Busou Shinki and Friends

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Just as an FYI, we already had male shinkis. They rode surfboards.

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>>5931336

Parts are (mostly) compatible, too.

>>5931336
>>5931343
Before Busou Shinki, there was Amdriver, a painfully generic anime and videogame property by Konami that had these figures. The figures lasted a few waves and were a lot more popular than the games or show, and Konami based Shinki on the success of that line

>>5931347
And there's one at Mandy right now, pretty cheap too.

>>5931347
Amdriver was painful to watch, in a "aping TakaraTomy/Toei/Bandai shows" way done badly.

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Next WF exclusive was shown off by Toriyama Toriwo on twitter.

>>5931652
>braided red head

CUTE
U
T
E

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>>5931652
Stop. Too many tiny robot girls. Why did I ever start collecting these?

>>5931652
>red head
>braided hair
Well it's not like I need more than ramen to survive.

>>5931652
>WF exclusive
What does it means for us?

>>5931827
Means you need to invest in lube.

>>5931652
Might as well book a ticket.

>>5931827
Trying to find a forwarder or knowing someone who's going to the event to try and pick one up.

Alterntely stalking Mandarake and setting a FigInStock alert to buy it preowned.

>>5931858
Eurofag here.
Are you going to the WFestival? Lucky you..

>>5931835
Are there even any forwarding services that do events like WF? I imagine it'd be easy money for them.

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>>5931870
Might do. It'd be nice to see Don again And reminis

>>5931652

That looks awesome. I love the mask.

This is truly a golden age of cute 1/12 girls with heavy weaponry.

>>5931738
I wonder how hard it would be to recreate Gone With The Blastwave shot for shot with customized Megami Device girls....

Got my bunny FAGs today and I'm a quarter way though building her. I think she's the best engineered FAG yet. They keep improving little things like the waist, hips and chest. They've even done a little change to the font base of the neck so you don't get that awkward gap if she tilts her head back like the others do.

All my money belongs to Koto.

With just how good these kits are getting I really can't wait for Megami Device. I also hope they do a retooling of Gourai and Stylet some day.

>>5932675
>Stylet
I just got done with all of mine save the head and I think I'm going to have nightmares. Aside from my own (numerous fuck ups) I noticed that the leg articulations are kind of strange. The ankles especially have no forward range due to the armor.

>>5932689

> The ankles especially have no forward range due to the armor.

That's a thing with the entire line. Gourai is worse I think.

Don't give up Anon.

>>5932056
>1/12

>>5932767
Well technically fags don't have an actual scale. Not sure about those megami yet though.

>>5926868
Well if shinki are 1/1 scale because they are full size reproductions of a fictional robot series... Would it be fair to say that becoming an actual tiny robot mecha musume make you 1/12 scale rather then 1/1 since you are now the actual thing and thus modeled off of human beings now?

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My Sylphy came in, Im really glad to have something designed by Blade, after missing out before.

This is my first toy where I need to cut parts out of a tree, is there a recommended hobby knife for these kind of things or is a regular xacto just fine? Sorry for the stupid question.

>>5933176
Any will do, get some sandpaper to sand the nubs.

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>>5933181
Thank you! Now I feel the urge to give in and get the whole set.

>>5933030
Everything about Megami I've seen that lists a scale puts them at 1/1.

That being said, they're all about the same size as a 1/12, and looking for 1/1 weapons, accessories, dioramas, or clothing would not be very helpful.

For the anon that said another publisher picked up the Desktop Army book, any idea where it's being sold? Amiami still lists it as unavailable.

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Wow, talk about customer service.
The 1st 4 muscuto figures I bought were from the first run.
During the second run he added extra hands and a rifle.
Checked my order for the 2 kits that arrived today and he's included 4 extra sets of hands and rifles for the original kits that didnt have them.

>>5933332
Guy sounds like an absolute Bro and the kind of guy I'd do business with often. Too bad I'm not into resin and his designs don't quite do it for me.

>>5933332
Yeah, muscuto just seems really awesome. I got my kits in the mail today, and wow, people weren't kidding about the resin quality. Easily the cleanest casts I've seen.

>>5933362
I heard there's varying blends of resin. There's supposed to be the hard, brittle stonelike resin, and then there's this one by Privater Press(?) or P3 that has more pliable resin?

Anyone know about this? The idea of a more pliable blend of resin sounds far more viable for non-statue stuff.

>>5933695
This is something probably better asked in a chemistry forum.

>>5932767
>>5933030

Part of me wants the "real" Frame Arms Girls to be the same size as the actual Frame Arms robots.

>>5933746
You heard the man: it's time to go harass /sci/.

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>>5931840

Do Frame Arms Girl kits come with non-armored limb parts? I'm thinking of buying the Gourai at some point.

>>5934530
Gourai comes with a rigid left leg and arm

question. What year and what source did you learn of Busou Shinki?

t. 2007, Sogo in Hong Kong

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>>5934541
2009 I think. Import toy store in the city had Dengeki fishtits and best girl for fucking 80AUD each.
Googled what the line was and was impressed, but I was a huge poorfag student and never bought them.

>>5934541
About 2010, I think. I found them on eBay while Transformer hunting, but I kinda ignored them at the time. Then, early 2014, a friend of mine who was heavily into them convinced me to get one with my tax refund, and 2 years on, I have about 20+...he roped me into Figmas as well, so along with the old Revoltech mechs I used to grab at every SDCC, I am innundated with Japanese plastic crack and loving it.

