-=READ THE GUIDES=-

Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!

For those new, please read our guides. We have many resources available to help you in many different aspects of the hobby. They're here for you!

For the unclear, "plamo" is short for "plastic model". "Gunpla" is thus short for "Gundam plastic model". Many different kinds of models are built here, ranging from mecha to planes, cars, musume, you name it! If you're new, you're gonna screw up. Don't worry! If you're seasoned, don't make the newbies worry!

And don't forget to report shitposting and spam. The mods don't browse /m/ too often, so it's up to YOU to help keep our general clean and civil!

>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
>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:
saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography

-=OTHER RESOURCES=-
>Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):
pastebin.com/22jyPB6q
>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/1lob2na

Prior thread: >>23361435

-=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

Post what you're working on!

>making a buy list for the upcoming USAGS sale
>buying $250 worth of stuff gets free bonus shit
>current list is $22 short of that
I don't even know that I want any extra free stuff, but being so close to the threshold has me just browsing the site hoping to find something within that magical range.

What does the Bandai booth at AX have this year? Is it worth going?

>too ugly to get a gf
>want to buy gunpla
>feel like it's just coping with depression through consoomerism
>don't buy anything

>>23365444
>too ugly to get a gunpla

>>23365445
Plastic is only for pretty people, yes. By law.

>>23365444
You should treat yourself to a nice Hexa Gear kit.

>>23365444
making this post was coping with depression through blogposting but it didn't stop you, retarded frog.

>>23365462
I'm tempted to buy some of these. Is there a go to filler piece for the hexes/peg holes? Also do they make display stands for the little dudes so they don't fall over when I pose them? I think these would look really cool with some decals.

>>23365470
Depends what you want for filler pieces, most of the Hexa pieces you'll find in the kits or the EX Unit//Booster packs will still have a 3mm port in them. They did recently release 3 different colours of Hexa bits that glow under UV light, I think they're the best we'll get for filler pieces.
As for display stands, Koto did do their own Mini Flying Stands, but haven't reissued them in awhile. Good Smile's Simple Stand mini works out just as good for it though, a pack of 4 is a little over 1k yen.

>tfw you finally finished that one build that you've always wanted to do but royally fucked it up in the end and now you don't even wanna show it off
I unironically wanna KMS right now because of this

>>23365490
Thanks for the tip on those bases, I'll grab some for sure. I'd be sad if I built some cyber ninjas only for them to tip over all the time. I mostly want some greebles to fill in the hexes/pegs so they look more natural, and maybe something similar for the bags on the governors. With adapters I realize that all the 3mm peg fillers I already have should work.

As a firm weaboo I want to see if I can sculpt some anime-style faces for the governors to make them look more in line with the hand scale FAGs. I'm awful at zbrush though so that is further down the line.

>Haven't been working on my build for a month.
>It's already the deadline.

Pls extend

>Just paint your kits bro

>>23365506
Anon quick, get a job application to ward off the melanin. You are turning black.

Guess I'll call it done. The leg joints locked up the moment I pushed it into the socket in found on the waist frame, and now it's stuck in the default position, so any and all form of dynamic pose is now out of the window, and yes, I did shave the plastic down before pushing it in, and it still ended up like that.

Nu Gundam and Sazabi HG kits get remakes when?

>checked the newer SDs
>greeble up its ass
Fucking hell, not even Sangokuden was this bad, and that was an actual Chinese based series.
Those silver flame patterns don't even fit the Arsene Lupin theme they're going for.

>>23365491
Practice with other builds and try again.

>>23365506
how the fuck does this happen?

>wake up to drop a log
>autistically check chinaman if he has more grunt suits to sell me for cheap
>my guy just updated his shop
>is it cca grunts?
>unicorn grunts?
>reprinted daban schurzum gallus?
>ripped 3d printed GBO suits?
>nope its a fucking penelope
Fuggg on the bright side we might get some gustavs and messers for like $8 ! Pop.
Also I'm going back to bed now. Thanks for reading my blogpost.

>>23365499
I feel the best Hexa Gear dudes are all masked anyway. I appreciate Koto throwing in extra heads with the 2.0 Governors to make them into actual characters from the hard to find background of hexa gear, but they're best as grunts.

>>23365563
it's common to have a ball bearing in bottles of paint to help agitate the paint when shaking, but then shaking too vigorously can blow out the glass

>>23365602
mfer must have been goku to shake it so hard a ball bearing blew out the bottom

>>23365602
Can't wait for something like this to happen to me again
t. didn't pay attention while pouring paint from a bottle in airbrush cup and pushed too hard, yeeting the cap from the bottle and paint exploding in my eyes

bruh how many layers of paint do I gotta go on

>>23365607
half as many as your layers of irony is a good starting ratio, adjust as ncessary

>temperature so high can do wet coat after wet coat because paint dries near instantly
I have also never sweated so much

just discovered psycho blade woundwort has a completely different mold for the head and the thighs rather than it just being a recolor with a different head antenna

>>23365624
that's why you always check schizophonic's reviews when things release

>>23365607
About tree fiddy.

>>23365608
>>23365627
too mach pain fum

>>23365628
...SUKAIII HIIIIIIIGH

>>23365520
they don’t need them. sazabi is like 95% anime accurate straight out of the box and nu is still incredibly solid

>>23365636
Just bought the HGUC Sazabi myself and can confirm, it's a wonderful kit and one of the last I would ever consider for a remake.

>>23365439
On the flyer they sent out it says orders over $200 receive bonus shit. It looks to be an AB2, a panel line marker, double bladed nippers, and water slides. Personally I wouldn’t worry too much about getting that shit

>>23365638
in my opinion the CCA high grades have aged incredibly well. they all look great with little work and have some really solid construction. the only one in my collection i don’t like is the hi nu, it feels a little less stable than the others and i don’t love its design

>>23365646
I can't say I like the Jegan all that much and wouldn't mind an update to it. The arms could be better. It's not the end of the world and they can't really be that much better without an elbow or forearm redesign, but I'd be happy with just a few more degrees.

>>23365636
HGUC Sazabi is literally the only good Sazabi kit (in plastic)

>>23365654
MG 1.0 fucks

>>23365657
The MG 1.0 is fucking terrible and was widely mocked even when it originally came out

>>23365659
>widely mocked
No it wasn't. It's not even close to terrible either. The biggest problem is utterly nonexistent ankle movement and that's more or less it. Otherwise it's a rare early MG that can hold all its weapons and pose "fine." The Zeta 1.0, G04/G05 and The O were all widely mocked, and much hate was given to some of the S/Ex-S sculpting, but the Sazabi was not.

>>23365662
The proportions are absolutely horrendous, it's not magically a good kit just because it doesn't have greeble

speaking of the mg sazabi 1.0, when was the last time it was printed? i kind of want to get one but i can only find a few for sale and they're absurdly expensive

>>23365680
I never said anything about greeble, are you fighting your demons on me

>>23365680
Proportions look good to me. Gripes about articulation aside, with the standard bits of cleanup old kits need like seamline removal and color correction it's a really nice looking kit that is faithful to the lineart.

>>23365704
It's too lanky and stretched out. It's a problem most MGs of that era had, because they couldn't achieve both accurate proportions and articulation.

>>23365709
It's not actually much different from the ver ka.

>>23365709
It's still a problem to recreate in an articulated kit right now. Lineart Sazabi has a basically immobile torso. The way the cable runs to the mega particle cannon which integrates into the crotch and torso leaves basically no room for torso rotation. Personally fine with me, I think torso rotation for MS can be pretty unnecessary with good shoulder, hip, head and elbow joints but compromises are made for mass appeal.

Anyways apart from the torso it's not that elongated or off. The original lineart has deceptive legs, widely spread in a pose the 1.0 probably can't recreate anyways, but the lineart hides the lengthy thighs it actually has anyways. It's by no means perfect but it and the HGUC Sazabi are as close as any plastic kit will probably ever get to it the movie appearance.

>>23365662
the only kit I've seen that is hated and mocked is the MG GP01, which people usually advise to avoid buying

>>23364774
h&s sell an inline mac valve that replaces the regular valve so you can just use your existing air pipe. they call it "fpc valve"

>>23365736
do you mean GP02? The GP02 is a total joke because of its inability to do anything with the shield. The GP01 and GP03 are okay.

>>23365662
>that can hold all its weapons
It's a decent enough kit, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here Anon

>>23365736
The EZ8 is pretty hated too. A shame since it's probably never gonna get a newer kit. THAT is an example of a kit with fucked proportions.

>>23365741
It totally can though. I mean it only has three, and its articulated fingers like the Dom's aren't actually total dogshit, plus it has a weapon slot. All these things were really rare. Stack that up next to any other MG of its time that has the classic trigger and 3 finger block + thumb with no lock? It was streets ahead bro.

>>23365743
Where are you seeing Ez8 hate? The Ground Gundams, hands aside, have aged pretty well. The Ground Gundams and Zeta Plus come to mind as some of the best classic MGs you can get next to the early AU releases.

left or right, call it

>>23365744
Pretty much everything about it is way off proportionwise. The chest is somehow both too fat and not fat enough, the head is a completely different shape, the entire lower half is size too small and so on.
>the dom
Now that is a stellar early MG. Fucking love that thing. It's perfect enough I don't even think it needed the 1.5, it holds up amazingly aside from the lack of full inner frame, as was the style of the time.

>>23365758

>>23365763
You know, I think I finally realized what bothers me about the GQ designs, it's the lack of skirts while still pretending to wear them.

>>23365758
Can I pick a third option

>>23365777
i got this guy on ebay for like a dollar last year. pretty good kit in all honesty

>>23365758
the arms and legs are thicker than the red gundam's, right? i couldn't tell from the images but it seemed like it

>>23365758
left

>>23365800
dont skip legs

>>23365729
I hope Bandai makes a MG 2.0 with proportions close to the 1/100 resin kit.

