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-= ACE CUSTOM GROUPBUILD =-Build, customize, and paint a grunt mobile suit up for use by an ace pilot.>You are taking the role of the Ace Pilot here - You're making the design choices when it comes to loadout, paint scheme, and suit customizations.>Think about what your Ace specializes in, is he all in on offensive power, speed and maneuverability, or bulk and defense?>While your pilot is an ace, he's not so special that he's getting super secret prototypes like Gundams or Mobile Armors. Keep your grunt relatively grounded to whatever setting it's from.Send your entries to gunplaplamo@gmail.com with at least 5 photos of your finished build along with any WIP photos and a description of your entry.>START: 12/13/25>END: 3/31/26
Post your WIPs!
Oh sick my WIP is the op haha
My Ali order with metal reinforcement pieces and LEDs, which I made four days after the one with a bootleg kit, already arrived, but the bootleg kit is being held hostage by customs. It wasn't an ASAP project, but I am irritated.
>>23699777>but the bootleg kit is being held hostage by customs.You should have expected this at some point. Bootlegs of anything are considered contraband.
>>23699777>the bootleg kit is being held hostage by customsare you amerifat or some other kind of third world? i've never had this happen with my chinkshit before.
J-Gundam
I demand to see progress on your Jegan Group Build entry
What's the absolute best way to remove nubs outside of sanding? Need to clear some HGs from the backlog
>>23699871Glass filing
>>23699866I ain't building a Jegan!
Should I get a Jegan for the groupbuild?
>>23699880Yeah you are>>23699882Yes
>>23699871Super sonic knive.
>>23699866You can't handle my J-Guns, modeller. You better find a builder who builds weaker Jegans.
What’s the over/under on number of jegans in the groupbuild
>>23699928Probably less than four. I'm willing to put real money down that more than half the people that are Jeganposting are just shitposting and aren't actually building Jegans.
>>23699928unfortunately I can only submit one of my jegansunless...
>>23699928I'm working on the Mahou Shoujo parallel group build, but I might make a Jeagan MS MS also.
>>23699886>Yeah you areNo, I'm doing a Baskyrotto.
>>23699969prove it
>>23699871A single-bladed nipper with flush cuts, either two snips to reduce chances of a stress mark, or one if you don’t care. And you’ll already be holding the same tool from stage one
zaku aurelius' bottomless insolence against bandai goes unpunished
I bought godhands last week and the two cut method with two nippers is such a snapshitter golem goyslave-coded chore. I paint so end up sanding it anyways. It's just an extra pointless step. I'm just going to use them normally on everything but clear plastic until they break
>>23700008As you shouldMy last pair lasted 6 or 7 years cutting anything and everything I wanted including clear plasticTwo cut method is completely pointless with single bladed nippers, you're cutting through the exact same amount of plastic either way unless it's one of those huge honking runner gates that very occasionally crop up
do you think if you brought a Freedom or 00 in here everything would just explode spontaneously?
>>23699871Sanding
>>23699866I don't know what a Jegan is. I don't even know what a group build is. No bully, I'm new and scared and have stars in my eyes at all these models and it's a weird place to be.
>>23700023You sound cute and groomable
>>23700008Godhands still leaves marks so I still need to sand, they leave less of a mark than Dspiae ST3's but I have to go over it with a nano file or paper anyways. For absolute snapshitters I guess it's required.
>>23700027This is easily fixed with a drop of cement
>>23700018Hey be nice, that man is singlehandedly funding Bandai's R&D department with how much plastic he buys.
>>23700031I'd love to know how much time he spent just building those.
>>23700018is this the guy who has a random dragonar 1 amidst the windams?
>>23700018Not a single zok. Sickening.
>>23700018>Striker GN-Xpretty based, also he has a surprising amount of space
>>23700034YeahHe's been working on a G-Witch shelf too, and some others.
>>23700018>>23700045>teehee i'm autisticmeanwhile this guy
>>23700025Kek based
>>23700018>>23700045>when you quit warhammer and end up building a gunpla army because it costs the same
>>23700081you know what I'm extremely curious with all the price raises so let me run numbers1400 yen a Windam, 7000 yen per 565 dollars/10,100 yen for a box of 5 heavy intercessors uh oh
>>23700027If you want your gunpla to look good you're going to need to sand it whether you're painting or not.
>>23699928I have a snapped zaku I was planning modifications on but it's not a jegan so I'm unsure about moving forward with it
>>23700105Do the zaku don't let the jegan plebs tempt you, also don't let them false flag you because they are ass devastated about their gay shit groupbuild choice didn't win
>>23700102why
>>23700110>also don't let them false flag you because they are ass devastated about their gay shit groupbuild choice didn't winwhat kind of schizoshit even is thisjegans weren't a groupbuild choice
>>23700111If you really look at gunpla, or any plastic model, you'll notice a lot of the surfaces are uneven from the sink marks. It's a lot more apparent if you paint but it's still noticeable on bare plastic. It's usually on parts that have features on the back.It's less noticeable on lighter parts, but here's a white part I haven't cleaned up yet. You can notice the odd luster showing that the surface isn't perfectly flat. Sanding or making it completely matte are the only ways to fix it. Even making it matte isn't enough for some parts. Half of why painted builds look better is the sanding,
I seriously can't believe I'm bothering with this bullshit
>>23700134What's the point if you don't cover the holes with plaplate...
>>23700137nigga im a crackhead if i can't accomplish it with a Gundam marker and tamiya fumes im not gonna care
>>23700140honestly? respect for smokin crack
>>23700140Could you please not say the freaking n word?
>>23700140based
had to take the leg apart like three times cuz i kept forgetting to put parts inbetween the shellsmaybe all these sprays are giving me brain damage i should probably get a respirator
>>23700111Yeah, what he said>>23700132This is the first model nobully I put together just a bit ago. I'm not going to pretend to be a pro but even though I tried to take my sweet ass time with nibbling nubs away there are some that would never look good no matter how much I nibbled or tried other techniques. Look at the ugly spots on the black parts of the wings. I really don't think there is any way to get rid of that without spending time sanding it all down. Maybe a matte clear coat will cover things up a little but it really needs to be sanded. There might be some clever solutions to help but if I want those nubs gone I just have to spend some time attacking it with various grits of sanding. Maybe some puddy spray but that will sacrifice detail then I would HAVE to paint it.
>>23700157>rotatedOh yeah. Fack. Well you can still see what I'm talking about.
>>23700157glass file + rubbing with your finger nail will eliminate most of them but dark coloured plastic is always at the mercy of stress marksby the way, crop your pictures by a single pixel before you post them and your rotation won't ever fuck up.
>>23700157Dark plastic like that marks really badly. You can use a sharp exacto knife or good single edged nippers to mitigate it pretty well but a stress mark is inevitable. You're really only gonna get rid of that by sanding it off.What can help without paint is a few things. Clearcoat helps but will never completely remove it. If you have the surface perfectly flat you can rub it with the tip of a fingernail to make it less noticable. You can also put a drop of extra thin cement on the stress mark to melt the surface a bit and remove it. You'll still need to sand after this, but less than if you didnt.Ultimately, painting is fun and you won't need to worry about stress marks anymore. Sanding is inevitable either way.
>>23700163It was to make you drop your guard, your Jegans are mine now, boy!
Is the MG God Gundam good, it's cheap
>>23700168AIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE THOSE WERE P-BANDAI
>>23700170It shows it's age in a lot of ways but it's solid.
>>23700171They still are, just in my collection now
I just poorly place a sticker or decal near an ugly part in the plastic to distract from the mangled plastic.>Bro, your decals are a mess>Yeah, but your didn't notice the plastic!
ok legs are done
>>23700175I haven't touched my RG God Gundam because it feels small and fragile, will the MG be one I can hamhand for fun or would I be better off getting the HG or just a different cheap MG
>>23700186That's a really cool way to make the stickers actually look good.
>>23700189Shitty paint aps?
>>23700187The MG is great for manhandling. It's got screws in the joints so it'll be fine,
>>23700190Yeah sure whatever that means
>>23700194guess i just dont quite know what ya meant
>>23700191That sounds great, although uhThis is a bit off-putting
sugoi
>>23700198Jesus it looks like I painted it
>>23700198can we get a S Ver Ka please Mr Bandai
>>23699996Had to dig them out from the basement.
>>23700196I meant what I said, the stickers on the chest actually look good with the black background hiding the film.
>>23700196Oh, I realized now the stickers just have a background. I thought they were the typical stickers with clear edges and you just painted black under them to hide that and turn it into a kinda full emblem.Well, I'm gonna try that with some shitty stickers somewhere and see how it does.
>>23700204Oh there's just the one sticker actually and it just kinda looks like that. Has a really bold black outline by default
When getting rid of the safety flags do I wana cut and sand at an angle and make them as sharp as I can or are they typically just a little blocky on the end?
>>23700236For v-fins? I just put it against the mat and cut real close with an x-acto blade
>>23700236depends on the v-fin, but usually you want to just follow the same contours the rest of the fin follows. The backs of v-fins are usually flat and the whole structure is a triangular shape, but again that varies.
got myself a rg unicorn. wow these these shitty little things are flimsy as fuck and parts pop off everywhere. never touching rgs again.
>>23700266What the heck vros I thought unicorn was one of the good ones
>>23700187its fine for that and you will get a lil Domon to fight your penis witrh
>>23700284>to fight your penis witrhWhat
>>23700202Sure, do you have P-Bandai account?
How many gundams do I build before a girl will be impressed and be my gf?
>>23700284That would explain why it's been burning red recently
>>23700110>their gay shit groupbuild choice didn't winwhich theme did you think I wanted?
>>23700293Any amount less than one.
