Thread 23398536

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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.
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-=THE GUIDES=-
>Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:
gunpla.buyfags.moe
>Funaka's gunpla guides:
Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdf
Scratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf
>Falldog's gunpla guide:
otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide
>A guide to other types of plamo:
mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa
>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: >>23394446

-=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!

HG Mk V I can feel it

>>23398550
Doven Wolf and Silver Bullet existing implies it's very possible, it's just a matter of "do i make this P-bandai"? on bandai's side.

>>23398556
It is more like " This guy is a villain in Sentinel and we don't like Model Graphix " on Bandai's side.

>>23398550
Forget about it. Xeku Zwei kit when?

>>23398550
if ever they do make one, I hope they don't use the Katokified design

>>23398575
They definitely will. HG Doven Wolf looks nothing like Akitaka's design.

>>23398578
It's so fucking over if that's the case

If I wanted to buy some oil-based paints falsely labelled as water-based, where should I go?

>>23398538
I want to give him a wash but washes intimidate me and every time I've tried one it looked like I literally dunked the model in a puddle

>>23398539
the thruster pack really became the highlight of this build

>>23398630
Anon, for the love of god, clean up your workspace before painting so the hair and dust doesn't get trapped under the paint

>>23398630
o my acrylicpeel

>>23398635
It adds texture.

>>23398635
haha yeah, do you think I don't see it? this build has been the epitome of "just get the fucking thing done" for me for almost a month and a half
random dust and cat hair has been the fucking bane of me, no matter how much i clean my workspace and my parts it still gets in somehow

also it looks much worse in this shot than it looks in person because of how the drybrushing caught the light

contemplating buying the hg launcher for my hyaku shiki

>>23398630
I like the paintjob but i also realized that you didn't cut the safety flags at all.

>>23398648
The model shouldn’t even have safety flags.

The Reben wolf is the best kit they have done recently.

>>23398630
Very nice
However, I have a nitpick. The shield jutting so far out from the gatling is making my autism flare up. It should be hugging the gun a lot closer if you want it to look good from the side

>>23398667
right now it's attached by one of the original swivel arms (i butchered michaelis' arm for this)
i could glue it in place to make it conform closer
and i might yet do that

anyone try this thing?
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Ganzton-Airbrush-Compressor-Professional-Special/dp/B086V1FSN4
should i get it as my first airbrush?

at least he paints his kits

>>23398679
With water based paints? Or "Water" based paints

>>23398703
With water based “paints”

>>23398703
Water "based" paints

>>23398703
"With" water based paints

>it was that simple
I will forever seethe about this kit

>>23398720
who?

>>23398722
G-Self movie version.

>>23398720
Which is one is the improvement here? I fucking hope it is not "movie ver" because that looks trash.

>>23398726
it's the movie version that's the improved one. they also redid the back of the leg to give it more bend

>>23398725
left looks so much better than right

>>23398720
>>23398725
>>23398729
Yeah the new version is a ridiculous glowup in appearance and articulation. Highly recommend it.

>>23398725
Cares.

>>23398732
Do I even want another perfect pack? Took me something like 2 months of prep work+painting to finish mine.

>>23398729
>to give it more bend
So it is trash, then?

>>23398735
The perfect pack itself didn't change so you can at least just plug your old one into the new kit. In my opinion the new head sculpt makes it worthwhile alone.

>>23398742
It's common knowledge that the original HG G-Self was hot garbage, and the perfect pack did nothing to alleviate that

>>23398742
>god I fucking hate the idea of my giant moving robots being designed to move

>>23398750
It is a model, i don't care if it can bend over like a faggot.

>>23398747
>It's common knowledge that the original HG G-Self was hot garbage
It's common knowledge that gunpla community is full of snapshitters and you shouldn't listen to their opinion.

>>23398751
cool, what have you been working on lately

>>23398746
guess I can do that, shame about the rest of the kit though, gonna be stuffed inside the box forever

>>23398756
Oh, actually, I lied a little, the torso changes are really fantastic too, I forgot just how shitty the original torso was by comparison. Yeah I don't know what the fuck to do with my extra either. If I could at least find a space backpack for sale I'd just slap it on.

>>23398755
You will see soon.

>>23398762
>space pack
That thing's a myth man. Been trying to hunt down one for the core fighter and I've had zero fucking luck.

>>23398725
Better parts separation and added cuts on certain parts of the armor. Wonder about reassembling it into the pre-Perfect Pack G-Self though, unless it's a simple shoulder swap.

>>23398770
It comes with all the parts to make non-Perfect, but you get no pack for it nor any alternate shields or rifles

>>23398776
Doesn't matter, unless someone manages to snag what >>23398765 calls a myth. Once in a blue moon, a Space Pack can get reissued, just like all the impossible-to-get old G-Reco kits. I swear, the movie series was a perfect opportunity to make a G-Arcane Full Dress, and they blew it. And after meeting a 3D printer designer, yes, you can theoretically make the Full Dress transform into a better-looking MA Mode.

Do you guys ever did metallic paint?

Any recomendations for the colorscheme for Doven Wolf? I'm making a sniper custom. I like the teal but also considering green.

>>23398783
After doing a glossy gunmetal finish on parts of my amatsu mina, think I'll hold off on doing that for a long while. Too much work

>>23398785
Why did you give it the littly tiny baby hands that are for its tiny baby arms on its normal arms anon

>>23398791
The fanfiction is that this is a heavily damaged Doven and they did whatever they could to salvage it.
The real reason is that the kit doesn't have a closed fist and the open hands look fucking weird. I was going to buy the DLC hands but on second thought, fuck that.

>>23398782
Fucking what are you babbling about good lord

>>23398796
>kit doesn't have a closed fist
Bro? Your Reben Wolf hands?

>>23398796
The open hands look weird because they're posed to be firing the palm beam gun, not relaxed

>>23398662
Designed to be cannibalized for woundwort

>>23398806
it's weird this amuses you so much to repeat

>>23398800
None of retailers in my place import Reben yet.

Praise Plamor

Pumpkin Pie Warrior's greatest enemy

I didn't even know this thing has a HG until recently. Does Bandai reprint it?

>>23398821
HG mechanics is a different line than HG, I think that's like 1/550 or something. And very rarely.

>>23398725
I still think right looks better proportionally, but the G-Self is such a lukewarm design that neither are that great at the end of the day. The perfect pack shoulders look terrible without the pack on to distract from them, and the boob windows on left do it zero favours.

The concept art was so much better for every design.

>>23398837
The concept art was drawn by Gyobu. Akira Yasuda made the official one. They obviously had different ideas for G Self but eventually Tomino picked Yasuda's rendition.

>>23398843
was it explicitly tomino that chose it?
gyobu's concepts are much more in line with the "sleek white gundam" of tomino's dreams while yasuda clearly was catering to the kids and the toy manufacturers.

>>23398846
Gyobu's G Self almost become the official design with Sunrise using it for the teaser poster of the show. I guess something happened at last minute, leading to the dismissal of this design.

>>23398539
Robbing some leftover decals from my pg unicorn perfectibility and 1/144 generic sheet.

I wish I wasn't broke. New zoid drop. This fucker is so goddamn cool. It's huge, too and has mounts for the Gojulas cannons. If anyone else cares about Zoids, check it out.
https://kotobukiya-us.com/collections/zoids/products/190526049758

>>23398874
Wake me up when Koto makes new Hexagear

>>23398595
China probably

>>23398642
Did you handpaint the whole thing messy anon?

>>23398539
Accidentally cutting same part twice

>>23398900
sprayed with changtech airbrush while figuring out the correct thinning ratio with vallejo retarder/reducer
it really shows i did the back skirt first, the paint is much smoother on most of the other parts
by comparison when i painted the thruster pack there were no issues at all

>>23398908
clean up your nubs man
get some glass nanofiles and a chinese potmetal hobby knife, the one with the long nasty blades that cut you and you don't even notice

i was thinking of doing the realtouch marker+melamine sponge weathering technique on a zaku just on the lower legs with decreasing intensity to get a fade out effect, thoughts?

i can't find the video of it right now but it's where you just paint the whole piece with the marker, wipe off the excess ink with a cotton bud, then use melamine sponge to "erase" most of the marker, leaving shading around edges and recesses

>>23398950
found the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVt5tFnrtZA

>>23398950
I only use the brown real touch for some small streaking/rust.

Sounds like you're wanting almost a post-shading though, right? It would be easier to airbrush that and you could control the look better imo

>>23398953
If you don't have a setup then the way in your video link is fine. Make sure to post results. I want to see how it turns out :)

>>23398951
hey maybe i should do that to the groundguil
would probably look better than what i was planning to do

>>23398538
I just realized i could use the F91's fucking Rail Guns it uses as thrusters, how'd i forget that

>>23398714
Water based paints implies the existence of water cringe paints

I want to use 4 different Tamiya Spray paint colors to do a Gundam project I am working on.
What four colors do you think are the most classic Gundam colors?
Thanks

I'm a noob who has been commissioned to build something so please forgive my ignorance.