>>23365814
Quick someone replace guncannon light with red gundam chest (keeping the rest the same) to see how a rx78-01 would look

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

>>23365444
>30+ low status male living with parents
>save up just enough to buy girlpla
>indulge in dollying them up to forget about missed signals and social milestones
Life is good bruddah

>>23365841
Well ver Ka is the 2.0 MG. You can paste some putty on Katoki Sazabi's surface to hide the mechanical details, tweak the head abit, make the feet longer and shoulders bigger. It is doable.

>>23365875
based

>>23365846
it's just a headswap + v-fin mod. lightcannon arms are too thick and legs are stubbier and wider. i'm starting my 01 today but my keicannon is still in japan. I can do it when it shows up but I'm sure some nip will do it by then

>>23365444
here's how to unfuck your retard life and what worked for me:
>swear off 3dpd
>buy a dakimakura
>have a remote job
>go to gym daily
>buy as many plastic robots as you want
>paint them (most important step)
>learn japanese (optional)

>>23365899
consider a variant where you're autistic and collect disabilitybux and work out at home instead of ever leaving the house

>>23365814
>>23365898
weird, the kit seems that the guncannon has slighly taller and thicker legs but in the art gundam's legs are taller

>>23365624
The kit also comes with enough leftover parts to let you turn it into a regular black Woundwort.

>>23365758
That pelvis gap looks so disturbing

>>23365491
Show it anyway's

Is action base 2 the best stand for the RG stand adapters?

>>23365903
that's probably the only optimization i could think of

I now know what it feels to have your sights set on a rare kit
I would let gyarus run a train on me at the love hotel for a HG Gaeon
Even just the backpack

>>23365947
get in line faggot you only started lusting after it because I mentioned it the other day

i ordered Reben Wolf from aliexpress for 50$
wish me luck lol

>>23365947
My mouther watering over the very presence of Frame Arms Genbu. Koto stops reprinting this, which should be considered to be a war crime.

>>23365955
nah i stumbled on a review and the backpack would be perfect for a project I have
if any anon have it in their log send me an address and i would fight you honorably for it

>>23365814
they are having sex

>>23365624
The guys who do the AoZ kits are a tier above the regular gunpla team. The HG Reben Wolf has this thruster gimmick for example.

>>23365963
enjoy the wait
it has been a very very very long one

>>23365967
I can't believe they turned my zaku into an armored core

>>23365969
the second factory will end the wait!
seriously though i have never seen a greco kit in retail

>>23365947
>HG Gaeon
haven't seen that kit at all since it's initial runs

>>23365967
then why did they fuck up the head shape

>>23365972
G-Self gets reprints. My local store has one. I never see the space type backpack though. I've been wanting to pick up G-Arcane and G-Aeon for ages since I didn't have the money when it first aired and there's been jack shit.

>>23365977
Bandaidrones will bust a nut over excessive articulation from some ugly joints but ignore the overal visual representation of the model. I swear some of them built MG/RG skeleton, then leave them like that forever.

>>23365841
I hope Bandai makes an MG 2.0 with proportions close to the Wave 1/100 garage kit

>>23365977
I don't care about the head, I care about the legs (the sexiest part of any mecha).

>>23365992
i like the chest design myself

I need a revive Guntank kit that have moveable tracks

>>23365984
play value > sculpt accuracy

>>23366008
Well the insult "Bandaibabbies" is kinda accurate, huh?

>>23365899
I have a remote job, know japanese enough to converse about simple stuff with people when I went to japan, exercise almost every day (to get a gf) and it just makes me feel worse because there's barely any visible results after a year (low test framecel here) and all it does is make me tired and my whole days revolve around counting calories and eating

>>23365962
it's pretty easy to get on the second hand market

>>23365758
Right. That thing on the left is an abomination.

>>23366022
i know this is off topic but you're definitely doing something wrong if you aren't making progress in a whole year. also do you have asthma? i used to feel like shit after working out until i got back on my steroidal inhaler. and counting calories isn't worth the annoyance imo unless you're doing a cutting cycle to lose fat

>>23365989
I would need to see other angles but this is look pretty nice.

>>23365962
There's one on surugaya for 11,000 yen right now. If you wait a few days you can get 20% off and free shipping which puts it below msrp.

>>23366023
>Secondhand
I'm not gay, thanks.

>>23366034
I need to count them to know I've eaten enough to gain weight, if I ate only enough to feel full I would eat 1500 a day

>>23364139
Chicken walker Zaku, eh?

>>23366022
>>23366034
>>23366041
gunpla

>>23365852
>the yellow is all stickers
I expected it, but still
huge letdown

Do I understand it well that first 25 RGs have prebuilt inner frame which means I will spend less time building it? Which is a bad things because I got into gunpla for building.

>>23365415 (OP)
Reminder: You have just under two days to partake in the Delpi sitewide waterslide sale.

>>23365899
Based. This has also worked for me too. Happy to see other people here living their best lives.

What are the odds of getting a full turn a hg line with like the kapool and guncannon and stuff?

>>23366094
50/50 either they do it or they don't

>>23366094
Probably not for at least another few years. Despite, you know, the Momokapool and May's WaDom Pod existing.

>>23365758
Neither I am no feddie scum.

>>23366046
What causes this?!

>>23366106
>GPG say to paint nail
>anon paint nail
>its bad

make sense dammit !

>>23366104
Dang, freaking sucks that we have so little from that show. Even considering the old kits there’s only a couple. I guess I should just be happy that they at least have 2 MGs

>>23366014
That's not the insult you think it is.

>>23366123
It was a commercial flop. Do not expect it to get another kit beyond, probably, an RG Turn A some day. It'll be nice if we do, god knows I'd buy a Bandit or Mahiroo or Cannon Illefueto immediately. Fuck, I'd love a WaD. It's pretty much the worst treated entry of the franchise though as models go, although G-Reco's close. Turn A's gotten all of 3 model kits in the 25 years since it aired, MG Turn A, X, and HGCC Turn A. You get one more if you take into account May's WaDOM, and another for HG Shin Turn A. G-Reco's gotten two G-Self variations since it's aired, one for Build stuff and one as a soft 2.0 to the G-Self, and that's it. Pure suffering to want anything from these two shows, honestly. Turn A didn't even really get many GKs.

>>23366142
>Turn A's gotten all of 3 model kits in the 25 years since it aired

>>23366155
Yeah. Since it aired. Not counting the line marketing it while airing, which as you can see is among the most limited lines a show ever got, too.

>>23366142
>Mahiroo
Damn, you reminded me that Scamco killed GunEvo

>>23366165
Unironically the best hero shooter I played which isn't saying much because I played like 4 of them but it was still by far the funnest (and Mahiroo the funnest suit to use). Wish I played more at the end, I didn't get to experience Kampfer much.

>>23366158
Most series get fuck all kits after airing

>>23366169
most series have gotten way more than Turn A I think you'll find if you look instead of just saying something off the cuff to argue pointlessly

>>23366169
Most actually do get good support after airing.

>>23366169
Take a look at what X (The show right before it) got by comparison
>MG X
>MG Double X
>MG X 3 (P-Bandai)
>HG X
>HG X Divider
>HG Double X
>HG Airmaster
>HG Airmaster Burst (P-Bandai)
>HG Daughtress (P-Bandai)
>HG X Mao (Build)
>HG X Jumaoh (Build, P-Bandai)
>HG Leopard Da Vinci (Build)
>HG Eldora Daughtress (Build, P-Bandai)

Yeah 13 kits sure doesn't sound like a lot, but at the very least it's not a number you can count on one hand. And we're talking about the show that got cancelled partway through here.

>>23366195
Nevermind X got a nearly full lineup in 1/144 and 1/100 for the Gundams while it was airing. If X had never gotten a model kit again, it would still have more actually unique kits than Turn A's ever gotten at all.

>>23366201
Turn A aired in an unfortunate time where they were transitioning away from the cheap scale kits in favor of more intricate graded ones.

>>23366123
The Japanese are upset that Syd Mead designed something that is unique but at the same time instantly recognizable as a Gundam.

>>23366169
Wing is still getting HG kits, same with G.

>>23366195
Still waiting on regular Leopard, Leopard Destroy, Virsago, Ashtaron, Virsago Chest Break, Ashtaron Hermit Crab, and G-Falcon.

>>23366203
Turn A never had Bandai's full support anyways. They didn't think any of the designs were going to do well and it was probably the most troubled lead development of any Tomino Gundam (and they were right unfortunately).

>>23365439
>>23365644
In-stock only or everything?

>>23366203
>meanwhile, one year later
actually I was gonna post an image but I'd have to crop together a lot so fuck it we all know how many model kits were made for SEED

>>23366207
>G
G Gundam is a weird one. Someone at bandai out of the blue decided to start producing HGs of the Gundams. Wing on the other hand is bandai quadruple dipping on the same 4 Gundams and Tallgeese every few months.

>>23366209
Which is insane since a some of the mobile suits were designed with models in mind. Turn A and turn X specifically.

>>23366216
It's not that weird. They decided to put a lot into the GWX anniversary. G's got the oldest kits of the bunch and the other 4 Shuffle Alliance never got updates. We'll probably get Bolt by the end of this year, and it's a very safe bet we get any combo of RG X or DX, HG Jenice, HG Leopard for next year. A big difference all these have is that they actually have designs a decent enough amount of Japanese people like. Very few people can like anything from Wing and not like things from X, but Turn A doesn't have a half dozen Okawara Gundams. The majority of MS screentime are old MS, the SUMO, or the 40m tall WaDOM, and a sprinkling of Corin Eagail shenanigans. I love them, but whether you love or hate them it shouldn't come as much of a surprise the weirdo designs don't have the popularity of even a "forgettable" Gundam design like Airmaster (it's based btw like everything from X though).

>>23366213
They're having a 15% off in-stock right now, and the flyer says 20% off sitewide without specifically saying in-stock only.

>>23366237
I think they're just doing an annual G gundam release.

>>23366240
Could be. Either way it won't be long before Bolt.

>>23366242
I'm just hoping the new shining gundam doesn't make them put it off.

