Busou Shinki and Friends General: Easter Edition

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Stylet is best robodaughter

>>6280069
Stylet, how did you get online again?

>>6280092
leave Styko alone

>>6280099
This doesn't answer my question, Stylet.

>>6280102
Styko can be online whenever she want.

>>6279969
>>6279972
Even if, even IF one could point out a ton of extremely reasons why this thing cost so damn much to make that it 100% justifies the cost of it, they just should NOT have made it. There is a point where people will go 'oh, just not worth it to ME. I can not justify that much money on this type of product.'

>>6280182
"Styko" knows she isn't allowed on 4chan.

>>6280187
don't say that, styko is perfectly allowed here, as long as she knows she is stupid, worthless, and to not take attention away from far superior girls.

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>>6280190

>>6280190
stop the bullying

Hello everyone, old shinkifag here, I haven't checked anything Shinki related in years, recently started seeing you guys now talk about FA Girls and decided to look more about these figs and couldnt find more info than seeing most of the girls in Kotobukiyas website, amiami only had some bluray bundles so, how can I get my one of these girls?

>>6280215
Amiami, Hobby Search, and HLJ all stock Frame Arms Girls. They often sell out, so you may have trouble getting the one you want without some patience and/or preordering whenever there's a reissue.

>>6280215
Or try getting them from China taobao. They have factory there so the price and stock is actually great there

>>6280190
Stop that. You are only making me like her more, and I don't want to buy and build her.

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>>6280342

>>6280215
Amazon is also somewhat decent too, depending on the exact girl of course.

>>6280069
I'd really like stylet if it wasn't for that retarded headgear, but no way in hell am I buying a blueray set just for that

>>6280383
At least the silly chinguard is optional.

I want to dress Sty-ko up in cute clothes but her armor is too bulky...

I wanna put a bow on Gourai-chan's head too.

>>6280215
>how can I get my one of these girls?

The usual sites, they've been really popular, and the anime currently being released has made them even more so so you'll need to wait for restocks if you can't find the one you're looking for.

The reason the threads have been talking about them more than Shinki as of late is because it's a sort of spiritual successor to busou shinki from a non-dick company who's actually throwing a large amount of support behind the line.

>>6280412
>I want to dress Sty-ko up in cute clothes but her armor is too bulky...

Get innocentia and body swap. IIRC she specifically comes with a neck part to make it easier to wear scale clothing.

>>6280038
Preorders for the VLOCKER'S Girl are open. I like her doofy face, so I'm gonna get one and see how the kits are

https://www.volks.co.jp/page_ex.jsp?CONTROLID=SC0040&BUSINESSID=InitDisp&jancd=4518992226927

>>6280383
Her half-helmet thing looks fine without the chinguard. Besides, she's cute and deserves your money.

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>>6280559
You weren't kidding about doofy.

>>6280712
That :3 though.

>>6280038
>mfw realise Stylet is supposed to be pronounced like Stiletto

>>6280712
I actually want one, but I'm worried about how is it going to look unpainted.

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So I bought and built Innocentia and this is my first F:AG. Gotta say I love the articulation, would want to collect more maybe I'll buy add-ons too.

>>6280797
Well, you did get one with the best articulation so far, only Megamis rival that out of Kotobukiya's stuff. This shoulder articulation used in the catgirl is new, at least.

>>6280908
Will the reissue apply the new shoulder articulation?

>>6280918
Reissues unfortunately don't apply anything, you may get some extra wrist joints or whatever is prone to breaking on a given model, but there are no changes. So the reissued Gourai will still be the same Gourai as the first wave one. And I can't really recommend Gourai and Stylet for articulation alone, it's not terrible, but things fall out a lot.

Now then the first two BD special kits are new (heavily Innocentia and Materia-based) and Gourai Kai will certainly use the newest articulation there is at the time.

Basically, if you've got lots of cash, you could get the BD kits and the old kits and use base body from one and armor from another and you'll have a "reissue with new articulation".

>>6280935
Or you could just buy the current kit and then wait for them to do a 2.0 and buy that when it comes out and still only have spent half as much.

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>>6280938
Hyped for Gourai Kai

>>6280980
Will it have a better skirt?

>>6280712
She looks like a ball.

>>6280559
Finally, the Ball-girl is available. What do I have to do to order her though? Their store keeps cockblocking me with a chicken scratch message.

>>6280980
Those tiny breasts look a bit tacked on.

>>6281005
Looks like Gourai KAI will also have Innocentia's boobage.

>>6280935
??????
All you need is Innocentia's torso and her wrist+hands, which should fit with a little modding

You wont get the articulated skirt though

>>6281011
Use Architect's lower torso for the skirt.

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>>6281014
You could if you really liked Gourai that much, but a little lost articulation doesnt bother me that much.

>>6280412
>>6280419
I'm going to at least take Innocentia's boots and put them on my Stylet because that leg armor is ridiculous.

