Thread 23351354

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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:
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-=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: >>23344743

-=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!

[sad Sawano music playing in the distance]

Is the Aegis Gundam worth it, or will I find myself bored with the monotony of ANOTHER Seed kit?
I might start cheating on you guys with girlpla

>>23351378
it has a gaping butthole cannon

>>23351380
Thank you for preventing me from making a mistake. I owe you anon.

So the AK Woundwort has much better plastic and zero mold defects or fitting issues compared to the XFS version but good grief is it tight as hell, it makes me afraid something's going to snap every time I try to pose it.
Also a thing that irked me with the XFS Woundwort was that the torso slightly tilted to the left because of the D hole connection on the body. This issue is still present on the AK Woundwort but before bitching I decided to check reviews of the Bandai Woundwort and it turns out the problem is also there on the Bandai version as well. Huh.

>>23351374
at this point, unicorn must surely have the most destroyed model kits out of everything in the series

>>23350836
I literally googled it and it says it's out of stock where I've looked

that feeling when you break a tiny piece and have to buy a whole new kit.

RIP Vidar, i'll probably experiment with painting you.

>>23351392
I googled it and found four websites with preorders. You might be retarded

>>23351393
what broke

>>23351393
tfw will never have the privilege of japanese modelers who can just mail a cutout of what part they need and receive it straight from bandai

>put in my order for the RG Shining Gundam with HLJ, right as it went up on the site
>it is now marked as "backordered" and I've gotten no emails from them about it
Ok. I'm not gonna bother ordering gunpla from them anymore, this is bullshit.
They're fine for other model kits but the last handful of times I've tried buying gunpla from them I've gotten this same outcome.

>>23351393
anon… you can buy a replacement part

>>23351393
ever heard of glue

>>23351399
you can literally just do that even if you don't live in japan
I have a JP forwarding address and I just order replacement parts straight from bandai
It's not hard

>>23351404
Getting high isn't going to change that it's broken.

>>23351402
where?
>>23351398
E10 and E9 both have little nubs to keep it locked in on the chest. they were out of slot in like keys to a21 but a21 needs to be in perfect alignment before you push the two halves of the model together.

Bandai thinks they can sell you the RX 78 for a hundred bucks, and they think you're so much of a cuck that they don't even need to give it any of its guns.

>>23351410
>that one lazy photoshop shitpost from a few days ago is actually true

>>23351410
>and they think you're so much of a cuck that they don't even need to give it any of its guns.
it only used the beam saber in the show

>>23351404
unfortunately this part isnt really one you can glue back together. it has to be able to take some strain and there is so little nub to work with. I am not sure how it would work. I might try greenstuff and see if it holds. it's not a visible part within the frame so a quick and dirty fix might work here.

New vidar is already on the way, so the upside is that i've got a project kit for painting some day.

>>23351393
Happened to me with the MG astraea mask piece, completely broken in two.

>>23351413
Shut the fuck up Anno.

>>23351387
>1/144
I sleep.

>>23351422
But it's true. But it will have all the weapons like hammer and beam rifle in the future movie version and this is when we'll sell RX-78-2(GQ) Movie Ver.

>>23351409
you can get replacement parts from bandai if you bought the kit within the last 60(?) days, or you can check plamokitbash, odin’s mecha parts, or mr bao’s shop on ebay
i just checked plamokitbash and they do have parts for the vidar in stock

>>23351424
Chinamen have the upscaling tech now. Soon(tm)

>>23351431
Well there already is a 1/100 woundwort and it's allegedly no good. Plus it would need a frame no?

>>23351425
And how much will that cost? $200 (+tariff)???

any votoms love here?

>>23351447
Wouldn't have the tariffs if you didn't vote for the idiot promising tariffs, you fucking retard.

>>23351453
He said the tariffs would make expensive things like Iphones and Samsung phones cheaper!!!

>>23351452
Haven't built mine yet, box too big.

>>23351452
Yes.

>>23351415
pin it with 0.1mm metal rod

>>23351460
well its not getting any smaller, so get started

>>23351410
White joints though.

Has anyone here tried adding a little “girth” to parts with curved surfaces by applying multiple layers of something like Mr surfacer 500?

>>23351483
Plenty of people have done that accidentally and it looks awful like you stuck marshmallow on.

>>23351497
Wouldn’t the marshmallow effect be avoided by smoothing the surface? Or do the multiple layers just end up making the silhouette a little formless?

Weird, I know but I never actually used super glue on gunpla before. I've been using cement this whole time. Is there a brand like tamiya that's reliable for hobby stuff? The ones I've used IRL always come in little tubes and always get gunked up with flaky stuff so its a pain to use. Do those long nozzle things help with that?

>>23351502
yes, i have one of those long nozzle applicator things on my extra thin super glue and it doesn't clog much. when it does clog you can just snip off the end with some scissors

>>23351500
The latter. Also if you're adding bulk then smoothing the surface you're reducing the alleged bulk you just added. What exactly are you trying to do?

>>23351452
i want them but bandai and wave both have their cons
think i'll wait for an occasion to nab a max factory kit

>>23351502
Is it weird? Why would you use superglue instead of cement?

>>23351529
to bond abs joints to ps armour on non-snapfit kits because cement doesn't bond (ps to abs very strongly) or to pin broken pieces

>>23351529
to bond abs joints to ps armour on non-snapfit kits (because cement doesn't bond ps to abs very strongly) or to pin broken pieces

>>23351510
I wouldn’t be sanding all the added bulk off, the purpose of smoothing it would be to get a better finish than just the Mr surfacer 500 and to shape the part a bit to stop it from looking like a blob

>>23351529
Like that anon said, to pin, and to magnetize. Cement doesn't work with magnets and brass rods after all. Also, I've heard good things about talcum powder+cement as a substitute for putty.

>>23351506
>>23351535
Do you guys use a specific brand of superglue? I've only ever used superglue that come in tubes and I want to try the ones in bottles but I'm not sure what brand to get.

>>23351529
i've used it for joints i've modified for seam removal on some non-bandai kits since cement doesn't create a strong enough bond for the limb to be moveable without breaking

What the fuck is the titanium finish and why does it add $60 to the total?

>>23351565
it's all the same stuff, the only difference is whether you get thick. medium, or thin

>>23351580
I'm pretty sure it's just a fancy gloss coat to make the plastic not look like plastic.

>>23351588
So when you cut them off the runner it looks like shit?

>>23351604
Yeah basically. Especially because bandai doesn't redesign the kits to be undergated. That will be 60 dollars extra plus tip.

>>23351619
You can use the big Shining Finger from the HGFC on the RG

https://gundamsblog.net/%e3%82%ac%e3%83%b3%e3%83%97%e3%83%a9/rg-%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a3%e3%82%a4%e3%83%8b%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b0%e3%82%ac%e3%83%b3%e3%83%80%e3%83%a0

Can you guys suggest any good brands of decals for 1/144 models? I didn’t know until recently that some decals are made poorly and can ruin a paint job by not blending in.

>>23351628
>having to buy another kit to use as an accessory pack
Bravo, Bandai

>>23351630
flaming snow, evo, yan
if you want to get fleeced delpi and g rework

>>23351374
Suprised the V fin didnt break

it's friday, what are you guys snapgodding today?

>>23351657
I finished all my Zoids kits, so I'm down to the rest of my gundams. I've been eyeing my Mkii Psycho, but I've also got an Asshimar. Not sure. Just haven't been feeling the gundams lately.

What MS should get Ver Ka kits and why it should be Gouf?

>>23351667
Any byarlant

>>23351630
Delpi and G-Rework are among the best you can get. Generic Chinesium waterslides are probably about on par with what Bandai gives you.

A bit of shilling, but Delpi is having a sitewide waterslide sale in a few days, and if you buy $80 or more in one purchase they waive the shipping cost.

>>23351667
The O

>>23351657
I'm stalking PB in the hopes that someone cancels their Ex S preorder.

>>23351657
sleipnir arrived today, ill be snapshitting+patching seams on it today. I might actually post my work here for once instead of having a guy repost it and ask a question.

>>23351679
I’m kind of just shitposting by saying this but
>buy 80.00 of decals
>get free shipping
>free shipping on something with almost no physical mass if you buy 10 times as much as you need
>

>>23351667
We need a RX-78-2 Ver. Ka from this decade. Also the Mk-II, the Zaku II, Gelgoog, Zeong, and Mercurius and Vayeate.

my snapgod kino....

