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Thanks to everyone who submitted entries for the Biomecha Groupbuild! Please wait for Groupbuild Dude for the submissions.
And show me what you're working on!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GSjV7MEQWecdo you need anything like a caliper for scribing new lines?
>>23649526I don’t remember this gundam
>>23649582A caliper is for measuring distance. I guess if you need to get hyper autistic and make sure both sides of a piece have the exact same 5mm line then maybe?
How can i get a refund for the tarifftip i paid for my chinese robot toys?
>>23649582I know people use them for scribing out a line parallel to an edge, but guide tape can do that too
>>23649582Need? Noyou can use it, but its not necessary unless you're autistic
What are we building next bros?
>>23649651review big tony
>>23649651BIG TONY?
>>23649651I just got my hands on a master grade hizack
>>23649651Big tony
>>23649651I've heard the calibarn is a very nice kit
>>23649526Wip on the resin MO Craft Niki Vashmarl from Wares Blade.
>>23649651yeah, I'm thinking Big Tony
>>23649665very nice bro
>>23649665Why does this look like a five star story
>>23649651MG Strike + Ootori
Dubs decides what kit I gift myself for Christmas
>>23649721PGU Nu
>>23649721Puni mofu xiao
>>23649721PGU Bad Dragon
>>23649721High Grade Guntank
>>23649721MG V-Dash
>>23649721Get a zock
>>236497213 unkos, ass to mouth.
>>23649727That isn't coming out this christmas bruh
>>23649736Pre order
>>23649665I knew you would never leave us
>>23649721hehe
>>23649721EX Falken
>>23649756>>23649754>>23649735Sorry guys. Zock won.
>>23649721idk what to tell you I just bought my first model ever: NIGHTFALL 30 minute missions
>>23649754Are these the ones that include an anime girl inside?
>>23649521damn bro this looks SICK is this fully painted? it looks insane
>>23649770It's bare matte plastic.
>>23649767I don't have that one but I have the Orbiter which is basically the same. Great kit but with a lot of seam lines
>>23649774damn that's disappointing...
>>23649774Sybau theres no way that’s not painted
>>23649774It's the base color but it's repaintedIt looks totally different than bare plastic
>>23649789It's bare plastic.
my niggers I haven't posted here in a while, I finished this NG Contio some months ago. I tried using one of the stickers from the Victory weapon pack, kek.
>>23649767>NIGHTFALL>STEEL HAZE>LIGER TAIL>VE-40A>LOADER 4>MELANDER>MILKTOOTH>SOL-AYREI don't understand how they're choosing builds lmaoIronically I think you can cobble together most of LOCKSMITH with what's available.
>>23649721evens: revell bismarckodds: HG police zaku and a ton of extra shit to glue to it
>>23649793We don't say that word here.
>>23649526is this a Government Type? these kits are great, I got a TRAD-11 I want to build once I'm done with some other kits
>>23649665holy shit that looks really cool.>>23649682lol I thought it was FSS at first
>>23649793Kino taste. I love the old zanscare mobile suits especially the contio. You did a good job with it.
>>23649800Lmao. It's over bros.
>>23649721for me it's koto steel haze, meng eva 01, ex-s, and fazz
>cat likes to chill with me when I paint or build>bring out the lacquer putty>she runs offI always feel so bad.
>>23649801seriously, he should know that V*ctory is such a bad slur here
I can't believe groupbuild dude is fucking DEAD.
>>23649858We can rebuild him as a groupWe have the pla plate and chinese molding technology
>>23649858Jerking off to thigh pics
>>23649858I died because of how unhinged all of these entries are this time around. Anyways, time for the Groupbuild Entries.
A Ground Gundam that was left laying in a lagoon alongside the wrecks of several Goufs. A superorganism consumed the liquid metal inside the Goufs' heat swords, and, after mutating from minovsky particle radiation, the creature became a "non-human newtype." It then took up residence inside the wrecked Ground Gundam, merging it with various parts from the wrecked Goufs. The Lost Lagoon Superorganism now makes up over 60% of the mobile suit's mass.The creature is capable of operating the mobile suit independently but it's not good at it (mostly because it's a formless creature of tendrils and not used to a humanoid body layout) so it wants a pilot. The entity's tissue is effectively a form of organic psychoframe.The man who discovered it, an explorer/MS salvager working on contract basis for an independent research company and PMC called Mishaguji Front, later becomes its pilot and is employed by Mishaguji Front for the purposes of data gathering and because the MS refuses to work for anyone other than him.The unit's reactor output has been magnified more than five times over from a ground gundam's baseline, and can be amplified further by the superorganism, but doing so for any prolonged period of time requires ready access to water for cooling or a high degree of psychic resonance. The internal structure of the reactor is unrecognizable compared to a baseline ground gundam's, and it is one of the main research points of interest for Mishaguji Front.
A modified dead Tyrannosaurus body has been turned into a prototype walking railcannon for the army, behold the JR-01 Rex!
"Ohohoho! Bow before me mortals, and witness my perfection!"Obsessed with all manner of glitz, glamour, gold and beauty, mad scientist Mida Trachwant has abandoned her flawed, aging flesh, transforming herself into the Empress of the new age.Artificial nano-coated muscle power her new body, her diecast exterior shows the world her gorgeous glory, while her original, disgusting body still lies within. To make sure all submit to her whims, her once modest chest has become two, large rotating drills, capable of shattering even the strongest of wills.Always by her side, her beloved pet serpent is reborn as a machine. The same fate befalls anyone who's Mida's hands touch. Should she have her way, she will drag humanity kicking and screaming into a future of her own design.
A broken down machine deep in the wetlands. The plant life reacts to the vessel before it and digs its roots within it. Wires are replaced with vines, ignition with bloom. The machine stands once again, one with its environment. All pilots who enter its domain vanish.
Deep within the ruins of a forgotten colony lies The Last Brood Guard, a lone biomechanical sentinel shaped in the image of an ironclad ant. Hatched for a single purpose and bound by ancient instinct, it once stood among countless brethren, shielding the fragile unhatched eggs from all who dared trespass. But when an enemy nest descended in fire and chitin, the colony fell silent, leaving only this tireless warden behind. Now, centuries on, vines coil through the shattered chambers and wind scatters dust where life once stirred—yet the Guard remains, unmoving, unyielding. It keeps vigil over the hollowed nursery, defending memories long devoured by time, a faithful soul forever anchored to ghosts.
On the topic of insects, take a look at Trypoxylus Malignus, a marvelous mechanical beetle taken over by a parasitic alien brain.
Police unit "J2E" , The biologically and mechanically enhanced police officer of the future. On board AI systems allow a single unit to carry out full judicial process on the scene of a crime, earning these units a title of Judge, Jury and Executioner aka "J2E"
At age 8, subject was recorded as an abnormally powerful psychic and categorized as a cryptid. Despite agency containment and extensive experimentation, no viable means of weaponization was achieved, while massive loss of personnel and infrastructure accumulated over the years. Proving too costly, research was put on hold and the subject placed in cryostasis.Decades later, subject was unearthed for Project Maenad, its head, spine and relevant parts of the brain grafted onto an advanced stealth drone. The Maenad's main function is to be flown within a 1km radius of a target group and then fire waves of unstable psychic energy, causing chaotic and untraceable termination of all organics. It is also outfitted with energy blades to deal with obstacles and unmanned hostiles.Though the subject's psyche was mostly erased, remnants of trauma will sometimes manifest physically through its power, for example as neon lights from the room it was experimented upon.
Corpse Slave Construct 87 is the latest battlefield recovery built by Lich Corpsnel Greer. She needed to use some of her own stash, but 87 is much sturdier than 86 thanks to the abundance of murder mech casualties. The head is mostly intact too so it should follow orders fairly well. The constant screaming demoralizes both flesh and metal foes as it hacks them apart for the inevitable Corpse Slave Construct 88.
At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, an elite group of wealthy industrialists sought to eliminate disruption to their assembly line labour by assassinating Father Christmas and removing the drunken holiday from their strict schedule of production.The attempt failed, but left Santa near death.The ingenious toy making elves of Santa's home cleverly used their skills to restore the remains of Claus's shattered body within a stronger mechanical construct to continue the Christmas Spirit.For the naughty of the world, beware Biomechanical Santa Claus!
A certain hacker and his Greymon infiltrated a database containing data gathered by a space probe. When security was alerted, the duo found themselves liberating and teaming up with their new discovery. Through Jogress, a new MetalGreymon variant was born. MetalGreymon's wild hunger for battle is now tempered by a keen analytical mind. Its Pandemic Destroyer, fired from the Alterous cannon, now contains bizarre viruses previously unknown to any Earth computers. With its Energy Booster upgraded by VoyBirdramon, MetalGreymon is now capable of limited space travel. This may one day prove critical, as VoyBirdramon is adamant that it was not born from the space probe's computer...
Doomposters btfo, biomecha is a hit.
