=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: >>22926043
== NIGHTMARE GROUPBUILD ==Build a mecha encompassing different aspects of the horror genre. Examples include>A mecha that incorporates general horror tropes from literature, film, and anime >A corrupted version of an existing mecha/robot through magical, biological, or alien means (ie Symbiotes, parasites, Daemonic possession) >Organic mecha (ie Evangelions) and monsters from /m/-related media (ie: the BETA from Muv-Luv)>A mecha that draws inspiration from various demons or monsters from different mythologies and religions. Submit your entries to gunplaplamo@gmail.com , include at least 5 finished pics and any WIP pics you took while working on your entry, as well as a brief description of your build.START: 8/14/24END: 11/21/24
Show me what you're working on!
30 Minutes series stream is up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD9E4zUOq10
Requiem of Vengeance GM custom build.https://x.com/Under_NM_Design/status/1856245544726999426
holy shit Megami Device mogged!
>>22931398i look like this irljoints and all
Jesus christ, even my little sister has deeper voice than this chick. Why tf do Japanese always have to hire a chipmunk to narrate hobby livestream?
>>22931403In japanese culture it is a sign of wealth and fertility
>30MF human are photo realistic instead of animeRuined.
>>22931398she looks thicc
>>2293141730MS are bricks so don't get your hopes up.
>>22931403Its just how it is when speaking Japanese. I have a fairly normal voice but when I speak Japanese I become a squirrel.
>>22931397Nobody cares
>>22931425You care.
bamco really found their footing after yufia huh
Despite the line being 15+, Bandai's scupting for the kit's hands is still so damn terrible.
Finally, chink spikes
>>22931397God I want to do a full armor variant of the vengeance kits.
>>22931427all that 30MS needs to do now is hire a loli artist and release a Mao killer
>>22931440Entire 30MS looks loli already.
Rondonova. Bailon's early mech before Portanova came to be.
>>22931442the flatties they have rn kinda suck
>>22931443holy shit I want to adopt him
New option set.
>>22931443>>22931444>>22931447>Leather bags.For what purpose.
>>22931456Both of them are ground type.
>>22931456to force the Sister-onlies to buy the robots just for the accessory.
>>22931403Is it me, or is this VA Bocchi's?
>>22931443>1/144 scale>those bags
>>22931421
Milk Tooth kit
>>22931466Maybe he's smaller than average 30mm mech
>>22931469Ah, a new friend! Wonderful!
I feel like Bandai couldn't decide if this is supposed to be snapfit friendly or something you must paint.
>>22931458Its comical to look at, the bags even have fasteners. Like how is the Rondonova gonna open it with those hands?
Greeblemaxxing
>>22931475>>22931469AC Kits are something else. We’re inching closer and closer to Ortuz.
Fucking manlet.
>>22931477I like it. Painting that tho would be a pain.
>>22931481Man up and embrace handbrushing.
>>22931391is it only 30M today?
>>22931484They already done 30MS and MF
>>22931482LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOONow give me tank threads.
>>22931484gunpla is tomorrow
Huh? I thought Orbiter has a more rusty bronze color. It never seems to be light grey when i was playing the tutorial mission.
>>22931476The smaller drone will handle it.
Do you paint every kit you buy?
When was the last MG Zeta plus reprint?
What color should I use to panel line a tan part? Brown or black?
>>22931443>>22931444>>22931447gloriousbit pricey though
>>22931482Will it come with the other Melander head?
>>229315182019 for the general release A1. P-Bandai Unicorn A1 is currently reprinting.
>>22931590That's like 10 dollars, my guy. Are you living in Venezuela?
>>22931634anon is already taking tariffs into account retard
>>2293163410 dolars if you buy it in japan, it's more than double that anywhere else
>>22931638This is just another HG-tier retail, you fucking faggot. You don't have to spend extra 30 dollars for shipping.
>>22931646Nah, i don't find these retails to have that extreme level of price hike. Probably extra 5 dollars at worse. Lets say after all of import tax and middlemen, it is still around 20 to 25 dollars, which is ass wipe money to be honest. Unless you are still a student with no job.
>>22931155they're shit. i can't be bothered writing up my year-ish experience with them for the 10th time but they're complete trash>>22931326stop thinking like a depressive loser. nobody does anything right the first time, you only get better at things by willing to be shit at first. when you get the hang of it it's relaxing
>>22931685Are you willing to write it up one more time with a username so we can search for it easily in the archives?
>>22931501It is like they took notes of all of the elements that people liked about the Demi Trainer and its variants and ported them to 30MM where army builders would enjoy working with the concept.>As a demitray fan I fucking love this
>>22931398damn that's pretty jar-worthy for a bandai girl>>22931440>hire a loli artistthey literally got fumikane >>22931507yes
>>22931708i've been saying ebikawa's wfm offerings were just 30mm for 2 years
>>22931711what has fumikane designed for bandai?
>>22931653lol why do you go out of your way to project things to get snide atOf course 20 bucks isn't a big expense in itself but cost is a matter of relativity, that makes the roundonova among the pricier base 30mm kits which is all i'm sayingSaying any amount is asswipe money is retarded, i don't see you handing 20s to bums or ordering a 20$ cup of coffee
>>22931725Of course I wouldn't hand my 20s to bums, I use them to wipe my ass.
>>22931722pretty much all of 30ms, unless they got some other people in for the later ones. it was all him early on at least
>>22931751correction, the girl parts of 30msthe mecha parts were designed by ebikawa i thinkagain that might have changed later on i haven't kept up
>>22931725You will fucking cry when you find out about Hexagear price. Or anything non Bandai.
>>22931708Ebikawa designed Demi Trainer.
>>22931722He designed Spinatio Black Knight, Acerby and Mobile Doll May.
>>22931756Even within bandai anything not gundam or base 30mm is expensive for a baka gaijinI'd definitely buy a burglarydog in japan but 40 bucks for a small plastic bucket is rough
They're going to make Iguazu's Melander P-Bandai aren't they...
>>22931767>HAL>Ortuz>SOL 677>CEL 240All of this will be locked behind the PB jail cell. Hope they make the Missile funnels as an addon set.
>>22931518Zeta Plus got reprinted twice this year. A1 and C1
"locked behind the pbandai jail cell" niggas when i preorder it on thescalperbay or get it preowned on suruga/manda
>buying bootleg pb releases.These neggas.
>>22931767Just paint this one in his colors
>>22931780But it's not even the same parts
>sat tailbone first on a stray pushup bar while squatting to get a box from my pla drawerlegit screamed like a dying fighting game character. i aint building shit today, gonna clean up my room instead
>>22931781Ah, I forgot he got Melander c3
How do you emulate this bluish silver metallic look?
>>22931794Use bluish silver metallic paint
>>22931794You can add a few drops of clear blue i to your silver or mix a tiny drop of clear blue into your clear coat
>>22931794Clear white with a little clear blue over silver
>>22931751the oni girl and the recently announced kimono girl were done by a different artist. everything else is Fumikane's work though. he also designed Avatar Fumina
>>22931797Closest I could find is the gaia notes metallic prism over a white/grey primer but this shit is hard to get.>>22931807Interesting, I might try this.>>22931808Seems like I would fuck up the ratios, I'll try it with what I have.
>>22931815>Seems like I would fuck up the ratios, I'll try it with what I have.Try just clear white then. Depending on the silver it can already look a little blueish. If you need more, do a drop of clear blue in gloss clear to tint it.
>>22931767They're going to make most releases PBandai eventually anon. Better to prepare yourself now.
Please god just give me Steel Haze Ortus it's all I want
>>22931865I'm still waiting for New Sunshine.
>>22931865There's just no way they are leaving Ortuz behind. Everyone is salivating at getting one.
>>22931865We can't tell anything atm. Both Orbitter and Nightfall are retail.
Does anyone know where I can get pre-posed hands for MG Gundam that can replace the awful Emotion Manipulator hands?
>>22931403She just puts it on, just after she introduces herself, she "breaks" and goes "Dame da!" in her normal voice.https://youtu.be/UD9E4zUOq10?t=1284
I want better plamo availability and a loving girlfriend
>>22931916the girlf will come in time and you can become the plamo yourself
>>22931918>become the plamo yourself
Could you paint something like this?
>>22931916This hobby is a guarenteed pussy repellant. Try better hobbies like hiking and clubbing.
>>22931942But what if you included normalfag hobbies on top of your plamo one?
>>22931939no
>>22931949Why not?
>>22931945You won't have time to do all of them.
>>22931950i have a skill issue
just spent an hg worth in a meal
>>22931954You spent $3.86 USD?
>>22931939I painted a doll face once, but I'm too much of a weeaboo to do bigger realistic figures.
>>22931959That's pretty good. How did you learn how to paint faces?
Just found out about this cute little guy. Too bad he's scalped like crazy.
>>22931965there's a bootleg coming out soon
>>22931965chink bootleg was made recently
>>22931967>>22931968Oh awesome! Guess I'll keep an eye out on Aliexpress or something.
>>22931964I have a friend who does faceups for cheaper dolls who gave me some protips and I paint miniatures already. The main thing I haven't painted with her are the eyes, those are just pre-printed Volks eyes.
Just woke up, was the hobby show announcements thing a huge nothingburger?
>>22931939No, faces are hard and i've only painted like 3
>>22931993Gunpla is still yet to happen. we only got 30MM news yesterday
>>22931980I thought dolls and faceups were mainly a girls (or jap) thing
>>22931397>exposed shoulders>sure, lets do that
Fucking finally, going to have the full A set once Desert A gets shipped. I'll probably just straight matte coat it, but for the time being it's more food for the box fort.
>>22931942my gf thinks its neat, as in she's glad I have a unique hobby
>>22931969yeah they should be on sale within this month
>>22932000
>>22932007ooh the plastic witchcraft ones
>>22931993Gunpla announcements are in about 7-9hrs
I hate bandai.
>>22932009right in the middle of my bedtime
>>22931996I'm American and male like most people here. For me they are just an extension of scale models similar to gunpla.
>>22932018I'd get a doll but they're so fucking expensive. The specific volks dd I want is literally 100k yen on yahoo/mercari and that's still a relatively normal price from what I've seen.
