=READ THE GUIDE=THE GUIDE: http://gunpla.buyfags.moe/=READ THE GUIDE=For those new to gunpla/plamo or even just new to this thread; please read the guide. Please read it before asking questions, as there is a chance it has already been answered there.For the unclear, "plamo" is a shortened form of "plastic model". If it's made of plastic, someone can probably help you here!If you're new, you're gonna fuck up. Don't worry! If you're experienced, don't make the new people worry!And don't forget to report shitposting and spam.>Why won't anyone answer my question?Try being specific, especially about your materials and process. Post images whenever possible; even if the kit/part looks bad, you are more likely to get help posting images.>Why are my pictures sideways?4chan strips EXIF data from images when they're uploaded to the site from your phone, including the orientation display tag. To fix this, save your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.One commonly used app that works well on Android:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizerLinks:>A guide to other types of plamo:http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20-By-Step>Kawaguchi gunpla tips:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx-SoCOivVEHNDOl16VWLB3A>Gundam lineart:Explore our extensive lineart links collection:https://pastebin.com/KgGJFkHa>Funaka's gunpla guides:Building Gunpla: https://files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdfScratchbuilding: https://files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf>Falldog's gunpla guide:http://otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:https://www.saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography/>Dalong's gunpla reviews and kit documentationdalong.net>Schizophonic's gunpla and plamo reviewshttps://schizophonic9-2.comPast Groupbuilds:https://www.flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06Previous thread: >>22942255
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anyone have the RG banshee Norn, i see some mixed thoughts about it, black on gold is just a cool color scheme to me and i can get it on discount
>>22946840yeah it's good
retarded question but whats what your guys favorite bootleg brands
>>22946867effect wings
>>22946836I'm digging its Raphael-type head
>>22946563>>22946695>>22946671Cool!
Bought the Bootleg90 from AliExpress. You all know what happened if I don't report back.Despised Bandai so much it fucking killed me.
>>22946829hopefully they'll do us a solid and include that long Sazabi rifle which came with an issue of Dengeki Hobby or something
>>22946867Ill be honest. I can barely tell the brands apart because the online resellers rarely label them.In a perfrect world these bootleggers would have their own websites with updates of what they plan to release. If it actually exists please link me.That said I like the one with the red X that made the gm spartan. The ones that made the tristars/kampfer are also good too.
>>22946867xfs and jms are best quality overall, but most others are fine toogaogao is kinda shit but they're an older brand
>>22946924No clear enough pics of the manual for the HGCE Destiny Spec-II and Zeus Silhouette sucks. I triple checked HobbySearch's Japan language site for the manuals throughout the whole week and their usual release windows... Nothing shows up at all. All pics of the manual I saw in social media are blurry pieces of shit, but as much as I can read it, there are no notable parts with the Zeus Silhouette.
>>22946424basedjust censor the nipples and pussy>>229464275/10 difficulty rating on jpdb, maybe i'll use this in my japanese language study >>22946567just use super glue and accelerant or unthinned surfacer 500 applied with a toothpick a couple times
>>22946867gk-m because i only buy bootleg resin not plastic (plastic is already cheap enough) and i can't be bothered fucking about with taobao agents for dreamcast/ghs
>>22946936Update: the Destiny Spec-II manual is now live on HobbySearch, but the weapon details and front cover page weren't scanned. But from what I saw, it amounts to nothing with how the parts of the Zeus Silhouette aren't labeled with some fantastical name.
>>22942401>>22946066Did they announce this shit before or am I a fucking seer now?
>>22946965yeah they mentioned it months ago i'm afraidhonestly it's rare for this stuff to take so long
>Bandai releases so shit>Discussions are all about bootlegs.The state of /gpg/
>>22946840Multiple people replied to you last thread about this list. The norn is the same build as the unicorn.>i see some mixed thoughts about itNo you don't, you're just being indecisive about buying it. Buy the kits you like the look of, it's that easy. The only kit to avoid on that list is the Sinanju & Aile strike.
>>22947005bootleg resin is 1 thing but i don't understand bootleg plastic, especially bandai plastic. just go on a second hand store and buy the original? plastic is already cheap and bootleg plastic is miserable
>>229470102012 ass post bwhahahaha
>>22947010>buy the original?How do I buy what does not exist?
>>22947010Sorry takeshi, I just dont want to deal with your bullshit anymore.I dont care if I need to do a bit of filework, maybe cut off a teensy bit of surplus. My friend Zhang has treated me better than you ever had.
>>22947021tfw Bandai will never return to the early 2000s quality of kits and content because the idiot consumers have taken over the hobby and buy up everything like a starving dog scrounging for food.
Chang-sama onegai just make the GM Interceptor I can't stomach denying Tiananmen Square online much longer >ummm just buy the retail relea-I MEAN THE ACTUAL GM INTERCEPTOR YOU FUCKING NIGGER
>>22947005New releases have slowed massively and half, or more, of the new releases are PBandai. It's not a surprise that Chinese kits are more interesting right now.>>22947010>just go on a second hand store and buy the original?And pay 3 times the price for a single kit. The only kits you can get for a reasonable price is the shit no one wants.
>>22947023>idiot consumers have taken over the hobby and buy up everything like a starving dog scrounging for food.Can't blame people for doing this when missing a new print run means you might not see it again for 3-5 years. They've taught people to hoard.
>>22947023Bandai doesnt give a fuck about bootlegs or good service. Not when scalpers buy them out anyway. As long as the kits and the decals (sold seperately) and the stupid cape (sold separately) and the stupid c packs (sold separately) and the funnel effects (sold separately) leave their shelves its all good.Why the fuck did gunpla turn into fucking crypto? Why do kits artifically leave the market and mysteriously resurface at double the price at random ass stores? Why do they get more expensive when yen just fucking dipped'? Why do licensed resellers literally sell out within minutes of having stocks at catalog prices?
>>22947030god bandaibabies have it so goodtry "might not see it again for 10 years if ever"
>>22947076>Boy, abused wives have it good, try being murderedLol.
how do we fight bandai beside giving ourselves rashes
>>22947089stop buying anything from a license they own
>>22947099but they don't care about westoids
>>22947032>Why the fuck did gunpla turn into fucking crypto? They need your money to invest into NFT and metaverse, also disgn, engineer, build and then change fuckhuge statue every 1.5 years
>>22946840most banshee painted build i've seen always color the psychoframe in either orange or green, but i wanna see where it's colored in silver, like it's part of the skeletal frame.
>>22946834>>22946836Damm, Got too slow again.I would like to apologize for being late again. Anyway, while waiting for Group build result, might as well as post the mascot I made for last round, Bulkman Chaplain and Zaku III.This time I made it modular in case you want to adjust which part you want to see.
>>22946932Think bootleg new release stuff gets posted to twitter/x
>>22947134would fuck both
>>22946932The companies are posting on Chinese social media sites, so that's why you never see them.@KRW_KRW_KRW posts about new Chinese kits on twitter.
Honestly I don’t think I’d mind if Bandai starts making the weapons for retail kits PB. I never pose my gundams with the guns, they always end up in a plastic bag stored away somewhere.
anyone has experience buying from taobao or other agents?the best ones don't sell their stuff in the west...
backpacks should all be pbandai
>>22947162i'd rather them put the prices up and continue to include them. also put different pose hands back in. bandai kits are already retardedly cheap so a bit of a price hike is barely perceptible
>>22947162??????????are you retarded
>>22947164just use superbuy or pandabuy
>>22947162How about instead of making them PBandai, they release the weapon kits as retail also. Why is your first thought to make an add-on to a retail kit only available via PBandai?
bros you think we're getting something good tonite or nah
Should I sell my MG Epyon and get the RG instead? I kind of like the look of the RG better, but I have MG Wing TV and Wing Zero TV so it wouldn't be in scale with these.
>>22947217can't you just have both
>>22947218It bothers me having two of the same gundam (even though one is technically the ew redesign). So I would really prefer to just have one.
Bros, imagine this>future retail kits are all molded in one color>they give you a ton of color correction sticker sheets (for the snapfriends)>kits with more than one molded color will be premium bandai only
>>22947226VGH I need this. Takes me back to the halcyon days
>>22947220cure yourself of that
>>22947226Why even bother? Just send us a block of plastic and chisels.
>>22947238but what about the snapfriends?
>>2294723825 bucks(for the block, chisels are much more expensive)
>>22947239Give them 2 blocks with pegs. Problem solved.
>>22947217>>22947220Can't you enjoy the MG to be in scale with his other MG buddies, and enjoy the RG to fiddle around with on its own? It's not as if you'll display them all together. If you sell the MG, Wing and Wing Zero will be lonely
>>22947228autism didn't exist back in those days that is why
got my first "third party" kit
>>22947245yeah i guess you're right. good point anon. I will keep it and just get the rg also. it might be cool to have the rg with a matte finish and candy coat the mg to look like the special coating version
>>22947248what is it
>>22947226I'd be fine with that if they at least keep the part separation. I hate masking
>>22947250InEra Lizard
>>22947217>Wing Zero TVThere is no MG of that.
>>22947249There you go! That way they're not even completely identical, you're happy and they're happy, everyone wins.>convinced an anon to keep his robots and increase them in numberAnother good day's work
>>22947256Proto Zero is virtually identical, that's the whole point of it
>>22946932>That said I like the one with the red X that made the gm spartanxfs aka xingfengshe (and sometimes just xingfeng). they also made the bootleg woundwort
When is the destiny spec 2 hg supposed to come out again? Goodsmilecompanys site has a breach and i have to order a new card right away.
>>22946424you could probably post in the /toy/ plamo thread if it's too offtopic for /m/>>22947010bootleg plastic is getting popular for the same reason bootleg resin did. it's too much of a pain in the ass to find the original limited run pbandai shit without paying double from some scalper/reseller.no clue who would buy bootlegs of generally available retail kits though. (besides third worlders who live close to china and can ship them for cheap)
Disappointing that it needs a stand to hold the gun, but I'm not sure what I was expecting. Marute still did it better though.
>>22947299no fucking shit it needs that
>>22947302The Metal RD can hold it just fine. The kit probably just needs a drop of nail polish in the right places.
>>22947322thisif they made a cheaper monochrome line but with parts separation I'd buy only thatinstead they make monochrome that's more expensive and exclusive
>>22947313These action figures have metal joints. Modelkit usually has a hard time with giant weapons because they stretch the plastic and degrade the joint quality.
Please show up soon groupbuild dude, I'm dying and the only cure is groupbuild entries.
I'm beginning to fall for Mk IV. HG when?
>>22947346Good, good. Join the cult.Wearwolf is a miracle of a manga, we just might get a kit thanks to that down the line.
>>22947346next decade, there's only so much universal century shit they can make P-bandai, it's about time they delve into stuff like the MK IV
>>22947299Man i hate those nipples so much.
>>22947351How far's the translation anyway? Mangadex has only 9 chapters
>>22947353>there's only so much universal century shit they can make P-bandaithere's still a ton in GBO2...
