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== ACE CUSTOM GROUPBUILD ==

Build, customize, and paint a grunt mobile suit up for use by an ace pilot.
>You are taking the role of the Ace Pilot here - You're making the design choices when it comes to loadout, paint scheme, and suit customizations.
>Think about what your Ace specializes in, is he all in on offensive power, speed and maneuverability, or bulk and defense?
>While your pilot is an ace, he's not so special that he's getting super secret prototypes like Gundams or Mobile Armors. Keep your grunt relatively grounded to whatever setting it's from.

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: 12/13/25
>END: 3/31/26

>my bootleg Moon Gundam has been held hostage by customs for two weeks now
Not that it'd be a huge loss since the thing only cost like $13, but is there a way I can get on the phone and scream at someone to release it?

>>11674899
bomb your postal office

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Also, semi-continuing the discussion last thread about buying clothing/underwear for the Nuke Matrix girlpla, goddamn this shit is actually pretty expensive. Either you pay like $20 for a single jacket, or pay massive shipping charges for a single set of underwear. It's almost cheaper to just sew your own doll clothes if you have access to a sewing machine. How do people afford these for more than just a single doll?

>>11674955
the obviously buy shit in bulks

pimping out your model kits can get expensive, I just bought a diecast inner frame and decals for a Daban Strike gundam with the Gunbarrel strike pack I am going to build and I plan to get the new Minerva head they released specifically for it because the one you get from the kit looks a bit funky

is it expensive? yes but you get the joy of doing the customization yourself for your shit

for more questions on that regard maybe try the Busou Shinki general, it is specifically for all the girpla stuff so I guess people who lurk there may have more advice/suggestions for the fabric stuff

either that or look for online groups/sale/meeting points near you, you'd be surprised by how many people share the same hobby and the options some people offer for those niches

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Styrene strips should be a controlled substance. Once you start gluing them on you can't stop.

i keep fucking up my denubbing im such a fuckin chud all these small pieces like the skeleton parts or the visor.. im building the 30mm Raven/Nightcall model and I cut away from the piece/cut into the sprue and get these lil chunks of nub, but i try shaving them down and I feel like I am just pushing the piece around cause the chunk is so big but the part that connects to the piece is so tiny its basically me pushing the piece left and right so i end up withh stress marks on the pieces

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ZOMG RUSTY

>>11675879
Well, that's when you use your hobby knife

MG Wing Zero Custom ver Ka. VS RG Wing Zero Gundam, who wins?

I typically build 1/144 kits but I was super disappointed with the RG Custom kit, floppy mess, first time I looked at a kit and thought it was too small. Bought the MG the other day and it's almost done, looks great.

Has a third party ever downsized a PG kit? Would be cool to get PG Strike in a smaller size, even the first ver would be nice.

>>11676069
The MG Wing Zero Custom is one of the modern marvels of MG engineering, while the RG is old in the tooth and came out when Banda were still struggling with making the line work. So of course there are going to be massive differences.

Chinese bootlegging companies are incapable of downsizing to my knowledge, they lack the technique and know-how. They can only upscale smaller designs into bigger kits, from RG to 1/100 and from MG to 1/60. And even then they often have to compromise, the "1/100" God Gundam is bigger than what a genuine product would be.

>>11674955
>$20 for a single jacket
you should see what the actual BJD dressup autists pay for their limited run designer doll clothes

Does lineart for the GQX Zaku exist? I can't find shit.

Holy shit, what the fuck is this captcha?

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>>11676069
Ka. Very very solid kit that can hold poses extremely well.

>>11676213
wtf are those colors?

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>>11676230
It's the recirculation version of the kit. Recircs are all black with some neon, like there's a green MG Unicorn and a blue Barbatos for example.
I have the original one too if that's more your flavour.

>>11676245
Of course I would pick the one sideways image, oh well.

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>>11676112
I like it a lot, it's solid as fuck. Shame about the resizing, thanks for letting me know.

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>>11676069
MG by far, it is more solid and easier to pose

the RG is indeed flimsy, mine even broke at the joint at the back of one knee

>>11676408
That's a wide spread there

>>11676258
>>11676408
Why do gundams wear heels. This always bothered me.

>>11676765
Tactical pumps

>>11676765
Where do you think the engines for the foot thrusters go?

>>11676408
I should have been more specific, I was VS'ing the Ver Ka against the new RG Wing Zero that most recently came out. I built the RG Wing Zero Custom during covid and that was an immediate headache and floppy mess, extremely disappointing.

Super happy I picked up this MG, will grab the new RG later. First MG kit in 10+ years. Last one was either Zeta 2.0 or Astray Red, wicked difference in builds.

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>>11677053
As someone who just built that, that's a tough choice but I'd still go with Ka. It's not like RG TV Zero it's a bad kit, it's exceptional, all the parts hold together fine and a single arm can hold up both busters unlike the HG but I just like the MG more visually.
When you get the RG don't forget to grab Epyon too.

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So I found a metal parts set for the inner frame for Wing Zero Ver Ka, I didn't know these were a thing. Is it just for better balance and to mitigate stress from the transformation? I don't think I be posing it a ton but I could imagine the wings sagging one day, do metal joints make a difference in that aspect?

>>11677134
I used most of the metal parts for this one >>11676213 you can kind of see it poking out in the foot joints and I personally wouldn't bother unless you want the extra weight. The knees for the metal parts are horrendously loose for mine which is why I didn't use those.

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>>11677134
there are lots of diecast inner frames for various kits, ranging from MGs to RGs to even fucking bootlegs

This is the Daban Strike I'm building for which I got the diecast inner frame option set (specifically made for the thing lmao).

Pretty good so far, the only other time I did something similar was with a MG Zaku Warrior from Seed and the metal frame there really helped it with its balance, since the normal model is extremely light it has a hard time to even stand up with all its weapons