Last time on Busou Shinki & Friends, >>11883649The next Kagutsuchi sister is finally up for pre-order!Is she what you expected? Do you like the color scheme? Are the feet weird looking? How do you feel about the folding cannon?New 30MS kits! Rin Tosaka joins the 30MS lineup before Rin Hinata joins Megami Device! Aoko Aozaki joins 30MS without any imagery at all! The "last" set of Idolmaster girls are up for pre-order as well!Hurricane Honey gets a full kit!Upcoming Releases & Restocks:--->Megami Device:• Bullet Knights Exorcist Hell Blaze [Sept]• Puni Mofu Long [Sept]• B1R-L Chassis Kit Skin Color E [Oct]• Garm Ripper Avalanche [Nov]• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color A (Reissue)• Skoll Sharpshooter Tempest [Jan]>Frame Arms Girl:• Grande Scale Magatsuki (Kikka) [Aug]• Shingen Kai [Sept]• Wilbur-Nine Second Jive [Nov]• Rayfalx [Dec]• Mizuki School Swimsuit ver.[Dec]• Durga I Bunny Style [Jan]• Kagutsuchi-Otsu Sniper [Feb]• Mizuki School Swimsuits White Ver.
Op part 2----->30 Minutes Sister:• Option Body Parts Type SU01 [Color A] [Aug]• Option Body Parts Sigma Sisters Paradox 2 [Color C] [Aug]• Option Body Parts Arm Parts & Leg Parts S [Color C] [Sept]• Option Body Parts Type MG01 [Color C] [Sept]• SIS-E00 Myasti [Color C] [Sept]• Option Body Parts Type MG02 [COLOR A] [Nov]• Option Body Parts Arm Parts & Leg Parts S [Color A] [Nov]• Saki Hanami (20th Anniv. YOU AND i !)[Nov]• Option Body Parts Atelier Base Body 01 [Color A] [Dec]• Option Body Parts Type Su02 [Color A] [Jan]• Mikoto Aketa [Jan]• Option Hair Style & Face Parts Set (Nichika Nanakusa/Hazuki Nanakusa) [Jan]• Option Body Parts Type Su03 [Color B] [Feb]• Option Body Parts Arm Parts & Leg Parts S [Color B] [Feb]• Flexible Stickers Multiuse 1 [Feb]• Option Body Parts Atelier Base Body 02 [Color B] [Mar]• Rin Tohsaka [Mar]• Aoko Aozaki [Mar]>Arcanadea:• Ornela [Dec]• Banil [Feb]• Meltina (Reissue)[Feb]• Enil [Mar]• XenoAlma Orage Pavorea [Mar]• Gii (Reissue)[Mar]• Elena(Reissue)[Mar]>Cross Frame Girl:• Zenith grey ver. [Nov]>ValkyrieTune:• Erika [Sept]>Metamor Verse:• Ao Kiriyama & Blade Liger Dress Code #SCARLET [Sept]>Cutie Honey Nova:• Cutie Honey (Reissue) [Nov]• Honey Kisaragi [Nov]• Black Honey [Dec]• Hurricane Honey & Honey Chaser [Jan]• Honey Chaser [Jan]
In development (now in development!)>30 Minutes SisterIDOLMASTER After-School Climax GirlsBUNBUN FighterBUNBUN ClericSIS-F01 Dilmia (Color b)>Megami DeviceEva Unit 1Ebikawa designed pairAmaterasu AUVFace parts m.s.g. for Bullet Knights/SOLGarden SpikesBlock 2 Armor sets/new seriesB1R-M/DechikaYggdrasis Hate DetonatorBullet Knights A & BBullet Knights C & DPUNIMOFU Lin>Frame Arms GirlGourai II, Kenshin, Baselard Swimsuit ver.
Built up Zenith yesterday. The build quality is oddly similar to Ao the blade liger girl, that's to say oddly lower quality than other Kotobukia kits.There are several rather noticeable mold sink spots and some edge pieces had significant flash. I have never seen either of these to the severity here on any other koto kit even going as far back as the phantasy star kits.
Joint tolerances are also worse than normal. her base body wrists are terrifyingly tight, obviously a bad joint to be tight, and her neck and hips are very loose. Her hips droop quite badly, I would have thought it was because of the weight of her huge legs, but it is like that even with the bare legs too. Her lower neck has no detent to hold the ball in place so her rather cluttered neck area will make the head fly off if even slight pressure is applied.
Her arms are long as hell. Distractingly so. This also brings to mind the parts swap gimic between the 1/48th scale zenith kit where you use a special joint included here to swap the shoulder armor with the significantly larger entire arms. The hands used here are also intended to hold that releases weapons, I have the weapons shimmed so the stock weapons can actually be held.The four arm form had me thinking though, this kit already includes four arms, why can't you connect the armored arms to the shoulder armor and just use the bare arms? There isn't a joint included to do it, and even if it did there is no connection point inside the shoulders to do it in the first place.
With a joint small enough, and by drilling the hole on top of the shoulder through, you could absolutely have the four arms here. I feel like this is a pretty big oversight, especially when, at least to me, it looks better this way.There is also a design flaw that makes both armored knees bend to the right slightly. It isn't as noticeable when they are bent, but you can even see it in the first picture here.This isn't a bad kit by any means, it's just kinda disappointing that it has so many minor problems. The unarmed body is actually pretty decent, even with how odd some of the sculpt choices are.
Partisan feels like a 2000's pvc and vinyl figure. It's really weird. She's like Cuckoo in that she is actually a really good Hyper Body figure, but it is very strange to me that her armored limbs are sold separately.Kinda wish her twintails moved up, but other than that, I quite like her.
Yue, is fantastic.This is the best Sousai kit by a wide margin. The costume really seems like a response to the 30ms Idolmaster girls, and it's a MASSIVE flex. This shit is really really good.Molding is tight and pristine, plastic quality and texture is great, faces are clear and expressive, posing is the best in the line. Even her hair is great. It gets out of the way for pretty much any pose it needs. The recessed knees are kinda ugly, but I don't think it is as bad as the Arcanadea drawer knees. The lower neck joint being disguised as part of the ribbon is an awesome detail.Even if you don't buy Sousai kits I strongly recommend her. She is very much the Susanowo of Sousai. There are several m.s.g. kits that would go great with her that I want to try out.
One note, the triangles between the lace on her belly are individual pieces. I legitimately think someone could accidentally inhale them with how tiny thet are.
>>11894355>>11894360>those gremlin teethNot sure if cute or horrifying.I'm always sad whenever I see such excellent SST kits released, because them being 1/10 makes them stand out versus my 1/12 girlpla.
>>11894373What girlpla do you have that is 1/12?
>>11894355>She is very much the Susanowo of Sousai.big praise, I've been waiting for Koto to make something on the tier of Susanowo again for a while. Though I can't say I'm too interested in these over my mecha musume (or fantasy I guess, in the case of Arcanadea)
>>11894379Cyclone Hopper, Daytime Meteor, Seven Deadly Sins Greed, Endless Night Camilla, and soon Dark Moon. Half the problem is just that every girlpla that doesn't come from Koto is 1/12 scale by default, and the only SST kits I have are Kuon and eventually Maria (who should be arriving later this month unless USAGS does the usual and holds my entire order hostage over a single kit being delayed).Yeah, it's stupid to agonize over such a small size difference, but like everyone else on 4chan I have an undiagnosed mental illness that prevents me from just accepting it.
>>11894128>Kotobukiya!>Reprint your Puni Mofus!Again? Just how many copies of Mao do you need?>>11893834>Koto LotterySoffiera looks neat, though I know I'll never get her. These card things are an interesting, subtle lore drop, though. If we assume these are their canon stats, then Yukumo is the lowest level of the initial group at 48, followed by Lumitea (50), Elena (55), Velretta and Soffiera (who are tied at 72), and Ermeda being the highest level at 73. Lumitea actually has the lowest HP of the group of only 968, while Ermeda naturally has the highest for being at the highest level (3542). Soffiera actually has the lowest MP of all of the characters (149), while Elena has the most (620) despite not being a magic user; Yukumo, the designated mage, only has 350 MP and is tied with Lumitea and Ermeda.
>>11894396some of these stats are weird, looking at them closer>Spearman has nearly double the MP of a mage>Mage has 300 more health than a swordsman despite being lower levelthe HP/MP bars not being full doesn't help either
>>11894387I haven't built my daytime meteor yet, but the others here are all larger than 1/12. ATK Girls are larger than megami device, wich themselves are larger than 1/12, and Greed is just strait up 1/10th as other MS General girls are. Yue would fit right in.
