Thread 23405717

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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?
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One easy to use app that works well on Android:
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-=THE GUIDES=-
>Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:
gunpla.buyfags.moe
>Funaka's gunpla guides:
Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdf
Scratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf
>Falldog's gunpla guide:
otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide
>A guide to other types of plamo:
mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa
>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: >>23400887

-=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!

ZakuAurelius

>>23405740
kneels before CHADren

MechaGaikotsu

Wirupla da GAWD

jayz2cents

Charlie426

How far i got before I ragequit RG Zeta

This is my 2nd attempt. Made it much further this time.

>>23405759
>Snapgods when the kit is slightly oldschool in engineering

rrobbert184

>>23405759
You never did have the makings of a varsity modeller

>>23405759
Nice battle damage custom.

Reminder to report spam, thanks.

Duel on page 10 again.

>>23405724
Not sure what I'm doing next. Finished the kit I was working on, but I've slipped into a depression spiral.

>>23405759
It's a toy for 12 year olds. Just how incompetent are you?

>>23405793
It is a toy for 15 years old in RG's case. But still, this prooves that most of Gunplabros are afraid of plastic cement and the act of gluing pieces together.

>>23405796
The RG Zeta needs neither though. The poster needs a decent knife/snips as that is likely 99% the reason it isn't going together easily.

brand new thread and we're already resorting to posting shit from the reddit

>>23405800
Majority of undergates can be removed with bad nipper/knife and he obviously removed them. Zeta and majority of early RG were designed with a more adult demographic in mind, which are familiar with tamiya cement and modifications. A simple coat of paint for the innerframe can solve alot of so called "issues". However turned out, Bandai overestimated their own fanbase.

https://x.com/eaDvWH3ieeBkR0p/status/1891023902177919307

perfect time to start planning my group build entry.

>>23405822
This is where it all snaps

>>23405759
that thing looks truly defeated

disqualify every participant who already completed their entry

>END: 7/31/25

Please. Extend.

>>23405887
Alright buddy, how much arguing did you do in /gpg/?

>>23405887
You know the rules. Send in WIP images with a timestamp to Groupbuild Dude's email, or no extension.

I dare you to post your favorite HG that you've built.

why do nomodels always ask for a groupbuild extension?

Finally painted the MG Wing EW that I bought and has been sitting on my shelf for more than a decade.

>>23405942
I should have added a layer of super glue to the ball joints to tighten up them before reassembling because god damn this thing is floppy after all these years.

>>23405724
sexy DOM legs

How often does groupbuildanon get unrelated profane material emailed to him

>>23405955
You aren't a real hobbiest if you aren't sending him models in jars.

>>23405933
surely this is the week when i will finally get over my executive dysfunction and accomplish that thing i wanted to do for months

>>23405822
I built RG 78 1.0, Strike, and Freedom. The majority of time snapping doesn't work is either not trimming, not squeezing together hard enough, or over sanding (overly loose not tight). Newbies are likely doing the two former.

Unrelated, but I just finished applying my PG Exia 's armor and now the LEDs stopped working. Any ideas how to troubleshoot? Tried with the GN drive in both Exia and the stand. Lights were working through the leg armor being on, so the arms, shoulders and head were done since last check.

>>23405966
You probably stretched or pinched a wire. Is it failing everywhere or just in sections?

>>23405968
No reaction when I turn on the brain pack in the stand. It's the Kosmos kit not the Bandaid one

G-Line Light Armor bootleg soon but it seems they going to give the gatling guns from the Standard kit instead

>>23405974
Other than disassembling it and seeing if anything is loose I don't know that there is much you can do. Could be that it burned out too.

>a seam between two parts that sandwich a moving part
painting the circled part first would be easiest right?

this is turning out to be a way more complicated build than I ever expected

>>23405724
Guys, I made the happiest mistake in my life. It was supposed to be bone like, but I accidently got metallic gloss that I was searching since I started painting my models.

What is the cure time for enamels like Tamiya's?

>>23406013
Share the recipe

>>23405449
Here ya go anon, here's half of my current displayed models + one of my boxes of manuals. Been moving shit around so you're gonna have to excuse the chaos and unfilled shelves, trying to find a place for everything is hard.

>>23406027
Sure, it was Mr Color Gloss Black, Mr Color Gloss Off White(tried making some pre-shading), Mr Crystal Color Moonstone Pearl, and Mr Lascivious Clear White. I made it too dark(I think either the off white is too dark or I mess up the pre-shading), but i think the metallic gloss is close.

>>23406030
And here's a couple AU shelves. It's annoying divvying stuff up with the series I don't have many kits to display from though. Barely got any IBO or AGE kits so they're just floating around other places. Dragon and Bolt can't come soon enough to make my G display less lame particularly.

> You think 20% off this thing is worth the downside of pre-ordering from usags?
how stacked is your 'log?
if you plan to build it sometime this year it's not worth it. but if you're just going to throw it in the boxfort delays don't even matter.

>>23405494
>You think 20% off this thing is worth the downside of pre-ordering from usags?
how stacked is your 'log?
if you plan to build it sometime this year it's not worth it. but if you're just going to throw it in the boxfort delays don't even matter.

>He bought?
>Crumple the box.

Should have picked up a few things from Surugaya last week but decided against it because my backlog is huge. They've changed the discount for model kits from a certain percentage off, above a certain price to, 3 Pieces for 5% OFF, 5 Pieces for 10% OFF, 10 Pieces for 15% OFF, 20 Pieces and up for 20% OFF.

It's over.

>>23405759
literally a skill issue at this point

How come p-bandai prices generally seem a lot higher than they were before march of this year?

>>23406089
Your country elected a retard.

>>23406089
P bandai prices have been continuously rising for years. I have been complaining about them.

The origin gundam but if it was good

>>23406090
>ignore that inflation has been out of control for years now, globally
Retard.

>>23406098
Nope, still not good.

>>23406098
I've realized why I hate this abomination so much finally, it's the head. It looks like a football helmet. Fucking ugly.

