Thread 23340449

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>Why won't anyone answer my question?
Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can.

>Why are my pictures sideways?
4chan strips EXIF data when images are uploaded, including the orientation tag if it's from your phone. To fix it save out your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.
One easy to use app that works well on Android:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer

-=THE GUIDES=-
>Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:
gunpla.buyfags.moe
>Funaka's gunpla guides:
Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdf
Scratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf
>Falldog's gunpla guide:
otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide
>A guide to other types of plamo:
mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa
>Master Kawaguchi's gunpla tips:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx-SoCOivVEHNDOl16VWLB3A
>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:
saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography

-=OTHER RESOURCES=-
>Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):
pastebin.com/KgGJFkHa
>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:
dalong.net
>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:
schizophonic9-2.com
>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:
blog.kenbill.com
>Past Groupbuilds:
flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06
>Monthly Restock List:
old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1kto9r1

Prior thread: >>23335695

-=ARTILLERY GROUPBUILD=-

Build a mecha or vehicle that uses long-range heavy-weapons such as Cannons, Missiles/Rockets, Railguns, or any other type of siege weaponry. Some clarifying rules
>The weapon can either be placed anywhere on the build (Shoulder-mounted, under-slung, etc), or in a separate side-build (Such as an artillery system utilized by a larger mech).
>Side-builds can include things like howitzers, self-propelled artillery, missile platforms, and the like.
>Alternatively, the mech can act as a spotter, loader, or some other role to support Artillery fire.
>Despite technically being a long-range weapon, Sniper Rifles are a no-go.

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: 4/13/25
END: 7/31/25

Show me your WIPs!

Recommend me handpaint god youtube channels

>>23340527
I've seen Korean and Japanese who only handpaint (mostly Tamiya) but you should really look into all the Warhammer channels, I only do handbrushing and I learnt a lot from those guys.

>>23340527
Crafta

https://schizophonic9.com/re9/mg_f80gunraid.html
He's so cool

>>23340560
I bought but now I'm starting to regret it.

>>23340564
Use it as a modeling fodder if you got bored.

>>23340527
>look up hand painting
>eventually start painting your hands
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Kf326Qlw9Y
every time

>>23340576
It is a dark temptation.

>>23340576
Can confirmed. I painted my nails with enamel paint once. About to put it on my lips, too, but then i realized that this is a dark path and i shouldn't go there.

my first plastic model
fucked up the stickers a bit
surprised it's able to stand on one leg

yaranaika?

should i get the billbine?

>>23340612
nah don't paint your nails

>>23340527
YBK Modeling. Literally handpaints using Lacquers and does very little to thin at times. He builds exclusively old kits.
https://youtube.com/@ybkmodelling?si=_ep3tYlXJRGql8A6
Shiraishi Mogame is also great considering he also does work with putty and pla plate in his vids.

>>23340552
>but you should really look into all the Warhammer channels
Learning how to paint highly detailed tiny figures doesn't really teach you that much about painting low detail robots made mostly out of flat surfaces, with warhammer the figure itself does a lot of the work for you while for gunpla you'd need to actually learn how to paint volumetric lights by hand

>>23340564
Why?

>>23340453
First time doing this in general.

>>23340626
Nah, warhammer modelers usually paint the kits by speedpaint washes so they have that shaded looks. They are still just PS plastic blocks, not that much different than gunpla. There is no magical modelkits that " do things " for you.

>>23340453
An experiment on how far I can get with unthinned paints was mostly a failure. But at least it looks passable from the other side of the table and generally looks less offensive in person, for my mole eyes at least. That being said, next one will look much better

>>23340651
It looks ok. Just needs more scribing to sharpen the details, that's all.

>>23340650
no that guy is right about details
minis have a lot of sculpted creases and bumps, which help washes and speed paint to give you that shaded look
gunpla is usually flat planes of armor and shit

>>23340653
Only the high end premium kits that have what you described. Most of average warhammer minis don't have that level of details.

>>23340653
yeah there's a reason why people still suggest to use an airbrush for vehicles and mechs in 40k, nobody wants to deal with brush painting that shit

>>23340659
>pr*mar*s
ewww

>>23340661
No one really fully handpaint a warhammer kit. They paint the basecoat with airbrush first then handpaint the small details.

>>23340668
Only fags who paint whole armies all at once. I only spray primer, everything else goes by brush.

>>23340626
Nah, I learned how to paint with minis and it helped me a lot. At the end of a day, its all matter of scale and bigger kits are still detailed plastic scale models, only, well... bigger.

dealing with grainy paint
do you think it's better to do one coat then sand and repeat or one sanding when all the coats are done is enough?

>>23340622
>handpaints using Lacquers
Why are Japs like this? I've tried brush painting some laquers and actually had some success doing it but acrylics and enamels are just better for handpainting, laquers destroyed every brush I've used them with

Attention, /gpg/! This is Star Commander Anon of Clan Wolf! I claim this general in the name of Khan Alaric Ward and bid my Savage Wolf BattleMech to bear witness to its Trial! What tame dogs defend it?

..just kidding, simply wanted to say this. While Im mostly content with how my kitbashed Battlemech came out, there is little selection of poses for him so gallery have only 12 images in it. Yet, as usual, if anyone is interested, it is located here:

https://sabi-sif.mb4.pl/gunpla-mg-rg-other/battletech-savage-wolf-custom-configuration/

Lower half had varnish (AK Ultra Matt + GW Contrast Medium) applied by brush but as you can see, something went wrong so I simply sprayed upper part with AK Matt Varnish spraycan instead. I honestly don't know why it ended like this, I was using this mix before with no problems but recently it fucked up Shizuka paintjob and now this. Mixed it again so its not a case of having it not shaken enough. Maybe it actually can expire or something? Also, I really need to get my shit together and STOP using sponge for highlighting as in case of most of green parts here. I should train my brush skills, not going for easy route.

>>23340527
https://www.youtube.com/@kyo512a

>>23340690
Japan didn't start getting good water based acrylics until a few years ago
Truth is that lacquer paints are effectively obsolete but they're just behind the curve

>>23340680
I've wanted to get into minis but the only options seem to be nu-GW or 3D printed crap
Sometimes I really feel like I was born too late for these hobbies

I think this pic looks better.

>>23340692
>>23340700
Sexy work.

Oh and try sometimes fluorescent paint. Over metallic silver it ends up having fun effects.

>>23340698
Nonsense, there are numerous other options. Victrix sells highly detailed classic/medieval minis in large pacs for the price of GW single squads, there are also Wargames Atlantic, Perry Miniatures, Warpath, Frostgrave/Stargrave and if you can still find them - starter set for Song of Ice and Fire miniature game have nearly 100 of them in good quality and ready for priming and painting.

>>23340698
Don't worry man, gundam minis are just around the corner

>>23340707
Fair enough but I really don't care about historical minis

>>23340715
Song of Ice and Fire and Frostgrave are fantasy, Stargrave and Warpath are scifi. Also, 3D prints are not bad if they are done by competent people. I recently got two 15cm figurines, primed and will paint them in the future.

>>23340724
I guess the other issue is that I only care about models if they're attached to a setting/story I find interesting
Same reason I don't give a fuck about chinese mecha kits, just having a figure with no context doesn't do anything for me

>>23340560
Finally a miniaturized MS I don't hate

>>23340726
Okay, fair point. Personally, I like (both setting and minis) Infinity from Corvus Beli but I wouldn't recommend them normally since they are rather expensive as they are metal (pewter) instead of plastic. CB is however experimenting with resin recently so they may switch to save money.

>>23340739
>he hates F91
Them's fightin words nigga

I finally got my Airbrush/Painting booth. I've got a bajillion kits to paint but I'd love to do it right even with the first ones. Can you guys recommend good beginner tutorials for airbrushing?

>>23340772
I think this one is good, straight to the point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2mkyhIfgEE

>>23340772
The method that most people use is to spray a very light "mist" coat first, wait a while for it to dry and then do a full "wet" coat after. With both primer and the paint coat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZNIIMteKsU

Following up on my request from yesterday because the thread died:

I need someone to either have a picture of both the RG Evangelion Unit 01 and the 1996 HG Unit 01. Or autistic enough to have them both and snap a photo of them side by side.

I've heard they're different scale and have bought the RG waterslides for my 96 HG. How fucked am I?

>>23340726
Yeah i'm pretty sure there are alot of context behind Maschinen Krieger or random Gundam grunts that appear for 20 seconds then explode.

>>23340772
when you are starting out go easy on the trigger at first. It should be 99% air 1% paint

>>23340811
And you would be correct!

