Last time on Busou Shinki & Friends, >>11004567New 30ms kits announced! Rishetta gets a new version! New costume sets and Idolmaster collab kits!The latest BUSTER DOLL is here! Tank has finally arrived! What do you think? was she worth the wait? Do her much larger weapons sell the BUSTER DOLL designs better than Gunner? What do you think her inevitable recolor will be like?Read the guide:>https://docs.google.com/document/d/17kIQkTbSQOIVahREFmycWhobDnftvuSPTOcz7aSMOnA/pubOfficial Skintone & Compatibility guides:>imgur.com/a/AQ4aRUpcoming Releases & Restocks:--->Megami device:• Megami Device SOL Strike Raptor (Reissue) [Jun]• Susanowo Regalia (reissue) [Jun]• Amaterasu Regalia (reissue) [Jun]• Launcher Hell Blaze (reissue) [Jun]• BUSTER DOLL Paladin [Jul]• Asra Ninja Kaname [Jul]• Asra Archer Kizuna [Aug]• Busou Shinki Type Angel Arnval Tranche 2 [Aug]• PUNIMOFU Mao [Sep]• Asra Ninja (Reissue)[Oct]• Asra Archer (Reissue)[Nov]• PUNIMOFU Tu [Nov]>Frame Arms Girl:• Materia Normal Ver. (Reissue) [Jun]• Materia White Ver. (Reissue) [Jun]• Hresvelgr Cornix [Jun]• Durga I Save the Queen [Jun]• Architect Black ver. [Jun]>Cross Frame Girl• GOLDYMARG [Jun]• Star GaoGaiGar (with Goldymarg) [Jun]
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>>11022952Are there any more announced? I haven't been interested in the releases so far.
>>11022963Paladin, I guess?Last thread(s) I've seen they're already announcing recolors lol.
>>11022939New thread already? I thought it was on page 6
>>11022974>alreadyNothing new there, it's Koto's MO. I remember getting burned a little way back with Hresvelgr and getting told I was dumb not to expect recolors.
Ended up PO her, hopefully she won't suck>>11022944The demons look boring, I honestly find the generic schoolgirl far more appealing
>>11023072>Thinks demons are boring, but generic schoolgirl #367446 is interesting and totally deserves to be the next figure over something a little more creative You can't be serious.
>>11023077nta - but man, take a look at those bewitching thighs. While I can agree with you about it being just a schoolgirl and nothing more, I also can understand anyone who's buying her.
>>11023072None of those designs are particularly interesting, but the middle two are trying so hard to be sexy they loop around and miss the mark. Far right is the most appealing, but that doesn't say much.
>>11022944Where do you cop these?
>>11023090As far as I know, they've been out of circulation for years now - last place I saw one was on Mandarake about three years ago. Also worth noting that even if you find one, they're just the hair/accessories - you need to buy a specific Azone/Pico Neemo body to glue the bits onto.
>>11023021>when a strait build looks better than a painted buildHow.>>11023082So, I feel you, the heads and armor on better proportioned bodies would be vastly superior. the mass release Camio figure is a prime example, her frontal silhouette is mostly fine if not oddly stretched in some places, but her side profile is remarkably flat to the point of practicality not having an ass at all.
>>11023090Yahoo Japan and mandrake.
>>11023102Better proportions would go a long long way, but even then three of the costumes are just ugh. It doesn't look like a ton of thought went into them either, but if they are to be glued onto Pico Neemo bodies like >>11023097 says I guess the limitations imposed could explain both things.
>>11023109> if they are to be glued onto Pico Neemo bodies like >>11023097 says I guess the limitations imposed could explain both things.They were released in two formats - the cheaper version, which was a little pouch with just the parts and instructions on how to attach them to a Pico Neemo body, and a slightly more expensive boxed version that was still disassembled but included a Pico Neemo body bundled with it, pic related. I believe towards the end of the run they had a third, preassembled version, but I think only the Black Zepar variant was actually released that way until Camio came around.
>>11023123Also, link to the official site:https://www.ryunryuntei.com/category/gallery/gsoromon/
>>11023077It's subjective taste anon. I find the demons unappealing because they try too hard to be sexy, and the schoolgirl is cute and has nicer proportions that don't scream SEX on your face.
>>11023137>nicer proportionsThat's because both Camios are using an entirely custom body designed explicitly for her, while the earlier demons are GK addon parts designed to be glued onto a preexisting Pico Neemo body, and are thus limited to the proportions of the base. Presumably, if they redid Zepar, Decabria, Gremory or Fulcas as actual figures instead of addon kits, they'd get the same treatment and have bodies custom designed specifically for them with actually decent proportions and possibly more elaborate outfits that are actually part of the sculpt from the start this time around.
>>11022948GYATT
it strikes me that i could have bought multiple diaclone toys with the money i've spent on girlpla; but would i have had as much fun?
>>11023731You'd have either set it on a shelf and left it there or put it in a storage bin.Source: what I do when I buy a transformer once or twice a year.
Sophia is the best plamax Kit. Her articulation is basically Megami Device at home, down to the shoulder joint and a split version of the hip joint, and her mid torso joint is roughly the same as her first figma. Over working the mid torso joint breaks her back sculpt really badly, as does over bending her waist joint.She is missing an absolute ton of paint apps. Things like the dark grey on the shoulders and ears, and the bunny ear joints are particularly obvious. She also has several joints that have detents on the pegs, making it far harder to remove them than they should be, as well as making some of them, particularly the ankle joints, exceedingly fragile.Her buster sword is cool as fuck. The fact that she comes with a full second mounting armature for it tempts me way hard to buy a second copy to double up her weapons.
>okayThe best plamax kits are anything but the girls, so the bar is pretty fucking low to beat in that category...
>>11024326Take your time anon, left some gate marks here and there. Otherwise very underwhelming end product when compared to the figma. But ignoring that it looks really nice when considering it's a plamo
Jesus im glad for the 15% off.
>>11024814Now I feel like a crazy person here, where the fuck are the gate marks anon?
>>11024881Different nigga but i see some minor blemishes such as the white parts on the front thighs touching the blue. Its minor shit i see everywhere but i had to look for it.
>>11024894There are some stress spots on the clear parts I didn't care to fix since they were so small. There is a couple spots on the prepainted parts that had been very roughly cut or pulled from their runners, the white spot on her hip is from that. I neglected to mention in my previous comment that some of the molding has pretty bad mold lines, like across the center of her tits or the fine molding around her thighs.>>11024814You take your time anon.
