Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General

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These metallic sharpies aren't bad. First attempt at using them.

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>tfw backlog won't stop growing

At least I started on the 6th form

>>6234653
hmmmm I want that bugu... kind of...

>>6234660
Not kind of, you WANT it.

Seriously, one of the best things ever shat out by the hguc line.

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>>6234653
>all those Barbatos

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>>6234712

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>>6229553
I found the contents of the boxes, I honestly thought I sold all these.

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>>6234722

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>>6234723

>>6234635
>These metallic sharpies aren't bad. First attempt at using them.
Where did you pick them up at?
I've been using Paint Markers myself, but they only come in a limited selection of Metallic.

>>6234735
>>6234735
Wal mart. Like $5 for a 3 pack with gold silver and bronze. Liking it so far.

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The P-Bandai McGillis Graze Ritter doesn't even fucking come with 2 swords. It's the same fucking kit in different plastic and twice as expensive!

Jesus fuck, Bandai.

inb4 snapfags defend this.

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I know this might be frowned upon but can anyone help me make a 3d printed design of the handles for pic related?
The measurements for what I've been able to get is

Handle Measurements
Diameter= 0.75 inches
Length= 4.75 inches
Beveling/rounded area= 0.75 inches

Hole Measurement 2 types
Blades= 0.5 mm thick
6mm wide
25 mm length

Chisels= 2mm thick
2mm wide
6mm length

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>>6234856
I started trying to learn 3d printing in January after my uncle bought me some hobby chisels when he visited.
My graphics card crapped out when I was like a week in and Zotac has been shitting the bed with my RMA :/

>>6234848
why would you get those in the first place?
something like rg astraea, hg cathedral or mg tallgeese 3 i can get, but straight recolor?

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Since I'm pretty sure getting a smooth metal finish is impossible by hand paint, I decide to give spray cans a shot.

It looks more shiny in person but I'm not sure if it was worth it. First try for everything though.

>>6234856

why you mix inches and milliliters?

just use sketchup and find some shady plugin to convert them into 3d print format you need lmao.

you should think twice before doing it, 3d print ed objects are way too fragile and bristle, i would hate if a chisel explodes in my hand.

If you have a set of chisel blades and no handle, why not drill holes of same size on a pencil or wood chopstick?

or maybe you could buy actual chisel handles, you know.

>>6233345
Nice shot in the sun there. Planning on picking up the special edition for my first MG.
I don't think I can bring myself to panel line it until I either paint it or get past its 'lifespan' in the show - all of past Gundam here I come!
It just looks so classic without that and without the stickers applied.

>>6234792
>Wal mart. Like $5 for a 3 pack with gold silver and bronze. Liking it so far.
That's alright, but I already have Gold and Silver paint, so I was hoping for things like Red or Green for optics.

>>6234848
>The P-Bandai McGillis Graze Ritter doesn't even fucking come with 2 swords. It's the same fucking kit in different plastic and twice as expensive!
I KNOW RIGHT?!?!

>>6234875
>but straight recolor?
Hell it's barely even a RECOLOR, going from Turquoise to Blue and changing the fucking STICKERS!
And they SERIOUSLY couldn't include a second, SINGLE PIECE KNIGHT BLADE?!?!

>>6234892
>why you mix inches and millimeters
bad habit i picked from a part time job where both were used

I was using freecadsweb to learn before my computer broke.

I haven't found a chisel handle I liked because the ones like olfa 9164 are too small for my ham hands

>>6234886

I too prefer spray cans for metallics. Unless it's tiny details, then you can get decent results, sort of.

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>>6234954
Yeah, if I see any metallics in other colors, I'll let you know. I wanted a pink for the vidar's cream sections, honestly.

Got the silver, gold and bronze on the Vidar, now. I need to topcoat it whenever I get a chance.

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who /procrastinating/ on this sunday? currently having a great time cleaning up these hy-gogg pieces

>>6235096
I've been sitting here debating starting on the Jesta, but I just got done with the Vidar.

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>>6235101
Forgot pic

>>6235102
start that bad boy

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>>6235105
Gonna play a little titanfall and go see the gf, but I'll definitely start getting the runners cleaned off tonight.

I really need to get an LED for it.

Anyone built the dragon momoko tallgeese 3? Is it any good?

>>6234447
I guess.
There's this Kuboten page that says they can middleman for parts, though I haven't checked where they ship, but I don't live in the US and while there are middleman services that can ship them to me, at two middlemen it's cheaper to just get the whole thing save for the clutter of having a bunch of boxes laying around.

>>6235096
Santa Rosa represent?

>>6234856
That's a couple hundred in chisels
Moderately jelly

How do I git gud at applying tiny decals

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>>6235190
good tweezers, warm water (yes, even for stick-ons) good lighting, patience.

I havent built anything in a few weeks. Stupid sexy Berserk Musou and Breath of the Wild.

>>6235212
What's the hot water do?

>>6235212
>good tweezers
sure
>warm water (yes, even for stick-ons)
don't do this
>good lighting
absolutely
>patience
for sure
>applying stickers across gaps in armor or thick panel lines
god in heaven no don't do this. cut the sticker in pieces

>>6235217
warm. gets rid of the static, makes it slippery easier to apply / reposition. Just make sure to dab with with a dry cloth to dry it out.

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Doing a very small amount of weathering and chipping across the hi nu. Nerve wracking to say the least as I'd rather not ruin this thing.

I thought the Gunpla Expo was supposed to be this weekend, or is it next?

>>6235143
close, seattle

>>6235094
>Yeah, if I see any metallics in other colors, I'll let you know. I wanted a pink for the vidar's cream sections, honestly.
I'll probably take a look myself as well, were they in the Arts and Crafts or Office Supply section?

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How well do these work? Can't seem to find a single English review

>>6235380
Arts and crafts I think. It was a big section full of markers and junk.

>>6235094
Those bronze sections look nice. The panel lining is pretty crisp too

>>6234653
Amateur. Sitting at sixty backlog because I'm lazy as fuck.

>>6235399
Thanks. Gonna try to topcoat it later this week. Gonna use testors dullcote coat since it's all we've got around here.
I really need to get on painting my Graze

>>6235382
wtf are those

>>6235268
Didn't realize guayaki distributed that far, I've only ever seen those for sale in santa rosa.

>>6235453
Satellite tools pen liners

Basically scribers

>>6235467
they look like disposable scalpels or someshit

how much are they?

