>"If you're new, you're gonna fuck up. Don't worry! If you're experienced, don't make the new people worry!"***READ THE GUIDE***Discordhttps://discord.gg/W973BmwERBThe guide:Part 1 (Quick Start)https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSBDfE8Iz-a86DZJCR5MHRW6tjkQX-y4-ZpUc_vHjRfx_i2FB0zR1usdrgUJ4wNTs1iDFZmTQHF66X_/pubPart 2 (Deeper Dive)https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQJG2SZo1O1PjExPrdU_-GnkrYTGiGLCgBcKaL4peEWxOGB4CNbpGaJBV1oF61eNE1lEhbQHYEAXLrw/pubAnd a handy guide to other types of plamo: http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20(Scale%20Modelling%20Step-By-Step).pdfhttp://www.scalemodelguide.comSome line art:https://imgur.com/user/Gundaml1neart/postsPrevious thread: >>11256672
==MELEE GROUPBUILD==Build/paint a robot with a loadout focused on melee combat! Anything from shields to swords to lances to axes to bare fists is fair game. There's no room for ranged weaponry here, however, so anything resembling a rifle, rocket launcher, cannon, pistol, or any other ranged weapon is a no-go (Small ranged weapons that are built into the kit itself like head vulcans are ok, however).More clarification here:>If the body part has a built-in ranged weapon (head/chest vulcans, claw beams, etc), then that's fine. If it's a separate part like the Alex's arm vulcans it's best to leave those off.>Melee weapons with in-universe ranged capabilities (Like the Kimaris's lance or the Gyan's shield) are fair game too. >Any scale, any brand, and any type of kit is fair game here. That means anything from Gundams to girlpla to miniatures are all free to use.Send your entries to gunplaplamo@gmail.com with at least 5 photos of your finished build along with any WIP photos and a description of your entry.START: 12/8/24END: 3/31/25
I'm almost done with the plate-cutting part of this project (after this, just have to do the side skirts and the shield). But since there were some voids that were 1mm thick and I need some thicker plating for my groupbuild entry, I went and bought some 1mm plating, since I didn't want to cut four times the amount to cement together.What's the most efficient way to cut through this stuff that won't bore me to death halfway through? The section cut out here was done with way too many hobby knife passes and then finishing off the remainder with nippers, but it was really easy since I just needed rectangles. This void is a bit more complex, I'm not going to fill the whole thing but I do need to get into some pretty small crevices. Do I just keep using a hobby knife, do I invest in a small saw, any advice would be helpful.
>>11280502>What's the most efficient way to cut through this stuff that won't bore me to death halfway through
>>11280502you can get mini hobby saws for pretty cheapor be like your favorite japanese youtubers and buy the $200 godhand amazing cutter
It finally occurred to me, after a shitload of procrastinating, that I own a round file and it would be really good for doing the rounded parts of the plating for the side skirts.
Here's what I managed to finish in 2024.
>>11281532And this will be my 1st build of the 2025.
>>11281534One of the best boxarts ever. Bandai will never know how much they lost when they started just using painted-over 3D models.
>>11280817>>11280502godhands are rubbish for cutting plastic card, theyre designed for kitselcheapo nippers work for small parts but they cant cut further than a centimeter, just use a hobby knife, cutting mat, and steel straightedge. Mark an area bigger than youll think you need and just snap the plastic apart when it gets deep enough.I almost exclusively work with 1mm plate since I make actual structures with it.
>>11281544Tell me about it whenever I buy an old kit with actual artwork I cut that shit out and turn it into a poster.
>>11281534what scale is this?
>>11272697Almost done with basecoats.Put the thing together to sketch the camo patterns in photoshop.
>>11281532are there pics of the Rei?
>>11281576>godhands are rubbish for cutting plastic card, theyre designed for kitsyou know godhand is a whole ass company, they make more than just the one nipper you own.i even typed out the fucking product name
>>11281702>gluing it all together before paintingbig warhammer fan huh
>>11281534>>11281544It goes super hard
>>112816591/144>>11281717https://www.tinami.com/view/1150186
>>11281812Only the limb joints are glued, everything else is dry fitted.
pre-orders came in
>>11282323>needing to preorder a 19-year-old kitwhat is happening to the worldbased taste though
>>11282442...uh, do you not know how reissues work?
