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I demand your Work-In-Progress pics!
>>23903543https://x.com/ohtagakiyasuo/status/2064978255799836815Wow Gundam thunderbolts creator found about the new chink kit of his AC guy and he's not happy!
>>23903551Thunderbolt creator is a cool guy even if Thunderbolt itself is hot garbage, so I'll have to side with him on this one
I miss the Build series. Seeing variants of old suits was fun even though I wasn't a fan for a lot of them.
>>23903579There weren't ultimately that many variants I personally liked but I think it was a ton of fun anyways. I hope we get something else like it again. I feel like they could just loosely adapt Gundam Breaker Mobile into an anime and it'd go over pretty well. The characters were reasonably well liked and it was a fun GBF-style kinda plot.
>>23903551>>23903555i can understand that he wanted to be involved if it were to happen. the chink kit is a for profit thing after all, so its less like a fan scratch build and more like being cucked out of his own design while the chinks make some money off it
>>23903546i dont have pics but i did the bb309 kakouen dalas and i want to try panel lining but I don't think that's the gunpla for it
>>23903551it seems the chinks got the files for the Acguy when that Metaverse leak happened back in 2021 or soso Bandai has been sitting on it for about 5 years nowso fuck them
>>23903605>>23903555Karma for depriving us of Super Gundam vs The O
>>23903579GP action base reprint when?
rate my haul
>>23903647Looks like a good time just remember to take breaks when you huff lacquers that can lead to permanent brain damasduiwerpfbnhuiwe4opd
>>23903647get some hardware store thinner so you're not cleaning out your airbrush with your mr hobby stock
>>23903647Neue Ziel and the Merc/Vay are extremely cool, nice pickups anon
>>23903653I already have it. gotta resupply soon.>>23903655for double the price in japan. I hate this hobby so much.
>>23903656when you take the time to paint and work on your models the markup ends up not really being that big a deal, these are cheap kits so even double the price is still pretty much nothing compared to the time you put in on it
>>23903647>JMSwhy are you poor and brown?
>>23903647>JMSBased freedom fighter.
>>23903647What colour are you doing your Zaku?
Is the Twilight coating MGEX bootleg good?
>>23903667NTAbut if I could buy a bootleg that I knew for a fact would somehow lead to a bandai exec going hungry, I would.
>>23903647>Neue Zielholy nice
>>23903671why would you want it?
>>23903681because the original is a scam?
>>23903667>>23903668it's $5 so I ordered without thinking>>23903669same as Neue Ziel, metallic or candy green.
>>23903684but why would you want the mgex strike freedom?
>>23903671No
progress on the thing
>>23903705>connecting the balls it was cooler when they were just individual bulbous protrusions bro...
>>23903709hm yeah i kinda see your point. doing it like this lets me conveniently install the rocketlaunchers in the front though.
>>23903714What if you made a mount for the rocket launchers inbetween the balls?
>>23903551He removed entire web release of Thunderbolt because the company he worked with allowed a pedophile to return to the industry after his jailtime, as if the manga industry itself doesn't host a bunch of them already. This man is just too thin skinned.
>>23903714I feel like I woulda put them where you put the big sculpted areas up top, I dunno thoughcalliope-style could be dope tooit does look good this way too but I really liked what you had going before
>>23903717originally theyre mounted in the back where the stock „bulb“ sits. i could still do that and it wouldnt be entirely unreasonable since theyre homing missiles and the launchers can be swiveled. still feels kind of odd to have them behind such a big superstructure (which would block a direct frontal shot). so idk its either installing them there and leaving the bulbs as they are or keeping it as it is. i think making a mount for them inbetween the balls would look kind of messy, i prefer the current solution over that mostly. idk if a couple people chimed in and agreed on the separate ball thing before it dries i may still undo it to the original.
>>23903705I love how almost every Ma.K modeler turns MK44 into Black Knight. They just love it when the armor has a giant tumor on its back.
>>23903723this was the way it was before, i think it still looked kind of barren. originally i didnt want to use the rocketlaunchers at all.
>>23903728I would leave them off myselfI think it looks great without it, like those could be hovering equipment bulbs or whatever and that it just has one big gun freely aimablemaybe a point defense MG on the rear would be a good idea though
>>23903671if it's Changlong, maybe. i keep hearing it's the more preferred brand of the two.
>>23903526I am a Zoids tourist a d BT seemed to be the only one who had a sabre tiger knock off. I also have the real deal from kotobukia on the way, the extra markings version, to compare them head to head >Buying the real version And the bootleg...The bootleg was cheap and if it is not to bad of a kit I'll have Two sabre tigers! I am going to paint atleast one of them in a diverent color so they won't look to samey.
>I dream of thunderbolt Acguy model>How can the Chinese do this to me?!?
>>23903795saw a painted Liger Zero Panzer bootleg on a scale show model once. it doesnt look bad for a bootleg, the only difference is that bad fit, missing parts, and the whole thing being made of ABS plastic which doesnt react well to certain chemicals.
Bandai is dispatching a strike team into the depths of China to destroy the molds and the entire staff responsible for the Thunderbolt Acguy kit.
You just know the scale is gonna be fucked
>>23903816It's gonna be "MG Sized"as in "As tall as a MG rx78"
First time doing waterslide decals. Do I need Mark Setter/Softer?
>>23903820Setter is nice to lock decals down before clearcoat. Setter is only required if you're trying to put a decal on a complex surface that it can't conform to otherwise.If you don't use setter, just give the decal a day or two to completely dry before clearcoat and you'll be fine.
>no color/part separation for these nozzlesalrite this kit is gonna be really hard to paint with just an airbrush... gotta spam masking tape.I thought this was gonna be a chill intermission project. I guess not.also, I really hate it when sample images on the box/manual are fully painted instead of OOB. it's so dishonest.
>>23903824Get some curved masking tape and it shouldn't be as bad.