>>23406103
Enjoy your tariffs lil bro. lmao.

>>23406103
>country imposes import taxes on consumer (no japan is not going to pay for it as the orange one may lead you to believe)
>prices rise as a result
>n-nani? Don’t you know inflation has been happening for years?

>>23406110
>>23406113
Rent free.

>>23406098
>The origin gundam but if it was good
This is the ugliest gundam ever made, no one could possibly have an opinion as bad as this unironically

>>23406089
10% tariffs is huge. The supply chain is very delicate if anything just increases in price, all of it is affected.

>>23406106
It looks like the martian man squeezed into a helmet.

>>23406118
No, not rent free. You are paying that rent each time you buy from p-bandai or any other us gunpla retailer. They know they can trick retards like you by hiding the import taxes in an itemized receipt for political convenience.

>>23406098
This >>23406106 and also I detest its tiny shoulders. No presence whatsoever

>>23406131
And the tiny baby gatling on its shoulder
And the ugly-ass shield (not pictured)

>>23405790
While you're sitting around being depressed, Tyrone and Jamal have stolen your models and are building them better than you ever could. Their nippers and chisels make yours look puny and weak, and they're using techniques you didn't even know existed. Until now.

>>23405724
I just airbrushed craft paints onto outrageously overpriced british plamo

Threadly reminder that the kit you're working on is still in severe lack of missile pods.

>>23406148
That is true. But worry not, I have a v-thor with tons of extra accessories including missile pods up next

>>23406120
>This is the ugliest gundam ever made
But that's not the GQuuuuuuX

>>23406153
Good point. Why are so many of the newer gundams some of the ugliest gundams they ever made? I know they are trying to be le different but fuck, if the old style ain’t broke don’t fix it.

>>23406157
Because new mecha designers are CADbabbies

>>23406158
Are you implying Yamashita has never sculpted before?

reprint when?????

>>23406158
I doubt any of the modern designers know a single thing about machining. The actual answer is that modern mecha is all self referential. In the old days people looked at other things to get inspiration for their designs, cars, armor, boats, tanks, planes, household appliances, bugs, etc. These days people look at mecha to get inspiration for mecha. And as a result it becomes an incestuous mess that results in shit like the ex gundam, the Habsburg of gundams.

>>23406167
>machining
You mean mechanical design.

>>23406172
No, I mean using CAD to machine shit.

>>23406106
When you're pandering to America, of course you're going to try to make it look like Handegg.

>>23406103
Asian p-bandai prices have been stable lmao, it's you retards electing a retard president, you do know tariffs are paid by the importer (you) right? Have fun supplementing the shortfall from the tax cuts for Billionaires :)

>>23406162
I've been waiting for so many years. I don't think it's gonna happen.

>>23406089
1. Inflation has been a thing since before the plague, and was enhanced globally as a result of the plague. The recent tanking of the US economy has also not helped matters.

2. Bandai explicitly stated that they were implementing a price hike on all Gunpla back in February of this year.

3. Uncertainty over tariffs.

4. We're gaijin, they can afford to charge us extra and get away with it.

>>23406181
Can you fuck back off to /pol/ reddit or wherever it is you come from? Every other thread you come in and do the exact same shit.

I want to look at pictures of gunpla and seething about gunpla, not this dumb drivel

>>23406187
Cope

>>23406190
Hey I'm not the one complaining about the p-bandai price hike and denying reality

>>23406162
A few years ago they held preorders for it, but productions was cancelled. Just get the Koto one

>>23406181
How come the prices went up before the election?

>>23406162
Looks good enough to mod into a backpack for a ZZ-era suit.

>>23406179
Are you implying that the gundam maxter isn't fantastic?

>>23406148
but im working on a reben wolf

>>23406158
Is hajime katoki a CADbabby? He’s one of the older guys but in recent years I feel like he hasn’t had good habits.

>>23406190
He got banned the last time he did this here and I guess it must of ran out. You know what to do.

>>23406167
I don’t understand. You’d think that it would just make it cooler if this stuff was made with mecha fans in mind with a wealth of past works to build off of. I think there’s something else going on. Maybe it is the CADbabbies.

>>23406207
Prices actually were going down iirc. The last mk v reprint was a decent bit cheaper than the ones before.

>>23406243
When you fuck your sister the baby might turn out fine but when your incest babies have incest babies and this repeats for generations you end up with horrific mutants that should not see the light of day. Same concept here, the giant robot blood has gotten too thick and now we are getting retarded flipper robots, and not the cool zaku ones.

>>23406245
Ah I see. I feel like this isn’t just a mecha problem but a broader issue with anime as a whole. All the old guard who made good shows are gone and the guys who are making shows now are otaku fanboys who just make worthless slop. I don’t see how they can be a fan of the old stuff and not see their work as anything but defiling the sanctity of it.

>Zero Futa
What?

>>23406244
Why are you lying? The HG Pyscho Doga was like 70 dollars upon its release. For a 1/144. It released in 2022.

>>23406252
"Futa" means dual, it is just a less common usage due to porn.

>>23406229
Sentinel is the only time he designed mechs by hand. He has been using CAD since the 90s.

Mg or rg tall goose

>>23405980
They couldn't replicate the visor piece eh? That was the whole reason I would've bought it. Otherwise it's just a red G-Line

>>23406249
You would be correct, it's not an issue with just mecha but rather anime as a whole.

>>23406252
Alternative Shuji got fed up and decided to enact the futa solution. What's there not to get?

>>23406272
I don’t get what the futa solution is

>>23406254
Mar 1 2023 confirmation email

>>23406273
Complete. Global. Kirakira.

>>23406276
Isn’t the kira kira a metaphor for addiction?

>>23406277
If you are busy tripping out on hardcore kirakira you don't have time for girls with dicks. It's basic math.

>>23406252
It doesn't have a dick. Seems pretty obvious.

>>23406275
Regardless, still extremely expensive for a 1/144 and it was years before any current events.