>>6280559
Hopefully they'll come stateside. I think she's sorta cute.

>>6281017
I really hate Baselard's hip joints.

>>6281050
Her angled joints are similar to the ones inside Megami device girls, only less fragile since they're more solid and much thicker.

>>6280559
>EMS only
>shipping price not seen anywhere even when you try to pay, likely another 3k yen charged later

Dammit, why no SAL.

>>6280559
This guys only sell it on their page right?

>>6280980
I still don't like it. Give me my Stylet Kai with bullyable face plates please.

Is Gourai being voiced by Strarf's voice actress?

>>6281240
except for Ao, they're pretty much all new va

>>6280559
Is this a kit or prebuilt?

>>6281299
There are pics of the runners right on that pages.

>>6280559
I am going to buy the kit, but I'm not looking forward to having to find a workaround for the skirt. It obviously is blocking her leg's movement.

>>6281242
and Materia and Architect VA did some works before too.

>anime

>>6281242
Oh, okay. Gourai kinda sounds like Strarf when she got her mind swapped with Arnval in the special episode

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>"Mastah, why did you design and print armor for me that is too short to fit?"
"Uh...I mixed metric and imperial! Yeah! That's what happened. Yup."
>"Hm? But I saw you enter everything exactly as the micrometer said when it was set to metric. You never once used imperial in the CAD program or on Shapeways."
"Uh...I uh..."
>"Mastah, you forgot to take into account clearance for my leg to slip into it with extra wiggle-room. Aren't you supposed to be a degreed engineer?"
"S-Say, Manta! Did I tell you that I came up with some designs for your customized hair style when we start giving you features?"
>"You are avoiding the question, Mastah."
"..."

These are greaves, btw.

>>6281686
That thing in the back..it's going to haunt me in my nightmares..

>>6281686
more like
>muffled shinki noises
"haha that's why i didn't give you a mouth yet bitch"

>>6281692
That's a fertility idol you low test cunt. You're telling me that THICCness doesn't have you hot and bothered?

>>6281054
I mean that when you open her legs her hips magically disappear.

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>>6281740
Table museum when?

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Rate my FAG. It's the first plamo I've ever assembled.

>>6281766
She is nice.

>>6281759
Mah nigga.

>>6281766
We need a better picture, the box seems to be what's in focus there. I'm not seeing any panel lining at least so I can't give you more than 4/10 though.

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>>6281783

>>6281788
First, welcome to the world of FAG. Enjoy your robo-waifu.

Second, sad your nubs.

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>>6281771
>>6281759
get in line

>>6281788
do you love her?

>>6281792
sand*

>>6281766
Well at least you didn't call it a gunpla.

>>6281809
It's obviously a girlpla

>>6281788
Yup, gonna have to knock you down to 3/10. That's actually not a bad first attempt but you still need to panel line and sand those nubs.

>>6281686
it is wrong to think about this as super cute?

>>6281788

What >>6281826 said, but more importantly POSE THAT THING, that is something i always say in the gunplas/plamo groups it makes them 1000 times more cute and cool.

>>6281766
>>6281788
>those nubs
Ao, what the fuck are you doing in this thread?

>>6281915
LEAVE MASTAH ALONE

>>6281915
I dont know but looks like you think you're in the plamo thread.

Not that it excuses the nubs, though, remove that shit.

>>6281914
>>6281937
Not that guy but building my own fag as well. How do you remove nubs cleanly while still retaining the plastic shine? Sanding just makes it dull and looks different from the rest.

>>6281941
No, really. Shinks are dead so the threads are more "and friends" than "Busou Shinki" by a long shot but building questions still go to >>6272902.

It's kind of sad, I've legitimately gotten lost a few times the last few days.

>>6281941
Use a fresh Xacto knife and very carefully shave away the nub. Use gentle strokes, and make sure to flip the piece around on the last few to help reduce the stress on the plastic.

Even with this you'll sometimes get a little white discoloration, though. The only way to get perfect coloration every time is to paint and topcoat. If you don't feel confident in doing that, though, then an Xacto knife will give you the best results you can get with bare plastic.

>>6281941
>Sanding just makes it dull and looks different from the rest.
You need a polishing paper as well.

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Post customs/things you're working on

>>6281941
Sand it with a good variation of grits, use gente strokes in only 1 direction and, use your nails if you see a little white mark then clean piece

>>6281955
That is a really nice digital camouflage.

>>6281941
finish sanding your nubs with very fine grit sand paper (1000 to 2000 grit) then go with this option >>6281952 or you can do like I do and use fingernail buffing tools

>>6281955
I really wish they'd reprint the first weapon set for Gourai.

>>6281963
Both bazookas and shield comes in the Frame Arms set 2, and the Shoulders cannon in the set 1 maybe you can found them online at good price.

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>>6281955
Baby blue innocentia I'm working on

>>6281973
The ones for FAGs are scaled differently than the ones for FAs though aren't they?

