Thread 23373982

-=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!

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

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

-=THE GUIDES=-
>Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:
gunpla.buyfags.moe
>Funaka's gunpla guides:
Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdf
Scratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf
>Falldog's gunpla guide:
otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide
>A guide to other types of plamo:
mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa
>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: >>23369349

-=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!

Any recommendations for a good clear coat enamel? or anything for a thin/smooth protective coat?

>>23373982 (OP)
>Nobody has tried to mode the Narrative into a Mu Gundam

>>23374032
because the Mu Gundam is more similar to Nu than Narrative and it will be more tremendous work modding Narrative to Mu than Nu to Mu Gundam

Is there a plastic or resin 3rd party conversion kit to turn the MG2.0 MkII into the Super Gundam? I don't know if the ancient 1.0 G-Defenser fits and even if it did, I doubt I could find one

snapgods how we feeling tonight

>>23374051
The cringe snapshitter fills his home with bare plastic, has never even heard of panel lining, and owns at least 16 different grits of sandpaper.
The Chad backlogGOD has a luxurious mental palace filled with fully painted, fully customized models and physically owns more tools than you can imagine, all in pristine condition.
>That kit's rare? Oh, I bought it for $20 six years ago. Yeah, I'm still thinking about building it.

What does your family or friends think about gunpla? Do you proudly display them or hide in a drawer after you finish building?

>>23374060
shitposting aside it does make me smile the one anon who likes to hunt for old kits. I got my old MG Sazabi and several MG FAZZs and shit for actual single digit dollars each. I still have a couple of 1.0 Alexes sitting around that I paid 5 bucks for. Amazon's stock clearing sales for gunpla in the 2000s after the gundam boom died were wild.

>>23374060
believe it or not there is bare plastic inside your bloodstream and your balls right now. its a bare plastic world you are just living in it. Snapgods embrace this fact and accept these plastic particulates in a similar manner to DC cells from G gundam this is where we get our power

OH NONONONONONONONNONO HAHAHHAHAHA
ITT: LAUGH AT AMERICANS

>>23374040
it already has similar head and shoulders, what it's missing is actual armor on its limbs and torso which would make the resemblance stronger

>>23374091
tl;dr

>>23374101
gunpla will get 25% more expensive if you live in america after august 1st

>>23374069
I display them but I also never have anybody over to visit and I don't tell anybody about my hobby

>>23374091
>an extra 25% tax on all japanese goods
man what the fuck, koto and pbandai have been hiking their prices now we're going to be paying even more for this shit. Can't even import now without getting fucked in the ass.

>>23374105
>after august 1st
That's like in hundred years. I'll let future me deal with this. Sucks to be him

>>23374116
there's a silver lining in that he's such a schizo this could become 0% or 5000% by the time August 1st actually arrives

>>23374091
check these digits drumpf will bail out the moment the japs start conceding

>>23374069
My parents tell me I'm going to run out of space soon. While they're not wrong, there's still some space left on my displays

>>23374116
This post made me laugh harder than you intended.

>>23374093
>somehow this nu gundam-looking motherfucker with the nu beam rifle is similar to narrative than nu gundam

wut?

>>23374132
What the fuck I've never heard of this thing before. bandai has a billion robots they can still lazily create from their archives and instead they have to chase FOTM shit

>>23374136
>instead have to chase FOTM shit
which is why we got the D-Gundam and Reben Wolf and Psyco Mark II and Gallus-J and....

>>23374091
This reads like it was written by Ai, which wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

>>23374137
And we could have gotten A LOT more.

>>23374091
This may be. A dumb question, but will this affect small eBay stores that sell 2nd hand used stuff from Japan? Like gundam gashapon vending machine figures, or the old gundam MSIA action figures. All crap from years back which you are buying 2nd hand used or new old stock. Would these only effect the prices of brand new made in 2025 items?

>>23374140
it's like half of what we get.

>Gold Frame Amatsu Perfect Form is just the Amatsu Mina with two Blitz Gundam arms in gold colored joints and no Trikeros Kai & Tsumuha no Tachi claw
guess I know what I'm getting next, another RG gold frame

>>23374141
It specifically affects anything being shipped out of Japan and into America after August 1st. If it's already in America it's fine. If it's not, it's getting 25% extra as a tip.

>>23374136
Mu Gundam is basically a Nu Gundam prototype but still doesnt have a psycoframe which Char gave.

Narrative is basically a testbed MS for psycoframe MS which became Nu Gundam first lot (grey nu gundam from the cca trailers)

the guy was probably thhinking about Narrative Gundam Complete, which is a Build series MS

I know the answer might be "we don't know"", but are the kits coming in the Gundam Card Game starters unique sculpts?

>>23374153
What do you mean?

>>23374148
Personally I love the old fanart rendition, can't find a higher res form now though

>>23374159
Like, are they different from the kits that will be released when Gundam Assemble launches?

>>23374147
Damn….. a gundam converge figure in Japan is like 500 yen. in America it’s like 8.99 in a store before tax. that’s going to make them like 12.00 each here. And if you order one from Japan thats out of print that’s like 20.00 now it will be 25.00
Its over U_U

>>23374167
and for other fanart I'd be remiss to not post Meaningless War's too, since the Hi Streamer designs fuck and it's a good nod to them.

>>23374167
This looks like a Victory Era Gundam design but not a midget. This looks really good wtf.

>>23374169
Should be same, card game and miniatures are part of the same project

>>23374177
Yeah it's a neat blend of V-esque stylings with the Nu. I've always loved the way the incom sits on the backpack for some reason, it just looks cool. The game Mu Gundam never did too muh for me but its stick legs are pretty neat.

>>23374187
It's a really good blend. The proportions are great, there isn't an over abundance of unnecessary details slathered all over the mobile suit. And on top of that the lines/curves of the whole body (legs are more rounded while the upper torso is slightly blockier) are implemented fantastically on conjunction with each other. DO WANT.

Gruntchads…. If we’re getting hit with a 25% model kit mark up….do we buy as many kits as we can now?

>>23374175
Wow the hi streamer designs actually look really good when redrawn so the art style and proportions are more consistent with the rest of the U.C.

>>23374069
I have mine on a few shelves here and there
My dad knows I'm into this kind of shit though he's not going to tell the difference between these or my transformers stuff
my friends are generally into this stuff to a greater or lesser degree, hell one of them giving me a gunpla kit of my birthday is how I got started
when I have girls over I keep them out, if they're going to stick around they might as well get used to it

A computer shop near me has this for $39.99 CAD, thats about $29.23 in real money. Is this a steal? It's not really my first choice but it seems like a good price. Last MG I built was GM Command Colony Type which is a considerably newer kit.

since amazon has its prime day shit going on, are there any good compressors and airbrushes available that I can grab off of there?

>>23374069
mine's inside my room, though I do plan on displaying one downstairs if I get to win another medal

>>23374244
It's a fair price, not really a steal. I'd pick it up, it's a cool kit. Have fun with the tubing though (you won't).

Does anyone have the zeta and p-Bandai aoz barzam? Can you swap the legs and arms between them without modification?

>>23374244
The HG is usually like 25.00 BM (Big Macs) so a master grade being 5.00 more is pretty good

>>23374069
I do rotations, only display one on my desk where it usually stays for 1+ month
My mom would see the same one 5 times and always say "wow you're done with a new one?" then appraise the painting
Sometimes I leave a snapbuild on another table before working on it and she appraises the painting on it too

>>23374171
i will weep for you, my fellow convergechad
they’re what got me into gunpla and i love collecting them so it sucks to see them get hit this hard

Zirius looks good, cant wait for the anime.

>monthly restock is all RG, MG and AC shit
gonna head in and throw dropkicks around

>>23374301
>here's our new gundam anime, but since it debuted as a manga the whole line is pbandai lol

>>23374287

Autism warning

It’s retarded but I realized I probably have spent way more on the gundam converge figures than I have on the model kits. The problem all stemmed from me buying a zaku 1 converge figure from hobby lobby years back and being impressed with it enough that I decided to get a squad of green zaku 1s like you would have in zeonic front. But that wave also had the black tri star zaku 1s. So then I had 2 squads of zaku 1s. I thought that was going to be it, I didn’t want any more. but then a future wave released the GM. then I got a bunch of GMs to make a diorama.


It was at this point where I ended up looking at past releases and future releases to add to my diorama. and now I have like 50 of them. Mainly early UC figurines. Now if a wave has something I want, I get an extra army builder or two to repaint because I know they won’t fucking do it. I had to make a char zaku 1 myself and still need to make Ramba rals. To this day I have 0 zaku 2 because they are all like 30 or 50 dollars and for that price I can get multiple cheaper figures. Like 5 of them.


my current project right now is I’m going to use some spare zaku 1 black tri star figures (cheaper to acquire) and a Dom and possibly a gelgoog cannon from the most recent set and repaint them all in desert colors to approximate something like zeonic front. I have 12 GM and that alone is over 100.00. It all happened because of that one converge wave with the zaku 1. The weird part is I’m not even a big collector and I got rid of most of my shit years back. There is just something about this line that I enjoy a lot. they don’t take up much room and they have really good sculpt work. And if you get small flight bases on Amazon and the some scale buildings from Amazon (my city brand) which has destroyed building packs, you can make something that looks like the old SDGO videogame.

>>23374301
It's hilarious seeing shit like this compared to the older Gundam designs posted earlier ITT. is modern bandai staffed exclusively by chinese now? Less is more.

