664
The main reason to not get into 40k is that the game is insanely bad and GW are an awful company.

>>5912664
I actually even made two /tg/ specific models once. One of a Pretty Marine with Power Rapier, and the other an Angry Marine with a Power Fuck Stick. Lost the pics of them though and sold them

>>5912669
This mostly. The rules have been fucked backwards since 5th Ed and GW keeps jacking kit pricing. A $30 kit from 7 years ago is $55 today

>>5912669
>>5912676
why can we just make our own /gunpla/ game then?

>>5912694
Too big mainly. SD-size is basically the upper limit for a good game.

>>5912702
couldnt you combat that with just having less units and faster games?

>>5912676
$55 and now likely made out of plastic rather than metal.

Their costs are lower and their prices are outrageous.

Rather than becoming a cheaper game and expanding they want to hold on to this premium product image without doing any of the things that make their product a premium product.

What I paid for all my old warhammer fantasy armies, I'd be lucky if that would buy me half those models today.

Bought a second Amazing Red Warrior. Gonna paint it. Should it be based on the Full Armor Gundam colors, G3 Colors, or Original gundam colors?

>>5912707
There's just not much you can do that's interesting game-wise with a couple of HG or MG sized models on a regular sized table. That's why basically any other game that includes giant robots uses a smaller scale.

>>5912725
You could probably get a decent game going on a 6x4 or even a 6x3 playfield, maybe even just 4x4 with HGs, but MGs are out.

>>5912672
Angry Marines are pretty hilarious, juvenile it may be. I'll paint one of my spess muhreens I got from the citadel starter paint set in their colors.

>>5912578
>ha, i actually like that a bit. arent these expensive? maybe they just dont want to take the risk, i mean if you fuck up a gm its whatever, but if you fuck one of these up, its an actual hit.
>>5912578
>The big fucks are always expensive, but you can get really creative with some of the miniatures.
And usually the paints their using aren't super adhesive or anything, so you can usually just soak them in paint stripper.

Physical remodeling however is going to get less drastic the higher up you go, mostly because you have few options to begin with for a kits' armaments and what not, so you might as well be scratch building at that point.

The Chapter House suit also didn't help things, as Games Workshop will no longer produce rules for Units they don't actually make Models of.
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/ChapterHouse_Studios

>>5912694
>why can we just make our own /gunpla/ game then?
Was just working on this in the /m/ Gunpla thread:
>>>/m/14734917

>>5912725
>There's just not much you can do that's interesting game-wise with a couple of HG or MG sized models on a regular sized table. That's why basically any other game that includes giant robots uses a smaller scale.
>>5912732
>You could probably get a decent game going on a 6x4 or even a 6x3 playfield, maybe even just 4x4 with HGs, but MGs are out.
You are thinking with Souls bound by Table Surface!

>>5912756
>What if we hang them up with strings? 3D combat!

>>5912768
>>What if we hang them up with strings? 3D combat!
Or Action Bases on stacks of books, or just holding them in your hand...

>>5910840
>tfw no aquatic suit to squeeze my butt

>>5911134
post more of your dom pls

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It's been a while since I gunpla'd, years actually. So I got this kit as a gift and tried my luck with it. I know the seam lines could use more work, but they've always been my weakness.

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>>5912868

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>>5912870

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>>5912873
Fuck, posting from phone.

>>5912868
nicely done, welcome back to the hobby

is the 81 decal supposed to be like that? it looks somewhat at an angle from the chest, as opposed to parallel with it

>>5912837
More gundams need pistols, they just look right
>>5912868
Way better than the one I built after getting back into it, EZ8 a best

>>5912669
Seconded, you don't eve know the half of it anon.

I used to work for them as a store manager. I worked in retail beforehand quite a bit before I got my degree, mostly selling electronics so I worked for some really shitty places that were all about hard-selling extended warranties and other garbage people don't want. GW was by far the most pressurised hard-selling shady environment I've ever worked in. You were quite literally targeted on everything. Give a demo to some random kid and you're targetted on selling him a starter kit. Sold the starter kit and you're targeted on selling him paints with it. Someone walks through the door, you're targeted on how quickly you start bothering them. They had a £15 minimum transaction target so if kids just wanted pots of paint you grew to fucking hate them. They even had rules surrounding what to say to people, and they regularly mystery shopped you to make sure you were doing it, and this is a tiny subsection of their targets.

