-=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 (April):old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1s1jcfyPrior thread: >>23794977
-= 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
Show me what you're working on!
it's not too late to get started on my ace custom build, right?
>>23799703its never too late anon
Oof first time entry jitters haven't painted shit in many a year so was rusty as hope I get at least one vote
Thought on the ranking?
DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY>>23799709WELCOME TO DIE
>>23799737Mostly what you would expect. Shame no Exia though
>>23799737Crazy to see turn A so high
>>23799737G-Self deserves an MG
>>23799689Sent!
>>23798822Qubely got a vote so Qubely has it. Give me a few days to play with my Gogg and I will start building it.
>>23799691This Turn A came out nice, please do not weather it.
I'm thinking of building a website that acts like VNDB but for Gunpla: you could keep track of your kits, have a wishlist and backlog, submit reviews of kits, and request to add kits that aren't listed on the database yet.Would there be any demand for this kind of site or am I the only autist who loves tracking everything I do?
>>23799777I think it could be pretty cool if someone actually damaged it like it was in the show for a while.>>23799782You can track your gunpla on myfigurecollection
>>23799782Just keep an excel sheet like that one guy
>>23799789>>23799798The personal tracking part isn't the most important, having a centralized database of kits and people's reviews could be very useful to quickly check if a kit is worth it
>>23799805Hardly more useful than simply looking up review on youtube
>>23799782Daling and youtube exist. You are just a Spai send bu Johny Bandai to see what we have in our backlogs so you can reprint Only the kits we already have and cackle like an evil maniac about us weeb nerds pining for rare plastic.
>>23799737V2 would be on it if there weren't 6 variants of it splitting the vote.
>>23799801Is this real chat?
>>23799831Gah! My plan has been thwarted! I'll get the goyim next time...
>>23799875Strike gundam and freedom gundam didn't seem to have that issue
Rate the box art
>>23799912get all that hideous trash off my beloved MP NU GUNDAM
>>23799912Something's not adding up on MP Nu proportions. Just how long are those legs?
>>23799951You can actually see a robot in that mess?
>>23799912God, that logo is hideous
>>23799912Why does the box have HH on it? Are the Japanese returning to being WW2 Japan?
>>23799956It's clearly KH, silly.
>>23799958Disney is now involved? This deal is getting worse all the time!
>>23799961I'm so exited for the White Base themed hotel in Tokyo Disneyland!
>>23799953I'm on that Michelangelo mindset
>>23799951It has leg extensions
>>23799737Ugly WZ, Barbie, Red Gundam too high
>>23799912>One hundred dollars for this ugly clusterfucklol
>>23799980Some japanese guy did a very good looking 1/100 red gundam and I get it nowhttps://x.com/7UEvJIqpYG12798/status/2038897599479222378
at long last... groupbuild day
>>23800010>Random construction design cues interspersed with EvangelionThis is one of the worst design clashes I have ever seen.
>>23800029It's a prototype so all the exposed bits and warning colors make sense. The mass produced version doesn't have all of that.
>new HG just has a new face and a few accessories>is it worth it to get it if I already have the first HG Xi?
>>23800035>It's a prototype that's why it's designed to look like a construction robotHuh, weird.
>>23800049Construction equipment is designed to be very visible and mobile suits were based on machines meant for labor. It just looks more like it's predecessors.
Do I buy the MG O or not?
>>23799912what the fuck is that HH logowhy the fuck is that necessary when the blue logo already does the same thingWow I sure can't wait for scalemates timeline charts to be even more unusuable with the 3rd revision to the box style within under a decade
>>23799801too bad it's AI slop, but i would a PGU Unleashed Garmor
>>23800066It's a rare kit and if you can get it for a non-scalped price then yes, get it.
HH-less bubble logo releases just became slightly more valuable now.
>>23800066Do you want to build it?
>>23800074>Turn X>Perfect Gundam>Type C Defenser>G Armor real type.All of the kits that I've wanted for so long are now being restocked in the same month. Shit, my backlog is going to be a castle.
Whose dick do I have to suck for an HG Alvaaron
>>23800078I built the hg, and I liked it. I still have it in the box as a wip. I'm going to revisit it this weekend, since I knew I stored it because I didn't like what I did on the kit.
>baby figure logo>red logo>blue logo>bubble logo>HH logoi wondwr if bandai will live long enough that a gunpla box is crammed full of logos
>>23800066If you are willing to put in a bunch of work to make it actually look good. Because it really needs a lot of customization. It's not great out of the box.
>>23799688To the anon that built the OP kit- good stuff dude it looks great
>>23800066It's good for what it is. It's a great big chunky thing. It doesn't move much and takes a lot of space. The build is fast because it has a lot of huge pieces but it doesn't have any major issues.
>>23799691that color fading is really nice, I need to practice that. of the anon who did that is reading this can you give a few tips?
>>23800131Not him but it's mostly about using a dark base, then using your main color you spray from the center then move outward, but do not cover the whole piece. You blast it then with a really, really thin coat of your main color so you blend the center highlight and dark base. You can play around with this by either diluting it in thinner or mixing it with a clear coat.
>>23800158that's one way to do it (blackbasing)alternatively people just spray the darker color where they want the part to be darker before spraying their base color (preshading)or you can postshade, and spray the darker color on directly, and clean up with a highlight color sprayed on top
>>23800049MS are multi purposed. You also got D Gundam which was a construction GM or something
>>23800175Crane-Doc walks into the club and smacks your girl's ass, what do you do?