>>23366244
They planned this all years ago and with the second factory running I don't see much reason to drag their feet on it. The real question to me is if it's the last we'll get or if they'll give us a new Master after it? Certainly good RG fodder.

>>23366155
No wonder, Kapool.and Turn X are the only good designs there.

bet they did this on purpose. won't stop me though

>>23366239
Hopefully it's 20%. If it's 15% and in-stock, I sleep

>>23365418
Hissatsu power! Breast Missile!
Next up is painting her boobs and filling up the holes on each side of her breasts, finding her a nice rocket launcher or a rifle or something, and starting up painting on her big gun friend.

>>23366272
That's how 90% of HGs are. Double ball jointed neck. I don't see what's wrong with your picture.

Does the MG GM Ground type have bad dry rub decals? I have never had an issue with them but this particular kit they take forever to press on and I even had one somehow fall off the clear plastic that holds it on when I was picking it up with tweezers, ruining the decal.

>>23365418
I just painted some spoons!

>>23366285
I hate this piece of shit piece like you wouldn't believe. Absolute bullshit how long they got away with using it.

>>23366285
that is the lightcannon head (01 gundam head minus the v-fin) not being directly swappable onto the red gundam. red gundam head has the ball joint on the head part, lightcannon's is on the body part. the lightcannon's head connector does seem to sit on a similar pivoting piece to that yellow one in the red gundam's neck so I'm thinking best case, I might be able to straight swap that part into the red's body, worst case, modify that yellow part to be a ball joint

>>23366288
I never had any problems but heat and cold can definitely ruin all sorts of decals if stored somewhere awful for a while.

>>23365418
working on the Academy Mechander Robo
Almost the entire thing is undergated and I didn't expect it to actually have a full internal frame, basically turning it into some sort of not-MG.

What made the Turn A work for me was seeing it from behind
those bits on the legs just make the whole thing come together

>>23366304
the way the leg moves in general is honestly a marvel. It's gorgeous.

>>23366298
I think it's doable

what's the minimum to brush paint gunpla or plastic models in general
>vallejo paint so can thin with water
>palette
>pipettes
>brushes
anything else?
also how do I know what's the actual brush size, shit like 5/0 doesn't tell me anything

>>23366304
Syd knew how to maintain design cohesion. The shape reminds me of something like a Zulu shield and then he carried over that design language throughout the rest of the mobile suit. Then he added finer details and lines to compliment it while sparingly utilizing contrasting elements purposefully (the cross in the middle).

>>23366307
you don't need pipettes for brush painting. get a wet palette and not a dry one.

You want multiple brush sizes, because you want to paint with a brush no smaller than around a third of the width of the surface you're painting, and you want to paint layers perpendicular to each other to hide brush strokes. Too large of a brush and you start to lose control of the paint, too small and you make a ton of passes that just leads to more fuckups like clumping. For gunpla you won't need the super duper ultra precision brushes minipainters sometimes use, but you'll want a pretty fine one for eyes and some vernier.

>>23366307
Three Brushes. A really tiny one for details, A large one for big surfaces, and a medium one for everything in between. A wet palette is recommended but you can get away with a sheet of cardboard. For paints I prefer vallejo air because they come pre-thinned for airbrush use, but I find that you still need to thin them with airbrush thinner and retarder for airbrushing, which puts them at the ideal handpainting viscosity. If you decide to forgo the wet palette, use a retarder, both to thin them for light layer application and to slow their drying.
The paints I'm using come with a dropper on each bottle, and even for those that don't I just scoop from the can with a brush or a wooden stick. Pipettes are a meme.

>>23366288
They're really thin and like to break. They're the old kind. I strongly suggest just buying some waterslides.
Pic related. I have built this kit twice and the decals were ass on both.

>>23366314
What was the reaction of the usual gundam designers when syd mead was brought in? Since it seems like Japanese people hated that the gundam was made by an American. I’ve seen some of their redesigns of it and ngl most of them are ass

>>23365763
Jegan Enjoyers see no issue with this

>>23366338
only #3 understands the vision. the rest is pretty bad ngl

>>23366338
I mean that Nagano one is beautiful but it doesn't really look like a Gundam anymore. Could have worked great for an enemy suit though.

>>233663384
>3
Damn. That's interesting. Head needs a tiny bit of refinement but the rest is nice. Though once again I have seen this somewhere before.

>>23366345
>>23366338
Quote meant for you, don't even know what I did.

>>23366345
Looks like an AoZ design

>>23366316
>>23366317
I was watching some video where dude was painting with tamiya paints which are in jars and needed pipettes but now I see vallejo can be just squirted out easily
is homemade wet palette made from plastic container, kitchen towels and baking paper good enough?

Hishashi Hirai interpretation of Turn A Gundam

>>23366349
It's fine to start but you'll appreciate a proper wet palette for what, 15, 20 bucks? in the longrun.

>>23366353
I can't really tell because there are three people in front of the robot.

Kit when

>>23366364
What is this from

>>23366357
Yeah because Gundam is actually about the people not the robots, don't you get it?

>>23365418
9

>>23366383
Faggot

>>23366353
>Hirai
I like how one of the worst character designers in anime history took the work of one of the best character designers in anime history and just rubbed his poopy butt smears all over it.

>>23366364
proto gcucks

>>23366338
>>23366343

The Nagano one looks great but yeah it's pretty much just a Turn-A themed MortarHeadd

Why did the Michaelis flop? I don't see anything wrong with the design.

Muh Narrative

Is there any luck of the regular Kisaragi Honey version of this still coming out? Or is it just the Cutie Honey version from plamatea so far?

>>23366409
japs didnt like the pilot
westerners failed to go "wow its a hecking reference to universal centurino gyan" thus it was invisible

>>23365418
Decals are mostly done for the Nightingale, starting to topcoat parts.

>>23366409
lance stuck in pbandai hell, most grassley suits are very similar (if you want an ace suit, just get the beguir beu), and shaddiq was a flop character.

>>23366106
Bad case of zeek thumb.

>>23366106
proficiency with gardening

Why is the 1990s considered the dark age of gunpla?

>>23366438
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Decades

I wanna have sex with Hajime Katoki.

>>23366438
what kind of faggots are saying that? the 2020s are probably more of a dark age of gunpla. we've had so little mgs...

mg is barely gunpla

>>23366438
I thought it was a pretty good decade. The MG line begins, the F91 kits were great, Bandai's experimenting with HGs. The only really dodgy bits were the 0083 and LM ranges

Is there a "unified catalog" for all 3rd party aftermarket parts when it comes to Gunpla? It's kind of frustrating to have to go from webstore to webstore, typing in different combinations of keywords to see if they have something that another one doesn't, or discovering months later that the particular fix/add-on that you thought didn't exist does in fact exist.

>>23365852
gqx Gyan has really awful proportions. I'm assuming people only hyped it up because it wasn't a complete abomination like the Gelgoog.

>>23366457
That's because they decided to start building a factory in the middle of the Wu-Flu. Now that the factory is open we're just now starting to see reprints of MG kits that haven't been in circulation since 2018-2020

>>23366484
Third party parts are made by 50 different producers so no.

>>23366485
How about actually explaining what is wrong with it cause all I hear is
>abomination abomination abomination
Without argument when the designs come up.

what i was most hyped about was tariffs on burgers but did that even do anything yet

>>23366314
>Haha funny mustache
>Haha funny dick joke
I glad this abomination flopped.

>>23366495
autists get mad because it's called a gelgoog but looks like a gm

>>23366500
>looks like a gm
More like Asshimar on ozempic.

I'm starting to suspect buying a vise would be a decent investment

>>23366513
gotta respect the steps in this hobby, no vise if you're not already painting your nails

>>23366513
Consider that plastic crack is already a vice.

>>23366345
design comes from the doujinshi called Hige Fix, it was an anthology of designs inspired I think directly by Mead. That design was done by CHOCO, which worked on Xenosaga and also deisgned the Monolith Soft logo. >>23366364 also comes from it.

>>23366526
imagine saying this to a girl

>>23366540
imagine a girl saying that to you

>>23365737
Thanks

>>23366498
>dick joke
That's your ilk that makes dick jokes, see: Woundwort. The moustache is just a fantastic alternative take on the V Fin. You have shit taste either way.

>>23365962
Looks better when it doesnt have that Juggernaut helmet over the head

>>23366008
No one over the age of 12 says this.

>>23366556
>see: Woundwort
He doesn't know

>>23366579
Dude have you not been reading the past few threads? There are snapbabies in this general who unironically think bandai's shitty dollar store action figure tier models are better than artpla/plamatea kits just because they're cheaper and can pose. Gunpla is a fucking joke of a hobby

https://x.com/bokasa79/status/1941041327816560662

>>23366593
What i like about Bandai is how they have successfully gaslit bunch of retards into believing that slightly niche designs should belong to "Premium Bandai" and "Color separation is important for modeling". They do have their value as cheap kitbashing parts, but that's about it.

>>23366579
I am in my 30s and I say that

>>23366622
God it's so fucking sex

>>23366622
I want an MG of the left but with the right's head.

>>23366622
I love both of them.

>>23366599
>gaslit bunch of retards into believing that slightly niche designs should belong to "Premium Bandai"
literally nobody believes that
you are delusional and making shit up

>>23366638
You are a retard

>>23366412
Poormans Unicorn base body is finally complete
I got a bazooka from the hi nu I want to equip it with besides the usual rifle and shield thing

>>23366648
Damn captcha

>>23366641
TLDR?

>>23366641
Learn to fucking read you absolute dumbass

>>23366653
Kind of like it though maybe you should have put red on the left (his left) skirt to break up the green a bit more.

>>23366658
No.

>>23366658
Learn how not to be a faggot

>>23366691
whoops meant to link
>>23366599

>>23366353
loran..

>>23365763

Yknow, I find weird they never announced a an SD GQuuuuuuX. Not even EX standard and they always make those (despite SDCS being better).

Dunno, is just odd to me they never did during the show's duration.

