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It's been over 10 years, has science ever figured out what's up with the MG Gundam X's butthole? It opens up thusly but nothing on the kit can plug in there or anything. DX has a similar one but it has a round peg for mounting the old G-Falcon kit, there's nothing here. If it was in preparation for GX Divider and letting it carry the beam rifle there they could have let GX attack its beam rifle here too. So that seems unlikely. What's up with this then?
>>23871602You sure you're not supposed to flip that bit as well and then wedge in the beam rifle or whatever's the spare weapon?
>>23871606nope, that bit doesn't move at all. It's the hinge the entire rear skirt is clipped to. Very strange. This circled part looks like something can plug in there but nothing on the kit does. Manual has nothing too.
>>23871608Maybe it's just a gimmick from the cartoon? Like the alternative entrance or something
>>23871602Isn't that for the G falcon?
>>23871612Nope.>>23871615>DX has a similar one but it has a round peg for mounting the old G-Falcon kit, there's nothing here. I guess it's just another case of mysterious shit Bandai did for no reason?
Oh koto is reprinting the white glint. Won't miss it this time.
>>23871602My bet is storage for the bazooka for the Divider, but they still haven't made a Divider kit. Might've also been something they considered to pull double duty somehow for G-Falcon compatibility too but my bet's on the hyper bazooka.
Changing topic, what weapons do you like more between the two versions of the HG Atlas, the ones from the manga version or the Bandit Flower version? Honestly, I want to mix both, with the manga Blade Shield and the OVA railgun. And besides, the rest of the MS is completely identical.
>>23871620I guess that's the best guess we can have. When Divider kit comes out in 10 years we'll find out.
>>23871621anime version for sureI'd still have to replace at least half the parts to make it suit my tastes tho
is this general normally pretentious?
>>23871636Depends on what you mean by that.
>>23871636why do you ask?
>>23871636I'll leave it open to interpretation.
>>23871636I find you all rather supercilious.
Do Thunderbolt kits sold well? I haven't seen they reprint the manga version kits often
>>23871625Gloss coat on top of the transparent red.
>>23871656No idea, the only one I ever got was the big gun because it's a big fucking gun.
>package from Suruga-ya arrive but seemingly torn and crushed from one side>attached protocol state that my national post received it in partially open state so they applied some simple fix with tape>all contents are here, only some boxes are partially crashed but with parts inside intactFirst time I encounter something like this. Someone in Japan must had bad day.
>>23871636No, just whiny as hell.
Forgot to apply thread wax to my airbrush after a deep clean and it sneezed all over a part while spraying.And it just *had* to be the largest peice I was painting
>>23871618it's for the hyper bazooka.only used it as X Divider in the anime.
>>23871697>thread waxwhat is this, i've somehow never heard of it
>>23871705shit you apply on bike chains probably. looks like vaseline.
>>23871697What part are you supposed to wax?
>>23871629Figured they're near-identical, but the yellow has been traded for marigold and the minor changes in the weapons. Still liking the manga Blade Shield over the OVA one because of the extra blade.
>>23871728asshole
>>23871656The ver ka final battle versions seem to do really well.
What are some great garage kits/bootleg? Gf has the axis model works osiris and I'm jealous. I want the monument rebuild but it seems sold out everywhere.
What the hell, Motor Nuclear. Another 1/144 version of a model they haven't released yet. I'm starting to think both 1/72 Xiang Yu and Wen Zhong got pushed back as 2027 releases.
>>23871705Thread sealer. It's just a sort of beeswax you put on the threads at the cap and nozzle of your airbrush to create a "better" seal and reduce air leakage.
>>23871746>resin kit>GFYour girlfriend has a dick, right?
>>23871746>Gf has the axis model works osirisThat's a man
>>23871589Girlpla is actually fun
>>23871656they always sell out whenever they reprint them. Psycho Zaku Ver Ka is probably the series's best seller.
>>23871815The stupid ass fuel tanks make the kit out to be much more impressive than it actually is. It is just a Zaku II 2.0 after all.
>>23871827It has a lot of new parts.
>>23871829Out of curiosity what?
>>23871834The shoulders, skirts, chest armor, arm armor and backpack are all new. I think the only normal zaku armor parts are on the legs since those are just high mobility zaku legs.
>>23871834Why do you even ask when you’re not going to buy it?
>>23871853but I already own it?
>>23871853He might buy it once he realizes how much they actually changed for that zaku.>>23871852>>23871834I looked at it again. The legs also have a ton of new parts. I don't think it uses any of the normal zaku armor.
>>23871782Shes pregnant so I don't think so.
>>23871862Men can't get pregnant, anon.
>>23871862Kids gonna come out retarded if she's not wearing a mask around that chinese plastic dust
>>23871858And why are you asking when you have it already???
>>23871866because it's sitting in its box waiting its turn to be built.
>>23871862Imagine wanting kids holy shit I am so sorry my condolences.
A beam rifle befitting of a big guy, none of that small dinky Jegan shit in canon
>>23871867It's a really fun build. The frame is mostly unchanged since it's still a zaku but the armor is totally different. it's a bit of a slog once you have to start mass producing bazookas and zaku machine guns though.>>23871869Consider a beam magnum
>>23871872> The frame is mostly unchanged since it's still a zakuThat's more of what I was getting at with my original post but it didn't come across I suppose.
My MG eclipse just arrivedI heard the hip joints are prone to snap apart and replacing it with 3rd party metal joint is recommended, but apparently just some sanding/silicon lubricant are good enough?This is my first transforming kit so I am a bit worried
>>23871862Ohhh! So she got the resin kit when she divorced her ex that knocked her up. Makes sense now. That sucks, dude.
>>23871879I just don't see the point of making an already expensive kit more expensive to give it a new frame that does the same thing. Ultimately, it is just a suped up zaku II>>23871589I think the preshade might be a bit too subtle. It's a lot more visible in person, at least. I also sprayed all the lines with some black before the paint went on.
>>23871886>assembling before all the painting is doneI hate you and your kind.
>>23871872Please don't mention "beam magnum" in these threads
>>23871889I do it in parts. I do the chest, waist, and head together, paint the parts and assemble them. Then I do the arms together, then the legs, then the backpack and accessories. It's easier to avoid burnout if you break up the pieces and do them one by one. I usually work for 8-10 hours a day when I do anything so avoiding burnout is crucial.
>>23871886beautiful hand
>>23871883lol nah I just got her into gundam with unicorn and she really likes the Kshatriya, but you really only have the bandai HG kit and the axis model works kits out there.Shes building wing EW ver ka right now so I kind of wanna put together a bootleg with her together whenever we get around to it.
>>23871588damn thanks for using my pic
>just now realize I lost a part>no idea when or where this occurred so no idea where to lookfuuucckk
>>23871941I once found the missing piece months after I scratchbuilt a replacement
>>23871954my plan is to just work on something else for a while and hope it turns up by itself. if it doesn't it should at least be pretty doable to make a replacement since it's a symmetrical part and i still have the other to reference
>>23871941get a high lumen flashlight off amazon and it will turn up. some are pretty cheap for how bright they are.
progress on the superpig. thanks to the huy who gave me feedback on the colours, the orange came out nicely i think.
