-=READ THE GUIDES=-Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!For those new, please read our guides. We have many resources available to help you in many different aspects of the hobby. They're here for you!For the unclear, "plamo" is short for "plastic model". "Gunpla" is thus short for "Gundam plastic model". Many different kinds of models are built here, ranging from mecha to planes, cars, musume, you name it! If you're new, you're gonna screw up. Don't worry! If you're seasoned, don't make the newbies worry!And don't forget to report shitposting and spam. The mods don't browse /m/ too often, so it's up to YOU to help keep our general clean and civil!>Why won't anyone answer my question?Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can.>Why are my pictures sideways?4chan strips EXIF data when images are uploaded, including the orientation tag if it's from your phone. To fix it save out your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.One easy to use app that works well on Android:play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer-=THE GUIDES=->Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:gunpla.buyfags.moe>Funaka's gunpla guides:Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdfScratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf>Falldog's gunpla guide:otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide>A guide to other types of plamo:mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography-=OTHER RESOURCES=->Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):pastebin.com/4KBEnVaN>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:dalong.net>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:schizophonic9-2.com>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:blog.kenbill.com>Past Groupbuilds:https://flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06>Monthly Restock List (September):old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1vobmxjPrior thread: >>23986647
== 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: 11/15/26
Show me your WIPs!
Kits for old men
>>23990076That's dopeWill it come with her Red Shift parts?
Which kits do you want to see get announced/revealed for pic related?
>>23990078At lastAoko sex
>>23990079HG Angelg
>>23990073I hate these old men!
>>23990073>old menHey, that's this general!>>23990079Sono-G for 30minute prefs.Comes with Robin as well.
>>23990079SDCS Sandaime Gundam Daishogun. Too many omens about this.I don't even know what other Gundam stuff should appear besides RG Project and 00. Or even X Flash.
Barrels of Possibilities...
>Eighty 30mm releases alreadyIf you say these garbage don't take resources from gunpla then i'm gonna punch you in the face.
Can someone explain to me why the liber dragonborn and Dragonia Lord are more expensive than the rest? I was already wondering why the other classes are more expensive than Liber/Rosan Knight but chalked it up to the basic one being more produced. But I don’t get why the dragon ones are more expensive than the othersIs it really because everyone loves dragons?
>>23990086What’s wrong with 30mm? I’m new to this
>>23990088The DxM boxes look so cool... This is peak for days. And we'll get them next week!
DaemonXManlets
>>23990087The inclusion of the tail makes the kit more expensive since there is more plastic.
>>23990088Safe to assume these'll probably discount hard.
>>23990093damn nigga, I was hoping they'd be tallerguess I'll stick with getting that two handed chainsawd
>>23990097>>23990100Cute
>>23990060>>23990070>>23990072but then again if I DID do rotors maybe hypothetically I might do them like this actually thinking about it
a clawshrimpy
>>23990088I honestly forgot DxM existed lol
>>23990089Anon is just bitter that Johny Bamdai refuses to make an MG of some grunt suit that was a blurr of a silhouette for a tenth of a second in a spin off of a spin of of a failed manga.>Noooooo! How dare they make something that actually sell, Le ebil company.
>>23990089Imo, my biggest gripe with 30MM is how universally ugly they are. Some designs aren't bad but 30mm kits look and feel alot more hollow than an average gunpla. If this was a gunpla, the hardpoints would be covered by stock armor parts and the armshield would atleast has some sort of detail instead of being completely hollow.
Flight iglight. do want.
>>23990109the entire point is to modify themif the holes bother you fill themif you want details on the underside, make itthey're templates, and they're cheap and have tons of option parts (that are also cheap) for a reason, they even make hole fillers.
>>23990079Master grades doko
>>23990107This is literally the Pbandai Alto they released several years ago.
>>23990112>the entire point is to modify themPeople customize gunpla all the time and they don't need the kit to be plagued with hardpoints.
good time to be a blue fan
>>23990079RG Double XRg ZZRG RebornsHGCE DuelHGCE Strike Noir
>>23990117did you think at all about that for a second or nahthe hardpoints are the point, gunpla doesn't feature a tenth of the connectionsIf you want them to look cool in the details you have to finish the details, they're frameworks and they're great for it
stolen zoid blox
>>23990095Ohhhh. I remember BIONICLE interviews that they mentioned stuff like that, how they had trouble for normal sets of bigger characters because they had a budget for each unit so they had to make do with less and the like.So that’s basically what happens if they aren’t bound to such limit. They need to charge more than a standard price across the board
>>23990122Cube frames? AoZbros are awfully quiet about this development
new 30 mm peebs
>>23990121Except they have too much surface details i don't want plus the hardpoint i have to waste my precious putty to pad. I want to glue new parts to where ever the fuck i want, not the spot Ebikawa wants me to.
>>23990122>>23990124I smell stolen plans from Takara Tomy. Remember, those guys are making a Liger Zero Falcon for the smaller than usual Realize Model Zoids line (which are 1/100 scale instead of 1/72).
seraphim gimmick
>>23990127you can glue parts whereever you want tooif you're going to be an autist about things then be prepared to do autist work and stop complaining because the robot mold is made for children to combine them with little work
Finally RJ legs
that was pretty cool
That woman busts a nut every 3 seconds my god.
i still don't know why the minelayer missile exists
>>23990114tbf they also released bits of it with the full armor alto.
These holes trigger anon
>>23990140Are you trying to pass it off as beautiful or?
more meaty claws>>23990141oh no options! That's terrible
>>23990146What are these? New Liber Palagin?
>>23990142You'll get yours next week at the earliest.