>>23903824Good lord that's bad
>>23903816they already showed the scale and it's about correct. the TB acguy is just happens to be tiny
>>23903824>it's so dishonest.But they always state that the sample is painted so it's pretty honest. Why would you even expect a proper color separation on a fucking SD kit anyway
>>23903827fuck you
>>23903629>LeakI doubt this new Acguy was from that leak. That leak got nearly all the structures and part separation information It wouldn't take the Chinese 5 years to figure out that information and give you a kit This Acguy is homebrewed
>>23903824This needs an MGSD after Kshatriya.
>Gelgoog III manualHuh?
>>23903837The real leader of Mars Zeon, LeBron James...
>>23903837I liked the gelgoog III until I found out it played for the lakers. Fuck the lakers.
>>23903837reminded me of that acguy bootleg that comes with a basketball. is there some inside joke about mobile suits and basketball that us westoids are not privy to? I don't get it
>>23903820put a few drops of white vinegar in your decal water and you don't need settersofter is nice for complicated surfaces and making the decal's border less apparent, it helps for bandai decals but most of the other brands and bootlegs are already thin enough
>>23903847Maybe they just really like Kobe.
>>23903820Setter is basically just vinegar water. You can get the same effect... From vinegar water.
>>23903864yeah but setter smells nicer
>>23903864but then his model will smell like vinegar.
>>23903719I hate performative slacktivists
>>23903829They got the scale right, that's how you know they might be decent bootleggers
>>23903860What does the city of Kobe have to do with basket balls?
>>23903804We'll see when it gets here. The only Zoid available to buy over here atm is the motorized sabre tiger, wich is cool but I want to pose it with my Girlpla. The motorized version is €120,-, now I get two models for the same price.
Anything else I need for my first paintjob? I have a chink airbrush in the mail.This GM will serve his country by being by guineapig. It's his own fault for being cheap and mass-produced, really. If he dies, he dies.The Plan:>thinner for thinning>paint remover for cleaning airbrush/any fuckups>surfacer rattlecan everything for first layer>solid gunmetal grey for frame/hands/gun>grey base on white parts, then white over it to try and bubble shade>blue/yellow may attempt shading, or just do solid>may brush/marker some silver/etc for small details or wear and tear here and there>gloss coat to finish
>>23903894>tamiya acrylicsThey're a pain to use. You've got the wrong thinner too, you want X-20 A
can someone post the pic of the full airbrush setup with hazmat suit and tent
>>23903894tamiya paint remover is a scam. just get mr hobby 400 lacquer thinner. works twice as good and doesnt damage the plastic when stripping parts
>>23903897I honestly didn't think the thinner mattered. Good thing I posted here to double check.>acrylics are a pain to useIn what way? I opted for them because I figured they'd be more forgiving than enamel. I know enamel paint lets you use the enamel panel liner, though. I'd likely still use the flow type pen liner over acrylic.>>23903903Sadly my local hobby store doesn't carry many Mr. Hobby products, but has basically the full suite of Tamiya products.
You guys would hate my airbrush set up lmao it's literally just a tiny folding desk that I run an extension cord from my apartment into the central courtyard. I make sure everybody walking by gets to smell my paint fumes because I know nobody has the balls to do anything about it, ESPECIALLY anybody here reading this right now.
>>23903894If possible, you want to eventually get a primer you can apply through an airbrush. Rattlecans are much more wasteful, you can't control the volume of spray so there's the chance you might apply too heavy a coat without meaning to as well as all the amount that gets wasted into the air.I'm assuming that you're already competent at nubwork, but I've found that a glass file can go a long way towards clearing nubs down to zero. At the least, it's less of a pain in the ass than using sandpaper in gradually increasing grits.And what the other anon said is true. Enamel thinner for enamel paints, lacquer thinner for lacquer paints, and depending on the type you'll probably need something special for acrylics (I've never used them for airbrushing so I wouldn't know). Also, for cleaning your airbrush, just regular hardware store lacquer thinner works, same with isopropyl alcohol. And if you're using widely available enamels like Testors or Revell, you can mix it 1:1 with hardware store lacquer thinner and just shoot that straight out of your airbrush.
>>23903905Their acrylics just aren't the greatest quality-wise. If your local store does their lacquers I'd grab them instead, easier to use. See if you can grab some of the Tamiya or Mr. Hobby gray primers too.
Thoughts?
>>23903911Death, rape and destruction towards Bandai for killing the MG over those pieces of shit.
>>23903911The plebbit kit from plebbit's favorite Gundam entry.
>>23903905Acrylics are the opposite of forgiving, they love to fight you in every part of the process. You dont surface prep right, they'll show through. Too much pressure and/or thinner and they splatter like crazy. Take a little too long or don't thin enough/dont use retarder or flow improver and you get excessive amounts of tip dry. They take ages to cure as well, and the end product is fragile and prone to flaking.Lacquers are the forgiving one
>>23903913How would you know? Do you visit plebbit a lot? It sure sounds like you do!!
>>23903906I would walk right up and drink the delicious paints right out of your airbrush
>>23903907I didn't see any airbrush primers there. I'll probably end up buying some online once the rattelcan is out.>I'm assuming that you're already competent at nubwork, but I've found that a glass file can go a long way towards clearing nubs down to zeroI already have a glass file set and can get my nubs down pretty well. I generally do two cuts, then a small amount of sanding, then finish with glass files. I can get flat surface nubs perfect, still a bit of trouble on curved surface nubs.>>23903915With what both of you have said I think I'll opt for enamel or lacquer. I'll hit up my hobby store this weekend for them. I'll keep the acrylics for brushing small details.
>>23903551.
>>23903551>>23903921>Cope or seethe? Call it.
>>23903916The secret is that most of the people who post builds itt also post them on reddit.
>>23903923I have never posted on reddit in my life.