>>11894396>Ermeda has the least "experience">Velretta has the mostBased
>>11894406>Elena the magic horse>Velretta is weak as fuck Hilarious.
>>11894414Thats how much exp needed to level up, not cumulative.
>>11894417>Velretta is weak as fuckIf Velretta's weak, then poor Lumitea is an outright cripple - completely outclassed by a squishy mage-type who's two levels below her.
>>11894414That just means Velretta is about to level up - meaning she's going to surpass Soffiera soon and tie with Ermeda.>>11894406>Spearman has nearly double the MP of a mageYeah, but we know she uses Water magic, too, so having a decent MP pool makes sense for her. She doesn't have double Yukumo's pool, though - unless you meant Elena, who's a lance user, not a spearman. In her case...I have no explanation for why she has so much MP, given she's not known for using any magic at all and should technically have a similar pool to the exclusively-melee-user, Soffiera.
>>11894443did mean Elena. got mixed up on what to call them
>>11894334That's a shame, she looks nice.
Grande Scale Kurolumi up for pre-order... But, uh, does that mean everyone gets the pink hair normally exclusive to Kotobukiya Online Store?
>13.5k yen1/6 scale plastic wings are expensive
https://booth.pm/en/items/8803862
>>11894530Wasn't ever an exclusive, she just always had two hair colors.
>>11894352>Hyper BodyShe looks way better than Nikke figures line.
>>11894617Hyper Body is at its best only when it's doing ocs' that don't require massive accuracy precision.
>>11894617Going to be completely mogged by the Hemoxian kit... eventually.
RELEASE WHEN? I CAN'T WAIT!
>>11894673End of October.
>>11894728How do you know?
>>11894617>blatantly visible wrist joints>thigh rotation seam cuts right through the decalThis is the kind of shit I would expect from a 90s cheap plastic action figure.
What's the best way to modify old Megami Device forearms to improve articulation of the wrist?Should I trim the hand or the forearm?
So how do you deal with your lower shelf being full so you start putting stuff in your upper shelf but since it’s taller than you you won’t be able to see anything after the first row?Cause this is kind of starting to be my problem
>>11894617>Dat face>Dat elbow>Dat wrist>Dat priceSeriously. Hyper body was a mistake.They should have just stuck with figmas.Hopefully hemoxian rapes em hard.
>>11894794clear shelf bottoms
>>11894794Just accept it.If you can't go sideways, the only other way is up.My display cases are stacked 10 feet high so I can barely even see the front row.It's better than having stuff collect dust.
>>11894757Flatten the back edge of the hand. Shortening the wrist side will just look bad.
>>11894673Cancelled
Sestieh sister, Berys arrived today.Due my fucking work, building her only next week.I hope the blokees MMZero arriving next week too.
>>11894734Because bandai says so
>>11894734They said they delayed it.
Did Figure-Rise girlpla die with G-Quuuuuuuuuux or did they just shift everything to 30MP?
>>11895080Never play bingo with what Bandai is doing. You'll have to predict weird shit like master grade Vegeta, and them buying bionicle, or a hguc ms-12 gigan.
Are the Umamusume Figure Risas Standard as ugly as unofficial photos and videos make them look?
>Medic got a variant>Raider doesn'tIt's not fair, bros...
>>11895190You been in a coma for a few months or something? Raider got her variant long before Medic's was ever announced.
>>11895193I totally didn't notice it, holy shit.
>>11895197She comes with Medic's tits and hat, too; apparently they're included with her standard (her actual preorder parts are a set of brown hair).
>>11895212>gain boobs>become genki
>>11895218It's a known fact that boob size affects brain output - the bigger the tits, the fewer the braincells, hence why bimbos are a thing.
https://x.com/kotobukiyas/status/2097611076762574948Oh boy... A giant version of the biggest FA Girl body in existence... This will be crazy.
>>11895260>Grande Kagutsuchi KouThen again, might also be one of them static figures.
>>11895260Is that a Grande Red Queen Durga, too?
>>11894412>and Greed is just strait up 1/10th as other MS General girls areWell, fuck, it's true, I looked it up and I'm not sure how I missed it. I guess it's just not widely advertised on Ali so I assumed it was 1/12 like almost everything else.Welp, guess I'm adding Yue to the wishlist.
Just picked up black panther. Anything outrageous on the kit?
Did anyone here customize their Kagutsuchi Kou? Curious to see what Anons came up with.
>>11895782Bold of you to assume we build kits here.
This kit is in such a weird place. On the one hand, it's basically a Summer Yuuki recolor whose sole purpose is to sell the sporting goods parts instead of packaging them separately as an add-on. Yet on the other hand, the styling on the character actually works really well, the bright colors and cute hairstyle and bow match with the sports gear for an active and energetic look. Now I wonder if they could have gone even further, give her Rui's track top or maybe even design a gym uniform with bloomers to allow her to strike some more dynamic poses that aren't blocked by the usual rigid plastic skirts (which, while good for panty shots, also begs the question of why she would willingly play sports in a skirt).It was also pointed out that, if she's a club manager, why doesn't the kit include actual managing gear like a clipboard, stopwatch, towel, water bottle, that kind of stuff.
>>11895792>Yet on the other hand, the styling on the character actually works really well, the bright colors and cute hairstyle and bow matchThis is the style of literally every Y2K anime sporty girl
>>11895792>looks like a 90s/early 00s galge main heroine>is just generically called club manager, doesn't even have a name
>>11895826She's only one of four that fall under this category, and all of them are 90% repackages of existing girls, I guess that's why Koto doesn't feel the need to flesh out their characters.Seira -> WolfYomi Black Canvas -> Little Devil Twin TailsSummer Yuki -> Club ManagerSeira -> Side Tail
>primer>skin colour>multiple layers of clear brown and black>topcoatMan, I should probably sand down the pegs a bit before starting to paint all these layers, huh?
>>11895792>the styling on the character actually works really well, the bright colors and cute hairstyle and bow match with the sports gear for an active and energetic look.She looks great in a cheerleader costume, too.
>>11895849No, you should mask off your pegs if we're talking about limbs or other spots that won't be seen when she's assembled.
>>11895871Right, I totally forgot about that. I just want to repaint Kagutsuchi Kou's ugly brown leotard but have to paint all other brown parts to match as well.
>>11895854Everyone looks great in a cheerleader costume.Koto should release that costume as a standalone kit.
>>11895915>Everyone looks great in a cheerleader costume.Well, yeah, but I meant that her eyes and hair ribbon match the yellow costume perfectly.>Koto should release that costume as a standalone kit.That and the swimsuit; releasing them in kits like the Dress-up bodies with different bust sizes would be great (also, they need to ditch the safety shorts).
There's something wrong with this Metabee
I wish more companies did the thing where each section of the manual lists the runners that will be used for that part, having to scrounge through 10+ runners at the beginning of a build is kind of a pain.
>>11895919It looks like you can swap them out for regular thighs easily enough, though judging by the manual the crotch part doesn't look nearly as easy.
>>11894673Previous thread, October >>11890053
>>11895931On the contrary, I think there's something very right with that Metabee.
>>11895941Most modern ones do now. But it matters little when I have 30 runners on my desk
>>11893547some hella crazing. I remember having a measuring cup do that at one point...>>11893834same deal they did with the tanned bikini ritsuka, that "30pull = get the kit". I'm gonna suffer enough for that, luckily blonde soffi doesn't pull quite as hard, even if the red looks sex. have to remind myself it's a painted sample.>>11893973it's "ReACT-Lottery", just like the blue lumitea. they'll invariably do a different recolor for retail. also>yumikowho?>>11895223I hate this meme. it's older than dirt but I still hate it.
>try using runner putty for the first time>STRIIIIIIIIINGSDid I make it too thick?
>get invoiced for something that has been backordered foreverExcuse me? I didn't think this would ever actually happen.
>>11895958>who?NTA, but they clearly meant Yukumo, bro. I didn't even have to look back at the original post to figure that out.
>>11895975If they ever finally charged me for the brown arm and leg option parts set that's been on backorder for two years now, I'd find it hilarious.Especially considering how quickly I bought it locally after it went to backorder.
>>11895982>bought it locally after it went to backorder.They did that to me once, finally filled a backorder long after I just bought the thing elsewhere. My reaction was 'well, I guess I have an extra now'. I've also got a couple of old orders that they'll probably never fill, but since they basically don't accept cancellations anymore I can't get rid of them, either.
