Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General

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SD Group Build

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

Submissions:
Email it to [email protected]
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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Secret Santa

It's that time of year again. Just look at the form and fill it out. Signups last until December 1st, pairs go out in the days after that.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdprprkU_4UBARdot0ASSmoUoxghk9bOPVuRrvZKfghAZQRbg/viewform?c=0&w=1

A few things:
-Use an active email, I don't want to be hounding you and then have to repair someone.
-Use your full address, I don't know every damn city and zip code in the US.


A new option, Cards Only. If you pick this you're assumed to be willing to ship international (it's a card after all). It doesn't have to be a handmade card, just something nice. Of course handmade is nicest, but not everyone has the skills for it.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdprprkU_4UBARdot0ASSmoUoxghk9bOPVuRrvZKfghAZQRbg/viewform?c=0&w=1

As always, I'm available here, on IRC, or at [email protected].

I might spend a semester in Beijing next year, is it a good place to find gunpla? Or am I better off planning a trip to Hong Kong?

I want to make a display with all scales of Zaku II disponible. So far I've got the RG, MG 2.0, and Mega Size 1/48. I'm waiting to order the PG and I know there's some line of figure that's 1/200, and there's the Assault Kingdom line, though I don't know what scale exactly those are.
Anything more I'm missing?

>>5980766
The SD. He's a cutie.

>>5980768
I'm trying to keep mostly to the same proportions, even though I like SDs. On that note, I'd like a new Zaku II SD, with slightly less squattish proportions, in the vein of the recent releases.

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The shit storm returns one last time tonight. I'm done for today anyway. Here's where I'm at, I really like it now

>>5980817
Are those legs really like that for that astaroth?

>>5980821
From the knee down, yes

What PG Gundam should I get?

>>5980771
There's also the converge line

>>5980842
What kits do you own so far, anon?

>>5980817
It looks pretty good now
My only cocern is the thing waistline clashing with the bulkyness of the rest

>>5980847

No PG ones, and t b h it's been ages since I built a Gundam, I have a bunch of MGs stashed in some dark corner but I wanted to to get back into it since I need a hobby that isn't shitposting on 4chan.

>>5980817
Got any other V-fins?

>>5980853
Sorry, was just trying to gauge from your existing collection. Get the Unicorn PG if you have the dosh. It even comes with its own stand. Otherwise, I'd say get the Strike or Mk. II based on pure aesthetics.

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Finish the Gouf. By far my favorite HG.

>>5980817
Think it would look better with blue or white V fins

>>5980854
>>5980867
True. But I only have the one at the moment

>>5980849
You're not wrong. But I kinda dig it

>>5980863

nice pic

>>5980293
A vanilla jesta always looks incomplete, like it's missing something, whereas the jesta cannon looks 10/10 god tier. It's like the jesta cannon was the default and the jesta is a stripped down version rather than the jesta being the default with the jesta cannon having a bunch of extra stuff added.

B&N RG Nanju needs to hurry up and go on clearance so I can grab a second one for kit bashing purposes. I have plans for those legs

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Any ideas of where to get those tiny robots, looks about 1/500 that are used in dioramas like these? It doesn't feel like they're scratchbuilt, but I may be wrong.

Just started watching Gundam X

Jesus christ Garrod Ran is such a simpering entitled faggot. I thought early Amuro Ray was bad

>>5980969
You done fucked up, anon.

>>5980981
Hell is wrong with Garrod? Kid committed mass murder enough times to feel entitled to freaking the fuck out. Amuro and Kamille had a tendency of going off on their tangent because a single person they knew died, atleast Garrod had the decency to feel the deaths of the hundreds of faceless he melted.

>>5980994
The problem is he didnt care about killing people.

His issue was "Waahhhh, I fucked up, now everyone hates me, again!"

>>5981002

so what. char didnt give a shit

>>5981002
Oh yeah, well, its been a decade for me so I forget things. So you are totally justified on that.

The real question is, are they ever going to decide "fuck it, lets give throw out a HG jenice and see if it sells."

Because I need me some Jenice.

>>5981004
Yea, but Char wasnt constantly whining about somesuch thing or another. He knew what he wanted and threw fuck all to the wind to get it

so for panel lining a painted kit, is the only way to do that with the panel wash technique?
I hand paint, but only own gundam markers right now.

>>5981013
mechanical pencil

i am learning to wash

>>5981019
My kits would be in pretty dark colors, so I'd be using black.

>>5981005
>picking moustache Zaku over the Daughtress

>>5981013
Ultra fine (3mm or smaller) sharpie pen and a terrycloth/2000 grit sandpaper to manage excess

>>5981024
Cool. That's helpful.

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>>5981005
There is the 1/144 LM Jenice Custom. Hope you know how to mod to make it look good.

>>5980863
Love the pose!

>>5981027
They don't reprint the LMs, right?

>>5981052
Limited Models, so no. There's still some left on Amazon though.

Do they have a 1/144 Nadleeh?

