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Vote in round 2 for the final theme for the next groupbuild! Voting lasts for two days, until Saturday at midnight (Groupbuild Dude's time)https://forms.gle/Q27PN3GBhjaDU4EY9
At Mascot Anon's request, I'll repost his mascot request. Good job everyone, Mascot anon here,I will be opening the slot for mascot request nowthis time, I will open 5 slot for sketchingof those 3, they will get full color version as wellTo make a request, please suggest a creature and send in picture not used by Group Build Dude as a verification of participations.The winner, Kaplayt, will automantically get the first priority in term of sketch and full color.The request is open until the theme voting endsif everything went right, i should be able to deliver when the result of the end of the next group is announced, and no further than annoucment of themeAs for portrait of Nyuren's pilot, I am still working on it, however, due to circumstance, I might not be able to upload it to here for at least 2 more weeks, and for this reason, I would like to apologize for the delay. If I can't deliver the portrait in time or in a way that can be given to you, I will included them along with the release of the next mascot
Now show me your WIPs!
damn I finished this last month without realizing there was a girlpla contest
>>23982511Holy shit that is kawaii
>>23982512thanks! it was really fun to get something painted after all this time
>>23982534That fingerprint on the v-fin jewel...Very cute though, the laces on the feet are adorable
>will never get a model kit because it didn't come out in Japan and CN burned the IP as part of a tax write off
>>23982511>>23982534Who is she, what's her story?
>>23982572you can't notice the hottest girl in ZZ?
>>23982511>>23982534Kind of reminds me of Roll. Nice guitar and jacket and shoelaces.
>>23982588haman > sarasa/rasara > elle > milly > emary > fa > roux
>>23982485I waited a day to take photos to get more sunlight and got too much sunlight, very philosophical
>>23982597>reminds me of Rollno surprise there, as he used the kotobukiya roll as a base
>>23982605I've left the armor unpainted for now so that I can enjoy the pretty white and blue.I'm very satisfied with my decal choices, the blue dashes filled in some open space really nicely.
>>23982588>was going to say that I recognize Roux, because Elle was in your image and I wanted to disagree with your pretty good taste>do a triple take at the build and notice the turquoiseI need you to make more of these, I find it morally necessary that you start working on more immediately. Meanwhile I'm saving duplicate copies of these in my Roux subfolder>>23982601Haman > Roux > Elle > Fa >> Milly > Chara Normal > Puru Two > Puru > Sarasa/Rasara > Emary > Chara Whore
>>23982612I didn't have an Alex decal of the right size for where it normally sits on the shield so I replaced it with a CB logo that fits just as well.
>>23982615Lastly here's a photo with an O Gundam I painted like 5 years ago. Shitcrylics and sticker decals never again (even though I still like it quite a bit)
What humidity is ok to spray in? The cans say 50%, but is that a hard cap?
>>23982645Test on a spoon or runner.
>>23982480Can't believe Diorama made it. This a disaster waiting to happen
If you voted for a thing, it gets selected, but then you didn't submit for it, you should get blacklisted.
>>23982674nobuild for me, my little marionettes
>>23982670Oh no, not an actual cool theme!
>>23982670Even if you've never built one before, it wouldn't be hard to smear texture paste on a sheet of pla plate and glue a few trees on there with your Man Rodi or whatever.
>>23982679>>23982683Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I just fear a lot of people would duck it
Built the HGUC GM Sniper II and I love the lil guy, but why can't he kneel for shit? Why can't I make the pose it's making on the manual ;_;
>>23982687Separates the wheat from the chaff, only trve modellers would participate
>>23982687If it does win, I'll gather up some links to tutorials and post them as early as I can every thread.
Love me my D-Style King J-Der, what's good gunpla to buy if I like battleship-things to swoosh around? I'm enjoying my Tickbalang
>>23982698SD GP03 Dendrobium
>>23982698PG Millennium Falcon
>>23982687I've never made a diorama and I didn't vote for it. But if it won I would probably try out a water dio like I've wanted to for ages. Just gotta figure out which kit to sacrifice to a project I don't care about much.
>>23982698Frame Arms Kongo/Izumo and their Girl counterparts
>>23982727Looks like a plant getting eaten by worms
>>23982702Oh shit, does it hold up? I slept on it for a bit, even though I like the SD Neue Ziel. I did get an MLRS GP02 recently, so it might be fun to see the two together, especially because any larger one would be out of the question. Do you have one? Is it swooshable?>>23982710A bit expensive...>>23982717I forgot about FAGs! A bit expensive, but hopefully well-worth it, thank you!
>>23982698Bandai's Star Wars kits are readily available (well, some of them) and are really damn good models
>>23982698Suyata got a couple of OC space battleships that should be pretty cheap
>>23982480I am torn. My heart belongs to mahojoi shojou but my income is 0 for the next two months...Also, diorama would be so kino.
>>23982483Would it be possible to get a mascot for Helvetia?
>>23982737The hand-sized Millennium Falcon was honestly slightly tempting. I have a tiny Lego Slave I and having one might be neat as well if they have one. Are there any that are particularly outstanding? Something like the Star Destroyer is more iconic, but something dopey like the Tantive IV is a bit more unique>>23982744Oh wow, I've never heard of Suyata, thank you. Looks like it's either online or one of those "gunpla but also actual vehicles" model kit stores for this company, but their stuff looks nice! Even a small space submarine would be rather nifty
>>23982483Did you noted the requests from previous thread?
>>23982698SD Xi Gundam. it comes with a cute Messer riding a Base Jabber
thinking back, what do you guy think is unicorn's flagship product?The HG destroy mode kinda suck, the articulation is pretty old by hg standard, and its beam tonfa gimmick on the arm is barely functional, but the unicorn mode itself is beautiful.I heard that the MG kinda suck too, but at the very least the RG can be consider a flagship product for the RG line itself, as I have best experience building it for all the kits I have, but even then, it took them awhile after the debut of the ova to actually get the RG kits.
>>23982774I slept on it because the accessories looked too simplistic, but then I saw the first movie and it was sold out...I do love how instead of battleships, some people have been recommending me stupid fatass lumbering giants that don't look like they can get airborne.. which is exactly the kind of shit that I like but forgot about when I was asking the question, since he was still in battleship mode. I love me my mobile armors and oversized mobile suitsProbably one of the most compelling reasons to get around to buying a Zock, come to think of it
>>23982734>Oh shit, does it hold up?It's SD so it needs a ton of work if you want it to look perfect, but even just some panel lining and markers helps a lot. As a toy I think it's really fun to play with, one of my favorites. It's not battleship-like but I also love the BB Zeta for having a fun and almost complete transformation at such a small size.
https://x.com/30mfantasy/status/208818892761014281930MF teaser.
>>23982784Oh, good. More Hi no Kuni.On a different note, what will you guys expect for the new kit reveals next week, meant for mid-2027?
What's the best Pale Rider kit out there?
>>23982786>More Hi no Kuni.You sure? Looks more like a villain in the same vein as necros to me
Saw a 30MS Merunja going for cheap at a local store and figured I might as well try my hand at building my first gunpla.I'm now at the part where I'm building her fleshy chest area and pressing up her bra bit to the shapely mounds. And I uh, kinda feel really dirty doing this man.
>>23982800>gunpla*girlpla rather.
>>23982788They're all functionally the same so the one you like the most
Wooooooo, another Barbatos clone.
>>23982683>it wouldn't be hard to smear texture paste on a sheet of pla plate and glue a few trees on there with your Man Rodi or whatever.there's also those 30MM bases that can get you a serviceable diorama with a bit of work to pretty them up
>>23982848Oh that's pretty cool. I didn't know there was an underwater one.
>>23982800You can start feeling truly perverted when you're sanding 3rd party resin breast parts before you paint them
>>23982778Only the ver Ka MG Unicorns are "bad". The ver OVA fixes the main problem with the kits and makes them like a 7/10. The MGEX is better, but the massively inflated cost makes it stay like a 7/10.
>>23982511>>23982534This is what I wanted to see more of. Or if mahou shoju wins I would want to see basically robots turned into magical girls.
>>23982848>>23982850the clear plastic for that underwater one is brittle like most clear plastics, don't mess with it too much after assembly.
>>23982511The earring(?) being a remove before flight tag is a very cute touch
Making sure Mahou Shoujo wins
Any kits similar to the Mecha Core Ixchel? I like the design other than the head and already have the HG Moon so seems like a slight waste to get
Is anybody willing to sell me Ghost Gundam accessories? Like the stuff on the clear purple runner? I need a clear purple wavy effects that like that and they don't sell it anywhere.
fucking hell I've been addicted to playing hollow knight and silksong that I haven't been working on my wip.
>>23982544chink-sama could do it
>>23982904Play nine sols next :)
>>23982894The only people voting magical girl are the leeches that don't build, if you actually wanted to build something for mahou shoujo you would've done it for girlpla
>>23982800>>23982852You people are still fine.It's when you're making erotic custom face plates with heavy blushing, heart pupils, drool and whatnot when you start beginning to question yourself.
>>23982485Finnally finished painting the Gundam Ver.Ka's Torso and backpack. Already put decals on the backpack cover, will start decaling the rest soon
>>23982917Fuck you, more the merrier
>>23982544just make your own out of a hotwheels and a sinanju stein
>>23982920
>>23982920good thing Microsol works well with Vallejo Mecha varnish
White Dingo Squadron G-Quuuuuux Guncannon Light.The White Dingos are from MS Side Story Rise from the Ashes on Dreamcast.
>>23982928one more shot
>>23982896Everyone including chinks celebrating STAR getting raided when they were supposed to release Ghost and Phantom bootlegs...
>>23982919Basically the Dark Advent DX releases. Many of those faces have questionable versions. I recall Sofia 1.1 DX came with one specific blowjob face, complete with a hole in the mouth to swallow something.
>>23982931GET FUCKED BITCH
There is nothing wrong with raiding and shutting down bootleggers. I hope that Bandai sues Aliexpress for billions in damages.
>>23982912I just finished hollow knight with 112% completion, and maybe I finish silksong that I work on my 5 backlogs.
>>23982943Cut off one head, two more shall take its place.
>>23982943>billions in damagesthey lost like 30 dollars on it at most, people buying bootlegs would not have bought the legit kit 9 times out of 10
>>23982931they were taking forever to release that shit so fuck it
>>23982943lmao
>>23982943Alibaba is too strong for Bandai to fool around with lawsuits
>>23982856There was a Chinese group that recently made bootlegs of the Unicorns that uses the MGEX inner frame. Shenshou or something I think? Apparently they’re decent, as far as bootleg groups go
>>23982943but I use Ali for legit P-Bandai kits
>>23982812That looks nothing like Barbatos, you blind gorilla.
>>23982931I am a bit disappointed I never got around to getting a cheap Nightingale, but I'm not tore up over them getting what they deserved.
>>23983005Their Nightingale bootleg is the first bootleg I've seen go out of print. Just can't find them anymore.
>>23982928>the game posers and GM Sniper II glazers pretend to have playedfriendly reminder the White Dingos tore zeeks' asses in standard RGM-79 GMs before being given some GM Sniper IIs at the ass end of their tour in Australia to take out a Gelgoog and a retarded mobile armor
OMG this is impossible to do a nerve-wracking but at least I got this far. Groan and moan this type of really small detailed work makes the few remaining hairs that I have fall out.
