=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: >>23047578
==MELEE GROUPBUILD==Build/paint a robot with a loadout focused on melee combat! Anything from shields to swords to lances to axes to bare fists is fair game. There's no room for ranged weaponry here, however, so anything resembling a rifle, rocket launcher, cannon, pistol, or any other ranged weapon is a no-go (Small ranged weapons that are built into the kit itself like head vulcans are ok, however).More clarification here:>If the body part has a built-in ranged weapon (head/chest vulcans, claw beams, etc), then that's fine. If it's a separate part like the Alex's arm vulcans it's best to leave those off.>Melee weapons with in-universe ranged capabilities (Like the Kimaris's lance or the Gyan's shield) are fair game too.>Any scale, any brand, and any type of kit is fair game here. That means anything from Gundams to girlpla to miniatures are all free to use.Send your entries to gunplaplamo@gmail.com with at least 5 photos of your finished build along with any WIP photos and a description of your entry.START: 12/8/24END: 3/31/25
Post what you're working on!
i have an airbrush but no booth yeti DO have a fatass big window (like 2x3m)acrylics should be fine no?
>>23051267just spray outside. I live in a busy apartment complex and run an extension cord a few feet in front of my door to set up my airbrush.
>>23051275i live in the literal middle of nowhere but i don't feel like going outside just to sprayand the window is RIGHT THEREsurely i can just open it wide, spray in the windowsil, and be fine
>>23051277Put a fan in the window, facing out.
>>23051288i do have a chinesium fan, i can do thatgood suggestion
>>23051263I need to get this cat a shirt or something.
WHORES
>>23051301slutty g-quack...
>>23051301me on the right
SHES READY ANON
>>23051301i would plow my beamsaber so far up gcucks ass whoever pulled it out would be crowned king arthur
>>23051314you can tell it's designed by anno not from the fact it looks like an evangelion but from the fact it can bend over like a whore
>>23051317I never knew I was designed by Anno ;3
>>23051314I don't remember the Z looking that bad while transformed
>>23051314I can't unsee this.
>>23051328I'm getting more IGPX or L.F.O. land mode desu
>>23051314Going for that Bravern special
>>23051314That arm angle looks painful. Poor Gcucks.
>>23051301me on the left
get Quuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuux'd
>>23051314Why is the plastic quality so different?
>>23051366Bandai recently sprung for some kind of new tech that makes plastic come out with a more premium-feeling finish at no extra cost, supposedlythey used it on the new RG Epyon and the RfV HGs
>>23051369They should have developed technology to make it feel worse so that people have to paint it as intended.
>>23051369niiiice
>>23051263I might be stupid, it looks like the F91 but it cleary isn't at the same time.
>>23051394It's freedom gundam
>>23051396Holy shit i'm stupid, i now see it hahaha. Sorry about that
>>23051379bandai kits are not supposed to be painted. they come colored out of the box
>>23051422why do they explicitly tell you to paint and customize your fucking kits in the plastic crack advert anime, then? both in the original 40-minute 3-parter and in the full season ones later.
>>23051423they tell you that you CAN do it
>>23051426painted and customized models explicitly have superior performance to straight-builds
>>23051427and not everybody has to fight in competitive battles, some just do it for fun
the last 16 comments are of even less value than this one
>>23051431I think there was even an episode where a guy was doing pretty well in the tournament while only using straight built gunpla but he had to lose because he was up against the MC
>>23051448I think it was Crossbone Full Cloth and it was against the rival team of the seasonGod I fucking hated that season
>>23051423Build Fighters is rather extreme because by the time of Build Divers Re Rise, the characters started scratch building almost entire kit.
>>23051448>but he had to lose because he was up against the MChe doesn't win because he's the MC, he's the MC BECAUSE he wins. nobody wants to watch a show about a guy who loses a tournament before the final round
>>23051465Zeon will make shit like this and people will still say they aren't the bad guys
>>23051481Correct.
>>23051481yeah and people still support russia and israel despite them doing worse shit
>>23051485This picture is so unbelievably hard>>23051487Which is crazy because they don't even have sick mobile suits.
>>23051485oh god It'sAGundam
>>23051301Soul>Souless
plastic quality is the stupidest new buzzword
>>23051497bandaibabies have to cope with chinkGAWDS taking over the market
got a box of bags of resin bits, now to decide how to paint them
>>23051463didn't satoshi lose all the time in pocket monsters though
>>23051267you dont even need a window for acrylics you can just use the inside of a cardboard box as a "spray booth"do make sure there's SOME kind of backstop so you aren't sending paint all over your room though
>>23051508bonus points if you can guess what they are before opening this
whatever happened to the ibo spinoff movie
>>23051512this is what i figured would be the case since acrylics are supposed to be nontoxic to begin with
>>23051509Pikachu is the actual MC.
titans colors or zaku colors
>>23051563In the dump colors please.
>>23051564i JUST bought it from my local hobby store when I went to get primer. it was the only one on the shelf too
>>23051563Desert gelgoog colors.
>>23051582ooh that's good
>>23051563I hate this sneed zaku so much. I dont care if it's supposed to be a gelgoog, it lacks the iconic goog head. This is like if a guy who was maybe 10% black, claiming to be a full blooded nigga.
>>23051563Dessert Gelgoog colors.
>>23051607The ginn seems more like a goog to me than the zaku warrior does.
>>23051626>zaku warriorthat's a gelgoog menace anon
>>23051563I love this SEED Gelgoog so much. It's the perfect blend of Zaku and Gelgood. This is like a woman with brown skin but white facial structure. And hair. And behavior.
>>23051630I think he meant the goog feels more like a ginn than the zaku warriors do and got the words mixed up. Or maybe I'm just retarded and putting words in his mouth.
no toy, no animei'm a quuuuuux
>>23051648No I'm just a dumbass and I don't know seed very well.
>>23051656Oh, well carry on. Fair enough.
>>23051563og goog colors
i'm gonna be honest when i started watching SEED I really didn't expect their suit designs to suddenly go "haha actually fuck all that let's remix UC zeon grunts fuck yeah"and i'm gonna say itsome of those remixes are better than the originalsincluding the goog striker
>>23051563No matter what anyone says about seed shit, the design for the googs and zaku are top notch.
>>23051672in 90% of AUs we only get a Zaku expySEED at least went to the full extent
even Shun doesn't feel the need to change something about the Sieg Axe since it's perfection already!
>>23051665should og goog be pink, like char's zaku?
>>23051672I feel like the googs are too skinny to really feel like googs. The zakus are great though.
>>23051672>>23051672i like Gundam Wing's reimagination of UC suits.
Got some resin parts that seemingly need to be heat-bent into placeis it possible to do this after painting (with lacquers) without damaging the paint coat? If not I guess i'll just have to brush paint them after assembly
>>23051710what is that? a hygogg? a z'gok?
>>23051712"can i heat bend a part covered in fragile, hardened paint without cracking the paint"Do you think? I mean you can try but record it for us
>>23051563Get the space type backpack and go half Ginn, half Shin custom
>>23051720that's what I'm asking, if lacquer paint will be durable enough to handle slight flexing.guess I'll find out
>>23051717that's a zgok. hygogg is Burnlapius. Geminass were reimaginations of Gundam Mk II (complete with Titans recolor), and Hydra transforms into a Zeong-like mobile armor. not sure about Griepe, but its cannon form is reminiscent of Big Zam.
>>23051726Lexan paint basically works like that, but they don't stick at everything other than Lexan itself.
>>23051729
>>23051729>hg burn lapius>it's piss bandaifuck my ass will you
>>23051747there was a second run last month, but yeah you missed it
>first half of manual is the mech>second half is all backpackLord have mercy
>>23051746I want him so bad
>>23051747>super turboniche series suit winds up pbanyou'd have to be giga retarded to expect otherwise. if you were complaining about shit like mercurius/vayeate or the shuffle alliance suits being pban, you'd have ground to stand on
>>23051758Seed moment
>>23051044I didn't actually expect it to work (picrel)>>23051767i'm not complaining, i'm just annoyedthis is the most reasonable kit to be pissbandai
I still think the CGUE is the best ZAFT suit
>>23051774too small screenshothe asked 3 bucks for the extra runners
>>23051767I miss the days before p bandai, when the niche stuff still got real releases instead of being scalped out the ass if you miss a run. And when bandai actually reprinted shit regularly.