>>23351686
>he doesn't bulk buy waterslides for his box fort
>he doesn't buy waterslides ahead of time for kits he's eventually going to purchase anyway

It's not funny anymore. Put the Ex-S and Mk. V on US P-Bandai. I'm getting mad.

>>23351690
Thats not a model kit that's an $800 action figure

>>23351681
I can actually see this.

>>23351693
I just want the Gun EZ again. Preferably the white one.

>>23351693
Dude shut the fuck up. We've been telling you for days, if not weeks, that the US P-Bandai store isn't getting them. Stop spamming your bitching and moaning.

>>23351690
>only 32 yen on buyee

>>23351667
the gouf is such a fan favorite, it deserves a new kit.

>>23351699
You saying the same thing 100 times is not "we" retard. They'll go up on US P-Bandai eventually.

>>23351699
Will you get on your knees and suck my dick when they do go up?

>>23351697
Holy shit there are 4 gun ezs

>>23351687
Gelgoog 2.0 is pretty good, Bandai just never prints it

>>23351702
>>23351705
We're not getting them

>>23351619
looks pretty nice, facegap notwitstanding

>>23351711
Funny thing is you still can. Suruguya gets a MG MK-V every couple of weeks, you just gotta keep your eye on it

>>23351686
>free shipping on something with almost no physical mass
I've considered buying from delpi's website but I would've had to pay 20 euro in shipping for 1 sheet of decals

Ok, walrus Suletta time.

>>23351390
It's called destroy mode for a reason

>>23351717
I both love and hate this guy.

>>23351717
I hated that movie and I will hate you.

>>23351719
He's at least modeling and posting his work which somehow puts him in the top percentile of posters in this general.

i only snapgod and paint my gundams in clown vaporwave colors

>>23351374
this is hot
i want to visit people's houses and throw the unpainted kits i don't like on the floor

>>23351759
Strange fetish but to each their own

>>23351453
>>23351457
fuck off to /pol/ or reddit, depending on if you liked G-Bitch or not

How's the MG turn A? I've heard good things about it and it's currently being sold for a pretty good price. But is it worth the $60 if I already have the HG?

>>23351794
Good kit, fantastic design, comes with 1/100 cow, hands suck ass.

>>23351695
I would buy it in a heartbeat almost as fast as I'd buy a psycho mk1 verka

>>23351695
Are you insane?

Any recommendations for a good quality scribe tool set? I really wanted to buy the Gunprimer Grida, but it's out of stock absolutely everywhere, and Ray Models shop or whatever has ridiculous prices.

>>23351711
Stop spoonfeeding

>>23351692
If I’m gonna spend 80.00 right now I would rather buy 5 zaku 1 Chad HGs I can paint at 15.00 a pop for 75.00 better value. ;^) or 4 zakus for 60 with enough left over for a few decal sheets. 80 dollars in decals is nonsense.

>>23351840
Ok.

Why did they give it a waist?

>>23351847
I want to return my HG nightingale for the re/100 now.

>>23351847
because despite decades of research no one has figured out how to attach a torso to legs without a waist

RG Nightingale soon.

>>23351847
because it was a waist of time

>>23351865
Next stage of the gunpla evolution project will be addressing this

>>23351866
P-Bandai of course :^)

>>23351846
Okay, throw me some numbers. If I spend 80.00 on decals how many zaku 1 and zaku 2 1/144 kits do you think I will need to buy in order to use them?

>>23351893
I just don't care man.

>>23351885
Nagano's been trying his best, can't wait to see what Bandai can deliver

>>23351893
you'll have to buy 16 zaku IIs to use $80 worth of zaku II decals. It will cost you $190 total, assuming you go for the old 2003 zaku instead of the revive

>>23351894
Alright but hypothetically let’s just pretend that you do care. Are you more of a GM man? just throw me some numbers how many GM do you think I will need to -accrue first?

>>23351667
Turn A ver ka

>>23351912
Exquisite analysis my friend. Perhaps I was too harsh on our decal anon…. Over 1 dozen full painted decaled zakus for less than 200 is a steal. Is there an easy way to know which kit is which? Do they share the same hguc model number? Does it label it with the revive label on the box?

I'll also randomly throw out to any anons curious I've had really good experience with Delpi shipping. Granted this was before tariff shenanigans but my water slides got here in probably like three days which was ridiculous.

>>23351840
>80 dollars in decals is nonsense
most waterslide sheets are anywhere from 2 to 10 bucks, so we'll just say if you only bought waterslides from them (they well other things too but don't let this stop you from being a smug dipshit) you could get yourself something like a couple dozen waterslides. Sheets aren't all equal so some of those are reusable, some aren't. You'd have enough for at least the same amount of kits as waterslide sheets.

If you've been in this hobby longer than a year you might realize it's both easy and useful to accrue things in bulk for projects. I've got over a hundred waterslide sheets at this point probably in a couple of ziploc bags, and I just pick through and take relevant decals from them. If you bought 80 bucks of waterslide decals you'll have decals for the next half a decade to pull from, easily, if not a whole decade. As an aside I probably buy like 40 bucks of waterslides a year, maybe more. Not to be a faggot, but it's ultimately not a lot of money for what you get.

>>23351669
I'm iffy on Katoki for a lot of things, but damn do I dig his take on the Byarlant Custom with the increased emphasis on the claws.

my first gundam

>>23351667
GP-01
they can use they can make expansion part sets and bundles of it with the chobam armor or Aqua Equipment from the manga to trick people into buying moore

>brand new seal screws for airbrushes
>same issues still occur
No... What a waste of 40 euros. New airbrush soon, it is inevitable

>>23351356
I used the spare parts from bunch of other kits to add to Krote. There are Hexagear, bootleg gunpla, authentic gunpla, Armored Core, etc parts.
The engineer looks like Zakuaurelius for some reason, i don't know why.

>>23351998
to be fair Zakuaurelius does look pretty generic

Hangin out

>>23352004
generically handsome you mean

>>23351935
I was mainly shitposting earlier because buying 80.00 worth of decals and getting free shipping is basically them saving you what should realistically be like 3.00. obviously if you are buying other stuff with physical mass that argument goes out the window. A decal sheet is like half the size of a normal piece of paper. Maybe a third. I don’t even know how many you would need to buy for it to weight a quarter of a pound. I’m pretty sure I was able to sell stuff on eBay and ship it to the guy for like 3.50 or something if it was that light.


Everything else aside if you can get enough use out of them it’s a good value though. It’s tough to find a good decal sheet for numbers though because many of them seem set up to only let you make one model. If you want a unit to have 3 number decals on it, and you want one to be number 01 and another to be 02 and another to be 03 etc most sheets seem to only give you 3 0’s and if you get more 0’s they are in a different size and don’t match. so you end up needing one sheet per model often times which seems like something they do on purpose.

>>23351966
looks great dude, that kit looks awesome as is. I love seeing how far bandai has come.

>>23352075
After typing it out I’m starting to think the way you could maybe get more use out of it is for one decal sheet to make one unit number 01 and another unit something not using 01 like 23 or 32. So you would need to stagger out the numbers somehow which might be practical unless you are fine with a bunch of random numbered units and don’t need them to be sequential. Maybe that is a better approach because on one decal sheet you get

01 01 01
23 23 23
64 64 64
95 95 95
87 87 87

A friend's building Shining Gundam as his first MG and a screw is sort of stuck halfway, there's no response from the screwdriver and there's no clamp, rubber band, superglue, or power tools to help get it out, any ideas on what to do, and are these screws even necessary?

>>23351874
Dammit dad why are you on /m/?!

Is that a really old kit? I haven’t built many MG but I have never encountered a screw. I know they have them on older kits though. I had the impression somehow if a kit was that old to require a screw they would have updated it by now.

>>23352119
Surely the friend can overcome plastic resistance with a mere screwdriver with a bit more force.
Are you sure he didn't make any mistakes during the assembly?

>>23351998
Lets see some more pics anon

A friend said katoki is a homo

>>23352135
I want to work more on it.

