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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 - 8/12/25END - 11/30/25
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>>23637445that's not girlpla
Threadly shilling reminder: If you want discount waterslides, Delpi is doing their Black Friday sale right now. Bling out your kits, or buy in bulk for your backlog that you're never going to build anyway. Buy $80 or more in shit, and you get free shipping.
>>23637466This is sus af honestlyYou shilled their last discount multiple times too, and this is not that good or notable a deal
>no one outruns the ekdromoi
sex with girlpla
I base the quality of a kit on whether it can do a kneeling pose or not
theres a girl in my local gunpla cubshe is stinky but im into it
>>23637555I bet everyone else at the gunpla club is too
>>23637555what does she snap
>>23637520I'm shilling it every time a new thread is made, because I honestly think it's a really good deal.Waterslides from Delpi's website are already cheaper than if you order from a third-party webfront store like Newtype, and taking an extra 30% off on top of that is an even better deal. The last three times I ordered from them (before de minimus was repealed) I didn't pay taxes either, and when I ordered from them yesterday they didn't charge me tax either so somehow they're still skirting under that regulation.
What do you do when you've already built every kit you were interested in?
>>23637579but I did have breakfast this morning.
>>23637576The design of delpi waterslides is so shit compared to G-rework but finding stock of G-rework is much harder and when places do have them in stock, they're ridiculously priced. The G-rework site is also dogshit and they're way more expensive than delpi, even when buying direct. No idea why the guy makes it so difficult to buy from him.
>>23637584???That has nothing to do with the question asked.
>>23637561i must increase my own musk to mark the territory>>23637575SDs and those pokemons :/
>>23637600retard
>>23637590The Delpi and G-Rework waterslides literally just take the official stickers included with a kit, and turn them into waterslides. Yeah there's original artistry involved when it comes to HG kits, but for RG, MG and PG kits you're basically just getting the same thing in waterslide form in both cases.And if G-Rework refuses to update their website, then they're just leaving money on the table.
>>23637606Try posting things that aren't nonsense if you want people to understand you.
>>23637600Lmfao get a load of this guy
>>23637609>>23637590>>23637576What ever happened to super indoors men pro? I used to like their decals but now they are all out of stock.
Do you guys tend to like model kits from the newer shows or the older shows? And why?
>>23637631my favorites are from the older shows like ibo and wfm, i dislike the new ones from gqx and rfv
>>23637614SIMP? USAGS still sells their stuff, but stock seems to be spotty (though generally that applies to all waterslides since some stores can get them and some can't).
>>23637633Yeah. I’ve been watching those rg tallgeese decals for like 2-3 months now and they haven’t been in stock. I’ve looked on their website too and they don’t have them either.
>>23637631I like whichever looks cooler. Though I seem to lean towards U.C. and Wing mostly. I don't have any kit from 00 or Gqux so I guess I dislike those
>>23637631I buy kits if I like the design, whether the show is old or new. I also generally prioritize kits from shows I liked, and newer kits over old due to improved engineering.>>23637637You could probably find cheap facsimiles on Ali Express, or just bite the bullet and go for the Delpi or G-Rework versions instead. Is there something particular about SIMP that you like over other brands?
>>23637643>Is there something particular about SIMP that you like over other brands?Yeah. I like the reds on SIMP decals a lot more. I feel like some of the delpi decals get the shade wrong. I haven’t checked out g rework though.
>>23637611holy hell
>>23637445I am a complete newfag on model kits, I bought these without me thinking of grabbing the necessary tools. Is this correct?>nippers>cutting mat>tweezers>glass file>sanding stick>hobby knifeWhat else?
>>23637650If you're just going to keep posting non-sequiturs I'm done talking to you.
>>23637655kwab
>>23637654Basically, yeah. Just follow the instructions and clean nubs and you'll be fine. Some kits may require glue, but a lot of modern kits don't. Read the guides too.
>>23637654You don’t need a cutting mat. You also don’t need sanding stick if you have a glass file. I also never use tweezers except for decals so if you aren’t planning on doing those then don’t get them. If you are doing decals I’d get mark setter and softer too.
>>23637654>nippersreminder to just buy from a hardware store, don't fall for the godhand meme.
>>23637600I think he's referencing that old snickers ad that became a meme for a bit. "You're not you when you're hungry". The joke that anon was implying is that some people might only not want to build more pla because they're hungry, thus not being themselves.
>>23637685What's wrong with Godhand?
>>23637692You should get changhands instead
>>23637692People here are too poor to afford them.
>>23637692They're ridiculously expensive. You're mainly paying for the brand plus the 'made in Japan' aspect. Your generic brand nipper/ cable cutter from the local hardware store does the same job, just make sure it's flat blades and not the scissors type.
>>23637706Immaculate cope.
>>23637706Bruh they are folded over 1000 times. They’re much more premium than generic hardware store crap.
>>23637692Quality wise, nothing. But they cost like 2-3x of regular tool cutter with no significant advantage. Their purpose is just to cut the parts out of a runner anyway. You're gonna need the hobby knife to trim off the nubs plus sand it anyway.
>>23637706While it's true there are plenty of good alternatives I haven't seen any offered in hardware stores that are actually singlebladed nippers nice for plamo. Pretty much everything you find will be for cutting wire.
>>23637715So should I replace my Bandai entry nipper or not? I'll admit it's a bit tedious to have to remove each nub every time
A good modeler can make any tool work. However, a good modeler also knows that not every tool is the same.
I just bite the parts off the sprue.
>>23637727I would like to see a good modeler use a spoon to take off nubs.
>>23637726I use both. I use the entry level junk nipper to remove the part from the runner. I use changhands to cut flush with the part to remove the nub without leaving a mark on the part. Finally I give it a few swipes with a glass file to remove any stumps from the gate if there is any left.
This kit almost made me quit. If I do get around to painting it, I’m gluing the shit out of it.
>>23637743Even he looks depressed :(
>>23637743I just bought this and now I'm scared.
>>23637726If it works, just stick with it.
>>23637746I highly recommend you look up some guides and dont try to follow the manual if you do build it. There is a very high chance of fucking up the shoulders, and there're a lot of weight on those shoulders.>>23637745MGEX Unicorn next... There's no way it could be worse, right?
Is there a cheaper mgex unicorn without all the crap? I just want the 1/100 unicorn mode with better proportions.
>>23637760From Bandai? No. There's chang kits that ship without the LEDs, but ymmv. Which sucks, because most other unicorns are terrible.
>>23637760There will probably be a Chinese bootleg eventually, just wait for it
>>23637763Ok I will.
>>23637743Honestly the thing putting me off from this kit (and psycho zaku) isn't the weight, or the potential breakage issues, or the armor potentially grenading off, or being such fat shelf-hogging fucksIt's the 40+ fucking verniers. I was burned out enough by the HG and that had like 24.
>>23637772>It's the 40+ fucking verniers>40+Son, there's 115 waterslide decals in this kit if you want to place them all. Plus 15 color correcting stickers.
>>23636610 #covid was the 9/11 of hobbyists. it made many people realize that there's money to be earned with reselling hobby products which in turn made rampant scalping a common occurence. and we never recovered from that until now. back then online shops priced their gunpla very competitively, but after covid struck you'll be lucky to see them sell gunpla cheaper than mall price because of excuses like "rare kit", "rent and electricity costs" etc
>>23637774So does that mean I can get a good price for selling some of my backlog?
Friends I have a question. How come there is not so much zanscare and turn a model kits? Thanks
>>23637776not really gunpla, but i have a stash of mini 4wd cars that go for 6x the price i bought it a decade ago. i could sell them for huge bucks, but chose not to out of principle
>>23637776Probably.>>23637778Most people don't seem to care about later UC
>>23637760Zhang is selling one now. Didn't hear if it's any good. But it comes with a pre colored red psychoframe parts instead of LEDs.Try looking up Unicorn 2202 on AliExpress.
>>23637778Because they wouldn't sell. Zanscare MS are only marginally more memorable than Vulture MS, and Turn A (the show, not the MS) is perpetually on Bandai's shit list.
is there a better 1/35 scale yet?
>>23637789Why come zanscare ms wasn’t very memorable? People don’t like bug kino?
>>23637801same reason why no one like shitpla. it's just shit.
>>23637631I find my favorite designs are from Zeta to Double Zeta. Everything now is multiple generation xerox copies of the RX-78.
>>23637631Every Zeta kit I’ve built has been pretty nice. But this is more of a build experience observation. And I didn’t try the RG Zeta.Other than that, I think WfM kits are really well designed. I do want a Gfred, too.
>>23637450I'm still chipping away at the Kshatriya's frame. Both legs are assembled and I finished the rear skirt which is pretty cool with the removable fuel tanks and all the moving parts.
>>23637450>>23637833
>>23637807I like shitpla. Along with plenty of takeshi’s
>>23637631Most of mine are from 0089, Zeta and ZZ because they're my favorites. I also like 00 S1 and WfM grunts but don't care for the Gundams.
>>23637801I'd love to have a good Shokew and Gengaozo kit but the rest of Zanscare's suits don't resonate with me personally. I also imagine it's a tough sell since Late UC is generally and unfortunately unpopular.>>23637789>and Turn A (the show, not the MS) is perpetually on Bandai's shit list.That's a shame. Is there a reason why beyond it not doing too hot commercially?
Is it really necessary?
