Last time on Busou Shinki & Friends, lots of one's and eights! >>11188181Stylet gets a Swimsuit! A prepainted Gourai figure? BIG GOURAI!? But not least... Katsuguchi... has at long last, finally gotten a prototype...What do you think? Are you ready for the new, biggest, 30ms girl? Read the guide:>https://docs.google.com/document/d/17kIQkTbSQOIVahREFmycWhobDnftvuSPTOcz7aSMOnA/pubOfficial Skintone & Compatibility guides:>imgur.com/a/AQ4aRUpcoming Releases & Restocks:--->Megami device:• Asra Ninja (Reissue)[Oct]• Asra Archer (Reissue)[Nov]• PUNIMOFU Tu [Nov]• BUSTER DOLL Gunner Midnight Fang [Nov]• Edelweiss Jaeger Repainted Color [Sep] [Kotoshop exclusive]• BUSTER DOLL Knight Darkness Claw [Dec]• BUSTER DOLL Tank Midnight Fang [Jan]• Asra Nine-Tails Matsuri [Jan]• Asra Tamamo-no-Mae Utage [Feb]• Nodaka Takahata (Shimon) [Mar]>Frame Arms Girl:• Hand Scale Prime Body (Reissue)[Dec]• Magatsuki (Cat Armor Ver.) [Jan]• Izumo [Feb]• Stylet (Swimsuit Ver.) [Apr]>Cross Frame Girl• Gaofighgar [Dec]>Fumikane ART WORKS• Artinia [Jan]
Op part 2----->30 Minutes Sister• Kogane Tsukioka [Oct]• Rishetta (Freesia Wear) [Nov]• Option Parts Set 14 (Spotter Costume) Color B [Nov]• Option Hair Style & Face Parts Set (Yuika Mitsumine / Kiriko Yukoku) [Nov]• Option Hair Style & Face Parts Set (Mamimi Tanaka / Sakuya Shirase) [Dec]• Option Parts Set 15 (Nightmare Costume) Color C [Dec]• SIS-N00 Sourei (Color B)[Feb]• 30MS Option Face Parts Expression Set 7 (Color A)[Mar]• 30MS Option Face Parts Expression Set 8 (Color B)[Mar]• 30MS Option Hair Style Parts Vol.11 (4 Types)[Mar]>Dark Advent• Rania Relax Ver. [Nov]>Guilty Princess:• GP-10 Dark Fairy Knight Grimlinde [Jan]>HYPER BODY• Charged Particle Cannon General-Purpose Fighter: Cuckoo [Nov]• Rikka Takarada (Grid Tector Ver.) [May]>Chitocerium• I-hydra [Feb]>V.F.G.• VF-31A Kairos Reina Prowler [Oct]>ANIMESTER x NUCLEAR GOLD RECONSTRUCTION• White Dragon Knight Galahad [Aug]Op part 2----->30 Minutes Sister• Kogane Tsukioka [Oct]• Rishetta (Freesia Wear) [Nov]• Option Parts Set 14 (Spotter Costume) Color B [Nov]• Option Hair Style & Face Parts Set (Yuika Mitsumine / Kiriko Yukoku) [Nov]• Option Hair Style & Face Parts Set (Mamimi Tanaka / Sakuya Shirase) [Dec]• Option Parts Set 15 (Nightmare Costume) Color C [Dec]• SIS-N00 Sourei (Color B)[Feb]• 30MS Option Face Parts Expression Set 7 (Color A)[Mar]• 30MS Option Face Parts Expression Set 8 (Color B)[Mar]• 30MS Option Hair Style Parts Vol.11 (4 Types)[Mar]>Dark Advent• Rania Relax Ver. [Nov]>Guilty Princess:• GP-10 Dark Fairy Knight Grimlinde [Jan]>HYPER BODY• Charged Particle Cannon General-Purpose Fighter: Cuckoo [Nov]• Rikka Takarada (Grid Tector Ver.) [May]>Chitocerium• I-hydra [Feb]>V.F.G.• VF-31A Kairos Reina Prowler [Oct]>ANIMESTER x NUCLEAR GOLD RECONSTRUCTION• White Dragon Knight Galahad [Aug]
Op part 3-----In development (now in development!)>30 Minutes SistersBUNBUN FighterBUNBUN ClericBUNBUN MageSestie>Megami DeviceEva Unit 1Ebikawa designed pairAmaterasuTsukuyomi RegaliaFace parts m.s.g. for Bullet Knights/SOLGarden SpikesBlock 2 Armor sets/new seriesB1R Chassis Kit M&LAmaterasu Eclipse RegaliaAme-no-Uzume RegaliaSOL Raptor Beast Mode>Frame Arms GirlKatsuguchi, Wilber-Nine, Shingen, Rayfalx, Gourai II, Hresvelgr Rufus Qipao version, Big scale Gourai, Finished Figure Gourai
>>11198475Asking this from the previous thread. Is it worth it now or wait?
>>11198482>>11198474Fuck forgot to link from the previous post mentioning the slight discount.
>>11198482I can't imagine a shipment that cheap saving you any money in the long run with the discount unless the next items are huge and you'd want to split the delivery anyway. These coupons are really only beneficial if you already have everything you want to ship ready to go or you just want to be punished less for your impatience.
>>11198511Thank you for the input.Im unsure since the next shipment maybe huge due to the amount of model kits(2 moderoids, 1 hg sized box, and whatever size the new ZEUS destiny unit is) I ordered which is why im on the edge. Last time shipping costed me around 11k for two MD susanoo sized kits which is why im paranoid about shipping right now. This order ironically costed more than the 11k shipping order I mentioned.What would usually be your threshold before shipping?
>>11198511>My private warehouse has been empty since September 30th>EMS was 20kY>DHL was lolI hope I'm not the only whale here. I don't even think of shipping until DHL rates have left sanity behind, nevermind 5k.
>>11198526Were you the guy who who posted his FUCK HUGE HLJ shipment in response to me earlier this year when I was asking about shipping prices?
>>11198524>What would usually be your threshold before shipping?My threshold is having all of my crap in stock. I've never shipped early because of those coupons because the risk:reward ratio is skewed. You're looking at "saving" 530 yen, which is... $3.50? At the risk of spending $20+ in extra shipping later? Nope. If the order is large enough to warrant splitting you can probably save that much with clever combination anyway.