>>23351580
>Peels off eventually

Ohnononono titanium bros not like this

>>23352134
The only screwdrivers he has are the dinky multi-set portable ones with the short handles. We don't THINK he frayed the screw but I'm not really sure. We're also not sure whether or not it's the right screw
>try one screw, it doesn't go in
>try other screw, it goes in halfway and is now stuck
>subsequent steps involve putting a part over the screw, which won't fit because it's sticking out
>separate unrelated instructions also require a screw
He's very new to gunpla and he's built maybe 3 HG kits but got the MG Shining, since the HG was out of stock and he didn't want the RG, I really could not tell you what's happening with the screws, because I've never dealt with this either.

>>23352143
>model kit lets you paint it
>has built in play function to purge your paint later an unspecified time
>lets you paint it a second time for free
>2 kits in one
Tomino….. I kneel….

I'm wondering, is it possible to make this kind of photography with photoshop? Any anons want to give me your plamo photo? I want to do some experiments.

>>23352156
Just grab a random kit photo from schizophonic, he does a lot of action poses that would work with this type of editing. Shouldn't be hard to crop those too

>>23352162
No, i want to see what builds here would look like with that model graphix/hobby japan atmosphere.

>>23351821
The normal chisel sizes are 1.5mm/2.0mm for 1/144 and 2.0/2.5/3.0mm for 1/100 so you can buy individual chisels and handles for them too. As for the grida, the pen-like chisel tip can probably fit into the same handles if you want to try that option. Madworks and dsipae offer decent quality hook-shaped chisels individually for $8-15 each, not sure if toolsets are available. They’re sharper than the cheap amazon chisels and cheaper than $30 SAB ones

>>23352140
normal minds don't create the kind of stuff he does, if he likes pounding butt and getting pounded in the butt then thats okay with me.

Nobody listens to freddie mercury sing and thinks: "hmm...dicks were in this mouth im hearing now. I don't like it anymore."

>>23352173
80s - 90s Katoki were great and capable of thinking out of box. But modern Katoki is just really boring, literally another normal mind.

>>23352180
Literally no mecha designer has produced anything of value after the turn of the millennium, this is not unique to Katoki

Look what we got

Look at what we got

>>23352184
Yeah I think most mech designs after the mid 2000s went to shit. Even if the older designs were simpler they were more memorable and usually gave off a different impression. Looked more imposing or serious with less pointless shit everywhere. Modern designs are like gamer chairs or gamer keyboards either pointless crap filling in every detail to the point it all looks like knock off shit. My benchmark for a good classic design is something like
Zaku 2 -gundam
Madcat- mechwarrior
Grillesechs - front mission 3
those fighter jet robots from macross/ robotech

>>23352197
>mechwarrior
>front mission
>robotech
nvm you're a faggot

>>23352184
Didn’t read your post week enough I think there was good stuff up until about 2004 or so. But I think the majority of the best stuff you are right probably before the year 2000 and a few outliers in the early years of the 2000s in dwindling numbers

>>23352200
Do you not like those are something or is it the name I’m using to refer to the franchise making you act up? gundam is my favorite but youre a retard if you don’t think those franchise don’t each have their own good designs

>>23352091
Number decals are really, really easy to get done yourself though. Just go get a few sheets of each number from a local printer.

>>23352207
Yeah maybe I will, I kind of have a certain number font im looking for or
Something close to it. A lot of decal sheets have ugly looking number fonts that don’t really fit the feeling of zakus IMO.

>>23352156
>I'm wondering, is it possible to make this kind of photography with photoshop?
I'm gonna be real bro: what the fuck do you think it's made with, magic? Of course it can be done with photoshop.

>>23351522
>extra greebes
What kit is this, I was trying to remember for so long

>>23352191
hold it upright

>>23352201
It's no coincidence that the 80s and 90s were also basically the only time period mecha modeling was cool (the garage kit golden age), everything went to shit in the 2000s with digital animation and soulless CAD slop model kits

>>23351690
is this the wave resin kit with colour separation or the volks action figure?

>>23352216
Max Factory ATH-02 Strike Dog

How do i stop adding to my backlog? I have a dozen hgs and a dozen mgs to build and I keep buying more kits

How do they fuck their website up so bad? over 12 hours and the PB store is still refreshing itself and schizoing out. This happens every fucking time.

>>23352220
Yeah I remember when gundam seed game out being pretty conflicted on the look. Even to this day I can’t tell if it looks good or like shit. I think that was the first gundam series I remember being clearly done digitally. the same face character issue aside everything looked too flat. I’m not a huge gundam wing fan like I was when I was younger but there are certain parts of gundam wing that stick out to me like when they would airbrush certain scenes or closeups of the mechs that I never forgot about. Same with gundam 0083 they did some of that as well with some stuff if I remember right.

>>23352213
Easier said than done. Hobby Japan and Model Graphix have actual booth before editing the photo. Unlike random anons around here which take photoshots on their work table with bunch of background stuffs, which is gonna be alot more difficult to clean up. But i still want to it, just because of my curiousity.

>>23351973
chinkshit? iwata?

>>23352256
Iwata. Eclipse and hp-ch. I'm thinking it's because of the brushes I use to clean them, but also seems far fetched when I see people who keep the same airbrush for a decade. I'm going to try another brand next project on, and if the same thing still happens I'll stick to one cheap airbrush per year. Unga gonna bunga

>>23352260
my friend who i recommended h&s to only started having issues with his eclipse after 9 years, i think you're doing something wrong

>>23352228
that's the neat thing, you don't!
>>23352184
nagano

>>23351847
When I made mine I cut that torso piece in half. The chest cannon can't open all the way anymore, but it looks a thousand times better.

>>23352263
Obviously, but I can't tell exactly what it is that I'm doing wrong. It's highly frustrating. I thought a new seal screw for both eclipse and hp-ch would fix them but it did not. Starting to think the brushes included in airbrush cleaning sets dig the needle "tunnel" with time

>>23352265
>nagano
Nagano is one of the best cases of falling off after 2000

>>23352267
Wow this looks great, how'd you go about doing that without just chewing into the plastic?

>>23352275
There are several mini circular saw out there that you can use to do modeling.

>>23352184
>nippons across the room nationalistically

>>23352252
Take your pick chud, my good friend.

>>23352275
Just get a hobby saw.

>>23352284
I want to try it out with that green Sazabi, but i need the pic in bigger size. I will post the editing results later.

>>23352284
Kyokai Sentapede

>>23352286
Sure, this pic or the other one?

>Finally snag an Ex S preorder.

Here we go lads, Im eating good soon.

>>23351847
>>23352267
damn what the fuck? never noticed that

>Moon Gundam with Long Rifle on P-Bandai catalog
>already have a few items on order from the August catalog
Is it worth the fifty bucks? The kit is perpetually out of stock pretty much everywhere, but I don't think I want to spend that much on a HG kit, especially since the accessories are just a weapon and action base.

>2 fucking stickers
>they made it TWO FUCKING STICKERS
BANDAIIIII

>>23352328
>That fingernail.

Big yikes, you should be more concerned about that.

>>23352328
https://youtu.be/7rXfYsajpAA?si=F_j6eDiQE2BFPR_q

Its really not that hard

>>23352325
The Moon Gundam was the best HG I ever built.
Given I haven't touched gunpla for three years, but I love the guy.

What HG has the best articulation?

>>23352337
pay for my manicure girlie

>>23352350
probably the red gundam

>>23352328
those arent even like troonout nails, they're just megautist unkept nails from someone who lacks the executive functions to perform personal grooming

>>23352320
This is some parallel universe shit, I don't remember the HG having that ugly ass waist.

>>23352351
It takes like 20 minutes every two weeks to cut and trim your fingernails
I dread it every single time

I'm a reverse fingernail autist, where I constantly pick at my nails until they are waaaay to short and my nail bed starts bleeding.

Did they change the release date on the Shining Gundam RG? I coulda sworn it was the 20th of this month, but some sites say july 7th now?

>>23352320
And people have the nerve to say the hg is better than the re/100

Does anyone know where to find decals for generic OZ or other After Colony suits?

>>23352366
>20 minutes
1 or 2 for fingernails at most

>>23352381
It takes a little longer if you sand them properly like parts. I keep a little length to separate parts more easily. But I'm annoyed at how fast they grow back

>>23352156
If you download the program gimp which is free you can probably get things made just as good as this or not better. It doesn’t have a user interface which is as good as photoshop but for what you’re trying to do it’s more than sufficient. Last time I used photoshop was years ago so I have no clue what modern photoshop UI is actually like but I’m just going off my memory. For example if you make the robot its own layer you can go to the layer options in the bottom right side and scroll down how you want the layer to behave and you can turn it into grey scale. You can mess with the exposure and the light and shadows options to get this look. Hit it with a bit of a blur effect if you want it to look out of focus. use sharpen if someone gives you a picture that is a little too fuzzy. Lots of options. Powerful for a free tool but just takes time to learn. I would argue someone good with Gimp will make something better than an amateur at photoshop doesn’t matter if it’s free

How do pro builders make their colors so vibrant? For example every red I've painted has been way more drab and muted than pic related, regardless of which primer I painted it over.

