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-= BIOMECHA GROUPBUILD =-

Build a mecha/cyborg with a visibly biological component integrated into the machine. This can include:
>Mecha that naturally have some sort of organic component to them (Evangelions, Aura Battlers, etc)
>Mecha that have organic elements attached/fused to them, willingly or otherwise
>Cyborgs, androids, and human with mechanical attachments/enhancements (Robocop, Kamen Rider, mecha musume, etc)

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 - 8/12/25
END - 11/30/25

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Post your WIPs!!!!!

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Chinkshit bros we got too cocky....

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>>23560533
bandai a shit

>>23560533
>flex on Bandai by displaying your OC Gundams right next to theirs
>Trump made the American market volatile so Bandai still has to bend the knee
They did it again. Nothing.

told you gaianotes were cringe bruh

>>23560545
i may not like any chinkshit kits, but my chinkshit paint has never failed me

>>23560547
what are some good chinkpaints?

>>23560549
jumpwind

>>23560549
jumpwind. their prime metal line in particular are some of the best metallics i've used, their thinners are just as good as mr hobby, and their multiprimer is just as good as and cheaper than the competition.
i'm also a fan of sunin7's matte clear coat and surfacers, but their normal paints aren't great

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PGU

>>23560559
Didn't knew Academy got into gunpla

ETA on Bandai going full Nintendo?

>>23560563
About 5 years ago.

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Let's say you become John Bandai for a day. What top 5 kits would you will into existence?

>>23560563
waiting for the day where 90% of gunpla releases are P-bandai

>>23560567
mg ver ka g3 saviour
mg doven wolf
re100 msa-120
hg queen mansa
fsrs char

>>23560567
HGAC Aries
HGAC Taurus
PG ZZ with P-Bandai Full Armor expansion
MG G-Self
MG AGE-3

https://p-bandai.com/ca/cont/aboutus?_lc=en
I just noticed they suddenly removed the p-bandai page for Canada.

>>23560567
does not matter
they will be only lottery based for exlcusive pbandai purchases

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>no full armor add on for the Unicorn
>no Banshee
>last release was 3 years ago
Already dead.

>>23560567
HG Geymalk
HG Inle
HG Gadelaza
RG ZZ
RG Ex-S

>>23560567
HGUC Braw Bro and Zakrello
mainline HGFC Spiegel and Nether Gundams
and an SDCS Grendizer

>[Your dream kit] by Bandai-sama
>lottery only
>Japan only
>limited production
>all copies will have tracking devices in them, secretly embedded somewhere to prevent them from leaving Japan
>all attempts to smuggle them will be airstriked by Bandai drones
IMAGINE

>>23560567
PGU Zock
MG Zock
RG Zock
HG Zock (Journey to Jaburo ver.)
HG Zock (Thunderbolt version)

>>23560533
I wish China would make some good designs, I actually want to like them. Fed the fuck up with Bandai. At least I still have Wave, Volks and GSC

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Whatever happened to the anti-snoot anon? he would chop off the snoots off of his zeon kits and cover up that area.

>>23560584
do not circumcise your zakus

>>23560567
I would kill the RG/HG lines.

Why does the USAGS site look like shit

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>>23560567
>rg rick diaz
>hg gqx guntank
>pg gquuuuuux
>gundam artifact to be sold worldwide
>eg hizack

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).

>>23560533
I want the sexo girl Mecha Break kit...

P-Bandai Earth

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>>23559794
Alright hold up. Isn't this the parts to make a Ver Ka Unicorn head? Without the vulcans?

Can't you just plug that shit in instead of the vulcan head parts?

>>23560567
>mg/re100 methuss (i think this is the last of the protagonist side zeta suits without a 1/100)
>mkii/super gundam ver. ka
>re100 char's dijeh
>hg yamashita sazabi/nu
>mg mass production nu
>>23560607
>pg gquuuuuux
i wonder how they would manage to get that leg joint to hold the weight. it works on the HG but I imagine the exponential weight increase would make it harder

>>23560643
>i wonder how they would manage to get that leg joint to hold the weight
there's nothing unique about the joint that would complicate it

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I just got the PG perfect strike in the mail and it's my first perfect grade. I expected it to be big but holy fuck this box is huge holy shit.

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LMAO BASED E2046 HELPING US CUSTOMERS AVOID TARIFFS

INCOMING BUTTHURT REPLY IN 3...2...