I wanna do a kitbash using Nobel Gundam's Chest, Tallgeese's short short skirt, Nadleeh's head, Farsia's legs, and I dunno what for arms yet

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>tfw they'll never make a gunpla with the kind of articulation to make it possible to properly shoulder a long rifle

pic related

>>5981113
byarlant arms

>>5981128
>byarlant
How would that even work, not too mention lacking sex appeal at all. This is supposed to be a Slut Gundam

>>5981139
(that was the joke)

>>5981139
>sex appeal
>not even the slightest mention of the incredibly feminine denial gundam

>>5981139
>not finding sex appeal in all robots
All you have to do is imagine Byarlant-chan wanting to give you a big, warm hug.

She's always hot on the heels of her rivals and goals but falls short and is often lonely, which is usually her own fault. Despite this she's determined and can be quite fierce if challenged.
If you talk to her about mass production she'll get all flustered.

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(please don't go China please don't go China please don't go China)

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>>5981173
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

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Fun little quick kit though, Bandai you got nice waterslides.
Hoping I can get my hands on a Sub VTOL next.

>>5981163
Denial Gundam is just Build Fighter's custom version of Nobel Gundam. Im making my own slut gundam

>>5980981
>>5980994
>>5981002
>>5981004
This is /toy/ and not /m/, fuck off with anime discussion

Actually, speaking of sexy MS, does anyone know what happened to that one guy many months back who was making a custom female MS with a Zaku I head?

>>5981192
>i don't know what the denial gundam is

>>5981194
>Wahhhh, people are talking about my parent series in a relevant way!
>>5981205
In Berzerker mode, it looks just like Nobel Gundam, minus the sailor school uniform

>>5981213
It's not relevant in any sense. Go back to /m/ if you wanna talk about gundam shows

>>5981221
>/a/
>/m/
Make up your mind ya double nigger

>>5981224
Not him, but where was /a/ as a board mentioned anywhere by him? He mentioned anime, as in robot anime, and has pointed to /m/ as the board to be used.

I do kinda disagree with him though.

>>5981194

no, fuck you

>>5981041 #
>>5980911 #

Thanks but to be honest I ripped it straight from the instruction manual. They really know what poses make the models look good.

>>5980960
You'll be waiting about a year then since the gunpla only gets clearanced like once a year. And thats only if they're still stocking it by then or there is any left to put on clearance at your local stores.

I love it when people play backseat moderator.

What paint did the OP kit use for that steel color?

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Snapped together the HGUC Kampfer, thinking of painting it. R8 muh ideas.

http://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1052766051&lang=en
More stuff for G Gundam Fans. I sorta want this, actually. So cheap.

>>5981511
Really? You posted that? And not the 1/100 Gun Blastor?

You had ONE JOB

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>>5981125

the rifle here is too small, but this flat isn't just for show!

>>5981506
How good is the HGUC Kampfer?

Also if I were you I'd get more creative with the stripes.

>this gives me the idea to kitbash Gerbera Tetra and Kampfer

>>5980817
What this guy said >>5980838

>>5980817

that's a more cohesive body but that head just does not work at all on it

>>5981747
Cute Flat.

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>>5981886

It's a fun kit because it's surprisingly articulate and the structure is so different it can do some poses that are difficult for other kits, obviously it needs paint etc. to look nice though

>>5981891
Reminds me of an Elite from Halo.

>>5981892
WORT WORT WORT

>>5981891

Why is it shaped like that? Does it fold up for easy transport or something, like those shitty droids from Star Wars? Like a fucking suitcase robot?

>>5981957

Yeah, it folds up for atmospheric reentry. It's gun actually does fold into a suitcase funnily enough, but I don't think the kit shows this.

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Anyone ever feel like you're just buying kits for the sake of buying?

>>5982011
I felt like that for a long time. I haven't bought a kit in over two months.

>>5981506
Dang they're both nice.

>>5981966
Yeah the kit's folding rifle is a static clamshell.

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Show me your backlog sins. Please excuse the moist looking potato pics

>>5982032
Great selection, shame you had to sully it with that disgusting Phantom II

I would like to ask for opinions, gunpla associates. I have some cash I feel like spending, and can either get:

Blue Destiny 1/2/3 and Xeku Eins.
Or
Four or five Xbox 360 games that are relatively rare in the wild, in order to get closer to completing my collection. (Condemned 2, Bullet Witch, Operation Darkness, Splatterhouse.)

What should I do?

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Balancing what comes apart for painting with hiding seam lines and such is gonna take some thought.

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>>5982032
There's more unbuilt and partially built in the boxes, including the printer boxes, but also a lot of built ones.

Got a new job just as I started to build some stuff. It's keeping me from building more but now I have more money to spend on shit.

>>5982052
Are you seriously gonna handpaint all that?

>>5982058
I'll bring in my friends Harder and Steenbeck to help.

>>5982052
What kit?

>>5982085
Plum's Leynos mass-prod, though I'll paint it up as a "real world what if".

