-=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:https://flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06>Monthly Restock List (January):old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1qkvui6Prior thread: >>23721347
-= 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!
>>23724122>>23724113What are you referring to here?
>>23724132Some jackass thinks it's ~hilarious~ to slide all the generals on the board to page 10 and archive them while everyone's asleep. It's a known problem.
>>23724135At this point he's just bored.Just to reiterate my question from last thread I'm planning out an RF Dom for the groupbuild but I'm struggling with how to handle the shoulders, pic related for reference. I thought about the RG God Gundam shoulders which are actually pretty perfect but the arms won't fit into them.
>>23724138What about MG God then?
>>23724120Which gray paint is that?
>>23724138aren't those just the tropen shoulders but more angular
Will it be out of scale?
>>23724192Doesn't look like high quality chink kino we're used to
>>23724192looks 1:1
>>23724003Fuck panel lining. Do a gunk wash.
I hate panel lining this "wide ravine" kind of panels.I can't avoid the middle part.
>>23724209Just slightly scribe out the border
>>23724209but /gpg/ GODS told me accent liner by Tamiya (TM) offers unparalleled control much superior to a micron pen on top of poggy pour type action
Gorilla! Gorilla! Gorilla! https://youtu.be/_JGZWdNbN4Y
>>23724235>Srungle>Yatter-Wan>OrdianMy February order can't come soon enough.
With all the plastic sanding and toxic glue/paint fumes, what is the gunpla builder life expectancy? What about the fertility levels?
>>23724192>1/144 upscaled to 1/100When are we getting 1/100s downscaled to 1/144?
>>23724192>that ugly seamline at the middle of the legis this based on an ancient 1/100 kit or something?
FAT FAG
>>23724302FrameArmsTitties
>>23724302the tit gap is so ugly
>>23724302I'll never like girlpla because of these weird hollow joints everywhere
>>23724299it's the HGUC
>>23724308it somehow it disappears in certain angles
>>23724308they're actually articulated so you can clip things between them or pose them with the tits spread out like those in hentai manga.
>>23724305>>23724308Shit taste. Gay taste even.
>>23724308That bit exists only because there's supposed to be armor part between those tits
>wake up >A dozen of new chinkpla announcementsI can't keep up with everything they are making
>>23724330
>>23724330>new chinkpla announcementsDon't care. Give me the ReHaze.
>>23724365This thing is gonna be a special variety of shit
>HERE IS YOUR PG NU GUNDAM, BRO (for real this time, no chink shit)!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9YL-uBnno
>>23724374Oh nonononono
>>23724385Do The Jesus Lean
>>23724366naturally it's aoz
>>23724374>>23724385>shitty joints>chinesium redesign>recycled base>recycled LED unit with less LEDs than before>all heavily marked up at almost $1000 after tax
>>23724385>this will go for 2k in the aftermarket Bandai needs to be destroyed.
>>23724385
>>23724385I get adding all those panels and notches and whatever, but what the fuck is up with those weird metallic pieces on shoulders. This shit is what truly bothers me
>>23724374>>23724385imo this just shows bigger is not always betterwait for them to inevitably keep ripping ff suckers with a funnel effect parts and HSW set extra releases
>>23724302man i cant wait for my preorder to finally ship by the end of this month
>>23724402>but what the fuck is up with those weird metallic pieces on shoulderspsychoframe
>>23724374i just want to mention that youtubes auto dubbing got really good watching this video
>>23724385>>23724374
>>23724308>>23724312its because the girl does have armor bits between her tits, other frame arm girls just have normal tits
I think I'm retarded. What is this asking me to do because the picture doesn't match the stickers
>>23724459the sticker folds all over the clear piece, leaving only the round surface which is the beam vulcan, visible
>>23724459Check the other sticker sheet
>>23724459the white sticker goes over the pink translucent part, the longer side which is pointing down in your image goes over the straight side, which is on the right in your image
>>23724459>I think I'm retarded>use stickerschecks out
>>23724459But it does?
>>23724464This only came with the one sticker sheet.>>23724461Thanks anon I think this explanation helped a lot. Half way right?
>>23724475yes, you can easily get how the sticker goes by following the perimeter of the part
do metal files all have the same grit or something? it's hard to find specs on ali
>>23724302Not fat enough.
>>23724374>>23724385>soul weighed down by gravityPG Hi Nu next
>>23724478Yeah I only noticed when you pointed it out. Thanks a bunch!
>>23724365Reddit speculates it's just going to be a model kit version of the 2016 resin kit like there are model kit versions of Damashii figures
>>23724385totally Bandai's fault, they overengineered the fin funnels and put too many parts, making it too heavy, now it needs a support.at least the MG and the RG Nu managed to not need support because it was not heavy
>>23724503https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%E2%80%93cube_law
>>23724503>physics are bandais faultI agree actually. They are being held down by gravity.
>he said the pgu nu is flawedquit the hobby.
>>23724385I know someone IRL like this
>>23724517scoliosis
>>23724507>>23724508the fin funnels wouldnt have that problem if Bandai wasnt stupid and over engineered it and make it have too many parts an making it stupidly and unnecessarily heavyyeah its a PGU, but its like they didnt learn from Metal Structure Nu which has the same problem
hot take: nu is initially a flawed design
>>23724520>The overengineered line of kits is overengineered. This is a problem
>>23724520People would have bitched that they were just clamshells with some hooks if they made them light enough.Hi-Nu/Double FF Nu unironically fixes the design and makes it work in gravity by balancing the funnels.
>>23724406The issue is bandai's engineering skill is getting worse every year.
