-=READ THE GUIDES=-Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!For those new, please read our guides. We have many resources available to help you in many different aspects of the hobby. They're here for you!For the unclear, "plamo" is short for "plastic model". "Gunpla" is thus short for "Gundam plastic model". Many different kinds of models are built here, ranging from mecha to planes, cars, musume, you name it! If you're new, you're gonna screw up. Don't worry! If you're seasoned, don't make the newbies worry!And don't forget to report shitposting and spam. The mods don't browse /m/ too often, so it's up to YOU to help keep our general clean and civil!>Why won't anyone answer my question?Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can.>Why are my pictures sideways?4chan strips EXIF data when images are uploaded, including the orientation tag if it's from your phone. To fix it save out your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.One easy to use app that works well on Android:play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer-=THE GUIDES=->Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:gunpla.buyfags.moe>Funaka's gunpla guides:Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdfScratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf>Falldog's gunpla guide:otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide>A guide to other types of plamo:mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography-=OTHER RESOURCES=->Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):pastebin.com/4KBEnVaN>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:dalong.net>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:schizophonic9-2.com>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:blog.kenbill.com>Past Groupbuilds:flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06>Monthly Restock List (December):old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1p0fo4dPrior thread: >>23649521
Vote for your favorite entries in the Biomecha groupbuild here:https://forms.gle/dh6YEBXntE6KGWmQ9Voting ends on Friday.And reply to this post with theme suggestions for the next groupbuild! You can find previous suggestions here >>23649923
Now post your WIPs!
>>23653219Once more I will suggest sports (customize a mech to fulfill a role on a team for any sport, make up a team uniform or choose an existing one)
>>23653228lmao
>>23653218I can't decide if I should do black or grey panel lines on my HG kits. Btw I'm not satisfied with Bandai's panel line markers. The tips are thick and end up painting the edges of a line instead of the walls and the bottom.
>>23653219Putting in a suggestion for a "bring up to scratch" build.>Take a mech with an old kit and has mobility/posability problems, lineart problems or some other aspect that isn't up to snuff. Either scratch building or using elements from newer kits, modify the model to a more modern state.I'm sure this may not poll any votes (as I don't vote for themes I suggest and it is more of a technical/builders topic than a creative one, although creative problem solving can be cool) but it might start a discussion and inspire some build ideas even if it doesn't become an official groupbuild.
>>23653249Those pens lining the edges is unfortunately common, but it’s sometimes fixed by running the nib in several times with light pressure. Using a pour type marker or tamiya panel liner is another option since the ink will flow through the line.Experiment with colors, but these are my guidelinesBlack ink: blue, green, grey, black, silver parts, or anything darker than greyGrey: white, light greyBrown or black: yellow, red, orange, warm hues
>>23653249use black liner on white plastic just like how Dalong does it.
So, who's gonna win, lost lagoon gundam, last brood guard or biomecha santa?
FSS fags be like>yoooooooooo this design's fire!!!
>>23653325Easy to read, easy to remember. 10/10 better than any other mecha designs.
What's the difference between using thinner or lighter fluid to cleaning panel line?
>>23653332lighter fluid evaporates very fast. enamel thinner evaporates slower
>>23653299This, just don't do it as thick as he does.
>>23653325i love gothic slop toys
Got a 1/60 buddy for my Daban PGU.
>>23653388Thought that was the Psycho Zaku for a split second.
>>23653388There’s a daban pgu?
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but my zaku's paintjob was damaged after I put it together and bent the leg a little. Is this due to bad priming/topcoating or do I need to sand the parts down so they make zero contact?I'm still new to this, so I have no idea how much friction a painted surface can take, and if this is supposed to be normal. Pic related, no point in sharing mine since its currently dipped in alcohol.
>>23653249If you don't want to risk using panel liners with enamel, you can make a wash with water based acrylics and a drop of dish soap. Do a 70/30 or 60/40 mix of paint to water, or adjust the ratio for your liking, add a drop or two of dish soap for flow and that's it. Genuinely gives a better result than those pens. If you let the paint in the panel lines completely cure, it'll also not run when topcoated like the gundam markers do.
>>23653421should've checked if parts are scraping before painting it, since it's more common than you think
progress picture on the most notorious build currently in /gpg/
>>23653429Nice autism pose.
>>23653431That isn't autistic screeching.jpg but it should be. Sinanju stein reminds me of an ape sometimes.
>>23653429Wow this turned out great. Keep it up!
>>23653429Hitler stache is a step too far
>>23653429Naysayer bros in shambles.
That bootlegshitter has been real quiet since he was outed as a schizo.
My SNAA firelord bubblizz edition was delivered today. I think I'll be using mostly purple for any part that can be either blue or purple. Some decals are inevitably both blue and purple. I was going to use mostly fluorescent purple panel liner but maybe I can use some fluorescent blue too. What is the second and third best builders' opinion ?
>>23653461I think you can just dismiss decal altogether. It looks busy enough.
>>23653429wtf is going on here. Is this what happens when you use markers for everything instead of an airbrush?
>>23653467thin your paints
>>23653455You posted those things, anon. Didn't you remember?
>>23653467This is what happens when /gpg/ responds to every single bait allowing ragebaiters to thrive
Still haven't decided on which color scheme to go with
>>23653475this is way less incomprehensible than the lineart someone posted last thread still looks retarded but at least it's possible to tell what's what
>>23653475Red, yellow and green
>>23653475I'm partial to the blue one.
>>23653476This thing? Oh it is not a lineart, just another variant of Gothicmade.
My Axis Kshatriya arrived today! That is a Lot of plastic, I will do a parts inventory and hopefully I have time over the holidays to build it.
Chang's Lupus Rex.
>>23653466I won't be using the fire effects except for one maximum chink overload pose so it won't be as busy as the promo pics, surely. I may use only the purple decals on the body. Also wish the swords had a simple blade too instead of only fire effects, but I may be able to do something about it with the leftover clear parts from the test 70 bailu
>>23653480my memory might be ass
>>23653482
>>23653473Nah this guy is just an autismo that cakes paint onto every model he has. Happens every time he posts a build. People ask what he's doing and then he freaks out for a bit, vanishes, comes back acting like it's an epic troll and the cycle repeats.
>>23653476I really can't understand how you guys hate on these things. As a guy who works on autocad for a living and sculpts for fun something like this is mind-blowingly impressive. The sculpt work is insane. Even if you don't like the design calling it 'retarded' is just so wrong. You're like those fedora-tipping atheists who say cathedrals look bad for le upboats. You make me cringe so hard, I bet you think the Zaku II is peak mecha design.
>>23653418Yes check out Aliexpress, they made them in 5-6 different colors now for less than $150.
>>23653497Is this a pasta?
>>23653475Purple
>>23653500I wish you had an IQ higher than 2 digits
>>23653497The Zaku II Is Peak mech design, everybody knows that. The people in here trolling with gothicmades are just that, trolls. Notice the convo did not start organically because someone asked about them or posted a build but just with a pick and 'this sucks' Someday you will learn not to take the bait
>>23653472I remember sniffing the thinner and blacking out but I'm sure that it was you that schizoposting.
>>23653506The Zaku II sucks and everyone only likes it because it's from Gundam. If it was from Dorvack you wouldn't give a SHIT about it
>>23653484>I may use only the purple decals on the body. Also wish the swords had a simple blade too instead of only fire effectI mean, his name is "Fire Lord".
>>23653508>I remember sniffing the thinner and blacking outThat's good enough as an evidence.
>>23653512Why yes, I buy heavily themed kits only not to use the themed parts
>>23653497"impressive because difficult" doesn't make it look any better
>>23653484SNAA's latest kit, Nether Emperor has a spare sword. You can wait and use this one, since it is aesthetically fitting to Firelord more than Bailu's high tech artstyle.
>>23653509That may be partly true, if something gets a lot of exposure there is a bigger chance it becomes popular.
>>23653429Honestly kinda like it. It looks like ass when zoomed in, but when zoomed out/looked at from a distance it reminds me of how old cartoons like Ed, Edd, and Eddy were drawn.
>>23653516jesus christ you guys make me feel like I'm arguing with a toddler. I'm not saying you HAVE to like it. you can think the ferrari is an ugly car but saying it's a bad car just because you don't like the way it looks makes you sound like a little kid
Aw shit I didn't know Metaphor was getting a model kit.
>>23653531I like how sharp the cape looks.
>>23653530Eh, not to Pierce your dreams but a lot of vastly expensive supercars are not that well build and require constant maintaining and attention to keep them going
>>23653482What the fuck are those shoulders? Looks ok otherwise.
>>23653519I was thinking about this not long ago. I was also thinking that the orange/blue parts may look better in metallic purpleI wasn't interested in this one at first but I might end up getting it because swords
>>23653427That makes sense, I didn't know how much abrasion a painted surface can tolerate until this fuckup. I don't regret using my older kits to practice so I can learn things the hard way.
>>23653531yeah it's pretty slick
>>23653482>Not a UC kitThey could have made a hygogg...
>>23653531looks god but I'd rather they make some fucking Gauntlet Runners instead. They're fucking gorgeous and is it just me or do they have a heavy Aura Machine feel.
>>23653388is the daban one any good
>>23653475I think the biege one looks the nicest out of the three
>>23653482>Articulated fingersDamn, what scale is this?
>>23653421it also depends on the type of paint you're using. lacquers and polyurethane are pretty resilient. paint also has a higher risk of flaking off during friction if it was installed while it's not fully cured.
>>236536031/100. The larger side of 1/100 ofcourse.
>>23653550Changs made one some times ago, but it is 3D print/resin only.
>>23653219Here's my group build idea pitch - ace machineTake any grunt suit from whatever series, and modify it to be an ace pilot's custom MS, but more than just a lazy recolor.Kind of like picrel as an example.
>>23653531What company?
>>23653688GSC, Plamatea line
>>23653690Cool kit. The series is prime material for cool kits
>>23653662too complicated, mahou shoujo will win.
>>23653662>more than just a lazy recolorbut a bunch of ace robots are just recolors.
>>23653703Sillyposting will win
Katoki group build pitchmake any non-Katoki designed MS gunpla and mod or decal it to make it look like a Katoki designed MS
>>23653709Thanks I hate it
>>23653709>make any non-Katoki designed MS gunpla and mod or decal it to make it look like a Katoki designed MSThe choices would be extremely limited
>>23653709Sounds like an idea that I won't vote for.
>>23653707It's our turn
>>23653715A finger on the monkey's paw curls. Silly posting is selected. You have to make a clown themed MS.
>>23653713ok, then any mecha plamo then. so you can make a votoms modified to long legged and decaled up to make it look like Katoki designed it
I want another flop of a theme to win again and have 3 or less entries like that one racing theme, just to laugh.