>>23990152get ready to be isekaid anon
>>23990143>>23990144I love these accessories but I wish they'd make more for robotsSome different styles of buildings maybe and more generic small vehicles or whatever
rosan keeps getting all the cool shit again
>>23990159Wait Class V? So they just announced a new tier of class up?
more skelly summoners
>>23990142>OptionNo one gives a fuck lol. You have superglue, everything is an option armor, including your finger.
RE100 Dennan Zon. The body proportion looks like shit lmao.
>>23990166you should superglue all your fingers togetheryou whine more about holes than a woman
30 minutes slop SUCK
>>23990131>still no new Redguns ACGetting another lightweight is pretty cool I guess. >>23990135They really want people to spend more money that badly want Umber Ox.
booo it's wilds shit
>>23990169Looks pretty good except for the headLooks doofy as fuck having a neck honestly but all it needs is a little lowering to look fineThe side skirts look like they're on wrong though even though I presume they aren't
Now you can slap a gunsword on it
>>23990175It looks like something else larping as Dennan Zon. It gives me GM Camouf vibe which is not good.
>>23990169
man I wish they would go back and do rise armors. Wild and world armors fucking suck
>>23990179Pin'head Zon
What the fuck is the point of all of these? Chinaman save me!
>>23990178I disagree, looks pretty fucking great to me. The head doesn't look so bad when the head's angled down it seems so apart from the skirt it seems great.>>23990179Lovely lineup, that'll be me soonCan't help but notice the side skirt sits differently in the top image though, much more nicely even, makes all the other ones look like mistakes in his displaying
Eh fuck it. I'll just mod and paint it blue
>>23990175The tiny head including the redesign bothers me. Also the shoulders to torso having visible gap makes it look so weird. Dennan Gei actually looked decent, why did they do this to Zon?
>>23990188the head directly matches the Den'an Gei's in size so it fits better alongside itThe shoulders always had gaps between them and the torso, the old model does too, they're attached to the shoulder so the amount of gap is completely adjustable and dependent on pose no different than anythingif you want less gap just angle the shoulders forward slightly
Ok I'm sort of impressed
>>23990186>The head doesn't look so bad when the head's angled downNah. The neck is long, it looks the same regardless of pose. Also the tiny head looks retarded.
>>23990174Well. I guess I know what I’ll gift my brother in his birthday
>>23990177>>23990181Huh the texture looks meaty as it should. I didn’t think they’d look monster-ish
>>23990174>>23990177>>23990181I'm too nonplussed about MonHum because it's everywhere.
I guess they'll reveal the Gunpla stuff one day earlier on the stream like before.
>>23990191Plenty of angles make it look fineI'll probably be cutting mine down slightly, idk I'll see when I get my hands on it, but the original den'an mold already looks out of place proportionally to den'an gei partly because the head's so big so I expected this from the startLengthening the cheeks and helm might be the better way to go than cutting down the neck though to bring back some of the midget head look
>>23990189>the head directly matches the Den'an Gei's in size so it fits better alongside itNo it fucking doesn't. Dennan Zon has big head. You preordered the kit didn't you? And now you are trying to justify your purchase.
>>2399019430mf details are decentish
>>23990198you love to try and argue about nothing huh
>>23990198oh by the way of course I preordered it, two of thembecause I want thembtw I have the old den'an zon too so sorry sir no sour grapes herecope or seethe or whatever you wanna do about it I guess
30MF Ninja when?
>>23990072I had the idea to make this part of a diorama depicting a pilot's last stand. I took a pin vise, hobby knife, and rotary tool and went all over the model adding dents and scratches. There's one more step I wanna do on the shield with putty, to add the appearance that the metal melted in some places.
>>23990108We have gotten like 3 MGs out of the last 3 main Gundam series in total. It's not just grunts missing.
>>23990209Aerial and Gqux doesn't have MG. Narrative is a movie exclusive Gundam.
Someone is crying ToT
>>23990196I can't believe they gonna hype up with the reveals of MG Acguy 2.0 kit
>>23990212I skipped Narrative and thought IBO. Including Narrative makes it worse as I think that's just 2 unless you count variants.
>>23990201>Obiviously tiny head. Yeah good job proving my point. And before you say some funny shit, the old kit has the same volume. You are not the only who knows Schizophonic site, buddy.
>>23990217The original Barbatos MG released long ago. Vidar and Lupus were actually several years too late.
>>23990218>obviously matching head to the den'an gei they releasedyou're so fucking weird dude no shit I'm not you literally posted an image from it what is wrong with the way your brain tries to work
>>23990097Mecha Scizor
>>23990102Why not just use the sturm booster for the back part?
>>23990142Oh shit this is really cool. I want.
>>23990202Very nice collection.
>>23990177Close enough. Welcome back lost planet
>>23990224Saving it for a separate project, even if I didn't have something in mind though it doesn't really have the shape I want so no real reason to waste a cool part like that when I'd just wanna cover up a lot of it to change the shape
Is the auto translate acting up, or does retstock actually mean reprint? I want to know if I should be excited to see Lotos on the market again.
>>23990222I bet if this new Dennan Zon kit is some sort of dogshit bootleg from China, both you and this entire thread will shit on it relentlessly. Such a weird mindset to have.
>>23990228Thanks anonBandai willing I'll get my fucking Bergas, they've my favesI have the tiniest speckle of hope at this point we get the whole line it's just 4 more MS to make
>>23990231Reprint is only used in Bandai related context. The retail store doesn't print the kit, anon.
Why is it called ''30 minutes X''? I get that fantasy is for the medieval like, mission for gundams etc. But why 30 minutes.
>>23990235These kits are like sub entry grade. You only need 30 minutes to assemble the parts.
>>23990234It says $1900 on the price tag, that's like 12 bucks. I have never seen a loto that wasn't $50 Does that mean they just have a huge warehouse full of old stock?