>>23637860>Is there a reason why beyond it not doing too hot commercially?No. Except for the fact that Bandai is simply just retarded. They didn’t even try to sell turn a model kits from the beginning because they just threw their hands up in the air and assumed they would fail. A self fulfilling prophecy. Sure the show was a commercial failure, but look at gundam x, which got cancelled. It had 10 1/144s and 8 1/100s in its model kit lineup released along with the show. Turn A had 6 1/144s (1 recolor) and 2 1/100s. I know they’re unorthodox designs but syd mead specifically made them to be easy to manufacture model kits of so I don’t know wtf the problem was except Bandai just being dumb.
>>23637862you can see on the left the feet cant even stand level
>>23637862Holy shit this looks like an over greebled chinkified mess
>>23637872>Syd Meadexactly! it's designed by a gaijin that's why bandai have a very low opinion of that show.
>>23637885Do you think the takeshi’s get jealous that their gundams got mogged by an American designer?
>>23637862since it can stand on it's own two feet we can already say it's objectively better engineered than the PGU
I like the folded bazooka and underbarrel attachment for the rifle.
>decal sheet comes with Neo Zeon markingsWTF
>”mom can we have pgu nu?”>”no, we have pgu nu at home”>pgu nu at home:>>23637904>>23637862
>>23637911holy reddit
>>23637801Let's put it another way: it's memorable in the wrong way. The motorcycle tires are a meme rather than actually cool-looking, and thus they're more likely to be niche purchases that won't sell nearly as well as, for example, a Ginn that someone might buy multiples of for army building with other flashy-looking Seed kits.>>23637872X's designs (at the very least the Gundams) are much more traditional, particularly since Okawara is a known quantity. Turn A's are much more exotic by comparison, and they stand out like a sore thumb. Compare them to Reconguista, which despite also being rather unorthodox are still firmly on the side of tradition and still got its own entire line of HG kits.
>>23637706Tbh they ARE very nice but the downside to the "made in Japan" aspect is that you don't get the biggest benefit Godhands actually offer which is their customer service
>>23637921Why tf would I need their customer service? Nigga I just cut the plastic off the part it’s not einstein type shi
>>23636967>it's to be expected that PG kits will fall over the second you distribute the weight unevenly. You'd need to own a PG kit to know any of this and the majority of people in these threads don't own the kits they endlessly complain about.
>>23637929god did this thing look like shit
>>23637801>people don't like bug kino?Dunbine kits sell well so that's clearly not the problem Zanscare mobile suits just suffer from low budget designs and weird, almost SD tier proportions
>>23637924They will sharpen the blades for you for ¥500 as many times as you want
>>23637862Mogged
>>23637911>PGU Nu at homeYeah i hope it has floppy joints and 100 etching stickers just like PGU Nu.
>>23637450Finished the head/shoulders/arms today.I can't seem to get the shoulder locks to actually lock, hoping it isn't an issue. I made sure they were fully engaged, lined up correctly, and had the arms on to hold the shoulder piece on the same depth, but I can still rotate both shoulders.
should i make it the last build of 2025 or first build of 2026?
>>23637985How healthy are your thumbs feeling? The inner frame is very sharp and you need to put a bunch of force on them
>>23637985This thing just makes me wish we had an official 1/100 kshatriya from bandai
>>23637997low effort bait to attract shitposters
It makes me angry when people disrespect by my disagreeing with me, as if I'm not the second best builder in /gpg/.
>>23638000Not baiting, I just want a kit without chink styling
>>23637984I see you also couldn't get the two halves of the lower torso together all the way. That's the only fitting issue I've had on mine so far.
>>23638009You're a 3rd rare builder with 4th rate gunpla.
>>23638011>Without Chink stylingYou will have both Chink styling and box hands. And you will be happy with it.
>>23637743Kits overloaded with weapons never look good. The concept itself is ridiculous and you end up with something that can barely stand
>>23638012The gap lines up with some parts behind, so I think it is for connecting an armor panel on.
>>23638032What is the target audience for this
>>23638034It was already ridiculous looking in the manga, yeah.
>>23637929To answer to that anon you're quoting, I have both the PG Unicorn and PG Astray and they both have no issues standing up or raising the arms. Yes, even the Unicorn. All the retards claiming it can't hold the weight of the gun didn't push the arms all the way in.
>>23637992honestly, i havent been building much lately because my left hand has very little grip and force strength due to nerve damage from an accident. ring and pinky finger are pretty much numb. guess some peg work has to be done to make it easier somehow.
>>23638021You're OUT of here buddy.
>>23638036I'm. . . Rarted???
>>23638046I really need to get rubber nosed pliers or a small vise for these Chinese kits. Usually with Bandai/Koto it means you are doing it wrong. Or just sand more.>>23638052Outside of PGs you usually don't have so much gap time in between the inner frame and putting on the armor. I had a few points I thought I was wrong in also.
>>23638043The old PG are just whatever, products of their time as people say. But Nu is supposed to be "Perfect Grade Unleashed", the name and the price implies absolute perfection, yet you have a wobbly innerframe as if it is using Polycaps and a giant sheet of plastic etching stickers instead of actual snapfit parts.
>>23638040Bandai cock slurpers
>>23638062Yeah, it's not looking good. Just the fact that they're reusing the stand from the Unicorn instead of creating a new one like with the Exia is giving off some low quality vibes. I was expecting it to not be able to stand with the funnels attached, but not being able to even without them just screams that it is poorly made
>>23637743yeah this kit is a bitch to put together
>>23638105Cool looking fag
Why does every MS General kit have such dogshit balljoints for the hands and feet? On the hands they keep coming apart without glue, on the foot I tried gently rotating it and the damn thing snapped from barely any pressure
>>23638116>MS Generalwho?
I've been looking for a reasonable priced MG 1/100 mass production zaku II for a year at this point. When the fuck is there going to be a restock. At this rate I'm just going to repaint a char zaku
>>23638116Girlpla is fragile. They don't have the same mechanical structure compares to mecha and can't stand being played.
>>23638128Beside a slightly different backpack, no one is gonna notice it.
>>23638130I'll know, it will have the wrong box and cause me psychological damage
>>23638128I think it's on the reprint list from a few threads ago.
>>23638128>>23631716>>23632060I'm not fully familiar with how Bandai operates, so I can't say for certain.
>>23638144I've been looking for a full cloth as well so hopefully this is actual includes plans for a restock
>>23638146Full Cloth had a June restock, but it's nice to see it again
>>23638153Damn i cant find it here without paying 100 dollars in shipping
>>23638161I have two in my closet
>Shitpla recolor is already a thingFUCKKK, even with these low efforted trashes, Bandai still have to be stingy somehow.
Is the regular Figure-Rise Kamen RIder Faiz or the Axel form worth getting for someone else if they're around the same price? I have not watched its show
>bootleg MGEX Perfectibility Divine soonkek chinks are going ahead before Bandai
In the instructions this is supposed to connect to some type of stand. There wasn't any type of stand in my box. Is this something I'm supposed to buy separately?
>>23638214doesn't that kit have an extra part that adapts to the action bases? it's pretty much a standard on bandai's MG and RE100 kits
I don't know whats more pathetic, being excited like a fag over a new bootleg or waiting for a new bandai mg.
>>23638219There's a tiny screw type piece. So as long as I have that I can buy any of the bases?
>>23638221The packaging on the action bases indicate which grades they're suitable for.
>>23638214Yeah, majority of kits have a connector port somewhere for action basesSome of the more "premium" and/or heavy kits come with them but for an average HG you'll need to buy one I believe 2 and 5 are the ones most commonly used for 1/144 but several others work for it as well
>>23638222>>23638230Thanks for answering my stupid question instead of shit posting. I really appreciate it. I didn't realize it was separate at first. I'll get one if those then. Does the base happen to come with extra connection pieces if i loose the little piece?
>>23638236It's basically just a peg that should connect to a hole on the underside of your kit, that piece is probably an adapter so I'd hold onto itWorst case scenario the four-pronged connector will let you just sit the kit's crotch in for support, though it'll give you a little less posing freedom. Don't bother with the claw one, those are for girlpla waists
>>23638240Thanks again!
>>23638241No prob lad, make sure to post pics when it's all set up
>>23638212Changs have surpassed Bandai years ago.
Is it possible to get good looks painting gundam by brush/hand? I feel like all the flat surfaces most have would mean its hard to make it look good without a airbrush
>>23638270GBWC 2023 champion's entry was handpainted. they do well with rough textures, but if you're doing showroom-finish paintjobs, just forget it!
>>23638270Yes, but only if you lean into some stylized look
>>23638220i think it's more pathetic that bandai shitted hard enough to the point that people rather be excited over bootleg news.
>>23638220I get excited over bootleg news
Dalong/schizophonic9 for bootlegs when
>>23637862>overdesigned chinese trash
Me when the news drops that zhang is making another over greebled bootleg
>>23638220I don't know, getting excited over HG is the most pathetic.
>>23638320This unironically. I initially thought it's a meme, but decided to buy a few chinkpla to practice painting, scribing etc. The build process honestly isn't noticeably different from legit gunpla. Best part is they often comes with extras.Bandai be like why include the extras together when you can sell DLC replacement parts for extra money.Meanwhile, chinks treat selling gunpla the way they sell their takeouts; there's still space in the box? Throw in a couple of runners to fill them up.
>>23638331The only thing holding them back was terrible fitment. But nowadays that has been fixed for most releases, it is hard not to cave in.
>>23638331>Best part is they often comes with extrasyea they always include water decals and sometimes exclusive stand base and optional parts of different colormeanwhile b*ndai only give us shitty stickers
action base 1, 4 or 5 for MG?
>>23638343Whichever one you like the most.
>>23638331Based as fuck
>>23638278>>23638279noted ladsI might try my hand with some rattlecans I have and see how that goes
>>23638341They made bootleg Calibarn with more accessories than the original HG. Gotta appreciate the hospitality.