>>22932020The ones I have are just standard 50K MDDs I got from the Volks website. I got them alongside some FSS kits. I'm terrified of the prospect of ever trying to get a Miku or Nier DD. I like my dolls being OCs anyways.
>>22932018nice cat, looks very mean and fluffy
>>22932012Luckily for you the announcements will still be there when you wake up.
>>22932031holy heck really???
>>22932033No, Bandai will kill you while you sleep.
>>22932038waaaah ;_;not before I get my psycho Mk-II!
damn char's zaku looks like that?!
>>22932064god I wish I was char's zaku
>>22931482>base[d] MelanderFucking finally,Bandai
Will this Hasegawa SDF-1 look horrible if I don't apply paint on it? I kind of want an SDF-1
>>22932084This guy looks small. Is it a custom made out of artifact EX-S?
>>22932084>>22932086
>>22932084Reprint the MG Deep Striker, NOW.
Wtf is the obsession with the deep strike?
>>22932090It's big and cool, arguably cooler than the dendrobium
>>22932090I like how modular S Gundam is described to be and this is one of like 3 ways it's actually represented.
>>22932091I never liked the Dendrobiun
>>22931469>>22931482Cool, looking forward to them being as obscenely under-produced as the last ones.At this rate those will be released before my Nightfall and Steel Haze even fucking ship.
>>22931427did they hire a new concept artist recently? the recent designs are all great
>>22931475the ACs themselves are colored plastic but all the weapons are generic grey to be "interchangeable"seems kinda silly to me, might as well make them match the AC they come with since if you swap them around you'd need to paint them either way
>>22932101yeah that's bizarre, aren't they selling the guns as separate sets as well anyway?
>>22931969>aliexpress it's a pain for gundam bootlegs check gundamit/mofiho/gundamcentralshop
>>22932105ali is cheaper
>>22932104yup, there are standalone sets. they're all 4 mismatched guns too so if you wanna dualwield zimmermans you gotta buy two
>>22932105>gundamitThose niggers literally mark up fucking bootleg and original chink kits $20-$40 for no reason. Absolutely garbage site.
>>22932122Prices are pretty much the same on those 3 chink shops for euros>inb4 yuropoor
>>22932130not really it's still cheaper via ali, especially with free shipping
>>22932090Nothing like it besides Metal Gear. The lore is nutty too.
>>22932080Why this is not on dalong.net?
If you had to recommend one HG, RG & MG (non-verka) kit, which would you recommend?
>>22932166Depends on the person, their taste, and tolerance for how much work they're willing to put in
>>22932166HG Z'Gock. RG Z'Gock. MG Z'gock.
>>22932166HG: HGUC Zaku IMG: Zaku II 2.0RG: Banshee Norn
>>22931469what scale are thesei've been hearing in some places that they're 1/72 like the koto kits
>>22932166HG Neo Zeong, RG Zeong and MG EX S.
>>22932167It's about your recommendation, regardless of the person, my autistic friend.
>>22932171They're not 1/72, they're smaller than that and are non-scale kits.
>>22932166HG: MessalaRG: ZeongMG: MK-VRE/100: Hamma-Hamma
>>22931969supposedly they're already available there, but I can't find any myself
Newfag here. Completed the HG Z'gok i asked about the other day and it looks great... from a distance. From up close you can see these tiny bumps where the nubs used to be and I can't seem to get rid of them with my knife nor with sanding. Is my blade not sharp enough? What do you do abou them?
>>22932222You'll never get rid of them completely without painting but you can get get it 90% of the way with sanding & topcoating the kit.
>>22932222sometimes all you can do is painta clear coat might make it almost invisible though
>Order paint>Order goes through>Order ships>Get an email that ackshully one of the paints I wanted is out of stock >Get refunded for that paint but now I have to pay for shipping again to get a backup plan paintwell fuck
>finished snapshitting together a Metal Gear Rex>still trying to figure out how the fuck I'm going to paint itSome parts seem kinda flimsy and I'm worried about breaking them, should I just keep the disassembly to a minimum and go wild with the masking tape?
>>22932222>is my blade not sharp enough?nub marks aren't purely in the shape of the plastic. there can also be changes in stuff like pigment density as a result of the injection process, meaning the mark will be partially visible no matter how much material you remove because the plastic is actually another color.
>>22932238Rex, like many Koto kits can be delicatethe railgun and radom in particular are prone to snappingif you're doing a basic design it'd be easy enough to paint in large chunks probably, but it depends on what you want to do
What's the absolute minimum temperature I can paint at ?
So pbandai isn't giving tracking numbers any more with fedex?
>>22932256No colder than 50 F / 10 CNo more humid than 65% RH
>>22932260Thanks. Supposed to have a sunny 11/12c day this weekend, hopefully it'll be enough. I just have a dozen of parts to paint, it'd be a shame to wait until spring
Can't you just turn the heater on
Does anyone know if mark setter works for regular stickers that are peeling off?
>>22932264Use a very small amount of glue. Mark setter is not an adhesive, it's magical dwarf cum.
>>22932258They gave me one for my order a few days ago... but it didn't work
>>22932166HG Doven Wolf or Silver BulletRG Hi NuMG Gelgoog
>>22932267Mark setter works like a charm for waterslides, I've even used it to reinforce some decals I applied like half a year ago. Glue you mean like superglue or not as strong?
No new Gunpla announcements.Mostly just a recap of the previous hobby show.https://bandai-hobby.net/site/hobbynewiteminfo_november_2024/
>>22932264You're better off replacing it. If the sticker is peeling off it will already have accumulated dirt under what little adhesive is left, so it will look off even if you attempt to glue it back on. Might as well use the opportunity to slap some water transfer decals and top coat that shit.
>>22932277Superglue if you're confident with using it, sure.
>>22932278It's over.
>>22932278The Zakuplas being retail are new I think
>>22932279>>22932281Yeah I think I'm just peeling them off entirely, they are not even that noticeable, fuck em. All the stickers from that kit were very crap quality sadly>>22932275The Hi Nu is available again in my area, is it really that good? I thought about getting it eventually but I just finished the Nu Ver Ka and I'm with a bit of Nu fatigue
>>22932287Everyone should have at least the RG or MG Hi Nu. You could just wait for it to go on sale.
I've happily picked up the HG for Shining and am waiting eagerly for the RG. Is there any reason to get the HG for the God Gundam if I already have the RG, however? Getting the SDs would be perfectly fine, since they can't really compare to one another, and it's just more content for the Shining/God Gundam altar, but I don't know if the HG would bring anything new to the table.>>22932283Shining Gundam, my beloved...
>>22932288Is it better than the rg Epyon?
>>22932292One isn't really better than the other but they're absolutely of the same quality. If you like how the RG Hi-nu looks, it's one of the best Bandai have ever made.
>>22932292Personal preference but I don't like the Epyon at all and will never build it.
>>22932294Can you pull off ground poses or is a base a must?
>>22932296nta but it poses wellyou'll probably want to remove the funnels for ground stability though
>>22932278It's getting harder to tell these votoms kits apart my dawgthe supposedly new one looks like the current one without the skis
>>22932295I love the rg epyon especially the wings, it's crazy how poseable they are. The eyes are also amazing with how the light pipes from behind. If it was 1/100 scale it would be my favorite kit without a doubt, the regular mg is horrible
>>22932278>>22932283>>22932289No particular reason to get the HG God over the RG but with the Shining, it's pretty much confirmed that the Shining Finger Sword that came with the HG will be a P-Bandai exclusive accessory pack for the RG.>>22932301Banda is slowly trickling out retail Scopedogs that have the P-Bandai accessories included. Hold the the Votomsbros, Every P-Bandai accessory will be available at retail eventually.
Is this the most disappointing hobby new item event so far?
>>22932080No love for Macross in here
fuckheads
>>22932283For all the whinging about Gundams basically being giant robot samurai, I find it hilarious that only Shining and Blazing actually meet that criteria.
>>22932263I cannot
>>22932319Samurai you say?
>>22932308>it's pretty much confirmed that the Shining Finger Sword that came with the HG will be a P-Bandai exclusive accessory pack for the RG.I partly picked up the HG because I was banking on this>Banda is slowly trickling out retail Scopedogs that have the P-Bandai accessories includedWait what? Even the cockpit stuff too?
>>22932327Oh yeah, it's easy to forget about the Astray since it never got properly animated.
>>22932315i like when they whack the hentai bitches with the stun batondoesn't happen enough
>>22932331The Burglarydog came with accessories that were P-Bandai exclusive so I'm guessing the plan for the Votoms line is to make the P-Bandai accessory packs an early access of sorts before they release the accessories as part of a retail kit later on.
>>22932080My Hasegawa kits come with decals for some of the colored bits so you might be OK. At least get a marker for a few bits.
>>22932340Ok thanks
>>22932268Kek, why does this smarr trillion dollar Japanese company have so many issues with such simple things.
>>22932337I see, I'm just starting Votoms so if there's a better Scopedog kit that comes out, then I'd be pleased as punch
You even build?
>>22932351same herethough idk at a glance the burglarydog seems to have more stuff than the upcoming scopedog custom
>>22932351It's all on what equipment you like. Still, the first two Expansion Sets are still limited to P-Bandai by technicality, as they have no plans to release it in specific loadouts at all. But I seriously doubt they'll do it again with the Red Shoulder Custom because they are few and far between with Chirico's team and their exclusive parts, each spread out between the three expansion sets, but only one Red Shoulder piece (a recolored F plate).
>>22932030ty. He is a polite cat but I had to shave the bastard as he kept shedding on my models. Using an airbrush and having a long haired cat don't mix sadly.
I forgot we were getting a MG Vidar and RG Worse-God Gundam and now I'm sad again.
>>22932382I wish that we would get a Devil Gundam reprint at least. I blame Hobby Lobby.
>>22932375lmfao is it even legal to give your cat a buzzcut
>>22932369Oh, wait! There are just way too many loadouts to assemble with the three sets. We got Turbo Custom, Red Shoulder Custom, Burglary Dog, loadouts for various named characters, and the Brutish Dog, the same one Fyana used, and they gave you a painting guide to make that design. Why a painting guide? It means they doubt they will make the Brutish Dog as a standalone release, so they make you buy the expansion sets and reward you for it by the time you get the fifth set.
