-=READ THE GUIDES=-Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!For those new, please read our guides. We have many resources available to help you in many different aspects of the hobby. They're here for you!For the unclear, "plamo" is short for "plastic model". "Gunpla" is thus short for "Gundam plastic model". Many different kinds of models are built here, ranging from mecha to planes, cars, musume, you name it! If you're new, you're gonna screw up. Don't worry! If you're seasoned, don't make the newbies worry!And don't forget to report shitposting and spam. The mods don't browse /m/ too often, so it's up to YOU to help keep our general clean and civil!>Why won't anyone answer my question?Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can.>Why are my pictures sideways?4chan strips EXIF data when images are uploaded, including the orientation tag if it's from your phone. To fix it save out your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.One easy to use app that works well on Android:play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer-=THE GUIDES=->Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:gunpla.buyfags.moe>Funaka's gunpla guides:Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdfScratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf>Falldog's gunpla guide:otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide>A guide to other types of plamo:mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography-=OTHER RESOURCES=->Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):pastebin.com/4KBEnVaN>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:dalong.net>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:schizophonic9-2.com>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:blog.kenbill.com>Past Groupbuilds:https://flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06>Monthly Restock List (July):old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1ucog4lPrior thread: >>23921280
-=GIRLPLA GROUPBUILD=-Build a kit featuring any brand of Girlpla, including but not limited to:>Frame Arms Girl>Megami Device>30 Minute Sisters/Missions/Etc.>Figure-Rise Standard>MegalomariaAdditionally, any "Feminine" mechs like the Nobel Gundam or Valsione are fair game as well. What you do with your build in terms of theming is up to you so long as your base is "Feminine".Send a description along with both WIP and Finished images of your build to gunplaplamo@gmail.comSTART: 4/15/26END: 7/31/26
Show me your WIPs!
my local shop has the 1/450 Ideon ACKS for around 100€, should I go for it?
The phrase “gunpla is freedom” has done irreparable damage to this hobby
>>23923662Ideon 's only competitors are Omicron and TTGL. Who are we kidding.
>>23923664Gunpla is a prison.
>>23923664And I should give a shit about what other people do with their Gunpla because.....?
>>23923671Nobody told you that, anon.
>>23923662It's a nice, big kit. Fairly simple build but coming with the Ideon Sword, Gun and a ton of missile effects it gives you a lot to work on.If you don't mind waiting Suruga-ya has the Anime Colour version for 12k yen with free shipping.
>>23923664sounds like anon isn't free
>>23923664It should be "gunpla is no greebles, no paintjob, no snapshit, just stay in the box" hobby.
>>23923655Sure, the three details that are on there.
>>23923664Care to explain why you think that, or is this just low quality bait?
>>23923678It encourages people to put minimal effort into their model kits and be happy with them regardless. Simple as that.
>>23923674>Suruga-yaI assume "used" items on there are basically "new in box". At least that was my experience on sites like yahoo auctions
>>23923684Yeah, if they're damaged in any way they tend to say on the listing and make it clear.
>>23923684Well, once got "used" model kit with almost completely destroyed box but content was intact so no big deal.
>>23923684like >>23923685 says it will be in good condition unless stated otherwise. Pre-owned or second hand is a better way of thinking of 中古品
>>23923678carve literal shit into a robot and call it gundam because GUNPLA IS FREEDOM BABY
>>23923678>is this just low quality baitgee what do you think
>>23923682People have put minimal effort in to this hobby since the day it began. The fact that the pieces come out of the box pre colored is an endorsement of it.Doesn't help that, in this thread in particular, if people post poor results at fully finishing a kit they get blowback.
>>23923682>It encourages people to put minimal effort into their model kits and be happy with them regardless.How fucking dare they.
I love Tomino and Gundam a lot and want to put more time, effort, and money into this hobby, but I was also recently diagnosed with epilepsy within the past year, have had multiple seizures where I fall to the floor unconscious and needed stitches in the side of my head, and I am American so a trip to the ER will cost me at least $350.I really want to make more friends with people who know about Gundam, and I apologize for not being more serious about my plastic model kits. My bad.
>>23923707why shouldn't they if it's bad. Maybe take the criticism to heart and do better next time instead of coping and being an angry pissbaby
>>23923723"You're bad" and reddit reaction images aren't workable criticism
>>23923720I love living in the greatest country on Earth btw. I am going to find and buy a Gundam Maxter kit now.
>>23923725you sound like the type of person who gets mad when people don't spoonfeed them on forums
>>23923736You sound like the sort of person that can't contain their powerlevel long enough to stay on a forum.
>>23923736>>23923737You both sound like underage ESL newfags.
Everyone sounds like Bobcat Goldthwait; because I read everyone's posts in my head in Bobcat Goldthwait's voice.
>>23923743For me it's Harland Williams.
no one ever said anything about my high effort fully painted gunpla build >post lazy snapshit>500 upboatsnyoooo....
>>23923748B-b-but I painted the rarest and most obscure late UC kit nobody has ever heard of! Why aren't I getting more attention from these plebs???
>>23923644And she's done. I'm very satisfied with the saturation and the decals, but I could have boosted the highlights a little more. They kinda get lost as they are right now.
>>23923750nyooooooo.....
>>23923754The shading on the shield is really subtle, I like it.
>>23923754The model number + name are slightly skewed because it's surprisingly difficult to put separate letter decals together but I like the result a lot. The ahab reactor fins are the same candy yellow/gold as the rapier
>>23923759I thought this shield wire gimmick was kinda stupid at first but it looks pretty good in an action pose
>>23923761The angled hand works really well with the rapier, it's very easy to get a natural fencing pose
>>23923764very hard to attach the image apparently>>23923757I assume you mean the white, yeah, it's definitely the most noticable there
>>23923766what paint is the gold?