>>23638343AB4 & 5 will work but might have stability issues depending on the kit/pose. AB1 is probably still the best for flying poses.
>>236383431 works really good, but you need a screwdriver. I haven't tried 4 but people like it. 5 is to small for MG
>>23638363>>23638367my AB1 is really loose and can't balance my kits really well.always bend forward or backward
>>23638369I think that's more on the kit having a shitty connector than the action base
>>23638373There's no connector.I'm trying to do MG Vidar b t wbut none of my other MGs has connector either.
>>23638377Like, AB1 is fine when I'm trying to do straight floating with no-pose (there's no point in doing this), but when I try a more dynamic pose, the balance is always a mess.
>>23638341>>23638356I haven't bought a bootleg yet, but the Chinese leds for my Unicorn were half the price of Bandai's and included some nice extras like leds for the shield and a cool metal plate
>>23638381I'm talking about chinese original kits, not bootlegs
>>23638377What do you mean there's no connector? I can even see it in the pic you posted. I'm pretty sure 99% of MGs include a connector/base adapter
>>23638385Bootlegs are also superior according to >>23638356
>>23638385It really depends because sometimes a bootleg can have reworks to improve the original issue. Chinese OC kits are known for being generous, but not everyone are into that kind of "kits with no source material".
>>23638387I just put the kit onto this thing from above.it holds the hip really badly, not firm at all.there's no "connector".
>>23638395The connector comes with the kit. It's a small piece that's in one of the runners
>>23638398He might have really ancient MGs from the mid 90s
>>23638377>There's no connector.use the A 51 part
Uh chang bros????? I thought our new Nu was supposed to be the PGU killer????https://youtu.be/OXaQnkE9LhU?
>>23638419>>23638398Oh right, that part.I'm glad I didn't throw away my runners... it's super stable now. It says it's compatible with AB4 and 8, but 1 works just fine. now I have to buy 5 more action bases...
>>23638434lmao happy for you anon
>>23638431Should've gotten Daban PG
>>23638431I don't really care one way or the other about this or the PGU Nu but it seems like the majority of people in these threads aren't looking for model kits and want figures instead. While the price of the PGU is insane, plastic model kits are never going to be perfect. They're always going to have some sort of issue and pressure fit kits are especially going to be prone to fitment/weight/stability issues. It's even less surprising when Chinese kits have these issues given that their QC on average is going to be lacking compared to Bandai, even with Chinese kits improving exponentially over the last few years. The bigger these things get, the more pronounced those issues are going to be.
>>23638444See, that's the thing, the price of the PGU would be in-line for a figure, not a plastic model kit.
>>23638451PGU Nu costs more than metal builds. It's insane
>>23638451Yeah and as I said, the price is ridiculous, but the price doesn't make it magically immune to the inherent issues snapfit plastic model kits will have as they grow in size. There's a give and take. It's just that this time Bandai are seemingly asking for too big of a take for not enough of a give. We'll see how the retail release turns out once people get their hands on it.
>>23638453its dwarfs any metal build barring the metal structure figure which at bare min are triple the price at MSRP not including the funnels mind you
>>23638459Still too expensive for a plastic model kit
i dont mind the idea of 3rd party chink shit, but is there any 3rd party chink shit with actually tasteful non spikey hell designs?
>>23638457The real PGU Gundam seems to be very stable without these issues. Granted, it doesn't have an xbox hueg backpack, its arms aren't floppy and it can stand just fine though.
>>23638465Original or bootlegs?
>>23638466The Nu is substantially bigger than the RX-78. It's also bulkier which helps distribute the weight evenly. The slim designs of more "modern" units always mean there's going to be something that gives. The PG Exia will start to do the splits if you put it in a standing pose with the legs slightly too far apart and even the Nu Ver.ka has issues with the funnels.
>>23638467bootlegs
>>23638471>PGU>SlimThe fuck are you on about? It is bulky as fuck. Even the feet are significantly bigger than PGU RX78
>>23638431ONONONONO Changbros. How can we even compete?
Speaking of, are there any "approved" third-party stands capable of holding up PG kits for aerial poses? The fact that they're so heavy and bulky means a regular Action Base 1 wouldn't cut it, and for the most part the included stands look like they're designed to hold it up in a standing position, particularly for the PG Unicorn.
Why is it impossible for Bandai's 1/60 to do something as basic as standing still without action base all of sudden? The Changs made a gigantic 1/60 Tallgeese with bunch of shit on top and he holds up just fine.
Model kits should cost no more than $20 and they should be simple hollow clamshells with a seam down the middle
>>23638488Every 1/60 kit can do that post without falling over.
>>23638477>90% legsI can't be the only one who hates this shit
Model kits should be vaccuform. You should cut them off the panel and padd the kit with unholy amount of putty because literally nothing fits together.
>>23638493this but unironically, trannies and snap babies will get hard filtered so its a win win. Artpla style gunpla kits when?
>>23638498If you read the manual of Wing Zero ver Ka, Katoki talked abit about that. The Japanese's modeling hobby has a trend of extending the legs to make the robot taller. Katoki and Bandai believe it is what most of gunpla fans like and double down on that.
>>23638471>substantially biggerOh so that's why it has floppy arms and does the splits.
IMS gundam plastic model kits, think about it
>>23638508I'm not asking for fat midgets but those proportions just look ridiculousThat's honestly one thing I appreciated about the GQuuuuuuX designs, they were generally very well proportioned
>>23638500Artpla kits are relatively easy if you know what to do with traditional styled modelkits. Among the brands i have built, Hasegawa is still the hardest since the parts are all warped. There might be something harder out there though.
>>23638515The day Nagano dies Bandai will announce a HG LED Mirage
>>23638517>Hasegawa is still the hardest since the parts are all warpedThe fuck kit you're doing? One hasegawa kit that did have warping was the canopy on V22, easy fix with tape though. Only real hard part about hasegawa is rescribing their shallow as hell panel lining, fitment is equal to bandai (not great, but still doable).
>>23638515I'd rather not
>>23638498Here you go anon I fixed it for you. Now it wont be a floppy mess.
what's the problem again with the PG Exia? even with its small feet, it can stand and pose just fine without the standor is it like the previous thread where people making shit up with the PG Unicorn?
>>23638532I have never heard anything but good things about the exia
>>23638526I built Harrier II Plus, Lunadiver Stingray and Falke. All of them have warping, especially the large parts. >fitment is equal to bandai (not great, but still doable).No fitment. They need cement.
>>23638488Japanese competency crisis
>>23638532I don't know you tell us.
>>23638537Yeah might be bad luck then, because I have the harrier 2 british ver reboxed by hobby2000 on my bench atm. Theres no warping anywhere.Haven't tried their MaK kits yet. >No fitment. They need cementFitment as in how flush the parts fit together (steps, gaps, etc), not the retarded snapbaby definition of how snapshit kits peg fits into a hole.
>>23638526The amount of work boomer kits need would make most of the people in these threads piss themselves. It's part of the fun of making those kits but holy shit sometimes I'm looking at the runners/parts and wondering why their engineering processes have barely changed since the 80s. Building a Bandai kit is like visiting a luxury spa in comparison.
>>23638542I never built a hasegawa kit myself but older tamiya kits aren’t that hard to build at all, and they are usually held on the same regardless of.
>>23638511PG Unicorn is just as tall and it can stand on its own without shitting itself in the process.
>>23638542>why their engineering processes have barely changed since the 80sThis is one of the most blatantly false myths that gets sprouted in this community, Im genuinely curious if its just false flaggers trying to soft gate keep the otherside of the hobby.A tank kit from 2010 is a far cry from the stuff being released in the 80s, same story for aircraft. If anything modern boomer military kits are overengineered to hell with too many fiddly parts (takom, trumpeter cough cough). Plenty of slide molding is being used now by anyone reputable taking advantage of the best aspects of snap fit construction and glue construction. The REAL hard part about those kits is dealing with tiny parts and paying attention to allignment. Bandai makes their kits for retarded children first, so you will never almost never see microscope sized parts or anything thin. The snapshit process makes it mostly fool proof that aligning things properly is a non issue unlike say on Volks IMS kits or alot of aircraft kits where you have to pay attention to the way parts go together as to not look crooked
>>23638551>bandai engineers things so everything always fits together correctly. This is a bad thing
>>23638544No Tamiya is definitely on the more casual side and pretty easy to glue. I built Tamiya, yet Hasegawa feels alot more difficult due to amount of extra works needed. I heard that Revell and Airfix kits are much harder, but i haven't build one so i won't speak on that.
>>23638542>It's part of the fun of making those kitsI dunno.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lpCW02kZXw
>>23638553But thats exactly why you don't see tiny parts, or anything remotely thin? You get this shitty mess, because bandai is more concerned about how a child with their fat fingers will put it together and man handle it.
>>23638534The wiring for the LEDs is bad. Actual plastic is fine.
>>23638560I've built a lot of bandai kits with tiny parts. Have you ever built the zeta ver.ka? That thing has so many tiny parts that they give you an extra of one of them because it's so small and transparent. It's just that generally, tiny parts accomplish nothing.
>>23638541Lunadiver Stingray is a kit that made even Lincohn and Zakuaurelius raise their eyebrows. I love Ma.K and the design, but this thing is just so poorly made.
>>23638562Most of those tiny parts were for the inner frame, older RGs really benefited from the smaller parts, too bad people complained about them being handgrenades so now all newer RGs are safe flat surface garbage (baring RG 2.0).