>>11895982>>11895985The order is a little less than a year old.I still want that Luluce and didn't get it somewhere else in the meantime, so I'm not even mad, just surprised.Would've been happier if it was Shuremi, though. Last I saw, she went for triple her list price.
>all these HLJ horror storiesGoddamn, is this an EU thing or something? If a website did that to me, I would chargeback everything I was still given the option to.
>>11896011HLJ was fine, but earlier this year they started to introduce a lot of order and warehouse policy changes because people were abusing the private warehouse system.I'm not fond of them because they have higher prices and they automatically charge whatever card you give them compared to Ami. The other day I noticed that nowadays they'll charge you for private warehouse use per item.
>>11896013>The other day I noticed that nowadays they'll charge you for private warehouse use per item.isn't there free allotment and they charge after it goes after the date? never had to pay any of that
>>11896015I don't know. I used them a few times before the policy changes and when I was browsing somewhat recently, I saw that "Storage Fee" info in details section on the side of in-stock products.
>>11896017yea I got lots of time left on my items because I ship them out within a few weeks, are you leaving them longer than the free time?
>>11896019I didn't use (and don't plan to use) HLJ after the policy changes, so I don't know how it looks nowadays.
>>11896017brilliant idea to say things as if they were a fact without understanding it at all
>>11896013>The other day I noticed that nowadays they'll charge you for private warehouse use per item.That's after you go past the time limit. Every item that gets stored is assigned a timer (usually a few months after it ends up in the warehouse), and if you still haven't shipped by the time that timer runs out, they start charging you a storage fee for every day that item is over the limit, per individual item. If you ship out within the allotted timeframe, you have nothing to worry about.
>>11895881What are you using to paint? I want to do a recolor but I'm a paint noob and trying to plan what I'm gonna do.
>>11894355I'm glad I got her as well, she is so cute, but I also want Yue's uniform version, her design there is super cute as well.
>>11895854i want to come inside kuon
>>11896135Sir, that's Maria.
>>11896146fugg
Will 30MS scale well with 30MP Rei's head? Hoping color B matches Rei but I can't really tell with pictures or find videos on the parts.
>>11896216https://schizophonic9.com/re9/30mp_rei.html?_gl=1*1xiqlg0*_ga*MjAyOTI0Nzc2Mi4xNzY5NzUzMzQz*_ga_4XEKPNQJ0Y*czE3ODkwODM2ODEkbzEwMyRnMCR0MTc4OTA4MzY4MSRqNjAkbDAkaDA.
>>11896216The face plates are a bit smaller so dont fit on a normal 30ms head but the neck joint is standard 30ms
>>11896020Who asked?
What's the release cadence for Grande kits like? Will we actually get giant kits like Kagutsuchi, Elena and Meltina or would those be too expansive?
>>11896699*Expensive, but that too lmao.
>>11896699Well, the point of the Grande kits is that they're bigger to make it easier to play dress-up with them. Given Elena's and Meltina's body shapes make that concept extremely limited regardless of their size, I doubt we'll ever see a Grande of them. As for Kagutsuchi, her kit was just teased - see >>11895260
>>11896763Isn't that Kagu a statue? Or at the very least a fixed pose kit?
>>11896763I kinda thought the point of Grande was to introduce a Master Grade equivalent model kit, which is a gap in the market as all girlpla are 1/12-1/10 scale. The boxes definitely look MG size.
>>11896787The current line of 1/10 girls are probably somewhere between HG and RG in terms of fidelity: color correction via painting is still necessary, but far less than a HG kit would need (99% of them require stickers to look good and even then leave the less-visible parts and most of the back uncorrected).My estimate is that they would probably be closer to Full Mechanics or RE/100 in terms of fidelity: Better looking and less/no paint needed but not overly complex. Keep in mind that when it comes to Gunpla, the build process is considered a part of what you're paying for, so MG and RG kits include complete internal skeletons that you can layer on top of and even leave partially unbuilt to expose the internals. Something that works for robots, but not for cute girls.
>>11896814>Something that works for robots, but not for cute girlsThe obvious answer is to make the mecha limbs more detailed with layered frames and gimmicks like PE stickers, metal exhausts and LEDs. Then for the girl part do articulated doll eyes, semi transparent injected skin like Figurise Labo and strip-transformations that dont require part swapping like Gundam Unicorn. Inner skeleton frame has been tried a few times in GKs but they're too small for it to look good.
>>11896787>>11896814Also, in terms of box size, it's something that Koto has historically been abysmal at. Kuon's box here is about the size of a modern RG box, which in turn is about the size of MG boxes of the previous era. Modern MG boxes are about twice as big now, because they're designed with full internal skeletons and layered armor parts. Since girls don't need internal skeletons, they can get away with something a bit smaller, as evidenced by Grande Lumi here. Probably about Full Mechanics size, a bit bigger depending on the amount of options and gimmicks (the RE/100 Nightingale was massive thanks to the wing binders).
>>11895986My pre-backorder of Shuremi at HLJ finally got fulfilled just yesterday, it could happen.
Susanowo and Amaterasu regalia bootlegs
>>11896938These still don't come with faces or hands right?
>>11896825If they mass release red clear parts I could try to make pic related
>>11894349really like this design so it's a shame the quality isn't all that good, especially considering the price
Any frens here ever order anything from booth? How was the experience? A shop i like is doing a limited time run and i wonder if now is the time to try to buy.
>>11897302Booth is trustworthy. Consider getting a blackship account because Buyee agents are slow and expensive. It takes a while to get approved.
>>11895931That's a good one.
>>11897340Oh cool if i get ship direct to Japan i can go through these guys? Thanks for the tip anon this is great.
>>11895961Yes. Sprue goo is supposed to be thinned to the point its just barely goopy. Otherwise you can't properly squeeze it into all the teeny gaps you typically need it for. The only time you want sprue goo like what you had is when you're actually using it to make physical effects for dioramas and shit. >>11897302Booth is perfectly great, and lots of us important shit from them all the time. However, for highly popular stuff made in limited quantities, like, say, any of the Koi Body stuff) regular proxy services won't cut it (like Buyee) because they don't buy the items immediately. For that you'd be better off taking the (admittedly annoying) time to set up an account with services like Tenso where they give you an Address (basically a cubby at their warehouse) for you to ship to, which allows you to order the items yourself immediately. With a service like that you can hawk an item's page and buy it the moment sales start so you can actually guarantee your item. Pretty much mandatory for some of the more popular creators that only make stuff in small quantities (again, Koi is a great example).
Real question, do 30MS and 30MP kits still conform to Machineca standards, ergo, be cross compatible with non-Bandai bodies? Making SHIis kits and then Hazuki made me think Hazuki deserves a unique body that doesn't match everyone else.
>>11897440Funny you say that because koi was one of the main reasons i asked at all. Thank you for the info.
>>11897708Hah! Good taste, anon. Alrighty, yeah. If it's specifically Koi you want, then a service like Tenso is MANDATORY. For example, when he was selling his Koi Body XL a number of months ago they all sold out, for every skin color, in about 4 minutes. So long as you've got a Tenso account opened up and their delivery address added to your Booth account ahead of time then you can easily get a Koi order in right away and secure whatever the item in question is. Keep in mind setting up something like Tenso takes a couple days (you're technically getting a legitimate Japanese address, so the government requires making sure you're not a fuckin' terrorist and what not). It's permanent after that no matter how many years go by though. So it's basically one-and-done.
>>11897814>4 minutes.I thought trying to get Bandai stuff over at HLJ was bad.
>>11897814It's definitely better than buyee because i can actually get the ship to Japan direct stuff which is 75% of what i want
Man I hate how expensive the 30MS are on the aftermarket, I hope they reissue them because seeing a sister that was on 2000 or something yen on retail to double the price is grim.
>>11897875If it makes you feel better the secondary market is shit for almost everything right now.
>$57 Ermeda at USAGSI have nothing else I would want to buy alongside her to mitigate the shipping costs (or at least nothing that's currently in-stock), but reports from other anons indicate I probably would not be happy with my purchase anyway.
Finished only her.Dont sure fucked, but the hip parts ( the internal joint) refused to connect correctly.
>>11898034Sadly she have parts pooping-off.
>>11897835Yeah, it's pretty bad lol. His sculpts are are generally Muscuto levels of desirable or beyond, but unlike Muscuto the dude only makes like, 30 copies in a single batch for an item, and then takes a break on those specific items for several months. Muscuto, on the other hand, makes stuff to order 24/7. So it's made getting Koi's particularly great stuff very competitive.