...of course, I WOULD get into a line just as it died. Happened with Xevoz back in the day, too.

>>5933746
>>5933914

yes we /sci/ of resin casting now. More pliable resin is better for posable stuff, in theory.

>>5934541
HLJ back in 2007, i was looking for an HG Hygogg.

>>5934729
If anything you should STFU and GTFO since you cant seem to stop the autism from running your mouth.

>>5934541
I think around 2009 or so at first after seeing Plamoo's animations. Only got around to buying one when I saw one in a local store 2012 or so.

>>5934541
Saw them on /m/ or /toy/ back in 2007/8. Took me years to get my mitts on 'em.

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I'm thinking of picking up another Maochao.

>>5934859

Do it. We need more shinki content in here.

>>5934729
This is the Shinki thread. It's lasted 4 years with no line. We're about 1:1 robot house assistants, cute pictures and general faggotry.

We talk FAGs and Megami Device because they're made by Shinki body designer APSY, and Megami Device are intentionally Shinkis with Konami's trademark filed off. We talk Desktop Army because it's by BLADE, who designed the four most popular animal shinkis. Anything not-shinki related isn't talked about here, because that's not what this general is about.

If you want a mecha musume thread for that aspect of FAGs, AGP or Desktop Army, go ahead and make it. DTA got its own thread and no-one complained. But don't try to make this general what it isn't.

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>>5934882
What about 1/1 robots like LBX from Danball Senki or those 1/12 Kotobukiya kits from Phantasy Star Online? Or Orichalcum Reycal?

>>5934895

We've mentioned Reycal maybe once, but it never had traction. The PSO kits had APSY's involvement but we've never been about them, because they're not houserobots. And LBX, last I checked, are neither sentient nor girls. They've never been talked about in the general's existence.

People who like those things like them for different reasons than we like Shinki. So they're best talked about elsewhere. But we did talk about Hoi-Hoi kits for a while a couple years ago.

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>>5934918
The 1:1 Combat-san chokogin is way bigger than your typical Shinki, but her specs in the manga are basically like a glorified budget laptop compared to the power-efficient shinki.

Her joints are pretty good tho.

>>5934938
There are Koto model kits, not sure if the are smaller or bigger than Chokogin
And yep, in manga you could see how POWER HUNGRY those "bug killers" were

>>5934938

We used to joke that Hoi-Hoi was shinki canon, set 15-20 years earlier, and was just the first generation of machines before they had robust AI or personalities, or were miniaturized.

Eventually, insect pests were all but eliminated, and the production lines in order to save themselves diversified into tournament fighting, and then general companionship.

>hurrr why dont we change the thread name durrrr semen-tics

God emperor Planelegs, plase come and shake the stupid off of this thread, holy shit.

>>5934955
Thy have to same his name not once, not twice but the tree times

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>>5934918
>And LBX, last I checked, are neither sentient nor girls. They've never been talked about in the general's existence.
I might've mentioned them once or twice here.......as a means to make some custom Shinki armor

>>5935058
fuckin' sweet

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>>5935058
Bro

Is the red Baselard still available anywhere?
I'm just finishing fixing my bank account and I think I lost the boat on the white one.

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The question that should be on everybody's mind is whether this bike can transform into powered armor like the first Gigantic Arms...

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>>5935183
...because my holy grail would be a Motoslave that can fit the Atelier Sai Bubblegum Crisis figures. This Aoshima kit is too small -- it claims to be 1/12, but it's actually 1/13.7.

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>>5935187
With Koto's history of multi-use accessories and specifically transforming motorcycles, I would be shocked if it couldn't.

Might need to buy two, though.


>>5935118
I bought two, but that was before Megami Devices were announced so I'll likely be selling one when it gets here to make up some of that money. Keep an eye on here or the BST.

>>5935183
Who cares? It's a scifi bike, I I'm going to get it anyway..

>>5935183
I don't see it transforming into a mech.

What I do see is it being very modular like most MSG stuff and some nip modeler finding a simple method of kitbashing it with gigantic arms or other koto stuff so that it can transform.

>>5935118
I think she's still up on HLJ and Amiami.

>>5934882
>This is the Shinki thread. It's lasted 4 years with no line. We're about 1:1 robot house assistants, cute pictures and general faggotry.
I support this message.

>>5935230
I can confirm this, i just bought my based lard and am waiting for confirmación.

>>5934882
>We talk Desktop Army because it's by BLADE
only the first wave, and the second wave's body since it was reused.

they're still made in the spirit of shinkis, as tiny robot girls with modular/customizable armor and weapons.

I'm not sure how much APSY has to do with FA girls, but fumikane got to play charadesigner for most of the ones made thus far, so close enough to shinki-ism in that regard, and as of baselard they're getting more shinki-like.

>>5935183
>>5935214
probably not "transform", but being a gigantic arms thing and being advertised as compatible with the upcoming "hexagear" line, which is all modularity and whatnot too, being able to make powerarmor out of it is probably a given.

>>5935338
Second wave for Desktop Army is designed by the person who did Lancamento and Espadia.

>>5934029

Roadtrip, roadtrip, roadtrip!

>>5934859
>>5934859
Do it!

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Everything just came in today
Really looking forward to building baselard

>>5935586
>TFW Picco Neemo clothes are holding up my order for the fourth month in a row
At least I got my three Muscuto kits today while I wait for bunny.

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Dam, when muscuto said big, he really meant big.