Here is Elfina. Like Sophia, she is a significant improvement over past guilty princess kits, the only real color missing is the gold/black inserts on her skirt armor/wings. I strongly recommend some silicone grease for all the parts of her ankle joints. The whole ankle assembly is clear plastic, it's practically begging to crack.
>>11024910Oh thats fine, you dont have to explain anything to me. I had to actively look for flaws just to see what he meant. It looked fine at first glance to me.I still have shit tier skills messing with clear parts so i cant blame you.
>>11024910>like across the center of her titsCriminal.
>>11024918>she is a significant improvement over past guilty princess kitsGood to know. I got the first one and the Queen of Hearts or whatever and they're both pretty lackluster. Maybe I should take another l-->The whole ankle assembly is clear plastic, it's practically begging to crack.Never mind.
>>11024326I own the figma, do you think it's worth picking up the plamax as well? I passed because I didn't want to double up but also having the sword might be cool.
>>11024598To be fair, I've only ever built Ikaruga, the gun×sword kits and a couple mazingers. None of them really inspired any particular feelings for me, though I'll always love El Dora.Sophia is still the better kit.
>>11024926So, while I still really like the Figma, the Plamax is really fun, and the accessories are vastly superior. If you plan to paint the Plamax, it's the definitive winner. If you get both though, the Plamax comes with adapters to use this version of Sophia's weapons. You also get a Sophia that doesn't look jaundiced.
>>11024926The plamax's ass is definitely the winner though.
>>11024881Like OP said it was on the hip front and centered>>11024910I know you like to be the first to post a review in your thread OP, but you don't need to rush it out like all the Gundam YouTubers with shitty front panel lines done only. No one is as autistic as you and buys every single kit.>You take your time anon.Oh I do, I have kits on my desk where I haven't touched in a few days so I can get a nice refresh mind and some downtime from cleaning.>why?One it's hard to be a functioning member of society with multiple hobbies working a 9-5.Two like I mentioned working on a section then taking a few days to relax and recoup is good. It's by no means difficult but when you hyper fixate on something the more errors you end up with.
>>11024948As I mentioned previously, the hip blemish is from where the part was torn off the runner by the pre-painter. It isn't a simple nub mark, it's a straight up hole I'm going to have to fill in when I do the detail work on her tomorrow.I don't know why you have an issue with me posting quick brief reviews of kits, I try to help out anyone I can on this general with tips and info they might need. I sure don't understand what your saying with bringing up your work schedule either... I work a five tens schedule every week, and in my spare time I build models to relax and recoup. Is this supposed to be a competition? Am I not good enough anon?
Is plamax basically a figma (pre-painted, pre-build) or actual model similar to Koto girls?
>>11025058Proper model kit
>>11024930>Sophia is better than El Dora VWell, now I'm getting a little excited.
Snipped up Tank, she's really cool. The Block 2 body felt good to assemble and feels like a nice evolution of the regular MD body, even if it can be a little loosy goosy, especially with all the weight Tank's pieces have. The Hexa Gear arms don't help either but oh well. Gonna take her apart, get her washed and get her green parts painted a different colour to start with. I need to dig through my parts to see if I've got anything to plug into those two 3mm ports on her front, just to help keep things stable.
>>11025142How come whenever they use that lime color it's mismatched as fuck?The other case being orange arsia
>>11025145Not a clue, Tamamonomae's got the same problem.
>>11024961Ignore that autistic fuck.He goes around a bunch of threads bitching about how people should cater to his autism.Last time, I told him to post his shit and it had gate marks all over.Guy doesn't know shit. lol
>>11024961Anon, in this case the plamo is the issue, sure. I know your modifications are real nice. I'm just trying to say, no one is going to take your place. If someone wanted they would have done so after the girlpla argument threads long ago.
I've only built a few Koto kits, but I got the Megalomaria Principal in, does anyone know which joint sections are overly tight and need sanding?
>>11025396I've built all of the Megalomaria ladies so far, I don't recall any particularly nasty joints on them. If anything I'd suggest tightening up her butt cheeks, if you're not careful they can fall off pretty easily.
>>11025396Just test fit as you go. If something feels scary tight, sand a little and test fit again. Repeat until you no longer feel like things are gonna crack.
>>11024940I feel like for any kit that shows that much skin painting is mandatory. Organic shapes need it a lot more than robotic pieces which can look OK with just panel lining and a top coat.
>>11025396her shoulderpad ports are very tight; otherwise i'd describe her as flawless
>>11025396I bought the Novice and she'll come to me by the end of the month. I got kinda upset that the Koto store bonus was more hands because I could've waited for a pre-owned one with the bonus to show up...
>>11024878Finally shipped out mine too.
>>11025535Where you the guy who showed me his nearly 30k yen to ship order last time? Dat fucking shipping hurts to look at.
>>11025647Yup.And I even bought more stuff after that so price went up.
>>11025535Will there be import tax?If so that will hurt a lot more.
>>11025713>And I even bought more stuff after that so price went up.Fucking madman. I bought like 5 more things (small to moderate size)but apparently it made no change to package size.
>>11025716No idea.It's my first time shipping a package this big.Quick googling says limit is $800 so it should be fine.
What's a good way to sell surplus kits? I've got a variety of MDs, FAGs, Dark Advent, and A.T.K Girls. Someone else told me to just Ebay 'em, but our little ladies strike me as a bit niche for something like Ebay. Figured I'd ask around before I bother setting anything up over there.
>>11026029I had good luck with /BST/ but Ebay is fine for niche stuff. It's not like you'll get more exposure anywhere else.
>>11024809It look much cheaper in Taobao than Aliexpress
>>11023072Why the heck is this has both Chinese and Japanese language?
>>11024948Stop being a yee yee ass nigga
SHOULD I BUY THE NORMAL BUSTER DOLL TANK VERSION OR THE PREORDER BONUS VERSION??? THEY DON'T SELL THE PREORDER VERSION IN MY COUNTRY SO I WILL NEED TO BUY IT ON MANDARAKE AND IT WILL BE MUCH EXPENSIVE THAN THE NORMAL VERSION
>>11026069Do you want the preorder bonuses that much, or not?
>>11026070I don't know myself either, is the hair and 3 extra faces worth the extra money and hassle?
>>11026074She comes with some blank faces anyway, and it's just Knight's hair. If you want the extra hair it might be worth the money, otherwise just get the plain jane version.