>>23399004
white blue red yellow

>>23399003
it's called contrast/speedpaint

>>23399004
it would help to know what you are painting

>>23399004
I don't get the plamo commission. Do you have to export the model to your buyer?

>>23399004
Navy Blue, Yellow and black.

>>23398556
Obviously the HG MK-V will be P-Bandai, you'd be a fool to think otherwise.

Is it worth leaving the parts clear for a head led in the Nu ver ka? Considering that its only the head, im debating just painting the eyes and sensors since the rest of the psycho frame doesn't light up

>>23399051
The nu gundam ver ka doesn’t have visible psychoframe, that’s just structural frame, vents, and radiators

I bought a 2-set of ruitool gunpla dusting brushes and i've just been absentmindedly running the white one (mq-82) over my face like an autistic retard because it feels nice

>>23398556
An HGUC Mark V would not reuse any parts from those at this point if it did get made, and could only actually reuse some leg parts at most even if they tried to.

>>23399057
the people that think there'd be any significant amount of part interchangability are genuine retards, I have been telling them this for years.

rip Mr Tamiya.

>>23399004
Red White Blue Yellow are the colors of the first gundam and the colors of most Main Character Gundams after that.

>>23399063
How come gundams are America colored?

>>23399063
and gray

>>23399066
Only if you also have gray, gray, and gray for the other 3 colors

>>23399053
>check box
>特徴であるサイコフレームを新たな解釈でキットに探り入れている

>>23399063
Off-white
Red
Blue
Yellow
Green
Purple-grey
Perfection

>>23399073
How come gundams in the anime’s are off white but gundams in the model kits are mostly normal white

>>23399005

It is a sign. It will say "Gundam"

Currently the letters and backboard are painted white.

I would like 3 different colors for the letters making up Gundam with 2 letters each being the same color.
I would also like the backboard one of the four colors.

>what 3 colors should the letters be, what color should the backboard be?

Thanks

1

>>23399078
2

>>23399079
3

>>23399080
4

I started panel lining my most recent kit, but did the colors opposite of how the guide says. Like black on white and grey on black. What do I do to get it off? I do actually kinda like the way it looks but I need to redo the lining anyways because I got a few marks outside the lines.

>>23399082
Final
Let's hear the best choices

Ok so many combinations or permutations or whatever.

/m/ seems a pretty cool place. Will this thread be 404'd in 24 hours.
If not it'll repost in Gunpla bread

TY

told you we'd get to people posting pics of their paints instead of kits eventually

>>23399086
fuck no pic

>>23399084
If there's no paint you put on underneath just wipe that away with some enamel thinner on a cloth. Maybe even paintbrush a little in the seam.

>>23399084
Zippo lighter fluid

>>23399074
Pure white ink was always a bit of a no-no, as it tends to get blown out under the fairly close lighting used for shooting

What is bro on about

>>23399092
Yeah it's just on bare plastic, and thanks for the advice.
>>23399093
Didn't know you could use that to strip paint.

WIP in progress, this might be the worst idea i've ever had.

>>23399114
I don't think you can make it before the deadline.

>>23399125
When's the deadline

>>23399053
That's a bold statement.

>>23399072
>>23399145
last week there was an argument about whether the sazabi ver ka had structural psycoframe like the nu ver ka does which is what that post is referencing

>>23399137
In a week

>>23399145
I just don’t see it

>>23399155
Oh fuck I should get started

Is this the rarest gunpla?

I have seen the light.

>>23399092
Imma step in and teach you a thing or two about color theory, but first off tell us what you're actually painting. From the sounds of >>23399075 you're painting a sign, and if you really want to have it be as "Gundam" as possible stick to the traditional White+Tricolor Gundam color scheme. I feel like sticking to only 4 colors is a mistake however. You could instead go for Red/Blue/Yellow for the text with a white border around the letters, and then do a dark grey for the background so that the bright text pops off it better. Of the paints you have Brilliant Blue, Bright Red, Chrome Yellow, and Racing Whtie are your best bets, with German Grey being a good grey choice.

If you're thinking of painting a Gundam itself again it helps to know what MS we're working with here. You seemed fixated on Park Green, which I used in pic related along with TS-16 Yellow. When deciding your colorschemes for customs you want to think about four to five colors in particular
>Main 1 (This is the color that makes up the majority of your suit. For most gundams this is white)
>Main 2 (A color to use for heavy contrast in a predominant area like the chest. In RX-78-2 terms this is the Blue on the chest)
>Main 3 (A third color to create some more separation. For the RX-78-2 it's the Red)
>Detail Colors (You can tend to have 1-2 of these, and they make up areas where you want a small splash of color while not using anything you've already used. For the Gundam it's the Yellow bits),.
>Frame Color (This will almost always be some sort of Flat Grey, but things like Gunmetal, Flat Black, Gold, and so on can be used depending on the suit).

Look into different types of color palettes like Complimentary, Analogous, Warm/Cool Colors, Triadic, and so on. Almost every Mobile Suit color scheme can be broken down into one of those.

>>23399168
There were lots of weird, super-limited variations around that period that are now incredibly rare

>>23399155
Eh I got plenty of time I'll put it off a lil longer

>>23399170

I will be making a Sign
That says "Gundam"

I need the most perfect scheme.
However the sign needs to be legible.
I thought 4 colors in the right sequence could really make it pop.

Maybe main 3 colors Red Yellow Blue?
with Gray Back?

I really want it to be neat. 5 or 6 colors an option as well although I figured 4 would be simple.

>>23399170
Traditional gundam frames are purple, not actually a neutral gray

>>23399169
This looks cool
>no heat blade
Was this design choice inspired by the owlsa hrair dropping the heat blade on it’s rifle?

>>23399156
>Durrrrrr dere's no Psycho Frame!!

>>23399184
is 4 color scheme silly?
mixmatched colors better than repeating for sure right?

The old mg nu was the best nu

The old 1/100 nu was the best nu

>>23399185
Tons of the CSB variations drop the blade for cooling and improved RoF, including Rehaze

>>23399051
it glows under UV, no need for lights.

>>23399188
stop taking the bait retard

>>23399075
the og MSG logo is blue, red, and yellow, so in my opinion keeping the white background and doing the letters in those three colors would look good
but honestly just recreating the MSG logo would be your best option, the giant G is decently iconic and its less garish than having every letter be a different color
i can't upload images for some reason, but if you look up the mobile suit gundam logo i'm sure you can find it

>>23398539
Put the finished legs and torso together, also started painting the arms.
Funny that the articulation on the legs is basically non existent.
I'll probably finish this one in a few weeks.
I Initially planned to do Valimar immediately after but I'll probably build something else, I want to take a break from mainly metallic-colored kits, it's a slog to paint these by hand.

>>23399180
>>23399184
>>23399192
Yeah see that's exactly the type of stuff I'm talking about that doesn't work. Just look at the thumbnail for the first one and see how only the yellow stands out while the red/green blend in with the blue and are hardly legible.

Again if you are dead-set on the multiple colors thing you want the text to be colored with a border color so they don't blend in with whatever you use for the background. Contrast is important, there's a reason why pretty much every single printed thing is black text on white paper.

Honestly, the best advice you could get is take a look at past Gundam logos and see what they do.

>>23399213
>>23399207

Thanks I think we are getting somewhere

is there a list of kits that have had updates to their runners/molds after their original printing run? i just picked up a mg zeta c1 with a red logo and i could not find anything regarding any potential differences between the original print and the reprints. i know its probably pointless to worry about it in the long run, but i'm curious anyway

White background best background?

seems to be quite legible

>>23398815
changkino

>>23399222
google might sue me

How tall (in cm) is the HGUC The O? I'm thinking about getting one but I don't have much shelf headroom.

yellow seems to be a bad leading color

sorry for the flood
didn't deserve muh own thread

Holy shit fuck off already nobody cares. Looks like the fucking old google logo.

>>23399238
do a white border around the letters and you arrive at what GPD suggested earlier

>>23399169
Fuck putting money into savings this paycheck, I might need a Hazenthley 2 rah

>>23399287
lol poor ppl amuse me. I could get one of these whenever I want without even thinking about the price.

>>23399287
if you're looking for the mk v face specifically the rah kit doesn't come with it

>>23399295
The rah version isn’t just the hazenthley II + extra parts? Pretty cheap of Bandai

>>23399300
They deliberately put the face parts on separate runners.

choose

New to the groupbuild, besides the stated rules, does it have to be a fully painted kitbash? Or can we edit a existing kit, while keeping it's original color?

>>23399310
i choose the changhands

>>23399311
you can do whatever you want as long as it fits the theme

Just bought a Woundwort bootleg on ali
Pray I don't win the chink lottery like this anon

>>23399329
If it's AK it should be fine
If it's the other one there's a possibility

>>23399329
it's ace pilot customization

>>23398539
Finished painting and reassembled the Frog Man. He's so fat.

>>23398539
>>23399345

>>23399345
How can people hate on Gyobu when he created this majestic animal?