>>11898004Ermeda is perfectly fine. The issue is she exists in the same line as Elena, Meltina, and Gii. It's like letting a level 10 compete against level 100 monsters. She never stood a chance.
>>11898060Finished her weapons.I dont liked the legs proportions.I hope she and Sestieh getting basic parts.
>>11898222>She never stood a chanceI like vanilla ice cream, thank you very much.
My Arcanadea base's base to arm connector broke, and while I can glue it, I have been thinking, Is there a general purpose base for Koto model kits?I'd love if I could use it for my MD, SST and FAG as well.
>>11898468I just use Flying Bases. There a bit big, but you can put multiple girls on one technically and they interlock.
>>11898474Which brand?
>>11898468Get yourself Good Smile's 'the simple stand (for figures and models)'. They're like 1100¥ for a pack of three, and they're much sturdier than Koto's included stands. I've had a few of the Arcanadea ones let go.
>>11898489Kotobukiya. They make a few different versions.
>>11896049Mr Color surfacer/paints along with a cheap airbrush. It's basically pink surfacer > skin tone paint > clear black/brown paint for my case.
>>11898468I usually get those "10 stand for $10" deals from aliexpressso far they work well for girlpla
>>11898529Cool. Found one for $20 that is hopefully decent enough to start with.
Why is this skank so expensive?
>>11899087Functioning knee tax
>>11899087Easy, it's the gooner tax.
>>11899116Its amazing what you can get for your money when it doesnt have tits.
>>11899130Kinda depends. The Chinese girlpla kits mostly tend to be on the cheap side as well, especially if you look at it by volume (Daytime Meteor has at least as much raw plastic as a PG kit, but you can find one for around $90 on Ali before coupons if you're diligent with your searching).
besides making sprue goo, is there any reason to keep the sprues? I think it's time to finally throw them in the trash and get some space back
>>11899146They can be used as 3mm connectors and handles for weapons.Clear colored ones can be used for stuff like energy rods or ampoules.I usually keep a small sample for sprue goo too but now I have a crate full of them....
https://youtu.be/itnRhQ2ME30?is=MqiCsqKxCSdNUpUa
>30 MS Mash still in the government facilities>Blokees Megaman Zero and Geo arrived>>>I’m stuck for hours building the 30 MM Liger Tail from Armored CoreI underestimated a robot with four legs… once I’m done I’ll make Zero pose as if killing the mecha like one of those bosses from the Zero SeriesI’m puzzled they didn’t make other Blokees or toys of Megaman. It always stuck me as weird the scene felt lacking to both Megaman and Metroid
Does anyone know or would be willing to test if the 30MS maid head piece fits on any other hair besides Neverlia's? I tried with the sort of generic hair style that comes with the fang costume and a lot of others and while the headpiece fits, the hair itself doesn't fit on the maid body because the hair hits the shoulders
>>11899371it fits on some of them but leaves a noticeable gap along the hairline, checked with lulu lily, the angel chic and the sweater girl with the knife and gun
>>11899379yeah I really wanted to use this hair set but you have to take the side tied part off, leaving a hole and still there is a gap because the headpiece doesn't fit the hair sculpt. Guess I'll just live with it instead of wasting more money on hair parts
>>11899295Mega Man is a dead franchise and Metroid is unpopular in Japan.
>>11899087Because she's a GSC product. ALL of their shit is hyper expensive.
>>11899087>>11899840Is their quality okay, at least?
Kuon with a fabric uniform up for pre-order tomorrow
Swimsuit emulator with animal ears
Koto Store exclusive Swimsuit Emulator 2 as well
>>11899955>>11899956Cute, though a shame they don't have the usual Emulator movable eyes. Still, it's funny how popular the Emulators seem to have gotten - and how they've pretty much solidified the connection between SST and Megalomaria at this point.
>>11899955>>11899956They really, really like that swimsuit, huh
>>11899955i got unreal levels of neuron activation
>>11899954The fabrics they're using for these dress-up bodies are still way too thick, looks like she's wearing a sweater and not a school uniform. The extra long neck to facilitate putting on the clothing also makes her look weird as fuck, not to mention the cloth itself being some off-tan and not white.>>11899955>>11899956These are just the Ritsuka/Seira bikinis, right? Kind of weird to put Emulators in them, since the whole point of the first two Emulators is that they can't perfectly mimic humans, especially below the neck, and now you're putting them in swimsuits? What makes them Emulators anymore at this point besides the hair color and skin color?
>>11900034>the whole point of the first two Emulators is that they can't perfectly mimic humans, especially below the neckEmulator 2 was shown to be perfectly capable of mimicking a human body in her promotional shots - she just shapeshifts back to the more mechanical panels and whatnot when she drops the ruse.Looking more closely at the two of them, it seems these two "new" Emulators are actually Emulators 1 and 2 in their full human disguises - note that the eye, hair, and skin colors match them perfectly.
>>11900007Koto love themselves an easy mold reuse.
>>11900007That's good - because I really, really love that swimsuit, too.
>>11899983SST has kind of been the melting pot for Koto's other lines for a while now. Bukiko is a crossover from Frame Arms/Girl (Gennai as well to a slightly lesser degree), and Emma is a crossover from Hexa Gear. With Megalomaria it's definitely more direct since it's a newer line than SST, it started with Wolf and then established Kuon as the lead actress for their toku show.Up to now the only original lines that seem to have stayed (mostly) separate are Megami Device and Arcanadea, and they seem to be happy to keep it that way. Maybe they'll do another model kit thing with Arcanadea in the future like the Gourai kit, but they seem content to let it stand as its own thing. The closest that Megami Device has come is the Emma recolor using the Aoshima Honda bike, but that's about it.>>11900007It's the sexy proportions supermodel swimsuit, as opposed to the Madoka and Koyomi ones that trend more towards cute and thus wouldn't really work with Emulators. I guess the Emulator 2 version is their way of doing it in the darker skin color.
>>11899114Woah there, her knees work fine... they are just ugly.
>>11899927Yes. Some strange engineering from them not being consistent at making models, but the Bunny suit planning kits are all fairly good.They need a bunch of paint though.
>>11899146I chop up some bits and keep them in the same baggie as any leftover accessories in case something breaks or I need to modify something easily out of a glued on part, but normally no.
>>11899927A model reviewer I watch got two right tits for the tiger bikini kit and no left tit, but he emailed them and got a part shipped pretty promptly. But that's only really an option for Japan I guess.
>>11900063I really want her and the Gyaru before that. But I really don't want to do pre orders.
MERUNJA is out. I can buy her for 40 bucks but for some reason I am hesitant. Which means she is sold out tomorrow and might be back in stock same time next year.
Opinions on Kemopla?I don't like full furries but I wanted to get the human and animal parts to make something akin to Darkstalkers Felicia.
>>11900239Built the cat, assembly was smooth and she's pretty cute. Nice that you get the medium and high kemo limbs in the kit and they're compatible with MD limbs too.
>>11900233https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/action-figures/190311-galholic-nanaho-plastic-model-limited-edition-110-amakuni-.htmlBe careful with this site, it is known to fuck you on import from time-to-time.No Mio but Nanaho is in stock.
>>11900239Good kits - I have the cat and both wolves so far. They're solid kits; I just wish there was more variety, especially since I've seen some of the other character designs by the artist.
>>11900239I like the look of them but my boxforts are huge already.
>>11900234why are you even hesitating?get her NOW before her price doubles overnight
>>11900234If only she wasn't wearing some weird diaper
>>11900384because I'm not sure I really want her.
>>11900387you can change that with any other 30ms diaper according to reddit.
>>11900404Don't buy her, then
>>11900404you know that old saying
>>11900239>Opinions on Kemopla?None, doesn't belong here.
>>11900239Yes, these are great.They belong here.
>>11900587Cute gote.
>>11899954You can get a better uniform from Aliexpress for $20
>>11900587>goat horns and hooves>but also bat wingsI don't get it.>>11900593I tried to buy one of those back in June, but customs ate it and I had to do the refund process. Still hasn't cleared customs even after two extra months.
>>11900609>>goat horns and hooves>>but also bat wings>I don't get it.It's advertised as demon parts, it gets really close to Baphomet
>>11900587Very atavistic. I like it.Seems I'm preordering.
They're up.
>>11900615The faces look pretty cute on their original bodies.
Makes me wonder how many of them are actually people and not reseller bots.