>>23374315
your autism clearly surpasses mine so you might already be aware of this, but surugaya tends to have a lot of them in stock, sometimes for decently cheap compared to other places you can get them
plus they frequently do free shipping campaigns, and rarely 20% off goods and accessories (which the converge figures are classified under) meaning you can get them for a pretty good price

>>23374326
I have never heard of that website before, maybe I’ll use it in the future. I have been considering using yahoo Japan or something. among the things I got rid of years back were a tiny collection of gundam gashapon figures. The gundam collection 1/400 line and the g-sight 1/300 line. I noticed recently you can get those much cheaper on yahoo auctions than on eBay if you find the right lot. Have never used the site before.


Yeah I got super autistic about it. I don’t remember it anymore but I spent a day or two trying to figure out what scale the converge line is, and trying to find any buildings that scaled approximately with their size. Was a lot of work. they have the small size advantage of the previously mentioned gashapon lines, but without the con of soft gummy sculpts. So to make a battle diorama with them is actually very easy compared to doing something like that with gunpla kits and scale 1/144 scenery.


I think it’s just because I and a lot of people on here played the SDGO games years back before they cancelled it that the project appealed to me so much. you could fight people in PvP or do team based pve but the gimmick was almost every mobile suit was playable in SD representation. I mained a customized Leo.

Sorry for the stream of consciousness post I’m about to pass out and go to sleep. Never hear anyone on here talk about the converge shit so got excited.

>>23373984
Finna start snapping this qt

Snapgod uprising rally point

>>23374356
i’m a snapGOD and im PROUD

>>23374244
Personally I prefer the HG
The MG is really old and can't even hold up its own gun without modification or gluing all the joints in place

>>23374343
cute

>>23374367
You're a modeller aren't you? Glue is mandatory to use in all model kits. If it can't hold up the gun like it's supposed to, then you didn't use enough glue.

>one hour of sanding glued parts
Good lord I hate sanding, I'm sure it's not even perfect and tiny holes will show up after priming. Battle damage :^)

>>23374381
This also removes any articulation in the kit. There's non permanent ways to fix this kit.

>>23374384
Do you not enjoy the autistic satisfaction of getting the surface nice and smooth?

>>23374387
Yes but I had been procrastinating the sanding for two days and forced myself a little after staying up for far too long. I also did not wet sand and have filled my nose with plastic dust. I will inhale lacquer fumes to clear my nose

>>23374390
>I also did not wet sand and have filled my nose with plastic dust.
This will unironically kill you. At the very least wear a plain cloth mask to block the plastic particles if you dont like wet sanding.

>>23374395
>This will unironically kill you
No it won't, sure it's not healthy and will cause lung problems in the long term if you sand a lot, but it won't kill you
Resin dust on the other hand...

>>23374395
>inhale gun powder fumes
>inhale plastic dust
>inhale paint fumes when pre thinning
>been drinking energy drinks since ripe age of 13
I am due for a short life

>>23374381
>Glue is mandatory to use in all model kits
the point of gunpla is that it doesn't require glue

>>23374395
It's okay, my nose hair will filter all microplastics

>>23374410
No!! You have to booooooooond

>>23374404
>shortened lifespan
NTA but Idk bro. 2025 isnt the future I envision growing up, if we don’t course correct to some degree I don’t want to see what 2050 is like. If I pass a decade earlier I don’t see it as a huge loss. Gonna try to just enjoy myself in the mean time. Sometimes even that’s a struggle.

>>23374410
Not this bait again, post your work if this is true.

>>23374428
My bad, this was meant for >>23374381

>>23374317
It makes sense for the lore of the Gundam 8, it uses those fin shapes to harness/manipulate the shards from the dead aliens.

>>23374420
That's why I don't feel bad for being careless with health

you niggas jelly?

>>23374420
The more you grow older the more bleak it becomes. The plastic crack is just there to make you forget. Now order from USAGS.

>>23374438
How much you got it for?

>>23374435
Personally I suggest (and I’m still learning this myself) the appropriate balance to everything(for my needs). I try to eat a lot of nutritious food and exercise semi regularly to offset my vices and bad habits to whatever degree I can. Not making it to 60 is one thing but I also want to stave off feeling like dogshit as long as possible.

>>23374439
>Now order from USAGS
I did this and Zak personally delivered it. He also personally delivered a monolog about my early impending death.
Then he punted the box.

>>23374244
The old 2001 Gouf? That thing's a piece of shit, at that price I would say it's barely worth it and only if you really intend to put effort into making it shine. Seeing as how you got that picture from Dalong, you've seen how bad its limb motion range is, even modern HGs are better in that regard. That would make posing it a bitch, even if you coat the arm joint pieces with nail polish or gloss coat to tighten up the tolerances to allow it to raise the weapon.

So, yeah, you'd have to really love the Gouf Custom, or be willing to put a bunch of work into it.

>>23374448
2001 gouf custom is okay. It has some weak joints but it looks good despite it.

The "japanese official" who said gunpla will get more expensive for americans

>>23374438
No, that thing isn't even measurably improved from the 2003 MG. I ain't buying one until they make a proper 2.0 from the ground up, even if it takes another 10 years.

>>23374463
The HG needs a revive first (along with an HG Mk V Gundam)

Speaking of the HG
>>23373984
Gonna have to do a low of sawing to turn this into a proper G-bomber. Really wish the backsirt/wings had been individual pieces at least, they're gonna be the biggest pain in the ass I think. Going to need a new connector for the Smartgun too.

>>23374463
I don't see it ever happening.

there are parallels to be made between the gunpla and dating markets

>>23374479
yeah I've been trying to get big titty goth gf but everytime they go up for preorder on p-bandate the scalpers get them before I can

>>23374444

$130

I saw one on sale in Sapporo for $240USD and almost bought it but I'm glad I waited

>>23374439
I'm never fucking ordering from USAGS again. One time I bought something from them and it took over a month just for them to ship it. YES it was in stock, not a preorder. I had to fucking email them to ask them to send it. Never again, EVER.

>>23374547
That was just Zak getting back at you. You neglected his needs, so he neglected your order.

>>23374547
>no tip?
>delay it.

>>23374381
Snap faggots can't really use glue because due to the lack of paint, the glue's side effects like its fog, leftovers will stay on the kit. They can only beg Bandai daddy to release version 2.0

>>23374547
Yeah, I don't know why they sometimes do that. Other times they ship same or next day. It's bizarre.

Started in on the Aggjin project.

Currently I'm just breaking it down into parts and combining the separate meshes, which is a lot more work than it sounds like because the ripped model for some reason has overlapping vertices all over it, instead of just a single connecting one. Which is baffling.

From there the obvious next step is to improve the quality of the mesh so it's nice and smooth, then add details like panel lines, and finally add the actual articulation. I'm thinking I might use the method that the scratch built one on the Hobby Japan site used for the arms, just buy a thick flexible wire instead of individual double joints or a series of ball joints. Especially considering how heavy the hands are going to be.

Reminder that your Gunpla doesn't have enough missile pods.

So, abit of short review on Xamel kit. Unironically a fun kit, build it like how you build a military kit and you will be fine. My only complain is how they gave it too many new pretty surface details when it is clearly not meant for such thing. Other than that, still a very exotic design and i recommend it for other modelers. I will paint it tomorrow when i have free time.

>>23374594
Don't forget to submit it for the groupbuild

What's a good online place to sell Gunpla/Plamo for Europe?

>>23374602
Facebook groups, I guess

>>23374600
I dunno. It will be just a straight build with a paintjob. Not very creative for a group build.

>>23374607
Cover it with putty first then

>>23374613
That would be a must if you want to recreate its animation design.

>>23374583
>the ripped model for some reason has overlapping vertices all over it, instead of just a single connecting one
I don't really get what you mean but you can just merge vertices by distance with M

>>23374594
Where’d you cop this?

>>23374614
I want to see you slather a nightingale with putty

>>23374634
It is a 3rd party plastic kit. You can buy it anywhere since there are plenty in stock. Also, it seems like the plastic is ABS since ABS cement works pretty well on it.

>>23374438
is that supposed to be a flex? that's not even the P-Bandai version....

this is how you flex

>>23374706
there is a pbandai ex s?

>>23374706
I despise you thats why I'm gonna paint my nails to cope.

>>23374708
Multiple

>>23374715
OH YEAH now I remember. It was such an underwhelming who the fuck asked for this re-release that I forgot. It has like 1 new weapon or something like that.

>>23374708
yes, the P-Bandai version of the Ex-S Gundam is back to the darker/brighter blue than the pale blue of the retail version of the Ex-S Gundam

from the blurb, it says it also includes the barrel extension to make it the rapid fire beam smart gun, which you can only get if you buy the P-Bandai S-Gundam Bst version. but im not sure.

are we flex posting now ?

>>23374720
>>23374706
>>23374438
cool boxes hey can i just

>>23374708
the pbandai Ex-S has a new extra gun and new water slide decals

>>23374721
My cats look like this and say this

what's the difference between the 1.5 ex-s and the original?

>>23374749
More friendly toward casuals who are obssessed with shit like innerframe and articulation.

i got a bunch of 30 minutes kits coming today. theyre the first model kits ive had since i was a kid and im hella excited

does anyone know of monoeye gundam kits exist?

>>23374759
Nigga are you 16?

>>23374749
1.5 Ex-S contains parts so you can make either Ex-S or the S Gundam and the boosters have better articulation to mimic the illustration.

the original only contains part for Ex-S Gundam, you have to buy the S Gundam to build the S Gundam and it has worse color separation for parts

>>23374765
>it has worse color separation
Sounds like a good modelkit. Does Bandai reprint 1.0?

not this retarded shitflinger again

>>23374761
Sisquide is the closest thing to monoeye gundam aside from Nise Gundam but there are no kits of either as far as I know

>>23374759
which ones?
most are pretty underwhelming when complete but the fun starts when you have several and can mix and match to see what sticks

>>23374769
>old good new bad contrarian
>hasn’t been in the hobby long enough to already own a 1.0
Why are you larping as a grog?

