-=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 (May):old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1srpyu8Prior thread: >>23823778
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Why is Bandai not making Kaijupla? They Basically own Ultraman now anyway yet the only thing they did was SMP King Joe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_MN1CDqbWY
>>23831179Not every Ultra Kaiju have skeletal structures. They could make those up like what they did with Godzilla (though Toho did show off GZ's skeletal structure at one point), but it might feel off if people are into the bifurcation play that is the golden standard of Ultraman anyway. I mean, take stuff like Bemstar or Alien Baltan for example. They were diced in their debut series.
>>23831179>he doesn't know.Tokusatsu is in a steep decline, even in the jp market, and sales are horrendous. Given that the super sentai series was discontinued for this exact reason, I doubt Bandai wants to take that risk.
>>23831190The RV Robo kit at least would still sell like hotcakes outside of JP because Carranger is popular everywhere but Jpana
>>23831194The thing is that the classic toku is still very beloved. It is the new shows that suck.
>>23831232Yeah the new shows suck except Boomboomger. That one is decent.
>>23831232I mean, mecha shows have sucked for decades nownot really toku itself but i thought Tojima was great, did it not boost the niche's popularity?
>>23831260>Tojimadon't remind of that dogshit please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE7qE2UWpYk>you will never be as based as this geezer
>>23831260You don't even need to be really into kamen rider to enjoy that show. Even casual viewers have some idea of the franchise just from pop culture osmosis, so it's not like it'll really suddenly spur them into jumping deeper into the franchise.
>>23831301business has changed old man
>>23831309Review Super Sentai SMP kits, nigga.
>>23831301Where the fuck he gets the money to run the shop if it ain't making profit
>Bandai seriously wants you to believe that the left is able to conceal the right
>>23831322Probably makes about enough to cover the expenses. Also>aeronautical engineerHe's probably earned enough for retirement so he doesn't need the store to generate notable income for himself.
>>23831137I have secured the kit for my groupbuild entry. the plan is to paint it red like the Strelitzia XX version since I already own the robot spirits figure that's in the default colors.also want to make a fairly basic display stand since I assume she'll need a stand to not fall over anyway
>>23831341Man, still waiting for GSC to make a Moderoid for the Tauburn.
>>23831345>picWasn't this the MG that bandai revealed or was that fake? Kinda confused on that.
>M*deroidI'm not looking forward for Ishmelga....
>>23831347No, the pic was a chink knock-off of Metal Build Astray Red Dragonics downsized to a 1/144 HG.The announced Bandai MG was for this.
>>23831137>>23831140All oiled up babyyyy. Can't wait to put him together.
>only wants a few paint>shipping is still 16.20 USDfuck. not even ebay charges this much. Where does Gaalehri ship from anyway? This fucking sucks. Selling your paint for measly $2 a bottle then squeeze the real cost from your customers through shipping.
>>23831179not bandai but>makes a proper Kaiju frame with articulated tail and all>goes on to make humanoid Aliens for the next 5 kitsREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAt least they have a Heisei Mecha Goji coming up.
>>23831368Isn't it a chinese brand?
>>23831368Newtype sells their paints. Shipping's usually $10.
>>23831385>>23831368It's under the Kaleido brand if you are being retarded and can't see it.
>>23831322He probably has money in stocks and he’s just doing this as a side hobby.
>extra 3€ on every type of product in every package since 1st July>planned extra 2€ to every package aside from that>all to "protect local producers" from "unfair Chinese competition"I'm tired of those global trade wars. Especially annoying when dealing with goods that are NOT produced locally. Go ahead and explain how extra 5€ per package with Japanese plastic model kits will protect "local producers" that do not exist and even scale models like tanks or planes are outsourced to China.
>>23831348get some basic modelling skills already, bandaicocksleeve
>>23831413it's not to protect local producers but local businesses aka the useless middlemen who resell at double the price
>>23831137>>23831140>>23823933Mascot Anon here, Thank you for all the requests!I will be working on the request. All request should be finished and delivered once the current group build end, but if I happen to finish early, I might post it here before the groupbuild end, but will still be repost it again once the groupbuild result has been announced.Please look forward to finish result!best of luck for all the participant of the current groupbuild!
I really hate how Bandai refuses to make horns/blades pointed instead of rounded. As if you'll get injured from handling a pointy model kit.
last picture of the ma.k daidalos. interior and oil is largely done. could play a bit more with lighter oil tones but i think ill leave it like this before i fuck something up.
>>23831428I'm well aware, especially with those clothes industry. That's why I'm especially pissed off by this "protect our producers!" narrative. If you have problems specifically with Temu, Ali or whatever, target those, target China itself and stop punishing everyone else, for fuck sake. Why I have to ultimately pay triple price for Japanese plastic models, just because Mr Cheng is selling kids dresses for half the price?
>>23831439Giroro....
>>23831434Cute!
>>23831140Decided to keep the gloss after all. Turned out to be a good idea because the transformation was a nightmare. ABS+5 layers of paint makes for some retardedly tight joints
>>23831467
>>23831469Thankfully I'm not planning to transform it back so it can stay in the flight form forever and not get too scratched up trying to put it back in MS form
>>23831467What paint did you use for the metal blue?
>>23831472Ex Black > Ex Silver > Clear Blue (Gaia)The blue is a bit too close to cyan for me but after three layers it does become a decently deep shade.
>>23831467cool. too bad Brave Commander is already extinct in my country
>>23831467>>23831469>>23831471Very nice!
Thank you China
>>23831439nice, did you use that 1/16th scale IJA officer from takom?
>>23831491This is gonna be fucking awful lmao
>>23831492nope, the head is 1/20 and came woth the kit. its strongly ija-inspired though, i agree.
How are you guys feeling about Xi Gundam's "true" face compared to the other face?
>>23831500yeah I'm just realizing it's one of the rainbow egg resin kits, I thought it was a kitbash because of the second. still really cool though. I'm currently working on some sf3d as well.
>>23831533>because of the secondthe sword holy hell auto fill is getting worse and worse
>>23831522dadcore
>>23831495Wow just like all late UC abominations
>>23831544The real RG crossbone is pretty good. I do not trust a bootlegger to competently make the tiny parts on it.
jerking off to tons of hentai to get inspired for my girlpla build
>>23831140I'm just starting on this Golden Warrior thing. Quickly going through the instructions there looks to be a couple of optional parts I can use like the chest armor. It also looks like most of the parts are under gated which is always nice.
>>23831522Still not the Xi I want.
rumao
>>23831634Bandaikino
>>23831634hey atleast the main vernier is color separated
>>23831260>mecha shows have sucked for decades nowName 10 mecha shows you watched to completion from the last 10 years, with no less than 5 from the past 5 years.
Just bought a jar of this and it came half empty, like there was just paint and no thinner(or whatever that clear liquid is)Can I still thin it 2 parts thinner to 1 part paint, or should I use less or more thinner?
>>23831140working on a maschinen krieger diorama. I have the suit and figure partly completed, but no pics yet. the table and base are scratch built, the cats are pre painted and came from a separate kit. I plan on repainting them, however.
>>23831719
>>23831712you too
>>23831719>>23831720That's awesome. Looking forward to seeing the completed version.
>>23831718This is normal. You could measure out the paint and make sure it's still 10ml. You could use the replenishing agent to bring it back to 10ml if it actually is low.
>>23831726I think I'll just get the replenishing agent since it is noticeably low, thanks.
>>23831725thank you :) unfortunately I have to do maintenance on my compressor :( but at least I have everything primed and all the airbrush work done for the figure and suit.
>>23831732Keep in mind those jars are never full. At most they're 2/3rds full when they're new.
>>23831522I don't know anyone who likes that bug-ass face from OVA1.
>>23831772I like it
>>23831634nice chinkshitbamco would never
>>23831341wow that's crazy I had no idea they made a model kit of the Pochincoff robot
>>23831535lol yeah i figured. make sure to post the kit when youre done and feel like it, not enough ma.k around here
>>23831413>order various things from non EU countries>get hit by new retarded taxes>order paint from china>no 2 euros bullshit on both packages because chinks already know how to bypass the fucking thingSomeone needs to burn down everything and everyone in the EU parliament in minecraft.