>>11198482If you want your shit before Christmas, this is the best time to ship. Once the holidays start shipping will be a pain in the ass as always.
>>11198527Maybe. I order a lot of kits and they're bulky. Here's the latest box with the air bags removed. I have no self control.
>>11198556>I order a lot of kits and they're bulky.Im scared to ask how much the shipping was.>>11198551Im honestly in no rush (well technically 6 months wait time and 2 is already up for one item)>>11198562 >27 productsJesus christ. I guess thats what >>11198534 meant when he said clever combination.
>>11198482I'm just gonna bite the bullet and ship my stuff out.I'm tired of waiting for my mao and soffiera.Had to divide my packages into 3 shipments for max efficiency.I still have some stuff left in PW but it's not at full capacity so I'll let them wait till next discount.If you want to wait, hlj does have 20% discount as well, but there's no telling when.>>11198527Looking for me?
>>11198566My bad, I realized why you deleted your post but trust me, noone will or has done shit with those numbers since almost everyone here has better things to do.And yeah, it mayve been you since someone was showing me a HUGE shipping price.
>>11198566And total came out as 27700 yen ($193.68)
>>11198568>noone will or has done shit with those numbersDang it! You saw it! (lol)I just try to be careful cuz I've had shit happen before with having numbers of stuff on screenshots.
Any idea of when Charmed will go up for preorder? If she's already got her colors and everything then it should be soon right?
>>11198575Oh okay, i'll admit im wrong than. I accidentally posted info before on worse boards and noone did anything with it. Sorry to hear that and I wont do shit with it, if anything.
>>11198586It's fine.Worst that'll happen is someone trying to change the address but notification will get sent to my email anyway.>MeanwhileJust got a call from my card company asking about the big charge>Card company: Hey! You just got charged multiple times for almost $200 on something.>Me: You guys never seen a guy shit out $200 just for shipping? lolGood to know they're doing their job. =b
I bet Kagutsuchi is coming in 2026!
>>11198602Late 2025 probably. Wilbur will be out mid 2025.
>>11198595I've had my card lock while trying to purchase gk's from booth for fraudulent activity multiple times.For those unfamiliar with Booth, some gk's sell out in seconds and never get reprints. Now call your card company and explain that to them and listen to them not give two shits.
>>11198602The speed that Koto are coming out with a lot of releases lately makes me think she'll up at least up for pre-order by this time next year.
>>11198671I'd say grey proto means po in 6 months and release in a year, but md Arnval... took damn near 10 years...
>>11198674Thankfully there is zero Konami involvement in our dear Kagutsuchi.
I'm running out of display space and now I want to try SST
>>1119858111am (JST) October 16, which is 10 pm tonight if you're on the US east coast and can't into time zones. Might show up a couple hours later on HLJ, they seem a bit slow with updates. Honestly just check Koto's xwitter feed, they usually announce them there a couple of days ahead of time.
>>11198714Buy more display space, SST girls are cute cute cute and quick, simple builds since you don't have to build a bunch of armour and weapons and such. I recommend swimsuit Koyomi.
>>11198714There's still four more cubes for girls anon
>>11198714I have exactly one SST, the short redhead. I plan to assemble her either tomorrow or the day after
>>11198714I see plenty of room up here.
did anyone ITT get this Galahad kit? it looks like they're doing another printing since gundamit lists it as "coming soon" again
>>11199163I did but I still havent built it.
>>11199163It's an "ok" kit.Lots of fitting issues, tiny joints that are easy to break, ugly face.Design itself looks really nice though and the limited edition(?) wing is beautiful.Can't say it's a horrible kit, but it's not a good one either.I'd give it a 5.5/10
>>11199238it seems like ugly faces is a universal problem among chinese girlpla
>>11199163I had an LE locked down and canceled it. Didn't trust the manufacturer.
>>11199260>>11199163A few US sites which have them in stock still have the wings of light first edition printing.>>11199238>tiny joints that are easy to breakDid you break something or what? I haven't built mine yet either but I was sent a revised manual after buying it
>>11199291>sent a revised manual after buying itBut why? Legitimately curious. Did they fuck up the original one or something?
>>11199163I PREORDERED MONTHS AGO AND HLJ STILL DOESNT FUCKING HAVE ITEVEN AMIAMI AND AMERICAN STORES HAVE IT AT THIS POINT WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOINGGod I'm gonna be pissed if it arrives w/o the iridescent wings because hlj was too busy dicking around to get first print
>>11198716Got her, thanksWas confused because I remember seeing that date somewhere but on Koto's hobby show page she was still listed as TBD.
>>11199350You should cancel your preorder and buy from those other stores then.
>>11187486>Mr. Cement SP, for example, is some of the best stuff for it. Works on ABS more smoothly than others do. Cheap and easy to get as well. have you used it personally for ABS? my bottle arrived today and on the ABS runner it really barely holds, might be even weaker than the revell on. accidently bought the black one too because i'm retarded
Welp, here it is. My very first girlpla kit.I'm a bit overwhelmed, not by the amount of parts, but by how packed the box is. The content is so efficiently packed like goddamn Tetris. Are most Koto's kits packed like this? Maybe I should've gone with some smaller and cheaper 30MS kit first.Anyway I've read that Koto's kits' joints have pretty tight fit, making sanding them almost mandatory. For joint sanding do I just sand them like how I would sand normal parts (going from coarse > fine grit), or can I just stop at coarse grit since I won't be seeing them anyway?
>>11199474I built this one and she was alright. The shoulder joints are a bit tight, you're just sanding a bit to adjust the fit not smoothing out nubs/seams. I find a glass file works well, nothing too aggressive. Sometimes just working the joint back and forth a few times after assembling seems to help. Also, be careful with the gold decals, I've had adhesion issues with them in the past. A gloss clear coat definitely helps. And yes, the boxes are usually pretty packed, although the SST ones maybe a bit less. I also stabbed my thumb on her spikey hair, be aware she may demand a blood sacrifice. Happy building!