>>11281534Not much to look at straight outta the box, is he?I'm sure whoever designed this guy never gave painting/seamwelding a thought, not even ironically.
>>11282594Not that it matters to me, but I just found it funny:>do multi-color injection>go out of your way to mold the monoeye in pink which could easily be done with a sticker>mold the backpack which is supposed to be solid orange in solid grayPrice of orange plastic must have been astronomical back in ol' 1989.
>>11282595Box front shows grey backpack>>11282594You are trolling with those nubs right?
>>11282621You can only assume he's going to dissasemble and clean/model it
>>11282621Cleaning nubs on the seams that I'm later going to weld is wasted effort imo.
>>11282621I know a few people irl who leave their nubs like that and it triggers me to no end.
Had an issue with the plumbing at home yesterday, so I'm having to crash at my sister's place the next city over for a few while. Luckily I at least brought something from my backlog to build while I'm stuck here. Snapped up this little dude today
>>11283316I hope the plumbing works out, what is that strange little friend
>>11283338Look up Maruttoys.
>>11283338Thanks anon - the kit is a Tamotu from Kotobukiya. They have a whole series of little robots like this, in lots of different colors too. Fun little kits, this one took me just an hour to build
>>11283344But my name's not Maruttoys
>>11283348That would work if there was a comma, anon.
>>11283347I don't have any Koto kits yet, they're not very well-stocked in the west for some reason, I'll look into it thank you, maybe some girlpla as well>>11283380Fuck
Building the 1/72 X-Wing, and I realized I probably should have painted the inner engine pieces. The ones that are marked C-13 on the sprues. Is there any hope I can pull them out?
First time using paint markers. Not as bad as I thought but still an learning curve. Would do things differently if I did a second O, which I might one day especially if it gets a revive.
>>11283601...is that your fridge?
>>11283752I was wondering the same thing.Also is that a crotch beam saber or are you just happy to see me?
>>11283752nta but a fridge is basically a lightbox but cold
>>11282595Bandai's multicolor injection molding can only do up to 4 colors on a single runner (not just 30 years ago when that kit came out but even today). It's cheaper for them to just include the backpack in grey than to make a third runner with two orange pieces and bring the price up some more.
>>11283898i still find it hilarious that bandai's injection moulding is still light years ahead of western model kits and in terms of multicolor runners it hasn't advanced in 30 fucking years
Working on my group build kit. It was nice of Bandai to include a swastika sticker for this build.
>>11283899>in terms of multicolor runners it hasn't advanced in 30 fucking yearswell they're probably using the same injection machines as they were 30 years ago.
>>11283899I think it's honestly a difference in consumers. Most the westerners buying such things are grognards who are going to want to paint anyway. bandai still markets to children so colour separation is important and appealing.
>>11283977clean up your fucking nubsyou don't even have to sand just go over them with the knife
"Majestic Knight" (or "we stuck a plasma battery to the side of a Volpanova and turned off the safety limiters, look at him go")plastic softer than expectedweapon connection pegs are a bit flimsy, probably glue in place once you settle on a specific weapon configurationthe power cable's outer layer keeps pulling out of the socket so i'll superglue that too
I heard this place is better than people at /m/.
>>11284040No.
>>11284046It's much less active but is entirely helpful instead of mostly being shitposting.
My first HG of the year, that gold artifact rick dias being the first kit of the year.
>>11284046Its more chill here. Less shitposting. Can find better serious advice here at times.
On the dio
Used a few different paints on this projectBlue parts black surfacer>mr color gx ice silver>mr color gx deep clear blueTamiya Camel yellow on the feet and skirts, vents got tamiya chrome yellow and titanium silver applied in a couple light coats as a kinda blend. Elbow, knee joints collat got the titanium silver over black surfacer.White was tamkya white primer then titanium silver then mr color gundam color white blended over that. Backpack and gun was black surfacer and mr color burnt iron then a clear black applied over it. Brushed some yellow on the legs that was missing. Couple places I tried but the paint just wouldnt stick over the blue. All in all a decent learning experience with the airbrush.
>>11284115I keep both open. There seems to be a higher percentage of actual builders here. I imagine because you don't get any retarded nobuild /m/ denizens trying to chime in.
>>11284612I usually dont post to /m/. Ive posted fully painted kits and they will call it snapshit anyway. There are 1 or 2 dedicated shit posters that kinda ruin it.