>>11026075What about Susanowo Guren preorder bonus though?
>>11026078Exact same deal, do you want the hair or not? You can buy blank faces separately now so they're not really much of an incentive.
>>11026080>You can buy blank faces separately nowWhere did you buy that?
>>11026081They've done them in M.S.G sets, all the different skin colours.
>>11026080Susan's specific blank faces aren't available to buy at the moment though, sadly.
>>11026085Oh thanks you. But there is no Susanowo faces though?
>>11026087>>11026088My mistake, I thought the sets had an adapter for the AUV heads, got mixed up.
>>11026085>>11026091Can you use those faces on Susanowo and other MG kits? Why the hell are Koto is so slow to shit out these customizable parts though?
>>11026094Koto ideally want you to either buy the kit through them so they get more money, or buy multiple kits to have spare parts to use instead.It'd be nice if they did worldwide shipping.
Got my Elena in the post, woo! She's only been on a boat for 3 months!
>>11026128I still didnt got mine.... I hate this Horse
>>11026128I pay for express shipping nowadays just to not have that uncertainty, specially for 3 months. Sure the shipping will rape you but thats the price to pay for peace of mind.
Any recommendations for starting out? I've built a few lower grade Gunpla kits and am looking to branch out into something Busou Shinki adjacent.
>>11026203Any of the more basic FAGs/MDs/30MS, it's easier to get burnt out on the really big ones like Susanowo (although she is really good).
>>11026098>It'd be nice if they did worldwide shipping.It'd also be nice if they didn't active try to stop us from using forwarders but I guess they like losing sales to the aftermarket.
>>11026310I guess they're afraid of people overseas scalping, but like if you're closing orders off at a certain date anyway, just set the date accordingly and make more of them.
>>11026324Maybe they wouldn't have to be afraid of scalping "overseas" if they had proper distribution channels outside of japan (asia? because lmao chink factories)
>>11025396Neck ball gets way too tight sometimes. Other than that nothing, although the torso balls love falling out constantly.>>11026094>>11026091>>11026087Just in case it wasn't clear, Asra and AUV faces are the same.
>>11026324If scalpers are able to scalp it's because you don't have enough supply in their area; daughterblocking me won't resolve that. There are probably valid reasons to care even if you're selling every unit you make regardless, but I can't imagine they're great. In the meantime, you're either making fewer sales or selling the cheaper version of the product you were trying to upsell. Just set a purchase limit if you must and leave the rest be. I can understand if they don't want to deal with the complexity international shipping, but that's the forwarder's job anyway.
>>11026208I find bigger kits more satisfying and a refresher. When I first started out I did all the 30MS in order and it was pretty boring doing the same build over and over.
>>11026641I agree, but that's because I've built a bunch of MDs already so the novelty factor now comes from all the different armors, armaments and other accessories. To someone just starting out it's all gonna be new anyway, I think it's better to just get a feel for the type of builds you'll be seeing a lot of with one of the simpler ones.That's why I usually recommend something relatively cheap and simple as a starter kit, like a SOL girl, WISM pack, or basic 30MS, and if they enjoyed that the next rec is usually an ASRA or Alice Gear girl, a Gourai Kai, or maybe one of the AUVs depending on their tolerance for shitloads of parts.
>>11026641Hard agree on that one. Kinda why I like mixing so many kits together.
>>11027022Im a chest kinda guy so those are a hyper distracting set of ballistics.
How many times have you been banned now for your shitty posts? Be honest.
>>11026341They aren't though. The Asra faces are just different in terms of sculpt, namely they're more "Puffy" around the cheeks.I should know cause I got them to use on Susan and noticed it felt off cause of that.
I love seeing koto's product photos where their usual guy was absent and they just post the kit assembled out of the box, unpainted, with all seams visible and nubs poorly cleaned.
>>11027598they're one of japan's worst paying listed companies so it's not too surprising
>>11027626I guess not even OCD can get them to properly clean nubs
>>11027688Gate marks are good, it shows potential spots the gate nubbies will be shownIn reality Chinese are so much better. Undergating every single part for no reason.
>>11027771I just started building chink stuff and that undergate ocd is a godsend for me.
crap didn't even last a year
>>11028055Was this some jpeg collector?
>>11028092worse, NFTs
>>11028055>buy a 1000 dollar picture of a kit>don't even get to own a physical kit of the recolor jpg you bought>your jpg has now died with the game it was inlol, lmao even
>>11028141Nah the jpg lives on but has even less use
>>11028414big brain idea is to exchange the jpg for physical goods
>>11028482>Go to an official retailer>Open my Frame Arms Girl GO Together app>Show them my SSR+ Pull of EVA Unit 01 themed Kagutsuchi with white ERArmor NFT jpeg>Clerk excuses me for a moment to get my goods>He brings me 3 spray cans of primer and some masking tape
What a cool kit.
>>11028922Coomer gen is gonna love this one.
>>11028922Does the bike transform or is it just a cool bike?
>>11028945It can turn into the back half of a cyber-centaur and plug into a 3mm port on her back.
>>11028952That's pretty sick.
>>11028922I heard the wheels are immobile, does it look like there's any straightforward way to allow them to rotate?
>>11029324Not in the slightest. The silvery-grey bits peg through a double pair of holes on the inner side of the clear red discs.
>>11028922I really should build mine
New DTA incoming
Got somw paint and some topcoat onto Tank. I want to find a cooler means of attaching the Bulkarm arms but this'll do for now. Excited for Paladin to come out next.
>>11029977man i need to get myself a light box.
>>11029977>tfw I recognize this light box
>>11030145There are alternatives if you have 2+ very good light sources.
Anyone bought the chink set yet?
>>11029896I can't wait for that cute marsupial's pre-orders to go up. I hope that they make the rest of Walkure too.
>>11028055Did this shit ass game even ever add anything past Innocentia?
>>11029977Move the sub-arms to the backpack, it should look more cohesive.
>>11030329The fuck would I buy them when I already have the non- corpse colored version?
>>11030465They look pretty colored to me
>>11030329I pre-ordered it 3 months ago and it still hasnt shipped. It moved to "coming soon" last week but nothing since.
>>11029888Tacticool, shame I'm broke...
>>11030575>shame I'm broke...That's a problem for the you of several months from now!
>>11030465The chinese have not invented post processing for their images yet.