>>11199502I see. I can just skip straight to glass file then. Thanks.>I also stabbed my thumb on her spikey hairI guess the sharp edges warning wasn't just for show. I also seen a few japanese streamers got themselves stabbed while assembling Soffiera
>>11199474First girlpla or first plamo? Anyway, Koto still has tight joints, but not to the extent they gained their reputation for. Just check tightness as you assemble, work some in or sand the worst cases and you'll be fine. Silicone oil is also an option. >>11199518The blood sacrifice must be performed and Koto has provided other alternatives if you're too slick to cut yourself with your knife.
>>11199502>>11199518If you didn't bleed on her, you didn't build her right.
>>11199238That doesn't sound like an ok kit, it sounds like a shit kit.
>>11199538>First girlpla or first plamo?First girlpla. I've done few SD, HG, and a single MG gunplas. But that was almost a decade ago, and I didn't even have proper edged tools back then. Just some shitty nipper and $2 X-acto knock-off. I'm been getting back into it starting with Bandai's 30MM kits, and having actual tools makes it much easier.
>>11199350I feel your pain.I've ordered some 30MF from HLJ and they still don't have them.But what can I do? Other shops offered 1 per customer (an no overseas) while HLJ offered 3 per.
>>11199579You mean the singular release from a brand new line? Yeah can't believe those all sold out super fast. Joke aside they'll be getting reprints every 3 or so months for the next few years easily so it's just a matter of time.
>>11199402I honestly probably should. I have something else on PO + stuff in warehouse that I wanted to ship together but fuck it, the other PO got delayed until November anyways
>>11199350don't preorder chinese plastic on japanese websites unless you are actually inside japanI keep saying this but anons keep failing this one simple step.
>>11199546that's because you're ignoring the visual design which is the most highly weighted part and is pretty great (face prints aside)if you wanna experience a truly shit kit go buy some boomer plane model made on 60 year old molds
>>11199163I actually just got her recently! My opinion is pretty much the oppsite of the other anon itt - I really love her. I will agree that she has joint tolerance issues - specifically, pretty much all the parts on the one POM runner she has are varying amounts of over-tight. Otherwise though I didn't have any notable issues with the build. Her faces are also probably the best I've personally seen on a chinese kit, and I've built a bunch. I really love her design overall, super cool kit
>>11198564maybe you don't know this, but especially with particular couriers like FedEx, maxing the number of items send on a single shippment is worse in almost all cases. Pic related are some calculations I did for my specific case (Mexico, almost all gunpla) and found that the best price per item is when the shipment is at 13k jpy. At that price the Lah Gundam in the shipment costs only 1,085 jpy to ship. Add another item (standar HG box) to the package and the shipping cost balloons by a whooping 3,000 and the price to ship the Lah Gundam increases to 1,234 jpy. That is what the other anon is referring to with clever combination.
>>11199291Can you upload the revised manual somewhere. Customer service never got back to me about it.
>>11199672But... But HLJ good!
>>11199672>>11199746You are much better off getting CN kits from places like Gundamit/ShowZ, Bumbusbee, etc.
>>11198784Update: holy shit she comes with eleven pairs of hands and enough of the little swivel wrist things for all of them
>>11199294>I haven't built mine yet either>>11199718The pdf quality sent was a blurry mess as it look like someone went to paint and resized by 200
>>11199718>>11200021
>>11199952Update to the update: her waist is so narrow. Also because she's supposed to be a short girl in a 1/10 scale, I'll have to compare her to my 1/12 figures
fuck it; i'll build my own Emma too because the weather's too shit to chrome the Strato Hound's shoulder trims.
>>11200027That's it, I'm having one of my other SSTs bridal carry her. But first I have to finish Durga II...
>[Color C]
>>11200021>>11200026Thanks anon.
>>11200102Tell me how it is goes, I'm thinking of buying her.
>>11200366Not him, but she is probably one of if not the best sousai girl so far. Her mold detail is fantastic and her expressions are super full of character. Her add on set is also probably my favorite, the tiny agnirage is great.
>>11200375I already bought Mao so I'm gonna get her too, I like the small ones.
Almost missed this dork going up for PO
>>11199546That's because you only make stuff that spoonfeed you like bandai or koto.
taken shortly before disaster when the skirt peg got too loose after 2 months of being in place
>>11200284my favorite
>>11200284any good recipes for color C that don't require lascivious line stuff, the only paints we can get consistently here are tamiya, citadel and ak stuff.
>>11200664I would personally suggest to just pick shade on your own instead of trying to emulate official ones. In my opinion old "heavy skin tone" from Vallejo Game Color was very nice dark skin but they discontinued it. With GW, maybe either Cadian Fleshtone or Bugman Glow? Or beige Red or Brown Rose from AK?
Theoretically Vallejo new Game Color "Elf Skin tone" and "Barbarian Skin" would fit but I'm not a fan of their new formulation.
Emma, I don't think you should hang out with them...
>>11200832it's more to do with me being heavily colorblind so i mostly stick to recipes in the manual or solid colors but skin tone is a crapshoot when its not Caucasian for me at least with acrylics i can do it with oils but can't really airbrush oil.
Pellis et sanguinis pro Plamor...(Ouch)
>>11200852>But they're my friends, dad!
So that Sousaishojoteien Emma girl...What was the point of adding a light version of her kit exactly?She's the only one that has a light version right? Others are just recolors and different outfits and shit?
>>11201143>What was the point of adding a light version of her kit exactly?People doesn't have to pay full price for the blank body of that unique body type for that IP> She's the only one that has a light version right?Yes>Others are just recolors and different outfits and shit?yes
I either lost my Bullet Knights Launcher sticker sheet or she didn’t come with it, hard to say since I bought her a couple years back. Anyone know where I can get a replacement one or am I just fucked? Don’t ask why I didn’t finish building her, I honestly couldn’t tell you
>>11201143I think there's a specific piece in the full kit you can build so she can sit seiza.
>>11201909My mistake, she's not sitting seiza, she's doing some sort of gremlin pose
>>11201853They come with water slides
>>11202010Great. I either lost my Bullet Knights Launcher WATER SLIDES sheet or she didn’t come with it, hard to say since I bought her a couple years back. Anyone know where I can get a replacement one or am I just fucked? Don’t ask why I didn’t finish building her, I honestly couldn’t tell you
>>11202240You're fucked. If you're in Japan you can use Koto's replacement parts order service, but it doesn't work outside of Japan. If you ordered through HLJ they can do it for you, and quickly to boot, but only if you ordered within a reasonable amount of time from receiving the product. If neither of those options apply to you, your one and only option is looking for decal sheets being sold separately on Yahoo Auction Japan.