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>>5982032
Not shown is HG Dendrobium, Fumina chara stand plate, some Airfix kits, a 1/24 R32 GTR on the way, and an Indigo Jinrai + three Nobell gundams not sent home yet
Then also the fair amount of kits I've gone "hey let's do something", molest and somewhat ruin, then put into boxes to rest for whenever I stop being a lazy cunt

made the RG qant a while ago

most frustrating aspect is its inability to look up or down or more than 30 degrees from side to side

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Finally done with my Baselard. Fun build, definitely going to keep the second one and paint it up.

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Also, the stand it comes with isn't great, only really good if you're leaving her without armor.

>>5982032
I only have a Nobel Gundam and Max Factory Soltic H8 on the backlog. Feels good, but frankly I'd really like to build something.

>>5982056
>two GMs
I like you.

>>5982048
Xeku Eins, Unit 1 and 2, Condemned 2.

Bullet Witch should be pennies, Splatterhouse is kinda shitty, haven't played Operation Darkness. Unit 3 is a spriteswap, up to you which color scheme you like more.

>>5982073
I don't get the joke.

>>5982254
>I don't get the joke.
Maybe you should bring in your friend Google to help with that.

>>5982231
Huh, thanks Anon. I'm slowly but steadily getting to a point where I am satisfied with my Gunpla and 360 collections.

>>5982217
>>5982220
Filthy snapfag here
So do FAGs require paint or is it more optional? I often hear most Koto kits need paint.

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>>5982254

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I felt pretty clever by putting RX-78 feet with these disassembled mystery legs I found, but then I put the whole thing together and realized that the disassembled mystery legs were also from an RX-78.

Then I just kinda felt silly.

>>5982285
At least it didn't require a substantial rebuild to make the feet fit the legs.

>>5982275
IMO the FAGs are a bit better about not needing paint. Frankly though, they'll always look better with it.

>>5982285

why would you not feel double clever?

>>5980735
Is that a Iron Warriors Mobile Worker?

>>5982419
IRON WITHIN!

>>5982439
IRON WITHOUT!

>>5982439
>>5982451
WHOPPER WITHCHEESE

>>5982439
>>5982451
>>5982467
RAISE YOUR FLAG

>>5982478
Sorry, it blew away in last gale.

>>5982478

FLAG FIGHTAHS

>>5982275

They don't require it, but they do look better. I just did some touchups/lining on my Stylet and Gourai and I think they look fine. Architect... honestly, I didn't really care much for the "solid light gray" look so I did a full body job with her. I probably didn't need to, though.

>>5982400

Because I didn't plan it and I couldn't recognize the the pieces until I was done. Wounded mah pride. MAH PRIDE.

>>5982478
WISE FROHM YOUH GWAVE!

I love you /toy/ /gunpla/ or whatever. Never change, even if it would be for the better.

Has anyone used testors enamel for panel washes?

What color is good? I'm looking at rubber since it seems less harsh than black.

I dropped a poly cap and lost it, anyone know where you can get replacements it's a HGUC arm to shoulder cap.

>>5982380
>>5982491
Hum, thanks. Honestly I'm not sure how to feel about FAGs. As a robot girlfag myself they feel on the weaker end of robot fetishism. All of the FA kits seem neat but at the same time they seem to need more work on the whole.

I'd like to get out of snapfagging.

>>5982275
for regular frame arms, paint is sort of a must because some factory worker snapped the architect frame in a hurry. I'm currently working on a rapier zephyr and the plastic is a completely different shade of blue from the promos shots. Working on painting her to get it more accurate and detailed

Like the other posters said, frame arms girls were made to look good without it. I still have stylet in my backlog because I plan to make a few mods to it.

>>5982572

it's still in your house go find it

>>5982572
Like the other anon said, find it. Loose polycaps, especially the shoulders joints, are really easy to find because of their relative size.

I dropped a gold thruster from the HG High mobility zaku 2 on my tan carpet and was able to find it.

Granted it took me about half an hour of solid searching plus vacumming the area and siphoning through the canister dust for it.

>>5982695
>>5982662
I spent an hour looking, decided to raid one of my other kits for the same piece, I'll just pick up a cheap kit and take the joint from that later, maybe the joint will turn up by then.

Alright anons, real talk. Who is the best girl? Kotobukiya or Bandai?

>>5982716
P-Bandai, just needs to stop playing so hard to get.

>>5982100
Can I have one of those Archers anon?

>>5982726
It's due to be restocked in December and is ~$10 on Amazon now.

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I really should start wearing gloves when dealing with nubs

>>5982750
That's nothing, I have five deep lacerations from three HG kits over the past few days.

>>5982750
>>5982751
Perhaps you two should look into other methods of nub removal.

>>5982750
https://youtu.be/dJCtGd9lqOU

>>5982751
>>5982753
>>5982753
Well, sand paper and files are fine, but lack precision control unless its already almost flat. xacto blades are really about accuracy. The problem is that in order to have better control, cutting away doesnt work, so it requires cutting towards. Thats not even my dominate thumb. Its worked on hundreds of Warhammer models by now, all having nubs removed the same way. My right hand looks like hamburger meat by now

>>5982765
Perhaps try using your nippers instead of a knife to cleave close enough for sandpaper to work? Your method sounds frustrating and painful.