>>23340788
>>23340790
Thanks Anons, I'm dying to see some painted up robots, but I'll probably spend a few sessions practicing on a bag of spoons.
>>23340813
Yeah, one of my worries is actually controlling the brush, I might slop things up by pushing too hard, too lightly or angling it in some way. The vids on youtube make it look easy, but those guys probably have thousands of hours to refine their craft.

my household has ran out of plastic spoons

>>23340825
Any kind of flat plastic will do, no excuses.

Its been almost 6 fucking days since I had paid for it to be shipped out via DHL and HLJ still hasn't finished processing. What the fuck is going on over there? This reaching USAGundamstore tier slow.

>>23340832
>PLEASE SHIP YOUR SHIT FROM HALF A YEAR AGO ALREADY!
>WE EVEN GIVE YOU 10% SHIPPING!
>OH GOD, WE NEED THAT WAREHOUSE SPACE!!!1!
finally decide to ship
>4 days in "processing" stage

>>23340825
Just go to the mall and go from fast food chain to fast food chain asking for plastic spoons. If they're self service then grab as much as you can before they kick you out.

>>23340832
Not just me then, I've been waiting since the 18th. They're usually pretty alright getting stuff out the door.

>>23340804
The 1996 LMHG's are roughly 1/100, while the RG's are 1/144.
Also, google is a site that exists.

>>23340818
Yeah i want a Hot Space Cowboys model for a long time now due to the context of it: A twink got raped by a fat ugly bastard and then his boyfriend murdered the ugly bastard. Such an epic and interesting context.

>>23340840
>Also, google is a site that exists.

If it was really so simple you would have posted a pic of both together or equal comparison. Turn A has no scale reference unless theres a picture of the LMHG and Turn A HG together.

>>23340853
the turn A is 1/144

>>23340825
>go to grocery store
>buy out all their plastic spoons
>get asked if I'm having a party
>say no, I'm gonna paint them all
>cashier looks at me like I'm some freak
the SpoonCHAD life is tough

Bought a photography box to take better pictures of my dudes, but got the wrong size, either that or zoids are way to big for one.

>>23340820
it's not as hard as it sounds. Push down to start the air flow - this one is on or off without much control. Pull back to control the flow of paint. The further you pull back, the more paint you get. You can build up the color slowly with just the smallest amount of paint at first to give you more control.

>always keep the tip clean
if the tip isn't clean you'll get splatters. practice stopping the paint flow and blowing pure air for a fraction of a second before shutting off the air - don't let go of both at the same time or you'll get paint on the tip.

If the tip is dirty, use a wet rag or tooth brush or the airbrush brushes to clean it off.

>backflow technique
if you cover the tip with your hand or a rag, air will flow up through the paint pot and bubble up, mixing the paint. This is really useful if you are using thick acrylics or unusual paints that need a lot of thinner but you shouldn't need to do it too much. the youtube tutorial I originally watched for this called the technique "gangster gumbo" which is a cringe name but I'll never be able to forget it...

>>23340659
>>23340653
miniatures come in a lot of styles... historical modeling probably has more in common with gunpla and more overlap with weathering and painting styles, though I personally believe gaming model edge highlights actually do look damn good on a gunpla, and if the 30MF kits I ordered ever ship I plan to paint it like like a large D&D miniature.

>>23340865
Oh, photography is an entire can of worms. You will need diorama and backgrounds that mimics real enviornment. A bland box is not gonna cut it.

>>23340856
>the turn A is 1/144
>Well its an apple next to an orange, surely anon will be able to magically figure out the scaling issue.

No shit. Are you being intentionally obtuse? And here it is next to a Nu, towering over it at 1/144. None of these accurately gauge the size compared to the LMHG if a reference image of the kit next to RG also exists with a picture of the same kit next to the 96 LMHG

>>23340874
anon, it's 44% larger than the RG. That's all you need to understand. The decals you bought aren't gonna fit no matter how much you'll bitch about it

>>23340840
>LMHG's are roughly 1/100
No it isn't. Eva unit 1 is 80 meters tall. If the kit is in 1/100, it would be in the size of an Asian woman.

>>23340890
Hypothetically Neo Zeong ( over 100 meters tall ) in 1/100 scale.

>Scale autism

I will never understand you fags on why you want it to be scale accurate, why do you want a gigantic toy that you can't even fit on any display case?

>>23340890
>it would be in the size of an Asian woman.
Asian women are 2'8" tall?

>>23340898
I believe models must be scale accurate but I also think the smaller the scale the better

>>23340890
by that I meant in the 1/100 MG range. here's another LMHG next to a HG guntank

does jigaxe still have unrevealed items?

>>23340869
Honestly, one of my other fears is that I somehow fuck it up in such a way that the paint explodes and remodels my entire room.

>>23340899
80 is the default height in hangar. The nature of these mechs is surreal. In 3.0+1, sometimes they are human sized, sometimes they are 200 meters tall. And then again, there is no 2 meters tall Asian woman ( i think? )

>>23340904
Anon, there is no "1/100" range, that's a translation from their in-universe height to model kit height. Eva kits are non-scale.

>>23340887
>The decals you bought aren't gonna fit no matter how much you'll bitch about it

I was just asking for a size ref so I have an idea what Im working with. I'll obviously cut and adjust as needed I could hardly give a fuck about that.

No what I care about is you just being wrong. You're literally going full retard.

>>23340911
the only way that could happen is if there is some blockage in the nozzle that forces a backflow and the paint goes in your face. More often the blockage will stop the paint flow instead. The more likely fuckup is damaging the nozzle during assembly or cleaning.

>>23340912
I would kill for an Artpla of this. Come on Kaiyodo do it already

>>23340917
Eva kits are non-scale because the Evas themselves don't have a defined scale in reality.

>>23340949
They are pumping out more Rebuilds. Anima is up to be speculation, but they might do it at some point.

>>23340871
Yeah, figured as much. I'll probably check out some stores for materials, hope it's not too expensive.

>>23340949
I wish they will make a kit of Crimson A1

>>23340971
I wish Anima never existed

>>23340971
I don't like idea behind Crimson A1 because I would rather want to see Asuka happy, married and with lots of children.

>>23340975
Well you are right about having " children ". Asuka/Crimson A1 got virgin pregnant and gave birth to Eva Final with Shinji inside it.

>>23340968
You can use whatever you can for the ground if you are low on budget. This guy used 2 blocks of wood and black blanket as background. It is still not ideal though.

https://x.com/archidelic02/status/1786257814438195274

>>23340874
This Eva rg looks like shit, do those lmhgs ever get reprints

>>23341001
Well Bandai is still printing them. But honestly LMHG are literall cancer with their bubber elbow. The sculpt is just ok-ish, since they are pretty old.

>>23341008
I've heard the rubber elbow has some sort of internal joint that makes it actually bend. That sounds pretty cool if it's true. Otherwise yeah

>>23341011
No no they are articulated. However, the rubber has no place in modeling beside being inside the articulated joints.

>>23340965
>>23340953
the majority of the rebuild shit is such trash---is it up to us to paint evangelion kits to just make our own OC new eva units? i like that green one but idk why they couldnt have just done what they di with eva unit 3 in the tv show and 4 in videogames and just give it a new head and color and maybe a weapon or two.

>>23341022
>s it up to us to paint evangelion kits to just make our own OC new eva units?
...yes?

>>23341035
the semi canon eva unit 04 in their silver coloring set a precedent that fans wanted more eva units for years, not sure how they dropped the ball. they made so many superfluous evas in the rebuilds i dont understand why they didnt make any of them simply look good like the originals. no way they didnt already have good prexisting concept art to use.

>>23341022
I never find appeal of majority of Eva designs, original series, rebuild, collabs, etc, but strange enough, i love alot of Anima designs.

>>23341044
who gives a fuck just make the cool robot you want to see

>>23340983
Wat.

>>23340986
Oh i definitely see the difference, I'll invest on some external lighting and some "flooring" then, see if that gets me better photos.

>>23341052
welcome to anima

Reposting this:

Delpi is having a 30% off sale next week. If anyone has ever been on the fence on getting waterslides for their kits, now's a good time to buy. If your order exceeds $80 you also get free shipping.

>>23341047
>>23341051
i just wanted something that looks cohesive with the original set of 3 (4?) im not super familiar with the anima stuff--- i may need to look at it again. been years. idk how much of it meshed with the original show or not despite the cool designs.

i feel like what would sell well, would have been some gihrens greed style game, where instead of the base 3 evas, unit 04 and unit 05 (silver one), they made expanded it to like 10 or 20 cool looking eva units, tripled the amount of angels you fight. branching storyline paths for replays. just use the preexisting concept are that was made when unit 00 01 and 02 were designed and repurpose it into different evas for the videogame. it wouldnt be canon just a good excuse to make cool shit but have it look authentic to the show. could have reused angel concept art also. would have been a smash hit.