>>22946836So to solve my "deformed Chinesium pieces" problem as per >>22946567 I went and grabbed my old bottle of cement and melted a chunk of leftover runner overnight. I just finished patching the liquid into the holes (probably should have used a brush instead of toothpicks to make getting the air bubbles out easier, but it wasn't that hard to do except with one of the pieces), and I'm going to leave it to dry out over the rest of the day before I start sanding. The undersides of the long pieces also have small divots (more deformities) that I need to get rid of, but those aren't structurally compromising so they can wait.
>>22947370What's this, a resin recasted action base? You really enjoy wasting your time on a damn base of all things instead of working on a kit?
I don't even clean the nubs on my basesWhy would I? Youre supposed to look at the model not the base its on
Newtype black friday sale just dropped.35% off:>mg dx>mg 00 quant>rg epyon30% off:>mg epyon>mg exia>mg shiki 2.025% off:>mg astray kai>mg justice>mg banshee>mg wing proto zero>mg 00 quant full saber, raiser, seven sword>mg aegis>mg sinanju stein narrativeand others
>>22947381Nubs are distracting
>>22947381I used to give equal attention to bases as I would for any kits, but around the 6th or 7th one I stopped caring as much. If I order display stands in bulk from aliexpress, I'll probably care even less.But if there's some actual pretty custom base or something that's unique to the figure, then call me Full Frontal, because I'll put in full-effort into them and feel no joy in life
>>22947381because it takes a whole 10 extra seconds to ensure all nubs are cleaned off the base like any other parts and improves the looks.
>>22947381I dont even remove them from the runners, why should I? I just let my coompla stand on the base.
Thoughts on plaplate cutters/scissors?
>>22947373Anon, the entirety of model building is a waste of time. Why would you not try to correct major glaring imperfections on any of your kits and bases?>>22947385A bunch of the best of these are still only just barely in the same range of regular Hobby Lobby discounts (though yes, admittedly you won't find a lot of these at HL).
>>22947405Yeah the sale is kind of ass. Only really good deal is the shiki. Even like the shenlong and freedom are more expensive than at hobby lobby
>>22947402If I recall correctly they're not very good. You're better off scoring multiple times until you can make a clean break.
You guys think we’ll be eating good tonight with the pb drop?
>>22947422>we
>>22947426WUZ
>>22947422This is the second time you ask. Nobody responded last time because nobody gives a fuck. Read the room, take a hint
>>22947422I've reached the point where I either already have most of the P-Bandai things I want, or need to consider stopping due to having too big of a box fort.
>>22947430No, I don’t think I will. Keep seething
Hey guys are we getting anything good tonight on the pbandai drop?
is this thing a waste of money?
Are the RG Astrays any good or should I just go for a MG?
>>22947440they're goodMGs are good too
>>22947439Just get triangle qtips
>>22947422I can't wait to pick up the FAZZ (Titanium Finish), Deep Striker, EX-S, and Turn X tonight (source: me).
>>22947451
hey guys did you know there's a new P-Bandai drop today
>>22947451i wuv you
>>22947439I'll tell you for sure in about a week
>>22947451Based nero poster
>>22947363just learn japanese>>22947402scissors sounds like an awful tool for cutting stock styrene. use a mitre cutter or just score with your knife then snap
Some crazy son of a bitch 3D printed a Detonator Bringer
>>22946834I got my GM Sniper II in the mail so I was finally able to start kitbashing the second member of Erbsenmuster Team. I'm not yet done kitbashing as I'm still waiting for some bootleg gunplas I bought for parts to come in the mail
>>22947470holy based
>>22947439I got some recently. They're just bits of pre-cut rubber. They do the job but a cotton swab does the exact same thing and it's easier to go out and buy a bunch of those rather than waiting for replacements for these.
>>22947471I did not reply to the correct OP post whoops
>>22947471Looks highly kino so far, I like it a lot.But god damn seeing german being used for Zeon-related things for the nth time makes me want to wring your neck
>>22947475They're going to be painted in the Erbsenmuster camo pattern from WW2 so I have a legitimate excuse
>>22947471The rezel mega beam cannon should be printed as an option part.
>>22947482there's a bootleg Shezarr Jesta coming out that has it
>>22947467>just learn japaneseAnd how many chapters does it have in japanese currently?
How come FAZZ anon doesn’t just retvrn to daban (or in this case their other name aa model)? Even if they reprints the fats it will probably be twice the price of daban’s.
>>22947487Because Daban kits are mostly total shit.
>>22947487don't trust third parties with anything more complex than a HG
>>22947482As someone who has a ReZEL-C, I would much rather that the standard beam rifle be available as an option part.
Whats the appeal of the Astray?
>>22947475I agree, it's time we move on from Zeon as Germany stand ins. Now they should be Israel stand ins.
>>22947492it looks cool and lowe guele understands the rule of cool so it ended up with a lot of cool shit
>>22947492You need to able to see Mt Tai to understand Astray.
>>22947492The orange one actually looks pretty cool
>>22947492It's for the people who love LEDs in everything they own and think light up shoes are cool.
>>22947490>>22947489Yeah but when it’s your only option when a kit hasn’t been reprinted in a million years it’s not bad paying $50 for aa model fats vs $400 from scalpers. And like the whole point of model kits is to put work into it. At least you have it in model kit form unlike agebros who still don’t have mg age 3 or fx.
>>22947492the prominent inner frames are very coolthe v fins are too much though, more so than even the katanas
>>22947473>a cotton swab does the exact same thingi thought the main purpose of these wedge-sponge-tip sticks was for precisely erasing things to get specific shapes. i see GK artists use them for finely detailed face/eye art a lot
>>22947470beautiful
>>22947514on your next trip to the gay store
>>22947492Appeals to the inner weeb in us.
>>22947516oh shit, i clearly need to have more homosex since i didnt even know these existedi have just used the basic fluffball 1000-for-$5 qtips
>>22947521Half the tools you see in hobby sites are rebranded womens beauty tools.
>>22947473aren't they reusable? also they don't put residue everywhere i hopei go through swabs bags super fast
>>22947523They're reusable to a point. Eventually they soak up too much and you need to replace it.
>>22947522I need to browse online makeup supplies more.Just recently bought a nail art dust brush that Im gonna use to clean dust off all my plamos
left >soulessright >SOULwhy the FUCK would bandai make 2 different GM ground type heads and have the default one look gay and the more screen accurate one only be available through p-bandai and rare kits?
>>22947528aren't there like three different GM Ground Type heads?Anyway I think it had something to do with different interpretations using different source material
>>22947528The soulless one looks better.
>>22947533It always does but people love to be contrarian retards around here.
>>22947533>>22947539but I really do like the bigger one more...
>>22947539i genuinely don't believe that the "popular" design trends are what people like, it's gotta just be top-down propaganda from bandai and designers or something because people can't consistently have taste that bad
>>22947546Name your top 5 kits
Has anyone gotten or built the 30MM AC kits yet? It seems like the only people that have them are the Japanese.
>>22947563GM I GM II GM III GM IV GM V.
>>22947563mg ver ka zeta, vsms daccas, 1/144 sr3 engage, hg baund doc, mg ball ver ka
>>22947572sounds like a basic bitch tryharding and pretending to like unusual stuff
>>22947563HG GM I+II+III set (gundam base exclusive)HGGTO GM [Shoulder Cannon/Missile pod Equipped]HG GM Spartan [Bootleg ver, fuck pbandai]MG GM Sniper IIHG G-Line Standard Armor [pbandai only, nooooooo]
>>22947572Show it then.
>>22947575>complains about p-bandai twice>but not about gundam basehmmm
>>22947580just move to japan.
>>22947574artpla testukyojin vs jashinhei, fiftyseven grave frog, moderoid gran cher, kotobukiya nacchin, frame arms girl kongo
>>22947574Bullshit you fags glaze the Zeta and Ball ver ka all day
there's never going to be a suit as perfect as the aerial again
Groupbuild dude is fucking DEAD rip you will be missed.
>>22947588just wait for season 3
>>22947595They'll probably make a Build custom before then. I have a tiny suspicion that's what Anavanta was supposed to be but the mangaka insisted on using it as his MC's unit
>>22947584all me
>>22947601idk shit about build, it's still ongoing?customs based off wfm could be nice since they're mechanically sounder than most lines
>>22947572Alright, lets see them then.
>>22947594Hey I just got home from work, lemme make the images and polls and shit
>>22947608>it's still ongoing?they just did a 3-episode "build metaverse" ova last year and released 12 new kits based on it. expect more ovas in the future I guess
>>22947608The manga keeps getting new one-offs and shorts in hobby magazines but there hasn't been a new animated entry in a while
>>22947615wagie wagie, free from his cagiewagie wagie, free from his cagieHurry up, I wanna see myself get a solid mid result
>workwhy?
>>22947588>Aerial>PerfectWow
>>22947623Plastic doesn't pay for itself.
>>22947624hello unicorn fan
A few months ago at Anime Expo I overheard some guy say the Xi/Penelope are the ugliest lead Gundams. While wearing a fucking Unicorn shirt. Lmfao
is it normal to almost go through an entire 15ml jar of mr.color paint? I'm airbrushing it, and my bottle of the thinned paint is noticeably low. Maybe I should have thinned it more? it's at like 1:2
>>22947628There is more dignity in Unicorn than Yuricon
>tfw no 1/100 FM unicorn [unicorn mode] with no transformation
>>22947633Doesn't really make him wrong.
words that elicit strong feelings among /gpg/ posters.
>>22947652gtm
>>22947652*anything*-kino*anything*-slop
>>22947633>ugliest lead GundamsI mean, he is definitely right. They are Bayformers tier overdesigned. The goofy giant foam hands Xi has is genuinely laughter inducing.
>>22947667>Saying this>When that king retard helmet netflix shit just releasedHere's your helmet, king.
>>22947652At this point the only designers that don't get shitposted into oblivion are Kobayashi and Kondo and that's because they're barely relevant these days
>>22947672CHADbuchi mogs them both
>>22947672kinobayashi and kindo
Metroid colors
>>22947471I got started on the third member of Erbsenmuster Team, I'm not sure where I'll go from here.
>>22947670The EX isn't the lead, it's an antagonist suit. Xi is the lead Gundam of its respective show. Imagine not understanding context. Keep the crown, court jester.
>>22947471And this is all 3 together
as for me, i like the xeorymer gundam
>>22947686>Not understanding what lead meansI insist, take it.
>>22947696Xi is in lead in the ugliest Gundam contest. Simple as. I can't take the crown after you've used it, bro. I don't want lice.
xi is beautifulpenelope on the other hand...
>>22947703it's fresh in the package unsealed. Your netflix gundam is a lead like char is a lead, retard.
>>22947705Cancer is better than leprosy tier comment
>>22947709Not a single person would claim Char is a lead in any of the TV shows he's in. Do words mean something else in the bumfuck suburb you live in?
>>22947714>The primary antagonist who follows Amuro across 3 series and a movie isn't a leadHere's your final (You)
>>22947718He isn't, a lead is the protagonist. No one calls fucking Voldemort or Palpatine the leads in their respective series. Are you brain damaged or did you simply not go to school?
