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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?
Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can.

>Why are my pictures sideways?
4chan strips EXIF data when images are uploaded, including the orientation tag if it's from your phone. To fix it save out your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.
One easy to use app that works well on Android:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer

-=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/4KBEnVaN
>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 (November):
old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1o29y6g

Prior thread: >>23611599
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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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Thoughts on Indonesian Gundam Base & GBWC in 3 days?
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>>23617602
All of them looks kinda meh.
Clear colors in particular just don't look good, looks like cheap >toys
The white strike is cool though.
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>>23617602
more
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>>23617602
Thinking of getting the RG gramps. Or HG if the RG is sold out.
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>>23617602
Delta II is a really based kit since you don't pay the coating tax for the mold.
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>>23617612
>barbatos metallic gloss injection
How does that differ from the regular barby? I'm looking at the photos on pbandai site and not seeing much notable differences.
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>barby
go back
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>>23617602
I thought you guys said SEAfags can't afford that stuff hence why they go for chinkpla?
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>>23617623
most can't. there's a reason there are at least 5 MGEX Strike Freedom unbought in every SEA gunpla store.
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>>23617623
The truth is, with developing nations, it means there's a severe disparity in income. There's plenty of rich to even super rich. And at the other end of the spectrum, you also have people so poor they have fuck all.
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>>23617625
Because they are well-stocked?
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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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>>23617623
You expect /pol/tards to actually know shit about whatever they were talking about?
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>>23617612
>painting model
lol
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I was planning on getting some RG decals for my HG kits — how many models can you usually customize with one decal sheet? Will there be any leftovers? Do I need to apply any kind of chemical to put on the decals, or is it enough to just clean the piece and then apply the top coat if I want to?

Also, I was thinking of making my own plastic cement by mixing some chemicals (50% Butyl Acetate/Ethyl Acetate and 50% Acetone). Has anyone here tried doing that, or knows if it’s actually possible?
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>>23617625
>there's a reason there are at least 5 MGEX Strike Freedom unbought in every SEA gunpla store.
The unbought MGEX Strike Freedom:
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>>23617679
>Also, I was thinking of making my own plastic cement by mixing some chemicals (50% Butyl Acetate/Ethyl Acetate and 50% Acetone). Has anyone here tried doing that, or knows if it’s actually possible?
just buy a litre of 99.9% mek (aka methyl ethyl ketone or butanone)
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>>23617679
Depends entirely on the decal sheet and how many you use. There is legitimately no good answer to this. If you want to buy decal sheets that you can use across multiple kits, there are decal sheets for certain series and factions that feature a variety of markings and emblems. Some of those could do a dozen kits if you stretched them thin, maybe more, off the top of my head.
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>>23617658
What makes it even scummier is that it's more expensive than the usual EG strike.
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>>23617654
I wonder what turned Pol and Sharty trannies into what they are these days? Did they forget that Lowtax had those same behaviour and eventually killed himself?
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>>23617682
I thought of using mek (Checking now I see they sell it on my country), but I’ve been told that it can be more toxic than the previous mixture, do I have to take any safety measures?

>>23617686
I had my doubts cause I don't know how much difference there is in the external structure of a RG model has with an HG. I want to work with a HG Nu Gundam using its RG Decals.
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>>23617700
as far as i know it's not significantly more toxic, there are a lot of hobby brand cements that use it (notably mr cement s and sp). you don't need to take any precautions, scale modellers have been using pure mek as cement for decades
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>>23617700
You can huff just a little bit
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>>23617688
Exclusive kits have tax for artificial scarcity.
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>>23617710
I get that, what makes it scummy is that they dare to call it a 'painting model', which would be contrary to the point of a product that's supposedly for newbies.
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>>23617709
>>23617706
I'll use MEK then. I appreciate your advice
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need your help /m/

I dunno whats happening, but lately I dont feel any urges to buy and build gunpla, I will spend hours looking at MGs like Rezel, Nemo, Gogg at my local toy store, but always leave empty handed and feeling deflated.

what do you guys recommend to buy and build to get inspired again to build gunpla again?
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ffs, HLJ - get your shit together and ship my stuff already.
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>>23617746
When I feel burnt out I buy new paints I want to try out.
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>>23617746
Buy Nemo and turn it into Nemo Cannon
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Yeah.... not even nips like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8icR2Ex9XBo
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>>23617746
maybe you've built a tolerance to whatever paint or cement you've been sniffing and don't feel the need to build gunpla as an excuse to huff fumes. guess you're stuck either going cold turkey or deeper into hard drugs like meth.
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AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE
sorry just felt like screaming
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>>23617746
>spend hours looking at my local toy store
>hours
>HOURS
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>>23617756
But anon, it was just a single guy who did the shitposting.
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>>23617773
I'm sure these commenters aren't devoting multiple hours per day, every day, chimping out over the doodoo feces.
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NO
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ONE
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I asked for them
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OUTRUNS
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THE
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>>23617772
yeah i was just staring at the shelves of gunpla, mulling to buy something or not, if i want to buy something or not, deciding if i even like the design to buy it or just falling for fomo.... etc etc

that take me hours looking at the toy store
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EKDROMOI
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>>23617746
dumbass ESL
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>>23617792
>Oh God this fucking freak is here ago to just stand here for hours staring at boxes
>Can we trespass him?
>yeah but I'm afraid he'll do something worse, just leave him be
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>>23617602
our GBWC happened too early we never had a chance to get that white MGEX
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>>23617775
>aren't devoting multiple hours per day, every day, chimping out over the doodoo feces.
Anon the Japs are fucking furious about Shitpla.
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>>23617612
that Unicorn Prefectibility is so cheap i'm jelly. (it's 2x that price here)
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>NAOKI'd
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>>23617832
I like that FAG
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>>23617832
How is it that only Katoki has his own Ver. line? Every other prominent mech designers don't have the same privilege.
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>>23617832
im ok with them bastardizing Blue Destiny 3, but why they are bastardizing BD-1?

the biggest appeal of BD-1 is its just looks like a ground GM, now they're giving it antenna and making it look closer and closer to Pale Rider
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>>23617851
Everyone else is working with more than one company and 1-2 base designs.
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>>23617851
because he basically pioneered articulation in gunpla within bandai
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>>23617851
Because he's a real one
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>>23617851
NAOKI have the GBWC line, but it's stuck in P-Bandai hell.
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>>23617858
>pioneered articulation in gunpla
Press X to doubt
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>>23617851
To answer this long time question, "Ver Ka" is not just "Lineart drawn by Katoki", he knows about modeling and modelkit production, and is the director of Ver Ka MG's production.
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Finally finished the Dom test type.
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>>23617883
Wanna finish on me
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>>23617679
Ive gotten away without using any mark setter. I just set it aside, let it dry for a day then hit it with topcoat
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>>23617871
Unicorn Gundam is pretty much a very experimental, in terms of gunpla. it is the very first gunpla to have a very complex transformation with shifting frame. considering it is released even before Gundam 2.0. it is a giant experiment and leap of gunpla technology.

it is akin to Nomura designing Lulu to test and push the limits of early PS2 dev.
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>>23617899
It is full of slide up and slide down mechanic, brother. It is as innovative as a 1990 Super Sentai toy.
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>>23617906
those "as innovative as a 1990 Super Sentai toy" uses heavy plastic, screws and die cast metal and doesnt even have articulation
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>>23617936
>Heavy Plastic
>No articulation
Well that's a proper description of MG Unicorn
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i want to be like this
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>>23617996
I want to be like this.
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>>23617996
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be YouTubers
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>>23617998
R.I.P
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>>23618003
Not trying to be too crazy off topic especially this early but I had a Korean girl tell me multiple times I should be a youtuber.
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>>23618003
what about a girlpla crazed modeler?
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>>23617899
I'd say the ZZ Ver Ka. is more innovative there. It managed to squeeze in a full inner frame on top of being completely transformable and configurable.
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This thing is pretty good. It's not the ideal 1/100 Full Armor Hyaku Shiki Kai, but it's likely the only one we'll ever have. It was one of my never ever kits so I'm glad someone made it.

