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is there any difference between the normal sazabi and the one from that single artwork equipped with the long-range beam rifle? bandai can make an easy variant of that just like the double fin-funnel type rx93 nu gundam.
>>23503743The rifle is exlusive to Sazabi ver Ka
still can't believe they made gundnode pbandaiand that i bought itand that chang 'legged it afterwards
>>23503785That's what you fucking deserve for being a Gwitch faggot.
Don't care.I will NEVER buy a gbitch kit.I will NEVER buy a gcucks kit.I WILL buy more Wing kits.I WILL buy more Seed kits.I WILL buy more IBO kits.I WILL buy X kits (when I'm in the mood for it).
>>23503806A lot of the designs are very good
>>23503806you can't talk to me like that
Chink nigga is complete
>>23503810RG GX or Double X when??
>>23503846that cannon is awesome, but can he hold it?
>>23503846The build experience wasn't very fun compared to star eternal which was mostly smooth
>>23503846This is literally just the Exia with the Avalanche unit skirt
>>23503856Yes but it's quite a pain in the ass to pose. It comes with a little stand to help hold it>>23503868That line is basically just chinkified 00 gundams
>>23503856Another one with the CHING CHONG DESTRUCTIVE CANNON>adds spikes to ur gunpla
>>23503726
>>23503897
>>23503916
>>23503927Love the elongated alien like headThe LED is extremely bright and mostly makes the forehead camera shine, it barely provides light for the eyes
>>23503897>>23503916>>23503927This looks more like naruto than a hyaku shiki
>>23503890Bonus
>>23503897>>23503916>>23503927>>23503946Man, this guy is looking so good. Is the metal inner frame as tight as underage pussy?
>>23503946Pretty good so far
Bought these on a whim, they dry into a dull metallic look so they're good for detailing internal mechanics.
>>23503981>Ultra Fine Tip>0.7mmLOLLMAO, even.
>>23503956it is not a full metal inner frame, only certain section are made of diecast to help provide stability and even so, the legs do like the split open a bit alreadybet it will be worse in the FA configuration
>>23503987That's ultra fine by fat US normie standards
>>23503956
>>23503890>>23503846What kit is this?
>>23504056Iron toys star fall
Is there a spray booth that doesn't need to connect to a window or anything like that? My current setup is decent in terms of ventilation and I have a respirator and normal fan so fumes aren't really a problem, but I'd like to have a clean and well-lit area to paint in, especially something like a lightbox. Thought about getting some magnifiers with a light like the dude from Toy Story but I figure having an area at least partially isolated from dust would be helpful too. Any recommendations?
*fixing Bandai's mistake on your path*
>>23503764Ummm ackshually the P-Bandai Moon Gundam comes with a 1/144 version
there a good repository for gunpla STL/3D printer files or am i gonna have to go digging through cults?
>>23504147Depends what you need. I have a lot of files if you're looking for anything in particular.
This is really good except the overdesigned top right
If I want to prime my gunpla, it doesn't HAVE to be specific brands made for model kits, right? The typical every day primer you can find a typical hardware shop should work just fine as long as they say the same thing like say acrylic and they specific plastic being a material they can use on?
>>23504165I'll also remove the weird ball thing at the back. But yeah, overall, solid design fundamentally. God damn, I initially got into gunpla purely because I want to get a kit of mecha I like from the shows, but now I'm really tempted to buy kits just because they look good.
>>23504138>1/144discarded
>>23503726Finishing chipping on the xn-unit after gym
>>23503897>>23503916>>23503927Is the gold surface right out of the box? You didnt spray any top coat on it? It's a pretty nice gold for right out of box, not too glossy. Do you plan to spray a topcoat on it after you put on decals, because it looks like it would look good enough with decals put on and no topcoat.
>>23503946>>23503927>>23503916>>23503897please feed your gunpla properly he looks too anemic
how do i make myself stop adding to my backlog?
>>23504187>the weird ball thingThat's the cockpit. Code Geass style
>>23504162you wouldn't happen to have anything for the Wing Zero EW Ver.Ka, would you? mainly just wanna be able to fix broken or fucked-up parts without having to go shopping
>>23504206I do not, unfortunately. Most of my files are odds and ends like replacement polycaps and such.
>>23504214all good, thanks for checking
>>23504202For every kit that you buy, give one that you already have to Goodwill.
>>23504218I second this. It's how I got this schuzrum-gallus for 17 dollars.
>>23500947Kondo af, I love it.
>>23504107if you can do it on outsideif you cant work with a exaustor to lead the air to a window i think you would need a lot of reflow and filters, i have never heard of such thing
>>23504177Yes but test it first to see if it's too thick
>>23504235Noted, thanks.
>>23504165>top rightwat the fuck I am looking at
Why's there no FM of these kits yet?The body is STICK, no inner frame required, so it's a perfect candidate
>>23504248>we want the bayformers crowdThe Chinese LOVE Bayformers. They love it so much they got PacRim 2 to go Bayformers style.
>>23504251They seem more like mobile armor/ suits for frame arms girls.
>>23504258Their idea of "cool" is very childish. they can't appreciate simplicity and absent of things.
>>23504227I'm purely asking for purposes of getting a clean working area with convenient lighting, because right now the overhead ceiling lighting isn't enough and I don't want to prop up a flashlight or some shit when something less ghetto is an option. A fan would be nice to help with drying/dust but as far as safety goes I'm all set.
>>23504261also lines up with strike freedom easily being the chink favorite. and the SEA favorite. I think the tasteless use of gold just activates something in their bug brains.
>>23503846Chinkstrea with the body of Exia.
Bandai give me an MG of this and my life is yours!