>>23800045I wonder if it comes with the normal shield.
>>23800202Smack its ass
>>23800175for me it's the construction Barzam. every mobile suit eventually evolves into Barzam.
>>23800010>>23800029>>23800035To me it just fundamentally looks diseased. Prototype or not.
>>23799737Shit stinks of dominion tampering
extend?
>>23800131>>23800158>>23800173I personally preshaded it with a different color of the same "family". I used NAZCA blue fog white for the preshade color and I sprayed the white (NAZCA neutral white) on top with less pressure on the airbrush trigger, not fully covering it. You can blackbase like the other Anons here have said or use a different shade of the same "family". I only did that for the white armor parts. I didn't add any extra thinner or lower the PSI on my compressor.
GQ = Hardhats and EVAAoZ = Hardhats and Gundamchange my mind
>>23800227No you don't understand
>>23799912where the fuck are its limbs?
PGU RX-78-2 doesn't come with water slides? What the fuck?
>>23800277Bandai gets mogged by 3rd party waterslides anyway
>>23800277Honestly it's inexcusable that any grade kit doesn't come with waterslides. It's been an industry standard for 50 years.
>>23799912Training mobile suit?This thing is meant to be a trainer?
>>23800277huh? i thought i saw a waterslide sheet in some reviews
>>23800277the kind of people who buy PGU kits are not typically the kind that paint
>>23800285I understand not including slides for all kits to a degree. There are a lot of shitters out there that are perfectly happy to apply regular sticker style decals. People who do no customization, don't panel line or top coat because they're scared of it. They essentially fund the hobby. But not including them in a PGU? It's just odd.>>23800289NU has water slides. 78-2 just has regular stickers, while both have plastic stickers as well.
>>23799689SubmittedGood luck to everyone who entered!
>>23800299Nice rifle.
>>23800300thanks, i primed it and then completely forgot about it until yesterday
>>23800306This is why I always start with the weapons.
>>23800306So you completed all the painting for that yesterday?
>>23800313i did preshading and a base coat yesterday and let it cure overnighthand painted everything else and topcoated this afternoon
>>23800073>AI slop>an actual illustration (probably older than you are) that you could've easily reverse searched are you the same retard who thought that picture with the cat next to the pools of blood was AI? lol
>>23800321Nice
>>23800325It's clearly not the original illustration
>>23800331Ok? The text and graphics on top look like they were photoshopped or edited manually. You sound like a dumb zoomoid calling everything AI
>>23800344You're either blind or retarded
>>23800348The actual G Armor IS the original illustration. I'm not talking about the random bullshit in the background, retard.
>>23800325>that picture with the cat next to the pools of blood was AIWhat is that?
>>23800374An anon did a sacrifice to Plamor.
>>23800378He posted the photo like 3 times here if i remember correctly and it looks like he has 3 fingers.
>>23800381I posted it once, the other times were other people pretending to be me.
>>23800399Why do you have 3 fingers?
since it's pretty obvious zak lurks here, do you think he's gonna like your entry?
>>23800405Now, now Anon. It is bad manners to ask people that. We don't ask why people huff paint, do we?
>>23800407His april fools video will be plamo critique of this groupbuild.
>>23800420don't give him ideas
>>23800381>>23800405It's the angle of the photo
>>23800277Anon, none of the PG kits besides the Nu have ever come with waterslides. And frankly, if you're willing to spend $270 on a plastic robot kit, you have more than enough money to buy third-party waterslides.
>>23800427why do you have a claw for a hand?
>>23800427Crustacean ass
>>23800427
>>23800427wort wort wort
dude's lego
>>23800427>crab people are realwow
>>23800427>>23800450he cute
>>23799691>dont check either the build guides and assume connectors will just work>it doesnt workFUCK
>>23800427This was posted by a crab
MY FUCKING PAINTS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
you were just gonna longsnap anyways
>>23800427CRAB BATTLE!
>>23800511post snapgod kinos
release meend the groupbuild
next group build theme should be claw hands
>>23800569
next group build theme should be biomecha
>>23800569>>23800576next group build theme should be kitbashing
>>23800569the next group build should be custom guntank
>>23800576next group build should be girlify a robot
I have already decided the next groupbuild, there's no need to fight over the theme.
>>23800569Crab theme.
The next group build should be Shoujo mahou
>>23800646Zeon shoujo.
>>23800647
>>23800647I already entered this
Whats with the racism against RG kits?
>>23800617but I don't want to do 2 in a row
>>23800674RG kits are the best grade though.
I wish the 105 Dagger would get a revive. I converted the arms to ball-joints for fitting into the Dagger-L and the Aile Strike but damn it's just not the same
>>23800674ERS kits holler in the movie theatre and use they food stamps on hot cheetos
>>23800674i'm not a racist but i think the whole line should be eradicated
>>23800729I am a racist and I think the whole line should be eradicated
>>23799688Does this anon live in a zombie apocalypse quarantine zone?
>>23799875ZZ too>>23799980>Red GundamThe Japanese urge to suck off Char
>>23800772Imagine not wanting to suck off Char I'd drain his balls dry in a 7/11 faster than that Pakistani mother prostitute of his could say thank you cum again.