>>23700296Oh I thought you wanted this one. Shi my b
How do I reach this power level?
>>23700309Adderall
>snagged a HG F91 at Hobby Lobby for thirteen bucksThey also had Haman Gaza-C's, but I didn't really feel like it. Still, not sure what to do with this F91, I built the MG 1.0 ages ago and have no other F91-era kits to give it any friends, so I might just turn it into kitbash fodder.
>>23700309How do I get a model like that? That's the kind of chunky robot that I like. Is it a Hexa Gear?
>>23700311Ace custom
>>23700320Harrison's F91 is factually an ace custom
>>23700157why not just sand it
>>23700318It's an AC kit
>>23700318It's Kotobukiya's Sunshine-L from Armored Core 4. Here's what it looks like without being subjected to extreme autism.
>>23700321Groupbuild guy explicitly said no gundams.
>>23700326Absolutely soulless.
>>23700311>your hobby lobby has stockshit man, mine was bare shelves, parts sets and (1) EG gundam
>>23700322I will, I just haven't got there yet. And I still have to find the red accent that goes on top of the yellow v-fin or 3D print a new one and pick up some plastic cement to fix the v-fin. It's still a work in progress. I need to grab a couple grits of sand paper, the files I do have are way too rough to use on those. I just barely finished the model late "sunday" night and have been working all week. I need another trip to the store for supplies then I'll get back to work on it. Blah blah blah, I'm getting there, that's the plan for tomorrow.
Why did they create a pre-built frame for early RGs (and the Akatsuki).They never did it for MGs or PGs
>>23700324>>23700323Oh. Wow. That's one hell of a transformation. Thanks.
>>23700331Mine just got gquuuuuux and MG strike rouge in.
>>23700333Experimentation, probably. Also, less chances of hamhands fumbling and breaking the kit during assembly when the inner frames for the limbs are already built for you.
>>23700332Speaking of sanding..What grits do you guys usually step through? I know I can find like 30 different grits but I don't want to go through each and every one. I was thinking maybe 3 or so grits but I'm not sure where to start. What's your guy's sanding process?
>>23700333They've been trying pre-built frames for a long time. They did do it for MGs. Go check out the RX-78-2 1.5.
Why dont people love Geara Doga more than Jegan
>>23700340I just use my glass file (2000 grit) which instantly reduces nubs down to glass smoothness.
>>23700340If you don't want to go through multiple sandpaper grits, you can opt for glass file like Gunprimer Raser or cheaper clones like the one by Stedi.
>>23700349Personally I do, the Geara Doga is the best Zaku ever designed, but I had an assortment of Jegans in my backlog.
>>23700340>400>600>800Then it's ready for paint
>>23700349geara doga bad guy jegan good guy
>>23700349I like the geara doggo line and its variants. I just don't see the need to be loud about it or have to constantly talk about it outside of when some new kit/ merch/ design comes out.
>>23700371then let's see your ace custom geara doga
>>23700351>>23700352Do those not take for-fucking-ever to actually get stuff shaved down? I have no doubt it will be smooth and pretty but they are pretty fine, yeah? It doesn't take forever to remove material?
>>23700309why would it be scraped to bare metal on all the exterior corners? if it's some old thing that's not well maintained there would be rust on the upward faces. If it's a well maintained machine, you would apply touch up pant in spots where the pain genuinely fell off over time to maintain camoflauge. If you want to say there's scraping in spots in active use, it would be at the contact points between moving parts, not the outsiedes of the writsts or something.
>>23700385Nope. It actually is super quick.
>>23700377I'm not THAT gay
>>23700385I don't keep close track of the time I spend filing nubs down, but I'd say that even with a Chinesium glass file you buy off of Amazon, it should take something like five seconds if you've reasonably cut down the gate. Ten seconds if you're super fussy about perfection.
>>23700387Does that look like essential camouflage to you? That's a machine that moves thousands of KPH to fight. The air itself is going to wear the paint down in a single sortie.
>>23700404camoflauge depends on the environment. Maybe it's fighting on mars. Either way, that square ass motherfucker is not moving faster than mach .05 in any fluid medium.
>>23700410Hate to break it to you, but it's a video game robot that doesn't give a shit about what you think it can or can't do.
>>23700412Oh, so it's just random bullshit vtuber slop greeble, ok
>>23700414whatever you say unc
>>23700415I am in fact over 30 and have nephews
>>23699763Progress on the ground gundam for today.
>>23700416damn fr? teach them chillins some critical thinking bruh don't let em end up like your dumb ass
>>23700419i like how you talk like the cool black people
>>23700427bet.
>>23700340Without painting, 600/800/1000/1500 and maybe 2000 for polish. 800/1000 would be fine too
>>23700387>>23700404The air itself causes erosion/corrosion due to being saturated with Hideo Kojima.
>>23700340This>>23700429 and consider the ak triangles. If you're not going to paint it can get you a nice finish. Gunprimer also has the same thing but it's rectangle shaped instead
>>23700433I was looking at the sponges but I didn't see many people mention them so I was skeptical. I'll take a peek. I don't think I plan on doing much painting right now. I got a whole pile of kickstarter garbage board games with plenty of bullshit to practice painting on. Once I'm a little more confident from those I might lean into it on plasmo.
>>23700437They work fine, but if you're going to use them on every surface of a kit it's going to be very tedious. They can still be useful later on, like if you get orange peel after painting, you can use them to polish the paint without damaging it as it's really just two high grits on both sides
>>23700437I love the GH sponges and equivalents, they're wonderful. Easy to get anywhere you need it to, in handy sizes (I really like the longer strips) and are pretty readily available around me. Not the cheapest solution compared to others, but the comfort and ease is worth it to me compared to anything else especially for surface work.Any serious amount of plastic removal or heavy reshaping gets the ole 100 grit popsicle of death though.
>How the fuck am I supposed to stick a sticker in this tiny recessed area?>Oh, I have little rubber sculpting tools I used for swiping glue out of inside corners, that's perfect>Open the box of bullshit I keep my DIY stuff in>Literally empty except for one clampHaving a 9 year old niece in the house is an absolute nightmare. I use to have so many tools, screwdrivers with bits, nice little clamps and all kinds of DIY stuff. It all started evaporating once she figured out that whole walking thing. I'm about to set a bear trap at the foot of the stairs.
>>23699915
>>23700469genuine unc moment
Just got this, am I a TRVE modellur now?
>>23700475trim your nails fag
>>23700478Im painting it.
>>23700475When I did a lot of coke I used my pinkie nail. You're taking some serious bumps, bro.
>>23700475mmmmh?
>>23700483when did you do a lot of coke and why
>>23700485I'm kidding. I never did coke.My 20s were fueled be alcohol, ecstasy, and magic mushrooms. The why is simple. It's fun. Not much beats going out in the desert for loud music, glowsticks, lasers, and breathing into each other's mouths.
>>23700475>>23700481
>>23700488Uhhhh
>>23700487dang sounds fun. i've been spending my 20s hitting the penjamin and beating off to anime girls. i wish i could go to parties and fuck dumb sluts while high as balls
>>23700481you better give it the sp00n treatment and give it panel lines and decals and everything
>>23700488DELET THIS.
>>23700488Naw. Look at the lunula. No match. Don't ask why I know what a lunula is.
>>23700500Why do you know what a lunula is?
>>23700502I was a scrawny emo faggot in high school. Bitches love a guy who's eyeliner game is better than theirs. Anyway part of that was painting my nails. I was always jealous that grills get to go nuts and have all kinds of fun with nail polish and designs and stuff. I don't wear nail polish anymore but I am borderline obsessed with my nails. I use those shining sponges and everything. But yeah that's why. I'm obsessed with nails. Turns out bitches also love a dude that has pretty nails. They don't want dirty, long, sharp edged and snaggly nails inside them. If she's interested, she will check.
you made sure your little guys are earthquake-proof, right?https://x.com/i/status/2008508880637358412
>>23700507Proof that you have to be mentally ill to enjoy Destiny
>>23700507bro probably represents like half of all the michaelis sales
>>23700340i just use the ones from stedi.400 600 800 1000 1200 1600
>>23700475Is this a good chisel
What the fucking kind of chisel is this
>>23700549(In nasally TTS voice) this is tinygo chisel. It is from ray studio shop.
>>23700549>https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2_JDiWJTjTcIt's mostly for edges.
>here is your lupus rex dear friend
>>23700340If I don't use glass file(dspiae siren) because of curved surfaces and shit or if I afraid to scratch with file too much I'll go like this:400/600/800/1000/2000 and then go with buffing stick from Gunprimer or Wave for matte/gloss finishBefore that I have run 400/600/800/1000/2000/4000/8000It's super time consuming, but at least I am satisfied with resultsSo for starters I would advice you to get 400/600/800/1000/2000 sanding sponges and some buffing sponge/stick
>>23700643>4000/8000 can you even tell the difference for anything except clear parts at that point?
I wonder what other color differences are there between the manga and light novel versions of the Ikaruga. The only physical change is the head, and the anime head looks better than the LN version. It's so that I can give ideas for the ideal Magatsu-Ikaruga, which can only be replicated with the MODEROID DX-SCALE kits.
>>23700650It's just for buffing, with 8000 you can get more of gloss look, but could be a tad bit glossier than original plastic, if you overdo it.
Finished the pg strike with the resin conversion/detail kit. My old pg strike was damaged in a move years ago but I kept it around knowing I 'd do something with it eventually.
>>23700847Going for a stained glass look?
>>23700847https://youtu.be/NLg0C86_hZs
>>23700636bruh that ain't an MG?
>>23700880that's chink notlupus rex mg Wolf Technology 1/100
>>23700887based chink damn.