>>5935290
I bailed on my Baselard preorder so maybe you'll get mine. Give her a good home anon.

>>5935586

Why do I think I'm going to regret only getting one Gigantic Arms?

>>5934948
I think they are smaller. They certainly aren't as solid/rugged as the chokogin though.

>>5935586
Mine should be in within a bit too. Can't wait to assemble her.

>>5935448
BRB going to look for her.

>>5935602
I asked about why the nipples seemed filed off, apparently this is an all-ages release.

>>5935658
Just build up layers of paint. Adds a unique bit of custom nipplage.

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>>5935658

Speaking of, new one in the works apparently.

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>>5935666

>>5935666
I'm so nervous about these, I don't even know where to even start

>>5935668
I like this one. Also I would deeply appreciate where I could buy them online.

>>5934541
I think it's safe to say it was either 2008 or 2009, but I've bought my first one in 2010 because I just loved how Altrene looked. Still only have five Shinkis, a FAG and a Kijin Kikaku but too little time and shelf space to get more.

>>5935671
>>5935674
You should maybe read the guide in the OP.

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>>5935586
I've received my Serpent Noir today too.
Pretty excited about it

>>5931332
Does anyone know if Muscuto would sell a joint replacement pack? I sheared the peg off on one of the joints in my Serpent Noir in one of the polycaps and another joint is close to it.

>>5935342
yep. tanimeso's work for the head and armor. I want to say they got yanase for the third wave, but I forget offhand and don't feel like digging in the archives.

>>5935832
Just ask him via email.

>>5935859
I did, hopefully he comes through. I don't think there are spare shoulder joints on these runners in the right size.

>>5935781
Did he give you tracknumber? Or email after shipping postage?
Im only recieve paypal confirmation from him and thats all. It was 12 days ago.

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>>5935586
Ahh she's so cute!
I think she's skipping the line to get a paint job

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>>5935602
>>5935658

is there like a guide on how to paint proper tits if im handpainting?

probebly not...

>>5936291
>probably

i did a triple take on the box label.

muscuto wrote my name in my exact handwriting lol

>>5935997
he gave me a shipping number

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Mine came today.

also...

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>>5936546

What really suprised me is that she came with a blank face.

Then I went to the Baselard amiami page to see that in fact she came with a blank face...

Now I have to decide what eyes put in that face.

>>5936552
I vote sleeping eyes. I really wished FAGs were more like shinkis when I got my first one just because I missed having a sleeping face.

>>5936581

the sleeping eyes are the number 5.

right?

so, meet up for next wonfes?

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>>5936552
Leave like that.

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I procrastinated finishing her for a year and now that I'm finally done I'm tempted to customize her

>>5935997
I got a tracking nr, but he forgot to tell me where to look for it.. So I had to do some homework myself.
It takes a while for him to ship, no surprise here being just a single man. You might want to write him just to check if everything is fine.

>>5936785
We must go smuger.

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>>5937043

>>5937043

what does it look like on a body and where can i buy one

>>5937078
Do you ever read the threads you post in?

>>5937043
Is that the Sakura only faceplate?
How did you acheived this gloss effect?

>>5937141
>gloss effect
You really don't want to know that

>>5937141
Generally when you put on decals, you want to put down a glosscoat/varnish first cause decals adhere better to glossy surfaces. That's why the face is glossy.

These images are from Muscuto's twitter in any case.

Also, read the gunpla guide. I'm pretty sure there's info on decals there.

It's not entirely covered in the guide so I'm wondering if anyone here has used matte topcoat to dull the plastic shine on FAG hair.

I'm using the most minimal amount of paint possible since I lack any airbrush equipment.

>>5937483

there are gunpla guides on topcoat around,

the problem is sourcing the good japanese stuff because no ones allowed to ship spray cans anymore

you'll might have to settle for testors dullcote or krylon

>>5937492
Tamiya works well.

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Who else with the Muscuto girls are putting pasties on the breasts?

Thank God I obsessively buy anything with Shinki branding. Think I'm going to do pawprints for Sand Sakura, but I can't decide between hearts, regular band-aids, or the x bandages for the others. Even the screws might look cute on Ice Cracker.

>>5937819
>pawprints for Sand Sakura,
Where would I get that?

>>5937845
Got five or six sheets of it from this taobao seller but after a quick search, I couldn't find the sheet itself again.

https://shop116057978.world.taobao.com/search.htm?spm=a312a.7700824.w4002-9813293393.1.PXppHn&search=y

>>5937819
Personally, I'm probably going to try and carve nipples from parts of the runners and glue them on. Then use some peach weathering powder from Tamiya's weathering master H set to apply color to it.

>>5937819
Not a bad idea to just stick something on and call them pasties while we figure out how to make proper tits

>>5937819

Is it at all possible to get a 300dpi scan of this for photoshop and reprinting? I need it for ... reasons.

>>5938195
Seconding.

Anyway to make the legs of baselard fit on the thighs of materia? I meant the look of it, because The thighs just look larger than the legs.

>>5939631
Either putty Baselard's leg or sand down Materia's thigh

>>5935586
Was it mentioned in an old thread how to order Muscuto's kits?
Really want Ice Cracker or the sand one and I think hes got another one on the way.

>>5939733
Nevermind just found out. Guess I missed out on ordering one but just saw the process for building it and would rather not...wish I could buy one made already no matter the price.

>>5939783
I'll build it for you for $500.

>>5939849
>$500
Honest question. Why do people charge so much for assembly?