>>22947725Leads are central characters you illiterate fucking moron. They don't have to be protagonists BUT they typically are because every story is braindead filth designed for idiots like you with two functioning brain cells.
i'm just here to fight about stupid shit
Why the fuck the RG Goldymarg is so expensive.
>>22947742third party license. lots of plastic. high r&d costs
>>22947740Based. Me too
>>22947742We had this discussion last thread, bandai is a synonym for greed.
>>22947737I implore you to get an elementary school level education before posting here.
The Nightmare builds are so spooky, it killed GBD
wish 30mm had another "girl" mecha line that's less cutesy than acerby and spinatia
>>22947747This is what ChatGPT says you uncultured midwit. Fuck outta here>A “lead character” often refers to the most prominent or central character in a story, but it isn’t always synonymous with the protagonist. Here’s how they differ:>Protagonist: This is the main character around whom the story revolves. They drive the plot forward and are often the one facing the central conflict or pursuing a significant goal. The protagonist is typically the “hero” but not always, as they can also be morally complex or even anti-heroes.>Lead Character: This term emphasizes screen or story presence. A lead character can be the protagonist, but sometimes multiple lead characters share the spotlight (e.g., an ensemble cast). In some stories, a lead character may be prominent but not the protagonist. For example:>In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway is a lead character (and the narrator), but Jay Gatsby is the protagonist.>In Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa is arguably the protagonist, but Max is also a lead character.>In summary, while the protagonist is often the lead character, the term “lead” can apply more broadly to any character with a significant role in the story.
>>22947753what if 30mm momo
>>22947760For some reason reminds me to this.
>>22947760i'd like something that does without heels and boobs and no face
>>22947748I'm not dead yet. Groupbuild time
mg ver ko when
>>22947759>ChatGPTSorry, I went to school. I don't need some random Large Language Model telling me something that is incongruent with the actual dictionary definition of a term. You are categorically wrong. I trust wiktionary more than ChatGPT.
Developed in UC 0082 as an attempted revival of the failed EXAM program, researchers in a small base outside Jaburo created the RX-82 EX+ by using not just the soul of a newtype, but also parts of their body tissue grafted into key components. They hoped this would prevent the system from going berserk by anchoring the soul physically, but it was the opposite, giving the soul more agency on the suit itself. Funding quickly dried up, leading to the facility and suit left to rot in the jungle. However, the soul lived on, growing in strength and spreading its influence, mutating the suit into a bio-organic monstrosity...
As the waking nightmares of war wages across the north american front one company of EFGF, that makes camp on a certain Elm Street, finds that the real nightmares were always in their sleep. Freddy Krueger manifests a customized zeon Hygogg to torment federation soldiers, the suit features a paint job to match Freddy's sweater, exposed armor reveals burnt living flesh and a powered razor sharp gauntlet to mirror his bladed glove.
The Necromachinica xynoptera (Common name Necromecha Beetle) is a highly intelligent, parasitic space beetle native to the dense asteroid belts of Vharaxis-7. Measuring over 20 meters in length, its chitinous exoskeleton glimmers with metallic hues, a natural camouflage against the asteroid fields it calls home. The beetle's predatory behavior is unique, targeting piloted Mecha that stray too close to its nesting grounds. Once it identifies a target, the Xynoptera latches onto the Mecha with powerful, serrated mandibles. Using its specialized appendages, it rapidly injects biomechanical tubes into the machine’s mechanics. These tubes, filled with a hemolymph-like fluid, mimic muscular tissue, allowing the beetle to override the Mecha’s controls and convert it into a grotesque puppet under its command. Inside the hijacked Mecha, the beetle initiates its reproduction cycle. It breaches the pilot’s protective suit using a retractable ovipositor, implanting its offspring directly into the host’s body cavity. Through potent psychic energy, the Xynoptera ensures the pilot remains alive and aware, serving as an incubator while the larvae consume their body from within. This psychic link not only sustains the host but amplifies the beetle’s control over the zombified Mecha, enhancing its effectiveness in combat and defense of its nest. The Necromachinica xynoptera is a master of ambush tactics, utilizing the asteroid field’s natural cover to attack prey swiftly and efficiently. While rare and incredibly dangerous, understanding its behavior offers a glimpse into the terrifying adaptability of parasitic life forms in the cosmos. Encounters with this species are strongly discouraged, as even a single Xynoptera has the potential to decimate entire Mecha fleets.
>>22947775Did you? I seem to remember every other teacher from school telling me not to trust wikipedia and that it's not a credible sourse LOLand you aren't even addressing the points it's making. If the protagonist and the lead are the same thing, then explain the Great Gatsby? Assuming you even read books kek
>>22947778oh, it was a Freddy thing. Thought that was suppose to be a giant brain hooked up to a Hygogg
Russian super-science has created an unstoppable attack weapon powered by an organic mind and electricity: The Zogok. Prisoner volunteers have been upgraded through mutation to wear the nickel-steel armour sections as if it was their own body. Wires are sunk into the survivors' pleasure centers to react enthusiastically to destruction. Hydraulic talons surround Palm mounted cannons to create pleasing annihilation in the immediate surroundings. Although the upper teeth are filed away to fit its armour, the jaw more or less remains to bite. If the Zogok remains still for too long, a back mounted rocket will launch automatically to provide more exciting explosions to help it continue the mission. Standard doctrine is to release the Zogok towards the enemy and wait for its batteries to wear out before recovery.
>>22947784i love this one. the diorama is also great and goes along perfectly with it
>>22947674bandai needs to make a plastic version
>>22947784>>22947786The right most image almost looks like that SM64 CGI.
>>22947782Wiktionary is not Wikipedia, you mental midget. It isn't prone to errors like Wikipedia because dictionary definitions of words dont usually change overnight, Gatsby is the protagonist, Carraway is the narrator. There is no story if Gatsby is not in the mix. Carraway isn't driving the plot. RFV is about the Zeon Bitch and her team surviving the onslaught of an enemy mech. The gundam is not a lead any more than Char's Zaku is the lead in 0079. Think before posting for more than 3 seconds. God damn.
>>22947787fuck bandai i just want the e2046 recast to come back in stock
Aaaaaaaaand that's it for entries. Honestly not as many entries as I expected given how many times Nightmare made it onto the polls. I blame the 2.5 months thing, that's way too short for these generals to make things (I should know, I didn't get to finish my Lazengann kitbash too). 3 months has to be the minimum amount of time for these. Anyways, Poll's up. Vote from now until the 25th to decide who wins the Groupbuild!https://forms.gle/QziJLrBMdM3y4Gv39In the meantime, you can also nominate theme ideas for the next group build by replying to this post with them. As always, the runner up themes from the previous poll are automatically included:>Giant Weapons Groupbuild (Build a robot that uses oversized weaponry (buster sword, hyper mega bazooka, enormous drill, tower shield, etc)>Artillery Groupbuild (Build a MS with shoulder-mounted weaponry (Cannons, Missiles, Rockets, etc)>Super Robot Groupbuild (Build a mecha with the aesthetics/loadout of a super robot (Original or based off an existing one)>Urban Warfare Groupbuild (Build and customize a mech themed around combat in a city environment)
>>22947792STOLEN
>4 entries
>>22947637Why would anyone who wants a 1/100 version of a kit ask specifically for a FM version instead of a regular MG?
>>22947797re100 msa-120
>>22947797cheaper. less work. don't care about inner frame slop since it's all covered up anyway.
>>22947795Maybe that was the nightmare all along
>>22947792jesus, only 4?fuck...
>>22947781really really like the colors on this one. is this pearlescent paint?
>>22947805Kirasissies don't look
how the hell are there only 4 with so many anons talking about their entriesVery nice jobs to the 4 of them anyway
>>22947808these 4 guys just talked about them a lot
>>22947652greeble
>>22947811greeble is kino
>>22947797because obviously any MG unicorn will be a transformer. I dont want a kit that transforms into destroy mode.
>>22947805Shell bullet is like 1.5x that size in the animation
>>22947812nah but vidar is an exception
>>22947792oh no no no no no noo.... Nightmarebros... Holy fuck.. only 4? I was expecting 6 or 7 at least.
>>22947817>>22947808>>22947803>>22947795nobody here even builds, they're all just adhd fucks who build up their box forts and shitpost all day.
>>22947819i feel personally attacked
bootleg when
>>22947792I let my Nightmarebros down, if only I had started to paint a week earlier, I would have made it. I'm probably gonna be done by Sunday and will post it here before twitter.
>>22947801The outer frames on RE100 kits look worse than MGs though.>>22947813It wouldn't have to be, it could just be a unicorn mode version.
Well, which entry are you voting for /gpg/?
>>22947830all four of them I like, so I'm just gonna spin a wheel
>>22947830It was hard to choose between zogok and schwarzette
>>22947830grimzock
>>22947828Bandai would never make an MG of a transforming MS without implementing the transformation gimmick
the next theme will have 20 entries
vidar is one of those "even a broken clock is right twice a day" designs. the clock being ippei gyoubu of course
The Vidar is so beautiful. KINOppei GODbu truly is the pinnacle of mecha design.
>>22947841I WILL learn to paint before the next groupbuild. t.snapbaby
>>22947830mine
>>22947792Unfortunate about the small number of entries, but they're all pretty high quality, so that's nice
I rushed to finish a week before halloween (weird work schedule) and then waited weeks for this turnout? Damn....Well, congrats to the other entrants, you guys all look great
>>22947855dont u just want to beat him up
>>22947792rip to the plague gouf, guess the extension wasn't enough
>>22947858Look at it this way fellow nightmare bro, It just means you are a member of the upper echelon of TRUE builders in /gpg/. Cool picture btw.
>>22947870true, true, that is one way to look at itpic turned out just how I wanted it; took a bit of messing with contrast and color inversion and stuff like that
>>22947870>>22947873Also, I should say that I was inspired for the build all thanks to you. Seeing you use milliput/whatever gave me the idea for fleshy bits with the stuff
This one was my favorite group build yet. The entries were really strong.
>>22947889Turnout is a shame because each one submitted is really good. Though /gpg/ would be more into nightmare.
>>22947896Groupbuild dude always works himself into a seethe when I suggest coom groupbuild but I guarantee you it’d get a lot more entries and would be really interesting
>>22947901Sorry pal, but it's shitpost groupbuild's turn.
>>22947906OMG YESThen I can finally make my Luxembourg gundam
>>22947901
>>22947901I would enjoy a lewd groupbuild. It'll be exciting to see some coomgodkinos.
>>22947901It'd only work if this was a Bionicles general.
Is Hideo Kojima good at weathering?https://x.com/Kojima_Hideo/status/1859166478098165889
>>22947917Puke.
>>22947917No, the other pics show he didn't clean up the spots where he dabbed the markers onto the panel lines
>>22947917That commie isn't good at anything.
>>22947917lil bro spluttered coffee on his shit and said "i aint a snapshitter no mo"
>>22947917if it was his first time weathering its 'okay'
>>22947927hope it was 25$ coffee
>>22947917When is the EX Gundam gonna be available here. I don't wanna pay for scalper prices.