Why does it seem like bandai butchers the waist on so many model kits?

settled with shortening the lightcannon neck swivel because it does actually fit in the red gundam's neck joint and that bastard nip lied to me. This was pretty much last resort and ended up being the nicest outcome imo. Took out the middle ring and then pinned and glued it back on

Did all the old masters just turn senile or something because you can't convince me a healthy mind created this

>>23399398
so redditards can play with it better
>>23399413
that one is bad but then you have the zap, mgp, and hourai which are beautiful

I vividly remember seeing a tiktok thirst trap edit of this bootleg dark arcee kit on here with an optimus and darkened optimus
I found the original twitter post of it but it's fucking deleted and now it will annoy me forever because i didn't save it aaaaaa

>>23399414
Good for you if you like it but I think this looks like shit

>>23399413
>>23399417
The biggest issue with GTMs is that they have only one angle from which they look good (three quarter view) and from any other angle they look fucking awful

>>23399416
and of course i find it almost immediately after making a complaint post, every fucking time
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nTkKHqjddmw

>>23399426
thank you for sharing

>>23399413
Nagano is big into fashion and high art, which is inherently masturbatory
GTMs are the logical conclusion of self-induced artstyle flanderization all in pursuit of "muh high art"

he basically turned his designs into the mecha equivalent of banana taped to wall

So today Bandai going to announce midterm results

>>23399442
That's a mistranslation, what they actually mean is final master grade, not master grade final.

>>23399446
>final master grade
rx-78-2 ver 4.0

>>23399306
Baffling and infuriating

Fett much waffling, I ordered a metal frame for my ver ka Nu. I feel like I made a mistake, but we'll see I guess.

oh look a new chink sinanju

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

>>23399483
But why

>>23399440
>self-induced artstyle flanderization
He's been at it since he was allowed his own manga, Nagano's designs are only good when he's constrained by animation
L-Gaim designs blow FSS out of the water

>>23398539
Some small things left to do.

>>23399494
True and real

>>23399494
Is this thing out already? I preordered it and thought it was still going to be a couple months

>>23399483
I hate the head, but a lot of the kit seems like it's similar in assembly to the original MG so maybe you could swap it and a lot of the more egregious greebles out without much issue. Also
>black frame
Why tho, I mean it's simple enough to paint over but it's a bizarre change.

does tamiya cement work on acetate?
trying to repair some glasses frames

>>23399504
>>23399483
I bought this a few days ago and it is on its way
yeah the huge head antenna is kinda weird but seems like a decent kit

>>23399494
L-Gaim is just FSS in Bandai happy meal toy flavor

>>23399509
Bandai happy meal flavor adds value to nagano’s designs
>>23399494
Based

>>23399509
What an odd euphemism to describe it not looking like shit.

>>23399509
All good designs are simple

>>23399442
Huh there won't be any more MGs after this one?

>>23399511
>>23399512
Hate on late Nagano all you want but Cross Mirage is just a straight upgrade over Calvary Temple

always funny seeing how insecure and angry some of you get at designs that aren't "two stacked blocks for legs"
doesn't surprise me you're the same type that gets confused and defensive about art and fashion

>>23399519
mecha is supposed to be for children
being too pretentious to do your fucking job and design for your audience is not deserving of praise

>>23399483
>>23399485
>>23399504
It's just a 1:1 copy of the Takumi Studios Sinanju parts.
Not even an original chink design.

>>23399519
>art and fashion
You sound like a fag. This is a thread for robot toys

>>23399522
FSS was aimed at kids?

>>23399518
i like some of the five star stories stuff like this because they still look like happy meal toys. it's when they get into gtm stuff that it starts to be a bit much.

>>23399292
I'm not poor anon, I like to save money for things down the line instead of accruing more debt than I can handle.

>>23398853
Done :) Now I can continue working on my xn-raiser

>>23399562
Frick, maybe this fixed it

>>23399413
This looks better than 99% of all the gundamslop posted here

>>23399413
>nagano's striving ideal

anons I think I may actually be bored of robots
haven't seen a kit in over a year that excited me

>>23399572
Pump the brakes a bit and come back to kits after a couple of weeks.

When I feel that way I'll step away and do a deload at the gym

>>23399576
>Pump the brakes a bit and come back to kits after a couple of weeks
I mean I said it's been a year, what will a few weeks more do

>>23399578
Nvm it's over for you

>>23399572
Well it’s not like they’ve been making any interest gundams in that time span

will thinning my lacquer with leveling thinner protect me from the fogging of paint?

>>23399584
non gundam kits haven't been doing it for me either

>>23399585
What’s this in freedom units

>>23399572
That's why I switched to girlpla and non-bandai mecha. The death of the MG line really killed my interest in gunpla. Been working on the modelroid demonbane recently.

>>23399599
My boyfriend would not let me live it down if I built girlpla

>>23399585
>92% humidity
Are you posting from Rlyeh?

Has anyone tried swapping armors between LEGEND BB and/or Brave Battle Warriors kits? I see that as a hallmark of the LEGEND BB line, and wished MGSD can follow on this gimmick with their fantasy-based SD designs.

>>23399601
Not him, but humidity tends to get insane if you live near a large body of water in the summer. If you've ever gone to places like Hong Kong, Chicago, DC or New York in the summer, the water vapor literally condenses on your back as you walk outdoors in the middle of the afternoon.

>>23399600
Thankfully I am not a homosexual and therefore have no boyfriend to cockblock me from little plastic girls.

>>23399609
Based

>>23399570
Jesus christ get some new material you post this exact fucking image in every thread

>>23399413
Never understood why people hate on chinkspikes and greeble and then choke on this guys cock like he’s making high art with this shit

>>23399609
And its fucked up too cuz he's got a bunch of riamu yumemi statues and I don't say shit

>>23399413
too fat

>>23399617
Riamu is cute at least. But really you should just build what you want anyway. Who cares if he teases you? Hell, you would probably enjoy it you homo you.

>>23399620
Fuck off poofter

>>23399621
That's the other anon, anon. The one with the homo boyfriend and girlpla deficiency.

I hate it when all my gundams are 1/100 and there’s a new one that I want but it’s only available in 1/144 so I either have to break scale or not get it.

>>23399627
Wait for a Chinese bootlegging company to upscale it.

>>23398725
Bandai will forever be bitch niggers for reprinting the G Self after a decade and baiting everyone into buying it weeks before announcing the movie version.

>>23399628
I wish this was way more common

>>23399633
To be fair, the movie version costs an arm and a leg more if you don't go to Japan to personally pick one up off of the shelf of the Gundam Base Tokyo.

>>23399633
It’s kind of fucking hilarious to me actually

>>23399589
81°F rounded up

>>23399616
They're closeted, but can't help splooging over volks

>>23399616
>why people hate on chinkspikes and greeble
Because they look boring

>>23399643
Holy shit dude just brutal. Yeah I wouldn’t be painting in that temp and humidity

>>23399643
I paint when it's hotter than that. You'll be fine. Just retard your paints a little bit more to keep them from drying too fast.

I think I'll need to thicken the torso a little. I already extended it to be a few mm taller. It's going to be mostly a white gundam

>>23399653
I love how the skirt panel is just floating in mid air on these

Well that was a waste of precious tamiya leveling thinner. Guess I'll have to wait for better weather for that 2k gloss clear

>>23399633
poetic
g-self retards got what they deserved

I like gundam wing because it feels like something I would’ve thought was cool when I was in middle school.

>>23399661
Still cooler than most of modern Gundam

>>23399656
they're part of the frame diaper thing on the actual design. i guess making it a fixed piece would probably brick articulation

>>23399664
Yeah the gundam shows they’ve been coming out with don’t feel cool anymore. I think it kind of stopped after 00 and the first build fighters briefly recaptured that kind of spirit but after that it just feels like they try too hard and take it too seriously.

>>23399668
have you considered that you just grew up, and that the shows were never that good to begin with?

>>23399413
>>23399417
>>23399422
>>23399440
>>23399616
bandaibabies still not done crying?

>>23399620
i jest mostly but he would make fun of me lol but i bully him all the time too
idk whats a good girlpla kit for a fem like me

>>23399672
No I haven’t. I’m still a huge manchild. They just don’t know how to make good robot shows anymore because all the old guard retired and the next generation circumcised their brains with ssris so they make emotionally blunted piece of shit shows.

>>23399678
antidepressant use is low in japan
that's why their suicide rate is so high

>>23399494
>L-Gaim designs blow FSS out of the water
lel

>>23399672
Wing had alot of unintentionally funny momments and the show was fun to watch, too. The characters were so fucking ridiculous and over the top, they came out as endearing. It was not "good", but kinda like a guilty pleasure. Most of modern Gundam try to bite more than they can chew, try to depict topics that has fuck all to do with giant robots or the common human drama.