>>23341069
Yeah Anima designs look much more cohesive and streamlined. Not everyone's taste, but atleast they are not overly quirky like Rebuild designs.

I'm a snapshitter but I wanna make a custom for a kit that doesn't have a HG yet. I know exactly what kits I'll need for the kitbash, but what else will I need to give the paint that injected look your guys ' customs have? Cans are fine as a temporary measure instead of investing in sprays right?

>>23341074
Cans are good for beginner since they are pre thinned, but you will still have to paint smaller details. Rattlecan + handbrush for a safe approach.

>>23341069
I don't actually think the Evas are as popular of robot designs as you maybe think. Not to say they aren't popular or anything stupid like that but we got a dozen Evas with the new movies and you're sitting here saying you don't like any of them, and ultimately there aren't THAT many Eva designs for a reason. Eva's appeal is so much more in character merchandising than robot merchandising. Characters drive sales for mecha all over the place, but with Eva the gap is probably the largest.

Combine that with their organic construction not lending themselves to particularly good model kits and yeah, you won't get 3000 Eva kits like it's Gundam.

>>23341077
Kaiyodo's artpla approach is the ultimate answer to proper Eva kits. Sadly majority of normies just want articulated Eva toys, resulting the loss of charm in the process.

>>23341078
alright bud I get it you jerk off to fixed pose
you're very unique

>>23341076
My hands are so shaky people say I have borderline parkinsons but honestly I think I could hand paint smaller parts no problem. I can buy everything from my local store and I'll be using common colors (It's a titans MS). What do you do to avoid stuff like visible brush strokes?

>>23341053
or just do it like me, give up on backgrounds, and shoot in the void

>>23341079
Please anon, i know you give your model a specific pose and keep it that way for a long ass time instead of playing with it every 5 minutes.

>>23341094
I know I wanted to choose that pose and not buy it in a different pose.

>>23341074
absolute godlike snappers can achieve anything. Even as a paintfag I cannot match their power...

and rattlecans are perfectly fine too, even hardware store rattle cans, believe it or not

>>23341081
use handles when holding parts and brace your arms to your desk and each other for greater stability

>>23341098
I've been having fun trying to create customs with platic colour separation. It's a cool challenge and a good use for the sprues.

>>23341096
Good. Now you get it.

>>23341100
hey cool can I have the left arm holding the sword and the right arm holding the head? Can I have it kneeling over the body instead of standing?

>>23341102
You absolutely can alter the positions if you are willing to use putty and copper wires. You are a modeler, right?

>>23341104
No. Why would I be?

>>23341098
>That nub mark
Yeah nice try guys.

>>23340865
i got 40x40x40 so i could fit 1/72("1/100") fss kits in it

>>23341118
Needs more articulation

>>23341105
because you're in a thread about plastic modelling

>>23341104
desu I kinda get it, it's a similar complaint as what wargaming people are going through with their models becoming increasingly detailed and designed around singular poses, the more complicated and detailed the model the more difficult it becomes to modify in a way that still looks cohesive and natural

>>23341120
>40x40x40
That won't fit a 1/72 GTM so unless you only like MHs that's still a bit on the small side.

>>23341131
it would just about fit a 1/72 scale gtm (but it would only just fit), but i buy the 1/100 plastic kits anyway. it's only the mh kits that are actually 1/72 while being labelled as 1/100

>>23341137
Where's your 1/72 ZAP

>>23341127
Fixing a pose is different than making an entirely new part for your model, which is way less cohesive. It is also your responsibility to give up the OOB aesthetic and have your own artistic freedom. Painting will unify the details one way or another. Have fun.

>>23341144
i'm waiting for OT to hopefully make a 1/144 plastic version of their 1/100 zap by akira tani (like they're doing with syujyu's gtms), i prefer his sculpt even if it's less accurate

>>23341118
I keep mine in an ammo can.

>>23341150
>Fixing a pose is different than making an entirely new part for your model
Making a different pose out of a fixed pose kit often requires creating "an entirely new part" for your model.

>>23341125
I play video games too but I don't call myself a gamer. I just like putting together robot toys bro.

>>23341151
Syujyu's GTMs are significantly simpler than Tani's, I don't think a plastic conversion is even possible there.

>>23341151
Hmmm I was gonna say I don't think they're gonna make a plastic ZAP but according to their website someone is actually planning on it?

>>23341160
One who assembles plastic model kits, is by definition a modeler. That's how words work.

>>23341162
volks announced a plastic zap and mgp years ago but haven't shown off any prototypes or anything, and this years plastic gtm is gatexion mk2 and next years is die kaiserin and/or baga hari, i bet they're having trouble making zap and mgp

>>23341164
mk3*

>>23341164
They already have a 1/100 resin ZAP, as long as they go for the light armament version it wouldn't be that difficult. I'd say it's actually fairly likely that MGP/ZAP are the 2027 VSMS releases simply because we haven't had any other 1/100 GTMs from Volks yet.
Not buying VSMS Mk3 unless they release a special edition Kaien spec one

>>23341085
Thanks anon, I'll probably try that too.

>>23341073
any artbook you can suggest?

>>23341077
i think the tv evas are as perfect of a design as you can get really. I do not think evangelion as a tv show had enough going for it to have suceeded the way it did without the evangelion units looking as cool or as good as they do. for the look theyre going for, i wouldnt have added or gotten rid of anything. i cant say that about most designs. its like the original starwars storm trooper. you dont need to touch it. or spidermans classic outfit. idk pick whatever you want. some designs they just nail perfectly the first time and if you add anything to it you actually subtract from it.


the plot is way too slow. other shows had better action. other shows had characters that were more likable or interesting. there wasnt anything about the eva characters that was unique in any way that other anime didnt do better. the show dripfed so little information to the viewer that i honestly think if the evas werent as cool as they were-- people would not have had a desire to stick with the show and wait to learn more about the evangelion "universe". i genuinely believe that. just my opinion.

i think everything in the rebuilds were designed with a subpar approach because i honestly think very little in the rebuild is a good design. so much of it seems to be adding pointless details to already perfected designs. or making weird obtuse retarded looking shit to be weird for the sake of being weird. but without the designs being interesting or pleasing to look at in any way. i honestly think even the weaker angel designs from the tv show were more interesting/genuine feeling than most of the stuff the rebuild did. again just my opinion.

yeah i know people buy rei and asuka merch but if it wasnt for the eva units drawing so many people to the show i frankly dont think many people would know who they are or even find them that memorable. again there are a lot of anime out there.

>>23341163
good to know I should shout from the rooftops that I am a modeller for building legos

i hope they make a vsms hourai, that's one of my favourite gtms

>>23341159
Not really. The joints are just whatever compares to the greater aesthetic of the model, which is the main armor/body parts. If you have the balls to make new parts out of pla plates and putty, then changin a fixed pose is such a non issue.

https://x.com/stardust7348/status/1814279866184770043

>>23341173
>I do not think evangelion as a tv show had enough going for it to have suceeded the way it did without the evangelion units looking as cool or as good as they do.
man, not gonna read the rest of this post after this cus you're crazy.

>>23341180
>Not really.
Yeah really, I've had to do it for 40k all the time.
> If you have the balls to make new parts out of pla plates and putty, then changin a fixed pose is such a non issue.
newsflash retard, 90% of people don't want to do this.

>>23341181
because whatever individual qualities NGE had that people like, other popular anime did better. what made evangelion stand out was the evas. to argue othewise is just fanboyism. I like evangelion a lot but i have watched it multiple times over the course of my life and the older i get the more i have slowly come to accept this stuff as fact. a decade ago i would not be saying this.

>>23341182
>90% of people don't want to do this.
You are just a random regular fag and you do this. What makes you think most of people don't? Do you think yourself as some sort of special uberman?

>>23341186
>whatever individual qualities NGE had that people like, other popular anime did better. what made evangelion stand out was the evas. to argue othewise is just fanboyism.
Anon you're real delusional. Like really, really delusional, bro.

>>23341191
>What makes you think most of people don't?
If they did then monopose models wouldn't have become the new standard in 40k

>>23341191
>You are just a random regular fag and you do this.
No, I'm an autist.
>What makes you think most of people don't?
Because they don't, verifably. Try looking around. Ever played 40k? Ever seen how many armies are not painted? Nevermind not painted, ever see how few are customized on the modelling side of things? How about gunpla, how many gunpla do you think are OOB vs any level of customization?