>>23560567
Rg Rx-78-2 2.0 clear
Hg Rx-78-2 (super cool version)
Re-100 Rx-78-2
MGEX Rx-78-2
PGU-U Rx-78-2
All sold through Japanese lottery

>>23560525
>pic
Nice

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>>23560567
>PG calamity gundam
>FM lighting buster
>FM psycho gundam
>FM destroy gundam
>PG sword impulse spec2 (the red one)

honestly the calamity is such a cool design I would love to have a 1/60th size PG of it.

psi/distance/nozzle/spraying technique for lacquer-based metallics?

surugaya please im begging you to do another toy & hobby sale. i missed the last one and i NEED more kits in my backlog

>>23560684
12-16, medium-close with a quick drying thinner, 0.2mm, quick passes with short presses

>>23560567
PGU Sazabi
RG Hyaku Shiki
MG Zeong Ver.Ka
RE/100 Hi-Zack Custom
MG Delta Gundam

>>23560710
There is already an MG Hizack, just use that?

>>23560643
>>mkii/super gundam ver. ka
I want a PG G-Defenser to go with the PG MKII. I'm mad the GP01, Seed, and 00 MS all got their addons, but MKII never did.

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>>23560711
They're more different than a Zaku and a Gouf. Scratch building one out of the MG Hi-Zack would be rather challenging.

>>23560567
MG Pharact
MG Fenice
MG Reborns Gundam
MG Seravee
MGSD 00 QAN[t]

I want to extinguish the light of those who wish for mg

>>23560741
You will never dampen my hope.

>>23560741
I want to extinguish the light of those who wish for rg

>>23560741
>>23560746
I want to extinguish the light of those who wish for RE/100. I luckily don't have to do too much work.

>>23560747
i want a re100 msa-120

>>23560533
>Even getting upset over the OC donut steal not gundams
I get not liking the shit that is just directly stealing an existing design, but getting upset over something using the Gundam design language is wild to me.

I just can't do 1/144 anymore
shit's too small
this must be how size queens feel

>>23560741
You could never

>>23560567
A model kit of Shinzo Abe's assassination so that the Japanese government will shut Bandai down

>>23560725
I didn't mean for you to scratch build it, I thought bandai could use that as a the base.

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>>23560762
That would make too much sense for Bandai

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>>23560725
you're confusing the hizack custom with the the hizack custom (AoZ)

>>23560770
Pre-2018 when Bandai wanted to save money they would just used the inner frame runners of a similar or related MS.

Post-2018 they still do that but now lock it behind P-Bandai, charge $50 more and only print the kit once every four years.

>>23560503
Interesting theory. I wonder how true this could be.

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>>23560567
HG Sisquiede
HG Virgo
RG Gelgoog
RG Master Gundam
MG Doven Wolf

Honorable mention: RG or MG Nu Gundam Mass Production-type

>>23560778
why monoeye

>>23560778
sisquide would be an absolute ugly lump in HG

My favorite Jegan variant will never get a MG...

>>23560779
Because monoeye makes every mech look cooler.

>>23560775
You would think there would be a ton of bootleg slop HG kits due to the amount of models GBO2 has and how most of its player base is Chinese hackers

>>23560785
Which one? Personally I'm hoping for HG Nero but it seems all Sentinel stuff is cursed to be 1/100

>>23560792
A MG Nero would be pretty great. Also, the Jegan A Type.

>>23560788
yes but why does that specific one have a monoeye, usually when a "gundam-type" mech has a "zaku-type" monoeye there's a narrative reason

>>23560533
japs jealous

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>>23560575
>V-fin stickers.
>$250+Tax+TrumpTarrifs.
You know why.

>>23560803
Sisqueide, Dezpada and Tera S'ono are the monoeye gundams (of SD Monoeye Gundam) and their story, they're Zeon made paper plans ultimately produced by the Titans

>>23560677
shoulders too wide
color too light

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>westoid's #1 gunpatuber

>>23560808
We've been over this like a thousand times, he's not trans, he's just a boomer who can't let his scene/emo days behind him.