>>23374782
The less color separation a modelkit has, the better it gets. Doesn't have to be old.

>>23374782
The less articulation and color separation a modelkit has, the better it is. Simple as that. Bandai could really learn a lot from Kaiyodo

>>23374782
>Cares about color separation
Paint your kits.

>>23374793
Part separation is a positive even if you paint
Masking sucks ass

>>23374793
>thinking color and part separation is only good so snapshitters don’t have to paint
Part separation makes prep for painting easier and creates more convincing panel lines than a single part with molded detail

>>23374795
Only when you try to airbrush everything that is.

>>23374763
more than double that

>>23374777
3 altos(white, grey and white heay armor) 2 spinatio(army and ninja, i want shogun and black knight bad, but theyre either sold out or really expensive) pinatia(ninja and scout) liber knight , fighter lancer, and assassin and rosen knight

>>23374752
>>23374765
so then it doesn't really matter which i get if i'm a paintgod who is going to put it in the sideways gun pose after painting and then never touch it again

>>23374798
If I wanted to brush paint everything I'd paint minis instead
Fuck off

>>23374803
The 1.5 reuses a bunch of parts with improved detail and sculpting from the Deep Striker

>>23374809
>improved detail and sculpting
Nah, the sculpt is the same old Bandai's mushy looks. The actual selling point is the color separation has been improved and corrected, which you don't actually need if you paint.

>>23374821
Anon are you blind

>>23374821
>>23374809
>>23374803
the new Ex-S has parts separation for the backpack which allows it to move a little bit to the side, to recreate its old illustration pose, the old Ex-S, has its backpack a brick, no articulation whatsoever, so the old Ex-S is only good if you dont care about recreating the pose from old illustrations and really be just a brick

>>23374725
So, just the gun because you're going to buy the Delpi or G-Rework waterslides to replace the ones included.

>>23374825
Are you blind? This bitch has french fries on her head and you call that improved sculpting?

>>23374836
Improved means better than before, not perfect

>>23374829
>has its backpack a brick, no articulation whatsoever
As it should be
>if you dont care about recreating the pose from old illustrations
You can with modeling.

>>23374845
trying too hard

>>23374829
i'll just wait and see if it really does get reprinted later this year. not really in a rush for it

>>23374853
Oh shit, did you actually removed the safety flags? Trying too hard, should have bought the non existent RG without them.

>>23374855
you mean the normal 1.5 Ex-S Gundam, the old Ex-S Gundam or the P-Bandai Ex-S Gundam?

if the old Ex-S Gundam, it may take a very long while and very hard to acquire, the last time I saw a reprint of the MG Super Gundam was around 2018-2019 and it was limited item in Japan only

>>23374859
oh shit, did you actually posted broken English? Trying too hard, no one can take someone being smug and yet speaking like a retard seriously

>>23374871
the 1.5. the shop i normally buy from put it on their restock list with an ETA for early next year

finally, goddamn that took long

>>23374244
the kit is pretty average but the upside is you get a 1/20 of Norris with it to paint up.

>>23374583
It's either a side effect of the rip, or it's for decal placement instead of actually modeling something.

>>23374873
>He made no argument
I accept your concession

>>23374873
This is a modeling thread, not an English education thread, snapshitter-kun.

I printed a runner holder and parts trays and put non slip rubber backing on them so tonight I am going to snap a 30MF kit :3

>>23374923
are you sure? I'm 99% sure this is a thread where you pretend to be a professional modeller.

>>23374923
Everyone knows grammar is paramount to your ability to build little plastic robots. Duh.

>>23374931
Grammar is paramount to your ability to communicate with other people over a text based social media forum about your interests

>>23374145
And the Amatsu Mina Complete is the Mina with the Okitsu no Kagami. I remember people complained about the originally long and uninspired name of the Mina with the new weapon.

Speaking of gold, I have been pondering hard about the RG Akatsuki incident and have been thinking that if we are getting an HGCE Akatsuki, it should use the A plate of the Duel Blitz and Lightning Buster to use the SEED Action System, include both Oowashi and Shiranui Packs, and finally exclusive joint parts to wield the Zeus Silhouette as a more solid alternative to the crappy RG.

>>23374934
You will never get an Akatsuki kit with both packs. Or any pack user. And honestly you shouldn't even want it. The better call is to release a Shiranui version and an Oowashi version so no one will buy Oowashi.

>>23374927
>I'm 99% sure this is a thread where you pretend to be a professional modeller.
Faggots who claim " color separation is for modeling " and " It is impossible to do ABC " are definitely pretending all right. These subhumans don't actually want you to modify or changing the OOB design, they just want you to consume.

>>23374941
>what about these takes? what about things random people said? ugggggh don't you know there are people out there who HATE you customizing plastic robots?? I swear it's true because I imagined it
You're such a weird little person

>>23374941
Explain how less color separation is strictly better for modeling.

>>23374947
i get to think about huffing more paint when I imagine things I may build, but wont.

>>23374947
All you're going to get in response are complaints about poor molding and design, like for instance RG Sinanju's trim molding compared to MG or HGUC Sinanju's which is much sharper and nice. But it's not endemic to multi-part construction.

>>23374438
A little. Got it and the FAZZ for $130 a piece but they’re coming next year. Gotta build the Mk V in the meantime though

>>23374938
Why, because the Oowashi pack gave both Cagalli and the viewers PTSD over the machine that nearly killed her?

>>23374962
Because no one fucking likes it over Shiranui. It does less in the show and has less gimmicks. People like funnels.

>>23374947
Color this color that, the plastic's molded colors don't matter once you paint the kit. Excessive color separation is also just a waste of time, the snapshitting time increases with no values whatsoever to the end product of yours. This might sound like another " le epic modeler take" to your snapshitter brain and i don't expect it to change your opinion, so take it with a grain of salt.

>>23374946
of all the 4chan boards, /m/ has some of the most choleric people.

You just gotta build your dudes how you want and live your life. it's your plastic, there is no better or worse.

>>23374973
braindead opinion

i have not started on my groupbuild entry

>>23374968
That's because it only appeared in a single episode and jobbed to the point it gave Cagalli PTSD and never fought in the front lines ever again. Had Kira actually died, Cagalli would have been the third victim in Shinn's rage towards Orb.

>>23374947
there is only two possible reasons I can think of
1) an airbrusher does not like having to paint a ton of very small pieces
2)some people like to build up gradients and highlight with the airbrush, which looks really nice across large and flat surfaces.

color separation is nice though, it makes things look more detailed and finished.

>>23374993
>1) an airbrusher does not like having to paint a ton of very small pieces
i mean they can just assemble the smaller pieces into a large piece the same as a large piece that doesn't have color separation
having the pieces separate just gives you more options

How to phrase this...
Not to post my sob story, but
I want to spend as little money as possible on this hobby. Not an ideal situation, but fully devoting myself and spending the money I'd want to to commit and get the level of quality I want out of my builds isn't something I can do right now.

Problem I'm running up against is my acrylic paints (currently all I have - suits my needs for mixing colors for color matching/painting/detailing/hiding nub marks etc) leave a matte finish which I don't like very much.
Considering getting clear enamel and enamel thinner, which I would have to apply by hand with a brush.

Any recommendations?
Or any recommendations for better options/techniques?
Goal is to match the glossy texture of the plastic.

>>23375019
The finish of the paints doesn't matter a whole lot because you should be top coating them in the end. That's where the final finish comes from. If you want a gloss finish use a gloss topcoat.

>>23374993
pros for parts/color separation:
it takes less time to paint more parts than fucking fuckity fuck fuck complete waste of time ad infinitum tedious work of masking shit

masking shit is not a modeling skill, its just boring work

>>23375028
I guess that's what I'm asking for is recommendations for gloss topcoat. For acrylic paints.

>>23375038
>masking shit is not a modeling skill, its just boring work
Airbrushing every single part is boring work. Assembly itself is a boring work. Kitbashing is boring work. When you are ready to do modeling, it is boring, tedious, time consumming and most of the time the results don't even look good. And that's why alot of people love it.

>>23375038
it's supposed to be tedious and boring, you're putting together a posable 3d puzzle.

>>23375051
I find assembling model kits very fun actually, not boring at all. Kitbashing too. I even enjoy sanding. Masking sucks though.

>>23375051
All of these things are enjoyable even if you insist they aren't. You seem to be more interested in whining about kits being engineered too well more than any of that anyways.

>>23375097
The least proficient people run their mouths the most

>>23375042
some cheap glossy polyurethane sealant from a hardware store will do the job. Just try it out on some spoons first

>>23375042
I like vallejo gloss. You have to thin it a lot and put it on really thin though.

>>23375106
And the snapshitters defend their unpainted kit the most. " They are already in correct colors, bro ".

>>23375139
Post your work.

>>23375139
Charge rent already

>>23373983
>>23373984
Update on the X-0, the launcher canon is giant.
Made a small modification on the shoulders full cloth, so I need to wait for the glue to dry.

>>23375107
>>23375114
Will look into these

>>23374947
Overcomplicates engineering which drives up cost
There's no reason why a model needs to be anything more complex than a simple plastic clamshell

>>23375160
You're too poor to afford that either.

>>23375156
I should've thought to model on the kitchen table, I've been having to bring my plastic shavings to the kitchen to season my food everytime. God I'm stupid.

Looks pretty cool though anon. Not too big on the shield aspect of it though. Personally I think it could really use some cabling running to a power pack or some shit.

As a trve modeller, should I hate the red gundam since it has ample articulation or love it since it's ugly as fuck oob and ripe for fixes

>>23375173
You should hate it because it's too new. Trve modelists only build monochrome kits from 40 years ago.

>>23375169
I was using this model as inspiration, as a place to put a emblem, but I agree it doesn't look very good. Maybe if I flip the shield?