>>23341198
If people don't then shits like putty and plaplate wouldn't even exist. Have you live under a rock?
>But but Warhammer
Subhuman community. Instantly dismissed.

>>23341192
alright make an argument then. what is it that you think evangelion did better than all the other popular anime at the time? sure evangelion has a few iconic looking characters, but so do lots of other shows. what about the character personalities? Those archetypes all exist in other anime. So what is it? The fights? Half of the episodes had no fight and it was a short show. so what is it? The plot? The show basically tells you nothing and relies on being obtuse and purposefully esoteric to make it seem more complicated than it really is. Lots of other shows have better plots that are more thoroughly developed. Im not saying evangelion is a shitty show. what im saying is that if the eva units looked fucking retard i doubt that 25% of the people who claim to be fans would have ever watched it to begin with or have heard about it. seems logical to me. there is a endless sea of other anime and what made evangelion grab peoples attention was the way the eva units were designed.

>>23341195
It is not new standard. Warhammer is a tabletop game, why the fuck would you need articulated toys?

>>23341200
buttplugs exist, so I take it you're wearing one right now

you think we're getting a new kit tomorrow?

>>23341210
figure rise standard yoshiyuki tomino

>>23341208
Snapshitting exist, that means you are one. ( this might be true unfortunately ).

>>23341213
>yeah my since of self-worth is entirely tied to pretending to be good at building plastic toys. how did you know?

>>23341207
Not what monopose vs multipose means. It used to be that minis were designed with heavier customization in mind, and came as sets of modular body parts for you to combine however you liked. These days, the vast majority of minis are designed to be built one way, in one specific pose.

>>23341210
this just got posted

Do I HAVE to use primer before painting with lacquers? If the parts are all uniform colors and being painted the same colors, say red parts going black, would I be able to just paint the parts? I get priming dark parts if I am painting them a light color like yellow but for something that hides well like black or dark blue can I get away without primer?

>>23341228
He literally only wants to shitpost and doesn't care

I beg snapfriends to stop outing themselves in such breakneck speed. I get it, you don't paint, you watch Gaykotsu and beg for Bandai to make 4.0 version of every gunpla with slightly weak color separation. But please stop revealing yourself here.

>>23341213
Not going to lie, right now mine kind of is. Building toy robots is about all I have left to bring me any kind of joy.

>>23341230
on ps and abs, no. the thinner slightly melts into the plastic (known as "keying into") so even a normal laquer paint has the properties of a primer on those plastics.
resin and plastics other than abs and ps you do need a primer (not just a surfacer, either) though because regular lacquer paint won't adhere to them properly

>>23341229
Kikeroga or Psycho? I'm guessing the former

>>23341222
>>23341235

See, I quoted the wrong post. I can't even do this right.

>>23341228
>and came as sets of modular body parts for you to combine however you liked.
I think you might be abit lost here, but most of modelkits don't have heavy modular functionality. Sure, slapping them together like lego and then paint sounds like a fun time to have, but it is too dependant on what the manufacturer gave you and what's not. Why call youself a modeler if you can't even think and work out of that box? Suddenly a mild challenge is too much for you.

>>23341233
Cry harder, we run this joint

>>23341228
You sound like that anon who complain about the lack of color separation and then claim it somehow serve modeling purpose when everyone clearly know what he actually meant.

>>23341233
We should get a new zaku1/2 HG and MG every few months. By now we should have ZAKU MG 10.0 at the least . Also I think they should divert about 50% of their budget and resources to this singular goal. All other mobile suits are secondary to this. Also no model kits made for any new series from the last decade to help conserve resources. Thoughts?

>>23341244
I think you might be a bit lost here, but army building in tabletop games had a strong identity in creating (your dudes) out of generic constructions designed to be soft-modular with a little work.

As with everything you have ever said in this general, you're talking out of your ass.

HGGTO or Revive Grandpa?

>>23341240
anon you've been falling for the same image for two months now

>>23341253
Unless a model has an extremely fucked up proportion and fatal engineering defects, begging to have 2.0 version seems like a waste of time and energy. Most of 99-early 2000s models don't even look that bad.

>>23341230
yes. regular hobby lacquers will not adhere well, if at all, to any smooth plastic surface. You either need to sand every part first before painting or use a primer

>>23341264
yes they will. lacquer thinner contains chemicals that melt ps and abs (such as acetone and mek) and chemically key into the plastic. regular lacquer paint essentially just inherently does what a primer is traditionally for just by itself

>>23341256
>out of generic constructions designed to be soft-modular
You are the one talking out of your ass here. Why the fuck do you need them to be modular when you have bunch of modeling tools at your disposal and can readily glue their heads on their arms if you want to?
>But but army identity
Aesthetic. Paint and whatever the fuck you sculpt. Be an actual modeler for once instead of crying about mild challenges like a bitch.

>>23341270
again, not on plastics or materials other than ps and abs though. you need a primer for resin and other plastics

>>23341270
i dont think you've ever painted a plamo kit with lacquers to say this

>>23341271
why do you care about plastic model kits when you can man up and turn a lump of plastic into anything you want? you don't need to buy kits. why are you worried about model kits and how people build them? You're a real modeller aren't you?

>>23341275
i don't think you have. i don't bother priming ps/abs most of the time (unless it's a paint with low pigment density over a darker colour). it's just as durable as a primer because it chemically keys in. you don't know what you're talking about

>>23341275
literally just handpainted the vents on a Zaku III with lacquers and it did not explode or rub off

>>23341278
what brand of lacquers are you using? mr color requires primer or it will just not stick

>>23341282
>handpainting with lacquers
deranged chad

>>23341284
good enough for lincoln wright good enough for anyone here

>>23341283
mr color and jumpwind primarily
mr color without a primer over ps and abs is extremely durable, what the fuck are you talking about

>>23341283
hi it's me
>>23341282
this anon
I used Mr Colour

If I were to paint an HG kit, what MS would be the best to try and recreate Vergil but in mecha form?
Hard mode:
>No Gundam Red Astray

How different from the older Muv Luv Koto kits from the newer ones?

>>23341073
This ones good, maybe loose the ponytail

>>23341212
I will not respect tomino's mother's wishes

>>23340846
Hello me

>>23341276
>why do you care about plastic model kits when you can man up and turn a lump of plastic into anything you want?
That's the average modeling thing. Why are phrasing it like some sort of alien, impossible thing?

https://x.com/archidelic02/status/1783868398327545932

>>23340828
I cut pieces of my 3ds games boxes

>>23341302
why are you spending an inordinate amount of your time here pretending to be an epic modeller?

>>23341302
post your work instead of twitter links

>>23341305
There is nothing epic about turning bunch of plastic garbages into something else. You know what's actually epic? You stop crying and work on your project.

Built a classic GM Sniper 2 HG, Fell in love with her in GBO2, feddies build a mean ballistic sniper rifle.

>>23341313
glad you dodged half the question, guess it'd be too embarrassing to answer the other half.

>>23341233
snapgod thread
snapgod hobby

>>23341312
last time he posted his work he revealed he can't paint inside the lines so he probably won't ever again

>>23341319
Your questions stop being valid the momment you cry about the lack of modular gimmick, all devolved from this specific complain you made about "fixed pose" and how it ruins your "army build's uniformity". It stopped being about modeling and more about how displeased you are when the model line stops making childish toys for you.

>>23341322
please wait at least until the bump limit before you start the PYW chain again.

>>23341322
Post your work, since you didn't last time.

>>23341327
Your reading comprehension is paralleled only by your mastery of the english language and sincerity in discussing plastic toys

>>23341302
I really wish I had the vision of people who can look at a collection of junk and trash and see a scratch built mecha

>>23341332
The most incomprehensable thing here is your talking point, since you complained about fixed pose kits, yet apparently you own bunch of fixed pose kits and your main problem is how you can't swap parts between units?

>>23341340
> yet apparently you own bunch of fixed pose kits and your main problem is how you can't swap parts between units?
would you like to quote that? you literally don't understand what's being said about armybuilding design in 40k. Like I said, reading comprehension paralleled only by your sincerity.

>>23341270
>>23341274
>>23341275
>>23341278
>>23341283
>>23341289

etc...

I'm just going to paint a spare part and see for myself how it holds up I guess since I'm getting a yes and a no basically everywhere I've asked.

>>23341330
You are replying to a vocal snapshitter. I knew he will complain about my metal gear build, while deflecting requests to post his own work. He will refuse to post his work until he dies, don't worry about it.