>>23560809
Someone screencap this for whenever he makes his coming out video in a few years

>>23560808
he's not a troon, he's just an emo faggot, which is in some ways worse

>>23560434
hot water and a heavy book fixed most of it

just finished a XFS might strike freedom. i have a preference for seed shit so im really biased towards it. its definitively something close to a 8/10 to me. sadly the beam sabers were a definitive downgrade from the previous gunpla and the placement of the rifles is bad enough to ruin the whole kit for me

its definitively something weird to build. i dont think it can stand on its own and i dont know if its because the feet are badly designed or if its a bootleg issue. fortunately it had a tiny stand that does fits him so it looks like its permanently flying on my shelf now
the plastic felt weird, the gold feels like its a mix of brown and some other color, its brittle and worrying. theres 2 types of white, im not sure why, and for some odd reason i had a significant number of runners labelled A. the manual was really good, i think its a direct copy, my last bootleg had a tiny manual so this was a surprise to be seen, and this time, the manual has decal placement indications so its really the whole service
the visor plastic is UV reactive even tho they give you stickers, so i decided to paint what i could. i regret doing this for the rifles, they are really smudged now, plus i need to remove some mistakes from the wings. the head looks really good under UV light
for some odd reason the rear skirt has a conector for the joint rifle its awkward to use as the joint rifle is larger that the katana he has
no pics because i cannot into them
i might begin a bootleg phrenex tomorrow, a "xingdong phoenix" if time allows me. knowing those bad bootlegs i am already loathing myself on this choice in particular

>westoid's #1 gunpatuber
People don't know how to use sandpaper? I thought gunpla is not popular amongst blacks.

>>23560567
Inle
Gadelaza
minerva
Eternal
carry base 2

>>23560808
>>23560809
>>23560813
>>23560814
i was under the impression he does that to stop chewing on his nails
however i am not judging.
who knows, maybe hes a heavy metal gundamsexual

>>23560814
>>23560813
>>23560809
>>23560808
why do you care so much man either watch the videos or don't

>>23560829
he represents us whether you like it or not.

>>23560829
>why do you care
I don't, but either some nobody with an axe to grind about him painting his nails and being popular posts about it every time he makes an upload.

>>23560828
Does that work? Am I gonna have to wear fake nails to stop my addiction?

>>23560567
>RG Woundwort
>MG Woundwort
>MG Haze'nthley II Rah
>HG Vervain II Rah
>HG Re-Haze

>>23560808
If Vegeta8259 still posted he would have roughly 10 trillion subscribers.

>>23560846
you gotta replace the nervous tick
get a fidget spinner too

>>23560847
>RG Woundwort
Hand grenade

>>23560567
MG Stargazer
MG Amatsu Mina
MG Zanspine
MG G-Self
MG Ex-S Gundam ver Ka

>>23560847
there's an aoz thread where you can keep this to yourself.

>>23560850
Do I give a fuck? I'm a modeler these aren't legos, if it has issues I'll fix them

>>23560853
>these aren't legos
These are Japanese Legos.

I thought top coat was supposed to protect paint, is it normal that if I scratch a part paint still comes off? I'm using Tamiya top coat on top of Tamiya acrylic

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>>23560851
>MG Stargazer
already done

>MG Ex-S Gundam ver Ka
"ver.ka" is nothing but a marketing gimmick to bait normalfags (like you) into thinking "OOOOOOOH ULTRA SPECIALPREMIUM GUNDAM!! I MUST SLUUUUURP!"

>>23560863
>already done
>posts chink rip off

>>23560864
*chinese innovation and upgrades

>>23560864
As far as chang's ripoffs go I think its not as bad as others to be fair

>>23560567
>Gunpla
RG Alex
RG Hyaku Shiki
RG Double Zeta
RG Nu Gundam MP
EG GM

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>>23560863
good morning chinkslurper, shouldn't you be working inside a chang factory right now?

>>23560864
feel free to post Bandai's versi- OH WAIT, THEY DON'T HAVE IT HAHAHAHA

>>23560567
MG Exia Repair IV
PGU Zaku II
MG Blue Destiny Unit 1
RG Gouf
FM Flag

>>23560567
Action base 9, it's a levitating display only compatible with a new kind 1/144 model that have their guts ripped out to fit a magnet in it

>>23560567
PG Ball
PG Ball Ver Ka
PG Ball Digital camo color
PG Polypod Ball
And...
PG Barbatos

>>23560567
MG variants of every Byarlant and a PG Byarlant.

>>23560567
MG Hygogg ver. Ka
MG Bertigo
MG Febral
RG Alex
PGU Big Zam

>>23560921
>PGU Big Zam
That'd be as big as like a 3.5 ft. Animated LED Gremlin.