>>23983018drink whiskey
>>23983018I'm a bit late, but if I had any tips, it'd be to get your base white in lacquer and then paint the details with enamel for easy cleanup if you fuck up.
how fucked in the mind would i be if i'm considering getting an In Era Lizard and brush painting it
>>23983048Literally Hitler. Sorry I had to tell you this.
>>23983048Shut the fuck up about that kit already Buy it if you want it but stop being a bitch
>>23983052thought so but it's tempting >>23983053it's the first time i've mentioned it...
>>23983023Can't I just paint right over what I already did? I do have lacquer pains. Tamiya, and acrylic in tons of colors.
>>23982480>>23982478Hello, mascot anon here, the good news is I am able to keep posting here for now.I have now accepted the following request:>Helvetia(Sketch + color)>Ingrid(Sketch + color)Slot remain: 3Priority for Kaplayt is still reserved.If nothing goes wrong, hopefully I can deliver Nyuren's pilot portrait within the next two threads.Currently, as there is a chance I can get caught in a range ban, I might not be able to reply or post image in the next few day.>>23982753I have accepted the request! if you don't mind, do you have any creature to suggest? If not, I am going with bridal theme with either cat, bird or rabbit.feel free to make any additional suggestion, such as being human like or non human.>>23981052For Ingrid, I have consider theme of either the devil or a bull, and just to make sure, would you prefer have a human or non human mascot for this case?>>23982483Thank you very newthread anon for keeping up the reminder for me!Asking just in case, would you mind keeping up the reminder for me for the next few thread, or do you want me to keep up with the update myself?
>>23983073Oh for sure. But covering up black and red with white is gonna be a pain in the ass and a half.
New reprint list is up for September.
>>23982800Finally finished her. Even took a few breaks, cooked dinner and even had a few other distractions from when I started. It's actually comfy to do an easy build that can be done in one sitting after a bunch of long builds.She's pretty cute. And now that I took pictures, I definitely missed quite a few nubs that needs some cleaning. Thankfully, her parts are easy enough to pick apart which I guess is by design since the whole 30MS line's gimmick is the customization and swappable stuff. Honestly, she's so cute off the package that I don't feel too confident tweaking or painting her. She looks fine out the box and I feel like a fuckup is far more damaging to a bishoujo kit than a mecha kit. At least I can excuse mecha fuckups as battle damage. Unfortunately, I'm not into cripple moe.
anyone built the QuanHui Rick Dom and can attest to it's quality?
>>23983100Wasn't too fond of her eyepatch being a sticker though. So here's her scared faceplate with Tobia showing off a real pirate and doing what he does best with the Crossbone X-3, kidnapping little girls.
>>23983104then take the eyepatch off and mail it to me because bandai jewed me out of mine
>>23983104And her pouty one. It's hard to see with my shit camera, but she actually has a subtle angry flush on her face plate here. Removed the hood and put on the long sleeve variant of her arms too. Guess I'm now a believer in girlpla. Might start getting a shelf for them too. I'm now keeping watch for the other Anmi designed 30MS kits and the Kotobukiya Megami Device Puni Moe line is looking pretty good to me too. RIP my wallet I guess.
>>23983104Locked up in chainsI've been fedBUT THE HUNGER STILL REMAINS Bear my own scars Make my bed beneath the stars I'm my own Master now.
>>23983109>bandai jewed me out of mineHow the fuck does that happen? Did an overworked Mister Chang from the bandai slave factories in china forget to put in the stickers in the plastic pack?
What's the most Chinese kit of all time?
>>23983104You could put the sticker on some PLA plate and make a physical eyepatch
>>23983117I can actually make out the shape of this gundam so it's not the most chinese kit of all time.
>>23983115Quite literally yes. I still have all the bags sealed since I plan on submitting their fuckup to the bandai parts replacement form, but even if they own up that shit will take like 9 months
>>23983100Now mix her up with some 30MM Armored Core kits and make some real AC Mecha Musume.
>>23983132Nips are already way ahead in that regard.
>>23983139
>>23983139Wait, so her plushie head is the perfect size for an AC head? lmao. I'm tempted to pull some silly shit now.
>>23982781I mean, the Neue Ziel looked great after some basic markering, >As a toy I think it's really fun to play with, one of my favorites.Ok that's actually some very assuring praise, I'll keep an eye out for the Zeta. Do you know if the the GP02 and ZZ are any good? I sometimes see them. I'm always tempted on the The O, but I figure if I'm getting basically the same amount of articulation, I should just go with the HG and forego the SD... although it's rather comical to see the SD Zeong next to the HG
>>23983117PIGU Nu
do (You) snip everything out then build or snip as you go?
>>23983117Most recently HGAC Hydra Gundam looks like a third party chinese kit despite being officially by Bandai
everything was going smoothly, fit were all great, no real problems. put together three binders, all worked flawlessly. fourth binder went great too, tested the light, works, try to turn it off, felt a snag, yeah, it's just the O3 and O8 brace getting caught. applied some force, felt a crunch. one side of the LEDs didnt turn off.there's ALWAYS that one thing that goes wrong. ALWAYS. i even ran out of solder doing one of my keyboards (nav cluster and numpad still in limbo).guess gotta go to bunnings and get a roll of solder now. cant be bothered waiting a week from ebay.
>>23983169Snip as go. I'd rather not rely on trying to determine>Does this part match what the manual picture shows?
>>23983177Do you have any of these? Snip wire, tie the strands together nice and secure, apply heat so the solder melts onto the bare wire.
>>23983169snibbing everything then assembling is by far the fastest method if you can keep track of the parts
>>23983180nah, dont have any of those. i need a roll anyway, so might as well. should have just heatshrinked all three together as i originally planned since this sort of shit always happens to me, kek.
>>23983110I recommend sourei a lot. Flattie's honeslty of the best design 30ms has done so far.
>>23982485Busy work week so I haven't had much time to work on this. Got the arms and shield done.
Should be getting some paints tomorrow so gonna try painting for the first time but while I want to learn, actually coming up with how to separate a kit into different colors is the hard part for meHow does something like this look? Not sure whether to two tone the shoulder armors so one is done, one isn't and not sure about the legs and their armor. Any feedbacks welcome
>>23983191>acrylicsUh, you're going to have an awful time whether you airbrush or hand paint.
>>23983191I know you're painting a Thorn there. But I mainly build UC suits, so weirdly enough the GBO2 paint feature has been a massive help to visualize my color schemes. As for your own design, the two-tone shoulder isn't working for me. I do love the colors you've chosen. Also, the dark on the upper legs is awkward too. I usually like to go darker at the extremeties, and have white thighs
>>23983199You can get great results with brush painting acrylics, no idea where this meme comes from
>>23983201>GBO2 paint feature has been a massive helpOh that actually sounds like a good idea if I end up painting some UC suits, wouldn't have thought of that! >two-tone shoulder isn't working for meYeah, the more I look at it it seems cluttered. In theory I thought it could work due to the panel line there but think I'd agree to do it all the darker shade! >Darker at extremetiesI like that, I think that works better on the shield than I had originally to.>Dark upper legs awkward & white thightsSo something like this maybe? Thank you for the advice!>>23983203I'll be brush painting yeah, didn't want to fully invest in an airbrush yet
>>23983216>I'll be brush paintingI would strongly recommend getting a spray can primer then, it will alleviate a lot of paint in you're painting for the first time.Also when it comes to planning out your color scheme, you can find easily bucket fillable lineart using the paste in in the op. For WfM pixiv is probably going to be the best bet
>>23982480I just realized last groupbuild didn't have the witch elf girl. I was looking forward to that too.
>>23983151I have the SD ZZ, I find it's not as fun to transform and doesn't hold together very well. I leave it in MS mode. I don't have the GP02 or The O but the GP03 looks like the better kit to me, more functionality.
>>23983244>GP03 looksGP02, I mean
>>23983188Not a fan of the yellow otherwise looks good
>>23983186Yeah, she's in my sights. Shuremi too. I did say that that the Anmi designed 30ms models are the ones that interest me the most. I actually do like Fumikane and his work, but there's something about his 30ms designs just don't cut it for me. Belveria doesn't look half-bad though.
>>23983244>I have the SD ZZ, I find it's not as fun to transform and doesn't hold together very well.The curse of all ZZs...>GP02Thank you, I just love that ugly fat bastard for some reason, can't wait to build my MLRS!
>>23983048Should be doable, it's so Chinky there are large flat areas wich are the hardest to het a good result on.
>>23983261*No large flat areas
>>23983079I had no idea people would see Ingrid as being related to the devil... But that's okay, for the mascot purposes. Rather human than non-human. Thanks again.
>>23983240Reminds me of elven military girl from one author.
>>23983180Yeah I have those for electrical work @ jerb, you can get them in kits, but the kind you pictured looks like ass.Get these or the small ones.
>>23983281The ones I pictured are clear shrinktube with reinforcement on both sides for the sleeve and solder in the middle for the bare wire. What's wrong with them?
>>23983224As a brush painter, I second this. As far as primer goes, Rustoleum works great. You really dont need model specific primer, trust me
>>23983297Flanged ends and not enough solder. Also those unnecessary colored rings. The rings and The flanged ends would get caught on shit from my experience.
>>23983117
>30 fucking bucksman.
>>23983309In the gold old days that would be 3000 yen. For something that seems RG quality doesn't seem expensive.
>>23983309>that would be 3000 yen.what?
>>23983224I only do handpainting and mainly prime by hand, you just need to find the right primer. I'd recommend Badger stynylrez or AK if that's your only option.
>>23983177I did something similar, but broke off one of the physical switches for the LEDs. Luckily the magnet still works.
There was an anon asking for the green Zaku. It looks like USAgundamstore has it in stock.
>>23983393He specifically wanted the 1.0 (which is probably not getting reprinted anytime soon)
>>23982485haven't posted here in a while, this is my NG 1/144 Victory Hexa, there are some fuck ups here and there because it's so tiny.
Do you guys buy hand options every time you build an HG? What are some cheap alternatives other than the bandai ones?
>>23983420Depends how much of a crap I give about the design. More often the Bandai Hands are good enough but if I like a design enough I order third party hands. There's this store on Ali that sells the stuff and they're sturdy as hell.
are gundam artifacts plastic or resin?
>>23983299>You really dont need model specific primer,Yeah, but if it's some rando brand, you'd definitely want to test on some runners first. Some of them are too 'coarse' if that's the correct way to describe them - that you end up with not quite even texture since they clearly weren't thinking about people using them for small detailed objects like plamo.
>>23983433Piss colored plastic.
>>23983416I really like the old Victory NG proportions.What's up with the rose?
>>23983447the pilot is a cute Shrike Team girl
>>23983447now that I look at it, yes, I literally applied a Cony Francis decal to one of its legs so that's why I added a rose
Painting the head of the HG Xi is misery to get it right.
>pull my first RG build out of storage>built it over a decade ago when I was first starting gunpla>nubs and stress marks everywhere>used the included sticker decals instead of water slides>didn't panel line>no top coat>a layer of dust>in a standard hanger pose>mfwIt's like looking at your old crayon art from when you were 4 years old
>>23983487Good news, you can rebuild it. Just take it apart and start over.