>>22932363Would the Burglarydog be the best one to get if I'm only getting one standalone?>>22932369>>22932386I only know the Scopedog... I like them whizzing around, an openable cockpit might be nice but it's not crucialIf it gets more weapons later on, they would be fun too, I'm currently indifferent about effect parts, and haven't seen any variants yet, I'm just seeing different painted ones in the arena
>>22932384Yeah. Just don't shave the mane and lower legs. Make sure to avoid the nipples too. He crawls into blankets more now that it's cold but my paintjobs have gotten much cleaner. If you have any kind of pet pic related from Tamiya is fantastic for feather dusting models.
>>22932391i tried to gay shop for these in the makeup aisle but didn't find any
Wasn’t there supposed to be an announcement for new kits today? Have any gundams been announced?
>>22932390in his review zaku aurelius does say the hg burglarydog does make the hg scopedog obsolete, it's more or less the same with more stuff
Maybe China isn't so bad after all.
>>22932399bandai face when
>>22932404I like that color scheme a lot. I don't have a Wing Gundam so I might have to buy this if it's not too pricey.
>>22932404>Maybe China isn't so bad after all.No.
>>22931964This guy is bretty goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzpYXF4jO30
>>22932080I build the ship version, and the color separation is ass. Per example the parts that forms the legs are all dark gray.
>>22932400Oh shit, I'll look into a few reviews for it then, thank you, I really didn't know the difference at all, assumed the Burg was a different variant rather than the basic one and more accessories
Are the instructions for the Gundam Artifact kits uploaded anywhere online? I lost the sheet for my Artifact Ex-S and I'm terrified looking at all the very tiny parts.
>>22932400>>22932435Yeah, taking an actual look, it seems like the Burg's the Scopedog with backpack and more accessories, as long as the legs without the guards(?) look the same, it might be coming with the literal Scopedog
>>22932438just watch a build video on youtube and follow along.
>>22932390Pretty sure that the Burglarydog icludes all the part to build the regular Scopedog.
no one posted this one, this is so cool to me that they recreated the full shield, you'd never see koto do this
>>22932452Then it seems Burglarydog is king, thank you.There's a slight chance I might get gifted the regular Scopedog this year though, I'm not really sure what I'd do then. They ARE generic mechs but I'm not sure what I'd do with two. If Chirico gets any friends, maybe it's fine to have a Scopedog as a helper to the Burglarydog, otherwise I might try to settle for the Scopedog and wait for a sale
>>22932464What's fun about the Scope dogs is all the different configurations. There is no such thing as a too many Scope Dogs.
>>22932399No new info, release info on everything they announced last time. The 30MM/30MS/30MF lines got a bunch of new releases announced early today.
>>22932375tips on masking this area? i really like the white feathering effect
>>22932476I've only seen the same basic configuration, but there's going to be rocket launchers next episodes, so I'll trust that. I don't know how to feel about having two green guys on different sides, nor do I have any ideas on what to do with them apart from picrel, but I guess the Scopedog can be close-range and his heavy/long-range Burglarydog friend provides him backup?>was thinking of deciding after finishing the show>keep looking at pics of both kitsNow I really want one...
>>22932410damn it japan! stop making frumpy space students! make COOL MECHA
>>22932523>I don't know how to feel about having two green guys on different sidesHappens more often than you might think, although the show usually does a good job of differentiating them with different colors, equipment, and customization like bull bars or different eyes.https://youtu.be/MZyd0gjGoaI
HG Ash Savior soon
>>22932534>not even a mock battleIt looks really high-quality though.>just something simple like a red shoulder to differentiate from the greensI have a metallic-red marker that still has some ink, I can easily use that if I had to! Maybe give it to the regular Scopedog, it doesn't need more weapons or accessories since it's already a distinguished veteran and all!
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqDKWQ4Found me some chink knockoffs, are they worth it and can they mix parts with the 30ms line? I kinda just want robot waifu with bigger tits
>>22932433I could almost pretend that's Tidal Wave.
I'm relatively new to this shit (few months). I've built 3 HG and 1 RG. I've already splurged and have a pile of shame. 11 models I have yet to start on combining both what I have here and pre-orders. I also have an InEra Lizard (first "third party" kit) on the way. Do I have a problem yet?
>>22932544where's Exbein Ashe
>>22932576The look like knock-off Megami Device bodies, so if MD is compatible with 30MS they should work too.
>>22931364last decal came in. probably my last kit for the year. graduated and am still looking for a job so the final tally is 11 kits for my first full year with an airbrush
>>22932623What is this?
https://bandaispirits.co.jp/press/2024/241113.php?fbclid=IwY2xjawGhDC5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHflJ8I6hMN9lbnGvus6iI5lKfPBJri2LYqmpw36XaClZ8LH-cFoIRhEIsA_aem_nJ8gNfpX2Q0G58_e-0zk8QIt's over
>>22932624Muv-Luv's mech version of the EF-2000. Only shows up in some of the shorter spin-off content and the RAF variant only exists in a single magazine spread from a decade ago
>>22932627What the fuck. I just got into gunpla this year thanks to the yen tanking and other things going up in price. At least chinapla is pretty cheap.
>>22932623As somebody who wants to get into airbrushing, what did you buy for a full setup and around how much did it cost? And was it acrylics or lacquers?
>>22932631Get a job.
>>22932627>Announce no new gunpla>raise pricesThanks.
>>22932627I can't believe that after April 2025, all legacy kits (reprints) will be exclusive to P-Bandai.
>>22932576>>22932605megami device is not compatible with 30ms, you'll have to do some kitbashing around the joints
>>22932632I started with a chink brush+compressor with tank combo (~$100), chink spray booth (~$100), and however much for the assorted stuff like airbrush pot, gloves, ppe, stirring sticks etc. For paint, I just started with what I needed + a few varying shades of gray+black/white, all lacquers. I have a local store that sells Mr Hobby stuff so I just picked up whatever I needed when I needed it. Early on I also picked up handpainting+reverse washing w/ enamels but I only ever really use black, silver, gold, and a few grays. I upgraded to a madworks jetman jm-00 after the first kit because I knew I would keep going after that. Not sure if I would recommend that brush specifically, I'm not an airbrush expert but it seems pretty good and was significantly better than the no brand chink brush but the mac valve on the front bottom gets in the way of the airbrush pot.
>>22932650Cool, thanks so much for the writeup! I'll probably go and get a decent respirator and filter combo too since I've heard lacquers can be very toxic.
>>22932654a lot of that info about toxicity is from wageslaves who spend 8 hours a day every day for years in a factory airbrushing much bigger shit with much bigger airbrushes than you. do still wear protection but no if you mess up it ain't gonna kill you
Pre-Orders are up on HLJ. If you really want anything that was announced today, you should get a pre-order in within the next hour.
>>22932692okay, shillcpatcha is what I want: ANYPG
Chamber preorders tomorrow
Has anyone ever had an issue with pbandai US order? Just got a model today and looking over the sprues and a parts missing. Need to look over the instructions again later, hopefully it got lodged in them when shipping but doubt it. Anyway if I need to reach out to them whats the process like, what should I expect etc? Am I SOL?
>>22932457That's just a piece of clear plastic, anon.
>>22932638Pbandai is the most retarded shit ever.
Would pouring some leftover gaia thinner into my new Mr color thinner bottle cause it to explode. Seems a little wasteful to throw the old bottle away when there's still some left.
>>22932746Just paint something else.
>>22932627Impressed they kept the prices the same for decades. It was inevitable with how fucked the economy is right now. >>22932628
>>22932753There are many compensation for that. Newer kits getting more expensive than ever and Bandai is like 3rd biggest toy company in the WORLD.
Will this even affect anything stateside?
>>22932757>will this increase in price lead to an increase in price from domestic resellers who have to buy at the higher price?Why wouldn't it?
The thing only thing worthy to defend Bandai right now is the affordable price. If they make their kits as expensive as Koto but with their same old neutered and gummy appearance, then fuck it i switch to Koto for good.
>>22932762>affordable priceWhy is the new HG Scopedog more expensive than the RG Shining Gundam
to those still waiting or wanting to save up money, Bandai Namco president announced that they will be increasing the price again of all model kits starting April 2025. so buy all the things you want now, don't wait for a reprint. it will get signicantly more expensive.
I know its pleb tier, but can I get some advice on what size brush I should use with soft tip markers? I've seen some builders dab their pens onto slates and use brushes to apply the pigments for some situations.
basing from the figures, it will be an average price hike of 200 to 300 yen for HG or small kits and upto 500 yen for larger kits like MG
>announce two gunpla kun slop kits>No hgs, no mgs, no pgs, no rgs, no ads, literally nothing>Announce price hikes across the board>Hgs are going up by up by 400 yen at most>Mgs by 1000>Mgex by 2000>Throw in 10-20% tarriffs
>>22932783>tfw not going to get my MG Turn X, MG Ex-S, MG FAZZ, MG Nataku, RE/100 Base Jabbers, RG 00 Qan[T] Full Saber, HG Deathscythe Hell or MG F90 I Mission Pack before the price hike
>labeled as a hoarder for having an 90 kit backlog>big price increases on the horizon Well well well
>>22931413I don't like that they're not giant robots and normal humans.
>>22931413This line is just begging for a monster hunter or dragons dogma spin off
>>22932780>>22932783>retards vote in moron who will crash the economy with tariff because he doesn't realize how many things are imported>now shit is getting more expensive even before that tariff Goddamn Clown Reality timeline dystopian bullshit.
>>22931469Couple more releases and I can make MAD STOMP
You niggers are really acting surprised when alot of hgs (and I'm not talking about the big hgS) they've been putting out as of late have been more expensive than rgs (like with most of sneed freedom kits) or worse priced as much as some newer 2.0 era mgs. It was only a matter of time before all the older kits get a price adjustment
>>22932780>Goes into effect April 1st.lol
I think gunpla in north America Is unironically going to die after this. The 10% tarriffs + jp price hikes + inflation from tarriffs + extra prices stores will charge to compensate will straight up kill the sales for most kits.