Making my first robot and broke like 3 pieces already I suck :p
I hope I didn't lose any when storing the parts this hobby is hard

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>>23560567

HGAC Virgo
HGAC Taurus
HGAC Tragos
HGAC Cancer
HGAC Olifant

>>23560940
That thing looks retarded

>>23560567
MG Asshimar
MG Bolinoak-Sammahn

Those are my two demands

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>>23560567
SRW MG kits like the Hyukebein ver Ka.
MGEX SRX [dont care if they use metal parts for R-3] and I dont care if its bigger than me assembled together
FRS FGO Minamoto no Raicow
FRS FGO Shuten Douji
MG Dragonar-1 OP version

>>23560949
I need to make a lewd robot

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>>23560949
>MG Dragonar-1 OP version
Already being done

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>>23560953
yeah, but I want it to have like an internal frame, or at least function cockpit inner frame like Wave is going to do with the Laevatein+Lifter

>>23560644
the leg attaches to the foot thruster which then attaches to the body. On the HG the thruster goes into a ball joint and the leg pegs in. With HG weight, this is fine. At PG scale, both the connection from the thruster to the body and to the thin foot frame-like piece would have to be strong enough to not be easily moved by the weight of the entire kit.

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Head+Torso quick snap
The design is similar to the Zarov in some fundamental ways, and is also generally simpler with fewer parts, but it definitely feels more refined than the Zarov kit. The torso armor is six parts in total, including the grey sections and the cockpit hatch (which is color-separated despite being the same green, for your painting convenience, lest you forget Sheik Mainland started off selling model paints and moved into models to give their customers stuff to paint)

The backpack has its own miniature inner-frame with the thrusters on c-clips for articulation

The head also has a tiny "inner frame" and getting it together is a bit tricky, the eye is easy to touch up with some paint

The kit comes with a sheet of marking and number decals, no stickers

Similarly to the Zarov, Zabol is also pretty hefty compared to bandai HGs (weight-wise, it's heavy)

The various ball joint sockets are solid ABS and have cutouts to prevent cracking

The plastic quality feels better than the Zarov
Everything is undergated

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>>23560966
The head joint is double, ball in head and swivel in torso, so it can swing out pretty far forward, and this joint is tight by itself and holds a pose

More to come when I finish snapping this

Also weapons-wise it only comes with the rifle, sabers, and shield

>>23560971
There's a big ass hair on it also clean your camera lens

I'm thinking of buying some cheap bootlegs to practice painting etc. How hard to build are they? I'm looking at mainly HGs/ 1/100. Any recs?

>>23560741
RE/100 is the better 1/100 inner frames are a waste of time and turn your model into a hand granade. RE/100s look like MGs but take half as long to build, and they're more sturdy. MG is a meme line.

>>23560993
>take half as long to build
This is a drawback

>>23560567
RG but upscale to 1/100

>>23560983
Depends on the manufacturer.
Avoid WM/Weimei/Warmodel
also avoid WMH and XYS
STAR is decent, has some flashing sometimes
XFS/JMS is consistently good
really most bootlegs that come out nowadays that aren't WM and don't seem "too cheap to be true" are decent

>>23561020
Point taken, thanks

>>23560567
RG Char's Gelgoog
RG Hyaku Shiki
RG F91
MG Super Gundam
RE100 R-Jarja

PGU Argama

>>23560533
just make better products Bandaibro, it's not too hard.... Hasbro had the best approach to this; they just allowed the chink companies to get licenses from them so they can make their own Transformers toys.

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MG F91 or Daban 8821?

>>23561028
That's essentially what many major manufacturing firms do. Often, the chinese firms will use the brand names to produce machine/ engines/ replacement parts for their own local market's specific custom products etc.

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>>23560642
that piece will not fit the Banshee head because it has a different horn design. you can use it, but it will lose the gold part of the piece, which disrespects the novel. you can probably modify it so you can install the horn pieces.

>>23560567
HG Aquarius
HG Master Phoenix
HG Command Gundam
RG Genesic Gaogaigar
RG Graham Gundam

>>23560860
It should definitely make it way less prone to scratches if you applied it right.

Is the RE/100 Nightingale any good or just not worth it over the HG?

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>>23561127
go get 1/100 ZMX-42 Nightingale Firehawk instead

>>23560860
A couple notes no one said, firstly surface prep matters. Scuffing up the surface is better than a lot of shitty primers. It gives the paint something to bite on to. Secondly, a lot of newer painters don't clean their kits. Oils both organic (your dirty sweaty coom covered hands) and inorganic (lube, industrial mold release) can prevent paint from bonding well. A quick swish in a bowl of warm water with a drop of soap in it makes that trivial. I often just give it a quick wipe with ISO as I'm putting things onto paint clips because I'm lazy and impatient. There's a few more paint tips but you're splitting hairs up at that point. These are the big ones that cause the paint to debond easily.

