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Is there anything wrong with the RE/100 Bawoo I should know about before getting one? It's such a lovely suit but I don't have any experience with the RE/100 line.
>>23899025Not really. It's solid.
Gaia Notes paint is way tinier than I thought... and this is double the price of any GX series paint.
>>23899025the RE/100 is just a 1/100 hg, don't expect anything complex out of it.
>>23899025I've got it and it's perfectly fine.
>>23899080You get a lot out of it. Gaia paints are thicker than mr color or tamiya, I thin them 1:3 for general use
>>23899000
>>23899000>>23899141
I don't like Ingram
Nobody asked for new Patlabor kits or a new anime
>>23898996That's one huge forehead.
>>23899182She got a big brain.In reality, it's flaw of this particular haircut - nearly all others don't have so high cut and as such you don't see those foreheads on other Sisters.
Is the Katoki MG the best Zeta version to get?
this is you're new GMKC champion. did you rike it?
>>23899213>no greebleKINO
new kit arrived
what's the possibility of MG Calibarn and Schwarzette? I really like the design but I don't want to buy a HG :(
>>23899228I would be very surprised if one of them doesn't get an MG "eventually". But it could and very likely will be years given current trends. Just look at how long it took for them to do IBO stuff.
>>23899228In 5 years
>>23899233>>23899234oh well. Lupus Rex 2027Bael 2028Aerial 2029Aerial Rebuild 2030Calibarn 2031This would be the best case scenario huh? but I just know they'd rather release ver 2.0 of UC slop and P-Bandai color variants.
>>23899235Rebuild is 110% P-Bandai so you can probably move the chart 1 year forward but yeah that's the best case. Likely won't be the best case though.
>>23899235I wish they'd skip Rex since China already made THREE of them + MGSD.
>>23899240Nobody cares about changpla
>>23899025It's good. I did one a few weeks ago.>>23899240All three china made look like absolute dogshit.
Moderoid Vilkiss fully painted + matt topcoat done. I’m quite satisfied with result despite many problems along the way>shoulder peg almost snapped>ABS feet parts slightly cracked because I mishandled the alligator clip>white paint turned grey after drying, required 2nd layer. Weird because it wasn’t like this with Tallgeese.>blue paint barely enough to paint all the huge wing surface. Blue on black base is pure hell. It was so hard to make the blue appear on the surfaceFor the kit itself, it’s quite good for a Moderoid kit which always seems lazy and low effort for its premium price, especially those Trails of Cold Steel kits with no color separation whatsoever. Issues with Vilkiss:>Sword has no color separation, it’s all grey and has to be painted>Despite its very solid snapfit, the shoulder pegs are nightmare to move and remove since it’s way too tight. I had to use soap/coconut oil to make it slippery and easier to wiggle.>Dogshit body articulation, only rotate left & right.
>>23899257
>>23899259
>>23899257>the shoulder pegsThe balljoint ones?
>>23899260with Tallgeese. used same paint for white, gray, dark gray and iron.>>23899261yeah the one that connects to the body.
>>23899263Before painting that I posted before. very plasticy feels through naked eyes. Daban-tier unironically.
>>23899264Now I really want to get the upcoming Salamanko's Infinite Just- Enryuugou. It looks really cool, though especially the Flight Mode. I also want to display Vilkiss in Flight Mode but I’ll enjoy the Bootleg Strike Freedom mode for a week at least.
>>23899263>yeah the one that connects to the body.Congrats on (probably) not reading the manual - you're supposed to put them in as shown and then rotate them into position because there's a groove along the balljoint and a nub in front of the socket that locks the joint in place so it doesn't pop out when moved.
>>23899267
Zack and Gaykotsu of Japan
>>23899270If it makes you feel any better: same thing happened to me and I didn't even noticed it until I built the Tetsujin FX and Susanoo that used the same technique.I basically jammed those fucking nubs in and grinded them down with the balljoints, making them, as you said, stiff as fuck.
>>23899274Dude, I love ecelebs!
>>23899267>>23899270>>23899278.... BUT WHY THOUGH?