I dig the inclusion of the extra thrusters binders that double as missile racks.

Although it was only after I finished building it that I realized it was based on the Katoki redesign instead of the original linear which, I think, was done by Okawara. Wish it ain't so.
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>>23617851
I want a Kobayashi line so bad so we can get his crazy variants in affordable plastic
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>>23618130
thin your paints
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Raven, I’ve identified an approaching big guy for you
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>>23618134
This is not new
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>>23618134
i want someone to buy this, then i'll creep on it, grab it, spin around like I'm throwing discus and launch it against the nearest wall
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>>23618140
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did i fuck it up with the weathering so far?
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>>23618150
Thin your paint
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>>23618150
Maybe add some rust in the black splotches
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>>23618151
its too late on this job my bigga dont gotta repeat it on every progress pic>>23618160
might do thx
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>>23618162
*nigga
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Just ordered the Rotund Tabby God Gundam, what am I in for, bros?
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>>23618162
I would have stripped it and started over after seeing that.
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>>23618179
what bothers you exactly? the thick paintjob or the weathering. genuinely curious because im looking to get better. im not gonna strip a 30 euro kit though, not worth the effort
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>>23618185
Why post it if you openly don't care enough to put in any effort?
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>>23618191
youre obviously a fucking crab kill yourself. its not that bad a paintjob
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>>23618192
>its not that bad a paintjob
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>>23618191
kow yokoyama himself said „have the courage to absolutely ruin your models“. as in learning by doing. youre obviously some uptight gundam faggot who only does shiny gundams all with airbrush. you probably dont know even what youre talking about. thicker paintjobs also gove texture to the „metal“ which can be warranted. all your to me is voided dumb faggot i wont thin anything
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>>23617746
Hello fellow Tenmafag. Start building non-snapfit kits. Start learning to sand, putty, and paint. It'll take more time and allow you to build your skills up. If you can find the Dragonar/Vifam/L-Gaim kits in your area, get those. Learn to paint and scratchbuild. You'll only improve by doing so.
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>>23618198
It looks like he dipped it in plaster. I'm not sure I could make paint look so bad if I actively tried to.
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>>23618195
even if i stripped all that shit it would still look like that again because you didnt give me jackshit advice except „thin your paint“. that shit is worthless advice. maybe ill think about stripping my model when you give me a full paragraph explanation about what i did wrong and how i can improve. im not gonna put i. all that effort for a „thin your paint“ smug troll
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>>23618203
Literally just thin the paint. Prime it and use thinned paint. The coverage won't be perfect after one application so you let it dry, then apply another layer of thinned paint. Add some retarder to it to slow drying and let it level out brushstrokes.
Thin your paints.
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>>23617600

this kit is kicking my ass

I shredded the shoulder peg and am trying to make a replacement but also bought a replacement piece that comes in a month
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>>23618208
he's a big guy
nice work though looks badass so far
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>>23618206
what about this model then. did i thin the paint enough here? i presume the only reason why my seapig came out looking so thick-painted was because i experimented with a sponge application for the first time
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>>23618121
I might buy this and try my hardest to modify it into the actual FA Hyaku Shiki Kai
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Can I apply waterslide decals directly over lacquer paint or do I need a gloss topcoat? Will the mr mark setter/softer eat away the paint? It has been over 24h so I'm guessing the paint has cured right?
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>>23618244
That one looks a lot better. The paint is still a bit thick but the finish is a lot better.

>>23618270
Clearcoat it. Mark softer will fuck up the paint still.
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>>23618290
I just opened the thread and saw you talked alot of shit. Post your work.
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>>23618134
still baffled we're getting this monstrosity before several other AC's from the game
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>>23618318
I could dip it in cottage cheese first to give it a finish you may enjoy
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>>23618336
Then do it. Don't forget to take photos.
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>>23618341
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>>23618131
I follow that Nipp on Twitter. And thin what? Huh? Are you confused between thick paint and texture?
https://x.com/MaydecModel/status/1949106806862864583/photo/1
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>>23618346
From behind, please.
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>>23618350
Absolutely brutal silvering on the decal on the left suits skirt.
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>>23618353
I don't know, looks like regular Bandai decal to me.
Post your work.
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>>23618359
Some decals I did are in the OP right now. The thing just needs to be poked a few times and have some softer put over it.
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>>23618244
For the love of god, stop feeding the troll.
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>>23618332
I mean the Balteus is like the dendrobium, we should have gotten a LC model
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>>23618361
You know anon, you are not the one to talk shit about other people's build. Not trying to throw you under the bus, but getting you humbled a bit.
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>>23618369
Because a decal is silvering on a rough surface in a picture?
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>>23618270
never used the gsi creos setter/softers but the microset/microsol i use can be used directly over lacquer without clear coating
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>>23617612
>RG Unicorn perfect is more expensive than the MG Unicorn crystal
wew lad
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Starting on the PG blue frame astray. Decided to do a red conversion on it.
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3mm drill bits and 3mm magnets (and glue) is all i need to start doing mad science and attaching plastic to other plastic right
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>>23618499
gay
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>>23618499
sex
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>>23618502
I just like the color red better. What's gay about that? Don't you have a favorite color?
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>>23618350
Thin your. . . putty??
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>>23618507
I was talking about that picture on your laptop
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>>23618509
Oh my, how embarrassing.
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>>23618131
>>23618508
More like thin your plamo lmao
Kobayashi's design be FAT yo
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gyoubu
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>>23618208
Holy kino
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>>23618512
Yeah and I've got a sickness for the thickness
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>>23617793
These guys should have been regular enemies on the last levels
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>>23617883
Really nice
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>>23618247
you ain't going to do shit
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forecast on nxt groupbuild?
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>>23618550
cloudy
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>>23618550
Mahou shoujo.
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>>23618150
I agree with the other Anon about the rust streaks. Maybe some grime around the joints too?
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>>23618121
I have this in my backlog. Did yours come in 3 parts? (2 boxes and then a bag with the stand)
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>>23618150
oh cool a fellow ma.k anon :) I'm working on the asf this >>23611820 was my last project
your chipping and texture look cool imo
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I want to get into painting, but I have been wondering, I have panel lined some kits, Can I still paint them or is there some chemical reaction that I don't know about that doesn't let me to do so?
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You ever reach a point in decaling where you say, 'I don't care how many of these fucking things are left, I'm done with this one?'
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Anyone know how I can make the legs heavier? What should I put in it? There's some space i think
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>>23618690
What kind of panel liner did you use?
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>>23618694
I've had a few kits where I decided to not do a lot of the smaller decals because there was like 200 of them
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>>23618701
The tamiya one.
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>>23618704
You're good to paint over it.
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>>23618707
Awesome, thanks for the answer.
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>>23618702
I think I don't mind it so much when there's clearly labeled instructions, showing where every single decal needs to go. But when it's meant to be more freeform with minimal labeling and you have to keep referencing a picture to see what the sheet maker intended, it's just exhausting.
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So i finally decide to get a sanding sponge after fucking up a joint while trying to sand it down witha file.
What is a good grit for joint/balljoint sanding?
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>>23618773
150
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>>23618773
400
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bros... I'm gonna get my first girlpla...
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>>23618789
At this point I order like 4 per 1 Gunpla.
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I would normally post this image everytime someone brings up mecha musume, but i got to know this guy and yes he is weird but i do like the guy so after this post i wont be posting of this image again
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>>23618779
>>23618786
Thats uh quite a spread.
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>>23618773
Different anon, but my go to is 400.
400 gives you enough wiggle room to sand down a part without the risk of completely fucking it up.