What do people even use those super thin Lightning godhand nippers for? They look like they’d break if you look at them wrong
What's a good way to seal wounds inflicted by hobby knives other than bandages
>>23871984Tamiya extra thin. Putty and sanding for real deep gouges.
>>23871984super glue>>23871983Perfect flush cuts
>>23871967tropophobia
>>23871983Ideally, you use standard double bladed nippers to remove the parts from the runners, and then use your expensive Godhand to cut the nubs. Instead, I just use a cheap single blade I bought for $10 off Ali for all the cutting and file the nubs down with a glass file or sand sponge.
is surugaya still the best place for 90s bandai kits? haven't kept up with how the prices there change and how mandarake compares in the last year or two. Or are the any other decent sites besides these?
>>23871984>clean wound>apply bandage>apply finger condom>proceed as normal.
>>23871984superglue and masking tape since those are on my desk already
>>23871984Anon... plastic doesn't grow back
>>23872030>he doesn't know.
>>23871992„ Tropophobia is the specific fear or deep aversion of moving, making changes, or leaving one's comfort zone“did you mean tryptophobia
>>23872037No.
>>23872037>>23871992you're both wrong, its 'trypophobia'
i will not be buying the new xi kit
>>23872057
>>23872057I hope chang sells the new head.
>>23872032
>>23872072i think they already did at one point. i remember seeing one when i bought an alternate head for my rg hi nu last year
>>23872041so whats the issue? you dont like me obsessively building MaK?
>>23871967Reminds me of a blue-ringed octopus.
>>23871967I didn't like the colors at first but it's growing on me. Send help.
getting both ashtaron and virsago is pretty bigyou guys still have anything on your moaning list? non hg doesnt count
>>23872147Well if we're gonna keep to the context of XWhere's the Bertigo? And the Belphagor?
>>23871589The mobile suit itself is completed.
would the ex marker, probably silver, be a good way to make the eyes "reflect" if i paint it from the back? i remember the ver ka nu and unicorn having those silver foils to place on the back of the psycho frame, i kinda wanna achieve something similar w/o using stickers, i hate eye stickers
>>23872193For that effect you want liquid chrome. That pen is a more silvery.
>>23872195something like this?
For small details would you rather buy a new paint bottle or one of those acrylic markers?
>>23872198I haven't used it. Fusionfirm liquid silver foil is good if it's on the back on a part where it'll never get touched. The stuff takes forever to dry and isn't tough at all but it's retard proof if all you care about is an easy chrome finish without a base layer.
>>23872207ty anon, ill check that out
>>23872198estrogen
>>23872207>>23872208oops forgot pic, so amazon has silver foil or liquid chrome, you reckon silver foil would be better>>23872210estrogen has reflective properties?!
>>23872212The one I used is the one on the left.
>>23872213neat ill get that then, and would i end up painting just the back of the eyes or also the top and bottom?
>>23872216I would just do the entire inside of the part if that's what you want to do. Then you could paint the front black, aside from the eyes. Post it when you get it done. I've never seen eyes done that way.
>>23872147The suit I wanted the most, Exia R4, was already announced last week, so right now the closest one is probably Gundam Aquarius.
>>23872217by inside you mean inside of the head? or just every part of the "eye piece" except the front outside facing part(this is what im thinking).well it'll be on a 1/144, so im not holding my breath since it'll be so small
Gundam Artifact Pro FA Gundam7150 yen.
>>23872231I don't understand the scaling considering how small the artifact kits are. Just how big is it? Almost hg size?
>>23872231Half built action figure made of ABS and diecast. Fully coloured. pbandai only, price close to Robot Damashiis from few years back.So fits the Candy Toy department being half preassembled and fully coloured.Articulated but I expect it to have similar range of mobility as HGs from more 10 years ago.
>>2387223710cm is smaller than a 1/144 Fully Armour Gundam, a 1/144 Full Armour Gundam is approximately 13cm tall.
>>23872238This belongs to the Robot Damashii in the toy board.Gunpla-only folks are anti action figures.Very glad that official garage kit aesthetics are getting upscaled.
Huh, I thought these were double the size, not this much more. These aren't going to fit in the rack. Only have the GGX rapid thinner, think it will matt out the gloss clear coat too much? Need a gloss for my current project.
>>23872243Ough god dammit man
>>23872243Eh fuck it, I'm just going to buy them just to support this.
>>23872147Since Bandai has been on a tear with IBO kits, a HG Haagenti is well within the realm of possibility.
>>23872231That looks like awful chinkshit.
>>23871862Don't fall for it anon, she's clearly a Psycommu mobile suit with hidden funnels. Destroy her before they deploy and blow you up with an all range attack.
>>23872248>official garage kit aestheticsThis has to be the most retarded buzzword i have ever seen.
What primer for musou black? Would it make details very hard to see?
>>23872317Any primer is fine. The issue you're going to have is that musou black itself is super delicate, and very finish dependent (if not completely finish dependent). So it's got to be the last thing you put on, even after the top coat. and then afterwards, any touching it will cause those areas to sort of flatten out and become more satiny.This isn't really an issue with the primer adhesion, it's just a function of the way musou black works in the first place.
>>23871586That is a sexy V2.
Finished the turn X. Absolutely insane this thing got a kit. The actual engineering is super basic.My goal was to make it look kinda rough and organic I presume its armor is the same as the turn A and its armor is chitinous. I didn't want to go with a gloss coat since it's not shiny in the show so I think I found a good solution.I am also incredibly happy with the color I mixed for the armor.I could have totally done this in a day if I had applied myself.
>>23871862A cuntboy, eh
>>23872231>official bandai product >designed it chink aesthetic
>>23872231>>23872351post chinkgod kinos
>>23872351It predates china existing though.
>>23872351Everything that's not literally 4 angles total is china now huh
I would rather kill myself than have children. Is that normal?
>>23872361Smooth curves are 100% folded nippon damashi too.>>23872363No. And neither is your need to tell everyone.
>>23872356They've delayed this kino for far too long
>>23872363Just kill the children, problem solved.
>>23872363Yeah pretty common and reasonable sentiment really
>>23872370I don't know if I can get my hands on that much carbon monoxide tbqh.
>>23872374Do it the old fashion way and drop a colony or big rock on them.
Can any brush painters tell me how the fuck I'm supposed to get paint to stick to sharp corners and edges? My pieces are sanded and primed
>>23872386If it's pulling from corners you're putting it on too wet. Try applying less paint per layer.
>>23871882You can get them on Amazon for $8-$10.
Repainting a model with prepainted parts really makes me want to kms
>>23872407I was going to stick my head in my oven today, but then I realized my stove is electric.
How big is this going to be?
there are way fewer MGs and RGs than I expected, as someone who's just getting in
>>23872442There's enough that you will probably never build all of them
>>238724241/72
>>238724241/1
>>23872442MG has slowed down greatly, before 2018 or so you could easily expect 6 kits a year to come out. RG has always been super frugal about releases because of engineering challenges, so they're reserved solely for hero Gundams and sometimes main rivals.