>>23051729Griepe Kinda looks like Jamru Fin with legs
>>23051785I think I might not have even been alive when it was like this
>>23051774what country are you from anon? has to be some ex-soviet shithole that you haggle over something this small
>>23051801Have you never seen americans on facebook market place?
I'm having fun with the paint bucket tool
>>23051813that looks pretty gooddo you plan to paint the kit these colors?just one note, you should color the scatter megaparticle cannon on the chest another color than the joints
>>23051712just bend it into place then paint it after
>>23051797It wasn't THAT long ago. Like p bandai itself only started in 2009(started as mostly just color variations or special coatings) and it would still be years before it shifted to the current model of shunting everything that isn't from the latest show or a lead suit into it. It's only really been a decade or so.
>>23051821Yeah, but no one cared about missing out on a clear version of a zaku or a titanium injection gundam back then too much. It only became what we know today years later in the mid 10s.
>>23051821>2011 was 43 years ago
>>23051814I do.and it seems the scatter cannon is clear plastic as well, didn't realize that from the line art. I'll have to think some more about that part.
>>23051845oh that's cooland it gets a clear visor tooand HG zakus still have that fucking sticker...man
>>23051848Isn't that the MG? Those feet plates look familiar.
>>23051848looks like there's a parts-separated grey plastic disk that goes under it too, so maybe I'll paint that silver/chrome and then do a clear color on the lens.>>23051852yeah, MG dom renewal
>>23051852i'm pretty sure MG zaku kits still have the stickerat least some of them do
>>23051858that's actually the perfect design for that part, exactly what i would've wantedshit i might buy a mg dom now
>>23051861They have a sticker you put on a clear piece. It's just like the dom you're building. A red gundam marker and a touch of gold in the center looks a lot better than the sticker.
>>23051864oh i'm not dom builder anonbut i do want to know how to paint a good monoeye because i can't into circles
>>23051861The 2.0 zaku definitely has a clear piece for the eye. The MG Dom was ahead of it's time in a lot of ways though, it has a sort of pseudo 2.0 style hand too(I personally think they are superior to the later 2.0 hands honestly).
Before I was told it's weird to self insert myself with the girlpla as a gundam, so this time I self insert as the drink.>>23051868The eye in the MG zaku and doms are their own clear piece so it's very easy to paint. You just paint the whole piece and when it dries you put it on. Or you can put it on and paint it, then add the clear visor when it dries. Most of the master grade monoeyes are done this way. Any of the 2.0 ones are and the doms. If you're very new to painting, gundam marker sticks to plastic without any prep and the metallic red one is very good for monoeyes.
>>23051876I always forget my photos.
>>23051876oh you mean the MGsno that's easyi want to paint monoeyes for my poor stickered HGsI might give up on circles and do menacing star-shaped lights instead, i'm good at those
>>23051263>>23051259I may have made a mistake, the lance is too big.
>>23051891Oh. I've never built a high grade monoeye. I figured we were talking about master grades since the original post was one.
>>23051891you can paint the stickers fyi
>>23051902i know but i don't want a sticker, it looks like a sticker even if it's painted
>>23051891A lot of them have raised detail to paint so it's no different from painting any other eye. As for the ones that don't... well there are three options aside from being a masochist and trying to freehand it as I see it. The first is a stencil, the second is just dropping a little paint on it and letting physics do the work, the third is getting a lens sticker of some sort instead of using the stock foil. Bandai makes some these days but third party ones have existed for years.
>>23051891>i want to paint monoeyes for my poor stickered HGsthe best looking result I've seen is painting a color on the flat surface where the sticker would go and then putting a droplet of UV resin on top to form a dome shape.
>>23051895just needs a chains-from-the-ceiling mounting system like that jagd mirage kit
Why was it the GM Spartan of all things that became so runaway with bootleggers?Like it's a great design but why specifically that one kit?
>>23051916making a robot tacticool appeals to the chinamanit's edgy and takes itself too seriously; the gritty "real robot" schlock but in turbo operator form
>>23051922That and it's a relatively simple design so it's easy to produce.
Question. Has anyone used Ray Studio for any supplies? Curious as to how their supplies are and where are they located in
>>23051922now we just need a tacticool MS with flying swords and a retarded little halo and we will reach peak changappeal
>>23051257Are the Gundam markers for steel/chrome/gold worth it? I have no idea how to paint
>>23051928the metallic markers are some of the better ones
>>23051930Do I need the airbrush system? Or can just doing it by hand give a good look?
>>23051932brother they are markers you use them like markersyou press it on a surface (like a piece of paper or a tissue) to get paint in the nib and then paint
>>23051933Awesome thanks, should I apply a matte coat then before I start using them? I feel like just going bare plastic they won't adhere to the parts
>>23051928The metallics are all really good.>>23051938They stick fine to plastic. They're just not appropriate for doing large surfaces. Think of them as tools for adding small colored details.
>>23051938the markers are designed to work on bare plastica matte coat or a matte finish (polishing with melamine sponge) might make it better but they will work fine on bare plastic
>>23051939>>23051941Neat thanks guys! I'll pick up a set then and try them out
https://x.com/marumino555/status/1880789041039413675
>>23051944If you go to hobby lobby for the 40% off sales they almost always have a few packs.
>>23051924ray studio is in japan but pretty sure the supplies are rebranded chinese stuff
bought another car, im literally never completing my backlog, this is the hottest car kit in basically forever, I dont even know what I should paint mine
>>23051966every car should be painted as an ita carfreehand (you)r anime waifu on the hood
>>23051966Do a waifu car.
>>23051912Do you have pictures for reference?
im finna longsnap a mobile-game HG
>>23051975>>23051977hmm, sounds like a good idea
>>23051975the only car kit i have is the new version of the back to the future 1 deloreanwhich anime girl should i print decals of
>>23051966Martini livery, of course.
>>23051989You're waifu obviously.
>>23051982Can't find the pic anymore but there was one of the jagd mirage twin tower in iiirc a glass-front wooden cabinet with eyehooks in the tips of the guns so they could be supported by chains from above
I got the urge to make the gm light armor as my next project. And that's literally just as simple as removing a couple pieces from a regular (hg)GM right? So I guess my main question is about the mac-10 looking beam rifle it has. Is there any other kit or third party thing that has a similar looking gun?
>>23051989Suletta obviously.
jms... g line...
>>23051995i don't have a single waifu i have a harem but i think makise kurisu would be a good pick
>>23052005I would put Maho or Ruka on a car because I am a degenerate piece of shit.
https://x.com/mino_soriano/status/1880659451784634772
>>23051314New whitebase is wildhttps://youtu.be/8e8zUqP8yu4
>>23051999PB Nightseeker HG kit, or you can get just the gun 3d printed from Project V Hobby I believe. I'd recommend the latter since the PB kit will be at scalper prices, and it's also oversized.
>>23052053AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>finish scrapping together a backpack>find pieces that would work better for the backpack than what you already usedI need to stop treating this shit like Bionicles
>>23051895Nice girl PC
>>23051774dont get too excitedi had a similar thing happen, i asked a seller to change up the order a little and he said ok, but in the end he still sent the regular order
>>23052055 #>PBGod damnit. I had seen something about that bit I thought it was an upcoming non pb release.
I want to rape John Bandai
>>23052128The project V handgrips have always been oversized for 1/144. Its like the weapons are hg sized but the grip is mg size. Check etsy, there are some decent options on there for that stripped beam gun for the light armor. Also you will likely have to modify the shoulder armor as thats what the arm attatches to usually, though some older designs you can ditch the shoulder armor.And dont worry about stuff being p bandai. Just hit surugaya and get stuff when you can afford it. It may not be ideal but it is the only way we will get alot of these kits at all.
>>23051977How do you do this if you suck at freehanding?
>>23052178decal paper
>>23052178Decals.
>>23052178Waterslides. How is this not obvious
>>23052184I only use stickers
>>23052181>>23052182>>23052184I dunno, I'm kind of retarded. How do I make decals of my waifu?
>>23052234>find image>print decal>apply decalAlternatively>find image>pay someone to print decal>wait for it to arrive>apply decal
should i get the cluster or f90 n type?
>no 1/100 representation>no MG>no FM>no NGwhat gives?
>>23051563Dunbine colors. Then get another one and a Sazabi and put the backpack on it and paint it Zwarth colors
>>23052002i am also waiting warmly
>>23052301At least the hg 1.5 is really good
>>23052301hideous designshow flopped movies (which were actually great) flopped from covid
>>23052301>won that vote for a MG years back tooI hate bandai.