>>23983363where do you put the magnet to turn it off?anyways, fixed it, turns on and off properly. it's a bodge job but i probs wont be turning it on and off much anyway. but now i lost the cover for my soldering pencil's tip...
30mf needs more BAD GUYS3pack goblin + hobgoblin pls
>>23983490That's why I pulled it out of storage. I actually have some HG kits from back then too that I would love to repair
>>23983079>you don't mind, do you have any creature to suggest? IThankyou!I think she should be human but with aspects of a flying creature, seeing as Helvetia uses a flight type frame. Maybe a flying ant as she is a Nymph and they do function like ants in the game, with her thruster pack like an abdomen and feelers/antennae from her head? The bridal theme sounds a great idea!I look forward to seeing her.
>>23982605>>23982612>>23982615Love it bro, I still feel like the shoulders coulda used a little more mechanical detail but it does balance betterLove the Alex, love 0 Gundam, really based combo
>>23982895The hands on that kit suck! Fairly decent overall plus 2 stands, a super cool stand and a basic one
>>23982919Those decal custom faces be cute and well made tho, defo worth at least trying em once
>>23983500Same place you turned it on, just leave it for like 3-5s
>>23983240I burnt out on girlpla then went on a midwestern motorcycle tour so I didn't finish the planned adventurer party. I will finish the party at some point. Do not worry.
>>23982485Just bought an RX-78-2 revive that I'll be painting in my custom colors (green, grey and the color distribution of the Gundam Alex). Brad Swaile is gonna be at Fan Expo and I'm hoping to take a photo of us where he's holding my primed, painted and topcoated Grandpa Gundam.
>>23983505The best part with older RG kits is there are countless upgrade parts available you can 3D print (or just buy if you don't have the printer)
>1/144 >almost the size of 1/100Chink really bad at scaling
>>23983638got any recommendations?
>>23983699dumb benchod you no think design chink make suppose to be that height at 1/144? i rape you tomorrow
>>23983589are you saying you had 2-3 more girpla for that submittion?
>>23983518Thank you!>I still feel like the shoulders coulda used a little more mechanical detailThat's fair enough, the lower portion is a little bit plain and not having that little thruster the Alex has made it a bit more difficult to decide where to put the triangle decal lol
>>23983699Anon, you do realize that The Gundam is a literal midget when it comes to MS, right? OYW era MS are dwarfed by everything except Late UC, G and Wing. If you compare that thing to a Gryps or even CCA era MS, it's going to look far less out of place.
>>23983699I read that bootleggers will intentionally screw up the scaling to keep bamco assassins away, just like overgreebling or changing up some parts
>>23983711it's not properly scaled. jewdai's been real uppity and that's why chinks will use 1/72 or 1/48 to get around them
>>23983711>The GundamWhy are you suddenly mentioning AGE?Also 18 m is the standard size for MS in most series. Hell there's more outliers on the shorter end (f91, v, g, w, x, seed) than the taller (z, zz, cca, unicorn, hathaway)
When will RG just come with waterslide decal instead of the sticker?
Somebuddy hype me about the GP02, my newly-bought (MLRS) kit is too dauntingly large
>>23983762Never, because they know they can sell the decals separately.
>>23983772But surely Bandai know that chang make them too and most people just buy the waterslide from them instead if they have to buy it separately as opposed to a little upcharge in RG price as a whole if they include waterslide in the box?
>>23983762when you buy it from chink-sama
>>23983762when you buy a bootleg of it. Bandit is way too stringy.
>>23983791Bandit's main target audience is japanese (suckers) who exclusively buy their stuff.
>>23983791most people don't buy waterslides in the first place
Just put the finishing touches on my entry for Full Armour in my mind palace, it's gonna turn out so sickPic slightly related
Still waiting for judgment day, whenever it is. To be more specific, if they will ever announce more Gunpla, along with the RG Project stuff. Again, just my wishful thinking, but they need to make a new Sandaime Gundam Daishogun soon. Took them a while to make this because it will be the second SDCS kit using 3D plastic stickers after the Banshee because of the five Jewels of Light in his chest and shoulder armor, and I bet they will add colored versions of the same jewels for the old Fuurinkazan kits to replace the LEGO stud jewels with.
>>23983866based
>>23983869End of monthhttps://x.com/i/status/2084089416935502057
>>23983304From the thumbnail I thought it was like the Palace Athene or something
>>23983704Yeah I was planning three characters and some props.
i'm always surprised when I'm reminded this kit hasn't already gotten a revive like 10 years ago
Make mahou shoujo win so I can submit my girlpla, I was busy.
>>23983224>>23983299>>23983343Shit, only seeing this now but it's giving shit weather for close to the next 2 weeks so i decided to go with brush priming. I got Vallejo Mecha primer & retarder as it seemed like that's highly advised and it should be able to be thinned with water i'd assume but got some Vallejo medium thinner too in case so guess i'll see how that goes
>>23983866in my mind palace I'm in the process of putting together a diorama of a heavily armored, aquatic mobile suite that has been stolen and repaired. if mahou shoujou wins I'm fucked
>>23983995Make it stolen and repaired by magical girls. Add a pink stripe with hearts on the shoulder and replace the gun with magic wand
doing some window shopping for inspiration in the event diorama does actually win and it's really annoying that 1/100 and 1/144 are both scales that pretty much nothing else uses outside of gunpla so there's not a whole lot of compatible existing things to use
>>23983988If you need tips just let us know, me and my fellow brush chads would be happy to help. Also, post pics
>>23983995I have some general ideas for aquatic and stolen but I got nothin for repaired or mahou shoujo
>>23982485Decals on the inner grey parts were an absolute nightmare. The torso is basically done, just needs matt varnish to kill the shine.>>23983988>Vallejo MechaIt's not a bad line but I personally prefer regular model color for handpainting because mecha colors tend to be very thin, also tried their primer but I find it even worse than regular Vallejo primer.One good thing about Mecha Color is that it has THE varnish for handpainting, it's very hard wearing, brushfriendly and you can safely use tamiya enamels on top of it, I use them for panel lining and small details and had no trouble directly using enamel thinner on top of the cured varnish
buying a $200 worth of kits for the inevitable mahou shoujo win
>>23984067>personally prefer regular model color for handpaintingOh I meant I got the Mecha Primer but all the other paints I got were Model Color, i heard the Mecha Colors were a bit of a pain for hand painting but that it was a good primer. Oh well if not, gotta learn some way or another!
>>23984067I'm not him but the only time I've ever had an issue with mecha color primer was the white. All water based white primers are horrible though.>>23984070It's good primer. It adheres a lot better than their normal primers.
Any other Gunplas with visor+dual eyes combo other than the Pale Riders and Gundam FSD?
>>23984075Todesritter but you probably already knew about that one. There are a few more that I can't remember. One of the grunts from AGE definitely has it too.
>>23984075>>23984081pic related although the quality and size makes it very hard to see the eyes behind the visor
>>23984070>all the other paints I got were Model Color don't even try to use the Model color metallics if you have them
>>23984075Blue Destiny 1
>>23984072That's good. I got Grey as I just wanted to get one for now to test/learn but I'm thinking I should've got black especially for if I want to paint/drybrush the inner frame but maybe grey would be ok? Would probably use the Tamiya Gunmetal / Flat Aluminium I have >>23984087Yeah I heard they were pretty bad. I got the Metal Color Steel instead to maybe do some thrusters
>>23984092Black primer is ideal for anything metallic. Metallic looks flat if you paint it over gray usually. Gray is good if you want colors to come out more true to the color of the paint. Black primer is hard to cover with normal paints so it'll make them look a lot darker. This is a good thing though because it allows preshading.>>23984087Model color metallics work pretty good if you drybrush them.
>>23984094>Black primer is ideal for anything metallicFuck >Metallic looks flat if you paint it over gray usuallyI heard that though so I got some gloss black to do over the thrusters before doing the Metal Color Steel. Would that also work for the inner frame maybe? Grey primer, gloss black then drybrush gunmetal maybe?
>>23984096Yeah that'll be fine.
I will use voter fraud to stuff the ballot in favor of Armored Up
>>23984101armored up is so fucking boring and niche
I'm looking at my backlog and decided that I want to do a unicorn kit next. Should I doMG SinanjuMG Delta PlusMG Banshee ver Ova
>>23984105delta plus is cool
>>23984102and that's why it will win
>>23984102>boring>nicheIsn't that what you guys always vote for?
>>23984121Girlpla won before so theres hope.
Has anyone worked with guitar strings?I saw this pic on reddit, and it looks perfect for my geara doga. Any tips on handling? I'm not sure if it'll unwind or wildly spring out if I cut it. What's the best way to secure both ends to keep them from being undone?
>>23984131>redditWhy not ask there with the guy who did it
>>23984131>I'm not sure if it'll unwind or wildly spring out if I cut it. it won'tWhat's the best way to secure both ends to keep them from being undone?super glue
Got some aoz stuff from chang
>>23984067"Gundam"Waterslide decals can be hilarious sometimes. You get ESL shit like this, and wikipedia tier word blobs that say the dumbest things when you actually pay attention and read them.
>>23984131When you cut it put a drop of super glue at the end. It won't unwind right away but it will unwind eventually if you don't.Guitar strings are actually meant to be cut. They're intentionally long because some guitars have longer scales than others.>t. worlds worst bass player
>>23984133its a 6 year old post, also I dont have an account>>23984134 >>23984139Is there enough room to slide some aluminum wire inside to help guide it to a desired shape? From how you're describing it I'm thinking >Set a desired length plus a little extra>Generously super glue both ends so they permeate and form a solid bead>Drill the superglue so I can insert some wiringAlso, would a hobby knife do the job, or would I need special tools?
>>23984136>"Gundam"you don't get it bro it's an Off-White™ branded Gundam
>>23984135I've been waiting for that hizack to hit the markets, none of my favorite resellers have it still.
>>23984144>Is there enough room to slide some aluminum wire insidemaybe with a bass string but definitely not a guitar string>Also, would a hobby knife do the jobjust use some cheap wire cutters from harbor freight or whatever, dont ruin your good hobby tools. and make sure you wear gloves in case they snap. it doesn't hurt but it doesn't feel good either
>>23984151Cool, they seem way cheaper than the fuck ass precision springs you have to buy from japan.
>>23982485I think the biggest issue with the 3.0 is the big hands and little feet.>>23984144A hobby knife is not cutting guitar strings. Get some centercuts from the hardware store.Guitar strings are more or less solid. They are flexible though so you really don't need to put something inside of them. Just position it and set it. They don't really have any rigidity to them.
>>23984144you can bend guitar string back and forth and it will eventually snap
>>23984155This will also make it fray instantly as soon as it snaps.
>>23984144>Is there enough room to slide some aluminum wire inside to help guide it to a desired shapeit's already there
>>23984155If that were the case, why are guitar strings coiled around in their packaging?
>>23984153I think the arms being so spindly makes them worse
>>23984148the guy I got it from Ali has it like in 7 color variants
>>23984075Civilian Astray DSSD Custom
>>23984136I can't even read 1/100 or 1/144 scale decals regardless, they could be calling me a stinky niggerfaggot by name I'll still put em on
>>23984166Thinking of buying a civvie Astray and plopping its head on my Red Frame and painting it bronze for a sort of Isaac Clarke Custom.