>>23903923I have never posted builds in my life.
>>23903923I only post my builds in Gunsta and Youtube
Any know of 3rd party MG Gundam X unit 3 water decals? Hoping I don’t need to use the ones it came with
>>23903911would've preferred a non-deformed kit but it honestly doesn't look bad for what it is
>>23903837basketball is huge in chinkland thanks to Yao Ming
>>23903923I only post them in messages to my mum.
>>23903923I snap build and put them on a shelf (not displayed, just in a pile)
>>23903705>>23903728nice!
someone talk me out of buying the mgex strike freedom, I don't need to keep spending money on this shit
>>23903936The only real difference I can see is that Unit 3's waterslides are colored to match the unique blue shade, but otherwise you could probably just use waterslides intended for the original GX and it would look mostly fine.
>>23903253>>23903254That's a relief, so the accounts about them exploding was largely from people applying it post-assembly? I assume you shouldn't absolutely drench the piece in marker either
>>23903824I just used red marker inside the nozzles and called it a day
>>23903824Prime, paint inner nozzles red, put some balls of blu tack inside nozzles, paint outer nozzles grey, mask nozzles, paint armor green. Six steps, dude.
>>23903921>It's been 3 months to get here, and now the kit is here. And it is either painted or unpainted. Call it!
>>23903919Uhh aren't those Tamiya 's "acrylics" that are the equivalent of GSI Aqueous? Ie a solvent based paint that isn't a lacquer? If so, they are easy enough for your first job imo.
Is anybody getting this thing? There was some hype when it was announced like it was the new chink Kshatriya but people were estimating a high price tag for it. Now it is out, can be had for €90,- shipped and nobody is talking about it.
>>23904030The proportion is ass and the claws look like shit. Even for hardcore Zgok fans, this thing doesn't resemble Zgok.
>>23904023I do not know, I have never airbrushed before. I'm prob picking up some lacquers.
>>23904031>doesn't resemble zgokThen what does it resemble?
>>23904035Infinite Justice Gundam
>>23903992How can I talk you out of something, when I literally got mine in the mail yesterday? Amazon crunched the box a little, the fuckers.
>>23904023yes they arent. only marketed as acrylics for whatever retarded reason
>>23904033if you do, watch this video. itll teach you a lot about how lacquers work:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KmKTufPVDMI&ra=m
>>23904065Every hobby paint is acrylic
>>23904065wait what? What are they then?Will they negatively interact with tamiya panel liner? Cus someone told me acrylics + panel liner = bad time
>>23904068classic hobby acrylics like vallejo paints dont use solvent but water as i understand it. what tamiya or ak interactive sell as acrylics is a hybrid between acrylics and solvent based paints like lacquer. therefore you need to use lacquer thinner to thin them.as for the panel liner thing, i think its wholly irrelevant what paints you use as long as the paint has fully dried before you apply it.
>>23904068you are mostly right but there are a few brands out there (specifically rattlecans) that use an entirely different solvent and pigment than what you're used to. they are also toxic as hell
>>23904081dont trust me about the panel liner thing though i wont be responsible for you runing your model. all i can say is i slap washes onto both lacquer and acrylic painted surfaces and though effects may vary a bit, it both works sufficiently well.
>>23904081Water is a solvent
>>23904086>>23904068this type of pedantry is useless to the discussion
>>23904086Will it crack ABS?
>>23904090With enough time, yes.
>>23904042Oh yeah I see it now.
WE should do a group build theme where you recreate your very first custom, and take pics of them side by side.
>>23904099I don't have my first custom anymore anon that was 26 years ago
>>23904065I mean they and Mr Color do use acrylic pigments for their paints. The real issue is that people market water-based acryllics as acryllic instead of water paint, to avoid being mixed up with watercolors.
>>23904092I'll take the risk. Does Tamiya sell water based thinner? Or is there any brand that anons recommend?
>>23904100then use a more recent but shittier one then, just so you can see a difference in experience from the past you, or better yet, a theme where you improve an old build, call it "2.0" or something
>>23904001I think so. Before panel lining my kit I painted with pour type markers over a bunch of parts from different runners, including some pretty fragile/thin ones and one that had arrived snapped and was only hanging by a thread and left it overnight. The day after I removed all the liner with ipa and the plastic hadn't changed a bit. It isn't even an expensive chink kit, just the bootleg hg grimoire from some no name company. You're probably fine as long as you panel line before assembly, remove any excess and let it dry well, unless there are different kinds of abs or mold release that react radically different to the markers, but that sounds unlikely.
>>23903546Working on a custom zaku. I was gonna take color suggestions but I was given the worst color pallet possible for what I'm building. The concept is kind of like a swat version of a police zaku.Mind you, I will still do a light blue, pink and fluo green zaku at some point. Probably a high grade.>>23904122Vallejo water based thinner will work with tamiya acrylics and aqueous hobby color. Tamiya doesn't make anything like it but it works decently. It's a lot better than using water.
>>23903995Yeah but I specifically do want the colored decals. I'll try bandai's
>>23903804>muh ABS Paint works on ABS nigga
What does /gpg/ think about chink upscales?
>>23904155FatCat's RX-78-2 is the best version of that suit in 1/100 available, but I haven't checked anything else out
>>23904158>FatCat's RX-78-2 is the best version of that suit in 1/100 availablelmao no it isnt
>>23904158Bro, RG 2.0 look is fucking horrendous
>>23904158>cclip garbage>RG 2.0s awful proportions>bestSure they fixed the overdone comically out of scale panel lining but it still looks like shit because bandai has terrible sculpters.>>23904155HG upscales are garbage look fucking terrible because they never do anything substantial to make it look in scale. RG ones are okay (except that 1/72 unicorn). and generally translate better.
girlpla and mooks
>>23904185NTA, i think the worst part about RG 2.0 is his face. I seriously can't stand the baby face.