>>23341353
Good, that's exactly what you should do. Then you'll realize everyone saying it doesn't stick to PS is fucking lying.

>>23341347
>Army building design
I literally don't care. Warhammer has shit ton of different unit types, factions and ideaologies. If you think you should have modular kitbash from Angron's head to Guiliman's torso, then you are a moron.

When will this feud between snapshitters and painchuds stop?

>>23341369
>If you think you should have modular kitbash from Angron's head to Guiliman's torso, then you are a moron.
good fucking god you're so stupid it's crazy.

>yen continuing to go down
>Amerifats can't take advantage because of tariffs
Lmao.

>>23341371
Snapshitter is an eternally suffering breed. They can only cry to their corpo overlords on how to change and alter the modelkits further to make their endless goyslop nutrient intake easier. They buy thousands of dollar worth of sanding tool and markers so the nub marks won't be so visible. Suffering after suffering with no light at the end of the tunnel. Fighting and making fun of paintchuds is the only thing they can do to have a sense of individuality.

>>23341360
i don't think they're lying per se, i just think they're parroting some misinformation they read elsewhere without ever trying it for themselves. to give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe they tried painting a polycap or something else that isn't ps or abs without a primer and just assumed that the same applied to ps and abs without looking into what chemicals are in lacquer paints and lacquer thinner and chemical compatibility between different chemicals and different plastics

>>23341387
nope. I tried it on a kit after seeing that lacquers stick being parroted here. It just needlesly wastes paint that would otherwise go on in a single layer on primed parts, because it doesn't stick.

>>23341387
>they're parroting some misinformation they read elsewhere without ever trying it for themselves.
you might consider this something else, but I call it lying. Whether it's lying to intentionally spread misinformation or lying because they don't know what they're talking about, it's still just a lie.

>>23341389
bullshit

>>23341391
>lacquers keying into plastic

>>23341389
I think lacquer paints are just for the sake of giving your build a professional looking finish rather than being a primary paint.

>>23341392
it's a simple fact. lacquer thinner melts the top surface of ps/abs (but not other materials) and creates a bond between the plastic and the paint pigment binder, similar to how plastic cement bonds ps and abs together

>>23341389
You need to sand the parts first. Nothing bonds to mold release agent.

>>23341398
most modern plastic kits don't have any significant levels of mould release left on the plastic when it gets to you, the only kit i've had to wash off before painting is the translucent runners of the vsms daccas that were slathered in mould release. every other kit i've done, from gsc/banda/koto/even other volks kits, have not needed washing off or parts completely sanding down to have lacquer paint adhere to them strongly without a primer

>>23341318
I have bad news for you anon, its a beam sniper. Still funny to me that the sniper II has better specs than the RX78

>>23341398
Only if you get an unopened kit from 40 years ago. It's not a problem nowadays, even with chink kits

>>23341371
I have a burning hatred toward snapshitters because they kinda, killed the hobby in my place. They always prefer the absolute color separation and undergates, which resulted hobby stores to import bunch of those Chinese OC kits, one after another with no signs of slowing down because apparently they sold well. After awhile, even snapshit stuff like the latest Gunpla releases got decreased in pre-sale stock quantity, a large portion of reprints got straight up ignored. It is in such a sorry state, everything are more like assembling toys now rather than actual modelkits, low quality bootlegs everywhere and as a result of over-importing, most of authentic reprints and new releases have been lessen in quantity.

the part exploded after this btw don't do it

>>23341411
have fun dying from mustard gas after that paint falls off

>>23341411
Anon is now dead...

>>23341398
>anon's entire knowledge of modern model building is from 30 year old guides

>>23341411
now try that with an airbrush.
haindpainting is completely different. you can get away with much more

>>23341415
NTA, i hope you retards stop trying to force every advices into memes. From paint to basic practices like surface sanding. There has been a lack of constructive modeling discussion recently, only bunch of poor attempts to dumb down the community and eventually led to pro-snapshitting.

>>23341413
>>23341414
it's okay I had another guy so we're good
real time btw, it's dried and unable to be scratched off with my fingernail now.

>>23341420
i never use lacquer for brush painting and have never had issues with durability using lacquer paints on ps or abs without a primer

>>23341411
>>23341424
This is a digitally manipulated footage

>>23341420
you really gonna make me do this? Alright. You want it with or without levelling thinner?

>>23341430
with please. stir it thoroughtly and serve with a side dish

>>23341411
poor barzam :c

>>23341372
I'm not gonna entertain you trolling retards anylonger.

>>23341422
as someone who came from gaming and historical models, snapshitting techniques are genuinely really interesting to me, like they came from some parallel universe where models aren't only made from the shittiest single color, usually grey, polystyrene that exists that parallel universe is called "japan".

>>23341435
>t. trolling retard

>>23341439
Post your work

>>23341436
>made from the shittiest single color
Paint your models.

>>23341439
It stops being funny for you when i behave the same way as you, isn't it?

>>23341432
The barzam bullying will continue until barzamfag builds a barzam II. Also fucked up the recording of the first spray so had to go back for this bullshit fucking phones

>>23341443
I don't know what you mean, you've behaved the same way for everyone of your posts: a loudmouthed retard who doesn't know what you're talking about.

>>23341450
WATCH OUT IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE

>>23341411
>>23341424
wtf
AI?

>>23341450
>Bitched about fixed pose models
>Has Barzam kit as his current project
You are everything i accused you of. Even if you post gorillon amount of fixed pose kits you have right now, it is not gonna prove anything because you have an obvious bias.

>>23341452
Lacquers don't harm PS. I tried to sloppily painted red lacquers to my Tekkaman kit, the part is still fine.

>>23341450
Is that Barzam painted previously or it is just a snapshit part + sanded? I can't tell.

>>23341461
It will melt when you least expect it

>>23341456
lol, implying this is my current project and not a random trash piece I had laying around to prove a point with. Time for your brain to spin in circles.

>>23341466
Just snapshidded, it's the leftovers from the Barzam II.

>>23341293
Someone answer this question of mine?

>>23341408
There is nothing wrong at all with being a snap shitter. Gunpla is exactly like building Bionicles but you have to cut the pieces out.

>>23341468
>Gunpla box behind
You are once again, proving my point.
>a random trash piece I had laying around to prove a point with
You don't need to prove something like "lacquer doesn't harm bare plastic " for fuck sake. Prime your kit first before applying anything else.

>>23341478
>anyways, here's why I'm a better modeller despite not being able to paint inside the lines

>>23341441
I didn't know it was even possible to not paint models. A grey model on a gaming table is a such a shameful thing...

>>23341480
and yet grey warhammer armies are everywhere if you leave your house and play the game

>>23341482
I don't know who are you playing with but tabletop games need color to be played. Chess, horse, monopoly, etc. Playing with bunch of gray plastic blocks is not a very good practice.

>>23341468
>My current project
>Doesn't even paint it
>The trash lying around
>Painting it on bare plastic
>Rickdom HG right behind the battletech miniature
Based retard

>>23341489
>I don't know who you are playing with
I play with people that paint their models mostly, since I'm now in the stage of TT games where I mostly just stick to the group of friends I made years ago and we just play amongst ourselves. I'm just not a strangely autistic person that shuts their eyes and pretends you can't go enter any LGS and find unpainted armies playing pick up games any day of the week.

>>23341474
I used to think like that until local hobby stores start importing bunch of cringe Chinese garbages. Snapshitting and its consenquences cannot be underrestimated.

>>23341496
got a point to all that seething?

>>23341502
>it's a similar complaint as what wargaming people are going through with their models becoming increasingly detailed and designed around singular poses, the more complicated and detailed the model the more difficult it becomes to modify in a way that still looks cohesive and natural
This is your post >>23341127
, right? I get what you are complaining about. I just think you are such a giant faggot to think this is even an issue. But then again, you are gundamtard so, i understand your pain of being a faggot.

>>23341512
nope.

>>23341514
Damn, i must have mistaken. I still think you are a faggot nonetheless.

>>23341519
you must have mistaken all the time. Every post you make is a mistake.

>>23341521
Being on 4cuck is a mistake. We are on equal ground.

>>23341479
Post your work

>>23341523
if you insist, but I'm not the one whining about a lack of model kits pandering to me

>>23341482
I honestly haven't played warhammer in over a decade. The game rules suck, are and have always been primarily a driver for sales, and playing and the game merely an excuse to get together and show off models. The newer rules are moving way too fast for me to even want to keep up, the models so expensive now, the designs are both overcomplicated and with less modeling opportunities... discovering gunpla for me was rediscovering that plastic models are fun, actually.