>>23406269
is that his wife on his shirt

>>23405931
Hard choice, but I am going to go with my boy here.

>>23406138
Good for them. Sounds like they're treating the models better then I am. I don't even paint them..

>>23406314
They aren't painting them either. They are icing out your gunpla.

>>23406309
Very nice, I need to get me one of them crazy rabbits.

>>23406328
Got it on a whim cause it was in my local hobby shop and absolutely loved it. Comes with an Action Base, too (5?). The transformation is clean with no parts swapping. Fantastic all around.

>>23406345
This transformation is kino

>>23406284
>he didn't buy 5 of them
Lmao

>>23406264
MG

>>23406309
>>23406345
Bandai is too cowardly to make a MG of Zeta MS like this, Hambrabi, and the Gabthley

>>23406296
it's his last victim

>>23406225
NOT. ENOUGH. MISSILE. PODS!

>>23406264
RG is better in pretty much every way BUT the tree trunk legs ruin it for me, so I pick the MG

>>23406264
The RG can manipulate the Dobergun way better than the MG can, that's the most important difference between them I think.

>>23405724
>>23405991
>"30 minutes" fantasy
>takes way longer than 30 minutes
wtf bandai

>>23406062
>He bought?
>Crump eet

>>23406309
>>23406345
definitely one of those I wish it gets a 1/100 kit

>>23406519
Do they even let Italians build gunpla?

>>23405724
Just finished snapshidding my Shuremi. Definitely gonna paint it at some point. Might do something crazy like metallic pink for the body so she can really look like a robot or cyborg

>>23405759
I know the RG Zeta is shit but Jesus anon... Can you even build Lego Duplo?

>>23405717 (OP)
Are the HG Votoms kits any good? They seem kinda pricey for the detail level, and they're smaller than normal gunpla

>>23406531
Honestly they are not really worth it. The kit being small is one thing, however, bunch of the cool stuff got locked behind Pbandai, too.

>>23406462
Pretty sure the 30MM are the only ones that are actually supposed to take 30 minutes. Never actually built a 30MM but the overall detail and part separation seems lower than both 30MF and 30MS. They probably just advertise them as one series because they encourage kitbashing between the 3 lines

>>23406153
The Gquuuuuux is kinda cool looking imo, the Red Gundam looks way worse

>>23406531
If you want a good Votoms kit just buy one from Wave

>>23406525
I like the 30MS line but the plastic feels too soft, could easily get dented by a fingernail. I swear other PS plastic isn't that soft, is it the specific color injection?

>>23406539
It's not actually that soft, it just has a matte finish which makes it look softer than the usual gunpla gloss

>>23406531
just buy the MG Votoms kits its actually just slightly higher priced than the HG Votoms kits

>>23406538
Are they 3rd party or official? Sounds like they're a bit larger with better gimmicks but it still seems a bit expensive

its 30th Gundam Wing Anniversary, we should be getting HG revives of EW kits, including the serpent custom at least

>>23406541
I mean it physically feels softer, the finish seems to be the best for what it is

>>23406544
I don't see any results for MG Votoms kits, the only other scales seem to be from other companies

>>23406547
Sure. Bandai will get right on that.

>>23406551
bandai used to make MGs of non Gundam kits, like Dunbine, Patlabor and stuff, then they decided to make a separate line for them called R3

for Votoms, they didnt name the line, but it is in 1/20 scale and essentially MG in size and detail, its everybit as MG is but the name

they released several kits,like the normal Scopedog, then have some PBandai stuff like turbo custom stuff and the space weapons pack. the last reprint is from 2019 , so waiting for a new reprint may take a while

>>23406547
I don’t want EW garbage I want kits of the Taurus, Virgo and Virgo II.

>>23406562
Ohh I see now, I knew about the old patlabor kits but I didn't know about that R3 line. They really used branch out with lines like the 1/60 HG-EX kits, sucks that bandai has so little variation nowadays. A lot of other series' appear to be locked behind Kotobukiya kits now, which always seem to be either fiddly, expensive, or reliant on waterslides (I don't have any place to topcoat so I avoid them and dry transfers)

>>23406562
>the last reprint is from 2019
They did a re-print of the 1/20 Scopedog from the Last Red Shoulder OVA last year.

>>23406531
if you want a 1/35 scopedog they're a decent choice compared to wave.

>>23406546
I don't know what you think 'third party' means but they are both third party and official. They're MG-sized which explains the price but they also have much better details and sculpting than most MGs

>>23406538
1/24 wave kit is inferior to the bandai 1/20 offering while costing way more even once you factor in jp aftermarket prices that the 1/20 kits usually go for.

>>23406568
they revived the R3 line to release the 1/35 Billbine, which I dont know why they waited for so long to release it now since it isnt really that complicated and could have been released alongside the MG Dunbine

>>23406579
What are you smoking? The Wave 1/24 looks way better than the Bandai 1/20. Are you one those people who thinks better articulation = better kit? Even if it looks worse?

>>23406576
I meant third party as in Daban or that one company that's making a 1/100 kshatriya with PG-like gimmicks unofficially. I was just asking because they tend to be shoddy even when they look good or have unique aspects compared to official kits

Did we really need a 5th 1/100 LED Mirage

>>23406582
The Wave kit also has some horrendous seam lines.

I am thinking of buying Nyaan's Figure-rise.

>>23406080
jesus christ that’s bad. they probably lost too much money from the last sale so they dialed it back way too much, but i’m sure they’ll eventually run the usual 20% off just for toys and hobbies again

Going to Japan next month, what should I hunt down?

>>23406636
https://www.gundamkitscollection.com/2016/10/7-eleven-gundam-collection-list.html

>>23406582
>better articulation = better kit? Even if it looks worse?
This is true though

>>23406636
https://www.goodsmile.com/en/moderoid

>>23406636
the answer is your own personal holy grail that you know that exist

my personal grail is the 1/35 Edelweiss

>>23406651
>your own personal holy grail
This kinda goes without question, but I'm taking in recommendations.