>>23700563Anyone have tips for scribing corners? Its a pain in ass
>>23700847How difficult/annoying wise was it to paint a PG? I got a PGU RX-78 for Christmas, and I can't decide if I want to do a paint of the armor layer.
>>23700478For some reason some Mexicans like to grow out certain nails, not coke related but yea, trim your nails fag
I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna finish my group build this weekend, I'm not gonna sleep, I'm gonna be hopped up on at least 1200mg of caffeine
this kit is pretty cool but the size feels like just as much of a toy as 1/144 gunpla does
>>23700919Are you my Jegga?
>>23700920why does every fucking eva kit put a joint in the elbows when it's supposed to be one solid part
>>23700927because it's an articulated model kit and we haven't figure out how to make it out of flesh yetI think the old bandai MGs (? I don't remember which) used rubber/vinyl covers to hide them.
>>23700930Models shouldnt have articulation on certain parts if its gonna make them look like retarded garbage. This kind of shit only appeals to toyfags and mecha gaykotsu tier man babies who NEED to do Jojo poses
>>23700920beautiful hand
>>23700940I know you're being retarded on purpose, but there were vintage Eva kits like the HGs and PG that attempted to use rubber sleeves over the joints. They all kinda sucked.
>>23700923I'm working on a ZeonKino and will mog all the feddie trash
why does every fucking girlpla kit put a joint in the elbows when it's supposed to be one solid part
>>23700981because girlpla is an articulated toy for kids. real adults buy only anime figurines and leave them in the box
>>23700981And how exactly would you otherwise engineer movable elbow joint? Honest question.
>>23700981Real answer is that you're supposed to hotglue 'em.
>>23700987the problem isnt how. it's why. you shouldn't NEED articulation on a model kit. it's not an action figure
>>23700984Stop personally attacking me.
>>23700975Then prepare to taste the bitter taste of Zeon's 9001st defeat
>>23700994I put it the other way - articulation is what puts it apart from figurines. I like my scale models articulated.
>>23700975you're gonna get merc'd by our jegan squad
>>23700366How many Jegans helped push axis away from the earth?
>>23701009Way more than Geara Dogas. The majority of MS pushing Axis back were in fact Jegans.
>>23701013Yeah but they didn't do anything. They just kinda showed up and exploded.
>>23701013I loved the part when the geara doga flew in to help push axis back
>>23700915>For some reason some Mexicans like to grow out certain nails, not coke relatedIt’s even worse. It’s horrors beyond comprehension. thirdies grow out certain nails to pick their nose with
>Cementing an old clamshell design gun>Pop it together>Microdroplet of cement gets in my eyeAm I getting super powers or an eye patch from this?
>put together frame for custom>backpack part is so heavy he barely stands on his ownMaaaaaybe I didn't think this through enough...
>>23700903>RX-78Please paint this ugly piece of shit asap.
>>23701051just rinse your eye with water and you'll be fine. this happened to me many times already and I still see fine, although I had to get a desk lamp with a magnifying glass
>>23701055Sad. I was looking forward to a cool eyepatch.
>>23700903It’s the same as painting an eg or hg or mg or rg. Just more pieces.
>>23701064I mostly meant - does it get to an annoying level of pieces I guess. Kinda like how they don't need anywhere nearly as much panel lining as an MG or HG as instead of molded detail it just has a part.
>>23701067idk i'm not that guy actually
>>23700198wasnt this already released before? looks amazing but hard to justify the price when its a large 1/144 and the MG is half the price.
>>23701121>>23700198what is alice? is that what the anon was talking about when he said that these robots have chatgpt and aimbot? i haven't read that manga.
>>23701121It's a minor recolour, notably red eyes
my jegan will be the strongest jegan and you cant disagree cuz its part of his backstory and im even gonna make a gundam wiki entry for it
>cat gets curious about my gunpla>set it down in front of her to see what she does>she starts chewing on his swordt-thanks
>>23701142anon on the right, his cat on the left
P-Bandai stuff finally came in. Which one should I start first as a beginner?
>>23701173One of the WfM kits as they are newer so they likely have better instructions. They are also from a shit show so you won't care in 3 years when you look back on your old builds and cringe at the job you did.
>>23701173>as a beginnerGo to Hobby Lobby and pick up a cheap HG and use that as practice instead.
>>23701125The S Gundam is equipped with a learning AI called Alice to help adjust the mobile suit to the pilot's specifications, and can take control of it if necessary. The way it's setup, Alice is designed to fall in love with the pilot, a "rebellious upstart with little regard for authority, but a strong sense of justice". They had to find someone that fits that criteria to pilot it. This way Alice will continue to improve herself and the S Gundam to try and impress her pilot, hopeful for his attention.However, the pilot isn't to ever be informed of Alice's existence, as mutual contact between the pilot and Alice will cause Alice's infatuation to eventually fade from the harsh reality of the relationship not being as good as she hoped it would be, and so her love must remain unrequited. Alice only got stronger when the S Gundam was upgraded to the Ex-S Gundam.
>>23701183
>>23701180The only one of those that isn't a completely modern kit is the Genoace.
>>23701186Oh neat, I thought the GN Flag reused some old runners.
>>23701188Not a single reused part as far as I'm aware. It and Plutone are of markedly different construction to the rest of the HG 00 line.
>>23701188Not that I can tell
>>23701188>>23701193whoops, forgot image
Oh boy, so we can expect another batch of fucking wing gundams and still no Oz grunts.
>>23701194>>23701193>>23701189Will have to add it to the list to get then.Also if a runner was reused it would have the old name on it.
>>23701214>5 new ver kino kitswe are so back
>>23701214OH boy, I love nondescript gray cloaks, it's my favorite mecha design! Don't ask who the fuck decided to tailer actual cloaks for the things instead of just using a big tarp, or how they avoid them catching on the joints, or why WZC gets a second cloak for his wings but DS doesn't....
probably a tired question at this point but any thoughts on raser origin vs dspiae siren? price isn't really a problem, but I'm wondering if the raser is really that much better. it's the principle of the thing, I guess.
>>23701214>and still no Oz grunts.herro
>>23701220stfu nerd
>>23701222I mean the raser is literally a rebranded cosmetic file with markup, so dispae is likely the same vs some newly made tool design.
i'd shit myself more seeing a giant cloaked figure rather than a giant ver kwab
>>23701223>ChinesiumCute that you think this counts.
>>23701233And it doesn't count because..?
>>23701233At this point I am trying to figure out how to beg Chang to make the Oz grunts.
>>23701233>bandai retarded slurper
>>23700326I'm going to enter a Gundam Ground Type anyway, because Groupbuild Dude is a massive faggot.
>>23701244Based
>>23701237Was this from the woke from mercury? I haven’t seen it.
>>23701183>Alice only got stronger when the S Gundam was upgraded to the Ex-S Gundam.thats not what happened in the book at all, S[bst] was used in the first deployment, then EX-S at the moon, then S Gundam was deployed for the final battle in separated sections because they were so short on MS that they were better off with 3 fighters than one slower MS.
>>23700859naw that's this
>>23701286Woah this is kino
>Ask a couple dipshit newbie questions and go to bed>Wake up to a couple dozen (you)s and most of them are genuinely helpfulWell, just got back from a shopping spree and I'm set for months now. You guys are the tits. If you answered the dumb questions, you're the best. Thanks, gents.
>>23701307Just make sure to post your work once you have something to show
>>23701286how do i do this
>>23701131what did you think would happen?>cat jumps on shelf to gain access to gunpla>tears sword off the gunpla and runs away to chew on it because he correctly assumes I will try to take it away from him
>>23701131Did it leave marks? If so, fill them in with panel liner or something. Bring out the organic damage. Fighting gigantic space carnivores.
>>23701319Find the model you like the least, call it "scribing practice", and just go ape. No clue if it will work here, but I've seen people basically dab on watered down color wash with a paper towel and it looks like that lumpy uneven glass tou get with stained glass. Experiment. Have fun. Get out of your comfort zone every now and again. If you trash it, no big. It was your least favorite one anyway.
Fellas is there a practical reason to keep a supply of old runnersI started doing it because I figured they might be useful for scratchbuilding or something but I don't do that much and if I do I can just use putty/runners from the kit I'm customizing
>Check Hobby Lobby because someone mentioned the 40% off>Eeh, this markup looks fierce>Pick them up anyway>Do the math>Still 20% cheaper than getting it from sketch sites, 30% on more trustworthy sites>No shipping and I get it right meowWho ever mentioned that 40% off this week, I hope a big tiddy goth gf sits on your face.
>>23701346I use them to hold up stuff that I need to spray paint or clear coat and find weird little uses for random shit around the house. Curiously useful but you don't need to keep all of them. Just keep a handful of the big frames around. Also nice for testing paint, liners, glue, or whatever else you want to put on the model but aren't sure if it'll wreck the plastic or leave weird looking blobs.
>>23701350They do it every other week too. I like to go during off weeks and see if there's anything good. If there is I just stash it behind the boomer models and grab it once the sale starts.
>>23701346There's a few uses.1. Paint testing2. Hole-filling (they're 3mm diameter which is perfect for shoving into 3mm holes to make bridging connections and such)3. Scratchbuilding projects4. Melting into goo for repairs or other similar projectsYou don't need to keep every single runner, but having plastic in the exact same color as a particular part on your kit might be useful sometimes.>>23701350Keep in mind, they're getting squeezed by tariffs too so their prices have been gradually increasing for at least the past year. I bought the HG Kshatriya for $30 after discount about two years ago, if you went and tried to buy one now it costs quite a bit more.
>>23701346If you want to be REALLY cheap you can make a stand.