>>23872424How do you plan to mod it and paint it, /gpg/? Will you do it for your buddy?
>>23872464grey primer
>>23872424About the size of an HG? Why would it be any different from the rest of the 30MMs?>>23872464Chrome gold.Clear yellow over that new mirror paint from Tamiya should do the trick, right?
>>23872476Nigga it's not 30MM, that's V.I.O.S.
>>23872476>Why would it be any different from the rest of the 30MMs?because its not 30MM slop
>fell for the gaahleri memeThe paints are nice, but that's all I can say. The airbrush is garbo.
>>23872497Tbh their paints are inferior to the Dspiae pre-mixed paints. At least, the primer is. I could get dspiae's paints easier too and they have more paint per bottle at higher price.
>>23872497I just bought their compressor because I needed to replace mine. I like the aesthetic but didn't realize it was so small. It is probably still fine for my purpose at least though. Glad I checked out the airbrush reviews and didn't get theirs and got a H&S one instead.Also I bought a new airbrush but that was mostly just an impulse buy, My current badger one is fine for priming and the basic shit I use it for.
>>23872455God fucking damn thats big.
>>23872464I’ll keep it faithful to Rusty’s colour scheme. If I can get another, I would paint it with own mech colour scheme in AC6.
>>23872517I should probably do this and get the MGS4 Rex and Ray for Christmas.
Is a scriber a must-have tool is it just one of those optional trinkets?
>>23872531It's a must have if you want to do scribing.If not... it still can come in handy but isn't necessary.
>>23872531If you think you want to do custom panel lines and such, yeah. Some models have shallow panel lines and going over them with a scriber can make them look much nicer (and permit panel liner to flow through them better).
>>23872531Optional, you can deepen shallow lines with a regular hoby knife. You only really want a scriber if you're serious about learning actual scribing of new lines and such.
>>23872531Are you looking to scribe lines? Then yes, you need one. Are you not? Then no you don't need one.
>>23872531Optional. There's no reason to use one if you're happy with the panel lines on the stuff you do.
>>23872424as big as the first one they released
>looking into the MG Universe Booster kit>Out of stock and not reprinted>eBay scalpers selling it by 5x MSRPI guess I will get the Daban one (if it exists)
>>23872554>for the premium price it's still a partsformer with no functioning verniers and laser slicerWhat do you even pay for?
>>23872575kotobukiya tax
Thank you to the anon last thread who suggested panel line markers and sandpaper for my first build. I grabbed some sanding sticks and a gundam marker and went to town. Some of the nub marks I couldn't seem to get rid of despite sanding them flush to the rest of the plastic (I'm guessing due to plastic stress from when I removed them from the runner). Using the marker was pretty fun. However, I think its a little too thick for certain areas, so maybe I could try the liquid type for the next build. Overall I'm pretty happy with where its at besides the messy lines on the forearms.
>>23872497Which airbrush? The Swallowtail or their new one?
>>23872575muh gimmicks. bandai baby nigger retard. it's an incredibly detailed kit made for paintgods
>>23872630>paint it>it spontaneously combusts due to ABSFUCK
>>23872630I do paint but for that price point Infinite Dimensions give you a MUCH, MUCH MORE DETAILED model with a fuckton of gimmicks and a MUCH, MUCH MORE STURDY plastic.
>>23872358>It predates china existing thoughNon Bandai Gundam kit is illegal after the 2000s. Only the Chinese produce the resin kits now and this kind of crap is absolutely their style.
>>23872640>>it spontaneously combusts due to ABSUnfortunate to know your capability to paint CCA HG and early MGs.
>>23872575>PartsformerI genuinely couldn't care less. Find me a transformable Getter Robo toy that doesn't look like trash.
>>23872640Jumpscare. Do not open.
Unlike Bandai, Kotobukiya has no edge over the Chinese. They're the Louis Vuitton of mecha plamo.
>>23872700I'm surprised by how many people throwing a fit over their pricing when Bandai charges you so much over so little ( SMP ) and Wave ( Votoms and Ma.K's pricing ).
>>23872358>his plamo isn't over 2000 years old
Plamo? Nay, return to claymo.
Tbh all plamo can be considered vintage at this point.
>>23872710>great wall was just supposed to be the display stand
>>23871589Hi guys, I finished my RG Nu Gundam. I like the blue I used for the weapons and funnels, Gaianotes Prism Blue Black is so nice.
Chinggis Khan is my favourite plamo builder
>>23872723It's really pretty.
>>23872723
>>23872723Very cool!
>>23872728
>>23872732I love painting cameras in a fluorescent color.
>>23872736Next to a few other builds
>>23872710We're going full circle with the robot Shi Huang Di.
>>23872700Kotobukiya has deals with the chinese to distribute chinkpla.
>>23872750
>>23872752
Every Chinese historical and mythical figures are turning into mechs. Even irrelevant warlords turned into mechs.
Listening to throat singing while snapping plamo
>>23871321Post the clown girl bust.
>>23872782It's not finished yet. You'll be able to find updates in /tg/'s /wip/ if you want to try and catch the finished one eventually.
>>23872329Was it worth missing a car payment?
>Bought a blind Gunpla junkbox for $40 for any useful parts>half an RG Freedom>random EG parts>FULL BODY MG SAZABI VER. KA WITH EVERYTHING MINUS RIFLE AND BEAM HAWK!>RG Eva Unit 01 head>various weapon accessories.
>>23872787You WILL post it here for me when you are done.
>>23872794Okay, anon.
how do I fix topcoat frosting
>>23872787Looks nice anon.
>>23872799Sand it off and start over. You can't fix it. This time don't let shit pool as much and wait for better weather.
what is it about clown girls that people find so appealing?
https://x.com/hobbys_jin/status/2056937080811671870Why did people say you cannot paint ABS with lacquers a few threads back?
>>23872575I'm more bothered by the seams
>>23872823They are cute and funny.
>>23872768This is the way. It's what Go Nagai would want. If anything, all cultures should turn all their historical and mythological figures into giant robots.
>>23872838Doesn't seem to be that big of an issue. I have seen much worse than that. The 1/35 Lunadiver Stingray especially.
>>23872825I told you, they forgot to pay the toll to the plamo youkai.
>>23871656they got replaced by the HG versions. basically the same shit, just with a different box. they rarely reprint TB HGs, but when they do, it's usually the Atlas or the Full Armor only.
>>23872799try a light pass with a q tip lightly moistened with 70% or higher isopropanol 99% is ideal
>>23872883The zakus got a reprint recently as well. The rarest kit from the line is the ground gundam
>>23872231I really don't like how "soft" it looks, every edge is chamfered and smoothed over
>>23872950maybe this one is up to your alley then
>>23872951The feet look kinda out of place
>>23872951that big fucker is not even comparable to a tiny artifact kit however comma I do want one. none of the listings on ali have any reviews yet so I'm holding off for now but I'm keen
Not much you can really do for posing once you equip the Assault-Buster equipment, though I guess that's typical pf Katoki original designs.
>>23872575>>2387263030mm version are for elite modelers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kb6Jl3jw6M&t=530s
>>23872996Since I'm here anyways, what's the tool being used here for scraping the plastic.