>>23406536
I built a 30MM that took me about 2 hours. I could only have done it in 30 minutes if I had completely snapped it, didn't even try to clean parts, and was already familiar with the build. This 30MF will take 4 to 5 hours, but I also intend to paint it, which will take additional consideration.

>>23406656
Personally I'd grab all the puru figures garage or otherwise I could find. Baring that, as many puru 2 kits as I can get through customs.

Wow this looks fucking terrible

>>23406658
Personally I won't complain, considering most 30M kits cost more than your average HG I don't mind getting similar time out of them. And some do have quite nice detail levels

>huge Wing 30th anniversary
>still next to impossible to get these things
>and there's no official product for this for the 2020 MG Wing Zero Custom

Come on, now.

>>23406582
not even articulation as the other guy said the seam mangement is better and rivetting is better defined because they're seperate parts you slot in.
Sure the wave kit is closer to newer interpretations but at what cost. The amount of modifications required for painting is alot more than the existing bandai kit. Honestly better off putting that effort towards the bigger kit to bring it more in line.

>>23406666
I disagree mega satan.

>>23406579
>1/24 wave kit is inferior to the bandai 1/20 offering while costing way more
Not that anon, i own Bandai's 1/20 Fatty kit and apparently all of these kits have extremely half assed articulated hands. They can't hold weapons very well and can't become fists either. For something that range around, i assume 70 to 100 dollars in US, these things are extremely subpar.

>>23406678
No the sculpt is good but why did they paint it in clear vomit green

>>23406683
And say what you want about Wave's AT. Atleast the fists look like fists.

>>23406686
Actually I take back what I said about the sculpt, what the fuck is going on with the head?
Jesus christ Volks
Just compare it to pic rel

>>23406650
NTA but what should I expect from Moderoid? Pretty much all kits I have are Bandai, and I've been wanting to branch out. Was thinking of getting the Moderoid AV-0 though I've been eyeing F.S.S kits too. Though I'm not sure if I should hurt myself with the 1/144 Bang Doll

>>23406698
Pfttt if you are already doing some modeling then all brands feel the same, minus those obscure military kits from UK with some of the worst engineering you have ever seen.
In short, Moderoid kits are ok. Nothing too groundbreaking but not terrible either.

>>23406698
>though I've been eyeing F.S.S kits too. Though I'm not sure if I should hurt myself with the 1/144 Bang Doll
1/100 Siren and Engage SR1 are probably the easiest beginner kits. VSMS Daccas is extremely easy to assemble but a test of your surface prep skills.
Generally, the newer the kit is the better your experience will be.

>Britbongs will soon have to provide their government facescan and citizen ID everytime they buy plamo
Grim.

I can't believe tamiya is fucking dead. I loved your flat black paint.

>>23406688
while some of sculpting on that resin kit looks nice, theres just something off about these GTM gks.
The lack of seperation on the joints and the thick parts makes these kits look more like actual statues than scale representationof a machine.
Can't wait for the VSMS kits for those reasons alone.
>>23406703
>install a VPN or use TOR
>don't have to give an ID to shady pajeet companies
easy
>ban VPN or TOR
chinas been trying to kill those for years now and this government is filled with too many old retards to know what a VPN is

>>23406706
>use a VPN
>order plastic robots
>plastic robots have plastic knives and plastic guns
>get arrested for terrorism when the plastic robots hit customs, because you don't have a plastic robot loicense and they have little plastic robot knifes and guns
Just another day in britistan innit.

>>23406707
>Buys RG/MG
>They are 15+ models
>Oh shit, this might content risque contents! Arrest this bloke!
The brits didn't know the availability of porn was the last bit of freedom they had left.

>>23406707
unless someone kills a bunch of children with a beam saber or gundumb beam rifles thats
never going to happen.
more likely going to happen over in canadistan (lol customs fees and government that is basically uk labour but 100 times worse) or commiefornia (tariffs and regulations that makes europe look liberal) or ausfailia (karen country)

>>23406711
The censorship laws apply to all non-children friendly content on the internet. Plamo's maximum age rating is 15+, which is applicable. You will very likely have to scan yourface and verify your age before buying plamo in UK.

They just confirmed these are not the same Gundam from Frozen Teardrop.

>>23406706
>The lack of seperation on the joints
The joints aren't supposed to have any separation while idle.

>>23406716
Government is too lazy to check and sites here won't bother. And then theres the simple fact that gunpla and bandai kits all have parts larger and significantly less sharp than revell or airfix slop which are rated 8+ so whatever rating the japs have given it doesn't matter.

>>23406721
>gunpla and bandai kits all have parts larger and significantly less sharp than revell or airfix slop which are rated 8+
Only EG and the mainline HG gunpla have 8+ rating. FRS and alot of non gunpla HG are 15+. All MG and RG are 15+. And they are not gonna use just a portion of Bandai's Gunpla HG to forgive a bunch of other 15+ stuff. You are essentially buying dangerous products when it comes to plamo.

>>23406718
Are they muslim women? Why are they all wrapped up in hijabs?

>>23406723
>You are essentially buying dangerous products when it comes to plamo.
lmao don't give me that crap when bandai blunts spikes and fins on all their kits even on the "15+ kits" while something like 8+ airfix spitfire has hair line thin spikes for the antenna and pito tubes.
If they really wanted to put that sort of thing with kits they would've done so a long time ago like with knives and cuttery.

>>23406730
Looks like a deadly weapon old bloke.

>>23406730
UK law is not gonna care about this. They see the box says 15+, they treat it as 15+

>>23406718
So the whole thing was really just a teaser for new figures/kits?

>>23406730
mate, uk banned butter knives, brits need a fucking need a section 2 sharp impliment license and need to notify the police upon purchase of a butter knife

its a country of cucks

I wonder why doesn't Kaiyodo just sell Sturmkafer in duo like their previous 1/35 releases. It is literally as small as a Gladiator.

>>23406718
Would you be shock if these be in P-Bandai?