>>5982772
Nipper put too much stress on the nub and leave stress marks that are a pain to get rid of if you arent a paint fag. This is fine for Warhammer, since everything has to be painted, but on gunpla, I dont have an airbrush, so I dont bother

>>5982765
Scratch build yourself a wood plane, but for plastic

>>5982750
After using them for 2 years, I'm at the point where I never draw blood when using knives. The best 2 pieces of advice I can give is to always use a new sharp blade and be aware of where you're pointing the edge. A sharp blade cuts more consistently, and if you aim the blade away from your fleshy or parts or towards your fingernail you're less likely to cut yourself. Also when cutting don't put all your pressure down on the blade towards what you're cutting, push on the blade parallel like you're using a hacksaw to cut wood, and the blade won't go flying when it cuts through.

>>5982792
I dont draw blood either anymore. Though I did learn my lesson using a dull knife several years back after slicing off my finger tip on my index finger. Was cutting away to modify a warhammer model and the blade slipped and went right through the tip of my finger

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Snapped/Panel Lined and Stickered an origin DOM. Really like it, but holy fuck so many stickers/Decals.

Probably just going to matte coat it and call it a day once I feel like spraying again.

Light-Up koto sabers are fun.

>>5980730
I feel the same way too, SEED character design looks like they have down syndrome I don't know how it got big in Japan

>>5982855
Isn't it because Kira Yamoto steamrolls his foes and bullies?

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>>5982750
Fun fact: GodHands removes nubs better than a knife in inexperienced hands.

>>5982846
>Can't stand stickers
>3p water decal was shit and disintegrated

Mine is just a plain dom now.

And light up saber is great.

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Halloween stickers too fun

>>5982958
Nice idea anon

>>5982846
I really want to like origin Dom, but god damn the head just looks so... dumb

>>5982958
Halloween stickers? Does the glow in the dark last a long time? That's a good idea.

Anyone else just watch IBO on Toonami? Another fucking amazing episode, another reason to buy a HG Barbatos it seems.

>>5983055
This, also I'm unhappy that the Origin Dom has better articulation than the vanilla Dom and there probably isn't going to be any kind of new Dom, GM, vanilla Zaku, etc. release anytime soon with any of the articulation improvements Origin kits bring to the table.

>>5983055
>origin Dom

It's a prototype you reprobate

>>5983084
Not him but man does it seem weird. Like, it makes sense in context but Dom heads seem way cooler without the piping.

>>5982217
>>5982220
What base is that?

>>5983092
Kotobukiya's Flying Base.

>>5983092
lard base

>>5982907
How much does it cost to buy replacement blades for a Godhand nipper?

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OOB photos of MG Heavyarms Custom/Kai

http://schizophonic9.com/re4/mg_heavyarmscustom.html

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>>5981762
Depends what "good" means. Articulation is pretty good, can't pull off as good a kneeling pose as >>5981747 though. Also, big seam lines on the shoulderpads, bazookas and shotguns. Lots of painting for the thrusters.

I could throw some horizontal stripes in.

>>5983156

I mean make broken/diagonal/jagged stripes inside the pattern to make it more interesting. More uhh... racing-like maybe?

As for the seams on that thigh armor, how do all of you guys manage to putty/weld that up cleanly and sand it down without damage to the surrounding rims?

Can someone explain to me what specific putty is that he's mixing together, and the point of hand-brushing it all over the model parts in this Plamo Tsukurou segment?

https://youtu.be/hOqkJA4G7HI?t=53m58s

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Physalis nearly done

>>5983156
Nice Kampfer and Greenus de milo.

>>5983182
No MRLS backpack? Or is that an optional bit that comes with the kit? Fancy Comcast plaque or whatever that is as well!

>>5983186
It's the 2002 reprint, so it only has the base kit, no optional parts. Also thanks, got it for being not shit at my job

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>>5983186

mlrs is a variant that comes with a beam bazooka instead of atomic, and I don't think there's an MG of it

>>5983187
Huh, had no idea. Congratulations still, always nice to see people who work hard and are not shit at their job.

>>5983189
Damn that's sexy. With those cute little snubby beam pistols as well!

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>>5983191

thanks, i made him a little rack for them in the back that the kit can actually reach

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>>5983162
form of weathering

basically he's making those pieces look like they are cast iron (similar to tank turrets etc)

which is REALLY FUCKING RETARDED considering this is a fuckhuge machine that flies in space

don't do it

>>5983195
meant for >>5983166

>>5983186
>>5983187
>>5983189
MRLS Unit 2 is a separate HG-only kit.

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I'm not sure if I want a universe booster or not. I don't like it as much as the Build Booster 1, but the Star Build Strike with plavsky shit is pretty neat.