>>23899282They have these detailed diagrams for all the stuff EXCEPT the most important one, which is just arrows
>>23899283I didn't even notice until a few seconds ago that the ball joint had this weird ravine that's apparently super important.
What's the most frustrating kit in your collection? I got a MG Sinanju that won't fucking stand up unless if I position it very carefully in my collection leaning on other things.
>00 Diver AceFinally. Now reprint the No-Name too.
>>23899213I follow this guy's page and I do like all of his work. Much better than the so called "champ".
>>23899257>blue on black baserookie mistake, use dark blue instead, and highlight it with white or sky blue, but if you're not planning on doing any highlighting, I'd suggest just going with something like for your base coat.
Are the Supernova detailed up Zoids still good? I found a good Mugen Liger deal.
>>23899274atleast they can paint well, especially Plaban, fucking gaykotsu can't even snapshit properly if his life depended on it
>>23899278>>23899282This is such an unthinkable gimmick for final assembly. When all the assembled limbs are laid in front of you, your builder instinct would tell you to just do the final assembly, not re-read the manual on how to do the supposedly simplest step of the build.
>>23899297you can just read the manual and pay attention to the parts you're putting together instead of not thinking
Confess: biggest fuck up during a build?
>>23899299lost a piece
>>23899299During a build? Snapping the V-fin in half. (NG Gundam X when I was a pre-teen)After a build? Snapping the elbow joint while posing/transforming. (MG Victory Ver. Ka when I was in my 20's)
>>23899293Yeah. Kotobukiya had always been mogged by Chinkpla since the start of 2020s. That's why they killed Supernova until they rebranded to SNAA.
>>238992022.0 for the value. Verka for the transformation and anime accuracy.
>>23899299I snipped out RG Impulse's v-fin and it fucking broke. I didn't even do anything improper, literally just a normal snip and that fucker broke.Be careful with your RG Impulses bros.
>>23899299handbrushing lacquer paint on ABS
>>23899264Daban quality for a kit that's 1.5-2x the price of Bandai is just diabolical!
>>23899310>moderoid>1.5-2x the price of Bandaiwhat?
>>23899274i used to like Crafta when all of his reviews were also painting videos. nowadays i just roll my eyes whenever i hear LETS INTRODUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE on his new uploads.
>>23899264what is this bootleg quality kek
Any recommendations for Macross Variable fighter kits? Got the itch to rewatch the original recently.
>>23899322Alto's Valkyrie is my favorite Macross kit.
>>23899339>partsformerewwwww
lol
>>23899343>>23899345SEAbros... our anti-Bandai narrative...
>>23899299chipped a very glossy paint finish during final assembly
lolol
>>23899343>>23899345>buying bootlegs ever
>>23899226based
>>23899282>>23899283>>23899285>>23899297>>23899298From the Moderoids I've built, the instructions are definitely sometimes unclear and counterintuitive, and I mean even before Bandai started making the instructions accessible/retard-proof
Do you prefer original neon color or bootleg basic color?
If you want my opinion, FSS kits should build more like Taimya kits and less like Bandai (or any snapshitter brands for that matter). Mortar Heads and Gothicmades are so intricately detailed that a bandai-esque snap together kit will be impractical. The parts separation needed for such things will be cost prohibitive, as each kit will have to include over 9000 pieces (either that, or the kit will need a sticker book the size of one of those big blue deluxe edition hardcovers of Gundam the Origin, because the kit will need over 9000 color correcting stickers). If anything, FFS kits would benefit more from the surgical precision engineering of Tamiya. It will make the kits more beginner friendly than Volks' current offerings, whilst being economically viable.Then again, Tamiya's target demographic is /o/-tards and /k/-tards.
>>23899364Both look like shit.
>If you want my opinion,not really.
>FSSshittier than the shittiest bootleg gunpla
>>23899364Normal colors ever since japs started customizing it back when it came out>>23899366Only the kinda feet suck
>kitWhat, like Knight Rider? Sure thing boomer lmao
>>23899340All non-partsforming Valkyrie kits are ass.
>>23899392just wait for Macross SMP
>>23899343Woooaaaaahh what???? the chinese bootleg was complete shit? Who could have foreseen this???