>>23351847
>>23352320
>>23352364
i've been mandela effected

>>23352407
By making their whites a shade of light grey like in your pic, or preshading edges. And that's not a pure red, that has orange mixed into it or some shit. Also it helps with a black background and expert photography.

>>23352369
i just file them with one of those glass files that snapshitters use for gunpla

>>23352399
for me its krita

>>23352337
>>23352355
>>23352366
Is everyone happy

i never use aliexpress, is this legit, as far as bootlegs go?

>>23352420
still too long

>>23352420
Sure, but at this length it won't be long until you need to cut them again, depending on how fast yours grow

>>23352422
>legit bootleg

What top coats can I use for Mr Hobby Aqeuous paints? Looking for something I can airbrush rather than a spray can but I can only find a UV top coat under the Aqueous sub-brand, is it safe to use their Mr Color GX instead or will it have a reaction?

>>23352412
I genuinely believe this one. Everyone has said that the HG is the superior version for the longest time.

>>23352429
You can use lacquers over other type of paints, but you need to be careful about it
>couple dry coats
>one final wet coats
Something like that. And wait a bit between each coat

>>23352272
filtered

>>23352439
>NAGANO'S ULTIMATE MECHA

>>23352420
Uhhh holy fuck You're definitely a cutie pie IRL

>>23352447
no I'm just a regular lad

>>23352422
I've heard good things about the XFS Spartan. XFS, Wei Mei/WMH and JMS is what you want to look at for bootlegs.

>>23352418
Never tried it how is it? I’ve been out of the art game for years.

These DSPIAE MKM markers are so much better than every single other paint marker I've tried it's not even funny
god tier coverage, fast drying time, the paint holds up against scratches better than some "proper" paints
i'm not even gonna pretend i'm not shilling, i really do think you should get these because they're fantastic and cost like $2 apiece

not to be mistaken with their "super metallic" markers which i've had a pretty bad experience with but supposedly it was because i got a bad batch, according to others who have used them

>>23352375
because it fucking is

>>23352454
shut the fuck up and put on the lacus cosplay

>>23352640
Nigga why are you using markers to paint your kits? You’re supposed to panel line with them.

It felt like they didn't milk the RG Crossbone enough, especially compared to the Astray. They only made the X2 and that's it.
Where are the X3, X0, or the Full Cloth?

P-Bandai soon

>>23352923
What's the point when the HG looks better?

>>23352754
paint markers have paint in them retard
they're for doing small detailing in a convenient way
i've done it with brushes and paints and with markers, the result is the same, the price of the paint is the same, all else being equal, the only difference is convenience

>>23352300
That would do. Any other pics?

>>23352399
I have a pirated version of photoshop CS. The plan is to clean up the original backgrounds, paste the robot model on another background, adjust brightness, saturation and balance the colors. The real difficult part is how to make the robot looks less sharp because it happens once you remove an object off its original photo.

Just finished my HG Grimgerde it is a good kit but why it doesnt come open hands, i've been looking through dalong for ibo option parts but they only have hands for vidar and barbatos.
Are there any alternate hands that is compatible with HG Grimgerde peghole and hand backplates?

>>23351693
Singapore P-Bandai had the Task Force Alpha Ex-S MG on its site, but USA P-Bandai didnt. Im pissssed.

>>23352975
Buy Sigurn

>>23352986
*Sigrun

How much money is required for them to make brand new versions of the GM, Gelgoog, Z'Gok, and Guntank? What MS from the original Gundam series deserves brand new model kits or retrains?

>>23352993
They made brand new Zgok mold for Seed Freedom. Money was never Bandai's problem.

>Efreet Nacht about to go away
>Wanna save my money for MH Wilds or Super Robot Wars Y
What do

>>23352996
>SRW
Stop playing chibi trash

>>23352926
>Fire!
>Fire!
>You can't defend!
>You're a goner now!
>Fire!

>>23352328
Be the man you were born to be and PAINT it.

>>23352640
Do they leave stroke marks like panel liners?

>>23352986
but i need both left and right

You had one job Bandai!

>>23352962
Make it it’s own layer and use Gaussian blur

>>23352640
I'm mostly happy with mine. Though my dark blue is way to light coloured dunno if it's a factory error.

>>23352372
There's conflicting dates everywhere. I wish you could just preorder this shit on Amazon.

>>23351452
That time of the month?

>>23352284
Who is that with bowling balls shoulder

>>23353016
no, that's part of the reason i like them so much

>>23353065
Kimaris

Is it really worth it?

>>23352996
MH Wilds is ass

>>23352996
>Super Robot Wars Y
I have no faith in them after 30 and the shit shown so far

>>23352300
Well that was fun.

>>23352996
>>23353116
Wilds will probably be good once it gets its inevitable expansion + a bunch of base content updates, you can wait until then

>>23353131
Wtf, actually good

>>23353105
There isn't anything inherently great about RG Shining, it's just the newest-fangled RG kit. Unless you're going to immediately go home and build it, there's absolutely no reason you shouldn't just wait for it to come back in stock. Moreso given the debacle with the RG RX-78-2 2.0 and its head vulcans.

>ANOTHER surugaya sale right after i placed a huge order from them
god damn you japs i should’ve waited

>>23353132
It won't mainly because of the dogshit engine that they are using. You can already see the massive stutters with the upcoming Lagiacrus update.

Should I get the MG perfect Zeong if it is offered to me for $200ish american?

>>23353172
If its not the thunderbolt perfect zeong, what is even the point?

>>23352996
Japanese games usually go on sale with a large price drop. Just wait until then.

How come nobody's ever made an aftermarket Core Block part for this kit, to allow people to display the Core Fighter and the Gundam at the same time? It seems like the most obvious thing to do for this and the RG Full Vernian.

>>23352328
the kshatriya is such a cool kit, ive always hoped they would make a higher grade that had color separation there.

I saw anons talking about how it was too heavy to make in MG. I have hope that they can make it work with the RG line some day.

>>23353172
isnt the RG zeong better in every way?

>>23352328
ngl if you painted your fingernails red I would love to fuck your palm until its pregnant

>>23353504
It's in a different scale

>>23353172
No but you should send them my way so I can buy it.

>>23352993
>What MS from the original Gundam series deserves brand new model kits
I'm still stumped by the lack of MG 2.0 Zaku I. Not even a P-Bandai version. There's already 7 variations of the Zaku II 2.0 released as regular retail kits, and there's got to be at least 2 dozen P-Bandai versions, it's clearly a kit that sells

>>23353504
it doesn't have legs

>>23353105
>thanos was right
Why are these people so fucking gay?
>>23353535
You will find little logic or reason behind anything that bandai does. bunch of clueless suits desperate to trend chase and keep on increasing profits.

>>23353561
how much time is it before they put out a second printing? won't these guys have to wait at least a few months if they miss the release?

>>23353572
>how much time
Knowing bandai it's the same thing every time so soonish at least. They're incapable of actually telling what is popular or what would sell well and then under release a product. After it sells out immediately they scramble to try to keep up with demand while scalpers rape everyone. Then they put out a product that has no demand and no popularity and it sits on store shelves not being bought and they wonder why.

>>23353577
I've come to realize that competent people NEVER work in marketing, business or finance. Smart people go into engineering, medicine and that kind of stuff. I've literally never met a 'smar' business major.

>>23353577
i bet printing schedules have at least an 12-18 month lead time. At least.

You gotta figure that they run their operation lean- meaning they have precise print numbers and calculations for everything. They have to source everything from the boxes themselves, the plastic bags the runners come in, the dyes, the plastics. whatever they make the molds out of from the master mold. It's probably a huge pain in the ass/impossible to jump the queue with extra printings of a hot kit.

>>23353594
>12-18 month lead time
I think that is largely disproven by pbandai's shipment dates at this point.
>Boxes and plastic sleeves
bandai is likely doing this in house but you don't sincerely think this is difficult do you?