>>6234722
awesome

>>6235470
1.2k yen or something like that

Has anyone tried thinning tamiya paint with the acrysion solvents? Or used x20-a with acrysion?

>>6235524
that's retarded

you can get a Mr Line Chisel for only 500yen more and it is one of the best line scribers out there

https://hlj.com/product/GNZGT65

>>6235538
Do you have one? I was worried that the hooked shape tip would be less effective in certain spots than a normal pointed tip scriber

Like removing excess material in tight spaces, for example inside of a rectangular lens after seam welding

>>6235541
hook works better than straight for scribing as it doesn't tend to jump off as much

you are not going to use a scriber for removing material, there are normal chisels for that

>>6235548
I was hoping to use them for both scribing and chiselling

Maybe I'll get Mr line for the sizes I want to scribe in and a normal chisel or two

And recommendations for chisels? (besides bmc)

>>6235565
there is a straight version of Mr Chisel, it takes a bunch of different interchangeable blades:
https://hlj.com/product/GNZGT75

Wave also makes chisels:
https://hlj.com/product/WAVHT-511
https://hlj.com/product/WAVHT-514

>>6235212
Oh god, you bought a switch?

>>6235599
>being surprised by people in a gunpla thread flushing money down the toilet

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Zoto Gondom

>>6235637
did his engineer take thalidomide?

So i just got home from trip to a not so local hobby store, and for whatever reason they're putting all their recognista stock on clearance with discounts of all around 30%. There's an entire shelf of just mack knives, and another with a mixture of dahacks, bullocks, monteros, and a few other things.

Do people not like recognista? Did it sell poorly in general or just at this shop?

>>6234848
I just like collecting variants. I've got every HG graze released except for the option pack. I've got like four default graze, two normal ritters, and two normal schwalbe, plus the two reginglaze variants, all the other graze, and almost everything else that's got graze parts in it.

I started doing the same with zaku prior to ibo, but there's too many, and graze are so much more affordable.

Maybe it's autism, maybe it's maybelline.

>>6235703
recongista was a flop in general

the kit engineering of the kits were mediocre for modern HGs (with a few exceptions)

>>6235703
Not a lot of people like the show. Can't say how well it did in plamo sales overall, but it probably didn't sell like hotcakes while the show was running.
Which is a shame, the kits are nice except for G-Self and I wished they make more kits of other designs too (Hecate, Recksnow, Moran, ReGIT, the list goes on)

>>6235703
Engineering is pretty shite, and the advertisement didn't do so hot. But the engineering is really shit, compared to age which had pretty great kits.

That said, elf bullock, montero, gastima, dahack and of course the grimore are nice designs worth getting, since pretty much everyone is trying to clear stock

>>6235721
>>6235723
>>6235728
Wow, that's a real shame. Personally I've really enjoyed all the recognista kits I've built. I love the style too. And the engineering is a lot better than a lot of other hg kits I've built.

>>6234635
For some reason all the Sharpie silvers and golds I buy never have good inkflow. They quickly get patchy-looking like the gold on your chestpiece there. The only one that really works reliably for me is the bronze...

>>6235733
The engineering is still modern gunpla engineering, but there's a difference in mechanical designers for the shows. AGE, IBO and GBF had Kanetake Ebikawa who is really great toyetic designs that translate into gunpla well.

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>>6235733
What >>6235768 said. The Reco kits do have decent joints, but they started the line with the G Self which actively blocks the double jointed elbows and makes them useless.

Later in the line, they say fuck it and make the G Arcane, which is fucking phenomenal, and then they ignore that and go back to limited articulation with the Jahannams. The line is all over the fucking place at that point.

Also gonna post my G self wip

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>>6235768
Ebikawa only did a couple of the ibo designs like the graze. Its other mechanical designers were the same as G Reco.

>>6235589
>https://hlj.com/product/WAVHT-511
There's also this: https://hlj.com/product/prokk-126/Sup
0.2 mm chisels, saws, and a plate file with three different grits. You can put them on a small cutter handle.

Also those Wave Chisels also needs to be sharpened since they are a bit dull out of their packaging.

>>6235782
That looks great. The astaroth bits are a nice touch.

I'd heard that g-self was trash, which is a shame since it's a neat design.

And yeah the jahan is pretty flaccid when it comes to engineering, but it's aesthetically pleasing at least. Actually on second thought, it loses a lot of points in my book for that awful quality eye sticker. What a joke.

I don’t know, a lot of the design choices seem like almost the 'alpha' or test run for ibo. Like ibo learned from all the mistakes made by reco.

There's a lot of parallels in the two series of kits, just in practical design or engineering. At least that's what it seems like to me.

Okay so if there's the graze, the leo, and the jahan, what other zaku-types are there in the gundam extended universe?

>>6235819
Busshi, Jenice, GINN, Zaku Warrior, Tieren, Hi-Mock?

>>6235808
Maybe that's why I own 4 grazes but nothing from S2.

>>6235823
Only Grazes?

>>6235817
Photoetch tools always feels dubious to me.
And I also wonder if I can use a sharpened precision screwdriver instead of the flat wave chisel

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>>6235808
>Its other mechanical designers were the same as G Reco.
Was. That one guy did pretty much 90% of Reco MS/MA designs except for G-self and Recten/Recsnow, which were done by the guy that did Street Fighter designs.
There are actually 5 designers in IBO:
>Ebikawa (All Grazes, Valkyrja frames, Flauros, Tekkadan flagship Isaribi, cockpit designs)
>Washio (All Barbatos, both Rebakes, Hashmal, Bael)
>Gyoubu (Rodi frames, Hugo, Shiden, frog Gusion, all Kimaris, both Astaroths and Vual, Rustal's flagship Skipjack, Vidar)
>Shinohara (Hyakuren, Hyakuri, Rouei, Hekija, Kallisto, Triaina, Dantalion (pic related))
>Teraoka (all mobile workers and most carriers)

>>6235834
Very interesting, thanks for posting this breakdown. I have learned from this that Gyoubu is god-tier, everyone else can get fucked.