>>23990232three maybe four more assumptions and maybe you'll actually get something right in your attempt to insult and belittle and distract from what a dumb argumentative loser you are
>>23990236It took me 3 hours...
>>23990237That low price indicates kits fresh from Bandai's factory and 1900 yen is the average HG price in Japan. The dead stock tend to get huge discount, like 500 yen for a copy.
>>23990235They're all based around 3.0 mm holes3.0mm30MMyour mind is blown now
>>23990240They are full of C Clips. You can just go in blind and still get it done. The starter kit like Alto and Rabiot has like 2 runners.
>>23990162They are just asking people to recreate Final Formula with these two.
>>23990241This is going to sound hella naive, but are we going to see any of those factory fresh kits?
>>23990245Why not? Americans get them all the time. Do you think your stores are operated by scalpers or something?
>>23990246They definitely buy them out that's for sure. Really, I'm starting to think that I should be a scalper. I don't know shit about bitcoin and nft, but I know a kit people will want for years to come.
>>23990247Well it is technically not that hard. Just buy kits of niche designs while they are still cheap and in stock, sell them via Ebay with 200% markups. You will have to wait for a while though, once said niche kits are out of stock, people will search for you. Here are suggestion: >Xeku Eins>Hildolfr>Zssa>Byarlant Custom, Pbandai variants too if you can>F91 Silhouette kits>NG 1/100 Tieren>Reben Wolf>Sturm Dias>G Savior
>>23990214WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE CORE GUNDAM!? I want a much straighter MS Girl than this demented bullshit!>>23990215No, no, MG Zeta Plus Ver.Ka!Dammit, I can't type properly again!
>>23990252I have half those kits that have been in my backlog for years. Really, I should just sell a kit if I haven't built it in 3 years. By that time its going to be reprinted soon or I'll finally get off my ass and open the box.
Dunbine and Xabungle reissues when
>>23990255Oh you can safely believe that G Saviour won't get reprinted in this life time. I haven't see that kit with a blue logo.
>>23990179I bought the F91 10 years ago and still haven't built it, wtf is wrong with me.
>>23990177Fucking hate this gayass timeline we're in where the finally get monhan plamo and it's the shitass gen 1 rath armor with patented World™ arm tumor instead of the glorious gen 3 set
>HGUC MP Guncannon reprint finallyNow watch stores in my regional shithole get all of 3 kits between them, that are instantly sold out. I should probably get in touch with them and try to reserve one, shouldn't I?
>>23990257Last reprint was like 2018It'll happen
>>23990262I honestly will even accept a Pbandai reprint at this point.
>>23990177I'd buy 30MS from Stories 3. And maybe 2.
>>23990262G Saviour had a brief appearance in Build Fighters so it got some attention leading to the reprint. I don't think another reprint will happen.
>>23990264I picked up a couple back when the movie was newGave one to a friend years ago for his bday who better be cherishing it rn
>>23990266That was years priorIt got a reprint around the time of the anime appearance and then again years later
>all that 30ML stuff>still have not shown off MyastiNiggers
>>23990274All 30MS showcase are boring ass collabs or optional parts. At least Ebikawa showed the almost finished product on his twitter.
So are they finished with their announcements and the only thing revealed was the pbandai recolor/skin?
>>23990281They revealed Aoko
>>23990278Kawaii, I’m guessing she’ll be a regular price kit then
>>23990285This?
>>23990288I prefer Alice
>>23990288YepBunny form coming soon surely
>>23990079RG Master Gundam or Gelgoog
nothing new about the 300mm motoko?
>>23990302They showed a grey prototype and that's it.
Where do you buy 30 minutes stuff usually? I've been using aliexpress since I'm from Brazil so I've been wondering the best place to ship it from
>>23990308lameits the only one from that line I'm kinda interestedwonder if they will release a full clear kit or with iridescent colors to replicate the camo
>>23990218the old kit has a beefier chest and giant headthey toned the proportions down in the new one, but the head ended up a bit too small imo
>>23990179wtf is the green one thing in the bottom right?
>>23990318dahgi irisbasically a recon commander type meant to boss around the little midget EVIL S who is very menacing please be intimidated
>>23990320Color separation and maybe a better color scheme (paint on some German WW2 camo?) would actually do that wonders.
>>23990072Just got to finish weathering the gun. The original mg's ball joint on the waist was not designed to hold up the weight of the resin, so I have to strengthen the joint
>>23990336What resin?
>>23990309I have Friendly Local Plamo Shop, with owner attending monthly group building events, regularly stocked with stuff so I support local businesses. Previously it was mostly local online store or Hobby Frontline.
>>23990260Gen3 rath armor is fucking gay
>>23990341It's a resin conversion kit. Galaxy Hobby Shop is the company who made the kit.Not super impressed with them. The resin below the knee was super thin. I managed to break the pieces, with even my thumb going through one of the pieces during final assembly. I just went fuck it and scribed all the details myself for the shin pieces.
>>23990181>>23990177Haven't played a Monster Hunter since the first one on PS2, so I don't have strong enough opinions about the series to think this is anything other than cool.
there's no worse feeling than putting effort on your build only for it to not show up in the OP and following posts where am I gonna get my validation now?SO YOU WANT ME TO USE REDDIT???
>>23990357I put minimum effort and always got featured in OP image.
>>23990357Why do you care?
>>23990358This, he likes picking good photos.
>>23990358also, reddit doesn't appreciate painted build. they only like snap build, backlog pics and rant.
>>23990359because I could've bought a house of my own if it weren't for Gunpla
>>23990343Well guess I'll search around see if I find anything in my locals
>>23990299My nigga, Im always hoping for a RG Master. Im the fag using The Law Of attraction to make it happen. Believe with me anon.
>>23990357That means you got to work harder.