>>23923766This was my 4th time painting an orange+tan color scheme and it's definitely my favorite. Next time I'm definitely going to go with the same ultra saturated orange, though I might pick a less dull tan
>>23923768mr color clear yellow over gaia star bright gold over ex black
>>23923748You shouldn't think of the hobby as some sort of ticket to badassery or social acceptance. You have fun with what you bought on a personal level, that's it.
>>23923770Love the squad color scheme
>>23923770I see that someone likes a certain color sc>and it's definitely my favoriteoh carry on.
>>23923816>>and it's definitely my favoritemeant as in this is my favorite rendition of it so far, there are color schemes I would put above it>>23923813all thanks to the general revil rezel, also gr jegan, ground gm, landman rodi and whatever else has this scheme
really wish they gave RMZ Blade Liger the yellow shield effects. probably on the AB version.
>>23923770Look ma I can only paint in 2 colorsAdd a Ball to that squad
>>23923743Remember unhappyily Ever After? I member
>>23923770Good shit dude. Your output of kits is probably the highest in the thread. 1 a month at least? Obviously with full paintjobs too
>started on Gelgoog III You know what I do appreciate what the manufacturer is trying to do. A RG look but without the general shape breaking into tiny pieces. I will see how the build goes, but just taking out the parts, this feels like a typical Abs MG already >That one I6 piece left overI have no idea what this is and the manual says nothing about it
>>23923867Its probably the buttplug for the action base
>>23923864>Good shit dude.Thanks, I'm very happy with it.>1 a month at least?I have quite a bit of free time currently so it's been 7 kits painted since the end of my almost year long break in the middle of April. I'll probably slow back down soon. I've also been less creative than usual, mostly painting the kits with little modifying. In the case of this Sigrun I sharpened up some angles and removed the seams on the head which were bothering me, but not much else. I'd like to get back into doing more extensive kitbashing but I'm feeling a bit uninspired by the kits I currently have unpainted.
Interesting decals, Chang...
Also>Deluxe edition Do people really want this huge base that really does nothing?Seems like a waste of space.
>>23923904Place that KFC decal, I dare you.
I need help for girlpla.How do I paint skin? I don't really understand the lascivus range from mr color.
>>23923927https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmGBfJL7znM
>>23923927Do what I do, try to paint skin tones, fail, and just paint them metallic colours instead.
>>23923927I was using AK Beige Red, then Sunny Skintone, then Luminous Flesh. I suggest checking equivalents of whatever paints you are using. Or keep adding equivalent of Ivory.
>>23923933This lady makes some of the most helpful videos I swear she would have millions of subscribers if she just had a better voice
full armor atlas
>>23923924place it where? I'll save it for when the shitpost theme ever wins
>>23923904Where did you get that? I unironically want to make a KFC themed build
>>23923904Gonna buy Dictus and make one half KFC and the other McDonalds
>>23923962but why
what scale did the gelgoog III end up being
>>23923988Make it a KFC/Pizza Hut/Taco Bell
>>23923994Now that's a great idea for a custom Getter
>>23923962>Full Drummer Atlas off to team up with Nekki Basara
If /gpg/ organises a paint sweatshop, would you go?
>>23924025Where are those paint booths venting to?
>>23924031me in the basement
>>23924031My lungs.
>>23923993It is 1/144.
What's up with Yiya G lying about the scale? They obviously make 1/144 RG-like kits, yet they always label the kits as 1/120.
>>23923483You can use canned clearcoat or mark setter. Neither take much effort. In fact, the canned clearcoat takes a lot less skill than applying waterslides to begin with. People like you are why most things come with stickers now.
Well shit. Guess I have to figure how to to drill and pin. What are the common size bits/brass rods I should buy?
>>23924048Plausible deniability
>>239240942mm brass rods will be the most common size you'll use, sometimes 1mm for tiny pegs such as head joints.For drilling, I use dspiae's hand drill with 2.1mm and 1.1mm bits and the rods fit perfectly.
>>239241052mm is to big for that, not much plastic will be left and risk it deforms the part, 1mm will do. You can also just use a paperclip if you want to use a metal pin, glue it all together with gel super glue. If it is PS you can also use some PS rod, if you use Tamiya super thin and it fuses all into one.
>>23924094I don't think drill and pin will fix that one.
>>23924105>>23924114Picked up a variety of .5 to 3mm bits in a pack. Some brass rod to match.>>23924121Not sure why you think that metal would somehow not work. There is a reasonable amount of plastic on both sides.
>>23924126>Not sure why you thinkbecause it looks like there is next to nothing
>>23924127It's a circular peg on an MG, it's plenty of material. That angle was chosen for the bit size discussion
>>23924130Heh, that angle makes it look worse, definitely go with 1mm or you mush up the whole part of your drill is thicker than the 'cross' bit.
>>23924136*IfIt has been many winters since they forced us to type on touchscreens and I'm still cannot into. Getting old I guess.
>>23923644Well, ignoring the arm shearing off, the Nu turned out pretty good. Haven't decided how it's going to be displayed and if there are going to be some funnels on the back or not. For some reason I have a punching pose in my head to try. Also it is kinda annoying that it doesn't work on a standard action base without the U holder. Kit is new enough where it should have an adapter even if it comes with a custom stand. The custom one will look weird on the shelf next to all the others.
>>23924158Also snapped a quick Base Jabber. I think it is going to go with the Gustav Karl I'm thinking of building next.
>>23924165Based jabber enjoyer!
>>23924121>>23924127Heh i drilled into smaller pegs before.
I cant believe mechagaykotsu has been bought out by chang
>>23924165that's not allowed, Gustav Karls use Kessarias because they're big bois
>>23924225I know, I think it will emphasize it's scale more. Maybe when I eventually get a Jegan (how have I not gotten any yet) I'll have it ride on the bottom.
oh fughttps://x.com/figsoku_r/status/2071368917713654221
>>23924228I realized recently I have a silly number of Jegans
>>23924230>open palm hands for each handBased even if no trigger finger molded properly. Looks great.