>>5939852
I don't think he's being serious.

>>5939852

One, so no one takes them seriously. Two? Because it's hours and hours of skilled, meticulous work involving expensive tools and finite materials like paint. If you actually pay someone reasonably by the hour, hiring someone to pre-build your kits would be insanely expensive.

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>>5934029

Gabby can tell this is going to be a long trip.

>>5939857
That price tag still doesn't make sense to me, but whatever.

>>5939860
because the trip with one obnoxious person has become a trip with two obnoxious people and a forgettable joke.

>>5939852
>>5939861
He said "no matter the price".

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> Look through my shinki stuff and realize I have a couple of kamina glasses from that one etsy shop

I remember seeing an anon post a Tigris with them a long time ago. Any word on how they got them to stick?

am i banned

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This rabbit can jump anything.

>>5939894
And that's an excuse to price gouge?

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>>5940259

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>>5940259
>>5940266

>>5939852
>>5939861
>>5940261
Watchmaker here. Please get cancer and fucking die.

How long do you think something like that would take? 10, maybe 15 hours, plus the time spent negotiating with your cheap ass and buying supplies on your behalf?

For that to even be worth somebody's time, you're looking at $300 already.

Then you add the cost of materials and equipment, then the cost of shipping it back to you, and you arrive at about $350 as the minimum.

From here, here's where I can see the $150 coming from:
1) The obvious one: they charge more because they're good at what they do and you receive a superior end product. They charge this much as standard because it's extremely demoralizing to work on something you know you're being underpaid for.
2) Part of the cost of replacement parts is included in the price; insurance of sorts. If something gets fucked up, even if it's not their fault, entitled little shits like you love to throw tantrums. In the service industry, if someone charges a much lower price than their competitors, you can safely assume that they are not liable for any damages.
3) They just hate your guts and would rather not deal with you at all unless they're getting $500 for it. I sure wouldn't.

I don't know what kind of price you were expecting, but if it's anything less than $300 you're insane.

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>>5940259
>>5940261
>>5940266
>>5940269

*Just as you saw it in Busou Shinki and Friends threads*

>>5940278

valid points, but I don't think either of them were being serious.

you clearly are though.

>>5940283
I'm not sure what you're doing exactly, but keep doing it.

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>>5940311

I will repost this pic at every given opportunity

>>5940259
>>5940269
>>5940283

Now you just have to post a picture of her jumping another Baselard.

>>5940426

That will be messing with the natural order and reality would probably fall apart.

(Also I only have one Baselard, but I can make her jump mokona)

>>5940444
Actually, no. Two Bunnylards attempting to jump over each other and strapped to a generator could become a source of free energy! This is the best ides I've seen since a cat with a piece of toast strapped to its back!

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>>5940453
You am play gods ! You grasp exceed grasp !

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>>5940259
>>5940266
>>5940269
>>5940283
good lord, that's some top-tier balancing

>>5940688
>>5935702

>>5940688
read the fucking guide

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>>5940197

That was me, comic anon. At first I hooked two thin wires under it, but I worried about the wires scratching up her hair and face.

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>>5940834
But then I just said 'eh, fuck it' and used the printed glasses as a guide to cut new glasses out of thinner transparent orange binder plastic, complete with frames I can wedge in under her hair without fear of scratches.

>>5940834
Fuck, now I want a Tigris.

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>>5940834
>>5940857
>>That smug, shit-eater grin.

>>5940834
man, this picture is the epitome of why i don't like the MMS bodies

>>5940453
>Bunnylard
I approve of this name and will use it in the future.

>>5941133

Not Baselapin? How about Baselagomorph.

Based lepus?

>>5941277
Bunnylard will do, thanks.

>>5940278
Im the anon who asked if I could get it assembled. So here's my thoughts...I fucking said no matter the price...so yeah I was aware of it possibly being expensive. 500 dollars no...but 150 to 200 sure. Id gladly pay someone to do something I dont have the skill for...kinda like paying mechanics to fix your car.

>>5941375
>150 to 200
please read >>5940278 The kit alone is about 80 bucks shipped, and it took me a good ten hours to put one together properly. Plus shipping, tools, and finite materials, you're offering less than minimum wage in my state and probably any state for fairly intensive, skilled labor.

>>5940278
>>5941375
300 doesn't sound too bad. Honestly some 40k models will cost you twice that much only to assemble without the price of the model or painting.

>>5940278
I can understand wanting to reasonably explain costs but not being an asshole about it, especially when people ask >>5939852

That being said I'd maybe bite the bullet if I was really desperate and short on time.

>>5941837
Yeah I'm willing to pay lots and its not like I know what the cost of something like that to be done would be. So yeah I was just guessing and really want one and clearly stated no matter the price due to my lack of knowledge on the cost etc.

>>5941862

Lemme see if I can price up a list of materials that I used for my kits from Muscuto.

DX Sand Sakura + Initial shipping 25 USD + initial paypal fee 3% (unless gifted)
108.15 USD

Loctite professional liquid super glue w/o shipping:
5.97

4 sets of 2.5mm magnets and 1 set of 1mm magnets from Hobbysearch w/o shipping:
1175 JPY

Mr Super Clear Gloss w/o shipping:
10.99 USD per can

Mr Super Clear Matte UV Cut w/o shipping:
12.99 USD per can

Decal setter w/o shipping:
3.99 USD

Tamiya Weathering Master H not w/o shipping:
6.99 USD

9mm snap blades w/o shipping:
2.27 USD

1000 grit sandpaper w/o shipping:
3.34 USD

So a total of 154.69 USD + 1175 JPY without any shipping fees except for Muscuto's kit since the price of shipping and everything for that is already established.