>>11202249I understand. I will be ending my life this eveningI got it off Amazon some years back, my dad thinks he may have thrown it away thinking it went to something elseFuck my Chungus life
Finished up my second fully custom painted Megami Device gal. Pretty happy with how it all turned out, even if there's areas where I could have improved.
>>11202377There is always some room to improve so don't fret about it, enjoy the process. Neverending hunt for perfection kills all pleasure and makes you blind to what you already accomplished.
>>11202402Yeah, it's something I've always struggled with. Perfection never was a requirement afterall.My only real big issue on this build was not realizing how the lines I added on the legs weren't as smooth as I thought they were, even after having done filing and sanding on them. But the added lines on the arm turned out good and the overall painting process went excellently, so yeah. Just happy all the practice I did in getting some of the paint finishes paid off on the final product, especially the metallic green on the torso.
>>11202377>>11202410
>>11202410>the lines I added on the legs weren't as smooth as I thought they were, even after having done filing and sanding on themStandard, happens to me as well, quite often. But it looks okay from distance and nobody will take magnifying glass to check it. Metallic effect looks okay, too.
>>11198524>What would usually be your threshold before shipping?as a ukoid, when i have as much as i can fit into a surface mail package that comes out to under £135 incl shipping (about 25k yen with current exchange rates) so i can avoid VAT at customs. it's almost not worth ordering from japan if i go over the VAT threshold but i still want to ship in bulk to save money
>>11202377>>11202410could you tell the process and the parts you used?
>>11201916it's called a squat. very common in asia and slavland. and in the west, autists
>>11202240I most def have an extra one, I have a STACK of decal sheets from every girl kit ive built that ive been waiting to sell on ebay, probably like a hundred sheets easily.
>>11198475Oops I made a mistake and posted in the old thread, but I'll ask again:>Ami I dreaming or were there a couple paint brands that had colors pre-mixed to match the flesh tone of most FA Girls and some MDs (skin color A)? Which brands?
>>11202569I am very interested in purchasing this decal sheet from you on the assumption that you are not trolling.
>>11202640i'm pretty sure it was gaia notes, i know it was a enamel brand seen them on youtube when watching the japs do customs.
>>11202640yeah like the other anon said it's gaia. they have ones for sst as well
>>11202669Im not, give me a couple hours, ill dig though my pile and see if I can find it. Do they say on them which figure theyre from? Because im not kidding, I have a STACK of sheets, usually dont do decals simply because I suck with them, can never get them lined up right. If I do find it, ill set up an ebay auction, have you grab it from us that way.
>>11199695Yeah I actually didnt know. I live on the east coast in the US mind you but that is good to know.>>11202515I'll take yours and the other anon's advice on using that shipping price as some kinda indicator. I ended up shipping my stuff in the end because im curious to see how big the box is for this order but i'll definitely be more patient with my next order going out in feburary.
is the whole pre-glued thing a meme or should I avoid buying used figurines?
>>11202826>any good recipes for color C that don't require lascivious line stuffyou can mix any color at home from primary pigments (except special finish like metallics of course)https://buyfags.moe/YunYunFan_Garage_Kit_Guide#Color_mixing
>>11202829fuck meant for >>11200664
>>11202801americans don't have to worry about vat
>>11202870Yeah, we have to worry about gats
>>11202519Process was pretty simple. Took the base Asra Ninja Kaname, modified some parts by adding additional details via tamiya two part epoxy, sanded/filed everything down to what I thought looked good, then I made the eye patch with some styrne sheets, then went through the usual airbrushing painting process. The gold/yellow and purple was done by painting silver and then a clear yellow or purple over it, and the deep metallic green was done by painting a clear green over the the darker metallic green you see on the arms and some other places. After that applied a clear gloss coat over everything.The eye patch and faceplates have a small magnet in it so I can attach it to any faceplate, and the hair was from a Muscuto garage kit.And that's pretty much it.
>>11202377Nice. I've got a Durga II in progress. What are other Anons working on this weekend?
>>11202955Did we ever get a shot of the Katsuguchi prototype from the back? Kinda curious if she'll outdo Durga's butt.
so what do I buy if I want heads for the 30MS sigma sister & maid bodies but don't want to buy the dumb idol tie-in head kits?is it just option face part kit + option hair part kit? or will those still be missing the back of the head?perhaps I should get hair parts plus the new stocking limbs set that comes with a bunch of blank faces? do I need to also buy face decals separately?
>>11202782I’m not sure if it says, pic related is the sheet though, thanks a ton if you’re able to find it and get it listed. Sorry the pic is lowres, it’s the only one I could find of the sheet online
>>11203072https://hobbyfrontline.com/product/flaming-snow-water-decals-for-megami-device-bullet-knights-launcher/If all else fails, here's an aftermarket option.
>>11203068option face parts do have the back of the head, but only oneface decals are separate
>>11203105>only onedamn. seems like the only option to get multiple heads is the blank faces in the limb sets then. where is based china bootlegman to sell me a box of like 10 blanks at once
>>11203072Ive got my folder of decals out, but wifeys making dinner, as soon as shes done, ill post a couple pics of what I have, pretty sure I have both the regular and hell versions. Figure ill list them for like 5 bucks. Hoping shipping wont be too bad, shippings been a nightmare last couple years, especially to certain places overseas. Got to love selling a guitar to S. Korea and shippings like 50 bucks, but shipping same guitar to the UK or Canada and it becomes over a hundred plus.
>>11203126in case anyone thinks im bullshitting
>>11203193
>>11203195Heres what I found, the big sheet in the back I THINK is actual stickers, not sure. I noticed they all DO say "Bullet Knights" on them in tiny text, they just dont say which is which.
>>11203201Left says Lancer, right says Launcher
>>11203213AH, of course, im an idiot and noticed the moon runes after posting it. Well, as soon as decal anon replies with which one he wants, ill get her up on ebay for him.