>MG Banshee OVA, ver Ka and RG are the same overpriced price in my countrysometimes I have this desire to die and be reborn in japan just so I can buy japanese stuff at MSRP
>>23899364The bootleg colors are closer to how I'd paint it but it's still a couple shades too light for my taste.
>>23899413>hate HG in general>Ex-Standard is shit>SDCS aside from Calibarn gone extinct hereFucking hell do I just get the MG and tank the x2 MSRP?
>>23899286RG Justice. Cant get a cool pose outta it if my life depended on it, parts fall off from just looking at it. TBF is was my first RG and early in my Gunpla building days, I might be able to salvage it nowadays if I tried
>>23899283>>23899282What is the issue here? It looks like the instructions for the Vigna.
>>23899286Hard to say but off the top of my head HG R-Jarja has been annoyingly loose even freshly builtRE100 Hamma Hamma's shield is infuriating, I glued the elbow just so it could hold it properlyI don't have it in tact anymore but MG Zeta 1.0 is probably among the most annoying models I've built, it's like RG Zeta in not wanting to be held anywhere without something moving plus really loose joints
>>23899299Lost one of the chest vulcans on the MG Freedom. Tried to make a replacement, looked like shit, and in my quest to make it look better, ruined both sides of the chest. Kit is now bagged forever sitting in my closet.
>>23899299I snipped a connector part from a piece thinking it was a nub more than once on different kits
>>23899299>break joints because of paint despite knowing it would happen>buy metal parts for said joints>always accidentally chip paint somehow>this >>23899528There is no hope
>>23899364Neither. I fucking hate this childish color scheme most Gundams have. Even the serious-looking ones like the Barbatos look like they've been colored by a child and their box of crayons.
>>23899555same. I only buy mono colour gunpla
>>23899555What about G3 colors?
>>23899555deep down inside this is why everyone loves Nu
>>23899555t. Jayz2cents
>>23899559>>23899560The white is not excluded from what I'm talking about. It doesn't make sense as a primary color for a war machine. The only reason most gunpla (and other model kits) are mostly white is to make stress marks invisible and to make molded details more visible. It's all for the sake of consumerist snapbuilders, there's no artistic reason behind this.
>>23899572Holy schizo
>>23899572Well that's completely wrong. Tomino wanted the Gundam to be pretty much fully white/gray. It's why it's the white devil, it's why Unicorn ended up realizing the 'entirely white' scheme. The idea was basing it around, predominantly, aircraft schemes which are largely just muted colours and camo is mostly irrelevant.
leaf here80 syrup dollaridoos for MG ver ka nu gundamit on sale
>>23899598That's €50,- ish, over here it usually goes for €80,-/€100,- so that would be a good price.>Anon proceeds to laugh at the upcharge we Euros have to pay on our Nipponese toy robots?
>>23899413what kind of third world european country do you live in? all those Banshees got a recent reprint so it's not like they're rare in the first place!
I always have and always will love primary colors
>>23899616stealth char wanking post
>>23899602to be fair the ally yooz is 170 + tip here, we get raped regularly
>>23899572Anon, I dunno how to tell you this, but camo is completely worthless for something that's 16+ meters tall. White, pale grey and grey-blue gives off a plain militarism in the same way it does for ships and aircraft
>>23899702>but camo is completely worthless for something that's 16+ meters tallWith that attitude it is!
Has anyone tried the GGX clear gloss with the GGX Rapid Thinner yet? Could only get my hands on the RT, and I'm wondering how much of the gloss I would be losing. Just need it glossy enough for panels lines and decals.
>>23899622I'm a 3 to 5 man combiner wanker actually
>>23899000Painting done, I might finish it tonight if I feel like doing decals. I'm really happy with how lively I got all the colors and that I managed to get the exact shade of grey I was aiming for.One mod I wish I had done is lowering the eyes a little bit, they're really hard to see out of the box
>>23899616Magenta cyan and yellow, right?
This kit rules. The colors are beautiful, very much unlike other UC protag suits while still evoking them. My only complaint so far is the lack of color separation on the launcher. Saw that ahead on the runners and decided to start it now, since it'll probably take a bit.