>>11900617Fairly certain MOST of them are reseller bots. You can't get anything these days without having to race to beat scalpers to the punch.
>>11900616Eh, I dunno, I like the unsettling "robot trying to mimic a human but not quite succeeding" vibe. These catgirl swimsuit Emulators just look like Koto kitbashing what they have to try to pander to a particular demographic. Which works, I guess, but not for me. Hell, it looks like they still have the regular human ears underneath the hair.
>>11900587Needs a crotch fur bulge to sell the look.
>>11900626I feel the same. Emulator is creepy, a catgirl mod doesn't have the same allure.
>>11900611
>>11900652It's missing a phallus.
>>11900658Bust out some putty and sculpt it
>>11900652If they weren't afraid of the blatant satanic reference, why use bat wings instead of bird?
They're static figures, not Grande scale. Nothing to see here, folks. Except Kagutsuchi Kou's gigantic mammaries I guess.
>>11900616I'm getting aroused
>>11900773>Kagutsuchi Kou's gigantic mammariesIn fairness, whoever is in charge of the FAG scales at Koto is definitely an ass enjoyer, so the rear view will probably be great as well. I am disappointed it's not a grande scale. I've built several and enjoyed them a lot, I have a grande scale Lumitea that I'm slowly putting the finishing touches on now. Since there's also grande scale dress-up bodies, they can double as dolls, too, so I can combine two of my hobbies.
>>11900615Of course she's the Koto shop exclusive. I'll have to scrounge one up later. I feel like she's just some eyes and a tail away from being an off-brand Coconut. I think the resemblance is pretty strong, I wonder if it is just coincidence or someone at Koto is a Nekopara fan.
>>11900808>I think the resemblance is pretty strongIt's literally just Emulator 2 with new hair in a bikini, bro. Generic cat girls like your pic are a dime a dozen - they all start looking alike after a while.On the note of a tail, though, I do wish these two had one - if they're going to give them cute cat ears, they should commit to the bit.
>>11899955>>11899956>Just generic bodies instead of the cool robot ones wearing the bikinisboring and blatantly just koto throwing reused assets together again for a quick buck
>>11900296It's been a while since I've brought from Nin Nin and they're the only game in town on particular item I want, what nonsense are they doing atm?
>>11900662>satanicLaVey and his retarded goons really managed to ruin the public perception of serious occult symbols. I'm convinced the Church of Satan is a goddamn psyop.
>>11900832>>Just generic bodies instead of the cool robot ones wearing the bikinisTo be fair, Emulators are basically Terminators, and we know from Emulator 2's (and, to an extent, Emulator 1's) promo pics that they're perfectly capable of mimicking a normal human body - which is kinda the point; if they were easy to pick out as blatant robots, they'd be pretty shit at their job of infiltration.The way I see it, the default bodies are their equivalent of the T-800 Endoskeleton forms, while these bikini bodies (and any other body you may slap their heads on) is either a literal flesh suit covering the machine parts or some kind of active camo that they can flick on to appear human until they're ready to attack.Can't really explain the cat ears, though - maybe they got the idea for their disguises from watching an anime with catgirls in it and just assumed it was a normal thing for them to have?
>>11900832I mean, that would take effort and would probably be a stream announcement type of thing, like Maria or Ornela. A huge chunk of the last several SST and Megalomaria releases have just been recolors of existing molds, including Cheerleader Kuon, Training Wolf and Rider Emulator. I guess it's safe to assume that unless it has a press announcement with months of lead-up to release, it's not going to use any new molds (or the new components will comprise less than 5% of the kit).
I've been thinking about this ever since I decided to add her to my wishlist, how much time/effort would be needed to kitbash a regular schoolgirl version of Yue? You would need:>Ritsuka, either summer or winter version>stocking-less set of legs, C color, probably from a dress-up body>glasses, Koyomi's are the wrong shape but probably close enough>short braided pigtails hairstyle that doesn't seem to exist yetSeems like an easy opportunity for Koto to make a "new" kit that reuses 80-85% of existing molds, just do a new hairstyle and glasses and call it a day.
>>11900957You say that like they won't do it. I'm sure we'll get a school uniform version eventually, they just have a very full release calendar lately. We still haven't gotten a non-uniform version of Emma, and she came out a while ago. That's higher on my wishlist, personally, although all the SST girls are pretty cute so I probably won't complain about whatever comes next in the line.
>>11900997Next new kit will probably be one of the twins... who I'm not a big fan of. Something about those sock garters just really turns me off.
>>11900652Instead of this gross thing, where is that red satan maid outfit kit? I can't remember the name of it but it's been at some of the shows over there. I just remember she was a really pretty red.
>>11901009by god I need them
>>11900587As far as offensive subjects they could have done I'm surprised they didn't do a Nazi fur first. They're universally loved by the plamo community.
>>11901111Who's that absolute unit in the middle?
>>11901114Megahouse Vakit Geara Doga. Isn't out yet.
>>11900623I hate it!>>11900957It's only a matter of time until they sell Yue uniform, I'm planning on getting her as well for sure since I already got her idol version.>>11901009Same here, not a fan of them at all so I'm gonna skip them.
>>11900849nta but a couple years ago I tried buying an 18+ figure and was asked to provide a photo of myself holding my passport. Apparently they do it for 18+ orders or any order above a certain amount. Told them to fuck right off.
>Koto kits have better sculpting and designs>Bandai 30MS have better engineering and plastic qualityI can't believe Kotobukiya still hasn't eliminated multi-piece thighs, the number one reason I have to keep making runner putty.
>>11900773>Nothing to see here, folks. Except Kagutsuchi Kou's gigantic mammaries I guess.>Gawking at those grossly oversized meat sacks when Durga's delicious ass is RIGHT THERE
>>11901111>>11901114>>11901117looks like this guy from Venus Wars
Megalomaria stream on the 26th.I fucking love Hexa Red
>>11901360>Chinese waitress Kuon>when we already have cheerleader Kuon
>>11901360Nice base for Corona-chan
From Nidy 2D himself, you can use the dog arms from Banil and Enil on Hexa Gear V-Thors.
>>11901434I still think they picked really unfortunate names for the slutty gyaru pair.
>>11901458Should've been Enki and Enlil, honestly. No idea where they got the name "Banil" from.
>>11899954copy that...
>>11901360Ah- I thought Sana was supposed to have Hexa-Red hair.
>>11900234I don't care about this vtuber at all
>>11901475My first thought when I saw the name was "banira," which through the magic of transliteration would be close to sounding like "vanilla." It's make sense as an ironic name since she's the dark one.
>>11901360what the fuck is that semen demon kuon doing
Like her but her piece at her torso/ tummy Just fall apart.
>>11901360Is this the first time Koto are using that mold for the Kuon costume? I swear I've seen it before, but I don't know if it was for an existing kit or it was some preview promo material Koto released and/or one of their past live streams.
>>11901940It's the first time I'm seeing it. You sure you're not mistaking it for Hamburger?
>>11901992I just did some digging, and turns out I was wrong, I was just remembering a review I saw of the MS General zodiac tiger kit, which has a dumpling accessory as well. That's where I got confused.
>>11901285Imagine if they teamed up
>>11901287Tits are full of milk. Ass is full of shit.
>>11902010I'd be worried about the state of my wallet if Bandaibukiya had any chance of keeping their stuff in stock.
>>11902010I'd rather have a Chinese studio for the mechanical limbs and Koto for the core body. So many chink studios are still copying the block 1.0 stick body.
>>11901285>Bandai 30MS have better engineering plastic qualityYou mean the shitty ass plastic that get's dents just from being pushed with a finger nail?
>>11902011>Tits are full of milk.Only if a chick is pregnant, which is impossible here - FAGs are supposed to be robots, so the boobs are just decorations.>Ass is full of shitAgain, she's a robot - she doesn't eat, so she doesn't poop. Her ass is certainly full of something, though (my dick, balls-deep).
>>11902011>>11901287always the sad little Americans thinking in terms of coomerism
>>11902122... what?
>>11901285... but they have on megami device?
>>11902010It would just be blade liger Ao and Zenith.That's to say lower than usual quality for both companies on a kit that takes longer than it should to come out and costs an extra third.
>>11902043Hey now, that's only on some colors.
>>11902121The milk is in there for decoration.
>>11894253
>>11902309
do you guys know if the Transformer effect parts would work on our girlpla (30ms/mf)? According to /tfg/ they have 3mm pegs and 5mm holes.
>>11902609They might. There's horror stories of them melting figures though, so be careful I guess.
