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-=READ THE GUIDES=-

Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!

For those new, please read our guides. We have many resources available to help you in many different aspects of the hobby. They're here for you!

For the unclear, "plamo" is short for "plastic model". "Gunpla" is thus short for "Gundam plastic model". Many different kinds of models are built here, ranging from mecha to planes, cars, musume, you name it! If you're new, you're gonna screw up. Don't worry! If you're seasoned, don't make the newbies worry!

And don't forget to report shitposting and spam. The mods don't browse /m/ too often, so it's up to YOU to help keep our general clean and civil!

>Why won't anyone answer my question?
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-=THE GUIDES=-
>Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:
gunpla.buyfags.moe
>Funaka's gunpla guides:
Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdf
Scratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf
>Falldog's gunpla guide:
otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide
>A guide to other types of plamo:
mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa
>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:
saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography

-=OTHER RESOURCES=-
>Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):
pastebin.com/22jyPB6q
>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:
dalong.net
>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:
schizophonic9-2.com
>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:
blog.kenbill.com
>Past Groupbuilds:
flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06
>Monthly Restock List (October):
old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1nokuv5

Prior thread: >>23579894
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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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Show me what you're working on!!!
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do i build the FM Aerial or RG granddaddy 2.0 next
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>>23581835
i should've said, i've only built HG so far
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>>23581836
you skipped EG? sorry hobby is just fucked for you now shouldve come to us sooner
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>lacquer paints
can be sanded in case you want to get rid of (unwanted) pubes or dust to get perfect finish
>acrylics
can fuck right off straight to the primer if you look at them wrong
lmao
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they're making THIS shit instead of [insert obscure mobile suit]
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>>23581859
Nice yaoi hands
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rill you marry ve
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>>23581858
cool, cool, they run of ideas for 30MF so theyre already using licensed stuff, and its samurai troopers, saint seiya is definitely not too far off.