>>23638555I hear bad things about older revel and airfix too. The newer Revell kits are supposedly pretty good, though.People say Dragon is challenging but really good, I’ve been meaning to try one of their kits, but ai only really like their tanks and building tracks is boring… Maybe I will try getting a plane or something.>>23638550Plamo guys use the 90s as the cutoff point of quality kits, as that is when CAD was introduced and the better companies knew how to make use of it rather early. But yeah, most of the complexities in modern kits are the small photoetched details.But I still stand by the fact that there are tamiya clay modelled kits from the 70s and 80s which have perfectly fine fittings and detail, but they are definitely a cut above the competition for the time.
>>23638569Flat surfaces aren't a bad thing. Not everything needs to be greebled to death.
>>23638562Tiny parts give the sculpt more depth. Modern Bandai can rely on modern technology so their kits look sharper nowadays without having to resolve to tiny parts. But their older kits look like absolute dogshit due to the easy to build approach.
>>23638560It's more because even in the shows, the mechs don't have the level of detail that a real life aircraft/tank/whatever has. >>23638569RGs consistently have small parts. If anything there's more small parts in them now than ever before. Parts being small had nothing to do with them falling off, it was just shitty fitment and design. I say this with the RG Zaku being my favourite 1/144 Zaku.
>>23638571>>23638555Revell is schizo, they can't decide if they want to pander to casual or serious modellers. Quality control is awful. Airfix is constantly improving, but they make their kits in india. Warping issues and I mean actual Warping issues, like runners being bent in multiple directions that not even tape will fix is still a common issue on their large scale stuff. When warping is not an issue, the fitment and engineering is not too far off from tamiya. Very well thought out and mostly foolproof for the most part. >>23638564I have this in sitting in my HLJ warehouse, can't be that bad or any worse than kotobukiya or bandais dogshit 30 mm AC kits. The featureless surfaces should be easy to sand down where there's seams.
>>23638515A rg led mirage would be my wet dream. They could just make a blood temple if they can’t get the license and that would be 90% there.
>>23638575Flat surface works as a 2D drawing since the outline is somewhat a detail itself. A physical prop can't have that and tend to look worse. Panel lines and surface details are just compensations.
>>23638581Flat surfaces are fine. It makes the detail mean something. When everything is greebled it's just noisy and none of it catches the eye. At worst you end up with all those chink kits that look like a pile of broken glass. At best, it's just a visual mess.
>might have time once my groupbuild entry is done to squeeze one more project into my end-of-year collage
>>23638582>Flat surfaces are fine. It makes the detail mean something. When everything is greebled it's just noisy and none of it catches the eye. Except the bland, flat designs won't catch your eye as a modelkit. Details are needed when the physical object got restrained by the real world lighting and the 3D form. Even something as relatable as human themselves look complex as modelkits: the fashion design, the wrinkles, the eyes, all rich in details.
I can just imagine the amount of pent up seethe getting released if Bandai wants to make hg toys of Nagano’s five star stories stuff but he refuses to give them the license because he hates Bandai and how they turn everything into crappy toys for kids with soft gummy details, so they make a hg “led mirage” that’s technically the blood temple from l-gaim which they already own and it becomes a hit among the retarded snapshitters who Bandai panders to and Nagano tried to get away from.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates Katoki's longlegs
>>23638592These aren't giant machines. These are people. It's natural for cloth to fold and contour. It's disingenuous to use this to argue for why giant robots need to be covered in spikes and pock marks,
>>23638578>It's more because even in the shows, the mechs don't have the level of detail that a real life aircraft/tank/whatever has.You and I have been watching different shows then. Nothing stopping them from making it thin like in the show besides worrying about man children breaking it. >>23638578>If anything there's more small parts in them now than ever beforeDo they? Not really, certainly not the impression I got from the RG God and epyon that I snapped up the other day. Feels like I'm building a basic bitch scaled down MG. >>23638593HG LED mirage with thick cheek armour plates and safety nubs on the feet kinos
>>23638595Umm, hello?
entry grade Jadg mirage, think about it
>>23638593>he hates Bandai and how they turn everything into crappy toys for kids with soft gummy detailslmao this has absolutely nothing to do with why he stopped working with Bandai. You retards really will believe any fantasy you come up with in your heads.
snapcoper above
>>23638560Wish I saved that one jap post about a teeny tiny Koto AC kit part that was even smaller than this where he just went "ARE YOU SHITING ME, KOTOBUKIYA?!".
YOU WILL NEVER MAKE ME BUY A BOOTLEG.
>>23638595>It's disingenuous to use this to argue for why giant robots need to be covered in spikes and pock marksI mean, even something smooth like a fighter has a handful of panels and small details on the surface. Surface details look good, simple as that.
>>23638604They booted him from 3 gundam projects because he wouldn’t make toys for kids and then called him stupid on his way out.
>>23638608And this is why I love Kotos AC kits, snapshitters think the kit is some snap friendly HG esk kit only to get filtered. Said filtering results in them warning other retarded snapbabies, leaving more kits for me to buy.
I fucking love my bandai happy meal toys, why can't tamiya make more kits like my 30 mm AC kinos?
>>23638579>they can't decide if they want to pander to casual or serious modellersDepends on whatever 70yo moulds they dug up from defunct companies.
>>23638615And even that size is almost reasonable compared to stuff like photo-etched parts.
>>23638579wasnt Airfix still using their first P-52 Mustang mold and just kept adding details to it
Speaking of photoetch, has anyone released a PE set for those RFV zakus? Those kits would really benefit from PE for the antennas and grills.
>>23638599Ugly>>23638611The majority of this is featureless. All you did was prove my point.
>>23638622No? I do believe they still reissuing it, but under their vintage classics range instead of doing a revell or hasegawa and just slap it in a new box with no real indication that its an old shitter.
>>23638614>because he wouldn’t make toys for kidsAgain you're making shit up in your head. Sunrise were much more worried about the difficulty of animating designs, not thinking about how they converted into model kits.
>>23638614Realistic answer: Nagano was abit insufferable to work with. He refused criticism, resulted Kazumi Fujita to step in to fix his sketches during Zeta's production. The second time, he almost designed entire lineup of CCA film. Tomino saw the horrors he created and decided to fire him off the design staff, replacing him with Izubuchi instead. The 3rd time, Tomino was directing Brain Powered with Izubuchi as the designer again. Nagano stormed in and begged Tomino to give him another chance. Izubuchi had to step down and reused his Brain Powered sketches for Rahxephon. That was the last time Nanago and Tomino working together for an anime. It was not about how he "refused to make toys for Bandai", Nagano refused to be an underdog and wanted to be the boss.
>>23638623gluegod kino alert
>>23638614He was stupid if he wasn't concerned with animation cost or profit incentive on a commercial product. The dude refused any kind of criticism and now he draws stick figures that are pushed as a gift from god by retards.
>yep this design should be glue only because its a super complex serious design that can't be turned into a snapfit kit dumb bandai baby
>>23638611Those panels and details would not be visible at 1/144 scale
five star kinos
>>23638630Wasn't Tomino the one who kept trying to get Nagano on board for projects?
>>23638623The whole thing was probably already memory-holed by everyone.
Five Slop Stories
>>23638630also recall zz where he did the main gundam as well as the bulk of the neo zeon stuff but was dramatically booted from the project shortly before they went on air, which caused them to have to scramble to get a main gundam for the show which is why they had to dick around on shangri la for like 12 episodes before the zz appears.
The only actual 80s L-Gaim toys were marketed to adults. HCM were advertised as shit you displayed alongside your dope hi-fi setup.
>>23638629Isn't that why they have people like Fujita to dumb the designs down? I'd say it has more to do with the fact that by CCA they had a more distinct brand identity in mind for Gundam and they eventually threw out all the different design ideas for the Nu Gundam and just told the designers to trace over the RX-78-2 and then make it slightly different
I wish volks weren't niggers about using paypal for pre orders>bro your debit/credit cardexchange rate for those on mine make paypal look generous
>>23638623Surely you can just use parts from tanks and whatnot instead
>>23638648His rejected ZZ looks like a RX-78 that melted.
>>23638651Do you have access to revolut in your country? You can create virtual visa cards and their yen conversion is usally 1-2% off spot price, depending on your home currency.
>>23638648>>23638656we were robbed of kino bros..
>>23638656This looks like shit
>>23638656Looks good to me.Also, the only reason it actually got rejected was the requirement of a transformation gimmick, and Nagano's design making the transformation too complicated.
>>23638656this is LED mirage mixed with nigger knight plus down syndrome for the head
>>23638625You have no idea what featureless actually look like. The bland, smooth machine looks like shit without decorations.
>>23638664This is still smooth. It's just been painted.
>>23638662Nah this shit is distinctly not a gundam. That’s the problem with Nagano. Other guys were willing to put their head down and carry out the vision of the gundam brand identity but Nagano was too proud and wanted to make his own retarded shit. That’s why his only gundams that looked good were the ones cleaned up by Fujita because he passed the designs through the gundam filter.
>>23638643Sort of. But Tomino absolutely disagree with how Nagano design the robots and always hire someone else to fix the designs.
>>23638668Gundam's brand identity barely existed while he was working on the franchise. 0079 is a Sentai samurai man fighting Nazis and insect monsters. Zeta and ZZ are a random ass hodgepodge of design languages. They didn't really nail down what Gundam was supposed to look like until CCA.
>>23638662>it actually got rejected was the requirement of a transformation gimmickIs there any credible source to this? The only thing I've ever saw was that his designs were rejected, then he had other designs rejected, got fed up and left. Every Nagano defender seems to have a different story.
>>23638666And why didn't they paint it in basic one color, then? Why make it so colorful with decals? After painting, it looks highly detailed.
>>23638666I believe that's the point, anon. That vacform kit looks like doodoo because it looks so smooth.