>>11902634>melting figures thoughhow?
>>11902640Something to do with the plasticizers in the soft effect parts reacting with the figure's plastic.
>>11901360Gee Kuon, How many new kits do you need?
>>11902609easily, they're made for 3mm pegs which transformers weapons and transformers during Siege to Kingdom had (after this it's a bit spotty), and some have the hole in a 5mm peg (which a lot of transformers has for hands or general weapon attachment), also the coreclass figures has weapons with 3mm pegs and 3mm fist holes, but that sizeclass is dead.>>11902634Yes this is from people storing them with the figures, I had one figure straight from the box get the paint on one side of his sword rub against one and left a black mark, granted Transformers mainly use ABC plastic and are painted, but for photos it should be fine, might not wanna leave them on or store with the figures.
twin Cutekumos
It's kinda weird how we only got one true NSFW plamo line with Dark Advent and even then it died off. You would think with all the CTG toys and GK parts there would be a bigger desire to make kits like that.
>>11903214I wish there were more Dark Advent relax version figures. Rania is so fun
>>11903152I kinda like the blue version; I skipped Yukumo in general back in the day because I didn't find her transformation to be all that impressive (it really doesn't look all that different from her normal form; at least Lumitea and Velretta both got bigger wings and very visible armor bits,, while she just gets a slightly fancier kimono). Still, now that I've got pretty much every other Arcanadea character, I'd like to grab her to finish the roster. I know they're releasing a new version of her (with no Wilize Mode), but I'm not sure I want to buy a version of her that's missing the accessories, even if it supposedly has better engineering and new faceplates. Which version of her do you recommend getting - the new one, the original, or the blue?
>>11903272Outside of the color scheme they're both exactly the same so it's sorta hard to recommend one over the other, just get the color you like. The snow theming on the alt ver. is nice though, I'm weak to that stuff since I love winterAlso realized the blue coloring means it might go well with the hydro xenoalmas, so now I have a reason to grab those while giving normal Yukumo the new bird one
>put off buying Belveria-Berys back when she first came out because 30MS are pretty easy to find here>now she's sold out or marked upFUCK
>>11903289she's got a particular charm to her. just wish they didn't decide to make her most "neutral" expression look off to the side, I always find it hard to work with that when posing/taking pictures.as for yukumo in general, I think her biggest fault is, ironically, her most iconic feature - such levels of floof are a bit of a curse in plastic form. I need to try to make something a bit more "fluffy" than "heavy" for her... pain in the ass that all the artsy-craftsy stores ditched on my town, tho.
Mash has arrived! The fucking stickers were a pain in the assAlso her legs are kind of clunky to use specially due to the tailcoat and skirt around her restricting its movementsAside that pretty good
do we have any 1/18 girlpla lines? I know the governor exist but it's 1/24 or something.
>>11903512Sheik Mainland did some 1/18th robot cat women but that's the only 1/18th one that comes to mind.
>>11903388Still in large bulks in my friendly local shop in Poland but I doubt they shop outside.Technically, I have two now, one local and one in virtual warehouse. But I bet she will serve as fine base for custom.
>>11903214The Nuke Matrix line has two that get quite close. Beach Episode Vivienne has fully molded anatomical parts apparently, and Cyclone Hopper casual clothes body has molded nipples (though nowhere near as sharp as Vivienne).
Ilshana grew up!
https://x.com/zoids_official/status/2102231466088484867*sigh* Took them long enough. Nothing compared to the Kagutsuchi line being an extreme case of development hell, in comparison to giving up on making the AUV Amaterasu's full battle form.
https://x.com/heYN17785772/status/2101904593852719281?s=20Hot damn Sophia's plamo tits are insane
>>11903849Bigger boobs than Tiasha too
Is extra 1k yen worth it for AUV Susanowo's Koto bonus base?
>>11903849love the sportsbra but isn't her lower body a recolored version of that bunny girl that comes with the wooden hammer?
>>11903929The huge mold line in the front isn't visible from that angle.
>>11904040I can kind of see it. Nothing a bit of 800 grit won't cure.
>>11903929Is it a soft silicone part? Isn't that what they did with the bunny kit awhile back?
>>11904024Nah it's a recolour of the Sigma Sisters Paradox body
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izwrC0MNHwYSo it turns out that they previewed Chinese Waitress Kuon and Cheerleader Kuon on a livestream back in March, and we're going to eventually get Cat Waitress costumes and maybe tactical operator costumes too.
>>11904302Ack, me money!
>>11903849What's with the shorts though? Everything's coming up Milhouse?
>unpainted plastic can bleed into each otherBandai-kun?
Thank you Sophia F Shirring: Vampire version model kit, VERY COOL!What the fuck do i do now? I literally did not manhandle or rape her and it just snapped like this? Should i just super glue the tail and have it stay fixed in one position. I'm kinda pissed right now, ngl.
>>11904807You could drill the holes out and use a small brass rod so it can still rotate. I'd probably still drill and rod the holes even if you are just gonna glue it just to keep it stable and locked in.
>>11904755Does give off the feel of an actual space suit, doesn't it?
>>11904807GSC kits are overly tight out of the box. Sand down pegs and balls from joints a little with a sanding sponge or sand paper. You can even flatten the balls a little on the top and side to create air pockets so it doesn't vacuum seal itself in the socket.I own a single GSC model kit and witnessed a massive meltdown about it in here where some anon broke a very vital torso ball joint.
>>11904807That's an expensive mistake, you could try drilling the peg and make a new one with a piece of runner but personally i would just stick a brass rod in there and glue it permanently.
LOOK AT THIS FATTY
>>11905430Goddamn
>>11905430Speaking of ooh, even Gal Holic is starting to go full force here.https://x.com/GALHolic_PR/status/2102951822709383351Yeah, you can guess what this is.
>>11905509Fabric skirt is a nice addition
>>11905509>mysterious sticky white stuff decalsI actually thought the blush were nipples for a moment, but I guess they haven't reached that stage yet.
>>11905519At least it looks a bit better than the wool sweaters that the SST girls are wearing. Still, skirts are easy, call me when they start doing shirts and panties that don't look like they're two sizes too big.
>>11905520I thought they're adding naked chests. Eh, at least it's still not crossing the line.
>>11905430
https://x.com/figsoku_r/status/2103022188018511876?s=20
I hope Kagutsuchi Fencer gets a reprint soon-ish. I feel like Sniper shares too many features with Base Kagu.
>>11905430Her ass is just hnggg I wish the kit's ass was closer to it
>>11906014We lack the technology. It took Koto a couple of years in development hell just to figure out how to get the tits and thiccness to work. They're slowly getting closer, swimsuit Styko has a pretty nice ass, but as yet they haven't been able to scale that up to Kagutsuchi proportions.
>>11905430The kit needed this.
>>11906147Not having a second chest piece was a colossal fuck up. I don't get to complain since I bought her anyway, but thay armored piece is never coming out.
>>11906147Seriously, the "articulated" tits just look bad when not in armed mode.
New android girls designed by that Iceberg guy. Has the clear implant gimmick that Busou Shinki R was going to havehttps://weibo.com/u/7835354739>The “Star Wings" x “Full Power Studio" collaboration on a build-your-own model has been confirmed!>Dear Team Leaders, “Star Wings” is joining forces with @全开工作室 to launch the build-your-own model: "Mass-Production Corps" Rem!>Rem is currently in the gray-mold stage and will make its debut at the Shanghai Wonder Festival (WF) from October 3 to October 4! Booth number: W1-D6-09-Team Leaders are warmly invited to stop by and check it out~>Please note that the product is still under development; the exhibit shown is a gray mold, not the final finished piece.>Further details will be announced in due course, so stay tuned for official updates!
>>11906361looks cool
Alphamax are doing a seethrough shirt
Looks like Aliendress's lewder bits are AmiAmi exclusive
Apparently, PLAMATEA is making Mari. Don't remember if Good Smile is making their own Asuka and Rei in that line, but it serves as a good filler slot to go with the 30MP kits. Just give me a Spear of Gaius...
>>11906361Oh, it's the LMs from Starward/Star Wings! Love using 'em. Still waiting on Animester to release Sky Saber and Netherdragon Shadow Blade Galahad while we're at it.
New Puni Mofu coming soon, too. Lots of bright colors this time, and another top that would make Mao blush.
>>11906478It's Rin! I've been waiting for her!