>>23831467Sex
>>23831884let them finish stop killing games first, please bro
>>23831471I really like this pose
I dislike Gundam designs and most Chinese kinds are alright but often overdesigned. My favorite mech designs are from Muv-Luv and Armored Core.What kits would you guys recommend for me? Not counting ML and AC obviously.
>>23831910>dislike Gundam designs>Chinese kinds are alright but often overdesignedchinks just take gundams and add twenty layers of ai generated greeble on top, if you think chink designs are good but overdesigned then surprise, you just like gundams like everybody else
>>2383191030mm line
>>23831884They are listening and answering to what people complain about. And you have tons of local "middlemen" who loudly cry about "cheap Chinese packages" (because people realised they can get the same fucking thing but directly from Chang instead of paying extra for local guy who import same thing anyway) and ecologists crying about "flooding market with cheap, one-use clothes" (which is odd since, aside from kids who are known to literally murder stuff they wear and still grow out of them quickly, people generally wear clothes until they are no longer usable) so they had to answer that. Nobody will listen to some small group of nerds that import plastic robots.
>>23831910Maybe look at some of the Sheik Mainland stuff like the Zarov. They're one of the only chink companies not doing over the top pointy designs.
>>23831927Weren't those taxes supposed to be applied only on packages coming from china anyway ? Why the fuck does my hot sauce from burgerland get additionnal taxes even though I already paid VAT for it on the shop
>>23831921Not a fan of 30MM, they look like cheap toys rather than proper mechs. The Xenovalt is the only one that peaked my interest, but it's pretty much ripped off from Muv-Luv designs.>>23831929Oh yeah these look pretty good. Probably needs extra scribing though.
>>23831929>look at some of the Sheik Mainlandyes look
Hey anons, are there any good kits of the Cross Ange mecha? Terrible show but peak /m/ design and i want ir on my shelf
>>23831948I don't remember if they got any plamo but I'm pretty sure they released a nice figure of them
https://x.com/Z8fK6oculkIPqCw/status/2047267311669899277
>>23831948Villkiss has a Moderoid kit that needs some work.
>>23831948The Moderoid is pretty much your only option as far as kit goes.
>>23831957It's a shame we won't see anything as good in this groupbuild.
>>23831949>>23831960>>23831969Well, that sucks, i wanted the Theodora. Are moderoids even kitbashable or no?
>>23831932News said about "packages from outside EU". And I would assume that this is awkward at best attempt to avoid accusations of targeting specific country.
>>23831971Be the change you want to see.
>>23831957haha oh wow.
>>23831971it's literally just a stock build with a dress made of paper, you yakubian mayo monkey
>>23831992>yakubian mayo monkeyThat's a new one, I'll be using that one in the future
oh shit Alex is finally being reprinted?
>>23831910Wait for SMP Balteus which I assure you the PO price will be 250+ USD
>>23831919>GundamWrong
>>23832030>PO price will be 250+ USDobviously. SMP Hyperion is like $200 without shipping
>>23832033And Balteus is much larger than Hyperion which is not a good sign
Does anybody else remember when they revealed this during that livestream and the MC started talking mad shit on it not realizing her microphone was on?
>>23831712NTA but he is right. Every Gundam shows since 00 suck ass, Synduality? Pfftt yeah enjoy your Mobile Toilet. Getter Robo Arc, Franxx, Grendizer U, SSS Gridman, SSS Dynazenon, Shin Evangelion belong to the garbage bin. Super Sentai? It commited suicide for how bad it has become. Stuff like Gatchaman Crowds or Burn Bravern when you look back in retrospect are just>Yeah, that happened. Anyway "
>>23832076I enjoyed 86 even with its flaws. But it has been pretty slim pickings.
>>23832076IBO didn't suck. The 2nd season was weaker than the 1st, but it didn't suck.
>>23832104Cool story, Mari Okada
>>23832100The only mecha that i kinda enjoy in modern time in the braindead Mazinkaiser SKL. Donbrothers was fun, but Toei's cgi was torturous to watch.
Mecha as a genre is dead. The excitement of mecha scale models is basically your enjoyment of dinosaurs through the fossil reconstructions.
https://x.com/HobbySite/status/2047239830611132466Bandai made a TV show about /gpg/! :O
>>23832138You would think that 30 years later bandai wouldn't be retarded but they still are.
>>23832124maybe if you're uncreative. I still draw my own mecha and sculpt/scratchbuild my own designs. It's not dead to me.
>>23832124>he doesn't writelole
>>23832076I enjoyed Evil Lord when it was still about mecha and not milsim noble squabble
>>23832158>Isekai trashYou might have better mecha experience from watching hentai
MG MP Zeta conversion kit, using Zeta 2.0 as a base
>>23832076Boonboomger was good, but then Gozyuger happened.
>>23832138cheap ass company couldn't be fucked to get an illustrator. this looks like utter shit
>>23831356Liberty Red was announced the same times as Freedom Astray, but now that it's about to show off what it can do in upcoming chapters, maybe they can announce its release date. Also, it's planned to be retail despite being an extensive retool of the original Red Frame kits, which fortunately includes its original backpack you can transfer to the also retail Red Frame Kai.
>it's Unicorn and Code Geass season againNeat.
is there anything different with the retail rebawoo and the pb rebawoo?
>>23832168nice Will.
>>23832181The re-colored Z'gok is kinda cool... if you you don't have one.
>>23832181I wish they'd make a MG GM III
>>23832185Sorry, what scale are you talking about? The retail Rebawoo is 1/144 HG and the P-Bandai Rebawoo is RE/100, aren't they?
>>23832185Both Rebawoo HG and RE100 are P-Bandai. They are just retooled Bawoo with some different parts like chest, sleeves and new head.
Xeku Eins reprint when? This is literally the rarest HG right now.
>>23832216my bad I didn't realise that the pb re/100 is the rebawoo while the retail is just the bawoo.
>>23832202In his defense, that looks like a fun snapshit kit to have so you don't have to compromise your MG Zgok.
>>23832185isn't the retail just Bawoo and the PB the one customized for Full Frontal's use?
>it's 30th anniversary of Gundam X and still no Bit kit
>>23832241yeah I just realised it. there's also the pb re/100 mass production bawoo which is different to the retail bawoo.
>>23832267nvm I thought it was different but it's the same but it's just green.
I liked Majestic Prince.
Maybe Bandai should take the hint and make Luxon Next and Bradyon Next. I don't care if they're SMP.
>>23832241glemy's is regular release. mass production, rebawoo and lindwurm are p-bandai
>>23831140Finished snapping the body of the EZZ. Was a very pleasant build outside the instructions constantly asking if I wanted to build the normal ZZ instead. I'm not sure why Bandai thought someone would buy the P-Bandai exclusive kit and then assemble the retail version. Really like the off-white green they chose. It looks plenty white when away from other kits, but put it next to a normal Gundam makes it pop in a good way. Also I've been building lots of Late UC MGs recently, so he feels absolutely huge. Still it seems like despite the size, because of the transformation he still can't rotate the waist at all like the Victories. Never understood why they couldn't mount the cradle for the core fighter on like a swiveling plate. I was planning on it just standing there on my UC shelf, so not much of a loss.
>>23832181Are the Guren and Lancelot near 1/100 Gunpla size? Those prices seem really high (higher than the Macross kits)
I really want a SDF-1 Macross but Im choosing between this hasegawa kit or an already painted one like the chink lego from amazon. I cant paint for shit I already snapped 28 MGs tho. Is the hasegawa at least painted in the blue and grey parts?
>>23832307>Is the hasegawa at least paintedhasegawa kits arent painted at all, theyre completely bare plastic like 99% of all model kits
>>23832303>Never understood why they couldn't mount the cradle for the core fighter on like a swiveling plateProbably something to do with the transformation and variety of combinations the ZZ is designed to do. It reminds me of a rubik's cube
Just finished this, it was my first girlpla and non bandai kit, I'm honestly extremely impressed Almost entire kit was undergated, strong plastic (if anything a tad stiff), honestly it was a very lengthly and smooth building experience Was not expecting at all for the kit to come with parts to make the girl both in and out of her wolf armor, which is fucking awesome. This feels premium as fuck for $60, and comes with a plethora of accessories and option parts, some of which completely alter the look of this thing I will be buying more of theseI also did infact fuck up more than a few of my waterslides, I'll probably go back and fix them later. I pulled an all nighter building this shit and by the end I could barely articulate my hands.