Why can I not find acrylic topcoat anywhere
>>23904209Vallejo makes it and it's decent.
>>23903897>you want X-20 ANo, you don't. With Tamiya acrylics use their lacquer thinner. Or better yet use the Mr. Color leveling thinner. The x-20a is not great, it dries way too fast. I only use it to clean with.
>>23904065It was a marketing thing in the 80s, you couldn't sell harmful chemicals (solvents) to kids and it made it really difficult to import. So they just changed the name on a technicality (technically the pigment is acrylic, even though they still use solvent to mix) for market appeal.
>>23904134This is just a pale schoolgirl.
>>23904237shhhhhhh
>>23903978And she calls you a snapshitter.
>>23904209try kaleido
>>23903824>showing the finished product is dishonestwhat?
>>23903824You can just color them with some markers. This is far from difficult.
>>23904258He could also reverse wash the insides of the thrusters if he insists on airbrushing it.
>>23904158No it's not, stop deluding yourself changshill
>>23904155Couldn't care less since I prefer 1/144 scale, so I like people like GBC who downscale stuff instead.
>>23903824I seriously recommend you buy some enamel and learn to do a reverse wash
>>23904275You can actually do a similar technique with water based acrylics. Put them over some dried lacquer and then rub them off with a q tip right as it dries and before it's had time to stick. It's exploiting the slow dry time and weaker adhesion.
>>23904161>>23904182>>23904262best 1/100 RX78 then?
>>23904285The origin version or the 2.0
Dspiae is honestly better than Kaleido but their paints smell like brandy
>>23904311They don't taste like brandy
>>239042852.0 definately. It marked the start of the high point in MG kit design.
>>23904285One Year War ver. obviously
I dunno if this is the thread to ask but, Are the Kotobukiya Medabots kits good?
>>23904357no, wait for the Bandai version
>>23904285The Perfect Gundam without all the stuff on it, followed by the 2.0, followed by Ver. Ka (Personal choice)
>>23904370I am so mad I missed the naked perfect gundam on p-bandai last time they did it.
He's so Chinese...
>>23904403I think you forgot to snip off some of the runner(s).
Why do people hate the MG RX-78 3.0 so much?Is it the hands?
>>23904408Because the 2.0 was nearly perfect already and it's a step down.
>>23904408Bandai always try to sell RX78-2 to the people who hates how it looks. 3.0 was the most egregious example.
How do I *actually* clean panel liner and other paints on top of lacquer without damaging it? I was told it's resistant to other thinners but IPA and spirits both wipe it right off. Am I doing something wrong?
>>23904444You are supposed to gloss top coat before doing lining. Protects the paint and helps the liner flow better.
>>23904357I've only built the one. No real issues there as long as you don't mind filling in some prominent seams. You get some extra face plates, some speech bubbles and a stand for them, and a medal to serve as a base.
>>23904408Weapons that came with the 2.0 were sold as P-Bandai exclusives with 3.0. The G3 that's a 2.0 retail kit is a P-Bandai, Gundam Base exclusive with the 3.0The 3.0 is a dead end line because they over-engineered the kit to the point it's a shaky and expensive mess that Bandai can't do anything with.
>>23904370I wish they make RX78 Ver. Ka 2.0
>>239042853.0 or Origin take your pick
>>23904485They should make 2.0 for Hi Nu ver Ka. The only good looking Hi Nu available and it has some of the worst engineering.
>>23904493They should make some original MGs
>>23904493The engineering isn't even bad, the issue is the nu it was based on was one of the first PS kits and it has a lot of jank that wouldn't have been there if it was made out of ABS(like the god awful joints that turn into a loose and floppy mess just by existing).
>>23904500Astray? You want Astray?
Let's settle it once and for all: is there any good rg?
>>23904501No, Hi Nu uses polycaps. The main issue is how it saggy it is, the pcs are not tightly secured and they get saggy pretty fast due to the heavy frame. The hollow LED gap inside its chest causes the head and backpack to fall off. The hands are pretty trash, too. It is just a mess.
>>23904509Wing Zero TV
mfw waiting for 30min fantasy gobboslike a pack of 3 shitters with one being taller then the others
>>23904510Polycaps aren't a real problem and it's fucking bizarre to me how newer people to the hobby act like they are. The issue is the shitty ass PS plastic that is completely unsuited for frames, especially the frames of larger MS.
>>23904403Less Chinese but still very Chinese in red.
>>23904509RX-178 Gundam Mk.II of course
>>23904509Zaku
>>23904343I still need to build this one
>>23904528>Giallo SD Gundam film
>>23904031I would not go as far as calling it shit but something Is off about it, it looks kinda wonkey somehow. It will probably be a available for cheap for a while so I may still make up my mind and get it but overall I am kinda disappoint.I guess it will be a while till the Kshatriya gets topped by something better.
>>23904509At this point there's been many. The only ones who argue to counter are le redditors who struggle with HGs and chinesium causes them to shit their pants.
RG AGE-1 Full Glansa when?
>>23904636Right after RG EZ8 and PB RG Ground Gundam.
>>23904620RG is only good when the robot has no good HG. They always try to make the design look way more complicated and toyetic than they already have.
>>23904653Well my friend, abstractions may be difficult for you, but not everyone has the same taste in designs.Some HGs are just dogshit as well. I don't want to spend more time fixing joints, range of motion, proportions than painting.
>>23904656>I don't want to spend more time fixing joints, range of motion, proportionsWell you should build every RG from RX78-2 1.0 to Unicorn, they all fit your description one way or another.