>/gpg/ choosing Jegan for custom ace build No love for GM the third?
>>23701379Jimbo third fought primarily for separatist cunts that weakened Earths front again zeekggershe gets no love from me
>>23701386Awe. That was my first model I just built that I posted but it doesn't have the fancy pants wings.
Behold, DiJehgan.
>>237001981/144 Sentinel HGUC kits need a revive overhaul badly. The HGUC S/Ex-S/Z+/Xeku-eins are all over 20 years old, and need better proportions badly. They could make a HGUC FAZZ while they are at it.
>>23701400the hguc proportions are more kino.
>>23701402modern plafags want to lankwash all my favorite designs
>>23701408This reminds me of the barbus
>>23701400While I'm extremely excited for the MG FA ZZ I think I'd be even more excited for an HG at this point, I've had three or four different ideas of things to port the armour to. Plus it'd be pretty reasonable to get 3 HG FAZZs to make the FAZZ team, like Hell I have the space for 3 MG FAZZs though. Or even want the display enough to be worth 300 bucks.
>>23701411have u thought abt getting the old one and fixing it up?
>>23701415I have, last time I looked to get one their prices weren't great though. Plus it needs a lot of work to look good. I'd have no problem grabbing one and stealing the FA parts for another project, but I'm nowhere near interested enough to fix up 3 of them. I'm fine with just waiting, they'll make it someday and I got other stuff to work on.
>>23701411I would kill for an hg FAZZ
>>23701422have u ever bought an old kit before? there are some gundams that i don't think will ever get a 1/100 kit but they have old ones and i was thinking about copping one.
>>23701426Yeah, plenty. I grew up building the 90s AU kits with the Wing craze in the first place but I've picked up some of the even older ones. I've got the old 1/144 S Booster in my closet, and the Nemo and MK II from Z's initial run off the top of my head. Compared to modern kits they're pretty lacking, 99% of them are clamshells with awful seamlines and really basic molding. Their proportions overall are also quite different than any modern interpretation, which is really up to you whether it's a plus or minus. The 1/100s from F91/F90/SF91 and later are all pretty decent though. There's a big quality shift from basically the 80s to the 90s lines.
>>23699763Paint is done on the ground gundam. Tomorrow I will do decals and panel lining.It actively resists holding its guns two handed. The cannon is the only one it's willing to hold onto without a fight.
>>23701452MG? Yeah. Fuck those hands. It's actually impressive how poorly they can even hold fucking beam rifles.
>>23701457Yeah it's the master grade. It's lucky that it looks so good. I love the old blocky master grade designs.
>>23701459I actually really love the Ground Gundam MGs as a whole, it's well built and looks great with no major problems except seams, they really just only need to replace the hands. Fortunately they have very generic hands and it's pretty easily fixed with replacements.
>>23701452does painting it the same color as the bare plastic actually make it look better?
>>23701463Most of that build is bare plastic bro.
>>23701408
>>23701465This is my builder pose
>>23701464I cain't tell
>>23701463>>23701464Yeah I didn't bother painting most of the white. I only did it to hide work I did on a few of the parts. It will not look meaningfully different after I matte coat everything. Everything else is painted though. I would challenge chronic paint huffers to point out which white parts are painted and which aren't if it's so immediately apparent.
I'm fucking DONE with tiny little warning decals after this build. It takes forever to apply them, and there's always meant to be like hundreds of the damn things
>>23701488They're a meme only redditors actually give a fuck about. In moderation theyre ok but I only ever see people putting like an entire novel's worth of letters on their fucking kits
>>23701488I usually skip them outside of areas that have too few panel lines
>>23701488Less is more with those things as far as I'm concerned. Heavy warning decaling can look good, but I vastly prefer minimal markings.
>>23701488I only do those on mass production suits. It seems wrong to put them on something one of a kind.
>>23701496I've only been building for about 6 months, and I guess I hit my limit with this RG Unicorn. Shit takes too long. The idea of sitting around for more hours and carefully applying more and more of these decals is killing my drive. I swear I'm just not going to bother putting decals on my next few builds at all.I just want to fucking SNAP.
>>23701501Painting it really fun. You should look into it too.
>>23701476>It will not look meaningfully different after I matte coat everythingso is there really any point painting it the same color as the plastic? does that mean that the only value of painting is just for stuff like shading? sometimes i just like the same colors as it is in the animes but feel pressured to paint because of this general but if it's just the same colors then might as well just top coat.
>>23701503I don't really have the space for an airbrush, but I've thought about hand-painting. I'll probably get around to it eventually, and I know what I'll do when I feel like it.
>>23701515Some colors benefit from paint a lot more than others. The blue is all painted because dealing with the stress marks on blue is more work than painting it is. The larger red parts are painted, but the small ones are not. White is kinda pointless if you like the shade already since stress marks aren't a real issue on it and topcoat can make the gloss uniform between sanded and unsanded surfaces.Some of those white parts are painted though, to hide the work I did on them. I just painted them the same color so they'd match. I doubt anyone would be able to point out which ones are painted and which aren't without me pointing it out.>>23701519Brush painting is fun too.
Can someone tell me the logic behind silver coat and then clear colors over it instead of mixing the clear colors in with the silver itself?
>>23701521ah ok. i am planning on getting into painting and i think for most of my shi i want to make it shiny but some stuff like mg zz ver ka i feel like it would look good with just a matte top coat
>>23701528Gloss coats are really hard to get with a paintbrush. I strongly suggest brush painting with normal paints, getting an even coat and then using a rattle can of gloss topcoat over that if it's what you want.The blue plastic on that ZZ marks really badly. I would suggest painting it.
>>23701532i want to use an airbrush for it. like mr color candy coats or mr crystal color pearl. this type shi is why i want to do painting. so i think it's ok because i would be making it shiny even if it is the same color and there's no shading.
>>23700847looks like you need to go around and clean up the panel liner with a q tip
>>23701173>beginnergo buy an off-the-shelf wfm kit and start with that insteadthen build one of the peeb wfm kits you bought
>>23701538Bro already top coated it. It's over for him.
>>23701233yo, when did the chinese make the serpent? wanna get a couple. i've had this thing in the backlog for decades because didnt want to fuck up doing actual work on it to make it look good if there's a cheap chink alternative then im all in.
>>23701545Why come? Are P-Bandai stuff that much harder?
>>23701552no, but they're more expensive and rarer
>>23701524You don't really want to mix metallics with non-metallics, the flakes are going to distribute evenly through the mixture. The point of spraying clear colours after is that you start with a smooth, reflective silver coat that you then progressively tint.
>>23701559There's also the point that clear paints want to dry slow and metallics want to dry fast.
>>23701555Are they actually? Gundam Lfrith for example I looked up is $22. On Penis Bandai Lfrith Jiu is $24 burgers.
>>23701559Thanks, I'm thinking about doing something with stencils and thought it might be a pain to them separately since it means leaving the stencils on long enough for the silver to dry, or make sure it's placed exactly right. I think the answer is using the mr metallic colors then.
>>23701545This is everything I actually have. I've assembled the Workshop RX-78 and partially assembled the FM Aerial but I'm putting the Aerial on hold until I'm actually skilled enough to handle it (Kosmos, painting, and Waterslides). Was thinking of starting the ZZZA GUS since I got it dirt cheap (cheaper than the Zagan) and I don't plan on painting or decaling it beyond maybe panel lining.
>>23701566Woah sugoi. What one is your favorite?
>>23701566>ibortions and woke from mercuryThat shit is odious to me. Absolutely disgusting taste.
>>23701571they're good kits, cry about it
i honestly dont get people who immediately jump the gun and spend hundreds on a hobby they just got into, then again, i was raised not to burn money
>>23701568The Lancelot Albion for sure
>>23701577Shopping addiction.
>>23701574I will
>>23701577My thought process was that it was just better to get the all the kits I wanted down the line now while they're still relatively easy and cheaper to get, instead of down the line where they're maybe 1.5x the price due to rarity or being out of production. The local sellers in my area were charging 2x msrp for the WFM P-Bandai kits and I got them for base retail with free P-Bandai shipping. I got the Barbatos Lupus Rex for $60 from some random shop during Christmas and the local Gundam store I visited today is asking $85 for it which is bonkers.
>>23701591*Barbatos Lupus*
>>23701591this isnt a volatile hobby, everything gets re printed eventually, atleast the things worth having, the good P bandai kits get bootlegged in like 4 months now
>>23701605>everything gets re printed eventually
>>23701605@grok is this true?
>>23701563Basic Lfrith isn't Peebstheir sale price is pretty close to non-PB stuff when they're up, but the resell market price for anything PB is generally around twice the actual price, sometimes more for particularly popular things.
>>23701607EX Falken reprint any day now
Hmm even though I dislike Gundams there are still some other cool designs in the series, Zeon has some certified GOATs, let's check what RGs are availa->Gundam>Gundam>Gundam>Gundam>Gundam>FUCKING CORNY ASS NIGGA ZEONG>Gundam>Gundam>Sazabi>Gundam>Gundam>Gundam>Gundam>Zaku>Gundam>Red Zaku>Gundam>Gundam>GundamWell fuck. At least Sazabi is here.
>>23701637you don't deserve z'gok
>>23701637yeah i feel you. the best gundam designs are always from the enemy faction. they are more unique and have a different cool vibe
I have the PG unleashed and the PG exia both on my backlog (already own them).any recommendation on which I should build first?given the pg unleashed has "stages" I figure it might be easier since I can just cut out the parts in stages and bag them up ahead of time ready to go?
Did this ever happen or was it a nothingburger
>>23701640PG Exia is Frame then armor order also. It's just 1 layer of frame
Are bootlegs pretty much the same as Bandai or is the quality really shitty? How bad are the fitting issues?