I go all kyaaa whenever I see my build being selected for the new thread.
>>23990181Might be my first 30MM buy
>>23990360This. I once posted a picture of my unpainted parts knolled on my cutting mat and that made the OP.
>>23990380faster. . .
>>23990260Even the Gen 3 Rathalos looks better than the shitty Gen 5 design.
>>23990207Do you have access to a Hobby Lobby? They have a fantastic diorama kit for only 20 bucks. Defentally need to add scorch marks where the scratches are since most likely they are from beam weapons. Id add some dirt and grit to it too, Hobby lobby also sellls a nice lil weathering makeup thing for only 5 bucks. Be sure to post the final build
I need boypla
>>23990430Then get those samurai trooper kits.
how do you guys go about painting weapons? the Griepes is way too big and cool to stay just boring but i've never painted beforewould you just drybrush it all then paint details or just details or what?
>>23990435I want femboys with breeding hips
>>23990430I was watching G-Reco recently and thinking Bellri in pilot suit would make a good Figure Rise Standard kit, guess Bandai just doesn’t think the boys would sell
>>23990441I am surprised they still haven't making Saint Seiya model kits.
>>23990437Separate the outer casing and the rounded barrel/internals. If you're just going for the default color scheme I'd do dark bluish grey for the outside and a gunmetal or lighter metallic for the barrel. White outside + metallic black barrel + orange scope camera would also look pretty cool
>>23990437I still haven't found the right color for weapons.Engine Gray, Carbon Gray, Steel, Dark Iron, Burnt Iron. nothing feels perfect.
>>23990437>the Griepes is way too big and coolMillions aren't saying this.
You know what, at least our schizos aren't as bad as the other schizos in the other boards.
>>23990480Were you around when the tripfags/kuns were around? I remember them.
I always judged the anons who built girlpla but the platform loafers and mary janes they just announced might convert me
>>23990518If they ever make girlpla scale stripper heels I will lose my shit. That would get me to buy my first girlpla.
>>23990523We've had whore heels as Megami Device GKs for a decent while now.
>>23990491I only caught a glimpse of that one fag from Lithuania I think, but other than that, tripfagging seems to be dead nowadays.
>>23990389>>23990260But i like gen 1 rath armor. Fuck slingers though rise got ew gen armor right by sticking to old gen design layouts.
>>23990491Snapfit makes most current /gpg/ posters seem normal
>>23990556It's a model kit, you can just remove the slinger if you dont like it. I like the slimmer slingers from 6th gen but I also try to avoid the bulkier world ones
>>23990556What's so bad about slingers? Also, what do you suppose are the odds, it's an option part and just a second normal bracer will be included?
>>23990570Even as someone who doesn't hate them, they're bulky and can be ugly depending on the set. Sets like Ingot and Damascus have bulky ones that aren't ugly, but Rathalos is not one of them. Even in world my layered set used kulve taroth arms, partially because they didn't have a slinger
>>23990360No he doesn't. My stuff is in the OP all the time and all my photos are awful.
>>23990569>>23990570I know i'm ripping off the slinger and the scoutflies. I was going to buy two anyways and convert one of them into azure rath colors.
>>23990578Listen, by good photo I meant there isn't vaseline on the lens, the model is in focus, and isn't a picture from orbit (aka reasonably zoomed).This is apparently hard to do.
>>23990570The slinger, scoutfly lantern and tool assbag are all ugly features that world "standardized" for every set and they very frequently do not match the aesthetic of the armor they were tacked on to, that's the problem.I'm doubtful they'll add a second normal arm but I hope so, otherwise you have to resculpt the whole thing
What's the difference between the Chiba Hazel and the upcoming one by Tokyo Rabbit factory?I don't know much about AoZ and the kits look identical.
>>23990604I mean, knowing 30 minute construction there's probably a big 3mm plug on each forearm. I'd wager that, worst case scenario, you just need to make a mold of the right bracer with some oyumaru and you'll be in business. Deleting the plug for the scoutflies might be more of a task, but odds are good, that's just a job for putty.
>>23990607>the Chiba Hazel and the upcoming one by Tokyo Rabbit factorythe whatchamacallits? post images
>>23990607Chiba Hazel seems to be a straight remold of the original HG. Tokyo Rabbit factory is a figure turned into a model kit, so it expect that to be significantly different in terms of engineering and proportions
primed at last
>>23990583>not silverlosngmiIn all seriousness it looks like you'll need to touch it up with paint regardless, some of the rath spikes aren't black
>>23990637The thumbnail looks like it's a girlpla with her legs spread.
>>23990072I had G Bouncer parts laying around so I decided to put them on a Graze to make a high mobility variant. I thought about changing the weapon but I do like both the rifle and the axe it comes with so I might just stick with those.I'm kinda torn on the color scheme though, not sure if I wanna go with the standard green, the space purple or the house Issue turquoise.>>23990336very nice metallic pipes, though the mold line sticks out a bit
>>23990336Very cool build, anon!And thank you for warning us, I was looking for a dress up kit for a Marasai. Canadollars are not real money but 140 of them + shipping calculated at check out, is still a lot if the kit is meh...
is there any review of RG crossbone with a direct side by side comparison to the MG Ver Ka?
>>23990181It would be really cool to modify the chest to look like the arch tempered Arkveld armor
Alright i feel like i'm ready for more then just makers, can someone tell me the best options for brush painting? What brands, brushes and primers because i don't have the space or ventilation and i already feel comfortable with a brush after a few tests.