If the results aren't to your liking, try 240.
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>>23618836
Gotcha thanks. Also since I never sanded joints before with paper, do you just do a one or two run around on a joint?
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>>23618812
Wow, you actually went to a panda hobby build day? And befriended /ourguy/? Fuck im jealous. Anything interesting about him besides his love of girlpla (and lack of a neck)?
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>>23618789
cute
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>>23618840
Note: I use Godhand sanding sponges, 10mm.
The way I do it I press the sponge on the ball joint and just grind it against it.

What are you trying to sand down the joint for?
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>>23618801
Same here, they take far less space too.
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>>23618848
>What are you trying to sand down the joint for?
Fitting issues, I bought a part to fix RG UC's shoulder and the peg is way too fucking large to fit into it so I need to sand it down. I fucked up one shoulder already but cutting too much so im thickening that joint.
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>>23618856
Ah okay, looking at the manual to try a better mental picture of what you're trying to fix.
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>>23618700
There's weighted putty you could use
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>>23618866
>Ah okay, looking at the manual to try a better mental picture of what you're trying to fix.
Basically that. I bought a metal piece to replace it.
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>>23618700
You could fill it with super glue and tiny ball bearings.
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Probably just going to be a recap of the previous Hobby Show like what an anon mentioned before.
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>>23618909
The last hobby show was for the first quarter of 2026. We're most likely getting all-new stuff here.
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Besides denan gei and this guy are there anymore cute mechs with these kind of ear things/ bat appearance ? It's the only feature that seems appealing to me
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>>23618939
>gunpla consoomers don't even have any mecha knowledge
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>>23618939
Look into patlabor
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>>23618941
There are new builders anon. I don't keep huge lists on every mech that's out there considering there's thousands of kits. Even a point in the right direction helps.
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>>23618939
V-Dash Hexa
Gespenst
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>>23618945
Thanks! Sorry for the samefag, but is this common in patlabor mechs? I just started that series (EP 3) but there isn't any right off the bat like this
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>>23618947
>Gespenst
This one is a bit too chonk for my tastes but this guy is pretty cute、 thank you!
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>>23618939
Mecha batman
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>>23618105
acksually, ZZ Ver Ka does not have an inner frame.
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>>23618939
G-fred
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>>23618789
>Koto showing Bandai how 30ms is done
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>>23618975
Megami Device has always mogged 30MS though.
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>>23618972
Unfortunately I already looked at that one and I'm not a fan of it. It's a mixture of the face + feet. It just feels too sharp in the body to feel 'cute'
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>>23618527
They should also get 30mm models or at least 3D printer files by the guy who made the HC kit
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>Wanted to paint today but got hit with the flu
Groupbuild guy. . . Please. . .
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>>23618988
me standing next to my husband
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>>23618971
I know this is a bait but I’m biting, it gas a inner frame but it’s structural and to support the transformations the kit has and not decorative like other kits.

I’m sure someone could scribe ans paint it to give it more detail though
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>>23618988
Bro please. Do you seriously not get tired of posting the same pictures in every thread? Just buy it and stop spamming the thread PLEASE
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>>23619068
The raison d'etre of weirdos and autists here are to spam shit.
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>>23619059
>but it’s structural and to support the transformations the kit has and not decorative like other kits.
That's pretty much what zero innerframe means, the transformation does not dismiss that fact. There is no plastic in the bicep either, just a giant polycap.
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>>23618909
Hopefully more Digipla and Yugipla.
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>>23618909
A recap, one new announcement P-Bandai and more Unkoslop
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not rrally gunpla, but a tentative Barbatos variant is announced as a Metal Build. looks like barbie will join the Seven Stars.
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>>23619149
Calamity War Barbatos?
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kinoleg Slave Waith coming
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>>23619149
Aaaaand another half a dozen MGs scrapped.
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>>23619155
it will be chinkified into a plastic model. trust the plan.
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>>23618909
Hoping for the MG Nu Gundam MP Type to be announced and be a retail release similarly to how the FAZZ is retail .
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>>23619155
Based retard
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>>23619155
Tamashii and Hobby are 2 different divisions with different budget.
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>>23618789
Tempted to buy it just for the rifle.
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CHINA has been better than Bandai lately with gold coloring
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>>23619193
Can't tell if it's some heavy filter fuckery or outright sloppa
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>>23619193
That Chang PG Phenex has better coating than Bandai, too. They know glossy reflective gold looks unpleasant and prefer the metallic paint looks instead.
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>>23619196
and they smell like lead too.
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>>23618946
watch more shows
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>>23619196
that looks like shit NGL
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What type of stand would allow Epyon to cross its legs like this?
I bought a cheap universal one and the connecting thing gets in the way
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>>23619282
by universal I mean this one, the rectangle stuff is so big it forcefully spreads the gunpla's legs.
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>>23619285
not sure if the Epyon has holes or pegs at the backpack where you could attach an action base, but if there is, any AB that' compatible will do. the original Wing Zero can do that pose since the stand attaches to its backpack.
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>>23619292
Doesn't seem so. I'm talking about MG by the way, not RG.
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>>23619282
Stuff like action base 5 comes with a claw you can grab the waist with to keep the legs free.
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>>23619308
looks pretty good and actually not expensive at all.
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>>23618950
>common
Is the ingram not what you want?
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>>23618950
they have this in the movie
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>>23619336
That's the AV-X0 Type Zero, the intended successor for the original 98 Ingram
pretty sure it only shows up in the movie
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>>23619196
I hope Chang make bootleg of Delta with metallic paint instead
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>>23619164
>MG Nu Gundam MP Type
Why would they suddenly make a MG kit of something so obscure?
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>>23619358
There's a fucking MG Dwadge Custom, why wouldnt they make a MG MP Nu
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Maybe it's just my perception, but it feels like Bandai certainly have been increasingly pandering to upper level buyers/whales more than ever