>>23374947
imo colour separation is only bad in cases where it compromises accuracy or detail solely for the sake of not needing paint

>>23375183
I definitely figured it was either the KoG or other FSS buster-launcher MH that was your inspo, definitely shows. The shield itself really conjures the LED Mirage, and the whole thing a bit LED Mirage with flame unit. With that in mind I think it'd work better as just being a shield for X-0 itself rather than incorporated on the gun.

Spitballing some ideas, but maybe it'd be cool as something like a basket-hilt style guard on the cannon? Basically just drilling a barrel-sized hole in the center of the shield and sliding it down. It would be very practical, defending in the direction of shooting by default. Alternatively, mounting it to the opposite arm/shoulder in an F90 Guard type/Imperial Rig Contio style could be cool. Final idea that comes to mind is using it as a prop, Ground-gundam and GM Sniper II style, for the cannon to rest on.

What do we think about the humble Demi Trainer.

>>23375314
I like it a lot.

>>23375314
excellent trve grunt return to form

I only have access to tamiya acryllic laquers

1. Is there a reliable way to make offwhite? Does tamiya have colors close to offwhite?
2. After spraying ts-13 laquer clear, am i able to apply mineral spirits, for a penel line wash? If so which mineral spirits should i buy?

>>23375211
I think l will just ditch the shield, I don't have much time to mess with it until the deadline, but your ideas are good.

>>23375314
Very nice. It's a crime that the demi garrison is stuck in pbandai hell.

If gunpla has to die I hope it's before I see aerial getting BLACKED by katoki

>>23375314
heckin' wholesome valid demiboy uwu

>tfw you ordered a Nu Gundam HWS but what arrived was a regular Nu Gundam
I hate overseas shops so much it's unreal

>>23375366
>send message with picture saying you got the wrong product
>get the right one sent
>keep the wrong one
this is how it has always gone for me. I got a free P-Bandai MG X-2 that way when they sent me it instead of the X-2 Kai.

>>23375370
Man I hope that fucking happens to me too, but knowing my luck, and Malaysians that probably won't happen

>>23375371
If it doesn't they're a shop to not support, owning your fuckups is business 101.

>>23375346
This is how I shit.

>>23375371
When that happens you just charge back and never use that store again.

heaven or hell, let's shit

>>23373982 (OP)
hey that is my boi

>>23375409
that metalgarurumon looks clean

>>23375347
You make panel wash by mixing mineral spirits with enamel paint, not acrylic. At a 5:1 ratio or thereabouts, it should be good.

Mineral spirits is mineral spirits. You can also substitute it with lighter fluid if you don't want to buy the huge cans of that shit at Home Depot. Just go to the cigarette counter at Walmart and look for the Ronsonol.

I wish re/100 actually continued on and was reserved for huge suits like the Nightingale, Kshatriya, Xeku Zwei, and Xi or really obscure suits . That line was over the second the Dijeh was announced then was really killed when they came out with the fucking Jagd Doga around the same time as the infinitely better MG Geara Doga

>>23375471
It just turned into full mechanics.

>>23375471
>around the same time
the Geara Doga had been out for 5 years by the time the Jagd came out dude.
>line was over when the 4th kit, and only one not announced on release, was announced
>that was fundamentally no different from the GP04G or Efreet Exam

>>23375420
Ibought the tamiya panel line was, and need to know how enamel thinner interacts with tamiya paints, NOT whether or not you can make washes with acryllics.

I top coated with ts13 clear, over an airbrushed tamiya acryllic off-white mixture.

Thought?

>>23375499
My thoughts are that Bandai shoulda made this like 10 years ago by now.

>>23375499
I can just barely recognize a few Hyaku Shiki elements in that clusterfuck.

>>23375499
Desperately needs paint and the head feels off. Could just be the pose. The yellow-shit gold never looks good though.

>>23375506
FA Shiki Kai has never looked very much like the original Hyaku Shiki. That's not much of a redesign of the FA Shiki Kai as it exists in modern depictions either.

>>23375499
wat is this? a new chink kit?

This is an urgent message for Toks Omishaken, the executive of the California state transportation agency. Toks, as the leading figure in charge of imports coming into the united states, you must follow this warning. The international terrorist organization known as "Bandai" is using a website known as "Premium Bandai" to smuggle demonic spores into the country and use our topsoil to grow "Redweed", an invasive plant that grows fruit that is the only sustenance for soulless humans. Toks, you have to stop them

>>23375512
That kit is pre painted anon. Chang's mustard gold looks like this.

>>23375142
Not him but why? Why should anybody post their work just brcause one of you retards got their feelings hurt? What do you get out of it? How does it support you or him?

I've never done a gunpla before. I'm thinking Strike is the way to go, but also considering the Wing Zero.

>>23375527
Full Armour Hyaku Shiki Kai variant. Bandai doesn't interested so Zhang made it. 1/100 if you're wondering

>>23375558
of course the chinks would find a way to turn it into an overdesigned clusterfuck

>>23375542
I have noticed a handful of snapshitters being very active in these threads. Everytime someone make a slightly harsh opinion like "color separation is for babies who don't paint ", they will get very defensive and try force that into some sort of meme that no one laugh at but them.
The other fag is the one who has such a low testoterone level, he couldn't scratch lacquer paint off bare plastic and claimed anyone who said otherwise as retard and "spreading misinformation ". I haven't see an actual painted build from him, all he posted was a HG Barzam II parts being pasted with white lacquer paint. /gpg/ is full of people like these nowadays.

>>23375554
Both of the hgs are fine. The entry grade strike will be the easiest.

Massive bonus if you follow zaku aurelius guide, and spend 30$ in spray cans or buy 100$ airbrush and primer.

Its an investment but worth it long term.

>>23375572
The problem with painting is all the cost is frontloaded. Once you buy the airbrush, compressor, primer, paint, paper towels, cotton swabs, aligator clips, foam etc. Your costs go down to 20$ a week even if you were painting full time. That 20$ really just goes to restocking paint and primer and iso alchohol.

People get scared off by the cost and leave.

This week i had to learn how to spray white primer over white, followed by covering it with white paint. Its really hard to tell whats painted, but i got over that hump in 2 attempts. Might paint more gundam-type ms

>>23375572
Masking parts doesn’t make you a modeler

>>23374885
Shame actual movie was shit

>>23375506
>Hyaku Shiki
Don't you mean Shūrù yībǎi?

>>23375490
put a gloss coat over any pant before using the panel liner or enamel anything. Also do not let it touch bare plastic.

>>23375599
It was alright. you guys exaggerate how bad it is.

>>23375561
It looked pretty clusterfucky to begin with.

>>23375572
no snapshitters dont care about color/parts separation. it is a god given gift if a kit has great color/parts separation. less time to do masking. why snapshitters would like color/parts separation, it just takes them more time to snap kits. for modelers, parts/color separation is great because it takes less time to mask shit.

the only time that you should really mask is if you scribe and greebled your kit to create forced color separation. or to make camo patterns.

even car and tank model kits are now doing more parts separation. the car body used to be in 1 piece, now theres more parts separation, the bonnet is separate, the doors are now separate

pic related, this is what a car model kit used to be like

and this is a modern bike model kit.... ooooh parts and color separation.... .bad......

anyone who argues that more color/parts separation is for snapshitter is a snapshitter himself

>>23375637
This looks like a pain in the asshole

>>23375655
There's nothing that says you have to keep shoving your models up there, bro.

>>23375572
>The other fag is the one who has such a low testoterone level, he couldn't scratch lacquer paint off bare plastic
Holy brainrot, I'm sure it's test levels stopping a fingernail from scratching off the paint. Way too funny to think you've been seething about that post this long.

Besides the inevitable HG G50, what do you think bandai is going to do for the 50th anniversary? Kinda seems like they blew their load for the 45th by making the most popular Gundam a PGU instead of for the 50th

>>23375678
Probably an enormous celebration the likes of which we've never seen or imagined before. If I dare to dream, they might make 3 MGs that year.

>>23375678
I think 0079 is due for a reboot, and a 12 episode recap makes sense for seasonal anime. Maybe they only get to garmas death or the battle with ramba ral.

Repackage all the old designs as new kits. Aim for 15$ entry grade style builds

>lineup
Gundam
Guntank
Guncannon
Zaku
Chars' zaku
Gyan (earlier appearance than in original anime)
Gouf

Then next season you can do zgoks, goggs, gelgoogs gms, etc.

Probably end the anime in second season with the full armor gundam at abou a qu.

>>23375687
I doubt we'll see a remake of the original until everyone involved with it is dead.

I wouldn't be too surprised if they took the opportunity to give us something like a 1/144 Big Zam though.

how do I snap this in a way that lets me get it back apart for painting later?

>>23375690
Just get a little parts separator and it's easy to take apart.

>>23375690
Either snip a corner of the peg off, or cut the side wall of the peg hole, but not both. It reduces the friction between peg and hole enough that pulling the pieces apart with your fingers is easy, but (usually) not so much that the piece becomes loose.

>>23375690
You can cut a simple notch in the female peg hole wall, or circumcise the male part, whichever.

>>23375572
the only people who get uppity and use the term "snapshitter" unironically are snapshitters themselves.
they never post their work.

does bamco sell infividiual parts. i seem to have lost a p7 part in my 30mm alto kit

Snapgod reporting in. I cut my model kits parts off the sprue with house scissors. sometimes what I do is I grab the part with thick grooves pliers and just twist it off the sprue by force. this occasionally damages the part but it is of no significance to the snapgod.

This is what your average Gunpla fan looks like.

People complaining about part separation is advanced fucking autism like to the level that it’s further than almost anything I have seen on this website since I came here regularly in 2008 or so. having the different pieces, with different colors or the same color, helps me paint them and gives me more freedom how I approach it. I really don’t fucking care if that means the mode kit is an extra 3 dollars. More parts also means more convenience is you kitbash because you don’t need to do as much cutting.