>>23984158they won't snap at curve angle, they will at squere angel
>>23984158the strings are literally meant to bend, that's how the sound is produced...
>>23984172yeah no, sound is from vibrations
>>23984173and how does it vibrate genius
>>23984171Then there won't be any problems, they'll all be curved when I use them.
>>23984176i don't know, you will have to explain it to me
>>23984179I don't even know what you're getting at anymore, I just want to use it for my Geara doga's waist, legs, forearms and snorkel.
>>23984179nice grandpas guitars I bet you can play some cool blues songs about trains and the devil and such
>>23984181it wasn't for you, autorefresh added your post it was meant for this >>23984176sorry
>>23984186That's also me, you said they would snap if I bent them and I replied by saying that they are coiled by default in their packaging.
>>23984176As long as you don't sharply bend them they'll be fine. Even if you do, it'll just hold the shape and be worthless to play with. But you aren't going to be playing with them so it's okay.>>23984182Brutal>>23984188I believe what they were saying is that if you repeatedly fold and unfold them it'll fatigue the metal and cause it to break.
>>23984188jesus fuck if you bend it like this and do it again in the opposite, it will snap
>>23984190What kind of gunpla bends it like that?
>>23984192your mom
>>23984192I think that was in response to the guy saying he was gonna use a hobby knife to cut them. It was explained explicitly as a way to break the strings to size.
>>23984192He's talking about guitars. If you bend a guitar like that it would break
>>23984193Concession accepted
>O-onii chan>Sonna...>You're using guitar strings kudasai on block shaped zaku mariner's face cables?>Iyaa>yamete>Block shaped Zaku mariner's gutar strings... they will burst!!!!!
>>23984199Shkaku
Ok. That's about all it I care to do. I know it looks like crap but man is that stressful doing those little guys. Especially one with all these weird little stripes .
>>23984230And the cow was way easier
Which pla will make me happy
This build... was ass... I don't know what was going on with me while I was working on this thing, but something about this kit was fucking with my motivation bad. I know the tail is apparently a legendary pain in the ass, but that part eas actually ok, I kinda like the pseudo rachets that make the tail nice and strong.Built up and with some parts glued in though I love it, it looks great. Just put a little bit of silver behind the eyes to make them not look so dead for now, may go through and pick out some detail on the red later, but for now I need to work on my mg stark jegan...
>>23984230I've seen a lot worse, man. Not too shabby, frankly.
>>23984235Overture PLA is fine.
>>23984241Huh
>>239842443d printing joke.
>>23984246OhNow I'm even sadder
>>23983979I'm surprised it and the stargazer have only ever gotten bootleg 1/100 kits. Not that that's really bad, the old dm strike noir is a really pretty kit even with the dogshit hands.
And with the Turn A all done after almost a year should I do the Turn X next or Shurouga Sin. I don't have either so I'm going to have to buy one and do it.
Theoretically, if I were interested in starting to brush paint, which line and kind of paint work best for this? Is there a good intro guide to recommend for it?Theoretically.
>>23984255Buy the Turn X before it's out of stock again for 5 years. I don't know anything about the other one.
>>23984257Tons of people I have spoken to when I ask myself that start with Vallejo watercolors. When you want to get better just switch to acrylic and one of the name brands like Mr hobby or Tamiya but remember to send it get the center for it. Acrylic When you're the most skilled get laquer I would say because lacquer dries like instantly and is messy but it looks tons better.
>>23984260Omg I had a stroke there What I mean is get the thinner and retarder for the acrylics.
>>23984257go back the past like 2-3 threads, there's a guy who's asked all about it >>23983988
Who would've thought that thinning my paints even more would help in this dry 45c weather
>>23984269>45CHow are you even still alive?
>>23984272I drink a lot of water before locking myself in the paint shed. Technically it only gets up to 42c outside but the sun hits the shed full force in the afternoon, turning it into a furnace
>>23984269Nigga are you a sentient cactus?
>>23984274Yes
is getting the cool robot toy from shows I will not watch legal
>>23984284Only in Japan
>>23984274Nta but I function perfectly good in these temps. I'm like the Xeons in my desktop, no brakes no matter the heath sleeping in the warmth is less of a success so it should not go for to long
>>23984136>mobile suit having its name and production number on it is weirdDude
just saw a build where they panel lined the vfin flags... how
>>23984333With panel liner
>>2398407530MM Spinatio
Tried to transform my RG Zeta into Waverider mode and I never want to build another gunpla kit in my lifeWhat the fuck were they thinking with the RG line, seriouslySo many of these RG kits are fucking awful, the Sinanju is atrocious too. You touch it and it fucking explodes.
>>23984153That Gundam looks fast
>>23984356The worst thing about RG Zeta isn't its functionality but actually how fuck ugly it is. It's like the pug version of the zeta. Every edge sanded round or beveled, all the sculpt work looks like it was carved out of a marshmallow. Its anemic limbs with a bloated chest and awful scrunched-up pug head. It could function perfectly and it still wouldn't be worth buying.
>>23984333Time and patience, something many in the hobby severely lack. Everyone wants to build a few kits a month instead of dedicating a few months to a kit.
>>23984075G-LineLight Guncannon and 01 Gundam from Gqux have quad eyes behind their visor
>>23984378Are there any RGs you guys would consider better than their HGs? for me it's not just the gribble, it's the proportions that are completely fucked
I need to clean up some details I hand painted with lacquer because I didn't have the same shade in acrylic or enamel. Does hardware store lacquer thinner damage the plastic if I dab a Q-tip in it?
>>23984524Crossbone
new to handpainting and well painting in general anon here again, finally getting around to it now i have everything snipped and sortedi should definitely sand before priming right? highest i have that isnt a gunprimer balancer is 800grit, shouldnt be any issues there should there? also, how long should i wait for the primer to dry before then painting. as mentioned it's Vallejo Mecha Primer and might add a touch of retarder to it
>>23984580I wouldn't stress too much about sanding; I never bother with a full surface sand, but I use lacquer primer. For Acrylic, give it 24hr after priming.
>>23984580That primer should be 10% retarder by volume when you use it if you're brush painting.
I wanted to vote for Mahou Shoujo but 2 girlpla themes back to back would probably burn some anons out. Stolen it is.
>>23982485This thing's been an absolute goddamn nightmare and I can't wait to be done with it, but at least it's turning out alright Murmur, Zepar and Haagenti fucking when
>>23984636based as all fuck anongod I love the gamigin
>>23984179cute
>>239846363d printed?
Are there even any good kits on the market right nowI really thought the Gunpla shortage would be over by 2026
>>23984586>>23984588i don't wanna doom too early but should it look this shit after like 1.5 coats? i say 1.5 cos i think i went in too early with the 2nd and the first was still wet seems to be pooling quite a bit but not sure what do to about that
>>23984652there are plenty of good kits available, just not any Bandai stuff
>>23984652Bandai's funny line keeps going up year on year. They don't have anything to fix.
>>23984659Genuinely makes my blood boil they realized they could make as much or more money with artificial scarcity and they just said fuck the people in the hobby, we're making money this way now
>>23984662You should've read the writing on the wall when every new kit became P-Bandai
>>23984641You and me both bro, here’s to hoping an official kit still comes around eventually >>23984650Yep, 3d printing is one of the best things to ever happen to gunpla in my opinion.Everything in picrel is from 3d printed conversion kits, and I doubt we’d ever get official kits of most of these.
>>23984682Yo look at this guy
STOP THE COUNT
>>23984687ARMORED UP JUST SLAMMED MAHOU SHOUJO OVER THE HEAD WITH A CHAIRI HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MUCH DAMAGE TO GIRLPLA ENTHUSIASTS SINCE ZACH'S LAST 30MS SHIPMENT
>>23984654hand painting? you have to be patient, it WILL look like shit the first coats, apply 1 coat and let it dry for a bit before adding more shit or it will pool like in your pic, also maybe get a wet palette to keep your paint from drying
>>23984682Where the hell did you get that Aqua and Land Combat GMs?
>>23984654hypothetically if i were to abandon ship and get a spray primer, does humidity have to be low as like for top coating? it's looking like the lowest will be like 75% for th next two weeks... >>23984699>hand painting?yeah & i have a wet palette. when you say let it dry a bit, how long are we talking? i'm completely new to this
>>23984700he just said, 3D printing3D printing is its own ecosystem and basically any design that has appeared in a game is (relatively speaking) easily turned into a 3D printed model if you know what you're doingPeople out there have of course already done this and you can just buy them but they just require looking in the right placesyou can also just find people who do the next step and print them out for you and sell the prints to you
>>23984654I would have tried painting a few plastic spoons to get the technique down before going hog on a whole kit; but you're in it now, brother. Deep end. There's no way out but through. Like >>23984699 said, let a layer dry before adding another, my rule of thumb is to give it 2 hours; maybe you can speed that up with a hair dryer, but it's gonna take how long it takes. If it doesn't seem dry, it probably isn't. Another thing, try brushing in the opposite direction on the next coat. If you went vertical on coat 1, go horizontal on 2 and go back and forth between coats until you've got the coverage you want.If you DO wind up going for spray primer, it's the same rules as topcoating; it will depend on the type of primer and where you do it, but 75% humidity is too much. All, I can say is maybe wait until dark when the temp drops, and the humidity goes with it. You'll get through in the end, anon. Take solace in the knowledge that a slow to dry coat is giving itself plenty of time to level out. Good luck, take your time, be patient, and always test on spoons.
>panel lines done>water slides done>rainy weather for the next weekI'm so close. I just want to top coat it so I can see the final result
>>23984716That's the only piece i've done so not in too deep yet but yeah maybe i should've gotten spoons but oh well... >2 hoursok that's way longer than i thought, i was thinking like 30mins but that's good to know! knew to do the next coat in the opposite direction though! >75% humidity is too muchfuck>maybe wait until dark when the temp drops, and the humidity goes with it.am i stupid but doesnt it get more humid when temp drops? definitely ok with needing to take my time but i just didnt have a timeframe on that so that's helpful!
Whoever wins, Silly loses again. All is right in /gpg/
>>23984723>doesnt it get more humid when temp drops?Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking. It's not worth trying. Humidity is humidity. If you're going to spray, you'd be best served figuring out a booth situation. Fuck living at the whims of the weather. But that's its own project. Just feel out hand-painting for now, and consider what you'd need to spray in the future. Painting is an exercise in patience. It'll almost ALWAYS take longer than you think it will, and there are always trade-offs to making it take less time. You got a food dehydrator by any chance? That'll help cure time, but it's an investment of money and space. Make the switch to lacquer, you're going to need PPE, and you're gonna need to work faster because the cure time is so much shorter. Nothing is perfect.
Where are the votes, groupbuildojisan?
Aquatic won!
Groupbuild guy lied, people died.
I cancelled my plans just for this announcement
Test build. Damn this kit is a sanding hell and I'm only halfway done since there's still Mercurius. I wonder if I should buy green and yellow/gold markers for detailing to avoid masking hell... but I don't want to spend more money on this already overpriced kit...
>>23984727I just realised that I actually got Vallejo Mecha Primer but the airbrush version... I didn't realise there was a non airbrush version and maybe the fact this one is VERY thin it seems is why it keeps pooling? Maybe that's where I fucked up but I'm not sure if that would make that much of a difference Brush strokes are very obvious, I'll stick at it but at the same time I dont want to overload it with coats Ordered some Mr Hobby Surfacer black in case the weather does get better for the future
>>23984855wtf do you mean by airbrush version? lacquer?