>>23406761
I honestly don't care lmao. I'm out of my Bandai worshipping phase.

>>23406732
UK "law" doesn't care about models kits and even less so if it's imported.
>>23406739
>need to notify the police upon purchase of a butter knife
That's very specific is that something that happens in your country?

>>23406765
no I live in a first world country that doesn't have cucked laws or Muslim invaders

>>23406767
instead you have trannies suing women for not waxing xeir balls...

>>23406767
Just have pajeets instead

>>23406765
>UK "law" doesn't care about models kits and even less so if it's imported.
Famous last words

>>23406767
Saaaar canada greatest country uncucked BASED country unlike great britain (evil racist who stole from india)

this but unironically, if you dont have a store like pandakinobby don't talk to me

>>23406739
>mate, uk banned butter knives,
Do you believe every bit of obvious bullshit you read on /pol/, or just things that let you cope about your own country's problems?

We love canada and hate bongistan here

>>23406767
>he says, when he can be sent to prison for ordering onaholes
I'm reminded of the leaf anon who got in deep shit for exactly that years ago. Granted you guys aren't as fucked as the bongs so at least there's that.

>>23406785
Ver ka lumber gundam.

>>23406785
Xeku Zwei. And don't forget to gaslight Bandai into making it a retail.

>>23405931
definitely 'guil, even if my opinion is a bit tinted by the finished project high right now
it's almost a "small FM," only falls short due to not having a torso innerframe, which is understandable

So I have my thoughts regarding what the Class Change System works on Fantasy SD series for MGSD: In simple terms, it allows you to swap out armors to "reclass" your characters into other "classes", like swapping out Knight Gundam's armor into Musha Gundam's or even the Full Armor, or for Musha Gundam, swap out to Command Gundam's equipment or Sandaime Daishogun. Higher tier armor would be P-Bandai, but Knight Gundam would be given special treatment as a DX Set for retail.
>First release would be Knight Gundam, given a special metallic finish on its armor and weapons. P-Bandai Class Up Armor will be a single set of the Three Sacred Treasures and Versal Type, upgrading Knight Gundam into the Full Armor and Versal Knight, and would also come with the stone tablet and Bow and Arrow of Light as bonus parts.
>Musha Gundam would be next, with chrome gold fittings on the head, v-fin and naginata blade. P-Bandai Class Up Armor would be the Hyper Phoenix Armor to upgrade Musha Gundam into the Sandaime Gundam Daishogun, the first time since 1990 to have a model kit version of.
>Finally, we have Command Gundam with hyper-realistic molding details on some parts of its weapons. P-Bandai Class Up Armor will be the V-Force One, designed to upgrade the Command Gundam into the V-Command Gundam.

>>23406801
>fat bitch with a bunch of fat stuff piled on it
this is on the same level as chinese designs for me

>>23406855
>chinese designs
I don't know shits about Chinese designs

>>23406864
>shortcut change

It's the worst shit that could've happened to this line of kits. They were fully capable of being transformable, but for some retarded reason Bandai decided to make them partsformers.

>>23406864
fucking finally since its been a long time they reprinted the 1/72 macross f kits

>>23406876
i don't think it really matters that much

>>23406876
No one gives a fuck, they are models. You keep them in one form and then paint.

>>23406876
Never understood the hate behind partsformers
The transformation sequence never matches the anime anyway so it just makes switching between modes an extra hassle and compromises the design

>>23406883
>compromises the design
Bandai already added bunch of new panel lines to them.

>>23406885
Yeah and that's a problem too, but that doesn't change that it's easier to keep the kit faithful when you don't have to design everything around some elaborate transformation mechanism

>>23406886
I always find the idea of fully transformable modelkit to be dumb. They are not meant to be played without the plastic reaching its tolerance limit.

>>23406864
When are we getting the VF-1?

>>23406883
I think it's a carry-over from transformers toy spergs that doesn't make sense in model kits.
i'd take partsforming any day if it means both forms are sturdier and look better as a result

>>23406892
Why not build separate kits of the different forms then?

>>23406904
That's literally what he meant, anon. Transformation gimmick can affect the appearance of either form. It is better to just make the robot and the airfighter forms as their own thing.

What are some kits that have a ton of missile pods?

>>23406921
No, he's saying he wants these "shortcut change" gimmicks over true transformations or separate standalone kits.

>>23406933
Partformers are essentially that, they are standalone toys once you have added or remove the parts. In modelkit context, if you have already cemented the robot to be the final build and dismissed the airfighter form, they will left alot of spare parts for you to use for future projects. It is much more ideal than hyper optimized runners with no spare parts left to customize.

I like the gcucks gelgoog legs, it makes me feel like I'm playing kerbal space program

>>23406945
How is having many leftover parts from a partsformer ideal?
Why not just build 2x standalone kits with no parts wastage?
You're making less and less sense. What's even your point?

Oh nvm, i figured out. It's because the standalone plane mode kits aren't Bandai, are they?

>>23406956
>with no parts wastage
And that's a bad thing. I always love a few bonuses over barebones option. Not everyone just snap and then paint, you know? Some people want to kitbash before painting their kits.

>>23406969
I will never understand the point of "kitbashing" outside of using the spare parts for things like dioramas

bad "true" transformation < partsforming < two separate kits = good "true" transformation

>>23406926
For MGs, Heavyarms/Heavyarms Custom probably takes it with the Igel Unit expansion (6 base shoulder pods, 4 skirt pods, 8 leg pods, and 2 massive shoulder pods. other than that FA Unicorn (10 backpack pods and leg pods), Stark Jegan (2 shoulder pods), MK-V (4 shoulder pods), FAZZ (arm, chest, backpack pod), GINN (2 leg pods), ZZ (2 backpack pods), Gyan (shield), Efreet Exam (2 leg pods), FA Thunderbolt (2 leg pods, 4 skirt pods, backpack pod, large arm pod).

>>23406974
The mobile ginn also has two leg rocket pods.