>>11029888>Actual feetIs this real life?
https://fxtwitter.com/BandaiHobbyUS/status/1801328958551580732if you buy all the 30ms alternate body sets won't you end up with way too many bodies and too few heads? is there anything besides the imas sets that actually comes with extra heads?
>>11030810they're like lego you're supposed to end up with too many spares, also all the boxed non im@s option body sets have blank heads
>>11030810My problem with the 30ms line is that I have to many heads and bodies but not enough arma and legs
>>11030329I got mine last week.Plastic's pretty soft so be careful if the pin gets too tight.As usual for chinese kits, there's a lot of fitting issues so some parts have a pretty big gap.Also, a lot of them have the pins placed a little higher or lower so they don't fit perfectly onto the body.I'm gonna cut the pins off and make them myself.
>>11031185So it's shit? Do i need to paint them or they are fine from get go?
>>11030810>is there anything besides the imas sets that actually comes with extra heads?All of the "Costume" Body sets come with heads and so do the skintone arms and legs parts sets. I also have wayyyy to many heads for the little bodys
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>>11031213Nipples are painted but the base plastic doesn't match any of Koto's kits if you're buying it for that purpose.Idk if the colors match with the bootleg MDs.
>>11030361They already are. First is Makina, Freyja, and Reina, now we are getting Kaname and Mikumo immediately after. The only question you should ask is if we are getting Mirage and maybe even Mylene (from 7). I also want a Sheryl to pair with Ranka.
Bunny
DammitAnyways
>>11030810Hair and limbs are the limiting factors but you can scavenge arm and leg parts from 30mm kids too to make cyborgs
>>11031274Mylene would be sick, especially if her battroid form has speaker boobs as in the show. The VFG kits have only been Frontier and Delta's valkyries so I imagine that the VF19 would be pretty different from what we've had so far.
This is gonna sound weird but I've got a question relating to layering decals.I have some clear and white decal paper, and was thinking for bishoujo kits, you could make eye decals in two parts- use the white back stuff for the whites and irises of the eyes, and clear for the eyelids and lashes. You'd have to be quite precise with cutting out the whites but with a sharp blade it should be eminently doable. It'd be a good solution to making custom eye decals with a regular laser printer, as ones that can print black AND white toner are extremely expensive.My question is- would it make more sense to put down the clear-backed exterior parts first, with the eye section "blocked in" with black, and then lay the whites over the top, or would it be better to put the whites down first and then have the clear-backed eyelid decals laid over the top of the whites?
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>>11032003I wish these people would just focus on making larger volume and selling their shit online so I could actually get it. I miss when everyone just sold their shit on Irosika.
>>11032184Why are you lazy just go there
>>11031505there's lots of standalone hair sets too>>11031421cute 1/12 clothes/accessories anon
Recently finished painting Asra Archer in her Shadow version. Initially opted for dark blue instead of black but in the end I left it like that. I hope I will find time soon to do proper photo session with actual camera.
>>11032387Thanks! The plate is actually a button, its very cute
>>11032387>there's lots of standalone hair sets tooYeah but you have to buy them and they're expensive, only the extra faces are more expensive but thankfully most kits come with 3+ faces
>>11032805First time? Or have you posted your works before anon?
>>11033040Few times. Even if I don't post regularly on /m/, I still give them link to photo session of each kit I finish, including few pla-girls.
>>11032805Nice work, and good choice of colors! Good to see you're still around Nepmug-Anon!What sort of paint did you use?
>>11033172Glad to hear. As for paints - black, dark grey, grey and white were from Vallejo Model Color line, purple shades from AK (first time use, I found them really good to work with, good coverage, easy thinning without breaking, good leveling) and metallic from Vallejo Metal Color. Everything except metallics and belly part were sprayed with MiG matte varnish in spray can. Also, skin and hair were not painted to save already printed faces.
Cut out some new sunglasses and wings, love the effect. Might spray on some white gradient for that 0 Gundam look, but I kinda love the plain clear aesthetic.
>>11033355did yellow wings last year
>>11033355Needs a mirror coating for that classic boomer look.
>>11033365I assume you mean the glasses, but I love Chrome and Chrome under clear parts. I wish Takara would bring back Microman, or re-release the 2000's figures with better plastic. I bought some shiny nail powder that you apply over gloss black for a mirror shine and it works pretty well even on flexible surfaces, might try it out on the glassesSemi related but does anyone have the custom girl with a cool gold internal skeleton and transparent ribcage, or something like that, feel like I saw it floating around jp twitter.
>>11033355Thin your paints bro
>>11031420This looks like it has parts from the 30ms maid set that's releasing later this year. Is it already out elsewhere or how did you get it?
>>11033755...It's just a Rishetta, her swimsuit top and some bare legs...
>>11033780The dish sir
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Anyone has some techniques on how to align eye decals? The best thing I were able to find on my own was this page from a bonus FAG booklet.
>>11033895trust your eyes and be patient. the brain is very good at picking up when something isn't quite right.
>>11033895There was a jp guy selling a grid ruler that you would put over the headAlso some other guy put a webcam over the head, and mirrored and masked the image so you could align
>>11034108https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJ3DbC12ok
>>11034114Shame the fucking things are sold out everywhere, god damn it...
Uploaded on /m/, gonna upload here too - gallery for Asra Archer from >>11032805 but done with actual camera, available here:http://www.sabi-sif.mb4.pl/gunpla-mg-rg-other/megami-device-asra-archer-shadow-custom/Not very fun fact - during posing, I nearly broke her arm peg (have visible stress line now, at point where ball begins) and thats despite doing tests during assembly, inclding gently sanding it. And yes, I tried silicon grease before, didn't help.
And two more pics - no point in uploading all of them but I must admit, I really like how this photo session went out.
And this one since I really like it.
>>11034129>>11034131>>11034133next time you do something like that do progress photos as well. Step by step would be cool
>>11034133I like the color scheme but the paint is really chunky. I'm not sure if there is a lot of dust trapped or if the paint just isn't thinned/leveled enough.
>>11034183I will keep that in mind but I used to make progress photos before but never posted them - its just that during "cooking" phase, so to speak, parts just dont look good. With just base layer they lack any kind of depth, with just wash they look very dirty and so on. But maybe I could.>>11034188Where exactly? Some dust could remain but aside from few spots in black armor, I dont recall any kind of pooling or anything.
>>11034222Look at all of the grains and bits of hair on the painted bits. Cleaning the dust out of your spraybooth can help.