>>23984857i got the left instead of the right
What's with this height lengthening surgery trend?
>>23984868fixes shitty proportions
>>23984868>trendIsn't just that one tuber who likes doing it?
>>23984853What sort of detailing are you talking about? Normally I just use a very fine paintbrush and paint before assembly so I can get away with some parts that will get covered so I don't need to be too careful etc.
>>23984888stuff with no part separation like nozzles, visors/scopes and this thing. I'm really bad at masking circular things.
>>23984896Ah yeah, that's gonna be a pain.
What the best AB to get in general?
>>239849145 for 1/144 and 8 for 1/1001 is too big, 4 is too bloated
>>23984914I use AB5 for everything
>>23984914AB7s are the only ones I've had any trouble withI like AB4s and 5s a lot, 8s are greatFor all HGs though generic chinkesium stands are the way to go, you can get a dozen of them for the price of a couple ABs
>>23984861It's the same product. Mecha Color is supposedly made for airbrushing but not really>>23984716>2 hours between coatsWhat are you talking about? A couple of minutes between coats is fine, you just need the thin coat to be touch dry.When you handbrush you need thin coats, you overloaded your brush there. Be more careful when loading paint on it, I'd suggest you brush your hand, if you can see the skin texture underneat the paint you are good to go.You need to be especially careful when using handprimer as the paint will have much more trouble sticking to the surface, this is why acrylic polyurethane like Badger are superior
I was braindead earlier today because the 30ML stream is not tomorrow, but this Friday, because some anon earlier in the thread told me Tokyo Toy Show is the week after the 30ML stream. What are your hopes for the stream this Friday and the next silhouettes coming tomorrow and Wednesday?
>>23984944A mistake I made is using a clear Action Base. Now the rings for the stand joint meant for the Gunpla cracked. But what sucks even more? They don't have the opaque bases. If I ever get the storage type ACB7, I will apply my last reflective sticker there.
>>23984969It's on Wednesday though >What are your hopes The rest of Madoka girls for 30MPMore monsters for 30MF
>>23984972I thought the stream is this August 21? That's Friday. Today is August 16.
>>23984970Honestly sucks because the AB7 is conceptually a great design but I've had the joints break so much. Definitely wouldn't be happening if they weren't pushing the limits of that clear plastic.The AB8 has no issues despite being clear. Most of the other ABs I've had also have no issue being clear. They were all designed with good enough tolerances. Not the 7s though.
>>23984974Huh, I remember checking recently and it said it's in 4 days. My bad I guess
>>23984914For aerial 1/144 and grounded 1/100, I use these bad boys from Aliexpress (search "Action Figure Display Base").The claw grip is detachable, revealing a peg that almost 3mm, so just a little bit of thickening and it's perfectly tight for gunpla. You can get 10 of those for 11€.I don't do aerial poses for my 1/100 kits, so I can't comment on the best one, but AB1 works fine, even it's really ugly.
>>23984917>>23984944What's the limit on AB 8 when it comes to master grades?
>>23984994Probably larger than life stuff like the ZZ, The O, Perfect Zeong, and while it may be smaller, the Turns for all the heavy stuff they can carry (especially Turn X's Bloody Siege gimmick). In fact, Action Bases 1 and 4 are necessary just to make the Moonlight Butterfly displays work, since the effect housing joints require certain peg joints included in the base kits (like the key for the chest panels on the Turn A, or the square block on the Turn X's included custom base arms).
>>23985001Interesting. Think I'll swap the AB for my Mk-V with that one.
How important is removing seamlines between parts, really?Every guide I see tells you to cut up parts in all sorts of ways and it all looks like the model will fall apart in a year.I'm too squeamish to cut up small little parts into c-clips.
>>23985012Well, you can just turn some seams into panel lines, but that's not viable in some cases
>>23985012It's up to your aesthetic tastes. Sometimes they can look like panel lines, other times they actually disrupt the model's features. If you're really worried, avoid making major cuts into moving parts like joints. At the end of the day, no one can make you do anything you don't want to do with your models.
>>23984914AB-1 for MGs and AB-5 for 1/144s. AB-4 is way to creaky/bouncy for any decently sized MG.AB-1s are also not event as good as they used to be, as they used to be ABS and not PS.
>>23985012It's okay to not go 100% with your customs, as long as you're satisfied with your own work that's all that matters.
>>23985012I don't bother with removing seamlines. It's not really an issue most of the time.
poll results doko...
Mahou Shoujo won, write up soon.
Take the mummypill
>selling gunpla on fb marketplace >0 messages 0 sales>list gunpla for free on fb marketplace >HUNDREDS OF MESSAGES, PEOPLE WILLING TO DRIVE AN HOUR FOR A FUCKING PRE-BUILT HG/MGHoly shit this is insane. I had no idea people go this crazy for free ginpla wtf
>>23985082every time i've listed built kits for sale on ebay it's always sold within the first 24 hours, and when i've sold it at auction it's gone for way more than i would have asked for otherwise. i guess kitbashing mfs are just that wild for more shit to throw on the pile.
>>23985082Free is many peoples favorite word, myself included. Why are you getting rid of your gunpla?
>>23985082Nobody buys pre-built Gunpla, dummy. The whole point of buying Gunpla is to build it yourself.
>>23985095Im just getting rid of all the stuff I bought impulsively and dont feel like painting. I underestimated how much people like free stuff
>>23985097Ok then explain that to the literal dozens of people willing to drive out of town for a pre-built SD BB Senshi
>>23985082I'm also selling some of my backlogs on FB marketplace and got no interest at all since it's hard to get exposure selling on e-commerce isn't viable anymore since the platform fee is getting more and more insane. I get how vidya devs feel now after getting robbed 30% straight by valve/steam.
>>23984868The lengthening will continue until morale improves.
>>23985082As they say, "free is good price". Never underestimate retards who will jump on anything as long as it's "free".
>>23985110>"free"are you implying I'm somehow making money or getting something out of this? What's up with the quotation marks? Unless you're just randomly bringing up unrelated stuff like how free mobile games have ads or whatever
>>23985111you're getting BJs for your gunpla aren't you?
Well folks it was a close race, but your next theme is Stolen! Write-up in a bit.
>>23985113I can't wait to make my parade colours zaku II
>>23985081>Take the mummypillDon't mind if I-WAIT WHATNONOT LIKE THIS
>>23985116I think I just now realized why Alphamax called their Dark Advent special variants as the "DX" line.
>>23985113Mahou-ShoujoChads don't look!
>>23985113MAHOU SHOUJO BROS..WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU
>>23985113AHAHAHA I ALREADY HAVE MY ENTRY DONE
>>23985081>>23985116
>>23985116anon, no!
>>23985113I'm gonna make trigger a certain zeek today
== STOLEN GROUPBUILD ==Build a Mecha or vehicle built by one faction, but change its aesthetics and style to its rival faction! Examples include but are not limited to>Canon examples of mechs being stolen and used by another group (ie: Casval's Gundam, Feddie Zakus, Ashura Mazinger, etc)>Designs intended for one faction that were repurposed into a design for another faction (ie: Gerbera Tetra)>What-if scenarios (ie: A Titans color Zeta Gundam)>Stylistic interpretation (ie: What would a EFF version of the Z'gok look like?)When it comes to your build, really make it clear that your mecha is being used by the other side!START: 8/16/26END: 11/15/26Send a description along with both WIP and Finished images of your build to gunplaplamo@gmail.com. Photo submission guidelines:>Minimum 6 images shot from multiple poses/angles, the more the better>Don't resize the images, if they are too big to send just send them in a zipGoing back to a 3 month schedule for this one, most people felt that 3.5 months was a bit much
>>23985148Do we still have to send WIPs if we regularly post them here? I've kinda been forgetting to attach them in the email the past few times
I don't actually have any ideas for this groupbuild, so I'll probably sit it out.
>>23985111Quotation marks because of people jumping on everything marked as free. Or "free" because it's trait or something, I'm not even native English speaker, I'm also socially handicapped, there are no sublime secret messages in my posts.Don't be so anal, anon.
>>23984956>you overloaded your brush there.really didnt think i had much on it but i'll take your word on it, thanks! cant really see it in the pic but the bottom edge has a bit of a build up due to how it was originally on the clip and gravity etc you can see it here but that edge is even worsewould i be worth lightly sanding it at this stage to try remove that or would that fuck things up?
What if I did a mech that was stolen my magical girls?
>>23985113Given the history, I still suspect some kind of rigging attempts. Still, at least it means I can safely skip the group without worries.
>>23985166>52 responses >riggingThat just means a couple anons voted twice which is honestly expected
>>23985157same here, I'm drawing a total blank for this one where I had at least a vague idea in mind for the other themes. something being stolen is really just a difficult thing to depict in the model itself and not rely on other context. something being aquatic, armored up, repaired or made to look like a magical girl can all speak for themselves but I have no idea how I'd go about making something look stolen especially for a kit that either doesn't have any lore attached, or doesn't have lore I'm familiar with.
>>23985148>EFF version of the Z'gokThanks for the idea
now I'm forced to submit something for this theme cause I believe it's good and requires a lot of creativity, why couldn't you fucks rig the vote for the cringe themes
>>23985187Best I have is it being clumsily over-painted, chipped down to the underlying scheme.
building just a regular ass Gundam MkII because Kamile stole it in the episode
>>23985166I voted for the first time because I didn't want armored up to win.
>>23985163NTA but a tip i have for brush painting is to have a napkin/ papertowel that you dab off a good portion of the paint onto. Its a great way to properly load the brush because you really dont want a lot on it. Honestly dude, I would strip the whole thing and start over
>>23985197fuck you armored up would've been fun. I was either gonna make bootleg chobam armor out of 30MM option parts, or turn a RX-78-2 Ver.Ka into a Heavy Gundam
>Only ever built basic bitch 30MS or Figure Rise Standard Bandai stuff for girlpla>Decide to expand my horizons a bit and try some of Kotobukiya Megami Device stuff>Discover that there's actually a pretty big 3rd party market for Megami Device add-ons>You have the expected more cutesy and expressive faceplates and emotion decals>Then Lewd decals with drools ahegaos and horny heart pupils.... HOLY SHIT THEY GLOW IN THE DARK>FUCKING PREGNANT BELLY BODIESGoddamn, did all the super degenerates stick to Kotobukiya stuff? I may or may not get some of these 3rd party parts.
>>23985199>I would strip the whole thing and start overYeah honestly I'm thinking the same. I don't have any IPA and some people say to soak it in there, some others say not to so I'm not sure. Would sanding it off just work as well?
>>23985205Yeah, tried some of those third party decals before. They're pretty nice. And I'm not talking about the degenerate ones. Though the horny ones are pretty nice too.Unfortunately, the preggo belly parts are a bit too much for me. You do you for your kinks, but I like my mecha musume battle-ready.
>>23985200Just do those ideas anyway but paint it a Zeon color, and slap Zeon decals all over
>>23985165What if make a magical girl that's stolen and raped by mechs?
>>23985211the rules are most likely going to state that you can't just slap zeon decals on it and call it a day. Maybe.