>>23366747
I just think they look cool with SD proportions. I think it works well for them.

>>23366756

Ok if they’re having a second factory when are they gonna start making new gundams instead of just reprinting shi

Do Vallejo airbrush ready paints handbrush ok?

>>23366758
Hahahaha. Pay up for premium or you get nothing.

>>23366756
it'd be really cool if the made a SD gqx gundam and made his big bobble head to the turret style rotation

>>23366758
>making new gundams
they dont do that
>reprinting shit
they don't do that either

I just realized that the hg light guncannon is different from an actual guncannon and basically just kitbashes gundam arms and legs onto the guncannon torso

>>23366790
They needed to mass produce something and all they had left was the Guncannon and 01 Gundam data. So they cheapen the Guncannon frame and still make it capable of close combat with lighter legs and beam saber. (+Hammer)

>>23366622
surely HGUC Mk-V soon now that we have every single possible derivative of the Doven Wolf

>>23366808
Hg fans are wanting hg mk v. Mg fans are wanting mg doven woof

>>23366814
I honestly wouldn't mind a MG Silver Bullet too to be honest. Bet it would look great alongside my Mk-V

>>23366814
MG fan here actually I want the Mark IV

>>23366816
Never gonna happen. MG is basically dead and there is no chance of a largeish suit that isn't even an MC suit.

>>23366816
It’s kind of enraging that it would be so easy for Bandai to make these using mk v runners but they don’t. I think they were planning to reuse them at some point based on the text on the runners

>>23366763
I would like that, I always enjoyed that move. And the 01 Gundam fight is still one of my favs from the show.

>>23366822
That F90 thing releasing as MG doesn't make any sense.

>>23366758
Joke's on you, the second factory is going to be used solely for printing 30 Minute Missions, Kyokai Senki, Gundam SEED and dinosaur kits.

>>23366845
Nothing bad then

https://x.com/CFasJpf4REJ37ba/status/1941234615668310215

Why the hell are the Bandai AC models under the 30MM line when they have like 1 hard point

>>23366822
I will laugh when the inevitable MG NU Ver Ka Side F releases

>>23366860
Because they are machines meant to be mix n matched, customized, easy to build and can use the same accessories as literally every kit ever.

How come the good shows don’t have a lot of gunpla but the bad shows do?

Ok, tried my best to clean up the paint overspills, and gave her a wash plus matte varnish. Now I can say that I'm officially done with the RG Amatsu Mina. Now I just need to fucking loosen up the two leg joints that got stuck in place

>>23366907
A question as old as time itself.

just learned MGK hasn't posted in awhile because his dog passed away, doesn't he know him posting the second part to the red gundam review and him telling us what tier it is is more important than him mourning his dog????

>>23366747
>>23366756
I really hope one of these get the MGSD treatment, I too very much enjoy the SD proportions

Vros the five slop stories have been licensed for a new English release.

>>23366845
If the 30mm kits were a little cheaper ($10-15) than I would be 100% ok with that. I wish they would make the kits cheaper so that I could justify buying the customization parts. Right now, if I am going to spend ~$30 bucks I may as well buy a cheap MG or a nicer HG Gundam kit.

>>23366926
By an infamously bad publisher who's probably MTLing their releases
This series is cursed

>>23366925
I love MGSD, still looking if I can get the Barbatos or Aerial ones. Right now the top of my whishlist is MGSD Calamity.

>>23366758
Gotta fulfill the backlog of orders from retail first.

>>23366920
that's a cover story he said he wanted to paint ir a bit for part 2 and that gives him hemorrhoids

>>23366808
I don't know man, people decades ago probably thought the same thing when the HG Ex-S Gundam was still new

>>23366961
Can confirm, this is what I thought decades ago when we got the hg ex s

>someone let NAOKI get near a PGU Gundam

>>23366961
I was actually thinking we would get a FAZZ using the HGUC ZZ kit. Especially since they could sell ZZ and Sentinel versions. And that still hasnt happened.

>>23366814
>>23366816

Sometimes I think the reason they don't do MGs and HGs of certain kits like the Mk. V and Doven Wolf is because then it would force their hand and they would have to eventually create the associated MS based on those designs

Less work so they can do P-Bandai slop and reprint awful kits from 1999

Nouvel GM III kit when

>>23366997
>Getting an HG Fazz

Why would they even make one?

How long til they reprint the Red Gundam again.

>>23365758
these guys designing this stuff have been at this niche for years how are the modern designs so fucking bad in shows compared to the older ones? there is an abundance of inspiration online to borrow from and refine to make things that look good. what is up with this trend of making everything ugly and weird for the sake of it?

>>23365852
new virgin vs chad meme just dropped

>>23365875
if your parents are still alive you gotta do something to make them proud while you still have the chance anon. doesnt need to be anything huge. just something. when they are gone you can go full lazy mode if you want. at least scrap the money together to surprise them for them to go on a vacation or something.

>>23367042
why not? It's cool :)

No I will not clean up my nub marks. I just won't!

>>23367066

>>23365758

>>23367061
Explain whats so bad about it if you think you know more whats good then,.

>>23367084
that post has like 10 comments on it complaining about it. if you have been here the last few weeks you have seen enough people already explain and talk about it.

I got the Dragon, Rose and Maxter gundams but I'm scared to try them because they are limited edition kits and I'm worried about not knowing how to properly remove the nub marks, I bought a multti surface nail file and tried a kit with that but the white marks would just not go away

>>23367089
None of them exaplaing anything beyond saying abomination, abomination, abomination without ever elavorating on WHY.
The same goes for any other design from the show when they are not that bad people being just austhistically harsh for the sake of it. And never see a WHY is that so.

>>23367093
They won't ever fully go away unless you paint

>>23367093
Learn to paint for once in your life

>>23367093
The white marks are stress marks that go into the plastic, they wont be sanded off. You can either use a very sharp blade very carefully so they don't form, or, just rub into the surface with your thumbnail. It massage the stress marks out.
It sounds like some headlighter fluid bullshit but it works.

>>23366997
If they were going to make a HGUC FAZZ, it would have to be from near-scratch, instead of using the HGUC ZZ as a base. Not only is armor purge impractical at the 1/144 scale without turning it into a RG, but the HGUC ZZ is very dated as it is. They would have to make a HGUC ZZ Revive first, and then plan the runners out to share parts between it and a HGUC FAZZ, while maybe also planning out a HGUC Enhanced ZZ and Full Armor ZZ, one or both of which would be P-Bandai.

>>23367100
from the get go i would say it has the problem of not looking like its from this franchise at all. thats always going to bother people to some degree. it also just seems like a strict downgrade. it looks fragile. it looks weird. it looks like its not even the same suit and if it didnt have the same color scheme i dont think people would know. it looks like if you took the GM cannon and said i want it to be an evangelion robot. thats really what it looks like. like many of the designs from this show it has weird out of place shit on it like the weird fuel cannister looking things on the chest. the ball on its chest which i assume is some kid of camera or something. the weird fish gil vents on the thighs look like something from guyver. im gonna be honest this thing could have solved 2 problems at once by just veing some kind of evangelion rebuild design. it doesnt belong in gundam and it looks better than much of the weird abominations in that show. with a handful of small changes it essentially would just be another eva design. the only use i would have for this would be to paint it and kitbash it into something else. i do not want a weird fucked up guncannon. even as a gift i would not want this on my shelf. but with some creativity and a lot of work it would simply look better as some kind of evangelion OC.

>>23365875
Which girlpla is this? I wanna build her

>>23367100
NTA but it doesn't really matter and nothing will come of it because anons treat design discussions like a pissing match. I talked about what I liked and disliked about gqx a few threads back and got only got a single dismissive reply for even acknowledging that there are some interesting aspects to the design

>couldnt find a 30MS Shuremi at AX
THIS SUCKS

>>23367093
I feel ya. I went to Japan last summer and the Side-F Nu, gouf flight type and Gundam base RX-78 haunt me like the goddamn green goblin mask.

>>23366307
>palette
use a roll of wax paper
>pipettes
you don't need then
>brushes
arts and craft brushes are fine for getting started

>>23365418
Guntank. Straight snap built and topcoated.

>>23367081
Huh. It doesn't look so bad

>>23367138
Nice.

>>23367140
It looks just like the Guncannon pre mass production.

How do you guys pin more accurately? Sometimes there's the luxury of drilling through two parts and just sliding the rod into the hole, but what if its two flats that need to press against each other?

>>23367178
If it's not a joint you cant just cement it

Head transplant...successful.

>>23367042
Because they would need to make like two new runners and could sell it at a mark up.

>>23366498
>flopped
Isn't Turn-A constantly regarded as the best non UC besides 00

>>23367066
How are your nubs even that unclean?
Are your nippers safety scissors or something?

>>23367200
i use my teeth

>>23367185
Is that the head of the 1.0 on the 2.0?

>>23367204
please sand your teeth into fine, even blades, it's the least you could do for that poor model kit

since pride ended people have been looking back and realized most companies didnt even change their banners this year, but r/gunpla has had this for awhile now, seriously who the fuck controls the subreddit that they are still doing this, makes it look like this hobby is a fucking joke

>>23367228
That's what you get for using reddit

>>23366438
I think a lot of that had to do with Gundam Wing.
Wing began airing in japan in 1995, but it did not explode in popularity in the USA until the first showings on the Cartoon Network, which was in the year 2000. Before Wing, stores in america did not really carry Gundam kits. Gundam was really a japan only thing during the 90s. People going online started finding out about it a little more during the 90s when everyone started going online, but Gundam was still pretty small in popularity during the 90s, and it was hard to see 90s Gundam like 0083, F91 or G Gundam unless you were a serious otaku that was buying VHS tapes of those shows at anime conventions.

When Gundam Wing started airing in 2000 on the Cartoon Network, suddenly everyone started getting into Gundam. I can remember seeing women buying Gunpla because of Wing. It was crazy.

I kinda want this kit bros...