>>23724526osiris dominator is overengineered yet...???? AAAAIIIEIEEE
>shitty corny mech designs produce shitty wonky kitsGundumb problems.
how do those $300 jackets on P-Bandai always sell out? are you guys actually buying them?
>>23724551It's symmetrical so it doesn't lean. It would be weird if it did. Are you retarded?
The markers decided to not play nice on the leg for some reason. Had to do corrections.
>>23724578>The overengineered kit is overengineered. This is not a problemhuuuhhh??
>>23724385couldn't they have just made the torso rigid instead of posable? it's not like anyone is foing to be doing kung-fu poses with the thing anyway
>>23724594It includes a stand for you to use if you configure it that way, You would bitch about it no matter how the funnels worked. You just love to cry.
did you guys see the that bootleg MGSD ex-s gundam? looks pretty cute :3
>>23724602I don't like the legs on it. They're oddly skinny.
>>23724602Gotta be the worst SD proportions imaginable
>>23724587I want a Neptuneman model kit next
Starting my groupbuild entry (with the pilot figure)
>>23724604>I don't likeyou're not allowed to say this anymore
How's that OC Jegan ace pilot coming along gentle/m/en?
>>23724650Gogg ace pilot actually
>>23724595They couldn't probably because they made sure the ball cockpit stays with the design.
>>23724120It was the right choice to matte the innermost frame. Really makes even the molded silver pop a bit more.Not a huge fan of these photoetch stickers. Their glue seems super weak and I've had to add super glue to 2 of them already
>chang delivers the denan gei I bought on Ali>arrives quickly, no customs/tariff rates or anything>bos comes all fucked up in one half>nothing broken inside I was panicking when I saw it all crushed lmao
>OH NOES MUH BOCKS IS DESTROY>it's literally just a tiny wrinkle and a scratchholy fucking autism
>>23724666I think he was concerned that it may indicate that the contents were damaged
>>23724665clearly this wasn't from USAGS, this is amateur hour box kicking work.
>>23724682He got it on aliexpress. Chinks can't do anything right.
>>23724496Details don't quite match. Look at the knees for instance. 4 thrusters on the kit, 2 on the resin.
>>23724650Haven't had much time to work on it this weekend but I gave it some new shoes
>>23724496It looks like an entirely new mold. The watership version is more detailed.
>>23724690what the sigma are you doing
>>23724696t. jeganlet
>>23724696adding even more Mark V-inspired elements onto itgonna put two blocks on the heels for the full "bird feet" kinda pattern it has going on
>>23724701Depending on the weather in march I won't be able to spray until after the deadline let's get that extension sorted now
GROUP BUILD EXTENSION ONEGAI
>>23724581I know you're planning on doing the whole thing but as it is right now looks really cool. Always thought split-down-the-middle paint schemes were cool.
>small illustration from the 1989 Hygogg kit manual asking buyers what they think of the boxart and the kit itselfModern Bandai could never.
>>23724708I was considering doing some sort of color split, at least one off-color arm.
pgu nu = my well beingfin funnels = the groupbuild deadline
>>23724391i still don't know how the fuck bandai got away with selling a plastic battery box with copper wires and LED bulbs for fucking 100 dollars.
>>23724374looks terrible
>>23724740YOU JUST LOVE TO CRY
>>23724503if they're going all out with this thing, why don't they just give it metal joints and use neodymium magnets for the fin funnels?
25 dollar perfection
>>23724751pretty much
The difference between PGU Nu and the HGUC Unicorn is that the Unicorn was made during a time where engineering innovations aren't that much of a focus. PGU Nu was made during the time where engineering is supposed to be matured enough that Bandai is using it as a marketing point. there's stronger backlash with the Nu because there's expectations to it, being the pinnacle of gunpla.
>>23724759Third world vernacular. This dudes annual salary is not enough to buy a PGU nu.
painting my nails black and shake testing all my snapbuilds to protest ZakuAurelius
doing the absolute bare minimum and then getting mad it looks like i did the absolute bare minimum
>>23724763all in all it looks a little bit more owesome than what we would've seen before
>>23724374looks great and terrible at the same time
>>23724751chinks should uspcale this for 1/100maybe add some frame
zakuaurelius' thirst for conflict
Stop posting about e-celebs.
>>23724385>virgin over details & over engineered Nu Gundam kit>>23724751>chad basic and anime accurate looking Nu Gundam kit
>>23724763i don't remember making this post
the nu needs an anime accurate mg 2.0
>>23724751can we get this MEGA scale?
if I'm paying close to a thousand bucks for a model kit, it better require zero effort from me to make it good.
>>23724785Why not by a figure instead?
>>23724762>>23724763>>23724766>>23724769>>23724779all me
>>23724802you could NEVER be me.
>>23724793fuck you
I don't think I've actually encountered explicitly-advertised "primer" paint that has better adhesion than any ordinary dark grey
>>2372475125 dollars is too much for this roughly chopped sheet of plasticard.
>>23724785buy METAL BUILD
>>23724763I should take the bare minimum pill. 15% of my current kit's mass has entered the ecosystem and my balls as microplastic and I still have 2 runners left.
>>23724831Consider wet sanding
>>23724785if you're paying a thousand bucks for a model kit you better be ready invest at least fifty thousand bucks worth of man-hours and hobby supplies into making it look great.
>>23724785You're paying for the volume of plastic and the quality control.
PGU Nu? Bronze Tier.
>>23724854chipped a nail building it
pgu nu is why i love gunpla
>>23724856Bandai needs to consider the woes of their consumers who put work into their nails.
>>23724120>>23721566That was the fastest I ever got anything from these guys
suspiciously low amount of WIPs posted for a snowday
>>23724871Build puru 2
>>23724896I'm not working on a robot.