>>11034222>parts just dont look goodThats part of it and its more that they look better at each step on the way to the finished version
Anyone know what third party company might do compatabke wrist joints for plamax?I have spares for my other girls, but the plamax ones seem thicker and I broke both spares that came with the kit.
>>11034229Ah, thats just side effect of using makeup sponge for shading. Should work on with it slower, that would leave less grainy surface but direction is good. I like how it looks IRL.>sprayboothI dont use spraybooth, I paint solely with brush and ocasionally sponge.>>11034257Good point.
>>11034276It's the same with the painted parts that aren't shaded. I don't think that getting hair stuck in your paint is part of shading with a sponge as people use Tamiya weathering powder without their parts looking grainy.
Seeing "ABS" on the parts list makes my will to build bigger kits just evaporate because I can't just slather it with panel liner raw.
>>11034280You can make acrylic panel liner that would only hurt a fly if the fly landed in it. There are solutions.
>>11034278I dont see hair here. And to be honest - nobody will look at this model with magifying glass in hand to hunt for flaws like that.
>>11034296I did make one (technically a wash for minis) with acrylic ink and paint medium, but it doesn't spread as well as a dedicated panel liner. It's a non-issue because I just gotta slather it more.I've heard here that mixing ink with alcohol as a base of the panel liner will make it flow better, and also prevent the ink from separating.If you've got a recipe in mind, please post it, I'll appreciate it.
>>11034302I used the recipe over in the gunpla thread OP. It doesn't do quite as well as the usual stuff, but with a drop or two of retarder I was happy enough.
>>11034309Any retarder you'd reccomend? I don't have any of the stuff.
>>11034280I don't think that hitting your pieces with Mr. Super Clear Gloss before panel lining takes that much time. It's just one extra topcoat.
>>11034313I've got Golden Additives Acrylic Flow Release. I just found it on Amazon; it may not be the best because I haven't activated my autism to find the best, but it works fine.
>>11034278Looks like orange peel and dust to me...
>>11034357Yeah. I think that anon needs to thin his paints and wipe down his work area or use an air filter.
>>11034376Or spray it down with some water before painting. Either way, thar is a bunch of debris in that paint.
Do any stores in the US sell Gaianote's Sousai Shoujo Teien or FAG paint? I can find their Virtual-On and Eva paints in some places but their musume stuff is harder to find.
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>>11022939Is this bootleg or something? Why the fuck it is so cheap?
>>11034441That's why I didn't bother saying anything after OP said it wasn't his first time.I took that as people told him about it but he doesn't want to fix it.
>>11034876You act as if it's some lowest quality work, which is not.
>>11034876He was called out in /m/ too lol >>22683441>>11034907The issue is that people cannot take criticism in this thread. Which is why it was good the original reply didn't shit on the paint job at first. It would have just devolved into arguments without letting anon at least get a few moments of happiness for posting something better than 50% of anons
>>11034568The paint pops up in places that sell Gaianotes stuff, but it's incredibly rare and basically gets gobbled up the moment it gets posted. Honestly, people are just better off getting the Mr. Color Lascivus skin line and learning that way.
>>11034866GUYS PLS HELP!
>>11035014$27 dollars isn’t that far off the $35 or so you’d pay on amiami.
>>11035026Well amiami shipping is few thousand yen meanwhile this cost like 3 dollar
>>11035027I dunno what I’m looking at. It says after coupon it’s $27. I don’t think the 200yen is the price
>>11035030Well, the total is 216 Yuan which is 29.77 USD included shipping fee
>>11034937I'm mostly looking for their pastel color paints as those aren't part of Gaia's regular range. The Mr. Hobby equivalent are Aqueous colors which I want to avoid if possible. I already have the regular Gaianotes flesh and clear surfacerless flesh which are good enough for me.
>>11034912Reminds me of pic related. Same paint issue too.
>>11035036That's the domestic shipping, you'll be charged international shipping separately once the package is at Taobao's international warehouse. Also, paying for shipping is a major pain now so you may want to use a proxy, adding additional charges they seem to enjoy hiding. That deal isn't as good as it looks.
>>11035036You have to buy from temu or aliexpress if you want cheap shipping. Taobao is for Chinese only.Ultimately it's generally better to buy Nip, but some anons have found deals on ali
My 11000 yen shipping finally came in. The fucking box had no room due to these 2 kits. I genuinely keep forgetting that susanoo has like a billion runners.
>>11034866That's CNY not JPY
I thought I should build a Gourai.
>>11035418Sadly I just lost a NYCC exclusive Gourai that I sold to a poor girl in germany recently. German customs stopped her and kept her....
>>11035426Did they give grounds as to why?
>>11035434Nope, nothing. She got to german customs, they held her, refused to give her to the girl who bought her, then never sent her back to us. Poor girls got her from us for a pittance of what she sells for too (around $70 we sold her for, theres like 2 others for sale on ebay right now, both like 200+).Its the strangest sale on close to a thousand ebay sales weve done in the last 5 or so years. Ive literally sold guitars worth tens of thousands, have sold stuff to russia, the UK, even south korea, and never had any trouble.
>>11035447It's clear that the guy wanted her for himself.
Always regrettted not getting this desktop girl .
>>11036065>Jazz for your soul
>>11036065>>11036089What brand/line is this? I kinda want it just for being different.
>>11036146plamax guilty princess
>>11036146Looks Alphamax-y.
>>11036163I thought she looked like Plamax girlpla. Definitely need her, I love this >>11036167 weapon so much.
>>11036065I'm not sure if I like her as much as the catgirl maids, but that transforming saxophone is great. I'll take the wings off and paint them more like an actual marching band.
>>11036065>Do not toot it!>Fool! Dark elf waifu toots as she wishes!>TOOT!She looks great. Musical weapons are instant wins in my book. Giving me Noise Marine vibes.
>>11035203Is this the Susanowo with preorder bonus or just normal version?
>>11036205Normal since i bought from hlj. The things ontop of the box are those kotobukiya stands someone recced me months ago. I was gonna use it on susanoo since she is a heavy little shit.
>>11036214I wonder if i should buy Guren since i already have the original and Souen
>>11036226Do you want to build susanoo a third time but in player 2 colors?
>>11036227Well, she is still the best looking mecha girl kit ever made. But i can't decide i sshould buy her or not
>>11036233Id honestly just save for another kit honestly since you may as well get something new to display on the shelf or kitbash.