>>23406974
the armored valkyrie is pretty stacked too

>>23406972
Have you ever heard of Maschinen Krieger? It's a little obscure but it might give you some good insight into kitbashing.

>>23406969
Nigga.
>>23406892 nigga here is arguing that partsforming is better since it is
>sturdier and look better as a result
>>23406904 nigga here is implying that he might as well build standalone kits since those would be "sturdiest and looks the best" by former nigga's logic.

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH HAVING EXTRA PARTS FOR KITBASHING?
nuthin.

Pls read the quote train before you interject, you gay nigga.

>>23406030
There he is. The only perfect kit Bandai ever released.

>>23406978
Shut the fuck up already

>>23406983
I don't understand, why are you so hostile? I think it's a good place to see what kitbashing junk together can get you.

>>23406972
It is not always the typical swap head and limbs. Kitbashing can go very far. Most of spaceship props you see from Starwars's classic trilogy were kitbashes from Tamiya kits.

>>23406984
He is one of those Out Of Box purist, doesn't want to warp and ruin the intricate beauty of Bandai's CAD made by some underpaid interns.

>>23406991
>Out Of Box purist,
wdym? he keeps them unbuilt on runners?

>>23406991
No I'm just tired of pretentious faggots bringing their irrelevant niche franchises for TRVE MODELERS at every opportunity when nobody fucking cares
We should really have a containment thread for non Gunpla discussion at this point

>>23406982
whether you mean the dijeh or rick dias they're both great lads. Wish we got the Dijeh SE-R though too.

>>23406995
>No I'm just tired of pretentious faggots bringing their irrelevant niche franchises
Anon this isn't TRVE MODELLER shit, MaK is just a cool franchise. There's nothing to have a melty over, just glue some spoons to shit and have a giggle.

>>23406993
There are many type of modelers. OOB purist is basically a level above snapshitter, they are willing to paint the kit but hate the method of changing the design into your own fanfiction completely using junk parts. Things like this? Heresy.

>>23406999
this camp of people you've created in your head barely exists

anyone else having violent mood swings the last week of groupbuild

>>23406999
yeah sounds made up, lil' bro.

>>23406999
they exist but they make planes and tanks, not toy robots

>>23406998
Brother in christ, there is nothing "true modeler" about gluing plastic to other plastic, it is just some giggles and shits we do all the time. No one here is telling you to sculpt a photo realistic human head out of plastic blocks.

>>23407001
My mood is completely fried by the heat wave I can't even finish my entry

>>23407003
The boomers are kinda complicated. They are willing to make fanfiction builds, slapping bunch of bags and wooden logs onto tanks to make the model look more lively, but you are damned to make something unrealistic out of it.

>>23406999
Yeah this shit is stupid
I want the kit because I like what the robot did in the show, so why would I turn it into something else? That's retarded
>>23407003
Modifying military kits is usually done to more accurately reflect how they'd look in actual use in a specific theater of war, not to make up your own planes or tanks that ever existed

>>23407001
I submitted mine like a month ago.

>>23407012
behold the man who has never had a creative thought in his life

>>23407015
I can get the fanboyism, but all of Bandai kits are pretty much fanfiction of their own anime designs to begin with. Some even have details that don't actually exist. There is no point admiring these things.

>>23407013
Stop making everyone else look bad

>>23407012
>why would I turn it into something else?
Because I want to make something cool?

>>23407001
it's been sitting 99% done on my shelf for like 6 weeks and I just haven't bothered to to the last few touch ups and photograph it yet

>>23407013
disqualify this spook

>>23407026
That looks stupid.

GUNPLA SUCKS! I'm building bandai-approved DIY crafts instead!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UruD4Xp-e8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJlsCrBDSy0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDCP_D1pEuA

The Changs are making AOZ Gelgoog kits.

https://x.com/KRW_KRW_KRW/status/1949141980774015128

Finally managed to repair this thing after locking up the entire right leg, ending up breaking it. Had to find a new right leg joint + waist because the peg just refuse to come out.

>>23407044
is gpg gonna shit on these chang models too knowing it just reapplies the codes of their beloved aoz not-at-all-changified serie

>>23406987
Hilariously they later became Bandai Kits.

>>23407044
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>23407050
Bandai is not the only company that did Star Wars kits. Revell made some, too. I believe majority of World War arsenals are royalty free.

>anti-customization shitposting
But then you would never have my beautiful creations, like kits slathered in putty to look like beetles or three robots welded ass to mouth.

>>23407063
>shitposting
the longsnapping mafia has been lobbying hard since forever

>>23407063
You can't expect people to stay in chaotic neutral lane and keep their models lore accurate, it gets boring eventually.

>>23407012
>Modifying military kits is usually done to more accurately reflect how they'd look in actual use in a specific theater of war
the most soulful example I've seen of this is visiting museums and taking reference photos and them trying to replicate the specific battle damage, squadron markings, and modifications/repairs made to a specific tank, with a diorama of either the tank's last battle or the museum where it rests today.

Careful. Big Snap is listening. Would hate if something maybe happened, maybe someone took a nipper and a glass file and stickers to you, you know. Hypothetically.

zaku aurelius was about to release me from my foil-sticker bindings but then he saw my pile of shame and it had no girpla or maschinen krieger in it so he drop kicked each and every box individually. took him like half an hour. then he left without rescuing me

>>23406607
yes

>>23407075
You should have just told him that you built all the girlpla already

>>23407068
To me, a real soulful military build is a simple aircraft on its ground, surrounded by several soldiers and mechanics. It looks lively.

Zach visited my place one time, but he had a meltdown because my display didn't have enough tits in it. He tried to knock over my Gundam cabinet but it was screwed to the wall so he had to get the screwdriver to unmount it first.

>>23407090
You should be happy you weren't hospitalized over that stunt. He doesn't react well when people take measures to stop him from damaging the boxes.