To whoever was building that old Eva T.I. kit. Please post some updates

>>5982750
Stop using #11 blades

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-sXXFymT-0

>RG Sabazi when

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The flauros has a pretty plain looking color. Maybe the colors not final.

>>5983488
They will recolour it like they did with the Man Rodi and Gusion

>>5983490
Don't know about you but this thing might look great in G3 colors.

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>>5983488
where i have seen MA with gundam head before

OH RIGHT

Why is mobile armor so dang cool? Especially the Zeta style transforming stuff like Methuss, Asshimar and the like?

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>>5983515
it got no kit though

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BB Full Armor Unicorn WIP, needs the stickers and I should probably paint the gun too. Not too happy how the gold paint on the V-fin turned out but I bought the thing to practice and try gold paint before I did the MG and PG

>>5983527
Our universe was actually created by multidimensional transforming war robots, we are DNA-coded to be fascinated by destructive robots and obsessively design and redesign endless variants of them, and at the same time evolve highly enough to start building reinforcements for their large scale/long term operations. Here on Earth we are nearly to the point of initial manufacture. Our collective subconscious is now brimming with mecha-saturated media, it won't be long now.

>>5983515
Flauros isn't a MA, its a gundam. They just also found an MA alongside it.

>>5983646

all of the unicorn kits are some of my favorite SDs, I miss the BB line, the new stuff is a step backwards

>>5983257
It makes for a good complimentary piece displayed if you have Build Booster 1 and Universe Booster on the side of Build Strike

>>5983735
Wait, SD EX replaced BB? I thought thy were going to continue together?

>>5983805

I'm not sure, I've just only been seeing EX releases, but it looks like barbatos got a BB

why 2 lines of SD? seems strange

>>5983735
Yeah, bought the Legend BB Knight Unicorn Gundam and Legend BB Knight Gundam too to make a true Horse Unicorn.
>>5983813
The EX line was supposed to be a cheaper SD line for sale in south east asia /america, that's why HLJ didn't sell them at first because they weren't supposed to be sold in Japan. But then after like 6-8 months they changed their minds.
So there's an EX and BB Barbatos but I think the BB is just the EX with some extra stuff sadly.

>>5983823

well I hope they don't just end up replacing it, the later BB kits were/are really pushing SD tech and the new ones aren't at all

>>5983813
The barbatos bb is literally the EX runners repackaged with new accessories.

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Got two kits painted and assembled this weekend, but still more to do on both, like the gold trim on the gyancelot, and the decals and weapons for the dom

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>>5983918

The sticker masking worked well on this guy, but the lines that had text decals incorporated had clear borders making the sticker larger than the lines, and had to be hand trimmed down which was a huge pain in the ass. Still worked well and will do it again for kits with no decals.

>tfw had an idea for an absolutely gorgeous Gaelio Schwalbe Graze
How's the 1/144 McGillis kit? I kinda want to do it on 1/144 scale so I can grab the Lance from the Iron Blooded Arms option kit, although maybe it'd be worth grabbing the 1/100 kit and dealing with no lance/scratchbuilding a 1/100 lance.

>>5983918
Goddamn does that look pretty.

>>5983923
Its as good as the regular graze hg. The only annoying part is the thigh fin things get in the way sometimes.

Anyone have experienced with oil-based paints for plamo?

>>5983941

you mean enamels? or actual artists oils?

>>5983918
Nice i was planning to do mine with gunmetal over the gray

>>5983945
I mean Linseed oil based paint, if we're being specific. So actual artist oils.

>>5983958

yeah that sounds cool, I think you could do tons of different cool knight themes with this kit, I may even get another one and do some sort of edgy black knight build

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>>5983968

They are great for more diffuse washes, but they stay wet for so long that it's really not ideal for any area painting. the whole reason enamels are used instead is that they dry much harder and adhere more strongly. A big part of what you want in model painting, but most especially in gunpla painting, is durable paints that can hold up to the posing and stress of assembly that most other models never have to deal with.

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Does anyone else have really hot hands?

My hands are just unusually warm and I have to wear gloves during assembly with even 3 day dried enamels because I can put a finger print impression in the paint just by heat. I usually wear gloves during assembly to avoid this, or even assemble outside on a little table when it's colder.

>>5983979
The main reason I'm set on using Linseed-based is that I want to make my own custom paint for what will hopefully be a "Wow" factor.

>>5983999
>my own custom paint
I have no idea what you mean, but I doubt you'll get very good results. There's a reason linseed oil paints are only used for washes

>>5983999
>a "Wow" factor.

Oh, you'll certainly get that.

Though it'll be a "wow, look at how much paint comes off whenever I touch it" factor.

>>5983999

I think you should explain a bit more because it's easy to write this off as a bad idea. Are you planning on doing something like an art project gundam where you fully glue the whole kit and handpaint it like a canvas or something? Or are you actually planning on trying to touch and pose this after.