>>23367230
>>23367228
I'm a fat illiterate cock gobbler tranny from israel, these are all me btw

>>23367178
I draw lines over the line where the 2 parts meet, then on the surface to be joined, I connect those lines, where they cross is where i drill for pin holes

>>23367228
People have to be posting this on purpose to get (You)s I think.

>>23367228
troons being jobless means they are permanently online so they get picked up for being mods everywhere

Well, the bootlegs for Nobel and Bouncing Bimbo Booby Berserker Nobel showed up today

I'm a gcucks critic and I'm thinking sex with this one.

>>23367289
Scratch build the vfin and it's cinema

>>23367289
How do you guys have it already, this is bullshit man...

>>23367294
>Scratch build
more like just cement the fins into the head crest

>>23367289
how the fuck do these people do full paint jobs and cant even do the fundamentals

>>23367299
gunpla is freedom

>>23367297
Well I think the gqx unit 1 vfin looks a bit skinnier than the unit 2, plus the angle looks more acute.

>planning to buy a MG FAZZ to do The Funny
>but there are no waterslide options to make a faithful recreation
>no combination of waterslides to do it either, whether included or third party
>only remaining option is to buy individual lettering, pray it's the right size, and stitch it together

You would think that somewhere out in the world there would be some custom waterslides for the FA-010S, but nope. Gotta make it yourself apparently.

>>23367313
This is all because of ZZ skippers.

>>23367066
Wait, I have that kit, come on anon, she deserves better than that.

>>23367299
You can tell this guy used double edged nippers.

>Peak AoZ slop.

I dont own any gigantic arm kit, is it really this huge?

>>23367228
Reddit is controlled by like a handful of turbo leftists, just like /gpg/ is controlled by nailpainters and snapshitters.

1/100 Masurao by chinks.

>>23367366
I think it's more that Psycho is just way too small.

>>23367366
There is something off about this image, this is heavily photoshopped isn't it?

>>23367299
Theres a reason why everyone laughs at us
The culture in gunpla doesn't promote fundamentals, thats why you have people who can shit out perfectly smooth flat paintjobs but can't do the basics that even shitters in traditional or mini scenes can perform like drill out holes or cleaning up mold lines or even doing ejection pin marks (I've only seen like 3 people who bothers with them in my 6+ years in this side of the hobby) .
And when you do point them out you'll get thrown the same old excuse of "gunpla is freedom" "umm its not ur kit"

>>23367228
at least this year we didn't get a bunch of gunpla in tranny paint jobs

>>23367397
you weren't here a few months back when there was a literal new tranny paintjob straight from 'eddit being reposted here every day for about a week straight

>>23367388
>doing ejection pin marks
How often do you still encounter pin marks in visible locations

one anon was asking for this yesterday
https://x.com/gdam429mk2/status/1941371163839692963

Why do all the new Eva gundams have such hideous gaps between the legs and waist

>>23367445
Because they're eva gundams

Any good reason why Bandai refuses to reprint P-Bandai SDs?

>>23367439
That seamline is atrocious.

HGGQ Okawara Gundam
HGGQ Dunbine Hyper Mode Gundam

>>23367388
It is not that hard to get a smooth paintjob. Both airbrush and rattlecan will do that for you. What i find concerning about gunpla modeling in general is the lack of personality. All of gunpla builds are just the same old clean stuff with some pla plates pasted on, some new panel lines and that's it. Basically everyone wants to be Ebikawa/Yanase and it has become super boring.

The backpacks of the gcucks gundams are planes

https://x.com/UNOYO/status/1941433087885443497

>>23367382
Not sure, I just screenshotted it from a post. I think its because of the small Psycho Gundam that makes it look off.

>>23367464
Well yeah that's the current aesthetic of Gundam
I'm not sure why this would come as a surprise to anyone
Plus there's still people trying to emulate the old anime style or MSV lineart
Are you just mad there aren't more Kondo fags or something?

>>23367461
>Dunbine Hyper Mode Gundam
This guy would be PG size at least

>>23367111
sousai shoujo teien seira ichijo summer clothes

>>23367491
>Plus there's still people trying to emulate the old anime style or MSV lineart
And more lies you tell to yourself

>>23367498
The idea of imitating 2D painting on a 3D object is also just not as common in gunpla or scale modeling in general as it is in miniature painting. There's a reason why weathering is considered the only real creative step in the modeling process by most modelers, and since doing extensive weathering on small scale anime robots is rather difficult...
So rather than the paintjob, most self expression in Gunpla comes from customizing proportions and detailing. It's just the natural conclusion.

That's a lot of stickers

>>23367178
Make the hole bigger than the pin, than fill the hole with superglue or epoxy putty. It will cure around the pin.

>>23367511
But you're right that Gunpla has become more "finishing" than modeling, processing the model in such a way that it enhances the existing features of the kit, rather than using it as a canvas for your own creativity. I personally don't mind that that much, but to each their own.

>>23367511
>doing extensive weathering on small scale anime robots is rather difficult...
It isn't. Gunpla in general is not smaller than the average 1/35 tanks.

>>23367522
A 1/35 tank is weathered in 1/35 scale. A 1/144 robot is weathered in 1/144 scale. The size of the kit is not the issue.

Is glosscoat enough to protect a paint job?
I'm painting a batch, and I want to add other matching kits into the workflow. I plan to put them back in storage and come back to them a 6ish months later to do the decal/weathering before doing the matte coat.

>>23367528
Yes, just give it a generous enough amount, and make sure to let it cure properly before storing the parts away

>>23367459
which one

>>23367382
>>23367366
>There is something off about this image
That's not the HG Psycho Mk II

>>23367525
Anon you are sperging some pretentious shit. Most of ms are supposed to be around 18 meters tall, that's why they have such scaling like 1/144 and 1/100. Fucking giant robots. How tall is a tank, huh?

>>23367540
Dirt and paint chips on a 1/144 robot won't look the same as on a 1/35 tank. I don't think you actually understand the concept of scale.

I am not skilled enough for this and this kit is wasted on me. I am having an amazing time snap building this absolute work of art, but I also feel like I am commiting a terrible sin.

>>23367540
nayrt, but the point is when you scale down the model, you have to scale down the weathering to match. Picrel are 1/144 scale tanks for reference, you can see just how small and fine the stuff like chipping has been kept to make it look right

>>23367431
very often on shields and backskirts or insides of shoulders.

>>23367543
>Dirt and paint chips on a 1/144 robot won't look the same as on a 1/35 tank.
The fuck are you on about? Weathering is weathering, you make the kit looks old, rusty and beaten up. Literally painting, if you do it poorly then it looks bad, there is "scaling" for fucking dirt particles on a panel.

>>23367534
i think hes talking about the one on the gun and I agree with him. Its not visible in the line art and now theres a giant gap running down the middle which will be an absolute bitch to clean up properly with that deep channel and tight areas.

>>23367549
Hence why I said visible locations

>>23367228
Have you seen the welding one?

>>23367551
Thank you for confirming you have no clue what you're talking about
Weathering a 1/144 robot like a 1/35 model is how you make your giant robot look like a human sized suit of powered armor

>>23367554
i can see this clearly when im looking up close don't tell me you're the sort of fag who doesn't remove the ejection marks from landing gear bas or insides of intakes

>>23367081
We can save money from these stupid retards with this one simple trick

>>23367081
I like it

>>23367558
>Weathering a 1/144 robot like a 1/35 model
Again, did you put a 1/35 tank and a 1/144 gunpla together side by side? Or are you trying to make shits now?

>there are actual ESLs in this thread who don't understand that weathering needs to match the scale of the model
This hobby is dead

wtf they're just putting balls on shit for no reason

>>23367578
Been like that for years, though I don't know if they're ESL and it's not just here. Far too many people don't understand scale in scale model.

>>23367586
Has there ever been a ship that doesn't blow up with one hit? Ships like the Argama, Archangel and etc doesn't count. For being valuable carriers, they sure as hell are glass canons.

>>23367558
Scaling in modelkit production is technically down sizing. In spite of having different scale, 1/35 tank and 1/144 gunpla have similar respective length and volume. They provide similar level of challenge in modeling, though it is not an objective fact, weathering for gunpla can sometimes easier due to 1: It is a science fiction design not based on real world machines, modelers can have alot of freedom in decoration, kitbashing and weathering and 2: Gunpla models don't have many small and fragile details and structure compares to 1/35 tank models due to advance and modern engineering, injection molding technology, making the weathering process to be rather easy.

Beep bop...

>>23367578
>there are actual ESLs in this thread
im whiter than you rameriez/muhammad/ranjeet

>Looks like the longsnapper retard found another bait topic.

Tbh I don't like weathering unless I'm doing a diorama. I want my robot toys to look clean like they just came off from the production line.

>>23367590
That's just future warfare, weapons have become that powerful. That's why in CCA Hathway was given a will to write/sign before the battle commenced as you are presumed dead already.

>>23367589
What about non scale? Do i need to give them "non scale weathering", too?

New chinkino bootleg from a brand quite literally called "Chang Long".

>>23367598
Figure out what's appropriate based on their size and existing details?

>>23367548
>the point is when you scale down the model, you have to scale down the weathering to match.
?

>>23367600
>xing dong
>chang long

>>23367601
That's what i have been saying, you fucking faggot. Weathering has no "scale", you paint the weathering around their respective size.

>>23367607
>Making the bullet holes on the Sazabi larger because it's a larger robot
I think what you're saying is wrong.

>>23367605
>Xun Xin
>Cang Dao
>Gao Gao
At this point, i expect "Ching Chong" to be an actual studio name.

>>23367605
>Hey anon that's a very cool looking kit, what's it called?
>INFINITY HEAVEN HELL THERMONUCLEAR ETERNAL LONGSWORD.

I always laugh at the ridiculous names of these kits.

>>23367600
Is it another fake real grade? I hope its not an upscale. I've never tried painting an RG before, and a bootleg would make for nice practice for cheap.

>>23367610
>Holes larger because it's a larger robot
Unironically yes.

Ummm...you're Chinese.