>>6282001
No, they're identical.

>>6282001
No.

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Didn't check I was posting in the old thread.

>>6282001
One of the strong points of the line is that they are supposed to be compatible with the frame arms and the rest of koto catalog, at least that was one of the original ideas.

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>>6281963
>>6282001

Look for a Gourai ver.FME, it should come with everything but a frame architect. (unpainted)

Or a Werewolf Spectre kit.

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>>6281963
>>6282052

The werewolf Spectre is pretty great, it's basically a 3-in-1 kit that lets you build either the Spectre, Ryurai or Gourai.

>>6281999
I use that same plastic cement.
I find it to be just a little weak for my taste. Do you?

>>6281954
Very cute

>>6281941
>still retaining the plastic shine?

>actually wanting plastic shine
Get some flat coat, will make it look painted and also cover up small imperfections like sanded down areas.

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>https://twitter.com/tanuki_tukky/status/849641228916228096

Dude what

>>6282232
i'll never understand why cyclops fetish took off the way it did

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>>6282232
>when you like monster girls and mecha musume
Fuck now I'm thinking about spider girls with mecha legs.

>>6282242
I still want my highly-detailed jungle princess shinki who can turn into a full-scale naga/lamia.

Snek Tail Mode Graffias doesn't count, her "tail" in that mode is too short, too narrow, and not properly segmented or shaped.

>>6282232
"eye see you!"

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>>6282242
Someone made a Gourai-Rachnera custom not too long ago.
1/3

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>>6282312
2/3

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>>6282315

>anime

>>6282312
But...isn't Rach-nee black?

>>6282100
>>I use that same plastic cement.
>>I find it to be just a little weak for my taste. Do you?

I'm having the same problem as you. Either I put on a lot with a couple of passes, or I hurry up and jam it hard?

Otherwise my results is an inconsistent bead along the seam and I get little gaps where the weld misses. Re-opening the seam to put in more cement is a crapshoot where I more often than not make a bigger mess even with prying with a knife and mounting the halfs/holding with other tools?

Anyone else here with tips on how to seamweld with thin cement?

>>6282320
She's violet, actually. Both the anime, colored pages, and cover art have her as a dark-ish violet (purple is her signature color just as Miia's is red, Papi's is blue, etc). Still, the coloration for Gou-Rachnera was probably the guy's personal tastes for the custom.

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Finally decided to build my powered guardian.

And innocentia is fooling around with the parts.

>>6282048
Itty bitty tanker titties

>>6282380
This makes me curious: is there a good way to cut down the shine for fabric like this?

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How can this happen??? I don't get it, pic not mine but already happened 3 times, 2 on materia and 1 on architect. Didn't even apply force!

>>6282392
Was the connection too stiff?

>>6282389
Sorry, find another fabric, really.

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>>6282450
Nope. It was working perfectly, then I though I would remove the hand to attach a gun to avoid breaking it. I pulled it lightly and it broke just like that.

>>6282328
>he doesn't use capillary action

>>6282392
>pic not mine
When I finally get around to getting myself some MDs/FAGs I am beginning to think I will need to make casts of some of the more commonly broken parts first. So that said, any other joints that snap fairly often? I know there is the hip piece in MDs but that can be replaced by cutting up T sections of the runners IIRC.

>>6282463
W I D E

>>6282480
Do you mean "slightly leave the seam open" "put the pieces partially together" and then let it run?

So like, blu-tack the halves on the opposite clamp ends of a screwable vise and then squeeze them into place after letting the cement run?

Also:
Sword sheath pieces tend to have the seam welding happen on the inside so if you try putting the swords in or out, that leftover plastic scratches away at the paintjob of the swords. Found out the hard way when I had to sand away the inside and clean it up. Major hassle.

>>6282509
The neck too

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Will we ever get a game?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlzEigpPtPA&feature=youtu.be

>>6282591
I'd play this if instead of a shoot game it was all about getting doted on by mastah and wearing cute clothes

>>6282591
I think we need something like Virtual on or Gundam Vs.

>>6282621
Armored Core

>>6282621
Gundam Breaker

>>6282001
Some things are, like gourai's knife.

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Someone modified his materia to increase range of motion (and made her a cyclops).

tanuki036.blogspot.ca/2016/06/blog-post.html

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>>6282751
Hm, nice.

>>6282751
Just the hip swivel right?

Wonder what alternatives to fixing the wrists are besides magnets?

>>6282876
Get extra POM wrists from Innocentia?

metal cast wrists?

>>6282751
> increase range of motion
Nice.

>(and made her a cyclops).
Disgusting.

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>>6282876
The main changes are at the hips and the waist. He also modified the arms but I find that a bit too much.