but I am a Shulato guy, can I get some Shulato love please
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>>23581859
jesus, it looks like shit, the horse is too small
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>>23581859
The fuck is that?
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>>23581908
Bandai being lame and gay again.
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>>23581909
I own both and man, even though Sieg Springer is a much smaller kit, it looks better and engineered better. 30MM horse is full of dogshit polycaps, it feels like it doesn't want to be completed.
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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).
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>>23581912
>it feels like it doesn't want to be completed.
this is the 2nd time i've heard this in the past 3 days and i can't even fathom what it means, especially for something like a bandai kit of all things
also there is nothing wrong with polycaps
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>>23581849
they didnt look enticing to me since they have so little parts and i havent seen seed/wing so i'd rather not get one for a series i havent seen
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>>23581916
>especially for something like a bandai kit of all things
also there is nothing wrong with polycaps
30MM has polycaps as balljoints, something this material was never meant to be. And the horse is full of this. And should know that MG ultilizes polycaps in a very different way, each polycaps have tight security to keep them from getting stretched out. Meanwhile 30MM's engineering is literall dogshit, there is nothing there to keep the polycaps tight and the balljoints get damaged the momment you install them to the sockets.
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MGEX bootleg with clear red psychoframe and no LED. Original colorless frame is included for anyone who wants to paint.
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>>23581920
Don't listen to that retard. The FM will be the quicker build but you should just build the one you like the look of the most.
>>23581933
>the momment you install them to the sockets
I built the acerby last week and didn't have any issues with the polycaps or sockets. The main issue was the body didn't use a polycap at all so the ball comes out of the socket easily and due to the limbs/joints being so small, it can be awkward to manipulate them into poses. You have to be very gentle otherwise the pegs can very easily snap.
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>>23581939
Acerby's most dogshit part is the polycaps balljoints for the thighs. Its torso is fine since you can just paint it to fix the fitment.
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how do you guys snip out like effect parts/clear parts without getting white nub marks on them?
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>>23581835
FM Aerial is 1/100 while RG 2.0 is 1/144 unless you buy the upscale bootleg. Both kits are fine, but not very sastifying.
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>>23581952
Usually smear the nub with super thin cement.
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>>23581952
Leave a bit of the nub and then use a glass file. If you've scratched the part then you'll need to use polishing compound depending on how bad it is.
>>23581955
>but not very sastifying
Which kits are satisfying then?
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>>23581958
I'm not a big fan of kits with quick assembly. If the kit doesn't burn away 6+ hours then it is lackluster to me, but that is just personal preference.
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>>23581933
That also happened to mine and in the schizophonic review. The polycap joint in the torso disintegrated soon after building it. Also the hindlegs were loose with mine but that's easier to tighten with white paint.
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>>23581591
I wish they had this instead when i bought the RG. I still haven't built it to be fair.
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5"11' vs 6"
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>>23582018
It is hillariously small in-universe.
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>>23582024
Watch out, manlets have a tendency to spazz out and get aggressive around non-midgets
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>>23582018
>The left one could take on the right one with no problems at all.
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>>23582018
Why does this Sazabi look odd? It's clearly the Ver Ka but something is off.
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>>23582038
It is a WIP
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>>23582036
I don't think so. Stat wise, maybe, but Char has experience in fighting againts MS with higher performance. His Zaku is not supposed to do as good as it did againts RX78-2.
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>>23582042
Is it yours? What are the plans?
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>>23582028
It's time for Bandai to admit they fucked up. F91 is RIPE for a full series as a viable UC product. Just pretend the movie was always a compilation or something, and we'll all play along as long as we get it.
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>>23582049
Not mine lol. It is from a Japanese builder.
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>>23582018
speakin of size disparities, now that I have this thing on a stand it's really amazing
very stable and well balanced, this is just a single AB4 split into its two halves
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>>23581835
>granddaddy
reddit
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>>23582150
fm aerial didn't tip you off?
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How different do you want the Full Armor ZZ to be compared to FAZZ to make it acceptable by /gpg/ standards?
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>>23582167
>different
That's not the issue.
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>>23582180
i see a lot of posts at the previous thread bitching about it being a "recolor", so it IS an issue.
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>>23581835
I feel a stange, almost irrational, hatred and disgust towards people who refer to the RX-78-2 as 'granddaddy'.
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>>23582195
I don't appreciate you shitposting.
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>>23582167
The issue is that Bandai already did Enhanced ZZ beforehand. They should have saved it for Full Armor ZZ.
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>>23582147
sssssssssssssnap
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>>23582195
Would be ok if this is just a DLC kit, not a whole bigass Ver Ka with 0 new parts.
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>>23582050
In a few years we'll have AI generation tools that you can train on F91 and generate episodes of a theoretical F91 TV series.

You can already probably get one to take the plot of the film plan out each characters individual arcs as well as the general plot progression and spit out a synopsis for each of the 50 episodes.
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>>23582216
People have also been whining about needing to buy multiple expensive kits to kitbash a FA ZZ for years.
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Raven the independent mercenary, you're not the mutt I thought you were
You're below that, youare vermin!
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>>23582215
not even a little worried about it
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>>23582210
i dont appreciate you shitposting either friend
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>>23582227
That's what i'm saying. Just make a FA DLC for ZZ ver Ka.
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>>23582227
The FA ZZ should have been a
>oh by the way we're also releasing this
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>>23582258
I'm noticing that you are trying to defend Bandai with alot of salt. Don't be a bitch.
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>>23582256
>LEAVE BANDAI ALONE!
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>>23582258
The FA ZZ is based on the enhanced ZZ. That's not an easy to get kit. It's also way cooler than the FAZZ so I think it's a good alternative.
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>>23581902
It's more like Bandai realize Samurai Trooper will be flop they tried to salvage the kit sales by put it on 30MF. Since the guy have same format as knight silhouette, People will just buy it for the armor, especially the people who costumize 30MS, which what happen with Synduality kits. Doubt people will care about the guy.
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>>23582262
i see a lot of bithcing too when Sinanju Stein Narrative Ver Ka and Banshee Ver Ka were announced, and those were "silent" releases.
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>>23582276
Okay.
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>>23582272
>That's not an easy to get kit.
Enhanced ZZ is just a DLC for ZZ Ver Ka. They can include both this and FA in one DLC.
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>>23582281
By necessity they will include all of it except, perhaps, the arm shields and hip wings.
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>>23582281
They also sell a standalone version. Both it and the expansion are limited releases. It's nice to see this as a retail release. It's insane to me that the same people screeching about pbandai releases are now screeching about a retail variant of an existing pbandai kit.
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>>23582276
>i see a lot of bithcing too when Sinanju Stein Narrative Ver Ka and Banshee Ver Ka were announced, and those were "silent" releases.
Revisionism much? People shit on Narrative much more than Sinanju Stein due to the assumption that it is a reskinned Nu Ver Ka, which is proven to be untrue. Hyped up releases will get a certain degree of expectation compares to shadow drops.
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>>23582289
If you know you know.
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>>23582289
It wont be a retail Enhanced ZZ. Since it is a standalone extension pack, Bandai will chop away alot of things to make sure you won't recreate it with spare parts.
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>>23582229
This doesn't look that bad I guess. Might buy it just to have a different interpretation of it. I have the old resin kit after all.
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New Shitpla
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>>23582306
You've been freaking out for weeks about toys for toddlers.
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>>23582309
Toddler toys made with adult budget.
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>>23582235
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnru8XECUBU
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>>23582312
It's like 10 dollars
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They've done it before, you know. There's a P-Bandai Perfect Strike expansion pack for the original 2004 PG Strike. All it is is the backpacks for the 2020 PG Perfect Strike, so that anyone who bought the 2004 PG kit doesn't have to buy the entire 2020 PG kit to build a Perfect Strike.