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>open new gunpla kit
>notice that one of the pieces have fallen off its runner
>inspect said piece, visible and noticeable stress marks on the nub, like as if someone tore it out of the runner forcefully with their hands
>sanding it down did not make the stress mark disappear
P A I N

Someone posted in the last thread that
>now Amazon is starting to stock PBandai with Prime shipping
Is there any way to get a list of em, or am I gonna have to just look up random exclusive kits to find out? I'm pretty sure they're not labeled "P-Bandai" anymore, since that search term mostly just brings up the same old list of expensive kits shipped from Japan.

>>6235834
Oh my goodness, are we getting a kit of that gorgeous hunk of metal?

>>6235820
Wow the zaku family is a lot larger than i thought.

But someone explain to me why the jenice apparently doesn't deserve an HG, MG, or even a Re1/100?

I can understand the busshi being overlooked though.

I think I'll have to put together a zaku family portrait some day, with all the kits of all the 1/144 zaku-likes. Now that's an aspiration.

Also, does the hi-mock count? Isn't it sort of like a bastard? I've never watched whatever series it's from but i always assumed it was a plagiarised version of the zaku.

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>>6235855
>Oh my goodness, are we getting a kit of that gorgeous hunk of metal?
Dantalion?
I suppose.

>>6235829
Yeah. Kimaris Trooper and Barbatos Lupus are in my "maybe eventually" list though.

>>6235855
those are just notzaku outside UC.
In UC? zaku II alone has a alot of variants and families. And then there's the notzaku within UC (den'an zon, zolo, whatever jupiter empire has for notzaku, and their respective variants).
as for jenice, my guess it's because it was a blatant notzaku, but zaku warriors exist and that had kits, so I don't know.
hi-mock originally was mock which was supposed to be a ripoff of gunpla in-universe or something like that.

>>6235870
I need to start writing all these down.

Fuck me, if I'm serious about this all the zaku IIs alone will take ages with my current budget.

What do you think? Should I do it?

>>6235818
The G-Self's biggest issue to me was that it's a fucking sticker fest. The forhead jewel is the worst offender since the sticker just will not sit straight or stay on no matter what you do. Not as big a deal for someone with more experience that paints their kits, but as someone just starting out it was a frustrating mess to work with.

>>6235885
depends
if you just want to focus on universes alone there's uc, fc, ac, aw, cc, ce, ad, ag, rc, pd and build fighters universe.
that's eleven zakus.
and that's not counting sequels, ovas and shit.

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>>6235832
>Photoetch tools always feels dubious to me.
Photoetch saws are god-tier.

>if I can use a sharpened precision screwdriver instead of the flat wave chisel
If you can sharpen it well, I don't see why not, but cheap screwdrivers are often made of cheap metal that won't hold the edge.

>>6235834
The rebakes are Gyoubu too I believe. I'd be curious to see Washio do a grunt suit for Gundam. It would either be really great or really awful.

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>>6234928
I had a very difficult time deciding if I should line mine or not. I ended up doing it and adding the stickers. I like the way mine turned out, especially for my first kit. It isn't top coated in this pic but adding a few coats of Tamyia flat coat really makes the details pop.

>>6234928
Thank you so much.

If I knew with 100% certainty that I could panel-line and apply decals with not a single screw-up, I'd got for it, but that's one of the few Gundams out there that looks spectacular just out of the box, you know?

>>6235849
Speaking of stress marks, would hairdryer do the trick for stress marks on bended thin parts, like Reborns' wings? I know it did for TF, but no idea if it would as well on gunpla kits.

>>6235995
Well, he did the Thrones and Arche before, but the mass production suits based on Thrones, GN-X series, was done by Ebikawa.
Also, I don't know about the first Rebake but Washio himself confirmed that he did Full City.

>>6236024
Tips for future kits: more than one coat of Tamiya flat is a waste. It won't get any flatter. Just make sure you have good coverage and leave it be. Remove clear parts before flatcoating if you didn't already, it will frost them.

>>6236059
>it will frost them.
Any tips on curing that?

>>6236063
Try the usual methods for stripping paint? Idk. To be honest with you, I accidentally frosted a clear part once, and I just have not been able to get it clear again no matter what I tried. So...try your best and run through all the ways I guess. Hope it goes better for you than it did for me.

>>6236063
>>6236065
1000/2000/4000/8000 polishing compound, works every tiem

>>6234653
I'll take that Tallgeese off your hands if you don't want it. ;)

>>6236059
I know that it won't look any flatter. I do two or three coats to make sure I have good coverage.

As for the clear parts, yeah gotta mask those. My MG Zaku II will be the next kit I coat so I'll need to mask the visor with some tape. I also have an HGUC Ground GM I have but the head and visor are so small I don't know how I'll be able to mask it. I may try to pop the visor back out but I may just skip coating the HG all together.

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>>6235859
>>6235834
What the fuck is this shit?

>>6236095
Another tip for the future. When I know there will be clear parts involved I build everything into "chunks," basically assembling everything except those clear parts, and then spray the parts, pop in the clear piece, assemble the chunks, and bam, you're done.

Way easier than masking and totally risk-free. I mean, sometimes you get leaks and stuff, yknow? Better safe than sorry. I mean, think about it--if this were an action figure you'd HAVE to mask the clear parts, but this is gunpla, and you have the benefit of having it come unassembled. Why throw away that privilege?

>>6236119
the arms for wrasslin

>>6236119
>USED TO PLAY COLLEGE BALL

>>6236119
>What the fuck is this shit?

Heavyarms.

>>6236121
Yeah I hear ya. Some kits you're stuck masking the clear parts like the Zaku. I mean I could pop the clear visor and monoeye off but then I'm getting paint inside the head internals. But if I do decide to topcoat like the Ground GM for instance, I'll just pop the visor off.

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>>6236059
>>6236095
>>6236121
>masking clear parts
consider for the moment the real-life sizes of those things and how likely they are to stay shiny/glossy/polished in real life scenarios

>>6236137
I give no fucks about a little paint getting inside the internals. If you're really afraid of it, it's way easier to stuff the insides with paper towels or messily masking tape them up than it is to precisely mask a visible clear part. The former, if you get a little leak who cares, it's on the inside and nobody will ever see that small blemish. The latter, it will be plainly visible and a bitch to fix.

In the end it's still up to you, but I'm telling ya, I've been doing this for over a decade and simply taking the clear parts out of the equation has worked better for me 100% of the time.

>>6236144
You do have good points. Why introduce risk when there's a method that involves none?