>>23990683>brandsWater-based acrylics are ideal. I use Vallejo model color and game color, AK 3rd gen and mr hobby Acrysion. there are all odorless, won't destroy your brushes and may be thinned with water (though I'd personally recommend branded thinner).Enamels like Tamiya's are also quite good for small details over a clear coat as you can correct any mistake with thinner.>primersBadgers's Stynylrez and it's not even close>brushesCan't really say anything about brushes, just go to your local art store and get something that looks ok, you don't need the expensive ones. Something that you absolutely need is brush soap though, just get something like "The Master's" and you'll be good.I you also want to warnish by hand I'd Vallejo Mecha Color Varnish as I can guarantee you it will wihtstand any enamels or enamel thinner you put on it.I'd also recommend that you drybrush metallics instead of painting them normally when working with large surfaces.
>>23990397I've never taken a close look at their diorama stuff, I'll definitely do that. I know for sure I'm going to do an oil dot filter and I've got some dry pigments for the scorch marks and dirt. I'll definitely post the finished version in the next week or two.
>>23990696>Badgers's Stynylrez and it's not even closeI wasn't aware that stuff could be brushed. I always thought it was for airbrushes
>>23990125>>23990126>>23990129Alright i'm a sucker for backpack mech gimmicks.
>>23990125i get the whole point of 30mm is kitbashing but man they look like shit with all the hardpoint holes
>>23990104>>23990110>>23990118>>23990125Earthchads won bigly>>23990128These have been a thing for almost a year now.
>>23990748the hardpoints everywhere combined with the very distinct 30MM design aesthetic honestly makes the parts less versatile, unless you want to put in a bunch of extra work filling all the holes and panel lines. at least the gunpla builders parts line is pretty generic so it doesn't look out of place on most things, including non gunpla kits.
should i get the solomon gp02 or osiris dominator
>>23990783One is more likely to get a new kit than the other.
>>23990785Anon. Be real. Do you ACTUALLY think Bandai is going to release a 2.0 of the MG GP02 or a true MG of the Kshatriya?
>>23990785DUMB BANDAI FUCKING SLURPER DIE
>>23990783Mechanicore Firehawk
>>23990755But think about it. What if the Blox on the Realize Model Liger Zero Falcon are not pre-built like the usual Blox? Makes the buildable Joint Core Cubes on the Iglight Flight Type all the more suspicious.
Why so much hatred?
>>23990309Brazilians really are everywhere. alguma dica sobre modelismo no nosso país, anon? Comecei no hobby esse ano e basicamente estou comprando tudo na aliexpress e me informando por aqui e pelo youtube
>>23990799>puts minimal effort>charges premium prices>snails move faster than their releases>refuses to make actual demanded popular models because fuck you>pbandai has become the norm and not the exception as it was originally intendedgee I wonder why chang seized the opportunity and market these fuckers blatantly spit on
>>23990802Why are you so mad about plastic toys?
'Luv BandaiSimple as.
>>23990806Hate BandaiSimple as.
>>23990800Gunpla is an international hobby.Gunpla unites us all.
>>23990807Fuck you bitch, Bandai is good. They could have charged typical model kit prices but they don't. You could have paid like 60 bucks for an HG kit on average in another timeline
I think everyone doing this little ironic company war posting needs to blow their fucking brains out
>>23990797>>23990755>>23990128>These have been a thing for almost a year now.
>>23990809now look who's mad about plastic toys lmao
>>23990813Fuck off
>>23990815Fuck on
>>23990812But are the cubes unbuilt? I only see pre-built cubes.
>>23990802truth nukebut you will see slurpers trying to defend this shit
these people have to samefag man there's no way
>>23990825the schizo is fighting himself.
Is this what RG Master Gundam would looks like?
>>23990838No, that's an abomination that doesn't even resemble what any sort of Master Gundam would look like.
>>23990802>>charges premium pricescharging less than chinese isn't premium. bandai kits are cheaper than koto kits by miles, and significantly cheaper than any other scale models of similar quality. you should look at the prices for 1/48 aircraft and tanks.
>>23990846*charging more
>>23990846>you should look at the prices for 1/48 aircraft and tanks.48 dollars for a giant tank is premium pricing?
>>239908491/35 is the big scale. 1/48 aren't big at all
>>23990795why the fuck is that so expensive
>>239908501/20 tanks are the good shit
>>23990851It's incredibly over complicated (think PGU RX-78 or similar part count) and also two kits in one. Their interpretation is that the Nightingale is a full armored Sazabi
>>23990851mixed with fiberglass+chinesium.
>>23990859Sofa King expensive!
>>23990850Sorry that anon was talking about 1/48 so i assume they are big. But still, old people buy 1/35 military kits all the time and they don't go broke from it.
>want a buy a set of 1/144 Emotion Manipulator style hands for my custom build>the particular type I need is $15 apiece on Ali for some stupid reason>contemplate getting an extra weapon set for the same custom build>it also costs upwards of $15, which isn't that bad but still a bit hard to justify>think about buying some waterslides to really trick it out>all available waterslide styles color-clash with my intended custom paint jobLife is hard.
>>23990859I think that was a different bootleg company, actually, not Mechanicore. Not that that makes them worth buying regardless since their shit is still too expensive for what you get compared to other bootlegging companies.
Anyone here bought preowned gunpla/plamo kits from Surugaya? On Mandarake's site these things will be labelled with "unassembled" but Surugaya's classification system is not as explicit. Am I to assume that it is still on the runners unless stated otherwise?
>>23990846Bandai's pricing can go absolutely haywire the momment they demand it. They sold Ex Model Hildolfr for 6800 yen in 2007, which was such a ridiculously high price for a 1/144 kit during that time period. Their Megahouse statues has the average low low price 20000 yen with the paint quality on par with Banpresto's cheap statues.
>>23990869Old people don't go broke from anything. They'll just reverse mortgage the house to buy more plastic bullshit their kids will have to throw out.
>Bandai charged people 7000 yen for thisI love Katoki Tank™ but this is a crime.