>>6282888
I wouldn't say I dislike it

>>6282621

>select a materia-type core unit
>pick a low tier armor set; Gourai, Jinrai, or Stylet
>fight battles to earn cash to buy new pieces of armor, new weapons, MSG kits, upgrades, paint jobs, and various customization options
>point based system allows you to cobble together all manner of parts to make crazy shit
>deathmatches, horde modes, TF2 style pvp, arena shooting
>Can your FAGirl be the very best, like no one ever was?

I'd buy that for a dollar.

>>6282939
I'd buy it for two dollar.

>>6282939
>>6282951
I'll give you three fiddy.

Guys know if theres a way to get Shinki replacement parts? I just completely lost my Renge's left foot and I was wondering if theres a way of getting just a replacement foot without buying a comlete figure

>>6282975
stalk YJA with a middleman. That's basically it.

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And my Gigantic arms is assembled.

The name is not inaccurate, thing is fucking huge.

Any suggestions for scale weapon holsters or straps, namely Little Armory weapons?

>>6281909
Nope, that comes with shinki/fag/md-related stuff.

>>6282975
The basic Shinki foot or the armored version? A guy on shapeways sells 3d-printed Shinki feet made of printed SLS nylon in both the standard feet and as bare feet. I've bought a set and they fit the ankle-pegs just fine.

>>6282992
How long does it take to build?

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>>6283004
1/12 is about right for FAGs/Megamis

Pic related has gourai with a Little Armory P226

>>6283037
Link?

>>6283080
Regular:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/GN4TTFC8T/mms1st-compatible-foot?optionId=56111230

Bare:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/KA7SVXEE2/mms-compatible-bare-foot?optionId=56111457

>>6281066
They have physical stores in Japan. Probably have to wait a couple of months for VolksUSA to get it if you're in burgerland. I haven't seen many people that are actual dealers for Volks kits, since they have very few dealers for their dolls. They do sometimes come stateside to conventions like SDCC, Anime Expo, and Anime Matsuri (which was last weekend).

>>6282328
>recently bought this cement to try on Innocentia
fuggg

>>6282389
Not use satin. Maybe try sateen or find a one-sided satin where it's dull on the other side. It's difficult to find ribbon that size that isn't too thick.

>>6282328
In video I saw they dissolved the runner instead and used that as putty to erase seams.

>>6283147
You do that with plastic cement still. It's a slightly different way of tackling the problem but it doesn't make a huge difference.

If you're going with just cement tho, make sure you really get a lot in there, especially if you're using the thin stuff.

Is there any shop that sells spare MD bodies so I can use the other face/hair?

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Almost missed Egg day.
>tfw no bunnylard

>>6283058
You could probably do it in maybe 3 or so hours. I worked on it a little bit at a time over a week or so.

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So everyone is posting now. Have some Gourai then.

>>6283214
ew grandpa why does your FAG look retarded?

>>6283234
"Well son, back in my day we didn't make things ourselves. No sirree, we went down to the shop walking uphill both ways to get raped by the aftermarket and we liked it. Those were simpler days. Dolljointier days."
"Gaaaaay."
"Shut up boy, you play with FAGs."

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>>6282328
I use that same cement, and the hold seems to work out just fine. I apply lightly to edges of one side and on pegs then push the two pieces together. hold for like 30 seconds and the pieces are bonded since it literally melts and fuses the plastic together.

seams can then be sanded down softly with a bit of 800 grit for nubs then 1000 for fine polish.

if you follow the seams on the leg you can see the top of thigh is with sanding and in bevel of thigh is without sanding. once you sand a bit of the top away, the parts welded can hardly be seen since... they're now welded together. as for the edge, well, that's for all models, no edge is ever going to be perfectly aligned. model edges don't work that way.

thick cement is the worst since you end up with thick rolled goopy edges that need to be sanded down, and once sanded, you find a layer of dried cement that's gone white since you're shearing and putting stress marks on the dried cement rather than polishing welded plastic.

>>6283255
the knee joint was also 2 parts. you can hardly tell it wasn't one solid piece after using the super thin cement and some quick sanding. the tamiya thin cement is my favorite.

>>6283255
>those silicone molds

Are you the guy recasting MD faces? You haven't gone recasting FA:G faces?

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>>6283058
Mine took a little longer than Gourai to build.
Panel-lining and detail work took forever though.
I still haven't put any of the water-transfers on it. There are a lot.

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WISM Grapple+ Baselard bit(HJ Ver.).

>>6283214
Hihihihi cute

>>6282751
The main issue I see with those ball magnets is a loss of friction in the wirsts. Though you could probably counteract that by inserting silicon nubs into the screws or by covering the balls in plasti-dip.

>>6283083
>>6283083
My dude you have saved my shinkis life, I'm eternally grateful anon, thank you

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http://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/information/information-109944/

Ater's been pushed back from June to July

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New ep of anime.

Seems like R.buster cannon is made by Bukiko...

>>6283626
Great, more time to grind my backlog. I think that coincides with another release I wanted anyway.

>>6283619
No prob. Keep in mind that they'll be a tight fit and will be a stiffer material. Put them on gently when you get them.