>>23353602
yeah, my guess is that they have a sort of production fastlane.

We know they have a maximum number of each special release- they probably order the maximum number of stickers/decals/boxes and destroy whatever isn't used since they cost pennies- then maybe order the dyes and plastics special.

The new pbandai preorders for all the different promo gundams this week ship a few weeks after preorder. This makes me think that this run is going to be extremely limited-not like the runs that ship 3 months after preorders close.

But I still believe that regular printings.themselves would be a massive undertaking. Imagine what it would cost just to warehouse all this.

>>23353602
>bandai is likely doing this in house but you don't sincerely think this is difficult do you?

why would they do that in-house? it would take them years, if ever, so see profitability from setting up those facilities when they could just get better quality for cheaper from a manufacturer. Imagine the costs (and space required) of maintaining and running your own print shop when you could order 10,000 mg barbatos instruction manuals for some obscenely cheap price.

Bought pic rel on a whim. Havent done gundams or anything non 40k/mini painting related in a long time. I was thinking a purple scheme or maybe a red would look cool. But it looks like it has a lot of moving parts, and im not sure how to approach that. With gundams you can just do the main colors armor panels and leave the joints mostly alone. The last zoid I did was the gun sniper raptor with the fuckload of guns. I didnt really paint the raptor, just a fuckload a detail work on the guns.

>>23353621
>why would they do that in-house?
because it's cheap as hell and the more you out source the bigger the potential for catastrophic failures becomes along with delays. Smarter every day recently put out a great video on the challenges of manufacturing a product - his stated goal was to get something made in America entirely. While it doesn't represent bandai's challenges it is a nice parallel to give you an idea of what you have to deal with when you outsource. If you want another example a local business making charging handles recently had to deal with the manufacturer (some American machine shop) promising him a date when the product would be finished and delivering 4 months late.
>Imagine what it would cost just to warehouse all this.
Dirt cheap when you own the warehouses and ship enough product that the shipping companies offer you a fraction of the cost of shipping and/or the cost of temporarily storing and then moving the product is made up for by the revenue it brings in.

>>23351797
>>23351794
the cow hilariously is off-scale compared to the standing pilot. quality-wise, it's a 2007 kit so it has SOVL engineering and detail. it's designed by Katoki so it's technically a Ver. Ka. it has a weird way of assembling the pauldrons though

>>23353646
>Ver. Ka
At this point do they really even need Ver Ka. kits since it seems like most of the new kits that come out are designed by him anyway.

>>23353224
GP01 is one of the most neglected MS in the Gunpla lineup. Its PG kit has been out of print for a while, its MG kits are incredibly old and notoriously bad, and the RG kit also has many flaws such as the missing core block and the torso being lose fitting due to the core fighter.

>>23353642
you're not getting a better quality product for cheaper by printing in house. I can promise you that. You're absolutely going to a manufacturer that prints millions of pages a week.

I can't speak about supply shortages- I am not sure what sort of supplies that bandai needs for their own manufacturing processes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVHI7nKMqlE&ab_channel=GundamInfo this is an older video and doesn't show all the Bandai factory but it seems really hard to believe that they also operate their own print shop. Maybe Bandai owns a print shop within the broader company that they order from(that also takes orders from third parties), but I just have a hard time believing that they alone would be able to supply a printer with enough work to justify it's own existence.

>>23353682
> I can promise you that
>I can't speak about supply shortages
Expert one second and a layman the next, nice.
https://en.artpresto.co.jp/aboutus/

>>23352364
It’s because promo shots have the chest angled down, hiding the waist a bit
>>23352375
Despite the waist, the hguc is still more lineart accurate than the re/100 and has better proportions/detailing. The re/100 is also smaller than it should be and does not have the functional sub arms and articulation of the hguc

>>23353518
>>23353518
Lets meet up one of these days anon. I promise its just like polishing a cylinder when you have the blindfold on.

>got hit with the backorder for Shuremi
Wtf I ordered it right as it went up. There cant possibly be that many fucking gooners

>>23352228
Wanna buy a kit? Instead, open a box in your fort and build a damn kit, its that easy

>>23353718
This only applies to retailslop. Limited run resin kits must be purchased right then and there. Of course this isnt a problem for you gundambabies though

>>23353687
that looks about right, BANDAI SPIRITS Co., ltd and BANDAI NAMCO Group ARTPRESTO Co., Ltd. will interact with each other like two separate corporate entities. It's not really the definition of "in-house" other than they are both wholly owned(guessing) subsidiaries that bring value to the same shareholders.

I meant supply shortages like your reference. One of the biggest problems in manufacturing is that it's obscenely expensive to own/operate each stage of the process and very rarely would it even be a profitable endeavor. My guess is that your example was a guy ordering low (relative) quantities of parts from small time manufacturers. These things smooth out over time and with scaling.

A good example of this is medicine, sometimes medicine will touch 3 or four continents before it reaches your hands. Sometimes finished drugs are shipped to other continents just so they can package them and ship them back to you. it all depends on laws and regulations.

>>23353723
he said HGs and MGs
and you aren't buying limited run resin kits in a sufficient quantity to build up a huge backlog unless you're rich

>>23352228
You're an idiot if you see a kit you like for sale and not buy it. Who knows if you'll ever get the chance to get it again?
You can always clear your backlog when the holidays start.

>>23353131
Damn, that does look cool. Thanks dude.

My phone is ancient but it can still run my shopping apps. What's my best option for taking good photos?

>>23353727
>you aren't buying limited run resin kits in a sufficient quantity to build up a huge backlog unless you're rich
I'm definitely not rich but I have a decent backlog of resin. All the money you spend on fast food, beer, phone games, streaming apps, etc is money that I put into the hobby. I eat nothing but church donation food to save money on paint. I used to feel bad about it but every Sunday when I go there's several single moms who show up in a BMW with an aliexpress Birkin bag to fill up on free bread, canned food, etc. And they always give me the stank eye when I take any meat lol like if they somehow deserve it more than I do

Any of you homos go to the Louisville Gundam Base today?

>>23351619
Should've given a parts swapping head without the huge seam like the MG F91, but whatever. Shining looks better in its Super mode head anyway.

>>23353727
there's plenty of plastic kits that either never get reissued after the first couple of runs or only get reissued every 10 years. obviously this doesn't apply to the vast majority of bandai stuff

>>23353747
You only interested in meeting up with homos?

>>23353747
Sounds like a great way to get eaten by zombies!

>>23353753
I already left to avoid them, was just curious.

>>23353105
The shining is an ugly piece of shit, why are so many people clamoring for it?

>>23353759
all rgs are normie magnets no matter how ugly they are

>>23353747
I live in Toronto, sorry.

>>23353725
>like two separate corporate entities
>It's not the definition of in house
Bro the Winter Olympics are next they're not doing hoop jumps.
>I meant supply shortages like your reference
My reference is describing how relying on outsourcing is a bad idea and doing everything in house means you don't have to worry about the issues that having others produce things for you results in.

>>23353653
That's what retards like to spread around. The actual modelkits were designed by Bandai's inhouse staff. Katoki can propose a sketch sometimes, but it will get extremely compromised in the end.

>>23353766
that's a sick Haro cosplay though

does the hg ecoas jegan have the right parts to make the regular jegan d type? the hg d type is not cheap so i'd rather just paint the ecoas

>>23353784
nvm, i checked kakarot's review of the d type and it has one single exclusive part that doesn't come with the ecoas. wtf bandai

>>23352640
They should make primer markers

>>23353742
I'm pretty sad I missed out on the OT Grit & Hyfa and they're never getting reprinted but I also don't buy any single item that costs more than 10% of my monthly salary unless it's strictly necessary

>>23353792
zamn that'd be very cool

>>23353796
>ot
there's a chance they'll make them into plastic kits. they're doing so with 3 of syujyu's gtms soon, starting with gatexion mk3 in september

>>23353818
Tani's kits are significantly more complex than Syujyu's so I'm not getting my hopes up. Those & the LIXA Baga Ha Ri have a detail density that simply cannot be done in plastic.