>>11036167>>11036186She's up on HLJ now
>>11036065Gives me some Microman vibes, the clear parts combined with the metallics. I wanna see what she looks like with mirror chrome parts.
Emma is out
character setting of Gourai 2 will be shown for the first timenew FA and Frame Arms girl info as a bonushttps://x.com/yanase_t/status/1802992997325476006
you might be receiving your Goldyloli & Stealthgao II sets as well.
>>11036589>Hair VentsThey have my attention.
>1/12 uniforms are a thinhOh no...
Finally got the parts I needed (specifically colour-matched upper torso) for this tiny whore. Gonna use the Rit-Dye trick to make her skintone parts dark brown, for full ganguro/negress look. Might add some slight shading and a flatcoat, will definitely give the faces some makeup before applying the decals. Outfit is gonna be painted as a bikini top and denim booty shorts, with the waist piece painted as a see-through bodystocking (I'll paint it as close to the dark skintone as I can match and then coat it with a clear, which should disguise the ever so slight mismatch between the paint and dyed plastic).Recipe is pretty simple- Chaos and Pretty Magical Girl as the base, MD Top (skin colour A) for the chest, the bigger tits from a Muscuto bunnysuit and the non-highleg pelvis from the same kit modified with putty and styrene into a pair of shorts with a belt. I'm not sure if I wanna sculpt the "cutoff" effect onto the legholes and I worry it'd just break off if I moved the legs.The chest will have a "strap" sculpted round the back post-dye so the top isn't defying gravity and actually has a means of attachment. I also have the Muscuto pregnant belly piece which will also get the dye; I'll probably leave it as "bare skin" as presumably her bodystocking wouldn't fit with a bun in the oven.
>>11036791Here she is from the back. I need to do a lot of cleanup (especially on the legs around the seamwelds) but she's getting there.Oh, and she will have some swap-out shoes too.
>>11036796Where do you think you are?
>>11036589This is going to take 5 years.
>>11036573She popped into my warehouse early this morning. My 1st SST kit.
>>11023021The actual girls are great but their clunky Lego looking accessories full of holes and ugly cutouts just don’t work. I wish they sold them without their armor and weapons, to be honest. They look like they’re covered in erector set pieces or something idk. Great characters with bottom-tier /m/. I know I can just leave it off or swap in something better but I hate paying for all that pegholed junk to throw in a drawer or the trash. >>11022985It’s all model companies’ MO. The molds cost half a million bucks and damn right they’re going to use it to make color variants and reprints for a decade. And that’s a good thing tm. In 0% of cases does a recolor or variant take the place of some hypothetical totally new kit. They’re always in addition to, never instead of. And they have designers and artists sitting around with ideas while the plastic and mold production pipeline bottlenecks things. So putting them to work milking existing molds is just smart and desirable. Yeah sure it would be great if a fantasy world were possible where all releases from Koto or Bandai were totally new. But there will always be variants and recolors and many of those are better than the originals.
>>11036905I really like how MD handles recolors where you get a recolor of a girl + one or two MSG packs alongside them as a fitting recolor too. Shame that FAGs don't get many of such packages outside of Koto store exclusivity, but at least they seem to get "upgrade packs" instead.
>>11036905Tank feels like a step in the right direction with her heavier armor compared to Gunner and Knight. The darker colours help too.Interested to see what they do next with the Buster Doll line, I wonder if they'll try for a less holey mechanical design for them?
>>11036916>I wonder if they'll try for a less holey mechanical design for them?I hope so. I want to try one but I'm not going in for these Bionicle looking armor designs.
>>11036797Coomer Gen is across the street retard.
>>11036809Watch the magazine have prototypes of her and Stylet II.And watch both and Rayfalx come out before colored a Katsuguchi prototype.
>>11036929The new Block2 body design is really nice, I'd still really recommend Tank if you were gonna grab her. She's still a bit holey but the heavier and bigger nature of her armor makes it work a bit better. Fingers crossed we get those Block1R releases soon though.
>>11036963>I'd still really recommend Tank if you were gonna grab her.I wasn't. I'm hardly hurting for girlpla to build, there's no point in buying things unless I like them without caveats. A recolor or someone's custom paintjob might make her look better, but I doubt it.
>>11036905I feel like the only one with a substantial problem is Gunner. Knight looks fine with the exception of the shields' execution. Tank has a bunch of holes, but her armor layering is so bulky they aren't as noticeable. Paladin just outright doesn't have the problem at all since she only has the standard armor holes on spots common to other kits, besides the ones on the ankle armor, but those can be ignored as detail.>>11036916BUSTER Doll or Block-2. Because I don't see them doing another BD for a while outside recolors, especially with PUNIMOFU around the corner.
>>11036923You're not supposed to pour it down her tits.
>>11037286That is EXACTLY where beverages should go.
>>11036958Seems like Koto have a hard time modelling her, or she's a bit chubby.
Main body done and I love her, but theres only one thing I hate, the shoulders articulation, desing and functionality fucking sucks! they will pop out so easily if you move the arms forward and its tiresome to put them back.
>>11026203The only correct answer is always to just get whichever has a design you like. Look up FAG, Megami Device, Dark Advent, 30MS, Nuke Matrix, ATK Girl, and Sousei Shojou etc. and just pick a couple you like the most. They are all made for teenagers to build but can be refined more when you have more ability. Almost none of them even require a bare minimum of real modeling skill, they are snap fit/push fit. Bigger, more complex ones aren’t harder, they just have more parts and take longer. There is never even the slightest reason not to grab whichever ones appeal to you. But my personal favorites offhand are Dark Advent Rania because I just love her design that much, MS General’s Ox oneesan, and maybe uhhhhh…Luluce from 30MS. Not because they’re special as model kits but because I just like their designs and personas and expressions. I would recommend something that has a lot of color separation in its parts so you don’t have to use a lot of stickers or paint and can have something great right off the bat, though. So not Plamax or Arcanadea, they are missing a lot of colors. But again, if you really love those, just get them. Pic sorta related, working out how to get this head onto this body.
>>11030810You will quickly end up with a lot of everything if you got the swimsuit bodies and such, the only thing you don’t get are hair bits for the heads. Thy really want to keep making you get those specifically and they prevent you from making complete heads. So for instance Luluce with her bare arms and legs set, bikini set, and a hair option makes 2 complete girls and I’d have 2 or 3 extra heads if I had more hair. With that plugsuit torso set I think it would make a third girl, not sure tho.I have an Idolmas kit for Rishetta and her swimsuit and bare limbs and a hair piece or two, and between that, her original box, and the speed armor set, I have 3 complete variant Rishettas (idol, armored cat chick, and bikini slut).