>>23924230>generalkenobi.jpg
>>23924231You can never have too many Jegans.
>>23924230woah its finally happening
>>23924239I still don't have the EWAC or Birnam Jegan so it's true
>>23924239Reminds me how that ace custom theme was hyped up to be Jegan central and ended up with NONE
>>23924230I wonder what After Colony's Hizack and Marasai would look like
>>23924247Yeah a buncha shit came up for me.
>>23924230Wtf, it actually looks so good.
>>23924253will you ever complete it before 2026 ends? I wanna see some cool Jegans
>>23924256maybe
>>23924230general grievous knockoff. bandai has no originality
>>23924230This looks like horrid chinkshit. Fuck you.
>>23924258Hydra gundam came first
>>23924230I'm gonna fucking cum to this Bootleg when????
where/when do newpla get announced
>>23924258Kekwars's Grevious is just a The-O knockoff
>>23924271Where? Here!When? Now!
>>23923644Strike rouge progress was halted for a while because of work and me running out of pipettes.I also got a compressor that can spray 45 psi and it's so nice. My old one only did 15 because it was tankless. I see why people do not like tankless compressors now, I think going forward my paintjobs are gonna look a lot nicer.
>>23924230no way
>>23924230Chinese Hydra Gundam lol. somehow this is the only G-Unit suit that didn't stray too far from the original design.
>>23924230design so ugly I thought it was chinkshit
>>23924230>>23924248THANK GOD THEY FIXED THE STUPID ASS FACE
>>23924286WTF it's not??
>has the Mercurius and Vayette>has the Leo>refuses to make Virgo and Virgo II>refuses to make the other oz suits to finish Wing>But will make this random ugly ass gundam from the random side story that I've never seen discussed online beforeWhat the fuck is bandai's problem?
>>23924310wait this still doesn't have a kit yet? WTF
>>23924248>>23924230>bandai shit actuallythere's something off about the render that make me think it was from chang
>>23924310OZ MS looks lame. Leave it to the Changs.
>>23924324You look lame!
>>23924310>no HGAC Aries>no HGAC Taurus>no HGAC Cancer, if only for the Tallgeese meme>no HGAC Virgo>no FM SerpentIt's like they don't even want my money.
>>23923982it came with this goofy changpla I bought https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010383027521.html
I think I need to go on a mass snapping spree. No lining, no paint, no decals, just pure snap shittery. Backlog is way too big. I can go back and make everything look good after some space has been made.
>>23924371I thought about that too because my backlog is enormous, but I might just settle for quick topcoating
>>23924230About time. So that's pretty much it from the original G-Unit suits, though for the remake there are still Caster, Pollux, and Griepe Novi.
>>23924399That's cool as fuck.
Well, there's our annual G-Unit kit.Next AoZ when?
>>23924414this year kicked off with the Icarus
>>23924230Doesn't look that different compared to the old design this time.
>>23924420Mostly proportion matching to the new standards and some skirt redesigning, it's nice.
I'm having a lot of fun building 00 raiser RG
>>23924276I'm impressed you both do as much and as good as you do with a tankless that could only do 15.
What does ver.Ka mean and is it worth the price?
>>23924491google it and depends on the kit
really sucks that the Blade Liger Panzer did not come with any effect parts. The LZ Falcon probably won't as well.
>>23924491it means katoki had input on the overall look of the model kit. for a design that wasn't originally made by katoki, then it means he redraws the lineart in his style, some detailling is different, some proportions change, and that gets turned into a model kit. for a design that was originally designed by katoki in the first place, it means he took another look at it and updated the lineart, maybe added some more gimmicks and weapons that weren't originally part of the design.
Gundam Exia ver. Ka
Guntank ver. Ka
They should legit make a MG Guncannon Revive, the original 2001 vintage is pretty old and stale at this point. Then add a mechanism to the backpack that makes the cannons alternate fire like the MG Guntank's hand machine guns.
>>23924310the G-Unit gundams were actually common back then because they came out at the same time as the HG EW kits. that's how people were made aware of its existence. for some reason though, the manga never reached overseas.
>>23924420they fucked up pretty much every single thing desu
Setsuna F. Seiei ver. Ka
Did Katoki even do any work on 00? Did he even LIKE 00?
>>23924532Katoki doesn't have a twitter and doesn't talk much as far as I've ever knownWhat he likes and doesn't like of Gundam is a mystery, and at the end of the day he'll have to partake in some level of corpo-speak so we'll probably never know
>>23924532Well, he did this figure of Exia.
>>23924031I would guess since I see waterbased acrylics, nowhere. They're there to catch the overspray but there's a widespread misunderstanding that you don't need a mask if your spray station is good enough air pull or if you paint waterbased acrylics. Obviously you shouldn't breathe that either. At least a dust mask is needed.>>23924138You're right, in this case I would go near 2mm and use paperclip out of cheapness, I would also fill the cross sections either with superglue+baking soda or uv resin first to give more material to sink into. Also the other side of the peg that's still there is thin because beyond it is a circle thats part of that joint. Too far in and the joint won't move anymore.
finally
>>23924670Will this one actually be good for once?
>>23924670>upscale of the RGI expect the actual scale to be something bullshit-stupid like 1/92 or whatnot.
>>23924674they already did sazabi and it was ok
>>23924670tourists are gonna love this one
>>23924670honestly tempting to pick this up just so I can give my actual Hi-Nu the rifleI don't know why it took them until RG Hi Nu to give it a rifle that doesn't look like shit, but it's annoying how ugly every other iteration's rifle is
>>23923644I'm doing a plane, trying to do preshading. How am I doing? I've never done it before, how should I proceed so it looks nice?
>>23924733are there any closeups of how the chink rifle looks? is it just a clone of the RG's rifle and how does it compare?