>>23561130
https://youtu.be/gY8FDROnFa8

>>23561132
ok slurper

>>23560567
RG ZZ
RG The O
MG Doven Wolf
MG Granzon
EG GM

>>23561130
ugly

>>23561127
It's fun but the high grade is just better. You'll never find something with as much presence as the re/100 though.

>>23561115
>>23561131
I see. Admittedly I was really impatient because I just wanted to see progress on this project so I primed, painted and topcoated with just a few hours between each step and I handbrushed most of the parts, so that probably didn't help at all. I'll keep that in mind next time.

>>23561137
>EG GM
I'd rather have a HG GM 2.0 that builds like a 30MM or the HG Leo.

>>23561127
Just get the bootleg HG.

>>23561157
The one that gives you cancer?

>>23561127
It's quite old and lacking in detail, so sort of like a large HG (clamshell design with seam lines). Mobility like a brick, and I'm honestly not even sure if it has working sub-arms underneath the skirt.

It's effectively a large display piece that looks nice but lacks posing options. The HG is much better engineered but not a big step forward since it is a HG. So, unless you're willing to buy a Chinesium version (I don't even know the status on those except for the recent "Nightingale Armor for the Sazabi" one that was covered in cancer chemicals that gave modelers rashes), it's about the best you've got.

>>23561158
You're already getting cancer from the legit bandai microplastics.

>>23561130
what's with those tentacles-ish feet? Did it turn from a bird to a mollusc?

>>23561146
So you can do this, but most primers need to finish curing before you paint over. Seems like in this case your topcoat was securely adhered to your paint which was securely adhered to your primer which had the holding power to the plastic of wet toilet paper. It happens to all of us all the time, I'm very impatient so it happened a lot. Nowadays I tend to paint a bunch of stuff then walk away until tomorrow. Then it's tough enough that even if I break the paint heat order it's fine, unless it was enamel as that can take days or even a few weeks to dry entirely.

>>23561159
>not even sure if it has working sub-arms underneath the skirt.
The re/100 does not

Sorry 30MS bros but I dont think Im gonna finish mine in time for the biomecha group build. Gonna have to focus on my main entry if I wanna finish by the deadline

any tips and tricks for a first time airbrush user?

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My matte varnish turned yellow. Should I throw it out?

Should I drink it?

>>23560567
MG Gypsy Danger
MG Megas XLR
MG Symbionic Titan
MG Achilles from Robot Jox
MG Mad Cat

>>23561130
They changed it too much, I'm not a fan of how they made it into a armor/FWS for a not-Sazabi and messed with the design, especially the feet and binders.

>>23560993
>RE/100
Go buy a funko pop

>>23560911
>PG Ball
I'd unironically buy one, throw in a Oggo and I'd buy that too. They're made for PG line, and Bandai wouldn't have to worry about joint stability either.

>>23560652
Don't worry, PGs are easier to assemble than most RGs since the parts are so large.

>>23561194
Your first kit should always be treated as practice. Don't go straight into an expensive kit that you have stakes in, start with a cheap HG and learn how to properly use your airbrush. Once you have more confidence in your techniques, then you can move on to doing more cool stuff.

>>23561202
I think PG Ball would have very wide-reaching appeal because it could be much cheaper than other PGs, it would be cool on its own merits, it could appeal to non-gundam fans as a general space kit, and it would also appeal to 'le haha funny meme kit' guys

>>23561194
Never start or stop spraying paint while pointing at the kit. Start spraying then move onto the piece, stop spraying after you've moved beyond the piece. Practice on paper with food dye, you would be surprised how tiny and fine you can be, and how broad you could be. Also...basically never fully open up. It always looks bad when it's hosed on.

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Happy 30th, NGE!
https://x.com/kaiyodo_PR/status/1974278312609616232?t=r1FtRHs4PSoVkVkXKPECkA&s=19

>>23561194
>go easy on the trigger until you build up some confidence
>always keep the tip clean
>get comfortable taking the airbrush apart and putting it back together to clean it
>if you are using acrylics and aren't happy with the result it is easy to strip the paint and start over so don't be afraid of "ruining" your model
>plastic spoons are great for practice and testing colors because they have a variety of surfaces and are very cheap - you can even scribe panel lines into them if you want
>a high PSI compressor will blast out almost anything: lacquers, enamels, oils, acrylics, glue, top coat, primer, craft paints, nail polish, even texture paints
Experimenting with craft and fine art supplies can be really fun!

>>23561223
Literally the only good looking Eva kits ever made

>>23561223
You will NEVER see anything evangelion related on my shelf. Maaaaaybe a 3rd party hentai figure of Rei or Mari. Other than that, get this normalfag slop out of here.