>>11031420>once again covering her up more makes her much lewder
>>11033895Don’t try to do one eye then the other, keep both on there and kept wet so you can adjust both back and forth. Turn the face upside down to check alignment. Trying to use calipers or tape is iffy because the curved, not necessarily even symmetrical face plates really really fight that. When you think it looks good, take a picture immediately and check the photo, somehow pictures make unevenness more obvious. It’s the same shit as checking drawings upside down and in the mirror which are the oldest tricks in the book especially for portrait painters. Also make sure you check with the bangs on, they look ok without and then not right once the bangs are placed, sometimes.
>>11034301You have lint from paper towels or something in there for sure. The Japanese sand that out sometimes but I’ve never had that work well. Part of it is definitely from built up paint stippled on with a sponge or something…when you pull up the pad while dabbing it on, lint and dust specks get underneath then pressed into the wet paint on the next press downward, and also the paint tries to dry then peels back up a bit. These things are why you have a bit of that distinctive rough texture. Maybe even desirable on stuff like tank armor or a wall (model or otherwise) but not on female skin. It’s similar to rolling paint on a wall when the paint roller needs dipped and is drying out but you’re too lazy to walk over and get fresh paint on it (just a few more strokes then I’ll go do it).On her armor it could add a little interest but it’s a bit wield on what should probably be shiny metal trim. In the end it’s largely a style choice bit do try to make sure you don’t get lint in there. Nearly impossible to avoid but that’s why the Japs all use those shitty, thin, not very absorbent laboratory wipes instead of paper towel.
>>11036988That pic really exemplifies it huh…great girl and terrible gear. I am keeping my eyes on them though, I am sure I’ll get one or two eventually.
>>11037712The black sailor suit with the bare legs and arms is pure sex, though. I'll build her and keep her like that, I think. The rest can be kitbash fuel.
>>11036589are these books "available" online somewhere?
>>11037718Same. I have one on the way and I plan on just using her as a sexier SST and giving the guns to my Girl Gun Ladies that I never got the weapon pack for.
>>11035447Get your insurance involved.
>>11037662>There is never even the slightest reason not to grab whichever ones appeal to you.NTA but there is a very good reason for me. Love the designs of the GODZ ORDER girls, but not gonna bother getting them until I have an airbrush setup to do metallics because the bare plastic just won't do the armor justice.
>>11037979We tried. Too much time went in between customs seizing it, telling us we were getting it back, and now the girl trying to get her refund. Insurance with all these shipping companies can be VERY hit or miss. We just had a bass guitar that we sold for 1000, customer was a snob who didnt like it, sent it back to us, and UPS literally crushed the fucking thing, broke through the hard shell case and broke the neck. Reverb refused to cover all of it because "well, you can just get it fixed, heres $500!"No one want to buy a set neck bass that had a headstock/neck break repaired unless it for pennies of what its worth....Sorry for the off topic. The FAG that was lost was only 63 funbux. Were trying everything to get the girl her money back, its purely about principals at this point, she cant even leave bad feedback because its taken so long.
>>11038008I shelled out for the expensive Gaianotes mirrored steel mostly for Yuri. Trying it out on some spoons is makes me think I made the right choice. I definitely think that metallics on plamo have to be airbrushed on as metallic plastic looks kind of ass.
>>11037702There is actually other possibility - my sponge is in use for quite some time already and might simply break out into tiny parts with time. But yeah, paper towel or some stuff on wet palette are best guess, /tg/ had similar conclusion.
>>11038024Where spoons?
>>11038008Yuri's silver is fine oob. Not the best by any means, but it doesn't look like swirly bullshit either.
>>11038008I did mention stuff with a lot of missing color apps being the less-good idea. I haven’t actually built any Godz kits but I’ll take your word for it on those. The Guilty Princess girls are a real good example of nice kits with a large amount of ugly mold gold that’s front and center though. Conversely, if somebody wants to start painting, I recommend them highly because even if you just want to spray paint a little, I can think of no bigger upgrade to make on a girlpla in one easy step than replacing a ton of mold gold with nice glossy painted gold (and some brown panel liner). I’d assume the Godz are the same way, silver spray paint is surely a big upgrade and easy especially if you don’t need to mask anything I bet.>>11038024If you have never done this, there is a little learning curve for sure but the difference is worlds apart, you’ll love it. The most important thing is surface prep (as always). Once you have it sanded as perfectly as possible, put on the smoothest, glossiest black coat you can manage (or brown coat under gold and brass). Your metal’s finish is determined by how smooth that undercoat is. Of course nothing is stopping you from going for a more matte metallic but I think the point of that Gaia one there is to be chrome like.>>11038052Yep. It’s true a camera exaggerates it, especially modern AI assisted smartphone cameras’ software. But there’s texture there you can get rid of next time unless you want it there. My house is incredibly dusty no matter what and I have 2 Maine Coons so it’s an issue I am used to battling with. I sand plastic and resin daily as well so it’s a constant war to keep shit out of paint. Installed new central air and an upgraded filter, that seems to have helped but mostly just a lot of Windexing and Endust and vacuuming. I also keep tweezers in my airbrush booth to pick fuzz off surfaces I spot while spraying.
>>11037662It's nice that the new Lania isn't as much of a hand grenade as the first one...
Do decals really NEED gloss coats underneath? I tested out a home-printed decal on a matte-coated surface and it adhered really well but I don't know if that's because of the specific decal film. I'm not sure if it's one of those modelling myths, if it's definitely true or somewhere inbetween. I mainly ask because I'm gonna do the eye decals on a kit soon; the kit is painted and flatcoated, the cautious side of me wants to add a bit of gloss before adding the eyes and subsequent topcoat but the lazy side of me is going "It'll be fine, just put it on".>>11038113Oh god, I've got her unpainted/partially built. Is she "fiddly armour that likes to pop apart" hand grenade or "fundamentally flawed at the plastic level, don't touch her once built no matter how gently" hand grenade?