>>23353822
you could always get a chinky bootleg unless you're ideologically opposed to that despite refusing to buy the originals

>>23353825
The only good recaster only does Volks

Hey anons. I'm back after like a year when I got intimidated by trying an MG (was still very new), wanting to get back into it so trying a quick HG. How do people handle removing nubs like these? My standard procedure for everything is

1. cut off with a decent bit of material
2. cut as flush as possible
3. if super not flush, try to trim with a knife
4. if not flush, sand with glass file or 600->1000 sanding sponge

>>23353859
This is on the other side, i mostly used a glass file

>>23352583
ty sir!

>>23353796
Volks Grit looks more accurate & comes with the funny banner

>>23353105
>waiting in line to buy a kit that you won't build for another few months
yeah that sounds gay af.

>>23353859
I honestly just use nipper + knife because i'm too lazy to sand. However, it is highly recommended that you should sand the nubs before painting.

>>23353105
lmao
I will probably pick up the RG shining once I see what people do with the shoulders so I can copy their scribing layout.

>>23353859
>cut too close
>white mark

>cut further away
>cut the nub with a knife
>white mark

>cut further away
>sand the nub
>nub gets flattened while sanding and there is a dark mark left

in the end I just cut like 2mm away from the part and then slowly cut tiny parts off the nub until a tiny nub is left to sand but it often results in the above anyway

>>23353875
Fair enough, I don't have all the stuff to paint yet so just topcoating.

>>23353884
Haha that's been my experience so far. Honestly I kinda started all this as an exercise in patience and accepting small mistakes, probably time to go back to the roots on that...

red astray hg flight unit or rg? is the bad early rg frame a meme?

>>23353883
The shoulders are fine, not every surface needs to be covered in a billion panel lines

>>23353884
Paint the kit and the white will turned into whatever you want.

>>23353890
Kill panel lines. Normalize greebles.

>>23353859
>How do people handle removing nubs like these?
paint

>>23353912
painting is for queers

I unironically belive only around 5 or so anons here actually do modeling. The rest are either snapshitters or fakers buying bunch of modeling tools only to make themselves look better - while still snapshitting.

>>23353941
Real modelers are procrastinators.

>>23353910
Kill both

>>23353946
>Kill both
here's your plamo bro

>>23353951
Smooth surfaces can work, but only when the robots look like something 80s Katoki or Kobayashi and Kondo would do AKA Soul

>>23353941
Please define modeling. Does just topcoating and panel lining count? What about scribing, topcoating, then panel lining? Painting over the same colours count?

>>23353941
I'm desperately trying to graduate from snapshitting but I have about 6 kits in a WIP pile, including current groupbuild project and only one kit is completed, that being painted FAG. The procrastination is a killer, man.

>paint silver details
>clean brush
>realize I forgot one spot after cleaning
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>23353961
It is basically " morph a plastic model into something else entirely ".Painting a model into different color, or painting the model with lore accurate color to improve its appearance from the rough OOB with no customization is only 80% of modeling, or you can say a "mild modeling".

>>23353951
Still too many panel lines.

>>23353970
Why would I buy a model of a thing I like to then turn it into something else

>>23353975
That's fine. You shouldn't turn a Tekkaman into a Gundam for the sake of modeling. But you can still enhance the fanboy buying-product into something you personally love, like trying to recreate the wonky, exaggerated proportion from the anime. There is always room for changes and improvements without doing a total overhaul.

>>23353942
this, I'm still working on a failed group build entry from last year

>>23353979
I'm not a competent sculptor and I'm not really interested in spending a decade and hundreds of fucked up models trying to learn it

>>23353941
there's a few of us who dedicate a lot more time to painting and maybe i spend too much time here but it feels more distinct when one of them finish something. snapshitters will always be coming and going to ask questions. i don't mind helping as long they are trying to do something that gets more out of their kits or want to move towards painting.

>have to buy paints in bulk for basically 10 projects in advance because of shipping costs
>end up working on all of them in parallel
>don't finish any of them
Sigh

>>23353973
This is what the rg 2.0 would look like if it was good.

>>23353942
i do all my models in a single stretch (will basically dedicate all my free time for a week to it) and then go a month or so without touching anything modeling related

>>23353997
>golf ball head
No

>>23353941
Am I one of the real modelers?

>>23353973
This is what the MG 2.0 should have looked like

I yearn for it.

>>23354005
post a mid-year collage with everything you've painted so far

>>23353997
I think instead of going for bunch of panel lines and boring Ebikawa styled redesigns, RG should have been a line more akin to classic Katoki and Kow Yokoyama/Kondo/Kobayashi. Less normie bait and more soulful gritty realism with sculpted battle damages, broken armor plates, etc...Basically several shortcuts for a gritty build and all you need to do is paint.

>>23354017
>instead of following current design trends the line should have been hipster shit nobody would buy

>>23351400
You weren't fast enough, you were lying about how fast you were and now you're just mad for no reason. Either that or it's still coming and they're slow getting it to you. If you really ordered in the first 10 minutes there's no way you'd miss it.

we're all modellers

>>23354019
Matte topcoat with weathering is literally the most normieshit ever. Bandai is just a coward.

>>23353996
I can fix this in one easy trick
>buy 10 zakus
>buy 10 GM
>buy the paint for all of this
>all the same colors
>can break it down into chunks
>it gets better
>this scales indefinitely
>buy 50 zaku and 50 GM
>still only need a few colors of paint

>>23354023
RGs aren't going for "gritty realism", they're going for the magazine build look.

>>23353998
Unironically, if we don't do modeling now, there won't be a second chance sooner or later because life is finite.

>>23354027
>RGs aren't going for "gritty realism"
>realism
RG is short for Real Grade

>>23354035
that's why it's called the Gritty Real Grade (GRG) line

>>23354027
That's just depressing. Magazine builds used to be different.

>>23354042
Yeah, trends change anon. In everything.

>>23354042
Magazine builds used to be scratch builds made by enthusiasts, nowadays magazine builds are painted kits by curated painters with some occasional minor custom work.

>>23354027
I don't expect them to look gritty, but damn, there is nothing "real" about these models. They look like Metal Build action figures if anything, just more toyetic.

>>23354047
Not any difference. Magazine builds ranged from prettied-up straightbuilds to elaborate redesign and still do.

>>23354047
No, there are a still a handful of scratch builds in modern magazines. But they lack that "soul". I don't why, but the professional, perfected looks of these builds don't do anything for me.

>>23354047
>occasional minor custom work
The custom work is actually extensive. You just don't notice it because it usually comes down to modifying proportions in subtle ways.

>>23354012
Why? There already exists an HG. Why do you need another glorified HG? What is wrong with you?

>>23354062
Versus a full scratch build? Minor.

>>23354066
Unironically, people who do scratch builds are always based in my book. It takes huge balls to actually sculpt everything by yourself.

>>23354066
is your standard for "full scratch build" a modified Byalant like >>23354042?

>>23354064
The EG nu genuinely looks better than the HG, I'm hoping the same will be true for a hypothetical MKII EG

>>23354073
>modified Byalant
Nigga are you blind?

>>23354075
EG Nu is more modern, so it benefits alot from improved sculpting. However, for some retarded reason, Bandai created it without the funnels.

>>23354067
>It takes huge balls to actually sculpt everything by yourself
Why is that? Does it put you in danger?

>>23354028
>die
>go to heaven
>they don't have any leveling thinner stocked

Talking about modeling magazine, Koyabashi used to summit a build of his fanfic gundam called Double Zeta Zwei. This gundam doesn't even have a face, just a gimbal.

>>23354095
This looks familiar. Is it featured in that still image of a bunch of robots all flying in space?

>>23354095
kobayashi used to be epic
now all he does is post on twitter about how he's better than modellers and has never touched a nipper in his life because he's a sculptor and repost custom builds of the hg baund doc instead of sculpting anything

>>23354058
Same reason why hand sculpted kits look better than digitally designed ones. Organic flaws are more interesting.

>>23353997
Legs too big, head too round, throw it away

>>23354087
In a way, yes. You are more likely to have contact with toxic materials in your journey of finding materials, from shady resin parts from Chinese to random garbages you picked up from the trash that might have aids on them. You will huff more dust and microplastic due to extensive time working with them.

>>23353951
My brainrot is spreading

>>23354101
that gun looks like supreme dogshit. Kobayashi has some cool works, but when it comes to most of his models the whole package usually looks like shit but with some neat ideas and execution here are there (like the

>>23352420
Beat me off with these, RIGHT NOW.