Release for the snapshi..I mean snapfriends.

>>23341532
Forgot pic

>>23341530
I barely play anymore myself because every edition past 7th has gotten less and less fun. Horus Heresy has a fun ruleset but it's 90% Marine vs Marine and every single faction I actually like in 40k except Knights/Mechanicum doesn't get to play in that sandbox. Bit of a shame. I play a few times a year, maybe, and get maybe one or two releases. Pretty excited for the soon-to-be plastic Glaive release.

>>23341530
>the designs are both overcomplicated and with less modeling opportunities...
You should remember that Warhammer as a setting is doomed to have extreme model details. Each faction operate on a literal cult with their own insignia, beliefs and rules. Gundam doesn't have that level of extremism, the worst you get is some waterslide decals that you will never gonna use. But with that being said, even when you put high level details into the argument, that is just the nature of modelkits in general, saying those details prevent you from customization is disingenious.

>>23341554
>prevent
No one is saying prevent you mental fucking midget. It makes it HARDER. MORE EFFORT.

>>23341556
>HARDER. MORE EFFORT.
Yeah, that's the point of modeling. Even if you failed to pull something feasible, you are not gonna get punished for it.

>>23341562
It's not the point of modelling, actually.

>>23341554
it's not the level of details all the time, it's how the models are engineered, and the number of optional parts in the kits. Why is a fixed pose leg & torso part 5 pieces? Why does a 65 dollar kit not come with weapons for each model? Why are the numbered parts not even near each other so it's a scavenger hunt while assembling the model? Why are the mold lines still so horribly bad after decades? I tried 3d printing too to try and supplement the kits for the missing parts and customization options and, aside from poisoning myself, I was left with this sense of "what the fuck am I doing?" it was not the modeling hobby I enjoyed.

>>23341563
Transforming a thing into another thing is kinda difficult in itself.

>>23341577
Modelling is creating a model. That can be difficult or easy. It doesn't matter which. The "point of modelling" is to create a model, and the means with which you do it are utterly, completely irrelevant. The amount of effort you spend or the difficulty in doing so serves no end. The only point is getting a model of whatever you want to get a model of. Anything else is your own subinterests.

>>23341575
If you somehow can't still, anon isn't interested in any sort of actual conversation. He wants to pretend he knows everything despite thinking the original poster and 40k army building is about "putting Angron's head on Guilliman's body." He wants to jerk off being a TRVE modeller, not actually build models, discuss model building, or genuinely participate in anything that isn't shitposting and talking down about things he doesn't like.

What's a "good enough" budget scribing tool? Are cheapo amazon ones going to ruin my kits?

>>23341575
That sounds like gunpla or any other plamo lines to be honest. I was so disappointed when i finished snapshitting HG Michaelis. There is no handheld weapon or anything, just a barebones basicbitch robot with a big left arm. This is also something boomers had to deal with, most of military models don't come with many decorations, so they had to resolve to putty sculping or using trashes to decorate their tanks. Majority of military builds have bunch of details that don't actually exist in the box. The modeling process is definitely not "fun" ( even though this might be different for some people ), i think the fun is just the result, the completion of your work.

>>23341586
You claim i'm salty and then you sperg out that much? Interesting.

>>23341176
Do what you want.

>>23341605
it's what you told me to do

>>23341606
Didn't tell you to do anything. Just told you the meaning of a word you misunderstood.

>>23341609
>misunderstood
I didn't misunderstand anything I am modelling my bionicles right now

>>23341612
Cool.

>>23341612
Hell yeah brother. I have been a Super Sentai DX modeler for several years. These paintchubs won't understand the true effort of assembling 5 different cars together to form a robot.

>>23341620
for me it's putting on my modelling apron and making organic models (read: cakes)

>>23341623
Last time I did that, my pancakes grew very long hairs and smelled so bad I almost puked :( I didn't take in consideration the summer heat and left them outside the fridge like I usually do outside summer

>>23341633
heh, sounds like you're nothing more than an ezbaker. TRUE modellers topcoat their pancakes to prevent spoilage.

>>23341640
It cannot be...

>>23341633
>>23341640
You two gonna fall in love?

>>23341644
you could at least panel ice it baka

>>23341646
We're getting married and you are invited, as well as /gpg/'s second best builder

>>23341586
you are correct I think, so I am just going to post models

>>23341650
>forgot image
...kind of funny I'll admit, but not what I intended.

Speaking of cake

>>23341658
captcha: XGAVV

>>23341655
>>23341658
>>23341659
These are cute. I like them

>>23341663
Right? I've had the images saved for so long, it's nice to finally have an excuse to post 'em.
>I would murder a stack of Haro rings.

>>23340453
Taking a break from gunpla to do some girlpla. Offering more angles than normal of the progress this time.

Anon who talked about screwed up screws and asked for airbrush shilling recently here. I think my mistake was to go through the screw with the cleaning brushes like pic related, in the long run it very likely damages the screw. I ordered new screws, and decided to get a H&S evolution 2024 with 0.28 and 0.45 nozzles as new airbrush. It comes with two cups, 2mL and 5mL. Kinda bothered since I'm used to 10mL but if I use it just for details it won't be a problem

>>23340453
put together this bootleg. It came with blue and white versions of most of the main parts so I'm still swapping some in and out to see what I like the look of best before I do any details

>>23341696
Are you gonna paint that?

>>23341711
I've got some washes I want to try to make it look a bit more grimey and grungy as well as some transfers to try make it look like a pirate/merc mech, but I'm not planning on repainting everything

>>23341694
>0.28 and 0.45
wtf? last time i bought anything from h&s they only had 0.15, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6 (and i have them all for my evolution). are these new sizes?

>>23341730
i googled it and the 2024 version actually does come with 0.28 and 0.45 instead of 0.2 and 0.4 (i got the 2 in 1 silverline back in 2021), weird. i might grab a 0.28 needle and nozzle, i find 0.4 too big most of the time but sometimes i want larger than 0.2 despite the wide spray pattern

>>23341730
Yes they're new. Last time I looked it didn't exist as well. Their 2024 airbrushes are the latest ones. It's the cheapest and only duo nozzle pack I could find within my country so I'm going to go for it. I hope replacement parts are compatible between the different versions of their airbrushes. Not that it would affect me but that would be shitty a practice. I hope 0.28 is small enough for details

>>23341736
one of h&s's strong points is that all their different components are interchangeable, so i'd be very surprised if they changed this recently. i'm gonna grab the 0.28 needle/nozzle if i can find it so i'll let you know

>>23341739
Very cool of you. I'll be buying an evolution in early july. I didn't plan for any project with airbrush details this year, but it can't hurt to have three airbrushes available

>>23341743
all the product descriptions i can find for the 0.28mm nozzle/needle/spray cap sets i can find say they're compatible with the entire evolution line both new and old. i think they fit the infinity line as well

>Want Byarlant Custom
>Not avaliable on Amazon of all things
Last resort is my local Gundam store. If they don't have it, it's over.

>>23341749
It's in stock at gundam planet

>>23341748
looks like they've actually discontinued the old 0.2mm and 0.4mm nozzles and needles too. that's a shame because i find the 0.2mm is actually perfect for most applications (h&s have a wide spray pattern even with their finer sizes), i very rarely use my 0.6mm (mostly used it for polyurethane-acrylic topcoats when i used to use acrylics) and only really use my 0.4 for priming (and i think 0.28 would be perfect for that)

Why he look like that

>>23341761
Because G is a mistake and bandai making G kits is literally just setting money on fire

>>23341772
Weird way to say Turn A but ok

Gyan is typical Gyan sized (massive)

>>23341772
Weird way to say Wing but ok

>>23341772
>>23341775
WEIRD WAY TO SAY 00 BUT OK

>>23341772
>G
You forgot the rest of the name. It's called GQux or gcucks.

>>23340560
Thats a cool looking high grade.

Turn A Ver Ka
conceptualize it

>>23340560
Good lord at least snap it better.

>>23341783
Typical CCA/unicorn size creep

>>23341789
You know you like it big.

>>23341788
Hmm, cute ears

>>23341795
I like it small actually.

We all know the only TRVE modeller here is the kenbupede anon.

>>23341777
What the is the designer’s obsession with balls?

>>23340560
fuck i want both of these they look so good

>>23341813
Don't talk to me or my son ever again.

>>23341813
Makes me sad they will never make a 1/144 F90.

>some stores already have the FAZZ Ver Ka in stock
holy shit it arrived sooner than i expected!