I have quite a few shinki already and I'm thinking about getting the frame arms girls
Can I get away with some basic panel lining and a quick spray of matte or do they look like dogshit if I'm not a gunpla expert?

>>5941994
That's minus the labor.

10 hours on that kit is pretty accurate from having built 2-3 of them.

>>5942085
Depends on the kit, really. You still have to do some detailing for them to look good since some parts aren't painted the proper color, like gourai and stylet's abdominal armor.

Stylet requires the most paint out if all of them though.

Bunnylard seemingly doesn't need paint whatsoever outside of some minor sensor bits so if you want to avoid painting at all, that's your best bet.

>>5942094
Neato
I guess I can just use basic white or blue coat on any MSG stuff I add to it

>>5941994
Approximately $275 plus labor? Say $325-350 after everything?

>>5941994
>Mr Super Clear Gloss/Matte
>Tamiya Weathering Master H
New to the whole Gunpla thing here, I can pretty much guess what everything else is used for, but can't guess how did you used those three. Care to explain?
Thanks

>>5942560
the gloss/matte is the last layer you apply to the figure, the matte is applied to the armored bits, the gloss to the non armored bits. The weathering master is used to apply a wethered effect to the model.

>>5942574
So..are they mandatory?
The weathered effect I see it based on personal tastes, the gloss/matte are really needed if you don't apply any paint on the model?

>>5942588
The clears are mandatory since without the gloss, the decals will end up silvering and without the matte, you'll have glossy skintones. The weathering master H is used to detail the skintone parts of that particular kit.

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>>5942683
The finished product using a different example with weathering master h and flat coat on top and bottom looks like this. No paint.

>>5942588
semi gloss/satin ann matte will add a LOT to even UNPAITED kit

>>5942686
>those blush regions

Is this done with normal artist's pastels, or something else?

>>5942750
Tamiya's weathering master H, as the post says.

Specifically the peach.

You could use normal artist's pastels, but that means you have to grind the shit up yourself which usually doesn't end up with fine enough pigments for a good gradient.

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How I wish these weren't so troublesome to procure, there are a couple more I'd like to have.

>>5942683
>>5942686
>>5942694
Well man, that's a lot of info. Thank you!

>>5942762
Me too. I got the orange one. Should probably get around to finishing her.

>>5942683
So if I got it right you put a layer of gloss coat to preserve decals, then a layer of matt to remove the glossy finish.

>>5943131
No, gloss and matte can both be used for preserving decals.
The only difference is the surface

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>>5942686
This method looks a lot cooler

>>5941994
Do you have a contact email?

>>5943236
I know you're post about the muscuto kits but since you seem to be knowledgeable about decals I'll ask. Would a tamiya gloss coat rattle can help decals stick to a frame arms girl's face?

>>5942762
Fuck.

That's cute as hell.

>>5943257
They're completely categories of modifications and you're comparing apples to pizza.

I don't plan on ever drilling out the eyes of my kits and buying hard to find (in the States) wave parts to give my frame arms girls a 3d concave effect on their eyes.

I'd prefer recasting the faces and printing my own decals over that since that at least lets me control where my figure is looking instead of always looking at the camera.

>>5943286
The spray can basically be used on anything including FAGs, gunpla, automobiles, whatever.
The spray is for protection, not for sticking. You have to use a mark setter for that , but it's not a requirement though.
Also, PLEASE read the gunpla thread for more guides.

>>5943131
It goes like this

Bare resin > Gloss > decal > decal setter solution (optional) > gloss (optional) > Matte

The gloss below the decal is there to provide a better, more uniform surface for the decal to adhere to since matte surfaces like what resin usually is tends to create air bubbles beneath the decal.

>>5943280
I do, but I don't plan on doing any commissions unless you gift the money so I'm not risking anything coming out of my pocket.

>>5942574
>the matte is applied to the armored bits, the gloss to the non armored bits
isn't this supposed to be the other way around

>>5943471
If you want her to look sweaty, use gloss on the skin tone parts.

Honestly I think he was talking from the perspective of using clears on robots, not robot girls with exposed skin.

I've heard people have bypassed the initial clear coat with microscale microsol

>>5943456
>instead of finding mediocre third party local alternatives to superior nippon penny sale supplies I'd rather spend much more on candle wax and varnish resin casting to repaint one hundred million different expressions as if its a Laika production

No thank you

>>5943464
I'm seriously considering a commission. I already have a muscuto kit. Complete and unopened. Would you be willing to assemble it? Would that adjust the price?

>>5943463
I already have mr mark setter and softer, I'm just not sure if i should seal the face before applying the decals or just clean it and use the setter. Do you only seal beforehand on resin because it's a material with more tooth than plamo?

>>5943486
Glass eye look is creepy.

>>5943489
It'd be minus the kit price from that total and then adding on labor. The price I put up was only for materials and the kit.

>>5943500
I'd say avoid mark setter and softer if at all possible with the decals on muscuto's kits since they're extremely delicate. Even too much watet melts them.

Also, as I explained >>5943464
you seal the resin/plastic in gloss before applying decals. It's not just good practice to do on resin, but plastic too. Both materials are porous.

>>5943522
Glass eyes are more realistic when shinkies become real robots.

>>5943522
Email me so we can talk price tag specifics.