I will never talk shit about Bandai ever again if they make RG G-Falcon for X's anniversary.
>>23701680The age of bad bootlegs is over. They are now on par with Bandai. Same with luxury goods like designer clothes/bags. The Chinese have really stepped up their game.
>>23701695Ah sweet. I’ve only ever builded one bootleg a daban tallgeese mg and it was so bad that it kind of turned me off from bootlegs. So I was wondering if the other ones were like that too or if I just got a bad one. The fitting issues just made it not a fun snap and it really didn’t save me that much money. But there’s a few bootlegs I’m interested in like mgex unicorn since the retail prices are rape.
>>23701694How come some of the 90s gundams like x and turn a and v don’t really get a lot of gunpla? Wing gets a lot of gunpla and g and f91 and the 08th normie team gets a decent amount. And then pretty much everything from the 80s and 2000s gets gunpla with early uc, seed, and 00, and then all the newer shows from 2010s on get gunpla except age and g reco which sucked.
>>23701698well you're in luck with the MGEX Unicorn bootleg since it's the latest one and likely to be really high quality
>>23701680Depends on the bootlegging company. You'll always have fitting issues since even most Japanese companies don't put in the same effort as Bandai. The Chinese companies will often cut corners, though it's a bit less likely for the ones that are trying to make "original" kits; loads of flash, super tight or super loose fittings, things like that. The chances of bad parts is less these days (though never zero), but you'll still need to put in more effort to make Chinese kits work.
>>23701680They're like 90% as good as Bandai. You'll need to glue loose parts and/or sand down tight parts but there won't be any major issues. Also there might be more swirling on the plastic but if you're painting that's a non-issue.
>>23701703>>23701704>>23701711Ah ok thanks gentlemen. Why do fitting issues happen? Is it imperfections in the mold or problems that arise from the injection molding process?
>Bootleg 90% of the quality of Bandai.lmao.nice cope.
>>23701731Thank you.
>>23701732thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you.
>>23701731Bandai makes low quality models already so the bar easy to clear
>>23701680The quality is really shitty. Some of them are borderline unfinishable. It's really only worth it for things you just cannot get at all otherwise.
Oh. MGs don't bother to translate their important little tool tips?Cool. Cool cool cool.
Is there anything different between AK weathering pencils and standard watercolour pencils?
>>23701842There's a certain point where manuals started getting actual english text beyond the standard Japanese uses of English for titling and shit to look cool. I don't know when, the 2010s or something. It's not an MG thing anyways, just a time period of release thing.
>>23701649It happened, but I'm yet to order one
So! Someone managed to get the complete version GQuuuuuuX, and yes, the Endymion Overdrive version is the exact same kit with lots of extra parts. You also get eye options, meaning you can keep the standard yellow eyes in the usually unused Omega Psycommu head, and pink/red eyes for the Endymion Overdrive head, with only v-fin swapping being your friend in this situation.
>>23701896So you still get the closed mouth with the new version and there's no reason to get the vanilla GQux anymore?
>>23701896http://blog.kenbill.com/?eid=2938#sequelwhats there to be confused at? everyone knew it was the the Gquuux with extra parts
>>23701898Nope. No more reason to. That's why I waited until they announced this kit. I could pick that up any time because in my area, Gunpla come in droves, but 30ML and Figure-rise don't.
>>23701577I also raised to not burn money, but I always buy what I really want. It's better to regret buying than regret not buying.
>>23701605only for bandai stuff. If it's kotobukiya, it might be a decade until the next reprint
>>23701842There's this little app you can download onto your phone called Google Translate.
What will the next perfect grade be ?
>>23701947nothing
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ZAK?! YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!
ZACK THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR
Zak has always shilled chinese plastic waste. It's why he's so prone to flying off the handle and lashing out at peoples orders.
>>23701548they just released it
>>23701947The pessimist in me says Mighty Strike Freedom, which in the theme of the Perfect Strike is just the PG Strike Freedom with the modified V-fin, shoulder and skirt/railgun parts and a different backpack. Maybe a bit more greebling on the head and torso.Also possible are (in rough order of likelihood):Destiny (Spec II and glowing joints from P-Bandai)FreedomForce Impulse (Spec II, and all other silhouettes from P-Bandai)Rising FreedomPGU ZetaPGU Wing Zero CustomGundam Mk-II 2.0 (it's not loved enough to get a PGU)F91Hi-Nu00 Qan[T]Wing TV, Wing EW, or Wing Zero TV (most likely Wing EW)Shining/GodZZ (Full Armor from P-Bandai)Barbatos (S1 add-ons from P-Bandai, Lupus and Lupus Rex being their own separate kits for the future)Avalanche' for Exia
>>23701680>How bad are the fitting issuesi build few dabans mgsazabi ver ka was 'the worst', some armor parts needs to be glued, nothing terriblethey are easy worth it
>>23701680not a thing anymore.Daban and JMS are especially great. I've built 5 of them. no issue. I heard Daban's MG The O is awful, but I'll find out next week if it's actually bad or just the reviewer's skill issue.3rd party non bootleg chinese gunpla are the ones with rage-inducing fitting issues.
>>23701980I mean if Diaclone and Plastic Building Bricks have taught me anything, it's that their will be a slight loss quality wise when it comes to Chinese KOs.It might be slight if the original was a high end product to begin with, but it's still there.
>>23701577Ive seen it happen mutiple times with Magic The Gathering. A year in and already thousands spent on cardboard crack
>>23701989Magic is completely fucked and I'll cheer the day their greed finally collapses in on itself
>>23701989>any tgc just don't
>>23701974If you want a really bad time, try the f90. It's unfinishable.
>>23702003>try the f90really?i have it lel, didn't snapped it yet,that's not daban's bootleg, i only paid 14 bucks, it can't be THAT bad
>>23701980The o is okay. It's got some fitment issues but since everything it so big it's relatively easy to put together still. The only part I could absolutely not get to fit right was the back panel on the backpack. It still snapped on, it just didn't fit in right. The hands are awful compared to the real ones though. The decals are also really bad.
>>23701947PGU Victory 2 (Assault, Buster, and then 2 years later Assault Buster from PB) I feel it in my bones.
How do I achieve the skill level of raw scribing without any guiding tape? These jap modellers give no fucks about a squiggly line.
>>23702004The torso fits together pretty well but it's all downhill once you get to the head.
>>23702007do you have tiny asian hands?
>>23702003Are there any good mission pack bootlegs?
>>23702012I have beautiful dainty hands. Does that count?
>>23701448>clamshellWhat does this mean in this context?
>>23702013No idea. The f90 experience was so awful I refuse to waste my money on anything related to it.
>>23702030It means the model (or its individual parts like each limb) is a hollow shell composed of 2 halves that you glue together. It's the most basic and primitive way to make a model of something.
>>23701996 Use Chinaman bootlegs, just like knockoff gunpla . But yea I agree Wizards are greedy jews
OH SHIT I'M FEELING IT
>>23702098Tamiya cement?
>>23702098Calm down Mr Krabs.
>>23701880Why do they have a standard use of English for titling and shit to look cool? No one there can read it right?
>>23702129Because American occupation mindbroke them>No one there can read it right?English is standard education as a second language there but most people don't really learn it just like god knows how many schools teach Spanish in the US but no one remembers it. They can identify words they know, which isn't too difficult when a huge chunk of Japan's loanwords come from English.
Does the Star Abyss (chink Harute) come in orange? I only see the purple on USAG.
>>23702133Hmm interesting, I was wondering why they have random English shi everywhere thanks.
>>23702134yes
>>23702139Hmm, maybe I'll try Ali when it comes out then. They should have the tariff handling sorted out by now right?
>>23702112Lacquer fumes be hitting me HARD
>>23702142i have no idea how ali handles tarrifsi'm not burger
>>23702142On a lot of listings now it will say “import charges included” or some shi. If it has that it means the tarifftip is just baked into the price and you won’t get raped for like $50 in surprise charges.
Has anybody even noticed their gundams getting more expensive with tarifftips? Everything feels about the same.
No but I've noticed you really want to try and talk about that instead of gunpla and should find something else to occupy your time if you're so bored
>>23702157Prices doubled 3 years ago.
>>23702148That's pretty much all I care about.
those who paint, do you bother painting kits you want to leave in stock colors or do you just topcoat them?
>>23702157There was a price bump about a year ago. Tariffs and inflation have made it worse.
>>23702165Just top coat
>>23702165You need to do color correction most of the time, even on MG kits. Leaving bare plastic alongside painted surfaces looks ugly as fuck, not to mention just damn lazy.
>>23699763Finished the ground gundam. It ended up a bit frosted on some parts but I'm okay with it. It just makes it look kinda dusty which is fitting for this machine. It's also my first time airbrushing matte clearcoat instead of using a can so there's a bit more of a learning curve.>>23702176You can just use a semigloss clearcoat and stick to flat colors and it'll make the paint look like the plastic. It mostly comes down to keeping your work clean and making the sheens match.
>>23702006I pray to John Bandai for this. V2 assault buster is the most kino gundam upgrade
>>23700173he looks like he's sad that i didn't pick up that can
>>23700478nails are nature's regenerating spudgers, and they are just the right hardness to not damage gunpla
>>23702165full paint. The only exception would be minor parts with prepainted bits like Moderoid muramasa eyes or the dual-molding thing like RG eva 01 eyes
>>23702202What? Are you afraid to do a little masking?