>>23985205>Goddamn, did all the super degenerates stick to Kotobukiya stuff?I think it's mostly a combination of megami device being a much older product line (10 years old at this point vs 5 for the oldest female FRS) and megami device being slightly more targeted at cumbrained retards out of box.
>>23985211Casval's heavy gundam
>>23985216Casvals gundam wasn't stolen. It's an entirely different machine.
>>23985206Sanding won't get it out of panel lines very well. I use alcohol and scrub with a toothbrush and Vallejo comes off very fast, no need to soak. I've never had any issues with it myself.
>>23985219depends on the continuity. it's different between the novel version and gihren's greed.
>>23985219What a nerd
>>23985219okay, Casval found secret schematics for a "Heavy Gundam System" and gave it to his Zeon Engineers back at Zeon land
The build I'm currently working on already fits the theme. Sweet.
>>23985220makes sense, looks like i could only get 99.9% IPA, will that have a different effect than 91% that's recommended everywhere?
>>23985222Fuck you we're all nerds here
Gonna make a zeek mobile suit turned FeddieCHAD
>>23985226In my experience it doesn't matter. I suppose you can dilute it slightly if you're worried.
>>23985215The frame that Megami Device kits use are all the same, so making GK parts is super easy. 30MS and even other Koto lines like Frame Arms girl don't get any upgrades because individual kits are too dissimilar.
Im actually mad I missed this one. I would have rather the PG OO trans AM than the PG Banshee. Also 6 at 300 got give better secondaries than 7 at 250
>>23985113Hmm, now I have to choose between taliban jo-hound or making a NORAD walker out of a bunyip ginga...
>>23982480>>23982483Work in progress for Nyuren's pilot portrait. It gonna take a while to finish it, but if there is any additional request or adjustment you would like, please feel free to tell me.If everything went well, I should be able to finish it in tomorrow or the day after.Also, since groupbuild anon has annouced the result of the next theme, the deadline for the mascot is until the end of the next thread.
kit of the Zero The R when?
>>23985012it's your model, you can do what you want. as for me, it really bothers me when it's a clearly visible seamline on the legs and arms, or shoulders so I remove them.if you feel youre compromising the overall stability or poseability of your kit don't cut shit for no reason.
>>23984994the largest kit I have on one is the MG ReGZ Custom personally
>>23985113I'm actually amazed Aquatic got such a small amount, it was my number 2either way you guys suck stolen is boring as hell someone better make something really cool for thisDon't know what I wanna do with this>>23985197we're enemies now
I used voter fraud to make sure armored up loses
>>23985358>someone better make something really cool for thisYou could always try to make something cool you know
>>23985364I would love to but there's a reason I've never once voted for this buildI don't have anything interesting idea wise for it
I'd like to point out some canon MS that are stolen you might not immediately think of/didn't have any modifications or anything but simply were-Gundam X and Double X-Devil Gundam-GP03-Throne Zwei-Zeta with its cockpit hatch open throwing out rapid punches
>>23985376The original gundam was technically stolen. Mk.ii as well.
>>23985376Just steal any model kit from your LGS.
>>23985379technically yeah it was stolen a couple times even depending on how you wanna count, a few times by amuro and once by sayla etcI didn't list Mark II because it's kinda the plot of the whole show
>tfw all the gunpla I shoplifted from hobby lobby qualifies for this theme
>>23985383>the faggot that stole the runners from the calibarn you wanted will enter it into the groupbuildi hope you get zero votes
>>23985362#stolenvoteI demand a recount
Armored up lost, but I wonder how good 3d printing is for making aftermarket armor panels and the likeComplex stuff like skeletons/joints are probably a bit wonky for 3d printing but I imagine it's advanced enough to print out good body panels to attach to kits... actually, that kinda makes me wonder if anyone's made a full 3D print for something versatile like an IBO skeleton. For the price of a cheap and readily available Barbatos kit you have a solid inner frame to work with.
>>23985421I imagine you could get a 3d scanner to scan your parts, model new parts, then use boolean operations to make them fit perfectly.
>>23985421Probably, people with 3D printers are printing all sorts of shit for their own purposes all the time if they're actually capable of any basic 3D modelling and not just using it solely for other people's workYou'll be working with resin though for quality prints so it's going to need some different tools than gunpla, it's not particularly harder but there's just fundamental differences of what you can use or not.Personally I like actually gluing and sanding and handsculpting parts too much to do a lot of 3D printing but honestly you can do pretty much anything you can imagine with it if your 3D modelling skillset is good enough.
>>23985428Resin runs finer details but honestly for the vast majority of mobile suit designs I think a good filament would probably still be able to capture enough.I pulled this up doing some basic google research and I think this level of detail is more than enough for gunpla - again, you'd just use a pre-existing inner frame (e.g. IBO) so the kit is posable, with your prints being all the exterior armor pieces.Obviously it requires someone with far more 3D modeling skills than I have but it doesn't seem like it'd be that far out of the realm of possibility. Probably the biggest argument against it would be that Bandai wouldn't be happy about you profiting off of it.
Is this the most>oh yeah.... that happenedkit of all time?
>>23985438That description would be for netflix gundam shit.
>>23985443I genuinely had no idea there was a Gouf Ignited Revive until I scrolled through a japanese review website
>>23985438I saw this kit and had no clue what it was even from
>>23985447The giant seed destiny logo didn't tip you off?
>>23985431High quality FDM is usually a much more expensive printer than high quality resin of the same sizeI dunno I haven't messed with much FDM printing, I know it has gotten better but I just can't speak too much to something I haven't experienced. It's not like there's really anything too complicated about resin. You have to worry a bit about fumes is all, there are solutions but depending on your situation that might be annoying to deal with.>Bandai wouldn't be happy about you profiting off itOf course not, but there is a line where if you're designing shit yourself and not calling it Gundam they can't do much about it. Tons of etsy sellers go under the radar selling 3D prints of designs, plenty of dudes are selling .stls made from models out of GBO2 etc (that's where the Armored GM etc anon has came from I'm pretty sure) all of which they can probably get a C&D for but it's not like they're making oodles of money or are a big competitor, most of these are single man operations making a little extra money from their printer rather than any kinda high volume business in my experience. On the JP side there are a lot of modellers making entirely their own sculpts and renditions of designs, especially larger 1/35ths etc and that's apparently fine on their home turf. Minigames/40k stuff is a lot more widespread and it's the same axiom there, you can't just copy a sculpt or call them Sisters of Battle but you can make and sell something you've made that isn't directly stealing or claiming involvement with the IP without issue. Even if it's intentionally for a frame, third party stuff is fine. You might get in hot water if you 1:1 copy lineart and get it too accurate, but also only if you get big enough.Moral opinion time but they have every right to hold the hammer, make your own robot designs to make money off of. It's that easy. Gundam doesn't hold a monopoly on cool robots.
>>23985438Nah I've been really looking forward to this one, haven't gotten my hands on it yet though. GOUF Ignited is rad as fuck and one of the coolest Gouf redesigns. I just wish it was an MG instead, after GINN and ZAKU I was really hoping for CGUE/GuAIZ/GOUF explicitly from the frame
I just realized that I have a MG Freedom 2.0 in the backlog and it was technically stolen in the show. Or I could paint a Ball in zaku colors...
>>23985454Thoughts on RF Gouf?
>>23985376Sinanju stolen?
>>23985431Print a 1/144 pilot in FDM
Tokyo Toy Show is next week from the 27th to the 30th, but I assume Bandai will start revealing their hand on Day 2 (the 28th), one full week after the reveals on the 30ML kits. And mind you, it will be a huge library of toys, not just model kits. I just pray Bandai reveals more SDs...
>>23985463RG XRG X IS REAL
>>23985451I have never and will never watch Seed Destiny
>>23985463I just hope they do more Yu-Gi-Oh kits that aren't shit
>>23985458Personally I like a buncha elements of it but the total product is just kinda whatever to me. I know it's the point but a lot of it stays too close overall to the original Gouf for me.Particularly love the inclusion of vernier in the shoulders, integrates really well.I like when the hand gun is shifted to the forearm, like Gouf Custom/Flight Type (and Ignited) a lot. Proto Gouf is one of my faves too, I love Goufs using Zaku weapons ever since Zeonic Front.How I wish we got a Gouf in 0080
>>23985190all I can think of is either that, or a diorama of a suit literally in the process of being stolen using the kyoukai senki truck or something.a normal build of a suit that just happened to be stolen in gundam lore is boring and lame and painting a GM in Zaku green is kinda boring too. think I'll just sit this one out and work on something else unless divine inspiration strikes
>>23985473I think the stylistic interpretation is the most interesting direction you could take it looking at the guidelines >>23985148But I also have to question how GBD would qualify such a thing if someone enters something bizarrely different akin to GMgoog
>>23985473Yeah I'm probably going to skip as well, the only thing that I was really considering doing was a Ball in Zaku green but with the paint chipped showing the regular EFSF grey underneath but that just seems boring.
>>23985148I just got the perfect kit for this by chance. I need to get some decals though
>>23985438I want the basic blue grunt. Not tm revolution
>>23985497GET WILD AND TOUGH
any mexibros around here?>bandai namco opened an actual store in mexico city>official inauguration is next friday 21st>you can already go visit by doing a prergister and shit in instagramthey have some interesting stuff, like various metal build figures but the prices seem too high compared to whatever deal you can do in online stores. 140 bucks for a MG FA Unicorn? seemed kinda excessive to me
>TMR mentionedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2vbE-OUI84https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chVPxPjVakY
>>23985497paint
>>23985511Plastic
>>23985473I'm also having real trouble, I've been trying to think of something neat all day and I'm not really any closer. I've got a Gerbera Tetra I've been sitting on to make something out of but I'm lacking on ideas for it.Anyone who does know or has some ideas, what are you doing? I need some inspo to get my gears turning.
>>23985508physical stores will always be more expensive that the online counterpart due to the costs they need to keep afloat and operateimo, they are only worth it in the extremely rare case they pack shit you can't find anywhere else
>>23985376>>23985379>>23985364>>23985213Have fun with your "straight build but painted different" groupbuild. The point isn't that it's hard to pick something, it's fucking boring. There's basically no room for creativity or kitbashing. I don't want to write fanfics about why my zaku is purple. I'm looking forward to the 5 titans colored entries and zeta with a zaku head.
>>23985514what about a Shining Gundam taken over by DG Cells after it was abandoned?
>>23985546Wouldn't work. Shining gundam is pure of heart.
>>23985226I use a cleaning solution called LA's Totally Awesome. Dumb name but it works wonders
>>23985549That's why it can handle both the beam magnum and have a psychoframe transformation.
>>23985546Don't have a Shining and not gonna buy one but could be coolThink I'm just gonna do some shit to the tetra and feel it out as a redesign
>>23985522Gundam slop just doesn't work well for it. Too many main character super robot types. M.A.K and other Armor models would be great for this theme.