>>23724896It's like -10 out and my heater can't keep my place warm enough to paint
>>23724896I've postedy PGU progress, but didn't get conversation so I just posted big progress chunks. I think half-ish of a PG is a good snow weekend?
How did you evolve from just painting things how they're meant to be painting to making custom color schemes and original modifications to the model?
>>23724945It comes to me in a dream.
>>23724374>>23724385This is just evidence of the Hi Nu being objectively better than the ugly asymmetrical regular Nu.
>>23724945I find lineart and then put it in photoshop to figure out color palettes I like if I'm not following a strictly canon interpretation.Pic related is canon but you never get a good look at one so I had to approximate it.
do we have a bootleg/knockoff store guide? gundammit is expensive :/
>>23724967aliexpress has some reliable stores but their prices are the same if not even higher due to the tariffs shit
>>23724945never occurred to me to repaint a kit in the same colors in the first place
>>23724968is there somewhere where i can see which brands are releasing what? theres like 10 different teams releasing an mg esque barbatos
>>23724967Some people buy their shit off of Mofiho, but you can basically get the exact same shit off of Ali Express. Ali regularly has sales where buying above a certain threshold gets you small discounts (e.g. spend $49 on stuff before shipping, get a $9 discount on your purchase). Also, there's plenty of conditions for getting free shipping.When buying stuff, just look for a bit of text under the price that says that import charges are included.
>>23724945I edit lineart and go for color schemes of various factions like rezeon
>>23724973I used to just see news in some YT channels but the announcements are beginning to be so many the usual channels either can't keep up or don't even bother@KRW_KRW_KRW in X is right now the source that seems to be able to keep up wiht all the chinkpla news
>>23724973>which brands are releasing what?hardlyits a dog eat dog world and considering these brands can go extinct tomorrow only to be replaced as easily by new ones, it is not worth to keep track of them
>>23724973>theres like 10 different teams releasing an mg esque barbatosAnd they're all horrible
what gundam is this supposed to be?
>>23725001OG Gundam do not steal
>>23724945Easy, I simply suck at mixing paint and get the wrong shade in the attempt.
>>23725001G04 but orange accents and make it chang-er
>>23724973>>23724979Model Express is a chink (I think?) channel in YT, does reviews of chinkpla and a weekle video with the recent annonuncements that accumulate in that span
just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in!>https://youtu.be/4O1JyOzqBEQ?si=T6ZOg_JAfbXqKVq5this and the gm sniper II bt, plus the upscaled 1/100 hygoog, MSG:0080chads are starting the year right
My RX-78 gave me his old airbrush, time to graduate from Snapchad tier to paint god.
>>23725021I think someone should strike the three gorges dam to stop you people from shilling
i am ready to shill for any chinkchads that make A.O.Z kitsFUCK YOU P BANDAI
>>23724751Too skinny.
>>23724871Is it just me or is the fazz box art different?
>>23725037oh pleaseby all means blast awayno skin off my ass
God i fucking love it.
oh hey sorry >>23725037, its meant for >>23725031>https://youtu.be/3j5ugtJanm4?si=9AQVZUVWpVokQ0FA
>>23725037I don't have any strong feelings for or against chinkpla but as long as some of the best gundam designs in the entire series like Rehaize and Fenris Wolf are left untouched by bandai why on earth would I upset at chang making them a reality? It's hard being an aoz enjoyer
>>23725037Already ordered three chi' zacks
>>23725059where?
What color of panel liner would you recommend for gold colored pieces with characters engraved into them?
>>23725063Brown
The HGUC G-Line light armor is probably the best HG kits I've built.
>>23724896I've done a ton of kitbashing and scratch-building in the past two days, but it's all individual sections so any "work in progress" pics will just be a pile of nonsense bits.
>>23725074Don't care, show em. I want to see real work, not memes and shitposting
>>23724896its hand egg day
SEXhttps://x.com/KRW_KRW_KRW/status/2015230599632707813
>>23724665this has been my experience with every chinese bootleg; they're always beaten to shit but are intacti think they throw them in a tumble dryer as part of the shipping process
>>23725124That's not a bootleg
>>23724170looks like XF-82 mixed with white
Tempted to pick up some of the new Ray Studio paints but there's also that voice in my head saying, "Just mix it, retard"
is it true the MG Rezel sucks ass?
>>23724706Brother in christ you have two months left to work. If a Japanese office worker can paint a whole HG in less than a week you have plenty of time.
>>23725150I'm busy gooning and procrastinating though
It’s bleak.
>>23725165holy shit open google lens and translate the caption you retard, they explain it clearly that without the lock engaged it leans
>>23725170Haven't you noticed? You are only allowed to like Chinkpla in this thread. The Osiris Dominator leans/falls over without shoulder locks, but you don't see people obessing over it.
>>23725172one isnt 700 bucks
>>23725165It's a 1/60 sized plastic model kit, and the Nu Gundam itself already weighs 900 grams without the weapons or Fin Funnels. The video makes it very clear that you're supposed to use the stand to display it with the back-mounted Fin Funnels, since otherwise you're probably going to end up with long-term structural damage.
>>23725165The text says that it has a support structure for this. It leaning is being used as an example of why you may want to use the support. They leaned it intentionally for the picture.
>>23725173Yes, which is why it has a solution for the "problem". If it was a 3rd party giving parts for a lock you would have an argument.
>>23725063personally went with dark brown wash on mine
>>23725173One has brainless shills who refuse to accept that anything chinese is capable of having flaws. The other costs more than they make in a year.