>>6283619
Have any FA:G faceplates have started turning up on Shapeways or similar places? On the Customs thread, there's this blank Nendoroid lookalike that's printed via runners.

---From my breakdown of costs, it's about $30 tops to get a bunch of a set of 5 blank faces + hair runner from Koto. BTW, the blank faces are made of ABS plastic, so good luck trying to sculpt facial expressions.

Faceplates from the Taobao seller is gonna be around $15-18 according to my math, it's resin, but how well does it take to being carved?

>>6283819
People in these threads usually say it's cheaper to recast those yourself, but I dunno.

>>6283828
Trial and error + learning curve is where it gets expensive

>>6283619
There's a Taboao dude that's selling recast parts as well. I'll eventually have to find him again because I'd like to use Shink limbs on my fags.

>>6283819
>>6283828
>>6283843
Why hasn't Koto decided to sell extra face plates as parts pack? I'd have liked to have a few more facial expressions for my existing FAG collection

>>6283874
Yeah, that would be a nobrainer.

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I knew Materias were lewd, but the show is pushing it up to eleven.

>>6283913
>black and white
>when they're clearly silver and gold

what is this shit?

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>>6283935
Ao is too lazy to care, she's only in it for the money

>>6283962
can you imagine having an imouto like Ao?

regretting my purchase of a megami device
they're out of scale from the fags

>>6283987
>one is 1/1
>the other is noscale

Yeah, who could've have figured. But them being in the same six inch size range and not to different in terms of proportions means that most of their parts don't look too out of place on each other all the same.

>>6283987
just pretend the FAGs have an imouto

>>6283828
Most faceplates are stuck between stoic or angry expressions, so how tricky is it to drill and cut resin so I can change the mouth expressions to different goofy smiles or something?

Or does it look better to slap on layers of epoxy putty on top and just try to blend it into the shape of the face?

1/1 scale of tiny fictional robot girls might as well be no scale

>>6284000
Baselard without smile and smug face plates available is becoming a bit of a crime

>>6283966
Paid wincest? i'm okay with this.

>>6283992
>noscale
so MDs are not supposed to be tiny robot girls? what is their story?

>>6284075
No, the MD ARE the 1/1
FAGs are non scale
and some fags are OUT of scale

>>6284075
FAGs are noscale. If it makes you hot, you can imagine them to be 1/12 (actually human-sized) 1/100 or 1/144 and nobody'll care.

The Phantasy Star Girls are 1/12, because duh.

MDs are 1/1, just like their precedessors.

>>6284096
>>6284085
Oh, I just auto assumed the FAGs were 1/1 since the anime and all that.

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Chrome is my fucking favorite

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>>6284085
>>6284104
Yes, FAG and MD are 1:1

This is a 10:1 Gourai. So if you imagine that this statue is how big a FAG would be if it was human-sized, then the plastic model would be 1:10. But the plastic models are officially their life-size.

>arguing about scale

Shut up and enjoy the toys

>>6284104
Nah, there's no official scale for FAGs. The anime is just one of a possibility of settings Kotobukiya is providing. They outright said before that the anime doesn't mean you can't have 15 meter tall FAGs, 1.5 meter tall FAGs, etc.

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>>6284143
It's kinda important. It's easy to miss the fact that FAGs have noticeably bigger proportions.

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So, how many of you are planning to get charger base guys to recreate the "Charging Punishment" scene?

>>6284158
Is that neck broken?

>>6284224
I might get it when its released but I wont preorder it.

>>6284158
why is wyvern's ass in front.

>>6284158
I dont hear your gf complaining

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>>6284224
I like how Japan is calling Charger-kun "Fumikane", apparently because of picrelated

>>6284224
I preordered one because I haven't weened myself from that but I don't think I'll be doing anything that lewd. My FAGs are for hugs, not fugs.

>>6284298
The artist himself has embraced it. Go check his twitter profile.

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>>6284310
hehehehehehe

>>6284312
>tentacle plug punishment

>>6282463
There is some jpn sites that have found ways to reinforce the wrists.

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>>6283874
They need to sell these eye decals separately.

>>6284365
Might as well have extra faces with the eye decals at shat point.

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Is this just a skill someone develops naturally? When will I get it?

>>6284298
>apparently because of picrelated

Explain.

>>6284386
The credit on screen says Fumikane.

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>>6283266
nice doubles.

and that's my latest project. I feel like these are even harder to cast than the shinki heads though. the difficulty is in how thin the parts are so bubbles are much more apparent, and more likely to form in the pegs and peg holders that I've marked with blue arrows

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>>6284409
I feel one of my resin dyes may have also contributed to bubbles to form during the heat phase - see the arrows marked in blue. I've since switched dyes and have been getting better results. but the small pegs are still a problem. I can inject resin with a needle and syringe but I'd like to try something that can cast with simply the syringe without needle, and to be able to cast these faster.