Next RG 2.0 is going to be Zeta then ZZ.
>>23800804>next RG is the same shit we've got already 10 times over, enjoy
>>23800804reee fuck 2.0 I want X and Turn A and Alex and Narrative
>Repainting blue parts of HGCE Aile Strike to black>Changing eye and camera stickers to metallic blue match the visors of the various Earth Alliance grunt suits>Gonna topcoat the black parts tomorrow and finish building when I get off workFeels good.
>>23799691Finished the crossbone x1 kai kai. I might stick a crossbone vanguard emblem on the shoulder but I think it's done. I love this dinky little thing. Wish they'd reprint the other variants.I like the color changes I chose. It looks a lot edgier and looks less like x1 but with a skull on the chest.I hid a single bare plastic piece on it too.
preliminary assembly of this plamax battroid VF-1D
>>23800966love the orange and beige trainer colors
>>23800968compared to a bandai kit it is a bit weird:- very few pieces, you can easily assembly it out of the box in about 2 hours or less- seamlines and nubs are mostly hidden- it is not exactly snap fit. Almost everthing is but certain key sections require glue, either in the pins inside the pieces or in the edges of some key sections, like the elbows and the nose cone, where is the most noticeable seam
>>23800976you get a bunch of waterslides to add details. I plan to do a slight weathering job with this kit and maybe in the future, get the fighter kit versionwonder if you can combine both and make the gerwalk somehow
Medarot x FAG collab.
>>23800997I wish Kotobukiya would make more of these kits instead of reprinting Metabee and Rokusho forever.
Perfectibility or Full Armored?
and the winning theme is...ELEMENTAL
>>23800997>run out of Frame Arms robots to turn into FAGs>maybe finally design new ones>"...uh...LET'S DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN BUT AS BUG-EYED ROBOTS!"
>>23801108One day, that will be true. And I, the humble petitioner for the Elemental groupbuild, shall be pleased.
>>23801123kinda pisses me off how an idea like 'bio mecha' can just spawn out of nowhere and win while elemental has been slept on for years
>>23801131And I just got a Gundam Air Master too!
>>23801104FA
crab groupbuild
>>23801131Because bio mecha was a more interesting concept
>>23801148sounds like cancer
>>23800644Okay if it's not Silly then I will accept crab.
So when will they announce that RG Double X?
more like crap builds so I can finally participate
>>23800288it's too train pilots into jobbers
>>23801202Participate anyway. Just getting something done is enough and keeping up with you guys helps me stay motivated.
>>23801176Kek
>>23801207Hear hear!
>RG BarbieWelll its real.
>>23801222>EXCITEMENT EMBCOICO
>>23799737Shit. Nu shouldn't be #1. Wing, all three Freedoms, Destroy Mode, Red Gundam, Lupus Rex, and Destiny shouldn't be on the list. Exia, Dynames, Deep Striker, Full Armor FA-78-1, Kimaris, Age 2 Double Bullet, and then Darilbalde twice even though it's not a Gundam.
>>23801222>missing the HH logofake and gay
>>23801242Should say "Excitacion Encarnada" to reach the Barbatos target audience
How do GTMs somehow look even more retarded in action than they do standing still?
>>23801251Those stilettos already make them look ridiculously gay.
I think I'd like the Rising Freedom's design more if it didn't have those fuckass high heels. It's a cool MS with a really nice kit but the high heels takes the wind out of my sails.
>>23801251It looks like it's about to fall on its face.I'm more interested in that Temjin in the back
>>23800427Nigga changed his skin tone and arm structure in a span of a few months
>>23801257All Gundams have high heels, and I'd maybe like Rising Freedom if it didn't have the stock-standard boring Wing transformation.
>>23801273>All Gundams have high heelswat
>>23801273>All Gundams have high heels?
>>23801273>All Gundams have high heelsThat's just outright incorrect. Even just looking at CE there's>Aile Strike>Duel GundamThat don't have high heels>Astray Red Frame>Buster Gundam
>>23801290(me)I dunno why the>That don't have high heelsbit ended up in the middle, it was meant to be at the bottom. But you get the point
Is it true /gpg/?
>>23801295Get your casino app out of here
>>23801295It just depends. I've gotten stickers and dry decals with most of my Bandai kits, and some wet transfers with the last couple Chinese kits I bought. Wave's MaK kits give you water slide decals too.
>>23801269Well, sometimes crabs shed their claws and grow new ones
>>23801257Freedom and Rising were never meant to exist. original plot only has Kira and Athrun piloting Murasames, but the director liked Okawaras designs for the new Freedom and Justice wo he included them. that explains why Rising and Freedom can transform into bird mode and why they jobbed early in the movie.
>>23801303>Rising and Immortaljesus what a shamefur mistake.
Holy Chinkino
I've been seeing a lot of fluorescent paint + black light setups from the JP Warhammer community lately and it inspired me to want to try doing that with a Gundam Double X but the fucking HG AND MG Double X aren't on sale anywhere in my entire country for non-scalper pricesfuck me i guess
>>23801295Bandai and goodsmile/max factory are the only companies who I can think of who puts in stickers only for the vast majority of their releases.>tf you remember a few retards here a few years were trying to gaslight you into thinking most companys are like this
>been compiling kits for what I thought would be a pretty nifty custom build>still looking for ornate oriental designs since three kits probably won't cut it if my aim is to make it not look like a lazy kitbash, even post-painting>realize today that the HG Wärring Astray would be a perfect addition since the entire design is weaboo>but it's already been out of stock at Hobby Lobby for around a month at this point>and ordering it online would incur shipping costs, meaning I would have to make it part of a big bulk order
>>23801342not really a fan of "human centaur" designs
I want an MG Zaku that looks like this
>>23801399even if they made it, you wouldn't even buy it.