>>23504199I'm not painting anything in this kit, just panel lining the deep groves mostly in the gold partsthose indeed look nice, but the gold is too reddish, almost orange so it is quite different form the actual Hyakushikithere is also the fact that the plastic they used is odd, as even spray paint does not want to stick to it so I won't even botherI may apply a few decals (it comes with a large sheet of water slide decals too) but they are the usual ver ka autistic smallpox style of warning signs and they are mostly red, so I don't know if they will actually even be visible with the kind of gold color they used. In that case I will just use a bit of decal softener, no topcoat at all
>>23504315>the plastic they used is oddWhat kind is it ? If it's neither ABS or PS you need multiprimer
>>23504318It's made of asbestos and fiberglass.
I wondering how different color panel lining would look on other kits. Like a florescent green on Sazabi. I saw a pink/red panel line on a Vidar that looked neat.
>>23504304I think you mean RG.
>>23504222Chang singlehandedly resurrecting kondo skirts
>>23504315can you post the water slide sheet? can't find pics of it online
>>23504258So the Changs really love their eyes being assaulted by endless greeble, spikes, and gaudy colors. Noted.
>>23504338
>>23504432>no Delta Kai symboloh Zhangalways so close yet always so far
>>23504284I used a head mounted light that I use when walking the dog tonight and it went pretty well, but would be terrible in heat from all the stuff on my head.
>>23503810>I WILL buy X kits (when I'm in the mood for it).I started watching X last week and i came across a good "never ever" in just the prologue. Really wish the show wasn't a failure in Bandai's eyes because it's been enjoyable so far and some of the mecha designs are funky but in a good way.
Anon who has been out of the hobby for 20 years here, the stuff Ive been splurging on has started showing up. Wanted to thank you guys again for your recommendations.Zeta Ver.Ka was out of stock but they had this instead, its basically the same thing yeah? Going to start on that one to see if I even remember how to build these things. I'll post again when its completed.
Customs is so nice, they even went to the trouble of snipping all these parts off the the runners for me :)
>>23503953>>23503559Just hit up your local department store's cosmetic section. Or some daiso type of rando dollar goods store.
>>23504704did they seriously open up the package and took the parts off the runner?
>>23504704This is the inciting incident of a modern day Unabomber.
>>23504751Customs people love plamo but can't afford them, so they mess with other people's purchases instead. Very sad.
What's the best way of painting small parts like these? I'm thinking maybe some blue tack on a popsicle stick?
>>23504821i was able to get most of them on alligator clips, with blue tack on the ones that felt like they could easily fly off. I ran the bottom end of the alligator clip through those parts that are the sort of hinge part on the ankle and then held in place with a small amount of tack
>>23504821I use a combination of bluetack+toothpick or masking tape and a skewer, though sometimes I just find a small enough hole and stick a toothpick through that
>>23504751they must have opened it up at least, because none of these parts were on the runners, or even in the bags their runners were in. They were in a smaller separate sandwich baggy.
>>23504821>What's the best way of painting small parts like these?very carefully attach it with CA glue to some kind of handle, wire, bamboo skewer so it can be held while painting
>>23504859My clips are too big for the small nub ones to where they would cover up parts that need to be painted.>>23504867I really should have some toothpicks around as that does sound a bit easier.Going through the manual right now to make sure I'm not coving up a visible spot. Will end up trying this tomorrow.
>>23504901even a small amount of bluetack should be enough, just gotta press the part down enough so it doesn't flop around
>>23504911I'm planning on trimming that a bit (was feeling lazy but wanted to finish prepping before bed), but also staying fully secure is important to me since I paint in a garage that will be hard to find dropped things in.
>>23504248>wat the fuck I am looking atYou're lookin' at a WARRIOR OF GAWD!!!
W40Kbros is this it? A dead hobby?
I don't care, fuck off.
>>23505000this hobby already had enough loony troons running about before warhammerfags got interested
>>23505000No as he picked an early 2000s HG to judge Gunpla on.
>>23505000They call gunpla a hobby aimed at lego fans who don't want to have to paint their models.
>>23505032they're right.fuck painting.faggot ass activity.
>>23503726I mixed some paint for the HIV Gundam. I sprayed a metallic blue base then a clear purple mix on top. In normal or low light, it's a deep purple and with a flash or in bright light it turns a deep blue. The funnel decals won't match anymore so I'm deciding whether I want to try masking and airbrushing the gradient on. I've never attempted anything like this with two coats and chances are it won't turn out great. The main white parts are going to be a pearl white.
>>23505056People who dont paint are gayer than people who do. Youre autistic AND have less skill than a woman or child
>>23505082what's the color of your nails, faggot?
wondering about all the different Gunpla we could've had by now if 30MM had never existed
When will we get a kit of the Chang Deathscythe?
>>23505113I dont paint my nails, snaptard. How many bare plastic toys do you have on your Chris Chan shelf?
>>23505145overdesigned
wondering about all the different MG we could've had by now if RG had never existed
>>23505000I saw that video and was very disappointed. They picked an old kit to compare warhammer against, and got all high and mighty about the "judgemental" gunpla community when>Gunpla is freedomI wonder if they were worried that glazing bandai too much would turn away deeply enfranchised warhammer super fans.
>>23505187To be fair, you should never, under any circumstance, glaze Bandai. They could be the sole provider of fresh water on the planet and it'd still be morally right to gun down their employees.
>>23505187fags paid $80 for a 24yo HGI WANT to believe they did this on purpose to make gunpla look bad, they CAN'T be this retarded
>>23505195as a company? I don't really know that much about them. But I think they have good products, and the prices are much more reasonable that the absolutely batshit prices that games workshop charges.>>23505205it's in line with warhammer prices so they probably were that retarded>92 USD for a reprint of a 1999 kit
>>23504821put skewers on the female pegs . you can also put them on mounting tape with a popsicle stick at the back to paint the smaller parts. make sure you stick it on unexposed areas.