>>23725197>refuse to accept that anything chinese is capable of having flawsI mean... do they hear themselves?
>mfw sprayed some heavily diluted acrylic polyurethane gloss black on my clear parts>it orange peeledtime to LARP as a car modeler
>>23725165Is there a particular reason why bandai refuses to adopt ratcheting joints for a big heavy shits like this? That's what hasblow does for their giant transformers and it works great
>>23725077Alright, here you go.Still, lots was done this weekend.
I can imagine them releasing a double fin funnel expansion down the line after seeing this
>>23725225obviously they're going to. they made an expansion set for the Unicorn Perfectibility
>>23725179>They leaned it intentionally for the picture.It sags. Just watch the video. This thing looks like it is being held together by polycaps even though it isn't. Literally everything is floppy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9YL-uBnno
>To no one's surprise, Spaghetti Man 3000 couldn't do it.
>>23725234Read the text please. I implore you, read.
>$450 model kit>unplated, poo swirl silver metallic everywhere
>>23725245>Please please read the screenshot and just ignore the full context of the original video!Gunpla retard
>>23725275To be fair, you can paint those. The real elephant in the room is the weak structure of the model that the Chang reviewer stated. This thing will shit itself in a week.
>>23725175It's dumb that you have to use the stand just to hold up the Fin Funnels in order to keep it balanced. Unless the stand itself is movable and can hold the Fin Funnel's in any position while it's mounted on the back then this just means it becomes a pseudo-statue with the Fin Funnels mounted on.
>>23725234That's not flop retard. That's play. It's impossible to make a perfectly rigid structure.
>>23725288They should've used a rachet or just a simple pin to lock the waist. The problem is that a smooth joint will never be able to hold this while also having the reasonable holding power for people to move by hand without turning the entire thing into a giant lever and snapping something.
where do I buy daban or tt hongli kits. I refuse to give scamco money at this point
>>23725322aliexpressmofiho
I hate the tall skinny long legged look of most mobile suits and basically only really like Zeon's amphibious suits.Which franchise would be better suited to my tastes?
>>23725306Anon, if the Fin Funnels are in storage mode on the back of the Gundam, then it's either going to be in a standing pose, or a cruising through space pose. In either case it's a very static pose which restricts the ways in which you can pose it due to the Fin Funnels blocking half the motion range of the left arm. If you're going to put it into more dynamic poses, then the Fin Funnels will come off anyway and be placed individually around the Gundam in firing mode.Of all the engineering sacrifices made to design this thing, requiring a stand to hold up those Fin Funnels seems like it would be the least damaging ones to make. If they put too many complicated mechanisms in the waist to lock it just to allow it to stand up with the things on its back without support as suggested by >>23725321, then it would increase the odds of someone accidentally leaving a locking part in place, trying to pose it, and breaking the part.
What are the odds of us ever getting a real MG Nu 2.0? Or is the ugly ass Ver Ka too popular for that to ever happen?
>>23725359If the MG Nu Gundam MP Type isn't compelling enough for Bandai to make a 2.0 of the Nu then I guess we're stuck with the Ver Ka.
>>23725361Oh well it's not like it matters, even if they got rid of the greeble they wouldn't fix the twinked out proportions
>>23725221No idea. Pic related does have ratcheting polycaps but idk if they'd be strong enough for a PG.
>>23725317Someone is being emotional about Bandai's latest garbage...
>>23725349Most of mecha IPs are plagued by that kind of design language. I would recommend Mazinkaiser and Getter Robo, but they don't have merchandises for anything beside the protagonist.
PGU was a mistake for mankindif the PG just continued making bangers like PG Exia, the PG Nu woul have been awesome
>>23725349Maschinen Krieger
>>23725443PGs are also a mistake, we should just have HGs in 1/144, 1/100 and 1/60
I got an old boy today for 500y
>>23725497Thicc
>>23725497That's a cool beam saber.
>>23725511I don't think I would have picked it up if the box art wasn't so good.
Why it feels like Bandai pushing PGU Nu Gundam to be release quickly as possible? There's clearly a major flawed with the kit and they could easily fix problem before sending it to mass production.
>>23725535Try again
SOVLFVL boxartwe might be in for some Advance of Kino bros
erection status:full mast
>>23725535maybe because of new movienu is there
All systems green, ready for take off!
Posing this bitch is a nightmare.
>>23725563>>23725565>>23725566What girlpla is this
>>23725570This one.
>>23725535why does it bother you when you won't even be buying it?
>>23724945just your imagination broand masking tapes, of course :)
>>23725585>the Creatives behind Chinese 3rd Party BrandsMost of their original designs are creatively bankrupt garbage though.
I just bought paint for the 1st time, mr color, the 200 yen one.they're surprisingly tiny. how much should I even pour to the airbrush so it's enough to paint an entire 1/100 gunpla, let's say in one color, like zaku or gouf (all green/blue)
>Wake up>Poors still completing about minor issues on the PGU Nu>Not smart enough to understand that a suit design that was for outer space only, might start not working as it gets larger in gravity.>>23725603You have to thin it to begin with at least 1:1 with thinner first, so you have double the volume really. As for hope much you can paint, it depends. White goes pretty quick on say a Gundam as it usually doesn't have be best coverage ability and there is a lot of surface area that is white. While a dark color lasts longer as it usually blocks out the color below more.
>>23725603thin it 1/1.5 or so with levelling thinner to give you like 25ml of paint and go from there
>>23725609How do I bring my gunpla to outer space?
>>23725613You don't, so you just accept you need to have limited poses when the fin funnels are attached.Bitch about actual issues, like 4 LEDs are a battery compartment being $150 when it should be a pack in as it's probably $1 in parts.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1YyztBeEDU/So is this accurate to the line art or not?