>>23052329Which one is the 1.5?
>>23052368Pretty sure he means the gundam base exclusive version that has some reworked pieces.
>>23052286¿Por que no los dos?
Aoshima's furrypla ain't looking too bad
>>23052422
>>23052422>>23052426needs a ver withy a long snout, so i can make my wife, loona
Total furry genocide.
>>23052368Gundam base one, good luck finding it at a good price
>>23051263Onwards
>>23052152Would the GM command work instead? The shoulders are pretty meaty but it's body shape seems pretty similar to the light armor
>>23051263I am sanding the nubs on my MG ACGuy after I already assembled it because I don't know what I'm doing. I will sand the nubs before assembling the next kit I build...
>>23052983>getting MG Acguy as your first kitPretty based, ngl
>>23052983More like SEXGuy
>>23051263The amount of fitting issues on this guy is awful
>>23052422>>23052426finally>>23052723they're doing cats first but they have a fox on some of the promo shit so maybe they will later
>>23052983i'm in a bit of a similar situation with my MG Sinanju. Not looking forward to cleaning all these awful nubs.
>>23053053What chinaman kit is that?
>>23053126Oberon. I recommend it to newfriends who wish to learn how to deal with fitting issues
>>23052921Probably the best RG out there IMO.
>>23051895Is that a golf tee?
>>23053158>Ok so you’ve heard of mini golf right??
>>23053083Is the MG like the HG version that has 40 stickers? Sticker application was like pin striping a car.
does the zeus silhouette work with the rg out of the box or with minimal modding?
>>23053164>mini gouf
What happened to RE/100 and MGEX?
>>23053170Why does he look so mad?
>>23053173Re/100 is effectively dead and MGEX is being worked on by katoki to re-release you what you already bought with the features it should have come with or meaningless bullshit like gold.
>>23053170Kek, well done.
>>23053169Just wait for DABAN to make one for their MB Destiny.
Where the fuck is it?
>>23053197in hell where it belongs
>>23053201Right next to the Crimson Chin Steel Haze?
I'm a villain whose motives are hard to find a fault in and I'm going to end the MG and RG lines officially as well as anything 1/100 or biggerI will also make the people gather all depictions of zakus and adjacent and burn them off of history
>>23053218harsh but fair
>>23053218And I'm a hero that will put an end to your evil ambitions! Unfortunately, I'll be too late to save RG line but I'll prevent everything else
>>23053218I'm a contrarian antihero that will help you at first eradicating the MG line but then switch to fight against you to protect the RG line.
BROSwhat do I listen while building my snapgod kinos?I can't slurp any more Talking Heads
>>23053274i listen to hitomitoi when snapping
>>23053274A 12 hours russian doomer compilation
sex
>order mg turn-A back in 2023>completely forgot about it.>came in yesterdayDid the economically irresponsible me from 2 years ago atleast invest in a decent kit?
>>23053274Listen to that one podcast where bunch of dudes watch Paul Blart 2 every year
>>23053274More talking heads
>>23053300Yes. It's a great kit and probably the best that'll ever exist of it.
>>23053313>he doesn't know about the 2049 PG Turn A personally developed by an AI created from Syd Mead's brain
>>23053300It's really good.
>>23053130I've built quite a few RGs and so far this has been one hell of an impressive kit. I still have the Sazabi and God Gundam to look forward to and those are also supposed to be amazing.
>>23053300The only flaw that I found in the kit is that assembling the fingers is awful. You need 3 hands to put them together.
>>23053274I highly doubt people here would appreciate it, but I always have Critical Role on in the background.
>>23053130More than the Impulse?
>>23053274I listen to Maritime Horrors while I commit horrors.
>>23053370No impulse is more kino
no more ali for burgers?
The best real grade is rx-78-2 2.0 and it's not even close.
>>23053370nah Impulse design is rather dupa
Mom says I’m the best real grade.
>>23052239>There's barely any art of my waifuBesides that I'm actually considering doing my own waifu car now. Any recommendations for the base car?
>>23053383Any info on alternative face parts? Good ol MG F91 came with 2 entire heads so you didn't have to suffer with the open face gimmick >>23053389Skyline
>>23053392Bandai confirmed it will be an articulated head. Unfortunately.
>>23053197Koto doesn't want to directly compete with Bandai. They will wait until Bandai's line is completed.
>>23053403looks amazing honestly
>>23053403look at this slop
>>23053129>I recommend itchina wins again...
>>23053370crossbone does everything the impulse does, while being slightly smaller. it's remarkable how much the impulse build is based on the crossbone, the inner frames are almost identical.
>>23053403This looks looks sick, but I can’t let the cool kids on /gpg/ think I like a Bandai kit, so I’ll wait for a Chinese knock off.
>Sorry, this order has been closed due to shipping problems. You can place the same order again. whaddafak
>>23053173we get one of each of those per 10 mgsand they're slowed down to 1 mg per yearsee you in 2035
>>23053403It worked fine on the 25 year old master grade so I think they'll make it work.
>>23053446RG God Gundam and this one are ridiculously small, even for 1/144 standard. It will no doubt works, but the building process will be quite a pain to sit through.
>>23053454RG crossbone has a face with articulation and it's perfectly fine.
Damn, I can't paint until the LA fires calm down. I keep getting random bits of ash on my pieces and I can't keep up with dusting them off as I'm spraying. Sucks because humidity is almost never below 70% here by the beach.
>>23053243based>>23053271cringe>>23053274sacramentum and dissection
>>23053464Embrace ash, make ash build
>>23053464Close the window.
>>23053479I paint outside in a busy apartment full of people and dogs walking by
>>23053483Paint inside then. Tape a fan to an HVAC filter or use acrylics.
Custom 30MS is starting to finally take shape. But I wonder if my whole work today toward replicating arms (as you can seen forearms are green stuff copies, upper arm is made out of PS rods) isn't actually sort of "reinventing the wheel", since I DO have spare pair (one 30MS won't use her unarmored ones anyway). Should I rather use existing part then?This also comes down to question - should project use as much of existing spare parts I already have or to replace them with scratchbuilt copies.
>>23053274"The White Vault"or"Wolf359"great fiction podcasts with excellent sound design. available most platforms.
>>23053274listen to hundreds of hours of japanese hentai asmr
for me it's listening to zak's droning voice
>>23053487>or use acrylics.I'd rather pick a different hobby completely than use that crap
>>23053487I can't paint inside my roommate just had a baby and she's in ultra mega bitch mode.
>>23053528just put the baby outside with the dogs so it won't breathe paint
>>23053520Skill issue.
>>23053530I think she would unironically shoot me over that lol
>>23051263Working on high grades is actually pretty fun. Almost ready to snap and start my seamline fixing
>>23053519I have a bro crush on Zak. he reminds me of a friend I lost years ago.
>>23053371Wartime/Bedtime story's are some of my go to background sound while building. Cozy
>>23053411As long as your ok with some spikey builds, China has some great 3rd party kits
bros I want the Black Dingo GM Spartan NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW
>>23053663it's out dawg
>>23053663and I want the Kehaar II rifle now but can't all get what we want
how long after first release do peebs hit aliexpress?
>>23053665i ordered from some chink seller who isn't getting it until feb 2, I don't know where to cancel
>>23053691Just have some patience
why is gatekeeping consumers such a core value of the gundam franchise
>>23053274Dark Gregorian chant ambient or gooncore
I finally finished my RG Epyon Gundam for the group build. I like this kit but I wish that the whip was color separated as painting that thing by hand sucked. Do you guys usually coat your clear parts with anything? The sword is raw uncoated plastic right now.
>>23053708Because poor people are generally dangerous
>>23053746Nice. I usually leave clear parts as is, maybe polish them if I want them to be shiny. There's that dipping into floor polish method too. I want to try gaia fluorescent clears at some point
Anyone here installed the LED kit for the Aerial? Was it hard to do?
>>23053746maybe at least clear coat them so they look less like raw plastic?
>>23053746I glosscoated my clear parts on my first kit and it looked shit so now i just leave it as is
>>23053746Looks pretty good, time to add the RG Epyon to my list.
>>23053756That's a good idea. The clear bits already kind of glow under a blacklight, but it might make change the look a bit and make things look less plasticky anyways.>>23053772It's nice. The inner frame is all styrene and the transformation doesn't seem to have issues like the RG Zeta.