>>23653720Bandai already did that. Might be a good source of reference.
>>23653719Will painting anything in white-yellow-blue-red with red shoes count?
>>23653730Katokified Mortar Headds
if no one likes Katoki group build, then Obari group buildtake a mecha plamo and modify it to make it Obarific
>>23653703I really want Mahou Shoujo to win also. I have my plan and kit ready since the last 3 groups builds.
>>23653736>Buys SRW HG>Paint it>ProfitYou can't stop me.
>>23653738Call me a tourist but what would that even be? A girpla with fantasy/mech parts?
Whatever wins I will try my breast to enter it.
>>23653733No. It has to be a clown.
>>23653740First of all, go watch the Nanoha movies as they are Mecha inspired Mahou Shoujo.But for the other way, outside of color schemes based on various MS, it would be giving mecha dress like skirts, long weapons to look like staves, possibly hair (think Sailor Moon's), and an "animal companion" of some sort. Possibly also making it look like it just came out of engaging in extreme violence.
>>23653743I know something for this!
>>23653740>Nightmare, heavy artillery, biomecha mahou shojouI already know what he cooked.
>>23653747
>Buy EG RX-78 with weapons>It is green>It is very green>It is so green, Jegan calls it Green Lantern>It is so very green that when my eyes adapt to see it as white-ish, everything else looks reddish>Buy normal EG RX-78>It costs the same as the other kit and it becomes connected to a stressful experience due to something that happened while picking it up>Open it>It is greenish...>FUCK!>It's red, yellow and especially blue make it look somehow cheaper, uglier and more plain than the greener EG RX-78>I swap the parts so that the not-as-green RX-78 has lighter blue & red and a warmer yellow>It looks instantly much betterSo this is why people paint their kits. The difference is so stark. It's like the difference between a posed and an unposed kit. Does anyone here use markers to paint his kits?
What I hate about the voting process is that it takes forever
>>23653756It's not like you'd start working on your build right away.
>>23653662When was the last time we did Ace Custom? How many years ago?
>>23653746Ty for the info, I will look into it and if the theme wins I'll to come up with something.>>23653749What would that be anon? Maybe you are right or maybe you inspire me, so care to share?
>>23653755>using markers>everlmao, unless you're turbo poor or just retarded theres no reason to ever use them over a pot of paint
>>23653763All 3 of those previous themes can be repurposed into MS. Especially heavy artillery.
Where is it, Zack? I bought this from your site last year and it's holding up my order. Hell- you've pushed back the estimated release date twice, already!
>>23653757I'm addicted to the feeling of procrastinating ASAP
>>23653767>pre ordering shit from USA gundam storethey do the same shit as Hobbylinkjapan and don't cap pre orders for the first batch. So your pre order will be in limbo for years in the worst case scenario made worse by the fact that you're handing them money (which is technically a loan according to their agreement btw)
>>23653767how does a company get good and consistent at fucking up orders? I only hear complaints about these guys
>>23653767That was sold out in a blink everywhere but it sucks if you pre ordered and didn't get one anyway.
>>23653776hlj would eventually get shit that you backordered (even some really old shit) before covidit was so goodnow you will never get shit that you even preorder
>>23653429It's even standing like it has to take a shit
>>23653767cancel it, you will never get it, if they charged you already for 'preorder' you are just mega goym retard
>>23653767This thread unironically needs some kind of disclaimer telling people to stop pre-ordering shit from USAGS at this point. I have never ever had a single issue order in stock stuff from them but I only see non-stop horror stories about them fucking up pre-orders horribly. Had a friend not get his paints he ordered delivered for like a year because ONE part of his order kept getting the pre-order pushed back further and further (after other retailers had got the kit in stock for a long while lol)
>>23653770>Working on my jungle fighters>"Hmm I want to do my north american theater">Buy more paints>Buy Guntank early type at 300% msrp>Somehow manage to continue my jungle fighters>Not even done with the zeek side>"Hmm... I want to do titans...">Buy paints>Prep one (1) titan guy>Find the will to keep working on my jungle fighters>Finally finish 2 junglers>Still no feds>During this time the Guntank early type has been reprinted>I could have brought 3x Guntanks for the same money>Decide not to because I would feel like an idiot>"Hmm I want to do jestas vs sleeves">Check for a schuzrum gallus (I physically cannot begin a sleeves collection without this guy)>Find one for Only 200% msrp>3rd jungler still a WIP>The year is literally ending>The Juaggu seems to have been reprinted>The one I brought at 200% msrp hasn't even left its amazon box>My backlog is literally taller than a man>My titans paints will probably expire before I even prep any of the kits>Start to wonder if I'm born autistic, or if I forgot to wear my respirator one too many times
>>23653783I'll preorder from them only if they have a sale going on and it's a kit that I both know I am going to get, and would be going to the backlog pile and never combine items I actually need in a timely manner like paint. Then I strap in and accept I'm not seeing it until at least 2 months after their website says.
I won't lie, Ez-Sr looks quite sexy.
>>23653785>My titans paints will probably expireThis doesn't actually happen r-right?
>>23653776>saw a zaku before merchantWhat the fuck, I can't be becoming less of an antisemite
>>23653791Pretty sure they start to break down after 9 months
>>23653791Depends on paint type and if bottle is properly sealed or not.
>>23653794OH GOD DAMN IT
>>23653796What kind of paint is it?
>>23653796I mean, you can try painting with your old paints. But there's no guarantee it'd be any good.
>>23653579Its kind of a mixed bag, a few weak joints like the shoulders limit you on dynamic poses and the small access hatches are very floppy and loose. There was also a lot of flashing on the back sides of the parts which needed to be cleaned before assembly, which made the inner frame very slow. Looks good when all together and I prefer G-3 colors but im glad it was <$130 because its not worth anywhere near the $300 MSRP, same for the Bandai version IMO.
>>23653797Lacquer, mr color and gaia. Some prethinned in bottles.
>>23653800>LacquerOh no...
>>23653800Mr.color makes a product they call replenishing agent which will bring them back to life. It'll even reanimate paint that wasn't sealed right and got crusty. It's good shit. I'm not sure how good it would work with gaia though. If your paint is properly sealed it'll last for a really long time anyways. I've never had any paint go bad on me.
>>23653767>Got mine ages agoBig yikes. Besides it's still not the end of the 4th quarter.
>>23653767Them being located in florida means they get everything last
>>23653799The G3 colours look great but literally anything is better than the standard RX-78 colours. Sooner they start moving away from that, the better.
>>23653767There are a couple of other stores like >gundaplanet that haven't gotten it either
>>23653809That doesn't change the fact that they never close pre-orders that go over the stock they're expected to receive or warn people.
>>23653815I've actually personally seen them close preorders on a few things. They stopped taking preorder for the-o pretty quickly.
>>23653815Because Bandai or bluefin or whoever the distributor is doesn't actually tell them how many they're gonna get. Still a retarded system.
>>23653799nothing that can't be fixed i guess but i'm currently considering how much i value not having to do any of that
>>23653803I used this to save some votoms mr color collab paint I had imported, the interior of the bottles were bone dry and putting 70% of this by volume into the dried out paint glass worked like a charm.
>>23653794Wait are you serious? I have some lacquer paints that are a year or two old, do I really have to get this >>23653803 to use them?
>>23653828It'll be fine if it was sealed properly. It only has issues if it isnt and the solvent evaporates out.
>>23653429impressionist oil paining mode
>>23653831So as long as it’s in the jar with the lid closed tightly it should be fine?
>>23653840Yeah Anon. Its fine. Just spray with it.
>>23653838LMFAO
i'm like 5 months into the hobby and i kinda wanna start to look at bootlegs as i'm paying at least 1.5x the price for everything from being EU it seemsare there some good bootleg zeon/zaft kits? i really like monoeye suits
>>23653388What Zaku kit is that?
>>23653865also to add onto this i guess, where do you guys get bootlegs from?
>>23653734You mean Volks kits?
>>23653870why did they katokify it? i thought nagano oversees these.
>>23653872He doesn't give a fuck that's why all of them are the wrong scale.
>>23653872nagano can't even draw a MH the same twice
>>23653497I mean bro they literally hold their limbs like retardslike actually
>>23653880ok this is just blatantly false. if you read the manga he is REALLY good at drawing the mechs on-model. I get that you guys don't like him for whatever reason but why do you guys always lie about him?
>>23653865it's the same everywhere outside japanget the bootlegs on aliexpress
>>23653884I've read the manga up thru v11. he changes the designs 5-6 times, and each appears only a few times each
>>23653884>>23653899That design >>23653870 wasn't even in the manga, Volks just likes having Katoki proportions on every MH they make. Work Shop Cast was the other company that made 1/100 MH and none of them had Katoki proportions and with few exceptions were way closer to how Nagano drew them.
>>23653916Is Volks even good? What’s the best company to get MHs and GTMs?
>>23653919yes while their early ims kits had flaws, they make amazing models. Especially compared to the wave kits.
>>23653922i just bought the ims a-toll, what am i in for
>>23653926a good kit
>>23653926kino
>>23653916>That design >>23653870 wasn't even in the mangathat wasn't asserted
>>23653926watch out for the torso polycap that the shoulders plug into, it can rip pretty easily. sand down the pegs and push the part in very slowly.
>>23653919If you're coming from Bandai or snapfit Chinkpla no.If you're coming from military models, then yes.
>>23653938Changpla can be a good test of skill. You don't need to cement all of the parts, but the bad fitment happens very often in their gold plated kits. Sanding, trimming is required.
>>23653935noted, i did find a jp build video of it and he went over the assembly process for each section which was helpful. i anticipate that it'll probably be a long term build for next year.
>>23653922How tall is this?
>>23653943The actual construction is quite easy, the 1/144 IMS line isn't nearly so fiddly as some of the earlier 1/100s (Bang Doll...)
What's the nicest Zaku/Gelgoog kit?
>>23653950DELETE THIS.
The longer I procrastinate and delay working on my build, the better ideas I cum up with, isn't that weird? I'm glad I waited longer to think more, haha!
>procrastinate>Hey this video looks cool I can try stuff from it>Procrastinate>Repeat
>>23653959It's why I finish a new build once a year at most
>>23653948MG 2.0 in both cases
>>23653776yeah...
>>23653970Oh they look nice, I like the black tri stars Zaku! Came out in 2008 though, is that the right ones? Insane if they still hold up well! I haven't built an MG yet too so that might be a shout
Is this still coming this month...?
>>23653982I don't think any delays have been announced so yeah.
>>23653980It's a 2007 kit. The black tri stars variant was 2008. There's actually two of them. One is a high mobility type. You can preorder the regular black tri stars zaku on p-bandai right now though so don't pay a scalper for it.