>>239908831:35 tank is like 50 dollars, brother. What are you on about?
>>23990887You know they don't just buy one. Everyone backlogs.
>>23990070I think I might do a GM Quel appropriated by the Zeon Remnants.
>>23990639No fuck silverlos. Im so fucking tired of metal raths being in every game. I want rathsoul in a good monhun game again.
>spending 11 hours or so in a row handbrushing and weatheringMy eyes... They burn...
>spent my entire monthly hobby budget on paint>one thing in the backlogWhy do i do this to myself?
>>23990892That'd be coolI really hope someone adds some power cables to a Feddie design
office lady 30ms
>>23990926Cute
>>23990893I don't get the file name
>>23990926>they only sell her head and skip her OL suit.Making a new mold for shinymas collab is probably too much of a hassle at this point.
>>23990881>They sold Ex Model Hildolfr for 6800 yen in 2007, which was such a ridiculously high price for a 1/144 kit during that time period.This was because the EX model line was intended for more traditional modelers. The pricing reflected that.
>>23990926sex
>>23990954>This was because the EX model line was intended for more traditional modelers. I built one and honestly it feels like Not-HGUC. Small sized and has quick assembly. The line exists because they contain numerous different scales while HG Gunpla is locked at 1/144. The pricing is kinda predatory because the line is only for niche inside a niche designs and Bandai knew a handful of rich autists will spend a fortune them.
I don't know how I can get anything done when I come home from a long shift, eat a big tasty dinner, and I'm trying not to fall asleep at my plamo work space
>>23990966This is why I only work on it on the weekend.
what's the best/safest way to panel line the chink kits that are made from ABS? thinking of maybe getting the Solomon Physalis but don't want to crack it as typically i'd use the pour type markers
>>23990961>I built one and honestly it feels like Not-HGUC. Small sized and has quick assembly. yes, it adds bandai snapfit engineering and articulation where people would expect it. but the colour separation is sparse and they expect you to paint it. you might be surprised how fast you can throw together a traditional military model even with glue. but making it not look shite is another story.
>>23990976Gloss coat it, then panel line. I use tamiya panel liner on bare chink abs all the time though, before removing parts from the runners
>>23990976Those super fine sakura pen. I use 0.05.Or use generic craft acrylic paint diluted with water.
>>23990989>pathetic
Where the fuck are the new Yu-Gi-Oh kits. They didn't even pick the good thigh dragon.
He's kinda right, Gunpla used to be dirt cheap and now it's about the same price as Milscale modelingWhy bother making anime robots when you can scale model tanks for the same price, zzz
Everything is getting more and more expensive...
>>23991031blame prabowo
Am I supposed to weather a kit, washes included before I apply decals, or do the decals go before the weathering?
>>23991040Decals first, you'd want them to be weathered too.
>>23991014They're trying to figure out how to turn Hearts Crypter into a 30MS
>>23991040The tramp stamp goes on last but otherwise put on decals and then do weathering.
>>23991031Stop buying stuff and start to work on that backlog anon.
>>23991058I actually don't even buy much, compared to most of you. I have like 10 kit at most in my backlog.
anyone build structure arts ff7 kits?how are they?
>doomscoll premium bandai>geara zulu sniper>Comes with extra sleeves insignia so I can convert my cca geara doga>Buy it>My app forgot my credit card info>By the time I put it back in the geara zulu is already sold outI fucking hate bandai, and I fucking hate bots.
>>23991077Aaaannnndd now a fucking scalper is selling the preorder for 4x the price. Fuck this nigger world. Why can't I get something nice every once in a while?
>>23991048>CrypterThis could be cool if it wasn't for the gold pinstripe and hearts on white skirt pieces and the circuit pattern. That turns it from a snapshit to an expert painted build
>>23990980Traditional kits with glue can take long time to build because alot of them contain very tiny parts. In my opinion all model looks like shite without paint so EX model is not that exceptionally different compares to the kiddy gunpla.
>>23990876Few and all were similar to what Mandarake sells - everything inside unless stated otherwise.
Am the only person who never got any Penis Bandai kit, nor care even slightest about them? What's the fuss anyway?
>>23991084White Binder would be better and her weapons would make for an awesome kitbash
>>23990884It has a great level of detail though and a lot of plastic
>>23991091PBandai is no longer just for obscure recolors of existing retail kits, it now gets exclusive kits that you will never get in retail. Pbandai gets the good stuff that is not available to us retail only peasants. and most of the time, the PBandai stuff is scalped to hell and back
>>23991099>lot of plasticNah. It has as much plastic as a RE100. Just a bunch of big hollow parts yet as expensive Narrative C packs ver Ka.
>>23991102Retail releases have become increasingly unattractive as time goes on because it is full of mainstream stuff that everyone expected to be retail. Compares to other niche brands like Ma.K or Hexagear you get a bunch of designs no one has ever heard of in retail, Pbandai feels predatory and like a scalper's financial security.
>>23991102I saw only few kits that would look nicer others are maybe not recolours but pretty generic on their own or obscure models from obscure sources that maybe 5 people recognise. Plus, they cost 2-3 times as much so what's the point.I start to think that person shitting on Bandai, sucking Chinese cock and hating 30MM series is one and the same person.
>>23991109>obscure models from obscure sources that maybe 5 people recogniseAnd? I'm pretty sure people who flooded in to buy retail Narrative didn't even like or watched the movie. >Shit on 30mmWho doesn't
Can confirm that i bought Ghirara kit and i have never heard of the show it is from.
>>23991122>The most dogshit girl in the game got her own plamoBandai better make FRS for Katejina and Nina Purpleton next
>>23991031some of you retards voted for this lol
>>23991128But-but they owned the evil pedophile trannies anon!