>>23649889Brilliant stuff
>>23647817>All of this happened over the course of the One Year war>Bajillion bespoke designs in 365 days.UC lore is utterly retarded.
>>23649883Oh man that's freaky.
man those all are really freaky builds, good stuff
>>23649880What kit are these arms from ?
>>23649888Jesus what the fuckBrilliant
thank god I skipped this, I'd be btfo more so than usual
>>23649882>>23649886>>23649889I'm predicting one of these as the winner.
>>23649898Looks like Megalomaria Mephisto
Where's gouf...?
>>23649880w-who is that girl trapped in the gold wall like the han solo
>>23649902For me it's Santa.
I'm just glad that nightmare build part 2 was just in time for Christmas.
>>23649905Thanks
>>23649885Feels a bit too clean for unholy cyborg abomination, but cool nonetheless
>>23649907Did you even READ the lore?? That's Mida Cockwant>>23649906It was simply too good to be allowed to enter. I had the builder. . . Taken care of.
>>23649889Please stop entering anon, I am tired of losing to you.
Overall, a pretty solid output for this theme, both in terms of quantity and quality. Congrats to everyone who's entered! Voting will commence for the next few days until Friday, where the winner will be announced. https://forms.gle/dh6YEBXntE6KGWmQ9And in the meantime, feel free to suggest your ideas for the next theme for the next Groupbuild! As always, the runner ups from the previous poll are automatically in the running for the next vote. >Duo Groupbuild (Build a pair of robots designed to work together/compliment with each other (ie: a fire and ice mech, two mechs that combine together to form a larger mech, etc)>Armored Up Groupbuild (Build either an armored up mech (ie: Full Armor Gundam) or a suit of Power Armor (Kamen Rider, Space Marine, etc)>Zeon Groupbuild (Build a mobile suit used by the Principality of Zeon and its offshoots (Neo-Zeon, Mars Zeon, etc)>Mythological Groupbuild (Build a mech themed around a legendary deity, hero, or monster from both myths and history)
Okay, but how come Nightmare jobbed horrendously, while Bio thrived, most of the entries are horror themed anyway
What happened to the gouf :(
>>23649923We should have reddit vote on the winner for us.
>>23649931the most updoots wins
>>23649923Throwing in my suggestion for magical girl
>>23649923>>Duo Groupbuild (Build a pair of robots designed to work together/compliment with each other (ie: a fire and ice mech, two mechs that combine together to form a larger mech, etc)can I vote to NOT do this?
>>23649941you don't have to vote you can just not do it
>>23649923I suggest a silly groupbuild.
>>23649941You can suggest other themes if those four don't appeal to you, those four were just the most popular last time (Besides Biomecha of course)
>>23649944kino
>>23649883A little back view for the posterity
>>23649923Sports groupbuild!
>>23649880i commend your dedication to girlpla and breast weaponry
>>23649923I once again humbly throw my hat in the ring for Elemental.
Your favorite entry?
>>23649958robert cop
>>23649958It didn't appear...
>>23649924Seethe more nightmarekek
>>23649889If anyone was wondering, this was an unholy brainfart spawned by a cross between a 40K dreadnought and a snowglobe, with Bellboy form Hotels.com mixed in.I wanted Santa to look horrifying to an adult but friendly to the lower vantage point of a child (or elf). Aside from the industrial Drill cufflinks, this is my first entry without obvious ranged weapons.
>>23649969it looks more like green guy is butt fucking the red guy.
Soon my shelf will be nothing but bugbots, but not soon enough.
>>23649983You're one of my favorite builders, shame you're a One Piece fag
>>23649987It's a terrible illness, and I'm afraid it's terminal.
>>23649952Would
>>23649879this one does it for me
>>23649879>Jurassic World movie, if good
>>23649977Heh heh. The source of his will to live? I don't believe they salvaged that part of Santa...
>>23649882Better look at the base.
>>23650023>>23649983even if I don't always choose your entries, your work is always greattechnically well executed and interesting to look at
okay mahou shoujo next, no need to vote we all agreed on it.
>>23649923Once again suggesting Transforming/Combining.Transforming Build: Make a build that can convert between two different modes, like the Zeta Gundam or a Transformer. Has to be an original idea or at least a kitbash, you can't just straight build a kit and give it different colors or something.Combining Build: Make a build that includes at least two mecha that can combine together to form a larger mecha, like a Super Sentai giant robot, Constructicons into Devastator, or Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus into Omega Prime. Again, original ideas only and all the components have to make sense.
>>23650051Nobody here is going to be able to engineer a custom transformation mechanism, that shit is hard for professional toy designers
wait thats it?? its gimmicks is the claws only? how bland
>>23650023>>23649882based and kuugapilled
>>23649923I love the entries! There's a lot of hard work and interesting ideas. Thank you for organizing these!
>>23650064Carcinisation is the peak of evolution. You don't need more when you become crab.
>>23649923ok but canonically speaking we don't know for sure if Remy is a full biological rat or a cyborg so....
>>23650100More like Z'Gokation
>In recent earning report its been revealed that not only has bandai shipped less kits compared to last year but the profit margins and overall sales has increased compared to before.
>>23650064I hoped they'll add that spin effect for the fist from HG macross plus kits
>>23650064>completely filled back skirts>no hollow parts for the clawsKEEEEEEEK already better than the MG lupus
>built one HGUC Ball>already panel-lined the limbs with a pour-type marker before finding out it's ABS plastic>it hasn't exploded yet>want the second Ball to match the first but having trouble getting rid of the markerWhat do
>>23649923Really good turnout this round. Great work lads
>>23649881Bro I love this guy. It's like Bulbasaur and Gogg teamed up.
>>23650115But but, gpg told me that Bandai is printing and shipping too many kits so they can't reprint those rare but high in demand stuff.
>>23649924Nightmare was overhyped
Only the changs dare to make highly detailed inner frame for OCs no one has ever heard of.
>>23649923>urban Warfare groupbuild >idol groupbuild >maschinen krieger groupbuild >recon groupbuild>kitbash with scale model groupbuildCan't believe I missed out on this one, I had a great idea involving a WOD pod and a flood-like parasite but ended up being insanely busy for pretty much all of the build time.Well done to all whom entered, these look stellar
>>23649924Clearly, because loads of people didn't finish their Nightmare build on time, and had leftover builds that were sitting around until Biomecha came along.
FYI for any one buying that MGEX metal frame, its an actual piece of shithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OglG1TfMvA0
>>23650170The black plastic is typically low quality because it is recycled trash aka ecopla. Just go for the gold plated version.
>>23650170Is that cracked metal?
>>23650181That part is plastic.
>one the metal feet of the Nu ver ka has this tiny amount of excess metal which prevents me from putting in the clear part for the footI don't know if my old, rusty file can fit inside the channel to grind that fucking piece of shit down, if you can even do so. On the other hand, I don't have plans on using the sliding panel gimmick of the kit. Also have this issue on the fore arm where the metal was thicker on one spot which made one of the plastic part bulge out.
>>23650148That chart is specifically for gunpla you dunce. Bandai's entire plamo lineup has expanded massively in the last 5 years. They're printing less gunpla but they're printing more plamo overall.
>>23650179Are you retarded? It's a 3rd party frame. Also, they've been using ecopla in every kit for the last 10 years. If you've built a kit in that time, you've been building an ecopla kit.
>>23650200>>23650202Stop calling me stupid you fucking assholes
>>23650203retard
>>23650200>Bandai's entire plamo lineup has expanded massively in the last 5 years.Yeah, they have been printing alot 30 Minutes Shit and actual Shit. Touche.
>>23650202>Are you retardedI dunno, are you? The barebones ecopla is just a bunch of recycled plastic melted into black goo. Color injection doesn't work properly for ecopla unless the Changs or Bandai do chemical recycling to revert the plastic back into pellets. I swear you retards are always so vocal, as if it makes you right.
>>23650202>Also, they've been using ecopla in every kit for the last 10 years.No they didn't, retard
>>23650212You replied to a post about a 3rd party frame crying about ecopla. What the fuck does ecopla have to do with a random 3rd party frame? Again, ecopla has been used in reprints and new kits for well over 10 years now without anyone knowing the difference. People seem to think ecopla itself is weak when the actual difference is bandai swapping from ABS to PS/KPS.
>>23650214Yes it has. One of the major uses of it was for the wing binders on the Wing Zero ver Ka. You, and everyone else here, have been building kits using ecopla for years without even knowing it.
>>23649923>>23649944Circus groupbuild - make a mech based on circus performers (clowns, acrobats, animals, etc...)
we can't go one thread without someone crying over unkopla, how did it mind break so many japs and anons
>>23650220>This shit againEcopla Wing Zero is its own thing.
>>23650218Ecopla is not as magical as you think it is. The color injection is extremely limited and chemical recycling is too expensive for the small Chang studios to tackle. Their ABS tend to be low quality, but that's a business practice issue.