>>11203201>>11203233Yeah boss that one on the right is the one I’m seeking, hopefully shipping doesn’t fuck me in the ass
>>11203279Cools. Getting her listed up right now. The REAL bitch about shipping is, almost every damned shipping calculator weve used, whether its on site or off, for the two big selling sites we use (Ebay and Reverb. Weve sold a LOT of guitars past few years) are always WILDLY inconsistent with their estimates. Sometimes off by hundreds of dollars. And the major problem is, we never know what the things going to cost until the person buys it, we get it boxed up, then put in the info like weight and shit. We are forced to just list an estimate for the shipping, and once the sale "goes through", we see the actual damages. Weve lost hundreds because of it, usually because the buyer doesnt want to cover the difference, which leads to them backing out, or sometimes if its just off by like 10-20, we just eat the extra.For little stuff like this though, it shouldnt be a problem. Ill list her for 5 bucks with like 4 bucks shipping for ya.
>>11203279And there you go.https://www.ebay.com/itm/146112205492
>>11203330>Intrusive thought: "Hey, what if you bought that instead of the other guy who actually wants it? Wouldn't that be funny?"No, intrusive thought! Bad!
>>11203351This is why no one should EVER do anything nice for people on the internet.
>>11202377It’s really impressive and a very unique deco. You should be proud!
>>11203363You're still being naive. This is why you should never do anything nice EVER.
>>11203380Thank you! Hopefully my planned project for next summer goes just as well.Annoyed that I can't paint in the winter around here, but at least I can get some of the prepwork done before hand.
>>11203330Hope it was you who bought it, decal anon. >>11203279
>>11203721Yeah it was me, luckily shipping was only like $4 to Ohio (on my end anyway, hopefully you didn’t get screwed too bad on it). Thanks a lot Anon
>>11203799No worries fren!
> 10938 yen for standard 13359 yen for DX at HLJ> 12160 yen for standard, 14980 yen for DX at AmiamiOUCH
>>11203814AmiAmi prices are higher a lot of the time
>>11202959I remember how I pointed out her little perverted looking panties and few anons from here explained that's so called G-string, how it's in use in gymnastics and how uncomfortable it is to wear, leading to shocking (for me) revelation that this general have actual girls posting.
How are they going to make Gourai II great?
>>11203891Transform into a tank.
>>11203891Make Gourai Great Again?
>>11202959Not yet, I wish there were turntable displays to see the prototypes 360°.Worst outcome, Kagutsuchi's butt might look similar to Greifen's.
>>11203879nah, you don't need to be a girl to know about g stringsfirst saw them on a runway fashion show on tvlearned that girls use them to not show pantylines when using tight pants or pants of some sheerness from a sitcom
>>11204063They made a bunch of improvements in that regard lately, I think. See Izumo for example. Normally the midsection and crotch would be a single chunk, as it usually were, but Kagu has them obviously separated. I just hope the bullshit that is koto store bonus won't be anything too significant like it were with brazillian arsia and power loader arsia or what's-her-name.Even if they got super lazy in that regard, Kagutsuchi the mech has a giant back-skirt covering the rear, so even if they fuck up or get lazy engineering wise, it shouldn't be an issue.
>>11204071I want to believe. Makes me think I wouldn't be rejected by potential girl for owning whole shelves of them.
>>11203201>stickersWaterslides anon.
>>11204327The ones in the back there are extremely shiny and have a noticeable border around their edges. I could be wrong though. I put them back now, dont feel like digging them out again right this moment.
>>11203879Or its just men who like to wear panties. Ive worn them before, thongs, g-strings, etc. Sometimes they just feel nice.
>>11204073For some reason FAG have torsos with the Y-shaped buttcracks a lot more than other Model kit series.
>>11204539My guess is body tone. Theyre more athletic than some of the other girls.
>>11204327>>11204465OK, I just pulled them out again and tested them. Theyre fucking stickers.
>>11204577Im actually kind of shocked that they are.
>>11204539
>>11204539>>11204631>Burger-butt.I didn't much care for her in the anime but I appreciate how fit she is. Maybe I should pick up on her swimsuit versions.
>>11204646*one of her swimsuit versions*I must be having a stroke.
>>11204646>>11204650Get the summer variant. The frilled o-rings are a great look and mask the articulation point wonderfully, comes with both mecha/flesh limb types and a special raised arm armpit piecies for both arms. The extra weapon parts and ball are fun additions, too.
>>11204685>raised arm armpit pieciesSold!!
Alright, I just finished Ninja Kaname, I'm ready for my swimsuit variant now, Koto. Please? I like how well she went together. The original was pretty solid but this does feel like a more matured design, even most of the joints were buttery smooth. On top of that I'll also finally have something to do with the mechanical limbs from my parts donor Aois, so that's cool.
humikane draw the box art againwho's the real mascot?
>>11204539That's mostly due to the age of most FAG models, modern girlplas have softer shapes.
>>11205388>SigmaWhat the fuck?
>>11205407It's the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet, if you know, the first original body was "Alpha Sisters Phantasm".
>>11205405That's not bad, either. The back dimples are a nice detail. What kit is that? 30MS? Dang, I have no shelf space left and a huge backlog but I can't resist buying more sexy mecha musume girls.
I remember the release posts, but did anyone build Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao?
>>11205407sigma balls
Did they ever make Bullet Knights blank faces as part of M.S.G.? If not, will any of the other face plates physically connect to the Bullet Knights head or no? I don’t care about the face shape not being exactly the same, I just need it to be the right color and actually connect to the head my model already has
>>11206607Nope. Nothing yet.You can get extra faceplates from taobao or other chinese sites but their color doesn't match very well.You can also buy faceplates that came as kotoshop exclusives on sites like amiami or suruga-ya but a bit more pricey.
>>11200284Soon..
>>11206667Word, thanks for the info
what max grit of sandpaper do i need if i want to use glossy topcoat? is 1500 fine enough or should i go 2500/3000?
>>11206750I normally would use 4000 but that could be overkill. 2500 should be fine.
>>112067502000-2500 is perfectly fine for just regular ol' glosscoating. The only time you'd ever want to go above that is if you'd be doing some chrome-related shenanigans where everything literally needs to be smoothed to hell and back.
hello, what kit is this?
>>11206799I would guess it's our queen Durga II.
Completely new to mecha musumes. What websites are the best for browsing what sort of figures are available?
>>11206808dalong.net has reviews of Kotobukiya's offerings under his Koto/F section, and Bandai's Figurise stuff under his Bandai/F section. You could also just throw a brand name into a site like AmiAmi or HLJ and browse stuff that way too.