>>22932803Hard to notice when Seedshit is only bought by people with no taste. It's like saying the price of someone shitting in your mouth went up. Who is going to notice that? No one, because no one is buying that.
>>22932808Hopefully someone distracts the orange retard enough he forgets the shit he was senilely babbling about. I'd like the economy not to crash, as much as I'd love to read all of the shit about people bitching about how everything got more expensive.
>>22932817Sounds like a you problem, mine came through with no problems.
what are you guys going to impulse buy now? only thing i want is the hg hyaku shiki, maybe a mg dynames
>>22932789Oh, the knights are more like golems. They are mechanical lifeforms run on magic.
>>22932457>you'd never see koto do thisKoto does sell expansion set. if you are talking about the effect part, yes they can do such thing and they did.
>>22932824MG Virtue, Penelope, Nightingale. I have strong feeling I wont ever see these ones again in many years.
>>22932827>that will be 10 000 yen plus tip
>>22932808>>22932810kys /pol/acks. your toy shit isn't going to be affected in the long run.
If this is a reprint, can you imagine the price of future kits?
>>22932835Honestly with the direction Bandai is heading, Koto is nologer the ridiculous ones.
No cockpit, stickers for the scope, gummy mold and they charge 4,180 yen, and will get more expensive for future reprints? Are you fucking kidding me, Bandai?!
yep im thinking it's over time to close /gpg/
>>22932840heh knowing our local toy store, the yen to our currency conversion on the increase would be 1:1
>>22932840Its bound to happen, I dont even know why people are sperging out when most of us are paying for scalper prices.
>>22932879Americans rightfully sperging because Mango Mussolini wants tariffs on top of the price increase
>>22932879you'll pay for scalpier prices in the future.
>>22932780>>22932783>Retailers/Scalpers/Resellers (They're all the same at this point) already ramping up prices since Covid began>Bandai decides to ramp up prices on their end as well>Fucking retards buying/hoarding shit for clearly manipulated prices>It's understable, it's muh "inflation"Holy shit I really hope the worldwide economy crashes so bad that every single fucking one of you people on this retarded planet will think a maximum of 4 times before buying even your bare necessities
>>22932879> I dont even know why people are sperging out when most of us are paying for scalper prices.Because scalper prices will multiply due to this, anon. But personally, i like this somewhat. A wakeup call for Bandai babies to wake up.
>>22932842bro, get your head out of your ass, Gunpla for what they are in relationship to other similar products are very well priced, a koto kit of near equal quality to a bandai kit will cost 1.5x, even with a price jump
How fast will that special coating MG Sazabi pre-order sell out on p-bandai?
>HGCE Freedom now has the same price as the HGCE Rising Freedom.WTF is this bullshit?
>>22932889kind of funny because pre-pandemic resellers are usually cheaper than the local price, but after that they're almost no different from the local price, sometimes even more expensive especially when WFM was still the hottest thing.
Is my airbrush supposed to let out banshee-like scream when being used or am I doing something wrong here.
Maybe I'm just desensitized from frequent Warhammer price increases, but these really don't seem that bad
>>22932893Its not like its gonna make much difference since we need our plastic coke.
>>22932753>Impressed they kept the prices the same for decadeswell much of the price is to make up the cost of manufacturing the mold. the PS plastic itself is cheap. so reruns after the mold is already finished years ago are actually a larger profit margin than new kits.
>>22932899The price hike next year is for the reprint. Future releases will soon equal to Kotobukiya but with bunch of stickers and compromised details on top of that. Koto was playing the game by the rule meanwhile Bandai has been cheating and now the exploit got patched.
>>22932838>isn't going to be affectedi dont care about the inflation storytime shit but adding a new 20% tax will obviously make shit more expensive immediately, you don't need any prediction skill to see that.
>>22932904Same price...for now. Rising Freedom's future reprints will be even more expensive. Man i do love the future.
That will be 50 dollars plus tax. Do you rike it?
>>22932910Britbong don't behave like normal people. They can charge 1 million dollar for some random Primarch miniature and no one would be surprised.
>>22932917I've been somewhat away from the hobby for a bit, but I wonder if increasing demand the past decade has resulted in them needing to replace molds more than expected. I remember building some MG unicorns in the early 2010's that were already showing some serious (for Gunpla) flash issues.
>>22932927it will be a Titans colors alt.
On the other hand, bootlegged GM guard custom.
>>22932926I think Bandai has been trying to pander to lowest common denominator and now the side effect kicks in. I remember how alot of old, pre-articulation era kits have some excellent mold in spite of bad color separation. The hand looked solid. However, as time passed, Bandai's kits started to look worse. The hand sculpting nowadays look like this. While this seems like a meaningless nitpicking and bitching from me, it is still a prove of how Bandai willing make their kits look gummy, ugly and easily accessible to everyone, even toddlers. Do you need to carefully dissamble the hands to make it hold the weapon? Fuck it, just insert the handle as these ugly hands support that. The cheap price is also a part of their plan, making sure everyone can buy them instead of letting their products get regulated to wealthy manchild. Quantity instead of quality. And now, Japanese economy is going south, we have both awlful looking kits and increased price, just because.
>>22932918
>>2293294460 dollars plus tips, sar! Small garage kit company, prease understand.
>>22932947you literally pulled that number out of your ass, thats like 35 bucks max, if you can cherry pick, so can I Yea that will be 100 dollars plus tip
>>22932951>you literally pulled that number out of your ass, thats like 35 bucks maxReprints will increase the price. Don't worry, we are going there.
this might be a dumb question, but I'm new to plamoSome kits I want to be able to handle a lot, not too unlike an action figure. So it might not be best to paint them, right? Or... Is it perfectly fine if you topcoat well? Is it OK to handle lacquer or whatever topcoats and they aren't at all toxic?I want to get the new AC6 kits and handle/swap parts, but it feels alittle wrong for those amazing kits to not have their armor painted well.
>>22932951And that's supposed to be bad?
>>22931414>>22931423Rozan GODS mogging Libshits again
>>22932954its literally smaller than my penis and im only 3 inches
>>22932956And do you understand the purposes of these minatures?
I know Bandai kits are cheap and all but fuck, these hands are fucking hideous, it negates the cheap price into expensive because this isn't worth 20 dollars.
>>22932166HG LfrithRG Nu GundamMG Jesta
I finally brought myself an airbrush but I suddenly found that I'm an npc incapable of original thought. Are there any good websites with easily searchable galleries of painted kits? I literally have no idea how to approach something as simple as a zaku machinegun other than making it monochrome in a different color.
>>22932953Magnets for the weapons, problem solved.
>>22932893>A wakeup call for Bandai babies to wake up.Bro every other manufacturer has already done way worse price hikes
WHERE ARE THE MURASAME KAIS GOD FUCKING DAMN
>>22932971shhhh don't question the narrative
>>22932975Don't worry, the narrative will become true soon.
>>22932965ok but is painting/clearcoating a good idea if you want to handle a kit A LOT almost like a regular toy? Using lacquers most likely, airbrushed
>>22932976>yfw the Narrative gets a price increase
>>22931714>>22931757Yeah I thought it looked like an Ebikawa design, so I'm not surprised. It is 100% up my alley (I'm the silly anon who has one each of demi tray, barding, chuchu's and garrison and is building a squad of three demitray customs to paint up, I love that shit) so I'm glad that it is going to be available in the format it probably always should have been. I am however dreading filling all of the unused attachment points when I army build this new mech.
>>22932958Yeah they're expensive trinkets for already hella expensive kits
>>22932907exactly, I saw an HG Aerial selling for twice it's fucking local price (not even Japan) and retards were still gobbling it up
>>22932976didn't it just released last June?
>>22932982Cool pilots that can articulate. Me like. Simple as.
>>22932980>a price increaseMore like alot of price increases
MFW there's no new Ver Ka announcement this year because the Vidar already took the "1 MG per year" slot.
>>22932997there will still be more announcements this year, right???
Tell me, bros. Am I ever going to see a MG Zaku I or HG/RG Zaku I Commander or should I just abandon hope?
>>22932999Probably never ever. But you can have a price hike instead, which is subjectively a good thing.
>>22932999You might be able to tweak existing kits yourself with resin parts or scratch building
>>22932999>MG Zaku IWhat's wrong with the old one?
>>22932999The only good looking Zaku I is the RD, become a toychad
>>22932544Give me Soulgain or give me death
>>22933010Anon meant Zaku 1 Commander, the one with a horn.
>>22932780>>22932783One thing Japanese companies are typically great at is holding prices for as long as possible but some sort of increase was inevitable. I'm sure this means HGs will be £25-30 in the UK now which I'm absolutely not interested in paying even if I can afford it without issue. HGs just aren't worth that price 99% of the time.
>>22932977You need to mod it so the moving parts dont grind against each other and fuck up the paintjob.
>>22932998Gself Ver Ka, MG Flauros doko?
>>22933021Can't you just not paint the ball-joints, clips and the like?
>>22933032you can also paint it as one piece, turn the joint, then paint any missed areas. the only con is that the joint will be as loose as a snapshit since there's no paint in the joints to thicken them.
>>22933039But as far as handling the painted body, fingers rubbing on it, going and eating after, it's all fine right? Afaik the topcoats gunpla use, like polyeurothan, lacquer etc, are very durable, much moreso than what miniature painters use on average. And once cured, it's not toxic to the touch, right?
>>22933032Not just that but you need to add clearance for knees, crotches and whatever other thing that would rub against a moving part.
>>22932937is this the MSV version?
>oh my kekaroons prices for HGs will go up by a MAX of...400 yenWhat? That's literally nothing kek.
>>22926369This anon was right btw. This is all this hobby is now 90% regurgitated Ebikawa designs with a few Gunpla tossed in here and there to make you shut up. And the most exciting announcements are bootlegs of kits that were previously gated behind P-Bandai. And next year we will have to contend with a price hike + tariffs + tax + tip + fuck you with every purchase.No refunds.