>>23653916>Volks just likes having Katoki proportions on every MH they makedesu they didn't start doing that until the robots started getting really leggy in the manga tooPlus excessively long legs are really only an issue with a specific era of kits, none of the newer ones even have that anymore
>>23653988It's the high mobility one I like! Unfortunately I'm EU so I've no access to P-Bandai so looks like if I'd want it I'd be shelling out 100-150 which is unfortunate though
>>23653980what black tri star zaku, the high mobility version or the pbandai zaku 2s?
>>23653985weird that a kit coming out this month doesn't have any promotional images
>>236538661/60 Chinese figure, fully painted with decals and an LED out of the box. Looks great and has a full metal frame underneath, similar to the MG Zaku 2.0 but blown up to PG size. I put it on a scale and the damn thing weighs 40oz altogether. Looks a lot better than the old PG Zaku even if you do loose the build experience. https://gundamit.com/4th-party-zg-01-johnny-zaku-true-red-lightning_p7655.html
>>23654001What's it like working on a kit this big? I'm a scale autist and everything has to be the same scale so I'm stuck with 144 forever. Does capillary action even work for panel lines that big, or do you need to mask them?
>>23654001I hate how thick the shield on the right shoulder and the exposed frame on the leg, other than that, it looks good
>>23654001This looks nothing like the MG zaku 2.0. In fact it looks a lot like the ancient PG zaku.
Have any of you ever put backgrounds to your displays, or seen it done? I've been thinking about putting backgrounds to my shelves, like a picture of Gypps behind my Zeta display and closing the sides/floor/ceiling in basic star backgrounds.
>>23654021I have a poster of ET smoking weed behind one of my shelves. Does that count?
>>23654021I've seen it done and think it looks cool, just look at Spider-Zaku over here:>>23654001Don't you think the background elevates it?
>>23654021It will look extremely retarded. Just take a picture with a greenscreen behind it and photoshop your choice of background.
>>23654041How is a greenscreen going to make a shelf look better?
>>23654043Print the picture of the shooped gunpla and then frame it.
>>23654027Yeah, I think in general a background should add to pretty much any display. I was hoping someone had some pictures of one though.
>>23654052Here you go
Stupid image rotation.>>23654005Just use a pen if you are worried about panel lining.>>23654014The shield is a little funny but it has some nice surface details and adding the missile pods like on Origin kits was a nice touch.>>23654015The frame is partially based on the MG 2.0, not the PG. Other parts are kind of open to interpretation.
>>23654075I just hate the way the heat pipes look on this one.
>>23654078>>23654075It's actually kinda crazy to be that big and not have the individual tube sections like the MGs.
zak painted a ma.k solid black...
RG Sazabi is the most overrated kit I've ever built. It looks like shit and whenever I try to pose it pieces start flying off everywhere. It can't even stand up straight
>>23654111I want them to make an upscale 1/100 version because the ver Ka has ugly shoulders but I need a 1/100 sazabi to be in scale with all my uc gundams
>>23654119Chinese have probably done it already
>>23654111I thought it was one of the good ones. That sounds like ERGS.Anyway do you think it looks better than version katoki?
>>23654119for me it's the shins. Ver Ka's shin colour divide/part separation gimmick looks like complete dogshit and I still don't know how he thought it looked good. Or anyone.
>mg zaku ii 2.0 is getting a reprint next year>only the j type>no f typebandai why
>>23654133i don't understand how anyone can look at this image and say the right looks better than the left. those proportions are completely fucked
>>23654140you like fat fucks?
>>23654140The RG's torso is abysmal but the limbs look great
>>23654142the sazabi is a fat fuck
>>23654078They are soft rubber, flexible but not as nice as they could be for the size.
It seems like Zagan has a handful of new parts to fix the original ibo gundam frame.
When do u think we will get the next version Katoki MG? The last really new mold we got was April 2024 MG Narrative which is gonna be a 2 year drought since all the model kits for the next couple months have already been announced. I do not count the Sinanju because only like 2 runners were added, and the Full Armor ZZ is likely gonna be 99% recycled too.
>>23654149We already knew that
>>23654154He's talking about me.
>>23654148That makes it even worse. At least if it was plastic you could cut extra segments into it and paint it. Fuck painting rubber.
>>23654154people who pay attention to whether a new plastic toy robot is using the same frame as another plastic toy robot
>>23654146you're a fat fuck
>>23653980they hold up better than most kits from the last five years. the hands kinda suck though.
>>23654157>people who pay attention to whether a new plastic toy robot is using the same frame as another plastic toy robotZagan doesn't have a different frame. It has some additional parts to tackle that kind of design, but about 80% of it is still the same. https://x.com/unionriver0201/status/1996720609691340844
>>23654164wait WTF. b-but anon said!
>>23654150>completely new retailProbably not for a while since right now it looks like they're focused more on reprinting existing kits that have long ran out of stock
>>23654166i thought the second factory was supposed to save us. we are getting peanuts...
>>23654164It literally has new frame parts and the post you just linked says the new frame makes it easier to handle BUT
>>23654175BUT WHAT???
>>23654168I mean it is, in that Bandai is starting to reprint kits that haven't been seen on a shelf since 2019
>>23654176BUT the lower part is really heavy and the torso connector to the waist is still weak
>>23654165>Two new arm sockets>Bandai slurpers think it is the best thing ever
>>23654180Because is still the same dogshit polycap ball. It seems the chest is the same, too >>23654183, with better shoulders. Overall, very minimal update and hardly a new frame.
>>23654184Several elements are newly molded, the entire frame runner posted has slide molds for several pieces that didn't originally.
>>23654133Yeah left's proportions are more balanced but the kit is overall a lot more stable too, which surprised me. Maybe the RG's range of motion is larger but I don't want my Sazabi to do fucking yoga poses if it means I have to trade in stability
>>23654187I think it is similar with Helmwige Reincar/Grimgerde. Helmwige has a handful of new parts, but the kit's quality is only increased a tiny bit. Judging from the Jap's review, Zagan is kinda like that, slightly better but not up to modern standard.
>>23654198It's still got several new frame parts regardless of the result.
>>23654201If you count the parts for the crab hands, then sure. I was expecting a completely KPS frame.
>>23654207They used an entirely new mold, it really doesn't matter what you were expecting when the reality is more than you're willing to admit is new.
>>23654164https://x.com/unionriver0201/status/1996475344174596320Hmmmmmmmm wonder what this translates to
>>23654215It says The Gundam frame is made up of many new parts to address weak spots.(A small portion of the frame is shared with the 4th model, using the same runners.)
>>23653317I shrimply don't win groupbuilds, so my money is on lost lagoon.
>>23654239That can't be right. That would mean the retarded ESL whose entire existence is based around plamo company wars said something stupid.
What title should I give my reddit post to maximize upvotes when I upload my groupbuild entry?
>>23654248Start your post with “female here”.
>>23654248and sign with "trans rights!"
>>23653776USAGS does cap them.
Why are the legs of the Nu Ver Ka so long
>>23654279Nu is zesty like that.
>>23654279It's a monument to Katoki's sins.
and somehow bandai hasn't put up for sale the ones that I want.
end of year shipping discount doko
>>23654295You might be able to get them shipped out of a first world country. It would probably cost a bit more.
>>23653779I'm guessing because of tariffs they've gotten a lot of cancellations lately because they just fulfilled my pre-orders for Quacks Gyan and some other stuff.
>>23654302Wonder how much tarifftips have hurt bandai’s business in North America. I work for the us division of another Japanese company and they have just been getting raped by them.
>>23654330between tariffs and PB not letting me consolidate orders I have bought less than half what I would've otherwise
>>23654247>That would mean the retarded ESL whose entire existence is based around plamo company wars said something stupid.Salty today aren't we. I hope Bandai makes more poopla so there is more material for me to shit on them.
What is this transformation supposed to be?
>>23654215It uses the same shitty polycaps for the waist. https://x.com/unionriver0201/status/1996720609691340844
>>23654367Mass distribution so the thing doesn't tip over
>>23654367It was built in the old days when everything needed a transformation mode.
>>23654279because mobile suits look like manlets without them.
>>23654367It's a storage form because it's huge.
>>23654380>wow things look really weird if I keep elongated proportions everywhere except the legsyeah no shit try ditching the stretch armstrong waist
>>23654378I don’t understand that. What’s the point of transformation when it just turns into a retarded block? That’s something that gundam has never been able to do as well as its competitors. With macross, it turns into cool plans. With transformers, it turns into cars and shit. It was good when gundam just abandoned that and focused more on cool robots and gave up trying to shoehorn half baked transformations into the designs.
>>23654380>>23654383It looks like a hood nigga whose pants sag
>>23654385it was meant to look like a mobile fortress in that form.
>>23654385Yeah, but transforming mecha were all the rage back then, particularly on the tails of Macross (1982) and G1 Transformers (1984). Remember, Zeta was still just the second entry to Gundam, it wouldn't establish itself as a household name until many years later.
>>23654385Because it looks cool being a flying brick and it makes sense to store it like that instead of a 40m tall blockA huge amount of Macross designs utilize the exact same transforming structure (especially in later shows) which is extremely boring, and most of the time they're just working backwards and inserting a robot into a plane design according to that format. Gundam transformers are a lot more interesting to me because a good chunk of them are just doing whatever the fuck they want. Asshimar, Gaplant and Gabthley are worth a million VF-1s.
>>23654393Macross didn’t need to make a bunch of retarded meme shit because they reached perfection. They solved mecha transformations and there was just nothing more they needed to do.
>>23654397Macross wishes it could produce something as cool as the S Attacker
New NaokINO
>>23654403
>>23654403I look like this IRL
>>23654404
>>23654410Why is it pink
>>23654403Methuss looks like this now. Feel old yet?
>>23653838>>23653473>>23653490Plot twist: that anon just had cataracts all along, like why Monet's iconic water lily paintings get more and more blurry as time went on.
>>23654418People thought that impressionists were retarded too, and that art was already solved (academic art). Much like the anons who said this guy was retarded and that modeling techniques are already established.
>>23654403I love bulky robots with big arms. Especially love when arms are extra far out from the body, like on that new IBO hg. It just screams cool robot to me.
>>23654426Quick, hurry and buy all that thic paint anon's kits, then kill him so years later we can sell them to museums and other private collectors for millions per pcs. we so gonna be rich bros
>>23654411Because the plastic is pink. Paint it if you dont like it
>>23654439I was just wondering if there was lore behind it or a reason for it.
>>23654426He was following a tutorial very badly.
>>23654414Methussy.
Quick, final predictions for groupbuild winner?
>>23654447Me>>23654444Checked
>>23654279Don't look at the Unicorn Ver. Ka. then
>>23654455Which one
>>23654136Probably will be reprinted at the end of 2026
>>23654460Source?