>>11206812Thanks!
>>11206808Aside from mentioned Dalong, https://schizophonic9.com have 30MS stuff, which is not covered by Dalong.
>>11206808you can also check myfigurecollection:https://myfigurecollection.net/?tab=search&rootId=-1&tags[]=female_model_kit&_tb=item&output=3&sort=date&order=descalthough its model kit category also includes fixed-pose models and non-mecha girls>>11206812in addition to koto and bandai there are other brands too like volks fiore and various goodsmile/plamax lines. plus some chinese brands like nuke matrix and ms general.
>>11198475I'm new here. I don't get it. Is this thread a general for different intellectual properties from different brands?
>>11207044its for plastic model girls basically
>>11207044The best way to decide if a post goes here or gunplamo is if the kit remotely looks feminine and you would get raised eyebrows if you discussed your kit in public, it probably goes here.But general plamo questions are still better asked in the gunplamo thread in /m/ as there would be more anons in that thread than either /toy/ one.
>>11207099The gunplamo thread on /m/ is unfortunately rifle with shitposters. If I were to guess, half the thread are usually shitposts back when I lurked them less than a year ago.
>>11207044yup. shinkis were some of the earliest ones but they're not even commonly posted about at this point because the line is pretty much dead. kotobukiya resurrected two of them but thats it
>>11207044Quick guide for this general
>>11207173I want that shirt
>>11198723On the other hand, they don't pose all that well. You'd think without gear to haul they'd at least make with the bendy. >>11199244Nuke matrix.
>>11206799Durga I on the left, Durga II on the right.(Read as "ein" and "zwei")
>>11207173>>11207208yeah the shirt and the thermo are gold
>>11207264The pout is too powerful.
Why do all these figurines have to be so horny? I dig the cute girl + mecha aesthetic but I would be embarassed to pick these up from customs.
>>11207550Look into Chitocerium girls, they go for more of an elegant vibe.
>>11207595these are pretty and the storage box is cool but I'm more into the cyberpunk aesthetic
>>11207614Fair enough, maybe check out some of the more armybuilder-y kits like the WISM duo-packs or less extravagant 30MS then.
Do you guys think her price will drop more?Usually, AGA kits drop to 1/3 the original price after a while but it looks like Nodoka's putting up pretty well.
>>11207951https://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/blog2/megami/article/detail/264/
>>11198564Im glad i fucking shipped my order early. One of my items in that order was missing a fucking arm. I got paranoid and checked my soffria which was fine. How is hljs missing items policy? This is unrelated but it was for the gashapon item in the order.
>>11207550on a scale of 1-10 how horny do you consider this one?
>>11207851I would expect her to get down to around 5k yen for "second hand" ones within next year or something.>>11207966Not him but clearly 10/10.
>>11199163I don't like the fantasy chinese kit, their mecha girl design look quite fantasy and busy too
>>11207258>BendyI think they had to sacrifice articulation a bit to stop a bunch of gaps opening, it would look weird without the mecha aspect. The sitting pose legs and the occasional extra torso are probably included to make up for that.
>>11206667>taobaoAny shops that sell the lower body/tummy? Maybe for smaller sized like Aika?
>>11207851Are those actually a pair of pile bunker wings?
>>11203949Does it look better to have the articulation down at the waist + hips or the current one where it's around the diaphragm/ribcage line?
>>11208117current works fine because the hip balls are mounted on little rails. it's not perfect; but what is?
now there is too many
>>11208303Girlgun lady should probably be taken off. The chances of them seeing a reprint is probably about that of earth being destroyed by a meteor tomorrow.
>>11208303Megalomaria under the sousaiverse?
>>11198475I want to try scribing, Is Dspiae or Madwork chisels any good?
How do you guys usually paint faces? Should I be painting eyes and lips with enamels or masking off the eyes before airbrushing the skin?
>>11208471I use Madworks sometimes but you should get BMC or Sab if you can as they are much sharper.
>>11208482>but you should get BMC or Sab if you can as they are much sharper.Well, they are really expensive though
>>11208303plamatea still makes no fucking sense to me
>>11208473>Should I be painting eyes and lips with enamelsif you want to and are good enough (or willing to practice. most kits will come with blank faces and decals if you want to repaint the skin tone without the skill to custom paint faces. there's usually no need to paint over the prepainted ones
I admit, I feel really awful about myself and my rather large stack of plastic kits, especially girls. I feel so demotivated to do anything, yet I keep buying new ones that simply wait there. Even when I think about building some, I feel repulsed by realising how much work would painting require (I do things by brush only) and at the same time, I feel like it would be a "waste" not to paint or bad to do photo session with unpainted kit. I wish I could get back to times where I would simply add some details or build kits and enjoy them in their out of box form.Sorry for little stupid rant, I just had to tell someone.
>>11208543Fully painting a kit is daunting, but at the end of the day these are fairly inexpensive chunks of plastic; there's nothing to feel awful about and realizing that is probably the first step to getting over it. Myself, I've come to accept that despite owning and maintaining stock of all the materials needed to airbrush my kits, snapping them together is my favorite part and I'm rarely going to bother doing more than a topcoat and some decals. That's okay.
>>11207959https://support.hlj.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001722094-Terms-Conditions-of-Use#07
I wonder...
look at her go
>>11209240Mazinger Zest was a similar project between Good Smile and HJ and that got a Moderoid, fingers crossed we finally get a proper Honey toy from this. Hopefully we get OG Honey too.
>>11209240I was wondering the same.
Is this thing any good?
>>11209355Is she farting out orbeez?
>>11209639Guys? Please help?
>>11210645Yes, dude, yes. It cleans ceramic tiles like no other.
>>11210674What the hell are you talking about?
>>11209639Nope.Get one that's made of metal.
>>11210696>Get one that's made of metal.But it will damaged the plastic
>>11210698>question has been answer>helpful advice has been provided>refuses advicethis is why no one likes helping people in these threads
>>11210698You use a separator because the plastic are tightly snapped to each other.Metal one guarantees that it won't break. Using a plastic separator may work sometimes, but most of the time it will chip or break.
>>11210717>>11210726Is there any different between the $0.43 clock opener and the $5 DSPIAE part separator?