>>23399099
>Didn't know you could use that to strip paint.
Panel liners are more an ink than a paint, but either way, yeah. Solvents are solvents, regardless of what they're sold as. Just know what type you're applying and what to.
I used to use the higher purity isopropyl alcohol, 90%+ purity stuff for electronics work for cleanup in a pinch. I still often use 60-ish% over-the-counter drug store IPA. Doesn't matter that it's a dilution intended for antiseptic use, it's just alcohol and water in a known ratio.
Speaking of, Tamiya's airbrush cleaner is exactly the same shit they put in their extra thin cement bottles. Same chemicals, same ratio, just a lot cheaper when it's in a bigger bottle and with a different sticker on the front.

>>23399673
Anti-FSS people don't actually hate FSS, they just hate the fans for saying the truth (Nagano designs are actual art while most mecha designs are just consoomer slop)

>>23399673
I like how you screenshotted this guy to try to invalidate us when he’s actually spitting straight facts

>>23399694
>I like how you screenshotted this guy to try to invalidate us
Good, it still works

>>23399692
>Anti-FSS people
It's literally the same two or three retards in every thread

>>23399673
I'm kinda disappointed to learn that Gundam fans essentially see themselves as separate from mecha fans. Tried going to my local store for build night and literally everyone there was snapping a Gundam kit. Not a single person was interested in building or even discussing anything else. It felt so...bad

>>23399683
bandaibabies will unironically think that looks better than this.

>>23399692
The “art” you speak of is self indulgent, there’s nothing special about these guys beating themselves off over how different they can make their designs that will only ever see obscure resin kits that nobody cares about. The constraints animators and toy manufacturers place on mechanical designers often improve their work. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

>>23399698
Don't just feed the other retards who want to spam this shit.
It's the Paralympics and they're competing.

>MGEX Unicorn and Strike Freedom
Aren't these farily new? How the fuck are they in this poll?

>>23399705
Sounds like something a Filipino dishwasher would say.

>>23399701
I blame the whole "war le bad" schtick this franchise has. Every retards who consume Gundam anime think they are somehow high intelligent apex predator when in reality, they are the lowest common denominator. It is not wrong to like something, but it is objectively wrong to be pretentious.

>>23399705
Imagine jerking off corporations this hard, holy fuck how embarrassing.

>>23399705
Nah, they're cool robots and I like them. You're just a pretentious hipster. Go smoke a cigarette while wearing a beret outside a French café

>>23399708
MGEX are usually low in stock because they are not very affordable by the large crowd, only hardcore fans with a sizable income.

>>23399708
They put their entire MG lineup on the poll, which is pretty stupid considering a bunch of votes are going to be wasted on kits that just got reprinted or are going to be reprinted in the near future

>>23399712
This but with neon genesis evangelion

>>23399714
>You're just a pretentious hipster.
It's always the same bandaibaby justifying how his $17 HG Seedslop is somehow better than all of FSS because he can't glue or paint

>>23399712
>war is bad
That's Tomino's fault. Part of his depression spirals in the 80's and 90's were because he would fight with Sunrise and Bandai because he wanted his show to be anime Captain Planet while Bandai purely wanted a toy commercial

Even now he was suggesting the next Gundam should tackle the Palestine-Israel conflict

What is the difference between the MG and MGEX Unicorn? My MG from a decade ago is stuck in Unicorn mode and I've been tempted to get a second one for Destroy or a FA one.

>>23399701
The majority of people building Gunpla see them as just an extension of Legos rather than actual model kits. That's why they don't care about anything else.

>>23399727
It's basically the same kit with some minor tweaks and a larger pricetag that is not remotely justified but hey people will pay it so might as well squeeze them.

>>23399701
Most local stores don't even sell kotobukiya stuff, much less more niche brands. If you are going to a flesh event people are mostly gonna be normalfags who are building what they can buy in person. And that means for most of them it's whatever gunpla is on the shelf.

>>23399727
MGEX has led lights for psychoframe and the proportions are generally more sex because they’re bulky. Also it comes with a bunch of random shit nobody cares about.

>>23399731
>And that means for most of them it's whatever gunpla is on the shelf.
Gunpla doesn't have a fifth of the amount of ktis available in the US as Games Workshop or even a Revell subline, it's just the go to for low-effort Lego adjacent casual.

>>23399727
MGEX Unicorn relies on LED and doesn't have colored clear parts. Also, most of exterior armor plates are newly sculpted.

>>23399735
The mgex is generally more sex

>>23399727
As for the contents inside, it is obviously a refurbished ver KA with some changes.

>>23399734
No one builds cars or boats these days, at least not in public. And minis are a completely different hobby, although there is obviously some overlap.

>>23399737
New sculpt for innerframe. But obviously, who cares about this?

Parapawn 2.0s shotgun is smaller then bump up expander's revolvers

>a large group of people...
>looking for an excuse to socialize...
>were building...
>le most popular thing???
>modeling has fallen...

>>23399739
Is it a material change from ABS, or just a new inner frame for the sake of it?

>>23399741
Lmfao people really do be like that

>>23399701
>go to a gunpla build night
>be shocked people are building gunpla

>>23399738
>No one builds cars or boats these days, at least not in public.
Yet the kits are more available than Gundam will ever be. It's a skill issue, not a supply one. Gunpla can be built out in the open because you need next to no tools or modelling skills. Like Lego.

Is this Lego bit gonna be your next forced me?

>>23399742
It is "KPS". Bandai uses this material very often, it is similar to PS except having high tolerance.

>>23399747
What's weird is that you'd think the 30MM-Bionicle connection would be the stronger one to make, if you're trying something like this.
>>23399748
Gotcha. So was the initial frame KPS or ABS? I'm just trying to figure out if there's a technical reason behind the full rejig, instead of just modifying the existing frame for the new proportions.

>>23399747
Even casuals recognize them as such. You're not special for snapping plastic together.

Here's your top 20 MG

>>23399753
>Rck Dias no. 3
Naganochads keep winning

>>23399752
>You're not special for snapping plastic together.
And neither are you for snapping a different brand of plastic.

>>23399753
I swear if you fucking tards vote for meme shit like the Perfect Zeong over the Turn X I'll lose it.

>>23399750
Yeah original ver Ka uses ABS for the innerframe.

>>23399757
Already have my Turn X though, so easy Perfect Zeong for me.

>>23399746
Availability doesn't matter if people have zero interest in the kits to begin with. If normalfags actually gave a shit about cars/boats/tanks/whatever then they would build them too. But they don't. It's something only hardcore autists build and most autists are antisocial as fuck. Why would they show up at events to begin with? Normalfags only want what is both readily available and popular. It's a social thing. It's not even a difficulty thing, you could put a bunch of gunpla of niche and random HGs and it would turn them off too. They want gundams and zakus and other easily recognizable big names.

>>23399752
and you're not special for not being able to paint inside the lines

>>23399753
>>>>Half of these kits either get regular reprints or are being reprinted

>>23399762
Jesus christ, you got mindbroken. Go see a doctor.

>>23399764
Learn to paint.

>>23399761
>It's something only hardcore autists build and most autists are antisocial as fuck.
And yet Revell sells more in the US than Bandai ever will. Promise you that for every Gunpla meetup, there's at least 10 more within 10 miles with of where you live that focuses on just trains/tanks/dioramas. Modelling has existed long before Gundam. It's only Gunpla builders who think they're special for snapping parts together.

>>23399757
its okay bro I voted for the turn X as I already have the perfect zeong

>>23399766
Learn how to contact a psychiatrist.

>>23399772
After you learn to paint.

>>23399753
Kinda want the perfect gundam as I am a sucker for those 1/20 pilots and the Super basic gundam under the armor panels is neat.

>>23399767
Citation needed. And it's irrelevant besides, you go to a gunpla meetup and wonder why everyone is building gunpla. It's a mystery. I bet you would wonder why everyone is building warhammer at a GW meetup too.

I’m hoping turn x doesn’t get a reprint because I got mine at retail price 8 years ago and like to laugh at the fags who don’t have one.

>>23399762
>Quickly putting together a sloppy Metal Gear build
>Somehow that is enough to mindbreak a 4cuck fag
Man, it feels so tired to win.

>>23399778
>heh. I wasn't even trying, kiddo. I just like to paint like shit haha. Got you.
Holy fucking kek

>>23399753
I swear I've seen Quattro Rick Dias, Destiny Extreme Blast, GX, Double X, Alex 2.0, ZZ, MGEX Unicorn and MGEX Strike Freedom regularly in webstores, Hobby Lobby and even in my local brick and mortar. They don't need reprints, they already are getting regularly printed as-is. And The-O, FAZZ and Ex-S are already in the reprint queue as it is (though I wouldn't say no to more).

>>23399777
Turn X is such a fucking meme. I hope they reprint FAZZ instead.

>>23399776
>Citation needed.
Find a Gundam kit in your local Walmart.

>>23399781
You have not regularly seen the MG Rick Dias. It has had extremely few reprints over the past decade. Legitimately maybe none.