>>11281702what did you use for the metal on the axe blade?
Saw these in a video touring a store in Japan but the narrator didn't know/mention what the series was. Anyone here know?
>>11284989Super Robot Wars
>>11284990>>11284989specifically these are from Original Generations (Cybuster is from Masoukishin but that doesn't matter)White - CybusterRed - AlteisenBlack - GespenstBlue (in the back) - looks like Gespenst Mk-IIIBlue-red (on the right) - Daizengar (or Dygenguar)there have recently been HG kits of SRW originals
>>11284990>>11284992Awesome, thank you /toy/
>>11284992>Blue (in the back) - looks like Gespenst Mk-IIIThat's the Huckbein Mk II
>>11285011I'm retarded I meant to write Huckebein Mk-IIIand taking a closer look you're right, it IS the Mk-II
>>11284711The amount of toxicity in the /m/ threads is wild. It's not even cheeky 4chan toxicity. It's just regular toxicity pretending to be cheeky toxicity.
>>11285028/m/ has always had a surprising amount of seething cunt type autistssome chucklefuck once tried to dox me when I posted picrel in a drawthread as something obviously inspired by kamen riderretardanon genuinely thought my obviously-fake writer pseudonym was my real name
Saint Seiya plamos, this new line is cool
>>11285155what's the cool sunglasses mech on the left
>>11285033I can't even read it so I must have become fully black recently.
>>11285155its the HG YF-19, it is a partsformer but you can make it either a plane, gerwalk mode or battroid like in that pic
>>11285161did you reply to the wrong post?
>>11285167oh that's cooldidn't think of macross at allpartsforming doesn't bother me when it comes to plamo so i might get one
what did thriftbooks mean by this
how many mecha musume kits is a pair of these tamiya nippers good for? i've only built two kits and some smaller options kits and they seem "sticky". not sure if that's normal.
>>11285207no that's not normal, styrene plastic is soft and you should be able to use one pair of nippers for years and years unless you fuck them up. you probably have some small plastic debris in the hinges or some shit
>>11285227is it necessary or useful to oil them once in a while?
>>11285229not necessary but it can't hurt
>>11285232ok thanks. i'll take a look at them later and see if i can figure out what's going on.
>>11285207As other anons said, a drop of 3 in 1 oil should take care of it but also check for plastic debris in the groves, they tend to get a small piece caught and flatten it out. Makes it feel sticky.
>>11284458did you orange peel your topcoat or is that just grainy photo taking?looks good btw especially if this is your first time airbrushing :)
There any us based stores that sell bluefin and p bandai second market?
>>11285315Metallic flake under the clear blue. Maybe slightly grainy photo too. I was worried I had orange peeld it but it is a super smooth glossy finish. Its my 2nd full aurbrushed gunpla after that gold rick dias.
Why the fuck is this $400? Because it’s metal? Am I missing that it’s huge or something?It’s this METAL BUILD CROSSBONE GUNDAM X1 HALF CLOTH (KINKEDO CUSTOM)https://p-bandai.com/us/item/N2754727001001
>>11285496It's 400 because Bandai thinks paypigs will pay that much for it if it's metal AND P-Bandai
>>11285496I have owned and handled a few MBs now, and I just don't get it. They look nice I guess, but they are super unpleasant to pose. The joints are tight as fuck to carry the weight, and they feel scary to move. They also don't feel worth it to me at all. Diecast is not expensive to produce, where does all the money go? Just making a heavier figure that's not fun to pose, I guess.MRD is a huge scam too, just by injecting a little diecast they think they can charge hundreds of dollars for a 1/12 figure. Insane.
>>11285541For that price, and a sale I could get two PGs (maybe), or even just one and paint for it. Just feels like a waste unless you’re an insane Crossbones otaku with decent salary.
bros i just saw the news...i am happy, but does that mean artifact dead??
>>11285496all metal build shit costs that much, the whole line is targeted towards paypiggies with too much disposable income. no it doesn't cost close to that amount to manufacture.
>>11285579yeah that's what i don't get, diecast is cheap as fuck to manufacture
>>11285172Don't forget his buddy the YF-21
This week is finally the release date of 30MS Full Armor Altocan't wait
>>11287100IDK why, but it kinda annoys/bores me that 30MM is just...legally distinct Gundam. Like there are direct counterparts for so many MS and forms. I wish Bandai had done something more original and inventive with the series.