>>23801399So just buy it? Old 1/100 still exists
>>23801399I want an MG Nu that looks like this
>>23801415isn't that just the non-verka MG Nu Gundam?
MG Skygrasper should come with 2 skygraspers. One for Mu and one for Toulle. Also includes alternate parts to recreate the shield throw decapitation scene
>motorised windmill blades that doubles as a fan.
didn't know that this is a good way of producing burn marks and other streak effects
>>23801459look like poop stains
>>23801415>>23801417The regular MG Nu is almost perfect, with the exception of it's head and it's fat waist.
Chang needs to make a stripped down version of the Nu Gudam Ver Ka, keep the proportions but remove the greeble and any of the sliding panel gimmick.
>>23801459You can also use dried pigments to do it.
>>23801465>keep the proportionsWhy
>all my hobbies got ruined by western politics>got into gunpla>happy>got into painting>expensive, but very happy>the hobby got fucked anyway I fucking hate (((them))) so fucking much... they just won't allow me to be happy huh?also all my investment fund tanked thanks to all this fiasco, so it's getting harder to afford gunpla.I'm so fucking angry right now, but there's nothing I can do about it...I wish I was never born. there's only suffering in life.
>>23799689my email won't fucking send
Can't wait to see all the fake announcements of all the kits I actually want today !
>>23801534We got this one last week so at least we know it's real.
>>23801502Does the war also affect Gunpla production, since the plastic is made from oil?
>>23801537
>>23801502There are other hobbies that align with Gunpla.
>>23801363>wärring astrayHold on a goddamn second
>>23801269Yeah I'm sure the lighting had nothing to do with it. You guys are genuinely retarded
>>23801251Still looks betterthan gundamslop
>>23801549Brother is afraid to say Japanese word
>>23801554They were gundam designs once
FSSfags be like >I hate gundamslopAnd this is what they consume:
>>23801251I'd hate to be in charge of posing one plamo in a shop, I get so pissed off when the range of movement is limited by a stupid skirt or its own wrist. Triply so when it's a painted piece because that thing will be scratched to fuck in seconds no matter how much topcoating you've done.I have half a mind to make all my painted gunpla fixed pose.
>>23801542yes and also overall logistics costexpect a 30% price hike
>>23801549It was made by the powerful Dr. Wärring!>>23801502>tfw I wanted to buy a few MGs and RGs recently >tfw logistics are fucked because of the warNormally I will just let it slide, but geez...
>>23801570Aren't Gunpla shipped from Japan to America via the Pacific Ocean? They don't need to cross the Strait for delivery there
>>23801580Anon...
>>23801584What?
>>23801514finally sent it
>>23801593Too late, sorry
>>23801584Do they or not?
>>23801580we're talking about RAW MATERIALS. the plastics. the oils. the other chemical things
>>23801580Anon... Most of the oils that came from Middle East need to cross the Strait. Oil not only use for power and run vehicles but also producing plastics
>>23801580Something something Milton Friedman's pencil clipThey didn't grow gunpla out of the soil in Tokyo, anon
>>23799689There's a slim chance I might be actually able to finish this one, assuming I move into my new apartment fast enough and can set up my spraybooth for a solid weekend of work.
>>23801657
>>23801604>>23801623>>23801632So does that mean Gunpla will soon be over and there won't be any more new kits or reissues?
Anons, is there a way to create homemade panel liner with colors you'd want, like red? I have 4 long swords that I want to fill the fuller, or groove thats down the middle of some swords with red, but hand painting it would be a total pain in the ass
>>23801671It will become an even more luxurious hobby with even more stock scarcity
>>23801671Not really. But garbage plastic is going to be alot more common.
>>23801679Yeah, just heavily dilute the paint.
>>23801679this>>23801697but make sure you're not being an idiot and using thinners that affect the layer belowi.e. if you're using acrylics for coats, don't use acrylic paint with acrylic thinner, obviously. use enamels or water-based. standard hobby paints like army painter, vallejo or citadel are good for this
>>23801697>>23801707Thanks anons, il give it a go
>>23801679thin enamel or oil paint with lighter fluid or mineral spirits
>>23801071I'd buy every one I could. I still need gun-knows and Cyandog. My kingdom for Peppercat and Keithturtle.
All those Anons who made fun of our boxforts are now tripping out because current day happenings making Plamo even harder to get, kek.
>>23801559I dunno what FSS is but this looks really cool.I'll look into FSS, thanks anon!
>>23801542It's time for Bandai to take plastic recycling seriously.
Is this plamo?
>>23801542If you bump up the price of oil, everything will be affected. The effect might not be showing right now but soon enough you will see covid levels of supply chain fuckery.
>>23801744>Aznaburul
>>23801657uhhh bro have you been in a coma
>>23801671Highly unlikely, especially with Gundam becoming increasingly popular in the West. They'll just bump up the price basically. I already paid £85 for the HG Psycho-Gundam Mk. II last year, sure the thing is as big as some PGs but that is still hefty. Would probably be more like £100 if it came out now.