>>23702205Yes
>>23702165Topcoat because it's impossible to buy the right paints to make the kit look right if you live outside of Japan and I'm too retarded to accurately mix colors
My cat doesnt like when I go outside to paint she will scream at the door the entire time and idk what to do about it
my cats have allied with zakuaurelius
>>23702222Paint inside.
>>23702222Guess you’re gonna have to put it down
>>23702222Paint your cat
>>23702222>his cat doesn't huff lacquer fumes with him
feeing noided by the lacquer fumes, bros
>>23701947>What will the next perfect grade be ?Probably Kampher. I mean it's only been 27 years since the last non-gundam mobile suit PG release. Holy hell.
>>23702242Why do the only make gundams as perfect grades
>>23702244Because people like gundams the best. Next time ask a real question.
>>23702246Why do people like gundams the best?
>>23702251Because they're the main characters.
>>23702254>Because they have terrible taste
>>23702266People like protagonists. Nobody is spending 250 dollars on a perfect grade glup shitto
>>23702254Why do ppl like it just because they’re the main characters?
>>23702269Because they connect to the stories told about these people. That's why it's always protagonists or Char.
>>23702273>Because they connect to the stories told about these peopleNothing in the last 20 years has had a likable protagonist. I don't buy it. People that build PG are just mech design lovers.
>>23702281why
>>23702286Every perfect grade has had a likable pilot.
>>23702292
>>23702296Name one unlikable PG pilot.
>>23702296Even Heero had his good points.
>>23702281Finally some real kino is being posted in /gpg/
>>23702281KINOalert
>>23702298Kou is unlikeable retard. should have shot and killed Gato during the colony drop, since he was just a few meters away from him, its not a distance where a pistol would miss due to inaccuracyalso forgave that bitch Nina for shooting him, damn bitch, if i was there, i would have shot the both of them
>>23702286>Nothing in the last 20 years has had a likable protagonist.>Only example of an unlikable PG protagonist offered is from 34 years ago
>>23702281Enjoy, it's an utter piece of crap and you will regret the entire build experience.
>>23701929Yeah? That sounds cool. What does it do?
>>23701842It depends on the kit.
>>23702317You really think people buy old ass, outdated kits just to straight build them?
>>23702331this thread shows that many do
>>23702332Old kits are fun
>>23702331What's the point of getting scalped for an old and crappy Gunpla kit if you're not going to build it?
>>23702317Thanks, I will>>23702331I do
huh
>>23702346way to call yourself out
>>23702346Why are you like this
Is it worth the hype?
>>23702358What hype? And why the fuck not, it's an extremely common kit that you should have no trouble getting ahold of.
>>23702358Is this a bot post?
>>23702359I've been told it's one of the best HGs.>>23702361No.
>>23702316>Gundumb>Likable charactersNice joke.
>>23702273I don’t understand this. Is this just npc consoom brain buying merch of their favorite anime characters? I buy the cool robots that I want to work on. Idgaf if the pilot was a mega chad anime protag or a random jobber. In fact I haven’t even watched most of the commercials, just own the toys.
>>2370233190% of kits nowadays are old and outdated. The fuck are you talking about?
>>23702370>I'm a cool dude>I buy cool robots and don't care about the series!Sounds like copium.
>>23701680There are going to be many variances in quality depending on manufacturers and period of productions. Modern JMS/ Star and Daban are apparently fine. I've bought several newer Dabans (8xxx series) and Stars and didn't have any issue.
>>23702380>>23701980>>23701974>>23701794Thanks gentle/m/en. Would this type shi help with the fitting issues like just j-j-jam it in the peg hole to loosen it? Zak threw it in one of my usags orders for free.
>>23702370People without autism can relate to and empathize with characters and develop a fondness for them. It makes them like the things associated with them and the story more.
>Several changpla reviews in a rowWe lost himhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h6dRK1IekQ
>why are the generic, easily digestible and iconic designs the most popular?
>why are the coolest designs the most popular?
>>23702391ITS SO OVER.
>>23702380>JMS STAR AND DABAN>FineIve built them all and they are all shit. I would just take the weapons and some bits and pieces for kitbashing.
>>23702398>>23702391This is why he tries to destroy anything japanese when you order it. He's trying to make the experience more chinkish.
>>23702387Damn that’s crazy
>>23702374NTA but when it comes to Gundam, it is abit hard to appreciate a robot based on its performance in the anime. You can make excuses like " But but it appears in this anime i like", but we all know no one ask for action figure of fucking Gilboa Sant or Gyunei Guss just because they appear in popular Gundam media. Gunpla's popularity has always been the designs, no one give a flying fuck about who pilot Gouf Custom or Ex S.
>>23702403>Gunpla's popularity has always been the designs, no one give a flying fuck about who pilot Gouf Custom or Ex S.This is why the best selling kits aren't the protagonists suits, because nobody cares about them and the pilots.
>>23702406Let's be real, no one cared or know about Reben Wolf's role in AOZ story other than " it looks cool" and bought the kit.
>>23702401>>23702398>>23702391AAAAYIIIIIIIIIEEEE ZAC PLS GO BACK TO BANDAI.
>>23702403>Gunpla's popularity has always been the designs, no one give a flying fuck about who pilot Gouf Custom or Ex S.I almost got ragebaited.
>>23701680lots of the newer changpla knockoffs are good enough quality nowadaysin the past year i've gotten bootleg upscale god gundam, FM aerial that they juryrigged a working cockpit for and have one of the three MGEX unicorn manufacturer's kits (shenshou with no LEDs) on the wayon the other hand i had a hobbystar exia that had some real fitting issues even before trying to wire it with LEDs but that kit is also 7+ years dated at this point
>>23702415This is not some insanely popular and in demand kit. Every time I've ever seen one on a shelf it sits there for months. You know what moves? Protagonist suits. Sometimes they're so popular that they'll have 4 or 5 versions which all move quickly.
I don't give a fuck
>>23702418Is he wrong?
>>23702422Is he right? Yeah stfu.
>>23702423bodied that freak
>>23702423He is right tho
>>23702420>Every time I've ever seen one on a shelf it sits there for months. I don't think it ever get a chance to be on the shelf. Reben Wolf is P-bandai. The secondary market sell it via online orders, too. I live in this shit hole, i know. It is almost out of stock here. If you live in Burgerland, you will have to buy it from PBandai themselves.
>>23702420where have you seen a reben wolf on shelves
>>23702427>>23702428I may be misremembering seeing a doven wolf sit for months. It's still there, last I checked.
>>23702428He probably confused it with the Graze or Doven Wolf.
>>23702428Surugaya when I went to animeland
chinese groups send zak early kits to review, BASEDdai doesn't do special treatments and sends kits to youtubers the same day as every other gaijin (never)
>>23702418>>23702422nta, but i think,the general popularity of the gunpla boils down to the design+sakugano one cared about the gallus or some aquatic ms or some msv until it got some sakuga scenes
>>23702391>a lot of new chinkpla coming out>not a lot of new gunpla coming outWell, he's got to review something since it's his job.
>>23702439V Gundam should get more kits since it is full of sakuga and great designs
>>23702443nah, the action scenes are mid, the only notable about v is the lm always kicks the heads of the enemy ms
>>23702444>the action scenes are midWhat a terrible take. Victory probably has the best action scenes of all UC Gundam.
>>23702449>best action scenes of all UC Gundam.This is an incredibly telling slip
I think
>>23702439I don't think Sturm Gallus or Fed Byarlant get that much fan. Most of people prefer their classic counterpart.
>>23701971it would be pretty based if we got a sword impulse spec 2.
>>23702457We don’t need more seed slop
I'm a size queen at this pointI can't even do 1/144 unless it's a kit that's actually really big despite being 1/144
>>23702461What u do if there’s a gundam you want that’s only 1/144? Just suffer?
>>23702439Nah, Sakuga can only go so far. Dogshit designs remain dogshit.
>>23702456>I don't think Fed Byarlant get that much fan.I think you have no idea what you're talking about in the slightest lol, actually fucking delusional
>>237024431/100 Zolo when?
>>23702470This reads like cope.
>>23702475It is that one guy who is obssessed with Unicorn's Byarlant and claim it is the king among Byarlant designs.
>>23702475No coping, just laughing at a retard who thinks Byarlant Custom didn't singlehandedly make the goofiest doofus from Zeta loved by a million normies and spawn multiple manga just to jerk off the design more, and the pilot they made up because of how many people loved the sequenceJust sheer lunacy that says you weren't around for any of this happening
>>23702478>no trust me he's poopdickschizoThe best Byarlant is the Icarus and I don't really care past that, they're all cool.
>>23702460It doesn't matter what we need, only what will sell. And Seed slop sells, so Bandai will continue designing and reprinting it for the foreseeable future.
>>23702479>who thinks Byarlant Custom didn't singlehandedly make the goofiest doofus from Zeta loved by a million normiesThe fuck are you sperging about?
>>23702363>I've been told it's one of the best HGs.It's not remotely close to being one of the best HGs but it's also completely fine.
>>23702486
>>23702486Before Byarlant Custom no one gave a fuck about the Byarlant.It took 6 fucking years after the HGUC Byarlant Custom came out to reuse the mold for the normal Zeta one. It couldn't even get an HGUC with A New Translation.
>>23702370OK happy for you. I'm glad you feel the need to say this in every thread
>>23702415I love the Reben because it looks like the bastard love child of the Doven and Geara Doga
>>23702502I wish it didn't have silly feetsies but it's still cool as fuck.The kit is definitely in the running for best HGUC too.
>>23702492>Before Byarlant Custom no one gave a fuck about the Byarlant.No one gave a fuck about any Byarlant, anon. They get brought up in this autistic board once in a blue moon and even less on Japanese social media. Do you know how many HGs Bandai have made for Geara Zulu? No one gives a fuck about them either. Unicorn's popularity is extremely pocketed, the main gundam and its rival outshines everything else.