>>11285168No, I have no idea what the artist signature says.
We are /tg/ now https://global.bandai-hobby.net/en-us/site/gundam-assemble/
>>11287134>I wish Bandai had done something more original and inventive with the seriesLike Sisters and Fantasy?
>>11287447So it's just Gunhammer?
>>11287515No, I consider those separate lines. I wanted an original robot line with original ideas, not mecha musume or fantasy.
>>11287179Oh, that. It's David Haire, also trollfeetwalkerHe doesn't actively take commissions anymore as far as I knowif you're looking for an artist to commission I have a few others I've worked with that I can recommend depending on what kind of art you're looking for
>>11287134It's not just legally distinct, it's also aggressively cross-compatible to the point it almost feels like bioniclesand it has separately molded monoeyes unlike actual gunplalol
Not a 1:1 example cause I added on. But if you ever doubt how far a little bit of painting and poorly done detailing can go, it’s definitely worth it. I don’t really take the time to do side by sides of painted vs bare components, but this kit is taking a lot of time and this was a good opportunity.
>>11287447I'm hoping it'll be significantly cheaper than Warhammer. I like the idea of wargames but I can't afford it. But considering HG gunpla are similar or cheaper than many Warhammer minis and the Assemble minis appear to be single color injection, and less pieces than an HG, I'm hopeful that this will be more affordable. Not sure if I'm coping or not though.
Planning on getting the Sazabi "Ver. Ka" and customizing it, anyone have links for metal parts for the frame and accessories?
>>11287736that's a- huh?i was gonna say that looks like a ball lockseedbut that straight up just is a ball lockseedwhat the fuck
>>11287134there should be more non humanoid 30mms, give us some spider walkers and legless hover drones or something
>>11287951there's a spider guy and a horse so you CAN make centaur and spider mechs
>>11287951That's what exa vehicles are for.
>>11287951>>11287959>>11287985There's also pic related if you want something bigger.
>>11287519Looks more like a board game like Warhammer Underworlds but give me a Gundam skirmish game like Kill Team and I'll be all in
>>11287100>>11287134Hello. Newfag here. Is High Grade the Witch from Mercury compatible with the 30 minutes kits? I was planning in buying this kit and using some of it's parts (legs arms) on a 30 minutes missions figure, but i don't know if that is going to be possible.
>>11287447>>11287727I think this seems like a losing prospect. Yeah, there's been a little /tg/ and /m/ crossover, but I dunno if it's enough to drive an entire line. And Gunpla really gets to coast a lot on its parts count, engineering, and tolerances, all of which are a pain in the ass to nail on a 3D printer. Minis, on the other hand, are extremely easy to do at home. All I have to do is rip the models from any Gundam game, pose em up, print em, and I will never need to buy Bandai's injection molded minis.
>>11288307It might not be DIRECTLY compatible, like plug and play, but most modern kits can be combined with a little work, like sanding down or thickening up balljoint connections with kleenex to make the joints fit. It should be doable without too much fuss.
>>11287985The spider isn't very big, is the problem. Even with the smaller girlbot torsos it looks kind of comedically small. It looks even funnier if you use one of the bigger bot torsos.
Just broke a second pair of SPN-120 snippers. I'm so fucking pissed guys. Didn't even used it for a whole kit. My first pair were good for like, 15+ kits, but this pair just broke on this clear plastic kit. I knew clear plastic were tougher, but I guess I wasn't prepare for this. It was actually a good kit, and I can still finish it with a pair of PN-125 and some classic knife, but I'm still SO pissed -.-Press F in the chat for me fellows, I need some moral support.
>>11288330The fuck you're doing with your clippers? I still have the Tamiya pair I got five years ago. Built more than a hundred miniature kits with them.
>>11288337first pair my cat dropped it from the table while I wasn't looking, I had it for at least 3y, stared rusting here and there, really not mad, had a great trackBut that second pair, I guess I tried to cut a very fat clear plastic part and it was just too fat and tough for it, break like pic related
Hi guys, I wonder if you can help. I bought this spray can for my models but I am unsure about what it says.I usually paint my gunplas with brushes and Vallejo Game Color (water based) and usually use decals and sometimes the included stickers that you find in the box with the model. Same thing for weathering, rusting etc, Vallejo colors and FX paints.On the can it says "DO NOT USE ON STICKERS AND DECALS", but I have seen many people use it on a variety of things and I wonder if I should trust the can or the overall community experience.What do you have to say about this?