Ever increasing scale/complexity whale kits like MG-EX, the Hueg HG's like Baund Doc/Psycho MK2, the Premium gate keeping, RG going from "Ground War" visual style to "Hyper detailed with as many mechanisms as possible in 1/144", and anything else HG is relegated to P-Bandai for that extra $20 per kit

The Gunpla evolution project/HG Revive series was pretty much dropped like a hot stone, and never continued for some reason too, despite cracking out some fantastic kits
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>>23619385
They've actually been making more metal builds and prepainted slop because you're all a bunch of filthy fucking snapshitters
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>>23619385
I just want more MG, but of course bandai gave us 2 (TWO) Asstray where the actual new one is a P-Bandai.
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>>23619385
at the risk of attracting a ceetain schizo, they're going the way of Lego because they're aware that manchildren buy more gunpla than the kids.
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>>23619396
>they're going the way of lego
Please elaborate.
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>>23619385
>P-Bandai for that extra $20 per kit
I don't have pbandai here but aren't their kits priced normally where they're sold? Besides shipping
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>>23619397
Theyre catering to lazy snaptards with money
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>>23619385
>The Gunpla evolution project/HG Revive series was pretty much dropped like a hot stone, and never continued for some reason too, despite cracking out some fantastic kits

Nah, people just misunderstood what they were. It was a marketing campaign meant to last a couple years and then be replaced with the new one. Bandai wanted to sell a handful of updated kits so they made a marketing campaign around it, it wasn't meant to be a long term subline. Kind of like MG 2.0. For a few years they had 2.0 kits, and then suddenly they stopped marketing them as that.
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>>23619385
The answer is simple: bandai are a bunch of retards that have no idea what they're doing and trip their way into success. The current people running the company are riding the coattails of the success of the old guard. They don't seem really capable of putting out solid kits any more and instead try to appeal to extravagance but also fail at that too - chang is beating them to the punch there.
>>23619399
bandai has always appealed to "lazy snaptards"
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>>23618939
Gfred has them, not sure if it's cute but I liked it's dumbass boggle eyes.
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>>23619385
The only blatant pandering that I'm seeing from Bandai is the region specific kits that they are releasing. Anything other than that is just some schizo posting.
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>>23619385
don't forget metal builds and add on
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>crackdown on BUYERS of chinese loli sex dolls in my country
i should buy all the puni mofus while it's still allowed
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>>23619385
if they are pandering to whales then why do they keep making seed kits for filipinos
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>>23619471
for china
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>>23619471
that's for the chinks
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>>23619152
About time
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>>23619152
uh... can we get bandai to change that name? pretty yucky
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>>23619471
Flips may got the same tastes as chinks but they cant afford a lot of the stuff
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I brought pic related so I can have a guncannon to support my jimmies. Turns out that the visor is just a sticker? Still haven't received it in the mail yet, but I want to keep it. Are there any aftermarket visors I could get for this guy? I don't want him to stick out.

Any tips for making this look better? Maybe start with silver and keep the metallic green thinned out?
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>>23619554
metallic marker maybe, or just paint it lmao
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>>23619554
Clear green over chrome is the way to go
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>>23619555
No shit I'm going to paint it, I just don't know how to make it look good.
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>>23619556
If I mask it and go extra thick on the gloss coat just for the fake visor, would it sell the illusion of glass better?
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>>23619557
well, I've seen others cover solid visor piece with some kind of holographic sticker, then either coat that with clear resin or just leave it as is
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>>23619554
You can buy clear styrene sheeting and just cut it to match.
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>>23619560
Yeah it would but clear resin on top would be even better
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>>23619556
Even further; a bit of HiQ Aurora Seal over chrome
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>>23619068
What if I buy one and post OC?
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>>23619385
>it feels like Bandai certainly have been increasingly pandering to upper level buyers/whales more than ever
The majority of their output is still cheap HGs.
>Ever increasing scale/complexity whale kits like MG-EX
They've released 2. With seemingly no information on any others coming any time soon.
>Hueg HG's like Baund Doc/Psycho MK2
That's just what size they would be at that scale.
>Premium gate keeping
This is an actual issue and it's only getting worse but that's not so much about catering to whales, it just makes sense to them because they make more money that way. It'll probably continue to get worse over time as P-Bandai makes more and more of their sales numbers. The Tamashii Nations stuff is for the big spenders and for the guy who constantly brings up lego, even the Tamashii Nations kits are like 10 times cheaper than the "collectors" lego kits.
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>>23619649
We would all like that
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>>23619155
Every night I pray to god that you'll never see an MG version of a kit you want, until the day you die.
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How's amiami preowned
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>>23619662
As good as any other JP store. Their "preowned" basically means flawless. Amiami also has grades for the condition of the box and condition of the parts themselves. I've bought "box damaged" kits from them and the only issue was it was slightly dented.
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>>23619663
need to shoulder tackle this whole pic
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>>23619179
You have to give Tamashii props for funneling that budget into things people actually want.
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>>23619662
crapshoot
One anon once got a Studio Halfeye Cybuster for chump change because it was listed as "FOOT BROKEN" but all that was wrong was that the foot was popped out of the ballsocket.
Meanwhile, I bought J-Decker and Might Gaine Super Robot Chogokins listed as A-tier quality and the former had its front skirt glued on by the previous owner while the metal hip-joints on the latter somehow got something that looked like rust or a greenish-brown patina on them.
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>>23619653
>That's just what size they would be at that scale.
What a completely useless statement that misses the forest for the trees. No shit that's what they'd be at that scale. We went a very long time without them making any giant HGs. The Destroy is over 20 years old and the Psyco Mark II is over 30. The Psyco I was made 20 years ago. They have absolutely released more large HGs within the past several years than before. HGUC Nightingale, Psyco II, a couple of huge AoZ kits like Hyzenthlay II Rah and Psyco Arms Hrairoo, Destroy, a couple huge build divers kits I don't remember the name of at all, Penelope and Xi. Maybe I've missed some. All these are very, very large kits. Before all these we had the Psyco and Dendrobium 20 years ago and the Neo Zeong 10 years ago. Getting this many high plastic volume kits in a short span of time is markedly distinct. They are in fact clearly making larger kits more frequently now. Virtually everything I just listed is larger than the average MG too, and modern MGs have a ton more plastic by volume than old MGs at that.
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Tamashii can effortlessly produce figures of obscure designs like it's no big deal, while Bandai Hobby makes you trek through a desert mirage just to plead for a new mg release even then Hobby will give you an hg because you deserve punishment for even asking for a new mg.
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Hell yeah check out what just came in
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>>23619686
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Can I downgrade the HGUC Schuzrum Dias into the Rick Dias? Is it a good stand-in for the Rick Dias either way?
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>>23619688
They have some minor differences, but the Sturm Dias doesn't come with Rick Dias's backpack at all for starters. Otherwise the back skirt and knees and maybe one or two other places are slightly longer on the Sturm Dias.
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>>23619682
Probably because the margins on a Tamashii kit are massive compared to gunpla. They don't need to make or sell as many units, meaning it's easier to justify production. I wish I was able to buy a MG Gerbera Tetra, or even RG, but obviously Bandai don't see it being worth the development cost. There's a reason they keep releasing fucking Astrays and Seed shit in general. They sell.
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>>23619691
>but obviously Bandai don't see it being worth the development cost
No matter how many 30MM and Shitpla shelfwarms yet are released monthly people will still cling to this cope.
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>>23619693
30MM sells though. Bandai themselves said they were surprised at how well the line did, which is why they decided to expand it so quickly. Unko is an actual flop.
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>>23619362
they couldn't even make a MG Nu double Fin Funnel type, when they only need to make a new shield and shoulders and head, but they did for RG, nor they couldn't be arsed to make a MG Nu FF type
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>>23619554
Candy coating is what you want. Do a base coat of gloss black followed by either chrome or a high-shine silver on top of it and then with your clear color paint of choice on top. If you do not have an airbush I heavily advise using spray cans for the chrome and not try and brush it on.