>>23367619
We need to utilize this technology. Imagine an Ar15 whose bullets grow in size mid flight because you're shooting at a tank.

>>23367613
Oh, they are usually the literall translation of the Chinese nickname, which most of these kits had their ideas based on Wuxia novels.
For Chinese tokusatsu, the original Chinese name of Armor Hero franchise is actually " Brave Armored Warrior: Legend of Light and Shadow ".

>>23367594
>"white"

>>23367613
>>23367624
Chinese also doesn't have an alternative lettering system for foreign words or made up proper nouns like Japanese does so this is literally the only way they can name things

>>23367623
I get it, you are a baby and thinks weathering on a 1/144 robot is too hard. But thinking the bullet don't cause any sort of impact on the target is abit too stupid, anon. Not to mention explosive rounds.

>>23367629
What the fuck are you yapping about you blithering retard? Also what does "passing through the body" have to do with shooting giant metal robots?

>>23367623
>grow in size mid flight

is it possible to repair the soft plastic part of the advanced MS joint found on RG kits?

>Painted the kit
>Did weathering
>Realized that the kit is nonscale and i didn't apply the correct nonscale weathering

>>23367640
They were designed to be unbreakable. But if you somehow cut them off then there is no saving for that. If you are asking about the floppiness then just paint the frame.

>>23367648
I managed to break one of the joints in an attempt to loosen it out of the socket since it got stuck in place. So I guess I'll just have to buy butcher part? Will CA glue hold it or is that not gonna work either?

>polypropylene glue
ok, I'll give this a shot

Say Char, I hear you like ‘em young

>>23367675
All the extra details does a great job of ruining the rx-78-2.

>>23367646
>He didn't make sure the bullet holes were accurate to the zaku's 120 mm machinegun
Embarassing

>>23367646
Lets see it

There's no real chance that the usa tour pop up shops have the piss colored eg nu, right? That's really the only gundam base/side f/whatever limited item that I'm interested in off the top of my head.

You fags joked about testicles on Gyan's lance and i can't unsee them now.


https://x.com/vxseriouse/status/1941481215607046334

>>23367675
>accidentally turns on beam saber

>>23367694
Why don’t you just get an eg nu for like 7 dollars and paint it piss colored?

>>23365766
I've been saying this for months.
On a related note, how hard do you think it'd be to make skirts for some of the GQX kits? Gundam and Guncannon I see being relatively simple, but Zaku ain't happening with those massive thighs

>>23367602
What the actual fuck is this pic supposed to have to do with the preceding chain of replies, which make repeated reference to 1/35 and 1/144 scales?

>>23367586
>>23367695
It's a lot easier to imagine what balls on a spaceship might be for than balls on a lance

>>23367727
>than balls on a lance
Storing the pee, duh

>finally managed to get one online
god I can't wait to build this thing

>>23366599
>"hey retailers, we have this new kit to sell you"
>"cool what is it?"
>"well...it's the same kit that you already have on your shelves, but it's green now, and has a different gun and backpack."
>"uh...no thank you."

P-Bandai serves a valuable role in getting people kits that interest them without clogging up stores with niche that they know wont appeal to everyone.


Does anybody have any opinions on the MG Altron? P-Bandai has it up for preorder.

>It's the same kit but clear
>I'll take 1,000

>>23367733
>"well...it's the same kit that you already have on your shelves, but it's green now, and has a different gun and backpack.
Yeah, you definitely couldn't get away with doing that at retail

>It's the same kit but the pilot figure is different.

>>23367744
People like zakus a lot though

>>23367744
Ignoring the fact that entire top row was released before P-Bandai was even a thing, plain-ass Zaku IIs and Char's Zaku II will always sell like hot cakes.

>>23367733
Brother in christ, the world of modelkits is not all about mega popular FOTM robots. They are for modeling hobby, alot of things out there that have no fans whatsoevere but still sell because the buyers have alternative purposes other than just braindead fanboy buying. This has become such a deadly syndrome of model kit business, trying to sell the modelkits as if they are waifu figurines. Kyokai Senki made the same mistake and became a flop not because they are niche, but because Bandai kept pushing it to be the latest FOTM toys with backstory, anime and everything. And people got so sick of them.

>>23367749
>>23367751

>>23367751
Majority of mainline retail have been recolors back to back, with some new parts to hide the fact.

>>23367755
These are largely just recolors of protagonist suits. The rick rom just has a different bazooka and bigger verniers.
Every one of these kits is also older than p-bandai.

>>23367755
>Mk-II
Bitches love Titans colors, and both versions of the Mk II have always been regular release since the end of time
>F91s
Harrison's F91 released literally the same month as the regular F91, and again, a release before P-Bandai really took off
>Blue Destinies
Actually popular in Japan, and the fact your dumb ass is including the Ground Gundam there just tells me you're going for "This kit released right after this kit that looks the same!"
>Doms
OYW Bias, again people love Zakus/Doms/GMs so any plain ass version of those suits will be a regular release.

>>23367761
>OYW Bias
Except for the Zaku 1....

>>23367761
It's actually funny since the blue f91 2.0 is a pbandai release.

>>23367760
>Every one of these kits is also older than p-bandai.
P-Ban specifically launched in, what, 2012? While webstore-exclusives more broadly go back to 2009. The oldest of those kits are the HGUC F91s, from 2013. The HG Mk-II Revives were 2015, the HG BDs/Ground Type Revives were 2017-18, the MG 1.5 Doms were 2022
>The rick rom just has a different bazooka and bigger verniers.
Yeah, the same kit with a couple of new sprues thrown in. Obvious P-Bandai fodder, no?
>>23367761
>OBVIOUSLY, retailers aren't going to clog their stores with this stuff!
>Well, OBVIOUSLY this, this, and that don't count because-

>>23367760
And that just prooves that Pbandai is such an unecessary gimmick and should be removed. Also, i don't think there are that much people who give a shit about stuff like Maschinen Krieger or random WW1 tanks beside hardcore enthusiasts.

P bandai is necessary to make poors and fotm consoomers seethe

>>23367769
It proves that you don't understand that retail stores have limited space and can't stock that many niche variants of less popular suits. It's insane that you're using protagonist gundam variations and one year war kits from 1999 as evidence.

>>23367772
>retail stores have limited space and can't stock that many niche variants of less popular suits.
The retail store is just a medium, anon. The actual stock lies at their main warehouses.

>>23367775
Room temperature iq take, but not something unexpected from this general

>>23367775
And where do they have to put it to actually sell it after removing it from their infinite warehouse space?

well fuck... guess I was seconds too late when I preordered the gwucks-cannon kit on HLJ when it initially went up for preorders.
I swear to Plamor, even with the second factory eventually going into full production mode, it's not gonna fix the shortage of gunpla outside of Japan, if anything, probably just make it so fellow nippongos don't have to wait in line for new kits cause retail stores in Japan will have enough stock for people day 1 thanks to the second factory producing more ONLY for Japan, probably enough so that even little Takeshi can bulk buy 10 kits of the latest hottest HG on release day just so he can make a goofy human centipede custom kitbash and post it on twitter for likes.

>>23367775
Not every store has a warehouse full of stock. Also the whole bandai just giving you whatever the hell they want to give you thing and telling you to deal with it.

>>23367779
the second factory is a meme by trolls and bandai apologists.

>>23367782
You can currently schedule a tour of the place.

>>23367779
>HLJ
There is literally no point in ordering Bandai kits from them.

>>23367785
Not if you’re a foreigner

>>23367785
I don't mean that it doesn't exist. I mean that it won't have any positive effect on what anon wants.

>>23367754
you're not wrong, but for stores that is difficult. if you ask them to spend (making up random numbers here to explain my point) 20 dollars on a case of 4 MG kits and each mg can sell for 65 dollars then they are stuck with all that stuff on their shelves until they can maybe make 15 dollars per unit. It just isn't feasible with all the niche stuff and with bandais production schedule it isn't feasible to produce a bunch of niche kits that might sit unordered at their warehouses.

Like people won't be lining up to buy the latest Zaku Phantom or a Tallgeese with angel wings but there are enough people out there to probably justify doing a limited run of it.

In this way everybody wins, you get the things that interest you, Bandai is able to manufacture what interests you, and retailers don't have to deal with a billion different SKUs warming their shelves.

>>23367791
I agree but only because that would hinge on him actually wanting to build anything.

>>23367787
yeah but no other place in Japan is letting baka gaijin order bandai kits online. I don't feel like waiting 5 months for a shipment of 5 new kits to arrive at my local shop that might sell out before I realize it.

>>23367777
>their infinite warehouse space
Do you have any ideas how big of a business warehouse is? And let's assume retail stores have to keep the stock in their shitty room, even a medium sized room can store shitload of boxes.

>>23367796
Why are you basing your entire argument off of every store being hobby lobby or target? one of the stores in the north east I'm pretty certain has to store their product in their literal home garage.

>>23367796
Any store with a warehouse that size has a ton of locations all being stocked from it. Your average hobby store does not have this.

>>23367793
You shouldn't forget that any retail releases of FOTM can end up as flops. Alot of instances it just happens when turned out, the popularity was caused by bunch of vocal retards who don't actually buy.
>retailers don't have to deal with a billion different SKUs warming their shelves.
They always have, this can apply to P-Bandai imports, too. Which could have been avoided if the gatekeeping and inflated pricetag weren't there. Flops normally get heavy discounts to purge them away from the storage. And sometimes sudden surge of interest in specific niche kits can generate profits, too.

>Has enough storage space to containing fucking noodles and anime boy figurine
>But slightly niche Zaku and Kamen Rider's final form is too much

>>23367800
It wasn't the problem before. Why is it a problem now? If you want to defend Piss-Bandai like an absolute moron, just do it sincerely. Don't try to make sense out of it.

>>23367811
They could have used this space to stock 100 preproduction lfriths. Shameful.

>>23367811
Those noodles sell.

>>23367814
Do people use them as pranks?