>>23638671This cuz wrote a production history of the early gundam shows and has a huge archive of translated source materials he cites. This is what he sayshttps://www.gundamunofficial.com/production/gundamzz.html> As explained in B-Club Vol.4:>”The A-Mecha and B-Mecha transformation planned by Mr. Nagano would have produced problems when it was reproduced in three dimensions, so it was deemed NG (No Good).”>At the end of December 1985, Nagano left the project. His design for the ZZ Gundam—along with all his other work, except for a few minor mecha designs featured in the opening episodes—was discarded, and a frantic scramble began to create replacements.
>>23638668Eh. Gundam was still in it's infancy so the design patterns weren't solidified. That said, a bunch of his rejected designs look like cheeks.
>>23638669Why did tomino keep coming back to him like a hysterical woman going back to an abusive chad douche boyfriend?
>I like my robot being smooth and bland>But if it doesn't have a billion decals and high contrast paintjob to make it looks more complex then it is unacceptable.
>>23638656Looks genuinely better than actual ZZ
>>23638680Lol. Lmao even.
>>23638676>>23638670Would gundams end up looking a lot different if Nagano had ended up being the one designing all those 80s gundams shows? Or would we still end up with the okawara sameness of the 90s and 2000s AUs defining the gundam image?
I'm dropping outta the group build, not because of time but cause I remembered I hated this theme and don't wanna contribute to it.
What glass file should I be buying
>>23638691Gunprimer raser origin
>>23638684
>>23638691Nothing. It's a waste of time, unless you're building something that has a clear part.
>>23638683If Nagano stick around and having full reign, 2000s Gundam wouldn't exist because the brand would be dead in the 80s.
>>23638702Man, we really do live in the worst timeline.
>>23638704Both LGaim and Brain Powered didn't kick off to be a franchise, so you get the idea. Meanwhile Okawara made both Votoms and Gundam to be well known in Japan. It is what it is.
>>23638679I WILL DO WHAT I WANT WITH MY ROBOT. IT'S NOT YOUR ROBOT.
>>23638706Why come l-gaim and brain powerd didn’t kick off a franchise? Well I know brain powerd is an eva ripoff but l-gaim did well and even got extended.
I am dropping out of the group build as protest against Bandai
>i will do what i want with your robot
>>23638706FSS is still regularly placing high in sales charts after almost 40 years, it's not a merchandising titan like Gundam but it's doing pretty well for itself
>>23638721Is FSS good? I’m currently watching l-gaim and like it a lot and I’ve heard FSS is like nagano’s own version of it so I was thinking about watching it after I finish l-gaim.
>>23638701So the how do i get rid of these nubz
>>23638727with your teeth
>>23638727The cuz is shitposting. Glass files are the best sanding solution. It saves so much time not having to progressively go to higher grits and also it doesn’t leave marks on the part.
>>23638713Having alot of OVA doesn't tell much. OVA was a thing in the 80s, it was trendy. Beyond that, no one actually cares about Lgaim. Meanwhile Votoms and Gundam are multi media franchises with strong following. Most of Nagano's involvement ended up as duds. Sunrise gave him really huge courtesy to adapt FSS into an OVA, it didn't go anywhere.
>>23638701False>>23638691Most nano glass files will do. The Gunprimer raser is good but is also like 5x the price of something that will do the same job. Just look for any nano glass file that has little circles. Avoid the dspiae glass file.
>>23638726It's like a more schizophrenic fantasy kitchen sink version of L-Gaim
>>23638721Pffttt, i lurk Japanese twitter spaces all the time and all i see is Gundam, with some instances of Super Robots and Votoms. For FSS, the kits keep Nagano afloat, no one actually read his shit manga.
>>23638736The fact that the OVA was utterly incomprehensible unless you already read the manga probably didn't help
>>23638743FSS is incomprehensible lmao. You would wonder if Nagano has schizophrenia because he can't even keep a character to look and feel consistent.
>>23638746You're not entirely wrong but of all the possible examples you had to pick the guy wearing a disguise?
>>23638737>Avoid the dspiae glass filewhat's wrong with them? served me well so far
>>23638749This general has an irrational hate boner for them
>>23638754for glass files, dispae glass files or dispae?
>>23638746>>23638748I will admit some characters are indeed barely recognizable after 30+ years of art style changes however
>>23638738Which one of these guys is supposed to be daba? And gablae? And amandra kamandra? And Amu and Leccee?
>>23638715Then try making an actually good and useful review for once
>>23638757Did those characters spend 30+ years on a torture rack?
>>23638757She needs to eat a cheeseburger
>>23638761The not-L-Gaim portion of the story takes place like 1000 years after the events of the arc the movie adapts.
>>23638767Oh. Does it happen early in the manga? I want to be having more l-gaim stuff.
no pussy no groupbuild
Almost done with my Delta line collection. Only thing that's left is to break the HG Delta Gundam itself out of the fort.The JMS HG Hyaku Shiki is pretty good. No complaints.But that's the Daban MPT Hyaku Shiki Kai and I can see why Daban's 66xx has the reputation that it has. Very flimsy plastic and the gold has a few imperfections all over. Did some touch ups to hide most of it. From the usual shelf distance, I don't think it's something you will really notice though. Never bought a Daban bootleg before, but I'll consider them if I need parts for something else. I only bought their bootleg MG Hyaku Shiki 2.0 because it was by far the cheapest way to get the Hyper Bazooka and the MPT Kai parts.
>>23638773it works the other way around too. too much pussy = no time for gunpla or vidya jamesSometimes I wish I wasnt 6'3 and 150lbs of pure aryan muscle
>>23638776we all know you're indian anon
time to find out if bandai babies are correct for once, is HLJ still taking forever to ship out stuff though?
>>23638777Boom got em LMFAO
>>23638741>i lurk Japanese twitter spaces all the time and all i see is Gundamthat's YOUR fault, not the website. I bet all you talk about is gundam, all you build is gundam, all you think about is gundam. just like every other mindless NPC sheep in this herd
>>23638770There are flash forwards to snippets of the events early on but the events in their entirety have not actually been adapted yet and it's doubtful if they ever willThat shit happens in 3900 onwards and the next arc is set in 3100
>>23638706>Both LGaim and Brain Powered didn't kick off to be a franchise,Most mecha shows are designed to be one and done with the occasional ancillary media like OVAs and books. Gundam was one of the first to pioneer becoming a mega franchise.
>>23638779>>23638777this isn't instagram, we don't talk like this here
>>23638761ok I just asked chatpgt and here's what it said:Overall Pattern:Nagano didn’t “copy” characters from L-Gaim, but he refined his character archetypes:L-Gaim Archetype FSS EvolutionSpunky romantic heroine Mythic Fatima (Lachesis)Hidden noble hero Godlike sovereign (Amaterasu)Elegant, cold, lethal beauty High-end Fatimas / elite knightsBrash rival pilot Young prodigy HeaddlinersFlamboyant aristocratic villains Mirage Knights
>>23638761the OVA is just a short summary of like the first six chapters or so which barely even starts the main story. it's just the intro, and mostly irrelevant beyond introducing a chunk of the main cast (there's like 60 more main characters; I had a notebook in uni that I kept track of each character in when I read what was available then)
>>23638761>dabaColus VI>Gablaeuhhh idk>Amanda KamandraUpandla Raymu>Amu and LecceeDaizina Meistner and Loretta Landers
>>23638781All i talk about is futanari and fantasizing about big female cock on twitter. I'm being totally serious. All of FSS content i see is the modelkits, no one talk about the manga. And when there is someone talking about the manga, it is some English speaking Burger.
>>23637773The difference is waterslides and stickers are completely optional, the only ones I'd say are required are the EFSF on the shields, and also they're just really easy to apply. I can't just not give the big man his boosters, and that means going through the same tedious cleanup, painting and detailing process on all of the little bastards.>>23638034You say that, but thunderbolt FAG only has like... 4 weapons? Two arms and two shoulder mounts is pretty standard mecha affair outside of gundam. Now unicorn FAG, that is some truly excessive shit
>>23638777BEAST
>>23638794cut or uncut?
>>23638777this anon fucks
>>23638777You laugh at indian now but soon India will start model kits and you will bow to your new indean king you basterd
>>23638799Circumcised and erected.
>>23638775What about Delta Plus?
Don't need greebles, just need to slather putty on my kits so the big flat areas have some texture.
>>23638803>indian made model kits
why is it that only Japan and China can make good model kits? european and american models are some of the worst garbage I ever had the displeasure of working on
>>23638829eduard mogs tamiya and hasegawa
>>23638829Western model kit scene originated from poor war torn eastern bloc countries
>>23638829Italeri and some eastern european brands are okay. Lots of good niche brands, too. The thing is that you really need to avoid old kits and reboxes.>>23638830Eduard is great.
>>23638749I found it to be far worse than other nano files. Gunks up easier and the pattern on it makes it easy to gouge parts. Switched to a random nail file set which works just as well and came with 3 different sizes.
>>23638721It will do fucking better if they actually start releasing official translations of the manga. That autistic sperg who did that retarded mtl has made the series toxic so no translation group would even touch it.
>>23638803>Unkopla but real and indian.
>>23638749I dont like that its rectangular. Rounded glass files are better.
>>23638835>The thing is that you really need to avoid old kits and reboxesAnd boomer model brands make it really hard to tell which kits are new and which are reboxes.
>>23638840good thing you can preview runners on 10 billion websites
>>23638840Yes, you absolutely need to look up all the minute details of a kit with shit like Airfix or Revell in scalemates. Actually, just skip Airfix altogether, not worth it imo.But all brands sell out stinkers. Its just that Revell still has crap from 1959 being printed.