>>23654457The Heavylegs Custom
>>23654457OVA version
>>23654191>yoga posesI always forget just how mobile these mobile suits are in universe.
Hey everyone, just a reminder that tomorrow is the last day to vote for the Groupbuild's winner. Get to voting if you haven't already!Also, so far here's the list of Groupbuild theme's I'm including in the poll so far. If you want another theme added be sure to reply to this post>Duo>Armored Up>Zeon>Mythological>Mahou Shoujou>Silly>Sports>Elemental>Transforming>Combining>Urban Warfare>Ma.K>Scale Model Kitbash>Super Robot>Ace CustomIf you have theme ideas, feel free to suggest em! I'll start polling for the next theme when the Biomecha winner is announced!>>23653758Ace Custom was our very first theme Nine years ago which is why I'm fine putting it in the running again.
>>23654476LETS FUCKING GO SILLYBROS WE ARE SO BACK
>>23653429personally I like that you emulated the Gothicmade posethis is the level of quality funposting that makes you based
>>23654471to be fair, it took zeon a while to realize that maybe front skirts should be able to move out of the way
>>23654471It helps that they're fighting in space and their movements are accelerated by rocket boosters. On Earth both would likely be no more mobile than the typical Zaku.
>>23654476oh shit you're actually accepting the silly theme? might as well call it now, that's obviously what we're all gonna vote for
>>23654476>no RoundBro? Where's my Roundbro? Did you give up? I haven't seen you around
>>23654267that would only work with the wargheymon entry
>>23653778They got me the MG Barbatos Lupus even though I was late. I actually didn't want it by the time it came out. Their newer no cancellation policy is bullshit as there is the real chance they'll drop something on you way too late.
>>23654470This is why I want the mgex even though I only care about unicorn mode and not any of the other shi. It’s generally more sex than the regular mgs.
>>23654479>>23654490"Silly" actually has some substance to it as a theme since it's far more open to interpretation than something like "Shitpost" would be. Just going off what's been posted in the last two threads it can lean into Clowns & the Circus, Parody, and potentially into just getting silly with a robot model kit and doing something like pic related. >>23654493Nobody suggested it last thread, it's in now.
>>23654505Well I guess it serves as a suggestion I was just lamenting that the guy who suggests it hasn't already.But yeah I'm still gonna vote for it too so put it in.
>>23654503big sameyet I don't give enough of a fuck about unicorn to get one at allmaybe one day one will fall off a truck or I'll get a free coupon for any MGEX model I want
>>23654505That's all I ever wanted out of a shitpost groupbuild. I've been horribly misunderstood and mischaracterized. I am a persecuted man.
>>23654476Mahou shoujo won
>>23654530More like you have horribly miscommunicated exactly what you want. Nobody wants a groupbuild that encourages low-quality works, ie "shitposting". But "silly builds" is perfectly fine.
>>23654476>nine years agoDamn. I wasn't around here back then but I'd love to give it a go.
>>23654540Well excuse me for holding my shitposts to a higher standard.
>>23654555Kids these days think they can just kinothis, slopthat, unkosnap a little here and there, but a artisanal shitposter works with such subtlety and creativity it becomes a work of art.
>>23654485The original Gundam was doing somersaults in the air while noscoping goufs.
>>23654476CUTE GROUPBUILD!Build a cute mech or take a mech and make it cute
>>23654476>ShowroomGunpla painted as if it's being presented on a car showroom. paint it as shiny as possible!
>>23654476>MythologicalUh, is that the one where I talked about recreating mythological/ historical scenes but with mecha? If not, I want to suggest that.
>>23654573Ok this is kino. Take my upvote kind sir
Never actually realised how small Zaku's are/how big the Hi Nu is Still need to add decals to both & panel line the Zaku but just ignore that for now
>>23654573it was announced like an hour ago that the LFA 2 is an EV, literally 911 for japanese auto enthusiasts
>>23654579>6'0>5'11
>>23654582Lmfao good fuck them. Motherfuckers are polluting the earth.
>>23654582i think the GR GT would be the ICE counterpart of that car, but still desecrating the LFAs name with EV shit...
>>23654505whoever made this is surely the number one builder of/gpg/
>>23654577Nah it's this>Mythological Groupbuild (Build a mech themed around a legendary deity, hero, or monster from both myths and history)
>>23654592This one sounds kind of gay
>>23654592>Chinkslop groupbuild
>>23654596I know this is a joke but bro just came up with a great idea. GBD >>23654592 please add chinkslop groupbuild to the list of themes.
>>23654476>Will Smith groupbuild (style a mecha after a character played by Will Smith)
So they have started doing spare stickers now.
>>23654476sorry if any have been done before:Military - a custom based on a real militaryCaptured - paint a kit as an opposing factionPrototype - a custom made to prototype new technology, or to bridge the gap between existing designsMass-produced/grunt - self-explanatoryEndgame - make an "endgame/final arc" upgrade to an existing designCivilian - for everyday use, something like Labors. Ceremonial - a build with some kind ornamental/ceremonial/formal function. anything from ritual use to a military parade march
>>23654476anti-bandai groupbuild (build anything that's not bandai slop)
>>23654606based
>>23654573Oh great, a painting contest. How boring.
>>23654615just get a can of chrome and spray, then chuck some top gloss, broThe real trick is in the photography skills, really. That's what sells those showroom/ car ads.
>>23654615Sour grapes coz you can’t paint for shit. Id smoke your ass in a painting contest
>>23654476>"Final boss" themeI think that alone is self-explanatory, mega hard mode: NO pre-established antagonist kits, make something original, don't just paint a villain/antagonist kit, make your own take on it. I wanna combine the "villain" and "criminal" theme into something more general? maybe "Final Boss" isn't a good all-encompassing name but you get the idea, "bad guy" maybe?
>>23654620>NO pre-established antagonist kits, make something originali'm out
>>23654629Based
I have a question bros. Why do the nu gundam and sazabi ver kas transform with the psycho frame like a unicorn gundam? I don’t remember this in the cartoon.
>>23654642Because Ver.Ka's are redesigns, hence the title (Version [Hajime] Katoki)
>>23654642Katoki's interpretation
>>23654642according to Katoki, the Psychoframe gimmick of the Nu was inspired by the Gundam Evolve CG animation where the Axis Shock effects looked like shining psychoframes. he probably put shifting armor plates on the Aazabi to keep the theming consistent with the Nu.
>>23654652Interesting, thank you anon-kun
>>23654579Yeah, it's one of the defining arcs of UC. MS size starts out pretty small, then starts steadily increasing before finally ballooning out of control by the Hathaway era, and then suddenly become midgets in the Late UC era when the combination of reactor technology advances and MS frame and materials technology hits a watershed. OYW MS are midgets compared to CCA era shit, and the Xi and Penelope are even larger because they're testbeds for what would eventually become the Minovsky Drive System that the V2 would be powered by.While most AU works tend to use the RX-78-2 and Zaku's specs as a general baseline for their own designs, it's not unheard of for some to be even smaller. For instance, MS in G and Wing are even smaller than those in 0079, but still bigger than what you see in Victory. So designing 1/144 kits specifically for those two AU shows is uniquely challenging in that they have to make midget MS that are still structurally sound. They still have it better than Late UC kits, especially the RGs, which have to cheat and be made larger than 1/144.
>>23653764Yes. I am poor. I can't afford an airbrush and stuff. But also I like handling my kits and a good paintjob would prevent me from it. I'd like to know if Bandai markers fade with frequent handling and if the tip leaves brush lines.
>>23654662>RGs, which have to cheat and be made larger than 1/144.do they actually? Looks the same 2 me
>>23654666>Yes. I am poorLMFAO WTF HAHAHAHA
Don't ask how, but I accidentally dripped some plastic cement on a painted and varnished gunpla and it seemed to eat through the paint and varnish like it was never there.Does that mean I can still use it over superglue when I'm doing the final assembly on a painted kit? Asking because I fully paint the inside parts because I'm paranoid that it might be visible.
>>23654662Why did they make the g and w gundams smaller? Why not just be having it the same size as the gramps gundam and zaku?
>>23654642That's not a transformation. It is just an open hatch gimmick.
>>23654666I don't know about using markers, but you could buy some cheap brushes, a few bottles of acrylic paint (don't bother with buying a set, just buy the colors you know you'll use), a can of primer, a can of topcoat and make yourself a wet palette. With practice you'll get pretty good results. These are some tutorials I found helpful when I got startedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28DbD9JwQCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja9Caso7BGw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXuoktEB4Ds
>>23654662Penelope and Xi are testbeds for Minovsky Craft. V2 is Minovsky Drive, something rather unrelated (and more closely related to VSBRs).
>>23654666>I can't afford an airbrush and stuff.Instead of making fun of you I'll give you some solid advice - ditch the fucking markers, they're a scam.A marker costs mostly the same as a bottle of acrylic, in fact, it costs more because the bottle would get you more product per currency. The difference is that you can use a paintbrush to apply the acrylics, which in turn will get you better precision compared to the retarded markers. On top of that, hand painted pigments can be thinned, which in turn will do an infinitely better job than any fucking scampla marker.If that wasn't enough, you can actually improve in skill as you continue to handpaint compared to markers where scribbling on your first project nets the same output as scribbling on your 100th.This has always been the case before these shitfuck markers became a thing, andI don't blame you. Chances are you probably fell for those "leveling up my gundam with markers" swindler videos which is as stupid as painting a kit while its still in the sprue.
>>23654673Probably from a business standpoint it was a cost cutting measure since the popularity of Gundam waned a bit until SEED came along. From around 1990-2000 the AU and UC MS were a lot smaller. F91, Victory, G, Wing, and F90 MS were around the same size
>>23654677Still doesn't explain the Gustav Karl and Messer being absolute units, especially now when we know the SRNI
>>23654680Why come the turn a gundams were big toys?
>>23654681(hit enter too soon)especially now when we know the SRNI existed since around the time of CCA and even had miniaturized MS in the form of the Loto.
>>23654667I was talking about the Late UC designs like the Crossbones and Victories. The HGs and RGs not true 1/144 kits.
>>23654685The MG v2 is not either.
>>23654629where's your creativity? longsnapping a Sazabi is boring.
AIEEEEEEEE
>>23654673Bandai was pushing the 1/100 scale to be the new standard for gunpla so they needed the in-universe size of the robots to be abit smaller. Unlike nowadays, most of the robots are in the standard 18m height because they want everything to be in 1/144.
>longsnapI'm a lobotomized goy and this is my post.
>>23654692LMFAO
>>23654582What, are EVs banned in Japan or something?