>>23904665They certainly don't. RX and Zaku aged poorly, but most of them are badass. The only people I know who fumbled the Unicorn are children (who it is understandable) and retardmaxxing adults who chewed the arm apart. Yeah early RGs were definitely not perfect but they were never as bad as newfags proclaimed. Unfortunately you can't stop them from running into the wood chipper of good kits only to fuck the reputation.MKII is fantastic, ZGok is actually 10/10, Zeta looks great and handles fine, if you don't care about the transformation you can make it more solid very easily. I didn't build GP01 but my kid did without issue and loved it. Exia was honestly pretty good, the only part it struggled with was the shoulder attachment and that was a very easy fix. Astray was fine, I built some build fighter Strike or something and it was fine. Its fine to be shit, but I mean either get better or be ok with not doing so and pick models you won't struggle with instead of doing pic related online.
>>23904674Tl;dr Get Gud, kek.
>>23904674You wrote a long assed text about things that are completely based on redditor's opinions and not in the context of what people here actually talking about. Shit like Unicorn's arms or Zeta's armor parts are all child's play, the real elephant in the room is how hard much of a chore it is to remove the horrendous design off these RGs and actually find a way to unfuck the sealed advanced ms joint. Want to fix the frame? Buy the Chinese fix, bitch. Get gud? Howabout get more money.
>>23904620But redditors love RGs. Every third post on their subreddit is about RG Sazabi/Nu/Hi-Nu/RX-78/God
>>23904731Because they are the target audiences. The premade frame was probably for them too but it backfired so bad, Bandai had to backtrack and reduce the usage of that trash.
>>23904724I mean if you struggle with either your tools and the plastic or your money in the plastic, either is a personal issue and not a plastic issue retard. In regards to the reddit opinion, that's the very opinion I was responding to, the Real Grenade dipshit take. >>23904733Honestly they are. I mean as someone who's been in the hobby a decade+ doing a snapfit here or there is nothing feel shame over, but the RG line and what they want out of the MG line is just that, all perfect snapfits but they must all be cave troll resistent.
>>23904740>if you struggle with either your tools and the plastic or your money in the plastic, either is a personal issue and not a plastic issue retardThe what issue? Retard i'm not a toy engineer, i'm not gonna learn engineering just to open up those sealed up AMS joints. A fully painted HG Zgok is a 10/10 kit while an unfucked RG Zgok is a 5/10.
>>23904755It's clear you lack the experience to understand what you're saying, so I'll leave you to drool on yourself. HG ZGok is a great kit, but RG Z'Gok has few if any flaws. The problem here is you once again universalizing your own opinion and being pissy no one agrees. Low IQ + snapshitter that thinks rattlecanning a 16 year old HG makes it's gods gift to man. Just go buy your ver anime toys instead bud.
Plamatea Deathclaw when?
>>23904763>Low IQ + snapshitter that thinks rattlecanning a 16 year old HG makes it's gods gift to man.>RG Zgok has few if any flaws at allLmao, it is easy to tell that you are either trying to be a contrarian or just coping. Once you painted HG Zgok joints then it it as solid as a rock, meanwhile RG Zgok has most of its AMSJ permanently sealed minus the balljoints. Alot of 20+ years old kits are extremely nice once painted while the shiny new thing is just a stinky pile of dogshit no matter how much putty and joint reinforcement you give them. This phenomenon is extremely common.
>>23904134I like the desert pink with the black, would look cool with some olive drab thrown in
I don't understand why they included instructions for HG Seraphim in HG SeraveeYou can't built Seraphim without buying the separate kit, and the separate kit is standalone anyway
>>23904765>T60Disgusting
Still the best 1/144 rx-78-2, dont @ me
@23904834wrong and heterosexual
>>23904834Tbh it's gotta be revive or the doan cucuruz one.
>read the Japanese comments about the thunderbolt AcguyI don't understand I have never seen this level of corporate lapdog? slave? masochism? mentality. Anyone with any knowledge of economic will tell you that KO, counterfeit, none licensed work will always exist in some from or another. Under supply vs demand, bandai in its inaction (willing to unwillingly) did create an opening in the market. This Acguy (currently HG serpent and gelgoog III) is just an extension of past 3d printed/GK. You can't really be ok with 3d/GK and go full sperg with these- it's logically inconsistent. Otagaki has a right to ve angry for he is the right holder. But for the general public to act as if they were raped it just laughable. Like have you ever seen any one defending Hasbro on third party transformers like the way japanese do with gunpla?
>just buy bootleg!>why?>just buy it or you're a corporate lapdog!Who the fuck thinks like this? Is this some low iq bait?
>>23904870Don't underestimate the slave mentality of Marvel Legends defenders.
not knowing the difference of a bootleg and a 3p figure is autismal.
reply to me pussy, you know you're just baiting people in bad faith. No one gives a fuck about your bootleg and you're malding over it.
>DON'T LOOK UP Bandai bros!
>ruh oh its the resident bandai schizo again.Arent you the same retard who was seething over the koto death scorpion and when someone asked you to post your death scorpion, you didnt even reply?
>>23904870Yeah the designer has to come out and denounce these KOs or else they'll be attacked in turn. It happened with Kuramochi Kyoryu's doujin Transformers. At first he tried to ignore the unauthorized Chinese toy and kept radio silence, but JP twitter turned and accused him of colluding with the Chinese and even wanted Takaratomy to sue him for IP theft.
My Lu Bu preorder is taking too long to arrive that I legitimately just want to sell it once ot arrives. Should've bought on a China seller fuck
How do we feel about super sentai dom.
>>23904958What's that? Do you mean "Hyper Hentai"?
Anyone else got a PO waiting time burnout but it cannot be cancelled?
>>23904958I read the shoulder decal as "Ramen Hider"
Hi I'm new here
>>23904004I refuse to buy markers and handbrush paint>>23904010hmm I'm thinking of doing the nozzles last by masking the rest of the green
>>23904090water can crack ROCKS.
>>23904870they are a race of CATTLE. corporate bootlickers.they'd literally die before they break any rule. because ruuru wa ruuru desu. ruuru wa mamorubeki. shouganai.