>>23801744>tfw you would use this but don't want to ruin its value as a collectors item
This is larger than an MG HOLY. And to think that this one is on the smaller side of the entire line.
>>23801741I work in plastic molding, we don't use ps but we do use recycled material. Due to the recycling proces and chemicals that need to be added to make it usable again, recycled plastic is more expensive than virgin material by a good chunk. Also some of the material properties change so in our case recycled is only usable for certain application. If you want it in other colors than black it becomes so expensive that it is not worth it over non recycled.
>>23801757Forgot pic
>>23801760discount exia.
>>23801758Thanks for the explanation. That explains why the eco pla kits are black. I guess that if the price of oil spiral out of control it would make sense to invest into R&D to figure out a better process.
>/gpg/ t-tasukete
we're having the groupbuild right fucking now let's go
>>23801803blue board
>>23801765Or people will just have to paint
>>23801808sorry but group build guy is a wagie now so we have to wait for him to come home from his j*b
>>23801803Fucking RIPI had to be careful not to mess with the hip peg too much cause I heard the waist was fragile. Hope you've got spare runners man
>>23801803that's what you get for buying chinkshit
>>23801822Or will have to say bye bye to larger kits, I expect Bandai to focus even more on 1/144.
>thinking about setting up my airbrush station once and for all>sky high priceMaybe I should hand paint and call it a day...
>>23801765We have ovens and heaters so I tried just melting down a bunch of sprues, it became a goo (and then black because to much heat) but I don't think you can cast that or they would just do. Our material is coarse sand like powder and that is the only way to feed it into the machine and have a smooth outcome. The speckles you see in granite like plastic are just bigger particles or flakes of the same material that did not meld. I should look for some less industrial because I'm getting tired but atleast it's not just some mindless job, it sounds a bit silly for plastic but what we do is a real craft and partly witchcraft/alchemy.
>>23801843So that means the death of Master Grade reissues and new kits is guaranteed?
>>23801843>bye bye to larger kitsHey retard. This thing is bigger than the sazabi.
Chang has already pioneered recycled plastic kits. Most bootlegs used Regrind ABS.
>>23801755Silly haman, you are supposed to buy three. One for use, one for display, and one for collection.
buying up kits i don't want so that i can sell them at a premium as Real Plastic versions in the future when all new kits and reprints are made out of recycled plastic
>>23801882What do you think real plastic is made out of?
>>23800997cute>>23801559This thing rules. Is there a kit?
>>23801880And one extra to scalp in the future, anon.
>>23801760>>23801761chinkgod kino'd exia
>>23801415Yea, the Ver Ka Nu MG betrayed Izubuchi's design too much.When Bandai does come out with a new MG Nu that looks like the 1988 version, it is really gonna sell. People want the classic Nu with 2026 gunpla quality really fucking bad.
>>23801886Reading comprehension
>>23801886>What do you think real plastic is made out of?Petroleum.
>>23801905No they don't
>>23801909>crystallized reading comprehension taking form of plasticDamn, technology do marches on.
I-is that a plastic pellet made out of recycled plastic!? I'M GOING TO LOSE MY MIND AHHHHH
>>23801905i do but lol no they don't
Damn she fell off.
>>23801922WHAT, PSYCHOPLASTICS?!?
>>23801931You say this like it's a joke. I hope your plastic never undergoes a psychoplastic transformation when you're working on it.
>GSI Creos is going to limit its shipments.Its over get your supplies now while you can!!
>>23801926still a nice rack can't lie
>>23801926she looks like that chink pink plush
>>23801874That was designed long before Trump closed the strait albeit.
>>23801924Yeah recycled plastic is not ba...
>>23801942You chucklefucks have been telling me for years that the Japanese have no shelf space, meanwhile the HGs are getting bigger and bigger.
>>23801944there was a major breakthrough in shelving technology, japanese shelves have been getting bigger for the past 5 years
>>23801946Oh goody, that means we can have more MGs :)
>>23801943Hey retard did you know that Bandai has already been using recycled plastic with its regular kits and not just with ecopla?
>>23801944>HGs are getting bigger and bigger.Azyleus is a big kit because its in-universe size is big. HGs are mostly tiny and that won't change.
>>23801951>meanwhile my hg messer is roughly the size of an mg.
>>23801951>they only made a big kit because it's actually big!did you think about this for 2 seconds before posting it
>>23801944>meanwhile the HGs are getting bigger and bigger.While MGs vanished out of existence. Really makes a man ponder.
>>23801949>Hey retard did you know that Bandai has already been using recycled plastic with its regular kits>The quality is so garbage, they has been using it for one niche kit>Over half of said kit still uses oil plasticLol. Lmao even.
>>23801951baka.
>>23801954Check how big Messer is in-universe, then come back here. Nigga thinks every robot in the cartoon have the same size.
>>23801962Citation needed
>>23801967>damn, we simply have no choice but to release a 1/144 Psyco Mark II>our arm has been twisted>what do you mean we could just not make a kit of it
>>23801962I think this is just saying that only the PS is recycled.
>>23801962>He actually doesnt knowThanks for proving that you’re a retard. What I’m saying is that Bandai is recycling plastic to turn into petroleum/fuel so that they can use it to produce kits.