>>23872982Whoever thought to paint their base. G O L D
>>23872998It's a ceramic knife.
The PGU Nu is such an absurd kit that there are two schools of thought with regards to painting it (it's such an absurdly detailed kit that painting it would be redundant/ it would be a waste not to paint it) and both have merit.Do I even buy it or do I wait for the next PGU which will undoubtedly be even more absurd in scale and scope?
>>23872999I've so much gold paint with nothing else to use them on so I figured I may as well fucking douse the base with it. I even have some gold primer here that I still don't have any use for.
>>23873000How exactly do they differ from a normal metal blade? For more precise scraping?
>>23872998Thats the argofile ceramic knife, I have it and its nice to use unlike the thinner ones.
>>23873001You like the thing and you have cash to waste - you buy it. You don't like it - you don't buy it. It's that simple.
>>23873001i don't think painting it would be redundant when there is a lot of detail that still needs to be painted on it
>>23871728I forgot to do the threads on my nozzle
>>23872951This kit looks almost like a chink's recreation of a Gyobu mech. It's got that "slim chunky" Gyobu look, but with chink-level detail.
>>23872999Fuark I love painting bases! I can't stop painting bases!
>>23873030It has everything that is bad.
>>23872825Why do you keep ignoring that it was >You cannot paint ABS with lacquers without some precautions
>>23873034I don't mind Gyobu's usual style as much as the average /gpg/ resident, but I think that particular mecha looks wayyyy to busy. That mecha is very indicative of what I don't really like about chink designs.
>>23872788This is the reprint. It was 80 dollars.
>>23873038>>You cannot paint ABS with lacquers without some precautionsStrange. I blasted thinned lacquer paint on ABS several times and it doesn't cause shit.
>>23873006They stay sharp for a pretty long time, it's nifty.
>>23872996>For elite modelers>literally a basic snapshit kit with no warp and flashI keked
>>23872623Not him but I got a GHAD-39 and it is pretty good so far. Maybe I will upgrade to a H&S if I need to
>>23873033I should start doing this... I feel mogged
>>23873038Old HGs are trash confirmed. Literally unpaintable!
The Japanese pay Susanoo tax so he won't break the ABS joints.
Snapshitting on the toilet right now
Let me axe you guys a kestion.Do you guys do all the stupid little wet transfer decals on your kits? I mean yeah I get doing the big one and as you could see I cut out a lot of the big ones and did them, but God look at those million little ones. I don't know if I should bother to do it. What's the general consensus on doing all the little decals?
>>23873083Do you genuinely believe you're supposed to put every single one on?
>>23873084Ionno, I just don't know.
>>23873083Some people like it, some people don't. Just follow your heart.
>>23873083Depends on the kit.Like, I wouldn't put any of those warning and description labels on a Fafner given that they're like 35-40m tall which would make those things like what, half a meter at that scale?
>>23873072You only feel this way because you know you can do it... hop to it
>>23873083I put on small ones when there are parts lacking surface detail and are a single color. Otherwise I usually skip them.
>>23873083I don't like the way excessive decals look so I just use a few here and there.
>>23873093I like how you figured out it was a fafnir lol
>>23873083It's your kit, you are free to put on as many or as few as you want.
>>23873083Na, there is always leftovers. Eventually you get enough leftovers that you can mix and match them on other kits
>>23872996I snapshitted a bunch of 30MM ACs and i can confirm, they are extremely easy to build, almost like Entry Grade for Fromsoft fans.
>>23872951This is heading my way in the mail, pretty hyped
>>23872736What color/ brand do you use? Any suggestion's as to what would work using a regular brush?
>>23871954>Part flies of into the ether, look everywhere and flop around on my belly shining a bright flashlight along the floor to no avail.>Months later, I move a piece of furniture on the Other side of the room, it's just laying there.Plamor works in mysterious ways.
>>23871984Super glue was invented in WW1 to glue wounds, it's not toxic and you can use it in an aquarium.
>>23873099bro, the thing has fafner beyond projectwritten in english
>>23873124I had a piece show up in my shoe a good week later, which is bizarre because I wear my shoes every damn day. I must of done something to please the borrowers.
holy shit it's long
>>23873138
>>23873138This looks miserable to build
>>23873138>smell is an.
>>23873124We warned you about the plamo gnomes. As long as you don't offend them, they'll even bless you so you can dunk ABS in lacquer.
>>23873138your taskbar is disgusting and your taste is youtube videos is bad
>>23873138>it's longYeah, it's a 龍 alright
>>23873147>>23873138This is the exact reason I just put the thread or photos of men kissing in the background when I take pictures.
>>23873125No, it was invented in WW2 to create clear plastic for gun sight, albeit rejected. The medical application happened way later.
>>23873138Wait till you display it with the main model, takes up a helluva lotta space
>>23873068>>23873102Why is /gpg/ full of retards that are incapable of understanding context. What I'm trying to say is that 30MM ACs require effort and skill to make them accurate. Is watching a video too much for your short attention span brains?
>>23872363Just kill yourself anyway.
>>23872996and SMP Balteus is for PAINTGODS
>>23873159saying something is for elite modellers and it's a mass produced bandai snapkit 12 year olds buy just makes you a joke
>>23873083....WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ON THE RIGHT?!
>>23873166Being so personally upset about other peoples opinions on toys makes you a joke
>>23873169It's my cummies. Is there a problem?
>>23873166>modeler's skill is based on their capability to buy niche limited release kits instead of skillI know that /gpg/ isn't the smartest place in this site but wtf
>>23873170making a comment isn't being personally upset here's your (you)>>23873173>hurr durr durr durrr durrrrrrmaybe you'd prefer if I really just said saying anything is for elite modellers makes you a faggot
>>23873152Heh, I got the wrong facts and you are right. Learned something new today! It does work for glueing yourself back together again though, atleast on my machine.
What is the best way to get replacement stickers? I fucked up putting on some of it on the MG Nu Ver. KaThese ones in particular, is it just buying it from ebay?
>>23873176>maybe you'd prefer if I really just said saying anything is for elite modellers makes you a faggotwtf does this even mean. I'm honestly stuck for a minute on what the fuck your point is and all I can further conclude is that you're a retard. Did your brain rotted off at some point without you noticing? I'm very sorry for your incident.
>>23873184Get the liquid ones that you apply with a brush.
>>23873184You can use the sticker sheet to cut out masking tape and paint it on.
>>23873123Not him, but I just use Mr color flourencents and either airbrush them if they are color separated already, or just a really tiny Warhammer mini brush if not. The most annoying part is you can see every fleck of mistake, so paint the part before enclosing if you can.
>>23873184Yea, Ebay is the best place to grab slides in my experience.
>>23873195Cool, appreciate it anon
>>23873195This is why I paint the fluo part first, then paint the rest of the mask black.
>>23872013anyone...?
>>23873187it's really simple to understand, sorry about your brain problems. I'd draw a map but I'm not looking to spend that much time articulating a simple point: if "elite modellers" is in your lexicon you're a faggot who should stop posting
>>23873083had a nice wank, mate?