>>11288340Don't clippers have a max safe thickness for things they are used on? I know you're not supposed to use god hands on anything thicker than like 5mm.
>>11288343Maybe something in the spray harms paper if applied directly to it? For transfers I usually gloss varnish the surface as the last step to seal them in, so you can always just do that.
>>11288358it was around that thickness, but clear plastic is just tougher too, normally I use tougher nippers (like 125s) for clear plastics but they fly in the air chaotically, I was tired of it, and I had multiple pieces to cut because of the size/nature of the kit, so I moved to120 nipper instead of the 125, and you wont see me do that mistake again
>>11288330bruh, you're 3 years in, on your second pair of SPN-120s, and you didn't even know to never use single bladed nippers on clear plastic? that's fucking basics. wtf are you doing buying the best nippers in the game when you're at this level of knowledge??? just throwin money away, I swear
>>11288368bro go dilute that salt you got in youbut for real I perfectly knew you're not supposed to use 120 on clear plastic, but after tons of kit, I acted careless and felt like using 120 would be faster, I was stupid and juvenile. my fault, my loss
>>11284458HGUC Mudrock is one of my favorites. Good feeling, good design.
>>11285160YF-19 from Macross Plus
>>11288362>normally I use tougher nippers (like 125s) for clear plastics but they fly in the air chaoticallyhold the piece instead of the runner when you make the final cut, it's not like the runner is gonna fly away
>>11288343It should work fine, nut dont do thick coats at first. Give it a light coat, just a light dust coat over the decals and such. Then do a thicker coat after it dries. The thinner can reactivate the decals. It can cause them to lift and bunch up if they get too wet on the first coat. >>11288394Definitely one of the better hg kits I've built.
Mr. Color GX100/114 are basically the topcoats in bottle form, right?
>>11288425oh yeah def, but sometimes the runner/piece has a weird shape and it isn't easy to do :p
>>11287624Mostly BBWs
>>11288460can't help with that chiefi don't commission fetish shit
>>11288343It should be absolutely fine to use over stickers and decals. Just don't spray it on too thick at first, as that other anon mentioned. You can always test it out on a spare decal or two if you really want to be sure.
>>11288368I use PN-120 nippers on clear plastic and haven't had a single problem
>>11288330>>11288375I've used my SPN-120 to cut clear parts off the runners probably close to 100 times by now, and they are still unbroken.Having built a few dozen kits I have never seen a 5mm nub, they are usually less than 1mm wide at the part and clear plastic of that thickness is not a problem for SPN-100. Nippers are not tools for scratchbuilding, you are not supposed to cut plastic sheets or rods with them, there are knives, saws and all kinds of other cutters for that.
>>11288319hot
>>11288319liger tail will save us
>>11288446yes, if you have an airbrush you just use those instead of buying the spraycans
>>11288798I paint it on with a brush.
Tring to find the right vehicle.I was able to find the 3 main Arm Slaves from full metal panic in 1/48 scale, so Im planning to do a small diorama with 1. I need a 1/48 vehicle (preferable US Military) to act as a support vehicle, sort of like the one from Armored Core 3. I need a vehicle to attach stowage and a few magazines for the mech.
>>11289060uhyou should be able to find that pretty easily in any generic hobby store
Thinking about getting some of the new(?) G-Gundam kits. I think they're all RG, so I'm not sure about them. Is it just the Nobel, Shining, and God gundams right now?
>>11289266RG God and Shining are new. Nobel is pretty old, maybe she had a new print though.
>>11289276Are they good? RG seems to be a total coin flip. I have Char's Z'Gok, its got a little flop in the arms, though its otherwise pretty good. That's my only personal RG experience, though.
>>11289291I've heard god is the best RG in the whole line. It's also the most recent, with shining still upcoming.
>>11289291Aside from the recent Akatsuki, RGs since the Unicorn's release have been fine.