>>23991124Is it wrong for those to be my favourite gundam women besides Haman? They are the most like (the few) women in my own life. I would also welcome them getting models just to see the seethe on /m/
honestly it's so cool how there's a huge block of time where the general gets tons of posts but never of anything anyone builds, just dogshit retard whining and pointless bullshitso so cool
>>23991124>>23991122they need to make Shuten Douji next or Raicow
Ririka should make Pekora collab with mysterious indie vtuber while they are both blindfolded
>>23991120To be fair, Narrative the anime was pretty shit.
>>23991124Katejina is great though. If they add her to the 30MS line, I'm definitely buying.
>>23991133Katejina was a fun villain plus she is hot. Nina was just bland and vanilla until she became an annoying bitch, objectively much worse than Katejina.
>>23991122>>23991124Lizbot plamo plsAnd DanzoAnd Kashin Koji
>>23991134it's funny you say this now because the europoors were calling this 'comfy hours' not too long ago lmfao
>>23991135Give me my Ibuki Douji, they barely make anything of her. Would still love Raiko though
Painting the Gundam's Ver. Ka skirt. What are exactly are these? small thrusters for flight correction in space?
>>23991162Yes
>>23991134>It is shit hours if people say something bad about my favourite company!
>>23991163Guess I'll paint these like the rocket thrusters on the back just without the red paint for blast warning, looking at photos of RCS thrusters they seem to not feature any bright paint
>>23991161She has some WF resin kits but those are inaccessible unless you live in Japan.
I just had a spark of inspiration for my groupbuild entry!!GQuuuuuux Newtype fuckery takes a MS pilot to a dark and dangerous world ruled by sorcerers and their demonic patrons. A stroke of misfortune costs him his life, but even a dead soldier may still fight...
>>23991168Nikke and its consequences have been a disaster
>>23991168I wish I never opened your webm
>>23991136wrong tab?
Putting no-nonsense badass commando type girlpla into frilly cutesy dresses will never not be a guilty pleasure.
>>23991182Gap moe is indeed peak moe
>>23991182It's pretty much by design really.Most "serious" girlpla characters will almost always have at least one embarassed/humiliated expression set.Some kind of humiliation play or charisma break is pretty much baked into girlpla DNA.
>>23991135Raicow milk...
>painting blue on black surfacerAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEEE
>>23991213Pull a Titans
>>23991124Lilith post
>>23991213Just use a different color surfacer?
>>23991124Its a shame that we wont ever get something like Babbage because he is not popular enough
>>23991120>Who doesn'tI don't. People buying it don't. Bandai that hit the jackpot with this series don't. Shop owners don't. Do I need to keep going?
>spend like 20 minutes looking for a part, no sign.>walk away for a while and come back to see it sitting right on my desk in plain viewplamo gnomes are fucking real.
>>23991227Shouldn't have used the mirage colloid paint.
>>23991225People with a triple digit IQ do however.
>>23991235Rather single digit.
>>23991225>Shop owners don'tOh yeah shop owners don't. They just want to get rid of that shit.
>>23991221Babbage would be coolFor me it's Troia Hippos, I actually love this design, Odysseus is cool too so wouldn't mind him gettin one either
I find that most of the 30MM OG mecha aren't very good. And there's really no shortage of mecha kits in general.30MF seems to do better by finding the relatively more niche market of fantasy-ish looking mecha or just cool fucking knights in general. And the 30MS line eventually secured the market of cheaper and kitbash friendly girlpla. Heck, their more recent girls are actually selling like hotcakes and it's not hard to see scalped/resale kits of them with bullshit marked up prices.The missions line seems to be the one that got the short end of the stick. Anecdotal experience on my end, but from what I've seen most of their use case seems to be just using their option parts or picking them apart to put more mecha in the mecha musume aspect of the 30MS line. In terms of 30MM original stuff though, the newly released Xenovault looks pretty cool. But that seems more on because of them divulging from their own design style for the 30MM line and just making legally distinct Armored Cores.
>>23991221Babbage isn’t popular because Babbage is cursed with Sakurai. She had three shots using him. She wasted him every single time.The biggest thing he has ever done was hiring Holmes to investigate Part 2 ahead of time. And even that was irrelevant since everyone clairvoyant saw that coming.They made the guy a steam mecha that can spawn mini mechas. They just threw a bunch of convoluted reasons to have him repeatedly lose. It’s all the more infuriating because Avicebron has *only* the mook parts of the powers and got to hard carry a chapter by turning everything into golems, even the doors and finished it off with a golem VS kaiju fight. Because Avicebron was written by a guy that wanted to prove golems can be useful after wasting his first shot.While Babbage only appeared to fight and lose melee instead of using anything else he has. Because Babbage was written by someone that only wanted an early boss and couldn’t perceive how to use anything but smacking a guy with a hammer
>>23991246>look, mom, I posted that Japanese store photo again!Aren't you tired of using same few photos over and over?
>>23991259>their more recent girls are actually selling like hotcakes and it's not hard to see scalped/resale kits of them with bullshit marked up prices.Why the goddamn fuck do I only see overpriced Shuremis whenever I look for one. Don't the 30MS line get frequent reprints?
I want a bootleg Gustav Karl kit solely so I can start using its shield as an accessory for kitbashes
Is it normal for a kit in JP rise the price to 2~3x times if I try buying it in the west?
>>23991271yes
>>23991272Oh alright. I was trying to confirm. So I guess even if I try something crazy I’d get taxed or something
>>23991265More frequently than Kotobukiya stuff at least.>>23991271lol. lmao even. Yes.
>>23991267It's really big for most things and being in an L-shape makes it hard to incorporate on certain designsFits alright there cus Todesritter is a certified big boy but there's only a few other large lads that fit right with it
>>23991276I can't imagine Todesritter holding anything else beside Bawoo shield.