I'm currently working on some molds with channels to feed resin to the bottom, and with air channels to release air upwards. we'll see how it works. if it doesn't work, I'll try the needle and syringe method.

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>>6284415
overall as far as casting face plates, I feel like the MDs are the simplest to DIY. the pale skin tone is easily replicable as well. I'm really looking forward to chuckles girl and bedhead girl. gonna recast the crap outta those faces.

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>>6284424
muscuto faces were also pretty easy to replicate. the thickness helps get a good distribution of resin. the FAG faces are really thin and that makes things complicated.

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>>6284409
>>6284415
Currently I've thought of two easier ways to make facial expressions without drilling and cutting resin.

1. Build up the face area with epoxy putty, making the open mouth area in reverse, then sand down the edges back into the face, etc.

2. Grind/putty down the area nice and flat and make the mouth area blank, like them figma blank faces and use flat decals/paint in the mouth expression, pic related.

Whichever way I might try it, doubtful I can get that "Stylet puffs her face all angry like" from the manga.

>>6284432
Couldn't you just fill in the cavities in the FAG faces with something?

>>6284455

I could do that and mix up a paint to approximate the colors. Reaper's line of paints has like, up to eight-ish skin colors and I can tweak from there.

>>6284409
Have you tried lightly dusting the mold with baby powder and tapping the sides of it as the resin dries to shake the bubbles loose?

>>6283838
40 dollar investment gets you as many plates as you need, really. One thing of oomoo is enough to make a good couple of molds even if your first one or two turn out shit, and one thing of the smooth cast resin would get you a few dozen faces at least.

>>6284511
I'm aware (via MSDS and other safety sheets) you need to store the two part resin in a certain way with a lot of ventilation (not just the whole sanding or the whole resin setting thing) and my place doesn't really have any of either, sorry.

>>6284520
huh, this I did not know. I've just been recasting things in my living room, and keeping the resin on the table.

>>6284403
I need a Gabrine

>>6282392
Bad batch of plastic, model shipped in temperature extremes, lateral stress when cutting it from the sprue, any number of things. Good news is if you email Kotobukiya USA they'll send you replacement parts. Messed up a knee joint on Jinrai and had a new one inside of a week and a half. Didn't pay a cent and now I have some extra armor parts since they sent me a whole runner.

>>6284520
Yeah, not really. An open window is all you need at most, unless you're casting tons and tons of shit at once in a small area. And the warnings for storing the resin is only for extended periods of time. Mine's just been on a table in my basement and it's fine for months at a time.

>>6284520
>>6284644
It depends on what kind of resin you're using. Epoxy resin is fairly non-toxic. Polyester Resin is the stuff that smells like death and you need to be careful with. There's also polyurethane resin, but that's hard to deal with because any amount of moisture in the air will inhibit curing.

>>6284364
Link?

>>6284383
I'm really liking Bukiko more than Ao.

>>6284677
that means the marketing is working

>>6284627
>Good news is if you email Kotobukiya USA they'll send you replacement parts. Messed up a knee joint on Jinrai and had a new one inside of a week and a half. Didn't pay a cent and now I have some extra armor parts since they sent me a whole runner.

So for spare parts, not only do I need a middleman, but I need to actually mail them the "order spare parts sheet" that comes with the kit manual?

Here, am considering magnetizing chest pieces and head armor so I can just swap them around easily or use non-armor headpieces like funny hats. Will require epoxy putty, and repainting the pieces but hey, that's how it is.

Last thing: The pink hair pieces that gets bundled as a bonus runner? The color is a very neon pink, like the stuff of highlighters. It's a really tacky, plasticky looking color. One of those really obnoxious /90s anime wacky hair colors, to rephrase it.

>>6284649
>>6284511

Easycast 8oz and Easymold Silicone putty good enough (total <$40) ? I wonder if the Taobao seller is casting using polyurethane or epoxy resin? Anyone bought off him?

>>6284693
If you're in the US you don't need a middleman. You email their product support and they'll usually just mail you the part you need cut off from the sprue. In my case I needed 4 parts from a 10 part sprue so they just sent me the whole thing. Their customer service is really good, you just need the part number, ignore the moonspeak spare part request sheet, I think that's more for people who want to buy extra runners for customs.

>>6284365
jinrai needs to do that bottom-right set of eyes and lay down the smack on the materia twins, holy hell.

>>6284627
? I had emailed Kotobukia USA about replacement parts and they said they don't offer that service.

>>6284705
>Their customer service is really good
>KotoUS
What?

>>6284710
Go down on the materia twins**

>>6284736
hug the materia twins***

According to the manuals, FA:G faceplates are ABS plastic.

There's no way you can carve them, so to make new facial expressions you need a thin layer of epoxy putty and stuff to form around the basic mouth shape you want, and at the same time, the layer has to be thin enough that it doesn't stick out further than the cheeks do.