>>23873203>>23873201Doing that tonight for a kit. It's way easier if you do different paint types for cleanup. I have a jar of Testors black enamel paint for just this reason.
>>23873213>incapable of detecting sarcasmlmao
Black Trojan Horse1/144 plastic model kitArtifact ProHyaku ShikiIt can be converted into mass-produced Hyaku-Shiki Kai by swapping partsabout 12.5cm2026Q3
>>23873184MG ver Kas use stickers and not water slides? What bullshit it that. Sticker (seals in JP) is baby
>>23873263My allegiance to China continues to strengthen
>>23873263why the fuck did they make it so ugly man
>>23873286That's just how it is, only og hyakushiki looks good
>>23873291are you fucking blind? this looks nothing like Kai
>>23873263I'm only interested if they include full armor parts.
>>23873292It's hard to see anything with his squinty chinese eyes
>>23873263why can't they just base it on the HG...
>>23873255>incapable of not shitpostinglol
>>23873297Sincereposting is pointless on this shithole of a website.
>>23873311enjoy being the cancer
I had a dream I met my future wife at the hobby shop
I had a dream I met my future husband at the hobby shop
>>23873311Kill yourself
I had a dream that I finished painting the gundam I was working on.
If I visit an anime con will I find decently priced plamo? A gunpla gf too maybe?
>>23873336are you going to AN or is this a different thing?
>>23873339Anime North cause I live in the area, yeah
>>23873336>anime conMost likely you'd only find funkopops, overpriced (probably bootleg) figures and 3d printed trash
>>23873336They usually have average market prices. Best thing is they'll have some selection of PB kits since you're a filthy Canuck.
>>23873336>will I find decently priced plamo?Absolutely not. Genuinely more chance of finding a gunpla gf.
>>23873348It varies wildly. Some perfectly reasonably priced kits, also lots of overpriced ones. Some sellers are notorious for being wildly overpriced at AN, but I don't remember off the top of my head who it was, but I recall it being one of the larger gunpla focused vendors.
>>23873336What you're getting is an overpriced gunpla, and a handy from a cute femboy
>>23873364these threads used to have a resident femboy...
>>23873373If you mean that creature, then no that's not a femboy.
>>23873373anon that was a woman
gunpla is freedom
>>23873390It's actually slavery.
>>23873390Gunpla will set you free.
>>23873389No.....
Gunpla is destiny.
>>23873406No.(You) are.
>>23873414escape will make me plamor
>>23873336I only twice saw gunpla for sale at anime con, in first case it was mostly overpriced compared to shops (even more compared to importing on your own), in second it had normal shop prices because guy doing that is owner and pretty friendly guy.Scale model exhibitions were more interesting as they had 3d prints for sale, garage kits, small scale tools like silicone molds and 3D printer owners advertising their services. And modellers themselves - and I tell you, it's pure pleasure to ask some friendly boomer about painting/customising techniques and listen to their wisdom.
post kits you'll never have...
Do we know if the new RG Exia IV is retail or pbandai?
>>23873263>Will produce more 1/144 if it sells wellHonestly I'm not really a fan of the hyaku, but fine, I'll spend the $10 or whatever chang wants if we get artifact pro Zaku II.Really, I just want the entire artifact line to be made into 1/144, artifact gouf flight type and The-O please!
>>23873159>What I'm trying to say is that 30MM ACs require effort and skill to make them accurate.No they are not lol. 30MM ACs are super beginner friendly, you don't need to glue anything, the plastic is easy to paint, no warp, no flash, near perfection snapfit. Whatever the sanding and color correcting you have to do is just basic modeling. As the brand implies, it is 30 minutes assembly and meant for beginners.
>>23873476Anon there are people who have been in this hobby for years and still don't paint.
>>23873486I have been in this hobby for a decade, and I figured out that I get the dopamine from buying the kit, so I just buy them online, use the controlled delivery option and ignoring the delivery man when he gets here.Its crazy, specially with shit like rare and expensive kits. I scroll for hours on my phone, looking for a good deal, searching for shit I would want, buying it, and just never receiving the package so it gets refunded completely and the seller loses money from shipping, possibly damaging the product in the process.It feels so good, I can't believe I solved my gunpla addiction.
>>23873486I wouldn't call something requires you to paint as "for elite modelers". None of the 30mm kits ask you to heat up certain parts because they are warped beyond acceptable measure.
>>23873506>ask you to heat up certain parts because they are warped beyond acceptable measure.that's not for skilled modelers, that's for modelers with low standards
>>23871589I got most of my Dolores done, I have to coat picrel. I still have the chest, head and cockpit left, I think I can finish it before the end of the month.
https://x.com/TAKO92058756/status/2057095511317061892
>>23873466It's P Bandai because I can never have nice things.
>>23873508Yeah but they are the real difficult ones and put your skills to a test. Having to sand some parts or replacing A with B is just basicbitch task and not worth mentioning.
>>23873466P-Bandai. Another W for the GBC bootleg
>>23872996>Didn't replace the box hand>Disgusting gloss blue paintWhat the fuck is this?
>>23873524this would be perfect if the hips weren't so far down, it makes the gap under the waist waaay too big
>kit I wanted to use for groupbuild has a super soft TPE skirtfugg, there's no way I can paint this, is there?
>30 minutes assemblyNeither robots nor Sisters can be reasonably built in 30 minutes unless you don't care about nubs at all.
>>23873609You don't need to tell everyone that you're slow
>>23873534I think the gloss blue is neat.
>>23873534Looks good to me.
>Artifact ProFuck Bandai for dreaming up this chinkshit line so much.
>kept sitting on the Moderoid Tetsujin on amazon.ca (the Messenger of the Sun one)>not that urgent of a purchase, already have the Moderoid for the original one, haven't finished the show, might be nice to have though>check the listing now and then for no real reason>it's sold out>really want it nowFucking FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>23873614You're kidding? This is fantastic
Is the Moderoid Dynazenon any good? I haven't looked into my options for Dynazenon. so I don't know if any blows the other ones out of the water
>>23873648Just get the SMP.
Am I the only one who cringe at people who put LEDs on their cabinet?
>>23873693But SMPs are always like 4-5 times the price
>>23873709Not if you get them during their PO period or desperate resellers on Facebook Marketplace
>>23873711>spoilerIn Canada, literally all of our second-hand marketplaces have bad stock and even worse prices
>>23873524When will this come out anyway/
Starting the victory ver.ka. Time to see if this thing sucks as much as everyone says it does.
>>23873648It's good, though I find the SMP to be better. The SMP looks more anime-accurate both in proportion and its transformation, and pretty much looks almost identical to the DX. It's also much bigger.Meanwhile the Moderoid looks more stylized, but it has more partsforming. Like, you have to remove Dyna Soldier's arms completely while transforming it. Notice the lack of its claws sticking out on Dynazenon's shoulders.Also, the Moderoid is the only one that can transform into Rouge Kaiser Gridman since Bandai didn't make it for the SMP, so there's that.