>>23985572Half of the gundam franchise is about stolen mecha
all this bitching could've been avoided if you fucks just voted for insect theme
>>23985459Sinanju is perfect for this theme since it was originally much different looking
armored up theme needed my strength but I voted aquatic instead like an idiot. Now we're stuck with shit ass stolen theme for three months
>>23985572Gundam works amazing for it because almost everyone knows the lore basics and what MS are with what broad faction so you can buy a Zaku and paint it white with a crest and everyone knows its stolenNo one actually knows who the fuck the factions are in MaK and their styles are not nearly so distinct as other settings.Outside of Gundam 40k stuff can be pretty easy for "stolen." Chaos-corruption works for it off the top of my head but also there's plenty of other concepts. Orks stealing shit. Tau's Guelah. So many distinct aesthetics you can apply from one to the other there.Battletech is another one, stealing mechs is a huge part of things there. It's all the same across settings, but Gundam's the one where everyone here knows which team the GM is on and which team the Zaku is on.When talking about something completely original, I've spitballed some stuff but the fundamentals of stolen mecha I think can be distilled down to:1) being repainted to the new side's colours, so maybe showing some old scheme showing or being mid-repaint or using equipment still in the old scheme2) field modified to use standardized parts for repairs. Lotsa settings can be simplified to the rounded guys vs the blocky armour guys. Have an obvious mesh of those where you can tell some parts are modifications. Even if you know nothing about Zakus or GMs, if you saw a Zaku with a GM head on it you'd probably immediately think that element doesn't fit right. Go for that.3) overhaul, good luck portraying this on its own. If you see the Gerbera Tetra you can't work out it was originally a Gundam without also seeing the GP04 and/or being told. My best suggestion here is to make two custom models, the not-GP04 and not-Gerbera Tetra so you can showcase the actual changes your imaginary faction did to it.Or just describe it in the accompanying text that's honestly fine too
>>23985599>using equipment still in the old schemeI feel like using new equipment would make more senseYou stole the Zaku but the heat hawk broke in combat and you can't exactly replace it, so the Zaku has a federation beam saber now. You also ran out of 120mm ammo (the Federation uses 100mm ammo) so you've replaced the Zaku's MG with the classic Federation MG-100. I doubt a stolen Zaku would be able to use the 120mm MG for very long, and a stolen GM would also probably run out of 100mm ammo and be swapped over to a Zeon 120mm MG relatively soon after being captured.
>>23985619I was thinking more along the immediate lines of a stolen mech, say you just got it and and need to quick and dirty make it identifiable as a friendly so it gets the main body repainted but maybe the shield and guns don't, or something like the Ground Gundam's backpackI dunno, shit you'd skip precisely because it's probably gonna have a limited lifespan and isn't necessary. If you really ran with this idea you might have stuff like the extremities in the old colours with just the main body "lazily" painted in faction compliant colours
>>23985623I know what you mean but that's like, field campaign stuff. Like you just nabbed it and you need to fight your way out and there's no FOB or any sort of way to refit it.I guess if it's a setting with standardized weapons (e.g. Battletech) or weapons with infinite ammo (e.g. Beam Rifles) you'd keep the weapons the mech came with but if you have any sort of factional weapon variety swapping out for the weapons your supply line supports would be one of the first things you do and would probably help support the stolen look (although I guess it's subtler and requires some setting knowledge)If we're getting into that though I don't even know that you'd properly repaint the mech - you'd just slap your faction's emblem over the existing ones/in visible locations because your goal is basically just to make sure your allies don't shoot you in the back because you look like an enemy.
>>23985522>There's basically no room for creativity or kitbashingjust sounds like you aren't creative
>>23985459This is making me want to do a Blue/White/Silver Sinanju but I haven't built a normal one yet... Maybe the HGs are in stock...
>>23985431Get a resin printer 'good enough' results from fdm are not good enough for scale models.>>23985453Also what this anon says, my Voron can print your pic easy but that was a €1500,- printer. I upgraded from an ender3 style printer with a lot of upgrades, I have about €400,- in that printer and it still works and can also get close to you pic. These days Bambu lab is all the rage bc they are plug and play but a core xy ( as opposed to an ender3 clone gantry style printer) is still almost 600,- and you Will see and get annoyed by the layer lines.
>>23985651>Get a resin printerGot any recommendations?
>>23985638If you capture a Zaku II as a Feddie early enough, you don't have a gun to give it by many canons of the OYW for a while and in general stealing ammo from Zeons who have more of it in production for most of the war involving MS isn't a bad way to deal. And yeah it's field campaign stuff, but that's what happens if you capture something and are in a situation where fielding it on capture is reasonable. Which is cool shit and what I think lotsa people imagine with stolen scenarios. Gundam does em all the time anyway.Different people have different solutions for stuff IRL and different settings can have all sorts, I don't think there's any one way to skin this cat. An emblem, a flag, a sign that says don't shoot it's salvaged, repainting parts, whatever. There's no universal rule, that's where creativity has to come in of course.
>>23985599>No one actually knows who the fuck the factions are in MaKSpeak for yourself tourist I have extensive knowledge of both the Strahl and Mercenaries
>>23985661Who?
>>23985522>There's basically no room for creativity or kitbashingJust off the top of my head here's a few ideas:-An edgy spiky evil mech painted white and gold with crosses -A boxy robot with random fleshy bits to show it's being corrupted -A robot with a bunch of hastily repaired or slapped-on parts painted in different colors to imply they belong to different robotsI can probably come up with more if anyone needs
>>23985661I think the lunadiver stingray looks really cool so I bought one but even after watching the dope SF3D short film I do not know the factions and will simply appreciate them as cool future space WW2 mashup weirdos and Kow himself personally approved my enjoyment of it as suchget an MaK build theme going and I will participate wholeheartedly by making something cool and weird and not knowing at all which faction made it
would musha mk II captured by Commodore Perry count for the theme
>>23985668>get an MaK build theme goingI could single-handedly supply the entire fucking thread with the kits necessary and still have some leftover
>>23985659Elegoo Saturn ultra is very nice, Mars is decent but has less QOL features.
>just ordered the Solomon/Axis GP02 plus MLRS package off of Ali>total cost is around $70 after the $20 coupon and using my refund from when some previously ordered stuff got held hostage by customsI've heard good things about this kit, what am I in for?
>>23985101Which ones, I'm curious and I want to seethe with jealousy
>>23985723SD BB Senshi Gundam MK IV (the 90s one, not the Musha one), FA ZZ, S Gundam, Wing w/mini Zero/Heavyarms, Jegan, Kampfer and a few others that I can't remember
>>23985727>SD MK IVcutie alertI'd drive for itare you in the DMV?
>>23985728I already gave it away unfortunately. Same person grabbed the Xi Gundam too. I kept the little Galcezon & Messer though.
>>23985730damnnice taste in SDs anyway
>>23985727I woulda taken an S Gundam or Jegan, but I'm assuredly too far away unless you too are a leaf>>23985730They're frens!
>SMP VRV Robo cost $200 (TWO HUNDRED BUCKS)Are you fucking kidding me? This price is worse than the Gaoranger reprints. And the plastic quality of these fucking kits so ass. You have to paint them extensively to look good at the price point. Jesus.
>>23985777Bandai>pros: Bandai>cons: Bandai>anyone else>pros: wow cool shit we haven't really gotten good kits of>cons: $83,000 per part, or the pieces explode, or some other bullshit on occasion
meanwhile in rural indonesian village...
>>23985787damn those builders are skilled
Anyone have some fun Gyans, I already like mine but I just want to see other people enjoying them
>>23985798sorry I always choose gelgoogs in gihren's greed
Wanted to snapshit something on a rainy day but all my backlog require paint to look presentable. IT'S OVER
>>23985800But they already got enough love historically! It's not fair!!!
I... got filtered with this girlplaeither that or a lot of parts have bad gate placement
>>23982485I'm working on the figure rise standard Gallantmon, and I think I got a good enough solution for the seam line removal. I segmented the lance and built a connector with a megami device connetion parts.
are there Epyon Cross Contrast decals but downscaled for 1/144? nothing from CN/KR manufacturers?
>>23985473Actually I think divine inspiration may have struck, I might try turning the RX-78-2 Ver.Ka into the thunderbolt Perfect Gundam
>>23985949Rad idea. I'm rooting for you.
>>23985684Don't threaten me with a good time. I'd love one of those li'l guys.
>>23985684the beauty of an MaK build is that I'd just take all my random spare parts and glue them together and it would be catharticI have a pile of GM Command shields from every AoZ kit you can ever buy including that fucking runner from the HazelI'll make an entire hovercraft from AoZ spare parts alone
>>23986038>GM CommandGM Custom even, almost the same diff anyways but whatever tism compels me to correct myself
Does anyone here know how of a (water-based) acrylic equivalent to Tamiya's Titanium Gold?
>>23986040The Vallejo Metal Colours are pretty decent, I don't know if it'll be an exact match but as water based acrylics go they're some of the best I've ever used. Just make sure it's specially their Metal Colour line, they have several other lines and paints with similar names but Vallejo Metal Colour is the specific branding of the good shit.
So much pessimism over stolen. I get it's supposed to be a factional thing but you could go for an out of universe angle. Gcucks Char goes through the time portal and ends up in 1990s America and the crips steal his MS and paint it blue and cover it in graffiti.
>>23986049Charaznable got his birthright stolen so we can just do any Char suit.
>>23986049Stolen is like a craftman's tools, it's only as good as the craftsman is.
>>23986049People just like to bitch unfortunately. Also, thats actually a pretty fun idea anon. I was thinking about a puppet master type build where a creature steals a active mech from a battle and controls it while the pilot is stuck inside
>>23986044NTA but while Vallejo Metal Color is THE best acrylic metallics line, their gold is rather desaturated. However, their newest True Metallic Metal "Imperial Gold" is quite good and really nicely saturated. Personally I consider TTC "Dragons Gold" to be excellent and my favourite acrylic gold, it's also quite expensive and as such, not really suitable for airbrushing.
>>23986049just let Silly win so we can finally build the shitpla we bought at clearance.
>>23986056Gel Finieto did this in Astray BIt makes Red and Blue Frame fight each otherRegenerate can manually take over MS using a similar system and forcing itself in their unprotected entry ports
>>23986060Nice, il have to look into it a bit
HG Dom GQ box is fucking massive wow no wonder it's pricier than the usual HG. but the parts count is kinda disappointing. I guess in the end, it's still a HG.>no water decalfuck I forgot that Bandai is super stingy about this. I really should buy a generic decal set.
>>23986067pretty sure the story's translated out there if you wanna read it, a friend translated it for me ages and ages ago. It's not that interesting but it's neat.Unfortunately we don't see Regenerate do half the things it's capable of and the other MS with the system barely show off its ability to control MS either. Testament probably gets the most showcase of any of the virus spreading MS and it just uses it to delete itself from sensors rather than control things. Basically MS puppeteering almost never happens to any satisfying degree which is a shame because obviously it's cool as fuck
>>23986049Fuck you, the crips stealing a red machine was gonna be my idea
>>23986069I remember thinking the same thing when I built one recently and looked at the final product, I wish bandai would use the small MG boxes more for big HG’s but maybe those huge leg pieces don’t stack well?
>>23986049It's just boring
>>23986049Manhunter Jegan stolen by taliban would be a fun spin
Could've been a lot worse
Most ridiculous kit I've ever built, why is this thing the most raped zako across all of gundam?
>>23985838Not sure how you went about it, but it looks like you might have sanded parts individually rather than cementing them together first. If you do that, it'll round off the corner that's supposed to meet up with the matching piece to form a continuous surface, and you'll end up with a deep seam between them like on the arm there. If you cement them together first and then sand, you can make the seam almost disappear. If you try this with another kit, don't use super glue, it's harder than the model plastic and will end up creating a ridge where the parts meet.