>>22933062
>>22932825I knew that, I was sold on 30MF immediately, so when the lore dropped, I was ready to see what was what. I was hoping they'd be giants who patroned human groups in small numbers. Like a big kingdom could expect a few dozen or so maybe, and a bandit clan would have their 1-3 backing up human armies on a battlefield. Kind of like the robots in Knight's & Magic, but autonomous. It's a 30 minute line so any official "lore" is more suggestion anyways; so I'm gonna keep my headcanon and enjoy the line that way. Whenever I can actually buy some that is.
>>22933067I seriously hope they will make more stuff than just RPG classes.
Since we are in the middle of Bandai criticism, here is mine. Why the fuck does this RG has HG styled hands? This hand looks so fucking stupid for something that is supposed to be a visually superior line compares to HG and EG.
>>22933061that's what they said about netflix subscription fees. then it becomes a problem, now that every app and their mom start charging for subscriptions.
>>22933075speaking of that, it was fucking weird how the RG 2.0's hands were engineered. it's divided in a weird way that the top half includes a half of one of the fingers and the lower half attaches to it by sliding against it, then is secured by the hand guard. i mean what's a fucking logic behind it, aside from making it annoying to assemble?
>>22933077The slippery slope never ends, anon. This is just a foreplay of whats to come. Bandai will raise the price slowly until it matches the normal modelkit market price. They only raise 2 dollars for now so it won't look bad.
>itt snapshitters complaining because they can't adjust pieces, scribe detail, or have literally any kind of creativity with what to make out of kits
>>22933081RG in general are annoying kits. They are hard to pose and sometimes hard to build due to the imperfection in engineering.
>>22933084>Imagine buying kits when you can just sculpt the entire kit out of nowhere and do the engineering yourself.
https://x.com/kotetsu_n_n/status/1856660142470934843
>>22933070I could see them dipping more into their obvious enemy grunt designs and using those for Orcs, Trolls, etc. like the goblin zakus from that one SD gundam line. Also, dragons or demons seem kind of obvious. I mean, if they're already magical there's no real point in imposing the limit of "logic."
>>22933088Yeah about that, my fear is that the dragons or demons won't have gigantic scale. in Hexa Gear line, you can see obvious scale differences between mechanical dragons, birds compare to human kits. However, 30MF knights look quite big. If this line debuts a dragon kit, it should be a super huge kit and i won't take compromised baby dragon.
>>22933075I havent tried an RG kit yet so I'm a little disappointed to hear this. You would think a kit marketed for its detail would have individually moveable fingers.
>>22933096thank FUCK it doesn't
>>22933098Nah i want articulation down to the individual knuckles.
>>22933099good news, RG Zeong has fully-articulated hands!
>>22933094They just put out a giant golden dragon model kit as a general release. They sold Blue-eyes last year; And a giant sand-golem between those. I don't think they'll have issue at all selling size. It's the price that people will need to reckon with, I think. Blue-eyes is about eye-level with a liber knight, so maybe not SUPER imposing at the moment, but consider the tail and wingspan, that's like a drake. With a price hike on the horizon anyways, I don't think it's insane to assume Bandai would sell you another inch of plastic for $10-20
>>22933099You have no idea what you're asking for, anon. 144 posable hands are already ass, adding even more articulation to them is asking for trouble
If you complain about recent RG hands not being articulated, do a older RG kit or one of these MG kits who ONLY has the poseable hands and you'll change your mind
>>22933106Turn A's hands... fucking nightmare to assemble!
Thee latest announcements feel like a fucking joke
R3 Layzner, now that's some nice posable hands...
>>22933106I liked poseable mg hands. Just use magnets for the weapons and most complaints go away.
bros are we getting this chinkino?
>>22933123amazing, they took a good design and just made it not good
>>22932628>60 doll hairsIs it worth it?
>>22933124the inner frame doesn't even look that good. they just look like inside-out panels instead of an actual skeleton.
>>22933106Of my MGs just off the top of my head, the Zaku hands are annoying but work. Dom hands are perfect. Nu and Sazabi are perfect. Mk II 2.0 is acceptable and works. Turn A MG was extremely frustrating to build.The issue isn't articulated hands, the issue is when bandai decides to re-engineer the hands into frustration. I don't have as many HGs but for example my Woundwort's hands are dog shit.
>>22933124>they took a good designlmao
>>22933123>Ming Gundam.
impulse bought a gundnodeforking 60 bucks for an HG grunt (well, worse than a grunt) should sting but i'm just stoked i got my hands on it cause i really like the design
>>22933160should've just bought the bootleg for a fraction of the price retard
>>22933125You can get the variant with the big gun (https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/m/image/10203570) for around 2500-3500 yen off yahoo auctions usually. The sword variant hasn't been reprinted (and probably won't ever) so it's harder to find. Shield is from one of the Schwarzesmarken kits which rarely get resold for under 15k yen nowadays. As for whether it's worth it, entirely up to you. It's hardly in any major Muv-Luv content so I personally lean towards not caring as much for it, although I think the design is great. Just expect something closer to a big HG rather than an MG, although koto was pretty good for including parts-forming options for a lot of the TSF functions
>Can get Penelope and MG Virtue for 130 bucks.God I know i'm gonna impulsively buy this later on.
>>22933166uhhhhh you can't call me that
>>22933160bro its 37 bucks on aliexpress
>>22932260painting above 65% is fine you just have to use less retarder. when it's cold and humid i cut my levelling thinner 50/50 with the hardware store shit i use for cleaning my airbrush>>22932746no it's just lacquer thinner
I bought two of these because I really liked the emblems and the font for the #s and lettersAll the emblems are so cool though I don't know which one I want to dedicate my Zeon suit to
>>22933184y-yeah? what's a 23 bucks difference, i wipe my butt with that amount haha...
>>22932627damn this is gonna be great for the ¼ of my backlog i want to sell. maybe i can break even. boxfort hoarders win again, i already have 95% of bandai's backcatalog i want at the old prices>>22932794i would buy the fuck out of monster hunter plamo if they were static models (like kayodo artpla) but articulated joints on organic subjects looks like shit>>22933017what? have you seen what £25 gets you from any other company? hgs are incredibly cheap for the quality of engineering and amount of plastic
>>22933188You should consider no longer using money for wiping your butt otherwise you will never stop being poor.
>>22933187>my Zeon suitWhat color is the suit in question?
>>22933193Modified Rick Dom 2 color scheme, I don't intend on going too far out of the standard color scheme other than shade of the purples/blacks being darker and maybe adding some additional red accenting to other parts like the lower section of the feet. Might turn the "belt" section of the torso into a dark iron/steel instead of the the purple too.I was also toying with having arm that doesn't hold the weapons having a red shoulder
>>22933204Feels like the skull emblems would work best with colors like that. And maybe marchosias one. But on a red shoulder any of these can work really.
mr color gx smells so good when you don't have /gpg/ in your ear telling you its toxic
>>22933185>cut my levelling thinner 50/50 with the hardware store shit i use for cleaning my airbrushYou're insane
>>22933221why? it works great and mr hobby's own website says to cut levelling thinner with regular thinner when it's cold and humid, i just swapped out the regular thinner for hardware store because i already had it around when i first tried it and it's basically the same shit anyway other than being a bit hotter and more toxic
>>22933217
>>22933248this is literally me when ii psaint mny
>>22933217Ahhh brain damage in a bottle.
>>22933248This is literally me when I clean my aurbrush and accidentally press the button while theres still paint in the cup
>>22933248(((hobbyists))) will tell you this is """""""dangerous"""""""
Truth is, lacquer fumes are scared of you more than you are of them.
>>22933217me huffing Limonene cement bottles
Why is /gpg/ trying to gaslight people into huffing chemicals?
if you wear a respirator you aren't a real modeller
I took the vaccine to protect my loved ones from my lacquer fumes
Imagine huffing fumes instead of snorting the paints.
>>22933277retardation rates are surging
>>22933204Something like this basically. I was going to add some black to those elevated plates on forearms too
>>22932605>>22932644So wait, but they look a bit like the 30minute sister modelsDid they want to make a 30MS knockoff and just used the megami device mold they had instead
>>22933277It's an integral part of our culture
>>22933283I'm starting to think the trolling here is becoming malicious and trying to physically hurt people.
>>22933293starting?
>>22933294Fair enough.
So should I start stocking up on paint colors I know I'm gonna be using and jugs of thinner because lmao tariffs?
>>22933293There's always posters here who gaslight people into believing paint fumes have no effect because they aren't feeling anything in real time.
More proof that snapGODs have nigh omnipotent intelligence compared to paint huffing retards.
>>22933318more like people in here are paranoid as fuck and way overblow the risks of spraying 20ml of paint a week straight into an extractor fan
Why does Bandai release old kits on p-bandai with 0 modern improvements to themLike this Shin Matsunaga Gelgoog
>>22933333Those designs are simply not big enough
>>22933333why not?
>>22933338I feel like Gelgoogs are popular they just suffer from having shitty old kits
>>22933185thanks, I tried experimenting with a small amount of both mixed and nothing was wrong, guess their just all the same stuffed with different mix ratio.
>>22933344regular Gelgoog (the best one) is perfectly fine, you even get the cannon parts. Bandai would never do that with a retail kit nowadays.
>>22933348>regular Gelgoog (the best one)I prefer the Jaeger, cooler silhouette and the fuel tanks on the back
>>22933277That's how retards reproduce.
>>22933332I enjoy breathing with my lungs and not through a plastic tube, thanks for your opinion.
>>22931922>TOILET
>>22933379exactly what i'm talking about
The dose makes the poison.
>>22933385When people tell you it won't kill you that doesn't mean you should breathe it or be apathetic. You should still go out of your way to avoid breathing it. Shit's not good for you and I hope every lurker newfag reading these posts understands. If you spray paint outside, you don't have to go crazy with full body suits and masks and shit. Obviously it's not going to be as poisonous as berium or whatever element which will actually kill you if you inhale a tiny amount of it. Still not good for you lungs in any amount.
I hook the fan exhaust hose directly up to my respirator to ensure maximum fumage
>>22932424how are these erasers thingies called
>go outside to buy a book>end up coming back with an EG Gramps and SD Wing Zero because I had custom ideas on the spotwhy am I like this
any tips for searching for gunpla stuff on Temu? Or is there genuinely fuck all there?