>>23801937Everyone ITT who voted for the orange kikeloving pedo needs to give me their address so I can come reclaim topcoat from you by force
>>23801934>accidentally make small cut on your finger during assembly of plastic girl model>she suddenly undergo transformation, open her eyes and look at you
>>23801971It is a modern kit so the entire thing is made of KPS.
>>23801944You chucklefuck have been postimg this same thing for threads yet people still fall for it. That's the world we live in.Have a (You) for digits.
>>23801937Bought some bottles of topcoat a few weeks ago. Gotta get some primer now, and hope for the best.
>>23801978Modern kits still use ABS parts.
>>23801970>>23801964>>23801955Bandai has been resolving to making 1 or 2 MG per year. Giant HGs like Psycho Gundam or Neo Zeong are like 2 in a thousand, HG's appeal has always been their tiny size, something you can put in your pocket and they are what Bandai Hobby prioritises nowadays.
>>23801988>it's another ESL saying dumb shit and still pretending to be authoritative about anything despite getting called a retard on the daily episodetired of all these reruns
>>23801988Third world grammar
>>23801991>>23801990>No argumentGood.
>>23801954You mean Messer is at the typical size of Zeta - Unicorn era?
>>23802004You didn't make one either. You're just whining,
>>23801905Pure delusion.
Thoughts on the gray zeta color scheme? It's based on the original art instead of the base kit colors with a few changes I thought it would benefit from. Everything will be metallic, like a hyaku shiki.
>>23802014>Everything will be metallicThis does not sound like a good idea. Other than that looks good
>>23802016It'll be matte metals. I really like the look of the hyaku shiki 2.0 and it's the same beam resistant coating.
>>23801886new plastic
Small kits are cool. Glad that Bandai is going on the right track.
>>23802030The dumb part is that this 1/144 EW line is going to be incomplete for at least several years because right now we only have Wing Zero, Wing and the Tallgeeses. And you just know that the GotL Sandrock is going to be P-Bandai exclusive, along with HG versions of the Armadillo Unit.
>>23801975>durdurblumpsredditpedosky67epsteinworldtradecenter I’m mildly inconvenienced so I’m going to burn down a popeyesThat’s you right now.
>>23802033I don't see them making Gotl option set in 1/144 scale. RG Tallgeese 2 has been around for years but he hasn't get his sword.
>>23802033they'll do Wing Zero eventually in HG too and it's probably going to be better than the RG
hg? bestg
>>23802039Or straight up a 2.0 version of the RG.
>>23801534Replying to myself. I am seething and raging.
>>23802033Atleast our beloved Changs made 1/144 Serpent.
>>23802048hahafuck you
>>23801982dont forget the thinners man!
GROUPBUILD DUDEPOST THE ENTRIES AND MY LIFE IS YOURS
GROUPBUILD DUDEEXTEND THE DEADLINE AND MY LIFE IS YOURS
>>23802055>>23802053I think he would wait for next thread anyway.
>>23802039>>23802045Is the existing RG even that bad to begin with? Only thing I could imagine them doing is styling it more towards the Ver. Ka and giving it the shield and transformation, maybe also the collapsible rifles. But since the existing RG is otherwise just a regular non-transforming kit, there wasn't much they could do to fuck it up at the time except maybe make the ball joints for the feathers less visible.
>>23802061I never bought it but it's still using pretty outdated wing designs compared to the MG ver Ka to say nothing of a full body prebuilt frame which while isn't the end of the world faggots would have you believe is definitely going to be outdone for most purposes by a modern quality HG, especially if they put effort into it
which of your builds is the most stalwart defender of your virginity?
>>23802065This cutie lives on my desk
>>23802061Rubbery and weak premade joints, armor parts fall apart. On top of that, quite subpar sculpt. A more modern version that fixes all of those issues would be nice.
>>23802061EW Wing Zero doesn't transform in the OVA. It is an ability introduced in Gotl manga and Katoki brought that to the MG. For a scale such as 1/144, it is the best to just not putting transformation in.
Shitty shoop of the recollecting I've been doing for my HG Aile strike this past week. Give me your thoughts
>>23802076>recollectingRecoloring— it's a repaint I'm doing. Fucking aurocorrect
>>23802064I have it and i can confirm it is in the dogshit quality of early RG. The recent TV Wing Zero RG is superior in every possible way.
I wish I could travel back in time and smother John Bandai when he was still a baby.
>>23802076The mecha lineart wiki has good lineart for this you could have used.https://mechalineart.fandom.com/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_SEED?file=GAT-X105%2BAQM--E-X01_Aile_Strike_Gundam.png
Thank you crab anon for the attraction, but the groupbuild preshow is only just starting! Next up, my latest stunt!
>>23802081Ah that's good to know, thanks
>>23802085oh that’s gore, that’s gore of my order…
>>23802074Anon, it's just a basic bitch Wing transformation, all you do is rotate the head and waist, fiddle with the knees a bit, and attach the shield. It's literally the simplest "transformation" possible, not nearly as complex as the Zeta or even the Unicorn which forces compromises even at 1/100 scale.
>>23802085they told him he couldn't kick so many boxes at oncehe said "add more"
>>23802092You just describe the problem. TV Wing Zero is a streamlined design so that kind of bruteforce transformation is possible. EW Wing Zero is just so fragile, decorative and skinny, each feather is begging to be broken. I seriously don't want this guy to transform at all unless the kit is in 1/100.