>>6236143
There is some truth to this, but I like the look of clear plastic and refuse to waste it. And anyway, even if I were going that route, I'd be carefully drybrushing or applying a little weathering powder to the clear part, not going FUCK MASKING and just covering it in uniform flatcoat.

>>6236148
>be carefully drybrushing or applying a little weathering powder to the clear part
both would require some form of flat coat to be there first or they simply won't stay on

>>6236155
Uh...nah, not really? I've done both to bare clear plastic? I mean, maybe it would work BETTER with a flatcoat there, but like I said, I don't wanna frost the piece, and in any case, your assertion that it won't work at all is incorrect

posted this on the /m/ gunpla thread but it seems to be slow atm.

So, I broke a the part on the backpack of my RX-78-02 The Origin that holds the right beam saber. it fell over and the saber handle caught on something and snapped the peg right off. I tried using tweezers to try to pry the peg out of the handle but it just ended up making it worse. Now I noticed that I have one of those nifty Bluefin caution labels on the box. I got the kit as a gift but my brother, who got it for me, kept the receipts for all the gifts he gave out this year so I have that as well. Now does Bluefin still provide replacement parts if I send them a picture of the broken parts, the original receipt from where he bought it, and the Bluefin sticker and UPC, will they still send me replacement parts? I tried looking it up online but I could only get results from a few years ago, what else I can find seems to indicate they'll help me. I live in the US by the way.

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>>6235386
>Arts and crafts I think. It was a big section full of markers and junk.
Alright, we've only got a "Mini-Super" so it has truncated sections, though our Arts and Crafts is decently sized due to being one of the only markets in an artist heavy area.

>>6235834
>>Gyoubu (Rodi frames, Hugo, Shiden, frog Gusion, all Kimaris, both Astaroths and Vual, Rustal's flagship Skipjack, Vidar)
He was G Reco's designer, right?
Even his stuff got more toyetic with the Rodi's and Shiden.

>>6235869
>Yeah. Kimaris Trooper and Barbatos Lupus are in my "maybe eventually" list though.
Pick up a Man Rodi, they're actually a pretty solid kit despite the non-feet, and we're geting Landman Rodi feet in an option kit with Graze Rifles and Land-type Graze Feet and back-pack.

>>6236189
No idea, but you should at least give it a shot. Nothing to lose, right? FWIW though, I got a SHF with a broken piece a few years back, emailed them, and they didn't even answer me. I even included a pic of the Bluefin sticker on the box to prove I bought it from them.

>>6235869
>>6236205
Definitely get Kimaris Trooper (best out of the Kimaris series IMO) and Man Rodi. Those two, along with frog Gusion, are my favorite IBO kits.

>>6236205
>Even his stuff got more toyetic with the Rodi's and Shiden.
I don't think you know what toyetic means.

>>6236031
>but Washio himself confirmed that he did Full City.
That's really surprising. It feels way outside his usual organic style.

>>6236189
Pin vise and drill

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I just ordered 3 little ones to build. I'm wondering how hard are they to build. I have a little 11 year old brother who would love to try building one.

>>6236130
>I could break Chocoman in two with my bare hands!

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>>6236245
The ones you ordered are attached to the plastic runner("frame") in the same way as other gundam kits. You need to use a hobby nipper or some other technique like shaving or sanding to remove the nubs.

Later kid-oriented kits like recent BBsenshi, Sangokuden, LBX, etc kits use this simplified gates (pic) that allow the parts to be easily twisted off, just leaving a tiny nub-mark behind.

>>6236119
A gundam exclusive to the gundam tryage arcade game. Ibo must be selling well if even that is getting a kit.

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>>6236205
I like your meme.

>>6234721
Except it doesn't.

>>6236261
I wish all kits used these gates honestly. I don't see any downside to them and they would make things more friendly for snappers while creating less work cleaning nubs for more serious modelers.

I usually do the whole careful snip and denub w/ knife thing, but sometimes when I'm tired I just wanna twist and snap.

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>>6236233
>I don't think you know what toyetic means.
The Man Rodi, for all of it's faults, is actually a pretty playable little model.
I've yet to get my hands on a Shiden, but at worst it's probably Graze level of fragility.

>>6236274
THEN YOU CAN HAVE ANOTHER!

>>6235834
>Washio
Now I know who to blame, thanks.

>>6236323
pretty sure these kinds of gates make it harder to inject plastic (small cross section) so large or complex parts are out

>>6236119
>skipping leg day

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Alright, I'm a shit tier newbie and I'm looking to fix the Helmwige's face.
What would you recommend to get its eyes corrected?

Birthday surprise help! Planning a scavenger hunt for my husband's birthday and I want an awesome model as one of the final gifts. I know he's a fan of 0083 but I haven't watched it yet. Can someone recommend a good kit? I want something elaborate and detailed as he's very skillful. I guess it's a matter of taste, but any advice would help. I may break down and watch it between now and then...

>>6236119
Retarded

>>6236119
How the hell did Lowe Guele get into IBO?

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Working on a 1/72 bandai X-wing, still working on all the panel masking so there's no weathering yet, but I'm really happy with it so far. Seriously tedious painting because the chipping fluid means each panel has to be cleared too or they pull off when the next one is masked.

>>6236655
Looks pretty good. What do you use for chipping?

how do you guys go about pre washing your kits for painting?

>>6236702

This is mig ammo chipping fluid but I've used hairspray too and they aren't much different.

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How's everyone's builds prgoressing? I've got all my Jesta runners cleaned off

Sempaitachi, how do I "Post at least 4 work in progress photos over the competition period into the group you have joined on hobbylink.tv"?
Kinda hard to maneuver the site

>>6236706

>fill up muh wash bucket with warm water + dawn
>soak runners for a bit
>scrub gently with brush
>transfer to rinse bucket
>place on paper towel lined rack to dry

Unless you meant like... an enamel panel prewash or something.

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>>6236361
Prepare yourself!

>>6236744
What do you mean cleaned off? They look like you just took them out of the bag.

>>6236929
Some people wash their runners. Only really necessary on kits that feel greasy.

>>6236931
Kits can feel greasy? Never noticed that. I know I do like the softer plastic though. I hate how fucking hard dark parts always are.

>>6236933
Yeah, it's the mold release agent. The last kit I felt it on was an older Koto SRW kit.

>>6236933
Its only really necessary if you plan to fully paint kits as the oils on the plastic will make paint not adhere as well.

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Metal up parts installed and some fine chipping added. Think after the rest is assembled I'm calling it done.