>>23619560
Clearcoat over top of candy coating actually dulls it a bit in my experiance, even if you use a high quality gloss clear. If its just the visor you will be fine not gloss coating it.
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>>23619711
To be fair you can just make that yourself
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>>23619715
to be fair you can just make a dowadge yourself
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>>23619717
But I like both of the dudewadge.
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30MM is good sometimes
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>>23619720
Dude wedge lmao is kino but that doesn't really matter
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>>23619689
I can just pretend it got upgraded partway, but is it a good kit otherwise? I JUST wanted a normal (red) Richard Dias
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>>23619727
look at it on dalong
it's fine
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>>23619727
>Richard Diaz
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>>23619727
I have a brown Richard Diaz. He's my uncle. I can send him your way.
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>>23619727
>>23619732
Ricardo Diaz, surely?
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>>23619729
Oho
>>23619732
>>23619739
It's his full legal name
>>23619733
>brown
I said RED
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>>23619362
Because Dom adjacent kits are cool as fuck
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>>23619696
>30MM sells though. Bandai themselves said they were surprised at how well the line did
Just like how Build Fighters went on for 10 years only until now people realized it is a flop. And Kyokai Senki got 2 seasons of anime, an OVA and a novel with 100% of its kits being retail. Look how that turned out.
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>>23619754
Kyoukai Senki kits are good. The anime sucks shit. 30mm has no anime to drag it down, it stands on its own for better or worse.
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>>23619759
The thing about 30MM is that it has such a half assed lore and the design themselves don't look good. No one ask Bandai to make this shit, they could have just focused on Gunpla and character kits for FRS. Man i would love to have a second Alphamon kit with her giant axe, but nooo, more 30MM, more shitpla, more One Piece ships.
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I haven't seem a 30MM kit that looks good. At least a few kits in the Frame Arms line looked pretty cool.

Bandai has access to pretty much all mecha designers in Japan, why don't they call them up?

Why hasn't Katoki designed some? Unless the whole line is beneath him. Which really says everything you need to know about 30MM.
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>>23619759
Kyoukai Senki looks like it should have aired when Xam'd was airing.
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>>23619765
The Spinatio (Knight Type), Revernova, Acerby & Baskyrotto look good out of the box but the whole point of the line is to modify the base kit. If you're just snapping them then yeah it's pretty pointless. Also holy shit can you all stop fucking seething over this shit. I swear the last year of these threads has been non-stop whining over how everything killed MGs.
>>23619759
>Kyoukai Senki kits are good.
They are and they're insanely cheap to import from Japan. I got the FM mailes kenbu, shipped, for the same price as a HG.
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>>23619764
The designs look fine. I asked Bandai to make more 30MM.
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most of gundam releases are turds too
it's got a base 33% chance of being sneed, wing gundam or the rx
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>>23618208

first time trying some chipping effects with silver

any tips?
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>>23619790
Gotta add some wear and tear on the decals if you gonna have a suit roughed up this much
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>>23619674
At 3-5 times the cost of if they would have been model kits? Fuck, no.
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It's really funny reading all the whining because from my perspective the past 5 or 6 years, maybe even 10 who knows I am not consulting a release spreadsheet, have been amazing. Multiple things I never thought would exist now do. Every year brings out something I've been wanting since I got into Gundam, usually multiple somethings. This is overall the best era of Gunpla for me since the early 2000s when B-Club was still active, and it's probably better than then. I would love more 1/100 releases, RE100 or MG, and back then I imagined we'd have PGs of most lead gundams so I'd really like if they got on that too, but it's crazy to imagine whining so hard constantly when there are so many great kits coming out.
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>>23619802
Dude, the next big "Ver ka" is a recolor of a kit released 5 years ago.
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Bought this cat for real cheap, what am i in for anons? Is the kit fun? Won't arrive until de 27th, so im just waiting at the moment.
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>>23619805
Looks like we have to dedicate another 50 posts clearing up the difference between FAZZ, Full Armor ZZ and Enhanced ZZ. Hope you're happy.
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>>23619805
It's a kit that should've existed years ago. I'll be getting one. I don't really care how many ver Kas exist or what they've of though honestly. Meanwhile I just bought a Gunraid and I'll buy the F90 Mars 2 when they release it and the Silhouette and the Silhouette Kai and the Neo Gundam (two of them when they do the second unit colour version) and...
I don't give a fuck about whether the model has Katoki's name on it.
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>>23619802
I don't know if I'd say the release schedule has been amazing but the quality of the average kit is extremely high these days. HGs are so good these days compared to even 10 years ago and RGs are now consistently some of the best model kits out there in general. The MG Vidar was fantastic too and they even bothered to fix the issues the Barbatos frame had.
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>>23619807
Not necessary. I have eye balls and can clearly see this new Ver Ka is a recolor of the FAZZ. That will be 110 dollars plus tip plus tax plus shipping plus shipping tax.
>>23619808
>I'll be getting one
Of course you will. That's why you're making posts about how we're in some sort of golden age of gunpla, because you're a mindless consumer - you admit so yourself that this kit should have existed years ago.

Some of you are genuinely mentally deranged and contribute to ruining this shit for the rest of us.
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>>23619802
The whining isn't that good things aren't coming out. It's that the number of good things that could be coming out is small in comparison to where it should be, and often the availability is locked behind P-Bandai when it shouldn't be.

As a few easy examples, back in the days of 00, the Gundams had multiple versions, including shit like Trans Am color shift, Final Battle weapons, and so on, every single one of them retail. Today, the Destiny Spec II is just a remold of the existing HG Destiny kit, and the red joints version is locked behind P-Bandai where they sell it for extra just for the privilege of having the railgun; same for the GQuuuuuuX Red Gundam with full Elemeth Bits. Back in the old days, we would get at least a half-dozen MG kits per year. Today, we're lucky to get two kits and none of them are rehashes of old stuff.
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>>23619814
Actually I'll get it because the ZZ is among my favourite Gundams of all time. I don't buy even close to everything. The FA ZZ is a more exciting release to me than the Narrative because I am interested in designs I actually like.
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I knew it was going to be big, but I didn't expect the Sazabi Ver. Ka box to be THAT big.
Christ, it's like twice the size of other Ver. Ka boxes.
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>>23619820
Because it's twice their size when it's built. The thing is massive.
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>>23619820
There are several other robots that are that size as well. Psycho Zaku, etc.
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>>23619836
The psychozaku box is only in such a large box because of the massive fuel tanks.
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Jarvis, compare the number of releases across all Gunpla lines from 2014-2015 to 2024-2025. Include P-Bandai.