Are there other girlpla in the vein of Starflower Lilly? Things that are almost more mecha than girl, with distinctly inhuman, and yet still beautiful in their own way proportions? I'm not really looking for generic anime women, even if they're hot. More gynoid than a girl in a power armor suit.
>>23802131Koto's Megalomaria line has a few. They're also designed to be interchangeable with their Frame Arms and regular girlpla lines.
>>23802131Megalomaria is designed for robot fuckers like you. Godspeed, robot fucker.
>>23802131Megalomaria, HG May, 30MM Spinatia and Acerby.
Fuck da police
>>23802131I also have this question but haven't seen anything other than Megalomaria. It's hard being a robotfag out here.
groupbuild now
>>23802195theme?
>>23801295This implies that waterslides are harder to put on than stickers
i got a action base 1 for my kshatriyaor so i thought because its a chink clone that cant fit the unique connector of kshatriyai found a place that sells the proper AB1 but the price might as well be thieving. is there any hopes id find a proper chink AB1 or am i doomed to kitbash this chink base to fit kshatriya?
>>23802216Yeah, the Kshatriya is a unique case because it's a super-heavy HG that needs its own adapter. You can try to fuck with the knockoff action base and file down parts of it until it can fit the adapter, or joint-strengthening fluid if you need to add mass instead.
You guys ever get self-conscious about taking too long on a project?
>>23802226I started the chest of the red vagina 2 weeks ago and it has been sitting there. Sometimes that's how it is.
>>23802226no, only about stagnation>>23802224really feelin terrible that id need to kitbash the adapter, so ill just file down the part and see how i could force a fit with the adapter piece
>>23802179It is a niche fetish.
>>23802226been "working" on an MG for over a year, just keep doing HGs and taking forever to do those too and half the MG is still on the runnersso yes but i try not to think about it
>>23802174Now THATS a groupbuild theme>Cops vs GangsMake either a law enforcement themed mecha or a criminal affiliated mech.ex) Scrappy unstandardized cartel beater machines, cyberpunk mecha swat team, extravagant hotrod for a pimp, gang colors (pic rel is bloods zaku)
>>23802248i think if we make such a double theme it would need to have a vote for each subcategory
>>23802248This is just an excuse to make MG George Droid.
>>23802199girlpla
>>23802030gives me hope for a Javelin kit or a Heavygun
>>23799691Just finished my Guncannon. Had to snip the torso a bit so there could be actual range of motion on the Mass-Produced Guncannon head.
>>23802260Heavygun is more likely to land on RE100 line. Makes sense since late UC robots are tiny.
>>23802067cute>>23802085tragic hairline>>23802131mobile princess momo?
>>23801991Anon, you are in an Malayan underwater basket weaving forum templated from a website from Holy Nippon, made by a weeb for weebs, unless you are a filthy dubber your fav. Hentai is in an ESL langauge and I'm pretty sure the first language of our current overlord HeroshiMoot is not English. Esl is also a wierd blast because it's mostly Americans who use it, imagine flaunting only knowing the language of those you'd supposedly freed yourself from a few hundred years ago, kekI am ASL, American second language. I Can't stand English english and/or the Brits in general.
>>23802053Next thread dozo.>>23802055I currently have one request to extend the deadline (Looking at you, guy who sent me the Gustav Karl). If two more people send timestamped photos of their WIP entries I'll extend it to Friday.>>23802060I will.
>>23802275>I'll extend
>>23802275It's over
>>23802226Not self conscious but a little annoyed at myself for not compleating a built fully. When I enjoy things, and I know the end is close I put it off. Happens often with Vidya RPGS too.
>>23802226If let something sit too long I'll get cold feet about resuming work until I just force myself to do it. I recently had to mask two different models and held off on doing it for a couple of weeks. Once I got around to doing it I realized I was being stupid and it wasn't such a big deal after all. The only other thing I'd care about is if I'm not actively improving or trying new things.
>>23802224>>23802230>all pieces could be done easily if they were 1mm spaced>2 of the gaps are 1.5mm spacedson of a b-
>>23802267NTA but this is a limpdick argument"ESL" is used as an insult on 4chan because it's an English-language site outside of specific communities, and to a native English speaker most other languages of the world exist for either hobbies or business courtesy. Burgers and bongs don't have to give a shit about learning another language because you can go anywhere on the planet and easily find someone who has been taught to speak your own. Every school in your country teaches my native language, the inverse is not true.
Has anyone bought the bootleg of the HGUC Nightingale that's kinda metallic painted? Is it a loose piece of shit, or...?
>>23802318Does it really matter? Tight or loose, joints can easily be fixed with glue or sanding respectively. Go buy it anon and enjoy it
gonna have to get through this thread expeditiously, I require groupbuilds
>>23802321Loose was the wrong word to use. Since it's a bootleg, I was more interested in whether or not it's a GOOD bootleg. Like, is the plastic terrible? How's the mould in comparison? You're right that looseness can be fixed, but you can't do much about terrible plastic.
Why do you faggots gringos like HGs so much they are tiny like their dicks. You want a pokegundam crap. Build MGs fags.