>>22947917Kojima does it again
>>22947935is that real
>>22947917Sasuga la creatividad, innovating our hobby with his coffeekino weathering technique. Really puts /gpg/ snapshits to shame.
>>22947937
>>22947652(a picture is worth a thousand words)
>>22947947That is a goddamn sexy X Gundam. You should feel bad for posting this.
i'm always amazed that my hobby shop massively restocks on one piece ships and manages to sell it all in less than a monthi'm a one piece slut but i'd never buy these
>>22947947I took one look at that image and immediately disintegrated. I'm typing this from the void.
>>22947408>>22947467What about this one? Still a bad idea? It's on sale
A lot of the older Megami Devices have these inferior tummies compared to the newer ones. Any tips on how to rectify this? I've never sculpted before.
>>22947968This is a better one mainly because of those measuring plastic addons.>>22947467 I have this one and the pla plate slips through a gap in the middle.
Mg age 3 normieMg age fxMg g self ver kaPlease Bandai sama
I'm just getting into Gundam kits, what is the best general for discussing Gunpla? This or the one on /toy/?
>>22947917This looks fine to me, I don't get what all the autismoids here are crying about
>>22948046/toy/ huffs glue whereas we huff paint
>>22948055Except no one here paints. We huff our own farts
Looking to get my first gundam, what model kit would you recommend for a complete beginner?
>>22948069I don't have any of the Entry Grade kits but I've heard pretty good things about them desu
>>22946836I lied... the typhoon is evidently not my last kit for the year...
>>22948061wrong, we have proof that 4 people here paint
>>22948075>what is hyperbole
>>22948061I fart lacquer fumes.
>>22948077>le "I was merely pretending to be retarded" defense
>>22948077The super super bowl.
How's your army building for the preparation of insurrection day anon-tachi?
why is hardware store lacquer thinner stinkier than hobby lacquer thinner
>>22948086You autists are so retarded when it comes to these social cues it’s not even funny. People were just ripping on how few groupbuild submissions there were and you’re acting like it’s a testament to the diligence of the user base here that we managed to get 4 people to post their work
>>22948069Whichever one you like the look of the most. Don't think you have to go with an EG or HG kit as your first.
>>22948094>original post not about the groupbuild>rants about autists and groupbuildwho's the one not picking up on social cues not retard kun?
>>22948099Bait used to be believable
>>22948094Did you participate in the groupbuild anon?
>>22948097Which ones are the easiest? This feels like a lot to get into so I want one that’s not so complicated
>>22948046/toy/ thread is slower and somewhat more serious, this thread is a lot more active and full of shitposts.>>22948090what tragedy happened here...
>>22948108In terms of ease, the entry grade kits are probably your best bet. That or something like the pokepla kits.
what are you guys buying for black friday?Doing a tiered corner shelf hi nu is going with the 1/144 nightinggale 3rd party, the gp01 is going with the solomon physalis 3rd party, the DOM is going with the rx78 3.0 and naturally the gouf and ez8 are going together.
>>22948126Rg epyon, mg age 1 normie, mg cow>1/144 nightinggaleWatch out. People say the plastic in this will fuck you up. Nice picks otherwise
>>22948126>RG Gaogaigar>Southern Cross ZakuProbably these two, I'm tempted to grab a MG ReZel Type C, but I'm not too sure.
>>22948136Dewit. Rezel is fucking sick man.
>>22948126None of the kits I want are in stock
>>22948145The fazz is in stock on AliExpress. Just under the aa model (daban) brand.
Let my tongue be cleaved if I forget you, mg age 3Let my right hand forget if I forget you, mg age fx
>>22948157Geez, dude. How about you go out and touch a tit or two.
>>22948162Girls don’t like me
>>22948170Geez, dude. How about you go out and touch a dick or two.
>>22948126You could get the RG Hi-Nu and MG Dom for cheaper at Hobby Lobby.My haul was more generic, but I'm less liable to lose out at these prices at Hobby Lobby, probably only $4-6 per kit at most. The Buster and Aegis are to complete my collection of the Seed original five in MG which I'm partially customizing so it's a very long term project, same for Exia and Dynames (Virtue seems to be hard to obtain at a decent price but I'm willing to wait). The RG Justice is just to finish up my 1/144 collection of the Seed Three Ships Alliance, I already have all the rest in RG or HG.
>>22948173>mg ExiaBased. I was thinking about picking up one myself but anons told me to hold off for mgexia>mg buster>mg aegisBased seedbro>rg justiceI like the justice but anons say the rg is a boring kit>mg hyakushikiGigabased>mg dynames I heard this one is really good. I think I’ve seen it at hobby lobby too.Overall nice haul.
>>22948173I have the MG Exia and the RG Justice.MG Exia is great except the ankles. Thicken up those joints or put it on a stand and this is a complete non-issue.RG Justice is shit. It's a pain in the ass to build and mine sheds parts like a cat. If you want a Justice, get the MG, it is leagues better (and has nicer legs and shoulders).
>>22948177>>22948181I'm just going to use the Exia as an ensemble display piece (already have Kyrios, so it's just a matter of waiting for Virtue), so I don't mind if it's not that good. I'll probably put more effort into the HG 00 S2 collection I'm waiting on (USAGS got their shit delayed so my order's going to complete some time in December or January).The Justice was partially an impulse buy, I would have been okay not getting it but at $24 it's almost at Hobby Lobby prices. That one I was getting primarily to display alongside the HG Aile Strike Rouge I got in today. I also got a Meteor Unit a few months back but that one's probably going to go to the HG Force Impulse Spec II that I still haven't built and painted yet.Backlogs are a fucking bitch.
>>22948126but black friday is still a week away>only a 10% off sale, doesn't even cover everythingmeh
>>22948201Is any other place going to be better? Also newtype has lots of kits 20-30% off
>>22948206>Is any other place going to be better?Probably not, but 10% off still isn't exciting enough to get me to add a whole bunch of generally-available retail shit to muh backlog, just wait and order that shit when you're actually about to build it.Also those kits are a lot higher than 10% over msrp so you can often get them cheaper from places like hlj or suruga-ya anyways. for example Newtype's "sale" 35% off on RG epyon is still a few dollars more than suruga-ya's price, plus 10 bucks for shipping unless you order $200+ at once to get the free shipping bonus.
i need inspiration broswhat approach should i take to scribing new panel lines / greebles on the cup noodles
>>22947703fuck no the xi is way better looking than the shitty abortions from SEED and the Unicorn
>>22948258You dropped your crown, King.
>>22948258Unicorn (in Unicorn mode) is 10 gorillion times better than the Xi
>>22948046Try both and see which you like better anon. Also welcome aboard.
>>22948108EG are made for pretty much children to do. HG's are also basically in that tier, being moderately more complex, but as long as you possess a basic reading level coherent enough to post on 4chan, you can put an HG gunpla together.Really, just make sure you have a decent pair of starter nippers (which will cost like, 10-15ish bucks), a hobby knife (another like, 5-10 bucks), and you're fine to start out. Don't worry about paint, panel lining, etc. See if you like what you're doing first before you go full retard investing into all that stuff.
>>22948126Grabbed an MG Turn A and big sword dude from WFM. I've got too much backlog to buy any more than that and I tend to build in spurts when I get the urge.
>>22948108i don't really recommend EG/pokepla/SD stuff for beginners. what you really want as a first kit is a mid-2000's HGUC kit. they a good compromise on ease of building, and enough imperfections to make you learn how to cut and sand your kits properly to make it look presentable.
do you guys have any dream kits? images are not required to share
Ok ok. So.Hypothetical situation.Lets pretend someone broke into my house and stayed up all night and sprayed my rick dom with mr hobby. Its fine and I want to keep it that way but the idiot forgot to mask the camera panel and now its all fucked up.How do I fix it?
>>22948329FM Barbatos Lupus Rex reprint, or RG Barabatos Lupus Rex.The HG fucking fucks. Color inaccurate sticker fest bullshit, and no, I'm not falling for paint memes. That's sunk cost horse shit.
>>22947792Not a single dud. Impressive.
>>22948338Soak the camera in alcohol, Purple Power, or whatever solvent works on the paint in question.
>>22948349Is the FM not reprinted anymore? I have one.
>>22948329(replying to my own post)i miss gundam evolution
this armored puppet #57 IS chink shit right?
>>22947917it looks like a dirty toilet lol
What psi is best for metallic lacquer?
>people talking about how this hobby is plastic crack and shit's expensive>leddit secret santas sending strangers $200-on-average dropsIs everyone in this hobby but me actually omega-rich?
>>22948435Yep. The minimum requirement to post here is $120k a year so everyone here makes at least that.
>>22948329MG IBOs, mainly lupus rex, marchosias and hajiroboshi. RG would be fine too>>22948367It hasn't been reprinted in a while
>buy all the gundams I want>all of a sudden this hobby stops being interestingCome on… come out with something new already
>>22948272This is the most tumblr tier opinion I've ever seen posted here
man, busterdoll kits really are on another world compared to the other girlpla
Opinion: You know what, maybe a Figure-rise of more Build series characters would be kinda necessary. Looking back, I now understood China's charm, and she needs a Figure-rise simply to replace the Chinagguy head that many people still find creepy AF. Other major subjects are Gyanko and Shia.
>>22948329RG tv wing zero, looking at the RG wing makes me want it more.
>>22948329
>>22948454I'm afraid that's what'll happen to me. Luckily, most of the kits I want haven't been reprinted in years.
>>22947792Where is the Getter build I was promised...
>>22948329it's probably safe to say the Kotobukiya Gekishin kit is cancelled so there likely won't ever be anymore but I would've liked to see a Rafale or the chink TSF from Total Eclipse. Besides that, a Wadatsumi/Intruder would have been awesome to have
>>22948108>This feels like a lot to get into so I want one that’s not so complicatedIt really isn't. If you can build IKEA furniture or a Lego set, you can build and gunpla kit. Find a kit you like the look of and show it to us. Buy a modern kit, not an older kit. When I started someone suggested getting an older kit, which I did, and it almost put me off the whole hobby because of how shit it looked out of the box.
>>22948108don't overthink it
>>22948173I have never seen either of those at hobby lobby. Are you asking your local store to stock certain items? >>22948201Yeah the gp01 was 20% off and the DOM was 25% off, so net savings with 200 free shipping was like 19%.My other option was hi nu, psycho zaku and full armor gundam. So 3 kits at 15% off + free shipping, or 5 kits and some spray/decals.
she looks so majestic
Just a reminder people, you can suggest themes to vote on for the next Group Build during this time. The themes list so far is>Giant Weapons>Artillery>Super Robot>Urban>StolenReply to this post with any other theme suggestions you may have
>>22948449Correct me if I'm wrong but so far, every retail RG kit that gets announced also had an MG version before it right? I assume RG barbatos is next? I doubt aerial would be so soon and I can't think of any other protagonist suits that would be next.