>>23053746I am not entirely sure about the epyon, but that green plastic bandai uses is slightly blacklight reactive. I suggest flat coating it so it scatters light more. Picrel is how it might look
>>23053776Alternatively you can use non clear colors, I like the look it gives even though I prefer to have some transparency
>>23053776I've seen some people feather a bit of translucent white at the base of the effects parts to make them pop more.
>>23051563I don't like how Zaku-ey the head looks, Gelgoogs never had hoses or a big eye, their eye was always small and beady
Is the Blue this pretty in person?
>>23053383This shit looks unfinished. Top half looks like a HG kit and then the bottom half looks insanely overdesigned because of how plain the top half is.
>>23053826all preview pics are painted samples anon
>>23053826>>23053834forgot to mention: dalong has out-of-box pics of many pbandai kits
>>23053834Why would Pbandai lie like that? :(
>>23053837it's like a box of cereal having a pic with milk on the frontit's not a lie, that's how you're supposed to make it.
The blue with the yellow mohawk on the tallgeese II always looks really ugly to me, just seems tacky.Talllgeese III is way sexier.
>>23053847I think it would've worked much better if there was some blue on the head and legs or just less blue on the torso
>>23053826It's a bit lighter in person but it looks very nice still. It's a very saturated color.
>>23053837it's not a lie, that's how it looks when it's finished
Which retard thought this was a good idea? Why haven't They cancelled Bandai yet?
>>23053908If anything I need to find out where to get more of those NZ decals so I can put them on all my zeon suits.
>>23053860Its also way too similar to tallgeese I imo. Just looks like the og except someone overdid the blue paint.I is the better, cleaner design while III has the cool extras like the whip and huge gun.
>>23053847same it reminds me of a blonde guy in a punk band
>check out chinkgod kinos on chink site>end up buying a bunch of chink fidget toy guns insteadbros.........
What other chink sites besides AliExpress to buy chink kits?
>>23053908wtf I love Zeon now
>>23053988taobao is the best and the cheapest with the biggest selection but you kinda need to at least try to learn basic chinese to use it
>>23053970mofiho, gundamcentrolshop, gundamitgundamit usually has the best variety but worst prices
>>23054012>that GP02 MLRSOh boy.
>>23054012whoops meant for >>23053988
Any pointers on good photography guides? I'm trying to take better pictures like those nip painters do.
watch your backs spacians
>>23054085>>23051257>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:>https://www.saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography/
>>23051895I think i will attach the supports that come with the Bullets Knights Lancer, so where should I put the subarms?
ZE GOK
bros I can't sign into HLJ...
>>23053836Man i really should get the geese 1 - 3.
>>23054180is that a vtuber
>>23054316Whoever it is, she has crabs now.
>>23053908ADL needs to get on this, right now.
>>23053908>NZ>ZNWhat's the problem?
>>23053197approximately 11 gen 1-3 AC model kit reissues12 Gen 1-3 weapon unit packs2 Gen 4 Weapon unit pack1 Gen IV addon pack2 Gen V AC model kits1 Gen V weapon packs2 Gen 1-3 head unit packsAND 2 Gen 1-3 arm unit packsleft until they release steel haze, they said after their done reprinting all of the previous kits. I'm pretty sure I'm a few kits behind
>>23054380I didn't believe anon at first when he said that's what the kotobukiya booth lady said but it looks like it's actually true
>>23051263Master grade gundam 1.0 is truly a challenging experience to make look good. Just finished the paint. Tomorrow I topcoat it, panel line it and do some decals.
>>23054407>challenging experience to make look goodNow imagine doing that in 95.
>>23054412Thats why I got this one. I wanted to know how everything got started. Overall, it was a very rewarding experience. I was actually shocked by how much is the same with modern master grades.
>>23054286When is the restock for Geese 3? I saw it on Bandai’s website
>>23054463MG and RG are both still available right now. After that, who knows, P-Bandai restocks are unpredictable.
what the fuck i thought ghillie dhu would be 30ms/MD sized
>>23054012I kind of want to be like these guys, how hard is it to be a reseller? Do you have to be chinese yourself?
>>23054542You've probably gotta at least SPEAK chinese so you can keep up with all the manufacturers and especially the bootleggers who dont even have websites or social mediaand if you ship them to a US-based warehouse before shipping AGAIN to your customers you will have to either be way more expensive or deal with slow cheap container shipments and getting everything months after the Chinese stores
>>23054530post snapgod kinos
>>23054552i still haven't snapgodded my star gouf
>>23053776>>23053777get a cheapass 365nm blacklight, they look way better and don't turn everything purplealso a bunch of their different clear plastic glows, nearly every kit in the build fighters line has fluorescent clear the Try Burning especially looks good with all it's flame effects glowing orangealso this stupid website made me wait 15 goddamn minutes to make this post? i'd heard of it before but never had it happen wtf
New 30 Minute stuff soon
>>23054565>30 minutes preferenceso they are gonna be showing off the bocchi plamo or is there a new one?
>>23054565boi bots finally
>>23054574They'll make 30MP a girls band line. This time we'll have GBC girls. But in reality they'll just show Nijika or Ryo models
>>23054587well bocchi herself isn't even out yet so i thought they might just be showing off the final model before release
>>23054589It's gonna be final model for Bocchi and prototype for someone else surely. Would be pretty weird to make up a whole new label only for it to have a single Bocchi to show after all these months
>>23054574the tweet says 'new product info' so maybe they'll show off the upcoming stuff as well as announce new stuff
Kinda wild that GGG gets its own retail HG line while Geass is relegated to P-Bandai jail even thiugh the latter is more popular.
>>23054530they made sure he was taller then probably most girlplameasured him with sophia f shirring and he was taller
>>23054598Hope this guy comes with epilepsy LEDs
>>23054604It's an HG, man
>>23054604They would've said it months ago. Also >LEDs for less than $60 on a modern Bandai kitsLmfao
Shit akatsuki looks like that without the gold plating?
>>23054662still mogged by a 10 year old bootleg
>>23054664>there it is.
...
>>23054670lewd Zeta! Showing her action base port! Needs correction!!!!
>>23054530Megalomaria are big, even the girls are taller than majority of HGs.
>>23054598>the latter is more popular.Code Geass is the victim of its own success. It has appeal to pretentious manchild and fujoshi, but in term of mecha popularity, it absolutely shits the bed because almost non of the fans are mecha fans and they won't buy the robots.
>>23054713That really sucks because some of the designs are really cool.I love the grunts.
>>23054662What if I sprayed it with matte coat?
>>23054719That makes mustard gas.
>>23054662I honeslty prefer "gold car glitter paint" look to gold plating even if the plating is more accurate to the advanced beam coating it had in the show
>>23054715I want to have sex with Alexander.
>>23054090beautiful
>>23054662I honestly prefer the gold plating.
>>23054726Was akito the exiled any good? Never watched past the first ep.
>>23054743Honestly, don't ever bother with Code Geass story. It is just generic edgelord slop.
i like the look of the SNAA Iron Sickle, but what plastic is it? All ABS? PS for the armor? All PS?
>>23054781Chinese kits always use ABS.
>my neck of the woods only now getting the netflix toeguybolinoak when i'm 80
>>23054748I liked the original series because it came out when I was at the perfect age to enjoy edgelord slop.
Did you ever buy the same model twice?
>>23054670>$99 for zakuwat
>AoZ anime soon.
>>23054821I bought 2 HG Bawoos but haven't finished any of them beyond initial snapping.
i don't understand why you would snip all the parts off the runner all at onceall the parts for a limb? surebut ALL of them? fuck off
>>23054827That's quite literally not possible. Your best bet is waiting for some fan project and even that can be canned like what happened to that recent Berserk fan animation
>>23054670Kek my hobby store also has insane prices, like 2-3 more expensive than the actual kits (rx78 gto at €63 for example, and no, not the cururuz doan one)I got a victory hg years ago for €10 though
>>23054821It is common for army build.
>>23054821i have 2 MG Turn A Gundams
>>23054831For barebones kits like 30mm then it is feasible to do that. But bigger and more complex stuff like Hexagear or MG kits, doing that is just suicide.
how am i supposed to panel line my chinkgod kinos if the solvents murder abs plastic
I sweat a lot more posing a painted build than when working out
>>23051998>>23051895>>23051912from >>22778257
>>23054863Use common fountain pen.
>>23054821I'm thinking of buying another mk II titan. The hg was one of the first kits I made so there's tons of nubs and marks.