>>23832328
>>23832328>>23832331How did everything fit together?
>>23832138hey, we're not all ugly bastard nerds obsessed with plamo....right?
>>23832142>Hey, do you think we should reprint some older gunpla kits or make new ones based off a relatively reliable franchise?>Nah, that would cost too much, lets make kits based on shit and a reality TV show that makes the consumers look retarded! That's what the people will pay for!
>>23832333Only problem I had with parts fitting together were a few parts with small connecting bits that could've used a little glue (which I did) to hold them down, basically just on some small armor pieces or bits on the tail. Nub marks were annoying and definitely added some length to the build but once those were taken care of everything fit together really snug. I can pose both figures without having to be too delicate, they aren't hand grenades that's for sure
>>23832339They even gave them stats.
>>23832340I was more worried about parts being too tight since I paint all my stuff. I will grab one of these if I stumble across it for sure.
>>23832342>worried about parts being too tight since I paint all my stuff. These two has nothing to do with each other. You avoid painting pegs and balljoints, simple as.
>>23832345Most of the time you don't need to worry about it and often times it gives me a feel I prefer. It's only really ever a problem on girlpla since the connectors are more fragile and the parts often fit together tighter. If it was the case that the parts were generally tight I'd be more mindful.
>>23832349Masking tape them if you don't want to risk breaking the parts due to disassembly. This is a much more favourable method for complex girlpla like Megami Device. Part by part painting is just a time waster for anything beyond HG complexity.
>>23832327Fair enough, I only glanced at the transformation that was several pages long and warned "Do only with ZZ Gundam".
>>23832358That's why I asked if they fit together tightly before getting one you doofus
>>23832360What i'm saying is that the part tightness shouldn't affect your painting process or the fitment afterward if you find a way to work around it. Military kits don't even allow you to disassemble because you have to glue most of the core parts before painting.
Huh. Hardware lacquer works on ABS. Just don't pool them. I'm sure those who scream incompatibility with ABS don't do light passes.
>>23831491>pirating a pirate gundam
>>23831522The big feathery v-fin looks Rahxephon-ish.
>>23832181Nice, I missed out on the Seiten last time. Might go for the Gawain as well.
>>23832364I've used those in spray cans form on a bunch of bootleg chink gunpla, never had any issues.
>>23832138oh shit, morish is on this shit. damn that guy's good.
>>23832364People always act like ABS will explode of you get a drop of solvent on it, it's pretty hardy if you're just a little careful
Thoughts on the Dspiae markers for smaller details?
>>23832526I dunno cause I can't fuckin buy em
>>23832526The metallic ones are fine. You can push on the tip to get a drop and apply with a tiny brush if the detail is too small
>>23832364Just paint abs parts disassembled so they're not under stress and you can use lacquers no problem.
I tried painting a gunpla and adding decals and panel lining for the first time. What does /gpg/ think?
>>23832364ABS is not that sensitive to thinned paint. It only cracks if you pour thinner directly on it.
>>23832595Went a bit hard on the panel lines, and didn't take off the safety flags on the v-fin, but not bad.
>>23832595better than what I can do, pretty good. panel lining is a bit scuff, you could clean them up
>>23832138for me it's the hosts screaming in awe when that guy sliced a scratchbuilt building with his soldering rod. jap variety sows are something else!
>>23832595Looks pretty good. Were those decals waterslides? I think they needed more setter (and possibly softener).
>>23832598I honestly thought those were part of the design, but upon closer inspection the RG doesn't have them so I guess they're not.>>23832601What can actually remove gundam marker panel liner (oil-based) without maiming the basecoat (acrylic)?>>23832625Sticker decals. I'm going to buy the waterslide decal sheet for when I get to the RG.
anyone try the bootleg destiny spec 2 with zeus silhouette?
>want to paint kit>want to buy paint>all the leftover paints in my shelf are screaming for me to use themthe pain
>>23832178I just want to know what kind of weapon will it come with, since they didn't show any with the prototype. Unless it will just come with the usual rifle+shield+beam sabers loadout.
>>23832595why didn't you cut the safety flag?
>>23832823Holy fucking shit SHOOTING STAR DRAGON
>>23831719nicely done brick wall especially. which safs model is that? like which year and company i guess
>>23831719i dislike when people put maschinenkrieger into corny ww2 era dioramas. like why does it have to be some random brick wall with a bunch of ww2 era props strewn around. it gets cheesy. not to hate on you specifically, even kow himself does it sometimes. what id do if i had the time and effort would be to think through how a ma.k. mechanic shop in the future would be different from the typical non sci-fi mechanic shops. like youre just putting sci-fi designs into contemporary day pinterest scenery. you get what i mean? what if you actually put full concrete walls with structural beams instead of a brick wall. something like that. maybe put some excessive amount of cables or tubes hanging around/ clamped around the place to salvage it from corniness. the joy of mak to me is novelty. if i wanted to see a random ass mechanic shop id model build racing cars for a hobby, but i dont.
>>23832844Ma.K was created in the 80s. The aesthetic should look old fashioned.
>>23832844I hope you'll find cure for that autism
>>23832846please, have some fucking creativity in it though. what the guy built looks like someones hobby garage not a mechanics shop for literal killing machines. if the sci-fi in the diorama ends with the model, to me that questions the point of the diorama.
https://youtu.be/jWA2XUsl56w>that fucking control and precisionI wish I was half as good as this nigger
>>23832844>>23832853>me me meNobody asked.Not to mention, the guy could just be following his own headcanon instead of whatever real lore is
>>23832864>Nobody asked.i thought critiqueing built gunpla is a regular part of this threads culture?feel free to elaborate on where you differ
>>23832853The most recurring character in Ma.K cover art is a regular German guy wielding a hammer. C'mon now. Fixing Ma.K powersuit is the equavilent of working on a human shaped bicycle.
>>23832853>not a mechanics shop for literal killing machines. The suits in Maschinen Krieger look like a less advanced version of the JIM diving suit, i'm not even joking.
>>23832869All of your "critique" is that it doesn't adhere to your silly subjective criteria
>>23832853bro they look like things I would fix with my fluxcore welder and not bother with the splatter
>>23832229Some sites have it for around 10/2026
The fuck? They already made clear variant of Gelgoog III
>>23832884Just molding test. You can see the grey hands.
>>23832825The same company also announced the Quasar alongside it. Can't wait.
ok this might be a dumb question but does the 30m option parts fit with any of the frame arms girl kit?
Finally started building RGs but now I cant find the Hi Nu anywhere. How often do they tend to restock?
>>23832908If the FaG kits have 3mm holes it does.
>>23832916It gets reprinted almost annually alongside RG Sazabi.
So Mazinger Z is the last SMP release this year? What a waste. Outside of GaoHunter Blue and Gaoking Black, I have nothing more I want.
>>23832940Based, I'll keep an eye out
>>23832835thank you :) it's the s.a.f.s by wave and the figure is from brick works>>23832844it's my first diorama, I was going to get more elaborate with the walls but I was satisfied with the overall look.
Reprint please...
GodHandfags always make sure everyone knows that they own onethe Teslafags of gunplathe iPhonefags of gunpla
>>23832977You missed the reprint last... summer maybe?
>>23832978You can tell who the poseurs are because they always have just the base model spn120s
>>23832978Godhand isn't even expensive.
>>23832844>>23832853Post your work retard.
>>23832980Last reprint was 2 years ago i think. Most of the copies got scalped and being sold with unreasonable price nowadays.
>>23832986He's all gas, no flame.There's no life behind those eyes, and certainly no work on his desk.
Sorry if it’s the wrong place to ask but can anyone recommend a whole set/bundle of acrylics for brush painting models?Honestly could be any type of paint but I haven’t used anything other than acrylic before.
>>23832948There are upcoming Brave mechs like Dagarn and Exkaiser.
>>23832993AK and Vallejo got some nice sets
>>23832993Get the basic set of Ionic Smart Colours.
>>23832996Vallejo aren't what they used to be.
>>23833002Did they change the formula for some kooky safety regulations or something?
>>23833005Don't know, but probably not. Acrylics were already safe. All I know is that they changed all the recipes for their model colour range about a year ago (formerly their best range of paints), and now they are not as good as they used to be.
>>23832989As they always are.