>>23650238>Circus group buildInB4 20 Heavyarms Gundam builds.
For me it's the gogg
>>23650043True
Metal Frame Kshatriya comming soon. You got Chang MGEX, now get ready for Chang Metal Build Kshatriya.
>>23648136>>23648136>>23648136>>23648136SURROUND HIM LADSyou're our bitch now
>>23650274yeah how about no, I don't want to see that shit.
>>23650264that's the shittiest one
>>23649969when i saw the colorscheme i thought this was gonna have some dark Grinch lore
>>23650274Ew, no one wants to see some flaming faggots hairy thighs
>>23650255the first print of MG Zeta ver Ka is allready uses ECOPLA
>>23650276It has soul
I want to pilot a mech.Like... like a Schneider frame or something, yeah.
>>23650282The truth is, we have been buying recycled plastic all along.
>>23650282>is allready uses
>>23650311I don't recall any gunpla being made of PET.
>>23650316Read it again. Other types of plastic were included in the recycling from year 2000 onwards.
>>23650340yeah but it's plastic containers and packages. I don't recall them using the type of plastic used in models.
>>23649892I don't get what crabs got out of affirming this would get 5 entries with complete confidence
"MS that don't have kits yet" would be a cool groupbuild idea
>>23650356Suggest it, I'd vote
>>23650356bandai will announce every contestant entries within the 3 months disqualifying everyone
>>23650358Well it does alienate our plamo friends that don't necessarily like gundam specifically.>>23650362>bandai>announcing new kits
>>23650356Define "MS that don't have kits yet". I'm not voting for it if I can't enter a custom MG zaku III because there's a resin kit or a high grade of it.
>>23650363Doesnt have to be specifically MS. Could also include vidya/anime characters that would never get a kit
>>23650274Gay
>>23650279Speak for yourself
>>23650356>>23650364>>23650367I sort of suggested something, while not the same, similar to this idea before, ended up turning into "imposter groupbuild" before, where you build building something without using an existing kit of it, either by scratch building, or using parts from other series.While NTA, I would define MS that don't have a kits yet as:>No official kits announced before the start of the groupbuild>if announced, the kits is only available after the groupbuild is over>If the extension occurs, you may not use the parts from the official kitsI also would like to suggest an additional rules:>if it have kits that exist, but are a limited production item, a home made kits sold by third party or thing that isn't easily available in a normal circumstance are allowed, but you are not allowed to use any of the parts from those kits>Kits that exist but are out of print/no longer in production should not be allowed.
I voted for dino. Dino are cool.
>>23650379This would enable me to have an excuse to make a 1/100 zaku III
I just suggested it because I love obscure late UC MS. Sorry I caused all this fighting. I will take my own life.
>>23650390what fighting??
>>23650203Stupid fucking retarded douche.
>>23649923>No mahoushoujo.I GUESS I'M VOTING FOR FULL ARMOR OR ZEON GROUPBUILD THEME.
>>23650398Those are the the remainders of the last polls top 5
>>23650398you are a literal 0 iq deep peasantry tardoid
>>23649923Good stuff anons, all of you
Mahou Shoujo won btw I saw the future
Duos will win and will have an automatic winner because only one person will actually make a submission
>>23650433We secretly had the duo theme with bio. Look at it.1 is in duo with 4, 2 is with 11, 3 is with 7, 5 with 6, 8 with 9 and 10 is a self-contained duo
>>23650438Duo will mog Biomech like how Biomech mogged Nightmare
>>23649814thanks anon I love Zanscare suits too, well, more like Victory as a whole. Got almost the whole NG line. I finished a Victory Hexa just the other day, might post it later. My next big project is an Abigor with inner frame.
>>23650453You're cute IRL aren't you? I'd kiss you
>>23650453Is this thing still being reprinted that you got the No grade? Is it 1/100?
I was expecting the biomecha entries to look more like this but they were still surprisingly cool. Everybody did an amazing job, I really don't know who to vote for.
>>23650453The NGs or the 90s 1/100 HGs? I didn't realize it got NGs.
>>23650469are you stupid
How do you find the time to build and paint kits while employed full time?
>>23650481Weekends and vacations
>>23650481Because I have days off and rarely work more than 12 hours in a day. The leaves a good bit of free time still.
>>23650481by not being employed full time.
>>23650483I already have to spend saturday doing laundry, cleaning, groceries, etc so that really just leaves sunday>>23650485>leave for work at 6:30 AM>come home at 6 or 7 PM>cook, eat, 8 PM by the time I'm done>go to bed at 9:30 PM I really don't get how people have "free time"
>>23650492holy shit your life sucks. im glad im a neet GOD mooching off your tax dollars.
>>23650492Are you working 13 hours every day?
>>23650343>I don't recall them using the type of plastic used in models.Plamo uses ABS and Polyethylene all the time. These two are very common outside of plamo, unlike the brittle PS.
>>23650200>Bandai's entire plamo lineup has expanded massively in the last 5 years. Yeah, of shit no one asked for.
>>23650457I'm a volcel>>23650459>>23650469well the ones I'm talking about are the old as fuck 1/144 kits (the V-frame line), and some 1/100 kits (Gunblastor). Mind you the 1/144 Zollidia has a 'HIGH QUALITY' label printed on the box for some reason but these kits aren't 'High Grade', they're just non-grade shit from the 90s and scales are all over the place, you got 1/144, 1/100, some 1/60 shit and so on, HOWEVER let me tell you, the V-frame kits are true 1/144, unlike the modern HGUC victory kits. I bought a bunch from Mandarake some years ago, plus some lovely old Aura Battlers.
>>23650496>what's a commute
>>23650500Are you commuting an hour and a half each way?
>>23650500is this an american thing? it takes me 10 minutes on my bike to get to work.
>>23650501Yes>>23650502Nope, EuropeMy rent is already eating up 66% of my monthly salary, if I moved any closer I'd be working for free
>>23650505Sounds like you did it to yourself>>23650502I live 5 minutes from my job and work full time. Stupid is stupid regardless of where you live.
>>23650492I don't live in a hellscape where it takes 2 hours to commute.
>>23650492>really just leaves sundayYou don't need anything else. One sunday to snap and prime, second one to paint, third for decals and topcoat. That makes for at least 12 kits a year in theory but no one but a handful of neets builds this much here
>>23650510What kind of garbage are you building that you can finish painting in one day?
>>23650507>Sounds like you did it to yourselfI have to take the work I can get
>>23650203I know you are a maschosist, but don't pretend to be me, anon.
Can I get a qrd on the bootleg G-line light type? I remember the regular g-line being popular with Anons. Is it just as good?
>>23650512Simple flat colors. If you want to blast black over random edges beforehand there's an extra sunday left in the month just for that case
>>23650514You act like you have an assigned job and can never do anything else. I'll pull a 12 hour shift at work, come home and make the time to paint. You can just do things.>>23650510I build more than that and work full time.
>>23650516It is the same robot beneath the armor. JMS G-Line kits are pretty good.
>>23650505Holy shit where do you live and what do you do for work? That life is a living hell
>>23650518>You act like you have an assigned job and can never do anything elseThe current market sure feels like it. I'm not going to pretend like I'm the greatest candidate so it's my fault, but it's not like everyone can just find a decently paying job within 10 minutes of an affordable place to live.
>>23650481I work from home and finish all my work for the day after 3 hours.
>>23650481fortunately i started getting into gunpla after having comfortable enough savings to neet
Fantastic work on all the entries, I'm not sure who to vote for, I really like all of them.I'm dumb and forgot to do a decent shot of Mida's internals where you can actually see her original body, so here's that. I also forgot to do anything with the hole I drilled in her crotch. Woops.>>23649955Thanks, hopefully whatever theme is next will let me do even bigger and more dangerous boobs. I really want to do the acidic breast milk spray gun they had in some Mazinger Angels art.>>23649913>>23649907She's just one of many to receive Mida's gifts.Same with the little Hexa Gear lady that's there too.
>>23650533what did you use for the tubing?
>>23650533I, personally, voted for the gogg.
>>23650537Voting for yourself is not cool, bro
And here's a boob comparison. Black Hole Reaper is jealous.>>23650535They're some 3mm springs done by Wave. Pretty nifty little bits.
>>23650539I didn't enter but here's how far I got into an entry.
>>23649526Finally finished my own custom OZ06-MS Leo using some 30mm parts.>luv tigers>luv big swords >luv grunts >luv VOTOMSsimple as
>>23649944This, I have some great ideas for a comedy theme, or 'based off a character/person' theme. >Snoop Gogg / HyDogg>Ez-E >Dr. Dreissen>MS-DOOM>Rick Ross (lol)>ICE-Qubeley
>>23650553This would have gotten some votes as it is
>>23650560>entering a snapbuilt zaku and surrounding it with crushed boxes
>>23650565I thought about posing it in iconic duke nukem poses and entering it but I didn't want siphon off votes from people who actually cared about their work.