>>23924754just a clone of the RG's rifle from the posted imageit's right there, why are you asking me, I'm not the chinkshill
>a bit old but perfect for what they are>Not making more of them in different colors not even under PB while there are like hundreds of MSV zaku2 under Robot damashii lineWhyI don't understand the decision process of Bandai's hobby division
>>23924491Consult the chart. Also, V-Dash or V2?
>>23924768do you want four corefighters or two
>>23924768I like the normal victory kit more than the V2. It just feels sturdier.
>>23924772this anon is from the bizarro mirror universe to our own btw
>>23924767I don't understand wtf are you complaining about.
>>23924670I love how they use cakes box to package the kit like they're smuggling illegal kit. They also did it with upscale RG Sazabi
>>23924780I generally use the leftover box to keep extra parts or turn into a poster so I'm glad third worlders that can't buy a fucking RG kit get some reused slop box
I’m surprised there is no HG Enhanced ZZ, seems like the most obvious p bandai kit they could make
>>23924784noone asked stupid fuck
>>23924790it's honestly more surprising there's still no FA ZZ in HGEZZ is just a strange form never shown off in the anime despite being ZZ but cooler, so it's always been weirder to me it got the MG before FA ZZ (or even a standalone release at all, any FA ZZ should include the EZZ parts although HG is where they'd probably compromise that)
>>23924792Bandai wants ZZ to be a high quality transformable kit.
>>23924795The HGUC was made a very long time ago and Bandai doesn't give that much of a fuck about partsforming for HGs.
>>23924784making posters out of boxes is the cringiest shit ever. its like putting cereal boxes on your wall
>>23924784>cutting up boxes to make wall posters Reddit ass post
>>23924798>>23924800>liking things is cringesorry you haven't gotten over your ironic phase
>>23924798I like the art and it's a nice catalogue alongside my kits. Someone who buys chinese knockoffs would never understand
>>23924791keep taking your english lessions, jeet
>>23924792You vill buy ze 144 and vill like it.
>>23924809>putting the hands on wrongfamily status: shamed
>>23924752Seems like you've got the general idea down. All that's left is to maybe go in with your main color and fill in the flat surfaces with it, if you want to sharpen up your shaded areas or correct any overspray; then thin down your main color a bit more than usual and build up all over coverage with light coats until the shading is as subtle as you desire it to be.
>>23924773The original victory is a lot more stable. The V2 is always trying to drop something. Both don't articulate great. I think it's telling that they didn't chance the original for the V-dash release but did update V2 for the assault buster release.
>>23924805im a self admitted bandai purist and somehow you’re an even bigger faggot than me
>>23924823I find the Victory's legs more annoying than anything the V2 does. Their extension mechanism isn't particularly tight on mine and makes them a bit of a floppy mess. The back skirt armour doesn't like being touched much either and the arms have the same loose elbow-to-bicep connection on both of them, but on my V it's a little worse (probably just from age).I'd definitely take V2 every day, the only problem I ever have with the base V2 is that the legs are so stupidly pose limited. The angled spread of V2AB fixes that enough for me however.
>>23924825I will not apologize for utilizing the entire box as a native american would a recently shot bison
>go in to anons room>the walls are plastered with cut up boxes for tiny plastic robots
>>23924837I also have sex with my wife in the box room
>>23924837still afraid of showing your interests to people huh
>>23924840Get real art of your favourite robot not cut up boxes
>>23924837>he's never brought a slag home from the pub and had her orgasm while staring at the MG Nu
>>23924841get real hobbies instead of trolling on mongolian basket weaving forums
RMZ Storm Sworder utterly mogged the HMM lmao
>>23924844Reddit meme
>>23924851guess you're the expertsay something about indians next
>>23924853Don’t tell me what to do.
>>23924858I just did, cry about it while pissing and shitting and farting and cumming all over the place.
>>23924860I’m not going to do that. That’s gross. What’s wrong with you?
>>23924862Why not? You like taking big fat steamy shits in public for everyone to laugh at you and call you the weirdo with malnourished turds. It's what you're doing.
>>23924865Are you ok?
>>23924870Are you? I'm questioning your enjoyment of the activities you're partaking in here.
>>23924873I don’t understand why you keep talking about poop. This general is about gunpla.
>>23924876I'm asking why you like to take a big fat shit in a thread about gunpla and have everyone laugh at you for it. What do you get out of it?
>>23924780>Sorry officer-kun but I think you're mistaken, I'm definitely not smuggling illegal bootleg gunpla kits
>>23924840I show off the painted kits, not the boxes
>>23924551the original design is so clean, it got Astray'd
>>23924885and everyone is very proud of you
>>23924889thanks anon, that means a lot to me.
>HG Zeong for $15No idea why he was so cheap. I think they forgot to include his legs or something.
>>23924894no problemall that matters is enjoying what you do and being happy with yourself though so you should work on your self esteem bro
>>23924896they've been getting away with that ruse for too longyou mean to tell me they just forgot to finish the legs? wake up sheeple, big bandai just doesn't want to sell them
>>23924878I think you should see a specialist or something, your obsession with poop can’t be healthy
>>23924906something something slops and garbages poopla
>>23924906it's just so weird why you love it but I guess I expected too much from you to be earnest
>>23924912Now you’re projecting. Are you mentally sound?
>>23924916yeah yeah more meme words to continue your shitty little train of defending your shitpostingkeep on going, give me another (you), or better yet respond to me without one passive aggressivelyjust keep spreading those cheeks and pushing those turds out, shitboy
>>23924829Maybe it's just because I paint and tighten frames on everything I do that I was spared those problems. There's no simple way to fix the assorted issues the V2 has without compromising the gimmick.
Play nice, children, or I'll take your toy robots away.
greatest minds of /gpg/ at work in here today folx. listen and learn
>>23924920It isn’t healthy to get this mad at the internet, anon. Maybe snapping a kit together will calm you down.