Holy shit. This kit is 70% prepainted parts. There are no gold or red parts, it's all paint. No stickers either. I thought it had decent color separation at least like Gan Jiang, which had zero prepainted parts. It turned out to be even more offensive than my previous build Bai Qi which I repainted gold. The amount of painted details makes me not wanna do more than panel line and topcoat on this guy.
I'm starting to get all that I need for the airbrush set-up. The only thing missing now is the air compressor (I'm thinking I'm going to buy the Gaahleri 1L tank compressor), and the mask. As for the spray booth, I can get around with the Amazon one, or should I look into getting something with a larger workspace, or even build my own?>>23832996>>23833002Not that anon, but for brushing, wouldn't it be better to go with enamel paints?
I feel like i lost the drive to buy new gunpla, none of the upcoming releases excite me. Looking forward to Xeku Eins reprint in autumn ( hopefully true and real ) and probably that's it. Might pick up Hildolfr if Bandai decided to reprint it in near future, but this seems very far away from here.
>>23832993I've had good results with these>AK Interactive>Mr. Hobby Acrysion>AMMO Atomic>ProAcryl>RayStudio Quick Idea>Vallejo>Sheik MainlandGo with whichever is cheapest and readily available in your area.>>23833014Modern water-based acrylics are pretty good quality on average and all you need is a bit of water to thin them down. Retarder is still helpful though.
>>23833014>Not that anon, but for brushing, wouldn't it be better to go with enamel paints?Enamels give you a better result for gunpla. Acrylics are great for fine details and layers, but you don't really do any of that for gunpla. Downside of enamels is that each layers takes literal days to dry, whereas acrylics are fully dry to the touch within 20-30 seconds.
>>23832993Vallejo is pretty easy to work with and beginner friendly
>>23832328I have built 9 or 10 ATK girls plus some of the Iron Man kits from the same guys. Their earlier ones like the phoenix were a little iffy as far as the design of the face plates' tampo printing and they sometimes have questionable engineering on the joints that make them a bit tricky. But yeah they are a steal for the price, even the older ones, especially if you can get them for that cheap. Retail around here is more like $75-80 for instance. I like the Nuke Matrix Cyber Forest girls even more (a bit smoother plastic and I just like more of the characters personally) so try those as well. Some of them are a bit simpler and some are very complex (the mermaid had like 600 pieces and multiple transformations/optional variants). Some of them can combine with other kits as well like Harpy with Siren. Standard heads up for all girlpla especially stuff more than say 4 years old: tight joints are a famous problem so baby them and sand them down and flatten off the balls of ball joints. You want to hit them just enough to let the joints move freely without snapping the fucker off in the hole. Not really an issue in recentish girls but I'll grab an older one and forget and be unpleasantly surprised on occasion. Watch neck and shoulders epecially. My favorite girlpla are Dark Advent (even without the lewd parts, Saitom is a favorite) and Arcanadea. Arcanadea would be my favorite line of model kits if it were not for how much they rely on mold gold and how often they are missing colors despite their cost and parts count. Still one of the best though.
Thoughts on the Zeta ver ka? I'm watching Zeta Gundam and kinda feel like building one
>>23832363>fitmentThe word is fit. The fit afterward, ESL-chama.
>>23831136Ladies and gentlemen, Japanese modelers are vocal and unhappy about Gavv amazing gummy SHF's color scheme being different from example. Seems that Bandai lost their mind after Bionicle's fall. Is it sure that this blue bandai is same as Bandai which destroyed Mata Nui? Unlike Bandai, Lego never fucks up QC, never does the fraud like making actual product different from sample, never make scalpers happy, and cares about consumers first, and never decieves the consumer. Lego's QC is so wonderful due to superior Western technology. Bandai was a Makuta in bionicle.
>>23833044>like making actual product different from samplethey showed soooooo many prototypes for bionicle that didn't reflect the final product, man you're just wrong
>>23833012Its a overall pretty cool kit, It's footprint is huge if you have the dragon coiling around it. Would recommend. I just topcoated it and it looks good
>>23833046Also for color tone like pic rel? Sample had metalic tone, and had purple gradation but actual model lacks these, but bandai claims that sample could be vary from actual model. Did Lego had same shit too? Bandai is about to be mocked by Korean AI singer, as Tekken 8 got mocked as "healthy clap".
>>23832637Bro tip: always just look at what the Japs call "setting material" in other words how does it look on screen? Look at the show or the design sheets. Sure you might want yours to be different but you should check what it's "supposed to" look like. For cleaning up panel liner, usually lighter fluid is fine. You can use thinner if it's bare plastic under. I don't know what oil-based panel liner you had but if you bought it, then the maker will tell you what to use (probably will just wipe off really). If you did it yourself, out of oil paints in a tube, then it will also just wipe off unless it's had days to cure. I'd try that first then lighter fluid.
>>23833042Suck my cock, faggot.
>>23833046Is there any model in lego which got color different from sample, like Gavv Amazing gummy SHF?
>>23833061No wonder why Gavv has tear line unlike most of reiwa riders. He is crying due to Bandai losing the mind after Bionicle's death!!
Anyone win something from the USAGS giveaway?
>>23833042>The fit afterwardI don't give barbie clothes to my plastic robots. Thanks.
>>23833065Yeah, they said they'd deliver it in person but when I answered the door someone said "Here's your prize, faggot" and I woke up several hours later with a terrible headache.
>>23833059See that was actual English. You didn't earn that C- you got in remedial college English from your Chinese teacher, but you're improving!>>23833070Whether you do or not, "fittification", "fitterizing" and "fitment" are all ESLisms,. equallym and are not words What made you so illiterate? Brown, yellow, or American/Canadian/British public schooling?>>23833074>headache not ass acheFake story.>>23833014What is your budget and what region are you in? If you are in North America, you are stuck with the interchangeable Amazon booths, which are fine, or else paying out the nose for a nice metal one for like $500. If you are willing to try to get one from Japan then you have a lot of high quality, more affordable options rather than the feast or famine elsewhere.
>>23833042"Fitment" is an accepted term and commonly used among car dealers to address the engineering quality, reddit-kun.
>>23833080Not gonna read all that shit, fag.
>>23832823CRAZYYYYYY KEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPP ON DRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVINGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3-UqzPddxI
>>23833089>>23832823Hell yeah.
>>23833080>Americans can only buy from AmazonRetard
Chang kits usually have fitment issue, especially the plated ones. My build experience with that dogshit FA Hyaku Shiki was unpleasant to say the least.
>>23833084It's pretty commonly used in any context where it's two parts designed to fit with each other. He's a doofus.
>>23833084It's only accepted by redditors, ironically. The word is fit. Anything else is an ESL trying to ensmartificate themselves. For extra irony, today you just learned that if you had read your Google results more thoroughly when you checked just now, you'd have found out that "fitment" is only applicable to furnishings in a ship or sometimes a large plane. Chinese used car salesmen being ESL is as laughable as you being ESL. So, again: brown, yellow, or just public school and trying to sound smarter than you are? It's kind of a trademark of Indians specifically but I have had to mark down Chinese students for it a thousand times. >>23833086You did though lol. >>23833092We get that you're illiterate, but nobody implied that. >>23833096Better bait please.
>>23833097He is an ESL poster. They are the ones that get offended if you post the way people actually talk about things.
>>23833099Just a horrible post through and through
>>23833097Not in English. Ever. It's simply objectively incorrect and an instant giveaway that you're a jeet or chang. The only debate is whether you just heard a non-word a lot and parroted it (like a child learns) or whether you think you learned English rules and then tried to apply them to English (the classic blunder). You like the longer and objectively nonsensical longer term over the correct one because it being longer seems fancier and therefore more technical and intelligent to midwits such as yourself. But it's a giveaway. Identical to bobs and vegene.
>>23833104Holy projection. Just take the L, unc
>>23833101>jeets>peopleDebatable.
I think my pants are having some fitment issues my laddies, what should I do? Would cement glue work?
>post work twice in a thread>nobody else posts work for like 14 hours>jeets arguing with chinks, all ESL for miles>mfwNobody here owns model kits huh...