Lost Lagoon guy made a big mistake by spoiling his entry so early, now that it doesn't have that wow factor it won't get as many votes
>>23650560>>Rick Rossgod dammit
I had a strange dream last night. Bandai had announced a new product line, HGZH - High Grade Zaku Head. Apparently something had gone wrong at one of the factories and they had an excess of Zaku II head runners. The line started with Zeta Zaku, in normal colors.After that, it was basically every non-monoeye suit, but with a Zaku head. Weirdly, they decided to cast the non-monoeye runners in FZ colors - the darker green, the red cockpit etc. I looked at a Byarlant Custom in these colors, with a Zaku II head. There was also a Hambrabi (despite not having a conventional neck part), a Turn A, and a Dendrobium.Weird dream.
>>23650480I literally bought the old 90s kit for a 1/100 V2 before the MG came out and was curious if this was the same line. >>23650499Neat, I haven't looked at the old 1/144 line and might need to for some of these.
>>23649923Always good seeing /gpg/ putting in work
What primer should I use on very soft plastic like wheels?
>>23650635Multiprimer. Kinonotes or Jumpwind.
>>23650646Does metal primer work? It's the same shit isn't it?
>>23650652not really, metal primer is stickier than regular primer but multiprimer is even stickier
>>23650652You should use a primer meant for the material you're priming. If it's meant for metal it's not going to be optimal on plastic.
>>23650652It works fine, just use that if you don't want to bother ordering multiprimer from china. I use metal primer regularly on PE
>>23650560The-O VonMarasai TomeiAcguy FieriDijeh Khaled XXeXiaTentacion
>>23650679>Dijeh Khaledno flippin way LMFAO
>>23650675Is that with an airbrush? I presume solvents in spray cans will fuck up most soft plastics.
>>23650553Wich rx-78 version is that?
>>23650692The Whore-igin
>>23650683Yes, mr metal primer r with levelling thinner 1:1~2. I also use the tamiya one out of laziness when there's a lot of polycaps, it comes with a brush on the cap and is easy to apply. I never tried the spraycan ones. Multiprimer is likely better but it's not as available
>>23650692The origin high grade.
Finished
>>23650694Lmfao stop these are killing me
>>23650700
>>23650671>You should use a primer meant for the material you're primingI'm using the primer I can get, I'm not paying 50 euros for multiprimer from aliexpress
>>23650700Last one.
>>23650705did you consider not being a euro poor?
>>23650694Kek>>23650697Ty anons, I only have an EG rx-78 atm but that torso looks cool so I might get an origin version aswell.
>>23650711The origin gundam comes with two chests actually. It's neat.
>>23650704Nice work. Looks good and you actually got the effect the retard in the other thread was trying to get without it looking like total shit.
>>23650716rent free
>>23650700Really fucking nice
>>23650719
>>23650700damn it looks great and the shield looks sick
>>23650708>>23650704>>23650700Gorgeous!
Are (you) buying yourself some fancy kit for christmas?. I think ill buy a MG Wing Zero, but still gotta decide if i want Proto, EW or EW.vKa
>>23650738you want the rg.
>>23650738The proto and the ver.ka are both great.Personally, I was given an early gift by my brother. It's the master grade shin musha. It's cool but I need to seriously think about how I'm going to do it.
>>23650738MG Wing Zero Custom Ver. Ka is one of the best kits you can get. MG Proto Zero is a bit old in the tooth, and the original MG Wing Zero Custom is old as balls and not worth considering (most places probably don't even carry it anymore, given how old it is).
>>23650746Wing proto zero isn’t even the one from the anime.
>>23650750It's the endless waltz version of the original wing zero. It's different than the TV version of wing zero.
I feel like Bandai is not even trying anymore. Look at that hollow hatch.
>>23650761Just paint the inside black.
>>23650765Paint what black? There is no detail to paint.
>>23650772He meant like the song
>>23650772Paint the underside of the hatch black. There's clearly stuff in there so you must be complaining about the color.
>>23650761Not sure why you're surprised at this. There's no logic to why Bandai will randomly leave something hollow, while on another kit it'll be completely detailed with multiple part separation.
Bandai niggas be like >Just paint the inside black bro
>>23650778LMFAO WTF
Just opened the trunk on my car and there was no detail or greeble on the underside of the lid. What the fuck is toyota thinking?
>>23650778>why does my cheap toy look like a cheap toy?
>>23650778Spit my drank on my pla
>>23650778Are you complaining about the bottom of the foot on a high grade?
>>23650778Can you not afford putty or something?
>>23650780>Trunk>No detail or greebleOr you sure about that?
>>23650778>boomer modelers seethed at bandai snap fit color separated kits that didn't need stickers (sometimes) and didn't need to be test fitted and glued>bandai modelers now seething at 3rd parties for not needing to fill putty gaps
>>23650779>>23650785Are you both new or something? Daribalde came out 3 years ago.
>>23650792i don't buy kits from that show because its woke.
>>23650789Where's the color seperation?
>>23650780Nice entry grade car, brokie.
>>23650790Boomer modelers actually have a bunch of good shit.
>>23650795Black and white. That's color separated.
>>23650803Massively depends on the price point. If you buy a model train/car/tank/plane for the price of an average HG, you'll get a total piece of shit that you basically have to completely rebuild. That's what some people want though since they've got nothing else to do.
Just looked the side of my car and there was no hollow area with giant ejector pin marks. What the fuck was landrover thinking?
>>23650786Most of older HGs don't have hollow soles. Darilbalde is just a shit kit, that's all.
>>23650789>not a decal in sightBet this car didn't even fucking come with waterslides lol.
>>23650813It's the bottom of a foot so ultimately it's not that big of a deal. It would be an issue if it wasn't a cheap high grade.
>That would be 7000 yen + tax and tip good sir
>>23650813But they do though. A lot of kits that have unusually shaped feet are hollow. Darilbalde is absolutely fine.
>mom! Mom! I posted it again come look
>>23650807this wouldnt even be color separated on a real model because you can just paint it easily. even with a marker
>>23650818>>23650778>>23650761>modern bandai
yep i fucking *oink* love *oink* bandai *oink* plastic model kits *oink* *oink* *oink*
>>23650808>If you buy a model train/car/tank/plane for the price of an average HGMost of Tamiya kits are around HG price, around 20 to 60 dollar. I have built a handful of them already and they are good, with no hollow parts whatsoever. It makes sense that they pander to a market full of cranky boomers so they can't be sloppy with the realism and details.
>>23650738Not a fancy kit, but paint instead for my next couple of projects.Get the Proto btw. Super fun build
>>23650826Every tamiya kit I've ever built has been mostly hollow.
>>23650818People hamhands kits all the time, this picture proves nothing. This is still not on the same tier as Sinanju Ver. Ka levels of bad until you can find more than one instance of this happening.
>>23650826Tamiya makes toys, not modelsThey sacrifice accuracy for ease of assembly
>>23650818
>>23650828NTA but Proto Zero feels too minimal. The assembly is abit quick and the details are not very crisp. EW Wing Zero ver Ka feels much higher quality, even if you don't like the design.
>>23650808>>23650826Eh, tamiya is one of the more pricy brands. Their old kits (like their 1/35 t-62, panther, 1/48 F-15C or A-10) usually fall in HG price point and they definitely need a good amount of work or aftermarket to get it look not horribly outdated next to more modern kits. Decent 1/72 jets at the bare min start from 27 dollar mark and 1/35 tanks double that.
>>23650635Actually I'm a fucking retard, it's rubber tires. I think I'm gonna just sand them to give them an used look and call it a day.
>>23650830Strange, everything from them i have built are not hollow. Not as in "lack of engine", they never let that kind of holes on the surface for you to see.
>>23650830The more expensive kits aren't but you're paying MGEX/PG prices for those kits. The lower end kits, that are HG priced, are fine but yeah you're missing a lot of details and some of them are extremely simple. I think it's fine for the price you're paying most of the time.
>>23650831I've been in this hobby for almost a decade now and I've seen less than 5 people break that waist both on here plus reddit.
>>23650835Don't fucking post Doro ever
>>23650835I bought a 1/35 tank for 50 dollars. Pretty decent build, good size, too.
What's the best boomer model brand?
>>23650838I'd rather have the bottom of the foot be hollow over having to take a blowtorch to a screwdriver to put the threads on.
>>23650845Warm water or a hair dryer will do the same job but yeah a foot being hollow on a HG really isn't a big deal.
>>23650840Because we're talking about the 2008 MG kit, which was completely superseded by the OVA version in 2013. You haven't seen it happen because the kit became obsolete before you got into the hobby.
>>23650843If we pretend tamiya doesn't exist then:WW2 props : EduardJets: Great wall hobbyTanks: TakomBoats: Very Fire and FlyhawkCars: Aoshima
>>23650845I would rather do that than having a visible hollow part. Even the cheapest boomer kit i bought cover itself up fully.