>>5984007

>you will never have a 1/48 Zaku II hand-painted as a mural of the rise of zeon, starting with the death of zeon zun deikun

>>5984005
D-Doesn't a top coat fix this issue?
>>5984007
I'll probably pose it once and leave it in that pose, it's not going to be an action figure or anything.

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I wanted to topcoat the bigass backpack but the weather went to shit

>>5983994
Yes. My fingers are extremely warm and I have the same issue. But I'm unusually warm in general

>>5984012

you'd be better off gluing every joint in the pose so it never sags or moves

topcoat isn't normally used on paints as thick as artists oils, and I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone try, so you're going to have to go there yourself I think

>>5984018
>>5984012
Top coat probably won't fix the problem, as it probably won't be able to bind to the plastic through the thick paint

>>5984026

>top coat bind to the plastic

wut

Thanks for the feedback. I'll check back in a month or two or whenever I get the paint together and let you guys know how it works (or how badly it doesn't work)

>>5983973
I thought about doing something like that too but I recently got a pair of revive gyans cheap. I think I'll do my gyancelot as a captain with gunmetal/blue/gold and the gyans as lackey knights with gunmetal/red/silver

>>5984016
You're lucky to have good weather this time of the year, I have to wait until Late April probably to paint/top coat again

thinking of getting back into the gundams and saw 1/144 HG Julieta's Mobile Reginlaze & 1/144 HG Gundam Gusion Rebake Full City look pretty decent but from gundam blog guy's pictures they both have an internal skeleton I thought only RG had those when did HG start getting a skeleton??

>>5984155
The HG IBO have an inner frame gimick, although some of the newer HGs (circa Char's Origin Zaku II) have partial inner frames

>>5984155
It's a thing with IBO.

>1/144 gusion is 13 bucks shipped on amazon prime

frog me up

>>5984201
I got one partially to sacrifice to the plamo guides to git gud and partially to play with my Arbalest since it's sufficiently froglike enough to not set off my Autism. Them Grazes are looking nice too though.

>>5984271

yeah graze custom is at 9 bucks

>That dreaded feeling when you run out of HG kits in the $10-15 range and have to start paying $20 or more for a kit you like.

How do you people do this? Maybe I'm just stingy or something.

>>5984338

>that dreaded feeling that i paid 60 usd for a MG FAZZ but i'll never build it.

higher price = higher quality, no?

>>5984338

buy tools

>>5984338
I bought a PG and a Sazabi ver ka just the other day and paid for shipping from japan as well, I'm not sure what you're talking about.

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Does anyone have an old HG Qubeley and Gabthley?I was going to make a vaguely FSS inspired kitbash and wanted to know if pic related is possible.

>>5984338
Bunch of SDs are getting reprinted.

>>5984338
where do you buy your kits? US o JP?

>>5984338
I wait for price drops or buy in bulk from GundamPlanet since I live close by. They give 15% off vouchers for every $150 you spend.

>>5984155
Some HG having been regularly getting bits and pieces of inner frame for a couple years now with hguc F91 having the most of any recent kit....until IBO.

IBO kits have been getting almost full inner frames on about half their kits.

>>5984161
>although some of the newer HGs (circa Char's Origin Zaku II) have partial inner frames

Goes back further than that by several years.

>>5984345
No. Higher price = more plastic.

>>5983195
Yeah but he went with a smooth metallic finish in the end, so was he attempting the equivalent of smoothing out a brushed-on primer substitute? It makes no sense because he has an AB anyway.

>>5983994
>I have to wear gloves during assembly with even 3 day dried enamels because I can put a finger print impression in the paint just by heat. I usually wear gloves during assembly to avoid this, or even assemble outside on a little table when it's colder.

Enamels take a week to cure. Artist's oils are handle-able in three days at least.

>>5984362
As a guy who has 'em, no, the arm connection is impossible without modding, the pegs are too different.

The waist connection is possible with a little bit of trimming.

>>5984409
Kotobukiya fails at both

>>5984430
AJ, thanks. Could you take a picture of the pegs and connections for the arms?

>>5984443
Sorry, don't have a camera on me, you'll just have to take my word unfortunately.
I also have no idea how it'd work out with the Qubeley Revive assuming you got one of those as opposed to the old Qubeley.

>>5984452
No I've got the original mold. Thank you, though.

>>5984453
You can check dalong for the manuals to get an idea at least

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>>5984362
Pic related is possible.

Gunpla is fucking freedom.

>>5984453
Maybe you could check Dalong? It might help.

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Spent maybe 3 or so Hours finally building my Barbatos Lupus.
Kept getting distracted by stuff.

I went over the Yellow Grills and the Horns in the Metallic Gold and really love how it came out.

>>5984374
Oh good. Hoping for a reprint of the Mk-II Titans.

>>5984377
Through US Amazon , usually via Japanese Hobby Shop, or anyplace with decent prices and free shipping.

>>5984395
Sounds like you have a good deal going on with that. I've spent between seventy and ninety dollars over the last few years on kits. Bit leery on just jumping in and buying the more expensive stuff.