>>23725618i dont know, why dont you watch the video and tell me?
>>23725618Looks pretty good
do you paint the inner frame?
>>23725618Speaking of Rehaize, anyone know what happen to /AoZ/ anon(s). They stopped making new /AoZ/ for quite a while now.
>>23725573Really wished they named her like the one translation used for her Frame Arms version (Lingwu). Still hoping they actually release her as Xuanwu, jet black armor and all.Also, Kotobukiya has to make the rest of the Four Mystic Frames, in both Frame Arms and Frame Arms Girl like they did in the past.
>>23725613Join NASA, become an astronaut and sneak a gunpla to spaceLivestream you doing silly stuff with it to show off to /gpg/
>>23725618Seems accurate enough. White Gundam face is a bit odd though since it's derived from a black HZII
>>23725659>>23725618Does it have native compatibility with standard AOZ kits though? That's what I'd like to know>>23725060Aliexpress
Do I buy one of those cheapo noname scriber sets or one allegedly fancy DSPIAE blade (handle sold separately) for double the price?
>>23725356A ratchet would be the simplest. It's literally so simple even 3 year olds understand it
>>23725175its just Bandai retardation. 1 fin funnel is around 67 grams so 6 of them is around 400 grams more or less. and it has to be supported by 900 grams MS, the fin funnels is like half the weight of the MS, shit is retardedBandai could have made the fin funnel simpler so it weigh less but no, Bandai chose to be retarded
>>23725669Better invest in dspiae at least. These are pretty grim.
>>23725669Looks like a Tenga
>>23725678Why would they when basically all action poses should have the funnels off the mech like in the movie? They also would have to deal with people complaining the funnels aren't detailed enough if the did so.
>>23725669The cheap ones are fine. Plastic isn't very hard.
>chinese Rehaze before bootleg Hyzenthlay II or Barzam IIWild
>>23725669No, do you want jagged lines? I would stick to a Wave set scriber or Dspiae set. Those are decent.
>>23725669Don't buy the cheap sets, they don't have the scribe heads in the proper thickness. Buyer reviews also talk about how they tend to be pre-rusted.If you're going to get into scribing, you need heads in 0.1mm, 0.15mm and 0.2mm thickness, since those are what's used for HG, RG and MG kits. More as needed, but you don't need scribe heads in 1mm thickness or larger.
>>23725669Scribing was invented by katoki who has stock in big scribe. Shit is retarded, and not needed at all with gunpla kits. That technique was created back when shitty amt and revel aircraft kits lacked any detail at all. It's a grift.
Do I even need to prime white plastic if I want to use white primer? seems redundant.
>>23725692You need primer in order for the paint to stick. Bare plastic just looks weird next to painted parts.
>>23725692Not if you use lacquers.
>>23725692It depends on the paint. If you're using water based paints it's absolutely mandatory. If you're using aqueous, it's recommended heavily. If you're using anything else it's not strictly required. You still should use a surfacer to fill in imperfections if any are present.
>>23725692I absolutely would if I'm going to use some kinonotes.
MG Narrative a good Ver.Ka to start with?I’ve built other MG but never a Ver.Ka.
>>23725713the only good ver ka is Ball
>>23725713Sure, ver Kas are basically normal MGs with more panel lines and a giant decal sheet.
>>23725713If you've built an MG you can build a Ver.Ka, they're just master grades with Katoki's name on the box
>>23725713It's very good. The design makes the nubs essentially invisible. The B packs are kinda weak compared to the base kit. The C packs are very good.Pic related. Mine is entirely painted but I imagine it would look pretty good straight built too. It's got a lot of small parts so it's kinda fiddly to build but there's nothing difficult about it.
>>23725713yeah, it is kinda simple compared to other models, this an out of the box build just applied the gorilion decals and flat topcoatit also pretty tall
>>23725734Did they ever make a MG A packs?
>>23725742I do not believe so. If it ever does get made I will get it for sure.
>>23725713As other anons already said, the only real distinguishing factor on Ver. Ka kits is that they come with a big waterslide sheet that's optional and which most smart people replace with good quality ones made by Koreans. Yes, Katoki has his own style of proportions and such, but a bunch of his kits are later sold as regular kits. For instance, every Unicorn kit is based on the original Ver. Ka but with fixes to the shitty knees (the Unicorn OVA also fixes the waist and vulcans), the Crossbone Full Cloth is basically the original Crossbone but with a shitload more accessories and a few modified body parts, Wing EW is just Wing Ver. Ka molded in proper parade colors and with a complimentary action base adapter thrown in, and so on. Really, they're not so much different from regular MG kits except with name brand tacked on.>>23725742They generally don't make 1/100 kits for mobile armors. A Packs has a HG kit but no MG.
RG God Gundam decals now say “Burning Gundam”.
>>23724117Total newbab here, got a Real Grade from a frenDoes anyone know how to remove those scratch marks and the white dots that are left behind when you got the models from the runner? Tried sanding, polishing it and rubbing it with a cloth, but no dice
>>23725755America is truly the most powerful nation.
>>23725755The name burning gundam makes enough sense. It follows the theme of them being named after the sun better than the god name did. God gundam was the odd one out among shining, rising and itself.
>>23725760Well Shining and Rising look alike, but God is pretty different from them
>>23725761It was still made by Dr. Mikamura so a common naming theme makes sense. I think you could headcannon it as being officially named burning gundam, and Domon calling it the god gundam as a way of declaring his intent to destroy the devil gundam.