>>23561250

>>23561250
Crazy how Eva went from being a niche, underground anime in the 90s to a full blown household name. Even in like 2002 when I was in high school everyone thought Eva was just another 'Gay Power Ranger/Transformer cartoon' while slurping down slop like Inyusha, Trigun, Dragonball and whatever else pedestrian approved

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Most of the painting on the shield itself done, wires routed through the arm and out the back.

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Hi, I just picked up my first kit, and I have a question. The manual says to cut the pieces fairly close on the weak bits while leaving a little nub. But guides online say to cut much further away. Which is correct?
Sometimes when I cut further away the piece twists and stresses the other connections.

>>23561307
you must cut it as close as possible to the part, to leave smaller nubs and facilitate nub removal

>>23561307
The thicker bits are part of the runner or tree which contains all the other pieces. The easiest way to prevent stress marks is to cut on the thinner parts, as far away from the part itself, then kit a bit closer when it's out of the runner/tree. This allows you to cut without stressing other connected points like you would in the tree. After experimentation you'll learn how close you can cut with your specific nippers without leaving a stress mark behind after cleaning the nub.

>>23561307
In theory, the stress marks are caused by the entire piece being under tension, and a lot of that energy being released into the cut area the moment it happens. By cutting farther away, you're releasing the energy farther away from the piece itself and thus less likely to cause stress marks. Then when you do the actual cut close to the surface of the piece, the yield from the nub remainder being able to actually twist and turn would make it less likely to leave a stress mark.

Though personally, I feel like a lot of this is just superstition and propagating unproven myths (along the lines of "Tap the A Button each time the Poke Ball shakes to increase the chances of capturing a Pokemon!" type bullshit). If you do proper nub removal using the proper tools (including sanding/filing), you should be mostly fine. But you're also encouraged to eventually get into painting, since stress marks don't matter worth a shit if they're under a layer of primer and paint.

>>23561310
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>>23561328
Thank you for the clarification.
I do eventually want to get a spray pistol and paint them, but I already spent a bit on a few kits and tools to justify shipping costs so probably a ways in the future, though.
I'm gonna have to read up on it a lot as well.
Any magazines or books on the subject you'd recommend?

is putty superior to sprue goo? ive been hoarding my runners and coping that i might need them for sprue goo but if i can just use putty instead ill get rid of them

>>23561347
It makes sense to use sprue goo only if you're not gonna paint

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I just went to an irl event.
So many shitty pbandai on a huge discount that no one cares.
tell me what's the point of pbandai?

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>>23561364

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>>23561366

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>>23561367
Kshatriya

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>>23561368
Greeble Lord

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>>23561369
MG Turn X with red Bandai logo

>>23561370
Fake image

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>>23561366
you should get your parkinson’s checked out anon

>>23561376
I screenshot'd my vlog. no camera, just video.

>>23561378
sounds a lot more complicated than just taking a picture

>>23561298
Is that paint or light up

>>23561388
Anon, look at the wires

>>23561223
shame these are just shitty little figurines, I really want a TV version of Eva02, always hated the head design of the movie revisions.

>>23561196
that's still fine. just add a bit of thinner if you wanna reduce the yellowing. Also I'd swap that ball bearing out for a glass one

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>Heres your PH GBWC winner bro

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>>23561434
>check poster
>tranny
>spammed the exact same image across EVERY single scalemodel related subreddit
>all the ones without her face didn't get anywhere near 100 upvotes
at this point i should put on a wig and fake tits so my stuff will get upvotes for once

>>23561434
better than 99% of the thread

>>23560860
>acrylics
lol

>>23561434
oh she wants to "win" a gBWC alright

>>23560858
weeb legos explain why this board likes them and is autistic

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Please don't be P-Bandai.

>>23561364
>>23561366
i can barely make it out what these boxes are

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Zabol done.

Genuinely, no exaggerations, no embellishing, the SMOOOTHest build experience I've ever had. Bandai completely MOGGED.
Massive refinement from Zarov.

This (Zabol) and the grunt (Buck) are an army builder's wet dream. Just need more accessories and weapons.

>>23561454
Is that Zagan alternative form or something?

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>>23561467
Accessories-wise it comes with two beam saber handles with no holes to put inside the shield and two handles with actual effect holes
The rifle, the shield, a little "extra ammo" bit, and that's basically it

>>23561454
Gundam the devil?

>>23561471
A new Graze with Gundam-like head.