>>23399761
They're a better candidate for a build night, too. Why would I turn up with my Hasegawa Super Hornet, test-fit some wing pieces, cement them, clamp them then just stand around for the next hour?
Or maybe he thinks I should bring my spray booth and compressor and lay down a nice surfacer coat in everyone else's lungs as well as my model while they shout over my extractor fan.
Or I could just bring a gunpla kit to a gunpla group build, and do some work that's easy to do on a table with a few more basic tools while chatting to people.
>>23399767
I don't think anyone thinks they're 'special', beyond the kit style being a distinct sub-type of model making like any other.

>>23399781
Straight up the only ones there that make sense are Turn X, Perfect Zeong, and Deep Striker

Actually I just convinced myself fuck all of you I'm voting for the Deep Striker. What's the link to the new poll? I'm voting daily.

>>23399779
I mean, you haven't be able to move on like an apparition so it feels like i'm winning. You also refused to post your build here, which is also feel like i'm winning. And when was that posted? Like, 2 months ago? Just let it go, anon.

>>23399753
>no exia dark matter

>>23399785
>I don't think anyone thinks they're 'special'
Literally half of this thread is people getting mad at each other for painting their kits

>>23399785
Some hobby stores have usable spraybooths but I only see those at gamestores

>>23399753
I was hoping they would reprint some of the older 1.0s that have been neglected for their 2.0 or ver ka counterparts. Like f91

>>23399788
Just learn to paint, it isn't very hard, you could just stop shitposting here about legos and being a TRUE modeller and learn to paint and your models won't look like shit.

>>23399784
It's literally on Newtype right now.

>>23399796
Because it got its first reprint in ages last year

>>23399753
I'm surprised that V-Dash have a lot of fans

>>23399795
I'm not the one who posted about lego, you fucking retard. I collect Kotobukiya kits. And right, no surprise the faggot like you who refuses to post your painted build is also a schizo who think everyone are the same person.

>>23399797
Oh okay so it got reprinted fucking last year? What kind of retard voted for it then?

>>23399795
It’s the other way around. Painting generally makes it worse because you aren’t as good as the actual artists who design this stuff. I’ve seen your orange peels. I’m going with how the actual artists designed it.

>>23399791
True, but anon posted about being mad at real people. It'd be pretty pathetic if he was basing his impression of everyone on the special oylmpics on here.

>>23399799
It's a good looking kit. It's just finicky as fuck and can't do any pose other than standing there. But most people just leave their shit standing there on a shelf anyway.

I don't believe for even a fraction of a second any of you went to a group building event in person. Let alone went and brought some autistic ass Koto kit you had to glue and wear a respirator to build.

>>23399753
From what I remember, all of the top 20 will get reprinted, the vote now is for what kit gets priority. The other kits will* also get reprinted

*it said in the translation that they might not get reprinted until after 2026

>>23399799
Loads of people here have called for a reprint since it hasn't gotten one in so long. It's a fine kit, so long as you don't try to transform it (which, honestly, why would you, the transformation is kind of ugly). V-Dash is also filled with loads of goodies, it's like the Crossbone Full Cloth in that regard.

I made a small scene

Imagine scaring the hoes at the group build by bringing anything that isn't a Gundam.

>>23399810
>*it said in the translation that they might not get reprinted until after 2026
Bandai sure is putting that second factory to good use!

>>23399783
I haven't seen a gunpla kit in Wal-Mart since 2002

>>23399817
They have them in target apparently but I don’t go there because they’re woke

Do you go to your local shop's build days to make friends?

>>23399819
Me on the right building the 1/1 Little Ceasar's Pizza Box.

>>23399819
Imagine the smell

>>23399819
>panda hobby
That image just reminded me of my 1/35 Object 279 kit from Panda.

>>23399819
u guys are the only friends i need

>>23399783
I've seen a couple, more common at target if we are talking big box stores though.

>>23399813
I only build chinese girlpla with naughtybits at my local groupbuilds. Everyone respects a dude who brings a spraybooth and respirator expressly to shade nipples.

>>23399818
>he doesn't know

>>23399828
You're doing brown nipples right? Like a truly respectable individual right?

>>23399795
Post your work. I'm not trying to pick fights here, i just want these threads to have more painted builds instead of whatever the fuck Chinese OC snappers are spreading around.

I want them to make a hg blood temple to make naganofags seethe by taking his most iconic design and turning it into a $17 happy meal toy.

>>23399830
Only on the ones with pregnancy mods.

>>23399833
>$17 happy meal toy
Impressive, already filtered yourself.

>>23399839
Based Nagano gatekeeping poorfags in a franchise he doesn't even own.

>>23399752
>gunpla
>L-Gaim in thumbnail

>>23399839
Who the fuck is going to pay $50 for a hg? Is this because of tariffs?

>>23399844
No one but autists know what the term "Plamo" is.

>>23399844
congrats you just learned what a casual is

>>23399752
Public school kids who played with standard LEGOs grew up to become snapshitters. Homeschool kids who grew up with Technic sets grew up to become actual mechanical engineers.

>>23399753
This is by order of release, correct? This ain't the final lineup at all with no proper rank numbers.

>>23399845
You are aware this is the most recent HG kit?

>>23399839
Ngl, the way Bandai insist of using this lego hand is just hillarious. And knowing these hands are unique to this kit, there is no possible way to fix it unless you try to sculpt them yourself from putty.

>>23399856
What kind of disingenuous faggot are you? Did you really think anybody was going to go "Oh shit he's right this is the exact same situation!"

>>23399854
Anon I have bad news for you, kids haven't played with legos in a long ass time. Like most children's shit it's all grown ass men playing with the shit they grew up with.

>>23399845
>50 dillars
>Don't even have actual fists, just these weird weapon grips/fist hybrid again
Pftttt hahaha

>>23399859
>asks for an HG kit over $50
>gets it
>no wait not like that
Jesus go back to daban already

>>23399857
>>23399862
honestly embarrassing how the almost 20 year old Robot Spirits still dabs on this. Bandai's model kit division must be made of rejects who didn't make it to Tamashii Nations.

>>23399866
Bandai Spirits is full of retards who make mind boggling descisions.

>>23399839
And people were bitching about Volks FSS prices lmao

>>23399870
Kids love poop.

>>23399871
The Volks kits are worth it for their size alone, that HG Cavalry Temple will just be the size of your average RX-78-2.

Tamiya has passed away. RIP.

https://x.com/TamiyaUK/status/1947611981168394467

>>23399866
The prior generation of toys and models were designed by aging Jap boomers who sculpted resin kits for fun and had profoundly better understanding of sculpt, details, and proportions than the latest wave of Bandai interns raised entirely on CAD. That's why they love meaningless greeble so much, because it hides their lack of talent in a sculpt.

>>23399855
that's the top 20, this is the runoff election. The votes from this round will determine the winner and lineup

>>23399878
I know this is just "old good new bad" argument, but i have built some early 2000s kits the other day ( HG Z'Gok, Bawoo, The-O ), while they are not perfect in any way, but they feel special in a way that i cannot put it with words. The sculptors didn't try to reinvent the designs or pretty them up, which is something i can appreciate.

>>23399878
>>23399885
Late 2000's was the peak of Gunpla design. It feels like the 2010's is when the over design and greebling started to happen. Katoki's influence didn't help.

>>23399886
I don't mind his actual designs. Nobel, Ex S, Tallgeese are fantastic and i love them. The real problem is how most of newer generations just take Katoki's worst traits and not his best.

>>23399886
Katoki's designs are actually fairly conservative if you ignore the decals.

>>23398539
Added magnets to the Academy Mechander Robo's shields so I don't need that extra piece to put them both together.
Also
>decided to give the show a try while I'm at it
>notice animation error during the docking sequence where Mechander Max is already stored in the back
>kit comes with all the spare parts for a second docked one so you can recreate that mistake
nice

>>23399900
Katoki's design is most of the time, the memberries. He likes to bring up some obscure things like Xi's white chest, Nu's face in the poster, Zeta's lineart and so on. During his Sentinel era, he actually studied Kobayashi's artstyle. People usually meme on the long legs, overly complex shapes and decals without giving him the credits for experimenting on weird, exotic designs which is kinda unfair for his talents.

Why don't (You) become mechanical designer?

Katoki was respecting the artist before it was cool.

>>23399932
>respecting the artist
Only after the third or fourth time he redesigned their shit.

Let us not forget when katoki achieved design perfection

>>23399943
White chested Xi already existed before the anime. However, it was an incorrectly colored poster featured on Newtype magazine 1989, Moriki hates the white chest and keeps it blue consistently.

>>23399781
The U.S. is on a different production schedule from Japan. This poll is specifically Japan which will trickle into other countires.

>>23399948
Looking at abominations we are having now, i miss his already. Why did Bandai prevent him from working on Tv show after Unicorn?

>>23399949
I miss the 80s/90s style of anime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsMk-yAQtoQ

>>23399951
Because they hate (you) specifically anon

>>23399876
was the gunpla mafia involved?

>>23399957
The guy was 90 years old, anon.

I both love Tamiya and hate Tamiya. They provide so many accessible modeling resources, but at the same time, they also make shits like panel liner and varnish coat to help snapshitters larp.