Now, if they already bought the 2005 Skygrasper + Aile backpack, it's not Bandai's problem.
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>>23582259
>they're turning their girlplas into generic robots now
Koto has run out of ideas
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>>23582316
Bandai printed, shipped them with 10 dollars budget? Oh wow, didn't know we are living in the 1880.
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>>23582319
You've spent weeks freaking out about japanese playdoh. Weeks.
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>>23582321
I see no problem here.
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>>23582321
I also see no problems on calling out John Bandai for wasting resources on literal fecespla.
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>>23582325
>>23582326
Not everything bandai does has to be exclusively catered to you.
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Okay... I made some progress with the MG Exia. I can see how the ankle issue. Also, the feet are like springs, what the fuck? They don't stay flat.
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>>23582330
I am the paying customer. They should cater to me, it is common sense. And i'm pretty sure most of Bandai's long time customer prefer FRS and Gunpla over the whatever the fuck Shitpla is.
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>>23582330
The purpose of a business is to make money by catering to an audience that will give you money for services and products provided. Given that the shitpla do not cater to anyone, with no discernible audience even in Japan, then it's completely valid to call Bandai dumbfucks for wasting tons of resources that could have been used for better purposes.
Bandai are not infallible gods targeting a previously untapped market. Businesses make mistakes and waste millions and millions of dollars on stupid ideas all the time on products that don't sell. The shitpla are one of these. They rot on shelves and are mocked all across Japanese social media, with the actual audience that Bandai cultivated over decades being the loudest voices mocking them.
Stop tongueing John Bandai's anus.
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>>23582339
It caters to little kids. Do you go berserk if you see some playdoh for sale at walmart?
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>>23582346
It does not cater to anyone. GUNDAM caters to little kids. We are all manchildren here.
Like recognizes like.
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>>23582339
Shitpla doesn't seem like a big problem until you realize that they are running so many new IPs nowadays. It is almost alarming at this state and it shows. Alot of Shitpla and 30ML boxes are flooding the hobby stores and they just won't go away. This will soon reach critical level and collapse.
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>>23582346
And kids buy actual playdoh, not these weird plamo playdoh hybrid.
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>>23582167
I am ok with Full Armor Gundam ZZ as it is, FAZZ, Ex-S, Gundam MkV, Zeta Plus C type, Deep Striker have problems with being reprinted as it is.