Alright, finished dealing with photos of my 30MS Ingrid custom so, as usual, I will post a few. Full gallery available at adress: https://sabi-sif.mb4.pl/gunpla-mg-rg-other/30ms-ingrid/
>Kort el fes Gungnir...
Funny when adding black&white&red filter barely changes anything.
And I guess that would be all.
>>23899702>camo is completely worthless for something that's 16+ meters tallfighter jets and helicopters are about as long as a mobile suit is tall and they use camouflage. the actual size doesn't really matter when it's far enough away.the reason they're very often gray is because it's the color that best blends in with earths atmosphere from distance, stealth bombers are black because it blends in with the night sky and more traditional looking camouflage is used in specific low altitude operations.
>>23899805Came still make sense with vehicles since it helps breaking their silhouette and making it harder to correctly guess speed and direction of movement. All modern tanks receive some sort of camouflage, planes have those odd triangles and so on.
>>23899818Camo*I fucking hate when I have to post away from home and with a phone, as it always, ALWAYS tend to impose it's own "corrections", sometimes after typing few sentences.
>>23899769Handsome man
Does camo even matter against Newtypes?
>>23899805>stealth bombers are black because it blends in with the night skyyou ever tried to see a grey plane in the sky above you 50,000 feet at night with no lights on it? you aren't gonna, optical visibility is pretty much pointless. The colour actually doesn't matter, it's black because of what the RAM is made of. In general, aviation paint schemes largely don't matter unless you're a helicopter or some other low speed low combat altitude attack craft.
>>23898997i fixed it
>>23899833Previous one looked soulful-bad, but this is just bad
Are there any 1/144 size beam shield effects out there that are circular? Feels like they only exist as hexagons or diamonds
>>23899901This maybe?
i shitcrylic'd all over it and i will not stop
>>23899293No
>>23899912This has so much going against it>Wack suit>Wack kit line>Wack lighting>Hand PicStill looks good damn though, anon. Good job.
>>23899926wack anon
>>23899928>His posts? WACK>His tripcode? WACK>His Images? WACK>The way he replies? WACK>The way that he doesn't even like to contribute? WACKMe? I'm tight as FUCK!
my qubeley didnt come with a cat. should i submit an INAD or missing parts case?
>>23899953What's the best plamo for a catfag?
>>23899953I'm afraid Zhang ate it.
To those with 30MS kits, are the two hair piece halves interchangeable or does one front half only match it's appropriate back half?
>>23899986they're near universal.
>>23899993Alright cool. Next question: Why the fuck do four different hair styles cost as much as a full High Grade?
>>23900008You think the hair is bad, just look at the faceplates
>>23900008Because the product is extremely niche in the west
>>23899986Some does, some do not. Unfortunately it is hard to tell without actually trying them out but I found out that some front ones fails to fit the other. Plus, if you recall some sets having connection pieces in place of ears - those usually do not fit "normal" hair either.
Can I put a gloss topcoat like Super Clear onto primer to make a glossy "base" for metallics or will that turn into shit? I don't have a gloss black
>>23900022Yeah. I've done this plenty of times.
>>23899901Shield Liger
>find PG Exia on local marketplace>set up date and time>get ghostedAmazing
>>23900034obv the exia has cloaking on
Such a handsome young man. Truly friend shaped. More Gundams should have square beam sabers on poseable mounts. Honestly my favorite kit I've built so far.
>>23900062The Mark II sabres are definitely one of the best arrangements to me. Big fan of the Silhouette Kai's too. Double X is the peak for me thoughbeit.
>>23900074I built hg double x yesterday, it was fun
How to make diorama if you suck at handpainting and craft arts in general
>>23900155model railroad buildings, wargaming terrain, 30 Minute Missions Customize Scene Bases.
No wonder Avid got a Moderoid. The PLAMAX artist is OreAku's illustrator.
>>23900183Hopefully that means it's good
Oof finally got stung by the alichangs page got changed from 1/100 hazel to 1/144 luckily it was cheap or I would be more pissed.
>>23900184It will still be worse than a Chang bootleg Gunpla as per Moderoid standards
>>23899775>>23899776>>23899778>>23899780>>23899782>>23899782>>23899784S-sexo.