>>22933406>Temulmao
>>22933405Hello r*ddit!
gpg taught me that price hikes and inhaling fumes is okwhat am i forgetting
>>22933421>what am i forgettingYes.
>>22933403Mr Cleaning Stick, Dspiae also sells them as "wiping rods".
>>22933421>what am i forgettingHuh? What are we talking about again?
>>22933431Were we talking about something?
>>22933061If you live in Japan, sure. Now factor in that the distributor is going to increase their price because their wholesale price has gone up, shipping prices are going up AGAIN and then your online/local retailer is going to have to increase the price further to cover every other increase in the chain. The price increase is low in Japan because Japanese companies have an incentive to keep prices low as to not cause inflation due to their fucked economy and all of the production & distribution happens within the country itself. The price increases for the rest of the world will be much larger.
>RG RX 78 doesnt come with all its equipment>Instead Bandai wants to charge me another $20 What the fuck is up with this dlc kike shit?Also>The gundam hammer barely looks any better than teh one that comes free with the entry grade
>>22933438quite literally tale as old as the franchise
>>22933438>Fuck you give me money
>tfw kits cost twice to thrice their original priceI hate being a third worlder
>>22933438Also it's PBandai fuck you
>>22933439One day they'll revamp the RG Nu gundam and make you pay extra for the funnels.
Any suggestions for what color I should repaint my Turn A? I don't like the classic color scheme on him.I'm also unsure if I should go for a matte or glossy finish (leaning towards glossy for a Syd Mead neo futurist style).
There isn't actually going to be a 20% tariff on all foreign goods regardless of country right?
>>22933448Classic color scheme.
Perfect Grade Nu when?
>>22933452Eventually, the dumb retards will pay for it. t. bandai
>>22933448When has the Turn A ever been depicted as glossy
>>22933450Don't worry about it anon, bandai will have to open a gundam factory in america and it'll be cheaper on top of creating american (mexican) jobs.
>>22933448Mass production colors
>>22933453if there's a pg Nu I'm getting it, don't care if its 1000 dollars
>>22933438The chain for the Gundam Hammer is actually poseable (even though it does get loose over time).
>>22933458$1000 catalog price on pbandai that sells out 2 seconds into its preorder window. Sorry Anon, slowpokes like you have to pay double.
>>22932847What’s the best votoms kit? I remember being disappointed after seeing a review of the new Bandai kits
>>22933454turn A itself wasn't glossy but highly reflective surfaces are one of the defining features of Mead's style
>>22933457Who mass produced the Turn A in this mango?
>>22933460bandai are not stupid, they wouldn't make it p-bandai only
>>22933465>bandai are not stupidThanks man, I needed a laugh today.
Sup gaijin, want this stupid cloak and for the robot sold seperately? That'll be $20 tyvm!!!
we just gonna take it? all that shit?
>>22933470You have the option of not buying
>>22933448
>>22933474The japanese find this statement very entertaining.
>>22933479The japanese don't care and are only facing a few yen increase, burgers suffer the most from this.
hilarious seeing americans crying that gunpla is over because they'll have to start paying the same as the rest of the westin europe we've been paying 20% on imports forever
>>22933484I don't care what you've been paying I care what I've been paying
>>22933277if shit like this tricks you into huffing paint fumes you probably shouldn't be online>>22933248>>22933217>>22931512
>>22933485yeah but there's people in this very thread talking about how the gunpla hobby is going to die off in america because of it
>>22933487Its just colored oxygen you idiot. Its fine, it'll make your immune system stronger.
>>22933484>in europe we've been paying 20% on imports foreverYeah and Gunpla barely exists over there, surprise!
>>22933489Hobby stores run thin margins, it's not an exaggeration to think that this is going to negatively impact the previously positive momentum gunpla has had here. Is it completely over? No, but the past 3 years have been very good and it seems to be near the end of that.
>>22933494I have noticed some euros complaining that they literally cannot get gunpla...
Yeah, but nobody gives a shit about europeans. Just stick to painting your wood carvings or someshit.
>>22933494then why is it all sold out???
>>22933498Wood gunpla sounds pretty based actually.
Anyone have pic related? Good despite its age?
>>22933502Depression era gunpla woodcarvings would be funny.
>>22933502tfw snapshitters gunpla rots because they didn't varnish it
>>22933504All around very nice transforming kit, solid and well proportioned. Color accuracy is missing details, but nothing particularly challenging.One serious flaw is that the hand is FUCKING ASS at holding the fedayeen rifle.
>>22933507>/gpg/ psyops Anons into thinking varnish fumes is safe to inhale
>>22933507We have gunpla from egypt still around, I think we're safe.
>>22933484What makes you think adding 20% to everything isn't going to significantly impact our markets and why do you think going from what we have now to euro levels of access isn't a strict negative?
>>22933484I'm cheering for itNext should be a lacquer ban in both Japan and the US
>>22933515Average lacquer huffer
>>22933511Believe it or not the ancient Egyptians did have a rudimentary form of sealant they'd use on wood. It was either resin, wax or oil depending on what purpose it'd serve. Weapons would be coated in beeswax because of its hardness, wax for documents because it's cheap and oil for religious stuff because it smells nice. Only reason I know this is because we just did a unit on it in school
>>22933521Neat. Never dove that deeply into it.
>>22933515Well, goyslop increased more than 20% and the goyslop industry is doing just fine!!!
>>22933524gunpla is goyslop
wasn't today the big gunpla announcement? where da kits at
>>22932404Here's a review for those who are interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpO38ma6Y2M
>>22933528Scroll up. The big announcement was basically just a price increase.
>>22933528>>22932278Bandai announced price hikes. That's your new gunpla.
>>22932953lacquers are much more durable. if you use acrylic paints/topcoats they will scratch more easily. >Is it OK to handle lacquer or whatever topcoats and they aren't at all toxic?only the fumes when spraying are toxic. once it is cured it's safe to touch. well, maybe don't let your 5 year old lick the paint.
>>22933135it's litrally the Best hg
>>22933535ok MGK
>>22933530Wing is already for faggots
>>22933428i got the hobbymio one. there are many brands that make them, it's basically just a stick with replaceable sponge tips
>>22933539Yeah I was just giving a couple names. I have the dspiae one because there was a choice bundle for it.
>>22933475From the thumbnail I thought it was piccolo and vegeta.gif.
Why does Zeon have an MS-19 and MS-21 but no MS-20?
>>22933552He knows too much get him !
>>22933552because we don't know about itmost likely some prototype project that fell through and didn't amount to anything
>>22933552MS-20 is the data that became the Xeku Eins but they lost control of Pezun
I JUST WANT MY FUCKING MSA-120 I DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE
>>22933558nuh uh
>>22933552Probably another kooky zimmad prototype that got canned
>>22933559Never going to happen.
>Dreissen is $100+ on ebaywhat the fuck
>>22933552>he doesn't know.
>>22933563I'm going to print out a screenshot of your post and cum on it every fucking night until it happens
>black primer>fluorescent pink or red on some spots>cover everything with gold paintWill the pink/red spots make for a nice highlighting after the gold is sprayed on top ? The only tests I found are of said gold paint on top of different primers, including a bright pink one. There's not a massive difference between it and the rest of the primers.
>>22933578>black primer>fluorescent pink or redThat's not going to work, fluorescent paints are extremely weak, if you paint it over black or even grey it is going to end up as an ugly brownish color
>>22933583White under a fluorescent paint is a given, that's why I didn't include it. Though my wording was bad, it would be a regular red, not fluo, only the pink is fluo
Are there any alternate timeline suits that could pass for UC suits (Like 0083-087 era)
>>22933596Borjanon
>>22933599kit never
'ku posted 2 cringes back to back...
>>22933452next year for srs
Vigna Ghina II reprint incoming, I have foreseen it.Also p-bandai great value Full Cloth
>>22933596There's some Seed thing that looks like a Zeta offshoot, other than that there a couple IBO suits that wouldn't be TOO out of place in the Gryps War.
>>22933447They already do this with the little hi-nu from the gachapon series
>>22933217Kinda related, but what's the best hand-held airbrush like that that I can buy?>Bro get a normal one!I live in an apartment where I get noise complaints whenever I have more than 4 people over, an actual compressor isn't gonna work
they just raised the price of the Strike Freedom bros. First time I have seen bandai raise the price of a kit.
New to the hobby, how often do new kits get released?
>>22933717then you're just not going to be painting, I'm sorry to say
>>22933719Very regularly, like every few months. Moreso if there's a new anime or movie they want to promote.Even if they stopped tomorrow you'd still have a lifetime of kits to build from just Bandai alone, though.
>>22933719It honestly depends on a variety of factors and there have been some serious droughts. Hell, sometimes new kits aren't even new, they're just recolors or variants of existing kits.The short answer is: when they do.
>>22933190>hgs are incredibly cheap for the quality of engineering and amount of plasticHG looks ugly as shit no matter how many modifications you give to them and their engineering is all the same nowadays.
>>22933718>Company that makes tons of money and has also decreased the amount of kits they're making for gunpla has to raise pricesLmao
>>22933717A compressor with a tank isn't going to be as loud as having multiple people over. Portable compressors are mostly just a generic with different brands on them. This guy did a video using one, and still uses it, and got good results so maybe have a look at it: https://youtu.be/Yb2fQLj9d74?t=38
>>22933717Those generic airbrush compressors are very quiet, my booth is a lot louder than my compressor is.
Has anybody built the RG Evangelion kits? How are they overall?
>>22933728Small garage kit company. Prease Understando.
>Release the kit with inaccurate color>Had to fix it>Put the fixxed version on Pbandai
>>22933738>inaccurate colorHuh? I thought the problem was vulcan position.
>>22932780>started gunpla as a hobby two months ago>went on some apeshit buying spree, have 40+ kits in my backlog>this news dropsnot so financially irresponsible now huh
>Inaccurate colorjust paint it?
>>22933747bandai is a genius.>Put out a kit with the wrong color>Re-release it as the right color, charge even more money>Get your legions of lemmings to damage control for you about the wrong one???>Profit!!!
>>22933277One time I got lacquer fume'd to help sleep cause of my insomnia
>>22933728What was the point of the second factory then?