Full Armor Gundam ZZ means that its at least going to get rerpinted more frequently than FAZZ and i'm suprised that its not PBandai like Enhanced Gundam ZZ
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>>23582316
much more expensive than SD, which was marketed to kids and from early 80s upto recently, it was locked at 300 - 500 yen, which is kinda still, expensive for kids
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Kinda scared of weathering lads, never done it before and don't want to have to scratch my paint job cleaning it off
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>making two part mold
>forget to apply mold release, so the two halves fuse together
I am so fucking stupid bros.
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>>23582259
>already a render of the FAG version
guess I'm buying myself another Gourai
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>I want less Turdpla and more Gunpla
Why is this opinion so controversial here?
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>>23582394
someone apparently has a scat fetish and wanted this to become popular.
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>>23581938
Is there a green version? how much is it?
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>MGEX doesn't have the tab that is found on the line art design and MG design
>the very thing that prevents the arm in destroy mode from bending more than 90 degrees
so Bandai couldn't figure out still a joint design for the MG, but can do it in the PG which came out way earlier than the MGEX?
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>>23582361
I really like the 30 minutes series but I am too self conscious to ever buy girlpla/30ms
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>>23582394
Because some retards believe shitty looking products and terrible ideas don't cost money to make. Oh you hate 30MM, 30MS, 30MF, 30MP, Unkosul, One Piece plamo and shoes? Well don't worry, Bandai materializes them from thin air, no budget and manpower needed.
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>>23582399
No awakened version yet. Give it time.
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>>23582361
Man, I'd love to buy these kits at such discounted prices just for kitbash fodder, the kyoukai senki stuff especially is great material
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>>23582408
These are all profitable ventures. You're just not the target demographic. Not everything is about you.
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>>23582402
What the fuck are you talking about?
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>>23582419
that stupid tab just below the elbow. That thing isn't also present in the HG kit
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>>23582418
>These are all profitable ventures
All of those are taking over the shelves as some sort of fucking protectors. No one buys them.
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>>23582421
You can just cut that off with a nipper. Very easy fix
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Buy shitpla for epic shitbashes with your favorite gundams
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>>23582297
>Bandai will chop away alot of things to make sure you won't recreate it with spare parts.
FA ZZ literally, canonically has just has the EZZ under all the addon armor. The entire point of FA ZZ even existing as a kit is that FAZZ has a slightly modified ZZ under the FA equipment (which is identical) instead of the EZZ. Why the fuck wouldn't you be able to make the EZZ with it?
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>>23582431
Haven't they already said the EZZ is under the upcoming FA ZZ?
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Did a quick Quebley snap since I ordered some effect parts for it that are supposed to arrive soon. Not sure I want the bit effect parts after finding this pose. Maybe I could do it attacking like this, it would fit Haman.
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>>23582431
>Canon
Full Armor ZZ's Mega Launcher almost become a non canon design until Sentinel's popularity changed Sunrise's mind. And Wing Zero EW Ver Ka can transform. And Hi Nu has HWS nowadays. It doesn't matter what the source material has and doesn't have, modelkits exist within their own dimension.
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>>23582437
You could watch the last few episodes of zeta again for ideas.
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>>23582424
I honestly don't wanna. If anything, I kinda want to add it in the MGEX, but if it still prevents the elbow from bending for more than 90 degrees then I guess it is what it is
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>>23582449
MGEX Unicorn was supervised by Katoki. If it doesn't have that bit, it's because the Unicorn is not supposed to have it anymore.
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>>23581938
true transparent colorless or just the cloudy one that's meant for LEDs on the MGEX?
or is it actually both as well because i can see a mix of both types of runners in that image
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>>23582449
it prevents you being a retard to overbending the elbow and breaking the LED
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>>23582460
Who said I'm using the LED?
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>>23582459
Both Cumframe and transparent Psychoframe.
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>>23582423
>30Minute were shelves protector
Says who?
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>>23582478
Store shelves on Japan.
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>>23582476
oh shit? then maybe i'll just cop this and do the regular metallic green paint
but then this doesnt come with the shield beam gatlings..
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>>23582479
Yeah, who said that?
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>>23582484
>>23582479
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Who did it better, Volks or OT?
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>>23582485
Any picture of it? I mean you can easily prove it like shitpla being shelvewarmer
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>>23582489
No pictures, sorry. Just trust me thoughie.
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>>23582490
Why thou?
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>>23582493
Because I'm just that guy.
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I think I found the leaker idiots. They love to make false promises.
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>>23582496
There's no point. Some retards in this thread treats these leaks like the gospel.
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I am SURE bandai would release retail green gouf or fanfic hamrabi if it wasn't for the shitpla.
This is TRAGIC even blasting spray paint is beyond me, I need bandai to release different color of plastic. My hekin green guferino kino. I can't stop buying, I must consume fanficpla. Now... purple Gouf!! Bandai give!1!111111 Or else...
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>>23582507
shitpla DESTROYED your mind
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>>23582437
I have mine the same way because it keeps the shoulders from drooping. I tried the effect parts a few times too but they're kinda tedious and didn't look quite as good in person as I hoped.
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>>23582408
>>23582394
>>23582418
>>23582423