>>23802332Fuck you go buy it yourself. What are we your personal reviewer of bootlegs?
sigh...my current project isn't going well, I'm going to have to strip and fix some things before priming again. I don't know why but it seems like every other project goes from perfect to mediocre. oh well, such is the hobby I suppose.end of blog post
And the HG are easy like your moms fucking gringo fags
>>23802337I am, you faggot. I was just asking if anyone else had bought it out of curiosity beforehand. You know, for a fucking conversation about model kits in a model kit thread. Retard.
I've hidden your bait posts. I won't give your (you's)
>>23802048Apparently only english grammar teachers come in here they are also trannys.
>>23802342Yeah fuck you again fag. Was it that hard to find out for yourself instead of asking like a toddler?
>>23802346And unvaxxed trump supporters.
>>23802048I'm 50/50 on this being real as charging extra by making it an MGEX is something Bandai would do and it would likely benefit from metal joints.
and then there's me, espada number 7
>>23802356It's not real, it's an April Fools prank by Zakuaurelieus and that's why I'm seething because it's just about the one new thing I would want.
>>23802360how do we stop him
need dat + a cute governor
Fucking shit I cant post images
Bought these 2 MGs and 1 RE/100. Customs its gonna rape my wallet, anyway good to go back to gunpla after 2 years off.
>>23799691i am working on not-gunpla
>>23802338What's the problem?
>>23802427nice!
>hmm today i will build a rg akatsuki>try to substitute stickers with gunpla marker>the ink runs>use eraser marker to remove the ink>contemplate deathI'm assuming the next step is to strip the part and recolor it with an ink over the bare plating. How would I go about this?
>>23802442some gaps I didn't see until I was airbrushing. also my airbrush was running into problems (all my fault). everything from splattering to speckling. it was ok but then after laying down my base color I didn't like it even though the pre shading looked ok. just better to strip and start over. in my defense I've been doing a lot of historical stuff lately and nothing in the way of mecha.
im off the next couple days, i swear im goling to lock in and work on my kit thats been sitting for 6 months, also is the april fools literally just a new captcha and thats it? this is easily the worst april fools ever
>>23802318>>23802332>that's kinda metallic paintedI wasn't aware that's a thing. But with bootlegs, the plastic is bound to be meh to bad and it's hard to say specifically because obviously the QC is gonna be lacking. Really, in my experience, with bootlegs you absolutely have to paint, so might as well just buy the regular bootleg nightingale and paint metallic yourself.
>>23802450If you want to strip the chrome coat, dunk the piece in Purple Power (automotive section of Walmart). But you'd better have a damn good replacement gold coloring.
>>23802307No one cares, kill yourself.
>>23801962Are you gonna eat the runners you idiot who cares?
>>23802668No, you are right. Time to buy the superior gutter plastic.
>>23802085KINOaurelius
>>23802014>>23802018I recommend matte candy
>>23802403>1 RE/100This is one of the few rare instances where there's a better bootleg. Daban made a MG style kit of the Jagd Dogas a few years ago. They're decent enough.
>>23802362Starve him of boxes
>>23802362Forbidden from ever building girlpla again.
>>23802701I did the head as a proof of concept.
>>23802728ai slop
>>23802729https://x.com/gartszzz/status/1528688576845582337
>>23802733>>23802729>>23802728Not plamo
>>23802728no thanks
>>23801722>CyandogStill kicking myself for not getting him when I saw some cheap listings years ago.
Ace custom is going to be our most successful groupbuild, I can feel it in my bones. There's going to be so many entries, you guys, so many entries.
>>23802717The metallics look very solid but I think the yellow kinda clashes with the rest. The original colors have it in the same shade as the face too iirc
>>23802752plamo gnomes will sabotage every entry on the next one
Just snapped together this fat fuck, looks cool but I'm not a fan of the colors and it'll definitely be getting some scribing. I'll take ideas for potential schemes to paint it up in.
>>23802761Gusion colors
>>23802761Unicorn color
>>23802761Titans Remnants colors (e.g. just Titans colors), or ReZeon colors.
>>23802275Please do not extend. I didn't manage to make an entry despite voting for the theme, and the shame is eating my soul. Let this theme end and another start so I can redeem myself
>>23802800sir, u will never b redeem
>>23802804Guess it's time to suck-start my airbrush then. Well anons... this is goodbye
>>23802761Virtue colors
Just to try to speed this thread along a bit so we can get to the next one and start the groupbuild entries:USAGS is having a 10th anniversary sale in mid-April, with 20% off sitewide. If anyone's thinking of making some big bulk purchases, you'll be better off waiting so you can save some money.
>>23802879fuck usags
>>23802879>Just to try to speed this thread along a bitwe've already hit bump limit dawg, now it's a freewheel to page 10If you want to force a new thread, it's time to contribute to the rest of the board
>copy paste the boots but hollow it out for no reason other than giving me more work
Are the yellow parts of the V2 supposed to be gold or just yellow?
>>23802961gold. that's how it's depicted in the Verka and HGUC
>>23802965oh okay, guess I'm not using my yellows for once
Finished assembling the kit with the black repainted bits
>>23802981Why stop there? Why not go all the way?
>>23802985I'm still kinda an amateur at this whole thing. This was my first successful painting/topcoating attempt. Next one I'll see about doing a full recolor on a grunt suit or something
>>23802981camera settings > intelligent optimisation > minimum