>bootleg Destiny + Zeus Silhouette already announcedle mayo
>>22948069
>Hobby Star Harute came with a missing runner CURSE YOU CHANG
Someone thought of fitting a Rose Bit of the P-Bandai HG Gundam Rose onto the HG Gundam Maxter's Gigantic Magnum? This was the last part of the Rose Magnum Hurricane that defeated the Grand Gundam.
>>22948126an amp 1/144 b-2 spirit
>>22948329pgu ballmg ver ka g-3 saviourmg doven wolfre100 msa-120hg queen mansahg kapoolfrs charfrs quattro vaginafrs meijiro mcqueenplamatea every single blue archive girl >>22948435bandai kits are mega cheap>>22948454buy something other than gundams
>>22948516Oh well, I was saving this in for an occasion that I am more ready for, but here we gostarting with old timer> Remote Control>Unit relies on remote weapon, be it bits, fang, or other automated suit like G-bitsAnd as for two more which are similar yet different theme in spirits of AOZ>universal compatibility/ modular>Suits can be equipped with any weapon, packs, arms of other suit, or as many possible suit as possible. The more modular, the better, Ala wondwort and AoZ series>Overpacked and over equipped>Suits have as much attachment added to it as possibleAnd other challenging but unrelated concept>Boosted / Version 1.5>the suit have slight upgrade over the original model. The goals is to retain as much of the orignal part as possible while adding more details or modified part to it, or make an upgrade to the suit somewhere between the original model and it's upgrade.
>>22948435>Is everyone in this hobby but me actually omega-rich?Compared to Warhammer 40k building gunplas/plamos are pretty cheap.
>>22948435>$200 is omega richGet your money up broke bitch
>>22948516>Monoeye Groupbuild (Build a mecha with only a single "eye"/camera as part of the main head design)>Round (build a rounded/spherical mech)>Duo (a pair team of mecha that compliment each other)
>>22948516>artillery>artillery>artillery>artillery
>>22948516machinen kriegerfive star storiesaura battler
Planning on doing something a bit special with my Calibarn. Drybrushing some silver/duraluminn over the white parts and applying a very thin violet/purple filter. Think the metallic would still shine through the filter or would it look ugly?
>>22948592Too based for this cringe thread. Everyone here is a bandaibaby
>>22948602isn't Bandai doing the Aura Battler kits
>>22948605Yeah 2 of them
>>22948606there's a whole pile of aura battler bandai kits anon, i have like 6 of them in my fort
>>22948069If you do go into EG, you have a few options but be advised that you probably SHOULD at least invest in some nippers, even though it says you can just pull them apart.SDs might be comfy, but SD EXes and SD World stuff are rather bare-bones, and have a crapton of stickers, which might even rip, so maybe not.>EG RX-78-2 Gundam regular, the version with a bunch of weaponsCompare the full-weapon version with the HGUC because they're rather comparable. I think the EG has no stickers while the HG has more hands, but you miss out on the javelin and hammer if you care about those.>EG Strike, a non-boxed one with knives instead of a rifle (not sure if they have or don't have the shield), a pink oneThere's add-on packs for the jetpack + beam swords, and an add-on for the coloured weapon arms>EG NuA bit more expensive but he's substantially larger so it's not an unfair price. It does not come with funnels, bazooka, or beam saber blades, nor are they purchaseable, but it sure is compatible with the HG's. The base figure is vastly superior to the HG's however>other EGsNo idea, might be fun?
>>22948516car showroom - gunpla painted like a car in a showroom
>>22948516probably done before but how about melee units/equipment
>>22948516car - a car kit and not a gundam
>>22948516SD
>>22948516motorsport - gunpla painted/customized in a way reminiscent of a race car.
>>22948621There is a bunch of non-Gundam EGs but they're more traditional models. I've seen some Dragon Ball ones that are honestly pretty color accurate, and Ultraman ones whose color accuracy suck ass but are pretty good once painted.The non-Gundam EG models are really painting practice more than anything, IMO.For reference, here's my painted Ultraman Rosso. Picture sucks but I wanted to add the box for comparaison's sake - on the box is how it looks OoB, unpainted and with just stickers.
>>22947492I'm not retarded for actully liking the orange/silver one on the right am I?
>>22948648this painting is ridiculously good, great job
>>22948654The silver is kinda ugly.
>>22948574>hear this all the time>how much more expensive could they get>check it out>40 bucks for a single unarticulated monochrome miniyeah ok all hail bandai
>>22948654you are retarded because its on the left
>>22948662youre supposed to paint the little fuckers, no point in having coloured plasticway overpriced though, that's why you print your army
>>22948656Thanks, it was actually one of my fully painted kit. Handbrushed with Vallejo Model Air shit because I didn't realise the difference with normal paints at the time lmaoI hope my local weeb shop will store one of these again, it was a bit frustrating to do because the mold does have an amazing amount of detail for something with the complexity of an happy meal toy but I'm also extremely proud of it
>>22948667this is my final straw
>>22948516Since we're talking about Entry Grade, EG.Like pick a EG kit (Gundam or anything Bandai carries under the Entry Grade brand, maybe the basic Poképla too since they're extremely simple) and make it look as good as you can through painting, scribing, sculpting, plaplate.Base model is easily accessible to even the poorest storecucks and the rest is fully up to the modeler's skills. Seems like a fun theme/idea to me.
>>22948516Mahou shoujo./m/agical girl robots.
>>22948674Hey I also handbrushed my first kit with vallejo air, I had to do like 8 coats but i didn't know if it was because it's prethinned or because it's just how orange goesThat's the only difference with their regular lines right?
>>22948623>>22948629now i want to buy a cheap ma.k kit and give it a candy coat instead of the usual rusty weathered look
>>22948689Air is definitely prethinned but orange and yellow in general are just horrible colors to paint with, so it's a bit of both. Out of curiosity do you remember how you applied it? Like was it directly on the mold color or did you put a primer first?
>>22948689use a pink base for warm colours, acrylic reds and oranges are notorious for low pigment density. not sure if there's any acrylic pink primers around, i use lacquers so i just use mr surfacer 1500 pink
>>22948692it was on white primer (vallejo too)
>>22948516Robots based on the Knights of the Round Table.
>>22948697Ow. Thought it was the same issue as me where I once tried to paint orange on mold color and not understanding why it looked ass
>>22948698Everyone is just gonna do a knight with a sword or lance and call it Arthur or Gawain. Pass
it is vital that mr aurelius addresses the price hike
>>22948711can't wait for his lukewarm take utilising only 2nd grade vocabulary and lots of repetition
>>22948503MG Doms are regular shelf warmers at all of the locations in my city. RG Hi Nu tends to sell a bit faster, but its non-sale price is high enough that you'll usually have a decent chance if you swing by a day or three after they restock.>>22948672For how little goes into the manufacturing process, it's highway robbery, that's why so many are turning to 3D printed shit now. I guess GW is trying to ride the popularity wave of their IP or some shit, but come the fuck on.
>>22948715won't get much mileage from his gotos "cool" and "awesome" on this subject
>>22948126ZZ Ver Kamaybe a couple RGs or an MG Astray Kaiprobably throw in a couple HGs that catch my eye
>>22947685Changed out the equipment, I'm also going to take the backpack from a Silver Bullet. I'm calling this the Abfan Doga as Abfangan is German for "Intercept" and this is an interceptor
>>22948516Coom
>>22948329AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BANDAI PLEAAAAAAASE
>>22948516Diorama NatureRetroNASAMedieval/Historical It seems like we get a lot more entries when the theme is really open, so maybe we should just do like build fighters 3, or U.C. or AU themes or something this time.
>>22948719This shit is still just so wild to me. Americans don’t even know what tariffs are. You can see in the google search trends that a ton of people were googling “what are tariffs” AFTER the election, among other stuff like “did Biden drop out” (lol). The average American is completely retarded and doesn’t know what’s best for themselves just voting based on vibes. Plato was right about democracy. People always worry about what happens if you have a retarded leader, but what are you supposed to do when you have retarded people?
>>22948719Ummm, I make over 120k and I voted for Biden.
>>22948764google searches for "what is the eu" spiked after the brexit vote
>>22948516Sticking to more open ended ideas maybe something like kitbash or 3rd party(anything non Bandai)
Where are the blue stickers applied on the Rising Freedom? I can't really guess and I want an idea of where I'd have to paint
>>22948371number 57 is the brand name and yes they're chinese
>>22948777dalong is your friend
>>22948516Death From Above. I wanna see some flying MS designed to fuck up ground targets.
>>22948777You could read the instruction manual.
>>22948785We already did Aerial Combat a few months ago please suggest something we haven't already done
>>22948789Coom
>>22948601try it on a spoon.colored clear coats over metallic is a common technique but idk the specifics of getting it to look right
>>22947134I wonder if the requester have received their mascot.
>>22948654it's the construction site kino colorscheme
>>2294851630 Minute Sisters! I know we did mecha musume a while ago but that was before these were even announced
>>22948791I don't have plastic spoons anywhere. like these mfs just aren't selling them at all so I guess I'm gonna have to rely on runner bits
>>22948796Yes! Please please please. There’s even those new Bandai figure rises to do this with
>>22948789fuuuugg>>22948797you were supposed to preorder the pbandai exclusive rg spoon during a 5 minute window 7 months ago before it sold out. you've fucked everything up. it's over.
>>22948790we already did mecha musume
>>22948516I once again courteously recommend Elemental.
>>22948797amazon? ebay? fucking aliexpress? your local supermarket?
I am humbly requesting that shitpost be added to the poll, just let the voice of the people be heard. If it doesn't win I will never ask for it again
>>22948812Seconded
How's this kit? I'm not the biggest SEED fan, but the backpack looks cool as fuck.
>>22948819good
>>22948807>amazon?shipping would cost more than the spoons and I don't have anything to order from it right now>ebay?isn't it mostly auction shit >aliexpress?not giving my credit card to this thing>local supermarketthey don't fucking sell them don't ask me why
>>22948820Just good?
>>22948516Theme: Kitbash your favorite MS together with the MG Sp00n Ver.KAshow off those custom scribed and painted spoons
>>22948822most of ebay these days is just stores and chinese dropshippers selling things on "buy it now", it's basically amazon for the most partand aliexpress is safe
>>22948822you probably have a restaurant supply store nearby that sells plastic cutlery by the assload. they might not sell to random walk-in retail fags tho
>>22948822>shipping would cost more than the spoonsyou probably have an amazon prime trial waiting. they give me free trials every few months and i don't use amazon unless i have free prime. add something to your cart and click checkout and they'll probably offer you either a free 30 days prime or 7 days for a dollar
>>22948827Is there no strings attached like "if you don't cancel in the next hour we're billing you three months' worth of prime" with the cancellation being near impossible to find on their site
>>22948830Bruh how much of a fucking poorfag are you. We’re not here to help you get the best fucking deal on a $2 pack of spoons. Your parents clearly didn’t teach you anything. How do you even function in life.