Are living in the Golden Age?
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>>23619790
A lot of the scratches are a bit too big, and in places that other places would be heavily worn before hitting. You're doing well, but don't just add the chips, think about how they could have happened, this will guide your discretion.
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>>23619840
>ESL age
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>>23619858
Definitely living in those.
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Been building the mold king zaku tank and it isn't too bad biggest downside is the tubes and some armour gaps that I probably could have made better with some more trimming
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>MK II ver 2.0 got restocked after I got the 1.0 version.


Well fuck me, I guess I'm painting this one in red.
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>>23619890
Why would you even buy the 1.0 version in the first place, unless it was the version with the G-Defenser.
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>>23619911
nta but for me it was because of easy parts compatibility with the Hazels and GM III. Revive backpack connector only works with other Mk IIs and the Barzam
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>100 dollars for a re/100
I can't do it.
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>>23619920
I'm looking forward to the next Gunblastor reprint.
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>>23619923
>100 dollars on amazon
I can't do it. I can't justify that. I can pay that right now but I just can't morally do it.
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no one in flipland wants the brown Dom and the F90 Nigger type
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>>23619930
>flipland
No one wants you here either
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>>23619911
Because it was so cheap at like 20 bucks, that it was asking to be bought.
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>>23619930
Yeah yeah we know you guys only like seedshit and zakus
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>>23617600
Good lord this thing is tall.
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>/ourguy/ got filtered by the HGUC Banshee
lmao what a faggot (literally)
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>>23620047
>our guy
lmao, lol

that kit do be ass tho
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Why are boomers like this?
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P Bandai is offering gunpla gacha boxes. This company has zero fucking shame.
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>>23620089
40ish boomer with partially destroyed body here. I do it because #1 scarcity bullshit. If I want to build it next year but X company doesn't reprint it for ten more years, it's just not happening. If I closet it for later, I can build it when the urge strikes. I keep about ~50 kits in my backlog, and when it approaches 60-65 I don't buy anymore (regardless of how bad I want them) until I'm below 50.
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>>23620112
the new drops are mostly clearcolored and special coating stuff too. holy shit
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>>23620122
What's the matter? You don't want the same thing as retail except worse plastic and 3 times more expensive?
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>>23620122
>>23620123
But are they the same as the yearly Thanksgiving clear drop? It could be anything, it could even be a FAZZ and 4 action bases!
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>>23620089
I dont really see a issue anon. Whats the problem
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>>23619930
Then tell me. What in the world is the HG G-Self Movie Atmospheric/Space Pack doing there?
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>>23620240
because only retards buy anything G-Self and by extension, anything related to G-Reco
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I'll work my on MG Nemo... tomorrow.
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I'm in disbelief. pbandai's upcoming drop for winter fest is the same shit that they're always releasing. I was thinking that maybe they would print some of the stuff that hasn't seen the light of day for a few years.
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How come HG Dragonar doesn't have safety nubs on its fins even though it's a HG?
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>>23620266
Why would they?
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>>23620255
G-Arcane and G-Lucifer are good
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>not for sale
Bollocks
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>>23620297
This doesn't look awful. Has a stupid ass chest face though.
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>more metal build slop announced
I hate tmaashii nations event so much
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>>23620089
anon, that's just a backlog
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>>23619920
>"RE/100 exists to make kits that are too obscure or large to turn a profit as a MG"
>Immediately start making kits that are not too obscure or rare
>Stop making those kits
>Price is now the same as if it would have been a MG anyway

I hate Bamco.
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im detailing my re/100 dijeh
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>>23620089
That's just my room, but I have animu models and shelves loaded with models so much that it might make chris-chan blush.
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>stop working on backlog in anticipation of HG Naion delivery
>its several days late
mom better not fuck up my tots tonight
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>Oops, All Clear Colors And Special Coatings!

There's also the usual assortment of Action Bases, weapons/hands packs, and Haros and Bearguys. Besides the gacha boxes, which I absolutely don't fucking trust, there isn't really anything of interest.
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>>23620425
Huh, I didn't know that white Zaku is based off an actual thing. I've only seen the chinkpla version before and assumed it's just chinkpla being chinkpla.
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>>23620425
I just want the G-Self and system weapons
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>>23620425
The gunpla gacha is how they dump shelf warmers, right? Wonder if we can work out the rarity of the gunpla you get to figure out which are the most unpopular.
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>>23619795
>>23619842

tried top take what you guys said and made the chips smaller and tried to get into the decals a little more. thoughts?
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>>23620425
I support punishing snapshitters for not learning to paint.
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>>23620446
Hey it honestly looks like it's coming along great! The chips on the blue look very good, the white has a little of what looks like the big smudgy ones but when assembled no one will see that specifically, detail density like this hides it well. The shoulder verniers stick out further, so realistically it would have more damage than the flat face of the white piece below it, but the weathering is your "story" so do what vibes with you man. Keep going, you're doing great! Remember, growth isn't about doing the whole kit right everytime, but doing one thing better each time. If you can do that, you're guaranteed growth with much less pain and more fun.
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>>23619765
>>23619764
Tons of those 30MM kits just look like blockier, legally distinct mechs from Gundam we've already seen hundreds of times before.
They weren't even trying with some of them.
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>>23620496
Or maybe that was on purpose to inspire people who appreciate existing UC designs but are hesitant about customizing. Such as manbabies, snapshitters, and children.
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But what if Nu with Hi-Nu's backpack?
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>>23620506
I hate this.
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>>23617748
In case anyone else is still waiting:
They sneakily updated their planned suspension post about their warehouse restructuring instead of writing another one.
Somehow that shit ended up taking longer than expected (again) and they won't be finished with their backlog until the fucking 20th.
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>>23620425
Hm? I thought everyone is a paintCHAD here? Surely you can just paint up those?
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>>23620425
Are the Gundam Base limited coloured ones not cool to get at all? I'm always jealous whenever I see them and I think they've almost never come up
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>>23620550
>paying 10x as much for a clear kit to paint
logics like a snaptard
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>>23620552
He's implying the opposite...
You can paint it yourself, that's why the alt colors are irrelevant.
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>>23620552
sometimes it's an issue of access. the only way you can get a Pale Rider or an HGUC Mk III nowadays is through their clear limiteds which are ironically more common than the original releases. if you're a flip, there was also that one short time window where they sold a competition-legal MG Mk V as a limited clear.
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here's your zoids, gweilo