>>23873729it probably does, since it's one of the earlier ver Ka kits, but boy does it look really good
>>23873729As long as you never transform it and limit the types of movements that could break its elbow joints, you're going to be fine. But there are loads of places that will need stickers and/or paint, and you'll have to buy waterslides since it mostly uses stickers and dry rubs (though I do like dry rubs).
>>23873747I don't normally decal anything if I can help it so it'll be fine. I'm painting it so stickers are no problem.
>>23873729depends who you've listened to and what you're expectingthe major takeaway that I don't think can be avoided is that the legs suck, maybe they're alright freshly built but the transformation sequence and the way it works makes the knees really stupidYou also just generally can't grab it anywhere without holding some part that either moves or is a wing flap of the corefighter or whatever. Oh no I picked it up and I have to reposition all elements of the shoulder armour, or in my particular case, oh no I picked it up and the back skirt armour closed AGAIN. Not a big deal but basically everything is just a little fiddly. When it's in full MS form it's also just, you know, a Gundam. I love the V and V2, but V especially is very basic and sturdy looking but the model is an intricate nightmare in actuality where moving any part is asking for something else on it to also move and probably in a way you didn't want toIt's just "mildly annoying" over and over and over again rather than "this is complete dogshit and never should have been made." It's impressive at least. More impressive before RGs existed however.
>>23873756At what point did RGs stop sucking? People say the unicorns but, really?
>>23873766The Mk II is great but people generally say everything from the Tallgeese on is good enough
>>23873766>RGs stop suckingwell since this is in context of the Victory MG and it not being complete dogshit I'm going to also keep to my principles and say "forever" because early RGs are fine for a lot of purposes as long as that purpose isn't painting their framesI've built most of the early RGs when they came out and they're all fine, I'd still readily recommend the Mark II to just about anyone who thinks it looks cool. It's a sturdy kit with no real problems until it comes to full painting.They more or less abandoned the prebuilt frames with the Sazabi and Crossbone X-1, everything from them on is the era of modern RGs if you were to so divide it. The Tallgeese is usually considered pretty good too though but I don't have it and it still uses largely prebuilt frames so I dunno really. But anyways, the Sazabi is pretty much the turning point if you go by release date.
>>23873756I've noticed so far that it's incredibly color inaccurate. The colors are really oversaturated
Is this a good MG?
>>23873789olden but goldenit lacks the detail/part separation/seam hiding of modern MGs but it's one of the oldest MGs that's still a pretty damn good model, held back mostly by really bad hands. All the ground gundam kits are sturdy and well built though and I'd recommend them to anyone who isn't deathly afraid of using a screwdriver.
>>23873789It's very good for its age. It's from when the 1/100 kits started getting really good.
>>23873792Sweet thanks. I'll get it
>>23873789>pre-2005 MG kitYou will have a very bad time with it.
>>23873796once upon a time those things were going for a couple of dollars each on an amazon liquidation sale when the gundam craze diedI still have two of them in my backlog from that
>>23873789its old and has screws and that apparently scares people and has a 1/20 scale Shiro, Now technically I haven't built that kit to completion but I have made the gm ground type who is inheriting its backpack and awaiting paint.But on a related note I am going to die of cancer but they smell healthier than chinese bootleg forge world kits smelt, top left are parts of EZ8 to be used for a blue destiny unit 1 resin kit
Still no finished prototype of SMP Balteus?
>try to panel line>make a mess>try the fountain pen>still make a messis this normal? you just have to get better at not putting too much, or do lots of cleanup anyway?
>>23873797EZ8 is incredibly straightforward.
>>23873813>take tamiya panel liner>tap line with brush for split second>????>profitit's that simple anon, just a little touch and let capillary action do the workYes it will involve cleanup no matter what you do
>>23873778I'd say that the RG Tallgeese is where RG started getting good. The full armor Unicorn that came after doesn't count as it's based on an older frame.While the Tallgeese uses some prebuilt parts, it's used sparingly in the knees and elbows which are mostly simple hinges. They're pretty tight and since they're on areas that don't need to support a lot of weight, they don't get floppy.
>>23873827ah I was the guy who wanted to use the stedi water-based.
>>23873829Actually they're also used around the ankles too which is still tight and pretty stable too.
On one hand, it's funny how people piss themselves at the thought of doing any post-processing whatsoever on a snapped kit, but on the other hand, it's downright comical how people try to act superior over patronizing companies with such shit quality that tard-wrangling their kits into a passable form is an art in itself and even go as far as to defend companies charging 2026 prices for 1970 kits.I saw a guy posting a photo of a $2500 Warlord Titan with a kettle in the frame that he said was for boiling water to bend parts back into shape and the sheer absurdity still lives rent-free in my head to this day.At this point, all other model companies exist at the mercy or whims of Bandai.
>>23871589Finished all the pieces that are getting the purple, just have all the black/midnight blue pieces left. Did discover I'm going to have to mask a 4/6 of the Victory's little circle bits for the arms/skirts which is a bit annoying. Picked up a compass cutter that can just barely cut at the right size for them at minimum size.
>>23873734Oh, you have both! Thank you!I don't greatly mind the partsforming as long as the components aren't too finnicky and the final result isn't just a brick.>Rouge Kaiser Gridman Uhhh I have the figma for Gridman, I don't know if that's going to help though
>>23873841that's cool or I'm sorry that happened to you idk boiling resin to reshape it is standard practice though
All Japanese plamo companies that is not Bandai are just inferior to the top of Chinese plamo unfortunately. Funny how they got left in the dust so much.
>>23873841Gunpla and adjacent products are nerd hobbies that are infested with people that tend to be elitists that require some form of validation over the most inconsequential things to feed their egos. It's funny to me how you don't see this much kind of behavior for OG model kit makers such as for cars and boats that are 10x more skilled than your average gunpla modelers. I guess the barrier for entry is high for does kind of kits that it filters out the autistic retards whose only contibutions to discussions are "muh model kit!"
okaymodels?
>>23873841atp you could probably say there's two different markets: OOB plamo fans and the serious model guys
>>23873871I love my HGUC Hi-ZackIt's very simple and outdated and does not have most of the armaments that it was able to sport historically (in real life), it's equipped with but a humble machine gun and a SECOND shield for whatever reasonBut it just looks so friendly and happy to be here, I don't even want it being a war criminal in my collection, it is a good boy doing good things onlySeriously, look how happy this thing looks
Why are chinks incapable of making a mech with huge backpack and HUGE GUN like Wing Gundam? They almost always just do big backpacks but pathetically small rifles or no guns at all and put bazillion blades onto a single mech. It's like Strike Freedom is ingrained in their minds.
>>23873919TV wing's gun isn't that big in the scheme of things at this point and its backpack/wings weren't ever really that big eitherTV Zero's gun is also smaller than almost every model actually portrays it as, in animation it pretty much is just strike freedom's guns but side by side instead of assfucking one another to combine
>>23873801It pisses me off how Bandai and now defunct Club-B had more balls than modern Bandai and released a lot of kits, regardless of popularity and all those conversion kits. It's like they actually catered to model builders and weren't after the funko pop crowd
>>23873848>Uhhh I have the figma for Gridman, I don't know if that's going to help thoughNo, Rogue Kaiser Gridman is a separate release. You need to either get the Moderoid Gridman Universe Fighter & Big Goldburn set alongside a Dynazenon kit or get the full release of it that includes both kits.