>>11289299i was gonna complain about the RG Astray Red and its ankle armor and stupid fucking shoulders but apparently it came out 2 years before the Unicornso consider this my excuse to complain about it anyway
>>11289266I don't know how new the Nobel is, but Master Gundam and Nobel are both just HGs. I have Master Gundam, he himself is fine, Fuunsaiki really could have had more articulation if they wanted. The RG God Gundam is swell and I look at the HG and wonder why I was even deciding between the two. HG Shining's alright but you might be better off waiting for the RG.The Rose, Maxter, and Dragon Gundams are HG and P-Bandai but have a lot of parts-separation.
>>11289369>The Rose, Maxter, and Dragon Gundams are HG and P-Bandai
>>11289393It's outright predatorial, they would know that they're selling well. I wouldn't be surprised if Bolt and Spiegel get released and are p-bandai as well
>>11289396It'd be funny if bandai just decided to make those regular releases.
>>11289398Have they done that before? P-bandai stuff becoming mainline? I only know of an exclusive SD Qubeley getting a mainline release years after, and some Scopedog add-on stuff just being part of a different Votoms kit later onBut yeah, it'd be nice if they released all of them, or without the effects parts?
on the upside, them being P-Bandai means we have a higher chance of getting an extremely okay bootleg
>>11289421Still waiting and hoping for those bootlegs, hopefully it's popular enough for them to pick up
>>11289410I've heard of them re-releasing models that were regular release as pbandai. Then some models for some reason are pbandai in Japan but regular release in North America.
>>11289369I actually forgot my friend gifted me this, so I guess that's one at least.
I despise these ankle joints or really the lack thereof, but I'm actually impressed with the balance. Gonna have to panel and color fill later, though.
>>11289396>It's outright predatorialLOL, no it's not. You act like it's some evil scheme or something. All it means is that it's a kit that Bandai views as a low sales risk, so they are producing them to order rather than chancing them sitting around unsold.I don't even get why people in the US complain about P-Bandai anymore. Is it the loss of the slight webshop discount? The $10 shipping fee, which is likely less than they would have paid from a webshop? Neither seems like enough of a reason to bitch and moan. P-Bandai used to be a pain in the ass because you had to contract a middleman service to buy it for you, which also incurred additional fees. Now it's so easy for us. I think people got so used to complaining about it, they just kept doing it even after it got easy.
>>11289625I just don't like them keeping things that should just be normal releases hidden behind limited time bullshit. It's forced fomo. That's what's predatory.
>>11289636P-Bandai reprints all the time now. If you miss something it'll probably come back around in a few months. Think of it this way, without something like P-Bandai to put out "risky" kits that might lose money at retail, you might not get them at all. Would you prefer that?
>>11289638I'd rather have nothing than a platform exclusive.
>>11289492I mean, here's hoping the good option happens>>11289507>>11289608Oh nice, haven't seen this one in stock in ages, hope she's still fun despite the ankles.>>11289625It used to be that, throw in a book-only rando or an obscure mook or variant in p-bandai, that's fine. But the G Gundam ones are clearly popular and they're bothering to make an RG for the Shining, why bother doing that and making an HG Death Army kit for the mainline if you genuinely thought it was a sales risk. Likewise, I think most if not all the Code Geass ktis were p-bandai as well.>people in the USH-haha yeah, that sure is me
>>11289636>It's forced fomoP-Bandai shit gets reprinted more frequently than most retail kits lmaoooo
>>11289396>I wouldn't be surprised if Bolt and Spiegel get released and are p-bandai as wellTruly, you must posses a genius level IQ to have been able to deduce that
>>11289934>Truly, you must posses a genius level IQ to have been able to deduce thatThere's been other toylines where they give you the least popular one in the mainline as a rather insulting consolation prize
>>11289625>The $10 shipping fee, which is likely less than they would have paid from a webshop?from a normal shop that actually has in-stock items you can buy many things at once and pay one shipping fee for the orderfor pbandai where everything popular is preorder only and sells out in less than a day, you will be paying that $10 shipping separately for everything you buy since of course none of the other shit you want is in stock to add to your card at the time the preorder is ready
>>11289864>Oh nice, haven't seen this one in stock in ages, hope she's still fun despite the ankles.It's a fun kit. Comes with a V pose hand and bridal carry hands for Shining/God, which is funny. There isn't any movement for the hair, so it really limits the head articulation. The most interesting part of the kit is that it comes with plastic ribbon for the beam whips as well as a base to hold the other end, but I haven't opened that up yet. Overall, it's nothing spectacular, but it's a $20 kit without poly caps. I'm curious about the berserk mode coming out now.