Sorry folks.

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>>6284680
>Bukiko Kotobuki
Wait, is this some kind of mascot?

>>6284811
Koto (Buki) a
Buki-ko (ko is a suffix for girl names).

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Fa hyako colored no date yet

Will Easycast 8 oz + Silicone putty be good enough for resin casting duplicates, or do I have to step up to the $40 and $60 silicone rubbers?

I've had experience making pretty decent duplicates using plumber's putty or even Milliput for rigid molds, will resin mess up in those?

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The Stylet bullying is official then...

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>>6284970
>this entire episode

>>6284973
>Materia is going to be this gimmicky the entire time
That's going to be my face every time they're on screen. Bunnylard is great, Ao is surprisingly good but goddamn if those two don't annoy me despite the lewdness.

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>>6284976
At this point i feel like the guy in Gremlins 2 that ends up cornered by the transexual gremlin at the end, it's time to embrace it.

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>>6284811
literally an avatar of their nippers, same as pic related

>>6284816
Koto sucks a naming

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Guys check out these new decals

>>6285156
L-lewd

>>6285156
Explain this funny meme to me

>>6285189
you use it to tally how much you've hotglued your fag

>>6285189
spelling out that kanji takes 5 strokes, so it's used to mark 5 counts of something

in hentai commonly used to count how many times someone's been used as a cumdump per given session

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>>6285198
>>6285199

I'm planning to get a Jinrai, Architect and maybe a Hresvelgr on my next trip to Japan. Any issues I should look out for in these models?

>>6284970
Not only the Styko will continue, they are going rape her

>>6285248
*Styko bullying

>>6285198
That remind when only just 1 jap did that and upload it (to a Stylet). Honestly i thought with things like Materia and Innocentia it would be more degenerates.

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what no one posting more stuff from whatever this event is? for shame

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>>6285265

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Why nobody say a shit about this thing? We kankolle now

>>6285285
Because it was shown ages ago.

>>6285206
I found Hres's right arm had a hard time staying in the socket. A bit of Pledge Future should fix it.

Jinrai similarly had the cover part of one of her knee plates not wanting to fit the joint part of the plate properly, so I just replaced both plates with Energy Shields.

>want to recast a mere handful of faceplates and a bit of hair parts
>70plus bucks total

I can feel the despair washing over me!

>>6285376
Learn to do it yourself. The equipment you need won't cost more than $50 or so, and from then on it'll be $20 a batch at most.

>>6285386
I think those 50$ + 20$ is exactly what he means... Similarly, the initial cost keeps me from airbrushing knowing that I'd only do it twice a year at most.

>>6284736
>>6284765
beat the tar out of the materia twins****

>>6285391
The initial cost would be about $50, not $50+20. Once you have the equipment it'll be less than $20 each time you have to do it again.

>>6285419
Still, at this rate it is cheaper to just get them from Taobao and even Koto is comparable...

>>6285395
eat the tar out of the materia twins*****

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>>6285395
Surrender to the Materia twins.

>>6285447
>fanart of materia bullying sty-ko already happening
now I feel like getting a stylet just for the rest to bully

>>6285435
Yeah but you can cast whatever you want and do things like get two complete MDs out of one kit.

>>6285454
By BLADE, too. Really hope Sylphy FAG is happening soon...

>>6285459
>do things like get two complete MDs out of one kit.
not any of the anons in the comment chain but I been pondering about that for some time. Has anyone actually tried that or at least sat down and worked out what would be needed to do that and the viability of it? I do not yet have an MD, but that is something I been curious about since I been dabbling with mold making for a while now to replace parts on some things and make entirely new items.

>>6285391
What equipment would you need? Aside from silicone and resin?

>>6285395
lock the Materia twins in their room ******

I really, really hope they aren't like this the whole series. Not a huge fan of the "sexy rapist twins" gimmick.

>>6285508
I've got mixed feelings, plot-wise and fun-wise it's a pretty bad and cheap gimmick, but... they do things to my yuri-loving reproduction organ.

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Looks like Gourai looks goes well with Hyper hammer...?

>>6285468
>silicone
that is your most important and expensive equipment. If you are smart and depending on the size of your parts you need to recast, that can last you a decent amount of time. Your investment pays off a lot more when you can reuse molds often though.

I personally try to save as much mold as possible by shredding molds I know I will never need again. use the tiny bits to help fill in the new mold but you need to be careful and not have any recycled material anywhere near the item getting molded cause that can cause bubbles, texture issues, etc in the mold itself which is very bad. But It is great to use with awkwardly shapped items, like something long and curved that results in a lot of unused space in the mold.

>>6285562

What kind of silicone you're recasting with matters too. There's generally two kinds of silicone mold-making compound, tin-based and platinum-based. Tin is a lot cheaper, platinum is a lot more expensive.

Most of the time tin will get you by just fine, but it takes 2-4 weeks (depending on temperature) to fully cure. Until then it's constantly leeching a tiny amount of alcohol, which can inhibit the curing of some products.