>>23367812
There wasn't so many niche kits before. P-bandai fills the demand for those in the smaller quantities their production requires.

>>23367811
Should I buy the Cup Noodle kit?

>>23367816
>There wasn't so many niche kits before

>>23367826
b-club wasn't retail

>>23367826
These b club kits never made it west did they?

>>23367830
He's using B club to cry about a much easier way to get niche model kits. If he's upset about having to buy them online, imagine the shitfit he'd have thrown over having to order something made in even more limited numbers from a magazine.

>>23367830
Because the division itself got shutdown by Bandai. B-Club originally was a business tactic to liscence the amature, scratch built modelkits into retail, targeting a more niche target audiences ( adults and boomers ). Keep in mind that they were not some sort of "super limited goods" in their prime. Bandai simply stopped the business completely, making the remaining copies of the kit to be super rare.

>>23367850
p-bandai is just a modern version of this through a website instead of a magazine.

>>23367829
Retail magazine. Retail box. Simple as. What else could they be back then?

>>23367815
People just like the novelty. Last year, my local brick and mortar had like a half-dozen of them on the shelf, and they all sold within one or two months.

>>23367856
p-bandai is a digital retail release. What's the problem?

>>23367856
>Retail magazine. Retail box. Simple as.
Except they weren't sold and distributed to retailers.

>>23367854
I would rather have magazines. Also, P-Bandai kits aren't made by some autistic Japanese in his basement. They deliver nothing new to the table.

>>23367866
So you'd rather have to send money in the mail to get something made in even smaller quantities than be able to just order it online? Are you fucking retarded?

>>23367866
>I would rather have magazines
ultimate contrarian mode

>>23367865
No web exclusive, no internet. It is retail regardless of who was the distributor.

>>23367850
bclub wasn't limited?

>>23367870
>send money in the mail to get something
You don't buy stuff like that nowadays? I do.

>I'm mad that my local hobby store doesn't have every niche model kit ever made so I am demanding that niche releases be even more obscure and limited.

>>23367876
>It is retail regardless of who was the distributor
It's a retail release if retailers are able to order it wholesale to sell in their own store. It's not being on the internet that magically makes it not-retail, it's that it's only available direct from the manufacturer

Is there a place that has a list of all model kits released, even if they are discontinued because I could've swore there was a kit released of Neith from ZOE but current day search engines are not helping me.

>>23367878
They were sold from Bandai's partner shops. Hypothetically, if you were a Japanese, you can visit them and buy them in a retail to customer way. You can say they were "limited products" in an oldschool fashion, as in limited in specific retail stores, not in the same vein as the modern "Bandai's web shop only" like P-Bandai.

i established a handwritten correspondance with katoki himself to get into the hobby you fucking secondaries

>>23367896
Stores in japan often stock p-bandai releases. You're retarded.

>finish spraying
>clean airbrush
>leave it be for a little white, around 3 wks
>come back
>spray
>doesn't spray properly
>clean airbrush again
>sprays fine

>>23367905
Sounds like it needed lubricant.

P-Bandai can do this, P-Bandai can sell that niche design. Nobody knows this bitch even existed before Bandai made a retail release for it.

>>23367594
This is something to be ashamed of, not proud.

>>23367918
This is an antagonist suit from the most highly rated entry in the gundam franchise.

>>23367903
>Stores in japan often stock p-bandai releases. You're retarded.
The whole point of P-Bandai is that it cuts retailers off Bandai's business.

>>23367918
Bolinoak had the infamy for many years of being the only Zeta suit to not have any plamo

>>23367921
What is its name again?

>>23367927
bologna salami

>>23367924
>Bolinoak had the infamy for many years
Literally when? I have never heard of this shit before the HG release. Most of the japs talk more about the more relevant stuff like how much they jerk off to Gigi in Gundam Hathaway.

>>23367927
Boloney Sampson.

Got my delpidecal waterslides, they gave me an hg physalis decal instead of an hg psycho gundam decal fucking gooks.

>>23367927
Cocky want Bolinoak

>>23367930
Bandai repeating this mistake by not releasing any suits from Thunderbolt except the Psycho and Thunderbolt itself. No Aqua GC, no Arctic Gogg, no Jungle Acguy, No Gelgoog. I'm still waiting you stupid fucking gooks.

>>23367900
I unironically love being a secondary, My money spends just as well as anybody elses.

>>23367727
ok now imagine if the lance is rocket powered and shoots lasers

>never heard of the MS that the girl Katz simped for was killed in by him
Holy secondary.

>>23367921
That appears in 2 episodes for a total of 3 minutes.

>>23367967
That's just how Z gundam is.

>>23367977
It is less about screentime and more about how forgettable that mech is. You can say, a "monoeye slop".

>>23367996
Your opinion means nothing. People like it and it got a full release.

>>23368004
Yeah the powerful fanbase made off of 2 people.

heh

>>23367946
Bandai doesn't see Thunderbolt as anything else other than just a manga. The release of FA Gundam Psycho Zaku was to cross promote the web anime. There are alot more manga designs that don't have kits, especially Gundam Burai.

>>23368024
Man it feels good having no body odor, been told by literally everyone I've ever met thay I smell good despite not ever wearing perfume

>>23368024
it's the jeet alone stinking up that room

Brehs, do I use brown or black to panel line Char's zaku

>every single runner in the bootleg Nobel says that it's made of ABS plastic
>was going to panel-line
Uh, help

>>23368038
Paint the kit

>>23368024
I know /ourguy/ smells like a field of flowers

>>23368039
If I could paint I wouldn't be buying changpla

>>23368054
Real poverty hours

>>23368033
Brown will be a bit more subtle, black will look sharper and more clean

>>23368071
I can't decide

>>23368074
Brown for 144, black for 100

>>23368074
Flip a coin

>>23368024
crazy how fast I can pick out /ourguy/

>>23365958
>waits until preorders close to purchase at scalper price
I don't understand, it's not like the kit sold out before the preorder window closed

>>23367185
great, now fill in all the greeble holes

>>23366622
>take existing design
>give it heels
is Fujioka a hack?

>>23366997
>>23367109
The HGUC ZZ needs a revive. The sculpt is pure ass and it looks anorexic.

>>23367388
who tf is "everyone" You sound like an approval seeking faggot. Build what you want to see cocksucker.

>>23368094
he's a man of high culture

DYEL?

>>23368110
Titus kitbashes are the meme that keeps on living, huh?

>>23368105
>the "infection" spread all the way to gpg
God save my soul

>>23368086
I wanna take a picture with him one day, maybe interview him.

>>23368118
gcucks was a mistake.

>>23368118
>Gunpla fits the clean glossy paintjob better!
>The kit looks like a snapshit build, except without nubmarks
Weathering your model, kids.

>>23368079
I'm kind of autistic and can't do the finger movement required to flip a coin
>>23368078
Ok I'll go with black cause it's 1/100

>>23368074
God damn bro, do I need to aim for you while you piss too?

>>23367081
This works so well. Literally the best of both worlds.

>>23367093
>I got the Dragon, Rose and Maxter gundams

>>23368110

>>23368118
>>23367289
>jap modellers are better than western modellers bro
]>>>>>

The bootleg Nobel's alright, the instructions and stickers are a bit of a mess sometimes, but the build itself and plastic quality's alright. Apparently all ABS though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you guys usually use surfacer on plastic models? Is it mostly for sanding down after spraying to fix flaws?

>>23367093

>>23368157
all bootlegs are abs

>>23368164
and when it's not it's a third party kit

>>23367483
For the red too? Does it not have a core fighter like the regular RX-78?

>>23368177
The backpack is the core fighter.

>>23367590
That's kind of the whole point of the technological power creep that characterized early UC. Mobile suits were this secret new weapon which can suddenly blow up a ship with a single hit while having the speed and maneuverability of a starfighter. It took everyone by surprise and fundamentally changed how wars were fought.

>>23368154
Well in gunpla circle, Western and Japanese are like on equal ground, sometimes Japanese is kinda worse. But outside of Gunpla, alot of Jap modelers are pretty legit. Like their style or not, you have to admit that their modeling works look alot more respectable compares to those glossy recolor paintjobs.

https://x.com/jun_gatarow12/status/1840635759789068702

>>23368164
That's slightly concerning, but I guess that's to be expected.

>>23368027
Do you ask them, "Hey, how do I smell?" or do you just wait for it to come up naturally in the conversation?

>>23368118
>Dog cock lance
God I hate Gcucks

>>23368188
>>Dog cock lance
Thanks, now I can't unsee it.

if niggas don't see pure rectangles for parts they immediately think of testicles and dog cock

>>23368204
>niggas
The opinions of WIC users never buying nine volts do not matter

>>23368201
It's a rocket lance too. Paint it red.

>>23368027
I can't sweat properly and it makes summer miserable, would rather just have to wear deodorant desu

>>23368184
I see that a lot with anime GKs. Japanese (and Chinese) painters are so much better than westerners on average that it's not even funny. At least with Gunpla our Canadian friends can keep up at the GBWC.

>>23368024
it's the white peeps

i'm trying to plan out my future airbrushing endeavors. will there be any problems if i do:
tamiya liquid surface primer -> lacquer base coat (mr color) -> panel line marker, acrylic detail painting, sponge & drybrush weathering/chipping, etc -> lacquer flat clear coat (mr color)
everything thinned appropriately obviously, all airbrushed except panel lining etc

also any suggestions on additional steps or different paints are welcome

>>23368229
I'd recommend panel lining with Tamiya panel liner instead. You can use gloss coat on top of your lacquer base coat and panel line on top of that. Maybe do your acrylic detail painting first and then gloss coat and panel line so your details can be lined too.

>>23366289
>FA 6302CA Antique Gold
Not the biggest fan of the color but it's what the nearby shitty craft store had in stock. It went on smooth and I couldn't see the metallic flakes very well without the phone camera.

>FA 44385 Green-gold-red Shift
"Color changing topcoat" I had no idea what to expect with this one. It's a very interesting effect and more subtle than I might have thought. Might be more intense brushed on, not sure.