So we have a shop with a huge number of targets and you were expected to hit them all and maintain the shop. it's displays, your own army and learn any new rules. Meanwhile prices were constantly rising, rules and kits were decreasing in quality, and to top it off you were acting as daycare, making sure that the little tards didn't drink the paint and break all the gaming boards. We even had one woman who would regularly leave her giant manchild 30+ year old son with some kind of severe autism in the shop on his own while he ran fucking riot chasing kids around like he was one. And speaking of man children, the regulars (i.e the 16+ year old regulars) I don't know what it is about GW stores that attracts people who don't know how to shower, but you don't even know what suffering is until you've spent 5+ days a week in a shop with them. And to top it all off the pay was shit.

I know I'm blogging right now, and preaching to the converted, but anon to anon, please don't ever buy their shit.

>>5912966
Sounds rough for all you /tg/ fags out there.
And you probably can't use chink recasters(if they exist) either because the crowd of turbonerds would lynch you for it if they ever found out.

Briefly considered getting into war gaming, 40k obviously being the most popular one, but the dissonance in price turned me off.

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>>5912982
>Briefly considered getting into war gaming
Anon, have you ever heard the good word of Brikwars?

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Decided to try out the origin Gundam, and I ordered some testors files as well, heres hoping I can clean some nubs up with them.

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>>5912987
No but I have heard of mobile frame zero

>>5912966

I've also had the misfortune of working for GW and can confirm all of this (though our regulars were a pretty good bunch all-round and made up the majority of our sales).

I got 'let go' when they switched some of the smaller stores to one-man operation. My fellow staff members only found out about this when the area manager came into the store whilst the manager was away on holiday and effectively made us all redundant.

>>5912982
The good news is that right now there are a ton of non-GW options for war games around that are really fun. Your best bet is to call up whatever your local non-GW game store is, ask what people play there and ask if anyone is willing to give you a demo of something that sounds interesting to you.

Some games with robots include Warmachine (steam powered magic robots), Infinity (exosuits, remote drones and GitS-style spider tanks) and Dropzone Commander (10mm game with a fair amount of walker units in it). Battletech and Heavy Gear are also obvious ones, but I think they're kind of hard to find people for comparatively.

>>5912989
Order some high grit sandpaper as well. Files leave scratches.

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>>5913036
Ive got 1200, 1500 and 2000 grit sandpaper, reckon just using 2000 is enough?

>>5913054

I'd invest in some 400 and 800 as well. Sanding sponges if you can find 'em. It's just easier on curved surfaces; like zaku shoulder bells for example.

>>5913054
2000 is overkill for pretty much anything but an extreme gloss paint job.

>>5913054
Those grits are a bit overkill. I usually just use 600 and 1000 grit, and maybe 1500 to finish if I'm being anal.

>>5913054
Id say thats even overkill for just removing nubs. I only go as high as 1000.

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>>5913061
>>5913069
>>5913070

There is no such thing as overkill.

>>5913069
Are you painting.

>>5913079

But there IS such a thing as wasted energy.

>>5913079
I say overkill because of the law of diminishing returns. You'll hardly notice the difference between a spot sanded with 1500 grit vs 2000 grit.

>>5913081
I have painted, however most of my kits are just panel lined.

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>>5913060
>>5913061
>>5913069
>>5913070
Wow, those nub sanding tutorials Ive come across are wasted effort?
Upon reinspection I might have 400-600 grit, somewhere.

Is 400 ok to get rid of the scratches left by the needle files?
Is topcoat recommended or is it ok for a simple snap?
God I feel like a noob again for getting back into sandpaper filing, I remember creating popsicle sticks with two layers of 1200,1500 and 2000 grit, sanding down nubs with failure, so I gave up. And stuck to cutting nubs off little by little to reduce stress marks.