>>23505195Bandai is nowhere NEAR as evil as the average western hobby corpBesides GW's obscene price gouging, I play magic and the shit WotC pulls on a regular basis would have Bandai getting kyoani'd
>>23505000These guys are better than 99.9% of gunpla builders
>>23504734I'll ask them about that as I politely request for a free handful of sponges, specifying that they're for building robots.
>>23505254single color paintnail art stampsa few white edge highlightsand a lazy glow effect blast on the eye
>>23505232MTG is quite popular in Japan, so whatever jewish practice WotC is pulling, they're probably used to it. Japs don't mind p-bandai shit because it's catered to them specifically and most of these actually end up on hobby shops anyway.
>>23505254I still prefer armor model style over minature style painting
Turns out I didn't actually hate Quess at all. Are there any decent kits for the stuff she piloted? Or is her Jagd Doga literally my only viable option? Has it held up well?>her version is cheaper than Gyunei's>her red version would just look like a Char variant, especially when standing next to all of Char's mobile suits or even just the SazabiWhat the fuckAm I better off just getting a Miku figure or something
>>23505319The HG Hobby Hi-Zack is cute.
>>23505319Daban turned the RE/100 Jagd Doga into a proper MG with their 88xx line. Heard it was good.
>>23505073What do you call those cardboard boxes you put your skewers with alligator clips into for painting? I want to buy one but have no idea how they're called.
>>23505393cardboard boxes
>>23505395Thanks bro
>>23505400
>>23505319Quess' English VA made me hate her more than I should of. That's par for the course when it comes to English dubbing VAs.
>>23505393GJJC20B 1 Piece Model Painting Clips Set Cardboard Base 25pcs Alligator Clips Bamboo Sticks Set
>dub
>>23505393You can get ones from hobby supply manufactures and they'll be called paint bases, or you can probably go into a pet supply store and see if they've got cat scratching cardboard if you needed a big one.
>>23505410I wish I had stores for this kind of stuff in my area. Closest "hobby shop" is a 3 hour drive and from the pics online they have a wall of funkopops, a wall of pokemon cards, and then just a bunch of marvel slop merch filling out the rest of the store.
>>23505428what is e-commerce?
>>23505372Oh, so that's what Gyunei was piloting. Was Quess in one during training? I can't remember.>Gundam Base exclusiveAh>>23505386I didn't know there was a RE/100 or a bootleg, nice!>>23505404You know what, I think I watched it dubbed as a kid as well (from knowing the vague plot of 0079 and Zeta). That might have been fucking why! Was literally surprised how transparent she was, probably a bit annoying irl but she was just a kid and a newtype, nothing was really surprising about her other than the fact that she still cared.
>>23505436Fairly certain Quess pilots it briefly too. He's a little pricy for what you're getting, but it's a niche kit so that's to be expected.
>>235054433500... might be better off waiting for years to see if I or anyone in Japan comes across it>it was 3080 yen upon releaseHoly shit, 3300-3500 really isn't that much of an upcharge, it's just an expensive custom Hi-Zack but aside from shipping costs I'm actually not getting destroyed.>actually has mediocre but existent 2023 level articulation despite its bulkHoly shit>N0HTYYeah, naughty that this wasn't a mainline release, even though no one would buy it
>>23505319didn't she only piloted the Aizeru and the Jagd Doga? you don't have much of a choice anyway.
>>23505410you'll never catch me use household items for gunpla. i rather buy Gunprimer Raser than use a manicure stick, for example.
>>23505434Annoying, looking up cardboard painting base just resulted in a lot of "how to paint cardboard" results. It'd be nice to just have a local shop with all the supplies l'd need. So I dont have to wait 1~2 weeks for my thing to then arrive.
>>23505489I love using hardware store primer and craft paints on gunpla
>>23505476The Hizack Custom uses the same general molding. It's a very good kit. Highly recommend sometime getting either of them.
>>23505516Seeing a pretty obvious nub on that MG's bazooka.
>>23505254Looks like more effort went into the base.
>>23505531So? There are people who don't care about those (or decals, panel lining, etc.).Also, I doubt that is an MG.
>>23505531Are you blind? That is definitely not an MG, if you are referring to the bigger one.
>>23505542Just saying, sometimes we're too close to something and miss stuff like that. If it doesn't bother you that's fine too. Looks like the smaller one is the RG 2.0, figured the bigger one was an MG, maybe 3.0, but there are so many RX-78-2s I could be mistaken on one or both.
>>23505549I think the bigger one is the PGU. The smaller one looks like the RG 2.0 in 1/100.
>>23505497brah, just use a regular box, poke small holes to stick the sticks into them. It ain't rocket science. Or you know, just get a styrofoam box from whatever packaging you have.
>>23505564I got a pack of 5 18"x10"x1" "cat scratch boards" for $8. It wasn't too hard to find once I knew what they were called.
god fucking dammit, I bought the base kit of this in 2022 when it came out, bought a bunch of resin upgrade parts to turn it into the track version only for THIS to come out, I havent even touched my kit yet, i wasted so much money
>>23505563That is PGU? I thought it doesn't come with a bazooka.
>>23505577its third party
>>23505578Where are those shoulder guns from?
>>23505575always expect Tamiya to launch a variant of a kit whenever they release a new mould kit at least they don't lock this behind a p-bandai equivalent
>>23505509I didn't know that existed either, the regular Hizack looked a bit aged and dinky.>P-BandaiFUCK.
>>23505579limited run resin kit, I think you can still buy the STLs
>>23505584Almost everything cool of the past 10 years is P-Bandai, just get used to it.
>>23504107you could ventilate the spray booth directly into a bucket. Barbatos Rex has a few videos on this topic, they might be useful for your situation
>>23505558awooga
>>23505618I just want one because they make a better painting area than a table with a canvas dropcloth over it, and either come with lighting or can easily have some set up. The ventilation is a bonus.Basically just looking for something like a lightbox except designed as a space for painting.