>>23904882Still waiting on official Oz kits. What the fuck is wrong with this company? But also what the fuck is wrong with the chinks why can't they produce plastic oz toys so we don't have to fuck around with resin.
>>23904010question: what is this culture of excessive masking? just get a really fine brush and paint accurately.
>NOOOOOOO DON'T USE MY WORKS WITHOUT MY PERMISSION >Bandai allows it anyway What the fuck is this guy's problem?
>>23904870Japan is the land of pic related, even beating out the US. Must defend the honor of the multi billion dollar company who raised prices on my plastic toys again last week.
Comparison between the HG Hazel Icarus rifle and the EW Kehaar II rifle.They look different because Fujioka redesigned the rifle between Flag of Titans and ReBoot. The EW version has better parts separation and you can fold it without taking it apart. It also lacks the side handle of the Hazel rifle, but when you look at the Kehaar II lineart it doesn't have the handle either. It wasn't until ReBoot when the hammer came down and the rifle itself looks the same regardless of the extra parts attached to it.Bandai did cheat a bit by shrinking the rifle itself to match the lineart though. Not a big fan of that.
>>23905069It's the very reason Japan is extremely peaceful and orderly. everyone worships rules. the downside is they've become a fake, stiff and repressed society where any kind of "deviation" is shunned.
China has zero soft power compared to Korea and Japan. They lost the culture war HARD. Making bootlegs in large supply with a cheap workforce is all they have please try to understand.
>>23905089Maybe bandai should build another factory to put them out of business then.
>>23905089The Chinese make all your SMPs btw
softpowerbros...
The most notable pop culture thing to come out of China is The Wu Tang Clan.
>>23905102I don't care about chinese pop culture or soft power, I just want bandai to be better.
>>23905010Is that one of those arcanadea girls?
>>23905118Bandai IS better though.
>>23905122then why no TB Acguy
>>23905129Small multi billion dollar family company, please understand.
I'm taken back to the good 2016-2017 days when anons would post about the Thunderbolt kits they thought Bandai would make. Because why wouldn't they?For me, it was the Gelgoog.
>>23905120It's Charmed from Arcanadea yeah. She was on sale and I wanted to practice airbrushing and eye painting.
>>23905129TB is a bomb
>>23905129Blame whoever that make SNEED the most profitable line to produce
>>23905135I blame Chuck and the city slickers.
>>23905132for me? it was daydreaming about the MG G Self and RG Barbatos
>>23905135Then we come back to chinks. Chang giveth and Chang taketh away.
>mecha musume of a nun with fat bulging thighswho the hell would want this?
>>23905141I would love an RZA custom HG Strike Freedom.
>>23905145it's called girlpla, retard
more like troonpla haha
>>23905135>Allegedly chinese are buying up seedshit like mad>Chinese bootleggers make almost nothing but UC robotsSomething is not adding up here.
>>23905150>TroonplaGod i wish
>>23905152Learn how a market works.
>>23905159Supply and demand? Damn, I didn't know there would be a pop quiz!
I get washing your parts, but what's the point in sanding all the surface (not nub mark)? paint adhesion myth?
>>23905160NTA, most of Seed designs already have official kits so the demand falls into Bandai's favour. Thunderbolt Acguy, AOZ Gelgoog, Hyaku Shiki Full Armor don't have official kits.
>>23905152Even chang doesn't want to buy bootleg of their most beloved series
>>23905165>>23905168>already have official kitsHas that stopped the bootleggers from making robots before?
>>23905170MG Sinanju was not the most ideal product so no surprise there is a demand for bootleg with modern engineering.
does 30MS have hands that can hold Bows?need it for my WIP
>>23905177The sinanju was just the first thing I saw on the website. The chinese have bootlegged everything UC with an official release. Only recently have they begun making their own "original" designs like the 1/100 Kshtirya, the PG Tallgese (granted, this isn't UC) or the upscaled versions of RG kits. So again, why are the chinese putting out tons of UC but very little Seed? Maybe it's because it is overstated how much the chinese actually like seed.
>>23905179Honestly? >>23905168 is way more likely. China is buying luxury handbags made in sweatshops made less than 50 miles from the stores they are being sold in.I have a lot of thoughts about Chinese soft power and Capitalism, I just don't think a thread about plastic kits of robots is the right forum.
Can we just have a separate thread for anything bootleg.
Is it possible to mix tamiya metallic paints with other colors? Or is it better to just spray the color layer on top of or under a metallic coat?
>>23905183>I have a lot of thoughts about Chinese soft power and CapitalismThat's great? I'm talking about plastic robots.
>>23905145>perfect opportunity to hide the seamline on the thigh underneath the strap>still seamlineThis is why habitap you Mecha mufongar guave flippos.
Most of the chink kits that aren't bootleg is 1/100, right? Why Bandai doesn't capitalize it by producing more 1/100 kits?
>>23905179>The chinese have bootlegged everything UC with an official release. They haven't make the greebled up kit for MKV, the plastic version for SH's Zudah, Doven Wolf, Marasai, Geara Doga and probably Hildolfr. The demand is far bigger than anything Seed has to offer.
>>23905201>chink kits that aren't bootleg is 1/100Most of their OCs are more like 1/72 because they are always much bigger than Bandai MG.
>>23905162Pretty much. As the idea goes, you give the paint a rough surface to "grip" on to, just use primer instead. Though in some cases, if you're going to paint contact surfaces (transformation parts, hands, sword sheathes, etc.) you might want to so some sanding to improve the tolerances so that the painted surface has less chance of scratching.