>>5939852
This resin kit is much more delicate than average plastic kit. Small parts, and some requires the need of plastic cement for this, or it wont stick to it.

Ive Made the ice cracker, thats why i know about this.

And it will be awhile before i start working on the noir and sand. I did fucked up a few things for ice cracker.

I bet you dont want any fucked ups either.

>>5939861
We just a human who you want us to produce perfection. We not factories that makes multiple perfection in a day

>>5942762
Is this a shinki?

>>5941277
It needs more sex in it.

>>5943854
>Baselewd?
>Asselard?
If she had a better butt that last one would be perfect.

>>5943840
I'm in the same boat, but I went straight to Serpent Noir to use what I learned and she came out much better. Here's a tip: shave down the J pegs a bit to make your life easier. They seem to be a hair too big for most of the sockets.

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>>5944005
For me it was the opposite.

I made a bunch of mistakes I didn't before on my serpent noir and had to fix some mistakes. I ended up shearing her shoulder joint that there's only two of so I'm needing to get a replacement from musuto...

>>5943850
Shinki inspired loli gk. Same general construction but all resin and fan made.

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Muscuto what are you doing with those eye decals.

>>5944059
I sheared my serpent noirs shoulder joint too. He said replacement joints are $3 but shipping is still $25 so he reccomended i wait until i make another order so he can include them in it.

>>5944192
Yeah same here. I'm keeping an eye on the cafe. He'll be putting new stuff up soon according to the post >>5944141
Is from.

>>5944192
Just lesson for me to keep hot water handy instead of just being lazy and assuming things will get better if I keep turning the joint when it's too tight.

>>5944192
I also cracked one of the wrist joint cups so maybe i'll see if he'd sell me a replacement for that too when i order the joint. I might need some lower arms parts since its glued in though.

>>5944216
I did too. I just cut a sliver of sprue and jammed it in to fit and glued it in though. Works well enough. Need to shave off the sides of the wrist polycaps in the future.

>>5944240
That's a good idea, I should do that too.

>>5944279
It's a common technique for filling in bubbles and stuff in resin. Cut the bubble so it's got more of a corner, glue in a bit of runner, cut and sand down the excess.

>faces, option parts, eye decals in the store now
Damn, I wish they were up back when I ordered my catgirl.

>>5943850
It's a Kijin Kikaku (機人企画) made by https://twitter.com/nendo_konekone and sold at https://matadora.booth.pm/ and it's exactly what >>5944071 said, although I wouldn't say the construction is quite the same. Similar though, very much shinki-inspired indeed. Also, they're smaller than shinkis, ~10cm tall.

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Finally opened the Pomock from my August haul, cuddle pile looking great

>>5944533
>https://matadora.booth.pm/
Oh sweet! Thanks for the info

>>5944203
cafe? link?

>>5944538
Materia will never not creep me out

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Finally got around to building jinrai. Looks pretty alright even before the painting/lining.

>>5944538
This is /u/, Plamo Edition.

I like it.

>>5944829

/u/ - where no man has gone before...

or at least not me

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>>5944829
>/u/
Someone drop a pencil or something that resembles a phallus in there, lets see how many get triggered.

>>5938195
>>5939298
>>5937819
I recently got a copy of this decal sheet with one of my shinkis, it was a pleasant surprise. I'm going to try to find a kinkos or a photo store or something and get the highest DPI scan of it I can.

>>5945365
I will donate a couple bucks if you do.
And that goes for anyone who puts in the effort to upload decent decal sheets for everyone.

>>5944650
Is the difference in the shade of red between the torso and legs really that obvious?

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>>5945433
Yeah, she's gray, maroon, and strawberry. Partly because of that, I think Indigo Jinrai's the first recolor that looks better than the original instead of just different. Much more coordinated, though I understand Jinrai's concept is that she's not coordinated on purpose.

>>5945457
Would some tamiya red fix that or would it little gain for the effort?

>>5945457
>Jinrai's concept is that she's not coordinated on purpose.
wat

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>>5939860

>>5946047

I think he's referring to the fact that the design came from a Gourai that had been built wrong.

>>5946228
Not wrong, just different. Fumikane made it himself as a custom, though I don't think the color was ever finalized.

Just got my Gigantic Arms, holy crap this might take a while. It took 3 evenings to build by Bunnylard.

I'm sure this has been asked before but has anyone managed to use that parts order form with Koto kits? I'm after more blank faces and they're 50 yen a pop on the parts sheet. I've got so many eye decals now.

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etc.

>>5946522
>>5946523
>>5946524

My heart.

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http://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/labo/labo-88577/

>>5942762
>troublesome
I got two already, and I plan to get a bunch of their blanket bodies. Using a middleman's the way to go.

>>5946523
>using a single twintail as a tail
Well I'll be.

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>>5946522
>>5946524
Hold up.
What's this rifle from, an MSG set? or a TSF kit?

>>5946600
Not sure which, but it's MSG.

>>5946522
>>5946523
>>5946524
Fuck.I can't resist her anymore, I bite.
Have to preorder her now..

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>>5946600
>>5946613
Apparently some new weapons from Hobby Show.

i saw a shinki in the BST , was wondering if anyone had pics of that one?

>>5946527
Will this be going onto the other sites like amiami

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>>5946522
my god

I need to protect that smile

>>5946527
I'm not entirely sure what translations are trying to tell me about those black legs shown. Can someone assist?

Not that it really matters I guess, I'm buying two anyway.