>>22948830the cancellation is in the prime section of your account right at the top and you can cancel it literally the minute you start the trial and you will still have all 30 days and not have to worry about it auto charging you
>>22948834Thanks, I'm always suspicious of these free trial things because in my experience they're a pain in the ass to cancel out. I'll probably give it a try after making a list of stuff to get, might as well use the trial for all it's worth>>22948833"oh you don't wanna pay 10 bucks shipping for 2 bucks spoons haha poorfag how dare you ask questions how do you even breathe" go huff lacquer fumes instead of being a net detriment to this thread, your acquaintances and the world in general
>MS Weapon set 008 already out of stock from Pbandwell shit, thats the only item from this weeks drop I was interested in
Looking to cop the mg age 1 normie, mg cow, and a few paints. Does it make sense to wait for other hobby sites to start their sales to see if there’s any better deals or should I just go ahead and buy it on newtype since theirs started already?
>>22947487I have built bootleg FAZZ and Enhanced ZZ Gundam (they are not made by Daban, but by AA Model, people just call it Daban as it is synonymous with bootleg)with Enhanced ZZ, there are some fitting issues like the skirt armor and some parts are not molded correctly, the crotch armor and the head are not molded correctly compared to the original. if you have the ZZ and you're pulling your hairs looking for a Enhanced parts P-Bandai, you can buy the AA Model and transplant the enhanced zz parts to your Bandai ZZwith the AA model FAZZ, i don't really recommend it. while the ZZ and FAZZ head are better than the original AA model ZZ gundam, the full armor is just a mess. the armor parts is heavier than the Bandai ones, making it harder for the ZZ to stand up, the chest armor has huge fitting issues that isn't fix by sanding down or cutting connector pegs. TL:DR; bootleg ZZ is good enough, avoid FAZZ, pic related, I threw FAZZ into the trash, ZZ is good for displaying
>>22948854People call it Daban because AA Model IS Daban you absolute pool noodle.>I threw FAZZ into the trashokay I take it all back, you admit you're stupid and without credibility
gunpla gunpla gunpla gunpla
>>22948854Very interesting, thanks for the write up anon. Makes me think about how my bootleg mg v2ab is going to hold up since even the Bandai version apparently has issues. Are the bootleg issues fixable or are they fundamental and unchangeable? Don’t have much experience with bootlegs. Also I heard that aa model and daban are the same company and they just tried out the other name in case they need to rebrand, as Chinese companies often do when they need to get rid of liability.
>>22948860V2AB is a porcelain brick regardless so loose parts and poor fitment isn't the end of the world anyway
>>22947134Thanks a lot MascotAnon. You really went all out on these ones. This makes me really wanna figure out how to make my own decals cuz that sheep is great!>>22947778>>22947781Fantastic work both of you. I bounced off this theme entirely. I had 1 idea for it and I just could not be bothered to make it with how busy I've been irl.
>>22948648Are these posable at all? I know there were some statue-like ones but others could move. The paintjob looks amazing though!
>>22948865Not really. The Dragon Ball and Naruto ones I bought weren't posable at all. This Ultraman one has some minor articulation - head is on a balljoint so you can turn it around and iirc there's minor articulations on the wrist so you can adjust a bit if Ultraman is holding the sword above his head, in its sheath, unsheathing it, etc. The cape is also made of three separate parts on pins that can rotate, through in practice it doesn't move a lot.
>>22948819I don't have the Aile Calamity but the regular FM Calamity is a great kit, only thing I don't really like is the lack of hand options. It doesn't have an inner frame either if that matters to you but the kit is very nicely detailed.
>>22948716>>22948662You fuckers don't know what you are dodging by avoiding GW. 40k is like a third world bombed out war zone of the modeling world being dragged into financial success kicking and screaming against its will by the oil deposit created on its land(40k IP) decades ago by people who were actually competent.>Rule book 55 bucks>47.5 bucks per subrulebook per faction you play.>Release schedule is stretched out to keep the addicts on a constant dopamine height meaning your factions rules could be released two years into an edition, a couple of months before a new edition drops >have to have your hecking "leader", 30 bucks more please>Hunchback robo slightly bigger than a HG kit is 150 dollarydoos.>You will need several for a "full" army between 1500-2000 in game points.>Constant errata releases means your 47.5 bucks sub rulebook is now partially incorrect in its content.Shits rough out there for westerners.
>>22948864Glad to know that you like it.
>>22948867A bit disappointing, I wouldn't have minded picking up a cheap and posable Ultra or two.
>>22948516All these suggestions and yet only 4~8 people will actually make something
>>22948887Maybe we really have lost to Reddit. . .
redditchads... we won...
We should get a hobby shop to sponsor our groupbuilds with prizes to increase turnout. or maybe I'll offer up a kit or something from my backlog
I got a bootleg mg astray and started snapping it but i've had some major fitting issues and after hearing about some user's experiences with dabans here i am kind of souring on this kit. should i just throw it away and get a legit one?
>>22948570I like the idea of the overpacked theme. Something where like all the weapons are built into the mobile suit, like the deepstriker online the heavyarms' or dynames' built in missile launchers/ machine guns. Could be fun
my local gunpla shop has a HG The O for pretty cheap, i love the suit but the build is old, any one have reviews/recommendations for it? Also looking at the HG GMIII and the ZZ Gundam but unsure if the build quality is decent.
>>22948902Some of you are genuinely midwits.
>>22948908explain
>>22948904There's like a handful of actually bad HGs and the ones you listed aren't those
>>22948904the kit being old means jack shit. it holds up, it doesn't use any stickers for the monoeye, the engineering isn't complicated cause it's just a fat brick, and it has fully functional subarms with FOUR long, clear yellow beam sabers, an actually shitty old kit would have given you 4 toothpicks.
>>22948904They're all solid.
>>22948904There are very few Bandai kits that I think could be considered actually bad, pretty much everything they release is decent at worst.
Are painting over clear kits okay?
>>22948923many people get clear kits to paint because its the only way to get some kits
>>22948923It's fine, yeah. I want to get an MG Age 1 Sparrow clear version and paint it so each part gradiates from solid painted color to the unpainted clear color.
>>22947134Thanks a lot Mascot Anon! I love the little dood you did for my Zaku
Anyone seen this before? It was shelfwarming at my hobbytown for months so I picked it up. Owner thought it was only a sheet of waterslide decals for the hg gm sniper 2, but the inside looks like a detail runner as well.
>>22948945
>>22948887many suggestions only means that there many people with different preferencesonly single theme wins meaning that only a fraction of the voters will be interested in the end
>>22948952and this general has godawful taste and always votes for the worst themes
>>22948873it's too bad because some of those big catholic mechas look pretty cool.could be fun to paint bootlegs but fuck paying those prices for the "game piece" tax in a game im never gonna play
>>22948945it's a third party conversion kit for to make an HG GM Sniper II, this was before the GM Sniper II even got an HG kit
>>22948970literally everyone under the age of 60 who has any interest in warhammer has a 4k or 8k resin printer at this point
>>22948902Anyone? Should I toss it and get a legit one or keep it
>>22948976it's amazing that you can get an 8k printer for 250 bucks now.I wanna see more gunpla customs with 3d printed parts
>>22948726Hahaha sub-arms
>>22948982just git gud, apply your modeling skillz to fix the fitment issues. if you don't have any modeling skillz yet then it's a learning/practice opportunity. you've gotta be really weak willed to just give up and throw it away.
>>22948952I've seen the final votes in the past, winning themes get like 20 to 30 votes, and yet maybe 6 people will submit something. the actual builders here are mere dancing MONKEYS to a bunch of lurking shitposters who probably can't even apply stickers properly on their snapshits
>>22948973That's pretty cool actually. Too bad I already have a gm sniper in my backlog lol. Maybe I'll get the gm it's compatible with sometime.
>>22948991We get our entertainment, you get your opportunity to express your creativity. Everyone wins!
>>22948987I have a skill issue
>>22948998>I have a skill issuethen get your ass to work! this is vauluable experience
>>22948999Ok yeah I guess I’ll keep it. I have a money issue also so I’m really not looking to shell out $40 something dollars for something I already have.
>>22949003It's just plastic at the end of the day. If there's a will, there's a way.
first look at the straight-built Bellfine Goshogun
Apparently every runner is used twice so not only do you get two of each weapon, you can also build a spare head.
Just imagine the power of a shitpost groupbuild, just think about it.
>>22949020
>>22949020makes me wonder what would be the ultimate mobile suit as designed by /gpg/
>>22949023A perfect sphere with a bunch of limbs representing every major mecha designer
>>22949026How horrifying.
>>22949020cellulite gundam..
>>22949026Biblically accurate Gunpla
>>22948985Sub arms are the coolest shit
>>22949020ZAMN
>>22948515Is that Dagger aiming for the butthole?
>>22949020>shitposter theme wins>no submissions, turns out shitposters don't even build anything at all
>paint and detail kits>not featured in the op even once>craft masterful shitposts>no (you)s
>>22949062git gud
>>22947370Bit of a progress update. The first attempts didn't turn out so well, partially because I was trying to use a dirty-ass huge filing tool from my garage, but after taking some time to improve the technique (including using some of the actual model-grade sandpaper I bought a year back), it's starting to look less like shit. Certainly not perfect by any means, but now that I know I have the ability to fix defects like this, it increases my confidence in my abilities. And this shit is fun too.
>>22949052Um, I'm a shitposter and I've competed in the past two groupbuilds.
Should I build MG Jegan or MGSD Freedom next?
>>22949157Build the jegan and throw away the seedslop
>>22949157Jegan.
>>22949154did you make the Neill beetle mpreg schwarzette
>>22949168Is it that obvious?
>>22949062>paint and detail kitsPost them again.
I don't actually build anything, I only interact with the hobby by buying. What will it take to be able to submit my boxfort pics to the next groupbuild.
>>22949183If you end up in the news for a crime like the last guy then you can submit pics.
>>22949190>end up in the news for a crimeGot it, I'll consider my options and make a plan.
>>22949190>end up in the news for a crime like the last guy Story?
>>22949208There was a school shooter(?) whose home was investigated and it was full of various anime figures and some gunpla.
>>22949220He sounds based. Did he get a high score?
>>22949062skill issue. every single build i post gets featured in the op and my shitposts almost always get yous
>>22949064>model-grade sandpaperwhat the FUCK is model grade sandpaper lmfaoi use polish automotive sandpaper that i get in a4 sheets on ebay
what are the snapshitters of shitposting
>>22949239The last time I said this I got roasted because the op image is chosen randomly from the last posted builds, not based on quality.
>>22949246thing :(thing, japan :)
>>22949241>what the FUCK is model grade sandpaper lmfaoLike many scale modeling supplies/consumables, it's the just like normal sandpaper but you get 1/50th as much for the same price. See also tiny scale modeling sanding sponges when you can just buy the big ones and cut em up.
>>22949246_kino!_slop!
>>22949246Bringing up mainstream Youtubers talking about Gunpla
If you aren't making modelkit from raw plastic, you aren't a real modeler.
>>22949246posting japanese twitter images of restocks and claiming they're shelfwarmers
>>22949246"x brand/designer I don't like is slop"
>>22949295Those are kinda retards rather than just low efforted. There are instances they post 2 days old releases then claim they are shelf warmer.