>>23638843also keep in mind that Revell (germany) is not the same as Revell (US)US revell kits are often from the 60s
>>23638835>Italerilol>>23638830only true for hasegawa, tamiya is debatable. Price sure, details is subjective. Riveting on eduards kits is excessive and out of scale at times.
>>23638837Those translations seem hilarious thoughbeit
>>23638829Western companies got cocky, figured they could keep shitting out the same old shitter kits from the 60s-80s. When their target audience invertibly grew older, and have more disposable income they went towards those japanese kits which by then had progressed far ahead their western counterparts by the late 80s. So in the 2000s you started seeing most of these companies going bankrupt or getting bought out which arguably was the closest to the scale model kit industry dying. What talent that didn't leave during later years got laid off in the process. The talent needed to make tooling in house and domestically was also lost during those years. So when the surviving companies got acquired they had to rehire new staff that had to learn how to make kits from scratch. They also now had to outsource alot of things like the tooling, and in some cases manufacturing as local labour required doesn't exist or too expensive. This is why it took so long for airfix to catch up to the hasegawa and tamiya and why revell+AMT is as infamous as they are right now. China never had to worry about cost, and when theres 1 billion chinks with a booming industry focused economy. finding the talent to design and make plastic injection tooling is not hard to come by.
>>23638872how come western companies are so retarded compared to japanese companies? that's the same shit that happened to automobile and electronics companies and a bunch of other industries until the us had to permanently nerf japan's economy because they were too powerful
>>23638882American companies think theyre yoo big to fail, even while theyre failing
>>23638882>how come western companies are so retarded compared to japanese companies?in america there are laws about maximizing shareholder value, and shareholders, without any long term stake in the company, care more about short term returns.
>>23638630>realistic answer: I made it the fuck up
>>23638794Your feed is algorithmic and based on what you browse, tranny.
>>23638907oh shit is that why my feed randomly has a bunch of foot fetish stuff
>>23638906I believe him
>>23638630>The 3rd time, Tomino was directing Brain Powered with Izubuchi as the designer again. Nagano stormed in and begged Tomino to give him another chance. Izubuchi had to step down and reused his Brain Powered sketches for RahxephonLmao wtf that’s pathetic. Probably for the better though. Izubuchi lost his fastball by that point and was washed
The new Messer minelayer looks pretty good
just snagged a kshatriya for $35thanks surugaya
>>23638917>>23638933>>23638630nice fanfic
huh my vsms gatexion mk3 arrived, i thought this only released in decemberi still haven't finished ourtresure's
>>23638950So where’s the part about izubuchi and Nagano begging tomino to be on the project?
>>23638958it's located next to the sentence talking about how Nagano personally went into you house to smash your snapshit models
>Ahem, fuck snapshitters, fuck bandai, fuck Kaiyodo, fuck the fans, fuck recasters, and FUCK bandai>You will buy the $1000 gothic retcon resin kit >you will NOT buy the resin recasts
>>23638970Why will we not buy the resin recasts?
>>23638970FSS resin kit prices aren't even anything that special relative to market standard
>>23638977this. only bandaibabiy snapshitters think volks resin kits are expensive. compared to anime girl resin kits they are extremely cheap
>>23638811Not a fan, only really like the golden branch of the Delta line. Don't think the gray will look good next to all the gold. Though I might get the HG if I find one on the cheap.I think the next step after finishing the Delta Gundam is to hold out hope that a third-party makes a Land Combat Type kit.
>>23638943The improved skirt sounds great but it's a bit annoying when I have three Messers.
>>23638970Someone get this man some hair conditioner.
>>23638985t.
what makes them better than their fss counterparts?
>>23638995What's MkII's counterpart?
clealry children's toys, Japanese children in the 80's were into hobby photography, high end stereo systems and TVs and their antennae hookups.
>>23638995they still retained their soVlful look and never got retconned into looking like skinny transvestites
>>23639002Speed mirage
>>23639002Gatexion mk2 "Speed bringer"/Speed mirage
>>23638943what's new other than some stuff slapped onto the ass flaps?
>>23638995Looking toyetic, whimsical and colorful instead of pretentious tryhard shit
>>23639008May Allah forgive Nagano for what he did to the Mirage for he will none on this Earth.
>retard who only looks at gearsonline and instead of reading the manga is still crying over GTMStay mad
>>23639011Wolke Schätze is not actually the in universe equivalent of Speed Bringer to be precise. The L-Gaim's GTM equivalent is more or less the Gatexion line as a whole now that the Bang Doll family got grouped into them as well. The Gatexion Mk4 also takes heavy design cues from it, and the Speed Mirage equivalents timeline-wise would actually be the Gatexion Mk8 and Mk9 Skyagift and Urasonic.
>>23639026L-Gaim Mk2's GTM equivalent*My bad
>>23638995I like them as much as their FSS counterparts. it wasn't until GTM that things went dookie poo poo
>>23639025GTM is the biggest design change he ever did by a landslide. Post your manga collection.
>>23639008maybe i'm too old for this shi but i still just dont get gtms. the mortar headds looked so good.
>just read the shitty manga with its nonsensical plot with no translations beyond the first couple volumes none of which cover late FSS so you can understand why Nagano turrned MHs into tranny bots
>>23638995you tell me bandaibaby
>>23639036good thing im never looking at the bottom of their feet
>>23639032I'd like GTMs more if their fights didn't suck so muchFor how much they're supposed to be designed for extreme speed they looked slow and clumsy in every battle scene we've had so far
>>23639039don't engage with footfags
>>23639036He's clearly talking about designs themselves, not the kits
>>23639034>no translations beyond the first couple volumesNo wonder you can't read shit when you can't even read a Wikipedia page
>>23639040>every battle scene we've had so farlist them
>>23639032utterly baffling to me. they're outrageously ugly from someone who designed such beautiful mechs.
>>23639040Yeah I just.. I don’t know man. I can’t look at this and think “extreme speed”. Look at the knee joints. How is that supposed to move? And yeah I feel you on the battles. In all the scenes they look like they are just standing there.
>>23639030>Post your manga collection.learn to torrent you disingenuous fuck
>>23639063>doesn't even like it enough to buy the manga>accuses others of being fake fanstop kekGTMs look like shit.
Is it that time of the month again?
>>23639066He asked if you read it retard, no one cares if you bought it. Pull your head out your ass and stop shitposting about your fake bogeyman in every other general.
how did he do it, how did one anon mindbreak nagano fags this hard for over 10 years straight
>>23639069You're really proud of that post, ain't ya?
>>23639072>askedhe didn't ask shit retard, he tried to fake flex about reading the manga and now is getting out flexed because he's a stupid faggot himself stirring the pot just like (you)
>>23639074When you draw all your talking points from it, hell yeah I am
>>23639080that post is completely irrelevant to everything
long story short: gyoubu clears
are aliexpress listings that use the bandai logo trustworthy?
>>23639076>fake flexOnly here would you be accused of this for asking someone to read something lmfao. Go make another FSS shitpost thread to cry in like you do every month.
>>23639085check the seller ratings. i've got authentic bandai shi from there before.
>>23639088>asking someone to read somethingyou mean>insinuating no one who has read it would dislike GTMssuck my dick dipshit, not your boogeyman, I like FSS and don't like GTM and don't make any posts about it unless someone like you says something retarded like this
>>23639062>I can’t look at this and think “extreme speed”I can imagine it falling over very quickly thoughbeit
>>23639091>I like FSSWithout reading a page of it lmfao
>>23639091>insinuating no one who has read it would dislike GTMsNo he's just calling you retarded for raging this hard about something you've never actually investing anything in.
>>23639100wow you worked yourself into such a seethe now you're samefagging
>>23639096I've read through the Christine V arcs, and while I don't actively dislike GTM designs, I find them substantially less appealing than the older revisions and original designs.
>>23639096>>23639100
>>23639062Thrilling high speed action
>>23639111The translucent armour looks really cool in that one shot but that's about all I can say for that.
>>23639066GTMs look cooler than any gundamslop
>>23639117keep telling yourself that nagano one of these days you'll topple gundam
>>23639104>barely even halfway through
ahemMAKOTO KOBAYASHI
>>23639106GTM aficionados awfully quiet following this post
>>23639106how convenient that there's no timestamp or filename
>>23639117name 5 gundamslops it looks better than. i'll wait.
>>23639122has potential but my advice to him is to thin his paints
>>23639122>MAKOTO KOBAYASHIsingle handedly killed G-Cucks
Someone tell Nagano filling every panel with wind effects is not a substitute for actually depicting motion
>>23639124
>>23639127wait how
>>23639126kobayashi can't stand anything being thin.
>>23639106>>23639130>cursiveWhat are you, Catholic?
>>23639106>>23639130
>>23639135Everyone learned cursive when I grew up>>23639136nice numbering, ALICE
>ver karelevancy shattered
>>23639125I genuinely think any and all GTMs look cooler than the Unicorn, Exia, Strike Freedom and by extension anything from SEED, AGE-1, any and all Zakus, everything from AoZ and all Build Fighters designs
>>23639122Does anyone care about him? When was the last time he did anything?
Dunno if this is the best place to ask but.I'm looking to sell these kits I've had sitting unbuilt in my closet to help get a new graphics card for my PC.I was just gonna try and sell most of them for 10-15 bucks at my local game store this weekend. (Just trying to make like 100ish bucks)But I didn't realize some had become a little pricey/hard to nail a price. (Did the build fighter kits really go up past 50?)I live in Riverside in Southern California (Sun City) if someone more interested here wanted to pick them up off me.Looking for any advice and if anyone's really interested I'll follow up a reply. Ty
Anyone here get the SMP SRW kits? Are they using plastic closer to Gunpla? I've heard that minpla plastic is of worse quality.Also, does anyone know if the HG Turbo Custom scopedog has any issues with the hooks for backpack? I remember a Burglarydog review bring up that the connection was pretty tight and you could risk damaging it if removed often.