>>23725761Wasn't Rising basically a refurbished Shining Gundam after Domon acquired the God Gundam?
>>23725764It's still retarded to retroactively change the name for some odd western pandering
>>23725669depends if it's made from actual HSS. otherwise, ignore it.
>>23725757They're stress marks left from the cutting process. The one advice I saw from another anons was to press into it with the back of your fingernail, but if that doesn't work your only option is to paint.>>23725755It's probably them trying to be consistent. Also, maybe trying to get it sold at Hobby Lobby.>>23725760>G Gundam>making sense
>>23725766It was made at the same time as shining gundam. It's a sister unit.>>23725767I think they might have just liked the western name.>>23725772G gundam actually makes perfect sense if you aren't a nerd. Also hobby lobby sells the kshatriya with a big 666 on the box so I don't think that's why.
>>23725767The pre-Decade Heisei riders are still marketed as Masked Rider, despite none of them having ever been marketed to the west. And Dukemon is double-labelled with Gallantmon on the box.
>>23725550Cool mech. Was the anime any good?
>>23725691There's always room for more greeble.
>>23725772I see, thank you. Any tips on cutting the pieces out? There is always some leftovers from the runner and I often need to remove them with a hobby knife, but that just leave those marks you sawAnd damm..spent 4 hours building a pair of feet...
>>23725783>Was the anime any good?That's probably the most infamous part of the show:Most people who watched it subbed thought that it was pretty bad. However, it turned out that the widely available ones are actually absolutely dogshit, bordering on guess-subs most of the time. (hell, the whole release by the group was horrendous and even cut the entire fucking ending of the show and replaced it with the standard ED)The anon who pointed it out ended up re-subbing the first 8-9 episodes and it turned out to be surprisingly good. However (again), the show is basically split into two parts and Ordian itself doesn't even really appear until like over halfway through the show. While the first half is mostly a war drama, the second turns into Evangelion with all the mumbo jumbo you'd expect and THAT part is unfortunately still unsubbed - you can probably already imagine just how wrong the subs in that part must be.Some guy who ran a cel-collecting page watched the whole thing raw and actually considered it to be one of the better Eva-clones so make what you will out of that.
>>23725806Get a glass file. Cut the part off with about 1mm of runner left, then gently file off the nub. There will still be a stress mark sometimes but it's a lot smaller.
>HERE IS YOUR NEW GUNDAM, BRO!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUBNfsMeZMI
>>23725810Mhmm, didn't think about that, gonna see if I have one in stock. Removing the nubs is such a pain, it often ends with me poking it, and failing to get a proper footing at the base to remove it...Hope I eventually get better
>>23725678how many grams?
>>23725618looks sexyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd1xCCEVZJE
>>23725806The usual advice is to cut piece from the runner with a bit of the gate still left on it, then remove the rest using single bladed nippers and/or hobby knife. Then clean it up with sandpaper gradually increasing grit. You may still end up with some stress marks but it is what it is. As long as you don't have any protruding nubs you did you job well enough.
>>23725669Get the dspiae or something similar, maybe one of those hook ones, I have pic in black, they are mid at best.
>>23724120Building another Zaku so I can get more practice for the final one that I´ll end up submitting to the groupbuild
>>23725760>It follows the theme of them being named after the sun better than the god name did. God gundam was the odd one out among shining, rising and itself.I'm, so retarded. I never put that together. That does make total sense.
>>23725631We're waiting for the hiatus to end
>>23725808>still unsubbedDamn, that's too bad.
just finisheded the ZZ ver ka. The legs were indeed quite a enjoyable experience.i rate 8/10
bros.. I think I'm being spiritually guided to work on my group build>procrastinate>snapshid some of my backlog>realize some extra parts are perfect for my buildI'm gonna go snap more of my backlog
>>23725856I told you dude. Those legs have some really fun engineering.
>>23725691Is this "Katoki" in the room with us right now?
>>23725618Weird that they included all the gimmicks but skipped out on the transformation. It made the model pretty solid though it seems.Really glad it comes with two TR-6 beam saber handles. The Barzam II kit is not a cheap source for those.
>most popular MS of all time>last good kit came out 25 years ago
>>23725885But enough about your mother being passed around at the whorehouse.
>>23725885>owns none of them
I still don't get how AoZ has such a large following that recognizes every different cluster of shapes and can name every single color variation when it's from a book with words
>>23725891shut the fuck up where do you think you are
>>23725892cute
>>23725891Besides the initial book there's the ongoing manga and Re:boot so it's not like we have zero visual references for our suits
>>23725891We all possess the Mind's Eye.
>>23725889If you're going to bring up engineering or articulation I don't give a shit, how a kit looks is all that matters
>>23725891I bet you don't even know the difference between Hyzenthlay Rah II and Hyzenthlay II Rah
>>23725900Please show an example of how good the ancient kits you own and built look.
>>23725903What's ancient at this point?
>>23724120My custom gogg ace pilot is coming along well. Next, I do the gogg.Having built a lot of other girlpla between the last time I did a sister and now, I am realizing how much more fun kotos girlpla are to build. Maybe the next batch that comes out will be a bit more unique. They look like they will be.
Please don't call the PGU Nu bad, it's not bad.
>>23725910This is inaccurate. Zak would use his bare hands to end that twinks life. It feels more personal. This would be like putting peoples preorders in a trash compactor.>>2372590725 years.
>>23725885The ver Ka and the EG both came out more recently than that.
>>23725885entry grade is better
>>23725916and they're bad>>23725925too skinny
>>23725927My condolences for your taste.