>>5946712

I'm tempted to buy 12 of these. I want an army of grinning cat girls.

>>5946718
My understanding is black legs/arms are included.

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>>5946522
>>5946523
>>5946524
>>5946712
My dik.

>>5946524
>>5946523
PO when?

>>5946776
October 4th.

>>5946520
You gotta mail that exact form physically to Kotobukiya in order to get an order in. It's kind of bullshit.

Maybe try contacting KotoUS and see if they can facilitate something for you.

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New shoulder articulation scheme.

>明日10月4日ご予約開始予定ですが、
以下、今回も詳細に解説させて頂きます。

Preorders tonight. 10/4 JST.

>>5946527
>手首関節は一部POM素材になり強度アップ。

Oh shit, they changed the wrist joints to POM.

>>5946845
How's that compare to ABS wrists?

>>5946848
Much more durable.

>>5946841
Shame that it doesn't give the time.

I'll just have to camp out till it opens up.

>>5946854
It'll probably be at around midnight.

But all the stores update at different times, so really you should still camp out.

>>5946841
Hope she's Materia's price. No way I can get by with just one and two might not be enough. Any word on if she's getting a recolor? My dick might explode if they do a tan skin version of her like Materia.

>>5946916
She'll probably be a bit more expensive, thanks to the extra limbs.

>>5944005
What j pegs do you mean?

>>5946955
The polycaps are labelled alphabetically.

>>5946956
Ohhhhhh, that

>>5946964
I thought he was making some joke about image files

>>5946712
MEIN GOTT

>>5946841
Is it only on koto japan?

>>5931332
Does anyone have a link to a tutorial on how to mix runner bits with plastic cement for color? How am I supposed to mash them up so they melt in?

>>5947203

The blog says today for the Kotoshop, yes. But I'm assuming it will show up on other stores since it's not an exclusive. It's just we don't know exactly what time, but amiami has a tendency to update at midnight eastern.

>>5947210
You just cut up the sprue into little chunks and put it in a glass jar submerged in the cement and wait for the cement to dissolve the plastic. That's literally it. It's not something so difficult that you should need someone else to spell it out for you.

>>5947261
Think it'll be tonight?
I hope amiami doesn't have a one per household limit.

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we laevatain now

but seriously what is that weapon? I don't think it's been released yet.

As for innocentia herself, the thing I like the most about the kit is the gloves and thighhighs and the inclusion of extra holes on the back, but I'm not too keen of the design of the waist area. I much prefer the skirt designs on the other fags. She's a definite improvement on the materia obviously.

>>5947588
New MSGs that are releasing soon, according to the blog.

>>5946853
Nice. Gonna order extra catgirls.

So I'm looking at the koto us site and it's full of marvel and DC crap. Meanwhile the FAGS are a pain to find. The fuck?

>>5947695
Yeah, you should email them about it.

KotoUS is not interested in catering to anime fans for whatever reason.

>>5947588
>Swordwhip
I need this

>>5946522
>>5946523
>>5946524

Pre orders fucking when. I was holding off on FAGs but at this point I can't continue.

>>5947804
This. I need cat girls.

>>5933911
>>5932056
>>5932767
>>5933030
The amazing this is that unless you do some very specific shading or painting on a FAG to make it look like a real 1/100 to match your FAs, at the end of the day it's a piece of plastic that's scaled well enough to fit in any number situations you could want it to be in. It can be 1/1 to 1/144 all in the span of mere minutes with minimal effort.

>>5947346
Me too, I'm also hoping that amiami isn't more expensive than places like hobby search again. Amiamis cheap prices seem to keep slipping with each thing I Pre order. At this rate I'm going to cash in my points and go elsewhere. Not before writing them an email telling them they're losing a customer. Cheap prices was the only thing they had going for them.

>>5947845

i don't think they'll give a shit. they'll be sold out anyways

>>5947845

also, i find hobby search is cheaper for the stuff I buy at least, especially when I factor in r-sal

>>5946804
Where do you go to see when POs are being put up? Their twitter? I've never seen anything on their main site that shows it.

>>5947847
Not being the cheapest anymore will hurt them eventually. They're not going to go out of business or anything, they just won't be as strong as they were before. As people go elsewhere the prices will creep up more to compensate.

>>5947864

conjecture

they sell a kajillion different items, some of them dirt cheap some really pricy. heck they probably put up the price because the owner's on vacay and dosen't want to deal with shit until feb like where i work

>>5946527
>【詳細解説】フレームアームズ・ガール「イノセンティア」10月4日ご予約受付開始!!
>10/4
Don't even need to put it through a translator mate. But go ahead and check yourself, it is in the first paragraph.

>>5947857
>>5947916
Meant to reply to you. Need some sleep now..

>>5947870
Not him, but regarding FAG and Figmas which are obviously very popular, he's right. Hobby search will probably be the go to place for place for these thats all. No big deal.

>>5947588
it's 3 weapon pack:
sword in whip form
sword in sword form
shield with tigerhead on it

googled it yesterday, but lost the link

So is innocentia dropping tonight or what?

I forget do I need a proxy for koto's jp site or not?

>>5948091
I thought innocentia would be up on ami and the others as well?

>>5948107
It will but at their times. Midnight is if you wanted it off Koto

>>5948109
Hey look, it's up.

Just preordered on Amazon.

>>5948114
I'm not seeing it.

>>5948114
link?

>>5948112
Where? Or did you mean Koto?