Anyone work with Alclad II before?Anons were talking about pearlescent paint for Dunbine's carapace texture got me thinking about trying out a pearlescent paint on my MG Turn-X's armor sections. Alclad II has a Holomatic Spectral-Chrome, anyone ever used it before or know a good pearlescent paint to try?
>>23505000>2002 HG>"It's ok, I don't see all the fuse, is flimsy, has lots of moldlines and some pieces pop when you play with it"Motherfrickers
>>23505145we already have a rousette deathscythe
Anyone tried lacquers on PVC? Would it eat through it or be fine?
>>23505674The torso and shoulders look like a gremlin's head
>>23505727kinography...
>>23503726Thicc boy was a nice build. Now I'm going to pull him apart and cut him up for spare parts.
>>23504621X is full of excellent designs that would all have gotten kits already if it aired in the US.Virsago and Bertigo alone are better than 99% of all other designs.
>>23505741Yeah, if they immediately followed up airing Wing with X it'd probably have tons of kits by now.
>>23505642like what the anon said on the previous thread, Spectral Chrome is very grainy, so avoid it if you want a smoother look. like any other Alclad high-finish, it requires a glossy black basecoat. other alternatives are Maziora color shifting paints, or if you're budget-conscious, Armored Komodo chromaflairs.http://www.showup.jp/mazioraE.html
>>23505741>BertigoI really dig that one. It looks like the lovechild of the Qubeley and Sazabi in the best possible way.
>>23505762Yeah I'd definitely want the least grainy one, so I'll give Maziora or Armored Komodo a try the one in your pic looks really smooth. Any idea how it plays with other high finishes?I was thinking about maybe spraying it over a chrome or gold. So like gloss black primer/alclad chrome/ then holo on top of that for the rainbow effect.
>>23505781watch this on how to use the armored komodo one. it's kind of a complicated process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHOI69B66NE Maziora is straightforward, just pour into the airbrush and spray it! they even offer spraycans if you don't have an airbrush.
>>23505781also, the resulting color depends greatly depending on the base coat color used. the parts on >>23505762 are painted with the same pigment, but with different base coats (top one has white basecoat, while bottom one uses black basecoat). i haven't tried using it on top of chrome or gold. it may work, but the resulting color might be different from the one intended.
>>23505803I have an airbrush and a compressor, just lack a booth right now, but I'll be trying to fix that next month or so.I see what you mean, having to apply the pigments themselves but the results are incredible, at least in that video.
what mech is this?
>>23505885Woundwort
>>23505618I'm pretty sure the bucket method doesn't work for lacquers without adding a carbon filter and changing it semi often. VOCs don't dissolve in water even if the smells added to detect them do.
>>23505000GW fagass mouthbreathers really like non stop assrape
BANDAI WHEN ARE YOU REPRINTING THE MG QUBELEY MK II. I AM TIRED OF THESE HGs.
>finally get all the Grosser Hund's cables in place (the thin ones on his arms)>turns out the peg his upper body rests on is utterly useless and can't support its weight>he collapses and I'm going to have to do the cable management all over againMy fault for not gluing that the way I've had to glue everything else on this guy. Maybe the Artpla version won't make me want to kill myself.
>>23505476>20 bucks>HOLY SHIT EXPENSIVE.
>>23505933btw did anyone got that HG chang Qubeley that's super cheap on Ali rn? I'm tempted to get it but if it's gaogao tier I'm dropping the idea
Any of you guys use a magnifier like this? Feel like it might make detailing small parts easier on the eye.
>>235059441/120?
>>23505946I think it's standard 1/144, I know it's HG
>>23505948just buy the 1/120 dude
>>23505945i have one. i don't use the magnifier often (i mostly just use it as a workbench light) but it's useful to have when you want it
>>23505950naw
>>23505950I hate how chang always overdoes everything, that's going to look like shit next to either an MG Zeta Ver.Ka or a HG Zeta.
>>23505936it's a model kit, you're supposed to glue itartpla kits aren't snapfit either
>>23505950LOL
>>23505952I use a headlamp currently for auxiliary lighting but I should probably just get a desk lamp. Might be nice to have the magnifier as an option for when I do want one though. I'll look around and see what's available. Thanks.
>>23505962mine was £25 with free shipping on ali with one of those coupons they give you when a sale event is on. it's £32 now https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006826413186.html
>>23505959I've just been spoiled by Bandai and Kotobukiya, I guess.
>>23505967>>23505959Also it's more that I'm dreading having to fuck with those cables again. It's really cool how you get multiple types of material to work with, though. And the Hund is just cute. I can't stay mad at him.
>>23505952I use the magnifier extensively especially when using a hobby knife, scribing and hand painting.
>>23505945I had one, but I gave it to my mom because the magnification wasn't quite enough for some small parts. However, it's not like you can get a higher magnification with a singular lens so I may end up buying another one for myself.
>>23505996you can get ones with 2 lenses like mine >>23505952
>>23506023>>23505994>>23505996What magnification would you say you use most often? 5x? There are some that are for example 2x, 5x, 10x and some with only a small loop in the higher magnification, like 10x or 20x.
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>>23505936Anon, why are you building a Ma.K without cement?
>>23505936>Maybe the Artpla version won't make me want to kill myself.Boy i have some news for you.
>>23506048I don't know if I necessarily trust the magnification that the chinese are listing. If that 20x was legitimately a 20 times magnification I would get one. Some of these small parts when I'm working with are becoming a pain in the ass to focus on.
>>23505687PVC is very uncommon in plamo
>>23506078most koto girlpla have pvc hands>>23505687you need multiprimer
Come, and be swayed.
>>23506108I'd only ever buy MGSD if it's a zeek suit like Zaku or Dom or if it's RX-78 just because I don't own any version yet.