at least they have a sense of humor about it
guangdong cockroach
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>>23620565
I'm aware, but time is on your side. Why pay so much more when there are so many kits out there. Just wait for a reprint and build other things in the meantime. Backlogcels always losing to PBandai Hand rubbing merchant.
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>>23620577
it looks like it has a neat mono eye
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>>23620593
yeah considering it's a haha funny robot rockroach they put a lot of cool elements into it
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>some japs on twitter are reporting that FAZZ and Ex-S just got restocked on shops
i must prepare...
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>>23620577
at least Zhang put more effort into roachpla than Bandai did shitpla
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>>23620646
the force of china's plastic injection supply chain cannot be underestimated
random manufacturers there can go "haha funny roach kit let's print 6000 units" and it's no problem
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>>23620660
>chink king crab model is still stuck in the production oblivion
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>>23620660
they should make poopformers but actually interesting to beat bandai's own poopla, as a post-ironic joke
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>>23620660
I mean, their manufacturing industries are kinda what made them a global powerhouse.
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>>23620425
As a degenerate gacha game fag, I'm really tempted by the gacha blind boxes in hopes of getting a good deal for decent kits, but I just know it's how they're moving shelf warmers and I'll only seethe when I open a box of clear color kits, action bases and a petitguy.
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how's the groombuild entry
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>>23620763
Considering there's several different price for the gacha, SURELY the more expensive gacha will be restricted to actual kits and at least HG, right? None of that action base crap for the more expensive tiers, that'll just be cruel. TCG can get away with junk cards since each booster pack don't cost 100+ bucks
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>>23620763
>>23620805
99% of the time you're going to lose money on blind boxes and even when you get something that has "value", it's extremely unlikely to be anything you actually want. You're only buying these things because you want to gamble.
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>>23620827
Usually they're a way to clear old stock. The opposite is true: you often DO technically get your money's worth and usually then some in value, but it's going to be the shit no one wanted.
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>>23620425
anything but the GM three pack, the war in the pocket Santa + Snowman balloon vinyl set, & the Nu gundam & Re-GZ dummy balloon vinyl sets.

also fuck the surprise boxes, stop trying to do a run around on me waiting for everything I want to be in stock next year so I can group it up into one shipment because nothing sells out instantly anymore
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What a manlet lmao.
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>>23620552
Its the same price you fucking retard. Where does the false idea thay clear kits are more expensive even come from? I always see some retard here claim clear kits are more expensive
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>>23620847
That ironically makes him more powerful in this setting.
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>>23620577
>Cantonese heavy
DLLM
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Oh shit, Zagan is finally about to go up for pre order. I hope they release the other Goetia Gundams too like Murmur and Zagan.
I heard the Urdr Hunt compilation movie was a total flop though so I guess I shouldn't hold my breath.
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>>23620425
Fuck, I think I'm the target market for the V2AB coating ver
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>>23620446
I would take away small sections of the decals, like on the BH because they would absolutely see wear n tear from weathering /damage
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Normally I like Moderoids but their Eva kits look awful. What the hell is up with those elbows and knees?
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>>23620908
GSC's model kit technology is 20 years behind!
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Sirs, a second spoon has been fucked up.
so what's fucking me up is that I didn't let the oils/enamels cure properly before adding the glue, which melted the fuck out of them and fused the pigment into the glue, so I couldn't fix the fuck up at that point. I think I can get it right next try, but I'm running close to the groupbuild deadline at this point, and having to wait at least 24 hours between layers kinda fucks me over. And I would still want to get it right in practice before I put it on the model, so that pushes me back another few days. Thinking I'll just stick with the method I normally use for painting carapace textures. Rip new experience.
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>>23620959
Did you scrape your anal cavities with this spoon?
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weathering progress on my seapig
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>>23620978
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>>23620969
That's irrelevant.
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>>23620959
Looks interesting, like something you'd see in an abandoned building.
>>23620978
>>23620982
I really like the texture and the scratches on his back.
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>>23620836
>you often DO technically get your money's worth
That's why I said "value". If you paid money for something you didn't want, then you didn't get your money worth did you?
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DASSA BIG CUCCARACHA
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Gunpla hag dropped a new breast review
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>>23619790
It's not bad by any means, but here's some tips if you want to improve it. Generally when chipping you are going to want to save silver for only the deepest wear and tear. It's best to work in 3 layers (all acrylic) and layer them on top of each other.
1st layer - a lighter shade of the color of the part you're working on to represent paint fading, and the highlights for your chipping. This will be the biggest layer and it's okay if it's a bit sloppy at first. Use a sponge to get some random texture and a fine brush to go along the edges and corners of parts. As long as you applied a clear coat before chipping you can scrape off any extra bits of this layer with a toothpick to clean it up and refine your chipping.
Second layer - A dark brown or black. This is where the paint has been worn through to the primer or metal. You should only apply this inside areas from the first layer, meaning you're gonna have to use a brush.
Third layer - this is where you put the silver. Use it sparingly, only in the deepest scratches, along portions of edges, and in the corners. This is where the metal hasn't just been exposed, but worn down. Again, keep this layer inside the previous layer.

Excuse the visual aid looking a bit sloppy, it took ten gorillion hours in mspaint with a mouse.
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>>23621071
I'm rarted?
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This chad walks up to your favourite and pimp slaps it. How do you respond?
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>Just paint it bro
Jesus, is Zakuaurelius an anon here?
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>>23621090
>MGK called a snapshitter by a child
Hahahahahahaha
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>>23621094
me spraying 2k super clear down mgk's mouth to clear coat his lungs
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>>23620425
I didn't even know there was a full mechanics freedom.
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>>23621071
wouldnt the silver (exposed metal) parts rust almost immediately? therefore better represented as rust than silver?
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>>23621111
gundarium metal doesn't rust, also there's no air and moisture in space
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>>23621111
Gundams are not made of steel, aside from some of EZ8.
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>>23621089
Isn't that suit piloted by a woman?
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>>23621140
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>>23621143
Why did Camille hate this guy in particular?
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>>23621145
He said Kamille is a girls name
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>>23621147
He's not proving him wrong.
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>>23621150
He proved him wrong by killing all of his girlfriends.
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>>23621152
>get called a girl
>react emotionally immediately and carry a grudge for the rest of eternity
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>>23621155
I think the grudge was over him killing kamilles parents

>>23621152
He didn't kill Fa, who is also best girl coincidentally.
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>>23621090
holy fuck, how can you recover from this...
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>>23621155
By the end of the war Jerid was pretty much just another Titan in his way he gave no special thought to