>>23833108>my pantsThat's a FATment issue
>>23833061yeah, though they didn't do as many "samples" in the same way as bandai do, but there are examples from magazines and such where designs are different, and sometimes even the box art itself was different from the set inside>https://biosector01.com/wiki/Gallery:Prototypes(look through the prototypes, some are internal only and never released, but some were actually released as promotional images in things like magazines)>https://www.reddit.com/r/bioniclelego/comments/1n5sblx/am_i_the_only_one_who_has_noticed_that_the_2007/It's somewhat difficult to find information about this kind of thing these days, since this isn't the kind of thing that's well recorded.
>>23833115This prototype was shown off at the 2005 ny toy fair.Bandaibabys please never again complain about slightly different prototype models.
>>23833104I use the word regurlarly and I have lived in America my whole life. So did my parents and their parents. You're making a fool of yourself with this language policing nonsense.
>>23833117>Bandaibabys please never again complain about slightly different prototype models.That never happens anyway.
>>23833119This "ESL" trend is getting on my nerves.Do some retards not understand that there are different versions of the english language? I also see people replying "esl-kun" when someone else makes a simple spelling mistake also. I blame Asperger and his syndrome.
>>23833014Is enamel good for painting large areas/whole parts? Pretty much all I can find is detail painting
>>23833122see: >>23833044 >Japanese modelers are vocal and unhappy about Gavv amazing gummy SHF's color scheme being different from example.
>>23833124Yes, that is what enamels are good for when it comes to brush painting. Acrylics are better for small details.Airbrushed lacquers are better than both for gunpla.
>>23833110It's been pretty bad lately. Even painted WIPs are getting fewer replies.
>>23833125>resident schizo spewing nonsense that has nothing to do with plamoDoes not count.
>>23833126Speaking of airbrushed lacquers for detail painting, I was watching a Warhammer tank painting video and he used silly putty for masking off some things when he did a airbrushed layer. Why have I not heard of that here? I hate doing tape masking.
>>23833112How rude! I'll have you know my buttocks are simply well endowed.
>>23833119>admitting that you're a illegal alien>>23833123>chink is proud that he's raping the english language
>>23833131Silly putty tends to leak more paint, but it does work.I've used blutack before (tbdesu I still have a Porsche 911 with blutack covering most of the spoiler sitting in a box somewhere).
>>23833110I'm snap building this RG Unicorn (special coating ver) if it means anything.
>>23833136>Just use the tack I'm already using to hold small parts on sticks. >Never thought of this despite having to deal with it blocking paint on that side of the part. Genius
>>23833131Warhammer minis are, well, mini, and usually very heavily detailed with lots of round surfaces. You can't really use tape on that stuff, so putty is the #1 recommendation. You can use blu tack too, or even dedicated brands of masking putty, though the only real difference with them is that they're less "tacky" so they come out in nicer chunks and dont leave residue. There's also masking fluid, I've never used it but I've heard good things
>>23833134I'm the whitest guy you'll ever meet. I could blend into a snowdrift, I'm that pale. Burger-curs need not reply.
>>23833141Just ignore him, he's obviously just trying to start shit. Don't engage any further, let him rant on his own.
>>23833119You've now been made aware that you were wrong and being laughed at your whole life. You're welcome. Your parents didn't use it and neither did your grandparents, it's a new thing. A zoomer jeet thing. Fitification is not a word. Chin up, you're now smarter and sound less like a rube than you did an hour ago. >>23833124It's ok if you want to airbrush it, but the use case for enamel for plamo is usually more specialized. It's sort of the old school way to paint something like a whole car chassis. But you know all this because you read the guide in the OP, right? The tldr is that you have a lot of better options for painting large open areas than enamel. If you are going to paint something like the armor on a Gundam, there is not much reason to use enamel unless you just happen to have nothing else. I've used fingernail polish for it but only as a goof. The best tool for the job is lacquer but that has its downsides (as you learned when you read the OP guides). >>23833123You misuse words because you're ESL. I care about it because I'm a spastic sperg. It's 2026 and I still correct people saying "ax me something" too, which is "fitment's" big sister and exactly equally incorrect.
good morning
>>23833145good night, burger-kun
>>23833137It's cool as hell and I am sorry I implied anyone here might be British. That was over the line. I tried to get that thing from the Gundam Base the other day but every kind of Unicorn smaller than PG was sold out. >>23833142>implying it's one person per side>>23833145Do you mean it's a morning to be good on, or...
>>23833110look its a bandai baby product!
>>23833145It's noon nigga.
>>23833141Post hand.
>>23833141post nose
>>23833141post thighs
Huh. I haven't built mine yet, but can anyone who has confirm if the first version HG Xi's white is a kind of muted off-white? Or did this person pull a sun-damaged example to compare to the new one?
>>23833099Esl rager is probably some pajeet himself.
>>23833154Subarashiiiii!Would anyone be interested in a how-to for making a DX skewer holder that I cooked up? I was going to make another one anyway. Also here is my favorite English language guide to plamo paint types. https://www.paintonplastic.com/paintonplasticblog/2020/10/1/what-are-the-best-paints-for-plastic-models?rq=enamel>>23833168pic
>>23833169Mine looks like the right one.
>>23833169my Xi looks like the right too, guess this Jap's version is faulty, maybe it is sun-damaged
>>23833172fucking hell man this is why girlpla is frowned upon.
>>23833187>fucking hell man this is why girlpla is frowned upon.Yeah, there's a bulge there! That shouldn't be there!
>>23832595I really like it, good job anon
>>23833188P U F F Y
>>23833188Those two bulges ruins the aesthetic, she'll look better flat!
>Japanese modelers are vocalEvery time you say this I know it's about to be some stupid ass motherfucking take
>Chang does it again!Every time you say this I know it's about to be some stupid ass motherfucking chang slop.
>>23833080My budget is roughly $500 (for now). I already got the airbrush (Gaahleri GHAD-39), so I'm going down the list to see my options. I don't mind the DIY or ordering from Japan if it comes to it. Worse case, I could print outside in the screened patio (when it is not raining). It still need to keep space in the budget for the paints and primer
>>23833202not my fault you have an easily identified catchphrase
>>23833202What's the matter? Don't like the Barba-Exia? I unironically do.
>>23833207What part of it is Exia-like?
>>23833207This is fucking gross.
>>23833215swords
>>23833215To me, the head is evocative of Exia just a bit. Something to do with the angle of the v-fin and the proportions of the face plate.
>>23833187I only frown upon girlpla due to the average girlpla enjoyer being a gross human being.
>>23833110All anybody does in this thread is bitch and moan. Nobody wants to post their work because if it's less than perfect, it'll get shit on; and if it's too good to complain about it'll get ignored. The posters here are getting old and cranky, it's happening everywhere on this goddamn site.
>>23833187Why are americans so gay?
I got a package today
>>23833099dude I can smell your sweaty fucking ass from here
>>23833237Rad.
>>23831137>>23831140Slow and steady progress on my group build entry. Might take a break and snapshid a HG while it dries.
>>23833237Fuckin' tight, dude. I wish they'd expand the YGO line to include less than legendary monsters. All I want is a Junk Warrior and a Time Wizard. That shouldn't be so much to ask.
>>23833251Red Eyes please.
>>23833255For me, it's Ancient Gear Golem
>>23833266For me it's Blue Eyes Toon Dragon. I'd pre-order one and I normally NEVER do that. I always wait for sales.
>>23832978i don't even use mine anymore because i like my pro-zetsu and 74123 a lot more
>>23832978I use them and have never posted them. You are suffering from observation bias and poverty.
>>23833268>Blue Eyes Toon DragonIf he had a little base that was a copy of Toon World, I'd buy 2.I'd preorder Super Quantal Mech King Great Magnus.
>>23833203If I was going to drop $500, this is what I'd get, and be set for life. They have some cheaper ones and run good sales on occasion too. I spray outdoors when I can but that's not often with the weather here. Otherwise I have the usual Chineseum spraybooth, which works ok enough. Don't worry about paints, they are cheap and you will be buying them for the rest of your modelling life. Having a reliable spray setup that isn't a hassle to use means you'll actually paint and get shit done instead of putting it off or growing to hate it. Depending on what needle you have, another thing to consider down the road is a simple, larger handpiece like the Procon Boy with a 4 or 5, single action, for primer and top coats. Not necessary but a luxury I would never go without now that I've used it for years. You can get them for $50-100 burgers and they make applying big smooth coats much easier and the cleanup simpler. I have airbrushed since I was 12 and own probably a dozen of the fuckers and these days, for model kits, it's the single action Procon for almost everything. You will want a finer needle and double action for some stuff even with gunpla maybe but my point is, any reliable airbrush is fine, it's the other shit that matters.