>>22949320nah i'm pretty sure they're doing this on purpose just to piss off people rather than just being retarded
>>22949295i have 48 of these
>>22949312however unlike every other designer i don't like ippei gyoubu is objectively slop
just want to let everyone know you can now admire high art at Panda Hobby
>>22949364case in point, wild specimen in his natural habitat falling for the bait
>>22949378I'm going to go and leave a downvote sticker.
What is the maximum amount of kits I’m allowed to have in my backlog before I’m not allowed to buy any more?
>>22949405over 100
>Destiny Spec 2 is just a complete repaint of the HGCEfor some reason I expected them to add some of the new tech from the recent Freedom kits.
the reddit barzam was never that impressive and no i won't show my workbut just look at his closeup pics and you can see his fucked up masking and orange peel
>>22946836Working on the 1/60 Monument kit. Painted the inner frame, including some details that are just gonna get covered up by the armor, but at least I'll know that it's there.
>>22949414The rg impulse ii is also just a straight recolor
>>22949421no shit
>>22949295aoko sex
>>22949423Awwh did my comment hurt your fragile ego?
>>22949451Seanigger begone
>>22949360You know anon, if you keep doing this, people will move on from being pissed to thinking you are mentally retarded, in a medical sense.
>>22949463i'm actually just severely autistic not mentally retarded and my iq is above average
Why is Bandai like this
>>22949351You underrestimate the retardation of some pinoys around here. They only claim they do it on purpose just to feel less shameful. I just report them for either spamming or low quality bait from now on.
>>22949378damn, you were a canuck all along??
>>22949469Howabout moving on from Bandai and buy something else?
How am I supposed to build RG’s with my massive and finicky American sausage fingers?
>>22949495dexterity is a skill that can be developed
>>22949495Trial by fire. Building a 1/144 kit is a pain to seek pleasure.
>>22949487No. I’m Bandai only. Not interested in other brands with inferior quality of engineering and designs.
>>22949502>inferior designsLMAOhave you SEEN bandai kits?
Can't vote because google's been giving me cookie errors and I'm retarded. Add 1 to Zogok for everything for me.
>>22949502Disagree. Bandai is a mixed bag.
>>22949504Yup. They are popular for a reason. All the best designers go to work for Bandai.
>>22949518however whenever bandai and another company make a kit of a design, bandai's is by far the worst representation of it
>>22949519hello it's methe entire bandai star wars line
>>22949525ok having 0 experience or interest in the star wars ip i concede
>>22949519Examples?
>Want to buy the military dark green version of Blockade Ivy>It is more expensive than regular version due the kit being sold as optional customization parts, each box has its own import tax. It looks cool and has cockpit so i will accept it.
>>22949529srw
>>22949527any man who doesn't like a star destroyer is a pretty big fagfag
>>22949531ok having 0 experience or interest in the sr wars ip i concede
very cooperative and understanding /gpg/ today folks :)
>>22949529The worst offender is Bandai's Scopedog. The kit is just inferior compares to what Wave offers and Bandai even sell the cockpit as Pbandai. Bandai is a good beginner brand, but not the best thing ever. Their strength is that the kits are cheap and their kits have generally good fitment. The appearance is mostly neutered however.
>>22949540Could you recommend some other brands for me to start branching out of Bandai? I’ve looked at the wave scopedogs and they loop pretty cool
What’s with people saying fat guys have trouble building gundams? I have obesity and I’ve never had trouble with snapping gundams.
>>22949468based & same
>>22949547You should be aware that alot of non Bandai brands are much more difficult to work with. Start with Kotobukiya for a pleasant change since their modern kits are pretty good. Then go with Wave for a more...unpleasant experience. The final boss are Revell and Tamiya, don't buy them if you haven't train yourself for them.
>>22949469whats that? you want more figurerise space lesbians with safehorny clothes?
>>22949559Not fat guys but guys with fat fingers.
>>22949540Do you know how good Bandai's previous Scopedog kit is though? The new one is intentionally a cheaper, simpler mass market kit. Buy the older 1/20th if you want to see a great model.
>>22949530is your dick not hard enough to make your own custom paints and waterslide decals for them?
>>22949570Bandai reprint these things on Pbandai, which is another reason to dislike this company.
>>22949566Yes. I actually love that stuff
>>22949574skill issue, I bought mine like 10 years ago in a small georgia hobby store for dirt cheap
>>22949575you got it buddy!
>>22949571I only have desire to paint Governors because these things have awful color separation.
>>22949487>chink bootlegs that are worse in quality and a pain to build
https://x.com/adribitom/status/1860261214699552886>Gundam Base have tons of Zeus Silhouette stocks, while other retail stores only get single digit stocks distributed to them. also angry customers happen far more frequently.what the fuck is Bandai thinking?
>>22949571This is just autism.
>>22949593They know it’s gonna shelf warm hard so they keep it at the gundam base like all the other shelf warmers
>>22949593Does Pbandai ring any bell? That's right, Bandai wants say Fuck You to retailers and have all of revenue for themselves.
>>22949378Mailing this to Canada to be displayed next to yours
>>22949586>chink bootlegs that are worse in quality and a pain to build
>>22949604Metroid Dread Samus?
>>22949609Or Lfrith with a paintjob
Best gundams for greeble enjoyers?
Ok now this is just a cock tease. Bandai might be planning Palace Athene and TheO revive.
>>22949378>Barzamfag lives in my general areawanna meet up for sex? (gay)
First mastergrade I've ever built and its definitely a step up from HGWhat other MGs does /gpg/ recommend? I have zeta ver ka, rx78 3.0, and wing zero ver ka in my back log
>>22949612GTO kits have a large amount of greeble for better or worse
>>22949613I own those two kits and Palace Athene does NOT need a revive kit. it's a very solid kit, I enjoyed building it. The-O is debateable but I don't think it needs one cause it's also also a solid kit, there's nothing needed to "fix" it but maybe changing the hands, which isn't hard with a trillion cheap third party options
>>22949612Dantalion
>>229496092024. . . I am forgotten. It seems barzamfan has won in the end.
>>22949621Barzams are the shit but I'm just saying the Lfrith's paint job is obviously based on Samus.
>>22949616The holy trinity of gpg master grades is mg nu ver ka, mg hi nu ver ka, mg barbatos, mg sazabi ver ka, and mgex unicorn ver ka
>>22949586buy a volks fss kit, they're more expensive than kotobukiya and worse quality than chinese bootlegs. then you'll finally be a /gpg/ approved real modeller
>>22949612anything by ippei gyoubu
>>22949625Volks stuff are just military kit in mecha form. You have to glue before you paint.
Should I get the EX Gundam and Solaris now? I fear they won't reprint it anytime soon, and I just want to fiddle around about make a heavy variant of the EX Gundam.
>>22949613Theo and Palace Athene Revive will happen.... as p-bandai
>>22949632Yes you should. Bandai increases model prices next year.
>>22949635Thanks, I should have done it a month ago when there was a gunpla event and they had it in stock.
why are americans panicking over 250 yen price increases
>>22949640All foreigners will get a 1000 - 2000 yen increase.
>>22949641thats like 5 bux
>>22949640They’re not. They’re panicking over the tariffs AND price increases which will compound to substantially increase prices. Also the economy is expected to get way worse with inflation and massive layoffs in the federal government etc
>>22949599i dunno, many japs had been reporting that Zeus was hard to find in retail, and some stores had to resort to lottery draws to keep it fair to the buyers
>>22949645>all these years since covid>all these years since limiting overseas gunpla sales>bandai still is having shortage issues domestically fuck bandai, I'm gonna wait for the Changs to dominate the market with bootleg kino
>>22949644Alot of these feels like the usual paranoid from burgers. However, Bandai's price increase is real. A 400 yen increase can easily translate to 10 dollars increase for us gaijins.
>>22949648I have no idea why a "progressive" anime brand like Gundam can be so xenophobic when it comes to their merchandise? Whats the point of English manual book?
>>229496432000 yen is specifically 13 USD. And that 13 USD will always be doubled by our local stores.
>>22949652time to start buying from hlj and playing tetris with your surface packages
>>22949652>>22949641Wait hold up chat is this real? Can I get a source? They’re literally implementing a gaijin tax? That’s crazy though. So a $17 hg would turn into $30 at least.
>>22949657>chat is this realNo retard, it's not a gaijin tax. banj** is just raising prices in general for everyone, including the Japanese. However, I'm pointing out that us disgusting gaijin usually have a 40% price increase from our local sellers. Whether that is to make profit or is out of greed, your guess is as good as mine.
>>22949657Nah, it is their general tax for " expensive operating cost ". 3rd biggest toy company in the world btw.
>>22949649I mean this is literally what they’re talking about doing, it’s not some paranoid conspiracy theory. Economic hardship is coming for a lot of people so even minor price hikes will be relatively damaging with everything else going on.
>>22949659>3rd biggest company in the worldI don't think they're THAT big, but they're big enough that any price increases are bullshit.
>>22949648considering that Japan alone gobbles up almost a million in sales, it's no surprise that they can't meet the demand overseas.
>>22949660I'm sure the Burger will survive just fine. They always act like it is the end of the world. Didn't Obama shutdown the whitehouse for several days?
>>22949672Yeah but when our government shuts down is great. You can go to national parks for free and shit.>Building gunpla next to a geyser at yellowstone
>>22949663They are that big.
>>22949613HG Titania, when?
>>22949678Whoops, my mistake. My brain ignored "toy" and I was comparing against the likes of MS and Amazon.
>>22949678And Im pretty sure if they have a better overseas presence, Bandai would be top 1.
>>22949682Zeta really is the peak.
>>22949683Bandai's price increase is like AAA games increased from 60 to 70 dollars standard. Everyone know it is greed but they keep coping and finding other reasons to blame.
Just 3 more sizes. Never thought that the bigger sizes would be fun to use.
>>22949689You have no clue about how little they are profiting from toy sales. Sure you see big billion numbers, but that's just revenue minus all expenses/taxes they have to pay for.
>>22949657No. It's panic from the tariffs that Trump is threatening on imported goods.
>>22949690Fixing to cop my first chisels to scribe and rescribe panel lines on hgs and mgs primarily. Which sizes would you recommend?
>>22949691Oh yeah, forgot that bandai makes all their money from those failed video games.
>>22949695.15mm and a .2mm for hgs/rgs, and .3mm for mgs. The rest is for making variety.
>>22949701Assuming their financial reports are true, they are operating on a loss in EU. No wonder they had to reassess their shit there.
>>22949707Maybe they shouldn’t have spent 6 gorillion dollars on some stupid metaverse meme
>>22949707>bandai isn't making profit because their tiniest region incurred a loss>said tiniest region they also put little effort into where their super speshul exclusive store is only available for one countryYou're a bandai employee aren't you?
>>22949727pris understandu, little pay. Gotta please the overlords.
>>22949623>no psycho zaku>no fazzembrace huge plastic
I'm gonna do a power move and start hand painting some details with lacquer paint as I that's all I have. wish me luck!