>>23984251when even bootleggers don't reprint them that often, it shows how low demand is for 2ndary and tertiary designs. Meanwhile, here's number 10000 of 3rd party companies just copying each other with yet another Nu/hi-nu/barbatos/strikefreedom/astray/exia variant.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z5XZrKT9iM
>>23982485I'm mostly finished with the decals and detailing on the Full Armor ZZ rework.
>>23985148here's my entry.cagalli got isekai'd into zeta gundam and stole the zeta.
>>23986140if you dont like that, here's another one.starscream's spark got isekai'd into zeta gundam and possesses the zeta.
>>23986140>>23986143But where are the wip shots?
>>23986140looked more like a trans am zeta in the thumbnail
if you wanna stay in-universe, in an alternate timeline, quattro steals the zeta after the gryps conflict and paints it gold and acts like the ghost of the hyaku shiki to fuck with haman
>>23986146there.seriously though, i've had this prepped for years to paint as skywarp or a redone starscream coz my og was pretty shitty.
>>23985438gives me hope for an actual bloody GuAIZ hg
Very happy with how this turned out.
>>23985438soon
>>23986225saviour has to be the most nothingburger gundam ever
>>23986259I didn't even notice that Athrun was using it until it got destroyed by the Freedom.
What if my groupbuild is a stolen mobile suit that was stolen back by faction that originally owned it. Would it still count as stolen?
>>23986264That's just F90II
Thick your paint
>>23986264Nobel Gundam
>>23986264That's actually what I'm doing and yes it counts as double stolen
>>23986259>>23986261Athun's post-Aegis upgrades all look kinda samey.Same goes for Freedom/ Strike/ Mighty
>>23986311Not like there's much variety when aside from Savior it's all just Justices.
What if for the groupbuild the kit itself was stolen>tfw disqualified anyway because you stole the Michaelis in Japan and didn't know they were just being given away
>>23982485Finished casvals gundam. Gotta get a stand to put it in the pose I want before it goes on the shelf. I also do not trust the 3.0 to stay standing on its own for a long time.
>>23986336Gimme
>>23986355I think I will hold onto this and put it with my assorted other red gundams.
>>23986336what reds did you use here?
>>23986363MS-06S red ver.anime colorMS-06S pink ver.anime colorRX-78-2 red ver anime colorI like that they're more saturated than the normal versions of chars colors and gundam red.
>>23986299Looks like a gummy bear
>>23986336Wow, already done with the group build
>>23986370No it's a whole different machine. It's not a stolen gundam. I've been working on this for about a week.
>>23986365Any idea about the closest thing to these Vallejo and AK have? I really hate how difficult it is to shop for paints online
>>23985116Those... aren't lens flares, are they...?
>>23986376Mr.color makes aqueous versions of chars colors but they're slightly more desaturated. Years ago I did another casvals gundam out of the 2.0. I also did it entirely with paint brushes since I didn't own an airbrush yet.For the record, aqueous hobby color paints will work with vallejo thinner and retarder very well.
Also I did the core fighter and forgot to put it in the photo
>>23986383I only do brushpainting so I'd rather avoid any acrylic-laquers, can't really handle the fumes nor the clean up. Waterbased acrylics are my go to.
>>23986399Aqueous and tamiya paints are actually very mild. They're about as harsh as breathing around an open can of beer. The harsh parts are the thinners people use for them but you can get around that by using thinner that doesn't have bad fumes.
>>23985081
Still somewhat new to this but I put a mix of water slides and regular sticker decals on a recent kit specifically to test the differences. It seems like sticker dexals are mostly fine if you put them on black or white parts but anything else looks pretty bad.
>>23986358I think you will give it to me posthaste
>>23985205>horny heart pupilsAre those different from plain old heart pupils?
>>23986410Perchance
>>23986181Ver. Tarantino
>>23986408You gotta burnish stickers real good and topcoat them a couple times to get them to look halfway decent
>>23985546Is that AI-generated?
>>23986415You can't just thin your paints and say perchance!
>finally decide to use my dspiae nippers I've had collecting dust for years>they chip like 5 pieces inFUCK
>>23986376this saves lives https://www.mech9.com/2016/07/paint-color-equivalents.htmlit doesnt have the mr hobby gundam line that that anon used but aqueous is basically the same
>>23986433skill issue
>>23986444Thanks, this looks incredibly useful
Best place to order Mr Hobby and Tamiya Lacquers in the states?
>>23986472Mr.color paints aren't that hard to find. Just find a store that has all the ones you want in stock.
>>23986472Check literally everywhere because no two stores ever want to have the same colors in stock.I like to use gundampros to order anything when possible for the no tax, free shipping, rewards points, and unlimited 10% off coupon, they have a decent selection of tamiya lacquers. Also check out hobbylinc, a-z toy hobby, burbank house of hobbies, literally any store I'm not joking.
>>23986336It has no problem standing on it's own senpai. Mine's been standing for nearly 10 years now no problem and it has the bazooka equipped on it's right arm.
>>23986336Wait. Why is it Neo Zeon? The first Neo Zeon wasn't formed until after the Titans karked it, led by Haman.
>>23986489It's an alternative neo zeon founded by Casval Deikun during the one year war
>>23986299>i am cum
Anyone get their thunderbolt acguy yet?I checked with my reseller and he tried to get me to preorder a messer.
How do I get chyna to bootleg the Naion and other pb stuff like Psycho Doga?
>>23986413I think there's a decent arguable difference between the normal infatuation heart pupils (i.e. the ones that typically come with the official kit) and the "I need you to fuck me into the ground" heart pupils that Megami Device GK faceplate sets usually come with.
>>23986541this is not /m/ related
>>23986547They're talking about custom made plamo parts for mecha musume in a plamo general.
>>23986541Wow, that is very lewd.
>>23986548some anons get anal about plamo that is not either mecha or characters from mecha anime being off topic for the boardi wonder if that includes stuff like the C&C tesla tank
What can I do with clear kits? Can you top coat them with anything tyat makes them look good?
>>23986541I legitimately like some of the custom megami device decals because they're pretty cute. I like the 0_0 crying one and even the only slightly lewd heart pupil one with the drooling mouth there.And it's a real shame because they're always packed with the hardcore hentai ahegaos one. Like, I only like my girlpla slightly lewd. Shame that all the sellers I saw sell all of those in a package. Couldn't they just separate them into "cute and slightly lewd" and "okay here's one for you truly depraved fucks"?
>>23986551man making a tesla tank would be a fun project
>>23986553The best looking thing I've seen with clear kits is painting most of it opaque and leaving select parts clear
>>23986541>i.e. the ones that typically come with the official kitWait what. They have official heart pupils? lmao. 30MS only shitter here for girlpla. I figure that all the pictures I saw of Kotobukiya stuff with heart pupils were garage customizations.
>>23986553if you get the untinted clear plastic kind you can paint the outlines of all the panels in fluoro paint for a cool effect. seen some pictures of that. >>23986556it's a real kit from border-model. unlicensed of course, praise chairman xi.they made some other C&C kits like the apocalypse and grizzly tanks too
I hope armored up wins the next theme after this
>>23986553You can't make clear kits look good.
>>23986560A guntank with tesla cannons would be pretty cool.
>>23986559Here's a here's a heart pupil faceplate that naturally comes with a Yuki Tu kit. They're honestly pretty innocuous. I really think that heart pupils are just one of those legitimately innocent and cartoonish ways of showing affection that kinda got ruined by horny people in the past decade or so.
>>23986565that would be a fun projecta Ball with a single giant tesla coil balanced on its head would be neat too
>>23986551tesla tank is a cyborg, cyborgs are /m/generic girpla is not /m/ unless they are in mechs
>>23986570>generic girpla is not /m/ unless they are in mechsGood thing that they're talking about a girlpla line where the girls are in mecha suits then.>B-But they're not talking about the mecha parts!Guess what, talking about art tools or plamo economy shit isn't actually /m/ either.
>>23986576nah a doll with like five "mech" parts randomly slapped on a mecha does not make
i don't doubt this thread is filled with autists, but the thread police kind of autism is just sadjust channel that shit into your project you fucking dork
>>23986570What if the mechs are IN the girl, if you catch my drift
>>23986583she is a character in a mecha mangotherefore is relevant
I once talked about a Digimon kit here and nobody seemed to mind. And yeah I know Digimon can be /m/ sometimes but this was a Beelzemon kit.
>>23986589Talk about whatever you want. We still get spergs that actually argue that Kamen Riders aren't actually /m/. Pretty sure that most girpla lines have them be cyborgs or some shit.
>>23986589It's really just like 2-3 people who seem to come here just to get mad about things. It's best to just ignore/ don't engage with them.
I wish Halo had plastic model kits. Seems like wasted potential.
>>23983979I've always wanted to do a demonic fucked up version of the Stargazer inspired by the Event Horizon ship
>>23986597I've thought about doing an MG Stark Jegan up as Master Chief for a long time, but the kit is fucking 95 bucks. That, and my backlog is already big enough as it is.
>>23986597There were Halo kits
>>23986605But they were stinky
>>23986553Coat them in clear pearls and colorshift.
>>23986609I dunno, man. Maybe the Level 2 kits were a little simple, but the Level 3 looked alright to me. I don't know shit about Halo, and it definitely needs a little work to get the full potential out of it, but I think it looks okay.
>>23986597>>23986605>>23986609343 slop designs are so cluttered they might be even harder to paint and make presentable than those overdesigned Chinese Gundams, also look at those shoulder muscles lmao. If anyone actually wants to paint a halo kit they're better off 3D printing a statue of a bungie design.
>>23986592the kamen riders that are cyborgs are /m/the heisei riders with armor that is magic instead of mechanical are not /m/
Did they make a Hunter model?
>>23986645they didn't even make a single non-spartan model
New thread. Restock list updated. I've kept MascotAnon's request post up and I'll keep it up for the next couple of threads, but he may be rangebanned. We'll see.>>23986647>>23986647>>23986647Also I personally don't care what you guys build, so long as you build something. I like seeing a wide range of models, so gunpla, other mech models, tank models, girlpla, pokepla, anything is good in my book. Obviously since this is /m/ I like to see mecha models most of all, but variety is the spice of life.
>>23986645There's multiple 3D print models for the hunter, both articulatied and miniature style. One modeler made STLs for every character, vehicle and gun in Reach.
>>23986595>It's really just like 2-3 people who seem to come here just to get mad about thingsI'm one of them but I only get mad about political stuff, specifically right wing shit. Nothing about plamo/gunpla makes me upset.
>>23986696>Nothing about plamo/gunpla makes me upset.You dropped a piece btw
>>23986620>>23986621>>23986609>>23986605>>23986597I recently purchased the Sarah Palmer one. I hate her so I thought i'd buy her kit and make her pose in suggestive ways on a 3D printed stripper pole
>>23986609it's really disappointing the halo tabletop game only has basic infantry. when it was announced I was hoping it'd be a way to get kits of the vehicles
HG Gogg im working on. All primed up and ready for paint.
>>23986516>GBMWhere do you guys buy Chinese models?I'd buy that for 99 RMB + shipping
>>23986516I've been looking on ali but a lot of the listings say they dont ship until like, december. gonna wait until some of those listings have reviews before I get one