>>23375782
She’s cute.

>>23375499
I want it so bad.

>>23375561
right unironically looks more overdesigned than left

>>23373984
OUT OF THE WAY, ANIME ROBOT FUCKING SHITS
Make way for the REAL GruntChad

>>23375786
>Its Xher mam.

>>23375687
Your idea sucks ass
Just animate The Origin for fuck's sake, it's literally free money
>>23375756
Only if you're japanese, gaijin are second class citizens

>>23375801
fuck. now i have a unit that looks like someone ripped him in half in battle. maybe i can use that

>>23375782
>>23375786
Gundamfans, right?

>>23375819
Is that a dude

>>23375615
It's fine to let it touch bare plastic as long as the model isn't assembled(and thus stressed) and you don't let it pool. Cracking is from a combination of those two. Gloss coats are good anyway though, helps it flow better.

>>23375819
Cute boy.
>>23375827
>visible adams apple
What do you think?

>>23375840
>What do you think?
Nice

>>23375637
They sell master grade cars?

Here's your chinkkino

>>23375819

one series and the gundam fandom let even crazier fuckers in the club. id rather deal with the constant seed bitching than...this

>>23375847
>Hajiroboshi at home

>>23375637
damn this looks cool

>>23375860
I googled painting the ruber tubing for zakus and I got a few posts saying it will crack and peel off even with primer.
Is there something I can do about this? I dont want to spend $15 on metal tubing, not when I have 3 tristars to paint.

>>23375896
Accidental reply, that was a general question aimed towards the general.

>>23375896
Which Zakus are they? You could always get some springs and cut them down to size.

>>23375561
Most of the styling is lifted from the Katoki Fix Figuration design

>>23375896
Did those posts mention anything about multiprimer? That's usually the go-to primer for surface with poor paint adhesion

>>23375900
I fucking hate Wave so much. They hardly get imported to my shithole country.

>>23375900
Gto black tri stars.
>>23375904
No they just vaguely mentioned adding in flex agents phrased in a speculative manner. Not really a solution but a guess.
Does multiprimer work well with acrylics or do I need special paints?

>>23375914
it should, but it's best to slap another layer of primer on top of that just to be on the safe side

>>23375915
What's a good brand? Im searching "multiprimer" on my shopping app and Im getting cookware lmao.

>>23375917
gaia

>>23375782
dubniggers are crazy for thinking these creatures are entitled to voice anime girls

>>23375927
Yeah white people have no place working in anime

>>23375931
I agree, with the sole exception of comedic racist depictions of gaijin. I'm ok with them bringing in one of us to voice that. Because it's funnier when they get a white dude to do it.

RG DX pls, Bandai.

>>23375946
What's that? You want a p bandai japan only release? I'm sure we can oblige.

>>23375819
>>23375827
>>23375841
>>23375840

oh, i do have her lilith cosplay set.... lol

Log: I’m getting tired no one is on /m/ I’m alone maybe I’ll go to sleep? end log

>>23375572
there were multiple people calling you retarded for spreading that, not just that one guy who made the shitty videos. maybe stop being retarded for 5 minutes

>>23375917
gaia, jumpwind, hobbymio (theirs is called hmt-10 rather than "multiprimer")

>>23375917
mr metal primer works as well

>>23375956
cute boy

>>23375756
Bandai offers a free part replacement service if you’ve got the receipt and it’s within a few months recent. It will take months to ship though, so another option is to look up individual part sellers

Sometimes I wonder if I should just hit gold paint with matte or semi gloss instead of gloss, seeing how good it looks like in pic related

>Dalong has merged and reorganized the entire MG section of the website
Fuck, why.

>>23376000
>how good it looks
looks like injection molded mustard gold

>>23376007
No? You can clearly see the metallic flakes, really fine ones even

>>23376007
So it looks like real gold?

>>23376003
It's literally not that bad. It now follows the same format as other section. IMO it's easier to find what you're looking for when it's organized like this.

>>23375678
>>23375687
I wish the HG Revives never stopped. Would've been nice to get a new Dom or Gelgoog

>>23376056
You mean the gunpla evolution project

>JMS Puru 2 Qubeley and JJ long rifle Moon Gundam out already according to krw
>0 listings on Ali
So how long does it usually take between something being out on chinese markets and being available on Ali?

>>23376059
Gunpla Evolution Project is Bandai's directive to make a HG of every protagonist Gundam in every series.

Revive is like the HG version of the Robot Damashi ver A.N.I.M.E.

>>23376071
Revives are just older kits remade with modern engineering. GEP was a one-off thing for the HGUC Zeta that got engineeringcrept a year later by the 0088 HG.

>>23375931
this includes english parody subtitles too.
the only exception i could make is for soundtrack because there's a few good gaijin composers

>>23376064
Maybe they're listed under legally distinct names like Red Moth Warrior and Psychic Plate Warrior or some shit

>>23376064
Anon?
https://aliexpress.ru/item/1005009439253667.html

>>23376113
>.ru
And just how the fuck am I supposed to buy from there?

>>23376125
Just change it to .com you r-
>Sorry, this item's currently unavailable in your location.
Oh

Is the RG Zephyranthes or Full Burnern the better kit?

>>23376130
Weird stuff.

>>23375542
He is posting some incredibly hot takes about how color separation is actually bad because masking is better. Such bold claims require proof of concept to be taken seriously.

has anyone found out if the reben wolf can hold the zudah’s rifle yet?

>>23376131
Both are good, but both suffer from a bit weak connection between the core fighter and upper torso. The Zephyrantes, having bigger and heavier backpack as well as some tiny thruster mechanism in the chest vents is seen as the less structuraly sound of the two

>>23376141
If it has a trigger finger hand, it should be able to hold it no problem

You ARE painting your Reben Wolf in Space Wolf squad colors, right anon?

>>23376179
Negative. I'm painting mine in New Desides colors and giving it a Gundam head, just like Brave Cod intended.

>>23376179
Implying our Bandai friends even paint at all.

>>23376186
Fairly based, such a great shade of blue. Do you have a specific gundam head in mind?

Do any paint brands for primer is acceptable?

>>23376194
Hazenthley II

>>23376206
>getting an expensive pban just for its head
brutal

>>23376179
I would paint it in minty Doven colors if I weren't lazy

>>23376210
oh, those are the Space Wolf colors. mb

>>23375483
Re100 is for uc. Full mechanics is non uc

Im kind of glad they aren’t making kits anymore. Over the past year I haven’t bought any new kits and have just been working on my backlog. I used to feel bad about how big my backlog was but now I wonder if it’s going to last until they start making kits again lol.

>>23376215
My favorite UC suit is the lindwurm. Thank goodness they put it in the re/100 line instead of the FM line where it doesn't belong. These are different things and it wasn't a rebrand at all.

>>23376209
I've suffered for far less, anon

>>23376223
>favorite suit is bawoo but uglier
Disgusting

>>23376223
Lindwurm's base kit is the RE/100 Bawoo, retard. All RE/100 have been UC and UC-based custom gunpla, for you pedantic fucks, while no Full Mechanics kit has been UC

>>23376220
>Im kind of glad they aren’t making kits anymore.
I have the opposite problem, way too many kits releasing at once

>>23376247
You're gonna freak when they start doing FM gcucks kits.

>>23376220
bandai hasn't been releasing anything good, but every other company has

>$7 ple2 qubelay with funnel effects
I'll just paint it white and I'm all set. Bandai can eat my ass if they think I'll pay the cost of an HG kit for 7 pieces of clear bent plastic.

>tfw can only paint maybe 2 kits a year because of 2-3 month wait times for shipping paints
I guess the upside is that it made me super selective about kits to buy since I'd never be able to work through any kind of backlog

>>23376253
Kind of out of the loop with the other companies, what kind of stuff have you been picking up lately? The only thing I remember is that obari dragonar that looked sick

>>23376256
Such is life in a third would country

>>23376252
Good thing they won’t. 1/100 is dead. Witch isn’t even getting them anymore.

>>23376252
Doesn’t count or else gqux suits would be released under the HGUC moniker instead of HGGX

>>23376255
Huh, I can actually see how it’s related to the elmeth in this pose

>>23376262
I can't wait for my HG, non universal century, gundam rx-78-2

>>23376270
Post work

>>23376274
I'm not sure what a shitpost has to do with what I'm working on.

>>23376275
Because you should be modeling instead of shitposting

>>23376279
I can do both. I am incredibly talented and handsome.

>>23376262
>HGUC
Gcucks isn't UC.

>>23376283
Source?

>>23376283
That’s exactly my point, FM gqux suits wouldn’t break the rule of re/100 being a U.C.-exclusive line

>>23376287
Nothing would because the line is dead and rebranded.

>>23376288
That’s not true

>>23376292
When was the last release?

>>23376285
>Source?
Gcucks.

I HATE THE VARNISH TUBE ANTICHRIST
I HATE THE VARNISH TUBE ANTICHRIST
why yes i did just finish building my MG Zaku Warrior and fuck up the power tube

Is there something I can get that's cheaper than these aftermarket tubes? I dont mind paying but $15 for 1 zaku's tubes is ridiculous.

>>23376294
I don’t care about release dates or how old kits are

>>23376301
Because the line is dead and rebranded. Full mechanics replaced it.

>>23376302
How could it replace something when it has a completely different scope?

>>23376325
It's the same thing. The distinction you've made is arbitrary and coincidental.

looks cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QroIWYoNmZ8

>>23375738
Factual.

>>23376302
>Full mechanics replaced it.
>first FM kit: 2016
>latest RE100 kit: 2022
uhh retardbro???