>>23654698No because I know Tomino drives one to help save the planet
>>23654698the original LFA is a V10 with an engine box tuned by Yamaha which gives it its iconic F1 sound. this successor is purely EV, and JDM enthusiasts are melting down about it.
>>23654698The auto industry makes up such a large percent of Japans gdp that it’s significant for their overall economic health (think giga companies like Toyota). They are all invested in combustion. EVs are an existential threat to these companies. In capitalism it’s adapt or die, and instead of adapting they are doing the equivalent of coping and seething which is causing them to die a slow and painful death as their decreasing market share and lagging technology tightens the noose.
>>23654683>Why come
>>23654681yeah it does, because the entire trend of that time was making larger MS. Just because there were outliers doesn't make it any less true. Gustav Karls got retconned into appearing years before HF anyways, and the Messer is an iteration of the Geara Doga.
>>23654710You got a problem?
>>23654642Sazabi ver ka is not psycoframe transformation, its an open hatch gimmick, a long forgotten MG gimmick.as for the Nu ver ka, its design is inspired by part Gundam Front Tokyo Nu Gundam mini movie they used to play in Odaiba, and partial Gundam Evolve Nu Gundam mini movie
>>23654403>mould kit in single color>sell it at 1/3rd of the priceCan more companies do this, please?
>>23654715sazabi ver ka isn't an open hatch gimmick, it's literally a psycoframe activation mode because wow cool gimmick
In terms of build and stability, mg nu ver-ka or snaa firelord?
>>23654717And that’s a good thing. I wish more model kits had wow cool gimmicks.
>>23654716TECHNICALLY, bandai has some EGs that they call 'painting model' and it's like white and black/gray only. But it's gundam base exclusive so it's more expensive than their regular EGs.But yeah, would be nice if they just do 2 retail releases, the ones with color for snapbuilders and then cheaper one color ala garage kits type where you paint them yourself.
>>23654642the Nu Gundam mini movie they play in Odaiba that was partially the basis for the Nu Gundam ver Ka design
>>23654709they pushing for alternative clean fuel sources like Hydrogen because they're much efficient to make. EV does jackshit to the environment because mining rare earths is toxic and dependence on EV would cause electricity usage to go up which in turn makes power plants need more fuel to run, defeating their entire purpose.
>>23654723Hydrogen as energy storage is retarded, there’s a reason no one cares about it despite toyota shills dumping billions into it and it hasn’t caught on. going from electricity -> hydrogen -> electricity loses 2/3 of the energy put in. Then you will need to store it, which is very hard when it comes to hydrogen. It is also a very dangerous, so I would not want to live close to a large hydrogen storage. Also add power plants that can burn it.This will be ridiculous expensive, and only used as a backup.
>>23654717the RX-78, its having a psycoframe activation!
>>23654676>>23654678Thanks. Do you have any recommendations on chrome paints?
>>23654723>would cause electricity usage to go up which in turn makes power plants need more fuel to run, defeating their entire purpose.well, no. the quality of power generation matters.
>>23654734>Gundam fell into sewer sludgeI feel bad for the engineer that has to clean that up. I don't know what's worse, deep cleaning pooprot out of a mobile suit's internals, or scraping crushed zeeks from under its feet.
>>23654734show me that kit advertised in an action pose like that. show me where opening those maintenance hatches reveals otherwise unusable thrusters. show me why you like shitposting so much.
>>23654570cute and funny :sob:
>>23653475Why does this thing come in 3 different colors anyway?
>>23654734>When you sneeze real hard
>>23654717Schizo? Gundam's gimmicks are built around opening hatches on their bodies, it was inevitable that modelkits started to have it. The gimmick is more prevalent in PG line.
>>23654582>LFA >EVvomitinganimugirl.pngI think I understand what zoomers mean about the ick now.
>>23654758And yet, that's not what Sazabi does. Show me maintenance hatches revealing otherwise unusable thrusters. It's literally just a transformation gimmick to be in line with Nu, which itself is just riding off of Unicorn.
>>23654743God Gundam's calves. On basically all of its kits.
>>23654766Those aren't maintenance hatches are they? They're covers for thrusters that open up to be used. Get it?
>>23654703we got the homologation special GR GT instead
>>23654735Mr. Metal Color and Vallejo Metal Color are good.
>>23654768I'm a little confused, I wasn't previously in the convo and you said to show an example of any hatch opening to reveal otherwise unusable thrusters. God Gundam displays this, you can't use the thrusters without opening the hatches.
>>23654771I said maintenance hatches. The entire point is they aren't "maintenance hatches" if they're actually designed to be opened in operation of the machine and to reveal thrusters. Because their point isn't maintenance, it's (in Sazabi's case particularly) a higher mobility transformation state. Like Unicorn.
>>23654765>Show me maintenance hatches revealing otherwise unusable thrusters.
>>23654779sir these are wings
>HG is just as good as MGLmaoLolRoflThe HG doesn't even have a a barrel to shoot projectiles out of.B-pack more like Bitch cuck!!!
the Wing Zero..... is having a psycoframe transformation!!!!
>>23654785uh oh melty, take a maintenance break bro
>>23654765Strike Freedom has unusable thrusters unless it open its hatches
>>23654782The wings keep the thrusters from being used. And let's not get started on the other open hatch gimmick Wing Zero has.
>>23654789yeah so do tons of machines like F91all of these are gimmicks in operation
>>23654790well actually no they don't, the Wing Zero uses its thrusters with them closed or not, but kinda missing the entire point that being designed to reveal thrusters is what makes it not just "maintenance hatches." Because they're designed to be used in combat, they're specific features to do things.
>>23654774>The entire point is they aren't "maintenance hatches" if they're actually designed to be opened in operation of the machine and to reveal thrusters. >PsychoframeYou were sort of right until your argument looped back to your Unicorn meltdown. Opening hatch to reveal something beneath has been a thing since forever.
The GM. (missile/cannon)...It's undergoing a psychoframe transformation!!!
>>23654793those are vortex generators/radiator fins though and only used when its in biocomputer mode to dissipate heat. not hidden thrusters
>>23654795I'm completely right because the entire point is a detailed up design in the wake of Unicorn's popularity. There's no coincidence it follows a Nu showing psycoframe as they're selling a million Unicorns while the OVA's selling like crazy.Context is important. Why are you posting unrelated images?
>>23654797F91 has calve thrusters that hide themselves too.the fins do only pop up in its psycoframe activation state though yeah very true.
the FA Alex.... It's undergoing a psychoframe transformation!!!
>>23654801>Undergoes psychoframe transformation>Still can't shoot its wrist vulcan without ditching the (psychoframe) chobam armor
so are you saying all these are maintenance hatches or what's the schizo argument here
the Exia..... It's undergoing a psychoframe transformation!!!
>>23654804I just find it funny how the Anon(s) who get into these lengthy arguments never post photos of their own models, just Dalong and other blogs.
>>23654734This kit is modified, the RG 1.0 doesn't do this.
>>23654798>the entire point is a detailed up design in the wake of Unicorn's popularity.Holyfuck, detailing up has been a thing since the early 2000s MGs. What are you about? The open hatch gimmick is the most common thing that is still happening today. The promo pics are just whatever, they don't have that much context beside showing off the articulation and gimmicks.
>>23654804like the great philosopher said, sometimes a cigarette is just a cigarettesometimes a open hatch gimmick is just an open hatch gimmick
>>23654809it's not just detail up if the design is literally transforming to reveal more functionalityit's not a maintenance hatch if it's a deployable gimmick
>>23654810and sometimes it's a gimmick to reveal more thrusters to look cooler and more badass and be higher performance
Speaking of psychoframes, what the fuck is this piece of shit supposed to be anyway?
>>23654814it's supposed to be marketable because clear bits and wings make neurons activate
>>23654815They should have put it on the fucking gundam seed instead.
>>23654814It's not a psycoframe. The glass panels are advanced solar cells, designed to provide continuous, renewable energy to the Gundam so it can operate independently in space for long periods of time without needing to resupply. Even Minovsky Fusion Reactors need fueling.
>>23654817You people are out of your mind with your retarded lore
>>23654806>>23654807kek
the Dragonars... they're undergoing a psychoframe transformation!!!
>>23654811>if the design is literally transforming to reveal more functionalityit's not a maintenance hatch if it's a deployable gimmickOh yeah i love Zaku's NTD mode.
He's saying there's two modes, open hatches and kits displaying modes like Destroy mode where the mobile suit is transformed like Shining Gundam's Super mode. I don't understand what the melty is about, it seems like he explained it pretty cut and dry. Is it just an argument about what's going on in with the Sazabi model kit? Because I'm pretty sure the instruction manual explains it.
>>23654822which as you'll note is different from sazabi ver ka, which reveals thrusters.
>>23654817>so it can operate independently in space for long periods of timeI doubt you're gonna be able to store much food in there so the pilot's gonna be fucked either way.
>>23654818Environmentalism has always been central to Gundam's messaging, which is what the GLSS unit is designed for.
>>23654826The pilot can eat their own poopBetter yet, put sayla in there and put a bunch of cameras in the cockpit
>>23654824it's weirder because this is just a reprisal of an argument before and this anon brought it up again as a shitpost in the first place because he wanted to throw a tantrum again about and pretend not to know what maintenance hatches arethis is the level of schizo operating here
>>23654828Don't beam weapons permanently fuck up the planet? Pretty sure earth was fucked up by the time victory gundam started.
>>23654833minovsky is treated as pollutant but it's not anything given much more than lip service overall
>>23654825Brother in christ, "open this to reveal thruster" is the most basicbitch toy gimmick. Unicorn's psychoframe gimmick is meant to give more color separation to an almost monochromatic design, not to flex some hideous metal frame inside out.
L-Gaim has hidden thrusters under a panel that opens up when it needed to boost. and it doesnt need a psycoframe transformation to do it.that's it. sometimes a hidden thrusters are just hidden thrusters to use when the situation needs to
>>23654833No, megaparticle beams are just superheated plasma condensed by an induction magnetic field. What fucked up the planet was a combination of unrestricted and free use of nuclear weapons until the Antarctic Treaty was signed, repeated impacts by celestial satellites, strip mining and resource harvesting, and relentless warfare across the entire planet. The whole point of Char's extreme actions in CCA is that he doesn't believe humanity will ever change and leave to allow the Earth to heal on its own, and wants to cause a global thermonuclear winter to force it to happen.
WAIT A SECOND, WE ALREADY HAD THIS PSYCHOFRAME TALK JUST RECENTLY I'VE SEEN THESE ARGUMENTS BEFOREIT'S JUST ALL THE SAME BULLSHIT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN
>>23654841Char should have just invented covid instead of dropping an asteroid. Pretty sure the skies got way bluer after only 3 weeks of quarantine.