>>22949672>. Didn't Obama shutdown the whitehousethose rich assholes in the white house never do anything useful anyway so i dont see the harmat least he didn't touch my imported children's toy prices
I wish Gundam Build Fighters Gundam Battle was real IRL or at least a video game that simulated the concept and no Gundam Breaker 4 doesn’t count. I will always cherish my memories of playing Custom Robo Arena for the Nintendo DS as a child
>>22949703it's very fucked up that NOBODY sells a set with these three sizes
RX78 2.0 has me convinced. MG is the best grade
>>22949658not sure about america but in the uk buying domestically is literally cheaper than importing from japan. only by a few quid like but still. shipping is expensive but domestic retailers import such huge quantities at once that shipping is negligible for them but significant for a single person importing a few kits at a time
>>22949796this is only for bandai kits though, every other company it's cheaper to import yourself
https://x.com/mocamaro_GUNPLA/status/1860241020044345411YATTA!
>>22949803How many are you gonna buy when this is reprinted?
>>22949808probably another one for when i feel customizing one
>>22949808Like 5. build 1 and scalp the rest when they don’t reprint them for 4 years and prices go up to $400
>>22949748I wish it was real AND taken seriously. I want to make it my actual career to work in the gunpla battle industry, whether as a professional fighter, or whatever
>>22949808I'll actually buy two so I can build FAEZZ.
>>22949678>Lego worth 8 billion, 1st place >Bandai worth 12 billion, 2nd place>Jakks worth 197 billion, 5th place????
>>22949808I think I might as well, shit's gonna go out of print again for a half decade I feel, and I do like Sentinel designs.
>>22949826im 11th place with 10 dollars
>>22949476You're in denial about falling for bait lmfao
>>22949833Relax libtard, it’s called dark humor
>>22949826Smarr famiry company. Prease understand.
the ultimate future form of high-tech space warfare... boxing!
The original Sinanju Stein Ver Ka is still good right? I want to get it as a Fromsoft fan.
>>22949856good news! it's just got recently reprinted so you won't have a hard time getting one assuming it didn't got scalped. IMO i like the stein narrative ver ka better in terms of colors, but the OG is good too.
>>22949867I didn't realize it would be a new mold for the core dude, neat. Wish there was a little more variety between them, but still
>>22949871the Rosan faction has a different base, if that counts.
>>22949157>SDLmao
>>22949678How the fuck is Hasbro not up there. They own not only MLP, but also Transformers and D&D.>>22949808Probably only one. I've never read Sentinel so I don't care about FAZZ, but I do want a Full Armor ZZ and getting one of these is less of a risk than trying to get a Daban. Besides, for bragging purposes I'd rather have one made out of the official product unless Daban comes out with an upgrade kit purely to turn a stock ZZ Ver. Ka into Enhanced + Full Armor.
I can’t stop thinking about mg age 3 and mg age fx
>>22949855>space warfare>literally ZERO thrusters or boosters>has to spider-man it's way onto stuff with a magnetic cable IN SPACEwhat was Zeon thinking? they fucked over a veteran Zeek by giving his suit no way to efficiently move around in zero gravity warfare.
>>22949909its called being based
>>22949916All this work just to go from seedslop to seedslop lmfao
>>22949918No stop making like pointy model kits.
>>22949911his whereabouts are unknown, last seen getting launched away by Unicorn's stray thruster tank. This is why Zeon keeps losing, they give competent pilots the worst shit and they all end up dead.
I see why seed is so popular with chinks now. Pointy shit, greeble, and chinkspikes are the chinamen’s gundam trademarks
Would the Zeus silhouette be compatible with Woundwart?
>>22949932>Would the Zeus silhouette be compatible with Woundwart?time to put your MODELLER skills to the test anon.
Why is the zeus silhouette being hyped so much? It’s just seedslop and it’s not even an actual mobile suit
>>22949932This is too glorious for kitbashing.
>>22949064Me: 1$6 Chinesium knockoff action base: 0
>>22949932literally everything is compatible, just make modifications.
>>22949934I’ll wait on it to be available here. Fuck me if I will get this instead of the mg hazel+hrududu.
>>22949940In fact don’t even get the Zeus Silhouette or woundwart, just get blocks of plastic and a chisel and make everything yourself
>>22949935Well you get a free Destiny attachment and its big gun appeals to me.
>>22949943if that one jap posted earlier can do it, so can anyone
>>22949935it's cause it's the movie "upgrade" for the third member of the sneed trinity.
>>22949953Damn they couldn’t even give him a new gundam just some shitty expansion part? Honestly I don’t even remember this from the new sneed movie.Btw I was wondering didn’t a new sneed movie get announced? Who is going to be designing the gundams for it? Will it still be okawara? Because I thought i heard for the freedom movie he designed it’s gundams shortly after the conclusion of the tv shows before the movie got stuck in development hell for 20 years. Was wondering if he’s too old at this point to make new gundams.
I bought mark setter and softer today and learned how to topcoat properly without messing up my panel lines. Building cool robots is fun!I wanna buy an airbrush setup now
I think it’d be cool if they put hajime katoki on the new sneed movie to fix the gundams like wing endless waltz. I’m just praying they don’t get fucking ippei gyobu involved.
>>22949976c-cute...>tfw no cute gunpla building bf
>>22949982Why is this place so gay sometimesYou're gonna scare the newcuties away
I am surprised they included the wing effects.
spotted this cool GK while browsing aimlessly, any idea where it's from? the series is just marked as "miscellaneous"
>>22949939quick, pose three gunplas in an impromptu diorama
>>22949986Being into robot toys gives off negative aura so lots of people here end up turning prison gay for each other due to lack of pussy
>>22949990no wonder why it's a hot item. the wing effect was a p-bandai DLC during Destiny's initial release gives bandai a reason not reprint this again a la FAZZ
>>22949986too much huffing paint fumes
>>22949939Yeah you really owned them by spending all this time on something to save $3. The average intelligence in these threads is staggeringly low. Looking forward to all the retards that don't understand tariffs or how price increases flow downstream to consumers in the next thread.
>>22949990>>22950005You're thinking of the RG Destiny. The HG Destiny Revive comes with the wings.
>>22950013I still don’t understand tariffs and price increase downstream. Can you explain it to me? I voted for trump btw
>>22950013Man, you're dumb as fucking shit aren't you.
>>22950003tfw no autistic prison gay gunpla bf to steal old airbrushes from and learn to paint
>>22950020Go jerk off nigga. You are thirsty as fuck on this long hot night.
>>22950025>You are thirsty as fucki will remain thirsty, i have no gaia lacquers to drink.
>>22949986I am the only cutie around here.
>>22950031I bet you have some goyler lascivious nuts white
>>22950015Looks like Im gonna slop this seedslop.
>>22950036post your wips
>>22950003Don't be into robot toys, be into modeling then
>>22950055train autists dont get bitches either, sorry to tell you this bro
>>22950060I dont see girls doing train models.
>>22949986I wasn't like this until a certain anon kept showing off his thighs, sometime bulge, in his WIP pics
>>22949995Seems to be an original design by an artist named ToMo
>>22950071Why is that anon so lewd
>>22950071I am still. Haunted by that. Fuck you anon i know ur lurking here.
>>22949986you fool, fujoshis are the besttrust the process
>>22950060My point is "talk less about the toy aspect and more into making something custom, something personal, something thought out", even if it's just a bit of weathering or shading. that means don't be a snapshittersource : getting married next year and she got into gunpla after seeing mine
>>22950041>slop
>>22950104Oh you right my b. Looks like I’m finna kino this seedkino then
>>22950111>finna
Sex with thigh poster
>>22950124angry resentful frustrated sex with the Neroposter while waiting for a MG Turn X reprint
https://x.com/fortresshum/status/1860569724398243973
bootleg Cherudim SAGA in the works
>>22950195How do you come across this info? Xitter?
>>22950195Wake me up when they make a transformable Seravee II
>>22950198twitter, the site referred to by elon musk as X
>>22950201Please dont deadname Elon's transplatform. They go by X now.
>November releases pushed to December.Well shit.
>>22950207>"hope you didn't want that Black Sarena as christmas gift..."
>>22950126hmmmm nyo
>>22949691>You have no clue about how little they are profiting from toy sales. Sure you see big billion numbers, but that's just revenue minus all expenses/taxes they have to pay for.
>>22949833I said it before and i will say it again. I don't argue, i report.
>>22949707Here you go. You should go over to their financial reports. >>22950239
>>22950250Bandai just built another giant statue. I don't buy this narrative of this company operating on loss. Not to mention both Darksouls, Elden Ring and AC6 made them shit ton of money.
>>22950221I keep seeing it change. I swear at one point it was labelled as May 2025 delivery, then back to November/DecemberI just want hat and my fuggin titanomachia...
>>22950262Its not a narrative when their operating profit in EU sucks ass. Like why do you even add game sales to toy profits?
It's been years since I quit gunpla. Have they released the RG Age-FX?
>>22950271>when their operating profit in EU sucks ass.Anon, where the fuck do you think Bandai is from? Japan. Japan, nigger. It doesn't matter if their oversea division operate on absolute negative, the entire company as whole is probably 3rd biggest toy company in the world. They are not just rich, they are filthy rich.
>>22950288They still haven't released the MG Age fx that they showed off nearly 15 years ago
>>22950299Damn. Maybe in 2031... I'll return by then.
https://hjweb.jp/article/1804557/
>>22950296>Entire company as a wholeDo you know what youre talking about? Their latest financial report shows that they only made 100 billion yen net profit, which is fucking peanuts.
>>22949648>post yfw you realize Chinese spies posing as Japanese nationals are infiltrating and sabotaging Bandai so their bootleg brands can gobble up more market share
>New bread when?
>>22950310that is not the upcoming Tyrant Sword kinoleg
>>22949990I somehow find idiots who would turn the Zeus Silhouette into a sword. I get it! The Zeus Silhouette is basically the Kiba from GEAR Fighter Dendoh with how it's a linear cannon that can take on independent flight when not in use.
New thread. Get to voting!>>22950434>>22950434>>22950434>>22949249I resent this remark, I do not just choose randomly. I look through every image from the top, do my best to judge which ones are people actually posting their work and not reposting stuff they found on Reddit/Twitter/Facebook/modeling blogs/shitposting/etc, and choose which ones of those have the best composition, lighting, posing, painting, focus, scratchbuilding and customization, are unusual or interesting, and attributes like that. If I've skipped over something it could be for any number of reasons, so post your stuff again and let us see it. Just do it!!!!
>>22950331That still around 700 million dollar of spare cash for Bandai. Have you look at Hasbro's net income? These companies don't operate on loss, they operate on greed. Bottomless greed.
>>22947819Hey, I did not come here to be so viciously and accurately called out. Fuck you, guy.
>>22950310man fuck you I thought this was a HG announcement. at least share the STL files you fucking sons of bitches
>>22949808I really want one but it is fucking expensive
>>22949816If Bandai-Namco wasn’t fucking around they would make a Build-themed game with the customization of Gundam Breaker 4 and the gameplay of a Custom Robo title