>>23506117pgexsd gogg
>>23503726Progress on the Bootleg Sword. Build is kind of annoying.
>>23506108I think I'd consider getting MGSDs if they make super robots. Too used to scale models to buy mobile suits.
>>23506117The Zaku will by hype
>>23505256Ive done it asking for a roll of nail decal's when I learned they work on gunpla. They will most likley be asian so they will understand
>>23506121What chang kit is that?
>>23505504Rust-Oleum paint+primer actually works really well.
>>23506120They’d sell 6billions.
How would you combine these?
>>23506192I wouldn't
>>23506192What for?
>>23506192No?
>>23506192they're basically the same shit already
>>23505885
>>23505945you people are so old
>>23506209scale model building is an old man's hobby
>>23506171Frozen Metal The Tyrant Sword I believe. Mofio has it, they actually have tons of other chinaman kits too. Hit and miss on the design's
>>23506206It's wrong.
>>23506192I'd probably just add the wing binders, gun, and side skirt armor to the Re-GZ and call it at that.
>>23506211going to stop going to the gym and pray that my eyesight and posture get really bad so i can become a more authentic modeler
>>23506212Oh it’s the Fujita Zeta they botched
>>23506209Hours of focusing on small parts can cause some eye strain no matter how old you are. Good lighting and some magnification can go a long way to alleviate that.
Feesh
is this fixed https://x.com/porikan_/status/1964700571996504117?t=98Bxcy9OkpY3pEeMftjWvQ&s=19https://x.com/RELLIK_REDRUM/status/1911364590618685851?t=98Bxcy9OkpY3pEeMftjWvQ&s=19
>>23506233I like the graze feet but they look too small on it
>>23506231Holy kino. 3D printed?
>>23506233Actually pretty cool, yeah
>>23505762>MazioraIs it lacquer ? Can I thin it with the regular mr color levelling/rapid thinners ?
>>23506192Add red
>>23504821for the ones where the inner side doesn't need to be painted (like hand covers) I use double sided tape on a small piece of cardboard
>>23505741>>23505746X kits were being sold in America right next to Wing, so it is kind of odd they never did try.
>>23505767I’d kill for a Bertigo
>>23506175For years I swore by airbrush primers, but hardware store cans have come a really long way and are honestly really good. I like that it's easy to get colored primers for just a few dollars. Most hobby primers have been only black/grey/white unless they cost an absolute fortune.
>>23505262>single color paintBro mixes it from two shades of brown at a 50/50 ratio in the video and then did edge highlighting and a wash on the armor>nail art stampsIf you mean the Tau logos they may be decals, but considering they're added in the step where they handpaint all the red markings on there it's probably hand painted too.>a few white edge highlightsCovering pretty much the entire model isn't "a few">lazy glow effect Still more work that's put in than most of what you see in these threads.Regardless even though it looks fine here I feel that mini painting techniques don't work all the time when painting Gunpla. You really need to be careful when doing edge highlights to not make them too thick or else you'll get that cel shaded look.
>>23506347>they announce a Bertigo kit>P-Bandai only>it's the same scale as Gundam Breaker Mobile's
>>23505122considering the option parts, a few UC and some wingmaybe some of the recent would have given us more IBO and gquack
>>23505122Honestly, you lost some small HGs and that's about it. 30MM don't have many original molds, they shit out 2 recolors and 1 monochromatic expansion set every 6 months or so.
>>23506421The combination of all 3 major 30 Minutes lines is the problem, 30MM alone isn't much. Coincidentally, the amount of 1/100 scaled models started to fizzle out when 30ML got greenlit in the span of 6 years.
>>23505945I have >>23505952, the light is great but the magnifying is not good enough to work on small parts. Still nice to have
>>23506450>popular thing is bad because it's not what I personally want
>>2350653730mm anything shelfwarm hard where I live
>>23506542And where is that
>>23506561Wisconsin local Hobby Lobby
>>23506561Your moms house
>>23506530maybe the small parts i've worked with aren't as small as what you guys are talking about but i find the magnification on the big one good enough like 90% of the time and almost never use the higher magnification lens. i do find i have to take my glasses of to focus properly through it though, i can see just fine through with my glasses on but it feels like my eyes are straining whereas it doesn't if i take them off
In my european neck of the woods 30MM models seem to sell ok, but nobody touches most of the option partsA small minority is extremely vocal about ACs on the stores pages but I always see it shelfwarm30MF and class up dlc are a pretty big hit though
>>23506251Probably something he printed for the next WonderFesthttps://x.com/kaerutarouko/status/1964526556887601557
i purchased an hg psycho mk 2 because i negotiated myself into thinking that it probably wouldn't be reprinted for years
>>23506614It might. Bandai has a habit of discontinuing overly large kits beside Perfect Grade.
>>23506570they really do just look like shittier bionicles
>>23506341They DID try. Williams Street (Cartoon Network/Adult Swim) TRIED to buy the rights to air Gundam X but Sunrise refused to sell it to them. It wasn't even about the price, they simply refused to negotiate. Don't blame America for this blunder
>>23506662Because Sunrise sold the liscence of the 79 series instead. They were desperate to revive UC, hoping the new American fans will pay more attention to it.
>>2350654230MM has a weird popularity, in a way that they are something dirt cheap and for gundamfags who want to take a break to try something new. The novelty wears out really fast, though.
>>23506672Them all having such similar builds makes them lose their appeal quickly.
>>23506673To be fair, even gunpla feels the same after a good amount of kits got built. However, 30MM's aesthetic is just a trypophobia inducing mess. They don't look coherent and don't have a necessary "weight" a mecha design should have.