>>23650834I enjoyed it more than the ver.ka. It gave me more wiggle room to scribe and paint
>>23650818This has been going on since the Freedom 2.0 because they stopped using ABS for frames.
>>23650778RENT FREE.
>>23650855You can scribe ver Ka too. They are both Bandai kits so the details are not very good, Ver Ka looks slightly better, but that's just due to part separation.
>>23650848The booklet said to heat a screwdriver up over a flame and I am a good listener.>>23650854It's the bottom of a foot. It stands on it.
Why hasn't this been released as an HG?
>>23650857Bandai's fixation on getting rid of ABS joint is just laughable. Even their KPS has ABS characteristic, just 10 times worse.
I’m going to animeland in a couple weeks, what are some cool plamo related things to do? Right now just planning on going to the gundam base
>>23650871go to a soapland and bring plamo
>>23650865The real question is why hasn't the fucking Taurus when it's a major character's personal ride for half the show and the moviethe answer is because you, personally, sinned, btw. that's why we don't have a virgo either. hope you're happy jackass.
>>23650862>It's the bottom of a foot. It stands on it.Don't care, i want every visible angle to be armored.
>another day another bandairager post
>>23650871You can go to the Kotobukiya flagship store or Volks Hobby Tengoku. There's always tax free paints at Bic Camera or Finishers at 7-11.
>>23650877Tell Bandai to stop ragebaiting people.
>>23650871Depending on where you're from buying kits from 2nd hand stores in Tokyo, like Surugaya/mandarake/hobbyoff, might not actually be cheaper than buying them locally. Obviously depends on the kit as well.
>>23650875Then you'd start crying about having to spend more than 20 dollars on a high grade.
>>23650873if I pay them enough will they assemble gunpla with me?
>>23650778this is some Pokepla level shit but then again this is just a cheap kit from a shit show. most of the budget went to the main suit and the fancy colored pieces I guess
>>23650887HG Aerial isn't even close to being one of the better kits from the WfM line.
>>23650874>the answer is because you, personally, sinned, btw. that's why we don't have a virgo either. hope you're happy jackass.B-but I'm a newfag here, the fuck did I do?
>>23650883You can get those dirt cheap early HGs and they have proper soles.
>>23650290>all the mecha in fiction>he chooses a fucking AC to pilot
>>23650892You lusted after a tanuki and her jalter wife
>>23650889Personal opinion: None of WFM HG are good. Dogshit c clip joints, goofy designs and lackluster.
>>23650901I liked the Pharact, Zowort Heavy, Lfrith Ur, Calibarn & Michaelis. The others were either fine or just uninteresting. I don't think HG does a lot of the designs justice. They'll need RGs or MGs to really show their designs off properly.
please don't sully groupbuild day with aphantasia ass takes
>>23650778Just cover it in putty and turn it into a beetle dipshit.
>>23650883C'mon bro, even the kits from the 90s had enough self respect to not leaving the soles hollow. When you put them on action base and let them do all kind of shit then you will see their soles somewhat.
>>23650906Good choices, no Daribalde?
I don't care if you're complaining about Bandai kits or about random chink kits, I just think if you complain about having to do some basic modeling work then you're a fag and should stick with Lego sets.
>>23650919Those were the standouts for me. The next tier down would probably be Daribalde, any of the demi trainers, Beguir-Pente & Gundvölva. I like the design of the Lfrith but the HG proportions are kinda fucked. Same with Aerial but I'm not really fussed on its design.
Speaking of wfm, what should my next bug kit from that be?
>>23650929last time I said ladybug demi barding and you said yes then didnt
>>23650924>Buying snap models with perfect fitment>Basic modeling work
>>23650932It's definitely what I'm doing with the demi, I just don't know whether it's the next one I do yet.
>>23650929Dilanza. They are kind of insectoid already, but i digress.
>>23650927>Same with Aerial but I'm not really fussed on its design.For me it's the rebuild the one I like. But calibarn is truly the best looking one
>>23650917The hollow sole looks better than this.
>>23650936i'd like to see you do a caterpillar or slug or worm or one of the other disgusting ones, don't know with what kit though
>>23650942Whatever you say, Bandai
>>23650939Yeah I prefer rebuild over the standard too. My favourite is the Pharact.>>23650929Michaelis.
>>23650929Make the shokew even more wasp like
>>23650943>Disgusting buildHowabout [walrus]?
>>23650929Dragonfly Pharact.
>>23650873I actually have an appointment made at a soapland lol
>>23650965Enjoy the ice bath and scars around your kidney
>>23650453I had a patient with poorly treated lupus nephritis with significant periorbital edema. It looked exactly like the eyes on this fella.The idiotic swollen bug-eyes of all the Zanscare suits always remind me of that patient.
>>23650968Does this actually happen? I though these are well reviewed establishments.
>>23650453>>23650969>mfw I am a Zollidia fighting for the Zanscare cause
>>23650708>>23650700>extra hands in the waistspookylooks incredible
>>23650974the zanscare granny
>>23650881Gonna be in akihabara. Are prices really that jacked up? I mean the yen is cheap right now and with American gundams you have to factor in what they pay to ship, tariffs, and tip.
>>23651008I just looked the mg vidar Japanese msrp is 6000 yen which is 38 burgers. In burgerland it’s 66 burgers.
>>23651013International shipping, import tax and other stuff.
>>23650965lucky, can you fuck Japanese bitches at a soapland or is it only outercourse
>>23651013Are you shocked that things cost less in the country that they're manufactured in, as opposed to one on the opposite side of the planet?
>>23651025Yup, at soaplands sex is allowed. Although I think Japanese girls aren’t used to massive cocks because when I made my appointment I got a message that some gaijin may be refused penetration services if their genitals are excessively large.
>>23651008Like I said, heavily depends on what kit you're looking for and akihabara has the most jacked up prices of anywhere in Japan for gunpla.>>23651013Vidar came out not too long ago so it's not that difficult to find stock of it still sitting around. When I was there at the start of this year, I saw standard retail release SEED MG kits going for 12k yen.
>>23651028No I was bringing that up because someone said the prices would be comparable to what I get at home
>>23651033So does that refusal apply to you anon?
>>23651051I’m 6 inches bone pressed which is average in burger land and thick and cut but I don’t know if that’s gonna be massive and unheard of in Japan.
>need to seam weld two pieces>test fit it to make sure it won't fuck anything up>it has a connector piece in the middle >serious difficulty prying it apart even though i didn't push them together too hard>eventually have to put actual force into it>they come apart>the middle connector piece is now gone>don't hear it hit the ground or anything>not even a small piece, couple inches long and wide>been looking for it 20 minutes now with no signwhat the fuck
>>23651065The gnomes are pranking you again.
>>23651065It's always in the direction you don't think it went
>>23651065Drop a similarly shaped piece in a somewhat similar way and watch where it goes. Repeat a few times if necessary. Actually works.
>>23649923Super Robot Groupbuild. Build a robot that is in the style of a Super Robot, a superhero esque type of robot.
>>23651102Now that anon's lost 10 pieces. What now?
>>23651109Everybody was Obari posingThose bots were fast as lightningIn fact, it was a little bit frighteningBut they GATTAI with expert timing
>>23651117keep dropping piecesbuy more copies of the same kit to get more duplicate pieces to drop until you find it
>>23649526Took a week or so off of building anything after sprinting through a perfect grade. I had this bootleg GTO laying around that a chinese seller sent me instead of the ver.ka I ordered (I got a refund)I decided to use the ver.anime paints I bought on it. I like these colors a lot. The bootleg isn't bad but it feels way worse than the real one did. The head in particular took a few minutes with a knife to get fitting.The only problems with the paint is that the little jars were definitely less full than mr.colors other offerings. Either leaping panda hobbies skimmed a bit off the top of each one, or mr.hobby didn't put in the full 10ml of paint. In fact, I added 5ml of thinner which filled the jar up and perfectly thinned the paint.
>>23651142I thought this was bare unpainted plastic
>>23651142>the ver.anime paintsyeah they're great, I buy them every chance I get, especially the white since it's kind of an off-white with a slight green tint? and the blue is really pretty too
>>23651149The red and yellow aren't too different but the blue is way lighter than the plastic. I didn't wanna do too much to it since I did it just to test the paints for a bigger project.Thanks for letting me know my paint is sitting flat.>>23651157Bad news about the white. I couldn't find that one so I just used regular aqueous gundam white. I'm a bit colorblind so maybe that's why I didn't see a difference between it and the normal version.I do have the ver.anime zaku and char colors coming though.
>>23651142>definitely less full than mr.colors other offerings. Either leaping panda hobbies skimmed a bit off the top of each one, or mr.hobby didn't put in the full 10ml of paintWait do they actually do this? I’ve bought gaianotes before from my local hobby store and sometimes it doesn’t look full and I wonder if they skim some off the top.