>>23054875Painting will get rid of those.
>>23054872Thanks! That's very cool. I might consider it if >>23054174 idea don't work.
>>23054831Sometimes I want to rp an assembly line and do all the sanding in one go without picking up my nippers againNot mg though, that’s suicide like other anon said
PBandai Netflix Zakuhttps://x.com/vxseriouse/status/1881335566752772267
>>23054898I remember how Zakuaurelius tried to build a Koto Zoids kit with his usual building habits and it backfired. Lost him almost 6 hours to assemble those presanded parts.
damn... time to overpay by buying from another seller...
>>23054831to wash themIf you have multiple boxes to categorize them by the runner letter, then it's technically fine
>>23054875I might get another RG GP01 since the first one I built and it didn't have it's nubs shaved off with a knife, and it got cracked by my panel liner that seeped in the tiny cracks. Nowadays I panel line while it's on the runner, doesn't seem to leak even when I clear coat it. Love the design too.
>>23054174Another thing I got in my mind abot this, but I want to try make this connectuon, but should I make the peg on the hand or on the lance handle?
>>23054934You can technically wash the runners themselves without having to cut all the pieces off. The nubs themselves won't have any oil so you don't have to worry about that.
>>23054943All those pros use those bowl heater things, is probably why they snip it all off first since it can't fit the runner in that bowl.
>>23054938Why does Dalong's modeling skill so terrible? Bro you are a modelkit reviewer, atleast have some decency to improve your skill before reviewing anything.
>>23054949What's the issue, ESL-kun?
>>23054918I wonder if now people would like gto zaku now that this one has even more greble
>>23054948That sounds like a bad habit rather a mandatory thing. Washing bowl are cheap and big enough to contain MG runners. Plastic parts without runners always seem like a mess and you might lost some of them while moving them around.
>>23054952What's the matter, faggot?
>>23054949Doesn't he get paid by ads or something. Making the models look nice isn't the point. It's also nice to see how they look unpainted when you're trying to gather info before buying.
>>23054960>Making the models look nice isn't the pointPtfff that faggot tried to topcoat and panel line these kits beforehand.
>>23054831the shape of the parts are distinct enough that you can easily assemble them without a manual... except RG 2.0. that gave me a hard time because of the part size and how the inner frame parts look very similar
>>23054957it's supposed to also vibrate or something I dunno
>>23054966sexo
>>23054934I wash them on the runner. I just take everything to the bathtube and bring some dish soap. Fill it a couple inches with warm water, add some soap and swish them around. Works like a charm. It's not like I'm trying to strip paint or something after all.
>>23054966Anon, thick panel lining is on purpose. To show off all the panel lines. Like a proper review.
you need to wash your plastic robots before assembling them?
>>23054977not with bandai, The Only Worthwhile Company
>>23054977You want to be cool don't you? Yes you have to.
>>23054979don't groom the newbie again, anon
>>23054977It helps get any oils or mold release off that may still be there from the manufacturing process, which helps paint stick better. Even if all you are doing is panel lining it's helpful.>>23054978Even with bandai it makes a difference, although admittedly less of one.
>>23054949it's like saying Schizophonic is a bad modeler because he always leaves theose unshaved gate marks on his model kit reviews. pretty sure there's a reason to it
>>23054980You vil wash your robot and then panel and topcoat it without ever painting
>>23054938The question was hijacked, lol.
the smartest way to clean kits is to do it after all the plastic preparation (cutting and sanding), so tou only need to do it once (to remove the oil and the plastic dust)
>>23054977Modelkit in general are made by injection molding. The molds have a coat of oil on them to make the runners easier to be released off them. It is recommended to wash the model with dish cleaner to clean up this coat of oil before painting or decal application.
>>23054598to be fair, no one cares about Code Geass's mecha. it's always about he characters.
>>23051895are you the same guy who said a few threads ago that he got a crossbones phantome? how is the construction and quality?
>>23054995I really liked the first season's mechs. I'd love to buy more if they were more accessible but alas.
Rate my haul. Btw prism blue black is a waste of money. It's transparent black and some fine blue and purple flakes you can't even see.
>>23051257Would these work to hold up painted parts? or should I make some out of wood and tape
>>23055019yea
>>23054932no...
>>23054984Nubs from Schizophonic's reviews is simply because it is a low efforted snapbuild for the sake of review. Panel Lining on the otherhand, alters the kit's appearance and arguably make them look much worse in Dalong's case.
>>23055019it's the same alligator clips you see on Radioshack, so yeah.
>>23055019Yes, I bought them off amazon and used them for a year. Just don't try to put heavy parts on them, clips aren't held with wood so the whole thing is prone to move around
How is anyone in Japan affording gunpla right now with how insane the prices are. New prints can be found for retail price but anything else has gotten to fucking stupid prices. Even with my currency being insanely strong against Yen, the pricing makes it barely worthwhile.
>>23055041Koto and Wave are still around selling stuff in spite of their price. Gunpla is just pale in comparison.
>>23055019personally i'm fine with toothpicks I either shove in pegholes or tape to the part
>>23055024>>23055029>>23055034Neat thanks I'll order them then
>>23055012I like Prism Blue Black, but you have to mix it very well as it likes to separate. Premium Red is that felt kind of pointless for me. I haven't tried pearl or the other prism colors yet, but I'll probably get those next.
>>23054996I think the build is solid and enjoyable for straight build, and I think it's clever that there are many duplicate parts that are used for both the main unit and the parts for the transformation. But as the result of having it being solid, it's difficult to dissassamble. That normaly wouldn't be a problem, but I'm preparing it for a custom build, and some parts(like the wrists) weren't built for easy dissassmble.Overall, I think it's very good, but now I'm dreading the paint I will have to make in the open mouth, it's very small.
>>23055046You can find the majority of other plamo stuff for retail price. I'm not talking about retail pricing anyway, I'm talking about how expensive the 2nd hand market has got. I took a look around a lot of stores in Japan 2 weeks ago, outside of Tokyo too, and everywhere is ripping the ass out of pricing. I've seen standard HG kits going for 4-5k yen, RGs for 6-9k & MGs going as high as 14-15k and all of these are retail kits. You know pricing is fucked when I'm getting 200 yen per £1 and still the pricing is barely cheaper than buying these kits at home. If I wanted the latest release or some random WfM kit then yeah I could find those easily for cheap.
>>23055066Gunpla in general is a heaven for scalper and price gouging. It gets even worse for discountinued Pbandai kits.
>>23055071Things will get better once the new factory begins operations.
https://x.com/papagori_hobby/status/1881267343881593009
>>23055071even mini 4wd kits are like that nowadays, they don't do pbandai shit, but limited edition kits prices shoot through the roof in secondary markets when they go out of print because they rarely reprint them. some gets scalped like fuck like the "Fighting Korea" Mach Frame.
>>23055093https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dl_q1DSVws
>>23055076New factory's production is shared between the gyarus, mesugakis and lonely hags gangs
>>23054821does it count if they're from different companies? i have both wave and volks 1/144 led mirage>>23054977not unless you're building a resin kit or a western military kit from like the 70s. the only plastic kit i've ever had to wash is the clear runners in the volks 1/100 daccas, they were slathered in grease
>>23055076lmao they'll just produce more non-gundam slop there.
>>23055113You are saying it like gundam isn't the most boring fastfood.
>>23055105>gyarusyes please
Is there an easy way to know what size drill bit I need for kitbashing? ie, drilling holes to accommodate Builders Parts stuff like the missile launchers and shit that come with them
>>230551463mm
>>23055093are those stands printed?
>>23055156japs would never print when they can paypig to mr bandai
>>23055146I have a drill bit set and the ones I use the most are 1/1.5mm (typically, for precise stuff you want to start with smaller holes and gradually make them bigger). 2mm because many internal pegs are this size. 3mm is the most common. Rarely do I ever need something different.
>>23054662Right one looks great.
>>23055146just measure it with your caliper
>>23055146just panel scratch
>>23055146just communication
>>23055197The only good things about wing were the OP's and the mobile suits.
>>23055197men of destiny
>>23055199The characters seem enjoyable enough. Relena is an autistic babe.
Paint God Kinohttps://x.com/ToMoS_Qkit/status/1881099756233191780
>>23055209Dorothy was the focal point of my puberty..,
>>23055210I find the thighs made of marble disressing.>>23055209Zechs is the high point of the show. Any scene with heero is horrible though.