I use a 30MM alto as an abused test subject for when I want to experiment with something be it paint related or some other thing I want to trycurrently its probably stomped into the floor of my garage
My kitbash doesn't mesh wellI'm retiring from the groupbuildGrant me the gift of death
>>23506078What >>23506079 said, Koto girl kit that I'm using for my build but had some materials I've never worked with. PVC and POM.>>23506079>you need multiprimerWould the lacquer primers I'm using not work? Does PVC have similar properties to ABS? I've used my lacquer primer on ABS before and it's been fine when you do light coats. Any suggested brands if I have to go down the road of multiprimer?
>>23506622tell me how often do perfect grades cycle around before i do the same thing with one of those
>>23506450You retards come up with 9 different things that apparently caused 1/100 kits to release less often. Maybe they stopped making as many because it causes more to produce, takes more time to produce, takes up more retail estate and doesn't bring in as much profit. The retail space alone is huge because in the primary market for Bandai, Japan, shelf real estate is a huge premium.
>>2350662930MM kits look awful snap built but there's a lot of really good customs out there.
>>23506698that's a good use of the royroy legs i should do that
I just finished the Qubeley, not Bad at all but it's really hard to pose w/o an action base.
>>23506818They could still maybe reprint some, but proportional to their average sales for those kits instead of just suddenly not reprinting kits for over a decade
>>23506818>it's EVERYONE's fault but Bandai'sGo suck a nigger dick.
tried oil washes the first time.>I used odorless mineral spirits for thinner>need to strip some plamo now because unmixed wash stained pretty hard>I should have set up the air filter and opened windows + fans but it's so god damn>my shitty air quality monitor isn't detecting much TVOC so maybe it's OKDid I use the right thinner for this? Cleaning up was annoying but the trick of spraying oil on my hands then using dish soap worked. I feel like shit and I don't know if it's heat + dehydration or if I just poisoned myself breathing in that thinner.
it may have been the weakest gcucks build so far, but at least I finally have my favorite gyaku ryona bait gay dogboy's mobile suit!
faggot
>>23506937Anel sex with another man
>>23504651>>23503726This kit was a lot more difficult than I expected, never built one that required cement before, but it was good practice. Guess I should try painting it next. Should probably have done that before putting it together / gluing it up. Guess thats a lesson I needed to learn.
>>23506961huh, what why?
>>23506961 Sunward always pulls through
>>23506961what do most of these refer to? Are the regular lacquers safe?
>>23506961I hate this gay country so fucking much.
>>23506960Most TV accurate Zeta before the Zeta ver Ka molding wise iirc.
>>23506968From that list, the most notable ones are all primers, both can and jar, are banned, and so is the regular thinner.
>>23506855They reprint plenty of MGs every single month. They reprinted 7 this month, 18 in August & 24 in July. There's hundreds of kits at every scale that don't get regular reprints.
>>23507013at least i have enough to last me maybe a year and probably longer if i cheap out and only use it under colors that need a white/grey base
>>23506961lol they aren't even allowed to own paint anymore
>>23507063This has been happening and will continue to happen in more and more countries as time goes on. Paint companies are going to have to come up with new solutions whether they like it or not. It's why Creos have been working on the Acrysion line so much recently.
>>23507087I should just move to the Japanese countryside, buy a cheap house, and become the neighborhood creepy gaijin that never steps foot outside. I'd be doing a public service as the local boogeyman to scare the kids straight.
>>23507096Time to buy an Akiya and fuck off from society, except to buy gunpla/plamo I guess.
>>23507096There’s no kids left in the Japanese countryside ..
>>23506961holy fuck Leafbros.... time to hoard paints like it's covid era again
>>23507151People in the first world don't have this issue
>>23507013This is the primer I get from sunward
>>23506789no, pvc is resistant to lacquer thinners and as such the paint or surfacer won't chemically bond to the surface so you need multiprimer to make it stick properly. you don't need multiprimer for abs because lacquer thinners dissolve styrenes (i.e. ps and abs) and chemically bond to the surface
>>23507117Would the villagers sacrifice a qt to the gaijin boogeyman though?
>>23507162There’s plenty of plap-plap cute, egg barren Gilf widows for Gaijins, yes
>>23506789>>23507161forgot to add brands. my goto is jupwind. hobbymio also does one if you can find it (called hmt-10 rather than multiprimer, i used to be able to find it on aliexpress but can't any more). gaia does one. finishers does one but that's very hard to get outside of japan.i've heard people say that mr hobby and tamiya's metal primers also work but i'm only going off hearsay for those because they're not marketed as a multiprimer in the same way as the others
>>23506929Why aren't you in shorts like usual
>>23507156It's more like 3rd world countries, America & Japan don't have this issue.
>>23507165I will take them.
>>23507156I had no say in my country becoming the way it is. One day it's "America lite", the next day my entire neighborhood smells like ass and curry.
>>23506818>The retail space alone is huge because in the primary market for Bandai, Japan, shelf real estate is a huge premium.Yeah the MG takes so much shelf spaces so let's replace those MG boxes and flood the shelves with these invasive trashes. It is such a fair trade, we lost 1/100 stuff but we got dollarstore Hexagear now!
>>23506883Is your boyfriend available?
>>23506961Sunward said the only GX paints being banned are the silvers and rough gold. Losing the surfacers really sucks. Are there even any other compareably affordable lacquer primer/surfacers>>23507214blame the gay race communism that people kept saying wasn't happening lol.
>>23507214Okay just move to america then
>>23507265Thinking of moving to france
Does anybody have a china source on some of the older or less popular designs bandai doesn't care about? I'm looking for grunt suits from victory, f91, crossbone etc.Or basically any ZAFT suits. Can't get a lead on officials that aren't hundreds of USD and I'm not ethically opposed to buying china-cast
anyone in the US order from surugaya since de minimis ended? how much of a tariff did you have to pay?