>>23924921Well I built both straight when they first released and then another V2 when V2AB came outI don't know man, stability wise I'd never place V above anything in the MG line except maybe MG Zeta 1.0, and even that's a really big maybe. Only other contemporary MG I'd rate near the V would probably be the Crossbones out of what I've built.
>>23924924I'm working on a kit right now though, you should try it instead of coming here to shitpost. If you don't like the responses your shitposts get maybe stop shitting all over the place like I've been saying.
>>23924929Go on and show us your work then, anon. We’re all so very proud of you.
>>23924928I never said either are very stable. I think I'm just still mad about how the V2 I built likes to drop the arms if you move them at all. It's just infuriating. I just expect everything to get floppy at some point so now I build them with the expectation of it and compensate for it. It helps a lot of "bad kits" suck less. I have a unicorn I did a year ago and it's still not floppy at all when the one I snapbuilt years ago was floppy after like a month.
>>23924930Sure, I'm still working on Penelope. Care to spread your asshole more and pinch off a few more turds, or are you done being a worthless shitposter?
I'd rather take the shitposter than the guy bumping 5 day old threads with just pictures. The shitposter at least makes me laugh.
Wouldn't the Victory's transformation be a huge pain if you wanted to paint it with acrylics? Always wanted to get one but i fear all those moving parts will scratch the paint off. Same thing with the GaoGaiGar RG
>>23924933Honestly kinda strange, I don't really have many problems with the arms. Even the V2AB holds the MBR fine. Non-AB has no issue with the beam rifle for me.
>>23924938Good job anon, you finally contributed something to this general. I still think you should seek help for your poop fetish though. Nobody wants to hear about that.
>>23924944surprisingly Victory's transformation doesn't involve a ton of moving armour panels rubbing against each other so it's pretty much alright
>>23924949>finallyI've been here before this was a general and I've contributed the whole timeGlad you took the opportunity to pinch out another worthless shitpost though, one day maybe you too can build a model kit and engage with discussion about them instead of shitpostingprobably not though
Yeah how dare you shitpost on this prestigious and highly respected website.
>>23924959>xD don't you know 4chan is le shitting grounds?sorry I'm just not actually enamored with taking shits where I eat
>>23924945if yours is as old as you say it is then it might be mold wear. Mine is from a reprint maybe a year and a half ago.
>>23924955Kek, you are the one that is shit posting, my dude. You'd think someone that has been here for so long would get less edgy, kinda sad you still Rahe like an child
>>23924962Yeah, definitely could be. Both my V and V2 were on release, and the V-Dash DLC pack when it came out. Wouldn't surprise me one bit.
>>23924961Then you really should find a different website.
>>23924963>nuh uh I wasn't shitposting I was just shitting on someone for something irrelevant for gigglesGrow the fuck up retard. Me calling you a shitposter isn't being mad, I'm just calling you out for being worthless.>>23924966Or I can not and I can just keep calling shitposters out for being shit. I was here first, I'm not leaving because a bunch of retards showed up.
>>23924963>you still Rahe like an child>Rahe
Saars, please, calm down... You're both ugly.
BANDAI.... LOST
>mention one word about politics>immediately get temporarily banned>meanwhile shitpost like fags for hours>janny sleeps.Why are jannies so gay?
>>23924988You deserved it
>>23924990jannies are just gay.
>>23924988I made an post on /tg, about the Chef in your dubs having committed no mistakes and I got a warning. We live in strange times.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1sKyf7CsJA&t=2379s>Alot of unsold inventory.I still wonder what the profit margins for a model kit business are. Surely they are making enough to cover the cost of rent, taxes and utilities?
>>23924993it's not hard to talk about modelsyou can go get actual friends or internet friends to be your little comfort chatroom for bullshit
>>23924998How do small retailers of any kind even make profit? there's no way they can sell all their inventory and quick enough.
>>23924998>IBO slop>Turn A>Unicorn trashNo wonder
>>23924998Not great especially on imported kits. My local hobby store makes the majority of their money on RC shit and some modelling supplies.
>>23925006They operate via online pre-orders and sell the dead stock to scalpers.
Okay, I think Hyper Function LBX reissues are gonna be retail outside Japan... It could have been more fitting if they released the version with AX-00 armor as a P-Bandai exclusive, maybe even include the CCM kit as a throw-in bonus.
all thats left is some work on the thrusters
>>23925028I wonder how does it feel when i use it?
Would you getting Jeeps kit? Although I don't know what figure would be fit in it
>>23925044It's very small
>>23925046
>>23925050
>>23925044Where is masterchief plamo when I need it?
>>23925056
>>23924963>Rahe like an childWhat did you originally mean to type? I genuinely cannot make sense of this.
>>23925079i guess rage but I dunno why it'd be capitalized
>>23925044I've build one of the 3min mission robots before and it's a nice little kit so I'm sure these are nice too, just annoying they're in a scale that doesn't match a whole lot else.
>>23925079it takes all of 5 seconds to look at your keyboard, see G next to H, and realize it was supposed to be “rage”
>>239250873 Minutes line is Sheik's own take on Hexagear Governor. The robots are already small so the cars should be even smaller.
>done with kit as far as present circumstances allow>joint sheet still has pieces>including pieces that weren't used at all
>>23925046You need those MG pilot figures to have it seat in it
>>23925116I was shitposting about doing something like this a few months ago
>>23925116>joint sheet still has piecesthe soft plastic polycap runner? it's normal for a lot of those to be leftover. they use the same mold for a ton of kits and not every kit uses every part. the instructions show which parts remain unused in the first page or so
>>23925120They are meant for Ventus's pilot figs
>>23925083Is this real?