>>23399961
You are incredibly amazingly stupendously retarded

My orders are here. Falke and Lunadiver Stingray. And sorry about the barebones primed Melusine. I will paint it ASAP.

I wonder who is this for? Overpriced and brittle.

>>23399981
Lol, overpriced? I could get one of these whenever I want without even thinking about the price.

>>23399983
>Same shit but charges more
>It is not overpriced bro

I seen Hardygun and G-Cannon Magna reprinted but when Neo Gundam reprint or even HG/MG kits?

>>23399994
Most of these are MSV designs. If Bandai make MG/HG for them, the kits are gonna be on Pbandai.

>>23399983
>I willingly get ripped off to show how not-poor I am
Tacky, Third-Worlder behaviour

What Zeta kit has the best looking Waverider mode in your opinion? I want to get a second Zeta to display it like that. I don't like the way Ver Ka looks and I'm not searching for a PG so it'll have to be the MG2.0, HG or RG

>>23399703
too much greeble

>>23399803
Your 5/10 is more valuable than Bandai's 8/10

>interim results for the MG reprint poll
>Turn X and Theo this low
>fucking MGEX Strike freedom and ZZ ver ka made it
most of these have recent reprints wtf are the japs thinking?

>>23399781
>The-O in the reprint queue
I keep reading this here but I have yet to see pre orders available on sites like HLJ.

>>23400044
It is pretty obvious that these Bandai polls were rigged with the popular boys having artificial votes from the start.

>>23400063
to be fair, the Perfect MG's ranked very high, so they'll likely win and i'll take them as consolation if Turn X doesn't win this.

>>23400068
>"What? You want more?! That'd be 10.000Yen more!"
>"Bazooka? What bazooka?"

>>23399169
We need to go one step further.

>>23399878
Both of those look like shit

>>23399753
pretty good lineup desu. I do want a perfect gundam, FA and the Ex-S.

Tried the realtouch+melamine thing anon mentioned
I like it, I think i'll do the other leg and see if it looks good fading out on the upper legs/skirts or if it would be better to just do the whole body like this before re-drybrushing

>>23400090
agh fuck forgot the pic again

>>23400044
why are ex s and fazz on here? they’re already getting reprints
or is japan not getting them for some reason?

>>23399845
me
i don't care about paying normal mecha model kit prices for the 2 kits bandai puts out per year that i actually want

>>23400060
The O is allegedly in reprint limbo according to a lot of retailers, bandai most likely isn’t sending them out because there isn’t enough demand

>>23400097
Reprint schedule are commonly kept between retailers only. Also, no one can tell if the information on the internet is true or not.

>>23400099
I swear to god, even fucking Maschine Krieger has a more consistent reprint compares to Gunpla. Not to mention offshoots like Shitpla and 30 Minutes actually eat up alot of time and resources when Bandai could have spend all that into reprinting their older products.

>>23400106
i do appreciate that bandai reprints (most) of their old shit eventually instead of leaving it in limbo forever, but it’s fucking annoying to have to wait multiple years for reprints of certain kits, especially p bandai stuff

>>23399753
>Perfect Gundam and Zeong
deserves a reprint 100%!
>Rick Dias
i feel this got reprinted recently so i dunno why this ranked high. waste of slot
>Destiny EB
already reprinted. waste of slot!
>Johnny Ridden / High Mobility Zaku
havent seen a reprint since 2019, but i feel this should be on lower priority because it's one of those MGs i feel would got reprinted anyway
>Full Armor Gundam
high priority!
>Theo
high priority, but i feel Bandai hates this kit so much they feel very reluctant to go with it
>Rezel Commander
high priority! (same with vanilla Rezel)
>Gundam X / DX
i feel this would get a reprint anyway since Gundam X's 30th anniversary is happening next year. mid priority.
>Turn X
EXTRME PRIORITY!
>Providence
lmao! waste of slot!
>Sentinel stuff
they're getting reprinted. waste of slot!
>Alex 2.0
i feel like i rarely see this kit ever. high priority
>V Dash Ver Ka
high priority!
>ZZ ver ka
lmao. waste of slot
>MGEX
Unicorn recently got reprinted, but i welcome further runs. lmao at Strike Freedom. waste of slot!

>>23400111
>eventually
Yes and no. If it was a flop that is suddenly having a surge of interest from collectors and modelers, they will try to make the kit super exclusive and will very likely, get scalped to death. Legacy mechs like Zgok or Kampfer get reprinted consistently because they are quite popular, but things like Kabakali or Turn X stuck in Japanese Gundambase limbo.

>>23400118
>Rezel Commander
That's not Commander, that's Defenser unit a/b

Anyone know what's the cause for tamiya acrylic not mixing at all when you shake it? Tried shaking and stirring it but the liquid binder refuse to mix together with the pigments for some reason.

>>23400127
The pigment got too concentrated at the bottom. You should mix it up with the fluid manually using a small stick.

>>23400044
What's the situation with MG Perfect Zeong? Does it have a chance of being reprinted? Which kits will be?

>>23400134
Most of remaining Perfect Zeong MG boxes have red Bandai logo. That should be telling enough.

I would like to ask for the advice of those of you anons, who buy bootleg Chinese gunpla. How can you tell a seller is legit, won't take your money and send you nothing or send you something completely different or damaged? Do you just say "fuck it" and hope you're lucky, since the price for those kits tend to be very cheap?

>>23400134
being the Top 2 on the list means it's a very popular choice and bandai might likely reprint it with the Perfect Gundam. but this is just the interim results, things might change on the final results.

>>23400137
I don't think I've ever actually had this happen buying on aliexpress, even from the really shady stores that are just "Shop298364821765245". It's not as big of a risk as you think it is.

>>23400136
Did the voting end already? Looks like there were not enough votes eh? Damn...

>>23400137
Rating and amount of orders.
>damaged
This one can happen with every seller just because shipping something to the other side of the world comes with a risk of your shit being crushed by some clumsy worker along the way

>>23400141
>>23400140
I think Bandai will just gonna pull another boneheaded descision and reprint MGEX Strike Freedom instead.

Which MG is the JP otaku trollvote?

>>23400155
Providence. that thing never gets discontinued. if you mean trolling bandai themselves, it's The O.

>>23400159
No one can even confirm The-O being reprinted officially, anon. It is all rumors.

>>23400161
REEEEEEEE CAN'T YOU FUCKING RETARDS FOLLOW A CONVERSATION AT ALL YOUR REPLY IS TOTALLY WORTHLESS READ THE FUCKING CONTEXT YOU FUCKING RETAAAAAAAAAARDS

>>23400162
Holy sperg. Calm down.

>>23400163
NO I'M SO FUCKING SICK OF IT YOU PEOPLE JUST MAKE ME BELIEVE THE DEAD INTERNET THEORY MORE AND MORE ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS READ TWO FUCKING REPLIES EACH BELOW 50 WORDS AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN MANAGE THAT????? I HOPE YOU'RE FUCKING BLIND AND YOUR SCREENREADER FAILED OR ELSE YOU'RE LITERALLY SUBHUMAN.

>>23399753
Some choices I don't care for but I want V-dash for sure. Those dumb cunts at bandai should have reprinted it years ago it's literally been 10 years that scalpers are making profits. Why the fuck do they need a fuckin poll

>>23400167
>Why the fuck do they need a fuckin poll
Build morale to make people think they still have a say while they make every new kit P-Bandai.

>>23400164
Cope.

>>23400168
oh right, and they're going to double the price no doubt so you're nearing those scalper prices anyway.

sperg anon is right. illiterate esl tards need to stop shitting up this thread already

>>23399753
>Rick Dias, not even the mass production type
>Johnny Ridden HM, not the Gelgoog Cannon
>Fucking retail seedshit and MGEX
>ReZel Type C but no commander
>X Gundam like why?
>Green FA Full Armor


So we can all agree that japs have shit casual taste?

ESL anon is right. EOP retards need to stop shitting up this thread already.

>>23400176
>Actual ESL
Fuck off

>>23399800
>>23399752
Then I guess you should stay out of reply chains that aren't involving you, you retard.

>>23400188
>i have never heard of sleeping

>>23400186
>aren't involving you, you retard.
This is a public forum, not your personal chat box between you and your boyfriend you fucking faggot.

>>23400068
>Jeeg is SMP
>Trider is SMP
>Daltanious is SMP
>Daitarn is SMP
I hate this overpriced, limited run shit so much

>>23400194
Jeeg has an HG infinitism if that makesnyou feel better

>>23400192
You can publicly suck his tiny little penis all you want faggot, but I am speaking to Mr "hurrr hurr imagine liking gunpla" that does nothing but shitpost all
Fucking
Day.
You want to suck him off? Go for it. Tongue his balls and asshole too, you useless piece of shit.

>>23400196
How are those Infinitism kits by the way? I think they're way too gaudy (just give me a nice manga accurate Getter-1 FUCK) but it'd be nice to have a Majinga and Getter kit under my belt.

>>23400196
I just want the classic designs, not some greeble abomination. I have never meet a single person who likes the infinitism redesigns, no wonder those are shelf warmers.
Bandai should just reprint the old mecha collection kits for Getter and Mazinger.