>>23654836Unicorn's psycoframe does a lot of things, mainly transforming to reveal and become bigger. If just glowy bits were enough there would be 8000 Stargazer variation kits right now instead of Unicorns. But there isn't, because it's also about whoa cool slidey armour gimmicks and a transformation to look cooler and stronger!Which is why Nu ver Ka went and did just that, incorporating elements of Unicorn's body sliding mechanism to reveal psycoframe, and why when they made Sazabi ver Ka they matched Nu ver Ka. It's so weird to pretend that Nu and Sazabi ver Ka aren't riding the Unicorn gimmick when they just literally are. You're tripping all over yourself because Sazabi used silver here instead of glowy frame, but it is the same fucking shit. These gimmicks were incorporated because Nu and Sazabi need to be marketed to be really cool too alongside Unicorn's more complex design. That's it.
>>23654730um, you know that hydrogen is combustible right? you don't need to convert it to electricity in order to utilize it's energy
>>23654844A highly contagious virus was the plot of Crossbone Dust. The Angel Halo in Victory was originally the dispersal unit for this virus (it liquefies people after infection), but when the virus was lost the Halo was repurposed into a psychic amplifier to allow all the Newtypes within to project a massive psychic wave out to mentally regress everyone on the planet into infants. With all humans on the planet mentally regressed, Zanscare could claim the planet.
>>23654840So you call those maintenance hatches?What do you call it if there's a form something enters where a lot of its body opens up to reveal thrusters across itsome kind of high performance form?no, sorry. Maintenance form. my bad. so it can thrust to each technician faster for repairs in the hanger and get back in the fight. Right? That's why they're maintenance hatches?
>>23654843/gpg/ is just a simulation
>>23654824>Because I'm pretty sure the instruction manual explains it.The manual said the frame is highly detailed, that's it.
Will no brand hardware store laquer thinner fuck up my airbrush? At this point I can't tell if packaged airbrushed cleaner is just a scam.
the Shining Gundam.........It's undergoing a psychoframe transformation!!!
>>23654845>You're tripping all over yourself because Sazabi used silver here instead of glowy frame, but it is the same fucking shit. Silver looks good. What do you mean? Are you ok, anon?
>>23654850Actually the manual states it was designed to match the Nu ver Ka and they were considering clear but decided on silver because they managed to produce a good looking silver for inner frame parts (and first tried it on Phenex). It also mentions a lot about how it is indeed inspired from opening hatches and maintenance gimmicks and you can determine what you want it to be.Yet there's no getting around it's intended to be an activation state just like Nu ver Ka, again, because it's got several transforming elements to reveal more functionality in this transformation.>>23654855Silver does look great. Where did I imply it doesn't?
>>23654845Sazabi's hatches are nothing more than a diorama bait lol. You are thinking too hard about it.
speaking of hidden thrusters.....the GP01Fb......It's undergoing a psychoframe transformation!!!
im undergoing a snapgod transformation
>>23654774I see what you mean, if it's intended to open during combat, (as it situationally does to add thrust for kicks and whatnot on G Gundam), then it's not a maintenance hatch.
>>23654856>Actually the manual states it was designed to match the Nu ver Ka and they were considering clear but decided on silver because they managed to produce a good looking silver for inner frame parts (and first tried it on Phenex). It also mentions a lot about how it is indeed inspired from opening hatches and maintenance gimmicks and you can determine what you want it to be.So why is this guy just imploding right now?
>>23654856if you have a bit of reading comprehension, Katoki made the Sazabi ver Ka have a open hatch gimmick to match the Nu ver Ka as a toy/model kit. it will egregious if the Nu has a transformation gimmick and then the rival MS model kit has no gimmick.
>>23654867He chimped out at Sazabi's gimmick being called a psycoframe opening gimmick and some sorts carry a grudge about weird things when it comes to plastic toy robots.
>>23654867Who the fuck knows?Austists gonna do their autistic things.
>>23654868I literally just said it in the first line of the post you're replying to it was to match the Nu ver Ka.
>>23654710Caveman after his post nut clarity be like
>>23654851No, it's fine to use it to clean your airbrush.
Is superglue accelerator worth it for gap filling? Superglue already dries pretty quickly after all.
>>23654856>It also mentions a lot about how it is indeed inspired from opening hatches and maintenance gimmicks and you can determine what you want it to be.The intention was to follow Unicorn's transformation trend, however Katoki realized that he needed to keep Sazabi the way it is to some extend, so he decided to use RX78-2's maintainance gimmick instead. >Clear partsThat was just for the sake of it, just like Sazabi's clear part for the monoeye. However, Katoki thought silver looks good with black and red so he went with it. Overall, not psychoframe.
>>23654876And then he ends it with saying "you can think of it as a psycoframe activation gimmick" just like the Nu ver Ka because that's what he was designing it as the whole time. To fit with the Nu ver Ka. Which itself was to incorporate Unicorn's gimmicks more because, surprise surprise, it's a popular gimmick.He's saying it serves two roles, just like the Nu ver Ka was designed so that you can keep it "original" or with a new deployed gimmick. The Sazabi is created to have the same gimmick, but it pulls double duty if you want to think of it as maintenance. But I would say the exact same thing to him as I have repeatedly: it's not "just maintenance hatches" if those reveal thrusters. And I'm sure Katoki would agree, because he knows why he put those there. He says it right there in the manual that you can think of it as an activation state like Nu ver Ka's, because that's what it was designed as. You can choose not to display them, too, you can think of them as maintenance hatches, whatever, but you can't get around that if they're just maintenance hatches then they wouldn't be hiding thrusters. They're an intentional higher spec transformation state by design, just like Nu Ka, just like Unicorn.You say he "realized he needed to keep Sazabi the way it is" but actually he realized that with Nu ver Ka, hence why the feature is (mostly) an optional gimmick on both of them. He literally says so in Nu's manual when talking about its design process.
I'd say wait to vote on ace custom until the one after next so that we are doing a second run of the first theme on the 30th groupbuild
>>23653427>Part scrapingHow do people paint kits with removable armor gimmicks like the G-lines and Gundam Alex?
>>23654904decide if you want to display it with the armor on or off and leave it like that for the rest of time
>>23654904coated lacquers are pretty durable and it's only really an issue when friction arises. Stuff like Alex's armour or G-Line part replacements aren't really friction heavy. The key points weak to this are specifically knees and elbows and other sandwiched, tight joints like that.
>>23654854The colour of that stand makes it look like the shining is having a fierce piss.
>>23654923THIS BLADDER OF MINE FLOWS WITH AWESOME VOLUMEITS YELLOW PISS TELLS ME TO BURN YOUTAKE THIS MY LOVE MY ANGER AND ALL MY LACK OF WATER INTAKE
>>23654879>"you can think of it as a psycoframe activation gimmick" just like the Nu ver Ka because that's what he was designing it as the whole time. He literally said it is RX78-2's gimmick applied to Sazabi. Psychoframe application was just a scrapped planned and the PG styled silver part was the replacement for that. You are gonna blame RX78 kits soon if this goes on for a few more hours.
>>23655006He literally says it's the same activation mode as Nu Gundam.
the Turn A.........It's undergoing a psychoframe transformation!!!
>>23655009You can "think" of Sazabi as a woman even. That does not dismiss Katoki's actual intention, which is bringing a forgotten gimmick back. These are toys, you are thinking about it too hard.
the Unicorn Gundam.........It's undergoing a psychoframe transformation!!!
>this argument againholy shit guys seriously? we already went over this back in july
https://schizophonic9.com/re9/hg_zagan.html
>>23655033>These are toys, you are thinking about it too hard.Thinking too hard about toys is the whole point of this general... why else do people take all that time and money to learn scribing, get different tools and learn different painting technique to make these plastic toys look less like plastic toys?
>>23655033You're the one bending yourself into a pretzel to ignore his words describing exactly what it is.>>23655040gee look at all these spare parts from not reusing all the frame crazy
>>23654904Generous amount of sanding to give your paint layer enough allowance, modeling wax to protect the surface, and finally, really tough primer and paint. Those should suffice if you wish to paint something that has an armor purge gimmick
>>23655041>make these plastic toys look less like plastic toys?Isn't that missing the point when the robots were designed to be toys?
>>23655044>You're the one bending yourself into a pretzel to ignore his words describing exactly what it is.This whole argument of yours is just Unicorn blaming for the 999th time. If Katoki said he was aping RX78-2's gimmick, then it is. Sazabi had those open hatches and flaps long long ago btw, glad to see Katoki got Sazabi right.
>>23655047still a robot that should look like a robot
/gpg/ when a highly advanced machine can open its hatch: That's illegal!
AAAAHHHH AHHHHH I HATE UNICORN! I HATE UNICORN!
>>23655051It's not called blaming when it's just the reality. I don't give a fuck.This is just how it is. It is, actually, why they are designed the ways they are. He says himself it's an activation state. Maintenance hatches don't deploy thrusters mid combat, there's a reason they're called "maintenance" hatches. For maintenance.It's weird you think this is all just seething over Unicorn. I don't give a fuck bro. I have an MG Unicorn, MG Nu ver Ka and Sazabi ver Ka, and their old versions too. I"ve got the blu rays bro. I don't seethe at Unicorn all day. Not that my feelings towards it matter, it doesn't change they're riding its coattails intentionally as redesigns by his own admittance as psycoframe activation higher performance states.
>>23654718Nu ver-ka...at least for one yearAfter that, it's gonna get looseIt's futile to ask this in /gpg/ though, waste of time
>>23654718Nu ver Ka has smoother build. SNAA is abit more difficult, but the kit is sturdier.
>>23655034 #none of the real life Unicorn Gundam transformations i've seen recreates it 100%. it's always missing something, like the feet transformation in that GIF.
What's that argument about? Obviously unicorn was a big thing back then and nu's psychoframe was retconned for an easy cashgrab. Cucktoki can say all he wants about how he was inspired by shit and piss but everyone understands why he did that
>>23655076apparently the autistic fight is about how to interpret Sazabi's armour gimmick. Katoki already said himself it can be interpreted as either a psychoframe transformation, or a maintenance hatch gimmick, but these spergs are insisting only one of them is correct. it's always been the usual /gpg/ script to autistically argue about something (you always see that about the accuracy of the kit to the lineart)
>>23655060>it doesn't change they're riding its coattails intentionally as redesigns by his own admittance as psycoframe activation higher performance states.It doesn't have that context. It is a toy. Am i supposed to believe Exia PG was riding on Unicorn hypetrain, too?
>>23655084i think one of me favorite spergouts on the past threads was some fag arguing you don't need primer to paint on coloured plastic.
>>23655086It does in fact have that context. Turns out that the world exists and so does time.>ExiaCare to point out where it's revealing more thrusters here>>23655088you're gonna laugh when you realize it's the same person
>>23655076And then that narrative falls apart when MG Sinanju doesn't have that kind of gimmick.