>>5948125
On Koto. They've got blonde hair parts for her, but I'm really not partial to them at all.

>>5948119
>>5948121
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01LYCSMWH/

Live here btw, I don't know if Amazon JP ships international.

>>5948126
Should I proxy order or just watch for hobbysearch? I'm pretty sure proxy would be more expensive.

>>5948129
Definitely just wait unless you want that blonde catgirl goodness. Proxying is just going to take longer and be more expensive; you're sitting right here to snap up other sites' orders as soon as they pop up anyway, no need to panic too hard about getting sniped or the like.

Up for 3600 on Hobbysearch

Wait, am I reading this right? Does Amiami somehow have the HLJ Baselard recolor but with a bunch of extra faceplates too?

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=MED-BOOK-007926&page=rt_11

>>5948137
Up on amiami for 3860
HS wins again

>>5948171
>HLJ baselard
Read better, HobbyJAPAN is a maganize completely unrelated to HLJ (which I'm pretty sure only serves gaijin, so no way in hell koto would give them an exclusive)

>>5948171
Yes but it's really expensive and comes with a fucking heavy book so shipping is going to be expensive. I ordered one anyway. Worth it.

>>5948177
>wait around for amico
>this is all she has to show for herself
Too bad I've already got a march pre-order with her so I'm just better off taking the extra couple hundred to save shipping

Too bad innocentia is only purchasable once in amiami. This is dumb.

>>5948178
Oh, so they are unrelated. More importantly though, the bonuses: not special. Amico is just charging an extra 700 yen, huh? Whatever, I already had one ordered anyway.

>>5948191
HS is letting you grab three. Were you bundling orders or something?

>>5948191
I usually buy off amiami, but this it
I ordered 2 off HS, fuck amiami

>>5946520
>50 yen
There must be a way for us to buy these
I really need more face plates

>>5948191
Feel like cancelling all my march orders and use hobby search for it

>>5948195
I want 2 innocentia, and there were other orders on march as welll... Feel like canxelling it all and order through hobbysearch

>>5948197
I was considering just ordering a ton and shipping them out to whoever needs some. The hard part is getting the order made and the expensive part is getting a shipment started period; there's no real reason to just order one person's worth of these.

>>5948195
Same!

>>5948196
Same here. I'm not using ami if I don't have to.

>>5948205
I would order quite a few if someone organized a group buy

>>5948197
Extra face plates? All FAGs have the same face plate structure, right?

I'd probably ask for six, three for each I guess, since I'm most likely NOT going to use that lens effect mod.

Are we going to have a middleman in Japan bundle it up and ship it out? Sometimes shipping from Japan costs far less than Japan -> US -> wherever

>>5948261
>Are we going to have a middleman in Japan bundle it up and ship it out?
Seems unlikely; if we had someone that would do that handy we'd all already be using him. Domestic shipping does get ridiculous too. How would we even package these? A padded envelope seems most economical but I'm not sure I'd trust USPS or anyone not to shred it to pieces. Would it be enough anyway though? Unpainted faceplates shouldn't be especially fragile.

>>5948242
Seconding. Something like what Richie does.

>>5948269
From how I understand the likes of Koto JP's spare parts service is that it's for internal use in Japan to begin with. I might be wrong on this?

>>5948114
You fucked up

> Have some MSGs kits for a while now

Picked these up randomly (or given) but I'm shit at kits. Where can I turn to get some idea on how to properly work on these at the very least?

>>5948288
I don't think they ship internationally, but all that means is we need to use a forwarder or maybe a proxy. That's not insurmountable, just a bit more expensive and troublesome. The trick is, most forwarders are going to get an order in and send it to one person, not a bunch of different people in multiple countries as >>5948261 proposed. We'd need someone from here or someone that was friends with someone from here to do that.

It's also possible Koto will limit how many plates we can get in one go which would be annoying too.

>>5948181
>>5948171
>>5948195
You guys have the cart before the horse, at least in the minds of HJ. You're buying the book with the baselard as the bonus hook.

Also I had the weirdest feeling earlier today and had the sudden compulsion to check in the thread to see if anything was going up. Sure enough there was. Picked up 3 from HS because why not. Also I didn't see it in any of the other promo shots but she has an amazing smug face grin plate. I don't think it's supposed to be smug, but its really smug.

>>5948324
>You guys have the cart before the horse, at least in the minds of HJ.
Who cares? I know what I'm actually buying, the distributors know what I'm actually buying and you know what I'm actually buying. For that matter HJ themselves must realize why their purchase numbers are suddenly spiking, though they still do get the perks associated with selling lots of magazines. I doubt there's any illusion to anyone here, yours seems like a silly point to raise.

>>5948292
Read OP and maybe go to gunpla for advice?

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>>5948324
>I don't think it's supposed to be smug, but its really smug.
Never forget.

> 3860 moon dollars

A little more than I'd hoped. Also fuck you Amiko, why must you stand between me and my catgirl army with your purchase limits?

>>5948400
>not ordering from ten different sites
Step up your game anon.

>>5948409

I'm waiting for NY to list them and I'll buy a crate full.

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I don't think I ever wanted a figure so much, this is Renge/Amlita levels of pure desire. Preordered on amiami, although should have probably gone with Hobbysearch because they're more likely to have useful stuff in stock (decals, etc) in March.

>>5948410
That's right they don't have limits usually.

>>5948126
Link or pics of blonde parts?
I can't find it.

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>>5948436
Really, the normal hair parts are better this time.