>>23407075
>I'm fucking hate gunpla, anon

I put a brick in a gundam box hoping to trick him into breaking his foot but he punted it across the room like it was nothing

I don't get where all this posting about Zaku breaking boxes comes from. Oh hey, a knock at my door, I bet it's my USAGS order I placed a few months ago brb

>>23405855
And its usually a small part put in upside down. The instructions also show you what side needs to be facing outward.

Absolutely filtered by a peice of plastic lol

>>23405896
Not enough, he still had time to write this out and post.

>>23405942
Very nice :)
What paints did you use?

Yesterday I placed an order with newtype because they were running a sale and had stuff USAGS didn't have in stock. I didn't think much of it. This morning I had a knock on my door, uncomfortably early. It was Zak. He asked me if I knew how bad what I did hurt him. Then he pulled out a brick and showed me how bad it hurt, over and over again. I was left bashed and bloody on the floor of my living room. He asked me where all my girlpla was. He didn't like my answer when I said I didn't have any.
Then he practiced his wrestling moves on my backlog and told me to order an apex model kit for free shipping when I do the right thing and make it up to him.

the hakuji fell over some time in the night and the tip broke off so i have to put off on painting to fix it. I had it on the stand it comes with masked over for easy painting and the tape on the bottom must have made it unstable
>>23406951

>>23406821
Not really a fan of the green but looks pretty great otherwise

>>23407103
hey yeah haha it was I just wanted to say
everything came in perfectly intact
lol zak delivered the package himself actually
pretty nice of him, he's even sitting here with me

maybe you guys were all wrong about him
everything is just fine

>>23407118
>Zak I posted it for you. Please put the gun down. I have a family.

Do you think Zak still posts here? What do you think he'd say about all of you snitching on him, I think he would be very angry and have to take it out on some boxes.

>>23407110
>>23406951
forgot my reply. i posed mine in a way where it is leaned back and sort of reaching around so the back of the legs would be the main focus

where's the CanadaGundamStore

>>23407133
Canada can't afford the branding.

>>23407127
Zak leave the boxes alone. They aren't the ones ratting you out. They're innocent.

I personally saw ZakuAurelius leg drop like 30 orders sent out for the USAGS Christmas in July sale.

>>23407127
>still posts here
did he ever?

>>23407118
We know who you are

HG RX-78-2 Revive or Labubu

>>23407167
get a beargguy and turn it into a labubu

>>23407174
suddenly changs sending me boxes with a few dents doesn't seem so brutal anymore

>>23407174
I just had a Liger Zero preorder get to my house. We'll see how fucked the box is when I get home tonight!

>>23406730
a blunted spike is more realistic on the shoulder in this case (not on the antenna though).
a sharp spike would get damaged the first time you bashed something with it, particularly when it has the inertia of a 40t mech behind it.
a blunted spike could be used multiple times.
naval rams were never sharp spikes for this very reason.

>>23406718
But will they be MG or HG?

>>23406926
zssa

God I'm so excited for this. Might even go as far as to say I like this more than the original Neptune

>>23407200
this one spent too much time in the microwave

>>23407193
wing and scythe will get MGs
HGs for the rest

>>23407200
These things all look terrible.

>>23407191
>a sharp spike would get damaged the first time you bashed something with it,
>a blunted spike could be used multiple times.
Anon, anon, sharp metal objects become blunt from their usage. You never use kitchen before?

>>23407223
I'm not him but I do have a culinary arts degree and I am a huge knife nerd. The edge on a chefs knife is very delicate and a finer edge will chip and crack from being used roughly. It's blunted from repeated, gentle use, not getting the shit slammed out of it.
If you rammed something that fine into something you'd just break the tip off an introduce a ton of fractures into the spike. There's no reason for it to ever be that pointy to begin with. It would cause nothing but issues.
The point of that spike is blunt force on a small point, not stabbing, like an actual ram.

>>23407223
I cook more than you do, I assure you.
Blade angles (sharpness) vary by blade type for this very reason.
You wouldn't sharpen an axe to the same blade angle as a fish fillet knife or single bevel weeb kitchen knife. The average kitchen knife is not intended to take impacts against hard surfaces, and the knives that do (cleavers) have blunter blade angles.

>>23407227
>>23407228
Anon, knife can be damaged due to how paperthin they are, but with that being said, kitchen knife responsible for gorillon amount of murders. However, things like these are extremely lethal and can only get blunted from excessive usage. Now you imagine something 10 times bigger and also more solid with innerframe.

As someone who is slowly returning to Gunpla, what is the accepted cutoff for good HG kits? I remember buying a 00 HG and not being impressed. I have built some WFM kits and have been super impressed with their articulation and durability. Are Wing and SEED kits subpar?

I just got a Aerial Rebuild HG and a FM Aerial for 55 bucks how'd I do? The box on the FM Aerial is damaged though.

>>23407233
This is a small stabbing weapon, not something with 60 tons of metal being forced onto it. Here's a photo of an actual naval ram. You will notice that it is not pointed because it being pointed would be stupid.
It is stupid to compare this to a chefs knife or a handheld stabbing device.

>>23407233
people are soft objects, anon.
a metal robot is not soft. that rotisserie spit is perfectly fine to be sharp, as it is slowly inserted into soft flesh. if you slammed it against anything hard (even say a scapula of a beef shoulder) the tips would immediately be bent to fuck (although the whole thing would probably bend to shit more than the tips)

>>23407238
>This is a small stabbing weapon
The what? Bro, it is a grilling stick.

>>23407200
I can only assume gothicmades are some kind of attempt by Nagano to see just what kind of garbage he can produce and still have people slurp it up just because his name is attached to them

>>23407242
nah, it's just the syphilitic dementia setting in

>>23407241
And you'll notice that there's no a giant robot stuck onto it. It looks like nothing but soft meat stuck onto it in fact.

>>23407044
*cums*

>>23407246
>>23407239
Human are infact, more vulnerable to blunt spikes and gets more damages from them. Sharp spikes have stronger penetration and more effective againts heavily armored targets but leave weaker trauma compare to blunt spikes. You are using naval ram to prove that they can be used in mecha vs mecha warfare, but you also forget that it is an extremely ineffective and old timey tactic, as several ramming ships get severe damages and unable to function again after the battle. Why didn't they use spiky rams instead? It was a very shit tactic to takedown enemy ships and wouldn't change much of the outcome.