>>23400202
>manga accurate Getter-1
it's not manga accurate but the Armageddon version of Getter 1 is getting a moderoid soon

>>23400211
>Armageddon version of Getter 1
That seems like the closest we'll ever get so I'll fucking take it.

>>23400184
learn to read

>>23400217
Learn to use capital

>>23400208
i actually like the Gendizer Infinitism, but it's harder to find compared to the other kits for some reason.

>>23400196
>>23400202
>>23400208
I have the Infinitism kits, I dislike the greebles but they're slightly less bad in-hand.
Zero > Z = Grendizer (= Getter Dragon if I had it, it's largely a copy of Z) > Great > Jeeg
Kaiser from what I've seen is probably equal or less than Great. Because of Jeeg being the only one with a completely different system, he has Zero-tier shoulder articulation but can't extend his legs straight very far. But the prices for Grendizer and Jeeg make sense due to their intense amount of colour separation if that means anything to you, and Jeeg sure does come with the Mach Drill. I don't love the Infinitism colours or textures so they've been gathering dust for a while, but I can answer questions about the kits themselves if needed.
Aside from the Armageddon Moderoid, there's a small (slightly taller than an SD) and cheap transformable Moderoid for Getter-1, Gunbuster as well. The Gunbuster one is pretty fun.

>>23400197
I get it, you are trans. Move on.

>>23400228
>Gunbuster
There's also the ACKS Gunbuster which seems pretty great actually, definitely on the list kits I wan to get eventually

>>23400245
The shoulders look a bit too big but I think it's probably accurate.
>tfw it can do the crossed arms pose while the tiny 3500-yen combining one cannot
I know I shouldn't have expected it, but still.

>>23400202
>it'd be nice to have a Majinga and Getter kit under my belt
Take the SDCS pill brother, I have the Shin Getter and Mazinkaiser ones and they're pretty good (for SD type kits).

>>23400264
>it's been years and they haven't reprinted Z and GaoGaiGar
I want a second Great so I can make it an MP version and turn his Scramble Dash into a Great Booster, what the FUCK is Bandai doing

Had to try atleast, to add that black top on the fingers of the amatsu mina.

>>23400270
>Z and GaoGaiGar
There are genuine ones on Ali, but last I checked they were on the expensive side, I guess it depends where you live. I wanted to get the GaoGaiGar but I already have the RG so fuck it, I don't even like SDs that much.

>>23400202
>give me a nice manga accurate Getter-1
is a Toei one fine, too?

>>23400221
typical esl thinking capitalization makes them better at speaking english

>>23400245
>ACKS Gunbuster which seems pretty great actually
Only if you reinforce/remodel every joint and paint everything.

>>23400283
Yeah keeping coping, ESLbro. The Burgers will appreciate ya.

>>23400285
typical esl not being able to read (again)
isnt it your bedtime yet in brownland?

>>23400288
You expect me to read something that doesn't have capital? Are you retarded?
>Bed time in brownland
Weirdly informative about non US timezone. Let me guess, Pinoy?

>>23400281
That's the Mecha Collection Getter 1 I was talking about before, don't know about you but it's basically unobtanium for me
>>23400284
I always fully paint my kits, what's the problem with the joints?

>>23400300
>Weirdly informative about
Weirdly obsessed with shitposting

>>23400280
>expecting 25 CAD in stores
>they're around 35 CAD and 10-15 shipping on ali
I got the RG for someone else but I've yet to make the plunge myself, due to various stories and conflicting accounts about the hands.
>>23400281
I wish they'd reprint the BMCs for this and the Mazingers, or at least have them go below 3k-4k yen

>>23400288
>>23400300
Post your work instead of shitting up the thread, retard

Is this what perfection looks like?

>>23400305
>what's the problem with the joints?
A lot of them are awfully wobbly and the polycaps are godawful, with the ones in the wrists not only being too weak to support the weapons but also having a tendency to rip apart over time.
The less said about the polystyrene balljoints on the skirt armor the better.

>>23400310
>conflicting accounts about the hands.
My friend built it, hands aren't great but I have only heard that the rest of the kit is beautiful. Definitely seems like one not worth missing out on just because it has shit hands.

>>23400280
SDCS GaoGaiGar is nice. i would buy another one if bandai ever reprints it.

>>23400314
it's as perfect as the Strike Gundam (put shitton of stuff on it)

>>23400314
>Perfection

>>23400314
I think in a more muted color scheme it'd look really good. something like the thunderbolt FAG colors or mostly gray like the FAZZ. as is it looks very toyish

>>23400310
>due to various stories and conflicting accounts about the hands
I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, the hands are shit. Absolutely horrendous. Bandai could've made it so they were more like fully articulated MG hands, instead they went with some very brittle fingers that pop out all the time and a very tiny palm joint that broke the second time I tried to pose it. The hand cover pieces fall off all the time too. BUT, aside from that and the way the helmet connects (which is kinda janky, but works), everything else about the kit is basically perfect, it is probably the best looking GGG toy/model ever. Proportions are absolutely flawless.

>>23400318
Forget about greebles. What the fuck is that stance?

>>23400027
Please respond I am too indecisive on my own

>>23400315
Seems problematic how do you even reinforce polycaps?

Honestly I should probably just buy the Gaogaigar RG and forget about this one.
How much plastic rubbing is there in this one's trasformation? I want to fully paint the kit with acrylics but those don't take well to rubbing parts

>>23400300
your posts are becoming less and less comprehensible, is the SEAmonkey mad?

>>23400328
>as is it looks very toyish
That's a good thing

>>23400027
>>23400335
I kinda like the RG waverider mode the most, followed by the GEP one, then ver Ka.

>>23400137
aliexpress has a robust complaints and refund system, if you get scammed they will refund you

>>23400044
Perfect Zeong [Thunderbolt version] Ver.KA when?

>>23400327
holy SEX

>>23400340
Not that guy, you sound like a SEAmonkey, anon.

>>23400343
>RG waverider mode
I see, I'll check it out

>realizing that I still have the Crossframe GaoGaiGar girl kit I received as a gift, which I still haven't built out of sheer worry on messing something up
>>23400319
I think it was just the posable hands that have a tendency to have its fingers pop off or break.
I'm also a bit worried I'd somehow mess up on something so expensive and highly anticipated. Was even considering the Super Minipla as an alternative or a stepping stone.
>>23400330
This is very discouraging, I know someone mentioned 3D-printed or other sort of hands, but paying extra for RG GaoGaiGar on anything that's not Goldymarg seems infuriating.
Iirc the helmet extends from StealthGao by a tiny little arm or two, that looked slightly worrying but ultimately functional.
I guess it'll be my grail for now, in the sense that I know exactly where it is but obtaining it might kill me in the process. (The Holy Grail quest wasn't much of a quest...)

>>23400340
>Doesn't know how to use capital, an obvious lack of education
>Resolving to ethnic insult because he couldn't make a good argument
>Sperging out like a subhuman moron
Actual ESL like you should get permabanned

>>23400314
Looks like a shoddy toy.

>>23400371
esls calling people esls will never not be funny

>>23400318
>Depressed Hi Nu

>>23400374
t. ESL

>>23400382
Oops, i accidentally posted 4cuck's discord screenshot. My bad.

>>23400370
>This is very discouraging
If you want a GaoGaiGar model to play with a lot and change the pose all the time, you'll probably be disappointed. Like I already said the hands are poseable in theory, but actually handling them is hell. As for the helmet, it stays on pretty good, but you'll have to fiddle with it too every time you wanna move the head, basically. Personally I don't play with my kits/figures at all, I just change the pose like twice a year and leave them on the shelf, so for me, as a massive GGG fag, this kit is perfect.
All that being said, if you want the RG for GaiGar and the GaoMachines, it is absolutely perfect, no issues at all. GaiGar's articulation is excellent, transforming into Galeon is pretty quick and simple, and the Gaomachines look 100% accurate to the show. So if you want it for a GaiGar/GaoMachines diorama, or just for playing with them, it is perfect for that.

>>23400382
>>23400386
t. Frog posting discord tranny

>>23400371
You will literally just say anything when you start seething, lmao

ZakuAurelius

>>23400402
I like him

>>23400402
I was forced to post this. He told me to say his name after donkey kong punching me into a large stack of preorders he has yet to ship out.

>>23400407
did he donkey kong punch Mr Tamiya too?

>>23400416
It was a negotiation gone wrong. He wanted the company to start producing girlpla and he wouldn't budge.

>>23400397
But enough about yourself.

>>23400343
>>23400367
>no hyper mega launcher
FUCK
I didn't realise it didn't come with one

Your Discord humor bores me. Is this what 4cuck has become?

>>23400430
Why do you care about that if you just want to display it in the waverider form?

>>23400432
Waverider looks better with the HML rather than the basic beam rifle

>>23400430
there's a 3rd party kit for that now, shouldn't be hard to find

What kind of robot toys do the gundam hating mecha fans like to build? The only other ones I know are the five star stories and macross and the obscure old 80s sunrise mecha shows Bandai sometimes makes HGs for.