>>22933754To make more dragon ball z, yugioh, and other bullshit.
>>22933738wow, other hobby companies or even LEGO would just send you the fixed replacement free of charge
>>22933754Bandai have various plamo lines. They don't only make gunpla.
>>2293375410 million more kyoukai senki kits
>>22933738what's even the inaccurate color?
>>22933758they're kino, fuck off. blame normies for being unwilling to engage with kits from a shit anime/anime they haven't seen, because they're missing out
>>22933762>normies
>>22933762This is why it's very important to have a charming series to tie a plamo to. No one gives a shit about Kyoshit shitki.
>>22933740No it is not vulcan position problem. RG 2.0 has a big gap on the forehead. Bandai tried to fix it by modifying the mold, stretching the helmet further. Sadly, it seems like a futile fix.
>>22933765>Shitdam>Charming seriesYeah because Lego and Barbie totally came from popular cartoons.
Got a piece of 2x2 lumber at Home Depot ready to diorama with a northern forest theme (motif?), any tips or suggestions?
>>22933772Apparently Gundam is very charming because of the fact that it has sold close to a billion model kits since its inception.
>>22933775Still less than Lego.
>>22933762they are very cool, but with the price hike i guess i can go fuck myself forever waiting for discounts despite them gathering dust in every shop
>>22933776Then go eat a brick of lego shithead.
>>22933775Apparently Call of Duty is very charming because of the fact that it has made close to 31 billion dollar since its inception.
MEME MAGIC
WHY DOES IT HAVE A TIGER ON ITS CHEST
>>22933781I don't even know what point you're making here.
>>22933717as long as you isolate it from the floor it won't make much noise. most of the noise is caused by it vibrating on the floor. i've seen people make noise isolating boxes to put their compressor in but most get away with just putting it on a stack of like rubber or foam or something else that will absorb the vibrations.and like >>22933731 said if you get one with a tank then it only runs intermittently to keep the pressure in the tank up and unless you're spraying at 30psi or something it won't constantly be on
>>22933786You are arguing that Gundam is a successful brand so it must be good. I give the exact same talking point for you to be more self aware.
>>22933754to reprint battleogues and flood all of the west's retailers with them again
>>22933788It sucks to be a contrarian just for the sake of being a contrarian. You should be aware that just because you don't like Gundam, doesn't mean its shit.
>>22933793I'm not saying the contrary, i'm stating a fact.
why don't they respect us gaijin
>>22933795uh huh, ok buddy.
>>22933797You already know why.
>Consume your goyslop gunpla, chuds>Follow our gravure shills, chuds>Watch our feminist gundam slop, chuds>Sand that safety flag, chuds>Support the price hike, chuds>Suffer our Pbandai scalpers, chuds.
>>22933805>Thank you, may I have more>Thank you, may I have more>Thank you, may I have more>Thank you, may I have more>Uh, that's not very nice...>Uh, that's not very nice...
>bandai should produce these kits at a loss because I said so
>>22933813>2nd biggest toy company in the world>Loss
>>22933816Size of your company doesn't mean you magically don't have costs.
>>22933818>Size of your company doesn't mean you magically don't have costs.Bandai made 6 billion dollar in a year, c'mon. That's almost as much as fucking EA, literally fuckyou money.
LET'S SAVE BANDAI-SAMA TOGETHER!
>>22933825So bandai should make kits at a loss because you said so?
>>22933248It's weird seeing a green anon edit. It's simple yet a breath of fresh air compared to all the shitty wojaks posted by retarded niggers.
>>22933813because they're only making pennies on the dollar right now selling them.
>>22933836Yeah because instead of 500% profit, you only have 499% profit now, which is a loss, right? Bandai made like almost 1 billion dollar from just Gundam alone, they are not gonna go broke. This price hike is just greed and nothing more, because good goy will consume their goyslop regardless.
>>22933836Why would they suddenly be operating at a loss? Bandai has obscene profit margins and could afford to cut the cost of kits by 30% and still be in the black.
>>22933836They are NOT making them at a loss.
>>22933852You'd be surprised. Overall, the bandai Toy and Hobby Unit operares at a good profit, but the individual group compa ies can flex. I know of one on the i dustry that operated a huge loss for 10+ years and was subsidised by their entertainment division.
>>22933856apparently I had a stroke while typing this.
>>22933856What do you theorize bandai is subsidizing? pachinko lol
>>22933859Not theory, I know the specifics lol. Profit from a few profitable companies sent to a non-profitable one to keep it from going bankrupt and pay for other costs.
>>22933717you can get sub-50db compressors that are quieter than a vacuum cleaner. furthermore they have air tanks, so they only run to pressurize the tank and then auto shutoff and you can continue spraying. once the tank pressure drops low enough it will start back up againsmaller shittier compressors do not have built in tanks so they'll make more noise over all.
>>22933861>Trust me I know the details of Bandai's inner workingsSource: your ass.
>>22933861Anon, even if you combine every possible operation cost + exec's salary, it still won't reach 7 billion dollar benchmark, and this is just their profit in 2023 alone. Bandai has shitload of money and can grow into current size is because their shits are profitable.
>>22933861>I know the specificsOkay, so please tell us what bandai is subsidizing then mr fly on the wall of john bandai's office.
Used to think it was impulsive of me to build up such a huge backlog. But now between tariffs, price hikes, etc. I’m feeling pretty good about my position here. I’m gonna be set for many years.
John Bandai here. Keep complaining about pricehikes and I'll put Peter Bandai in charge of our entire business.
>>22933873I wish there were enough kits I cared about in stock to have a backlogEverything is some sold out shit from 9 years ago or more
>>22933874Is Peter Bandai less Jewish?
>>22932283What's next, RG Turn A?
>>22933443mexico o brazil?
>>22933880>Expecting Turn A anythingNo.
>>22933878Peter Bandai is an absolute menace.
>>22933465
>>22933880RG Turn X, make it happen.
Weathering always looks like shit
>>22933873I'm mostly happy with my backlog because only a small fraction of it is impulse buys. Most of it are things that I actually want to build and display, to the point that once I complete my wishlist I'm going to be purchasing a lot less Gunpla.
>>22933484the worst part is that the tariff increase will be only for those that already are paying scalper prices buying in local stores instead of directly from Japan.
>>22933894same but i'm not above buying the same kit twice
>>22933856>I know of one on the i dustry that operated a huge loss for 10+ years and was subsidised by their entertainment division.Yeah so do I, they're called Sega. Sammy kept them from going under multiple times. Why are you acting like you have insider info when publicly traded companies provide their quarterly results for everyone to see. I need to stop coming to this thread, some of you are painfully stupid.
tfw everything on your wishlist is old ass 2000-2005 zeon kit shit that is never going to get a presentable re-release
>>22933868>>22933871You're misunderstanding me slightly. Remember that the Bandai Namco group is a holdings company comprised of 100+ companies that report up to the Holdings company.For example, when we talk about Gunpla, there isn't one single Bandai company involved. Sunrise makes Gundam and license BSP to make models. Bandai Spirits sells product to Bandai Namco Toys. Toys buys from other affiliates too, and ships through Bandai Logipal, which then ships to distributors, etc. All companies are under the Bandai Namco Holdings Group umbrella, but they are separate legal entities. Those entities can be non-profitable and the other entities will be forced by holding to pitch in and cover costs to prevent closures. Overall, the group is profitable, but those middleman entites can not be.The subsidising I was refering to was the entertainment(Video Game) division using money to keep other middleman entities afloat because it is better longterm to keep that company afloat than let it die for the good of the group.TL:DR EVERYBODY WALK THE DINOSAUR
>>22933578>>22933584pls respond
>>22933880RG Ideon
Fellas, why is it Red Frame such fucking trash
you fucking released Gunleon but not this? FUCK YOu Banpresto
>>22933914Thank goodness we're getting SEED Freedom updates for every SEED Destiny Gundam that will be SSS tier
>>22933914Other than the shitty face sculpt I didn't find any issues with it.
I only assembled RGs due to their cost/benefit.I am thinking on buying a MG, opinions?
>>22933931I like pizza quite a bit.
RG RX-93 V GUNDAM vs RG RX-93-v2 Hi Nu Gundam?
They’re not actually going to have tariffs right? Surely all the rich people that are backing these politicians will tell them not to vote for it since it will lose them money.
MG GP01 Ver.2.0 when?
>>22933941The Hi Nu's nicer.
>>22933578>fluorescent UNDERCOAT beneath goldtest on spoons to get the effect you wantof course youll want to make the goald coat very light if you wanna actually see the glow
>>22933946>mgThey don’t make those anymore
>>22933950Won't have time to test, was asking on the offchance someone did a similar thing. I'm going to get maybe 3 hours to paint, then it'll be over for the year. Could also just mix some metallic red in the gold and do the highlights after, that's probably the better option
>>22933291The don't look anything like 30MS, they're copies of MD Susanoo
>>22933955Is that a 30MS or Susanoo?
>>22933941This but MG? The Hi Nu Ver Ka looks so good
>>22933914Bro why are you posting my list, get your own.>why is it Red Frame such fucking trashI don't like the design which is why it went in F. Mechanically there's not really any issues with it. In hindsight I should have moved Zeta to D since it's one of the nicer looking Zeta kits but the torso is a major weak point due to the transformation gimmick.
RG GP03 when?
>>22933974nobody cares about the Stamen
>>22933941They're both good. Pick the one you like the look of the most.
Why does everyone hype RG God so much. Nu I get, its really well done but I feel God color palette is trashy.
>>22933991Just paint it retard. Injection color literally doesn’t matter. Rg god is good for the molding and parts separation
>>22934000But anon, the whole point of RGs is that you don’t have to paint it. They’re supposed to look good OOB.
>>22934000>Kit is shit and sets low standard>Just fix itself yourself, broSasuga, shill-sama. Bandai is adding a 300 yen discount to your account as we speak.
I was not aware there was a price increase thing bandai is planning, and if more dumb shit happens to milk me more, I guess I'm gonna go to my local store now and buy up more copies of my favorite kit cause Im probably gonna pay more for future reprints.
>>22933962Susanoo. a Megami Device
>>22934017What, for real? Gee, thanks Bandai!