>>23376330
I didn’t make the distinction retard. Re 100 is for uc and fm is for au. You can’t just replace uc with au.

>>23375738
Ok snapshitter

>>23376353
he who is without snapshit shall exclaim the first snapshitter

t. john bandai

>>23376335
NTA, Re100 is kinda, one momment it is UC, the other momment, it is alternative UC and AU. Nightinghale is alternative UC, they also planned to make kit for Leo, Reborns and Gaia. Most of existing Re100 are from UC so alot of people mistaken it for being UC exclusive, when it was never the plan for this line.

>>23376360
The leo is UC actually since they planned it to be re/100

>>23376364
>>23376360
Hg Leo is HGUC so what’s your point?

>>23376360
How did the line die with so many potential candidates to choose from?

>>23376367
Poor sales.

>>23376367
Re/100 shouldn't exist except for kits like Nightingale. That's why. Also I'm glad we're still posting that ancient image from literally 15 years ago of which a singular robot on it came true.

>>23376369
Where's your official source of info that they didn't mean it and that the line is really only for UC suits?

>>23376369
MG Jegan was probably repurposed from an abandoned Re100 design. It’s a really barebones MG

>>23376368
Why did it have poor sales? Do Japan not like big toys? I feel like it could have been good for grunts because they are just big Hgs. The mg grunts is more pieces and more expensive to build armies

>>23376364
ngltbphf I wouldn't mind RG wing grunts.
Can't say I care for the gundams themselves, but the Leo and his cousins would have a place in my shelf.

>>23376366
hg leo is HGAC retard

>>23376372
I think most of FM SEED were RE100's on going developments until Bandai decided to kill the line off and transfer them to FM line.

>>23376374
average japanese buyer does not have enough room in his prison cell apartment for big toys

>>23376368
>>23376369
The line deserved to die as retribution for making the Dijeh a re/100 instead of a master grade

>>23376374
RE and FM in general are both expensive and at the same time, not giving the innerframe autists what they actually want.

>>23376374
People wanted the more complex engineering of the master grade, I think.

>>23376374
Bandai has put themselves into a corner basically. The userbase full of snapshitter won't take big toys without all of the fancy innerframe that they won't be able to see.

>>23376372
>The Jegan was just converted to MG bro, trust me
Yeah yeah. Literally 10 years of hearing this bullshit.

>>23376394
Where's the re/100 jegan then?

>>23376391
Tell me the only difference between the FM barbatos and vidar and their MG counterparts is the inner frame.

>>23376396
Exactly.

>>23376391
It's almost like building the kit is a source of entertainment and people enjoy building the frame. You're in an extremely fringe, small minority, of customers who think having to build it is a problem. The overwhelming majority of gunpla enjoyers enjoy building the kit, frame and all.

>>23374941
>It is impossible to do ABC
For ESLs this very well may be true

>>23376399
Innerframe is such a fucking meme.

>>23376396
Why would they make an re/100 when there’s already a master grade?

>>23376400
For snapshitter, their ability to be fluent in english is a useless gimmick since they can't paint like a normal person.

>>23376402
It's fun to build.

>>23376403
They actually did that with the zaku ii.

>>23376406
Zaku II or Zaku II Kai?

>>23376403
Anon is convinced that that image is gospel, everything on that image was going to be produced and that bandai threw away all the planning and design work while conveniently one robot released as re/100 and another was last minute converted to MG.

I just penetrated a barrel with my drill for the first time
I am now a man, behold me

>>23376409
If that’s not the case, explain why the mg jegan just looks like a larger hg

>>23376404
>For snapshitter
Sure, but this is still an English-speaking website

>>23376410
Yeah you are a man. A transman.

>>23376412
.... because it's a jegan.

>>23376413
Whatever you say, snapshitter.

>>23376409
It's proof that bandai did not think of the line as exclusively UC and that it's just some nonsense made up by autistic people who are convinced the line is still alive.

>>23376418
>It's proof
You've been repeating this for 10 years. I literally became an old man listening to your nonsense.

>>23376416
Master grades are allowed to, and should, take artistic liberties for the sake of a quality product
>MG RX-78-2 3.0

Does anyone actually do "army building"

>>23376426
I do with Maschinen Krieger, but not in the style of "buy a kit 10 times". I usually paint them in similar colorscheme to create a uniformity.

>>23376425
Many of them do not nor should they.

>>23376421
An old man writing fanfiction about the intent behind dead brand.

>>23376430
>Reborn 100
>Died
The irony is so strong with this one.

>>23376425
>a model kit shouldn't look like the original subject
Retard

This whole argument is starting to sound like a dramatic movie. " I have had enough of your shit! 10 years! 10 years of my vented hatred for the likes of you! ".

>>23376425
Artistic liberties are to be taken by you, the modeler
Oh wait, there are no modelers in this thread

>>23376438
High grades are for anime accuracy, anything more expensive (RGs, MGs, PGs) should include logical additional details not included in the source material due to budget reasons such as maintenance hatches and other mechanical detailings

>>23376440
Don’t like it, just change it fag. You’re a modeler right? I mean you have to have some starting point otherwise it’s just going to be a block you chisel like the old sculptors

>>23376442
>High grades are for anime accuracy
Let's not lie to ourselves, shall we?

>>23376431
>Died
>Just got a reprint this year

>>23376445
You can still buy vintage NG kits, what’s your point?

>>23376445
Yeah it is alive. Now where is the new Non Grade 1/100, since Bandai just reprinted this shit?

>>23376374
RE/100 kits were barely cheaper than their MG counterparts and were a lot worse. It wouldn’t really be a good line for grunts

>>23376445
The last new mould the line got was 5 years ago (Shokew)

yeah i stomped your runners
you're a modeler right? fix it
youre welcome

>>23376447
That its alive and Bandai hasnt forgotten about it?

>>23376453
He said this to me except it was about my knees after I asked where my q1 preorder was last week.
After that he shoulder checked a stack of boxes.

>>23376442
>not included in the source material due to budget reasons
What makes you think that's the only reason the designs aren't clusterfucks of greeble

>>23376452
That is if you only count it's release date. Each product usually has around 2 to 3 years of development, so technically, Shokew's mold should be atleast 7 years old. The writing was on the wall when Bandai both stopped making new Re100 and even put the last of its kind on P-Bandai.

>>23376442
>Anime accuracy

Is there a particular frame from the anime that a kit must adhere to?

>>23376456
Greeble is nice to look at but not nice to draw

>>23376461
>Greeble is nice to look at
No it's not

>>23376430
I was a young spry 20 year old when anon said we were going to get all these awesome robot model kits. My how time flies.

>>23376442
No, go away.

>been making holes with my new hand drill
>now can't stop coughing
does hand drilling really blasts particles like sanding? should i wear a mask?

>>23376473
But I’m a modeler

>>23376443
The starting point is the model you buy. You can use tools to add details to the model like panel lines or scratch build new details. You can be as creative as you want.

>>23376466
It is, as it looks more realistic as far as hatches/warning signs go. If a suit doesn't have to be visually stealthy, it makes sense for the greble.

whoa...

>>23376488
It's not supposed to be realistic, it's an anime character model

>>23376492
>No paint
>Dumb yoga poses
The pinnacle of gunpla

>>23376493
It's from a real robot series, if it wasn't annoying to draw it would have been added.

>>23376417
At least with snapshitters it's easier to pick up paint than it is for ESLs to learn the English language

>>23376500
>At least with snapshitters it's easier to pick up paint
Lol. LMAO even.

>>23376499
Real robot is a meme, execs turned Tomino's vision into a marketing vehicle for kids' toys from day 1

>>23376500
>Snapshitters
>pick up paint

>>23376506
>just call it anime ver.
>it looks so bold and stylized
>gunpla is freedom

>>23376505
>execs turned Tomino's vision
It was never his vision. Tomino's original vision was "Gunboy" and had nothing to do with the later finalized concepts. The fact that they even credit him as the creator is a huge courtesy by itself.

>>23376404
>t. can't paint inside the lines

>>23376514
t. snapshitter

>>23376514
>can't paint inside the lines
Here is your paint inside the lines, bro

>>23376504
>>23376506
>ESLs not having comprehension and registering an insult
>and not posting their own kits either
>but posting screenshots from >>>reddit
Sasuga ESLs

I can never get snapshitter's mindset and why do they get so defensive over the word "snapshitter". What else should i call you fags? God Emperor of Plamo? Diet Modeler? Sugar Daddy?

>>23376514
I can't. Caffeine is a hell of a drug.

>>23376520
>I need to label everything
Isn't that a sign of low functioning autism?

>>23376520
FGO's rotted your brain.

>>23376516
looks really good except for the face

>>23376517
Sorry buddy. Snapshitters are not welcomed in these threads. We will take ESL painter over EOP snapshitter, Snapshitters are not human, atleast with ESLs, they are just human who live in another continent. Snapshitter? Paint nothing. Contributing nothing. Still want to be taken seriously.

What's up my handpaint chads, what're we painting with the brush today?

I'd suck so many dicks if Bandai just continued the EX line. More warships, more support vehicles, more dedicated MA/transformed mode models. God it'd be great.

>>23376391
The only thing you can do with gunpla is building. What else are you going to do with it, it's a model, and you're not a kid anymore so can't use it as a toy. More parts = more fun = more value for money.
I just build and then throw finished robot into the storage under my bed.

inb4 painting
that's just unrequired artificial padding of time like doing all achievements in a video game.
building gives you a finished product like creators intended

>>23376438
A model kit is the original.
Anime is just a commercial for it and for budget reasons mechs always have less details than they should.

>>23376506
>>23376516
panel lining is a meme

>>23376554
Same with shading, shitters will never understand that 3D objects already have shadows and do not need you to simulate them

>>23376550
No, the lineart is the original.