>>23833228I am /m/'s oldest poster, with 2 grown kids. I looped back around to postive posting (mostly, I still shitpost too). I never rip on people's work unless asked to. We're all gonna make it!>>23833248Rinko? Was it you who posted about Lascivous clear red the other day?>>23833271No he's right. There is objectively a very observable pattern of people (always snapshitters) who post pics with the Godhands very carefully posed into the pic in a conspicuous way. It's like how some mid artists post pencils laying on the paper, as if to show that they really drew with a pencil. That's been a thing for 20 years now. Real men use these nippers btw. Pros know that the cuter the nippers, the better the build.
>>23833283huurrr link https://www.pacepaintbooth.com/24-inch-super-mini/
>>23833294id be concerned about those nippers making my gunpla explode
>>23833294>It's like how some mid artists post pencils laying on the paper, as if to show that they really drew with a pencilIt's just a composition for the photo, how do you claim to be the oldest poster and not understand about aesthetics when taking a picture.
>>23833294These are adorable. What are they? I collect nippers out of a deep appreciation for tools.
>>23833305>I collect nippers
>>23833310He meant nipples.
>>23833305>Are you a modeller or a tool collector?Yes.
>>23833310What's wrong with that?
>>23833304Nope it's absolutely not. Midwit take. It's exclusively to performatively posture as a "traditional artist" and fake some authenticity. Never ever remotely related to anything else. The redditard Godhands shit is similar but has a different motive, closer to what other anon pointed out about iPhonefags and Teslafags., being "part of the in-group". Also performative and cringe. >>23833305The came with the Megumin DX set from Plamatea. You can probably still get it. They're solid, standard double bladed nippers. I don't actually use them because I have other ones I prefer but they're nice. I have a lot of weird nippers and am mad that I missed the Eva ones. ;__;>>23833329It's pretty autistic but so is everything else we do in here.
>>23833294>Was it you who posted about Lascivous clear red the other day?Yep. It looks much more subtle over flesh than expected. I thought it'd make her skin bright red but it's barely noticeable.
>>23833364So yeah the basic idea is you have White Peach or whatever and use the red (and the orange) as shading selectively to match the look of something like a nice scale figure. You can mix and match of course. Once it dries you can always go back again and add some more shading but you're going to find that less is more. I come from portrait paining and other smaller scale models (like wargames figures) so when I started doing GKs I tried to shade too heavily. The exaggeration to make something read at small scale is not what you want when you get to a larger figure like a 1/10 or 1/7 or whatever. So the subtle look of the clear red is a feature not a bug. I have a helpful image ref as well, lemme look for it. o7
>>23833110I applied another layer of topcoat on the Gm's parts I'm painting. I'm changing the red parts to black and I'm gonna make the mint-green parts white. I'm just waiting on the white paint and masking tape to be delivered to my place
Well I lost the image but basically you want both the clear red and the clear orange, and you use orange for shading generally. Then you use the red specifically on knees, elbows, toes and fingers and ears. It will come out shiny as clear paints are wont to do, but you're satin coating the skin at the end anyway right?Here is an example where I used a clear red over White Peach and went too hard. It's not bad but it would have been prettier if I'd gone like...halfway as far as I did.
>>23831140I'm painting koto's Dolores for the groupbuild, I've only done some of the accesories tho.
>>23832844why do you think the future won't have workshops like thatyou've bought way too much into futurism sleek bullshityou can find a workshop like that any time in the last century almost anywhere, and will for centuries more, because wood and brick and metal ammo boxes don't change much, and tools are tools
>>23831719>>23831720I'm upset that you're literally doing the same thing as me but better
What do you see?
>>23833385Skin still looks nice imo. I want to do more gunpla but I just can't stop painting statueshit lately. . .
>>23833423Looks like a bird, I can see the neck on the right and the tail on the left.
>>23833423Ikaruga
>>23833423I see many things. I see chaff. I see superfluity. I see "trying too hard".
>>23832978
>>23833423Fuck all. A mess.The base suit without any of the addons is really cool though.
in my days there were plamo news... releases...
>>23833426Blessed shelf . Are you printing them yourself or ordering resin GKs?>>23833110I finished this a few days ago. I am trying to make all the main MS from CCA by the end of the summer.
>>23833467pic
Tomorrow I'm going to attend at friendly group building meeting, now I wonder what should I take with me so I can actually finish it. Normally I need around 6-8 hours for single HG so it might be tough. Now current pics are either Jesta Cannon, Amazing Strike Freedom or Megami Device Kanade or Kizuna.
>>23833475Bring your girlpla and chat up some trannies
>>23833294>megumeme.
>>23833475anime otaku hobby?
>>23833480They don't make a Lalatina
>>23833482No, polish meeting.
>>23833488dam, was hoping id see an anon here go to a toronto build day so i can see how autistic some of you are
Newtype had a price error on this kit until it sold out in a matter of minutes. Managed to snag one, but I doubt they'll honor the order.
>>23833423one of those ai pics from 2020 where it looks like a scene at first glance but then when you look for more than 2 seconds you notice you can't find a single coherent object in the picture
>>23833503I also browse reddit and got my $Free.99 +shipping order in.
>>23833467They're just cheap statues I buy at weeb stores or Amazon or whatnot. They come colored already, but it's mostly just colored plastic, like an unpainted pla.
>>23833487Ok I like you now
>>23833228>if it's too good to complain about it'll get ignorednew thread guy always acknowledges me at least by making my builds the op pic
>>23832328>Was not expecting at all for the kit to come with parts to make the girl both in and out of her wolf armor, which is fucking awesomeThat is really neat, I just looked at the line and might preorder the vampire girl with womb tattoo
>>23833512
>>23833492You don't have any mirrors?
>>23831136How is the build quality of the Gustav Karl 00 compared to the Messer? Messer isn't very good as everything from HG Seed Freedom and GQX set a new standard above it.I ve built the Messer and wasn't very impressed.
>>23833530The closest durability to an action figure so far would be the GQX Light Cannon as a benchmark.
>>23833530what's wrong wth it? i have it in my sights since i prefer the 1st movie ver
>>23833535Just not as tight as recent year(2024-2025) HGs. Sculpt is good. Some articulation lacking but that's the nature of its design. I also have Penelope but haven't built it yet. I heard that Xi Gundam is leagues ahead of Penelope in terms of build quality due to the COVID year gap.I am pondering whether to continue collecting this line based on the Gustav Karl's build quality. Obviously, Alyzeus and Messer M01 will be today's standard.
>>23833545>due to the COVID year gap.I recall them releasing at the same time, was that not the case and I'm misremembering?
>>23833545damn, this is some really good part seperationthe only spot i can imagine being annoying to paint is the cheek indents as the molding on them doesn't look very sharp
Anyone here put together any Master Grade SDs? Are they actually comparable to regular MGs? I thinking about getting the Gundam Aerial one.
>>23833558>he doesn't know
>>23833503lmao cancelled
>>23833557I have a boxed set that came with both and the effects parts as well IIRC. Sempais if I want to enter the contest thing do I need to mail pics of my kit to the OP address?
>>23833562building the MGSD destiny rn, its honestly a treat to build a modern bandai kt where you know they tried
>>23833040Bump
>>23833562Idk but I wanna get one and can't decide between Wing Zero and Barbatos
>>23833562>MGSDIt's clearly the line they care about. They're very good.
>>23833040Pros>Fun build>Perfect color separation >Really good articulation >All-around solid despite the transformation >Transformation really isn't that bad (imo) and holds together well>Relatively light on the greebles, even captures some anime accurate details that other zetas lack (like rounded elbow joints and the big monkey hands)Cons >Hip construction, while generally solid, does like to split a little when posing >Side skirts have a really annoying connection that loves to pop off>Wing binders are on little rails that are uncomfortably thin >Waverider mode has more bare inner-frame than some people prefer >No hyper mega launcher >no gret zeta verOverall it's a really solid kit and very good MG, if you like the zeta you'll probably love it
>>23833530>How is the build quality of the Gustav Karl 00 compared to the Messer?Vastly superior, despite inheriting some leftovers from the original Type-13. The legs have a near-full inner frame and opening panels galore. Honestly the only thing I can hold against it is the lack of torso articulation>>23833558>color separate the shoulder vents>but not the chest vents, crotch, arm parts, feet or beam saber holderSo close yet so far away
>>23831140Finally snapped. Now time to pivot and paint an mg while brainstorming a paint scheme.I'm also surprised that it can stand unsupported when fully loaded.