As a burger, is there anything I should know when it comes to buying a kit off of Aliexpress, or am I just overthinking it? First time, and they have a kit at a fair price im interested in thats out of stock at my usual sites
>>23055210why cant jayz2cents do this
>>23055019Would be a lot cheaper to build your own, its easy to do.
>>23055215mainly keep an eye on the seller and the brandyou want to buy from legit stores like Dabandai Figures Store, Professional Boutique Model Store, etc. Not random numbers with no reviews. Look at reviews with actual pictures of the assembled kit. That kind of thing.Safe brands are JMS, XFS, STAR (Xingbaofan). WarModels are okay but inconsistent. Daban is ehhhSNAA makes good originals but their old kits are mehEffect Wings is consistently good quality but approaches legit Bandai kits in price
>>23055214>filtered by Wing of all things
>>23055215if it's something old or traditionally scalped and it's at a low price I'd be inherently skeptical
>>23055224I just hate heero so much.
>>23054976Funny how many anons dont know that
https://x.com/kamminchu/status/1881123699870642373cool scratchbuilt elmeth bit
>>23055230we'll get HG Red soon... very soon...!
>>23055223>>23055225Its a new kit from SNAA, so thats a good start. I did notice there was quite a few listings with different prices, so il be checking on the sellers profile. Thanks anons
>>23055227I honestly couldn't give 2 shit about how many panel lines a kit has.
>>23055234I see a fellow entry grade enjoyer
>>23055233Iron Sickle is a good kit, but don't pay more than 30 bucks for it.
>>23055234 good for you buddy, good for you!
>>23055237I prefer Hexagear. And if i care about how many peg holes and panel lines they have, i might gain autism.
>>23055239Its GWAIN Gods Guardian at 30 bucks, and I believe its from the same line as Iron Sickle. Guess il go add it to my cart.
>>23055247I forgot to ask- do they have any coupons or something similar to get it cheap as possible?
>>23055250if you add it to your basket and then don't buy some sellers will automatically give you small coupons
>>23055253Thanks anon
Where should I look for services to print custom waterslide decals? I know that you can buy decal paper for inkjet or laserjet printers, but my home printer can't print white and is kind of grainy compared to what I get with waterslides anyways.
bros.. my chinkgod black dingo GM Spartan is on it's way! this thing is all ABS right? am I able to paint it with it crumbling into a pile of chinkdust?
Koto: We made this gold plated kit for you snapfriendsAlso Koto: Except we intentionally left several parts unplated. Paint them yourself, faggots.
>>23055304it's time to buy acrylics anon
>>23055304Ptfff just prime it properly.
>>23055307acrylics don't make me feel funny the way lacquers do
>>23055311Lacquers makes me puke unironically.
>>23055312imagine not having immunity to lacquer fumes LOL
>>23054821I would buy more hg goggs but I've only ever seen the one on my local store's shelf.
>>23054872I love it so much
>>23055310What kind of primer should you use? I have some gaia multiprimer and Mr. Color surfacer.
>>23054863prime and paint them firstor use an acrylic wash
>>23055146if you want to know the exact size to make the hole, buy a cheap caliper to measure the pegsthen downsize a bit from there when drilling since you can always expand the hole later
>>23055250go to >>>/g/csg, they have coupon codes for whatever sales are going on at aliexpress at any moment.
>>23055306they're no different from Bandai omegalul
>>23055347Oh damn, had no idea that was a thing. Good shit anon
>>23055306lmao
It just now set in that I have like 5 different bootleg GM Spartans
>>23055358you could have 15think about ituse them for parts to make modern GM Commands
>>23055358built or in boxfort
>>23055360in boxfortthe only GM I've built so far is a GM Command I got for free with my mechauniverse orderyes the weathered one
>>23055361>FREE jimsmechauniverse is so based for that
bootleg in many colors when
>>23055366it's just a reward point system where you get like 10% of what you spend back as points that you can spend on free kitskinda comical to compare it with the point system of another store i buy from, mojehobby, which has insane point prices and gives you barely any points
>>23054938>>23054174Asking again.
>>23055367they'd kinda need to have an actual kit first and at this rate Traitor to Destiny is never getting even a Kestrel kit so...
>>23055367>thing3 what the FUCK is thisis that a naval bridge on the shoulder
>>23055369>make the pegi dunno what you mean here but i'd use a brass pin for strength
>>23055222these are around 8$ CAD.to get the other materials it would be 10$ CAD but if I can find them cheaper in a hobby store I'll replace these
>>23055373yes! it's piloted by a crew of really tiny seamen
>>23055375But should it be placed on the hand and the hole on the lance or place the pin on the lance and the hole on the hand?
>>23055376>to get the other materials it would be 10$ CAD how many are in the pack?you can get a 100 pack of alligator clip heads for under 4usd, my local grocery store had 100pack wooden skewers for 3usd too. if you wanna plasti-dip them then that's some more material cost too
>>23055300this used to be a valid question 5-10 years ago but there are thousands of services to choose from now. pick whatever is closest to you or whatever comes up first on google.
>>23055381>But should it be placed on the hand and the hole on the lance or place the pin on the lance and the hole on the hand?the hand is shallower than the lance so if you're only gonna glue one side of the brass pin in it'd probably be more secure to glue the hand side. or you could just do both and make it permanent, swap the hand out at the wrist to unequip the weapon.
>>23055382Is that ali? I don't buy from Aliexpressalso>USDso those clips are 6 CAD and those skewers are 5 CAD
>>23055388>I don't buy from Aliexpressyour problem, not ours.
>>23055388>Is that ali? I don't buy from Aliexpressyou can find them on amazon too they just cost twice as much so the middleman can make more money. like just about everything made in china.>so those clips are 6 CAD and those skewers are 5 CADyeah that's why I asked how many are in the pack of premade clips. because paying 11 cad for 100 is better than paying 8 cad for 20 or whatever
>HobbySearch updated their website>it's signifcantly worse to navigatewow I'm glad the only robot plamo that exist are Gundam, Kotobukiya and other!
>>23055391100 is definitely better but for my current use case I think this pack should be enough, hey if they don't work out it was only 8$ right? I'll then make my own
>>23055396>the only robot plamo that exist are Gundamthis retarded ass clown general would certainly have you think so
https://x.com/K22KIYOKEN/status/1881180211213176990still funny to me that there are so many eva recolors
>>23055396web designers are parasites, half the internet is constantly redesigning itself just to keep them employed, with worse functionality and slower page loads each iteration (but at least they can swap to the latest design trends)
>>23055396How come every website gets significantly worse in terms of design in the last few years?
>>23055399Kek, no kidding
>>23055350This might sound like an unpopular opinion around here but i fucking hate the mustard injection gold. Plating is always welcomed and i don't care if it is snapshit or not.
>>23055416See >>23055402They want their job to keep being relevant so they change things that don't need to be changed. Not just for web sites, it's fucking everywhere. Windows, every common program. A personnal hatred of mine is making windows, pictures or anything rectangular have rounded edges.
>>23055373it's a big old sensor unit though it's meant to evoke the idea of a naval battleship, yeah. The previous version had dazzle camo for the same vibe.
>>23054821Only 138 Leo's.
i have an old gunmetal gundam marker but it seems to be deadhow do i revive itdo i just drop some aqueous thinner in the hole and hope for the best?
>>23055453throw it in the trash & buy real paint
>>23055457i have metallic paintbut i want to revive this markerit annoys me that i didn't use it and it's dead anywaysalso i usually use the marker paints with brushes anyway
>>23055461markers dont look good idk why you wanna use it
>>23054821Just Zaku variations, the RG and MG Sazabi, and the MG and RG Wing Zero EW. Dont think those count though
has anyone here tried gundam markers on primers? anyone got any good search terms on youtube?I know its FINE on bareplastic but some arent that good on application and need multiple to have a more consistant coat?
>>23055469in my experience, they stick just fine to a primer/surfacer. but of course, they're better sprayed than brushed
>>23055473I guess I'll keep trying to spray which I have
>>23055476I recommend getting a retarder to keep them from drying too quickly in your airbrush. or you could try getting some kind of adapter that would let you plug the marker directly in front of the nozzle, kinda how that offical gundam marker airbrush thing does it. but personally i havent tried it yet
>>23055400I can't wait to paint mine in Metroid colors.
>>23055400I'm getting some serious Samus Aran vibes from this
as bootleggers go is Gaoke any good?
Mr. Color Thinner got me moving different.