>>23651165I think the production is just a bit inconsistent maybe. I doubt the store did that. I have bought so much paint from them and never had an issue.
>>23650738yes>ex-s>fazz>meng eva 01>koto steel hazecaptcha: 2T0YY
>>23651065100% gnomes. it'll reappear in a while, probably somewhere you already looked once or twice. Sometimes it helps to ask for it back nicely
>>23651172Bro that’s gonna cost like 6 jillion dollars
>>23651186Amiami had the meng eva on for 12k yen, steel haze is about the same price. I'll probably boat ship those, although I really want to get steel haze in sooner. ex-s and fazz will be hitting west coast stores in the next few weeks so it's not like I'll be paying absurd secondhand prices. Anyways, I deserve these
>>23651142those ejector pin marks on the shield are going to give me a seizure
>>23650738I already did, I'm getting Den'an Geis this month and I'm gonna invade Side 4 for Christmas.
>>23651206It's a bootleg I got for free and I used it to test some paints. I am not spending a few hours sanding all the surfaces to be perfect. You should be glad I cleaned the nubs.
Just snagged a Gelgoog for painting/kitbash purposes. Any tips on colour schemes, paints and/or other kits I can bash it with?
How much are you supposed to tip your hobby store on your order? I feel cheap doing 15%.
>>23651240>not at least 20Good way to get your waterslides spat on.
>>23651237Personally I'd swap out his legs for Graze legs.
>>23651237Why does he look like a gorilla
>>23651240Is this why zak keeps kicking my preorders?
>>23651249Gelgoog is a very gorilla name to begin with.
>>23651259Who tf comes up with ts? Gundam has some goofy ahh names bro.
>>23651261Tomino came up with a lot of the names for things. He also came up with the basic designs for a lot of the robots too.
>>23650879I'd have a lot more motivation for modeling if I had that kind of access to tools and paints instead of having to order everything online from 10 different stores and get raped by shipping fees
>>23651261Tomino. I vaguely recall some super old interviews about how he made up bullshit names to troll the execs since they supposedly never really pay attention to what he does or read what he wrote, and just want toys to sell.
>>23651261>>23651284
>>23651284>they supposedly never really pay attention to what he does or read what he wrote, and just want toys to sell.I mean, when you give a dude millions of dollar to sell your product, do you really care about his autistic rambling?
>>23651293Is this an interview for ants?
>>23651284>just want toys to sell.We wouldn't be here if this was not their intention. Gotta respect the hustle.
HG Sandrock Custom and HG Hammurabi are up for sale. They're asking for an arm and a leg for that Sandrock though, I bought the MG for only slightly more than that less than two years ago.
>>23651323I thought the hambrambi was retail
>>23651330Both Sandrock and Hambrabi are retail. However Pbandai sells regular products, too.
>>23650165>highly detailedworse detail than a 2005 MG
>>23651312get better glasses, ojii-sanor your cataracts checked
>>23651323The Hambrabi isn't P-Bandai exclusive is it...?
>>23651345Yeah nothing beats 2005 MG with 50% polycaps and missing like 30% of the skeleton.
>>23651365This kit is pretty good actually.
>>23651365That's what inner frames are supposed to look like...
>>23651369
>>23651369I'm not gonna buy the fact that MK2's head, feet and backpack are just hollow metal shells.
>>23651387Oh look, RG Sinanju.
>>23651323When did Harrison's F91 come in stock?Time to get another fucking F91
>>23651261Gundam names are 25% historical/mythological allusion, 25% Japanese pun, and 50% retarded shit Tomino came up with by mashing random letters together
>>23651312Open in a new tab, and zoom in.
>>23651293I rewatched 0079 recently and literally every time M'Quve was on screen I couldn't help thinking about this
>>23651450I feel like with M'Quve the execs probably thought it was some Western name and ok'd it.
post paintgod kinos
>>23650738I bought PG Exia
>>23651240Why would you tip a hobby shop?
paintgod kino alert
>>23651501For access to the non-resealed shelf of paints.
>Solomon kyshatria/axis model Osiris has a bootleg nowLMAO
>>23651515
>>23651516>>23651515this is a psyop to get me to buy the scalped listings of the axis kit before the knock off replaces the listings
>>23651506FLY the REAL
>>23651312Stupid fucking newfag, if you're phone browsing there's something you need to do for a higher quality.
is vallejo model air completely fucked if it freezes? how low can it go without actually freezing?
>>23651585Why are you freezing your paints?
>>23651518It is the metal frame version of Osiris Dominator. I think this studio is just another hidden division of Solomon/Axis Model since they have access to the mold and capable of printing it this fast.
>>23651593they're coming in the mail this week and it's below freezing here
>>23651597Bro is living in Russia
>>23651387I highly doubt you could make a movable frame with the right design. Im sure they tried but the result must have been horrible.
Finally caved and ordered a Gundam Naion. I swear the Vanadis Heart suits tickle what I wanted from G-Witch design language in a way I didn't know I needed, they are like the AoZ suits of G-Witch for me.
>>23651585https://youtu.be/qFeP3U4snh8?si=_zt6IQ0c-Aqgt6Zothis video tests freezing vejello model color and it handed a couple freeze cycles fine, I'd assume it's similar with model air.
>>23651585There were some researches how paint handles freezing, and usually it's more or less fine, with exception for some really shitty paint brands. >>23651602It's not constant freezing cold everywhere. In some cities it's still above zero temperatures, while in others it's -20C
>>23651634>>23651638thanks guys. i rescheduled the delivery so hopeful they don't get left outside for too long, but i guess i should have waited until it was warmer in the first place
>>23651664Wrong site, npc, reddit is over there
I'm kinda hyped for this new White Glint. It's HG sized so I won't have to dedicate a bunch of shelf space like the Koto kit.
>>23651679
>>23651679Koto White Glint is not that big. It is around the size of RG Sazabi.
I've been using twitter lately because it seems to be superior to google and pinterest for searching up model kit references.Is it normal to put a kit back together after you prime it? Wouldn't that endanger the surface you just painstakingly prepped because it hasn't even been protected by a flat coat yet?
>>23651704i don't and i'm pretty sure people just do it for engagement/progress posting
>>23651679100% its going to look like a happy meal toy.
>>23651720it already looks better than 99% of gundam models in that pic
>>23651744How can it look better when it looks like a knock off gundam?
>>23651720Good. They are meant to be toys.
>>23651755The sad part is, if a bootlegger like JMS somehow got it into their head to pick this up (they won't it's too niche), they would probably add more part separation the way they improved the g-line.
>>23651065Your going to find it in your shoe in a week. Somehow happened to me. Pretty sure The Borrow's live in my house and like to mess with me
The appropriate response to hollow feet is to do a little model building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Yi8rMAfj4
BeholdThe god of hollow feet
>>23651782Coincidentally, the kit in question is a gunpla. Kek. Bandai really stopped trying.
>>23651793>Premium Bandai
>>23651782>>23651793That's enough of Bandai slander, anon.
>>23651794third world grammar
Has anyone used oden kan paints? Newtype has a ton on clearance and 75% off is a pretty compelling reason to try a new paint out
>>23651806Cry harder
Sometimes do you just ask yourself if what you're typing in English actually makes any sense at all? I'm getting an aneurysm everytime I read posts like that.
>>23651814Depending Bandai by displaying more of their hollow soles is the peak of being a midwit.
>>23651830The third worlder fears basic modelling skills
>>23651832I don't give a shit about modeling skills. I buy models to see the sculpt, not for the lack of it.
Bandai slurpers be like>Zamn, this gundam model is fire!!!
>>23651837I don't think you buy anything
>>23651842How do u know
>>23651849Because your countries GDP is only enough for you to get one bootleg that you all have to share
>>23651481Lucky bastard
Vote Mahou Shoujo
>>23651849>>23651851Holy samefag. Get a life.
When i lose an argument, i pretend to the other guy and then talking to myself.
>>23651897
>>23651910Goodjob outing yourself as a larper. Next time, stop pretending to be me. But then again, you are mentally ill, so i digress.
I will huff more lacquer fumes so that I can elevate myself to the levels of the schizos posting in /gpg/.
>>23651910Schizo
>>23651926schizo meltdown alert
>>23651930But enough about yourself.
>>23651926Settle down, okay?
6'2 vs 5'11
>>23651926You okay, retard?
>>23651940Not gonna entertain you further. Go larping as someone else.
>>23651941>Go larping as someone elseesl alert
>>23651629You won't be disappointed, the Naion is a really cool model.
>>23649923I know the next theme is gonna be disappointing.
>>23651926I think you don't understand how this site or the english language works.
>>23651961It will be disappointing if it’s not silly.
>>23651961Bitching about a theme is just conceding your creativity isn't up to parThat said I admit I'd be at a complete loss if maho shoujo wins
>>23651967i have had a great idea for a magical girl for a year now.