I'm glad i created zak smashing boxes posting
Even the low effort ones are better than autists fighting about dumb shit

>>23407256
the points on AP rounds are for aerodynamics to maximise velocity, not penetration. the tips immediately deform on impact.

>>23406523
Italians get scraps left over from brits

>>23406523
I'd have thought so, Italy was the first country outside of Japan to get Gundam IIRC

I met ZakuAurelius at a con before

>>23407268
Did he spit or swallow?

>>23407270
He made me swallow...also he spat on me

[GOOD NEWS] I might finish my entry in time
[BAD NEWS] I think it's gonna suck

>>23407262
The deformed part is the casing. The pointy core is the one that penetrates. The whole aero dynamic also prooves that the pointy design fits armor penetration much better than navy rams.

>>23407262
Also, the old timey armor pentration relies on pointy spikes too. You don't really have to go all out like this to defend Bandai's children safety policy.

>>23407220
They look like actual art compared to gundamslop

>>23407242
I liked them without knowing who Nagano is

>>23407295
ah yes, art

>>23407284
these weren't designed to puncture armor, the spikes are for flesh.
maces were meant to fight armored targets, and had significantly more reinforced points (if they had them at all) as a result, but their primary purpose was to concuss the opponent.
>>23407283
that's just a terrible illustration, the body of the penetrator is what does the damage, not the tip (which is purely aerodynamic on all modern AP rounds).
At this point I know you're either trolling or genuinely retarded

>>23406864
What in God's name is taking Bandai so long to release a VF-1 kit? Pretty sure this is still the most popular Macross design.

Who pissed off the /k//k//k/

>>23407325
>>>/k/
Fuck off

>>23407326
They've done multiple VF-1 kits over the course of the last 40 years

>>23407337
I'm not from /k/, and no I won't

>>23407326
vf-1 is one of the smallest valks which will require more expensive and precise tooling. While japanese market would be enough to cover the costs and make a profit this is modern day bandai we're talking about here. They're far more profit driven and conservative with existing IPs than they were 10 years back.
And with HG being fucking niggers about global rights for SDF, bandai doesn't want to take any risk.

>>23407352
Then why the fuck does hasegawa and wave have no problem making kits of them

Give me a ver ka Psycho Mk1 you cowards!

>>23407357
Hasegawa and waves main markets for their macross kits is japan, they don't care about global sales in the same way bandai does. They don't even bother to offer the kits in bulk to the usual middle men distributors often (and its never any SDF content for obvious reasons), if stores want to carry them they have to order directly from japan.

>>23405717 (OP)
what is this sazabi looking mfer

I
HAVE
THE POWER!!!

>>23407390
Varguil from moon gundam. It's the first stage evo of the Sazabi.

>>23407398
Get a better camera you disgusting faggot subhuman

>>23407404
no need to be upset
:3c

>>23407404
sry that was a shaky pic maybe this is better
switched to a moto g from an iPhone se and idk it seems like the s shake compensation is worse

>>23407203
Yeah, nice try. We're never getting updated HGs for Endless Waltz designs and be stuck with the 1996 ones. If anything, Bandai needs to wake up and give us a full line of P-Bandai Frozen Teardrop MGs with less crappy cloaks. They are just minor redesigns of four EW Gundams inside those cloaks after all.

>>23407411
thanks. i like this picture a lot better. keep them coming!

Which one is better as a single blade nipper between the DSPIAE ST-A3.0 and the God hand GH-SPN-120?

>>23407455
God hand is better but they're both about equal depending on the price. If you can get the dspiae for much cheaper then get that.

>>23407460
It's more of a gift than a purchase so I will ask for the God hand, thanks for the answer anon.

I'd let Zak smash my wife's box, if you get what I mean.

will it ever get a hg or 1/100?

>>23407493
2050 for 50th anniversary of turn a

>>23407494
why does japan hate the best gundam show and slurp up seedslop?

>>23407493
gqx ahh limbs

>>23407502
lmao have a (You) little guy

>>23407512
thanks bud

>>23407493
It's going to have to get in line behind the SUMO, WaDom, WaD, FLAT, Borjanon, Kapool and Mahiroo.

>>23407517
why doesn't bandai simply make model kits of these? are they stupid?

so are there any other announcements besides the macross one

>>23407545
The new Wing animation that's in the works might give us some stuff. Personally, I just want some Drei Zwergs for my MG Wing Zero Custom Ver. Ka and MG Wing EW.

>>23407547
>We will get a new wing tv series along with new mobile suits before we get Virgo

>>23407576
Actually this new Wing announcement probably means Virgo is more likely than ever before

waifu groupbuild for the next one (mecha musame not allowed)

imagine having panel lined hands

>>23407585
You say that but we got some tears of losers novel junk out of the blue for no good reason already but still no virgo.

>>23407594
The fact that we haven't gotten a Virgo kit yet is literally because some marketing business major jackass thinks it won't sell well

>>23407603
isn't that literally why pbandai exists?

I heard that the groupbuild deadline is extended for 2 weeks! Great news!

I am going to post a collage of the groupbuuld entries to reddit when it is over and invite them to join.

>>23407603
No, it'll definitely sell well, same with Aries and Taurus. The Leo still sells pretty good to this day for army builders, and it's certain that those MS will as well. Hell, we might even get Full Mechanics Leos and Serpents at some point, the former in particular if the new Wing animation is going to be Glory of the Losers.

>Gundam base hosts a lot of normie shit.

When is PB getting a small shady shop somewhere.

>>23407622
You're not the first guy to think of that

>>23407627
Yeah, and Sir Edmund Hillary wasn't the first person to think of climbing Mount Everest.

Hobby Lobby has been picked cleaned the past months or so. Never seen so low of inventory.