>>23637654just don't use the nippers directly on the edge of the pieces, that's the easiest beginner mistakeclip it so a bit of the "gate" (the bit of plastic leading up to the actual part) is still attached to the part, then remove the rest carefully with hobby knife and filekeep in mind you can always cut/sand more but it's difficult to restore the surface if you go too deep
>>23639062>Look at the knee joints. How is that supposed to move?The toy you posted literally shows how.
>>23639140performative /m/ale
>>23639143I'm not too sure without checking but Mega Shiki is probably worth a lot more than everything else there, I think it hasn't had a reprint in some time. Not sure about the R35's prices right now. Minimum for an HG in the US is gonna be 20 bucks honestly, only the basic release Leo and the 78-2 and maybe the GPB Shiki will be hard sells for people at 20. The GPB Shiki might be able to get more money online from someone who really wants that variant for whatever reason but it's not that desirable. You could probably ask for 30 for the other two Leos since they're P-bandai. Master and Fuunsaiki's probably worth around that too now at US retail.
my cat snatched a gunpla part off my desk and ran away with it while chewing on it FUCK
>>23639143You might have a rough time getting a local store to take stuff, they'll probably try to undercut you for the convenience. You can try going to >>>/toy/bst since you'll get more immediate buyers.
>>23637984Did you ordered it from newtype.us? Does it comes in one big box?
>>23637450Fixed the seamline on the tanks and did a little shading. Tomorrow after the gym I'll paint the thruster bits at the end a dark silver.
>>23639161What a silly baby :) Mine does that but only with runners. I will usually give him a small one to bat around after clipping all the parts off.
>>23638775Im missing the Hyaku Shiki on my collection cuz I never liked the legs it has horrible legs.
>>23639220kys
Sent my thigh pics, group build deadline will be extended
>>23639234You're actually required to post them (please)
>>23639224Fuck your dad first your father is the one with the pussy and your mother has the penis
>>23639224Sheep piece of shit oh my zeta is awesome you are a faggot so is your family
>>23638985He's cosplaying his own character
>>23637445A bunch of faggots you sore losers are the hyaku shiki is fucking horrible and you know it you fucks are in denial for > muh untouched zeta suitFuck off
>>23639214No, usagundamstore (pbuzak).It came in a box with 3 smaller boxes in it, A, B and LED kit. Runners aren't organized in any sane way between A/B boxes. Also only A has box art.
>>23639248>>23639240>>23639238meltdown alert
>>23639250Unfortunately mentioning anything Nagano-related in these threads always triggers the same 2 retards.
>>23639161my cat did that with a bazooka i had just finished painting, the bite marks gave it character
>>23639250Melting like your mother cock in your mouth faggot.
Osiris Aerial Dominator officially sold out everywhere.
Is Nagano good?
>>23639270Do we know if it is getting any more reprints or is that it?
>>23639277naganope
>>23639256Where does he rank all time on the list of /m/ celebrities that cause retards to seethe? I think he’s below Anno but above Tomino.
>>23639289Might be at the top because I literally can't think of anyone else whose entire backstory has to be made up from scratch to get mad at him.
>>23639290What about Anno? People always say he like hates anime and deconstructed mecha and it seems like people are either riding his dick talking about how eva is 2deep4you or have an irrational hate boner for it
>>23639279That shit is a goldmine they will maybe do more.
>>23639290i do that for every anon that disagrees with me though
>>23639279Probably. I think their other og gundam kit, the mg gp02 2.0 had supply issues early on but ended up getting reprints.
>>23639106Barbatos Rex? Is that you, grandpa?
>>23639300Self-hating newfags parrot that shit about Anno because they want it to be true and make themselves feel special for watching Eva, not because they shit on him.
I'm trying to make a bit of cloth, a long cape. What material should I use to make this flexible so it won't break when posed differently? I'm considering milliput or green stuff but I want advice before I buy.
Are we excited about this or are we feeling like we already got this with something that is pretty much the same thing and that a color and minor parts variant was long overdue?
>>23639345Just go to a fabric store and make it out of real cloth.
>>23639359I would feel like a fag walking into a cloth store.
>>23639364but anon, that's how you feel walking into any store!
>>23639358Depends on price, availability, how much they jew us with day 1 piss bandai DLC expansions, and what it looks like outside of official promotional advertisements. If it looks good in a shitter like mgk's hands, then it'll be a worthy kit.
>>23639365That’s why I do all my shopping online (or have my mom do it). Got to keep up my hikikomori lifestyle.
>more Clear Color shit>more Special Coating shit>more Gloss Injection shit>more Axis Shock Image Color shitThey also added the Tolro yet again after this drop, but that's probably the best thing here.
>>23639386Who actually gives a fuck about any of this shi? I hate how all the drops are just slop for snapshitters
>>23639386Surely they will reprint this thing.
How often do they make ims 1/100 volks five star stories? There are some five star stories that I like but I am scared of resin giving me lung cancer.
>>23639289>>23639256What DOESN'T trigger meltdowns around here? I swear, at some point it's like /m/ just loves to hate on things.
>>23639404I wonder if /m/ likes to hate on things or if there’s just a lot of overlap between liking robot cartoons for kids and autism in adults.
>>23639402They've been doing at least 1 every year. This year we got 2
aside from the full weapon set, what are some HG kits or 30MM kits (specifically legs and arms) that are compatible with the HGAC Leo that mesh well with the G-Wing/OZ aesthetic?thinking of painting my own custom OZ06-MS Leo
>>23639412Ok thank you. What were the two we got this year? The red chonk guy and the spiky blue guy?
>>23639393>I hate how all the drops are just slop for snapshittersBro, snapshitters are their main audience. Maybe it's time you accept you've outgrow gunpla and move to some old school plamo like plains and trains. Or >Nagano/ FSS kits.
>>23639418>plains*Planesautocorrect fucked up
Are snapshitters good or bad for the hobby?
>>23637450decals next
>>23639433
>>23639417yeah and a new 1/144 KOG too. also the VSMS Gatexion (if you count that)
>>23639433>>23639436I really like what you did with the eyes
>>23639368>how much they jew us with day 1 piss bandai DLC expansionsIt's literally the ZZ ver ka. DLC expansions combined into one retail kit with a few modifications to make it fit together well
>>23639358I am very happy with this, because otherwise the only way to make it was to buy at least two entire kits, with one of them depending on it showing up on P-Bandai, and painting the entire thing (risking the paint chipping when you manipulate the armor and/or transform it). Although, I wish they'd announced it a year earlier before I went down the path to buying the parts for the kitbash.At the least, it would mean I don't have to go searching for a custom waterslide printing service to get authentic Nahel Argama markings for the thing.
I am not a fan of when you call optional packs 'DLC'
>>23639368>>23639471It reminds me of this.
>>23639471DLC has a negative connotation attached to it.So I approve of calling them DLCs.
is this an actual bootleg of the RG or a mislabelled HG?
Anyone experienced in 3D scanning model kits? I need to duplicate a lot of very small, detailed parts from some old resin kits for army building and preservation purposes and I'm curious what's the best model out right now. Revopoint Mini 2 seems like a good deal but I'm looking for recommendations on something better. Pic unrelated.
>>23639479What makes you think it isn't a bootleg?
>>23639482The right eye (our left) looks like he downed a bottle of vodka.
>>23639488I think he means an HG bootleg or an RG bootleg
>>23639488Because I ordered a Bandai one lol
>>23639402>I am scared of resin giving me lung cancer.As opposed to what, polystyrene dust and lacquer fumes? Don't be cheap and just buy a face mask, they're dirt cheap now after the China virus.
>>23639493KEK
>>23639493
>>23639510Wait does ps give you cancer too? I thought it was safe
>>23639518everything gives you cancerliving gives you cancer
>>23639433I see what you meant when you said you may have over-greebled your Dijeh, yeah it seems kinda excessive but it looks nice, kinda reminds me of when a character gets revived as a half cyborg and they got metal parts that is juxtaposed to their regular flesh
>>23639520This feels like one of those things someone has to tell themselves before making a bad decision. Like “who cares what happens we’re all gonna die anyway” type shi
>>23639493Where did you even buy it from? Should have bought from reputable vendors.
>>23639414Roundnova legs might work.
>>23639524Just to make it clear, I was being facetious. Like >>23639510, you should be wearing a mask when spraying shit anyway.
>>23639527>demi barding/ scopedog if midget
>>23639493KWABask for a refund or replacement
>>23639493Post the link. Let's see if you got scammed or if you're the one who wasn't careful and didn't read carefully.
>>23639521im really happy with the legs honestly. figuring out how to pattern that was probably the biggest headache of the build. I picked white/light grey as the accent to try and emphasize there being a "gundam" lurking inside the dijeh. the front waist part is where i think i went wrong the most. I think tomorrow i'll do a last second change of the silver bits in the recessed red parts to be gray to try and tone it down.
RX78-2 ( Okawara ver )
>>23637450doing some weathering on the shields using a sponge. First time trying this method any tips?
dispae? more like dis GAE lmaooo
>>23639548drill some holes
Thank fuck I looked at the review first before using the plastic sticker. The regular eye stickers look way better.
>>23639570filtered
>>23637450Finished my groupbuild early so I decided to start working on a base for it, because what's even the point if I'm not scrambling at the last minute to finish something.