>>23651967you WILL contribute to Mahou Shoujoyou WILL love Mahou Shoujoyou WILL watch Mahou Shoujo anime for inspirationyou WILL wear thighhighs and post pics
I will build a Zeonic Full Armor Mahou Shojou.
>>23651974I intend to build something incredibly dark and edgy, and then the magical girl it turns into
>>23651974DO IT
>>23651967>That said I admit I'd be at a complete loss if maho shoujo winsSakura card captor but Tomoyo is into mechas instead of fashion
so what should I watch to get inspired for the inevitable mahou shoujo theme
>>23651972I like mahou shoujo ryona and dressing up voluptuous hags as magical girls as a humiliation in porn games or JAV but I don't think i'd get into actual mahou shoujo contentAlso in plamo there's not a ton of option for it even in girlpla
>>23651984Cute Chun Li.
asking 100% unironicallyyou know how ordering from japan at msrp is cheaper because if you consolidate you optimize the shipping cost?then why do local stores who buy in massive bulks sell at such a higher price than if you do it yourself?
>>23652004because they're trying to make money.
>>23652004You have to factor in the tip that you’re leaving for the store.
>>23652004Because there's an additional margin for them to profit off the sale. Do you expect them to just not make money?
>>23652004>Business is doing business stuffI know in your commie shithole the business for profit is an alien concept.
you can get a robodogwalrus kit for 20 bucks online, or you could get a robodogwalrus kit from the local store for 40 bucksyou pick option 2 because it's business stuff and they're trying to make money and you expect them to just make money
>>23652017>you can get a robodogwalrus kit for 20 bucks online with an additional 20 in shipping, or you could get a robodogwalrus kit from the local store for 40 bucksFixed that for you.
>>23652023pretty much
How come /gpg/ disparages clean paintjobs and salivates at kits being shaded when GBWC winners don't shade at all?
>>23652023true.but in a hoarder's hobby the model is obsolete, you're better off consolidating unless it's bandai HGs that are so cheap it's less optimal
>>23652036We have better tastes than judges
>>23650560>>23650679MC assHammerKobe ByarlantLionel MessalaHall n Oates SammahnCrossbone Thugs and Harmony (it's the working title for the next manga too)LL Gallus-JWarren G-Line and the R-JarjulatorsDababi
>>23652036>GBWC winners don't shade at allexamples?
>>23652041Here's one.
>>23652036Plamo is not all about gunpla. We don't fucking care about some gay championship.
>>23652044Another.
>>23652047Ew, this is a winner? Way too busy.
>>23652047I like the little exia on the front
>>23652049>Chang winnerWell you should have already known.
>>23652036if you did a lot of work sculpting and scratchbuilding you're more than likely not gonna wanna ruin it by blasting black on random edges, especially if you want to actually show off all the small details to judges who will be looking at it up close.
AGE 2 Magnum ver Chang
>>23652044Still the peak of Nu custom build.
>>23652047post chinkgod kinos
>>23652058
>>23652049Maybe you're not busy enough
>>23652036Because /gpg/ likes grunts and grunts don't get repainted after every battle like main character suits are.
>>23652066The only people I see that post anything weathered make it look like shit and then freak out when anyone doesn't like it.
>>23652044>>23652056this makes me sick
Friend acquired. Now to hunt down Dynastes that isn't overpriced and the team is complete.
>>23652084Love the additional clear head
>>23652076The Five Chinkgod kino stories
>>23652058I will buy this thing. It's as greebly and disgusting as a Devil Gundam should be.
>>23652070Every time I've posted my weathered stuff I've gotten compliments on it
>>23652127How to even display this guy? Looks PG sized, except super wide on top of it.
>>23652144It's probably just a few people posting horrible work and freaking out over it. I have a theory that they only "weather" their work because they can't paint for shit.
>>23652146He's taller than the PG Nu, which makes it even harder. I have a bookshelf I'll set him on and just dust him on the regular until I can find an acrylic case big enough.
>>23652066>grunts don't get repainted after every battleOnly because they usually turn into dust after their first sortie
>>23652066Do the grunts get dipped in liquid shit during battles too? That's what it usually looks like.
V THOR
>>23652172I got my Thunderstruck in today, excited to build him, it'll be my 5th V-Thor.
>>23652169I imagine how big the giant robots are that they’d probably get shit on by birds quite a bit
>>23652192It looks like brown, liquid shit.
Why is the hi nu’s color scheme so shit? The white and purple or blue makes it look like cheesy sci fi. Even just putting nu colors makes it look way more gundamy
>>23652197There's literally nothing worse than rx-78-2 colors
You know what, fuck you>chinkifies your mortar headd
>>23652202You're just insecure about your toy actually looking like a toy as it should.
>>23652202Are you the same guy who was sperging out over mecha having colors the other day?
>>23652204Wrong, it just looks terrible on anything besides rx-78, and even then other colors look better on it>>23652210Who?
>>23652203Honestly, still better than Gothicmades.
>>23652217ummm it looks good on the barbatos and gquuuuux so no.
>>23652217Mecha is a genre for children so the robots should be colorful and whimsical.
>>23652223based
>>23652218Gothicmades are weird but I can pretty easily picture almost every single one of them from memoryI can barely even process this thing while I'm directly looking at it
Pg Unicorn in destroy mode unchained looks so fucking HOT
green and grey is not a creative color
>>23652227>Gothicmades are weird but I can pretty easily picture almost every single one of them from memorywtf how? they all look the same to me. but then again gundamslop also all looks the same.
>>23652217What colors look better on it?
>>23652223Then at least make them in colors of Ideon or Mazinger or Getter
>>23652231RX-78-1, G3, MK2, Nu are all much better than default
post shadegod kinos
>>23652227>Gothicmades are weird but I can pretty easily picture almost every single one of them from memorylying for the sake of argumentation
Bros what are your go-to snacks for building?
>>23652203Name of this thing?
>>23652234I'm gonna get a mk.ii and paint it in the original gundams colors for you
>>23652244PLOVELXN moving suit
>>236522441/100 Europa
>>23652247Sure, enjoy your clown colors
>>23652227>I can pretty easily picture almost every single one of them from memoryGothicmades are the most incomprehensible pieces of shit i have ever seen. What the fuck is this supposed to be?
secured my fazz and ex-s
>>23652257are you going to paintgod it or snapgod it
>>23652260I'm going to do nothing with it, I'll be just another brick to my backlog wall.
>>23652255I unironically think this is top 10 mecha. Better than ANYTHING from Gundam
>>23652260i'll snap it at some point and then paint it whenever i have the urge to make it my next project
>>23652241whisky
>>23651938accurate too. The R-44 was only 10 meters in height
>>23652261>>23652264post backloggod kinos
>>23652263GM command is better
Is the rg unicorn alright? I want a unicorn to display in unicorn mode. Or should I go with one of the master grades?
>>23652278It’s aight
>>23652278rg unicorn is alright, but it it is best at Destroy mode since aside from MGEX, it has the most stable Destroy mode of all the Unicorn kitsMG works good if you just want it on Unicorn mode
>>23652287Would it be stupid to get the mgex just to have it in unicorn mode? I like the proportions better on it and I like big toy so I don’t want the rg. Or should I just wait for chang bootleg?
So I'm building the RG Zaku Miku Version and these panel lines seem incredibly shallow so i've two questionsWould the stedi Model Scriber with 0.15mm blades be good for rescribing? Would Tamiya panel line accent Gray or Light Gray be better for the black? I've only used the pour gundam markers so far and have a black and gray one of them but I think the gray wouldn't show up well at all on black?
>>23652292Im ngl I didn’t read allat
cool man
>>23652290Changs already made the bootleg for MGEX. It even has a non LED version.
>>23652299man I think it's crazy how some guy here was asking if there was a bootleg MGEX Unicorn, I told him 'just wait bro' and this gets announced like 2 days later.
>>23652299>>23652302Kino. Thanks for telling me to wait anon. Is it out yet or coming soon?
>>23652197Nu colors are definitely cooler but I think hi-nu has its own appeal. FAZZ and theta plus look cool in purple.
>>23652292Im thinking Miku
>>23652304It is out last month. Will take some time to get exported out of China though.
When are they restocking this bros?
>>23652202This is why I haven't gotten the PGU, literally the most realistic looking kit with the most detail to be wasted on a toyish color scheme
>>23652313Oh no, the easiest thing to change in a kit and you are complaining about it.
>>23652313Uhh...Paint it?
>>23652315ableist cis shit
>>23652313dude got filtered by the color blue
>>23652328Tbh I'm more filtered by the color yellow, fucking hate yellows and actively avoid it
>>23652334This bee is broken.
>>23652334Post yellowgod kinos
>>23652334
>>23652299I do plan to buy 3 chang MGEX Unicorn, 1 with the LEDs, 2 without, I will try to convert the 2 to Norn and Phenex. I just hope the vfins from the normal Norn and Phenex are compatible with the MGEX head
I will buy 3 changs and smash it to bits to show my hatred for bootleg. No I am not talking about the bootleg kit, I'm going to buy some 3 changs to smash.