>>23055522i've been inhaling resin powder for so fucking long when i blow my nose there's a fully printed big titty anime woman in the tissue
>>23055518As far as bootlegs go JMS is the only /gpg/-approved company
>>23055531this is XFS erasure
>>23055518i've built a gk moroccan gmno real problems with the build, but the torso is kinda flimsy and the main rifle sits pretty loosely in the gun holding handits not that bad overallthe only other bootleg i've built was xfs spartan and that one feels a little more solid
>>23055533the shanghai police already XFS dead anonthat spartan will be the last thing they ever make>tfw never bought xfs wondwart
>>23055538they're already revived, the efreet HGs got progress updates last week
>not content with just hating bandai, the bootfaggers turn upon themselves pottery
>>23055541it's called competition little buddy
>>23055541You must be retarded
>>23055541It is just the matter of time before loyal Bandaifags start eating each other. It kinda happened during the price hike announcement.
are there any good kits of crabgod kinos? this seems like a missing niche in the zoids line
>>23055531XFS is also good and STAR is fine
>>23055549close enough?
IT's UP
>>23055549plamo of Fiddler Crab from Shangri-la Frontier fucking when
>>23055549Polypod Ball is your choice >>23055551Isn't STAR the other name for WM, which actually sucks
>>23055560dunno about their reputation but my experience with their kits has been good so far, no major fitment issues or loose joints, just some tight pegs and a bit of flashing on some polycaps
>>23055549How about some EBIgodkino instead?
>>23055549Hexagear line has Biting Scissors weapon set. You can convert any Hexagear kits into crab.
>>23055568
>>2305557025 dollars for some fucking clear plastic
>>23055570anon have you ever seen a crab
For those of you with a PS-290A Procon Boy and other big airbrushes, do you usually use the circular spray cap or the wide spray cap? I'm not sure what use cases both are used for.
>>23055573you dont need to see crabwhen eventually become crabhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation
>>23055573>big shears>bunch of appendages>gunLooks like a crab to me, chief
>>23055577is it even Giant? or hostile, like an Enemy?
>>23055578holy shit you guys are really all stuck in 2005
>>23055573It's a pair scissors. Crab it is.
>>23051257Do you guys actually buy chinese kits? this stuff is already pretty cheap I don't see the point
>>23055592Where do you think we are?
>>23055596yeah
>>23055596Bootlegs are good kitbash fodder, an interesting experiment that helps you appreciate bandai plastic quality and sometimes it's the only alternative if you don't want to pay scalpers 5 times the price
>>23055592sorry, that's when I started using the internet so it's the best era in my view
I wish there was a way for my to tell how big some of these MSG weapons are without just trying to estimate size based on height measurementsI don't want to buy some shit and then it's like towering over the suit holding it
this nigga called me a crab
>>23055596I'm a third worlder
>>23055573>anon have you ever seen a crabHave you?
>>23055596>this stuff is already pretty cheap I don't see the pointMajority of Gunpla fans are either poor people or people who don't want to spend too much on plastic toys.
>>23055608MSG in general are more compatible to MG gunpla because Koto mostly make big boy kits, minus Governor, which they are supposed to be tiny humans for Hexagear mechs.Blockade Ivy's sniper cannon and HG Aerial Rebuild's scale for reference.
>>23055210does this nigger use 100 grit sandpaper what the fuck
>>23055574circle cap for general use, wide spray for covering big surfaces like model-car shells
>>23055603Honestly, you can see Bandai's true talents from MG kits. There is not much to expect from RG and HG.
>>23055650genuinely mentally ill take, you need to go to two doctors
>>23055304yes just don't drench it in pure thinner
>>23055647When you need strong primer adhesion, you must kinda destroy the kit beforehand.
>>23055304don't use Tamiya panel liner or pour type markers on it without painting/coating it
Are there any Gundam Markers/Dspiae markers that are still worth buying if I intend on painting and using actual panel liner?
>>23055311>>23055312>>23055522how shit are your booths that you get "high" from lacquers? i got the cheapest chink ass booth i could find and its 180cfm fan is more than enough to extract all the fumes. are you spraying at 50psi through a 0.5mm needle or something? i've never felt "high" or even dizzy from lacquers>>23055596yeah because volks charges 1000 dollars and makes you enter a lottery but chinks only charge 250 dollars>>23055654nigger it's plastic, the primer keys into the styrene chemically. even on resin you don't need to use a grit that harsh>>23055549
>>23055659no, not really.real touch markers still would be viable, but oil paint or enamel washes would be better.
>>23055659instead of markers you can just buy pots of the same paint that would be in the markers and use a brush, it's cheapersome people like the molotow chrome markers a lot and there isn't an equivalent alcohol-based non-marker chrome available so maybe get those
>tfw feel when Gunbarrel Striker got a revive before Zaku III
>>23055670What's the differences?
>>23055667>there isn't an equivalent alcohol-based non-marker chrome availableit's not exactly the same but alclad and gsw chromes are really good and both alcohol based. gsw even do a brush-on formulation
just skip the Zaku III and release the Zaku IV with a P-Bandai for the Ilia version
>>23055672the whole thing is brand new, not a single part is reused. The shapes are mostly same besides the sharper and bigger nose section, but Option Parts version has more defined details with better quality molds. The gatling comes with parts to hold it in a hand too. On the other hand, the gunbarrel deployment is a bit simplified and doesn't look as nice but now they are stand compatible.
>>23055664>the primer keys into the styrene chemicallyAgain, plamo in general have mold release oil on the surface, they can very protective of the plastic surface. It is very common to wash the parts and sand them before priming.
how fucking come not a single aliexpress store sells plastic boards that AREN'T ABS?
>>23055664Booths? What's that?
>>23055682haha yeah i also found that out the annoying wayyou can buy Tamiya Pla-Plate from a reseller if you want to be sure
>>23055664>pre order>only 60%it's over.
>>23055681it's very rare for plamo to need washing in the modern age because they normally use a different type of mould release than what was used back in the 70s or whenever that got slathered all over the kit. you don't need it at all when using lacquers on a modern kit. again, the only plastic kit i've ever needed to wash is the volks 1/100 daccas clear runners
>>23055694you can try to track down the original wonfes kits at auction
>>23055696I've seen what I think was mold release on a chink bootleg, though it seemed to have evaporated before I got to actually building it.
e2046 sure have some cool robits in their sale thoughis this "asmodeus" an original design?
>>23055696You seem to be on edge for something you are not gonna see after painting anyway. Stuff like nub marks or sand marks are non existent once you covered them with paint.
>>23055700nta but i don't like knowing that the plastic is scratched to shit under the paint
How do I get loose gunpla parts like the single barrel gun from the hg ball without buying a whole kit?
>>23055712Find a model online and 3D print it, then sand that.
>>23055699That's an obscure resin garage kit, made by 2 Japanese.https://x.com/chiakikun0417/status/1368468598784552961
>Youtube recommends me Porca Channel>put a video on a second screen while I finish shit from my job>there's liquid masking tape>when it dries you can remove it with tweezersWHAT KIND OF WITCHCRAFT IS THIS
>>23055718Retarder is another type witchcraft. Suddenly every problems with painting go away and the substance perfects your paintjob.
>>23055723I will mix mr.hobby fast-drying thinner and retarder to get both fast drying and perfect finish
>>23055718Are you just learning about this? It's been a thing for a long time.
>>23055731I was using masking tape.
>>23055700you would need a thick layer of surfacer 500 to cover up scratch marks that big
>>23055718I'm still curious about this one since i saw it on a youtube short.
>>23055664I’m not getting high from painting, I’m drinking my paint thinner.
>>23055739oh fair enough, carry on
>>23055718 >>23055738 >>23055732liquid mask is great for certain things but you will still want masking tape for other parts
>>23055742Everytime I use white primer the coverage comes out like uneven watery garbage. I’m just going to use black and gray from now on.
>>23055745yeah i always use grey primer for white. it's fine if you're using a white with high pigment density like gaia or mr color gxnot sure what that has to do with liquid mask though
>been almost a year since my pre-orders from USAGS>a bunch of their Q4 shit got delayed, meaning an even longer waitI'm still in no hurry, but goddamn this is starting to get tedious.
>>23055735Nah. If you count both primer, paint, 2 layers of topcoat and optional blackwash then that sanding is quite literally nothing. You saw his works, they look fine.
>>23055746I just usually click on a random post and delete the reply link whenever I post. Sorry bud.