>>23899971XIAOT x IRON ROARS – Super Maneuver Armored Walker C.A.T, or F.A.G. does a cat armour for their Girlpla if that is your thing.
>>23899622Pink isn't a primary color :^)
>>23900303Magenta is, in subtractive color mixing.
>>23900289Any idea how this scales with Kotobukiya's medabots?
>>23900334I still have to build mine but the box says it's 17cm and it looks to be quite bulky. They come in diverent flavours, I got camo one from the pic and it came with just plane armor and a set of pre painted digital forest camo. Idc much about getting cheap bootlegs of existing kits but I like og design Changpla like this and the frog mech and such, I have that one build but it could do with some paint.
>>23900368Frog mech. They also do a fish and I did see a rubber ducky one but the frog is the best one because it is the size of a real frog.
Should I put the stickers on the mgsd wing zero? Does anyone know if stickers look good on mgsd kits?
Started on cleaning up the Nu Ver Ka parts for painting and noticed a bunch of stickers (besides the metallic ones) are those solely for making some parts two tone? That's what it seemed like from the manual.
>>23900398put a real frog inside it
Damn the RMZ Irvine Saix is $60 minimum wherever I look. That's already the MSRP of the limited run HMM with the limiter and separate eyes. At this point, all non-Gundam plamo are getting SMP prices for everything.
>>23900398I love this
>>23900432funny thing about RMZ is that it' on the smaller scale compared to HMM. you're literally getting shrinkflated when you buy the RMZ. at this point, just buy the HMM. it gets reprinted regularly so it's not like it's rare.
>>23900447But the RMZ is also more stable and not a hand grenade, so... Fuck. This is all Trump's fault.
>>23899901HG Gastima has one. good luck finding a kit of it though.
>>23900432RMZ kits have good prices but for whatever reason the kits after Blade Liger Panzer somehow got prices equal to HMM. Must be the economy and Yen's downfall.
>>23900426It's not hollow, anon, that would be cruel.>>23900435It's real cool but frog bro was as expensive as that Cat. Both were €55,- ish, shipped from China. It does come with two sets of armor, land/aquatic, three painted and three unpainted heads and all kinds of other weapons and accessories. The build needs some attention because some tight pegs and joints but overall it is ok, the only real con, besides the price, is that it is Chang ABS , paint will stick but I have to be a bit more carefull. I got it because frog sized frog mech so I am not going to use all that extra stuff, I already smoothed and filled the 3mm plugholes in the body and he's going to get either some military camo or a real frog's colour paint job.
>>23900155Theres a Diorama kit at Hobby Lobby for only 20 bucks and its full of all you need. Just do something simple like a destroyed suit laying up against a mountainside. It comes with moss and other stuff to add detail, and I just picked up some weathering stuff from there that is exactly what Tamiya has ( basically make-up) for only 5 bucks compared to 15. Just do it anon you gotta start somewhere.
>>23900408Stickers dont look good on any kit anon, regardless of size or Grade
>>23899901If you are feeling creative and wanting to learn something new, and are willing to invest>get clear styrene sheets, Tamiya makes some>measure circles with a compass, get one that can make circular cuts>make the appropriate hole for a 3mm joint in the center>with clear UV resin, make whatever beam emitting pattern to your liking, with a toothpick or something, doesn't matter if it's not perfectly even or symmetrical, shit's made of fluctuating energy. The UV resin once cured will make your circular shield less flimsy, maybe a bit heavier so don't use too much if you fear weight issues>paint with clear paint in whatever color you wanthttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/_jGSyzjiep8this video basically is the same idea but different shape
>>23900155https://youtu.be/Ikk7ybBiP1I?is=bvZ7XvvILDAjNMmk there you go, there is a diorama tutorial near the end, you be So Cool, anon. Post pics.
>>23899971
>>23899971RMZ Helcat
>>23900503Video reminds me just how awful bandai's effect parts tend to be compared to basically everyone.