>zeon groupbuildcan you just slap zeon decals on a FSS?
Is the Osiris Aerial Dominator ever comeback in stock?
>>23652377Gay
>>23652380Get the bootleg
Left or right?
lol
>gpg be like they're meant to be solemn looking not colorful
what are some good snapgod kinos
>>23652402This the dunbine gundam?
>>23652402This thing is huge
>>23652410How big is it? I didn't see anything in the product page.
>>23652412It was announced a while ago. It's 40cm tall.
>>23652410That’s what she said
>>23652413Oh shit, that's taller than the PGU.
>>23652388Isnt it a God fucking bootleg to begin with?
>>23652419It could have been bigger. In the show the thing gets a lot bigger than that too. That's just the base size.
>>23652420Welcome to changception
>>23652423Chinese >>> gringos take note fag
New thread when?
>>23652431When you people learn to behave.
>>23652402>HypeRed gundam>it's greyThey can't keep getting away with it.
>>23652428Ummm we go by grinGODs
>>23651515what company? might get one to compare.
Wip on my third wares blade model. This one's the first kitbash I made for this project.
>>23652442>Hypered Gundam>no giant futa cock They can't keep getting away with it.
>>23652461
>>23652461I like that it looks like a bird
>>23652464Still kinda rough but it's coming along.
>>23652467the blue parts look great, I want a similar effect for a Virunvee resin kit I'm working on, how did you do it
>>23652478Post the virunvee resin kit. I fucking love dunbines
>>23652478Base coat in black and dry brushed in layers starting with a dark purple and graduating to an ultramarines blue getting lighter and covering smaller areas as I go. I use a bunch of cheap makeup brushes and go in swirls to get the texture look
>>23652480it's this thing, the texture/details are really nice, would recommend>>23652486awesome, makes perfect sense! really nice effect anon, I love it, honestly it's really fucking inspiring
>>23652396Left with right v-fin
>>23652511Thanks bro I can't wait to see your work.
>>23652396Why is left so much more kino
>>23652536How long does it take to do these?
>>23652536What are these from
>>23652420The sculpt is original so it's a third party model, the copy the other chang's made of it is the bootleg
>>23652542Why did the other chang’s make a copy? Don’t they know that’s one of their own? Chang on Chang crime.
>>23652536>iron giantholy fucking based taste
>>23652546Commies have morals.
>>23652511>>23652536I wish to paint like this any youtube channels to watch?
>>23652540No lie about 4-6 hours give or take. >>23652541Left to right: Plamax artpla iron giant, MO Craft Niki Vashmarl, kitbashed HG Cybaster
>>23652536Post your Xi
>>23652553I'm using traditional mini painting techniques here but I like zumiko and Dr faust
Guys I have a question. Why do some of the gundams like the nu gundams and gramps look different in the model kit than in the animes? Like if you really think about it why is there like all the extra panels on the shoulders and legs and stuff? It’s the same with the pgu.
>>23652553I think you can learn a lot watching Warhammer or mini painting videos
>>23652559Since you asked nicely
>>23652570I remember when you were working on that actually. What'd you use for the transparent bit on the shield?
>>23649526finally putting water slides on my GM spartan bootlegs
>>23652576It's from a kotobukyia weapons kit. Don't remember which but it looks like a jet.
>>23652461Damn this dude has the exact same legs as Cybuster
>>23652587This?
>>23652587>>23652602Thanks, looks neat.
>>23652403I hate this exhibition so much>hurr durr, greeks and romans understood all these nuances of the human form>b-burt they didn't understand gradients and only used solid colours!!!!!fucking retards did this shit for controversy instead of painting them well
>>23652615They weren’t retards who would blast black on random edges
>>23652615I may be reading your post incorrectly but if I recall correctly they did not use solid colors and used lots of color combinations.
>>23652396What is left's head from?
>>23652241I've usually got epoxy putty or odorless oil paint thinner on my hands when building. I do not eat at the same time.
I literally bought that Phenex for $50 less, before all this tariff bullshit. On the flip side though, I didn't get free shipping, so I guess anyone who buys it now is going to get a better deal than me :^)
>>23652676I just don't have it in me to build another MG unicorn. It's an exhausting build.
>>23652676...and then they added a few more things to today's catalog after I made my post.
>>23652694TRANS am lolIs its special ability to self destruct?
>>23652699It's named after a sports car. You know trans has other meanings, right? Here's a photo of a trans am
What is the best RG of all time and why is it Mark II?
>>23652728The twink proportions are ugly.
>>23652746Tf u talking about mkii has stocky proportions
>>23652746You're thinking of the HGUC revive
I think we should hang everyone who brings up line art, actually.
>>23651679bro these aren't hg sized these are gonna be like 3-4 inches tall.
>>23652566what kinda fucking question is this? anon
>>23652641EG Nu
Is the original huckebein hg delayed? Why haven't we seen anything else about it even though it releases this month?
>>23652766The hguc revive has bulkier proportions. The rg is a twink.>>23652762It’s supposed to be that way. But the rg ain’t.
>>23652782Does it fit in the RG or you have to modify it?
>>23652799It fits in but you have to tighten the joint. It even hides the long ass neck too.
>>23652566The anime versions aren't super detailed because people actually have to draw that shit, every frame.
>>23652804Nice, now I can get the RG without having to worry about the ugly ass head
>>23652775fym?
>>23652768>3-4 inchesIt's big enough!
I've decided to take the plunge and start airbrushing. Does Iwata have a particular time they like to discount their compressors?
>>23652837Just get a cheap airbrush and compressor. You're going to fuck up parts on the thing whether it's a nice one or not and it'll save you a lot of money on needles on the cheap one.
>>23652837Save yourself some money. You can get a generic compressor off of Amazon and it works just fine. Same thing with the brushes. Frankly, the cheap airbrushes work just fine and if you bust one up, especially since you're new, it won't hurt as bad to replace.
>>23652837just grab one of the timbertech ones with a tank off of amazon. i started airbrushing about a year ago with one of those and a ps-289 and its generally been fine. i definitely could've taken better care of the airbrush though but it still works fine.
>>23652837anon get some beginner shit first and learn basic use, thinning, cleaning (really fucking important)
is getting a 3D printer worth it? i mean, chink bootlegs are cheaper than stl files and filament, so maybe it wouldnt be as cost effective. i mean, sure, i can print other shit, but what?
>>23652880Filament printers also produce worse looking parts than any sort of mold. It's really only good for odd parts or making your own designs.
>>23651481>>23651876Gunpla Nativity Scene... That's a group build idea right there.
>>23652887>recreating historical/ mythological scenes, but with robotsKinda like Z Mazinger basically.
What about portable airbrush? How are they? Having to set aside a spot for compressor is not... ideal.
>>23652894They're really bad. You can get a small desktop compressor that works fine. The tiny one master airbrush makes barely takes up any space and works great.
>>23652891Could be a lot of fun>assassination of caesar but it's gramps being stabbed by a bunch of camoufs
>>23652880Not much. I want to build this thing though.
>>23652894you will very quickly discover that not having control over your air pressure sucks a lot
>>23649526Arms are done. Following the minimal decal outline in the manual is fun. It draws my eye to them more than a ver.ka's massive amount.
>>23652837a single Iwata brush can buy you a decent off-brand airbrush setup complete with air tank and moisture trap.
>>23652973post paintgod kinos
>>23652197The problem with the hi nu isn't that it's purple, it's that they took one of the sleekest designs in the franchise and fattened it and added bricks on its backThere's a reason almost every picture of it is from that angle because that's the one where it looks the least retarded and it's still pretty bad
I want them to make an upscaled rg sazabi. I love the rg design and think the ver ka shoulders are ugly but all my other uc gundams are 1/100 so I can’t get the rg. I was hoping fat cat’s next upscale would be sazabi but instead they did the burning gundam…
>>23653030>one of the sleekest designs in the franchise"Sleek" is just about the last thing I'd call any Gundam of that time period
>>23649721>>23649733Congrats on your new Zock
>>23652880I have a 3D printerNever used it for gunpla because I've never been able to find a single kit file
>>23653047There's an elegance in the Nu's design that very few suits can match, UC or otherwise
>>23653060It's a recolored RX-78-2 with a fancier V fin and an unfinished array of funnels hastily strapped to its back, there are many other more "elegant" designs in the series even just among main Gundams
>>23653064HmmmmmmmNo
>>23653064did we ever see the completed version of the Nu Gundam?
>>23653190
>>23653211nu got boobjobs and botox cheeks fillers lmao
New thread>>23653218>>23653218>>23653218
>>23653221Also get to voting if you haven't already!
>>236525798 bucks on aliexpress?
>>23652403I highly doubt they even painted them in the first place, I know it's been 3000y but surely at least one had a spec of proof the were. It's also unrealistic to expect all of them to be