>>23055712there are several stores that sell loose parts off the spruehttps://www.plamokitbash.com/https://www.plapartsjapan.com/https://gundamextra.com/collections/parts-replacement
>>23055749I got some order that has all the items in stock and it still hasn’t got shipped for some reason or other. They’re usually very good about it too.
panel scratch
The Moderoid Fafner was a real mixed bag. It came out looking really nice, but it's joints are really prone to coming apart and the crystal bits are really annoying.
>>23055795that seems pretty common with moderoid kits
>>23055798I was really impressed by the Moderoid Nelly Brain, so it set the bar really high. This one? Not so much.
mfw I dont live in japan to give my girlpla extreme ammounts of background items and props for dioramas
>>23055807is the nelly brain actually good? been thinking about buying one for a while now
I still want the Moderoid Valimarbut what I really what is Testa-Rossa
>>23055807one day Bandai will hopefully buy Moderoid and fix their kits while also reprinting them for half the price ad infinitum
>>23055850Yeah, Bandai's Moderoid will have soft PS plastic for the joints that will shit themselves after a month, every details will look like molten cheese and the scale got dumbed down to sub 1/144 so they can dispose the kits into 30MM line.
nice longsnap
>>23055864long snapnice
shoenice(swallows your cleaned and sanded RG parts)
>>23055831u can just sculpt them out of putty, 3d print them, or pay 20 dollar shipping to get them from japan
>>23055864Thanks:)
>>23055888Zaku 1 is such a good design ffuuuuuuark.
>>23055742>liquid mask is great for certain thingsWhat certain things?
>>23055892Probably small and narrow section that regular masking can't cover easily.
>>23055864They hit me with a warn for this the other day,
>>23055907Deserved.
>>23055907nigger
>>23055909Oh yeah I was absolutely posting trash.
>>23055837Nelly Brain is really good. Very good color separation, really high details. Feels really sturdy too. I wish there was a good list of what Moderoids suck and which ones are good.
>>23055907how does one made up word project so much threat around here
>>23055907Based mods.
>>23055922Because it has intention to pick fights instead of some harmless joke. The one who invented it was a salty snapfag btw, he argued that matte coated snapbuild is equal to a color correct paintjob. So instead of just suck it up and accept the obvious flaw of an unpainted build, he decided to derail the conversation. Even retards with sub 20 IQ can see through this.
>>23055916there can't be a list because it's entirely subjective
>>23055931You've been throwing a fit about those and blaming me for everything you dislike for almost a month now.
>>23055931>he argued that matte coated snapbuild is equal to a color correct paintjobit is thougheverbeit
>>23055931It's crazy to me that people get offended by the l-word when "shitcrylics" has been spammed freely forever
>>23055941Huffing lacquer is probably why he's like this.
>>23055941Hating a product is just a common thing around here. Hating a non-fanfiction painted build is beyond retarded.
>>23055941It doesn't matter how color accurate your build is, there will always be differences compares to a straight OOB build. The color separation is not always 100% and there are nub marks, sand marks, the cheap plastic looks and so on. Arguably, painting a kit in a lore accurate way is not that creative, but you still enhance the looks and detail of a model.
>>23055936aieeeee he's deadlongsnapgods won
>>23055945they're both transparent trolling attempts though, nobody who posts either of those words genuinely believes the position they represent they just do it because it's a funny bit and anons always take the bait
>>23055907Good fuck you, weve had enough of your shit since year.
>>23055941>people complain about paint or airbrush >it's always acrylics and not lacquer related postsfuck shitcrylics
I've had the smoothest results when handpainting with shitty cheap acrylics honestly.
>>23055981that's what they're for
>>23055981I have a softspot for Acrylics. They are easy to the nose and doesn't make you puke.
>>23055993Can you really say you are painting if you can't see time after inhaling the fumes?
Thoughts?
>>23056044Lets see kira disarm this one.
>>23056049"where is my gundam"kira with suspiciously seed-shaped stomach:
>>23056044gundam sneed
>>23053274ricky gervais xfm
dom with cope cage>dom with cope cagedom with cope cage>dom with cope cagedom with cope cage>dom with cope cagedom with cope cage>dom with cope cage
If my suit's primary weapon is a gatling gun - should they have any other ranged weapon?
>>23056113yes, another gatling gun.
>>23056113one gatling gun isn't enoughrefer to heavyarms
>>23056113head vulcan, wrist vulcan, shoulder mounted gatling smasher, and of course the gouf machinegun fingers
>Gquuuuuux has a hidden wave rider transformationBRAVO!
>>23056125it would be cool if gcucks was sort of an alternate take on zeta.
>>23056125>put big ass thrusters on the feet>make them face forwards in your high speed modeI guess the space French designed it?
>>23056113A wrist-mounted grappling taser.
>>23056113something hands free like shoulder mounted missiles/cannons or funnels
>>23056113As many as you can fit on it, obviously.
>>23056131Its not. Dont ever associate this monstrosity with Zeta ever again.
How does the RG Zaku line hold up?
>not allowed any form of ranged weapons, not even cool built in chest gatlings or whatever>think slapping on a big lance or big sword is a little too easymore beam sabers mounted on the body it is..
Is there any more news on that one Chinese RG Hi-Nu with the Ver Ka colors?
>>23056367>ver ka colorsPaint it
>>23056113Landmines
>>23056323Pile Bunker
>>23055556What site?
>>23056700mofiho.com
>>23056758Have Hemoxian added to their Entropy of Gods range yet? My Thor is looking empty and everything else I've seen from them are stick thin compared to his big ass.
>>23056899nope, their lost model is that ninja guyupcoming are picrelated and a knights & magic ikaruga
>>23056925Pretty unique design
>>23056758Plan on grabbing the SNAA Gwain from that line, really digging it. Its nice to realize there is a pretty big world of mecha models outside of Gundam
https://x.com/kensonejp/status/1881188074086101076
>>23056925Reminds me of the Aero Booster from Lego Exo Force.
>>23057001I straight up loved that series as a kid
>>23051746The Small Zam
>>23051746He cute.
>>23055916The only ones I'd call outright bad are Orguss and Daioja.Orguss has way too tight joints that can easily snap from just being put together or even carefully moving them (hell, there were a bunch of pics on Twatter where the plastic would get stress marks from simply putting the visor into the head), details were missing from the sculpt and had to be added with fucking stickers, someone fucked up the sculpt in CAD and now a small joint-detail on the left hip got stretched out as some sort of rod that now clips through the whole piece and the cockpit lacks any kind of details.Daioja is one of GSC's more toy-ish figures like the Gravions or Gladion that are made almost completely out of ABS and are mostly made with snapshitting in mind but the thing has absolutely horrendous gate placements and lazy as shit engineering, most of it involves partsforming and the articulation is pretty bad. For whatever reason out of all things its main body and shoulders are also the wrong colors and absolutely need to be painted.Then there are some like the Ariel kits that are way too delicate for their own good and feel as if they should've been scaled up quite a bit.The flight type also bizarrely doesn't come with a hand with a trigger finger so she's just clutching the gun awkwardly by the grip and the ammo belt seemed way too short.Whatever they used for the clear plastic was also not exactly the highest quality and I had to replace the stand because every single joint on it snapped with a good 1mm wide tear in it - never seen that before.
Okay, so, I've got something a bit different this time.I rewrote the OP to sort things better. I've been meaning to do it for a while. I moved all the guides together, including "THE GUIDE", IE Gelgoog Guy's guide. I agree that a lot of information in it is outdated, but I still think it's valuable, so I wanted to make it clearer which links are guides and which aren't.I also added in r/gunpla's aggregated restock list (shamelessly stolen). I'll be updating this link monthly, just like when we had Bandai's official restock list. It exists, so we might as well use it.Also I swapped around the wording in the title so the acronym is first, putting the general in sync with the rest of the generals on the board. It's been annoying me for some time now that we were the only one that did things in reverse.Otherwise everything else should remain the same. If it doesn't work out I'll go back to the old OP, but I'd like to see if it makes things a bit clearer for people. New thread.>>23057083>>23057083>>23057083
>>23055627why is every hobby I'm in full of poor people buying Chinese alternatives that suck
>>23055716that stand is from Koto's Metal gear REX
>>23052951I believe they have a round hump on the inner shoulder to fit the outer shoulder armor on. Im not saying it is impossible just saying it wont be an easy little conversion. May have to cut pla plate and resculpt a few parts.