Is there a comprehensive list of Eva Unit 01 kits/reviews? I'm thinking of picking one up, but don't know where to start.

>>5984474
Doesn't really goes well with your point, this thing is a statue made from gunpla parts glued together. It has articulations to take into account.

>>5984481
start with the technique impossible

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>call it a 2.0
>don't give it 2.0 hands
>new plasma beam cannon gimmick with bare white plastic innards

Should have just called it remastered like the other seed boys earlier. This ain't no 2.0.

Also, having not built a master grade in almost 6 months, I've forgotten how lazy I've become at life in general.

>>5984484
>hurr hurr is simple snapfit tier kitbash possible
>a totally non-related thing that has absolutely nothing to do with gunpla is possible using gunpla parts, what do you think?

Might as well ask if it's possible to build an actual working bridge with meccano or if it's possible to build a house made of nothing else but LEGO.

>>5984491

inexperience gunpla people have a difficult time with the distinction between possible, probable, and achievable for a particular person

>>5984479
>Hoping for a reprint of the Mk-II Titans.

Because I love you. And I love the Mk-II

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1051764115&ref=list

>>5984479
Have you tried in Hobby Link Japan? They have good prices (lots of kits for 10 or 15 dollars) and nice shipping if you buy 4 or 5 kits per order.

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>>5984490
well, the backpack is the laziest seciton
the actual body is a VAST improvement over the original Freedom MG

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Recently introduced some friends to gunpla. One of them finished the snapfit of their first kit tonight.

>>5984539
I can't see the safety nubs so that's nice.

>>5984536
I love the wings, spread out it looks amazing. Just the plasma cannon gimmick really isn't needed.

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>>5984546
I told them only children leave them on.
Other friend's astray with my Gouf resting in the back.

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>>5984547
the full span takes a lot of space

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How's this look?

>>5984558
Only don't like the feet. Shoulders work.

>>5984558

looks insignificantly different

>>5984345
For bandai Hg it usually means larger or more bulk mechs, but Expensive is never better just look at MG The-O.

>>5984515
I'll have to find a way to translate and possibly order from that site. Three of my favorite Gundams right there.

>>5984525
Depends on how I can purchase from them online. I stick to gift cards/cash cards because I find the idea of digital transactions to be worrying.

>>5984566
I use a debit card/paypal with them (HLJ) and Mandarake, which by the way have an english version of the page just check the upper right of the page.

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>>5984559
I can't make them look as tall as they really are thanks to Dalong's weird pics for Barbatos 6th form, but I like them a bit more than Kimaris' feet.
>>5984561
I see what you mean, how about using the chest of Barbatos?

>>5984584
Don't listen to that guy. Keep the Kimaris chest. It's beautiful. Maybe swap out the waist or arms if you really care. Kimaris strong points for me are: legs, feet, chest, and head.

>accidentally spill my luminol on my Gundams
>they light up like christmas trees

>>5984588

at that point what does the kit gain over just being a kimaris

is it 15-20 dollars better than a kimaris because it has grimgerd shoulders and clown shoes?

>>5984592
I have no idea, but he apparently doesn't want it to be a Kimaris Trooper which is more than perfect to me.

>>5984592
>>5984598
I'm just kinda throwing ideas around. I do like the Trooper a lot, but I'm trying to get some other input. The 6th Form chest is neat too.

>>5984603
Try the gusion rebake
That shit has a lot going on with it

Anyone have any tips for using dry transfers? I can get some on easily, but others I rip and they look like poo.

It's also hard to get them into place and keep them there, even with tape. Some of them are too small to get a proper piece of tape on both sides to keep it steady. Any other methods I should try?

>>5984617
Throw them in the trash and get waterslides. Seriously though, waterslides are like 100% easier and you can get them on ebay or through Samueldecal.

>>5984617

I literally just put them in the middle of a whole piece of tape so they stay down until the transfer is done. Cut them as small as possible too.

>>5984628
Alright, thanks man.

>>5984608
You know, I was actually considering the Full City only because I know for a fact it can use the option set 5 sword. Although, the Full City is a bit too bulky for what I'm going for.

But Trooper is backordered on HLJ. When are their shipments again?

>>5984628
How many entries so far for secret Santa?

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>>5983994

>>5984636
No clue. I got mine at a Hobby town

>>5984589
Any reason you had luminol out with your Gundams?

>>5984550
I sort of like the Ashtray design. This seems very wrong.

>>5984656
I don't, but he's the kind of edgy guy that lends well to the more popular kits like that.

>>5984638
17

Why do you guys hate the Astray so much anyways? Did it kill your waifu?

>>5984680
astray ugliness is a meme

>>5984680
Too edgy for some people. I say it's not edgy enough.

>>5984550
Group Gunpla building sounds like fun.

>>5984682
It is insanely ugly though.

>>5984675
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

>>5984692
A lot of people have local meet ups, but I try to keep it to friends. I'm hoping for us to have a big meet for our Christmas exchange this year.