>>23561472
NICE & CLEAN cutting mat

>>23561481
Ya it’s a Graze ..

>>23561434
lmao that's NOT gonna win GBWC. already saw much better entries at the venue, and there's more to come tomorrow! i wonder if the Hajime Studio folks will join this year after the Manila Comic Con debacle

>>23561485
the what debacle?

>>23561485
Were there better tits at the venue?

>>23561486
group of builders lead by sidney ang, a guy who's very notorious in the flip gunpla community for being a huge jerk. he was invited to guest a panel at the Super Manila Comic Con, but there was so much backlash to it that he was dropped by the organizers.
>>23561487
man tits, if you're into that.

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>>23561485
I hope that studio gets dunked on once again. That nigger is also afraid of joining the PSMS nationals.

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speaking of GBWC PH entries

So far, GBWC Malaysia is the highest quality overall. GBCW Indonesia was pretty shit aside from that grey MK-V.

>>23561506
this one is really cool.

>>23560567
MGSD King Gundam II
MG G-self
HGUC Gump
HGUC Gun-EZ
RE/100 Bertigo

>>23561510
there was a custom build of Destroy Gundam at GBWC PH that i really liked, but the official page hasn't posted a pic of that one yet. there's also that one diorama of an angel and a devil Wing Gundam that looked like reflections of each other. i thought it also looked cool.

>>23561482
it adds realistic natural drybrush weathering
WHY I DRYBRUSH MY CUTTING MAT NOT MY KITS

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Place your bets! What's ACTUALLY going to be in the box?

>>23561530
A daban PGU RX-78-2

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Unironically GM Sniper III when?

what's the difference between an original frame arms release and the RE release?

>>23561340
YouTube has countless videos you can learn the basics from

>>23561506
kino

>>23561518
Why i season my cutting board and not my steak is so funny 2 me

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kek

>>23561364
There's 2 explanations as to why p-bandai would shelfwarm at a store
1. the prices of them are fucking retarded.
2. The majority of complaining comes from sour grapes and people who felt slighted they didn't have the opportunity to buy something they might not even want in the first place. Now that burgers have the opportunity, they can take a step back and realize that it's not a one time now or never deal.
For all of the complaining about the G Gundam kits being p-bandai, Maxter has been on an open preorder since late August. Rose has been open since July, and Dragon is currently available to buy without needing to wait for the release.

Also take better pictures bub.

>>23561530
Probably a bootleg GTO high grade.

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I didn't expect VSMS Kaiserin to have near perfect color separation

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>>23560528
Soon

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>>23561707

>>23561707
It looks like a poptart.

>>23561438
Who is the 1% that's better than her? Name any build posted here that tops that.

>>23561707
>>23561709
man fuck this groupbuild I forfeit

>>23561707
That shield looks strangely delicious.

>>23561707
>>23561709
Does that eyeball have a butthole on the back of it?

>>23561703
My cat is gonna be so excited to sit on this

>>23561709
lmaoo he made anus, so fnuny. add some shit drippin from it too xd

>>23561719
Yes. He sticks his face in it to "see" battlefield data through the dead eye since his head don't work with helms anymore. The zit clusters are reactive armor. There will be gunk but I'm applying that all at once throughout when it's done.

>>23561707
>>23561709
holy fuck

>>23561707
Damn, looks really nice. I'm currently stuck trying to decide what color to paint mine, so I'm gonna start working on the diorama base in the meantime.

>>23561707
>>23561709
i kneel

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is there a 30MM connector part like this or do I need to cut up another part to try and make one?

>>23561709
I havent masturbated in 3 weeks...

>>23561772
never seen one like that

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My gbwc entry.

>>23561503
This looks adorable.
New life goal acquired, find a girlfriend into gunpla with whom I could build SD kits representing us to put on our wedding cake.
Never fucking ever gonna happen, any of it.

>>23561791
Did they sand all the edges off?

>had a shower thought of a neat name scheme for my build
>google it
>some gay kpop boy band already tainted the name
fuck this shit

>>23561724
3 hours of squatting over a mirror for you and that's all you've got to say?

>>23561827
so what if I'm gay

>>23561709
I look like this irl

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Decal?

>>23561791
they dont call it gay boy world cup for nothing

>>23561870
SHUT THE FUCK UP

>>23561870
be a man and freehand that shit

>>23561707
>>23561709
you don’t even need a kit, this alone would win

Hope that the next group build won't be for secondaries.

>>23561895
remember to vote for Duos

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>>23560528

>>23561895
There's a lot of models that fall under the biomecha category that don't require any modifying. You're just being a little bitch.