>>23621156
I meant Kamille killed his girlfriends. Jerid doesn't kill Kamille's.
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>>23621159
I bet he really regretted saying Kamille is a girls name after that
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>>23621090
I remember this boomer vid of zak playing with chatgpt, he asked who was the best gunpla youtuber and actually seethed when it said mgk
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reminder the dspiae joint strengthening pen doesn't work.
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>>23621169
but I've used it and it works well
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>>23621169
Works on my machine.
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>>23621169
But it does? Are you sniffing it somehow.
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>>23621169
It's just clear acrylic
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>>23621143
I meant Emma, and the non-Roux girl from ZZ.
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Someone should start building a catalog of all bootlegs and third party aftermarket parts, just so there's one place everyone can go to keep track of this shit. Just something simple like manufacturer and the kit it's bootlegging.
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is the pyscho gundam mk2 HG worth it? I know it's huge but $100 seems like a lot for a HG
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>>23621229
Why aren't you doing it?
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>>23621229
Start a Google Sheet or a Rentry. Can put it in the OP
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>>23621229
Why should we and why do you keep on asking every single thread? Fuck you go do it yourself.
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>>23621239
bootleg enthusiasts are inherently (at the genetic level) too lazy and retarded to put in this level of effort (that's why they are poor and are forced to buy bootlegs).
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>>23621229
You could do it instead of continuing to beg others to.
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>>23621169
It does its job making my chink bootlegs on par with Bandai stuff so
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the hg unicorn made me quit gunpla
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>>23621169
go paint your nails and put on some lipstick
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>>23621229
Make it easier by only including the ones that aren't utter shit
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What are you buying yourself for christmas?
For me it's mostly a bunch of option parts to go with everything htat's already in my 'log
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>>23621283
Depends on what catches my fancy at the gundam base pop up tomorrow.
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>>23621156
>killing kamilles parents
His mother. Kamille's father was a PoS that broke up the family with extra-marital affairs and tried to kill his own son.
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>>23621166
Reasonable reaction. Gaykotsu is such a bad apple.
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>>23621233
It's almost as tall as a PG, comes with pretty much every accessory you'd want it to have, has a giant action base for itself + the bits and psycommu arms, and is almost completely color seperated (sadly not entirely, the mini beam cannons need a little black dot in the center)
Pretty standard as far as giant HGs go, I'd say it's worth it
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>>23621283
MG Barb Lupus. He should be out by that point.
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>>23621278
i wish that made you also delete your channel.
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What shipping option is most likely to be the cheapest? Assume the package is about 1kg and 6-7L. It's either Registered Air or DHL, but Hobby Search's chart doesn't have any info for DHL shipping prices.
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>>23621350
Registered Air
dhl will be anal rape
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>>23621229
Mold king Zaku tank is pretty gud because there isn't a real one

Daban The O is also good but it is good compared to the price of the real one
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>>23621356
Thanks anon
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>>23621229
krw_krw on twitter posts upcoming chinese kits
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>She got a boobjob

it aint fair.
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>>23621493
I just unsubscribed
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>waiting patiently for the RG Crossbone
>it and the HGUC went up in price
>one store has the HGUC on sale for its former price where I'm going out tomorrow anyway
>feels like you may as well pay slightly more for the RG
>feels like the HGUC might be nice to have
>feels like it might get shafted if I get the RG
>feels like buying the RG might be redundant, and so I'd be stuck with just the HG forever
Do I jump on the HGUC Crossbone? Is it a good kit in its own right?
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>>23621493
>putting greebles on gunpla
>putting greebles on yourself
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>>23621090
michael gaiktosu said hes gonna snap zak's son
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>>23621493
>Boob Job
>Still Small
What a waste of money.
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>>23621510
>threatening the son of Zaku "Box destroyer" Aurelius
Gaykotsu's coffin will look like a USAGS package.
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>>23617600
It's pretty cool that this thing came with stickers I could use to mask off the eyes. A bit ridiculous that it doesn't have color separated eyes though. It's crazy since it comes with the multi colored face part from the strike gundam.
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>>23621493
>build plastic
>add plastic to self
It is the logical next step

>>23621508
heh
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>>23621510
With what, his frail lady hands? He's just gonna end up snapping his nails.
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>>23621530
I also took apart the legs to brighten the whites and add some shading.
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>>23621530
I look like this IRL
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>>23621530
What color did you paint with that? Which brand of metallic red?
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>>23621543
Based
The perfect grade feels a lot chunkier than the master grade.
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>>23621546
All the paints are aqueous hobby color. It's just metallic red, and I mixed in a tiny bit of metallic black for the darker parts. The whites are just flat white. The dark gray is just flat white mixed with black metallic and the light gray is 50:50 super fine silver and H306 gray.
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>>23621553
I see, looks really good.
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>>23617600
just trust my vision... the random rectangles will turn out good in the end
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>>23621547
the Astray is supposed to look bulky and muscular. the PG is the most Artist-respecting representation of it. there's also the HiRM, but it might be too exaggerated for some.
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>>23621681
The PG fucks up the backpack and beam sabre mounts.
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>>23621704
A Whale's Piss Trophy.
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>>23621704
man, it's the gloss gold injection too. I'd just fucking paint one instead of that
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>>23621704
PISS PROPULSION
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>>23621704
i miss the days when the gift stuff was cool like the HG customize campaign parts
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>>23621704
It looks like it's giving you the middle finger.
Which is perfect.
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Will Fat Cat do RG Gaogaigar 1/100?
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>>23621704
How much would Japan seethe if I bought a bootleg of this?
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>>23621704
Amatsu or Gawain displayed on this would be bangin
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The Tamashii side of Bandai gets the better stuff again.
Figure-Rise when?
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>>23621704
fucking kek this feels kinda insulting in a way, and also a parody of p-bandai overall.
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>>23621867
The kit better comes with a retractable ladder and tables/ chairs that 'break apart'.
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>>23621704
Man, it's actually insane how much Bandai shits on its customer base. This is literally some Robocop-tier parody shit. The "*until suply lasts" is just the icing on the shit cake. Are they doing this to test the limits of their fans' loyalty? Look, I hate to complain and I'm all for supporting the brands that deliver a good product, but this, along with some of the other stuff Bandai's been doing (unko), is straight up disrespectful. But then again, we see the hardcore jap fanboys endlessly seething because someone bought a high quality 3rd party kit and "stole" money from their daddy Bandai-sama. I guess they get what they deserve. But if Bandai keeps up like this, China will just take over the market in no time.
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>>23621925
Some "former" GSC and Kotobukiya employees got into executive positions.
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>>23621925
Japanese otaku culture is basically a capitalist wetdream. People make fun of funko pop and comic book collectors in the west, but even those hardcore collectors who buy multiple copies of the same capeshit issue for the different cover variants ain't got shit on hardcore Japanese otaku who'll watch a movie or buy some expensive discs multiple times so they can collected some limited (or worse, randomly distributed) goody that comes with it. When your biggest buyers are that level of mentally insane, of course they're gonna keep pushing things to see how far they can take it. Bandai also double dips into the idol shit and those guys are even more insane.

tl;dr = it can't be helped, the whole thing is fucked
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>>23621925
brand tribalism is so weird and unhealthy. people don't "owe" a company anything besides the money already paid for the products, but it gets to be part of their identity somehow. It's less often in the west with physical products, but it happens with video games all the time.

>I like product X of brand Y
>therefore any criticism of product X or brand Y is a criticism of me
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>>23622015
This is what happens when people have nothing outside their consumerist hobby.
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>>23620660
>wowie a chinkino kit
>gonna paint it
>what's the material?
>not listed anywhere in kit, box or manual (it's ABS btw)
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>>23622047
Just use a high energy primer like anybody who works in industry?
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>>23622047
imagine using any primer other than 6 dollar hardware store rattle cans
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Perfect Grade Zgok from the Changs
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>>23622091
what a fat fucking chonkers
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBSVtLcRQjE robot lizardmen... they suuuuuure got their own pv
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>>23622091
I do like when chang makes fuckhueg kits, they're very tactile and autistically pleasing to work on. but on the other hand they take up so much fucking space
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>>23622091
Upscaled RG?
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New thread. Please remember to report spam and e-celeb posting, neither belong here. Thank you.

>>23622137
>>23622137
>>23622137
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>>23621493
??? They look like always, what am I missing?
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>>23622047
there is nothing wrong with abs



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