look they were JUST trying to appeal to the upcoming imported citizens from india, give them a break for trying to show the cultural similarities
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When you guys paint a kit in canon colors but most of the kit already in the correct color, what do you do? Random example: Say you wanted to paint your MG Nu gundam in first lot colors, most of of the kit is already white. So do you paint it white or leave the plastic with just a topcoat?
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>>23582519
>So do you paint it white or leave the plastic with just a topcoat?
just bee yourself
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>>23582519
You never do a partial paint job. Not only is it lazy, but it's obvious as fuck that you only painted part of it. Unpainted bare plastic looks completely different from a painted surface, even under topcoat, and as a result the entire kit looks lazy and ugly.
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>>23582519
Plastic colors never look like paint, so often to an intermediate builder, a half painted half plastic kit stands out pretty hard because painted plastic looks very different to the eye than bare plastic. That said, do whatever you like best. Some are irked by it so they paint, some don't give a fuck if it's the right colors and leave it.
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>>23582523
Thank you. Also wanted to ask: if you were painting over a kit with two-tone colors, like a white and light grey, would you recreate both shades when you painted it?
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>>23582530
If I wanted to split the panels up into those tones, I would. I'm a picky dude so if I did it probably wouldn't be the same as Bandai's but I would still do so, even if not the exact two tones they used.
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>>23582488
>molded insignias vs decals
i vote left.
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>>23582532
Thank you helpful painter anon. I'm working on a kitbashed G-Doors but I've never painted before
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>>23582538
You can't paint good without painting bad, continue being bold and I can't wait to see pics.
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>>23582519
I try to alter the tone a bit, while also being more aggressive with the shading and highlights to make it stand out more when comparing it with the canon colors found in the instruction manual.
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>>23582540
I'm wondering if I can buy one of these and keep in an Enhanced ZZ form, and then try and sell the Full Armor parts and gun to some dude as an upcharged 'expansion set'. Would it be compatible?
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Plamax doin Armored Valks
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>>23582543
Well I got ideas for the next groupbuild now
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>>23582028
The big, dopey retard got his block knocked off.
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>>23582050
A lot of the F91 Crossbone MS could be made into MG kits and be about as cheap as the Ball since they're small af and wouldn't take as much plastic to produce.

Bandai doesn't do it though because their marketing and executive levels are ran by lobotomized chimps.
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>>23582553
I want scale accurate late UC HGs
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>>23582545
They will assuredly be posted here. I just need two HG moons to get the parts I need and then I can start
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Anyone else who has quit the hobby but still hangs around these threads?
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>>23582571
Look into oyumaru and milliput molding. It's pretty easy, very cheap.
>>23582573
No but thanks for being here. Any picture of your last build?

I'm building an Armored Core kit (nightfall orbiter) and can't decide on colors but the plastic is sad colors.
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>>23582574
>Any picture of your last build?
Not really anything interesting to show off, I quit before I could ever really get that deep into it because of lack of availability for paints in my region.
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>>23582519
i find weathering to look better on a painted surface
also at least for the older kids the plastic colours aren't the most accurate, i think they're too dark a lot of the time
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>>23582519
Well you could shade it, weather it, add "artificial" color separation (like RGs have) or do what I do when I'm feeling lazy and just paint it a different tone. For example, I almost always repaint pure white in an off-white with a touch of green, blue or gray. It just looks better in most circumstances.
Pic related, the plastic was a very translucent white
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>>23582560
those would be tiny af
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>>23582372
The main thing is to look up real world examples of the effect you're trying to do. It's generally better to go lighter than heavier, just because it's easier to add more later on than it would be to remove. Do you have an idea of what kind of look you want?
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>>23582573
Kinda. I havent painted in over 5 years but I still buy kits sometimes. I still snap a kit every couple of months if I feel like it. Haven't completely quit yet but I'm hanging on by a thread
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>>23582648
Yes, that's the idea.
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>>23581826
That's a rad Photoshop job, thanks for featuring the X Divider!