>>23655074>sturdiermine already loose at the knee and hip joint:(i thought chang made better kit than bandai old techno:(
>>23655089he also argues in bad faith, that's why he's easy to spot lel.
>>23655090>Sinanjuliterally who in context of nu and sazabi
>>23655090MG Sinanju came out before the OVA to begin with, nevermind a bunch of other contextual reasons like not being as important a machine as Sazabi and Nu and not being nearly as associated with psycoframe since even in the series all about jerking off psycoframe it's basically the most irrelevant machine with it until it gets in its power up mecha form out of nowhere.
>>23655092Most of reviews complain about it being too tight and needs sanding, which is the opposite of what you are complaining about.
>>23655040oh hey the fixed the thing i hated most about the HG gundam frames
>>23655093The broken English is an easy tell too.
>>23655098this is how the old one worked for reference
>>23655096Unicorn was a novel at first. Katoki designed all the robots around 2004-2005. The NTD transformation is strictly for Gundam.
>>23655102No shit it was a novel first. But while the novel was popular, the OVA was extremely popular and carried Gundam through the 2010s almost singlehandedly and Unicorn is still the modern face of UC. The popularity of the transforming glowy gundam is almost impossible to understate.
>>23655105overstate, rather
>>23655105>still the modern face of UCgquuuuuux won. get over it
It's finally here.
>>23655089>But whatabout the thrusterHolyshit, i don't care about your Unicorn paranoia, retard. It's time to kys.
This is like the 567844098th time /m/ piss and shit themselves about Unicorn.
>>23654923
>>23654579Is the RG Zaku as bad as everyone says? I love me some Zakus
>>23654299I don't want to pay 100 dollars for a re/100.
Chinabros...
>>23655132Which one is that?
>>23655124RG zaku is fine although ot may get a bit floppy over time, the power cables are fiddly but that is just a skill/adhd check
>>23655136Farmer Worker's Nu. It seems like the kit is still in testing phase.
Finished snap fitting my MG Nu HWS with the metal frame. I'd say it was worth it, though it's now way too heavy and I'm not sure if it's a good idea to put it up using it's stand.
>>236551521/100 scale?
>>23653980Late 2000s MGs are ridiculously good. They're well-engineered solid kits and come together quickly, especially the googs.
>>23655076The argument is that Bandai just kept on slapping psycommu onto every gundam it could. The atrocious RX78 with the psycommu wings is horribly designed.
>>23655163>psycommu wingsWeren't those solar panels actually?
>>23655155Fat bitch. Custom gonna rape my fucking ass this month.
>>23655165Am I tripping or what? I remember when it was announced that it was called psycommu wings. Jesus christ.
>>23653219Anon that suggested Plastic Spoon Group build here.Last time I suggested it, Group build dude suggest that it get converted to Desktop Group build instead, where you use various desktop or houseware item such as paper clip, plastic spoon, pencil. pen and such(If I managed to remember correctly), which I do not dislike.I missed my chance to reply last time, but I would like give my response here.I initially would have like to suggest limiting to plastic spoon , as I think the plastic spoon is very flexible. You can use it as weapon, cut it and join it together to make a shield, or even build a MS from it, but after thinking it though, I decided that I might change it to this theme instead:>Plastic Utensil:Use kit that incorporate plastic utensil such as plastic spoon, Plastic folk, or plastic knife. Even plastic tools, such as screw holder, plastic clay tools and guitar picks can be used. The said utensil can be used as weapon, shield, armor, or even as scratch building materials.As for the theme groupbuilder had suggested in responds to my previous request, I would like to have it in as a separate theme from the plastic utensil as well.
>>23654642Sazabi Ver Ka is so sexy. Fuck everyone who says the RG is better
>>23655181My entry
>>23653219Ratatouille isn't a robot to begin with, so actually must a trick answer
>>23655181>>Plastic Utensil:just do that in the silly entry
>>23655181this could actually be cool, so long as I get to actually cut up the utensil and properly incorporate it into the design (not just slapping a spoon on a finished build)
>>23655155>I'M CUUUUMINGit is not out yet, right? amazon jp said it releases on the 24th
>>23654796>>23654801>>23654806>>23654821>>23654854You forgot the RG Hi-Nu
Just longsnapped my Gramps
Bros... is the Unicorn's transformation an open hatch gimmick?
>>23655206What is an open hatch gimmick?
>>23655205you could've just milhoused it and saved a bunch of time, why longsnap?
>>23655189Not true, I met him at Disneyland, fucker is full borg.
>>23655098>>23655101Yeah, that's easily my most hated part of the Gundam frame. Hope they'll use it for future IBO HGs instead of just for Zagan.
>>23655211RATA-2-E
>>23655213>future IBO HGsI wish, but feels unlikely, especially with how Urdr Hunt flopped.
>>23653998I have similar feelings about the new HG Hambrabi. Supposedly it transforms and has an effect part for the rifle, but nothing is shown. even its pban listing uses the same two static promotional images we got weeks ago. very suspicious
I hope Zeon wins the groupbuild vote because I'm not good enough at scratchbuilding to do any of the others
>>23655206Transformation =/= open hatch. Visually, Unicorn mode and Destroy mode looks too distinctive from one and another, making it a transformation. MGEX Strike Freedom, PGU rx78 and i will argue that even Nu ver Ka are just open hatch, they don't transform into something else entirely, you simply see more of their ass cheeks and that's it.
>>23655181>Build something with no theme and put a spoon in its hand is the theme
>>23655232Can't wait to vote for your HG Zaku repaint bro
>>23655234So which one is Sazabi Ver Ka
>>23655200And PG Zeta. Lol
>>23655247I wish they'd make a new PG zeta.
post snapgod kinos
>>23655249I hope it will have even more openable flaps with LED support just to piss /m/ off.
>>23655246What does MG Sazabi transform into? Answer that yourself.
>>23655253Sazabi transforms into the GOAT.
>>23655251I just want a big ass zeta to put on my shelf.
>>23655045>Really tough primer and paintWhat constitutes really tough primer and paint? Why isn't this the norm?>Modeling waxAny good brands?
>>23655124That was my first time building one and, no, I didn't think it was too bad at all. It's my first time working with the Advanced MS Joints and they definitely seem like they could get loose if I play with it too much but other than that it's a pretty nice build actually. The cables were a tiny bit annoying having to cut and sand every single one but again not as bad as it's made out to be
>>23655124It's a slightly challenging build but early RGs were meant to be more demanding in terms of skill level before Bandai dumbed them downThe bigger issue is just that it's really ugly
I can't decide if I should have my PG Unicorn in regular destroy mode or unchained. Unchained looks more like an open hatch gimmick
>>23655259Most water based acrylics aren't very tough. Tougher paints usually have some toxic component to them. Enamels also have a really long cure time in addition to being toxic.If you wanna use a relatively tough water based paint, vallejo mecha color is good.
>>23655265Unchained is just a fanfic destroy-ier version of destroy mode. put it on Unicorn Mode and transform the head and feet into Destroy Mode. trust me it looks cooler that way
>>23655269I paint with laquer, is that no good?
>>23655273They're pretty tough. I wouldn't worry about it. Just make sure to clearcoat it.
>>23655259>Any good brands?Tamiya is the first thing that comes to my mind. Primarily used on auto and mini 4-wheel drive kits,
>Perceiving robots as being female or male.Get some help.
>>23655279RUDE.
>>23655249If they do make a PGU Zeta, I wonder what that would entail.>combines the aesthetics of MS mode MG Ver. Ka (but without the drooping chest) and waverider mode MG 2.0>multi-layer inner frame like PGU RX-78-2>includes Hyper Mega Launcher and specialized display bases for all modes and holding all weapons>Bio-Sensor gimmick
>>23655282They probably won’t make one after the mg ver ka flopped and pgu nu is already “flopping”
>>23655281that's a male
>>23655282sure bro, cough up 3000 dollaritos first
>>23655284the Zsta flopped because it's a straight downgrade from the 2.0 and is more expensive for less accessories (they're planning to release the mega cannon as DLC)
Bros, question. How come the Mk ii isn’t as popular as the nu? They are actually pretty similar in that they both are visually similar to the rx-78 but in an upgraded, meaner kind of way.
>>23655291>>23655284In what world did the zeta ver.ka flop? It's beem in almost constant production since it came out.
>>23655293it's a filler character meant to fill up the time before Zeta comes out (Nagano and Sunrise was having a fight at the production that time)
>>23655296In the world of shitposters and memekids.
>>236552962.0 is guaranteed to sell out everytime it gets reprinted. Ver Ka sits on the shelves for a couple of weeks to sell out the same.
>>23655286Sir, you are a male.
>>23655291>the Zsta flopped because it's a straight downgrade from the 2.0How. The 2.0 is old as shit
>>23655293Because they won't release banaghers custom gundam mk.ii (please bandai)>>23655301So you're saying both versions sell out quickly and that it's a failure for some reason?
Gundam Zagan? More like Midget Gundam.
>>23655303The 2.0 is actually a very good kit. It's better than the ver.ka in some ways, mostly towards the ankles. The ver.ka is still better in general.
>>23655296You weren't there when the kit was getting heavily discounted everywhere especially in japan within months of release. Practically unheard of for an all tooled MG post pandemic.
>>236553042.0 sells out in less than a week. Ver Ka will need a month to sell out. that's the difference.
Does accelerating paint drying (with a hair dryer for example) mess up the self leveling ?
>>23655310But it sells out.
>>23655311No wtf. With lacquers the self leveling happens in like seconds. Lacquers dry in minutes but the curing takes longer like hours
>>23655310>It's a flop because it keeps selling outThe times you post keep getting longer I don't think you know what you're talking about. If it's in constant production and keeps selling out then it's a success.>>23655311Yes. The point of levelling thinner is that it slows the drying down enough for the paint to level. By trying to speed it up you're defeating the purpose.>>23655309I wonder what could have been happening in 2022 that made people not have a lot of money to spend on a relatively expensive model kit.
>>23655320What could have been happening in 2022? The gunpla business has been booming since the china virus.
shitpla will sell out in 5 years.which means it's not a flop
>>23655322It was a global recession
>>23655315>>23655320>No>Yescan we make this next thread's big argument
>>23655327Yes
>>23655327No
>>23655327Maybe
>>23655327he's already starting it with the>doesnt mattee how long it takes, if its sold out, it's not a flopargument, so yeah
>>23655327Who even won the last argument? The one about the psychoframes.
>>23655335It's been in constant production for years and consistently sells. In what world is that a flop?
>>23655336it's a "playing chess with birds" situation. someone already explained the reasoning with evidence, but the faggot keeps shitting up the discussion regardless.