>>23900543Bandai effect parts have safety flags
>>23898996its that time of the year again /gpg/
I hate undergates
>>23900626Why? Easiest to cut and require next to no sanding since you don't see them anyway. RG Tallgeese was pure pleasure to build because of most armor parts being undergated.
>>23900633extra work
>>23900634You mean less work. With normal connections you have to cut part from sprue, cut close to part, remove leftovers with knife or file, sand with 2-3 grades of paper, done. With undergate you just cut and remove leftovers, whole sanding part goes way.
>>23900637>With normal connections you have to cut part from spruecan call it a day there
>>23900601It's more their effect parts are just visually dull. I mean even ignoring the generic beam saber most kits have pretty lame beam effects. Occasionally you get something like the RG crossbone or most seed anti ship swords but for every one of those you have shit like the MG sinaju.
Finally getting my Alyzeus in Thursday, can't wait to start on a novel Penelope
>>23900622it's beautiful
>>23899000the pingpong balls are making a comeback
>>23900745this immediately make me think of the undead boatmen in elden ring
>>23900622MAP Aerial!
Holy FUUARK I love sitting at my boring white-collar job thinking about Gunpla and plamo and making cool plans and then doing fucking nothing when I get home
ballGODS rise uphttps://x.com/i/status/2063985918550397040
>>23898996chinkGOD kino alert
BRING ME GIHREN
>>23900766meh i prefer the non-verka variant of this.
>>23900777chang doing what bandont
>redditball
Was about to bite the bullet and place a PO on the Hiltz Stinger reprint. Thank god I still found a copy of the upscale for relatively cheap, about $80. From what I've read on Zoids communities, this is still the better of the two Death Stinger model kits courtesy of not having polycaps. It's still a reprinted 2015 kit vs a 2021 chink upscale, so it was not hard to see that it is better than the HMM.
>>23900786The inevitable RMZ version is gonna blow the rest out of the water
>>23900745i'm sure they are a nightmare to glue right
Friendly reminder that pic related is the most manga accurate Crossbone Gunpla yet, and it came out months before 9/11. All subsequent Crossbones have been katokified.
>>23900793I think a slightly deformed katokified crossbone is more accurate than a super deformed crossbone gundam
>>23900793The Full Cloth X-1 goes enough back to the manga version for me to be happy with it.
>>23900793The B-Club resins are pretty much my favorite rendition of them in model form.
>>23900622loving the Vaporwave colors
>>23900813I agree, they had soul. The MG Ver.KA is soulless.
why does the zeta ver ka hold its beam rifle in such a retarded looking waycan someone who owns one please show a natural looking pose of it holding the rifle?
>>23900817Yeah they still maintain more rounded surfaces, a bit more flared thruster pylons, more prominent chest bulge and bigger shoulders, all the cool elements from the Hasegawa designI wonder if Katoki would redesign them these days to pull from the manga influence more with a new kit. Most of the recent ver Kas have been pretty nice in that regard.
>>23900787somehow it will be more expensive than an HMM for smaller scale.
>2011+15>still no MG Second V ver Ka
>>23900836It's okay because it'll be a better model in every other way.
>>23900788works well with a hot glue gun. downside is its difficult and nasty to clean up the glued spot
>>23900839Oh I thought that was the V Dash. Oops.
>>23900820It's an old picture from an angle you can't really see the exact gun position, but here you go. Hand rotated so the butt stock touches the inside side of the arm. It usually looks better in 2 handed poses with the 2md hand for support.
>>23900820I'm not really sure what you mean precisely but Zeta just has a big beam rifle and most iterations of it have it being quasi-over-the-shoulder or cradled in the armpit. The latter is pretty typical for all sorts of weapons and it's just fine at holding it that way so I'm not sure if you find that the problem or what.
>>23900866Or add to this - armpit cradle is how you actually hold any sort of rifle IRL. It's actually kinda odd in Gundam that everything is either like a pistol and is just held by the hand, or is a full on bazooka with it over the shoulder.
>>23900872Well, not exactly. Usually weapons have a stock that you brace against your shoulder. Only some Gundam weapons actually go that far. Some of the 00 designs have the weapons bolt onto the forearm for power transfer with the nice benefit of stability too and some other stuff. The Jesta's modified Jegan rifle-turned-SCAR is one of the ones off the top of my head particularly well designed for a more accurate infantry weapon hold. But yeah it bugs me a lot when weapons don't have any decent stock to them, it just makes everything look a bit doofy. Huge pistols, like you said.