>>23702508now that's what I call cope: volume 34
>>23702508there's 5 HG geara zulus which i would think is quite a few for a MS that nobody gives a fuck about
>>23702512Bandai made an entire retail HG line for Kyokai Senki lmao. Go and see how that turned out.
What should I start next out of the backlog>HG gquuuuuux>Narrative gundam B packs ver.ka>Pokepla sprigatito (got on clearance)>MG gogg>MG 00 qant
>>23702508>>23702456>Most of people prefer their classic counterpart.Cope and seethe while you move those goalposts, ESLkun
>>23702516The pokepla is like 15 mins of work
>>23702520I bought in on impulse yesterday for 8 dollars.
>>23702511Oh yeah i'm coping for saying this obviously niche design with a dandruff of screentime is not popular. But you claiming there is a sensation involving Byarlant Custom is not. >But but Bandai made HG for Zeta Byarlant after Unicorn!They have made alot of things before and after Unicorn. Your argument is horseshit.
>>23702518>No arguments leftI accept your concession.
HG Wing Gundam was released after Unicorn. Coincidence? I think not!
>>23702508On the r/gundam custom ms poll the byarlant custom is one of the most popular custom mobile suits ever. It’s at number 11 with 9.4/10 rating. The normal byarlant is 28th and presumably was popularized by the custom.
>>23702501Thank you.
>>23702536>PlebditYou lost the argument right there.
>>23702529>I accept your concession.Oh god it's this retard with his catch phrase again
>>23702543Kek I’ve seen that guy before. I bet bro felt real tuff typing that out.
" Unicorn made this old stuff popular " is such a nonsensical concept and the first time i actually see this. The show itself rides on the coattail of CCA and majority of returning MS looks worse. Yes, Unicorn versions are well known, however it does not translate to fanboyism. How long did it take for the actuall Gallus J kit to come out after Unicorn? 16 years?
>>23702544It is a common catch phrase on 4chan. You would see this very often if you don't browse reddit all day.
>>23702536https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl7RIIHK9EE
>>23702547Me when I cherrypickHow many high grades of the old stuff have had the unicorn version come out first and then the original one only comes years later? Just after one Google I found>dreissen>nemo>doven wolf>zssa
half the posters in this thread (including the people who actually build and paint) also post on reddit4chan hasnt been your le ebin secret club for many years now
>>23702547Unicorn rides on the coattails of ZZ more than anything elseyou're just willfully stupid and shutting your ears because you're obsessed with contrarianism and trying to be a special boycertainly special, that's for sure
>>23702550No, it's just one autistic guy
>>23702550If you never noticed, /m/ is a very insulated and very slow board. Also your broken English gives you away in every thread here you post in.
>>23702566Does this imply that the subset of posters in this thread who actually build and paint only make up less than half of the posters here?
i come to the gunpla plamo general to fight
I caved in and bought my first chinkshit. aside from being cheaper than a current year bandai HG, i'm impressed at how the manual makes you build the inner frame first before putting in the armor parts, something Bandai rarely does for their MG's
>>23702599What gundam is this supposed to be a loosely based knock off of again?
>>23702523Honestly still kinda overpriced since it's simpler than an entry grade.
>>23702622Kinotray
>>23702632Kino. I hope you enjoy it and post progress pics.
>>23702599You know you don't have to exactly follow the manual, right?
>>23702639No, but the point of a manual is meant to you know, be useful. And it's not like bandai doesn't know some people paint or want to get into painting. Inner frame first would make it easier for newbies. Not everyone is like gpg who are all like "I've built and painted 100s of kits".
>>23702646I think you're trying to make an issue out of something that isn't an issue
>>23702622Lord Astray, but i already had a custom colour scheme in mind
>>23702659It's just an observation. Not everything is about trying to make things an issue. You guys need to stop being so combative over everything.
>>23702585You think you can handle me? I can destroy MG boxes with a single punch
>>23702663You were implying a manual isn't useful if it doesn't start with completing the frame and then doing the armor.
Sup guys. Working on my groupbuild entry and I'm just wondering how would you guys go about scratchbuilding a vent like this?
>>23702700Bend some metal around a cut popsicle stick
>>23702700you could probably make a bit of stock out of plasticard then drill out the centre and round the corners
>>23702708Stock?
>>23702729he meant gluing a stack of plastic sheets, then drilling the middle to create the hole and rounding the corners until you get something like >>23702700
>>23702743Yeah thanks, that absolutely works and it's similar to how I was gonna make the missile pods. Is cement fine to use instead of glue. Also figure it's worth an ask: are the shoulders here possible to source from another kit or are they something I'd need to scratch build? Thinking of using RG God Gundam's shoulders but they might be too small
>>23702765>retard forgot his image again
>>23702582Well yeah i will keep using broken English to make you cry. Live it with.
>>23702568>Unicorn rides on the coattails of ZZ more than anything elseYeah it is ZZ based. Let's ignore the psychoframe space magic introduced in CCA, along with a white protagonist gundam equipped with psychoframe and its arch nemesis - a red colored mecha piloted by " Char ".
>>23702780LOL
>>23702562>when Bandai releases a bunch of HGUC as usual
>>23702765cement should be your best option actually, since it'll melt the sheets into 1 piece
If evens, next build is MG Sazabi Ver Ka. If odds, next build is MG Vidar.
>>23702807Will u be posting progress pics
Talk about Byarlant, in the past, it had 2 sloppy releases. A 1/220 scaled plastic kit and a 1/144 resin BCLUB kit. Byarlant Custom kinda continued this legacy with a cheaply made HG released in 2012 along with a handful of Pbandai retools. Bandai kept forcing this poor thing to become normie friendly with the culmination of it known as Bandee Dessiny. Apparently no one bought these Pbandai variants and Bandai said " fuck this shit, we go back to basic " and just retool Byarlant Isolde into the classic Byarlant.
>>23702820How come Bandai struggled so much to make it normie friendly if it already ranks pretty highly on r/gundam?
>>23702834Normalfags (true) just want the protagonists' suits or big name main antagonists' suits. Despite the meme, reddit's hobby subs aren't exactly THAT normalfag. Not as maladjusted as /m/, but still quite down in the nerd rabbit hole.
>>23702847They're just as maladjusted. It's just that the maladjustment is enforced so they don't argue since anyone who disagrees is immediately banned.
>>23702851Not really. You can argue or disagree, you only get banned if you're being a dick. You are free to say you think a kit is badly designed or whatever, you just get banned if you call others a retarded nigger for not agreeing with you. People on 4chan like to act like reddit is some draconian no fun allowed police, but the truth it is, a lot of 4channers think that they're getting censored just because they can't throw insults and use slurs.
>>23702851It sounds like it could be a gundam backstory. A faction of autists takes control and use their power to suppress everyone who disagrees with their narrow worldview because they can’t handle people having opinions other than their own. Makes me kind of wonder why 4chan is even an autist magnet in the first place instead of them just going to their own echo chambers.
>>23702863I don't doubt that there are some random subs that are like that, or some super mainstream topics subs that are like that. But over the years, from what I've seen, at least for the hobby subs, it's mainly like what I said here >>23702860Time and time again I've seen people complained about being banned and then you see the posts that got them banned. It's often shit like not being able to argue without resorting to insults and slurs. That's not oppression or narrow worldview, that's just mods not wanting to deal with manchildren who can't form coherent thoughts.
>>23702860They ban people for having ever posted on boards they dont like
>>23702871They'll also ban you for posting a Gundam painted in trans colors if butthurt little bitches from /gpg/ report you to their mods lol
>>23702870>>23702860The last time I had a Reddit account I got banned for saying that Asian girls love white guys. I tried a couple times to make a new account but kept getting auto banned for “multiple repeated violations of Reddit’s content policy” since I’ve had a bunch of accounts that got banned before, and I can’t really be assed to figure out what I need to do to evade this thing.
>>23702770PLEASE I BEG YOU
>>23702876>They'll also ban you for posting a Gundam painted in trans colorsWait I’m confused. I thought Reddit was all tranny lovers like their logo suggests?
>>23702820Absolutely mindbroken
>>23702884Yeah but some people here personally messaged the r/gunpla mods on discord, showed my posts here and told them that I was 'trolling'
>>23702894sounds like you were
>>23702894Lmfao wtf. Imagine being that assblasted by a 4chan post that you’d go through all that just to get back at the guy.
>>23702851Yeah, so they come here and shit up the place instead.
Figure-rise Standard Tiffa Adillhttps://bandai-hobby.net/item/01_6886/
>>23702904I can’t wait for people to do this shadow pose with her and that face plate.
>>23702894Why would u get banned if u weren’t trollling?
this thread hit different today, kind of a raw and tense energy going on. felt like anons had a bit more edge than usual. no major crash outs, but just lots of guys jawing at each other, cold and aggressive replies, minor skirmishes breaking out over shit only autists would get upset about. was actually kind of fun to watch unfold.
>>23702700chop up some type-c cables
>>23702941difficult times in the world this week
>>23702599What color did you choose, cyan or orange ?
>>23702966can't believe most of /gpg/ are actually Venezuelans
Hello fags, very new to this, got gifted by the GF a random SD for christmas because she saw me browsing gunplas way back but I never commited.Anyways, I bought a couple of bootlegs because here in sPAIN a regular HG costs from 30 to 50 € and I´m not botching one of those for practice. So is there anyway that I can skip the brand stuff for getting rid of the seam lines? or is the tamyia thinner a must?Also can I rattle can a matt finish with shit from local chinesium stores?Any other tips or cheats I should know of?