Working on that orbiter nightfall kit now, there was an ugly seam down the front of the foot so I split it, and half I seam welded and the other half I chiseled into a big panel line. It's not the cleanest but you won't be able to tell after paint.
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I'm still convinced gothicmades are some elaborate project by nagano to test what kind of garbage he can produce and still get praise for because his name is attached to it
Basically the modern art of mecha
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>>23582657
Fucking hate this guy and his flap booster/machine gun combo
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>>23582660
The worst GTM is still cooler than your favorite Zaku/GM
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>>23582660
At least it's its own thing and not the nth Gundam derivative or robot with "industrial joints".
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>>23582682
>Gundam derivative or robot with "industrial joints".
these are kino
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>>23582689
You sit in them and watch a movie?
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>>23582682
>At least it's its own thing and not the nth Gundam derivative
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>>23582018
Damn I thought that kit looked nice but I can’t into F91-era scaling. I’ll pass on this one
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>>23582692
3 MGs were sacrificed in the making of this shitpla
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>>23582698
That's kinda true. The amount of MG fizzled out when 30 Minutes became a thing. Now with Shitpla, the latest MGs are all reused molds.
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>>23582698
>>23582702
Gundam is seen as a brand for old men and bandai desperately wants to appeal to kids
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>lets make the RG Wing Zero look even more off-scale
why?
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>>23582652
I just want some light wear. It's a space suit so I was thinking maybe some light wear around the feet from catapults, a little bit of metallic speckling to show minor paint damage from space dust etc, and maybe some heat discoloration around the thrusters if I can figure out how to do that
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>>23582742
>Small enough to put in my ass
>Offscale
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I've built every single grade of bandai model kits. There's nothing more for me to do in this hobby. Now I know everything.
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>>23582795
build a volks kit
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>>23582702
Maybe they'd sell shit to kids if they made a new Gundam show that appeals to them, Witch and QX absolutely failed to hit the mark regarding this.
>30 Minutes
Does anyone even like 30m Fantasy/Mission? IMO they all look like the most basic bitch, generic Artstation designs ever
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>>23582765
Light wear can be done with some careful sponge chipping.

Depending on the exact effect you want, you can use different tones of your base colors for general peeling and fading, a dark brown then metallics over it for more of a rust vibe, or small touches of german grey and drybrushing metallics for small bits of chipping and paint damage.

Heat discoloration can be done with washes I believe, there's plenty of Warhammer tutorials for that you could probably apply to gunpla.
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>10k Yen
wtf bandai??
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i like the FA ZZ and shitpla purely because of the amount of seething they have caused in this thread
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>>23582496
>leaker idiots
HELLO SAR. The leak came from a Chinese group last year you drooling retard. Please kill yourself.
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>>23582479
Bandai themselves said that 30MM out performed their expectations. That's why they expanded the line so aggressively.
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>>23582810
This thread hate eating shit, too. Would you please eat it?
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>>23582817
>out performed their expectations.
They said the same thing about Kyokai Senki
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Booo. Give us upscale GP01
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>>23582826
>same shit again
they're starting to act like bandai
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>>23582821
No they didn't.
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>>23582839
They just put out the 1/100 RG God gundam. Why don't you stop being a miserable whining fuck.
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Did people seethe at Petitguys and Haroplas the same way they do at shitplas now?
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>get home improvement DIY videos in my YT feed due to browsing history
>there's a video about painter's/masking tape being unreliable
>it recommends painting the edges in the existing color to seal bleed-through, then paint in the desired color

Not sure how helpful this would be to Gunpla given how thin the paint layers need to be, but it sounds useful in theory. Even the Tamiya masking tape I use doesn't always seem to be reliable, and I always have to deal with bleed-through.
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>>23582846
A little but there were more releases of other lines in general back then. These threads are also increasingly made up of poor 3rd worlders who can't afford anything other than bootlegs so the quality of posting has torpedoed. It's mainly two people complaining about the shitpla in every thread.
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>>23582846
i think they were just spamming the thread with the same images over and over back then
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>>23582857
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>>23582857
OH YES IM SO FUCKING RICH THAT I CAN AFFORD 30$ PLASTIC TRASH
FUCKING POORFAGS LOL
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>>23582857
the instant seething this caused proves that you're right



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