>>23400457
There's pleanty of third party kits like SNAA and Supernova

How well have your painted kits aged anons? This one's almost 4 years and joints are still somewhat holding on well and the paint job hasn't really deteriorated.

>>23400457
They never post their work so I don't know.

>>23400458
so they're the ones that build the crappy chinkspikes ones?

>>23400464
Yeah we do. We just don't post it when you tell us to because you're a little bitch

>>23400471
You have never posted your work.

>>23400472
kek fr

>>23400371
>>23400382
>>23400386
>can’t understand or communicate in basic english
>frogposter
>discord tranny
is this seriously who i’m sharing this hobby with? i thought the giga autists were bad enough

>>23399753
So are these all going to be reprinted, or is there another vote to narrow it down?

>>23400027
>>23400335
MG Zeta 2.0 purportedly looks really good in Waverider mode, moreso than Ver. Ka (which looks better in MS mode). MG 2.0 also comes with a huge stand and the Hyper Mega Launcher.

The RG is purportedly a hand grenade, it takes up less space due to being a 1/144 kit but you need to provide your own stand and Hyper Mega Launcher, and honestly it feels like kind of a waste to build the RG and then just keep it in Waverider mode forever (again, since it's a hand grenade you don't want to transform it back and forth). I have the Hyper Mega Launcher from P-Bandai, Weapon System 008, the last time they sold it was end of 2024. It tends to pop up any time there are Gundam Base Mobile Tour leftovers though, so odds are you'll eventually be able to get your hands on one. The real problem is spending ten bucks on an accessory that you'll also have to pay ten bucks shipping for, so if you want one you'll probably want to get something else from P-Bandai at the same time so that the shipping charges don't rape you up the ass. A good third-party Hyper Mega Launcher will cost you probably around $20.

The HG Revive is probably also a good option if you prefer a simplistic look without all the greeble. It also has its own Hyper Mega Launcher, but you'll have to provide your own stand, and due to being a HG you definitely need to paint it.

>>23400375
>all this random bullshit is so heavy
>my feet hurt
>I wish I was Sisyphus
>I'm tired of being Hi all the time. I just want to be happy.

>>23400476
Seems like there are constant conflicting statements, but the only thing that is certain is whatever gets first place in this round of voting will 100% for sure be reprinted.

>>23400479
>Ver. Ka (which looks better in MS mode)
nah

>>23400487
NTA but Z ver Ka's waverider mode looks pretty bad with the big shield gap, the 2.0 is a lot more flush.

>>23400490
I agree, I'm saying the 2.0 looks better in both modes

>>23400479
>purportedly purportedly purportedly
Motherfucker how are you gonna type paragraphs about kits you don't own

>>23400027
Form your own opinion by looking at the waverider pictures on dalong and getting the one you like most, this isn't complicated, just use your eyes.

>>23400492
well you would be wrong. the ver ka is the artist respecting lineart accurate version.

>>23400475
Anon, that discord screenshot is a leak from a whistleblower. Beside Rapeape ( 4chan's current admin ) and the jannies, no one really have access to it.
Also, if you hate discord, then you shouldn't be on this site to begin with because the operators are all Discord trannies.

>>23400505
>Also, if you hate discord, then you shouldn't be on this site to begin
Not him, but 4chan was founded in 2003. The site has been around long before discord was ever founded.

>>23400505
>Also, if you hate discord, then you shouldn't be on this site to begin with
Advanced bait

>>23400505
Dumb frogposter

>>23400508
ok cool. the fact remains that this is discord tranny territory now.

It's weird that EVERY reviewer I've seen completely glosses over kit/lineart (or even anime) shape disparities
Like most will go in depth into why it's not color accurate but none even mentioned the quuuux kits having huge gaps over the thighs, or d gundam being completely katokid

>>23400515
it's probably because most of them don't have the advanced autism of the average /m/anchild

>>23400515
Because they don't have the kind of crippling autism that prevents you from understanding that 2d art and a 3d model are different.

>>23400515
Most reviewers and consoomers are secondaries that don’t engage with the source material

>>23400515
>It's weird that EVERY reviewer I've seen completely glosses over kit/lineart (or even anime) shape disparities
Because nobody fucking cares about lineart accuracy as long as the kit looks good out of the box and can do cool poses

>>23400518
>>23400521
why do they mention color accuracy then

A man by the name of Hajime Kinotoki does >>23399932

>>23400467
Both SNAA and Supernova are solid brands, but yea some of their kits definitely have the chinkcore aesthetic

>>23400529
see
>>23400528
details not being in the right color without paint or stickers will be a bigger deal to most people than the proportions being slightly different

>>23400529
Because color correction stickers suck ass

>>23400540
you know there's an easy solution for that if you weren't such a retarded snapshitter

>>23400118
bandai pls, I need these ones

Considering that there needs to be a poll to reprint the mgex I hope we don't get any more of them. The two that are available added very little over the original kits that justifies there being a special class for them, even if the freedom is covered in its gold gimmick.

>>23400557
The mgex unicorn is way better than the ova version

>>23400560
>way better
It's not that much better. Proportions better, has the lighting gimmick and then some joints are upgraded if I recall correctly? It's not 2-300 dollars of value.

>>23400566
The LEDs are the kind that can change color on the fly, which is where all the money goes.

>>23400552
see >>23400535
Bandai sells assembly toys, not model kits
So what's wrong with judging them by the standards of a toy?

>>23400566
the better proportions is worth it for me because i am not a retarded poorfag like you. 2-300 dollars of value is nothing to me. it's worth so little of my time that i don't even consider it.

>>23400574
>pay $200 extra
>or shorten the legs by a few mm with a modeling saw
what a dilemma

>>23400574
If you have less than 50 million in assets you are not rich

>>23400574
Post your work (your bank account and expensive kits)

realtouch marker weathering continues
decided to go full hog

>>23400599
also I really should do something about the monoeye
like it's there, but you can almost never see it, and even my smallest rhinestones are too big for it

>>23400599
you're supposed to do it on top of a matte finish

>>23400601
it looks far more reflective than it really is, i've already blasted it with matte coat once after painting and i will do so again after this and decals to seal it in

>>23400604
isn't decals before weathering?

>>23400609
the process of this weathering technique would guaranteed annihilate any decals you put on underneath if you don't put an additional layer of topcoat to protect them

>>23400612
as I said prior, you're supposed to do this on top of matte.
>paint to semigloss
>decals
>softener to set
>matte coat
>real touch
>sealing coat

>>23400618
sure, sure
but have you considered that i am profoundly retarded and my ass is fat

does it even matter if you do the realtouch thing on top of matte coat or paint when it looks the same in the end?

>>23400635
Yeah, some fag on 4chan might call you a longsnapper if you don't.

>>23400635
no
but gloss coat is another story since the weathering won't stick the same

>>23400635
the goal of real touch is to selectively wipe off the areas you don't want while keeping it on the areas you do. matte is what gives it best cohesion to do that, where as with smoother finishes you have less control.
it can work in a slightly different way, by staining weaker paint base layers, but that is again harder to control .

>>23400651
so it's fine if the base paint itself is matte to begin with

>>23400652
yes, that works too

>>23400461
my earliest ones were 1/144 muv-luv ones. one of them was a decade old print and already had broken polycaps so it's held together by blue tack, the other is perfectly fine besides some paint chipping due to clearances. Everything else, I've hardly ever touched since finishing so they're fine. I've always used the UV Cut top coat but they've never been in direct sunlight so I can't imagine much affecting that

>>23400703
Is this meant to say that left is better than right? Because I agree if that's the case

>>23400703
Behold. . . The pinnacle of design.

Didn't ask

>>23400703
>>23400724
I like all the HM and MH variations he came out with over the years.
Nagano definitely lost me when he transitioned to the GTM designs. Yuck!

>>23400729
literally yes

>>23400729
look at that boarder. yuck. way too much greeble

>>23400729
>not a square
too tryhard, literally the equivalent of the banana taped to a wall
think of the children!

>>23400703
this is the best one
not as toy-like as the HM, not as pretentious as the later MH

>>23400729
not bad, but add some panel lines and pillow shading

I wish the HGUC Sazabi would get an update, kinda sucks how much of it is a simple clamshell mold. The back skirt vernier not being separated is a weird choice when they did it for the shoulders

>>23398539
Finally got around to painting the Chuchu Barding. Turned out a little redder than I hoped, but I think it still looks neat.

>>23400744
There is the RG at least. It isn't that much more than the HG.

>>23400753
I'll probably get it eventually but I have the MGs already and it doesn't really do much the ver Ka doesn't for me except be a more manageable size and not have the retarded shin colour separation/armour split. The simplicity of the HGUC and the overall sculpt is mostly great, but there are a couple areas that are a little lacking. The shotrifle molding is a little too simple too.

>>23398539
Trying out Plaplates. Not sure where I want to take this.

>>23400761
Minelayer addon on the butt