>>23561895
The fuck does that mean?

>>23561938
He only builds gundam models for bandaibabies but also takes them VERY seriously. He thinks blasting black on random edges and dunking it in the toilet puts him on the same level as IPMS military modelers.

>>23561712
grimzock

what does that even mean in the context of gundam/gunpla? the "primary" fans of gundam are in retirement homes now.

>>23561772
heavy weapon set 1 has something similar to that used for connecting the cannons to the backpack, though i cant upload an image of it for some reason

>>23561944
Something something kitbashing is disrespectful, painting custom colors is disrespectful something something muh subtle nuance and modulation

>>23561941
My sworn enemy

>>23561938
I am not into creating sonic oc tier fanfictions and covering models in random playdoh lumps.

>>23561932
spectacular basecoats

>>23561963
Called it

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Post examples of how gunpla is freedom.

>>23561963
What a fucking dweeb

>>23561969
shhhhhh, modellers are taking, keep swapping robot parts like little kid playing with legos

>>23561973
You're replying to the wrong person, I actually paint and sculpt at the professional level. You're just a kid playing with toys.

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>>23561970
This is my custom robo fella Dynamanzer Hawk. He is titans' prototype ms made in 0078UC with integraded psycho frame.
I heckin love gundam.

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>>23561970
I wonder if you can tell what reference I was going for, it's not that obvious haha keep spreading the mecha love folks

>>23561976
ok kobayashi

>>23561950
ah fine scale modeling autism applied to gunpla

>>23561980
Fuuuck, I love megazords

>no you are playing with the plastic toys incorrectly!

>>23561977
That's some deep aoz lore

>>23561987
as it should be. scale models are scale models regardless of subject

You can only lead redditor to water, but you can't make him drink.

>>23561992
shut up KID, I tack on random blobs of putty on plastic robots for living

>>23561970
Why did the titans remove the Anti-Beam Coating?

>>23561997
just don't get hit by beams

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Decided to give airbrush painting a try, don't think I made it properly because, despite using four progressively lighter shades (Vallejo's Blue Grey Pale, Sky Grey, White Grey and pure White at the end) I barely see shading progress, despite spraying a little of White Grey and White in pulsing method (aka slightly moving trigger back and forth while keeping air pressed, releasing small pulses of paint). Brush would probably give me much better control.

But first pancakes are always burnt or something.

>>23561977
>>23561980
soul

>>23562001
Ask Mouar how effective that is as a longterm survival strategy.

>>23562004
you might have been too far from the model so it was spraying over too wide an area, or you were pulling back too hard on the trigger.

>>23561938
He means he only paint his robots in lore accurated colors, while ignoring the fact that most of plamo have been redesigned to look nothing like the source material they came from.

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Man i fucking hate secondaries and their fanfiction OC builds. They can never appreciate the totally accurate and faithful to Okawara design of MG EX Strike Freedom with billions of new greebles, tiny gold plated bits and air vents all over his body.

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brb scribing and scultping some epic professional panel lines, don't @ me kiddos

I went to Hobby Lobby to get the HG V2 Assault Buster and the Zoids kits. They run out of the Zoids kits. Guess I will have to wait for 2 weeks to get them.

>>23562022
subscribed

>>23562019
Where's the problem?

>>23562008
I used that limiter on the back of airbrush to prevent myself from spraying too much at time. Maybe I should rather use fewer steps for higher contrast. As for distance, I kept it at around 7-8cm away, if I would get too close, I would pool too much or make "round points" instead. 1.5 bar pressure used, by the way - guide I was referring to recommended pretty high 2.5 or even 3 bar instead (author argued it vastly reduce frequency of jamming) but for me it was just unhandy, even from the distance air stream would blow paint around before it dried.

>>23562019
reported for crimes against gunpla

>>23562007
that was literally the opposite of the "don't get hit by a beam" strategy

>>23562019
Plamor will not be happy.

>>23561980
he's got a little phimosis chode full of smegma

>>23561968
Thanks :)

I touched up with primer after masking my dark grey because that red could be more opaque for my liking

>>23561932
hey it does look
>smol nub painted
it is ruined, i shall never think this was well done.

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Paint god kino

https://x.com/ninjin_14789/status/1974411151292375135

>>23562037
That's a molded in detail on both sides

>>23561772
I think some of exa-vehicle joint similar to that like that old space drone one.
But I think it's still bigger that what you want

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>>23562019
Honestly not bad, it can open up to cooler things.

https://x.com/ninjin_14789/status/1912119183107891543