>>23725930Liking lanklet robots is the hallmark of poor taste
>>23725927>too skinnyYour example is no better if you look at the limbs
>>23725927And the only thing the old MG got right was its big chest. The head is way too fucking fat, the arms are too spindly, its shins are not large enough. The HG has way better proportions
>>23725930>>23725931you gonna let him talk to you like that?
>>23725950He already prove he is a man with no taste, why would I care about anything else he has to say?
i LOVE lanklet cuties like my woundwort-chan :3
Aside from the giant head the old MG does look more like the anime/original line art. EG is ok but lacks a lot of detail. If you could combine the old MG with the EG's head scale it would be excellent. The Ka version, looks like a completely different suit (just like every ka version, they're just reimagining of suits in his style).
hello everyone what is your favorite tr-6 variant. mine is haze'n-thley ii-rah but i want to know yours.
>>23725968>The Ka version, looks like a completely different suitGet a load of the delusion on display here
>>23725968the HGUC and MG 1.0 look nothing like the lineart for them presented here lmao
>>23725969kehaar ii in mars red colors
>>23725968why do all of these look like katoki lineart?
>>23725968Why don't you just buy the old MG and modify it to your liking? You have a lot of versions of the Nu Gundam, you now even have the turbo greebed 1/60 scale that jiggles for you.
>decide to make left leg red in place of blue>test marker>naturally, red is a weak color>apply grey as primer>test again after drying for several hrs>marker reacts poorly to grey paint, forming surface with some bumps even if i am carefulI think I'll just strip it and use the electric purple that I have that sticks to anything.Just need to get some isopropanol. Or Alpa...
>>23725999Red work wonders on brown.
>>23724117>Greece, Poland, Lithuania and South Africa have their own retailers>No one in SA region or BrazilFuck my life man, I hate to rely only on amazon scraps or buy chink copies for Ali
>>23726002I noticed red looked fantastic on the natural beige of tamiya quick putty, so I might try beige, but I'm thinking electric purple might be an even more striking highlight color than red, and will be closer to blue, both matching and contrasting.
funny that the old nu MG was brought up, just won a bid on one. For me, I just like the simpler design.
>>23726007A ver Ka with all the added panels welded shut would look pretty nice honestly. The proportions are decent (although the 1.0 has a better chest) and it fixes the big head mode of the older kit.
>>23724901a'ight
>>23726007ver ka looks betterupper body on old one looks wierd
Hi Nu >>>>>>> Nu
>>23726004https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYK7pY_QncIjust buy clay dood
>>23726007Nice Dalong panel lining.
>>23726014basedbasedbasedbasedbased
How do I avoid accidentally sanding out tiny details when sanding a piece before applying primer?
>>23726065Carefully. Really there's no big trick. Use low-grit (high number) sandpaper and a soft touch.
>>23726127It's hard for me to go straight to low grit, I never know if I'm doing it right unless if have the marks left behind by prior higher grit papers as reference. How do I sand only with low grit and know it's ready for primer?
>>23726137When the surface finish changes and becomes noticeably more matte. Theoretically just giving it a once-over with melamine sponge is enough. It doesn't need to be scraped to shit with 600 grit. Like 1000-1200 is fine, just be cautious.
How come there are no ver Ka bad guy kits with the exception of sazabi?
>>23726145bruh....
>>23726145>the X-2 is a good guy
>>23726145
>>23726146I just see sazabi
>>23726127>>23726137>low-grit (high number)low grit is low number (more abrasive)
>Heres your first PB of the year.So this is the year of option parts.
>>23726145Now that I think about it, its weird that the Zaku still doesnt have a Ver Ka.
>>23726149>the X-2 is a recolor
>>23726163it does it's called the Zaku II F2
>>23726161>Option parts for these monstrositiesGqux can't die fast enough
>>23726161didn't they already make this shit?
>>23726172i think it was announced a while ago, that's just the first promo render
>>23726161Gquuux designs are so good.
>>23726178>FunnyLooks like it has been melted in a fire
>>23725669As someone who bought these, don't. Haven't tried DSPIAE, but I got RayStudio's Brave and beacon and they're really good.
Who tf asked for this
>>23726204a lot of people who said "I wish it came with all the bits"because yknow that's the coolest form of it
>>23726204Gquuxchads
Hey guys I'm trying to glue back a piece from a robot spirits figure but it seems that the plastic is different from what they use for gunpla.Would Tamiya cement still work or should I use something else?
>>23726275Super glue. Thin cement is for specific plastic.
Back to plastic crack huffing after many years.Lil nigga Raven the hedgehog is assembled. I love that he doesn't fall apart while posting unlike his Koto ancestors maybe that was just my skill issues but fuck posing regardless. Dunno wtf they were doing with that S-shaped double ball joint contraption that connects the feet.Also fuck Bandai for not including a pair of Basho arms with every kit.
>>23726278What about Epoxy putty? Does that work on the robot Spirits type of plastic?
>>23726451Why are you so opposed to just using super glue?
>>23726455I am using the superglue. I want to modify an RD figure so I've been attempting to deconstruct one and have been testing adhesives.
>>23726145What is a Ver.Ka again? Totally clueless here
>>23726391Oh, das rad, didn't knew AC models exist, do they have a Nineball kit?
Prophet here, the winner of the group build is gonna be a Zock
>>23725969Barzam II
>>23726486Version Katoki as in designed by Hajime KatokiWhat does it really *mean*? Well, it differs from kit-to-kit. Sometimes they're new looks, sometimes they're trying to capture a look that hasn't been done before, the most consistent thing is that Katoki is in charge
>>23726486anything that Katoki is a lead designer. though Katoki has designed a bunch of gunpla that doesn't have the Ver Ka label, like the EW MG's, MG Turn A, PG Strike Freedom, etc.