>>23873905You could paint it blue. The blue ones never committed any war crimes.
>>23873797The MG Guncannon is from 2001 and is considered one of the first modern designed kits, it's a pretty pleasant build.
>>23873919This is the change we need. Instead of a shitload of spikes and flames and long melee weapons and a pet dragon that's as big as the mobile suit itself, we need huge fuckoff cannons like the Full Armor ZZ or the Zeta's Hyper Mega Launcher or the Hyaku-Shiki's Mega bazooka Launcher.
>bought a kit of a series I haven't watched purely because it looked kind of epicAm I retarded?
>>23873933The opposite
man I want both Sana and THE megalomaria Maria Kagaribi
Expect nothing but a recap for Shizuoka announcements.
>>23873933The ENTIRE appeal of model kits boils down to "looks cool." So no, you're not retarded.
The virgin cartoon toys builder:>needs to buy fancy expensive hobby specific paints>need to buy assorted specific tools >need a specific type of paint or pen just to panel line>stressing endlessly about plastic stress on their ABSThe chad military vehicle boomer:>just buy cheap ass generic hardware store tools, and typical art store paint
>>23873950>Bandai HobbyI sleep
>>23873952Yeah, sure. I know a lot of military/car modelers and they're so autistic about color accuracy, the lengths they'll go to to get the "right" shade of paint makes mecha people look slapdash by comparison. The people who actually don't give a fuck are horror/sci-fi figure painters and diorama makers.
The Tired MasterBaiter:>can't make any posts except shitposts and outrage bait>no joy left inside; only feels anything when he imagines other people getting angry at something he posted>banned from every other forum in existence, nowhere else to turn>has never sparked joy in anyoneThe Chad Thread Enjoyer:>engages earnestly and doesn't shit where he eats
>>23873963i'm the Chronic Question Asker:>whines about how difficult it is to do anything>is chronically unsure about what to do>asks questions there are obvious answers to for validation>won't just sit the fuck down and build
>>23873933The purpose of the shows is largely to sell the toys, so all you really accomplished is skipping one step. That being said, it is good for your mental health to be able to separate the mecha designs from the shows, because they aren't always done by the same person. It's not Okawara's fault that Morosawa couldn't write her way out of a paper bag, and Gyobu shouldn't shoulder the blame for Okada's personal dramas.
>>23873942I have Maria pre-ordered and a dress-up body plus hands and feet in the same shipment, and am staring down the barrel of getting the Kuon kits too. The only challenge that remains is finding the clothes in the right scale.
>>23873926I do like the regular military green, it's something appealing, and it's also my first non-red Zaku plaThat and they do sell the blue one separately, idk if I'd double dip though. I also hate the fucking Earth Federation so I'm really unsure about a blue zaku when the humble zaku mariner exists. I'll think about it more though, because the Hi-Zack itself is very fun, and maybe he wants a friend. Also>you're used to Zaku and military colors, so the green looks standard>the blue looks unusual, why is it like that, Paptimus has a few mobile suits that look blueStrangely enough the blue makes it look more like a war criminal to me
>>23873925>when moderoid makes you buy multiple kits but each one's like $40>>23873933This has usually if not always warmed me up enough to a show to start it or want to start it eventually, so I think it's a win/win
>>23873996maybe you can wait for grande scale because 1/6 is a lot easier to work with customising dolls apperentlythere is a reason why they instantly adapted the underwear set despite grade largely being FAGS
>>23873933Depends. I only build models from shows I've read/watched/played. Which is also why I refuse to build all those Chinkpla holy grail models like the Nemesis and Sky Defender because they have no series at all. Luckily Motor Nuclear has a manhua for their work even if it's slow.
>>23874008I don't want to watch SEED but Buster is very epic and cool OK I think more Gundams should have fuckhuge gun
>>23874001The whole point in me even getting into Koto's entire girlpla ecosystem in the first place was for Maria, and since she's coming out in September-ish I highly doubt they'll do a Grande for her for the foreseeable future.
I wish they would reprint Astray No-Name already.This thing is bloody hard to find without scalped price.
today I built hg dynamesit was fun, I like the shields
>>23873997I thought it was a good excuse to have a blue zaku around. It's an uncommon color.
>>23874022It's such an awful kit I'd rather just have the chinks make a bootleg that fixes it.
>>23874045They did make a bootleg of it. The only thing they fixed was changing the cloak back to black instead of maroon.
>>23873922I assume it is a repro of a b-club kit I also have the unit 2/3 kit too it fits better way better than I was expecting it too and I have only roughly trimmed up the bits.I might pick up another so I have all 3 suits from Blue Destiny
>>23874048Well then I hope they make a second bootleg of it that fixes it's issues.
>>23873789The only bad thing about it is the proportions are kind of funky, but the ez8 is a funky design so it works out even if it's not complete accurate. And I guess the standard old MG issue of dogshit hands, but that's normal for it's age and expected.
>>23874041Uhm, that ramba rall dude has a blue zaku though. Pretty famous color for a zaku after red.
Group Build Guy's silence is deafening
>>23873847I just used the stickers as masks, with a few thin strips of tape for the rest of the areas, though by doing this I had to paint the red first before the white.
>>23873952You'd be surprised to know how many fine scale modelers use fancy tools and paints for those high quality finish, more so than the most autistic gunpla builder, and nowdays those said boomers are also using 3d printed parts to further enhance their models.
The future is herehttps://x.com/GunplaScan/status/2057280214439448974
>>23874086Calm your tits, we're only at page 7 and there's still enough slots to post pics.
I genuinely believe it's impossibly to remove a nub with a glass file without scratching the surface around it.
>>23874116Fromsoft already did it better two decades ago
I hate 30MM so much it's unreal.
why don't they make a gunpla gacha
>>23874126They did.
>>23874126They have pbandai blind boxes you can buy, which is basically the same thing(the only thing in them is shit they couldn't sell)
>>23874128doesn't involve building gunpla afaict
We're getting there. Ignore the gloss coat.I'm going to do some effects and then matte coat it at the end. have about 36 hours left before it needs to be finished.
>>23874041Oh that actually looks really nice! Might headcanon it as a Hi-Zack Marine maybe, it looks like it's meant for spec-ops, double-dipping might not be so bad.>still need to give him a heat hawk>have to remember that there's a difference between a Hi-Zack Marine and a Zaku Mariner, even though they're both blue
>>23874148ganbare
This needs more building and some paint, but Sandrock Falcke I guess. Somewhere along the line I lost one of the missile pods so I just put the vulcans of Wing Zero on the shoulders. I used the Sandrock backpack as a basis so I still need to figure out how to attach action base that came with the Wing Zero, I am surprised it can stand on it's own at all.
why mg virtue $100
>>23874203It's a fat fuck with a lot of plastic, plus price hikes.
>>23874210okay turns out the MSRP is $90 anywaywhy hg virtue $40
>>23874213Probably due to lack of reprints.
I guess Steel Haze Ortus won't have a functioning Laser Slicer either? Also the Huxley drone would be a partsformer and there will be no Trueno effect parts.