>>6236541
Getting a better kit instead of IBO trash

>>6236991

are you painting chips or chipping?

>>6237074
Painting. Using a sponge.

>>6236541
I recommend glasses. Perhaps a monocle

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>>6236541
Laser eye surgery

>>6236274
>>6236205
Dabbing is a pretty decent way to show off articulation though. It shows off how high the arms can go, how far the arms can bend, how far the head goes down, and the balance of the kit as it stands in a spread legged position

>>6235913
Is it possible to chisel notches with those Mr line chisels?
For example, those two deep notches on the forearm, or the one on the hand in >>6237101

>>6236129
AT SOME CUSHY IVY LEAGUE I BET

>>6237175
Nothing is impossible, but I think you will find it much easier to do with a straight chisel, not a hook.

>>6235721
>recongista was a flop in general
Not in nip land

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>mfw hand painting tiny details over and over for 3 hours

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New head for Perfect G-Self/G-Other. Not sure what to call it yet.

>>6237275
Ashtrays are still shit Gundam.

>>6237274
Use the 3 yard trick

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>>6237278
Not a fan of astray. The shoulders just unintentionally ended up looking like the blue frame 's. I was originally going for a XX style shoulder with moving pylons but I like the frontheavy plating look.

Here's a pic of what I've got so far.

>>6237316
I didn't even look at the shoulders, it was more that point on the head.
Looks a bit less astray like in that picture though which is good.

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>>6237319
Ah yeah, the fin was just a frame for the putty. I exaggerated the forehead so I have wiggle room for when I file it down later.

The back is super plain at the moment. I might have to pick up one of the G self backpack sets.

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>>6237323
Looks pretty neat to me

>There was finally an update on that third party woundwort kit.
>It is currently on track to release next month.

>>6237000
you have shit taste

>>6237284
Explain this

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>>6237350
Magical, isn't it?

>>6237365
Observe your model kit from 3 yards away. It'll be perfect.

>>6237367
Made my day XD

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>>6237366
Yes.

>First 2000 orders include a limited weapon.

Any idea on what it is?

Thoughts of making custom IBO suits based on Ars Goetia descriptions?

example "Saleos[5] (also Sallos and Zaleos). He is of a pacifist nature, and causes men to love women and women to love men . He is depicted as a gallant and handsome soldier, wearing a ducal crown, and riding a crocodile."

So Gundam Zaleos would be of green colouration and take a defensive loadout, shields abound. Female pilot maybe?

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>>6234600
Omfg 1st couple builds went super fast, but this vf 31c mirage is taking a minute.

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Does anyone on /toy/ collect LBX kits? How do they compare to Gunpla?

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>>6237378
Best money I've spent in a while. Getting a lot of enjoyment out of these kits

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>>6237379
They are like BB Legend kits, some aspects make them more kid-friendly. e.g. the instructions recommend you break up the runners into their sub-assemblies (arm, leg, torso, etc.) before assembly.

I had access to the (really cheap) SE-Asia run and their plastic seems brittle compared to regular Gunpla.

>>6236801
Please respond
I wanna take part in HLJ's 'Fun with Plamo 2017'
I have registered an account but I couldn't find a way to post stuff on their site.

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>>6237166
>Dabbing is a pretty decent way to show off articulation though. It shows off how high the arms can go, how far the arms can bend, how far the head goes down, and the balance of the kit as it stands in a spread legged position
Probably why I did it, also Frog Meme Mech.

>>6237465
find comfort in knowing that if you can't figure this out on your own you have zero chance of winning so might as well not bother

>tfw 1/144 deathstar is 1 mile in diameter

>>6237529
Tell me about it, I'm getting killed on the shipping.

>>6237535

I thought they were crazy when they did the dendrobium and the neo zeong

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>>6237166
Jojo posing is good too.

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>>6237577
Jojo you say?

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>>6237578
Do I need to repeat myself?

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>>6237583
I need to try more posing with my Spiegel

>>6237465
Login and click on "Groups". There are 3 groups for the contest: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Join one, and post at least 4 WIP posts before the centest ends and you submit your entry.

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>>6237584
Should I paint my Spiegel's v fin and all the other parts gold?

>>6237373
how do you even order from Samuel decal? Just message him on fb?

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>>6237583
>>6237584
Does wryyyyyyy count as a Jojo pose?

>>6237727
you should trim the flash off those hands and work on your panel lining

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>>6237754
I'm going to just get replacement hands, because fuck rubber. This is one of my first kits, so I plan on going back and redoing the panel lines.

So Amazon used UPS to send me a gunpla order, and the guy didn't even ring the doorbell, he just left the box on the table near the side door. Is this normal for them now?

It's not a problem this time, of course, but with the wind today, a light box like that could have easily blown away where he put it and if there was anything in there sensitive to cold, it would be fucked sitting out in today's weather.

>>6237792
Depends on the driver. But in my area they usually don't knock unless they need a signature. And they never ring the doorbell just knock. Which I always found odd.

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>>6237754
Is the gold and panel lining better? I notice one small spot where the yellow is showing through. This is just a test fit now that it's safe to touch.

Just how skilled at painting must one be to complete an SD exstandard? im assuming you would have to be pretty dam good.

>>6237541
I'm waiting for the Mega Size Neo Zeong.
1/48 or nothing at all.

>>6237744
Message him on FB or email him. He might take a bit to respond though.

>>6237795
Don't want to chance that the doorbell doesn't work probably.

which G-Reco kits should i avoid/buy

I love pretty much all the designs but i dont want to build another g-self tier kit.

>>6238017
All I can tell you is that I have the Gaeon and it's fine.

>>6236991
Nice work anon, chipping looks great. Are you going to paint the feet and head to match the blue on the body?

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If anyone is looking for a dank mini gun this is probably the one. Cheap and it comes with wind up box which spins the barrel. Dank my dudes.

>>6238050
Got a link?

>>6238060
It's Koto's MSG minigun.

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>>6238046
Feet are already painted that color. Shadows may be distorting it. And yes the crest peice will be painted along with the color peice for the crotch. It's just being used to hold the fins in place. And thanks, first time doing spong chipping, but I'm really liking the effect.
Just need to paint the crotch peice and the shoulder vents and it'll be done. Happy to add this to my collection.

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>>6238112
And my favorite shot of it so far. Once it's finished finished I'll break out my dslr and take some proper photos.