>>23833683Maybe I could do something like the F-35? Or maybe a Tomcat?
>>23833684Or maybe I could just repaint it in the same colors. But that's a bit boring
>>23833655Thanks, so way sturdier than the Messer, I will probably add some tissue paper and joint strengthener to increase the friction of the Messer joints.
>>23833683>>23833684>>23833687I'd just stick to the default color scheme IMO.
>>23833557>>23833579Penelope was 2019 Oct, released way before the film.Xi Gundam was 2021 Apr, released after the film.Xi Gundam is known as the sturdiest HG when it came out.
Bandai should release an RG Daizyujin
>>23833117Does Lego have QC issues like Bandai after Bionicle's fall?
>>23833687Is it MG or PG?
Comprehensive tierlist of kit's quality when?
>>23833721this but strictly SMP kits
oh noboncle schizos
>>23833721There are only 2 tiers:GreatGreat if you have basic modeling skill you should have had by age 13.
Anything new with your backlog?
>>23833719PG
>>23833753Star Abyss coming Monday. We'll see if it survived the month long trip from China.
>>23833110>post work>get ignoredthe reason I haven't posted any in a year.
>>23833761Post it now anon-kun! Ganbatte!
>>23833753Just this guy. I'm still browsing the JP Fleamarket for any Gaoranger kit that is not gigascalped.
What the fuck.
C-C-C-C-CHINAAAAAAAAAAAAAguyin toysYu-Gi-Oh! Shooting Star DragonGalaxy-Eyes Photon DragonBorreload eXcharge DragonShooting Quasar Dragonplastic model kitmore information will release later
>>23833753Picked up a Freedom 2.0 from Hobby Lobby the other day. I just need to grab some decals and paint and then it might be my next gunpla project. I'll probably do something similar to what Saint did on his.
>>23833423Alyzeus >>23833769
>>23833769You just know they're going to release a properly color separated MP Nu on P-Bandai with minimal stickers and no hollow feet.
>>23833529bodied that freak
>>23833772That looks like Betterman
>>23833795>That looks like Betterman
>>23833753I got the Yiya Qubeley Mk II in the USAGS sale. wanted to see how it built before I commit to their goog
>>23833772I wish Machine King/Perfect Machine King was beloved enough to warrant model kits, even by Chang, but whatever, the official Zeus kit from the Japs will suffice, but goddamn, do I hate modern Yugioh and their megalaser-Eyes universe darkgigamax dragons horseshit
>>23833684Something inspired by aircraft livery could be cool, they have some of the coolest variety of paint schemes out there
>>23833753Finishing up Koto ExExbein and I have MG Sazabi Ver Ka, MG Freedom 2.0, and MG ZZ Ver. La in the backlog. I am holding of on the Sazabi until the end of the year due to an exam I have to take (plus I should have my airbrush setup by then)
>>23833753I took stock of my backlog the other day and ever since I have sworn off buying any new kits. I even skipped the 30MF skellies and I'd been waiting for those since they got announced. You need to know when to say when, Anons.
>>23833776I built this and was thoroughly whelmed. It was truly one of the master grades of all time. Like it's fine, there's not really anything wrong with it, but I also didn't really feel anything from it.
CHINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>23833869That robot looks very bland.
>>23833869What's the build style on par with? HG? RG? MG?
>>23833880chinks only make MG equivalentthey love complex stuff for the sake of complexity
>>23833869SM did it better
Wait, which is better to get, between the Alyzeus and the MP, I wouldn't mind just an MP Nu but I do love the Alyzeus also
>>23833753Probably gonna sell a few kits to fund more one piss shit actually.
>>23833893well right now there really isn't an option
>>23833895Don't tell me you bought the NBA Wan Piss shit on the PBandai store lmao
>>23833914It was a Tashigi dakimakura
I'M GONNA BUILD MG TALLGEESE TODAY!TODAY = CUT ALL RUNNERSTOMORROW = SANDING + BUILD SOMEMONDAY - THURSDAY = BUILD FINISHFRIDAY - SUNDAY = PAINT FINISH
>>23833926no you aren't you're gonna waste all your time browsing the internet aimlessly
God the new logo looks like shit
>>23833919Based
>>23833905OhI thought there was a separate HG coming out just for the MP
>>23833932HH
>>23833932All they need to do is add two more red dots to the B at the top and bottom, and it'll look like an actual B and not a K.
>>23833932literally who gives a fuckgod damn people will whine about anything
>>23833928I'm playing Yunyun Syndrome actually
>>23833952Huh? What? You can't even say a logo looks shit now?
>>23833952It's ok anon, this is 4chan, you can say things look shitty here without getting banned.
>>23833948Or they can just not putting it there at all lol.
>>23833956I can say who gives a fuck because who gives a fuck
>>23833959This. It's pointless clutter with no purpose.
>>23833952He spends a lot of time looking at those boxes you know. We all do.
Just finished building the Angry Shinn/Bird Impulse. Is it better not to topcoat this? It is copied from the MRD after all and I'm not familiar what's the norm on that line. The textures on this certainly looks different from normal gunpla
>>23833961Well i give a fuck, which negates your claim. Are we done here? Or are you gonna piss and shit your pants because i said a mild criticism to a logo?
>>23833962>pointless clutter>on the edges of the box and not overlapping anything hereI'm convinced the only thing some people like to do is cry.>>23833963I don't spend much time looking at boxes or boxart at all personally
>>23833963>spends a lot of time looking at those boxesThat's just the usual experience when visiting hobby shops. You always stare at the boxes for awhile to see what's to buy.
>>23833966It's pointless clutter that serves no purpose. Sorry. They made effort to make something worse when nothing would have been objectively superior. You can kick and scream and cry because you care so much that it stays there but everyone is going to keep on shitting on your precious logoslop mistake.
>>23833966Oh yeah because you are a blind psychic who knows which kit is which. Based newtype anon.
>>23833968>you can kick and scream and cryyet you are the one crying about a logo lolsorry you'll have to look at it for probably years, enjoy your suffering retard lol>>23833969I buy shit online 99% of the time so I don't even see the boxart or take it into consideration when I buy it these days no
Box arts are masterpieces in their own rights. You don't buy a bunch of runners in a nylon bag unless you are a Ching Chong OC enjoyer.
>>23833963>>23833967For me it's>logo is bad>wow cool robot
>>23833971WAAAAH DON'T CRITICISE MY LOGO AAAAAIIIEEEEEE ALSO I DON'T CARE SO I WILL DEFEND IT FOR A DOZEN POSTS AAAAAHHHHH!!!!>>23833972I was thinking of making a table using plamo box tops. You get the wood top and carve out a recess like 1cm deep, arrange your pictures, then pour epoxy so they're sealed in. Maybe even take apart a Zaku or something and put the parts in there like an exploded schematic.
>>23833973for me it's>hey look a robotcan't imagine how much of a faggot you have to be to fixate on logo changing
>>23833971>buy shit online 99% of the time so I don't even see the boxartWhat? Every site show the box art. Unless you buy dogshit from China with a box like this.
>>23833974>a dozen posts>defending itattacking you isn't defending it, you medical grade moron>>23833976>every site shows the boxartnot really, considering most bandai products worth buying for the past several years have been p-bandai and preorders start often before you see the boxart anyways and I don't search for models that already exist by boxart, I search by name
>>23833978Pbandai boxes are pleasing to the eye though. Presentation is important.
>>23833979not really
>Can't even say the logo looks like a turd nowWe are not going full reddit with this
Here is the new /m/ approved box design, along with chimpout-kun's preferred version on the left. >>23833978Yes it is and yes you did. >>23833980Yes. Really.
>Have Hyaku Shiki sitting in my backlog>Don't much care for the color of the yellow/injection-gold parts>Kinda wanna repaint itAny color palette recommendations? I'm thinking of repainting it like the nu Gundam but I tried that already with a Jegan and didn't much care for the results.