>>23905201>1/100Most Star General manhua kits are 1/72
>>23905018>I refuse to buy markers and handbrush paintSorry, you refuse to buy markers and instead you handbrush paint, or you refuse to buy markers and also refuse to buy handbrush paint, genuine questionLike, I assume you said "I'm an airbrush user" but still
I feel like most chinkshit lean more on SNEED than UCI mean most of Daban's MB kits are SNEED designsyeah they still make a lot of UC stuff but that's because they make a lot of stuff in generalyou know kinda like Bandai could do but just doesn't
Do Vinyl kits count as Gunpla? Just finished this big Guyver last night
>>23905224They ignore most of SEED's lesser known designs like Gouf Ignite and Djinn. It is the same Strike Freedom that gets rehashed.
>>23905228>They ignore most of SEED's lesser known designs like Gouf Ignite and Djinn.probably because they look like shit
>>23905232Most Seed designs look bad so that can't be it.
if Zhang made a 1/100 Nero all would be forgiven
>>23905227Always love me some GuyverAnd is that an ancient Mazinger/bootleg behind it, and possibly a Gaiking
>>23905227It's Plamo so it counts. Looking cool, anon.>Vinyl kit.As in hollow plastic parts you glue into a figure? I did a Fairy model like that once, the instructions for the wings were templates to transfer onto blisterpack plastic and draw the arteries with super glue and spray that with water. I mean, it worked but some obscure way to build an obscure kit.
>>23905239Vinyl kits are like those 1/20 pilots in older MG kits. The assembly is pretty basic.
This is what chink like in polls results >1. Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam>2. Gundam Calibarn >3. Destiny Gundam>4. Strike Rouge>5. 00 QUAN[T]>6. Zeta Gundam>7. Freedom Gundam >8. Nu Gundam >9. Gundam Exia >10. Strike Freedom Gundam
>>23905245>>1. Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam
>>23905237Those are Shogun Warriors my friend. >>23905239Thanks anon, yeah essentially it's like big molded pieces of vinyl that you cut the flash off of and glue together. Really popular in the 80s/90s but they're pretty hard to come by these days.
>>23905245Nu Gundam that low when they have been churning out like 10 different bootlegs already.
>>23905247OhI was told about those but I forgot!But I knew I recognized that off-putting blue though. To think that this was the intro to super robots for an entire generation...
With every day that passes, I lose more hope for RG X. I should just buy the MG...
The balljoint is really thin. I hope it won't cause problem in the long term.
>>23905221I don't want to spend money on non-airbrush tools and paint and thinner.
>>23905268why the hell would it, it's a neck joint
>>23905050I've done both, and I feel like my lines are sharper and more precise when masked. Do what you want.
>>23903546I actually just finished my RG Hi-v I seriously don’t see how it could possibly be topped as my favorite 1/144 scale kit. This thing is a magnificent brick shithouse of a kit, perfect in every way.
>>23905291It's incredibly impressive, definitely one of the best they've made. But pretty much all the recent RGs are as nice as it really.
>>23905245>no BarbatosHuh
>>23905287I don't want to accidentally break it upon my scheduled pose changing every 6 months.
>>23905291I like how Bandai fired on all cylinders to make this kit but then never made anything like it again. It's been 5 years.
>>23905157The fact that he was tucking the entire time is absolutely insane
>>23905185No, fuck you this is the plastic model thread not the bandaibaby gundam general
>>23905306RG Wing Zero TV is the closest to Hi Nu quality.
>>23905311I believe he had to remove the meat entirely. The only thing remains intact is his vocal cord.
>>23905245I really don't know how anyone likes Mighty Strike Freedom so much, it's by far the least cool Freedom to me even if its silly lightning attack was kinda cool
>>23905245>2.Gundam CalibarnYuvk
>>23905320The momment it appeared was hype, but that's all. Its screentime was minimal and the scene got butchered by Satoshi Shigeta in the animation revision for the bluray.
Speaking of non-Bandai. Perfected Master of Pure Yang Chunyang Zhenjun 1/72 ETA August
>>23905328>tfw a Pure Yang Chunyang Zhenjun time>https://youtu.be/S7BeQ1i3t-Y?is=zPJrDB4IO2SIkMfQ
practicing spraying Tamiya x-10 gunmetal on a Tamiya x-1 black base.One of the sprays came out decent but the others looked like this. I'm not sure if it's my pressure or my thinning ratio. I was messing with a mix a bit as I went along so maybe the later.Also I was trying to get a much darker result. I'm painting an FSS kit. The one in this video.https://youtu.be/lGHQJngeIy8?t=2147I want to get that dark black metallic look for the frame.
>>23905312Fuck you too, no one considers changpla, plastic models.
>>23905356You don't even build
>>23905361Do you?
>>23904801Perchance
>>23905365No, actually been in a kind of a slump last few months, but I'll get to it tomorrow surely
>>23905332Aqueous hobby color black metallic will give you that look.
>>23905374Same, I’ve stopped working in 3 projects right now and I havent touched my groupbuild after snapping it.
>>23905380*on* stupid phoneposting.
>>23905378Is there a tamiya alternative?
>>23905388I have no idea. I just recommended aqueous because I've used it for a lot of things and it'll get you that look. It performs very similar to tamiya too.
>>23905394My local hobby shop mostly has Tamiya paints which is why I ask, I'll try to grab one of those if I can.
>>23905332here's what the aqueous metal black looks like. i've used x-10 for some stuff before and i recall adding some black to it to darken it. the enamel x-10 looks more like the metal black oddly enough, much darker than the acrylic version.
>>23905315what so good about rg wing zeroI see it glazed all the time
>>23905328if you ignore the big gaudy phoenix thing, the main kit looks really cool
>>23905356You don't even build anything, Bandaibaby.
>>23905449I built my bandai plastic model kit on top of ur mum :^)
toycon today, what Pbandai stuff do you guys recommend here?im thinking of getting the gunraid
>>23905493G-line I guess. Nothing really noteworthy here
>>23905493Gunraid is very fun
>>23905493the g-lines are pretty neati have a stormbringer in my backlog, comes with a lot of parts to make different configurations
>>23905493Quess's Jagd Doga, then find a Geara Doga Unicorn, and paint yourself the Jagd Doga Unicorn.Or the Gray Zeta, it comes with enough parts to build the stock Zeta's weapons too.