>>23354101
I like his more recent builds. Such a shame there is no global retail for these kind of product and they stuck in some niche hobby conventions in Japan.

i, anonymous, do not respect kobayashi

>>23354109
I like his wonky modeling works. Definitely a niche thing, but they are charming.

>>23354116
He was the one promoted Katoki eversince Sentinel era, so perhaps you are right.

>>23354120
holy based

>>23354118
>giant seam line right down the middle of each foot
embarrassing, I would have expected more from the great Kobayashi

>>23354122
>Tarnished Kondo's name forever
>Rapes the modern mecha aesthetic forever by using his ultimate weapon-Katoki
>Remains the unique avant garde modeler/designer
What an asshole, quite based, but still...

>>23354129
He wants ZZ to have seams.

I think it looks pretty good

>>23354144
I'm sorry but the size of the shoulder pads are fucking ridiculous.

My Mobile Gundam Base experience today for any anons interested in future stops:
>Selection kind of worse than last year
>But also kind of better?
>Last year had a fuck ton of clear High Grades, I know most people aren't a fan
>This year seemed like it had way less of random junk clear High Grades but a lot more "Base" exclusive items (even if half this shit shows up on P-Bandai randomly now)
>Base exclusive obviously does include some clears but they were fucking expensive ones like a clear Penelope
>Gold God Gundam which I've actually never seen before, $200 lmao
>No Ecopla???

Overall review: It was okay, line was retardedly short this year and I got the kits I wanted but I don't think I would have lost sleep if I missed it. Also I had a reason to be in the area.

>>23354151
>He doesn't like huge shoulderpads
Weak

>>23354144
I look like Kurimanju IRL

>>23354153
Oh yeah they also had the Gashapon machines and the card game, didn't bother with the card game because I really don't give a fuck but it looked like every table they had set up for it was packed.

>>23354153
females sighted?

>>23354151
how dare you insult the entirety of the 90s

>>23354164
females?

>>23354164
Only males buy plamo. If you see someone with breasts buy them, the rule still stays true.

>>23353941
Here, I'm in the process of finishing this up. SNAA Martial Emperor. Needs a bit of work still

>>23354200
Nice paint. But that design feels like a terrorist attack.

>>23354207
I have come to appreciate some of the Chang's design intent. That kit might not be my cup of lacquer, but it looks okay.

>>23354233
I liked them at first but then grew to either hate them or having apathy. When you give your robot too much surface details, while being just another gundam knockoff with the same old model structure, there will be no aesthetic to achieve. I'm actually pissed at the local retail for importing bunch of InEra and SNAA kits instead of something else that is not Chinese.

>>23354280
How much detail is too much?

>>23354280
>>23354296
I would say that the problem is too many layers of plate on top of a surface. I don't have too much problem with the spikes and the excessive use of gold.

>>23354296
When the silhouette gets drowned out and it just becomes visual noise.

I'm looking for a dark silver to use for aaliyah's frame. What do you recommend ? Maybe closer to a dark gunmetal. The silver parts will be gaia ex silver and the black armor parts will very likely be gaia frost mat black. All the red will be a flat candy red

>>23354385
Just add a drop or two of clear black to your silver and mix it

>>23354404
I do have some clear black lying around, thanks

Of course I respect the artist, the artist is me.

>>23354539
When did this meme start? I am legitimately curious.

>>23353951
>>23353973
This looks great actually

>>23354385
jumpwind prime metal meteoric iron
might be too dark depending on what you're going for, idk, it's darker than that picture

>>23354606
I used it for the frame of pic related, it's quite nice. I'm not sure how dark I want aaliyah's frame to be yet

>>23354624
That gloss black looks fantastic.

>>23354631
I mixed black and midnight blue but it ended up looking more black anyway. I sprayed four or five coats of clear gloss to get it to look like that

>>23353941
I'm allergic to acrylic paint, sorry bro.

>Use Gunpla markers for panel lining
What thinner do I use from Tamiya?

I want to paint a kit
but I'm in the middle of working on another kit and I can't convince myself to start another one without finishing this guy

so in the meanwhile I'll build one of my bootlegs and color on it with paint markers like a googoo gaga baby

Can I get some advice on how to remove the stoppers from the fingers on the RG Zeong? Trying to pull/twist them out is killing my fingertips and I've also popped one of the fingers out of its connection.

Okay, I question how the Giant Shining Finger effect from the HGFC Shining Gundam holds on to the standard effect parts, even with the RG's metallic painted ones. I see PTSD on how many people attempt to place the effect on the hand, and it would just fall off, necessitating the use of Blu-Tack to make it barely hold on.
https://youtube.com/shorts/uJ6-IfGGI4w?si=dyMguG-1pGU8E4ge

>>23354012
Not a bad idea. The only thing I would ask instead is parts to make the Build Gundam Mk-II because the original kit is based on the one from 2001.

>>23354153
I'm torn about whether or not to go. I couldn't make it last time because I had a conflict, but now the clostest stop they're making is 2 hours farther from me than last time's. It's still only 3 hours, but I dunno if it's worth it, especially if the selection hasn't meaningfully improved (although more gundam base exclusives gives me some hope). Part of me does want to do it just for the sake of having done it once though.

>>23354677
what kind of markers?
>alcohol? ispropyl
>enamel? oil? lacquer? mineral spirits
>water based acrylic? water
>weird ass tamiya acrylics? tamiya proprietary x-20a

anyone here own the 30mm nightfall? does it have any unused part?

i think il end up buying one of these because the boxart sold me on it

This P Bandai drop is particularly heinous to me because nearly all of these kits have been sitting in a warehouse in California for years, but still got slapped with a 50% price increase for no reason other than Bandai correctly believes they can trick retards with their bullshit excuses.

>>23354949
me when I make things up

>>23354947
>The gigachad she tells you not to worry about.

>>23354947
>>23354956
It was close to being one of the only good designs of the show but they decided they couldn’t make anything cool so they stuck testicles all over its weapon. Same with the DOM which could have been a classic quad style support/artillery unit but instead they gave it 3 legs like it’s a retarded mutant

i too think solely of testicles whenever i see spheres

>>23355047
A lance is already vaguely dick like but no one is going to think that until you add a cluster of asymmetrical orbs on the bottom of it.

>>23354947
so nice to not put the Psycho Gundam in the background to not give people false hope

>>23355068
they're like 40% of the way up? I think this is a you problem

Can someone spoonfeed me on waterbased putty? Tamiya basic iirc needs thinner and smells worse so the former seems better specially if I have birds in the house.

>>23354838
These

>>23355180
As well as these, including the pour type one from Mr Hobby

Why did Bandai make so many kits for AMAIM? Were they expecting it to be a huge hit or something?

I'm gonna buy like 3 Guncannons, I love the design so much.

Why Build Divers + Build Divers Re:Rise kits rare?

>>23355192
because we're past them being recent shows

>This comes out in 2 days
Will it be successful enough to get kits from Bandai?

>>23355195
I still see a fucking ton of kits for IBO so that's not an excuse.

>>23355199
Reprints often come in waves like that.

>>23355183
This has to be bandais biggest flop in the past 20 years right?, god forbid we get more gquux but amaim warrior? gets a spin off and a second season

has a 01 gundam kit been announced? If it ends up being pbandai, it'll at least be very easy to kitbash one with the lightcannon and the red gundam. the only actual part modification needed would be taking snipping the red gundam's vfin and attaching it to the head crest on the light cannon, then sticking that on the gundam body.

>>23355228
we both know it will be Pbandai

>>23355230
wow that would really suck for snapshitters. might do this and open up that clear plastic part like when it gets shattered

>>23355196
why does it NEED to be bandai? they'll probably just give designs to chink factories

What is your most retarded /gpg/ or gunpla take/opinion?

Questionable financial decision made

>>23355279
what the fuck its that huge?

>>23355253
>volpanova wheel parts
this thing will fall apart if you glance at it too hard

>>23355280
It's one of the biggest kits, surface area wise It's actually bigger than the Dendrobium

>>23355280
It's one of the largest models they've ever made.

>>23355280
Yeah makes sense why they don't reprint it often. the box is twice the size of the legless Zeong.

I dont even know what this is supposed to be a collab with. Chiikawa or something?

>>23355302
Gunpla has become such a joke.

>>23354569
In 1977 when star wars came out.

Niece let her anime girl statue get sun damaged so I repainted it for her, and I learned that the Gaia prism colors are the best paints ever.