>>23702894Are you that legendary updoot chaser who got mogged badly by a tranny?
>>23702990yes...
>>23702972havent built it yet, but i'll probably choose teal to match it with Mercedes F1 colours.
>>23702987Lots of companies sell their own equivalent to Tamiya plastic cement, you can probably find alternatives. Vallejo sells a modeling putty (looks like a tube of toothpaste) you can also use to fill in seams. You'll have to paint over it, though.>Also can I rattle can a matt finish with shit from local chinesium stores?Just make sure it's meant to be used on plastic. Test it on spare runner pieces first and don't start spraying directly on the piece. Start spraying a couple centimeters away and then move on to the piece, then continue moving your arm until you are no longer spraying on the piece. That's when you can stop spraying.The guides in the OP were extremely helpful to me when I started out. Definitely take a look at those.
>>23702987Check out mechauniverse. I bought from them a couple of times
>>23702996No i meant if the plastic cement is a must or are there any alternatives or tricks to geting rid of the seam lines without putty, because im not painting the models, not for now at least. >>23703001Hey pretty good anon, didnt know about them, not bad prices, how is the customer service and shipping? Not that much inventory tho, only one HG zaku makes me sad, and 150 for the MG is way overkill for me
What do you think about Moonlight Butterfly wings from chang MG Turn X
>>23703007
I hate not knowing which color scheme I like more for a custom build. It really sucks when you just wanna commit to a paintjob but you're never sure which is best
>>23703005Never had to use customer service so I don't know about it. Shipping is fine in term of speed, I get my orders delivered relatively fast in france. There's a ton of country specific online shops, look them up if you're ok with ordering from other eu countries, the shipping price usually is reasonable. Sometimes you can find gunpla on the most unlikely shops too
>>23703005>is plastic cement a mustFor Bandai kits, only if you are modifying parts.>gap fillingGap filling is probably something you want to think about only after you've snapped your first couple of kits. You should worry about sanding nubs first and foremost.You can use plastic cement for gap filling by cutting the nubs for a closer fit, then glueing both sides, squeezing excess material from the seam, then shaving down that excess. This is the only method that maintains the colour of the plastic. I prefer putty for gapfilling since I paint my models.Again, don't worry about gapfilling until you can get your nubs smooth, you can always disassemble and fill them later.
>>23703027>cutting the nubsI meant cutting the pegs, brainfart
>>23703027Yes , Im asking about the gaps because you guys say its the worst part about chinesium kits, i'll stick to the nubs then, hope i dont butcher them too much>>23703016Yeah, i did some reccon around here on physical stores but they're crazy , online local is a bit less but still way too much
>>23703038for chinkpla you need putty, plastic cement only works for flush seams, not full gaps
>>23702363No that would be the moon gundam
>>23703011Build the same kit multiple times and do every scheme.
Time to get a hg mk ii to experience the most hyped hg ever. Should I get aeug or titans colors bros?
>>23703044>most hypedaccording to who?
>>23703052The anon who has been told it is one of the most hyped HGs.
>>23703053Yes, but who told him that? I'm aware it's a well liked kit, but I dont recall people hyping it.
>>23702991It was a nice paintjob too bad you got mogged.
>>23703055Idfk he might be stupid
>>23703060Makes sense
>>23703043It's a PB kit unfortunately, HG Reben Wolf My only copy. Torn between black hares colors or titans colors.
>>23703072Titans colors. Always titans colors.
>>23703072ReZeon colours, it's just slightly altered Black Hares with some red somewhere
>>23703072GSI Creos Gundam Color Titans Blue 1
>>23703076I've been leaning black hares with that little bit of red. It's a great idea and I was thinking of putting it on the visor part, kinda hearken back to the Doven Wolf as part of the suit's ancestry
>>23703081I think you could try the whole head in red maybe, but that sounds pretty dope.
>>23703077Is that an airbrush paint?
>>23702562Byarlant too.
>>23703086you do own an airbrush, right anon?
>>23703088I'm sorry. I'm a brushfag/rattlecanfag
>>23703086>short answer:yes>long answer: it's a lacquer paint, which is typically only airbrushed, since lacquers are "hot" and will reactivate other lacquer and acrylic paints, and so will pick up paints from lower layers if brushed (they just sit on top when airbrushed properly though). Some people use this to create interesting surface effects with a paintbrush, but it is very niche, and 99.9% just use an airbrush.
>>23703096Thank you for the qrd, I'm very new to painting and I want my first real build to be aoz. Shame I can't brush with this but I have rattle cans in titans colors so it's no biggie
>>23702547Gallus J didn't feature for more than actually single digit seconds while getting absolutely clowned on by the Byarlant Custom, which had one of if not the coolest fight scenes of the entire OVA. The Sturm Gallus got its kit first because it got a strong showing and did cool shit.
>>23703100Here's a guide regarding paint types that I think will be helpful:https://www.paintonplastic.com/paintonplasticblog/2020/10/1/what-are-the-best-paints-for-plastic-models
>>23702456OG byar is simply not that popular, which is a shame because as cool as the custom is, I gotta have that monoeye.
>>23703086>>23703100with enough PSI and flow improver, all paints are airbrush paint
>>23702860I tried Reddit once. First I learned I couldn't talk in the basic boring subs I wanted to because I didn't have enough Karma. Then I learned I couldn't get that karma without posting, and there's no way to tell which places let you post or not without that karma, so everyone has to resort to farming karma. Ontop of that, once I got the ability to post, I just talked friendly, supportive gunpla. I work professionally so speaking productively while maintaining a kind disposition is easy. If there was some kind of shitflinging I just went elsewhere. I actually despised what the community forced me to be through this silent stomp of control, I couldn't speak my mind, even kindly. Eventually someone asked for feedback and I noted their camera was dirty. I was banned from r/gunpla for noting that a microfiber cloth to the camera lens before pictures on a smartphone was a good habit. I didn't look close enough, it was some troon mod's post. A friend of mine was in the r/gunpla discord and was scarred by the marathonbuilding regards. Buy a ton of kits, speedbuild them on weekends when they didn't have custody of their kids, and then throw most of them into the trash because they didn't like/care about them and they were low quality builds. He sold a painted kit to one of the marathon builders, who then threw his version away to display the painted one. The waste was awful prior to covid, and since then the gunpla acquisition task is dreadful, making them disgusting. Go back home, go away. Your kind are fucking shameful, revolting and should be gatekept in every way everywhere that sane people not beholden to shallow capitalist desires are.
>>23703148>since then the gunpla acquisition task is dreadfulokay, schizo
>>23703148I've popped onto the r/gunpla discord occasionally, and never seen people straight up throwing their kits away, do you have screenshots or just anecdotes?
>>23703171seriously, most I've seen will balk at the idea of throwing away boxes and runners, I can't imagine anyone seriously throwing away entire kits.
>>23703171>never seen people straight up throwing their kits awayDunno about reddit but we had a guy here who threw away his HG GP03
>you can't throw away kit because.... you just can't ok?
>>23703171the entire thing sounds like a chatGPT postwhether it is or isn't, it's obviously insincere ragebait.
>>23703112No, OG Byarlant is "popular", but in an infamous way. The Japanese consider it as a waifu killer because it killed Four. You can ragebait any Zetafags when they post Four Murasame pics by replying with Byarlant pics. It has such an infamy that even Bandai themselves hesitated to make 1/144 plastic kit for it for a really long time.
>>23703208took a while to come up with more bullshit to peddle huh
Byarlant is popular for being the only suit in which Jerid wasn't a pathetic jobber
>>23703209
Show your fucking byarlants. It has at least 6 kits with 3 being PB.
>>23703217Cool twitter post that says literally nothing.
speaking of Byarlants, HGUC Rozen Zulu ep7 is finally reprinted for the first time in 12 years! kshatriya repaired when?
>>23703225Kshatriya Repaired is getting reprinted too, actually.
>>23703218I've got the normal snapped and the isolde in my backlog. used to have the custom, but I gave it to a friend.
I'm noticing!
>>23702860>People on 4chan like to act like reddit is some draconian no fun allowed police, but the truth it is, a lot of 4channers think that they're getting censored just because they can't throw insults and use slurs.Reddit is made of a bunch of resetera rejects who piss and shit their pants everytime they see a remotely sexy female character in anime. The subreddit also ran by a bunch of faggots who ban you over the pettiest reason. You can be a super clean, politically corrected good boy and will still getting suspensions one way or another.
>>23703232noticing that people like the custom because it had a cool fight scene?
Gusionchads are eating good
New thread>>23703249>>23703249>>23703249
>>23703239>Cool fight sceneSo was the OG https://youtu.be/IaZgkhgooN0?si=IDvYVuf6RKJ17IWC
>>23703148>Go back home, go away. Your kind are fucking shameful, revolting and should be gatekept in every way everywhere that sane people not beholden to shallow capitalist desires are.Based
>>23703148I agree with gatekeeping but JFC Anon
>>23703180Reddit wrote this. I wrote the post he's replying to, it's true. I left 4chins ages ago and only returned after starting gunpla. I also looked around the internet for other places to see builds and learn, that's when I stumbled into reddit. >>23703171>>23703173So this is secondhand, I have no screenshots. This is a close friend whom I trust. He described a subgroup of about 12 people in the discord who would do "speedbuilds" on the weekends and would power through the kits as fast as possible, bragging about building 10-20 in a day. He gently asked what they did with the old kits, because in a year that's...that's a lot of plastic. A few in the group said since some kits are just what's available repeatedly (low US stock under old Bluefin prior to acquisition) so many were just chosen amongst the most pleasing build and the inferior ones were thrown away. When I first heard of it, I talked in this thread about it and the /m/cord.