>>23900644>Snapfag is THIS lazyYou fuckers don't deserve good gunpla
>>23900793the sd hi nu and sd xi are the accurate ones too
>>23900896I pay top dollar, I deserve good gunpla
>>23900858thanks anon>>23900866i’m not allowed to attach images, but most other iterations of the zeta (namely the hg revive and mg 2.0) seem to be able to hold it normally with the stock not extending up further than the shoulder armor. on the ver ka however it seems to hold the handle at a strange angle and the stock extends way up in front of the shoulder. its an autistic nitpick but its one thing making me want to switch my unbuilt ver ka for the 2.0
>>23900929forgot to add: specifically when it’s standing with the gun pointed straight down or pointed straight out with the arm extended, not in the armpit
>>23900929The 2.0 and ver Ka ultimately pretty much have to hold them the same way, the 2.0 has a slightly shorter and smaller back end but it doesn't change a ton about how much it can pose with it
what are these cubes for?just an easy multi-point connection hub for people willing to pay for the convenience?
>>23900937Yeah. Just extension hubs for more 3mm holes.
>>23900935thanks for the side by side anon, i guess it does just come down to the ver ka having a bigger stock on the rifle for some reason
>>23900938ok thank you
>>23900940the rifles are surprisingly very similar in actual size, but the 2.0 has a bit shorter armsAnyways in my experience between RG, HG 0088, MG 1.0/2.0/verKa the Zeta rifle is always just a tiny bit unwieldy. It's a big thing and it gets in the way with lots of dynamic poses.
>>23900941personally I've found those 30mm joint parts to be pretty good. They're really sturdy in the way only injection molding with whatever their specific plastic blend can be. Nice for joints in pretty much any kinda customization project. The weight they can comfortably hold is surprising. I can't speak specifically to that cube joint but some of the other option joints.
>>23900622Time to use Mr. Hobby's pastel line for girls?It just looks washed-out, honestly.
>>23900904Gunpla are essentially the cheapest snapbuild models you can find.
>>23900937To test humanity of your models.
>PG TIER LAEVATEINhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mNuWUzGzEYBANDAI COULD NEVER
>>23900976Hideous
>>23900766>>23900777>>23900778are these buyable at reasonable prices? i would consider
>>23900976beautifulbut I prefer the Arbalest
What are some reputable airbrush/compressor/enclosure brands? Preferably available on Amazon
>>23900778>>23900777>>23900766can't stop winning Chinkino GODs
I hate bandai and their checkout process. K1kes charging multiple times for shipping.
>>23901107Thank you for posting this after I placed my order for the Geara Doga and the Denan Zon.
>>23901107Oh word? Daughtress?
>>23901107>Annabelle Gato>Turn A and Turn X, without the Moonlight Butterfly wings, costing that fucking muchRegardless, nice to see that we're getting more love for the GWX anniversary. Now give me my RE/100 Base Jabbers.
>>23901107sweet more daughtresses for my pile
>>23901080To be honest, with compressors you will most likely ends up with rebranded same Chinese design in 9/10 cases. You want something like this - with tank and maybe moisture trap but it is not necessary. Tank will ensure smooth operation even if compressor itself is lacking and stable pressure and airflow is most important.For airbrushes it goes pretty much like this:>H&S, Iwata - top quality>Tamiya, Badger, Paasche - mid zone but still good and often recommended>Gaahleri - "premium" Chinese>AK, Vallejo, etc - usually rebranded Chinese>Chinese variants of existing models under myriad different brands - rouletteSomeone correct me if I'm wrong.
>>23900935I wish Bandai would stop being cowards and make the arm bend like it does in the anime.
>>23901133I wish every designer would stop being stupid and design their robots with under-elbow forearm rotation due to how important it is for humanoid motion
>>23901134Humans don't really rotate just their lower arm.