>>11906478holy shit; look at how flat she is, goddamn
>>11906478>>11906501Imagine the naizuri…
>>11906422Bullshit. I can't buy from Amiami.Guess I'll have to 3D print my own.
>>11906478OH i like the roller blade !
>>11906621Her glaive also apparently doubles as a hoverboard, if the concept art they showed off way back when is any indication.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Cf7w-APETNUMegalomaria and Sousai stream tomorrowLooking forward to Sana, I need my Hexa Gear fix
>>11906613>can't buy from AmiamiSucks to be you. Location issue or did you get banned? I'm a bit surprised that there's no DX version this time around. Optional tits are great, but the inclusion of an optional dick just scratched an itch that no other line of kits does. Fun accessory to use with MD, etc., even if you don't use it with the Dark Advent girl herself.
>>11906837Banned. I was in a mental facility for six months and missed all my payments.
>flash USAGS sale on in-stock items for this weekend>only Megalomaria shit they really have in stock right now are hands parts and a few kits I'm not really interested in>their SST stock consists mostly of Madoka and Koyomi recolors and a couple Grande Scales, though they do have Club Manager and Bukiko>don't really like Megami DeviceAll right, within the next 48 hours sell me on Arcanadea. I can be convinced to get Ermeda, and Charmed's big-ass claw looks kinda cool. Soffeira also looks pretty nice but I'm not big on the insect wings and scorpion tail motif, plus I already have Dark Moon on order and her motif is already pretty similar.
>>11907109>insect wingsThey're swords - as in actual swords she can take off and use as weapons. She's not supposed to be bug-themed at all, and her scorpion tail seems more Manticore-related to me than anything.Regardless, you should grab the dragon girl, Gii, if you don't own her - she's the absolute best of the lot right now, and cute as a button to boot. Also, her Valstrax wings are articulated and really cool.
Speaking of Dark Moon, crosspost from /m/, reviewer copies have dropped:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcrsp2VLVjIThe gargoyle looks kind of barebones compared to Meteor, but it's not bad looking, it's just hard to compete with that level of majesty. I'm also used to more classic-style gargoyles with the beastlier bat-like profiles (especially the head) and giant wings, like Visage from Dota. Lilithia looks pretty good, though the ahegao faces are kind of a surprise, not sure if that was intentional. It's also nice to see that the giant stand can be used as a storage space and even has a locking mechanism to make sure the pieces don't accidentally fall out.
>>11907138>not sure if that was intentional.Given the face on the left of your pic has hearts for pupils, it's literally an ahegao face and very obviously intentional.
Finally got around to building this guy! He's been sitting in my backstock since around March of last year (and I still have both Ghillie Dhu, his motorcycle, and Penetrator from even earlier that I still haven't built yet), so technically this is my first time actually assembling a Megalomaria kit. Gotta say, I see why people were raving over them - the engineering on this guy is awesome, and he's super flexible! Also, he just flat-out looks awesome; I'm a huge fan of this color scheme over his typical red one.
>>11907162The wrist blade gimmick is a bit odd (and definitely wouldn't work if this guy were human), but it's cool and functional; sadly it limits the direction in which his wrists can move while the gauntlets are equipped. He does have another pair of forearm parts that don't have the blades and use the traditional wrist joint connectors, though, so it's easy enough to swap them out to give him proper range of motion at the cost of not having his cool blades. His legs and knees are really flexible, and he can get into some neat dynamic poses - the knees themselves are double-jointed so they can fold all the way against him, his toes and ankles can bend, his upper thigs can twist and drop down a bit, and his codpiece and butt cheeks can move to give his legs more clearance in either direction. His body trunk is made of three distinct segments - thoracic cage, torso, and pelvis - all of which can bend and twist independently of each other; his neck is also a separate piece that can bend and twist, and his shoulders can pop up or swing back.
>>11907163Just having fun with this pose. He's got a hole for a stand (or for plugging in accessories - his box suggests using Hexa Gear's Sieg Springer' wings as an example) on his back right between the shoulders, and an alternate "tailbone" piece that has a second hole that you can also plug stuff into. Each hip also has a little hexagonal piece that can be swapped out with an alternate cap, or removed completely to expose more connector ports, and both of his blades can be removed from his gauntlet-arms so you can use those ports for stuff as well. You can also remove his faceguard (which has his horns on it), chestplate, codpiece, and shoulder pads to mix and match him with other Megalomaria kits.
>>11907164His alternate set of normal forearms, which I swapped out so he can bend his wrists properly for this weapon; I grabbed this M.S.G. "Ninja Blade Kazakiri Gale" kit specifically for him ages ago and have had it sitting on my shelf all this time, assembled and waiting for the day I could finally give it to him, and I love how it looks. The colors aren't QUITE a match - it's using clear green and metallic silver instead of clear turquoise and deep grey - but it's close enough that you really don't notice the difference.
>>11907166Alt-colored Emma for an alt-colored Mephisto, and his Kazakiri Gale converted to Sword and Shield (really Katana and giant Shuriken) mode (and a Transformers Siege blast effect). Anyway, this dude is really fun, so I'm eagerly looking forward to finally building my other two Megalomaria kits, as well as my Emulator 2 and Wreckage Hunter when they eventually ship out. Also got to build Ghillie Dhu's Knights Superior motorcycle and SST Wolf to go with Penetrator when I finally get around to them, but yeah - this is a line I'm happy to have nabbed some characters from, even if it's taken this long for me to get around to 'em.
>>11907133Unfortunately they only have Gii on pre-order, and the discount only applies to in-stock. So my options are Soffeira, Ermeda, Charmed, black Lumi, blue Yukumo, green hair Velretta, and casual clothes Lumi.
>>11907174In that case, Soffiera and Ermeda are probably your best choices, and of the two, I'd go with Soffiera (Ermeda is basically just Lumitea 2.0, while Soffiera has a lot more gimmicks between her scythe, poseable tail, and wing swords). Charmed is nice, but her claw has a habit of snapping in places. Black Lumitea is just normal Lumitea but goth; ditto with the recolors of Yukumo and Velretta, except those two actually include unique faceplates from their base color versions. Don't own casual Lumitea, but given she doesn't really come with any accessories or transformation parts, I didn't really find her interesting enough to shell out for.
>>11907168did you paint that? that looks pretty sick for out of the box
>>11907162Mephisto is so cool that I bought the extra hands set, now he will be able to grab the girls by their legs.
>>11907215>did you paint that?Nope, neither Mephisto nor the weapon set has been painted - that's completely out of box for both. I might consider panel lining if I get his normal red-colored version, but this one's too dark for any of those details to really be all that visible.
China dress Kuon up for pre-order end of next month
After School accessory set
Miniskirt Kemomimi Kuon
Airsoft Koyomi, uses the hip engineering from Maria and has a soft goods skirt
Airsoft Madoka too
>>11907291i don't have a handful of SSTs but does that smaller skirt come in multiple pieces like Kuon or Maria's?i doubt that these girls have limited leg movement
>>11907295Looks like they're one piece.
>>11907296oh, okaykoto killing my wallet not once, but twice
More Emulator
School Festival Maid
>>11907289A pair of revolvers, wads of cash, and a fucking Guandao count as "After School Accessories"!? Jesus Christ, what school are these girls attending!?
>>11907299Wanna bet the Emulator 2 version is a Koto Shop Exclusive again?
Sana up for pre-order on the 6th
New character
Governor and bike still in development
>>11907339Better look at her
Airy up for pre-order next week
Sana has two add on packs. Criminal Buster and Pregitone.
>>11907344Ooh, she's cute.
>>11907338She makes me think of Altair for some reason, but Altair had floating swords rather than guns
>>11907288>>11907291>>11907296>>11907299>All these Kuons and Emulators.I mean, I like tall girls and long hair, so it works, but it is like they forgot the Emma even exists.
>>11907389The Emma budget is rightfully going into Sana and reviving Hexa Gear. It's what Emma would have wanted.
>>11907389Both were hits after all, so of course Koto wants to capitalize on her popularity.
>>11907291I was going to ask why this is even taking time during the stream when short skirt already exists for Madoka and Koyomi, but these look like they're custom-molded for Kuon's body type, and unless my eyes are deceiving me her socks are also slightly shorter. Still, kind of weird that they insist on keeping the long-sleeved top, is there any new engineering in this at all?>>11907302My headcanon is that Wolf is a paranoid Q-Anon type who thinks that Megalomaria actually exists and that Kuon actually is Maria but pretends to be an actress as part of the cover-up. That's why she has a rifle and trains to prepare for the coming apocalypse.>>11907350Those molding voids in the arms look really off-putting, and would probably take eons to plate over.