>>23925130Bandai actually made kits for Halo 4 back then
>>23925044fuck yea getting a bunch, it's DIA-CLONE* time (*not actually diaclone)
Sheik Mainland should make more Neil Blomkamp-inspired kits. These guys are sexy as fuck
True believers will be reward with Bandaikino
>>23925133Are these good? I could seriously fuck with this but the second hand prices are steep, unless the “level 3” kit is great
AHHHHH I JUST WANT TO SNAPSHID SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING TO PAINT WHY WHY WHY I CAN'T GO BACK TO SNAPSHIDDING
>>23925127>the instructions show which parts remain unused in the first page or soyeah it checks out
>>23925147Level 2 has less parts and probably less articulated.
AYIIIIEEEE DO I REALLY HAVE TO BUY A WATERSLIDE DECAL EYE FOR MY GIRLPLA.
>>23925133>>23925147>>23925083God the 343i artstyle was so shit
>>23925177Most girlpla come with preprinted face parts.
finished
No one tell Bask Om, but I'm painting Titans Blue 2 without Titans Blue 1.
>>23925181Nicely done bro.
>>23925177You can always brush paint the eyes. You can brush paint, can't you, anon?
>>23925177A lot come with waterslides already.
>>23925184Bask would still execute you for being a Redditor.
>>23925180>>23925186>>23925187I bought the option parts set that doesn't have one.
>>23925010all i can say is that retail kits in local toy stores actually sell for 2x the yen SRP. that's the reason why malls can do 50% off sale while they still profit from it
>>23924950I guess it's either the normal one for 60€ or the V-dash for 100€.
Took a break from sh*tposting to start snapping my Zoids Saber Tiger. It does not feel as solid or well engineered as a Bandai kit but I like it thus far.
>>23925228The RMZ version feels a lot like a bandai kit if that's what you're into.
least skilled japanese „poopweatherer“
>>23925184>titans blue 1>look inside>it’s gray
>>23925233I'm enjoying myself so it was more of an observation than a complaint. I just have to pay a bit more attention to the instructions an how much force to apply. This thing will be awesome when build, even before paint.
>>23925237It's a nice gray at least
>>23925236To be fair, if this is some of leftover wreckage from war then it would make a great diorama but yeah, not a fan of that Sturmvogel. Wave's sample looks better imo.
>>23925237The japanese have a very broad definition of what is gray vs. blue. A lot of "blue" paints are what westerners would call cool grays
>>23925252Yeah, the black in >>23924158 is Midnight Blue.
>>23925251>>23925236What is the bottom part of these things made of, a noodle bowl or some packaging like that?
>>23924755my eyes are failing, can't see much detail from the photo. while I have a hi-nu model, it isn't built yet so I don't really know
>>23925236>>23925251>sees any sort of brown weathering>aaahhhh POOOP are you 12?
>>23925269Yokoyama probably made it from half cut shampoo bottle.
>>23925271They're probably from India and so that is just what they are used to seeing on a daily basis.
>>23925271I see old trucks all the time and their stain is nowhere near that bad
>>23925277It still doesn't look like doodoo feces. It just looks like it's dirty and has been rained on.
>>23925271Theres a very strange fascination with poop from a lot of posters in this thread. I think it says a lot about this community
>>23925278I'm not the guy saying it looks like feces but in context of a vehicle/military arsenal that is still on duty, they should be, i dunno, taken care of?
Hot take: Ma.K should be cleaner. Even the man himself endorses that.
cold take: this is a tired discussion you're trying to forceget a hobby
Best AGE kits?
>>23925299The recent P-Bandai Genoace
>>23925282You have been paying attention to the ukraine war right? No tanks thats been in the field for more than a week looks factory clean and covered in so much mud+dust you can barely make out the original camo.
>>23925310That's still just dust. I don't see an unholy amount of stain on that tank.
>>23925271i was in fact satirizing the weathering critique. the jap i posted is at the undeniable skill vanguard of the hobby
>>23925314I feel like the excessive weathering style was popularized by Masahiro Ito. Yokoyama's weathering is nowhere near that.https://x.com/adsk4/status/2009189469384220980
>>23925315if you look at what he posts on his instagram, yokoyamas pinting style can be pretty dirty too. its just the product promotion models that are kept pretty clean. and im not even sure its actually kow that paints them. overall i wouldnt, with all due respect, cite kow among the best modellers. his style is cool but overall pretty gimmicky and reliant on brush stroke techniques (which he doesnt share grrr)
>>23925321His weathering is still very subtle compares to the average Japs on twitter who always apply Ito's style to every Ma.K kit they painted. They still look dirty but it is a sensible, realistic kind of dirty.
>Silent Hill 0087
sometimes I really wish gunpla had dedicated kit masking sheets like jet/shipfags do
>>23925330I’ve seen some but it’s definitely not a widespread thing
>>23925330for MG, RG, PGs only, and a select few at that. HGs come with stickers that serve precut masking sheet quite well anyway.
>>23925181nice!
>>23925289Ma.K is a playground for weathering and chipping. I am, however; going to do something very different for my next build and it will be pretty clean.
>>23924818Well this didn't work. Idk if it's a skill issue or a tool issue... The paint is splattering when airbrushing normaly (and I'm using an Ultra 2024, so I can't really pull back and the open the air valve), the paint flow is very inconsistent(sometimes it flows, then stops, then oversprays...), the area of paint is way to wide too...I think I'll put this plane on hold until I get a .28 kit instead of the .45 the ultra came with. I'm probably thinning the paint wrong (ratios, additives and thinners used...) too. The needle seal is way too tight too, I should adjust that too. Anyone knows of a cheaper alternative to H&S' tool for that?
>$350Cool but when are we getting an HC, LC or Ekdromoi?https://youtu.be/u1qToKH9tCA?is=UmirBsimK1cjK8tm
>>23923867I didn't realize there was even a second one.
>>23923988How schizo.
>>23923994Questionable accuracy on that blurb when there's no McD's.