>>23507279you're better off trying the states. i don't think anywhere in europe would be much better
>>23507303Fuck off we're full
>>23507283If you are looking for ZAFT grunts, there are several Pbandai Blaze Zaku Phantom.
>>23507283china doesn't actually have infinite bootlegs. lots of old shit just doesn't have one. Lots of modern shit doesn't either, but especially the weirder older stuff you want?Tthey don't have F91 grunts from 30 years ago nor did they bother with most SEED kits from 20 years ago either. There's a smattering of stuff but the real rise of the chink injection mold bootleg has been in the past 5-10 years.
>>23506937yeah>>23507169pjs felt more comfy idksome anon also gets upset bc of the scars, and the thread should focus on gunpla and not the people behind the posts
anything special about painting acrylics on resin? or can I treat it as plastic and go the usual primer+paint+coat
dogs!
I think the real reason we don't get more 1/100 kits is because they don't sell as well as 1/144 kits.>>23507351cast resin or 3d printer resin? the former can be porous and needs a good primer, while the latter can have print lines show up through painting if it was printed with bad settings
>>23507371I think cast, those little figures you can get on aliAlso is this so hard than you can't cut it with a hobby knife?
>>23507234Yeah, that's what Bandai thinks, can't be helped, the Japanese prefer 1/144 over 1/100 for many reasons.
>>23507390small hands
>>23507234As someone who worked in retail, cheaper shits are far more profitable. You can get away with fleecing customers with something that costs 80c at $2 but the profit margin shrinks the more expensive it is, not to mention people tend to buy cheaper stuff in general.
>>23507393It isn't only that but also space, price and time, or that's what I have seen and heard on the JP model building communities.
>>23507388There a lot of kinds of resin, but the kinds I've seen for cast figures are hard and brittle. Easy to sand, but the dust from sanding is very bad to breath in, unless you love having microplastics in you. A technique I used for cast resin in the past was to fill my sink with water then hold the figure and files under the water. Putting water on sanding sponges can work too.>>23507390It's nice when everything is the same scale. Looks better on the shelf and is easier to kitbash.
>>23507397It is an equal trade. Big expensive kits allow you to work less. Cheap shit kits require you to work more. Profittable or not is up to what your store panders to. Kinda like how gacha games operate, they don't pander to poorfags.
>>23507284I didnt have to pay anything, suruga-ya marked it as a 'claw machine prize'
I wish Bandai make a revival HG for Bawoo with RE100's proportion. The old HG looks too skinny.
>>23507487it's a stupid design anyway hurr duur pantsformation
I was browsing tools and found this. I've never done scribing before and I'm curiousHow exactly do you use these? Do you put them by the panel lines, or cut through them, or what?
>>23507502What kind of person uses this shit? >motivated enough to do scribing>too lazy to measure and cut
>>23507502looks like it's just precut pieces. honestly wouldn't mind this. the roll i have right now needs to be cut and there's a strip over the adhesive side so it gets a little tedious
I own a scribing stencil
I own a ton of scribing tape I never use
>>23507509>>23507543What does the actual mechanical use of those look like? I know fuckall about scribing and I'm trying to picture it
>>23507570you stick it where you want the line and it guides the scribe to make a straight line
>>23507570it's just little pieces of tape you put on a part to provide an edge to guide your scribing tool. I guess gunprimer is just selling to fags too lazy to cut their own tape, doesn't seem particularly expensive at least.
>>23503726That feel when you discover a paint issue when assembling. I for some reason thought that was the back of the piece only on 1 side and clipped it there...On the other hand, painting the gold/silver highlights in general was very worth it so far.
>>23506283mostly lacquer, but if the product requires a hardener, it's certainly polyurethane.http://www.showup.jp/images/Eg/2025Eg.pdf (page 4 and 5)
>>23507670Thanks
>>23506372>Bertigoand it's RE/100
>>23507675Based if true.
>>23503718Could someone help me figure out what a model kit I saw is? It was a mecha musume kit, pretty evenly square box. You could put the girl inside of a red spider-ish mecha kinda like the ones from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The girl herself wasn't exactly a Loli but had large thighs and tits, she looked more like a midget than anything. The design was honestly kind of ugly so I didn't buy it, I just want to find whatever brand it was since I've never seen it.(reposted from last thread)
Do you test fit your kits before painting? On one hand>confirm where you want to shade>easiest way to deal with seams>can tell what isn't visible and can be skippedOn the other>lot of extra time and effort, especially if you weren't assembling it as you went along>much easier to break or gouge when disassembling
>>23507735I always test fit before building. Helps me visualize how I'll do my shadings and highlights, and for those rare instance where I wanna add some panel line. Also snap fitting helps me figure out how to tackle tricky welds
>>23507735I just look at the boxart and visualize what I want in relation to the pieces.
>>23507693closest i can think of is ATK girl Arachne. but she's not exactly red like what you described.
>>23507735Sometimes I'll put the pieces together but I don't try to snap them completely so I don't do the break or gouge part
Trying to kitbash these two together. Advice or ideas for attaching the torso to the waist? Any sort of swivel would be nice but I will live with a static frontward facing pose.
>>23507735>snapshit the kit>paint the whole assembly with primer>check for obvious imperfections and fix it there>disassemble the kit>you can disregard the unprimed parts since it won't show up after building.
>>23507773Cut the double pegs off. Drill a hole then glue a replacement singular peg on.
>>23507786You're a bloody God mate.
>>23503726Been unmotivated for a few days. I finished the build and paint on the kampfer. Just need to finish its equipment now. I decided to go for a close to canon appearance. The base model kit is way off with the colors that aren't blue.This gloss shit is just a fingerprint magnet. Anyone got tips for cleaning it without damaging the paint? It's aqueous hobby color so I think alcohol would damage it,
>>23507735Im usually visualizing and deciding the paint job as i snap. Its -oh i like this/dont like it kinda deal. Doesn't always produce cool paint jobs bet eh its fun either way
>RE100>Has MG runnersI have been bamboozled
>>23507852The Gun-EZ has the MG V's beam rifle too.