>>23355180
>>23355181
I had to look it up because I didn't know
>the ones with the really thin tip are oil markers (use mineral spirits)
>the ones with the flexible soft tip are water based acrylic (use water)

>>23355176
Aves Apoxie or Fixit Sculpt works for me.

Water based, kinda smells like off brand peanut butter when you first take it out, slightly sand the plastic before applying and if it does pop up after drying just use some superglue to attach it make.

>>23355302
DORARARARARARA

>>23355294
>>23355296
>>23355297
Maybe I am getting mandela'd but I swear I saw the box before and it was smaller than this.

>>23355334
>Pops off
Uhhh, that sounds horrible. Is that a problem with water based putty.

>>23355353
Maybe you're just getting smaller.

>>23355397
"If" being the key work.

Honestly not really considering that it's formed to where you place it and if it did pop off it's fairly straight forward and easy to super glue back. I've done it for several customs to increase the bond durability, normally heating a piece up in hot water, popping it off, then regluing it.

>>23351799
If they ever make a larger scale Psycho (Mk1 or 2) I feel like it'd have the unique problem of being too BIG to transform

>>23352372
They delayed it to change the shitty CG render that looks worse than the first MGs

>>23353535
They need new RGs of classic MS designs

The RG Z'gok is from the SOVLFUL future we were robbed of; instead of innovative "realistic redesigns" of existing suits we just get undersized MGs for most of the price

>>23354017
People don't pay 50 bucks for a model that looks like it was chewed up by a dog

If you want a damaged and weathered looking kit do it yourself like everyone else, your Real Grades aren't immune to customization

>>23353135
What's wrong with the 2.0s head Vulcans?

>>23354020
nah its happened to me before too. I've preordered stuff within like 20 minutes of it going up. They really shouldn't let people preorder if theres not enough spots. Its a dogshit system.

>>23355443
How could anyone look at all those disgusting decals and think "Yep, I need to take a picture of this"?
Jsus christ just spend a few bucks on decals and it'll be 100x better.

>>23355473
At PB doesnt do that shit.

>>23355475
Not my picture, and yeah I agree. But I imagine most builders would just use whatever they get in the box, or just not use the stickers at all

>>23355454
>People don't pay 50 bucks for a model that looks like it was chewed up by a dog
Instead they pay for 50 for dogshit Chinese knockoff-lookalike.
>Model that looks like it was chewed up by a dog
This statement said everything about you, faggot.

>>23355454
I don't know. Most of RG looks like they have teeth marks all over their bodies. Quite trash in my opinion.

>>23355491
>Instead they pay for 50 dollar chinese knockoff-lookalikes
Nobody does this but you retard, quit projecting
>Faggot
You call me a faggot but would bend over for bandai to add battle damage instead of putting in your own work like any normal builder

Kill yourself

>>23355494
You are obviously derailing from the topic i'm talking about here, typical faggot behavior. What i'm talking about is how Real Grade kits don't look realistic. They look like another pixiv tier fanfiction.
>Customize them!
I can and i will. But i afraid you are not gonna like what i'm going to do to your precious RGs.

>>23355492
If you think that looks bad imagine what it would look like if bandai "sculpted wear" into the kit itself

It would again, look like a chew toy

RGs are already the overall worst line, and that guys retarded take on how to "improve it by not appealing to the normies1!!1!1!11" would make it even worse

>>23355503
You don't need to imagine. They already did and honestly, not bad. Just need some extra works and you are all set.

>>23355503
I'm talking about battle damages on robots and you keep sperging about dog and being chewed. Are you okay?

>>23355492
The problem is that Bandai cannot find a good balance between being a toy and a model kit.

>>23355492
God, 2.0 is so ass. You gotta give it to other RGs, they are at least more subtle with the "inner frame poking through armor" gimmick. Here it feels like a parody shitpost /gpg/ would make

>wanna get a Dom to paint in Qirex livery
>just a silly little project, open to getting a bootleg for it
>look on aliexpress
>Tri-Stars' legacy permiates the very fabric of Dom so hard that the only bootleg I can find is a 3-pack of Chink Doms
They are cheaper per Dom than an official kit, but the fuck am I going to do with two extra Doms?

>>23355500
Nobody is derailing the topic, anyways if you spent less time bitching over how Bandai's plastic model line doesn't look like an actual robot with fully functioning metallic parts and heavy armor on 4chan you would've had one customized by now

"Typical faggot behavior" is what you call complaining about bandai (the company that doesn't do shit) not doing shit, because they only want to appeal to "le normie"

If you wanted a realistic model that badly you'd save up and buy a PG

>>23355511
I shouldn't have to customize anything, faggot. It's Bandai's job to make something that looks like a real giant robot out of the box.

>>23355510
>the fuck am I going to do with two extra Doms?
Same thing, but in different colors

>>23355513
>It's Bandai's job to make something that looks like a real giant robot out of the box.
Real badass speech there, anon. Bandai shouldn't sculpt anything, just sell us a 50 dollars block of ps plastic and we should work from there.

>>23355513
The fact of it is it's never going to actually look like a real giant robot, wanna know why?

Because it's not one, it's a small plastic robot

Keep in mind most of the "realistic detail" comes from those shitty little stickers that don't even blend in with the surface colors

>>23355492
>Big problem with 1.0 is the poor (for the grade) articulation
>Do we simply fix the issue with 2.0 and stay faithful to the design
>No lets poke four score holes in the Gundam famous for its blocky design and impenetrable armor.

>>23355519
I like the idea but I think it would be better as a large PC slab instead

Where is the MG?

>>23355521
That is why the "sense of scale" term is applied. Sure it is a tiny plastic toy, but you have to make a diorama to make an illusion and sometimes weathering, battle damages, etc if your build is to create a war machine. It is understandable that not everyone around here can pull it, the sources to make things like these are very costly.
My question toward RG is that, for something Bandai boasts about "realistic", they don't look realistic. It is the same toyetic designs, doesn't look smooth and stylish enough to pass a sport cars and doesn't look ultitarian enough to pass as a war machine. And as i said above, to morph a RG kit into something gritty and brutal, it will take alot of money and resources to be made possible. If Bandai named it as something like " High Grade Plus" or " Advanced Grade", it would be much more appropriate name.

if you think weathering is expensive you are either poor, retarded, or a third world shitter

You fags would do anything other than working on the backlog

>>23355553
Yeah, let's focus on weathering and ignore gorillon amount of kitbashes, which originated from 50 different kits worthy of 2000 dollars.

>>23355558
Renouncing snapshitterhood means you are slower at working on new kits.

>>23355508
I think they can actually and their gorillions of yen prove that

>>23355565
The only thing that actually resembles modelkit from Bandai is their 30MF. Atleast they make stuff like these. Mundane things like wooden box and cups of beer is actually a nice change of pace.

>>23355543
>That’ll be 1000 bucks for a 144 scale statue.

>>23355568
>heh they're not heckin real model kits cus I don't like them
okay

>>23355569
>Gunpla bros said, while working on his kitbash monoeye that is probably made from 30 different kits

>>23355576
Jokes on you pal Im building boxforts out of 30 kits.

>>23355568
>What is the Hard graph line.

>>23355279
How did you get your hands on it? Did you find it in some dark corner of a hobby shop, where it was put and forgotten? As far as I know, he didn't get any reprints so far.

>>23355588
homie got scalped for it. probably cost him 400 bucks.

My AoZslop just arrived.

>>23355592
I fucking hate you getting your Peebs before me every single month you stupid fucking west coast fuck GOD IT SHOULD BE ME OPENING MY REBENS

>>23355590
Not if he had kneepads and succulent lips.

>>23355560
who the fuck was talking about kitbashes? what are you even talking about? are you a bot or just a third worlder?

>>23355604
he's some uppity ESL retard who has been seething all over the thread lately

>>23355413
Ver Ka will make it work. Give me a 1/100 Mk1 cowards

New thread

>>23355611
>>23355611
>>23355611

>>23355608
Yeah agree. This retard >>23355604 should get fucked forever.

>>23355473
I said 10 minutes you mong when you reply again are you upping it to 30 minutes? Be faster

>>23355590
>>23355588
tree fiddy kiwi dollarydoos on marketplace, Ebay has some for $450-500 plus shipping and want like $150 shipping or like $700 with "free" shipping.

>>23355593
We haven't gotten it on the best coast yet he's probably Vietnamese or Filipino