>>6238113
pretty cool, I like the subtle weathering.

>>6238099
Thanks

>>6238125
You have a interesting perception of "subtle".

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How could I make this fit on a Graze Schwalbe's back?

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I've been messing with this flash for a while and can't seem to get it off cleanly. How do I remove it from rubber hands? I'm about to just buy replacement hands from amazon

>>6238175
Have you tried a 3mm hole?

So why is the Rick Dias a Master Grade while the Dijeh is a RE/100?

>>6238226
The Rick Dias is more popular than the Dijeh. There was almost no demand for a Dijeh, while the Rick Dias came out at a time where anything could get an MG.

>>6238175
Hg or 1/100?

If hg it will plug right into one of the 3mm holes on the back. If the 1/100 you'll either need to add a peg to it that matches the hole on its back or just glue it to the back.

>>6238226
Rick Dias MG is pure

>>6238199
I wasn't sure that one of the holes on the Grazes back were 3mm

>>6238283
Thanks. I'll look at it later.

>>6237341
Fuck you. I keep trying to pass on Vidar but every time I see yours I want one. Does the frame still have the problem from Barbatos, where the outward leg movement is loose as fuck and makes it wanna do the splits/collapse all the time?

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>>6237379
The Hyper Function kits are like...a particularly good HG Gundam or maybe a super simple MG. They're nice to build and nice to look at, color separation is pretty great.

The standard LBX kits are somewhere between a BB Senshi and HG. They're still enjoyable, but color separation sometimes suffers and they tend to be sorta sticker-heavy.

In either case I highly recommend them if you can get them for fair prices anymore. I had a good time with every one I built. This isn't my build btw, just posting it again cause it looks great.

>>6237919
Yeah, probably pretty good cause the color separation on those things is absolute shit. The better grade of kit you buy, the less painting you have to do to make it look decent. Just being a good painter isn't enough though, you'll also need to know how to pla-plate or putty to make them look decent, cause there are big hollow gaps on those kits that look terrible.

Just don't buy EX Standards, they're really poorly made and most of the suits in it have older SDs that are much better made.

>>6238407
Not the same guy but i don't have any problems with my lupus?

>>6238415
Mind you I am talking about the 1/100 here. Are you also?

>>6238418
Nope, my bad dude

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>>6237495
pls no bully ;-;
Whenever I go to the group page, my login becomes unrecognized, forcing me to re-login, then get redirected to my profile page. From there, I click on competition group, ad infinitum.

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>>6238409
I can't find Hyper function kits for a decent price in the aftermarket. The prices skyrocketed probably after Bandai stopped making LBX kits since 2015.

What are the chances for Bandai to do a reprint like they sometimes do for Gunpla because i ain't paying 5k for pic related.

>>6238433
Seems unlikely. It's been awhile since they stopped making LBX kits with no sign of a reissue. And I could be wrong, but I think the franchise seems sort of dead in the water. Everything associated with it seems to be over except the manga.

I'd probably just bite the bullet if I were you. I did once on a Hyper Function, and well, I love it so much I feel like it was worth the price.

>>6238407
No, the Vidar stands better. It's not the best, but it's significantly better than the other IBO kits I've done. I'm working on topcoating it now, but I ran out of spray.

Sometimes I dream about what it would feel like to hold a 1/100 Man Rodi in my arms. I want it so bad it hurts.

>>6238468
just wait 5-10 years for an aftermarket resin kit.

Are all of tamiya's acrylic xf line flat paints? I'm looking for a glosa color copper like for frame details.

>>6238509
IMO you should use lacquers for metallics, because just about every acrylic metallic sucks in comparison. Go Google some images of tamiya metals and compare it to something like alcad or Mr color

I just hope you're not trying to handpaint them.

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>>6238528
The Vallejo Metal Color line is nice if you want an acrlyic metallic. Can be handbrushed decently and while it sprays a bit funny it levels of beautifully overnight.

>>6238427
It might be a cookies/session saving problem, anon. Unclench with your adblocker.

>>6238409
oh that's my Lucifer. Yeah, the hyper function is a mini MG pretty much however, this particular kit has a bane and that is the clear parts that connect the wings to the back, they are really brittle and after just some time, they simply broke, you can still attach the wings directly, but the angle is a bit odd

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Anyone got the Option Set 8 kit?

Really like the Geirail shield it comes with but I'm curious on how well it actually holds since there's only only connection peg.

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Fuck yes I love these colors.

>>6238569
WELP FINALLY TIME TO BUY THIS FUCKING KIT, THAT'S SEXY AS FUUUUUCK

Is it an exclusive though?

>>6238593
Yes.

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>>6238569

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>>6238569
Front

>>6238597
>>6238603
Shit. This is so hot. I hope I find steady employment again by the time this comes out.

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>>6238569
Rear

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>>6238569
Includes machinegun and shield, just like the normal kit.

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I love this guy's face

1.6k sounds a tad expensive for something this small though

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Metal... Gear...

>>6238708
there better be a lot of accessories or options to justify that price

>>6238708
What is this, 1/18? Smaller?

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>>6238719
smaller

>>6238721
>1/24
Okay then yeah, that price kinda hurts. Think I'm gonna have to pass.

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>>6238721
Just take my money Koto

>tfw not available till summer

>>6238708
Makes me want to banepost.

Never using kuboTEN again for replacements. That whole operation is a scam. First they have you pay for the parts, then nearly two months laters

>yea, your parts arrived to our warehouse, now you have to pay shipping, after you've already paid

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>>6238807
Sounds like they are using the actual parts-replacement form.

>>6238826
Hey are. Plus $12 for what is apparently just order processing and another $22 now that it's been paid for shipping.

When all is said and done, you've already paid half the model cost for 1 runner

>>6238850
>you've already paid half the model cost for 1 runner
And that's news how? If you are not in Japan, that IS what you will pay.

>>6238910
And that's why I have a 3D scanner

Gonna scan my runners from now on for when this shit happens

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>>6238932
Do you also have a 3D printer and a vat of acetone to dip your printouts into? Do you think it will end up being cheaper all things considered?

>>6238945
Don't need to. I belong to a local crafters group that has an industrial fade 3D printer that only requires a $20 a month membership that I already use for my costume work. Membership includes costs for materials

>>6238953
*industrial grade

Fucking autocorrect

>>6238953
Jolly good luck, don't forget to post pictures of the results.