>>23924359>>no HGAC Cancer, if only for the Tallgeese meme
>>23924959Picture for ants!
>>23925116Wasn't there a Zaku with binocular vision in the original Gundam series?
How often are Haropla reprinted
>ingram is mostly undergated with smaller gates>meanwhile modern gundam kits will still have massive gates right on a highly visible curved surface for no reasonI don't get it. Bandai clearly has the tech for it. They do it for 3rd party models.
>>23925314Not sure if that white mark on the back portion is supposed to be a silhouette or not.
>>23925608RG usually have less noticeable nubs compare to HG. It is a snapshit friendly line afterall.
>>23925609its a painted on mermaid
>>23925314Oh man that Minori is so much better than mine. The tanlines are a nice touch. Fuck I could've done so much more.
Guess who’s down there melting
https://x.com/gundam_tamashii/status/2071760635680145829
What's taking TT so long to announce the RMZ Geno Breaker
>>23923644Snapped the skelebois
>>23925762The boners
>>23924896Snapshitted it together. Honestly a really dull HG, not much you can do for poses unless you use the wires. I know he's a 2001 kit but I think the lack of head/neck articulation is just because he's a super non standard design. Also probably doesn't help that he's my least favorite Char suit.But he's big and was only $15 so I can't hate too much, HGs in my area usually start at $40. Seems he'd be really easy to paint too due to low piece count.
SNAA Lancelot and Gawain look absolute dogshit for whatever reason. Then there's Galahad and Percival which received more effort than the rest of the line.
>>23925762ayyy me too
I finally got it. Cost me a pretty penny but I got it.
>>23926017Why not just get the new one?
>>23926021I have the new one, but I liked the wings and jet mode on this one more.
>>23926030I feel you. I need to get around to picking up an old 144 GuAIZ to make a real project out of it sometime.
>not a single SMP Gao reprint on the P-Bandai drop todaymotherfucking Bandai I don't care about Hydra Gundam or whatever the newest Bandai Hobby slop is.
I suddenly don't care about the Gundam Base event anymore!
>>23926176they don't sell Bandai Candy products anyway so what's the point
the full glansa p-bandai parts kit goes with the age-1 mg normal right?might've fucked up if not
I wonder if someone bothered painting Keroro kits... A properly spruced-up Kero Ball would look nice, even for something extremely tiny.
Working on some more zoids. I got the canory molga and hellcat set. I've got the color scheme for the hellcat picked but it's hard to find fun canon color schemes for a molga. Anyone got any to share?Pic related is the hellcat colors I picked. The dark part is gonna be a smooth metallic.As it is, I am leaning towards silver and black for the molga like a lot of the old zoids merch was.
>>23925414>>23924818>>23924752Second attemp with the wings. A little better I think? Paint keeps not atomizing, I think it's an issue with the paint itself.
Effort snap HG Schwarzette.I'm an avid 1/144 hater since it's simply too small and lacking in things like the fun in building inner frame, part separation and sticker abuse to fix color accuracy (HG) or too microscopic detailed for its size (RG). I bought this one because it's an extremely cheap bootleg (surprisingly 11/10 quality and value with the free stand base and WSD) and I've simply given up on B*ndai releasing (actually) new MGs, especially for this badass jobber suit.But now I'm not so sure if I hate 1/144 anymore. This is kinda ok, actually. can anyone give me recs of good HG that1. don't abuse stickers to fix color accuracy2. don't have a 1/100 versionI was interested in Atlas, but seems like a huge pain in the ass to fix all that color inaccuracies, so never mindalso Calibarn, but it seems way too popular to not get an MG version or even Chinese Upscaled/GK version
It feels like assembling a toy instead of a robot. it IS a toy, but you know what I mean.
last for AI sloppa
>>23926425just buy a reben wolf and wait for the next high effort mold
>>23926304Yeah, it is.
>>23926425The fun of a high grade is that you have to do a little bit of a lot of different things to make them look great. A little bit of masking is fun. You can even use the stickers to make the mask.
>>23926425>>23926427>i want my plastic toy to feel like a real robot but i don’t want to have to put any effort into itI don’t understand this type of entitlement.
>>23926454He's probably looking for suspension of disblief in his toy model.
>I want my toy to look like a real robot>meanwhile the irl robot he wants.
>>23926467SOUL
>>23926456I think he's more interested in complaining than he is in scale modelling.
>>23926425>can anyone give me recs of good HG that>1. don't abuse stickers to fix color accuracySounds like what you actually want is a RG kit, mate.
Progress.
>>23926486I just watched Akira again Sunday night. It really holds up.
>>23926493That's a zoid
>>23926495
>>23926486>>23926493kekI appreciate it anon
>>23926429>>23926427>>23926425nice longsnap buddy
can we have a group build that lasts an entire year?
>>23926467the thunderbolt gundam kinda leans towards that with how the joints look
>>23926432aight sweet thanks
>>23926520it would be kinda cool to have a year long "high effort" groupbuildsomething like a diorama or a heavy custom project or multiple units in a squad, a warhammer army etcThere could even be smaller quarterly group builds still going, but it'd be fun for the slower or more involved builders and to push people into trying to make something past the bounds of their experience.
>>23926525>>23926520What about a "Team Build" long group build whereFirst round) normal Group buildSecond round) Builders from first round are paired up, have to make a kit that matches the others first roundAny additional rounds) Continues the pattern.
>>23923644I'm working on the 1/20 Ammo Knights. Stark Jegan bazooka is just a placeholder, i will replace it with something else later.
>>23926521I look like this IRL
>>23926537I personally don't like that for a lot of reasons. Complexity of organization for one, guaranteed multiple people won't follow through each round.I'd rather it just be a long stretch thing asking you to really try and build something with a lot of time and effort whatever it really may be.
>>23926425Find Moon Gundam. No stickers, no seam lines
>>23926520combining mecha groupbuild
>>23926548nice titties
How do you decide when to scribe a seam line instead of removing it?