>>11289864They made a RG for Shining because even if Bandai doesn't believe in a series, they do want main MS representation. I am surprised they made Death Army a regular release, but it makes sense, those are made to be army built. Bandai has made army builders P-Bandai before, so I see this as a rare moment of clarity for them. The other suits are not meant to be army built, and the series has such a wildly diverse/polarizing aesthetic, so it's easy to relegate them to P-Bandai. I'm not arguing for it mind you, I too wish G got more exposure, but I'm just trying to explain what I think Bandai's strategy is here.As for you not being from the US, RIP>>11290085This is how virtually every store works? Only BBTS and HLJ will hold preorders for you and wait for more to arrive. The vast majority of sites ship preorders as they come in. And by the way, if you pay via credit card, and buy more stuff later that is arriving in the same month as something else you ordered, P-Bandai will combine shipping on request.
>>11290724>This is how virtually every store works? Only BBTS and HLJ will hold preorders for you and wait for more to arrive.Yeah, preorders are a shit experience compared to normal ordering.And the reason pbandai is shit is because EVERYTHING is preorder-only and impossible to just buy when in stock, because they only produce enough to meet preorders.
>>11290727>because they only produce enough to meet preordersStop liking niche shit only you and another 100 weirdos want and start buying models in walmart, problem solved ;-p
>>11290742The day I choose seed MC suits over psycho dogas and hizack customs is the day I lose my soul for good.Remember me when I'm gone, bros....
>>11290727Uh, yeah? That's by design? If they produce a set number of a risky kit and just have them sitting around taking up space, that's exactly the in-store problem they are trying to avoid by making things P-Bandai in the first place.
>>11290724>The other suits are not meant to be army built, and the series has such a wildly diverse/polarizing aesthetic, so it's easy to relegate them to P-Bandai.those retarded made a pbandai website for France, cool for me I guessBut then haven't made it possible to buy the Rose Gundam, there was only 6-7 kits on it and nothing was added in near 2 years of activitythey annouced they will stop the service for a year, for "restructuration" lmao
>have the MG Aile Strike RM>just have to patiently wait for the Perfect Strike expansion parts to hit P-Bandai>stop by my local brick and mortar after work>they have the old 2008 Sword + Launcher Strike for saleThere was a part of me that was tempted to blow the extra $35 or so, but I don't need an extra whole-ass Strike (the temptation to make a zero battery version or use it for kitbash fodder was strong, I have to admit). Plus, the P-Bandai version comes with a new waterslide sheet.
Saw it on sale on Aliexpress, figured it might be a good dust solution for the workbench.Didn't expect the box to be quite *that* large.In the box: fan with a filter installed, power supply with various switchable plugs, dust brush, velour pad of some sort, sheet of stickers and an instruction leaflet. No spare filters included.The fan is controlled by 2 touch areas in the middle, the funny part is that the function of the areas is printed on a removable sticker, if you peel it off there will be no indication where the areas are whatsoever. Controlling the fan using those areas takes a bit of getting used to, I wish they were just normal buttons. You can also control the thing with an app on your phone (personally I don't want my fucking phone on my workbench).The whole LED lighting effect is a bit annoying. I thought it was kinda silly how much text the instruction has about configuring it.The suction is pretty good. Not spraybooth tier good, but enough to suck away airborne dust. The noise is okay even at the highest suction level. I was disappointed by the lack of airflow stats on DSPIAE website so I took my own measurements, came to about 330cfm at the highest level.I think it should be safe enough to sand and dremel resin etc with that thing on in front of you, but I would still wear mask just in case.
>>11291430"pretty good but not the best" is pretty consistently how DSPIAE stuff shakes outexcept for their paint markers, those are very good
>>11291442>"pretty good but not the best" is pretty consistently how DSPIAE stuff shakes outWell, I happen to think that their various vises and their electric rotary tools are the best I've tried so far. Their chisels are second only to BMC (which are kinda unobtainable atm).
>>11291452they're very good at metal tools but their electronic stuff is afaik manufactured by someone else
>>11291452yeah i should've specified that the "good but not the best" part mainly applies to their electronicsoverall, especially considering their prices, they're one of the best brands