>Mephisto dakimakuraAs usual, Koto's humor is top notch.
>>11905608Huh, it doesn't come with the DX or STD distinction and doesn't advertise naked boob parts but strangely they kept the phallic instrument they all share . Still placed a preorder so i have her and the purple fat cunt in march.
>>11907511No DX this time, the tits are an AmiAmi exclusive, shown here >>11906422. I guess they didn't want to do a true 18+ version this time, so she just gets a very suggestive gun instead of an actual dick.
I really like her design but this kit was a real pain in the ass to put together and it makes me not want to collect the rest of the line which is a shame because they're all very cute.
>>11907514Missed opportunity to give her an anal probe.But don't worry, I'll make the STL available.
>>11907509>smol Mephisto dakimakurasThese are totally for Emma, aren't they?
>>11907558
>>11906478I LOVE JAPAN
>>11907514>the tits are an AmiAmi exclusive,What in the ever loving fuck is this bullshit?
So it turns out there's a pretty easy way to tell what colors each of the SST girls are: Just look at the painting guide in the instruction manual and check the flesh color. If it's the 80-20 mix, it's the standard flesh color, and if it's 100% then it's Color C. The vast majority of the girls use the standard color, with only Kuon, Little Devil Twin Tails, Yue, Snow White and various recolors like black bikini Ritsuka and Motocompo Emma being Color C.
New schizo megalomaria theory.The robots are real, in the sousai world and at first are just outwardly machines. Over time they are trying to infiltrate and use forms that would make their enemies let their guards down. As the progression into more human like forms go along they stop having the more mechanical forms and are also becoming more individualistic.
>>11907503The waffling on the arms is fixable in like twenty minutes with some epoxy putty.
>>11907133she's not a manticore, anon. let it go already. she has a scorpion tail and her scythe turns into a scorpion pincer. she has absolutely nothing from the other creatures that comprise a traditional manticore depiction.with that said, she's no more a bug than charmed is a cat. it's just thematic accoutrements to the base of "demon" in soffi's case and "angel" in charmed's case.>>11907514I'm terribly disappointed they didn't go giving muscuto a run for his money on the DX tits, in the name of playing up the "ayyylmao wanted milk and couldn't tell the difference between the girl and the cow" thing. just give her the /d/-cups and long teats and play it up more; the crotch magnum seems like they're just going through the motions because the previous three girls got the futa treatment, but they could have just skipped that and gone all-in on a different fetish.
>>11907769>at first are just outwardly machines. Over time they are trying to infiltrate and use forms that would make their enemies let their guards downLiterally what's going on with the Emulators - they're robots like all other Anothers, but as time has gone on, they've gotten better camouflage that makes them look and act more human for the sake of infiltration; they can apparently morph back into their more robotic forms once their cover is blown. Most of the ones we're seeing are targeting Maria specifically, though there are presumably others.
How are Koyomi and Bukiko as kits? Koyomi is the only one of the original trio who's in stock for the USAGS sale (there's a couple Madoka recolors), and honestly probably the least generic of them. Bukiko looks more interesting, the spread-legs sitting gesture has more character but I'm not sure I have the skill to paint the miniature Sana on her book bag.
>>11907683...Or just check the guide they keep regularly updated on their twitter
>>11907858I stopped using Twitter as a resource ever since they made it a pain in the ass to actually look at tweets, replies, and embedded media if you don't have an account.
>>11907822One thing to note about winter uniform Koyomi is that that bit of sleeve sticking out from her jacket is actually part of her (flesh-colored) hand, and needs painting to look right. It also means her hands aren't interchangeable with any other SST kits, so you're kind of stuck with just the five pairs you get.
>>11907530as someone who owns the rest of the line I think the witch is the worst one - mostly because of how they did her neck, alongside the "split wrist" forearms.If you'll want to give this line another shot, check out that blacksmith girl. Her construction is better.
>>11907809My it's-just-a-tv-show theory is that the Emulators are the obligatory mid-season upgrade to the MOTWs.
>>11907509>>11907573fuckin lol
>>11907892Does this mean that Ritsuka pulls double duty as both the heroic Trigger for Green Glass as well as the evil Emulator 3? Do they have to shoot her scenes separately and then splice them together so that they can appear onscreen at the same time?
>>11907913There's probably a fair bit of shot/reverse shot with body-doubles for all Emulator scenes. The occasional split screen when the budget allows.
I don't think she's going to be released this month
>>11907961I think a bunch of 30ms stuff got delayed. My open order reminder e-mail from a couple of weeks ago already had her listed for end of October.
Will the megami device chassis M legs and thighs fit puni-mofu waist?
>>11907967You can't just pull the legs off and do a complete swap either way, as it's a completely different connection.You can swap everything after the upper thigh... but the thighs are a different thickness - Chassis has skinnier legs than the (loli) Puni Mofus.
>>11907978Damn. Thanks for the info.
>>11907864Cool idea as a custom, but the colors clash somewhat and the panel lining on the back isn't that clean.
>>11907389>forgot the Emma even exists.Aren't there 7 different Emma's already though? I don't think Emma bros can take being milked again for some time.
>>11908000Swimsuit Emma... Cheerleader Emma... China dress Emma... I've got plenty of milk left.
>>11908000She has about the same as most other girls not counting Dreaming Style, summer uniform and winter uniform, with her only real extras being the Motocompo and clothing body (which Madoka and Kuon also have). I guess she kind of stands out more as the only Small body girl besides Snow White.
>>11908000>7 different Emma'sI wish. There are technically 4, winter and summer school uniform, plus a recolor of each. There was an accessory kit with some detective cosplay stuff. But no casual clothes or anything like >>11908007. Any and all of which I would buy, by mashing the preorder button with the force of a thousand suns.
>>11908020>There was an accessory kit with some detective cosplay stuffPretty sure that was geared towards Eimi, though Emma does have the angel-devil + Agnirage kit.
>>11908027Yeah, I kept getting confused by shots of Eimi in long sleeves, until I found out they're included in the detective accessory set. Which is an exclusive, of course.
Wake me up when we get Gyaru emulator.
>>11908085Coincidentally, all of the Emulators so far have been for the Large body girls (Kuon, Rui, Ritsuka), so the only ones left are Seira and Wolf (maybe Side Tail as well but I'm not holding my breath on that). Which makes me wonder if they're ever going to do a Medium body Emulator in the future.
>>11908091The funny thing is both Eis Eisen and Stars are meant to be smol, so we could well see an Emmalator before a medium body one
>>11908032I still find it funny that, while Kuon/Maria is constantly apparently fighting monstrous abominations in life-or-death situations, Mephisto is always shown just casually hanging out and chillin' with the rest of the cast.
>>11908211He is talkative and has a frivolous personality.
>>11907889Okay I'm glad the wrist thing wasn't just me. Eh they're cheap enough that I'll give it another shot at some point.
>>11908217I knew he was a Deadpool/Dante archetype.
>>11908217If he had a pro voicing him, it should definitely be Sugita.
>>11907998>the colors clash
>>>/m/24031134Looks like we can expect a third girl + mount before the end of the year, and then an entire additional set next year.
>>11907109So I decided to skip out on buying Koyomi or Bukiko, they seem like nice kits but not really "I must have her" levels of desire. Went with Ermeda for my first Arcanadea, yeah she's generic but I'm a sucker for the multiple wings and bow and arrow, I might even look into modding the bow with actual string for more realistic bow shot poses. And, a couple big guns for Maria (still being held hostage by pre-order), since all I have otherwise are medium rifles, pistols and bladed weapons.
>>11907344The high cut leotard is super lewd, bros
https://x.com/DDD_NECOKAMO/status/2104110881374351497?s=20The stuff Nips come up with from 100 yen stores are amazing. I also have a bunch of Daiso stuff repurposed for plamo building thanks to Youtube vids.
Up. Treat yourself to the latest Puni Mofu, anon, you deserve it.
Review copies of the new Nikke Red Hood are out.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgOP2iZKgEQ
>>11908505Those tops really don't cover anything, do they?
>>11908505Unfortunately I live in the UK, so if I did treat myself to a Puni Mofu it'd be death by firing squad,So I ordered the demonic goat Kemopla lady instead, much more appropriate.
Koto has shipped 10 million girlpla
>>11908555I didn't realise my boxfort had gotten so bad...
>>11908505I'm waiting for her to open in nin nin
>>11908689>>11908689>>11908689>>11908689New bread