If you're impatient like me, you might wind up with a never-curing slime on all your casted parts and not know why. It took forever for me to research what was going wrong, since all the online guides only said 'lol you're just not mixing your resin well enough'

Hope this bit of info is helpful.

>>6285516
>tfw want a type 10 gourai but want to wait for the KAI version to fix the articulation

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>>6285582
I'm also waiting for the eventual improved versions of Gourai and Stylet.

>>6285589
I especially want an improved skirt, otherwise I'll have to make one out of greenstuff

>>6285461
>BLADE porn

The switches between cool and SD-style would be pretty jarring.

>>6285582
Just wait for Type 10 Kai, bruh.

I just hope they redo a Stylet Kai in eggplane colors.

>>6285386
>>6285419

Easycast Silicone Putty is kind of like a Milliput mold but softer. I could theoretically shape it like a typical silicone mold.

After that, the prices for silicone rubber starts shooting up to the low 50's up to nearly 70 for the smallest batches. Those ones are the typical brands people use around here.

There's not much choices for resin after artists' jewellry resin. It's pretty much polyester resins after that. Can I get by with the Easycast brand and just fix the errors with epoxy putty?

>>6285459
>>6285562

I'm talking about duplicating FA:G faces

>>6285574
>Silicone
Is this good enough?

https://www.eti-usa.com/easymold-silicone-putty

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FA:G when?

>>6285639

Don't know. I've never used that brand and the description doesn't say what type of silicone it is.

>>6285607
He's done porn before.

>>6285647
It says "platinum cure".

At the very least I was thinking to use the epoxy resin from the same manufacturer?

https://www.eti-usa.com/easy-cast

>>6284722
I emailed [email protected]. They did mention that spares aren't available as needed but they can get them. They ended up having to get mine from Japan in the end. Here's the exact message:
The purchase of replacement sprues is a service only available to residents of Japan.

However we do offer complimentary replacement pieces as available to those located in North America.
Were you needing the entirety of those sprues, or were there specific pieces you needed?

>>6284734
I had no complaints with my experience.

>>6285682
I wonder how much the shipping and service is gonna be (compared to middlemen)

>>6285687
I paid nothing, it was complimentary. It was a knee joint on mine that failed, the peg must have been slightly oversize because as soon as I slid it on I saw white stress marks. Eventually it just snapped.

On the off chance you got it from HobbySearch they're generally real good about finding replacement parts, I got a replacement for a Kato train set that was long out of projection from them and I didn't even buy the set from them (but I do generally have a fair amount preordered through them).

>>6285642
If they do it, probably after Greifen

>>6285861
>After Greifen
That's Rapier's place, reeeee!

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This triggers the Stylet.

>>6285751
Actually, I got it from Mandarake.

>>6285466

You need most of the torso, including some joints. I dont think it would work well.

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It's Race Day!

Start your engines, FAGs!

>>6285949
If you order fairly regularly from Mandarake I would say try to see if you can get them to order it for you. I would be surprised of they said no.

>>6286201
Where did you get those bikes or what brand are they? I'm looking for a bike for my Racing Miku.

>>6286295
Looks like the 1/12 bikes you can get off eBay. I don't think Racing Miku is 1/12 compatible though, they might be a bit too big.

>>6286295
They're Maisto bikes.
They assemble in minutes, take mild customization well, and fit FAGs.

I like 'em, but now that I've got 2 for my ninjas, I'll probably hold out for the Gigantic Arms Bike.

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Built Gourai as my first model kit when she was first released years ago so I'm touching her back up.

For the folks who built FAG Gourai

What paint did you use for the armor assuming you'd want to keep her non-custom painted?

I thought about using Tamiya XF72
(JGSDF Brown) but it seems too dark.

Airbrushing for reference.

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>>6286499
Flames of War British Armor Green.
One of the finest spray-paints I've ever used.

Only to find out later that the line was canceled, and there will be no more. Sadness.

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Is it possible to have too many guns?

>>6286526
I the grimdork future of model building there is only dakka.

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>>6286526
You can neva' 'ave enuff dakka

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>>6286499
>>6286521

Apparently Vallejo rebranded the color as Vallejo Model Color 879 Green-brown just a heads up if you have that laying around

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>>6286526
>Rotating gatling gun assemblies

>>6286526
No, but when you remove the hands in favor of guns, then you may have gone too far.

She has guns to shoot you with.

But no hands to hug you with.

A sad Gourai.

>>6286535
Thank you.
To me, you are a hero.

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>>6286526
not really

>>6286526
It's possible to have guns that are designed or positioned badly for either practicality or aesthetic reasons. In this case, swapping the hands for guns was a step too far, and the asymmetrical missile pod bugs me.

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>>6286581
>concerning yourself with practicality regarding dakka
methinks you iz a panzy git

New thread: >>6286589