>>2399125930MM's biggest sin is just how they never feel complete no matter how many trash you slap on them. They are like G Saviour done wrong.
>>23991265>Shuremi>Retail price at release is 2500 yen>"I bet there's 1.5x to 2x price increase">Cheapest one I can find right now is going for 6000 yenSo much for the Jews fearing the samurai. The Samurai have become the Jews. Might as well buy a Megami Device if you're willing to throw that amount of money for a girlpla.
>>23991278Messer, Geara Doga, Jagd Doga and Hamma Hamma shields would all fit with it alrightThe Messer shield particularly is a really nice design that works with lotsa Zeon aesthetic stuff personally
>>23991263it's the first time that image has been posted according to the archive thoughever
>>23991259> 30MF seems to do better by finding the relatively more niche market of fantasy-ish looking mecha or just cool fucking knights in general.Can attest to that. Most people I know buy it to build their own knights or gladiators or dragonborns. They will definitely go crazy with the MH collab.
>>23991284Messer is an updated Geara Doga so it is a Zeon MS at heart.
>>23990718Yea, the diorama kit is probably in the same aisle as the models, its a box jampacked full of stuff. Will need a base but they sell em for cheap, or you can improvise- youll be at Hobby lobby so pleanty of options. Looking foward to it
>>23991276Eh I think any average sized or bigger suit can make it work, depends what vibe you're going for. The shape basically makes it Zaku shield on steroids
>>23991227They legit are. I found a missing part in my shoe a week later, shoes that I wore everyday up to that point. And yes, I would of noticed prior because the second I put them on when it was in there I immediately felt it. Sneaky lil shits lemme tell ya
>>23991263Idk if its the same guy, but I'm sure there are more. It feels like in every /gpg/ thread he rages about 30mm and that unkopla.
>>23991300>Unkopla>RageI believe that is just common sentiment
>>23991296it's pretty big for anything in the 18m~ range, definitely looks enormous if you try to shoulder mount it or hand carry it as-is on something like a Jegan for example but just my taste. Compare it to the Jesta shield for example and it's kinda crazy how much bigger it isanyways it's a rad design so I feel you regardless. I hope we get an actual, original Gustav variation out of this. Gustav Karl is begging to be Guncannon'd up with some backpack guns or something. The novel form would be great too ofc but I'd really like some explicit variants for the current Karl.
>>23991303its okay to admit that you have a problem.
>>23991303it's notmost people don't give a shit because they aren't that schizo
>>23991304Gustav Karl is just fat Jegan so i doubt the cannon variant fits. The kitbash from Build Divers already looked retarded.
>>23991307>most people don't give a shit Yeah most people don't give a copy they bought for some unholy reason.
>>23991308>>23991309warningwarningschizo post levels dangerously highall /gpg/ posters be on the lookout for a total fucking loser
>>23991313Cry me a river
I, for one, believe the guy who cries about the dude crying about Shitpla is always the same dude.
I personally think Unkopla is cool and want them imported
personally I think it'd be really nifty if someone came along and maybe looked at every post in the thread and just banned everyone that hadn't posted a WIP of their own models
>>23990214Sauce? I... uh, a friend needs one fir research purposes
to be honest i don't like 30M_ other than for making a quick girlpla
>>23991122
Man, they sold out the Koto Metal Gear Ray at Surugaya. I wanted to buy it alongside the Metal Gear Ray MGS4 ver. Sad day...
>>23991318perfect kit for the Silly entry. i hope it wins next build-off
>>23991318Based. I hope Bandai kills gunpla and focus on kino.
>>23991321but what if they posted builds and wips but also shitposted in the meantime?
I'll never post my WIPs for the small chance some fuck will copy ME
>Decide to finally tackle some of my older backlog>Vandread Dita Moderoid>Open Box>20+ runners>Nearly all of them are packed into their own little plastic bagMaybe next time then. I think I'll just work on some other HG kit or maybe one of those 30MS girl sitting around.
Is Bandai going to do a reprint or will I really have to Jew out $450+ for a PG Exia + lighting + repair parts?
>>23991346Whats the issue?
>>23991304to be fair the only actual case we have of a the Karl shield being used like that is on a 18m suit. There might be a little bit of proportion magic since it's a manga, but it does look good with a shield bigger than its arm.
>>23991354definitely very out of scale, not that there's an F89 to recreate it with but you can put it on a Jegan and see just how wild that image is by comparison
>>23991350Numerous plastic bags are an autistic kryptonite for me. Something about them saps my motivation. Kind of like that Senbei bag I got once. Got a huge bag, thinking I got a huge pack of some nice sugary rice crackers. And then every single piece had their own plastic bag. Ate two, put it away, and memory holed it in my mind. Only remembered that I had it much later only to find that it already went bad.
>>23991360You're right. That is pretty autistic.
Is there some sort of tray I could get that keeps parts from bouncing or falling out of my table? I lost the v fin latch thingie on my narrative and now I'm hell bent on keeping it from ever happening again.
>>23991381gunpla boxes make perfect temporary containers for parts processing
>>23990072More Banshee progress. I forgot how much ABS is in the MG Unicorns, will need to use my acrylic clear coat to be safe about it. Also the Banshee has some special parts that I'm a bit confused as to how/why they differ from the base unicorn. The back and side skirts have unique psychoframe, as do the legs it seems. I don't remember either looking different, might have to grab a normal unicorn to compare later.
>>23991085>Traditional kits with glue can take long time to build because alot of them contain very tiny partsthey can be thrown together in the same time as a MG.
My feed is now full of japanese people posting their knights and paladins from 30MF parts. What’s going on? I know Monster Hunter announced its collab but is there some contest going on? It’s like everyone is showing off their DnD characters now