>>11038113I don’t even know what the problem was supposed to have been. The main difference is they gave her new face designs, which I like less. I didn’t hear about this alleged problem for a long time and it’s only repeated in certain circles and seems to have originated from Westerners. Sophia got a 2.0 as well at about the same time. I’ve owned both versions of both kits and the only notable difference is they redid some of the internals from the first 2 releases to be like Isis. In particular, Rania’s armor joints are still squeaky tight out of the box (like a million other Koto kits are). A bit ironically I did break her joints (by letting thinned clear paint pool on it) but neither of them were joints the 2.0 changed at all and were my own fault. Never had a problem since the initial painting.
>>11038128I never gloss beforehand but I put them on bare clean plastic. The problem with matte surfaces is they are porous. And that is real bad for decals. You can use mark softener to help them melt into those tiny crevices but you’re likely to get fuzzy or uneven edges where they should be sharp. Best practice would be to sand or melt off anything on there back to smooth plastic, do the decals, then reapply. But I’d probably be too lazy. Also I don’t like having 3+ layers of “top” coat on kits. The other thing is this standard came from military modeling and passed to mecha and they put on the gloss to aid panel lining as well as some kinds of weathering along with easier decaling, then put another gloss coat over that to protect it, then another clearcoat for more weathering and possibly another one for final finish.
>>11038134Alright, good to know. Thanks anon; I might play it safe and go for a gloss (or at least satin) coat first as quite aside from anything else sanding isn't an option as it's a fully painted skintone.
>>11038140You got an airbrush? Just hit the face with gloss lacquer, like one spritz. Easy peasyl
>>11038141Yeah, that's precisely what I'm gonna do! Thanks anon.
>>11028922what kit is that bike? i need it.
>>11038148Nuke Matrix Cyber Forest CF-05 Shadow of War Yefuna Malkina.
>>11038128It helps under most circumstances, yes. Sometimes the kit's plastic is ideal and doesn't need it, but you never actually know if it is or not. Meanwhile you know the gloss will always do the job. Sure, technincally the decal will be fine after you put a topcoat over it (unless it wasn't adhering AT ALL), but on kits like these where your reposing of them will almost guarantee you rubbing the decal'd areas you should really just do a gloss layer, then your decals. If you're airbrushing then the layers will be so thin that's there's zero harm in doing multiple layers (whereas multiple layers with a can might be a bit too thick)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nTOVZVEti4
>>11038271IS THIS WHY MY CHIPS KEEP DISAPPEARING WHILE I'M OUT WORKING?!
>>11038336That's the second best way to put a mesugaki in her place.
>>11038336fucking based, correct that brat
>>11038306Be glad it's only chips. Being a FAG owner is suffering...
>>11038113>>11038128>>11038129What I recall is that the pearly white ABS parts were brittle and had a tendency to snap, especially parts M1 and M2 which have the ball sockets for the tail assemblies. I have both the original and renewal versions of Lania, but I can't compare since I haven't built them yet.
a new bishoujo plamo series will be shown on smile fest 2024
>>11038644More competition is great. And if they're actually good that will be even better.
Is plastic model version of a statue that needs assembly still consider as a statue?
>>11038679Does it have any form of articulation? If not, it's a statue.
>>11038724>Figure X, Model kit ORule only applies to figures.
>>11038724>40k, scale modelSince when was articulation a standard?
>>11038777So basically >>11038679 is allowed then.
>>11038784No articulation = not allowed, you nincompoop.
https://company.kotobukiya.co.jp/news/news-9843/Over 2.8 million FAGs have soldOver 3.1 million MDs have soldOver 800000 Sousais have soldOver 300000 Arcanadias have sold
>>11038856COMPLETEGIRLPLASATURATION
>>11038636 Now that you mention it, those were not ideal but certainly didn’t cause it to get the 2.0. She has a ton of fiddly parts like many complex kits and is also sort of a transformer of sorts. The white is not any more brittle than anything else would be but there are a lot of tight tolerances and she did stress me out to build and especially to disassemble for painting. But the hysteria was a total meme. Then again, it always is. A lot of western youtubers treat model kits like toys and spread that idea. Yes a lot of kits have tricky areas but I have yet to ever see anyone have actual problems in real life that weren’t a skill issue. All model kits have pieces come off as you pose them, including the best-regarded modern Master Grades. The only thing that bugs me is floppy loose joints or arms that won’t hold up the weapons in the box. Still easily solved but a pet peeve, looking at you MG Sinanju. The runner up annoyance is squeaky tight joints you have to play chicken with, sand them and risk turning them into the first problem or don’t sand them and risk breaking the joint or splitting the limbs etc. In the end I own cement and sanding sponges which completely resolves all so-called “hand grenades” as a matter of course. It’s a snapshitter problem that even snapshitters shouldn’t be concerned with. tldr either version of Krakendress Rania is great as long as you have basic modeling ability and I can’t wait for th next Dark Advent girl
Thick thighs
>>11038833They belong wherever I want. Enjoy your ban…again :) You will never ever belong here but I AM /toy/.
>>11038893>I can’t wait for th next Dark Advent girlHopefully WonFest gives us some good news of Aliendress's finalized design, maybe a Isis Relax prototype too.
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>>11038856All bought by me. Also Hoihoi-sans and LBCS too.
>>11038833No one cares about your "personal rules" retard.
>>11038894I wanna get some satin topcoat onto those hairdos...
>>11038679Is it still 2/1? If it has good color separation I'll definitely get it.
>>11038913I want a Combat-san (tactical suit ver.)...
>>11038856Huh, i expected the numbers to be higher.
I'm glad that the Asura Ninja is roughly the same size as the PVC version. I know that Max Factory made plastic statuettes too, but they are only a lame 1/20 size. Kotobukiya is smart knowing that their audience of plastic modelers will happily paint figures.
>>11039281I'm pretty certain the 2/1 kit is just the statue unassembled, same PVC parts and all.
>>11038939At least one other does.
>>11039331Damn, you're right. I wonder if plastic cement works on PVC or if I'll need to super glue everything after painting.
>>11038856No surprised MD sold big, FAG sold more than I expected.
New II thread!>>11039415>>11039415>>11039415
>>11038679Oh, good. I was not about to pay the price for this plus shipping for something that large, but this is in my wheelhouse. I'll be getting it, and hopefully Archer as well. I'm really not keen on the expression, but dat ass.
>>11039427There's another faceplate too.
>>11039430The original statue had that too. I'm not huge one wither; I'd rather she look cool or mysterious than like she's getting chased by a tentacle. There was a Koto masked exclusive that was more appealing, IIRC. Might have to struggle to get a copy of that.
>>11039353Super glue.