>>23905493LO Booster is fucking rad.
>>23905493Altron is really good
>>23905493Zaku
>>23905069japs are only like that on shitter
>>23903546Progress with the MG f91
I prefer Type F design but Moriki Messer is starting to grow on me, i just prefer Kazumi Fujita over Yasuhiro Moriki in general. Huge improvement on the waist, the joints feel tighter, the sculpt for the butt skirt is better and the vulcan holes look deeper, but i find the tubes and spikes to look too mushy compares to Type F. Still a banger though.
>>23905609Lol
W-what did Zak mean by this?
>>23905622Clearly he prefers Homura.
>>23905073>the downside is they've become a fake, stiff and repressed society where any kind of "deviation" is shunned.Funnily enough they're also one of the more creatively bankrupt countries because of this. By the average person over there compared to others I mean.
>>23905622Wants the most bang for his buck when it comes to street walkers.
>>23905631They had alot of steam in the 80s and 90s. The problem is that they have developed a shit taste for everything and it ruined their creativity and quality control.
The actual issue that killed creativity in japan isn't rules or whatever, it's not allowing younger generations to have a life. You can't build creativity if all you do is study and work.
>>23905636shut the fuck up liberal
>>239045283 R G B very Chinese BrothersTheres one more at my shop im gonna get. I love these stupid fucking lil Chinabots
>>23905636Most of corpo slaves are GenX and Millennials. Jap Zoomers are pursuing art and hobbies but to be honest they will end up creating the same thing. It is the same nation that thinks Osamu Tezuka's manga is good.
>>23905644Go way, rabbi
>>23905645I prefer their previous take for Three Kingdoms Gundams.
>>23905687I think Wing is from the previous.The new ones are gaudier for sure but im a sucker for translucent plastic
how is the daban PG unicorn/banshee compared to the bandai ones? If I'm not a broke ass should I just go with bandai?having a hard time choosing between the unircorn and the banshee in general
>>23905493Altron
>>23905703Daban is like Gamemill of Plamo. They make alot of mediocre products, keep that in mind.
having not watched unicorn and only played srw, how come the unicorn green mode is so rare? isn't that the kick-ass full awakened mode or whatever
>>23905706What? Full Armor Unicorn is retail and gets reprinted occasionally.
>>23905707The red is way more common
>>23905709Bandai just restrocked RG FA Unicorn and the MG is still around. It is far from rare.
Never bought a Blokees before, or even into Transformers at all, but just ordered this guy because he has sick weapons. I hope it's good.
>>23905719>Transformers PrimeGay. Wake me up when they man up and make Armada Optimus.
>>23905264RG X after RG Master Gundam anon. Trust the process
>>23905719Blokees plamos are greatif they are anything close to their saint seiya line I don't think you will be disappointed
>>23905719why the name "blokees"? "BLOCK-EES"? I thought this was some weird megablocks/blocky toy-ish thing at first so I ignored them
>>23905748>Bans you from Dai ( Greatness )
>>23905748Cause they're for blokes, not blocks.
Post your favorite>HG>RG>MGOr plamor will curse your next ten builds.
>>23905755>HGZudah Kino>RGEpyon Kino>MGMKV Kino
do we know what the next PG kit will be yet?
>>23905755>HGGeara Zulu>RGDon't build 'em>MGTurn A
>>23905769Turn A gundam in 2029
>>23905769We literally just got Nu this year, why the fuck do you think Bandai are even thinking of making another one so soon?
>>23905778yeah but we've known about it for forever
pg nobel gundam
>>23905636It's actually phones. Notice how fewer people do or make anything now, they prefer to scroll, like, repost, and MAYBE react to something but they are less likely to make something themselves. 80/20 became like 99/1
>>23905755>HGprobably the Nu Gundam HWS>RGdefinitely the Amatsu Mina>MGGundam Mk-V by far
>>23905755AGE 1 Full GlansaGaogaigarMk-V
>>23905785>MK VOne thing I have noticed about the MK V is that it looks great even without paint.
>>23905755I have abandoned plamor long ago, as he had abandoned me.
>>23904958God I love this theme.
>>23905779>announced January 2025>released January 2026>roughly one year of lead time>when on average there's around a 4 year gap between PG kit releases, back before the plagueAt minimum, you'll have to wait at least another 3 years before the next announcement, and then another year after that for the release itself. But more likely, another 5 years before it's announced at a show.
PG Space Colony
well amazon shipped me a half-built returned kit(I know that Amazon isn't the most reliable especially with all the 3rd-party sellers)
>>23905771>Geara Z*luI hope you die a horrible death
>>23905837Return it again
is Gaahlery actually good? so many content creators shill for it
>>23905755>HGCalibarn>RGRX-78 2.0>MGSinanju (OVA)
>>23905855too lazyI'm getting a refund
I’m in the mood to build a Unicorn Gundam. Out of the 5 ranges (HG, RG, MG, MGEX and PG) which one is the best?
>>23905866MGEX, I guess. It's the least bad one with the only downside being that it costs $250.
>>23905866HG Unicorn Banshee Destroy mode
>>23905866PG if you have the money to spend, RG if not
>>23905866Original ver.ka
>>23905866RG Full Armor
Bandai just sent me this, what do you think’s inside?
>>23905923I hope it's not a bomb.
>>23905923The heads of the changs responsible for making Gundam Thunderbolt's author cry
>>23905923This is nolonger a flex, oldman. Try to catch up.
New thread>>23905969>>23905969>>23905969
D-does this mean I have an armpit fetish?
>>23905755>HGHazel>RGZeong>MGMk V or Gelgoog 2.0