>>23901141yeah we do dudeyou can rotate your forearm 90 degrees without doing anything elsetry it right now man, it's pretty dope, we can do cool things like hold guns naturally and shields cus of this
>>23901134>>23901144That's what the wrist is for, dude. It's just that the human skeleton achieves it by doing a partial rotation of the forearm, whereas our plastic toy robots can do it simply by rotating the ball joint in only the wrist. One of those acceptable compromises that simplifies the work of the mechanical designer and the toy maker.
>>23901144Your entire elbow moves along with the rotation. You are confusing the wrist with the arm.
>>23901155Except this has extreme consequences for robots who might wield such things as forearm weapons because if you ignore this movement you end up with having to have multi-position shield braces and stiff poses with basically any shaped forearmIt can work with all wrist movement but you basically need no arm features to snag something like your rifle or anything on the arms that you want a certain alignment for (again: shields have this problem 9 out of 10 times and need silly solutions to get around it).It's just bad design.
>>23901163No anon. Human arms are two bones. One of those rotates with the wrist. This makes your arm rotate. That's really important if you have something on your arm. All you have to do is pose most any gunpla to realize the limitation in the design.
>>23901165Bad design is putting the shield on the arm at all. The zaku had it right with the shoulder shield from the get go.
>>23901173handheld, arm-strapped, shoulder-mounted, flexible-backpack-arm mounted are all cool but not huge on thunderbolt's subarm + fullsize shields
>>23901124i have a dutch brand airbrush for 25 bucks and its honestly just as usable as my harder and steenbeck one
>>23901175The issue with thunderbolt is the subarms are too skinny, conceptually putting the shield on it's own dedicated arm is the right path but those arms are too small.
>>23901178nevermind the website is dutch, but its a fengda brand airbrush. honestly chinkkino though (just dont disassemble it)
>>23901179I agree. Narrative's Gustav Karl/the new Hathaway Gustav Karl do backpack mounted shields extremely well.
>>23901119The pics show they both come with wings
>>23900745hey did you finish your spaceship? I've been kinda busy and didn't see it finishedt. other ma.k anon; I'm pretty sure it's just you and me lol
>>23901183All of the pictures with the Moonlight Butterfly wings also explicitly say that they are sold separately.
>>23901192Oof. That sucks also I hate pearlescent.
Find yourself someone who looks at you the way Zak looks at girlpla.
Local hobby store randomly has Mr Surfacer 1500 black in stock. Had to hold off on buying all of it instead of just 2 jars
>>23901124You forgot about GSI in the mid range.
>>23901200I only found someone who looks at me the way Zak looks at boxes :(
>>23901107>can't even order the Zonbandai doesn't even want your money.
That gyan is beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e55-dxo7WQcApparently, there was a 1/30 scale Zaku with a limited run of 6000 in the 80s.The problem is that it was 10k yen and made of literal styrofoam.
>>23901235I was hoping he would stand next to it.
>>23900976No one cares about FMP in 2026
>>23901242I do.
Why are Bandai Hobby execs so retarded compared to the Candy division?
>>23901232what are you talking about
>>23901235>>23901239it's quick but here it is @ 46:16
>>23901251>click pre order>error 500>Sorry we can't do that right now
>>23901276works on my machine
>>23901306Well thank you for telling me that, switched to a different browser and now I can. Wonderful.
>>23901242I'm literally downloading it right now
>>23901242I do. FMP is one of the greatest slice of live romcoms out there
>>23901340For real. Once they dropped the comedic bits and focused exclusively on serious business it went downhill. Still has nice mechanical design though.
Choose one. Den'an-Gei orDen'an-Zon
>>23901363Instructions unclear, chose both.
>>23899775Hey, that’s really cool anon. It’s nice to see girlpla every so often. I like the colours too. It’s matte and not gaudy at all, unlike most
>>23901363Zon, because the other is Gei.
Did a quick spoon with the GGX White before starting on the Nu parts. This is one light coat over gray. Pretty good coverage for a paint. The rapid thinner is making it super matte by itself, so I'm going to skip trying the gloss with the thinner. Also it might take a week to cure, but it was still touch dry in a minute.
>>23901363Berga Dalas
wow arios gundam are expensive