>>6238708
>>6238715
>>6238721
>>6238737

>summer 2017
Why must we suffer? These almost remind me of the Revoltech line Assembleborg.

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>>6238945
Have a superior version of that reaction image.

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>>6238976

>>6238427
Yeah the login's a bit buggy.
So's the Notifications tab.

>>6238534
> RaDome
> tail binder
Don's work, so they say. What parts from what kits did you use for them?

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What's the best place to get p-bandai that's already out? Nippon Yasan are cocks and don't do what amiami does where you can combine orders into one monthly package including preorders with items already out? As much as I hate Destiny, the deactive mode looks pretty fucking bitching.

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>>6238708
He looks like he has his shitposting face permanently on

>>6239150
mandarake. they show up periodically for a year or so after release, less frequently thereafter.

Post backlogs!

I have:
-Partially completed HG Nu
-Partially completed MG Mk. II V2.0
-HG Zeta
HG Hyaku Shiki

[spoiler]I would buy more, but I'm down to storing my built kits in the boxes, in other boxes. Going to just purchase Gundam Breaker 3 and a Vita instead.[/spoiler]

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>>6239328

Currently building the Atlas gundam and The RG MKii.
I couldn't stand the hoses, but I got them done in about an hour.
But has anyone else built the Atlas? I was surprised how complex it is for a High Grade

>>6239328
>Gundam Breaker 3
>on vita
Enjoy those frames and quality.

>>6239328
>Partially completed MG Char's Zaku II 2.0 MG
>Nearly completed HG Ground GM
>MG RX-79[G] Ground Gundam
>MG GM Sniper II
>MG Zaku II 2.0
>Just picked up the MG Freedom 2.0 the other day

it doesn't ever stop does it?

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>>6239328
>Partly completed RX-78-2 30th ani edition.
>Force Impulse MG currently building
>MG
>AGE-2, AGE-2 Double Bullet, Banshee, Build Strike, Delta Plus, Double X, Fenice R, Gundam The Origin, Heavyarms P-Bandai, Jesta, ReZEL type C, Unicorn, Zaku White Ogre, Zaku Shin Matsunaga,
>RG
>Amatsu coming this month, 00R, 00Q coming this month, Build Strike, Freedom, GP-01, Mk. II AEUG, Skygrasper coming this month, Wing ver. EW
>HG
>Amazing Strike Freedom coming this month, Build Burning, F91, GN Archer, Gouf custom, Hyaku-Shiki, X Mao
>1/100
>Bael coming this month, Dynames, Grimgerde, Kyrios.
>tfw I want to paint all of them except the RGs
>tfw it just keeps growing
>tfw I forgot about the RG. Exia Repair II and White Dingo Sniper II.

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>>6239328

FRENCH STREET, seriously what was i thinking when i bought it.

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>>6239395
That musashi though, she's a big girl.

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Found some metallic sharpies at a Micheal's and also found some oil based metallic paint markers with super fine tips.

I already tried it on a handgun and it looks glorious. I only got gold, bronze, light silver, darker silver and dark grey. But holy shit the dark grey is almost the same shade as an inner frame. Anyone got some examples of metal finish paint on Gundams before I end up painting my entire Vidar 1/100 inner frame with this very nice dark metallic color?

>>6239328
Three FA kits
Five FAG kits
Eight to ten HGs (various series)
One RG
Four-five MGs
Three non-scale TSFs
DM Akatsuki
Shadowfox

I'm probably forgetting something.

>>6235869
Kimaris Trooper is best Kimaris and my fav kit out of S1 IBO... and also an Ippei Gyoubu design. He's done all of the Kimaris forms.

>>6235995
no, only the green Gusion is Gyoubu. Rebakes are by other designers.

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>>6239328

Frame Arms Girls:
-Materia (Tan Append)
-Materia (Black) x2
-Jinrai (Original)
-Jinrai (Indigo)
-Jinrai (Fresh Limbs Append)
-Gourai (Craftsmanship)
-Gourai (Little Armory)
-Baselard (Hobby Japan Edition)
-Stylet (Eggplane edition)
-Architect
-Gigantic Arms Powered Guardian (Classic)
-WISM A/B
-WISM C/D

-Virtual On Fei-Yen DNA Side
-Virtual On Guaryahaka(Orange)

-HG Asclepius
-HG Marasai (Unicorn ver.)
-HG Hy-Gogg
-HG Miss Sazabi
-HG Gelgoog
-Koto Shiranui
-HG HI-Mock
-HG Zaku Warrior (Live concert version)
-HG Ball Twin Set
-HG Barbatos
-HG Geara Zulu (Angelo Sauper use)
-HG Masurao
-HG Adele
-HG Clanche
-HG Guison Rebake
-HG Hyakuri
-HG R-Gyagya

>>6239328
Currently:
>None
In the mail:
>MG Ball ver. Ka
>AV-98 Ingram Patlabor 1/48
>HG Zudah
>HG Ball Twin Set
>HG Ball Twin Set 7/11 Special Edition
>HG Gundam Unicorn (Unicorn Mode)
>HG GM Custom
>HG Hazel Custom
>HG G-Self w/ Perfect Pack
>HG GM Space Command
>HG Zusa
>MG Ball Igloo Version
>HG Jesta Cannon
>HG Loto Twin Set
>HG Guntank Early Type
>HG Ramba Ral Bugu
>White-Glint Armored Core 4 Version 1/72
>RG AEUG Gundam MkII
>HG Kshatriya
>HG Kampfer
>MG Ball-K
>HG ECOAS Jegan
>HG Zaku I Sniper Custom
>HG GM Ground Type

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>>6239428
Nope, just a Graze...

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>>6239328
MG
Zeta Plus C1

HG
3 Jesta cannons
FA unicorn unicorn mode
Loto
GnX
Overflag
Genoace custom
Shadoll custom
Gouf custom
Kampfer
Ground war set
Gaplant hrairoo
Ez-sr
Sniper k9
Powered cardigan
Elf bullock
About 9 or so option sets

RG
Aile strike

1/72 rvf 25

FAG
gourai
stylet
Baselard
Innocentia when it releases

FA
baselard
baselard extend arms
Kagutsuchi

Couple MSG sets

1/48 edelweiss

1/72 AH64 forgot by whom
1/? U boat by hobby boss iirc

Trumpeter
1/72 Bradley, Stug
1/700 prinz eugen

Various chink kits

Probably missing a few

>>6239523
Sometimes I'm glad that I don't have as much disposable income as some people do.