>>23724120other half of the asf kit I need to do some touch ups and finish the base
>>23726553the base in question
I beat Katoki up with my cock
>>23726011>A ver Ka with all the added panels welded shut would look pretty nice honestlyIt's an improvement but still not that great.
>>23726664Stop shilling your own Twitter account, fag.
>>23726664looks pretty good to me desu
>>23726542Ver KA means the production of the kit is supervised by Katoki, from sculpting to engineering.
>>23726560These kits always make me laugh because of how there's like 1 youtuber all the people who paint them emulate. They get good at it and never vary their builds at all. The skill is quite impressive, often to the point where it's near indistinguishable from the work of the YTer they learned from, showing mastery. I always think, huh I guess they must be happy with their provisional half life hobbies. It's simultaneously encouraging that midwits can improve and a wonderful "there but for the grace of God go I..."
If anyone has the MG God Gundam or the HG Black Knight Shive.A I'd appreciate a wize comparison pic next to a regular sized HG
>>23726718what?
>>23726718For the love of fucking god stop using chatgpt and type sentences like a normal human.
>>23726161>>23726204Option Parts, recolors, and part swaps are the ones that should be P-Bandai releases in the first place. I don't know what were you even complaining about.
>>23726741He wants to see candy coated MaK kits but won't ever do one himself for whatever reason.
>>23726742The sad thing is, at this point chatgpt is more coherent than some of the people who posts here.
>>23726747Literally nothing should be Pbandai. Bandai has gaslit its retarded customer into believing that nothing can be retail anymore and it is sad.
>>23726756The sad thing is, you are retarded.
>>23726749I mean if you go on instagram a number of people post stuff that's not the military style, but that's kinda the style of ma.k. although it's up to the builder. it's the same with gundam, I see so many people painting them like the box art but there are those who do their own stuff. it just seems like that anon was trying to pick a fight or something.
>>23726760Some Japanese builders candycoat them but the thing still has alot of weathering. Ma.K is one of those line that you just can't be quirky with the paintjob.
>>23726530>so umm zeta Gundam has large hands haha yeah so make em larger onegai? I SAID LARGER
>>23726486redesigns by katoki, usually leads to more superfluous details slapped onto good designs because he thinks all model builders care about are tiny pointless lines they can panel line and decals. Rarely if not ever has a Katoki ver actually improved the baseline.
>>23726773to be fair Zeta Gundam has some Yaoi™ hands
>>23726790I wish Gundam resin kits weren't dead, it was nice having an option for enthusiasts that actually care about good looking sculpts
>>23726808If Resin Gundam become a legal thing again, they are gonna make changpla look tame in comparison. Resin can handle nurnies and fine details without compromise. It really depends on what taste you have.
>>23726808Bandai's sculpt is dogwater but Resin tend to look like this, which is arguably worse.
After 7 years, I now know the reason the Hot Scramble Gundam is impossible to produce: the fin funnels need some trick to be able to fit together. The real issue are the added yellow fin expansions, which magically disappear if assembled in a wing formation that serves as the only real issue. Every other trick for the Hot Scramble can be resolved (like adding some attachment part to wrap around the beam rifle to make the fin funnels hook onto it, and new effect parts for the wings).
>>23725550Nips already finished it. The Lancer and Spear definitely need to be painted.
>>23726718Who gives a shit, I can say the same about gunplababies painting their kits in flat factory clean paintjobs using the same nazca colors naoki uses.
>>23726833I remember hating this thing because I thought the name was dumb as hell. It was like a breakfast order.
>>23726828>Resin tend to look like thisTry to look outside of chinkshit
>>23726487There were three Koto Nineball kits (Ninebreaker, Gen 2 and Seraph). Not sure if any of those had recent reprints.
>>23726664fuck I like that actually
>>23726883Resin can tackle those details without issues, especially with how powerful the molding technology has become. Chinese or not, you are gonna see alot of that dogshit. There is no hope, mecha hobby as we know it is dead.
>>23726887ninebreaker got a reprint last year. I got mine last summer.
>>23724120kitbashing a buncha HGs for the groupbuild but as luck would have it I have to mod every single point of connection
>>23726759You seem to be taking this rather personally. Did you feel insulted by my post? Maybe you are one of those people who need to improve your communication skills.
>>23726760>it just seems like that anon was trying to pick a fight or something.There are a few people here who are indeed like that. Don't know if they even like gunpla, but they seem to come here just to start shit. Not just this general, but /m/ as a whole. Some really dedicated posters seem to like haunting the place and make it their mission to ruin things.
New thread>>23726906>>23726906>>23726906
>>23726900I don't care. I just want to call you a retard.
Glad I missed the retarded non-painters bitching about the choices painters make.Also glad I missed the retards bitching about panel lines when the look objectively better. There is a reason why everyone in the tier above painters (people who actually make models from scratch) always up details anime designs.
>>23726902This isnt even a conspiracy theory, there are /a/utists who HATE mecha anime and actively do come here to shitpost. Luckily you can always spot them because theyre Filipino ESLs or Americans with room temperature IQs
>>23726718Can someone translate this into english?whats he trying to say?
>>23727107We may never know. Can someone tell me why so many ESLs post here
>>23726664looks better than the RG
>>23725221Bandai tried this with the PG 00. Tl;dr it didn't work because they couldn't ratchet all the joints. The bicep swivel and waist movement tended to get pulled along with the weight of weapons and collapse certain poses.
>>23726204SUGOI!Complete your GCuks kit with the G-Buttplugs today~! 4 to a set so bring your friends!