>>23376544
I'd love EX Ra Cailum

shading is a meme is a meme

>>23376565
You and me both brother. Although if I'm really gonna get my wishhat on it's the Reinforce Junior for me.

>>23376560
So true

>>23376544
*monkeys paw curls*

Here’s your gundam ex bro

>>23376573
>We're going for realism with this design
>What about this design is more realistic?
>Uhhhhhhhhhh

>>23376527
>atleast with ESLs, they are just human
>Paint nothing
>Still want to be taken seriously.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>we
At least proofread your grammar before you pretend to be a non-ESL, you stupid fucking animal

>>23376574
there is literally no way to make a bipedal war robot realistic

>>23376577
*cyborgs your infantry*

>>23376573
As terrible as this design is, I do like the shield and rifle

>>23376577
Now you're going to make me start posting this retard. You did that on purpose didn't you?

>>23376577
I remember in the interview with the mechanical designer, he said that they went with smaller panels on the skirt and shoulder armor because at that size massive panels would weigh it down too much

>>23376581
>this retard that has never been in a war
NTA but cmon bro

>>23376580
The shield is awful and the rifle is just guncannon rifle

>>23376583
>never been in a war
There are tanks and planes that have never been in a war either but we commonly accept them as war vehicles.

>>23376586
I don’t

>>23376587
touché

>>23376584
A greebled guncannon rifle so it’s automatically better

>>23376586
helps that they're iterations of vehicles proven in war
call me when they sling an M2 on the Atlas

>>23376580
i like the design though D:

>>23376592
I'm sure they'll be there soon. The dog is already starting to show up places.
>iterations of vehicles proven in war
Meaningless.

>>23376580
>shield
Why is half of the stupid thing missing?

>>23376581
>>23376597
>believing money laundering scam that is Boston Shitnamics
Really now?

>>23376577
It's only a matter of time, in like maybe a thousand years more. No one would have even imagined that tanks would be something that works in real life but it still happened. It's the same with missiles.

>>23376581
>>23376583
I believe in this stupid looking retard

>>23376600
Because it looks cool, retard

>>23376605
That's weird because it doesn't.

>>23376560
Yeah I painted a lot of warhammer miniatures and for that it’s needed for your eyes to pick up the detail from any distance but a model kit already has this so I don’t think the panel lining is needed typically. I think it looks ugly unless it’s done really lightly. But at that point it’s really more of a weathering since you are still painting grime or dust into the recessed areas.


I do think though if you do the panel lining and the shading well it can still look decent but it looks decent in the way that old PS2 mechs models usually had baked lighting in their textures because they were such low polygon count. it’s a stylized look and not realistic to shade and panel line a HG or MG kit. The only things about shading and panel line lining a HG or MG that is realistic is if you are doing a weathering piece and the shading essentially doubles as a buildup of grime simultaneously. That’s my view on it anyway.


I don’t think guys who make model kits of cars preshade and panel line their Ferrari models or whatever. but when you are talking about anything smaller than a high grade that’s probably getting towards miniature territory where you may need to use those visual tricks to enhance detail.

snapGODS run this thread. you will never get rid of us.

>>23376619
I’m thinking about snapping into a slimGM later this afternoon. (zaku 1 kit from Amazon)

>>23376618
>it’s a stylized look and not realistic to shade and panel line a HG or MG kit.
yeah that's the point. if i wanted realism i'd paint it in flat colours like those giant gundam statues in japan

>>23376603
Da Vinci imagined tanks hundreds of years prior man. Metal box you shoot out of is all it boils down to and I can guarantee that thousands of other people conceived it before it happened. The benefits are obvious, the question was just how to achieve the power to move it. The benefits of bipedal machines above infantry size are of extremely questionable benefit beyond being cool.

>>23376560
did you know that the way shadows are cast on an object is different when it's 144 times the size

>>23376631
Well that’s fine then, I’m just saying why I personally don’t bother with it. back in the day a company called ARTFX made some front mission 3 figures and they also made armored core 2 figures. I think a lot of the armored core 2 figures had shading in various areas and looked pretty good and I liked them because they looked more like a videogame asset that way and gave them some charm. Not sure if they did that on any of the front mission figures but some of the non metallic armored core figures they made in flat colors like grey or green had shading in various regions like the legs. Also another one that I liked was xebec which I think was a kaiyodo sub company made a line of evangelion figures in the early 2000s. You can look those up and they shaded almost all of the Evangelion figures. even the metallic ones. So you had cool things like a golden variant of Eva unit 1 with elaborate shading on various armor panels. and the white mass production units they used an interesting purple shading technique on those. In that fringe circumstance it was that choice that made them stand out enough that I collected them because they looked more unique than the other figures. unfortunately those old xebec evangelion figures are quite fragile now but you can look at the pictures on google to see what I mean. They look much nicer than the standard revoltech figures available today.

if i do a lacquer base coat and i want to do enamel weathering and wash, is it a good idea to do lacquer clear coats between each step or should i just use acrylic clear?

>>23376637
Those old Armored Core figures were extremely good. I still have my AC2AA cover AC. Kinda crazy I bought it in a plastic clamshell for like, what, 30 bucks back when? I don't know. Still look great, although Robot Damashiis definitely blow them out of the water these days overall.

>>23376637
Golden unit of evangelion unit 00 with darker gold shading. Sorry just woke up. I think they also used that shading technique on the metallic red version of Eva 002 which also looked good.

>>23376639
If I remember right I got mine from an EB games for like 20 something. They came out in like 2001 or something so 20.00 back then was a lot but worth it for what you were getting. I got the metallic green and dark grey zio matrix robot which was the bulky tank biped with the giant middle backpack attachments. i had a collection of about 10 of those and they were a lot of fun. Each one came with head and weapon options so technically you could squad build them and they also had alternate color ways too for part swapping. I regret selling them and I also sold my robot damashii stuff and regret selling those as well. You are correct that those are better engineered but I thought something about the old artfx armored core figures were more interesting and fun. I had 3 Leo’s and a talgeese plus the weapon pack for the damashii line and enjoyed those quite a bit. I think the reason I have a fonder memory of the artfx figures was that they looked very unique and had a lot of weight in the hand where as the robot spirits line felt look and looked more like professionally made model kits. that’s a weird critique I realize but my impression I remember having of my gundam wing damashii figures.

>>23376636
Not different enough to justify blasting black on random edges.

>>23376646
In particular this figure is probably the one I would recommend the most if you ever buy more and find good second hand prices. You can see if comes with 3 head options. Tank legs. And it had 2 tank arm attachments. grabbed this image from eBay. They also made another biped in either these colors or similar colors and you could probably mix those 2 figures into a multitude of combinations.

>>23376659
I didn’t have this color way but you can see what I mean that it’s most likely close enough. This figure typically came in dark grey but this green emeraude version would most likely part swap well with the tank one. this was the strength of the armored core line is that many of the parts were swappable. so you could easily get out of hand buying a lot of them since they all came with different option parts. it’s close to being a 10/10 toyline it’s only flaw is that occasionally the ball pegs on some of them are a different diameter by a small amount. Maybe one day I will buy them again..

I am no longer asking politely

I DEMAND A MG NOW

>>23376680
Needs a re/100 first

>>23376684
don't you mean a FM

>>23375506
It's literally Hyaku-Shiki Kai with armor parts on top. You can just take the parts off and have the Kai left over. This is the kit with the armor removed.

>HG Exia
>HG Sazabi
>MG Barbatos
All right, so they haven't given up on Gunpla at all, they were just in a restock glut somehow.

>>23376710
This looks way better. A lot less cluttered

>>23376492
https://youtu.be/MmnceLIVtSo?feature=shared
>mario pussy attack

>>23376714
All the actual problem parts are still there. The GFF was just as bulky but didn't look cluttered at all since it kept the design simple.

>>23376711
>kenbu zan
Kek

>>23376728
Why do chinks have to greeble shit so much?

>>23376739
They don't understand less is more.

>>23376711
>Dat Tickbalang
Kek. Does this thing even sell at all?

>>23376743
>Here we have /gpg/‘s order.

This is what happens if you dont order from USAGS.

>>23376753
Who knows I have never seen anyone buy one, the same goes for the base jabber.

>>23376753
>>23376756
I've always liked Base Jabber type vehicles since you can enhance the poses on your kits, but the problem is that WfM was such an underdeveloped show that you don't even want a Tickbalang to pose with any of that shit (and in many cases you don't even want any of the kits that aren't the Aerial or Calibarn).

At least with the Base Jabber there's loads of combinations of mounted units you can do, from CCA and Unicorn eras. And at HG scale you at least don't have to wait for that shit to show up on P-Bandai.

>>23376739
it looks more like a model and not a cheap toy

>>23376743
>tree of life tattoo

>>23376739
>Chinks
I'll say it again, as with all Chink injection gunpla bootlegs, it's a stolen design from JP 3D modellers/resin studios. You can literally go buy the conversion from multiple stores right now.

>>23376754
>also what happens if you order from USAGS

>>23376762
What else did chinks steal? Was the solomon gp02 stolen too?

>>23376759
Chinese kits look like silly cheap toys inspite of the hyper complex designs. Beside Gundam wannabe robots, i haven't see original ultilitarian stuff them. They keep copying Gundam and Zaku instead of Votoms ATs.

>>23376762
>it's a stolen design from JP 3D modellers/resin studios
Which in itself is stolen from the GFF combined with some design elements from YJL

I heard Zak has an inside agent who works at customs that shits in all the gunpla boxes from Japan, so that people will order from usags instead.

>>23376766
>as with all
All means all anon

>>23376773
The modelling is original to the sculptor, it's not stolen from the GFF or YJL, and YJL's "design elements" are also nowhere near their own. That's a lot different than lifting the exact model. It's not like G-System wasn't putting out their own insanely intricate and greebled designs 20 years ago.