Nails ..
>>23503726scribing progress so far. enjoying this more when working on something larger and not greebling as hard than I had been on the HG ZZ. I have some color separation ideas that I think will turn out pretty well
>>23507509real people just wing it. you really won't see the discrepancy, unless you post it straighter than an Okawara lineart.
>>23507752Yeah not quite, it was some odd brand I'd never seen before. And I wanna put emphasis on the weird dwarfism-like proportions since they were probably the standout feature of the girl (and what made the kit kinda ugly)
>>23507855Ngl, i was expecting a giant HG Sinanju's beam rifle. But this is better than i expected.
>piece slips from clip right after painting>catch it by pinning it against a wall, snapping glued pieces off
>>23505393I call them I spent 20 minutes cutting them out of cardboard boxes because I'm a poor.
>>23506981I want the Zeta Ver Ka but its either out of stock or the price is really inflated everywhere Ive looked. But Ive got enough kits to occupy me for awhile. This little ancient 1/144 Zeta looks like its going to be a nightmare to paint, which should be good practice. It has very little parts separation and since it wasn't snapfit and required glue for construction its going to be even harder getting those little details painted.I'm new to painting so this will be fun and probably be a disaster.
>>23503726>>23505073Started painting the white parts.
>>23507857Looks better than most of my attempts.
>>23507852There's some kits I wonder why they haven't made MG's of when they share so many runners with other MG kits
>>23507693do you mean the GTIS Desktop Army?
>>23503726The MDF base of the diorama wasn't sealed on the bottom and is warping and I'm now worried that the project can't be saved. It's been so humid the past few weeks too FUCK I hate it
>>23507968Wasn't actually a GITS kit but it was that brand, it's this one. (definitely misremembered the mech shape)Thank you for helping me figure it out, also people overcharge the shit out of this kit, I found it in stores for a little under 70 and online it's going for 85-120+ for a pre-owned one.
Heard from some reviews that the gatling from the HG G05 is kinda finicky. How bad is it really?
>>23507968>>23507693you mean Desktop Army Nabbit? it pretty much fits every description you described, though the mech doesn't really look spider-ish. it just has many limbs.
>>23508004Yeah that's it, found it right before you posted.Also any idea why desktop army's go for so much online? I found that in stores for considerably less than you'll see online
>>23507948RE100 and FM are 1/100 scaled so the existing MG molds are convienient for Bandai to use on them. However, the problem is that they are still far from becoming an MG, sharing a gun or a few joints is not enough to transit into sharing an actual innerframe.
>>23508036This looks like an MG to me
>>23508004Is there any Fuchikoma kits?
>>23508053You can say that.
>>23508053Looks like a re/100
>>23508072Woooo !!
>>23508072Plamax is making a new one with Makoto inside.
>>23508078What's the differences in appearance?
>keeps using the retooled MG Exia as his baseline constantlyI'm noticing
>>23507166What's the worst case scenario on using a primer that doesn't work? It might be easier to get a metal primer at my local than a multiprimer, so I'm happy to buy it to test it, but I don't know if it'd damage the part or just not work and peel off without damaging anything.
>>23507283Most chinese bootlegs that are worth a shit are either modern p-bandai clones or 3rd party giga detailed kits of niche suit designs (like FAHSK, GP02 or Kshatriya)
>>23508118they really need to update Exia to 2.0 using Virtue's frame. what is more baffling is that they made F91 v2.0 when it was a real hard shelfwarmer
>>23508087Nice Scarlett Johansson model
>>23508118>Exia silhouette with Barbatos armor bits just extra pointy.Something is off here chang.
>>23507857God, I love MKII. That looks great.
>>23508078Any sufficiently prepared RE/100 is indistinguishable from an MG
>>23508036God that red looks so cheap
>>23508321I'd buy that for a dollar
>>23507735>>much easier to break or gouge when disassemblingsnip the wall of the female connections when you're assembling then drip a bit of cement in there when you reassemble after painting>>23508124it'll just peel off>>23508321it won't after you've painted it
>>23508163The DABAN MG Jagd Doga is also nice
Anyone know a kit that comes with a nice longsword in 1/100? The one that comes with the Dunbine MG is kinda lackluster. I was wondering if anyone knew of a nice one I could steal from another kit.
Does the Golden Warrior have a working cockpit hatch gimmick or is it just one solid piece?
>>23508341unironically perfect zeong, though you can also wait for the kaiser greymon figurise, should be long enough for your need
>>23508400>perfect zeongOh, good call. Pricey kit to steal just a sword from but I forgot it had a sword like that. Thanks.
>>23508341MG Perfect Zeong. and good timing. it's getting reprinted next year!
>>23508341vsms daccas
>>23508341This is a situation where you should probably just start learning to scratch build rather than spending hundreds of dollars on another kit just for a sword. Longswords have simple shapes defined by basic geometry, you can make one out of a sheet of plaplate, cement, and a hobby knife with very little skill in very little time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-BK2l0f3nEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaT3GXdr5kM
>>23508406>>23508405I tried to buy one of these from a japanese seller this year for 250 and they cancelled on me. They were doing me a favor it seems.
i think perfect zeong looks retarded
>>23508831I agree, in a roundabout way. It should be red if they want to call it perfect.
>>23508831It's just the wrong one.
>>23508321You're supposed to paint it
>>23508321Changing it from a semi-gloss plastic will go a long way. You could either paint it or just panel line and topcoat it to make it look better.
Pretty excited for the HGUC Hamma Hamma in 7 years
>>23508898>or just panel line and topcoat it to make it look better.This is called longsnapping
>>23508944What you have is called autism