>wait for tariffs to subside>buy the Daban Jesta Cannon>use the Cannon runners to build one of my authentic Jestas up as a Cannon>have a leftover Daban Jesta to use for kitbashing, spare parts or custom build shenanigansAs much as I don't trust Daban shit, it's still a damn sight better than paying sixty-six fucking dollars for the official thing on P-Bandai...
I have a Blue Destiny suit 2/3 resin kit showing up soon should I use the EZ-8 innerframe or the GM ground type?
>>23638356Which one? I have an Bandai Calibarn, but desu I have some custom ideas for it and would want another. Do you know it's number?
>>23638950>so this guy was insufferable and fired for struggling with basics.>let's use specifically only his testimony of what happened, even if it sounds exactly what a self centered retard would do, and blame everyone else, play innocent
>>23638950>Fanfic
>>23639596Tbh Nagano's Brain Powerd designs are god tier so I can't be too mad at that
>>23639596It is, nice try Ollie.
>>23639605(Fuck you Elon for messing up that TL)
>>23639581This is so fucking good how do you thie tiles?
>>23639590That interview was from the official BP DVD commentary retard, but would love to see you explain to me what Tomino meant by this. >>23639607
>>23639596>>23639607>>23639609Oh and Inomata was in on it too, but sure your retarded fanfic somehow holds more water.
>>23639608Thanks anon :) I used foam core poster board, cut it into squares, and beat the shit out of each one with a rock.
>>23639590>>23639596Sounds more to me like Buchi is the little primadonna pissed off at getting fired and trying to play innocent by going after Nagano and Tomino. I would too if my greatest claim to fame was being accused of being an Eva knockoff from its inception.
>>23639609>>23639612>neither of these support the argumentkek stay delusional
>>23639625>no ulol, lmao even
>>23639612All of what you posted are just trivial information and hold no evidences. If Nagano was chosen to be the only mecha designer of the show then what the fuck was Izubuchi doing there? I swear you FSS retards are so unreasonable, it is almost unreal.Btw, the person who recommended Inomata to Tomino was Izubuchi.
>>23639624>Buchi is the little primadonna pissed off at getting fired and trying to play innocent Sure the guy who designed NU GUNDAM and SAZABI is pissed because this failed anime had a different mecha artist that is not him.
>>23639633>If Nagano was chosen to be the only mecha designer of the show then what the fuck was Izubuchi doing there?Why don't you ask Tomino since he literally said he begged Nagano to do it. >Btw, the person who recommended Inomata to Tomino was Izubuchi.Funny then that Inomata said it was Nagano.But yes, indulge in your fanfic based on the words of one guy who was fired with the project vs. the three heads of the project.
>>23639635>Sure the guy who designed NU GUNDAM and SAZABITwo designs he doesn't own or get royalties for and is known nowadays only because of Katoki's Chinesium redesigns for them. Bravo.
>>23639637>based on the words of one guy who was fired with the project vs. the three heads of the project.The 3 heads of the project avoided to mention his name like fucking Voldermort.
>>23639644Nigger she literally namedrops Nagano two sentences later lmao>someone at SunriseBuchi doesn't even work at Sunrise retard. They're referring to a producer.How much more mental gymnastics do you want to play?
>>23639640>Two designs he doesn't own or get royalties for and is known nowadays only because of Katoki's Chinesium redesigns.The fuck are you on about? Sazabi and Nu has numerous redesigns by shitload of artists. Katoki should be the one who gets cucked because people always mention Izubuchi when they discuss about Nu and Sazabi.
>>23639649>people always mention Izubuchi when they discuss about Nu and SazabiSure that's why the Nu statue getting built is based on Izub... oh wait. But hey, at least he had a successful career as a designer once the 2000's arrived and Sunrise brought him back for a bunch of projects like Okawara! Oh wait...
>>23639646Cope harder, retard. Your precious Nagano is about to die of old age and the only legacy he has left is a bunch of shit manga and some niche modelkits only a handful of Japs have access to. Bandai doesn't want to work with him, Wave doesn't want to work with him, anime studios can't stand him, he spent billions to make some autistic exhibition for this shit manga. A total failure.
>>23639650>Oh waitOh wait indeed.
I i cant take it /gpg/ he has been mogging us!
>>23639650>No anime adaptation whatsoever>Has more expensive toys and modelkits than anything Katoki has doneHoly based.
>>23639649>IzubuchiEhhh who?
>>23639654>Your precious Nagano is about to die of old ageSame age as Buchi and Katoki, plus Okawara is still alive and older than all of them, but OK. >a bunch of shit mangaTell me about Izubuchi's successful manga. Cause we know he's having so much success with hits like Metallic Rouge.>Bandai doesn't want to work with himYou got that backwards lol>Wave doesn't want to work with himThey literally just sold a 66,000 yen kit of his last year but ok>anime studios can't stand himBased on?>he spent billions to make some autistic exhibitionIt's Kadokawa's exhibition, but sure, show me Izubuchi's exhibition>Oh wait indeed.Wowee a one-off grunt from an obscure ass OVA, definitely the same attention grabber as the Nu and Sazabi and Strike Freedom. Surely it'll get a statue soon.
>>23639660>Has more expensive toys and modelkits than anything Katoki has doneAnon, I...
>>23639650>t least he had a successful career as a designer once the 2000's arrived and Sunrise brought him back for a bunch of projects like Okawara! Oh wait...Bro, your MS IGLOO? Kamen Rider the Fist/Next? Shin Kamen Rider? The upcoming Patlabor EZY?
>>23639670Metal Build EX S when?
>>23639650Wake me up when Bandai built 1/1 statue for Schperter or whatever the fuck Nagano made.
>>23639671Literally not a single thing on that list is a new design anon. It's just light updates of other people's work or other works of his from the 80's.This is literally the only recent "new" Izubichi design and it was so forgettable that Katoki had to come in and fix it with a Ver ka.
>>23639664>a 66,000 yen kit of hisWasn't it 120k yen? It was so overpriced that almost nobody actually bought it
>>23639675Maybe, Wave sucked so much as a company that all their sculptors and OG founder left to make Our Treasure.
>>23639673I will kill you in your sleep first.
>>23639671>Patlabor EZYWasn't this announced almost a decade ago and hasn't even come out yet?
>>23639674>This is literally the only recent "new" Izubichi design and it was so forgettable that Katoki had to come in and fix it with a Ver ka.Ver Ka is also Izubuchi's design.
>>23639681It is comming out. I think it was supposed to be released much sooner but most of Patlabor after its prime( the tv show ) were failures so Headgear let the project hibernate.
Apparently, Izubuchi returned to Gundam as of late.
>>23639685yeah, from 40 years ago
>>23639691He designed Kaijin for Kamen Rider Agito, OOO, Zi-O and Shin KR. Metallic Rouge, Patlabor EZY and GQuxx also has some of his works. Buchi is still around.
>>23639702BUNCH OF FUCKING HACKS.
>>23639702>GQuxx also has some of his workslike what? G cucks is 100% just redesigns of OYW and Zeta shit by Yamashita cleaned up by some gook. Except for grandaddy.
>>23639705Apparently Gquxx staff is really stacked. Toshiaki Ihara detailed up Yamashita's Gyan. Psycho Gundam was designed by Mahiro Maeda. Mahiro Maeda and Izubuchi designed some stuff, too.
>>23639707So how did the end result turn out so bad?
>>23639708>What is art direction?
Is the HGUC Jegan that good and cheap (it's out of stock atm) or is the bootleg much better? They're not absurdly different in price
>>23639660What's with the weird polka dots? It makes it seem like it has some kind of weird disease. Is it space aids?
>>23639690>>23639702>>23639707Judging by this it just sounds like his only input was for the RX-78-2.
>>23639708GQ mecha designs are good. But there's not much you can do if the story sucks.
>>23639713>GQ mecha designs are good.But they clearly aren't.
>>23639677Is that why they ended up licensing Orange Cat and Academy kits instead?
>>23639715The jimmies/ gelgoogs, guncanons, gyans, zakus and hambrambi are good.
>>23639712 Izubuchi's works remain undisclosed. Yamashita said he worked in the fashion design team. The picture above shown that he might be the one who did the giant RX78-2 and then passed it on to Ihara for animation cleanup.
>>23639710As a rule of thumb, bootlegs are worse than the authentic product. In the case of the Jegan, it's not all that good in the first place but it's a grunt kit so not having the best seam line placement or limb motion range is acceptable.
>>23639717They're all significantly worse than their original counterparts.
Who the fuck asked for this thing?
>Bandai reprinted all of the doven wolf variantsSHIT MANG.
this is the current Ora Zaku champion. say something nice about it.https://x.com/cassette_123/status/1993218004579209243
>>23639721>seam lines and motion rangeSorry, it's a completely different build, then? I assumed they were literal copies with cheaper plastic
>>23639358I actually am. Saves me the trouble of painting the fazz.
>>23639725even the Silver Bullet was there. Kshatriya Repaired reprint, believe in it!
>>23639728I kinda miss the times of old school robot designs where functional joints were only a suggestionYet another thing Nagano ruined
>>23639728Bandai and Katoki look at this and scream in horror about how much more it would cost to mold and manufacture.
>>23639740>nagano invented mechanical joints
>>23639747>nagano invented mechanical jointsHe actually was the first to use the double elbow/knee joints ubiquitous in gunpla today
We're approaching image limit again, so new thread.>>23639748>>23639748>>23639748
>>23639723Metal build? That'll be me.
>>23637706>ridiculously expensiveOn what planet is this considered expensive? Anyone relying on a hobby nipper instead of a hobby knife should just neck themselves.