>>23833982good job not being able to read or count, lil guy
>>23833980Yes really. Don't pretend like you faggots haven't dunk on r/gundam's gay covid logo for years.
>>23833914No, I play the card game and my new deck is a little pricey.
>>23833983How about gold? Or maybe a gloss black with matte black bits and super sparing Char's red peppered in. Think: you are Quattro Bajeena and this is yours now. How do you operate? How do you make it look? Do you go for stealthy function or do you go for psychological impact or indulge in personal taste?>>23833984He's objectively right, take your L.
>>23833985I haven't because I'm not a mentally ill child who ever gave a fuck about the reddit boogeyman and even pointing to reddit in your post right now or their logo is a sign of how fully brainrotted you are.>>23833987>objectively rightnot even at a dozen posts still, not a single defense of the logo in sight, I'm afraid you're stupid and illiterate too
Bandai should hire Chris Chan to draw Gunpla box art from now on.
>>23833988>He is defending reddit nowPfftt ok, it was nice talking to you.
>>23833988You lost. Now you're farming one big fat L into a dozen more big fat Ls but you just can't stop yourself. Pretty cringe ngl.>>23833989After the KH logo they may as well, really. >>23833985A gay covid logo? Like, promoting the Chinese virus hysteria? I also have to ask: gay as in lame and stupid, or gay as in homosexual? I am picturing a rainbow flag wu flu virus cartoon with a redditroon bugman with the antenna on its head...>>23833991Frankly he smelled very reddit from the get go with the whole "JUST LET PEOPLE ENJOY SHIT AND DON'T CRITICIZE" thing he did.
>>23833991>hey friends as you can see I am an epic 4channer like the rest of you haha reddit bad upvotes to the left thanks kind anon
>>23833993redditor spotted lmao
>>23833992>You lost.Lost what? The say stupid shit contest? Or the whine like a bitch contest? I'm fine with losing those.
>>23833995>the brown is still REEEEING at having been bodiedDidn't read btw.
>>23833994now parrot another jingle for me
>>23833997The brownoid tranny is still posting its Ls ppfffttt hahahahahahaha.
>>23833996You already proved you don't know how to read
>>23833999you can do better than that, those are all dated. Something fresher? Maybe original even, but I know you can't.
>>23833986I got a play set when it launched but didn't feel like indulging in the constant arms race of forced "upgrades" to keep up with power creep. How bad is it so far? I just wanted to make a deck around my wife Marida but I am sure that it's not very viable now, 100 sets later.
>>23833987Black with red bits here and there would be cool. I saw one re-paint that was in Char's classic "Red Comet" color scheme too, so going with red to replace the gold parts could work— like if it got re-painted after Quattro revealed himself to the federation in his speech in Zeta, so he has no reason to hide that he's *the* red comet
>>23833975To be fair, I was a bit confused or unhappy about Pepsi or Pringles logos changing, so I get it if some logo change is an eyesore>>23833985Was about to mention this, the website where so many anons either get photos from or post photos in
>>23833982
>>23833237popped a chub ngl
>>23833237my 9 year old self is extremely jealous of you. Also he can't believe there was a second plane.
>>23833964The plastic already has a matte finish. I've built their Destiny Gundam, the build quality is identical to a factory built Metal RD as compared with another Metal RD figure at home.
>>23833237get this next >>23833772
jesus it's already shelfwarming!
>>23834018needs 7/11 branding
my friend's first 30MM+MS+diorama custom
>>23834043other participants at a modeler cup
>>23834053These are all great but the Z'Gok is my favorite.
FALL TO YOUR KNEES, HUMANSBEFORE YOU STANDS A ROYAL KNIGHT OF HER MAJESTY, LADY YGGDRASILLET HIS MIRACULOUS LIGHT CLEANSE YOUR IMPIOUS SOULS
EXTREME JIHAD
Is it weird to say the thighs are the part I'm proudest of? Not really used to painting skin and muscles. It was the most fun part of the build.>the only hands you get are fistsWhy Bandai
The limited ankle articulation was also a bit annoying. Maybe only get this guy if you find him for cheap and/or are a big V-Mon fan.
>made the post in the wrong fucking generalGod damn it.>>23834099
>Finish putting together HGUC GM>Feel only disappointmentAt least the spray gun is neat.
>>23834145They really do need to make a Revive of it.
>>23834146No shot, man, you'll buy GTO GM with it's ugly chin and you will be happy.
>>23834146I desperately hope it and other outdated grunt kits get revives. Every day I pray the grunts get more love
>>23833887I don't recall Sheik Mainlan'ds not-dragonar having a completely seamless jet form
https://x.com/i/status/2047948597782778080LMAO WTF
>>2383415514k yen btw
>>23834155This is fake actually
>>23834155I just watched that video, honestly that doesn't look too bad to paint. Lots of nice flat surfaces and generous cutoffs.
>>23834155Grim.
>>23834155This is unironically what building the HG Mighty Strike Freedom's guns is like
>>23834155Eh nothing like painting could fix.
>>23834155Now all of you feel what I felt when I built SMP DairenOh and it's not a cheap kit either
/gpg/ look away now!
>>23834242100 dollars btw
>>23834155Motherfuckers will do anything to avoid learning to paint, goddamn.
>>23834257I bought the Calamity War Flauros for twice the price of the regular one because I hate the pink color scheme and don't want to paint.
>buy SMP Balteus in the future>250+ USD without shipping>it's sticker heavy>"just paint nigga"
>>23834242What is supposed to be wrong here?
>>23834269The hollow feet, I assume.
>>23834242How many more times this shit is going to get posted
>>23834272Until a Bandai exec apologizes via naked dogeza.
>>23834269>What is supposed to be wrong hereHollow feet and not being part separated? I don't get the fuzz either.>>23834274Do we know if there is a female exec at Bandai? Asking for reference
They almost the same height. I thought MP shorter than Nu
>>23834288I think the issue is that Nu has longer arms. That makes it shoulders sit a bit higher than MP Nu's. Also those chest vents look weird.
>>23834033Yes you're correct. But how do you fix-set the included waterslide decals? I'm guessing the OG MRDs don't have one?
>emblem is sticker>no sculpting to paint the emblem onThis I will not excuse.
>>23834326Just freehand it
>>23834326>>23834351transfer manually to a masking tape, cut it and spray paint it
>>23833772So the Shooting Star will come with Synchro Rings, nice.
>>23834326just make it yourself you stupid gajiin fuck
When was the last time they reprinted an MG Zeta Plus? Feel like we’re due soon
>>23833772>eXChargeholy fucking BASED. That's the best design out of the Borrelloads alongside Savage
>>23834437I meant Furious, fuck. Savage is ass.
>>23834417Yea and they do a shitty half passed job most of the time. Not saying it's exclusive to japanese people though
I saw a couple of Code Geass HGs on P-B. are they any good?
working on a großer hund/ ekdromoi hybrid right now. not sure about the painting yet. maybe a grey base with ww2 style german winter camouflage
>>23834417Thats what they did with shotguns.
>>23834480different perspective
>>23834480>>23834483What in gods name are you fuckin doing
>>23834480Is this made from putty or something? wtf is that texture.
>>23834489what dont you like about it? i needed the großer luna arms for a scratchbuild so i came up with some other solution for the hund base
>>23834483nice ass, bro
>>23834495its a 3d print thats where the ekdromoi texture comes from. an acquaintance did it for me so i wanted to use the parts.i know its not exactly smooth
>>23834483I like the effort, but could you use a resin printer instead?
>>23834513Have you tried this thing called sandpaper?
>>23834517Bruh, it's a WIP
>>23834480Wallace in the wrong trousers
>>23834533top fucking kek
>>23834155dis nigga gonna be covered in a heap of detritus anyways cutting corners was logical
>>23833753Just PGU Nu. But tomorrow will finish my workshop, so will work on few things, finally.
>>23834539I think the hollow feet and giant stickers would be unacceptable if the kit was just the MP-Nu standalone, but the whole thing is so huge it's like cutting corners on a core fighter
>>23834155snapGODs... I don't wanna be a paintCHUD..
>>23834480Is that the Ekdromoi on the top?
I feel like such a dunce scratch building and shaving down plastic with my knife to make a custom weapon where as a 3D printer would have solved this within seconds