Just been sitting at work waiting for tickets to come in and got into thinking.

How the fuck do I make sure all my Gunpla, built or unbuilt, action figures, gokins, video games, shoes, clothes and other materialistic bullshit goes to a good home when I die alone and lonely surrounded by all this things I love but are not capable of loving me back?

Do I write a will saying that they should all go to all my buddies in the Gunpla General thread on /toy/ and /m/? What if 4chan doesnt exist anymore then?

I dont want it to go to fucking Salvation Army or some shitfuck Goodwill store who'll profit off of it and pocket the money or use it for a cause I really dont give a fuck about.

>>5984733
It will probably be trashed.
That's what I assumed will happen to the video games I still hold onto.

>>5984733
you can set it up to be given out at random on 4chan. if 4chan doesnt exist anymore you can update the will.

>>5984733
nigga you'd be dead at that point and would not give a single fuck

>>5984733
Fuck that, I'm telling my family to burn it all.

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Zephyr's cute but her poseability is more limited than I thought it would be. Also koto plastic does not take to files easily. Had to get a fine sanding stick to get the scratches to stop showing through the paint.

>>5984810
Yeah, Zephyr's based on Stylet which was one of the original two Frame Arms kits, which are pretty rough design wise. Newer ones have fewer problems thankfully.

Also yes, Koto's plastic is slightly more...rough? Or something, compared to Bandai's. I had to use fine sandpaper a lot more than regular on a few pieces of the FAG Baselard.

>>5984813
>newer ones have fewer problems
Thats good to hear, i have both upcoming daos po'd since their designs scratch that ground troop grunt itch.

On an unrelated note I hope zephyr gets the f.a.g. treatment. Will be a little disappointing if the bust is small though

>>5984558
You'll need to heavily modify the hip thrusters to go on Kimaris. Kimaris Trooper uses a ball connector instead of a peg for the side skirt pieces.

>>5984818
Same here, they released already, just waiting on shipping confirmation. Also, I'm kind of surprised they haven't done any variants of Stiletto yet since we've got...three Gourai variants?

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>>5984556
Try the wingspan on the PG

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Turns out the Waterproof gundam has more color seperation in the plastic than initially believed, all the more to hate bandai for making this p-bandai over the shitty local type.

>>5984885
im surprised the white color on the legs aren't stickers

>>5984813
It says in the guide that the real grade "tend to have idiosyncratic issues" what do you mean by this?

>>5984338
I'm in the same boat as well.
Right now I buy from amazon because prime and I have nothing in restocks to buy from HLJ for private warehouse and most HGs are 20 dollars and if I'm paying 20 dollars for a HG I might as well get an RG.

>>5982846
where's the saber from?

>>5984902
it helps that it uses the Gundam Local Type-style legs that are just two halves so they just sandwich together with a white part in the middle.

>>5984680

the ugliness mostly, also it's not very attractive and there is something off about the look, ie it's bad

>>5984952
http://hlj.com/product/KBYMG-04/Sci

>>5985108
>the ugliness mostly
>also not very attractive
this is the most redundent sentence ive seen all week

>>5985179

hey you got it!

>>5985181
there is nothing to get. i hope thats not what you consider a joke.

>>5985224

anon are you ok? I'm sorry you thought I made a mistake when I was clearly being redundant on purpose, you don't need to make a bigger issue out of this

>>5985228
why be redundent on purpose for no reason

>>5985238
Autism.

>>5984733
>you'll never receive an in-box PG Unicorn in the mail from a dead anon
>you'll never build it and make it look absolutely perfect in his memory

>>5984840
That's PG Strike Freedom, he posted Freedom 2.0. Different mobile suits.

>>5985332
That's sad. I do not need these feels.

>>5985361
Same suit different scale. The point I was trying to make is the size of the wingspan going between the two scales

>>5985385
I want to spend hours, solid days even, working painstakingly on clearing out as much of his HG backlog as is humanly possible so they can display as many nicely assembled and lined HGs as possible at his funeral.

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Can anyone recommend some hg gumpla with a second face? Or anything gurren lagann -esque? I'm already looking at the 00 seraphim and one of the astrays that has a face on it's shield.

>>5984929

I have 8 real grades and it is my favorite line and most of the issues I have are with the joints, especially with suits that have larger weapons. Over time they just give out and become very loose. I heard this is made worse if you change their poses frequently.

The other issue that people claim to have but I don't have a problem with is they tend to "explode" when handling them. Because of their small size and high detail, some pieces can shoot off or just fall off when handling them.

However I don't have this issue because I tend to cement small pieces that wont be moving and handle them very gingerly.

>>5985483
>handle them very gingerly.
Ham hander detected

>>5985444
Seraphim reminds me a bit of the Gundam Mk-II in best colors. Might have to price one now.

>>5985444
The End Gundam has multiple faces.

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I want 1/100 Grimgerde, but afraid they will release upgraded form or other variant during mid season 2

New thread: >>5985631

>>5985444
Seriously? Devil Gundam.