One Newtype connection with Zaku Aurelius later and my G-Self arrived!
I'll chalk the delay up to placing my order close to the 4th of July/the weekend.

My Hobby Lobby was having a 40% off sale on boxed model kits. Bad selection, but I got 3 of the Wing suits HG kits for $13, a Barbados HG for $10, and 2 Action base 2s for $6. Almost picked up a MG Gouf for $25 before I remembered this thread saying it can't hold it's gun up.

>>23376790
Holy shit 40% off? Where do you live? I need to get that

>>23376711
Looks that way, the long drought between them restocking shelves convinced me they were getting out of gunpla.

>>23376711
>>23376793
Wisconsin, but upon catching up it looks like a wide sale? Jealous of that anon as I've been wanting an RG Hi-Ni

>>23376793
Hobby Lobby always has 40% off boxed model kits every other week.

>>23376798
Ahh, good to know. I've only been there twice and my brother's GF texted me this sale.

>>23376619
Nobody is trying to get rid of you we just want you to paint your fuckinf kits instead of just building them and leaving them as is like a child would do. If all you do is snap them together that's fine but don't act like they look good or even acceptable.

>>23376756
I’d buy a Dodai if I could ever find one

Need them to make another mg. Gunpla is getting boring.

I wish people stopped putting MGs on a pedestal for everything. So damn tiring.

just bought another pedestal for my MGs bros

>>23376830
>Gunpla is getting boring.
I don't remember gunpla ever being exciting. Literally the most boring stuff in modelkit hobby.

>>23376845
Newfag here. Why wasn’t gunpla ever exciting?

>>23376544
God this thing is peak MA mode. The shoulder/arm transformation element of the S is just brilliant design.

>>23376849
>Why wasn’t normiefag franchise ever exciting?

Gosh, I hate gunpla soooooooooooooo much! And that's why I'm here and not on /toy/!

>>23376849
If it isn't a vacuformed kit you aren't really modeling. Just snapshitting.

>>23376868
Please, anon.
Stop saying the truth.

Aura batterer

Dunbaine

Aura shooto

Dunbaine

Attack attack attack

>>23376868
>tfw want to get into vacuforming but too poor to afford a circular saw

>>23376875
damn, these mfers tryna aura farm but it's a drought no cap

>>23376837
nice, they're held just high enough for me to

>>23376868
Where is the lie?

>>23376885
a slight uppercut and he would bite off his tongue

>>23376909
can't pose an mg brick into an uppercut

I think what I just want is to look at the new kit announcement and see that they made something I want for once. I’ve been a gundams fan since 2017 and the only thing they made that I wanted is re 100 shokew. Everything else is generic gundamslop or seedshit or shit from the new shows that all suck

>>23376913
The only thing seems mildly intriguing from Bandai so far is their Yugioh line. Sure some details look like dogshit but atleast it is not another gundam sludge.

when i'm on the build i narrate everything i do in my head as if i was doing a youtube tutorial

>>23376913
>the only thing they made that I wanted is re 100 shokew
terrible taste

>>23376913
if between the MG Mark V and the F90s, HG Hyzenthlay, Barzam II, Reben Wolf, Psyco Mark II, Penelope/Xi/Messer, Psyco Doga, Bolinoak, Gallus J, D Gundam, G-Lines, G04/05, Mudrock, super Leos, Shuffle Alliance kits, Daughtress, fuck there's honestly too many to list but if between all those just listed there isn't a single design you like then you have abysmal taste and I fucking love the Shokew.

>>23376948
>90% p-bandai
and this is why I don't buy bandai anymore, the only thing that makes it to retail shelves anymore is the slop

AAAAAAAAIIIIIE GROUPBUILD EXTENSION

>>23376952
works for me, I like my random gunpla deliveries every couple of months

REEEEEEE AUGUST DEADLINE.

>>23376948
You see it's weird because I like a lot of those in lineart form and then you turn them into HGs and they just look like shitty fucking toys
I think I might just not like model kits idk

Here's your Messer variant

>>23376963
erotic

>>23376963
bro thinks he in megaman
bro holding light punch to buster

>>23376560
That's an ancient shitpost you've dug up

>>23376963
It would be hilarious if this is what bandai releases for the new movie.

>>23376980
It is a release for the new movie explicitly.

>>23376987
That’s hilarious

>>23376991
It's basically just an F02 reprint with a bonus.

>>23376996
I saw someone comment that it looked like the rear skirt might have improved articulation, but I can’t tell as I don’t own the kit

>>23377003
The dengeki article mentions it has new rear skirt pieces with improved articulation yeah. Hopefully that means they're on a better joint, since they're on the fiddlier side.

Does using different brands of primer effective on kits?

Guys how many of us like wing zero tv better than ew?

Wing zero ew is so normiecore it seems us tvgods are in small numbers

>>23377006
Every single tv design looks better than its ew counterpart,

>>23376987
This and nothing else.

>>23377011
We'll get a recoloured Xi too

>>23377006
I like EW Wing Zero more than Wing Zero TV. I only like Wing Zero TV if its the chunky Zero

before katoki added all his bullshit, Wing Zero TV was just another shitty Gundam with retarded transformation to jet mode with retarded contorting knees. Wing Zero EW, however was radical. the very first Gundam with angel-like wings as its backpack/wings. its never seen before on a Gundam, and best of it all, the design works.

>>23377013
Why are there so many gundams that are just another shitty gundams? I feel like most of the 90s up through AGE we were getting those.

>>23377012
Bandai also made up a new equipment pack for Odysseus to replace the Penelope so you can be sure they'll shoehorn that in as well

>>23377019
Argos has been a thing for ages. I imagine it'll be an MSV instead of put into any of the movies but who knows.

What are the kits that show up in linkin park's somewhere I belong video?

Snapgods, when are they going to give us our Mastergrade SD sets? We have waited long enough! We deserve SD sets complete with moveable innerframes and proper part separation!!! Did Bandai forget about us….?? The SD audience?????

>>23377022
They’re from stardust memory. Ironically I think they were snapbuilt so Chester was one of us. Shitposting aside I miss that era we didn’t realize how good we had it with fun edgy rock music crossing over with solid IPs. I remember halo 2 had breaking Benjamin in it and that singer was a legit halo fan.

>>23376963
>Its actually fucking real.

Hathaway 2 gunna be gud.

>>23373984
Sub-arms are complete and painted, just need a couple more details hand painted in. Next, I'll tackle the wings which I want to make extend outward.

>>23376963
>>23377032
Penis-Bandai, or normal release?

>>23377041
Peebs of course

>>23377041
That kind of photography is for P-Bandai. Retail uses either white or black background.

>>23377041
>Penis-Bandai
Lmfao

>>23377041
You know oddly enough, this is the first time Im seeing a shield that has machine guns built into it.

Are there any examples of cloaks that look good and how to achieve those results?

>>23373984
Doing one of those 30MM AC kits by Bandai. I was trying to do a light wash of brown, but it came out looking like it fell in a puddle so I'm stripping it off and leaving it around the edges.

>>23377065
It's pretty much lifted 1 to 1 from the GM Guard Custom

>>23377065
Gyan's needle launchers really might as well be machineguns.

>>23377022
GP01 Full Burnern, Sazabi & Wing Zero. Not sure what kind of kits it was

>>23377110
Looks like the sazabi is a MSIA(you can tell by the grey front skirt vent and yellow marking). If I had to guess, the others are probably something similar. I had the sazabi and wing zero as a kid.

>>23373984
Resuming work on my RG Wing Zero Custom (one of three or four simultaneously incomplete projects). After agonizing over how to properly do this, I finally decided fuck it and went at it with a pin vise (punching a small hole in my mat in the process) and then gouged the rest with my hobby knife. Went a lot better than I expected, and at such a small scale I'm not going to aim for perfection. Good enough is good enough, especially after it's painted, and nobody's going to look that closely anyway.

When did you realize RGs compromise proportions for the sake of color separation and greeble?

>>23377124
when did you realize posting stupid shit for (you)s was what gave you giggles?

>>23377025
I think I read they were Mike Shinoda's, he had them lying in his house and brought them to the video because he thought they looked cool

>>23377083
Heyy I'm building this one too! Are nubmarks bad?

>>23377110
What's the kit next to the Sazabi?

>>23377032
>HG
MG gets nothing yet again

>>23377124
I can definitely see RG having blocky shapes on models that don't really need them, they look silly and jarring most of the time. The proportion is just whatever for this line, they are Chink tier redesigns, even if you remove all greebles and panel lines, they still look off somehow.

>>23377032
>>23376963
>Hathaway's Flash design
>it looks normal instead of being a supremely large fatass (I haven't read or watched it yet, I only know the Xi and Penelope exist)
The hell

>>23377162
The Messer is enormous. It's Sazabi-sized. Everything in HF is fat, and that Messer is fat too.

1/100 Kshatriya?

>>23373984
Okay, you're gonna have to trust me in this one /gpg/, but I'm adding texture to the guts kit. It will look better when painted bros, trust the process, haha. The putty layer will really pull it together, lol.

>>23377137
Most of the numbs are covered up very well by other pieces as they layer on. What's the real issue is that it has some ugly seam lines and lots of detail that you have to sand over to clean them up, if you wish to do so. I just decided to leave them as is because I knew I wasn't going to get it looking as good as it was.

>>23377205
There's already been like 2 1/100 resin kits so it's not really that surprising. Feels overdue, actually

>>23377162
Hathaway's Flash was the zenith of stupid huge mobile suits and ultimately what screwed over Anaheim Electronics because the Federation finally got tired of their double dealing and increasingly bulky and bloated MS. That's when they took a look at SNRI

>>23377205
>Solomon model
The same people that made the GP02?