>>22933914>Z'gok A tiercultured individual
The color pallete is almost G-Self
>>22933941I love the Hi Nu so yeah.
>>22934091This is genuinely awful.
>>22934091It's neat but those limbs don't fit that body, designwise or proportionally.
Do you guys have any recommendations for relatively cheap spray booths for lacquer paints, or are the cheap ones on Amazon fine? Apparently they work for lacquers but barely, and I'd rather not risk it.
>>22934113Cheapest is build it yourself:>old plastic storage bin: free>chink led strips: $10>chink ducting: $15>chink inline duct fan: like $70>furnace filter: like $2 at home depot
>>22934017RG God is like one of the best kits out there.
>>22934130There are no “best” kits. All kits are good if you put work into them.
>>22934017>nopaints thinks "paint your kits you lazy retard" is bandai shilling
>>22933914I like gundams with swords as their gimmick, which is my best option
>>22934150Shut up, a good kit means one that needs less work to look good. If every kit is good then no kit is and you've just deprived a word of meaning where it might have had meaning.
>>22934165Rg sword impulse. It’s peanut butter though. Other than that get one of the astrays
>>22934153It absolutely is. Color accuracy and parts separation are the fundamentals of a good kit.
Give it to me straight, anons. What are my chances of living to see a Lfrith Jiu reprint?
>>22934179color separation is important because it makes painting easier.
Why all Gundam Wing kits suck, I know the series flopped in Japan but still.
Bait used to be believable
Does the gpg like furniture?
>>22933405>RX with wingsYou will show us, yes?
>>22934249I have this coat rack.
>>22934249Oh that's cool. I like it. Looks like it'd be a mid-tier construct enemy in some JRPG or something out of the first Xenoblade.
>>22934165Out of the retail RG kits, the astrays are your only real option. The RG Sword impulse is PBandai, as is the destiny impulse. There's a strike rouge that has the grand slam sword but it's a gundam base exclusive. >>22934182It'll come back one day but who knows when. They aren't that expensive in the 2nd hand market or you could get a bootleg.
>>22934253>mid-tierYou shut your whore mouth Daccas is one of the most feared robots in all of fiction
so much artist disrespecting in this work!
>>22934263Why his chest so wide?
>>22934182Jew will probably only get a reissue when there's another surge of WFM popularity, like a sequel or milestone anniversary
>>22933914Is Strike Freedom that bad, I can get it for cheap from a friend, I only have RG God Gundam for comparison
>>22933773Anyone?
>>22934269It's the 1980 kit.
>>22934272No it’s perfectly fine. There are no bad kits, only bad modelers.
>>22934282Ok well is there a risk of it breaking or exploding if I'm a bad modeler
>>22934282RG Justice is one of the most unfun kits I own.
>>22934284Yeah. In general most of the earlier RGs are like that. This really only started changing with the generation of RGs that came after the RG unicorn. Those are the ones you’ll find are similar in quality to the RG God.
Mighty Strike Freedom looks 20000x better than Strike Freedom so just wait for the RG of that
>>22934263I got similar proportions...
>>22934284 #If you like the strike freedom visually then there's much better options at other grades. It will need a bit of work out of the box to keep bits from falling off. It is absolutely not at the level of quality as the RG God but the same can be said for nearly all of the RG kits pre unicorn. If it's very cheap, like half of retail price, then maybe it's worth it if you're willing to put in a bit of work but it's a kit you'll not want to play around with much as the early RG inner frames can degrade pretty fast.
>looking into what RGs got made after the Unicorn>the only ones I'd really want are the Crossbone and Sazabi, maybe Nu if I think the EG + HG parts really won't cut it>Eva's good but it'd be better to get the more expensive one with more parts, but there are cheaper options for the Eva>maybe the Tallgeese if I'm bored or finish WingThe RG Shining looks like it shares parts with RG God, so here's hoping it's at least a good kit>>22934290>>22934308I was told the initial gimmick/appeal was an almost completely pre-built frame for the RG, whereas for the RG God it was just maybe the hands and wrists that were pre-built and the rest I had to do, so I take it that pre-Unicorn ones all have pre-built frames that degrade, but how bad is it? How much work needs to go into it, just tightening a few parts and joints? The friend sort of really wants it off his hands and I feel bad, I've seen the Strike Freedom at 35 CAD so he said he can sell it for 30.Also how is the Z'gok praised if it came out before the Unicorn, it looked harmless from a review I watched, but still
>>22934315I have the rg z’gok and it’s fine. It’s usually considered one of the better earlier RGs, along with the mk-ii.
Does Ray studio's soldiers of sorrow jingle have a full version? I've tried to look for the upbeat version but I cant find it.
>>22934326Is this what you're talking about?:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDy0W3tMHek
>>22934315I'm the person that made the tier list posted earlier. It is completely subjective and based off a mixture of my visual preferences and the engineering of the kit. I'm not a astray fan and the build itself really isn't interesting so I have it low on the list.>I was told the initial gimmick/appeal was an almost completely pre-built frame for the RGInitially yes but that hasn't been true for a while. Think of RGs as mini MGs.>how bad is it?Depends on the kit and how much you handle it. The Sinanju for example uses the exact same MS frame as the RG MKII and it can't handle all the extra weight so out of the box, it can't hold it's shield or gun up. Multiple pieces of armour will fall off unless glued.>just tightening a few parts and joints?Pretty much.>Also how is the Z'gok praised if it came out before the UnicornBecause it's to my taste. I like how the RG Zgok looks that I'm willing to overlook & deal with the issues of the MS frame. That being said, I tend to pose my kits once and not touch them so my version has no issues right now.>he can sell it for 30.Watch some videos, read some reviews, decide if it sounds like too much hassle for you. Also don't buy the EG Nu, just get the RG.
Does anybody have the MG Exia kit? I want an Exia in 1/100 but I’ve heard some bad things about this one. Debating whether to get the MG or RG.
>>22934329Thats one of them, but I'm also looking for a full version of thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym96rPK_ne4
>>22934334MG is too old at this point. We've heard leaks that Bandai is planning a revision; either a 2.0 using the CB frame or an MGEX with a Trans-Am color changing gimmick so hold off on those.
>come home from backbreaking labor work>"finally, time to work on my group buil-"ZZzzzzZ
>>22934324The Mk II too? How did the Mk II turn out ok? I'm assuming the Z'Gok made it out ok bc of the way its unconventional skeleton ended up not withering or exploding>>22934331Why didn't you make an objective list...>mini MGsThe RG God Gundam makes me want to get into MGs but I don't know what's a good start that's not outdated, the Master Gundam seemed a bit aged.>Sinanju can't handle the weight at allCan you even tighten the frame if it's already pre-built>Pretty much.As long as nothing's at risk of breaking, I wouldn't rule any of these out then, but the Strike Freedom looked a bit fragile due to the pretty wings.>I tend to pose my kits once and not touch them so my version has no issues right now.I'd probably play around with it a lot, so maybe I'll stick with the HG for now then.I'll watch another review for the Strike Freedom, the review praised it well but I think it was also reviewed when it came out. I already have the EG Nu, I was given three funnels, the bazooka, beam saber bits, and the HWS parts from the HG
don't mind me i'm just gonna post some pics i have saved that i like, for no particular reason, and encourage others to join
>>22934396now this IS chinkcore!
>>22934396hey, I got a teapot with a similar aesthetic in my cub board somewhere
should i risk buying this? i can hardly find any info on it, the company is called Unicorn Art, the generic names makes it hard to search for, interested in this over the Kosmos LED kit cuz of the Transam sign it comes with and you can hook up a speaker to it too apparently
>>22934396>did all of that decal work>didn't close a single seam
>>22933907>Overall, the group is profitable, but those middleman entites can not be.Then where is the citations to proove this? Your ass? Bandai doesn't just rely on shits like videogame and toys to remain afloat, they have investors, advertisers, liscencing and many more. And Bandai grew big because their financial reports are impressive, shits actually profitable and it pleases the outside interests. And this is not something i assume, it is how every company operates.
>>22934418pretty sure those aren't decals.
>>22934412>just as expensive as the Bandai LEDwhat's even the fucking point?
>>22934446nigger, its not 2017, the bandai LED hasnt been reprinted in years, all stores are selling it for like 300 CAD
Is there a huge difference from a $10 can of mr hobby topcoat over a $4 industrial grade can that they sell at the hardware store?
>>22934452yes
>>22934452Hardware store shit will probably melt your plastic. By and large it's not formulated to be applied onto plastic model kits, if it were then people wouldn't be buying the model grade stuff.
>>22934461i topcoat using automotive polyurethane paints. honestly it's not really an issue if you're actually using it to topcoat painted kits. it WILL melt bare plastic though.
>>22934461Spoopy, I'll pay the extra $8 then.
>>22934469>i topcoat using automotive polyurethane paints.Can you show a photo of a kit?
Do you guys bother masking for brush paints?
Image limit, so new thread. Please remember to report spambots and spammers, we need absolutely none of that here. Thanks.>>22934501>>22934501>>22934501
>>22933190Also UK prices have been getting a lot better recently. Seeing HG Union Flags for £14 at Forbidden Planet of all things is still surreal to me.
>>22933813Jeez, I really hope they don't raise the prices on AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline 境界戦機 kino kits...everyone is clamoring for these and it would be hard for us true and honest fans if Bandai-sama disrespected us so brazenly.
>>22933894>once I complete my wishlist I'm going to be purchasing a lot less Gunpla.that's when you realise you're getting bored of gundams and start buying koto/moderoid/plamax/volks/kaiyodo etc etcthere's always something new to buy, the wishlist never gets completed>>22933941>vν>>22934113i have a 180cfm single fan booth from amazon (fengda bd-515) and it's fine as long as you replace the filter frequently. i've seen other people in here say 180cfm wasn't enough for them and they needed something better so ymmv
>me hate red fwame garbage slop...looks like weeb samurai cringe>YESS GIVE ME MORE OF THE RED BLUE YELLOW BABY TOY COLOR SCHEME I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT!!! GOO GOO GAH GAAAAAA
>>22934446>cus of the transam sign it comes with and you can hook up a speaker to it too apparently