>>23926548MaK stuff two handing things doesn't ever look that great to me honestly, the arms don't really have the motion for it to look coolOne handing is better in most cases I think
>>23926493Kek, yes it does. And I Wish I was rich enough to get a cool Kaneda's motorcycle kit/model. I'm enjoying the Saber Tiger tho so I can't complain.
>>23926601Probably. I will try both.
>>23923644>>23926400Finished painting the hellcat. Very quick build. Onto the molga.
kino ma.k. kit available on shop-tonerico
>>23926647I already have one
>>23926425>seems like a huge pain in the ass to fix all that color inaccuracies, so never mindtry paint
My groupbuild is finally done.
>>23926670Cute, I approve. holy cow that base is supporting her?
so, the first ever flipland gundam base opened yesterday and it was basically a nothing burger.normal kits are priced at standard mall price, most of the limited items are clear kits or special coating. and the few pbandai items like MG ReGZ CCA are more expensive than if you buy from online.i guess theres value in getting it on person than waiting for a few months if you order online.but theres a fuck ton of mg vdash gundam there right now
>>23926548Update
>>23926680>mg vdash gundamhow much are they going for?
>>239266884200its much cheaper to get it at Toy Town, its 3500 there
>>23926692>50€ for a VDashEurope would never
>>23926680That's basically all Gundam Bases. Clear Colors and Special Coatings, and anything retail is sold at MSRP. If your country doesn't have a P-Bandai then it's better than getting scalped buying from an online reseller. About the best stuff they have are Gundam Base color variations like Lacus or Haro or The Gundam, and original molds like Nu-FF, G-Self Movie, Tolro, etc.
>>23926680only worth getting there for now are the Osaka Gundam and the MG GN-X. Toytown has V-dash and is much cheaper there. Re-GZ and Fukuoka Nu are rip-offs though
>>23926670cute :)>>23926681nice, what did you use for the face replacement?
>>23926735The faceplate is intact and beneath the new face. I sculpted it using putty and cannibalized 1/35 Krote for the camera. The gun is a kitbash made of said kit, too.
>>23926739You mean HMM? If so, no. They're very comparable to high grade gunpla. If you don't mean HMM I have no idea.
>>23926681I feel like the bazooka was cooler. I could see a top loading bazooka working well. Maybe even a tube-magazine for that MaK double cylinder look. Can even have it reloading it or something, or an extra ammo cylinder on the skirt or something. Or a pistol in the other hand, bazooka and pistol/SMG/carbine is some cool ass power armour shit.
>>23926762Actually just thought about it, but over the shoulder bazooka and underslung pistol/smg thing on the other arm would be rad, I think that'd balance nicely in look. Could even be some laser blaster or whatever obviously, MaK shit, just thinkin smaller form factor than a big rifle or something.
>>23926762I'm waiting for the Hammer Knight to arrive so i will try the bazooka build for that guy. Make his bazooka bigger with some new parts, probably adding the tube, too.
>>23926680>>23926688We had two satelite stores in vancouver canada and the first one atleast more exclusives in it. You guys drew the short stick.
>>23926767Hell yeah. I think it'd look cool as fuck. Lookin forward to what you do.
>>239267614chins ate my post but I did some internetting. HMM are 1/72 and like MG, RMZ are 1/100 and more simple like HG. Zoids are virtually non existent over here so I got to do some research before I het something shipped from the other side of the world.
>>23926787The HMM ones apparently vary in quality a lot. The RMZ ones are all very good. Maybe not good enough to justify their price on top of shipping to wherever you are though.
>>23923644Finished the Gundam Ver. Ka head. First time painting white and it's a pain
Amazing Strike Freedom looks kinda lacking without his skirt guns...
what was that gundam with the asus rog gaming router for a head called?
Get #CAGED
>>23926814moon gundam?
>>23926814white rider
>>23926821Mmmm french fries
>only F91 era P-Bandai kits up right now are the Den'an Zon and F90IIIYBootlegs when? I'm sick of this shit company.
>>23926905Dennan Gei bootleg got made so they might make Zon, too
>>23926753>cannibalized 1/35 Krote for the cameradamn.... where do you get your kits? I use hlj, amazon, and occasionally my hobby shop has a few in stock but from the stuff you posted it's like you have infinite access to a bunch of stuff..
>>23926911It is not actually that easy over here. I get most of my Ma.K kits from a Shopee retailer that i know and luckily, the brand is extremely obscure in this SEA shit hole so i got all of them to myself. Artpla Krote is a twin set so there is a spare one for me to use for kitbashing.
>>23926806What color of primer are you using? I would also recommend running your white slightly thicker than other colors.
>>23926911You can buy anything if there is a reliable middleman service to handle the custom and international shipping. The only bottleneck is, well, money.
>>23926909i hope they make the hydra but they don't seem interested in g-unit
>>23926905MG F91 Twin VSBR and RE/100 Vigna Ghina are both up right now
>>23926927AK grey primer.Used acrysion off-white as a base coat and drybrushed vallejo white gloss over it
>>23926922that makes sense I'm guessing your from Indonesia or something? >>23926935yeah that's the real issue! it's always money money money money!
>>23923644just ordered a Powered GM that I'm gonna bash with the GM Striker and paint grey to give the look of Chobham armor.
>buy old kit at michaels>check runners, it's actually 15 years old, not a reprintHow does this even happen
>>23927201they just siti bought an SD from a local store recently who usually keeps upto date stockit was from 2006
So, apparently, Bandai ran a poll asking for the best kits released on P-Bandai, and these were the winners. According to them, this means some of them might be getting general releases now.
>>23927249Mk V and G-Line please
>>23927249>Bandai ran a pollWhen?
>>23927249suprised the purple efreet isnt on that list, wasnt that super popular and got re printed like 3 times?