>>23655337It’s a “flop” in the same world that the witch from mercury was a “flop”. In that it’s a flop because they want it to fail.
>>23655335that's not the argument i was talking about you dumdum
>>23655315Lacquers do not cure, they just flash off solvent fumes for a while, some brands for longer some others for less
>Store gets a batch of product>Sells out in a few weeks>Store gets another batch of the same product>Sells out in a few weeks>Repeat this cycle for yearsThis is a flopped product.
>>23655339ah I see. thanks for the explanation. which side was the birds?
>>23655346Rg hi nu?
>>23655347the one who insist RX-78's open hatch gimmick is a psychoframe transformation
>the only gunpla builds I enjoy are ones that try to emulate MSV illustrations or other hand drawn/painted artworkWhat do you call this mental illness?
>>23655348If a kit takes more than a few hours to completely sell out everywhere then it's a failure. Ideally it should never be in stock for more than 15 minutes.
>>23655354>>23655346It’s like the guys who would take pictures of the shelves right after they restocked and said the kits were shelf warming
>>23655351I like birds, birds are cool.
Kyoukai Senki and Synduality are not flops because eventually the stores got rid of their stocks of it.
>>23655305Zagan's build really reminds me of this absurdly short but bulky spanish kid I used to know in high school.. I wonder how that guy is doing, what kits is he building now?
>>23655357How is that comparable to, by your own admission, zeta ver.ka restocks only being in stock for a few weeks before they sell out and the store has to get more?
>>23655361Because it’s not selling out faster than the zeta 2.0s. So they spent all that money developing the ver ka and the velocity that it’s selling at is worse than what they already had, meaning they’d have both the upfront cost and the profit from additional volume moved if they just kept the 2.0 in that shelf space.
>>23655364The 2.0 is printed less often and they're still making money off of both. How is it a flop if they keep making it, selling it, and making money from that? In what world is a product which has consistently made them money for years a flop?
>>23655367>In what world is a product which has consistently made them money for years a flop?me when i liethe zeta ver ka had a lukewarm reception when it was released and stores were actively having to mark it down just to get it to sell.
>>23655305oh wow I never realized how much I like the Zagan's face. The helmet is kina weird but the actual face/mouth guard looks so cool. It's like a mix of the Zeta and Woundwort.
>>23655369And today. by this retards own admission, it only sits on shelves for a few weeks at a time before being restocked.
>This product is subject to a tariff-related surcharge.ahahaha what the fuck they're already charging almost double what HLJ is charging AND they want a tariff tip on top of that? it's the fucking coronavirus "supply chain issue" all over again
>>23655353Lobotomy needed
>>23655373that wasn't me but bro needs to back me tf up on that one because i'm trying hard to defend his sorry ahh
>>23655353Try huffing a bit more paint and see if the symptoms clear up.
>>23655353Manchild.
>>23655381Thinking about the future is really hard for retards so he probably thought a few weeks was some absurd amount of time.
>>23655353and it's always the ''''grandpa'''' gundam like do these motherfuckers know any other robot
>>23655307no, just no. the Zeta ver Ka is better in the ankles actually. the Zeta 2.0 uses fragile shit from ReGZ.its the one thing that is massively improved by the Zeta ver Ka.
Any lore bros ITT? I'm prepping this guy and it just occurred to me that the anti ship rifle and the zaku cannon are both much larger than his little back mounted cannon. Like, is it supposed to be the stronger of the three weapons? Otherwise, it seems odd that they would devote a specialized backpack when a hand held weapon can do more damage and is disposable.
>>23655394>Anti ship rifle and zaku cannonBrainfart, I meant anti ship rifle and zaku bazooka.
>>23655394It's the same 'strength' as the others, they just have longer barrels for improved accuracy at long range. This guy is just expected to get closer to blow shit up.
>>23655396>Get closerWouldn't that be worse? Pretty sure the zaku cannon doesn't get to have verniers on its backpack to fit the ammo or whatever.
>>23655250
>>23655402No it wouldn't
I started doing decals and suddenly 4 hours gone wtf
>>23655410That makes sense :)
Results soon?
>>23655327I don't know
>>23655392The ver.ka ankles can barely move.
>>23655406>>23655411based snapGODs
just got the results"that" submission won
>>23655421Every submission was great. Except for that one. You know the one.
>>23655422cha cha cha~
>>23655422we can't all be winners
>>23655421Unfathomable...
>ecopla>made from recycled plastic>more expensive than the normalpla counterpart???
>>23655421I'm watching Cardcaptor Sakura to prepare
>>23653776This is the first and last time I'm ordering from this shit, I should've asked first here
>>23653776i didn't know that was a thinghas anyones's MG Barbatos Lupus got fulfilled from them yet or is mine stuck in that limbo? i'll just cancel the paypal agreement and buy it elsewhere if so
>>23655427Recycled plastic in general is more expensive than virgin plastic to make. That is also ignoring how you have to pay someone to sort it all correctly.
>>23655434by them i mean HLJ
>>23655436if you didn't get it on first batch, it's over
>>23655438that's what im guessing given that post but i dont know if their first batch has been fulfilled yet?
Zhang is planning to make chinkkino Hazel Custom
>>23655435Yes, they also have to ad all kinds of worse chemicals to make it reusable again. I work with a certain PET and virgin plastic smells kinda like candle wax when melted, the recycled stuff smells like those black garbage bags, very chemical smell.
>>23653220>In a slump because I can't come up with panel lines I like for a couple of projects>Order a bootleg GM shoulder canon because it's cheap and a nearby seller has it>It arrives, most of the C runner is missing, including the whole backpack and the cool early beam spray gun (got a duplicate regular spray gun and bazooka parts)>Ordering the missing parts through a parts seller costs more than the original kitAnd so I decided to improvise. Doesn't really help my panel line issue tho
>>23655440if you are on backorder, it's over, they will never get it restockedsome people got it and the rest will be stuck on backorder forever
>>23655443People arguing plastic is recyclable is one of the main reasons why recycling programs costs so much... If it was all glass/metal/paper, less places would just add it to the dump after collecting it from a blue can that makes the people feel better.My hobby store actually found a place that does it right, but they explicitly take Bandai/GW runners only, and you have to manually sort them into PS/ABS/GW baskets for the company.
>>23655445it's sitting as open order but i guess it was meant to be a november release so it would've been fulfilled by now if it was going to... guess i'll go cancel the paypal agreement
>>23655440If you preorder Bandai products through HLJ your order will only be fulfilled if you ordered in the first 10-15 minutes when the slots go live for the first time. Period. If your stuff moved to backorder you will never get it
>>23655448yeah it's overi don't even know why i have this still open
>>23655448Click on the name of the kit anon, that's how you know you're fucked
If I have stuff in the private warehouse, can I just go to my private warehouse and pick it up? I’m going to Japan soon and don’t see why I should pay the rape shipping if I’m gonna be there.
>>23655442It seems chink Hazel Custom using Ground Gundam design but holy shit the waist are too skinny
>>23655456Don't think so. HLJ is an online storefront, not a walk-in store. You can try contacting them
Impulse using the Zeus Silhouette looks kinda nice.
>>23655449>>23655451>>23655454yeah its backorder, i should've done more research into them but at least i can just ship the few other things i have in my private warehouse without needing to wait for that now
>>23655458buying gunpla directly from japan is over, they never have anything in stock for gajinsyou might as well buy original shit on ali
>>23655200RG high new doing psychic frame!!!
>>23655475Doesn’t the hi nu actually have a psychoframe though
>>23655465yeah I've had open orders for years (HG G-saviour), it doesn't mean anything. Even if G-saviour comes back (lol), there are probably hundreds or thousands of scalpers before me.Check the item and if it says backordered/discontinued you're shit out of luck. Honestly it's not easy to grab gunpla on hlj
>>23655480It has it in the cockpit, just like the Nu and Sazabi did. Beyond that it is not specified.
Can I do one of these guys?the Strike Gundam..... It's undergoing a psychoframe transformation!!!
>>23655242Thank you bro it'll be even more red
>>23655446Your store having seperate bins and asking only for Bandai runners is also an indication. The stuff we use is loosely classified as PET but not all mixes we use are the same. It can all be ground and molten together but without some serious processing you'll end up with just black goo wich is almost as good but somehow more expensive than virgin material. I can imagine if people put plastics in the recycling bin it is all mixed so sorting it per material group is already a nightmare.
>>23655390You're looking in the wrong places
>>23655510Why does it look a lot like the line art?
>>23655390>grandpahello plebbit, I dare say
>>23655511Because the guy built it to look like the linearthttps://youtu.be/FqWkn5xOm7E
>>23655514why
>>23655522
>>23655475That' not the RG
>>23655524The appeal is that it DOESN'T look cool, too many modern robots try too hard to look "cool"
>>23655529why would you want something that doesn't look cool? that's retarded.
>>23655463Definitely looks more fitting than the Akatsuki.
>>23654476not to be an ass but this lineup doesn't fill me with confidence for an exciting theme rerun
>>23655529no it looks pretty fucking cool
I hate it when usagundam is the only place that has the paints I need.
>>23655555nice gets
do you love girlpla?do you love hot anime girls?do you wanna build and customize them?vote Mahou Shoujo for the NEXT theme!
>>23655568I'll submit my Kyoko nendroid in SD Neo Zeong and I better get all the votes
>>23655183I hate the stupid tiny chest on the RG
>>23655562Why does he do that with the box at the start of every video?
>>23655591Autism
>>23655583Tiny chest with huge ass shoulders. It looks ridiculous
instead of mahou shoujo, just a general waifu groupbuild you can judge submissions based off quality and taste in women
>>23655593He has a wife and kids. He can't be autistic
>>23655305it's pretty tall thou
>>23655568>do you love girlpla?Yes>do you love hot anime girls?YES>do you wanna build and customize them?YES!!!>vote Mahou Shoujo for the NEXT theme!Will do.
>>23655595I’m down with this
>>23655568>do you love girlpla?yup>do you love hot anime girls?oh yeah>do you wanna build and customize them?been thinking about it>vote Mahou Shoujo for the NEXT theme!no!
Vote for Silly, or this could be you.
results doko?
>>23655629I won, sorry.
>>23655627This is an average Silly groupbuild entry
>>23655633When everything is silly... nothing will be.
>>23655632DAMN IT, IF ONLY I VOTED FOR MYSELF AND NOT FOR YOU, I WOULD'VE WON
>>23655629Tomorrow. We still vote today.
>>23655595I have an idea for this so I would vote for it
Nearing image limit, so new thread. Vote if you haven't already, today's the last day!>>23655639>>23655639>>23655639
>>23655183I still want a 1:100 RG sazabi, FATCAT PLS