Favorite RX-78 kit? Also, why the hell so many guys into gunpla have long, manicured nails?
>>23874238EG
RG Z'gok, yay or nay?
I'm planning on building the HG X. What should I use to paint the Solar Panels? I usually handbrush large metallic surfaces but I don't know if there's any acrylic pearl-like color out there
>>23874265I haven't tried it out yet, but I picked up the Gundam marker EX XGM201 after seeing someone use it. He poured it into his airbrush, so I assume you can do the same into whatever container you use for paints.
why are there only like 2 bootleg kits based on robot spirts? It's an untapped goldmine...
>>23874268>20€ for a glitter penHow are they getting away with this?
>>23874274do we have ANY based on robot spirits? there's a couple aping metal robot spirits but that's a different brand kinda
>>23874265What's stopping you from just using the included stickers?
What would be a good color for the V2's cockpit?
>>23874306White with blue accents
>>23874308Aight, guess I'll have to drop an extra layer first to cover the gunmetal. Do they still use neon green console panels in the show, or should I just use blue?
>>23874309
>>23874300one of the bootleg Hi Nus was based on Robot Spirits. otherwise chinks prefer doing bootlegs of Metal Builds because they're greeblier and spikier
>>23874312oh it's almost the same teal color for the clear parts, wonderful
>>23874300>>23874313yeah the KMR Hi Nu is the only one I can think of. It's flawed in many ways but still really fucking cool.I hope it did well enough to convince the company to make more eventually.
>>23874301foil stickers look really bad and I like painting
Jesus Christ. A couple of stand connectors broke while I was posing the dragon to make it fit in my cabinet. I don't think I can fit the Zhao Yun in my backlog on this layer lol.
>>23874342I love how this kit looks, it's one of the few overdesigned giga spiky designs that I actually like.How good is this kit in general? Any pain points?
>>23871586the worst part of this thread is people discussing chink bootlegs
>>23874352literally the only thing of value here
>>23874349The mech proper is rock solid thanks to the metal inner frame. Except for the dragon. You can choose ball joints or pegs for the dragon segment connections, but the ball joint is saggy but has more movement range. The arms and shoulders are really sharp so beware.
>>23874352>The worst part of the model kit thread are the people discussing model kitsYeah so true I wish the thread was just shitposting about snapshitters or acrylic paint 24/7
>>23874364Don't forget boxhands Boxhands are important to bitch about.
>>23874364>hg's are around 20-30$ at most you'll be spending up to 50 unless you go for something large>>noooooo I need my shitty knock offs!!!get a job
Will paint stick on chinesium POM plastic?
>>23874379depending on your chinese retailer just touching the plastic might kill you
>>23874377Bootleg HGs are like 10 dollearidoos>noooooo I need my shitty knock offs!!!Yes, fixing them is part of the fun of the hobby.>get a jobI already have one. Deal with it bandai shill. Go tell your boss to stop making literal shitpla if they're so mad about chinks getting into their territory.
>>23874383the raped, on full display
>>23874383>purposely buying broken shit because it's cheapthird world mindset
>bootlegsomeone link the angry AI voice bootleg youtuber
>>23874382Was thinking of painting my Nu ver Ka next, which is using the chink metal frame that has POM parts. I'm not sure how well will paint stick to it.
>>23874377But what if the bootleg comes with shit the official kit doesn't?
>>23874383>buying bandai or koto gets you a fully engineered kit that's great to build and display>buying some cheap chinese ripoff gives you some mess of parts, something broken or just the knowledge you're displaying some cheap shit you found. If you're luck you wont get sick from just touching the plastic Wouldn't be me lmao I don't live in the third world
>>23874393>buying bandai or koto gets you a fully engineered kit that's great to build and displayDon't we spend every thread arguing about how shitty every other bandai kit is to build with issues holding weapons, etc?
>>23874394I would rather argue about that then someone posting some chinesium shit
>>23874377Holy shit it's just plastic toys. Grow up.
>kotobukiya kit>fully engineered >great to buildlol this made Koto sell out to Cinkpla btw
>nooo you must spend more for the Legit Genuine Bandai brand or else you bring Dishonor!Imagine sucking corpo cock for free.
>>23874398Koto is just siding with the winning team. They have eyes and can see mount chingchong.
>1/88chinks, not even once
>>23874395Fair, it just ends up feeling like chinkshit with an "official" logo to me though.
my little attack helicopter got a rocket launcher
>>23874377>buy bandai>has to buy decal separately>buy chink>comes with decals and sometimes even extra parts
>>23874398You know what, I'll just grab this one and that chink Hyper Mega Launcher model kit that just . Probably repaint it too.
>>23874377>Spend retarded amounts of money on scalped p bandai sets PLEASENo fuck you, go rot with your stock of unsold gouf flight types faggot.
several BATHS of microsol and bandai decals are still thicker than a bowl of oatmeal good lord
>>23874415>inb4 this retard soaked a dry decal in microsol
>>23874429It aint dry any more
>buy chinesium action base stand 1>the part where you attach the stand adapter is loose as shitsometimes I wonder if buying cheap shit is worth it or not
>>23874452i've never had an action base that could confidently withstand a slightly "action" pose
>>23874458Bandai ABs work fine for me for anything short of Sazabi ver KaChinkshit stands from amazon work fine for HGs too
frame overload!
Oh boy! Another rehashed announcement
>>23874477We also have a 30ml stream in 4 days
Hey guys I know this hasnt been posted 3 times already because im a fucking retard who doesnt read the thread but did you know theres gonna be new announcements soon???
>>23874484>new
>>23874484>because im a fucking retardGlad that you're honest to yourself
https://youtu.be/zf-aUe49liEimma buy 100 of these to fund the last season.
>>23874489I think it's a joke post
>>23874195>>23874452Make a custom action base instead.
What humidity is good for top coat again? I finished decal so I need to do my basic topcoat for panel lining before my final top coat. It's 55% humidity right now and it's going to be raining all week so I don't know what to do. Can I just crank the AC up and it let it dry out and then spray inside? Fuck 55% so what percent should I be aiming for?
>>23874499*cracks*
>>23874463I feel like I can still see tons of seamlines
>>23874499Nice
>>23874489This type of 'comeback' doesnt really work on an anonymous forum. It only works IRL when there's normies around to react and go 'OOOOOH! HE GOT YOUUUU!'
>>23874499what's action about this base
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=herBdis_HnE&pp=0gcJCQMLAYcqIYzvApparently the bootlegger that made upscale RG Sazabi actually use hawthorn cake box as a packaging
>>23874364>acrylic paint is shitposting
>>23874523it has two positions it can be inmuch action
>>23874530Yes, it's just >implying shitcrylics ololo every single time they're mentioned. If this ain't shitposting, then nothing is
>>23874530illiterate retard
>>23874509Let's hope not.>>23874516Thank you! I Really hope I did bodge it together strong enough because the suit barely can stand on its own.
>>23874499Action base?
Hello guysWhat humidity should I be aiming for in top coating, and is there a way to cheat with turning the AC/dehum on?