>>11210730I use ones similar to the cheapy on the left there. Got a pack of them off amazon, like three dif sizes for around 10ish, works just fine.
>>11210698That's cuz you use it like shit.Use it correctly and you won't damage anything.
I was starting to wonder if this lass was ever coming out.
>>11199402I was actually about to do this w/ AmiAmi, but I've heard multiple people say their Galahads came with missing parts and I remember hearing AmiAmi's support is pretty shit when it comes to that while HLJ actually will replace itit's almost November, maybe I can wait a little longer. I can just work on that Stylet that's been sitting in the closet instead...
>>11208543Invest in an airbrush so you can coat things quickly. It's absolutely nicer and less time consuming than brush painting everything.
>>11211196Im only having my own room and my own desk for work, Im not going to risk spraying anything here. Spray can primers are already problematic as I must go outside for that and its cold and wet for most time of the year here. No, I dont have space for any booth or anything and even if - I dont have any way to set up ventilation. I have real walls, 60cm thick and keeping window open is not good idea when its below zero outside.I also researched airbrush handling a little and I honestly dont want to dissasamble and clean every part after every color switch.
>>11211376I've been airbrushing for about a year and a half, and you really don't need to take apart and clear everything per colour. Just put some thinner and backwash a bit, wipe your cup clean and most of the time you're good to go for your next colour, especially if you're painting light to dark. Plus if you get a nice airbrush, they're usually pretty easy to take apart and scrub up when you do wanna give her a full once over.
>>11211376I just vent my spraybooth out of a window seal like pic related. Also what >>11211382 said. An Iwata airbrush breaks apart and is very easy to clean. You can gargle your airbrush with some lacquer thinner for a few seconds, spray it out, and you are good for the next color.
>>11210848shes on aliexpress for like 30 bucks
>>11211406not any different to what i paid on HLJ
Any bird-like wings that are compatible with Megami Device that I can buy on their own (i.e. without buying a whole gunpla)? Last night I remembered the hyperfixation I had on Heaven’s Lost Property a decade ago when I was 14
>>11211444Until it comes time to ship, at least.
>>11211524Ive seen bat/demon wings on ebay, you might find some bird/angel style ones if you look deep enough.
>>11211524
>>11211567>>11211573Word, thanks lads
>>11211573>Roast Chicken WingsI love chinglish.Also I would envision "Roast Chicken Wings" being more blondish and being on a delicious brown gyaru with blonde hair.
>>11210698>>11210717he's right though, metal tools can gouge plastic if you're too rough while a plastic spudger is basically always gonna be safeif you wanna be paranoid you can default to plastic and only use the metal part separator for things that are too tight/narrow for the spudger to workor just be careful i guess
>>11198475Who's this cutie? Any news?
>>11211662frame arms girl kagutsuchi>any newsthat pic is the news anon, the sculpt for her they showed off at the latest hobby show. no preorder or release date yet.btw this fat fuck is the mecha kit she's a girlified version of
>>11211573are these ones compatible with 30ms by any chance?
>>11211690time to learn kitbash skills and start cutting and cementing.
>>11211690they're all 3mm pegs aren't theyshould be fine
What kind of scriber size should i get for mecha musume kits? 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.3?
>>11200284C stands for Chocolate
>>11200284The C stands for CockSleeve.
>>11200284C is for cookie
Robot on robot on robot
>>11211779I am now manually remembering Darling in the FranXX.
>>11211780Peak mecha design. Whoever came up with the idea that the controls are strapped to a chick's ass is a fucking genius.
>>11211618Galaxy brain move: milling an ABS or POM sprue into a spudgerI have digital calipers, so what's the thinness needed for the spudger's edge to work properly?
having the ebikawa draw your OC is pretty good rewardshttps://x.com/30msisters/status/1849738223242838106
>>11211951BUNBUN as well
>>11211131lol, HLJ finally got their shit togetherI've still got the Camilla preorder that should be dropping next month hopefully so guess I'll hold onto thisThough Camilla is also chink so I'm probably going to go through the same shit again, but amiami doesn't even have preorders for her and the only leaf place that does is sold out
Has anyone bought this before?The color looks off
>>11212651I bought one before, looks neither realistic nor appealing
>>11212651Unless your specifically looking at them for the softness, go look on booth, there are lots of sellers that produce MD breastplates and are probably cheaper too. Hell, Muscuto is on there so you may as well pick something up from him.
Do any girlpla have an LED light up gimmick like the kind you'd see in some action figures?
>>11213012MS General's Sin-1 Gluttony has a light up throne that comes with her kit.Krakendress Rania has jellyfish (but the LEDs themselves are limited release)
>>11213063Oh, "those" kinds of extensions. Still don't get that her Relax version seems detached from her theme.Side note, the 30MS Sigma Sisters Paradox body is out, but I never heard of anything about this design being made for IM@S characters, except perhaps Kogane (who came out on the same day). Is this a 30MS original design that will not be released in the games?
>>11213012The Alnair Rod that comes with Magical Baselard or Durga I Save The Queen (or just on it's own) has a space to put an LED in it.But they don't come with one, though, you have to buy it separate.
>>11213063 Krakendress's leds are standard in the second release.
>>11213118>detached from her themeAnon, her weapons turn into boxing gloves, she's always been sporty.
>>11211690It has the hexagonal pin specifically for the Arca Nadea's back accessories, you will have to modify it if you want a 3.3mm peg. The hexagon is well over 3.3mm, but it has a hole in the middle, maybe that hole is close to what you need and can use something like a sprue
Are the arm and shoulder joints from 30ms sisters compatible with MD arm and shoulder sockets?
>>11214025If FA Girls have same socket as MD then not - 30MS seems to be slightly larger.
this would look so much better with a different face. what the hell is that mouth.
>>1121402530MS has larger shoulder ball joint compared to FAGirl and MD.
https://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/blog2/megami/article/detail/265/Pre order start at 11:00 AM(Japan time) on Wednesday, October 30, 2024
>>11212903Do i need to paint Muscuto stufff too? Or they are pre-painted?
>>11215085I love her masked face
>>11215058I thought this was another magatsuki recolour for a second, before remembering it's an amaterasu recolour.
Pre-made Gourai goes up for pre-order tomorrow.