>>6239328
R A R E Bunnylard, half (well, far more than half) of Hamburger, HMM Liger Zero, HMM Gunsniper Lina Custom, and two IBO kits I need to wrap up. Not too bad all in all, but I also have two catgirls coming this month. Thanks for reminding me to get cracking.

>>6238548
The Geirail shield holds well as long as you keep the arms flared out a bit. The 2 ridges that wrap around the arm is good enough to hold the shield without flailing around.

Alternatively you can equip the shield to any HG that has the same shoulder connecter as the Graze including the Barbatos post Form 6 etc. but up to you

>>6239530
Shut up, I don't want to think about how much money I've dumped into this without much to show for it.

>>6239548
Okay. Now show us the paint you have slowly drying out an your compressor setup.

>>6239551
>tfw my batch of mixed surfacer/panel line wash/handpaint mix all dried out

You just had to hit it where it hurts. Is it possible to revitalise them by adding thinner?

For all you guys that paint, what shade of grey do you guys use for the frame/hands and weapons? I've been using Tamiya's German grey for both, but thinking of trying out different shades so the weapon doesn't blend in too much with the suit.

>>6239558
>mixed surfacer/panel line wash/handpaint mix
for what purpose?

>>6239579
Thinned down for use, not all of them together.
I prepped more than I needed and kept them around in a not so airtight container

>>6239565
I used gunmetal and a German grey mixed with white

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Heads up Samuel Decal's opened up preorders for the Woundwort, which's been pushed back to a May release.

>Brand: CuteCube
>Item: TR-6 Woundwort
>Scale: 1/100
>Made in China
>Box size: TBC
>Net weight: TBC
>Pending release: April > May, 2017
>Preorder gift:
>1. Long Beam Rifle/Claw (total 2 in box)
>2. Base stand (To be confirm final version)
>3. Special Decal
>Preorder price: USD$28 (from 16/3/2017 to 30/3/2017)
>Retail price: USD$32 (after stock released)
>Postage from USD$15~25, depends on shipping country and shipment qty.

>>6239585
>kept them around in a not so airtight container
what outcome did you expect?

>>6239629
But what about the most inportant question:

Does the crotch fold out into an arm?

>>6238721
>74 MM
>2.9 Inches

no thanks

>>6239629
Is this gonna be resin or normal plastic?

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>>6238708

>robo doggo that can turn into a freakin motorcyle that he can ride on

This line is rad as fuck, might pick up a few.

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>>6238708
>>6238721
>>6239655

that price is disappointing
would be more understandable if it were a two pack

damn things don't even have the "cute girl tax" excuse . . .yet

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>>6238597
Seeing this makes me really wish some company would've made pic related at some point, especially since other kits of non-mechs were made for the series.

Although I can't actually complain when it at least got its own dedicated animation and an awesome theme to boot unlike many MSV/obscure mechs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzeTOTlOlOY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1dKCwxk8iw

>>6239408
I wish the AGP would've had an option to put the jacket on. It's too cool and we've never officially seen it on.

>>6238708
>>6238715
>>6238721
>>6239662
They put up some rather satisfying animated shorts for the series a couple of hours ago - watch in this order I suppose:
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAHORl8oMhY
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9xKHvPrc0I
Save the best for last and all that (I do appreciate what fiction I can gleam from the dialogue!)

>>6239664
>muh price
here's your excuse to learn to recast

>>6239670

that's some high level buyer's remorse rationalization

pay more money and effort in an attempt to cover the fact that you're overpaying for something

the megami device kits would have been the more apt product for your excuse: you're getting what you pay for in plastic quantity but maybe not in value

>>6239658
plastic, there have been pictures of the runners

sent an email yesterday, still no fucking reply

>>6239328
Hey, wanna buy my all-white Japanese model 2 Vita? It's just lying around and I could use the cash for more important shit like...rent. I'll throw in two games as well.

>>6239677
nigga you high?

they are not on sale yet, what buyer remorse?

2-3k per model regardless the size is _normal_ outside Bandai, the only problem with this price can be if you want to army build and let's face it these little shits are made for army building

recasting lets you army build for little extra investment compared to buying kits

>inb4 recasting is hard

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Got the chest and crotch armor to attach.

>>6239716
It's gonna be hilarious if you build a team of those little shits and have try to have them operate a big MSG weapon like the new revolver cannon

>>6239716
Not the guy you're talking to, but aren't precision injection molded parts pretty hard to recast at home with any kind of accuracy? I mean, you're talking precisely cut and refined steel molds pumped with hot plastic at very high pressures...to a soft silicone mold filled with hand-poured resin or urethane. I would think parts fit and tolerances would be a big problem. Not to mention, silicone, resin, and urethane aren't exactly free either, and the amount of work you would do recasting all of those parts individually (because I'm pretty sure you can't home-recast entire sprues at once) would be so tremendous that you would far exceed the cost of the actual kit in labor alone.

I DO know how to recast, and have a fair amount of experience with it. It's great for if I want a second sword for my figure to hold or if I lose a part and need to dupe one. But recasting an entire model kit at home sounds like crazy talk to me, there is just no way that's worth your time or money.

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Look what I just got.

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>>6239733
Nice. Victory Gundam kits are always fun.

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>>6239735
I hope to find a 1/144 Rig Shokew, Contio and Zoloat while scouring the internet sometime. If you have any leads, it would be most appreciated.

Also, pic related. Took me a while to find the black Zolo and the Setter, but I actually completed a whole toyline, lolol.

>>6239712
Sorry mate, I would but I've only got a hundred toward it. Doubt that's enough. Hopefully you can get some extra cash though.

>>6239733
You lucky fucker. I love that suit.

>>6239743
I might have seen a Zoloat at a local shop a while back...they had a bunch of Victory kits that I felt were frankly quite overpriced.

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So I told Kotobukiya to release a model kit for less than 1500 yen and he actually did it, the absolute madman.

Hexa Gear, a new line coming out in August. 7.2cm tall so very small, but it only costs 1300 yen. The designs are pretty cool too, hopefully it's successful. I don't mind tiny model kits so I'm excited.

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>>6239840
Here's the other one launching with it. Now here's a mook if I've ever seen one.