>>23341835
the gyan/zaku balls are fuel tanks and spheres have the largest volume to surface area ratio. the red gundam bits are literally the elmeth bits from 0079

>>23341406
It's explicitly a ballistic weapon dude, both in lore and in the game

should i get the destroy or psycho mk-ii

>>23341450
I aint buying a barzam II its like 150 CAD and it doesnt look that appealing to me, i did buy the reben wolf though

>>23341655
>>23341658
>>23341659
>>23341662
those are high quality, I should have tried harder with mine

>>23342001
I think you have bad taste

GQucks MG when

>>23341890
Even then its uncanny and it looks like cysts.

>>23342018
10 year anniversary

Have you guys seen any HG GQ Police Zaku show up at hobbytown usa yet?

I've seen people airbrush with their bare hands holding the clips or even the bluetac. Is airbrush paint easier to wash off? I've only ever painted fences and that takes a while to get off even with thinner.

>>23342063
"airbush paint" is regular paint that's been put through an airbrush. It's a very thin layer, though I personally like to wear a glove on my left hand just to make cleaning up easier

>>23342051
I haven't been to HT recently but I'm going to visit the one by my dad's place this week so maybe they'll have a few hggq kits

>>23342001
this is why you'll always only be the second best barzamer in /gpg/.

>>23341868
You’d loose it in the carpet

paintscrub here
is it better to have a waterslide decal on top or below a topcoat?

>>23342125
a top coat goes on the top. that's why it's called a top coat.

>>23342125
Both.

>>23342126
got it chief

>>23341835
>All these balls
>No RB-79
It hurts

>>23342128
to give you a more autistic answer, top coat is just a term for the final coat of clear protective paint you put on a model. Clear coat, varnish, top coat - these are all the same thing. A coat of clear paint. Clear coats serve one unified purpose - locking in everything beneath them and letting anything you do over them be adjusted/cleaned up without fucking up everything beneath (unless it's a huge fuckup). People use top coat a lot in gunpla because it's quite common to just panel line, detail paint, maybe apply waterslides and little else, meaning it's the only coat of paint that actually goes on the model for a lot of people and so the term gets lost in the weeds when you try to cross the gap between basic work and full paintjobs.

>>23342125
I put a layer of gloss on my paint to apply decals to, then do a topcoat to bring it to the sheen I want.

>>23342135
>>23342140
good points, I'll take note

I should make a YouTube channel.

>>23340453
>>23341677
I think I'm happy with her. I don't like a lot of the options she comes with so I won't be using them. A lot of it seems to big and heavy. I am also happy with the satin gold for all the ribbons and stuff. I also may modify the stand to have all the swords stuck in the ground. I could make some rocks out of putty or something.
Anyone have any thoughts?

>>23340453
Second shade of red is done on the Nightingale. So far, I've used Shine red and Hermann red. I'll be clear coating the shit out of the red so I can polish it. I'm debating painting the pods surrounding the bits and a few other small areas a matte charcoal just to break up the sea of red.

>>23342161
you can repaint the grey body parts to make it look like she's wearing fishnet stockings/bodysuit

Hydra when?

>Hyaku Shiki Mass production being reprinted


Well well well well this is unexpected but a welcome nonetheless.

>>23342188
Sorry, D-Unit next. I wish, we'll probably get Dioscuri next.

What's Katoki cooking up next

>>23342217
Souless garbages

>>23342218
What if it's actually really cool?

Finally, my order is here.

>>23342242
Why won't they re-print the 1/100 Heavygun

>>23342250
I don't know much about F91 line, but if they reprint more of these vintage kits, i'm happy.

anyone know where I can get replacement hands for this?

I broke the middle finger off and it won't pop back into the socket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5piR_Gmf1wI
post chinkgod kinos

This is a really dumb question but what's the actual use of a cutting mat? I see it always used for all model kits but it's only ever used to not get paint on crap.
So what's the grids and measurements for?

>>23342271
cutting things to appropriate lengths, anon.

>>23342271
i cut out waterslides on it

>>23342269
This thing looks like straight ass though.

>>23342242
What's an IRL vehicle the size of Gundams if laid side by side, they'd be near identical?

>>23342278
Fighter jets. The Gundam was explicitly based off of contemporary fighter jets, being around the same total length and operable often by a single person.

>>23341293
>>23341470
The first HG Barbatos comes with a big ass katana.

>>23342278
if you are comparing to historical aircraft, they were often a bit smaller than modern aircraft

>japanese WWII bomber planes ("Sallies") were crewed by 4 people but had a length of only 15.9 meters
>shorter than an F-22, only slightly longer than an F-16
>an 18 wheeler truck with the trailer attached is also be about as long as a gundam would be tall, some trailers being shorter or longer

"At the time, the production side thought it was bad to show a war story to children. I think that because of Japan's experience of losing the war, they instinctively ran away from taking up a war story. A fighter plane is operated by a single pilot, so my mobile suit is small in size. It's only about 20 meters long, in other words, the size of a fighter plane. So I decided to create a story about that one pilot. With Gundam, we had been making giant robot stories for nearly 20 years, so I thought it was time to stop having aliens as the enemy. To operate a 20-meter weapon like a mobile suit, you need a system to manufacture it, which means you need a military industry and an industrial structure, and a system that can mass-produce them. So I ended up having no choice but to depict a war between nations."

Anyone else ever get a hold of somewhat rare kits, but don't want to touch them, cause you want to be better at building, have better equipment, wait till the weather is better to spray etc? I've got pic related plus the Gundam Base RX-78 EG, the Side F RX-93 EG, and a couple of Ecopla HG's last time I was in Japan.

Why The Origin had to ruined GM's head?

>>23342352
Its not rare or anything but I have a girlpla kit I'm keeping on the shelf till I'm a little more confident with detailing. Its easier to be a little messy on robots and have it look ok

>>23342361
It's the Origin's way of doing things.

>>23342361
I just cut the chins off and call it a day.

I'm surprised I dont see more metallic paint jobs

>>23342417
Because metallics at 1/144 or 1/100 make no sense

Panel line + Topcoat? :D

>>23342267
Repair it with cement and let it cure for 24 hours. And then hope it will work.

>>23340449 (OP)
Hey anons I'm looking to finally get an airbrush, going to get either the GSI Creos PS-270 or PS-289, and wondering what compressor I should buy. Localish hobby store have Badger 1100's, I've also seen some people recommending the Fengda AS-186 which would be about £45 cheaper but while looking for a place that sells those I came across this Velpax brand on Amazon. £100 for the compressor and 2 cheapo airbrushes seems a bit too good to me (and I also notice they spelled their name 2 different ways on the listing), has anyone heard of this brand and if so are they any good or is it Chinesium shit I should steer clear of?

>>23342489
Flawless hand sculpt, modern bandai could never

>>23342550
You can try to look for reviews on YouTube if they exist. I've never heard of that brand so I wouldn't get my hopes up though.

In general, the compressor doesn't really matter all that much (beyond not being a piece of crap that breaks after a few uses, obviously) since all it needs is consistent and steady air pressure at the desired PSI level, and low noise level; and even then the low noise is for comfort more than for performance. Moisture traps can be attached anywhere on the hose assembly as needed, you don't need one integrated into the compressor itself.

Kits when?

Zaku set when?

>>23342636
Today

>>23342626
Never. Too big for store shelves, too complicated to be an HG, not iconic enough like Destroy or Psycho 2, 1 episode appearance in their debut series, no opportunity for P-Bandai variants.

>>23342650
>no opportunity for P-Bandai variants
They can just cook those up with a new Build project. Remember Psycho GM?

>>23342650
>Too big for store shelves

Psycho's box would be as big as that of mark II, Kikeroga's would be slightly smaller

>too complicated to be an HG

gquuux Psycho is the simplest possible design that a Psycho gundam ever got so far and if you think Kikeroga is complicated, then there's something wrong with your brain

>not iconic enough like Destroy or Psycho 2

just like the other kits from gquuux that appeared in a single episode and already got a kit? Especially when it comes to that GMgoog which got two kits and one of them is a fucking recolor

>1 episode appearance in their debut series

Look above

>no opportunity for P-Bandai variants

Piss-Bandai is cancer and shouldn't exist in it's current form

>>23342550
I highly recommend a Grex it's the quietest compressor I've ever used. Iwata, H&S, etc are all too loud for me to use past 10 PM but I can blast black on random edges all night with my Grex and nobody complains

>>23342626
>/gpg/ hates GTM but likes absolute fucking dumpster abortions like this
I am dismissing all your opinions from here on.