>>11215255where is the fun in that
>>11215255not planning on getting one, but it'll be interesting to see the price difference.
>>11215258Wasn't it also like 1/6 scale, too?
>>11215280No, that's the Grande model
>>11215282Do we know if big Gourai is a kit or an action figure? If she's a kit it'll be a day one pre-order. I've built three of her already and still have the tan version in my backlog but she's so cute I'll add another to the pile.
>>11215321Big Gourai shoudl be a model kit
>>11215410> -1 ass tech
>>11215410Ugh, not a fan of those at all, they usually only look "good" from the front, and from the back, if the ass cheek is moved at ALL, the gap just makes them look ugly. Like those black/mexican women with the shelf asses.....
>>11215070muscuto uses colored resin, so unlike most other resin kits you don't need to paint
>>11198475https://x.com/muscuto/status/1850834144651304979the second I get a 3D printer I'm learning how to make shit like this
>>11198475wait I just realized what I was looking at.holy shit! it's actually real!I'll buy it purely because it took so long to get off the ground (kek)
>>11215678It's fucked up how some of the coomer figs I own have worse cracks than fucking Marvel Legends. We need a deep crack like this
>>11215830You share a board with a coomer general. You aren't better than anyone unless you stop posting here
>>11215834>>11215836>>11215857>>11215863I forgot how shit this board was. did one word really set you retards off to spergsville? god damn.
>>11215897>did one word really set you retards off to spergsvilleIf only normalfags didn't run everything into the ground instantly.
>>11215903I'm starting to think its the same kvetching schizo that has plagued the entire board for years actually.
>>11215914I just hope anons learn and follow this advice:>>11215857
Just do what makes you happy, fuck everyone elses stupid labels for it.
>>11215932God damn it. fuck it, im not fixing it.
>>11215932LMAO
>>11206818newfriend herewhy is she wearing no pants? don't people find that silly?
>>11215917blame hiromoot, he filtered the better word
>>11216186>why is she wearing no pants?because japanese otaku love pantsu>don't people find that silly?gunpla was already a nerdy hobby, the target audience of girlpla was an even more otaku audience with no shame over such things. same as anime figures.
>>11216186skin is win. Women wearing pants is a sin.
>>11216186Body suitsu desu.
>>11215642Is the colored part color accurate though? And where can i find them?
>>11216247https://muscutoy.booth.pm/ but probably need some kind of forwarder https://buyfags.moe/Proxy_and_forwarding_serviceshe also sells directly on http://muscuto.com/ and will ship to foreigners, the system is kinda weird though (picrelated) http://muscuto.com/xe/figure/12232you look through the categories and then fill out a google form with the model numbers, then he emails you back with instructions on how to actually pay through paypaland yeah the colors are accurate, he has some videos of assembling them so you can see what it all looks like out of the box with definitely 0 painting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr45EesfF84
they're also in a few in person model shops (surprisingly including one outside japan, in taipei)and as he complains about at the beginning of all his videos there are chinese recasts on aliexpress from SH studio and shit, probably lower quality and take more work to get right (like all recasts) but hey if you're feeling cheap and have the skill for it it's an option.
>>11216270Ive bought 6 of the knockoff kits, theyre fine. I had one that was missing a single piece, and the guy sent me an entire extra kit for free to replace it, didnt even require me to send the first one back. The colors on them were fine, the casting was fine, 4 kits from ali and 2 from ebay. YMMV, but I doubt theres really any difference.
>>11216273mostly I would worry about the tolerances/fit being different around parts like the waist joints that are already fragile and easily breakable on the original resin, since recasting leads to small changes in measurements like thatif you've had no problems though that's good newsmight be worth it just to avoid the crazy 100 yen = 1 usd conversion rates on his official site
>>11216186But she have panties, "cute" variant in stripes. Isn't that enough?If you want, you can always paint her waist area for spats imitation.
>>11216331had to make both Gourai and Sty-ko without the shimapan stripes because the decals just would. not. wrap. around the plastic despite the solvent I deployed.so they're wearing pure white panties instead. hmph!
P3 Gourai is up for pre-order, she's 12k yen
>>11216368You can always paint them.
>>11216112>THIRTEEN thousand japanese yen I could get a second hand model one for about 3k and still have 10k yen leftover for tools and paints.
>>11216273>>11216280On the other hand...I bought some remolded hair parts from GKM, the tolerances were fine, but unfortunately the there was a gap between the parts so I had to fill it in and forever use that head part with that same face plate.
>>11216270...Muscuto made a Nao Homare model?
>>11216560>gap betwen the partsa gap IS a tolerances problem anon.the original master had no gap but the recasting process adds measurement errors so something that was originally within like .05mm of the original shape is now within .5mm of the original shape, and that causes the gap to expand by .9mm (numbers all made up for illustration processs)
>>11216626he has a section on his site for r18 gksi suppose he only sells them in person and not online or something.
>>11216559And labor goes......where?
>ignore the shitty super glue this was my sacrificial kit>>11216749>a gap IS a tolerances problem anon.I mean I guess any gap is a tolerance issue, but my head canon that tolerance issues are if the parts don't fit together.This I'd consider a recasting issue, everything else fits but there wasn't enough resin in one part so now there's a gap.However if Muscuto still has this particular one in stock I'd buy it from him cause working with GKMs stuff is more effort than I'm willing to put in currently
>>11216983A lot of the time you can minimize things like that by heating the parts and squeezing them together. Did the boiling water trick not work?
>>11213299Is the V2 any better than the V1, or is it still fragile as heck?And speaking of Sigma Sisters Paradox, someone's giving it to Laranel as standard due to it having bladed legs, matching up with her rabbit legs at full power. We'll get a second version in white, and it should come with bladed arms, I feel like.
>>11216999I can try that on the other kits, this is why I bought multiples. Unfortunately I can't try it with the white one cause it doesn't have this issue.
>po'd the new megami>man why does this model have the regalia weapon?>literally amateratsu regalia but negroI skipped both runs of the og but the colorscheme made all the difference for me huh?
>>11217385Color scheme is super important.
NEW BREAD>>11217411>>11217411>>11217411>>11217411
>>11216915filed under the hobby column
>>11198855Yup, you can easly find 3d print for a adapter for 30mm peg random bandai action base to fix it on your detolf