>FA 7023 Sea Frost
The most surprising of the three. "Lightly Textured" though I didn't have any trouble putting it through the airbrush, and it still had a very light texture even after spraying it on. I have a lot of ideas already on how I can use this.

I have come to wish I had better craft/general hobby stores nearby. Also these experiments have made me really appreciate tabletop gaming acrylics.

>>23368232
thanks anon. i've liked my panel line marker so far but i'll put tpla on the list.
how well does tpla get into corners without scribing? i've seen it only ever seen it used for actual molded panel lines and never for parts that have corners or recessed areas that aren't just lines

>>23368184
am I really the only one who doesn't understand the appeal of these retarded suits

>>23368244
It's so-so when it comes to unscribed corners. What I usually do is wipe off the excess with a q-tip or paint brush dipped in enamel thinner.

>>23368259
There's nothing retarded about a hoodie with a skirt, anon

>>23368184
I wanna say a lot of the average Japanese plamo/gunpla builders are way more creative than westerners, like you'd see some crazy cool looking kitbashes and customs but often times if you zoom in closely, you can see horrible hand painted details, pubes stuck under their decals, decal outlines still visible after a topcoat, unwelded seams, nubs poking out from their paint jobs, while the average western builder would often go for super boring yet safe custom builds like recolored kits that are kind of of lackluster (oh wow, Zaku but... orange!) but a lot of westerners at least would seam weld, denub properly, and don't tend to go super lazy with hand painting small details.

>>23368244
tamiya panel liner is the quintessential tool for what I wall legacy hobbyists, there's zero reason to use it over a liner marker apart from blindly following archaic decrees

e2046 has a Shamblo resin kit up for pre-order

Apparently bootleg Gundam Ground Type parachute set are out now

>>23365418
>>23366421
Sub-arm claws now open and close with a decent amount of grip strength so I don't have to worry about the beam saber falling out.

>>23368271
Japanese "pro" builders make absolutely flawless builds but they're always unbelievably dull.

>>23368275
>>23368277
>Have to rely on chinks to give me the things Bandai should've released
hell

>>23368272
don't panel line markers' solvents reactivate lacquer paints
that seems like a pretty big downside

>>23368271
I was going to get what you mean until you say "super lazy with hand painting small details". No one is gonna mask and airbrush circular rivets for some retards on 4chan to zoom in and give approval.

>>23368259
am I really the only one who doesn't understand the appeal of those dogshit gunpla?

>>23368277
mite get in on dat

>>23368271
>but a lot of westerners at least would seam weld
Westerner is at best at giving the kit smooth finish. Other things like seam weld or denub properly, i don't think so.

https://x.com/MekaRamen/status/1940095289890951596

>>23368294
Why don't you just go build proper tanks and planes instead of that shit

>>23368301
I build both Ma.K and tanks instead of gundam babbies.

Kit-bash bros…

>>23368302
Good for you but why
Ma.K is genuinely the stupidest looking shit I've ever seen

>>23368306
Not any less stupid than a penis rotating on a tread or a childish looking robot with 3 colors.

>>23368305
That's actually not that hard to customize. All you need is some cement and put more works to your nipper.

>>23368311
Not doing that

>>23368305
ENTER

>>23368319
Double sided head dildo my beloved

>>23367759
why didn't they make the bit holder piece clear

>>23368306
It genuinely looks cooler than anything from gundam

>>23368319
it doesn't fit in the red gundam body, I already tried. I'm probably going to transplant the neck bit since I'll probably never use the keicannon body anyways

>>23368331
I don't like this

>Intentionally preventing easy kitbashing
What's next, Bandai? Make safetyflag from granite so we can't trim them?

>>23368305
>>23368331
This is really jewish.

>>23368349
30 Minute Missions might be more your speed :^)

>>23368355
the gray one also does not fit in the red gundam body according to a nip on X but i want to see if it's reasonable to modify that part to fit before trying >>23368331 when i get mine

>so-called kitbash bros when they have to do a modicum of actual modification to their kits

>>23368355

the problem is that the Gundam head is engineered completely differently from the Guncannon- the Guncannon has a traditional neck joint while the Gundam's head is built like a turret for its vulcans, which the Guncannon does not appear to have.

>>23368360
30MM is where this whole insanity started. They actually made sure you can't recreate specific looks with retail kits.

I have feelings for ZakuAurelius

>>23368277
Not up on Ali yet
hope to see it soon because that number of accessories is sex

>>23368365
The problem isn't about working on modeling. It is how obviously Bandai is going to push their dogshit web exclusive kit with this kind of prevention.

It's all fun and games until Bandai invent a new type of stiff polycaps for main parts so you won't be able to paint or kitbash. Just as planned.

Talk about Bandai's modeling prevention, their RG Akatsuki was pretty much that. They made sure you can't recreate its Seed Freedom design without buying P-Bandai Shiranui set.

>>23368400
What about the fact that the Zeus Silhouette is part of an $80 package that includes an entire other mobile suit to begin with.

>>23368389
how the fuck would polycaps prevent you from painting you absolute snapshitter?

>>23368420
I have painted polycaps before, primed and everything. Sure they had colors alright, but both the primer and the paint were unable to adhere and peel off after awhile. No matter how many retards here actually cope and lie, you can't paint polycaps and whatever successfully stick on the surface don't even look good.

>>23368415
Well Destiny Spec 2 did used it in the final scene, so i will give them a pass on that.

>>23368292
>mask and airbrush circular rivets
Are you from some uncontacted Latin American tribe which hasn't yet invented the paint brush?

https://x.com/aki_sat02020/status/1941610819541995744
remember to buy 30min line for actual kitbashing

>>23368471
The fuck? I was responding to the retard above me who complained about small details being handpainted instead of airbrushed from certain Japanese builds. Atleast try to read the full conversation.

With all the zaku variants they’re having, why isn’t there a hg Borjarnon?

>>23368535
It's just a zaku. The moonrace even calls it a zaku.

>>23368496
I wanna recreate those gigantic arms, I just need two sets of that 30MM spider crab bot thing right?

>>23368546
NTA but Borjarnon is abit complicated. It is obviously just a slightly improved Zaku II, but the way Okawara designed it gave it a different proportion compares to the classic Zaku II. However, with Bandai's constant redesigning of Zaku II, a hypothetical Borjarnon modelkit would just end up as another random Zaku redesign unless they actually try to replicate the animation and lineart 1:1

>>23368582
My theory is that a bourjanon is just a zaku retrofitted for space use. That's why they can hover on water and have stronger thrusters.

>>23368598
Either that or the guys who made them were bunch of nostalgiafags and tried to recreate the mecha once existed several thousand years ago.

>>23368154
>Quick-ass one day paintjob of a kit that just came out less than a week ago
Compare the average GBWC winners from Japan to those in the US and you'll see what people mean

Started work on the Kira Kira GQuuuuuuuX about 5-6 hours ago
Been hand painting everything with acrylic paints, which become dry to the touch in about 30 mins, so work has been going very quickly.
Painted the parts to be coloured with a coat of primer. The primer painted parts have dried sufficiently so I've been assembling the model, using a fine brush to paint most of the details meant for stickers (necessary for my alternate colour scheme).
The primer layers have the red parts painted in a dark purple, blue parts in a darker navy blue, and the yellow parts are now a milky mint green.

Model is about halfway assembled, with the head, torso, and arms finished (leaving the waist, legs, and accessories next).
Taking a quick break for the sake of my neck.

Once the model is assembled, I'll paint dots over the model in the Kira Kira colour scheme.
The goal is actually to replicate Shuji's graffiti, so once I cover the model in dots, and those have dried, I'll convert them into the "A" petals you see in the graffiti.

I've also purchased several varieties of shiny nail polish both for final detail work, and a final kira kira coating.
Will start taking pics to show some progress.

i prefer turn a nostalgiafags to gquuuuux nostalgiafags

>>23368734
how the fuck is there nostalgia for a show that ended less than 2 weeks ago

>>23368710
gunpla prize winners still have dead simple paintjobs, gunpla competitions are mostly about scratchbuilding and customization
if you want to see good paintjobs you need to look at mini painting competitions

>>23368740
because it was so short and didn't have much substance it kind of just got forgotten about

>>23368740
He meant Gcucks's nostalgia baiting with bunch of memberries. "Remember this song from the end of CCA?" "Remember this villain of the week from 1979 show?". Having small homages is fine, but Gcucks was just too overdone with that, it lost its actual identity as a standalone story.

>>23368439
just don't paint the polycaps? they aren't preventing you from painting the rest of the kit, nor are they usually visible enough to draw attention to the fact they're unpainted

>>23368794
I was making a joke about how Bandai might make modelkits with polycaps as main parts and some moron jumped in, claimed it is possible to paint polycaps.

>>23368389
>>23368808
>for main parts
reading comprehension has never been my strong suit

>>23368774
if you think that then you're a pretty shallow watcher

>https://youtu.be/WsMk-yAQtoQ?si=maFoui-yMVjIMNqc

Xi and Penelope looks infinitely better in a 90s style animation.

>>23369080
Xi and Penelope look bad anyways.

>>23369080
It's a hard pill to swallow but everything looks better in cel animation.

>>23369099
Yeah they do, but they grow on you the more you think about it.

>>23368980
No I am the most astute and judicious watcher. The director pretty much confirms it that they were just trying to cram in as much retarded references as they could and didn’t even care if they were random and didn’t make sense.

>>23369106
Why did they stop? Where did everything go so wrong?

>>23369150
>Why did they stop?
Digital animation is far easier, faster, and in the long run cheaper.

>>23369106
That's CGI too, but it at least has the good sense to layer filters over it.

>>23368980
Explain the significance of Bask Om's presence in the show

New thread

>>23369349
>>23369349
>>23369349

>>23369099
Fuck no they're better than the Unicorn, Strike, Exia and all that other garbage you fuckers suck off

>>23368439
You can paint polycaps so long as you prime with multiprimer or metal primer