>>23342681
>like the other kits
i think episode count is irrelevant. making smaller kits that will surely sell, at worst, decently is a far cheaper and logical investment than a kit that might not generate as much revenue due to the larger size/higher price

>>23340453
Finished Ordine's torso and currently working on the legs. The climate at this time of year is so hot that the paint dries faster on the palette (and on the model), I need to improve my workflow

>>23342690
I don't like their designs that much but they at least do cool things in the show, GTMs never do anything cool

>>23342696
Yeah they do youve never even read the manga

>>23342690
>different anons express different opinions
>"Wtf, make up your mind, hypocrites"

>>23342700
I like Nagano as a designer but he just isn't very good at fight scenes

>>23342690
Its not just GPG its gundam fans in general. I guarantee if some netflix live action show had the designs of G-sux they wouldn't be dickeating them like they are now.

>>23342710
This one page is already cooler than anything from gundam

>>23342713
>wouldn't be dickeating them like they are now.
There's like 1 or 2 guys here in total that like gquacks shit, stop making shit up

>>23342692
What about Psycho Mark II or Destroy? What are their sales rates?

>>23342717
This whole general is like 1 or 2 guys total

>>23342626
We aren't even going to get hambrabi

>>23342713
yes people are more likely to like something if it's associated with something good
>erm... ackshully gcuuuuuucks isn't good
pick two to declare yourself as: contrarian, trans, dislike tomino, think it's rushed because your brain is fried by shows that stretch 3 LN volumes into 13 episodes and can't recognize when a show uses time effectively and efficiently, or are waiting on reddit thread to explain the plot because you didn't pay attention and watched it second monitored it dubbed

Always count on gundamfags and evafags to have the most braindead takes.

>>23342719
I don't know but I imagine they are boosted by having been around for decades and being from series that are popular. Gqx ones may get kits if it sticks around in popularity, which it probably will.

>>23342731
i don't like eva. i don't even particularly like any anno or tsurumaki works besides gunbuster.

>>23342724
>trans, dislike tomino
But enough about Gqux fans

>>23342736
okay

>>23342714
It really isn't

>>23342742
>>23342739

how many burger bucks do we think the mk v will be when it comes back up on pbandai? it was $93 last time i believe

>>23342765
I fully expect it to go over a hundred, but not by much. Still buying it.

>>23342765
>>23342775
Quickly creeping up to the scalped price I paid a few years ago of 110ish.

Remember when that one guy said these were gonna be prepainted figures and not models? I remember.

>>23342765
>>23342775
>>23342783
This is why you should wait for the HG

>>23342176
I like that it looks like a body stocking. I might do this with all the extra body parts though. She came with a ton.

>>23342795
I'm not waiting for an inferior version.

>>23342789
That looks somewhat disappointing and I can't work out why. Is it the face?

>>23342807
Probably because its just a 3D model and not the actual thing

>>23342352
I have a 7-11 Unicorn Destroy I'm almost confident enough to get snapbuilt and do some detailing on.

my collection of poorly put together/detailed gunplas
i dropped the hobby a few years ago, in the middle of assembling a turn x. i would like to get back into it soon.

>>23342832
based turn a chad

>>23342352
There's no harm in snapping them together and just leaving them be for the future until you're ready (I'm in that situation with MG Turn A and Turn X, I wanna make a diorama with both of them but I'm not gud enough)

>>23342832
Why do you all use a brown wooden shelf for your gunpla? Like 99% of all gunpla posted here is on a brown wooden shelf with nothing to protect it from dust

>>23342832
>in the middle of assembling a turn x
God I wish that was me

>>23342845
i like the.. i don't know, old fashioned look of such a bookcase. the dust is a problem, yes

>>23342845
Transparent gunpla shelf is faggy and not cool. Wooden shelf is cool, masculine and vintage.

Retard question, but does Mr surfacer go directly on bare gunpla PS after part cleanup? Is there any risk of melting the part since it’s lacquer-based?

>>23342866
You need to thin the Mr. Surfacer with Mr. Leveling Thinner first, but yes. Make sure the parts are clean of hair, dust, fingerprint oil, and so on, before you apply primer.

>>23342866
>does Mr surfacer go directly on bare gunpla PS after part cleanup?
You can pretty much do whatever the fuck you want with the surfacer, but basically yeah
>Is there any risk of melting the part since it’s lacquer-based?
Not unless you end up slathering the part in lacquer thinner

>>23342845
most people probably already have a brown wooden shelf for other purposes
its a very common piece of furniture

>>23342845
What shelf should I be using instead?

What HG kits that haven't been printed in a long time besides Doven Wolf are getting reprints?

>>23342922
I'm not saying you 'should' be using anything, I'm just wondering why so many of you use the same thing. It's probably like >>23342905 said you guys are just reusing what you already have instead of buying a dedicated display shelf

>>23342865
If it was nice wood yeah but most of you use cheap Walmart wood

>>23342932
That shelf he has his gunpla on is real wood. It's just old and the shellac has a patina.

>>23342550
It looks like the same Chinesium compressor I bought almost a decade ago and have painted over a hundred kits with. It's fine, just don't run it for an hour straight.

>>23341229
So that's going to be a big grey rx-78-2

>>23342923
schuzrum gallus, unicorn dreissen, rick dias off the top of my head
a guy in the reddit reprint thread has a list

>>23342242
nasty looking thumb

>Gquuux Sazabi is actually really cool.

What the fuck man, how come? Btw I'm building Zaku II.

>>23343212
Looks like that retarded duck dinosaur.

How well do HG decals scale/fit on SDEX models? I want to repaint the Aile Strike SDEX to Strike Rouge colors and I wanna pretty it up a bit as opposed to just painting it.

Is the Solomon gpo2 worth it?

>>23343237
Looks like a hamma hamma fused with an armored core kit.

>>23343302
It is Yamashita's older Sazabi fanart, now become canon.

https://x.com/ikuto_yamashita/status/1881491890392244508

>>23343302
Now I'm upset because I never noticed the hamma hamma's retard mouth.

>>23343212
posting your thighs is more on topic than your faggy little meltdown you had when people told you to fuck off with this

>>23340453
Just built this one. My second, though the other was a different color. Fucking love these guys. I might get another of the base kit to try a true paint job instead of just filling in stuff.

>>23343212
This is the model thread not the gquuux thread fuck off

>>23343509
>Gquuux Sazabi is actually really cool
>and I want a model of it
Better?

>>23343470
Fuck off perv.

Okay I wanna do a simple straight paint job next before I move on to doing another more involved custom again. Should I do the red Gundam or the plamatea guts?

UPCOMING JUMBO GRADE GUNDAM CONFIRMED

>>23343771
>they'll make a Mega Size recolor and advertise it as an HG

>>23343771
I don't like this.

>>23343871
GET BENT BITCH

>>23343771
>Megasize G3.

Finally took them like 60 years.

https://schizophonic9.com/re9/hgac_leon.html

now this guy lifts

>>23343960
bandai is making this shit but refuses to give us the goddamn virgo.

>>23343960
Perfect shoulders for a Virgo custom

>>23343771
BUY MORE RX8 RIGHT NOW

>leave parts on table outside for a minute while cleaning booth
>small spider threads over couple parts
Can you eight legged faggots fuck off for five minutes

>>23344213
They're just protecting your parts from nasty bugs. After all we take care of all the insects around the place. You wouldn't be happy if they were gone and suddenly the number of bugs increases would you?

>>23344218
They're not even doing their one job. There is only one I have witnessed doing a good job but I think the lacquer fumes killed him, may he rip in peace. The others who fuck with my part or those fat fucking satanic demons falling on my forehead at night can get genocided

>>23343771
This is so lame, it should have turned into the Nu

>>23344381
Because you said so?

>>23343979
I mean, I don't know why Bandai would want me to buy that but ok, I guess.

>>23344630
>1/24 scale
I wonder if a hexa gear gov can fit innit

>>23344630
>picture shows the body is supposed to be red
>part is clearly white

GQuacks Zock
Alart
GQuacks Zock

>>23344685
Item F...

>>23344685
zock bros.......

>>23344685
>>23344711
I never he'll come back the moment they showed Gogg and Z'Gok

>>23344711
I dont get why they are using a aquatic zeon suit for space scrapping, it would have been cheaper for them to have buy an old ball or oggo

>>23344711
This big guy will not be the only one we won't see in kit form. We were robbed of a lot of good kits. This show gave us only 12 kits, which is only a fraction of what we could've gotten. Bandai's idiocy strikes yet again. It's gundam thunderbolt all over again.

New thread

>>23344743
>>23344743
>>23344743